Efficacy and safety of recombinant Bifidobacterium breve carrying HPV16 E7 shRNA and IL-12 gene against mouse cervical cancer xenografts / 中国肿瘤生物治疗杂志

@#[摘 要] 目的：评价口服携带HPV16 E7 shRNA和IL-12基因的重组短双歧杆菌在小鼠体内抗宫颈癌移植瘤的效果。方法：将pMG36e-E7 shRNA、pMG36e-mIL-12D质粒分别转化短双歧杆菌，经筛选鉴定并扩增获得携带HPV16 E7 shRNA和IL-12 基因的重组短双歧杆菌。通过小鼠皮下宫颈癌细胞移植建立荷瘤小鼠模型。口服重组短双歧杆菌1、7 d后，检测小鼠主要器官（心、肝、脾、肺、肾）和肿瘤组织匀浆液或血清在PYG培养基中形成的菌落数量，评价短双歧杆菌的肿瘤靶向性，以小鼠体内肿瘤生长曲线评估重组短双歧杆菌的抗肿瘤效果，通过主要器官切片H-E染色和检测荷瘤小鼠血清相关细胞因子水平评价口服重组短双歧杆菌的安全性。结果：成功制备重组短双歧杆菌和宫颈癌TC-1细胞移植瘤小鼠。7 d后，移植瘤组织匀浆液和血清的菌落数量证实短双歧杆菌具有靶向体内瘤组织的定殖能力，口服重组短双歧杆菌明显抑制荷瘤小鼠的肿瘤生长（P<0.05或P<0.01），但联合使用携带HPV16 E7 shRNA和IL-12基因的重组双歧杆菌的肿瘤抑制率与单独使用的并无显著差异，治疗后未见对荷瘤小鼠主要器官的损伤和血清中IL-12及IFN-γ的水平明显变化。结论：短双歧杆菌可用作靶向肿瘤的治疗性基因分子递送载体，其对宫颈癌移植瘤的疗效明显且安全可控。

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphisms associated with susceptibility to high altitude pulmonary edema in Chinese railway construction workers at Qinghai-Tibet over 4 500 meters above sea level / 中国医学科学杂志(英文版)

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To examine whether the polymorphisms of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene are associated with the susceptibility to high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) in Chinese railway construction workers at Qinghai-Tibet where the altitude is over 4 500 m above sea level.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A case-control study was conducted including 149 HAPE patients in the construction workers and 160 healthy controls randomly recruited from their co-workers, matching the patients in ethnicity, age, sex, lifestyle, and working conditions. Three polymorphisms of eNOS gene, T-786C in promoter, 894G/T in exon 7, and 27bp variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) in intron 4, were genotyped using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and confirmed with DNA sequencing.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The frequencies of 894T allele and heterozygous G/T of the 894G/T variant were significantly higher in HAPE patients group than in the control group (P=0.0028 and P=0.0047, respectively). However, the frequencies of the T-786C in promoter and the 27bp VNTR in intron 4 were not significantly different between the two groups. Haplotypic analysis revealed that the frequencies of two haplotypes (H3,T-T-b, b indicates 5 repeats of 27 bp VNTR; H6, C-G-a, a indicates 4 repeats of 27 bp VNTR) were significantly higher in HAPE patients (both Pü0.0001). On the contrary, the frequencies of H1 (T-G-b) and H2 (T-G-a) were lower in HAPE patients than in healthy controls (both Pü0.001).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Two haplotypes (T-T-b and C-G-a) may be strongly associated with susceptibility to HAPE. Compared with the individual alleles of eNOS gene, the interaction of multiple genetic markers within a haplotype may be a major determinant for the susceptibility to HAPE.</p>