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Aim To investigate the neuroprotective effect and mechanism of salidroside (Sal) on rats with permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion model (pMCAO) by regulating the PI3 K/AKT signaling pathway. Methods A total of 80 healthy adult SPF male SD rats were randomly divided into sham operation group (sham group), model group (pMCAO group), drug administration group (pMCAO + Sal group) and inhibitor group (pMCAO + Sal + YL group). After the pMCAO model rats were prepared by the line bolt method, salidroside (50 mg · kg
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A lot of evidence shows that autophagy is involved in the occurrence and development of cerebral ischemia - reperfusion. Autophagy and its related signal transduction pathways may be an effective therapeutic target for ischemic brain injury. This article reviews related signal transduction pathways of autophagy regulation after cerebral ischemia.
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Objective To study the expression of NF-κB p50 in nodal peripheral T-cell lymphomasunspecified (PTCL-U),and investigated the relationship between NF-κB and PTCL-U's complex biological behavior. Methods 51 patients with nodal PTCL-U were analysed by detecting the expression of NF-κB p50, p170 by immunohistochemistry and correlation between them and PTCL-U' s clinical feature, treatment effectiveness and prognosis were also studied. Results 11 patients(21.6 %, 11/51) and 31patients (60.8 %,31/51) were respectively positive for N F-κB p50 and p 170 expression. Expression of NF-κB were significantly correlated with p170 expression, poor performance status (PS＞2) and non-complete remission in first line treatment(Spearman correlation= 0.459, 0.313, 0.284; P = 0.001, 0.025, 0.044). Overall survival rate of NFκB p50-positive PTCL-U was significantly lower than that of NF-κB p50-negative patients by Log-Rank test (P =0.0451). Multivariate analysis showed poor performance and higher Ki-67 were independent prognostic factor for PTCL-U, while NF-κB p50 was not. Conclusion The expression of NF-κB pS0 was correlated with muhidrug resistance and poor prognosis in nodal PTCL-U.
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DC-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-3-grabbing nonintegrin (DC-SIGN) is specific receptor on Dendritic cells, and plays a pivotal role on antigens presentation. Uptodate, the clear regulation mechanisms for DC-SIGN expression are not available.IL-4 is one of the most important cytokines inducing DC-SIGN production, while, NF-κB is an important transcription factor controlling signaling transduction. Both IL-4 and NF-κB are closely related to DC-SIGN regulation. NF-κB and IL-4 actions on DC-SIGN promoter activity, DC-SIGN expression as well as interactions between IL-4 and NF-κB were investigated in THP-1 cell. It was found that the mutation of NF-κB binding site in DC-SIGN promoter results in DC-SIGN promoter activity decrease about 50%.NF-κBp50 stimulates DC-SIGN expression in THP-1 cells. IL-4 upregulates DC-SIGN expression on THP-1 cells as well as NF-κB production. These data reveal that NF-κB is associated with IL-4 induced DC-SIGN expression.
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Objective To show the capability of NF-κB expression in cochlea. Methods Kanamycin (KA) was subcutaneously injected twice daily for 3 and 7 days with an eight hours interval between two injections, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was injected into the tympanic cavity of mice. Equal amount of saline was injected for 7 days as control. Frozen sections of all mice cochleae were examined immmunohistochemichally with rabbit polyclonal NF-κB p50. Expression of NF-κB p50 immunoreactivity of mouse cochleae is identified as showed as brown reaction products characteristic of DAB immunohistochemistry. Results Immnoreactivity NF-κB p50 in mouse cochlea was localized in the organ of Corti, spiral limbus, tectorial membrane, the vascular stria, spiral ligament, spiral ganglion and nerve fibers. The immunoreaction could be observed in all spirals throughout the cochlea. Stronger staining was visible in spiral ligament, tectorial membrane, spiral prominence, spiral ganglion and nerve fibers, and the organ of Corti. The immunoreaction in the vascular stria was weaker than that in the structures mentioned above. The immunoreaction in the organ of Corti was observed in inner hair cells (IHC) and outer hair cells (OHC), inner and outer pillar cells, Deiter's cells, and Boettcher's cells. The immunoreaction was weaker in inner sulcus cells, Hensen's cells and Claudius'cells. The stronger immunoreaction was observed in nucleus of spiral ganglion cells. The nucleus of IHC and OHC remained unstained. Conclusion The injection of LPS/KA can promote NF-κB p50 expression to induce an acute reaction in mouse cochlea.