LINC01503 promotes progression of epithelial ovarian cancer through the miR-342-3p/IGF2R axis / 中国肿瘤生物治疗杂志

@#[摘 要] 目的：探讨LINC01503在上皮性卵巢癌（EOC）中的表达水平和生物学功能及其可能的作用机制。方法：收集2015年5月至2016年5月间在河北医科大学第四医院妇瘤科手术切除并经病理学确诊的85例EOC患者的肿瘤组织和输卵管组织。常规培养人EOC细胞A2780、SKOV3、OVCAR3和OV90及正常人卵巢上皮细胞IOSE80，将si-LINC01503、si-NC及miR-342-3p mimic、miR mimic NC分别转染至SKOV3和A2780细胞，分别作为si-LINC01503组、si-NC组、miR-342-3p mimic组和miR mimic NC组。qPCR法检测EOC组织和细胞中LINC01503的表达水平，Kaplan-Meier法分析LINC01503表达水平与患者生存的关系。双荧光素酶报告基因实验验证LINC01503/miR-342-3p/IGF2R轴相关分子间的靶向关系。平板克隆、划痕愈合和Transwell实验分别检测敲低LINC01503及转染miR-342-3p mimic对A2780和SKOV3细胞增殖、迁移和侵袭能力的影响。WB法检测EOC细胞中LINC01503/miR-342-3p通路对IGF2R蛋白表达的影响。构建A2780细胞裸鼠移植瘤模型，观察敲低LINC01503对移植瘤生长的影响。结果：EOC组织和细胞中LINC01503表达水平分别显著高于输卵管组织和IOSE80细胞（均P<0.01），LINC01503高表达组患者术后PFS和OS均显著短于LINC01503低表达组患者（均P<0.01）。敲低LINC01503、转染miR-342-3p mimic均可抑制EOC细胞的增殖、迁移和侵袭能力（均P<0.01）。敲低LINC01503可下调IGF2R的表达（P<0.01），这一现象可通过转染miR-342-3p inhibitor挽救。敲低LINC01503可抑制A2780细胞裸鼠移植瘤的生长（P<0.01）。结论：在EOC组织和细胞中呈高表达的LINC01503与患者的不良预后密切相关，LINC01503可能通过吸附miR-342-3p影响IGF2R表达进而促进EOC的进展。

Genotyping of nucleocapsid protein gene of HCV in HIVHCV co-infected patients in Kunming in 2019 / 中国热带医学

@#Abstract: Objective　To investigate the distribution characteristics of HCV genotypes and subtypes in patients with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus, HIV)/HCV co-infection in Kunming based on the nucleocapsid protein gene sequence of HCV (hepatitis C virus). Methods　Serum was collected from HIV/HCV co-infected patients with household registration in 14 county-level cities, districts and counties under the jurisdiction of Kunming, who admitted to Yunnan Provincial Infectious Disease Hospital from March to August 2019. The viral RNA was extracted from the serum, reverse transcribed to synthesize cDNA, and the HCV nucleocapsid protein gene-specific primers were used for nested PCR amplification. The positive amplification products were sequenced, bioinformatics software such as DNAstar and MEGAX were used for sequence analysis. Results　A total of 64 samples from co-infected patients with clinical diagnosis of suspected HIV/HCV were collected and amplified by HCV nucleocapsid protein gene-specific primers, of which 17 samples were amplified positively. The results of sequence analysis showed that the sequences of 9 cases were located in the same evolutionary branch as the HCV 3b subtype sequence, and the nucleotide homology was 93.3%-95.2%; the sequences of 5 cases were located in the same evolutionary branch as the HCV 1b subtype sequence, and the nucleotide homology was 96.8%-97.6%; the sequence of one case and the subtype sequence of HCV 3a gene were located in the same evolutionary branch, and the nucleotide homology was 95.2%; the sequence of one case and HCV 6n gene subtype sequence were located in the same evolutionary branch, and the nucleotide homology was 97.9%; One case was located in the same evolutionary branch as the HCV 6u gene subtype sequence, and the nucleotide homology was 98.4%. Conclusions　HCV 1b, HCV 3a, HCV 3b, HCV 6n and HCV 6u genotypes or subtypes of HCV are prevalent in Kunming, and HCV 3b is the most prevalent genotype.

