Expression and clinical significance of plasma long non-coding RNA MALAT1 in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma / 实用口腔医学杂志

Objective: To investigate the expression of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) in plasma of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and its clinical significance. Methods: 70 OSCC patients and 50 healthy controls were included. The relative expression of MALAT1 in plasma was examined by quantitative realtime PCR. The expression of MALAT1 in plasma in 15 OSCC patients was analyzed retrospectively 30 days after operation. Results: The expression level of MALAT1 in plasma of OSCC patients was significantly higher than that of healthy controls(P＜ 0. 001). The expression level of MALAT1 in OSCC patients was significantly correlated with TNM stage, tumor differentiation and lymph node metastasis(P＜ 0. 05). After operation the expression level of MALAT1 in plasma of OSCC patients was significantly decreased(P＜ 0. 001). The AUC of the diagnosis of OSCC with MALAT1 was 0. 814, and the sensitivity and specificity were 87. 43％ and 72. 00％ respectively. Conclusion: MALAT1 can be used as an auxiliary diagnostic marker for OSCC.

Circular RNA circHIPK3 acts as the sponge of microRNA-124 to promote human oral squamous cell carcinoma cells proliferation / 中华口腔医学杂志

Objective@#To explore the expression and clinical significance of circular RNA circHIPK3 in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), analyze the effect of circHIPK3 on the proliferation of OSCC cells.@*Methods@#The expression of circHIPK3 in OSCC tissues, adjacent non-cancerous tissues and OSCC cell lines were detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). The correlations between the expression of circHIPK3 in OSCC tissues and the clinicopathological features were analyzed as well. circHIPK3-specific siRNA si-circHIPK3 and negative control siRNA si-NC were designed and synthesised and used to transfect CAL27 and SCC15 cells respectively. The proliferation capacity of CAL27 and SCC15 cells after transfection with si-circHIPK3 was detected by CCK-8 assay. The expression of miR-124 in OSCC was detected by qPCR, and the correlation between expression of circHIPK3 and the expression of miR-124 was analyzed. Using qPCR to detect the expression of miR-124 in CAL27 and SCC15 cells after transfection with si-circHIPK3 and si-NC respectively. Furthermore, using CCK-8 assay to detect the proliferation capacity of CAL27 and SCC15 cells after transfection with si-NC, si-circHIPK3, miR-124 mimic, si-circHIPK3+miR-124 inhibitor.@*Results@#The expression of circHIPK3 in OSCC tissues [2.23 (1.86, 3.00)] was significantly higher than that of the adjacent non-cancerous tissues [1.05 (0.85, 1.26)] (U=1 094, P=0.000). The expression of circHIPK3 in CAL27 (3.02±0.51) and SCC15 cells (3.16±0.75) was higher than those of human normal oral keratinocytes (hNOK) (1.26±0.30) (P=0.000). The expression of circHIPK3 was found to be closely associated with TNM stage (P<0.05) and tumor grades (P<0.05). Knockdown of circHIPK3 can inhibit proliferation of CAL27 and SCC15 cells (P<0.05). The expression of miR-124 in OSCC tissues (0.61±0.35) was significantly lower than that in adjacent non-cancerous tissues (1.13+0.39) (t=-5.36, P<0.05). Correlation analysis showed that the expression of circHIPK3 in OSCC was negatively correlated with the expression of miR-124 (r=-0.767, P<0.001). Moreover, down-regulation of miR-124 rescued the phenotype induced by knockdown of circHIPK3.@*Conclusions@#The expression of circHIPK3 in OSCC was increased, and silencing of circHIPK3 expression can inhibit the proliferation of OSCC cells. Our results suggest that circHIPK3 may play a key role in the occurrence and development process of OSCC through the regulation of miR-124 expression.

Expression of long non-coding RNA colon cancer associated transcript 2 and its clinicopathologic significance in oral squamous cell carcinoma / 中华口腔医学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the expression of long non-coding RNA(lncRNA) colon cancer associated transcript 2(CCAT2) and its association with clinicopathologic features in oral squamous cell carcinoma(OSCC).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The expression of lncRNA was detected with microarray assay in three samples of OSCC tumor and matched adjacent tissues. The profiles of lncRNAs in OSCC tissues were identified. The CCAT2 expression was evaluated by real-time quantitative PCR(RT-qPCR) in 86 OSCC tumor samples and matched adjacent tissues. The relationship between the expression of CCAT2 and its clinicopathologic features of OSCC was analyzed. Tumor cell proliferation was assessed following siRNA knockdown of CCAT2 by using the CCK-8 kits.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>A total of 1 685 lncRNA expressed in OSCC tumor samples and matched adjacent tissues were identified using microarray assay(P<0.05). RT-qPCR showed that the expression of CCAT2 was significantly higher in OSCC than that in adjacent tissues(P< 0.01). High CCAT2 expression was associated with cell differentiation and pathological stage of OSCC. CCAT2 expression in low-differentiated OSCC was significantly higher than that in high-differentiated cancer (P=0.015). In addition, CCAT2 level in stage Ⅲ/Ⅳ OSCC was significantly higher than that in stage Ⅰ/Ⅱ cancer (P=0.022). Furthermore, inhibition of CCAT2 expression suppressed the proliferation of human tongue carcinoma Tca8113 cells.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Abnormal expression of lncRNA may be involved in the development of OSCC. Up-regulation of CCAT2 expression in tumor tissue might act as an oncogene and promote the development of OSCC.</p>

Levels of programmed death-1 and programmed death ligand-1 in the peripheral blood of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma and its clinical implications / 华西口腔医学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To detect the expression levels of programmed death-1 (PD-1) and programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) in the peripheral blood of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and to discuss their biological and clinical significance.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>PD-1/PD-L1 expression on the surface of T-lymphocytes and the counts of T-lymphocyte subpopulations of peripheral blood in 82 patients with OSCC (OSCC group) and 25 healthy controls (control group) were examined via flow cytometry. The expression levels of soluble PD-1 (sPD-1) and soluble PD-L1 (sPD-L1) in the serum were observed through enzyme-link immunology method. The data were tested and analyzed with SPSS 17.0 software.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The percentage of CD8+ T cells in the OSCC group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P<0.05), whereas the percentages of CD3+ and CD4+ T cells as well as CD4+/CD8+ ratio were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). The positive rates of PD-1 and PD-L1 in CD3+ and CD4+ T cells in OSCC peripheral blood were remarkably higher than those in the control group (P<0.01). Difference was not observed between the expression levels of sPD-1 in the serum of OSCC group and those in the control group (P>0.05), but the average of sPD-L1 was remarkably higher than that in the control group (P<0.05). sPD-L1 expression was related to clinical stage, tumor cell differentiation, and lymph node status (P<0.05) but not related to sex, age, tumor location, and tumor size.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>T-lymphocyte subpopulations in the peripheral blood of patients with OSCC developed immunosuppression with different degrees. PD-1 and PD-L1 expression levels on the surface of CD3+ and CD4+ T cells significantly increased. Abnormal increase in sPD-L1 expression may be associated with OSCC development.</p>

Clinical study of the two-stage hollow prosthesis on restoring unilateral maxillary defect with restricting mouth opening: a case report / 华西口腔医学杂志

A case of a patient with a unilateral maxillary defect and restricted mouth opening was presented. The two-stage hollow maxillofacial prosthesis can be used to restore the above defect, thus promoting mastication, speaking, swallowing, and sucking, as well as improving the patient's appearance. Satisfactory results were achieved.