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Chinese Medical Journal ; (24): 730-733, 2010.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-242581

ABSTRACT

<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the deadliest cancers worldwide. In order to investigate the molecular biologic mechanism of HCC's development, we studied the expressions of SE-1, CD105 and CD31 in tumor endothelial cells (TECs) of HCC and in the serum of rats.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>We analyzed the expressions of SE-1, CD31 and CD105 in rat HCC tumor tissues using immunohistochemistry (IHC). Twenty HCC bearing rats and eighteen normal rats were examined for the expressions of SE-1, CD31 and CD105 antigens in serum by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>SE-1, CD31 and CD105 antigens were detected both in HCC tissue and in normal liver tissue with higher expressions of CD31 and CD105 in HCC while the SE-1 antigen expression was higher in normal liver. Similarly, serum CD31 and CD105 in rats with HCC were significantly increased compared with normal rats (t = 2.8628, P = 0.0086; t = 4.4922, P < 0.0001, respectively). In contrast, SE-1 antigen in HCC rat serum was significantly decreased compared with normal rats (t = 3.4983, P = 0.0011).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>SE-1, CD31 and CD105 are closely related with liver tumor angiogenesis, which is similar to their performances in terms of their expressions in the serum.</p>


Subject(s)
Animals , Male , Rats , Antigens, CD , Blood , Carcinoma, Hepatocellular , Chemistry , Endothelial Cells , Chemistry , Allergy and Immunology , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Immunohistochemistry , Liver Neoplasms, Experimental , Chemistry , Neovascularization, Pathologic , Blood , Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 , Blood , Rats, Inbred BUF
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Chinese Journal of Hepatology ; (12): 679-682, 2009.
Article in Chinese | WPRIM | ID: wpr-306703

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the inhibitory effect of dehydroepaimdrosterone (DHEA) on the growth of transplanted Morris hepatomas (7288CTC) in vivo in rats.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>21 Buffalo rats were randomly devided into 4 groups, including one blank control group (n = 5), one group for tumor-bearing control (n = 6), and 2 experimental groups with DHEA (n = 6) or DHEA-s (n = 4). DHEA or DHEA-s was fed to the rats for 4 weeks immediately after Morris hepatomas (7288CTC) was implanted in both flanks. Phenotypes of the spleen lymphocytes were examined by flow cytometry, Akt and PTEN expression in tumor cells was detected by Western blot and immunohistochemistry.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Tumor weights of DHEA treated group were less than those of the control (P less than 0.05), the inhibitory rate was 43%. The results of Western blot and immunohistochemistry showed that in DHEA tumor group,the expression of phosphorilated Akt protein was decreased, the expression of PTEN was enhanced, the percentage of CD3 positive cells and the ratio of CD4/CD8 were increased (P less than 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>DHEA can inhibit tumor growth, possibly via the inhibition of the Akt signaling pathway as well as modulating the immune function.</p>


Subject(s)
Animals , Rats , Antineoplastic Agents , Pharmacology , CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes , Allergy and Immunology , CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes , Allergy and Immunology , Dehydroepiandrosterone , Pharmacology , Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate , Pharmacology , Flow Cytometry , Immunohistochemistry , Liver Neoplasms, Experimental , Allergy and Immunology , Metabolism , Pathology , Neoplasm Transplantation , PTEN Phosphohydrolase , Metabolism , Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt , Metabolism , Random Allocation , Rats, Inbred BUF , Signal Transduction
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Rev. invest. clín ; 57(6): 802-813, Nov.-Dec. 2005. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-632401

ABSTRACT

The plasma kallikrein-kinin system (KKS) participates in the pathogenesis of inflammatory reactions involved in cellular injury, coagulation, fibrinolysis, kinin formation, complement activation, cytokine secretion and release of proteases. It has been shown that KKS activation in the systemic inflammatory response syndrome results in decrease of its component plasma proteins. Similar changes have been documented in diabetes, sepsis, children with vasculitis, allograft rejection, disseminated intravascular coagulation, patients with recurrent pregnancy losses, hereditary angioedema, adult respiratory distress syndrome and coronary artery disease. Direct involvement of the KKS in the pathogenesis of experimental acute arthritis and acute and chronic enterocolitis has been documented by previous studies from our laboratory using experimental animal models. It has been found that in HK deficient Lewis rats, experimental IBD was much less severe. We showed a genetic difference in kininogen structure between resistant Buffalo and susceptible Lewis rats, which results in accelerated cleavage of HK and it is responsible for the susceptibility to the inflammatory process in the Lewis rats. It has been demostrated that therapy with a specific plasma kallikrein inhibitor (P8720) modulated the experimental enterocolitis, arthritis and systemic inflammation. Furthermore, it has been shown that a bradykinin 2 receptor (B2R) antagonist attenuates the inflammatory changes in the same animal model. We have showed that a monoclonal antibody targeting HK decreases angiogénesis and arrests tumor growth in a syngeneic animal model. In summary, these results indicate that the plasma KKS plays a central role in the pathogenesis of chronic intestinal inflammation, arthritis and angiogenesis.