A comparative study of PD-1 antibody plus chemotherapy and antiangiogenic drug plus chemotherapy in the frontline treatment of advanced lung adenocarcinoma / 中国肿瘤生物治疗杂志

@#[摘 要] 目的：探讨PD-1抗体联合化疗对比抗血管生成药物联合化疗在晚期驱动基因阴性肺腺癌一线治疗中的疗效和安全性。方法：收集2018年3月至2021年8月河北医科大学第四医院收治的141例不可手术切除的ⅢB/ⅢC和Ⅳ期驱动基因阴性肺腺癌患者，回顾性分析PD-1抗体联合化疗对比抗血管生成药物联合化疗在一线治疗中的疗效与安全性。主要研究终点为无进展生存期（PFS），次要终点为客观缓解率（ORR）、疾病控制率（DCR）和不良反应。结果：141例患者均纳入生存分析，中位随访时间为13.0个月（95% CI：12.0～14.0）。PD-1抗体联合化疗组（A组）和抗血管生成药物联合化疗组（B组）的ORR分别为33.33%和27.38%，DCR分别为98.25%和89.29%，差异均无统计学意义。A组和B组的中位PFS分别为8.4个月（95% CI: 7.3～9.9）和6.9个月（95% CI: 6.1～7.7），差异无统计学意义。亚组分析结果显示，ⅢB/ⅢC期、肝或脑转移患者中，A组中位PFS较B组均延长（均P<0.01）。A组和B组不良反应发生率分别为26.32%和14.29%，多数为1~2级。结论：PD-1抗体联合化疗对比抗血管生成药物联合化疗一线治疗晚期驱动基因阴性肺腺癌疗效相当，不良反应可耐受，可成为晚期驱动基因阴性肺腺癌标准一线治疗。

Expression and clinical significance of bridging intergrator 1 in epithelial ovarian cancer tissues and cells / 中国肿瘤生物治疗杂志

@#[摘 要] 目的：探讨桥接整合因子1（BIN1）在上皮性卵巢癌（EOC）组织中的表达及其临床意义，以及BIN1对EOC细胞A2780增殖、迁移和侵袭的影响。方法：收集2017年7月至2018年1月河北医科大学第四医院手术切除的67例EOC患者的肿瘤组织及同期因其他妇科疾病手术切除的30例非肿瘤患者的卵巢组织（正常对照组）标本。用免疫组织化学染色法检测EOC组织和非肿瘤卵巢组织中BIN1蛋白的表达水平，χ2检验分析BIN1表达与患者临床病理特征之间的关联，Kaplan-Meier法分析BIN1表达与患者的无病生存期（DFS）和总生存期（OS）之间的关系。用qPCR和WB法检测EOC细胞SKOV3、A2780和人卵巢上皮细胞IOSE80中BIN1 mRNA和蛋白的表达水平。利用基因转染技术将BIN1质粒CMV-MCS-GFP-SV40-Neomycin-BIN1和空载体质粒CMV-MCS-GFP-SV40-Neomycin分别转染到A2780细胞以构建过表达BIN1细胞及其对照，用qPCR和WB法分别检测转染细胞中BIN1 mRNA和蛋白的表达水平，CCK-8、划痕愈合和Transwell实验分别检测过表达BIN1对A2780细胞增殖、迁移和侵袭的影响。结果：EOC组织中BIN1阳性表达率显著低于正常卵巢组织（P<0.01）。BIN1表达与EOC患者较晚的术后病理分期、较差的组织学分级、淋巴结转移及腹膜转移存在正向关联（均P<0.05）；BIN1低表达组患者的DFS和OS均短于BIN1高表达组患者（均P<0.05）。SKOV3和A2780细胞中BIN1 mRNA和蛋白的表达水平均显著低于IOSE80细胞（均P<0.01）；过表达BIN1显著抑制A2780细胞的增殖、迁移和侵袭（P<0.05或P<0.01）。结论：BIN1在EOC组织和细胞中呈低表达状态，与患者的不良预后有关；过表达BIN1可降低EOC细胞A2780的增殖、迁移和侵袭能力。

Expression of lncRNA TOB1-AS1 in epithelial ovarian cancer tissues and its clinical significance / 中国肿瘤生物治疗杂志

