Relationship between Chemotactic Factor CCL5 and Diabet-associated Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma / 中国实验血液学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore whether the chemotactic factor CCL5 is the major factor of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) induced by diabetes or not.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The normal human B cells and DLBCL cells were cultured in vitro; the RT-PCR was used to detect their CCL5 mRNA expression, the human DLBCL cell line and mouse-derived DLBCL cell line A20 were cultured in vitro by using glucose at 5 and 30 mmol/L, respectively, then their CCL5 mRNA expression was detected by PT-PCR; the diabetic mouse model was constructed through peritoneal injection of streptozotocin at low dose in the BALB/c mice; the cell lines with stably high and low expression of CCL5 were established via lentiviral transfection and the cell lines with low and high expression of CCL5 were subcutaneously injected into diabetic mice and mice with normal blood sugar level. According to blood sugar level, the experimental mice were divided into 2 groups: diabetic group (A group) and normal blood sugar group as control (B group); then according to CCL5 expression level, the A group and B group were divided as well into high expression group (A1 group and B1 group) and low expression group (A2 group and B2 group), respectively, the tumor-formation rate, tumor-formation time, tumor size and texture were analyzed, respectively; the CCL5 expression was detected by using HE staining of tumor tissue and immunohistochemical method.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The expression of CCL5 mRNA in human DLBCL cell line cultured in vitro was higher than that in normal B cells (P < 0.05); the expressions of CCL5 mRNA in human DLBCL cells cultured in high sugar concentration in vitro and mouse DLBCL cells were higher than those in cells cultured in low sugar concentration (P < 0.05). The tumor-formation rates in diabetic mice injected with high and low expression of CCL5 cell line A20 were 93.3% in A1 group and 60% in A2 group; the their tumor-formation time was 7.0 ± 0.85 days in A1 group and 9.5 ± 2.8 days in A2 group, while the tumor formation rates in mice with normal blood sugar level were 20% in B1 group and 20% in B2 group, and their tumor-formation time was 12 ± 1.3 days and 14 ± 2.5 days respectively; the CCL5 expression level in tumor tissue of diabetic mice was higher than that in tumor tissue of mice with normal blood sugar level.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The high blood glucose level can casase increase of DLBCL risk and promote the tumor growth; the chemotactic factor CCL5 may play an important role in the growth and migration of DLBCL caused by diabetes mellitus.</p>

Characteristic gene expression profiles in the progression from normal gastric epithelial cells to moderate gastric epithelial dysplasia and to gastric cancer / 中华医学杂志(英文版)

<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>Gastric cancer ranks high among the most common causes of cancer-related death worldwide. This study was designed to explore key genes involved in the progression of normal gastric epithelial cells to moderate gastric epithelial dysplasia (mGED) and to gastric cancer.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Twelve pairs of mGED tissues, gastric cancer tissues, and normal gastric tissues were collected by gastroscopy. Total RNA was then extracted and purified. After the addition of fluorescent tags, hybridization was carried out on a Gene chip microarray slide. Significance analysis of microarrays was performed to determine significant differences in gene expression between the different tissue types.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Microarray data analysis revealed totally 34 genes that were expressed differently: 18 highly expressed (fold change > 2; P < 0.01) and 16 down-regulated (fold change > 2; P < 0.01). Of the 34 genes, 24 belonged to several different functional categories such as structural molecule activity, extracellular regions, structural formation, cell death, biological adhesion, developmental processes, locomotion, and biological regulation that were associated with cancer. The remaining 10 genes were not involved in cancer research. Of these genes, the expression levels of Matrix metalloproteinase-12 (MMP12), Caspase-associated recruitment domain 14 (CARD14), and Chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1) were confirmed by semi-quantitative RT-PCR. A two-way clustering algorithm divided the 36 samples into three categories and the overall correct classification efficiency was 80.6% (29/36). Almost all of these genes (31/34) showed constant changes in the process of normal gastric epithelial cells to mGED to gastric cancer.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The results of this study provided global gene expression profiles during the development and progression from normal gastric epithelial cells to mGED to gastric cancer. These data may provide new insights into the molecular pathology of gastric cancer which may be useful for the detection, diagnosis, and treatment.</p>

Changes of trace elements in regional lymph nodes of gastric carcinoma / 中华胃肠外科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the relationship between the changes of trace elements and lymphatic metastasis in gastric carcinoma.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Trace elements including Fe, Mg, Mn, Ca, Cu, Zn, Se were measured in primary gastric carcinoma and regional lymph nodes from 40 patients with gastric carcinoma, and compared among the primary tumor, metastatic, and non-metastatic nodes.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>There were no significant differences in the contents of Fe, Mg, Mn and Ca among primary gastric tumors, regional lymph nodes with or without metastasis (P=0.372 - 0.741, P > 005), and no significant differences in the contents of all 7 trace elements between primary tumors and metastatic lymph nodes (P=0.15 - 0.59, P > 005). Compared with metastatic lymph nodes, the contents of Zn, Se significantly decreased, while Cu and Cu/Zn significantly increased (P=0.001 - 0.009, P< 0.01) in non-metastatic lymph nodes. The content of Zn in N2 positive lymph nodes was significant lower than that in N1 positive nodes (P=0.027). There were no significant difference in the contents of all 7 elements between intestinal type and diffuse type (P=0.149 - 0.758, P > 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Lymphatic metastasis of gastric cancer is concomitant with the changes of trace elements, and the changes of Zn, Cu, Se may be related with lymphatic metastasis.</p>