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AIM: To explore the mechanism of myocardium protection after ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury by preconditioning with ischemia in human. METHODS: Thirty - six patients underwent valve replacement were divided into ischemic preconditioning group (IP group, 20 cases) and non -ischemic preconditioning group (control group, 16 cases) according to whether they were given single cycle reperfusion before cardioplegia or not. Serum levels of interleukin -8 and 10 were measured with ELISA. Expressions of myocardial Bel -2 and caspase -3 were analyzed. RESULTS: The inflammatory factors IL - 8 and IL - 10 increased to the highest level in serum at 6 h after declamping and recovered to normal level on 5 d after declamping. On 6 h, 1 d and 2 d after declamping, serum level of IL -8 was significantly lower in IP group than that in control group ( P < 0.05 ) , but serum level of IL -10 was higher in IP group (P < 0.05 ). Expression of myocardial Bel - 2 and caspase - 3 increased in both groups after reperfusion, and Bel - 2 was lower in the control group than that in IP group while the level of caspase - 3 was higher (P < 0.05). Expression of myocardial Bel - 2 had positive correlation with IL - 10 and negative correlation with IL - 8.CONCLUSION: Ischemic preconditioning has the effect of protection of human myocardial cells after ischemia/reperfusion injury through decreasing systemic inflammatory response following ischemia reperfusion injury.
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Objective To explore the expression of survivin and bcl-2 in colon carcinoma,and their clinical significance.Methods lmmunohistochemistry method wag employed to inspect the expression of Survivin and Bcl-2 in 20 normal colon tissues and 92 colon carci- nomas.Results Positive staining rate of Survi～n in colon carcinoma and normal colon tissues was 68.5％and O％respectively.And there was a significant statistical difference between them(P<0.01).Overexpressions of Survivin were related to the pathological grade and the Dukes's tage(P<0.01),and closely to lymphatic metastasis of colon carcinoma(P<0.叭).Positive staining rate of Bci-2 in colon carcinoma and normal colon tissues Was 59.8％and 0％respectively,and there Was a significant statistical difference between them(P<0.01).Overexpressions of Bcl-2 were related to the Dukes'stage and lymphatic metastasis of colon carcinoma(P<0.01).There Was a positive relation between them,and the Spearman correlation coefficient r was 0.333,P<0.05.Conclusion Survivin and Bcl-2 are relative to the carcinogenesis,progression and prognosis of colon carcinoma,and they were cooperated witll each other in colon carcinomas.
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Objective To detect the differential expression genes(DEGs)between Barrettg esophagus(BE)and normal esophagus with oligomicroarray,and to explore the target genes related to the development of BE.Methods The total RNAs of matched BE and normal esophagus mucosa from saIne patient were isolated with one step Trizol method.Matched RNAs were qualified with 10g/L agarose gel electrophoresis.After tRNA purification,cRNAs were synthesized and labeled with fluorescence.which were tIlen hybridized with Agilent oligomicroarray containing 30,968 probes.The fluorescence intensity features were detected by Agilent scanner and quantified by software Feature Extraction.Results On average,2 biopsies by disposable jumbo biopsy forceps provided approximately 5μg RNA required for microarray.The total RNA,reverse transcription product and fluorescence labeled cRNA were all of high quality.Among 2-fold DEGs,there were 142 up-regulated genes and 284 down-regulated genes including 15 bel-2 related genes such as bel-2,MCL1,BAX,BIK and BCLAF1 Conclusion Microarray-based studies are feasible in endoscopically obtained tissues.The development of BE is a complicated process involving multi-genes,in which abnormal expression of bel-2 family related genes might be involved,but the exact mechanism needs further research.