@#[摘 要] 目的：探讨ERBB2.1转导蛋白反义RNA1（transducer of ERBB2.1 antisense RNA 1，TOB1-AS1）在上皮性卵巢癌（epithelial ovarian cancer，EOC）组织中的表达情况及其临床意义，初步探讨TOB1-AS1对EOC细胞体外增殖、迁移和侵袭的影响。方法：使用TCGA数据库对EOC组织中TOB1-AS1表达情况进行分析；收集2017年7月至2018年1月在河北医科大学第四医院妇科行肿瘤切除并经病理检查证实为EOC的67例患者的肿瘤组织，收集同期因其他妇科疾病接受手术的30例患者的非肿瘤卵巢组织作为对照。采用qPCR法检测EOC组织和非肿瘤卵巢组织中TOB1-AS1的表达水平，χ2检验分析TOB1-AS1的表达与不同临床病理特征之间的相关性，Kaplan-Meier和Cox比例风险回归模型分析患者生存及预后的潜在影响因素。CCK-8实验、划痕实验和Transwell实验分别检测敲低TOB1-AS1表达对EOC细胞SKOV3和A2780增殖、迁移和侵袭的影响。结果：TCGA数据库中资料和qPCR检测结果均显示，在EOC组织中TOB1-AS1的表达水平显著高于非肿瘤卵巢组织（均P<0. 01）。TOB1-AS1的高表达与EOC患者较晚的FIGO分期、较差的组织分级、淋巴结转移及腹膜转移有关（均P<0.05）。Kaplan-Meier生存分析结果显示，TOB1-AS1高表达组患者术后DFS和OS均短于TOB1-AS1低表达组（均P<0.05）。Cox比例风险回归模型分析结果显示，FIGO分期、淋巴结转移、腹膜转移及TOB1-AS1表达是EOC患者预后的独立影响因素（均P<0.05）。TOB1-AS1在EOC细胞系SKOV3、A2780中的表达水平也显著高于正常卵巢上皮细胞系IOSE80（均P<0.01）。细胞功能实验结果显示，敲低TOB1-AS1可抑制SKOV3和A2780细胞的增殖、迁移和侵袭（均P<0.05）。结论：TOB1-AS1在EOC组织中高表达，与患者的不良预后显著相关。TOB1-AS1可能通过促进EOC细胞SKOV3、A2780的增殖、迁移和侵袭来影响EOC的恶性进展。

lncRNA DGCR5 promotes the malignant biological behaviors of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma TE1 cells by up-regulating EGFR expression / 中国肿瘤生物治疗杂志

@#[Abstract] Objective: To investigate the effect of long non-coding RNA DiGeorge syndrome critical region gene 5 (DGCR5) on proliferation, invasion and migration of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) TE1 cells and its mechanism. Methods: qPCR was used to detect the expression level of DGCR5 in ESCC cell lines (TE1, Yes-2, KYSE150 and Eca9706). TE1 cells were transfected with siRNA-DGCR5(si-DGCR5) and negative control (si-NC) plasmids, respectively. CCK-8, Wound healing and Transwell assay were used to detect the proliferation, migration and invasion of TE1 cells before and after DGCR5 knockdown. The relationship between DGCR5 expression and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in ESCC tissues was analyzed by GEPIA database. The mRNA and protein expressions of EGFR in ESCC cell line were examined by qPCR and Western blotting (WB). WB was further used to detect the expression of EGFR protein in TE1 cells before and after DGCR5 knockdown. Results: lncRNA DGCR5 was highly expressed in ESCC cell lines (all P<0.01). qPCR confirmed that the expression of DGCR5 in TE1 cells of si-DGCR5 group was significantly lower than that of si-NC group (P<0.01). The proliferation, migration and invasion ability of TE1 cells in si-DGCR5 group were significantly lower than those in si-NC group (all P<0.01). GEPIA database showed that the expression of DGCR5 was positively correlated with EGFR in ESCC tissues (P<0.01). WB showed that the protein level of EGFR in TE1 cells of si-DGCR5 group decreased significantly (P<0.01). Conclusion: lncRNA DGCR5 is highly expressed in ESCC cells, and promotes the proliferation, invasion and migration of TE1 cells possibly by up-regulating EGFR expression.

