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OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the association between the expression of caveolin-1(CAV-1) and the invasion of choriocarcinoma, and to explore the effect of CAV-1 small interfering RNA(siRNA) on the invasion of choriocarcinoma cell line JEG-3.@*METHODS@#(1) Matrigel invasion assay and 3-(4,4)-dimethylthiahiazo (-z-yl)-3,5-di-phenytetrazoliumormide (MTT) assay were used to examine the difference in invasion and proliferation ability between JEG-3 cells and JAR cells;(2) Expression of caveolin-1 gene in the human chorionic villi tissues and chorionicnoma cell lines (JEG-3 cells and JAR cells) were detected by semi-quantitative RT-PCR. (3) The effect of CAV-1 siRNA transfection on the expression of CAV-1 mRNA, and the invasion and proliferation ability of JEG-3 cells were measured by RT-PCR, Matrigel invasion assay and MTT assay.@*RESULTS@#(1) The invasion ability of JEG-3 cell line was stronger than that of JAR cell line (P0.05);(2) The expression of caveolin-1 gene in chorionicnoma cell lines was significantly stronger than that in the human normal chorion(P<0.05), and the expression of caveolin-1 gene in JEG-3 cells was stronger than that in the JAR cells (P<0.05). The data suggested that there was significantly positive correlation between caveolin-1 and the invasiveness of chorionicnoma cells (r=0.086,P<0.05);(3) CAV-1 siRNA could knock-out the expression of CAV-1 mRNA, and inhibit the invasion and proliferation ability of chorionicnoma cells.@*CONCLUSION@#CAV-1 can promote the invasion ability of chorionicnoma cells. CAV-1 siRNA can inhibit the invasion and proliferation ability of chorionicnoma cells.
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Female , Humans , Caveolin 1 , Genetics , Choriocarcinoma , Metabolism , Pathology , Neoplasm Invasiveness , RNA Interference , RNA, Messenger , Genetics , RNA, Small Interfering , Genetics , Tumor Cells, Cultured , Uterine Neoplasms , Metabolism , PathologyABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the antinociceptive effect of intrathecal administration of HSV-I amplicon vector-mediated HPPE.@*METHODS@#Sprague Dawley rats (290+/-30) g were randomly divided into pHSVIRES-HPPE-LacZ (SHPZ) group, pHSVIRES-LacZ (SHZ) group, and saline group (NS), and 3 d, 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 4 weeks, and 5 weeks group,which were anesthetized with 10% chlroral hydrate 300- 350 mg/kg. A microspinal catheter was inserted into the lumbar subarachnoid space. Rats were intrathecally delivered with recombinant HSV-I amplicon vector SHPZ, SHZ or NS. The HPPE expression was detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and radioimmune assay. Formalin 50 microL (5%) was injected into the left hindpaw, pain intensity scoring (PIS) was used to assess the antinociceptive effect.@*RESULTS@#After in vivo transferring,neurocyte demonstrated strong positive signals with X-gal immunohistochemical staining. RT-PCR and L-enkephalin radioimmune assay found that the neural cells transferred foreign gene (HPPE) had effective expression. Intrathecal delivery of SHPZ showed antinociceptive effects on formalin induced pain for 5 weeks compared with SHZ.@*CONCLUSION@#This amplicon virus can transfer HPPE into rat central nerve system neural cells and express efficiently, suggesting SHPZ is satisfactory treatment for gene therapy for chronic pain. Intrathecal delivery SHPZ demonstrated antinociceptive effects on formalin induced pain.
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Animals , Humans , Male , Rats , Enkephalins , Genetics , Metabolism , Formaldehyde , Gene Transfer Techniques , Genetic Therapy , Genetic Vectors , Herpesvirus 1, Human , Genetics , Injections, Spinal , Nociceptors , Physiology , Pain , Pain Management , Protein Precursors , Genetics , Metabolism , Random Allocation , Rats, Sprague-DawleyABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate the clinical significance of epithelial cellular adhesion molecule (Ep-CAM)expression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(SCC).Methods The Ep-CAM expression was immunohistochemically investigated in 70 normal esophageal mucosas,SCCs and 72 lymph nodes.Results Ep-CAM expression was observed in 94.3% of the tumors,but no expression in the normal mucosa.The Ep- CAM expression was not significantly different between different tumor scales and tumors invading depths,its expression level was relevant with the tumors differentiation and lymph node metastases(P
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Objective To detect the expression of metallothionein-3 (MT-3)mRNA in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Methods Five cell lines of human esophageal cancer,TE-1,TE-13,TTN,ECA-109 (cell lines of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma) and OE33 (cell lines of esophageal adenocarcinoma),were used in this study. RT-PCR was employed to detect the expression of MT-3 mRNA. Peripheral blood monouclear cells from normal subjects were served as controls. Results Sequencing of RT-PCR product certified the gene of MT-3 mRNA. It was revealed by gel electrophoresis that there was expression of MT-3 mRNA in each cell line. The relative expression of MT-3 mRNA was 0.230?0.023,0.516?0.020,0.140?0.009,0.176?0.015 and 0.085?0.011 in cell lines of TE-1,TE-13,TTN,ECA-109 and OE33,respectively,significantly lower than that in controls (0.762?0.026) (P