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Objective To investigate the effect of APE1 on differentiation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells into osteoclast-like cells(OCL) which induced by macrophage colony stimulating factor (RANKL) and macrophage colony stimulating factor (M-CSF) .Methods Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were collected by density gradient separation ;Constructed APE1 siRNA expression vector Ad5v-APE1 siRNA was used to transfect PBMCs .Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) method was conducted to identify the cells ,the expression level of APE1 was detected by Western blot ,the mRNA expression levels of Cathepsin K(CK) and V-ATPase were detected by RT-PCR .Results PBMCs transfected with APE1 siRNA had significantly lower protein expression of APE1 than untransfected cells (P< 0 .05) ;PBMCs could differentiate into OCL under the stimulation of RANKL and M-CSF ,the mRNA expression levels of CK and V-ATPase increased ;After APE1 siRNA treatment ,the number of OCL was reduced and the levels of CK and V-ATPase mRNA decreased .Conclusion PBMCs can differentiate into a large number of OCL induced by RANKL and M-CSF ,APE1 siRNA significantly inhibited differentiation of PBMCs into osteoclast-like cells , APE1 may be involved in the regulation of osteoclast-like differentiation process .
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Objective To investigate the expression of DNA damage and repair gene Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease (APE1) protein in nasal NK/T cell lymphoma, and elucidate its clinical implication. Methods Expression of APE1 proteins was detected immunohistochemically in 10 normal lymph nodes and human nasal NK/T cells from lymphoma of 64 patients and their integral optical density was determined by means of image analytic system. The proliferation index and apoptosis index were determined by means of immunohistochemical staining and terminal dUTP nickend labeling (TUNEL) technique. Results 1. Nuclear, nucleus/cytoplasmic and cytoplasmic types of APE1 positive staining could be noted in nasal NK/T cell lymphoma. Expression of APE1 gene in nucleus was significantly strengthened compared to that in nucleus/cytoplasm and cytoplasm. In relapse or refractory group, no relapse or refractory group, and normal control group, the positive degree of cytoplasmic staining diminished significantly in the above order (P
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Objective To investigate the role of APE1 in the carcinogenesis and progression of colorectal carcinoma (CRC). Methods Expression of APE1 was determined with SP immunohistochemical technique in 40 specimens of normal colorectal mucosa, 60 specimens of colorectal mucosa adjacent to CRC, 72 specimens of colorectal adenoma, and 125 specimens of colorectal carcinoma. Results In normal colorectal mucosa, APE1 was detected in nuclei of epithelial cells. Shift of APE1 from nucleus to cytoplasm was observed in 6 of 60 (10%) specimens of mucosa adjacent to cancer. Such shift was observed in 92 of 125 (73.6%) CRC tissues and 60 of 72 (83.3%) colorectal adenoma, the incidence of both of them was significantly higher than that observed in normal colorectal mucosa and colorectal mucosa adjacent to CRC (P