Expression and clinical significance of lncRNATTN-AS1 in lung adenocarcinoma / 中国肿瘤生物治疗杂志

@#[Abstract] Objective：To study the expression of long non-coding RNA(lncRNA) titin antisense RNA1 (TTN-AS1) in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) tissues, and explore its relationship with clinicopathologic characteristics and prognosis of LUAD patients. Methods: The TTN-AS1 expression in LUAD data set was analyzed using TCGAdatabase. 52 pairs of tumor tissues and matched para-carcinoma tissues from LUAD patients, who underwent surgical resection and were later pathologically conformed in Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University between Jan. 2014 and Jan. 2015, were used in this study. qPCR was performed to detect TTN-AS1 expression in the specimens. Then, the correlations between TTN-AS1 expression and clinicopathologic characteristics were analyzed. Survival analysis was used to determine the significance of TTN-AS1 expression for predicting the prognosis of LUAD patients. Results: TCGAdatabase analysis and qPCR results showed that TTN-AS1 expression in LUAD tissues was significantly higher than that in normal lung and para-carcinoma tissues (both P<0.01). TTN-AS1 expression in LUAD tissues was significantly correlated with the TNM stage and lymph node metastasis (P<0.05), but not correlated with gender, age, tumor invasion range (P>0.05). Kaplan-Meier univariate analysis result demonstrated that the patients with high TTN-AS1 expression had shorter post-operative disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) than those patients with low TTN-AS1 expression (all P<0.01). Cox proportional hazard regression model result demonstrated that wider tumor invasion range, positive lymph node metastasis and high TTN-AS1 expression were significantly correlated with shorter postoperative DFS and OS (P<0.05). Conclusion: TTN-AS1 was highly expressed in LUAD tissues, and closely correlated with TNM stage and lymph node metastasis of LUAD patients (all P<0.05). High expression of TTN-AS1 is significantly correlated with shorter DFS and OS, indicating that TTN-AS1 may be a biomarker for predicting poor prognosis of LUAD patients.

lncRNANORADpromotestheproliferationandmigrationofesophagealsquamous cell carcinoma EC9706 cells / 中国肿瘤生物治疗杂志

@#[Abstract] Objective: To investigate the effects and mechanisms of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) non-coding RNA-activated by DNA damage (NORAD) on the proliferation and migration of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) EC9706 cells. Methods: RT-PCR was used to detect the mRNA expression level of NORAD in different ESCC cells (EC9706, TE1, YES-2, KYSE150). Small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting NORAD gene was transfected into EC9706 cells (as si-NORAD group) with RNA interference technique to knockdown NORAD expression; in addition, blank control group (as Ctrl group, without any transfection) as well as negative control group (as NC group, transfected with siRNAnegative control sequence)werealsoestablished. qPCR was used to verify the transfection efficiency. MTT, Colony formation assay and Wound-healing test were used to detect the abilities of proliferation and migration of EC9706 cells before and after NORAD knockdown. Western blotting was used to detect the expressions of E-cadherin, N-cadherin and Snail in EC9706 cells before and after NORAD knockdown. Results: NORAD mRNAwas highly expressed in 4 ESCC cell lines. Comparing with TE1, YES-2 and KYSE150 cells, the expression of NORAD mRNA was significantly higher in EC9706 cells (P<0.01). After transfection of NORAD-siRNA into EC9706 cells, the expression of NORAD was down-regulated significantly as comparing with Ctrl group and NC group (all P<0.01), in the meanwhile, the proliferation and migration abilities of EC9706 cells were also significantly suppressed (P<0.05).After NORAD knockdown, the expression of E-cadherin was up-regulated while the expressions of N-cadherin and Snail were down-regulated in EC9706 cells (all P<0.05). Conclusion: NORAD is highly expressed in EC9706 cells;knockdown of NORAD expression can inhibit the proliferation and migration ability of EC9706 probably through up-regulating E-cadherin and down-regulating N-cadherin and Snail.