Se ha demostrado la participación del sistema plasmático de kalikreína-kininas (KKS) en el proceso inflamatorio, el cual incluye reacciones de daño celular, coagulación y fibrinólisis, formación de kininas, activación del complemento, secreción de citoquinas y liberación de proteasas. El KKS se encuentra activado en el síndrome de respuesta inflamatoria sistémica con una disminución en la concentración plasmática de las proteínas que lo constituyen. También se ha demostrado una activación similar en la diabetes, choque séptico, vasculitis en infantes, enfermedad injerto-huésped, coagulación intravascular diseminada, pacientes con abortos de repetición, angioedema hereditario, el síndrome de estrés respiratorio del adulto y enfermedad coronaria arterial. Mediante el uso de modelos animales experimentales, nuestro laboratorio ha demostrado una participación directa del KKS en la patogénesis de la artritis experimental aguda y la enterocolitis aguda y crónica. Se ha demostrado que en la rata tipo Lewis, cuando es deficiente de kininógeno de alto peso molecular (HK), la enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal es menos severa comparada con la presentada en ratas con niveles normales de HK como la Buffalo. Nosotros mostramos una diferencia entre el gene que codifica la molécula del kininógeno de la rata tipo Buffalo (resistentes) y Lewis (susceptibles), que resulta en un incremento de la actividad proteolítica de kalikreína sobre su substrato HK, lo cual predispone a las ratas Lewis al desarrollo de la enfermedad inflamatoria crónica. Se ha demostrado una disminución en las manifestaciones inflamatorias sistémicas de la enterocolitis y artritis experimental mediante el uso de un inhibidor específico de la kalikreína (P8720). Además, el antagonista del receptor 2 de la bradikinina (BR2) atenuó los cambios inflamatorios en el mismo modelo animal. Asimismo, se ha demostrado que las ratas Lewis deficientes de kininógeno desarrollaron inflamación intestinal sistémica menos severa. Mediante el uso del anticuerpo monoclonal C11C1 contra HK se logró una disminución de la angiogenesis y, consecuentemente, el crecimiento tumoral. En conclusión, los resultados demuestran que el sistema plasmático de KKS desempeña un papel preponderante en la patogénesis de la artritis reumatoide, la enfermedad intestinal crónica y en el proceso angiogénico.


Subject(s)
Animals , Rats , Kallikrein-Kinin System/physiology , Kininogen, High-Molecular-Weight/physiology , Neovascularization, Physiologic/physiology , Amino Acid Sequence , Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology , Arthritis, Reactive/physiopathology , Boron Compounds/therapeutic use , Cell Adhesion/physiology , Fibrinolysis/physiology , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Inflammation/physiopathology , Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/genetics , Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/physiopathology , Kininogen, High-Molecular-Weight/biosynthesis , Kininogen, High-Molecular-Weight/chemistry , Kininogen, High-Molecular-Weight/deficiency , Kininogen, High-Molecular-Weight/genetics , Kininogen, High-Molecular-Weight/therapeutic use , Models, Molecular , Molecular Sequence Data , Oligopeptides/therapeutic use , Peptidoglycan/toxicity , Polysaccharides, Bacterial/toxicity , Rats, Inbred BUF , Rats, Inbred Lew , Structure-Activity Relationship
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Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health ; 2002 Sep; 33(3): 613-23
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-34117

ABSTRACT

A study of the effect in rats of dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane (DDT) on hepatocarcinogenesis that is initated by aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). In the first experiment, Buffalo rats were given a single oral dose of AFB1 (5 mg/kg) followed by dietary DDT (100 ppm) for 20 weeks. Neoplastic nodules were observed in 1 of the 14 AFB1-exposed rats, compared with 3 of the 19 rats in the AFB1/DDT group. In the second experiment, Wistar rats were given dietary aflatoxin B, (4 ppm) for 6 weeks followed by a 6-week exposure to DDT (500 ppm) in a plain semisynthetic diet. Five altered hepatic foci were displayed by seven rats in the AFB1 group, compared with 6 foci and one neoplastic focus in five of the AFB1/DDT rats at 32 weeks. Subsequently, the AFB1 group produced 8 (27.5%) tumor-bearing rats while 10 of the 28 (35.7%) AFB1/DDT-exposed rats were tumor-bearing by 60 weeks. The results suggest that DDT slightly potentiates hepatocarcinogenesis induced by either a single dose of AFB1 or short term-dietary AFB1.


