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Objective To explore antitumor effect of 131I-Trastuzumab on human epidermal growth factor receptor(HER) 2 overexpressing breast cancer cells and investigate its possible mechanism.Methods The expression levels of HER2 of three different breast cancer cell lines (BT474,MCF-7,HCC1937) were detected with immunofluorescence.Trastuzumab was labeled with 131I using the Iodogen method and 131I-Trastuzumab was isolated with ultrafiltration membrane,then the labeling efficiency,radiochemical purity and immunoreactivity were measured.The effects of 131I,Trastuzumab and 131I-Trastuzumab on viability of BT474 cells were evaluated with cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assay.The levels of total Akt and phosphorylated Akt (p-Akt) were detected with Western blot analysis.One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA),ANOVA for factorial design,Bonferroni correction and Pearson correlation analysis were used for data analysis.Results The expression level of HER2 in BT474 cells was much higher than those in HCC1937 and MCF-7 cells.The labeling efficiency,radiochemical purity and immunoreactivity of 131I-Trastuzumab were (89.71± 2.93)％,(91.80±1.43)％ and (58.84±3.35)％ respectively.131I (4.625 GBq/L),Trastuzumab(125.0 rmg/L) and 131I-Trastuzumab(4.625 GBq/L) exhibited a dose-dependent cytotoxicity against BT474 cells (r =-0.964,-0.912,-0.618;all P＜0.05).The cell viability of 131I-Trastuzumab treated gourp (34.73％ ±5.03％) was significantly lower than those of 131I and Trastuzumab treated groups (64.36％± 1.51％ and 58.09％±4.14％;t=10.373 and 8.180,both P＜0.05),and the cell viability of control group was (100.00±4.54)％.131I-Trastuzumab shown a positive multiplicative interaction between 131I and Trastuzumab (F=9.226,P＜0.05;CDI =0.929).Western blot results showed that there was no significant difference of total Akt expression among the control group,131I group,Trastuzumab group and 131I-Trastuzmab group (F=0.208,P＞0.05).P-Akt expression in both Trastuzumab group and 131I-Trastuzumab group were much lower than those of control group and 131I group (t=12.524,15.984,7.347,10.807;all P＜0.05),while there was no significant difference of p-Akt expression between Trastuzumab group and 131I-Trastuzumab group(t =3.460,P＞0.05).Conclusions 131I-Trastuzumab may kill HER2 overexpressing breast cancer cells more effectively than Trastuzumab alone.The underlying mechanism may be attributed to that 131I-Trastuzumab may enhance the radiosensitivity by the inhibitory effect on PI3K/Akt pathway and thus exert synergistic effects with 131I.
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Objective To compare the value of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC),Tg,TgAb and ultrasonography (US) for the differential diagnosis of lymph node metastasis in patients with DTC after operation and radioactive iodine remnant ablation.Methods A total of 61 DTC patients with enlarged lymph nodes detected by US or physical examination after operation and radioactive iodine remnant ablation were included.FNAC was performed on the lymph nodes under US guidance within one week and the results were compared with those of Tg,TgAb and US.Final results were confirmed by comprehensive FNAC,posttreatment whole,body scan (Rx-WBS) and clinical follow-up.x2 test and Fisher's exact test were performed.Resuits Fifty-eight DTC patients had successful FNAC results,and 40 patients were confirmed as malignant and 18 as benign after overall assessment.FNAC identified 39 malignant and 19 benign cases.The coincidence rates of FNAC with postoperative pathological diagnosis and Rx-WBS for malignant cases were 100％ (20/20) and 78.9％ (15/19),respectively.For the benign cases,the coincidence rates of FNAC with clinical follow-up and Rx-WBS were 93.3％ (14/15)and 4/4,respectively.The sensitivity,specificity and accuracy were 97.5％(39/40),100％(18/18) and 98.3％(57/58) for FNAC; 87.5％(35/40),55.6％(10/18) and 77.6％(45/58) for US; 92.5％(37/40),72.2％(13/18) and 86.2％(50/58) for Tg combined with TgAb (Tg/TgAb).The accuracy of FNAC was higher than that of US and Tg/TgAb(x2 =4.336,11.697,both P＜0.05),while US and Tg/TgAb showed no significant difference (x2 =1.450,P＞0.05).Tg/TgAb and US results were consistent in 39 cases with a diagnostic accuracy of 97.4％ (38/39) verified by FNAC,while the other 19 cases with inconsistent Tg/TgAb and US results were verified as malignant in 4 cases and benign in 15 cases.Conclusions FNAC is superior to US and Tg/TgAb in the evaluation of lymph node metastasis in DTC patients after operation and radioactive iodine remnant ablation.FNAC should be recommended particularly when Tg/TgAb and US had inconsistent results.
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Objective To analyze the impact of allograft category on the result of living related donor kidney transplantation (LRKT)and to evaluate the predominant donors. Methods A retrospective analysis of 104 recipients receiving LRKT from Apr. 2004 to Mar. 2008 was performed. Based on donor resource, all the recipient-donor pairs were divided into four groups: spousal donation group,parental donation group, sibling donation group and cousinly donation group. The observational parameters were selected for analysis, such as average post-transplant hospitalization dates, time for serum creatinine (Scr) back to normal level, Scr levels of every observational time point, incidence of major complications (infection, rejection, DGF) and recipient/graft survival rate. Results Recipient/graft survival rate of sibling donation group seemed higher. Recipients of sibling donation group seemed to have fewer post-transplant hospitalization dates, but higher rates of infection, while those of parental donation group seemed to have higher rates of rejection. Rates of rejection and infection of spousal donation group were lower than supposed. There was no statistically significant difference in time for Scr back to normal level and Set levels of every observational time point among these four groups. Conclusions The result of sibling donor renal transplantation is better, while short-term outcome of spouse donor renal transplantation is ideal, which is similar with parent or cousin donor renal transplantation. Except for human leukocyte antigen, aspects such as quality of donor kidney, predominance during operation and self-administration post-transplant are also the guarantee for the success.
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Aging changes of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) -immuno reactive neurons in the locus coeruleus were examined in young (3 month-old). adult(12 month-old) and aged(20 month-old) Wistar male rats, using the IGSS method and image quantitative analysis. The results obtained are as follows: ① The number of TH-immunoreactive neurons docreased markedly (P
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The segmental distribution of sensory and motor neurons in Neiguan (内关P6) acupoint areas was studied respectively in 8 rabbits with a horseradish peroxidase (HRP) method. The labeled neurons were found in C5-T1 segments of the spinal ganglia and in C7-T1 segments of the spinal cords (injected sides). Most labeled neurons were found concentrated in C8 and T1 of the spinal ganglia, and principally located in the circumferental areas of the spinal ganglia (47.27%). In spinal cord, the labeled neurons were located in the lateral areas of the ventral horns and the juncture of it and the lateral horns (Ⅷ-Ⅸlayers). In addition, the relation of the relative specifity of acupoints to the distributional segments of the neurons and its concentration was discussed.
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Changes in SOM-like neurons of the hippocampal formation were investigated inWistar male rats(young-2 months old;adult-10 months old;aged-24 months old)by using the combination of the IGSS method and image quantitative analysis.The following results were obtained:1.Number of SOM-like neurons decreased markedly(P