Effects of acupuncture on PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway in rats with premature ovarian failure / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the effects of acupuncture and medication on PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway in rats with premature ovarian failure.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Ten of fifty SPF-grade female SD rats were randomly selected into a normal group, and the remaining 40 rats were treated with intraperitoneal injection of cyclophospha mide (30 mg/kg) for consecutive 5 days to establish rat model of premature ovarian failure. Thirty five successful rat models were randomly divided into a model group (9 cases), a medication group (9 cases), an acupuncture group A (9 cases) and an acupuncture group B (8 cases). The rats in the model group and normal group did not receive any treatment. The rats in the medication group were treated with intragastric administration of diethylstil bestrol, once a day. The rats in the acupuncture group A and acupuncture group B were respectively treated with acupuncture at different acupoints, twice a day. All the treatment was given for 4 weeks. After the treatment, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was applied to test the levels of estradiol (E2), progesterone (P), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteotropic hormone (LH). The ovarian tissue sample was processed with hematoxylin eosin (HE) staining as well as RNA and protein extraction to test the mRNA expression of estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha), estrogen receptor beta (ERP), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/serine/threonine kinase (PI3K), protein kinase B (Akt) and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>High-dose short-term in- tervention of cyclophosphamide could establish rat model of premature ovarian failure with a successful rate of 87.5%. Compared with the normal group, the vaginal smear in the model group was featured with signs of estro gen deficiency, early-follicle reduction, structural damage to the follicle, and reducing number of mature follicles; the level of E2 was significantly reduced (P<0.05), levels of P, FSH and ILH were increased (all P<0.05), and mRNA expression of estrogen-related ERP3, PI3K, Akt and mTOR were all reduced (all P<0.05). Compared with the model group, the number of mature follicle was increased in the medication group and acupuncture groups, the levels of E2 was obviously increased (all P<0.05). level of FSH was reduced (all P<0.05), and mRNA expression of PI3K, Akt and mTOR all showed an increasing trend (all P<0.05). The differences of each index result between acupuncture groups and medication group were not significant (all P>0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Acupuncture has certain advantage for the treatment of premature ovarian failure, which achieves similar therapeu tic effect as estrogen; the possible mechanism may be related to up-regulation of gene and protein expression in PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway.</p>

Expression profiles and polymorphism analysis of CDIPT gene on Qinchuan cattle

Background CDIPT (CDP-diacylglycerol-inositol 3-phosphatidyltransferase, EC 2.7.8.11) was found on the cytoplasmic side of the Golgi apparatus and the endoplasmic reticulum. It was an integral membrane protein performing the last step in the de novo biosynthesis of phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns). In recent years, PtdIns has been considered to play an essential role in energy metabolism, fatty acid metabolic pathway and intracellular signal transduction in eukaryotic cells. Results In this study, the results of real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) showed that the expression of CDIPT gene was remarkably different in diverse tissues. We also detected the polymorphism of bovine CDIPT gene and analyzed its association with body measurement and meat quality traits of Qinchuan cattle. Blood samples were obtained from 638 Qinchuan cattle aged from 18 to 24 months. DNA sequencing and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) were used to find CDIPT gene single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP). Three SNPs g.244T>C (NCBI: rs42069760), g.1496G>A and g.1514G>A were found in this study. g.244T>C located at 5'untranslated region (5'UTR) of exon 1 showed three genotypes: TT, TC and CC. g.1496G>A and g.1514G>A detected the first time were located in intron 3 and showed the same genotypes: GG, GA and AA. Conclusions Analysis results showed that these three SNPs were significantly associated with body measurement traits (BMTs) and meat quality traits (MQTs). We suggested that CDIPT gene may have potential effects on BMTs and MQTs and can be used for marker-assisted selection.

GalNAc-T14 may be involved in regulating the apoptotic action of IGFBP-3.

Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) is known to induce apoptosis in an insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-dependent and IGF-independent manner, but the mechanism underlying the IGF-independent effects remains unclear. Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 14 (GalNAc-T14) is a novel IGFBP-3 binding partner. In this paper, small interference RNA (siRNA) targeting GalNAc-T14 was used to examine whether GalNAc-T14 affects the apoptotic action of IGFBP-3. Using semi-quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and western blot analysis, we determined that GalNAc-T14 expression was downregulated by the siRNA directed against GalNAc-T14. Apoptosis analysis of IGFBP-3-overexpressing cells treated with siRNA against GalNAc- T14 was performed to determine if GalNAc-T14 was specifi cally involved in IGFBP-3 signalling. The results, as determined by fl ow cytometric analysis and caspase-3 assay, showed that the extent of apoptosis induced by IGFBP-3 increased with RNA interference (RNAi) knockdown of GalNAc-T14. Our data suggest that GalNAc-T14 infl uences the apoptotic action of IGFBP-3 and might mediate the signalling pathway of IGFBP-3. Experiments to determine the role of GalNAc-T14 in the regulation of apoptosis induced by IGFBP-3 are under way.