Subject(s)
Aflatoxin B1/toxicity , Animals , Carcinogens/toxicity , Cocarcinogenesis , DDT/toxicity , Liver/drug effects , Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/chemically induced , Male , Random Allocation , Rats , Rats, Inbred BUF , Rats, Wistar , Survival Analysis
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Medicina (B.Aires) ; 54(4): 331-9, 1994. tab, ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-142008

ABSTRACT

Una vez establecida la ruta neural como la seguida por el virus Junín (VJ) a partir de su inoculación intradérmica en ratas lactantes, resultaba de interes determinar cuál era la vía adoptada luego de inoculado intraperitonealmente. Desde la 2da semana se evidenció una enfermedad neurológica que a los 30 días post-infección alcanzó un 84 por ciento de mortalidad. En curso de ese período, se efectuaron cosechas de tejidos extraneurales y neurales para la marcación por inmunoperoxidasa del antígenos viral y el examen histopatológico, asi como la titulación de infectividad que también se extendió a sangre. En todas las muestras de tejido en que se detectó virus infectivo, sea por cocultivo o por aislamiento convencional, se logró la marcación del antígeno viral. El VJ estuvo presente en valores mínimos en bazo e hígado desde el día 2 al 5, y en sangre del 5 al 15. En tejidos neurales, el antígeno viral fue inicialmente revelado al día 5, tanto en ganglios raquídeos torácicos como en los segmentos medulares relacionados. A partir del día 7, la positividad se extendió a la médula espinal en toda su extensión; a la vez, ya había evidencias de presencia viral en tronco cerebral, con disfusión al resto de estructuras encefálicas desde el día 10. Pese a la presencia masiva del antígeno viral en neuromas, dichas células no mostraban cambios morfológicos aparentes. Dado que la infección de ganglios raquídeos y de médula espinal invariablemente precedió al acesso viral a encéfalo, y ello ocurrió en forma concomitante a la desaparición del virus en órganos linfo-reticulares y en sangre, la vía neural parece ser la adoptada por el VJ desde cavidad peritoneal hasta sistema nervioso central


Subject(s)
Rats , Animals , Female , Antigens, Viral/isolation & purification , Central Nervous System/virology , Junin virus/isolation & purification , Central Nervous System/immunology , Central Nervous System/pathology , Junin virus/immunology , Rats, Inbred BUF , Virus Cultivation
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Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo ; 34(4): 303-7, jul.-ago. 1992. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-134521

ABSTRACT

C. immitis inoculated rats are known to develop infection restricted to lung whereas cyclophosphamide (CY) treatment leads to widespread dissemination with considerable mortality. In this study, an attempt was made to elucidate the mechanisms involved in such behaviour. With this aim, spleen cells were transferred from infected CY-treated to infected untreated rats, achieving significant specific inhibition in footpad swelling to coccidioidin in recipients, attributable to a suppressor T cell subpopulation induced by greater fungal antigen concentration arising from widespread C. immitis dissemination in immunosuppressed animals. NK activity proved similar regardless of CY treatment. Lastly, chronically infected rats presented increased colony forming units count after several weekly doses of CY, as happens in immunosuppressed patients harbouring a previous infection


Subject(s)
Animals , Male , Coccidioidomycosis/immunology , Immunocompromised Host/immunology , Chronic Disease , Colony-Forming Units Assay , Hypersensitivity, Delayed/immunology , Immunosuppression Therapy/methods , Killer Cells, Natural/immunology , Rats , Rats, Inbred BUF , Spleen/cytology , Spleen/immunology , Spleen/transplantation
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Rev. argent. microbiol ; 21(3/4): 120-6, jul.-dic. 1989. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-93730

ABSTRACT

La rata recién nacida infectada con la cepa atenuada XJC13 del virus Junín por vía ip, no desarrolla enfermedad, mientras que los animales inoculados ic a los 8-12 días de vida con la cepa prototipo XJ presentan un 100% de mortalidad con signos neurológicos. El objetivo de este estudio fue lograr una protección en este modelo neurológico y tratar de determinar los mecanismos involucrados en la misma. El mayor porcentaje de sobrevida 75%, se obtuvo cuando a ratas recién nacidas se les administró la cepa XJC13 por vía ip y a los 12 días de edad se les desafió con la cepa XJ por vía ic. Para determinar los mecanismos involucrados en la protección se estudió en los animales protegidos: a) Título de virus en cerebro: fue de 3 log menos que los controle infectados solamente con XJ. Las ratas que recibieron sólo XJC13 presentaron bajos títulos. b) Título de anticuerpos neutralizantes: no fueron diferentes entre ambos grupos, lo que indica que no habría un efecto de respuesta secundaria en los animales protegidos. c) La administración de suero de ratas inoculadas con XJC13 y obtenido 10 días más tarde o de interferón alfa endógeno o oxógeno, no alteraron la mortalidad de animales que fueron infectados ic con XJ a los 12 días de vida. d) La transferencia de esplenocitos de ratas infectadas con la cepa atenuada 10 días antes, protegió contra el desafío con XJ, disminuyendo la mortalidad en un 55% con respecto al grupo control. Tratando los esplenocitos con suero antimocito más complement ...


Subject(s)
Rats , Animals , Arenaviruses, New World/immunology , Encephalitis/prevention & control , Hemorrhagic Fever, American/prevention & control , Viral Vaccines , Animals, Newborn , Brain/microbiology , Encephalitis/immunology , Encephalitis/microbiology , Hemorrhagic Fever, American/immunology , Immune Sera/immunology , Interferon Type I/blood , Rats, Inbred BUF , Spleen/cytology , Spleen/immunology , Vaccines, Attenuated
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