Effect of piceatannol against malignant melanoma / 华西口腔医学杂志

OBJECTIVES@#To study the antitumor effect of piceatannol (PIC) on malignant melanoma @*METHODS@#B16F10 cells were cultured @*RESULTS@#The cell viability of B16F10 decreased with increasing PIC concentration. The results of the Transwell assay showed that invasion ability decreased with increasing PIC concentration, and healing time was prolonged at increased PIC concentration in the wound healing assay. Western blot results showed that PIC mainly inhibited the phosphorylation of Syk and inhibited the expression of MMP-2, MMP-9, and VEGF. RNA interference pointed out that blocking the expression of Syk can reveal the same inhibition effect on B16F10 cells as PIC. @*CONCLUSIONS@#PIC might block the progression of malignant melanoma by inhibiting spleen tyrosine kinase.

Application of mixed reality in oromaxillofacial head and neck oncology surgery: a preliminary study / 华西口腔医学杂志

Mixed reality (MR), characterized by the ability to integrate digital data into human real feeling, is a new technique in medical imaging and surgical navigation. MR has tremendous value in surgery, but its application in oromaxillofacial head and neck oncology surgery is not yet reported. This paper reports the application of MR in oromaxillofacial head and neck oncology surgery. The merits, demerits, and present research situations and prospects of MR are further discussed.

Primary tumor prevalence has an impact on the constituent ratio of metastases to the jaw but not on metastatic sites / 国际口腔科学杂志·英文版

This article provides an overview of metastases to jaws (MJ), mainly concerning the differences between American and Chinese patients, and exploring the relationship between the primary tumors' prevalence (PTP) and constituent ratio of MJ. Information concerning of 399 MJ cases in 215 papers, including one new case in our hospital, was subjected to statistic analysis. The main clinical features of MJ, such as constituent ratio of PTP and that of MJ, metastatic sites, treatments, and prognosis were summarized. Breast, lung, kidney, prostate and thyroid (in descending order) were the leading primary sites of MJ. Furthermore, the constituent ratio of MJ was found to be correlated with that of PTP in all subjects including American and Chinese subjects in our study. As to metastatic sites in the mandible, a specific "M" shaped pattern appeared regardless of the tumor type or constituent ratios of MJ were in all subjects. Almost all subjects received traditionally palliative treatments, and the prognosis was quite poor. The PTP had a significant impact on the constituent ratio of MJ. However, it was the properties of the microenvironment rather than characteristics or constituent ratios of tumor cells, that decided the metastatic sites in various tumor subjects.

An experimental study on angiogenesis of non-vascularized autogenous bone graft with vascular bundle implantation / 华西口腔医学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the effect of vascular bundle implantation in autogenous bone graft on angiogenesis.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Thirty-six New Zealand white rabbits were evaluated in this study. A portion of bilateral radial bones of a rabbit were removed as free bone grafts, whose periostea were peeled off. In test group, the external maxillary artery bundle was passed through the marrow cavity of the bone. In control group, there was no vascular bundle implantation. Each bone was placed in masseter muscle separately. The rabbits were sacrificed and the specimens were procured at 3 days, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 weeks after surgery for histological observation, Chinese ink perfusion and CD34 immunohistochemistry. Microvessel density (MVD) was assessed in order to evaluate angiogenesis of autogenous bone grafts.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The bone grafts were found revascularization in 3 days after surgery in the test group, whereas at 2 weeks in the control group. In 3 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks and 4 weeks after surgery, the MVD of test group was significantly higher than that of control group. In 4 weeks after surgery, angiogenesis of test group reached to peak.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Vascular bundle implantation improved angiogenesis in non-vascularized autogenous bone graft in this study.</p>

Correlation between the expression of thrombospondin-1 and neovascularization in mucoepidermoid carcinoma / 中华医学杂志(英文版)

<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>Researchers have recently demonstrated that thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) has an important function in regulating neovascularization. Whether it inhibits or accelerates neovascularization, however, is still controversial. We found few reports about the correlation between TSP-1 and vascularization in mucoepidermoid carcinoma. In this research, the distribution and expression of TSP-1 in mucoepidermoid carcinoma were investigated. We also analyzed (1) the correlation between the expression of TSP-1 and microvessel density (MVD), as an indicator of neovascularization activity, and (2) the effect of TSP-1 on neovascularization and tumor growth in the subcutaneous xenotransplanted model of mucoepidermoid carcinoma.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>(1) The sites and intensity of expression of TSP-1 and the MVD were analyzed in 45 cases of mucoepidermoid carcinoma after surgery by the method of streptavidin-peroxidase (SP) immunohistochemistry; and (2) recombinant human thrombospondin-1 (rhTSP-1) was injected twice a week for five consecutive weeks around the tumor in the subcutaneous xenotransplanted tumor model of mucoepidermoid carcinoma in nude mice. Each week, the tumor size was measured, in order to draw the growth curve of the xenotransplanted tumor model of mucoepidermoid carcinoma, and MVD was measured.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>(1) The positive expression of TSP-1 protein was 57.78% (26/45). Most positive staining for TSP-1 was found in the cytoplasm of the cancer cells, while some staining occurred in the extracellular matrix. The mean MVD in 45 cases of mucoepidermoid carcinoma was 58.17 +/- 19.77 per 100 visual fields. Tumors with a high expression of TSP-1 showed a low MVD value, and the TSP-1 immunocompetence and microvessel density showed a significant negative correlation (r(s) = -0.947, P < 0.001). (2) The xenotransplanted tumors with the injection doses of 1.25, 0.75 and 0.25 microg/ml respectively were 36.97%, 53.36% and 73.61% of the size of the control group ((451 +/- 92), (651 +/- 113), (898 +/- 86) and (1220 +/- 157) mm(3) respectively, F = 53.167, P < 0.001), and their weights were respectively 35.14%, 51.35% and 70.27% of the control group ((1.3 +/- 0.5), (1.9 +/- 0.5), (2.6 +/- 0.3), and (3.7 +/- 0.7) g respectively, F = 62.669, P < 0.001). Their MVDs were 25.00%, 45.93%, and 72.20% respectively of the control group and concentration dependent (15.43 +/- 3.45, 28.35 +/- 4.24, 44.57 +/- 3.35 and 61.73 +/- 5.43 per 100 visual fields respectively, F = 54.582, P < 0.001).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The TSP-1 has a higher expression in mucoepidermoid carcinoma and the expression has a significant negative correlation with neovascularization. The TSP-1 inhibits neovascularization and tumor growth, and it might be a new biological therapy for treatment of patients with mucoepidermoid carcinoma.</p>