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Objective To explore the expressions and correlation of COX-2, bcl-2 and Caspase-3 in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma(DLBCL). Methods The expression of COX-2, bcl-2 and Caspase-3 was studied in 29 cases of DLBCL and 10 cases of reactivited lymphoid tissue with immunohistochemistry of PowerVisionTM. Results The expression of COX-2 and bcl-2 are seperately 68.9 % and 72.4 %. The expression of COX-2 had correlation with Ann Arbor stage. The expression of COX-2 was positively correlated with that of bcl-2, the expression of bcl-2 was negatively correlated with that of Caspase-3, the expression of COX-2 was negatively correlated with that of Caspase-3. Conclusion COX-2, bcl-2 and Caspase-3 may be involved in the carcinogenesis of DLBCL, and their expression may be helpful in estimating the histology grade and prognosis of DLBCL.
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Objective To explore histopathological features of the atypical hyperplastie thyroid epithelial cells (TEC) in Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), and to investigate its association with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Methods Thirty cases of HT with atypical hyperplastie TEC and 50 cases of PTC were selected from archives, the comparatively normal follicles around thyroid adenoma and in HT served as eontroi group. The morphological changes in HT were observed and the expressions of CK19. PCNA, Bcl-2 were detected by Max-Vision immunohistochemistry techniques. The results were analyzed by Chi-square test. Results The atypical hyperplastic TEC in HT showed some PTC-like features such as crowded cells, nucleus enlargement and ground glass appearance in the nucleus. As compared to the control, CKI9, PCNA and Bcl-2 were positively expressed in both atypical hyperplastic TEC in HT and PTC cells (P<0.05). Conclusion The atypical hyperplastic TEC in HT showed some morphological and immunological features of PTC, with the PTC specific marker CK19 expression,suggesting that the atypical hyperplastic TEC in HT may link HT with PTC, leading to malignant transformation,which should be closely watched.
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Objective To investigate the effect of a selective muscarinic receptor antagonist (penehyclidine hydrochloride) in three vessel occlusion model of acute global cerebral ischemia-reperfusion in rats.Method One hundred and forty-four male SD rats were randomly divided into four groups:sham operated group,vehicle treated group (saline 1 ml,i.p.),scopolamine treated group (0.01 mg/kg,i.p.) and penehyclidine hydrochloride treated group (0.01 mg/kg,i.p.) with drugs injected 40 minutes before ischemia respectively.The ischemic duration was 10 minutes.The animals were subjected to motor activity tests (open field activity test,beam-walking test and grip test) at 24 hours or on the 3rd and 7th day after reperfusion.HE staining,TUNEL staining and immunohistochemical reactions of bax and bel-2 were carried out at the time points of 2,12,24 hours,3 and 7 days after reperfusion.TTC staining was carried out in some rats for assessment of infarction volume on the 4th day after reperfusion.Results As compared with the vehicle treated group,both penehyclidine hydrochloride treatment and scopolamine treatment decreased the numbers of apeptotie neurons (P
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The purpose of this study was to establish the role of apoptosis in the developing renal corpuscle in the prenatal rat kidney. Kidneys from 14-, 16-, 18-, and 20-day-old fetuses[E-14, E-16, E-18, and E-20] were preserved by immersion or perfusion via the heart using Bouin`s fixative. Apoptosis was detected`by in situ nick end labeling method using ApopTag kit. In kidneys from E-14, apoptotic cells and bodies were found only in the mesenchymal tissue surrounding the developing nephrons. In kidneys from E-16, E-18, and E-20, apoptotic cells and bodies were located mainly in the columnar distal epithelium of the renal vesicle[future parietal epithelium] as well as in the parietal epithelium of the renal corpuscles of S-shaped bodies, stage III and IV nephrons. Apoptosis was not observed in the proximal part of renal vesicles or in the podocytes in renal corpuscles. In contrast, strong bel-2 immunoreactivity was present in the proximal part of the renal vesicle and in podocytes in S-shaped bodies, but gradually decreased in stage III and IV nephrons. The distal part of the renal vesicle had weak staining for bcl-2, and there was no bel-2 immunoreactivity in the parietal epithelium of S-shaped bodies, and stage III and IV nephrons. We conclude that bcl-2 is involved in the regulation of apoptosis during the differen-tiation of the parietal epithelium of Bowmann`s capsule.