Effect of mechanical stimulation on the expression of E-cadherin/cateninin complex in salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma / 华西口腔医学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the effects of cyclic biaxial mechanical stimulation on adhesion of salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma(SACC) extracellular matrix (ECM) and expression of E-cadherin/cateninin complex in the SACC high metastasis cell lines ACC-M, SACC low metastasis cells line ACC-2, we observed the functions of mechanical stimulation in the adhesion of SACC cell-ECM and investigate the mechanism in the adhesion of ACC.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Mechanical stimulation were applied to the cells for periods of 1, 3 and 6 hours every day, lasting for 2 days. The amplitude of mechanical stimulation applied to the cells were 1000, 4000 micro strain, at a frequency of 3 Hz. Unstrained cells were used as control. The expression of E-cadherin/cateninin complex on the cell of ACC-M, ACC-2 were studied with laser scanning confocal microscope and image analysis. SACC cell-ECM adhesion was assayed by MTT technique.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The results showed that expressions of alpha, beta, gamma-cateninin on the cell of ACC-2 were obviously higher than that ACC-M and E-cadherin on the cell of ACC-M were obviously higher than that ACC-2 without mechanical stimulation. Mechanical stimulation can change the expression of E-cadherin/cateninin complex on the cell of ACC-2 and ACC-M with time. The results also showed that cell-ECM adhesion on the cell of ACC-2 were obviously higher than that of ACC-M without mechanical stimulation. Mechanical stimulation can change the cell-ECM adhesion of ACC-2 and ACC-M with time.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Mechanical stimulation can change the adhesion of the SACC cell-ECM and expression of E-cadherin/cateninin complex of the SACC cell. We think it played an important role in metastasis of the cancer.</p>

Experimental studies on ectopic osteogenesis by seeding human mesenchymal stem cell on human natural bone derived scaffold materials / 华西口腔医学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the ectopic osteogenesis potential of human natural bone derived material combined with human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Cell-scaffold complexes were implanted subcutaneously into the left back of the nude mice, and human natural bone derived material were implanted into the right back as control group. The mice were killed respectively on the postoperative 2 weeks, 4 weeks and 8 weeks. The macroscopic, histopathological, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity assay methods were performed to assess the ectopic osteogenesis potential.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The cartilaginous osteogenesis were observed in both deproteinated bone and decalcified bone, and the more new bone tissue formed gradually as the time went by after implantation. ALP activity become stronger followed with the time (P < 0.05), and compared with the decalcified bone, deproteinated bone displayed stronger ALP activity (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The MSCs and human natural bone derived material can be used as good seed cells and scaffold materials respectively to construct tissue-engineered bone, and as the scaffold material, deproteinated bone has better osteogenesis ability than decalcifed bone.</p>

Sentinel lymphoscintigraphy in oral carcinoma: a clinical report of 10 cases / 华西口腔医学杂志

<p><b>UNLABELLED</b>OBJECTIVE; To determine the clinical value of preoperative in vivo location of sentinel lymph node (SLN) by lymphoscintigraphy (LS) in oral carcinoma.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>10 patients with oral carcinoma were included in this study (7 male to 3 female). 99mTc-dextron was injected peritumorally 24 h before surgery. Lymphoscintigraphy images were obtained in anterior and lateral views. SLNs were detected and removed with the aid of dye during surgery. A standard radical neck dissection was then performed, and all lymph nodes were analyzed by HE staining.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>SLNs were successfully detected in 10 regions of 8 patients via lymphoscintigraphy. Consistent with the result of LS, 15 blue-stained SLNs were identified by means of dye method in 8 of 10 regions which the LS images indicated.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>This study suggests that preoperative in vivo location of SLN via lymphoscintigraphy should be helpful for the application of SLNB in oral carcinoma.</p>

The study on the regeneration of skeletal muscles after denervation / 华西口腔医学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the degeneration and regeneration of skeletal muscle after denervation.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Denervation was carried out in gastrocnemius muscles in 30 adult BALB/C mice by cutting the sciatic nerve. The gastrocnemius muscles were removed at 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16 weeks after denervation, respectively. Specimens were processed for histological study and immunohistochemical technique.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Muscle fiber atrophy followed by degerneration and regeneration was observed in the early period of denervation. Fusion of the regenerated muscle cells with each other followed by degeneration of the cells and growth of fibro-connective tissue were observed in the later stage. The expression of myoglobin and actin decreased in 1-4 weeks after denervation. The postive expression of the proteins was observed in some 8 weeks' cells and in many degenerated 12-14 weeks' muscle cells.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Degeneration and regeneration may coexisted in the denervated muscles. The regenerated muscle cells can't fully develop due to the deficit of nerve regulation and degenerate again. The regenerated muscle cells will melt each other and can't develop to mature muscle fiber in the later stage.</p>