Evaluation of the effect of KAI1 gene and ME491 gene suppressing metastasis on pancreatic cancer / 中国实用内科杂志

Objective To study the effect of suppressing metastasis between KAI1 and ME491 on pancreatic cancer.Methods Normal pancreases and pancreatic cancers were analyzed using Northern blot,in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry.Results The expression of KAI1and ME491 was higher in pancreatic cancer than that in normal pancreases,KAI1 expression was higher in pancreatic cancer without metastasis than that in pancreatic cancer with metastasis(P0.05).Conclusion The gene of KAI1 may be involved in the metastasis of pancreatic cancer,ME491 gene may have no effect on the metastasis of pancreatic cancer.

Studies on the Protective Effect of the Mutant of Sj23 DNA Vaccine against Schistosomiasis / 中国寄生虫学与寄生虫病杂志

Objective To investigate the protective immunity of the vaccine against schistosomiasis,a mutant of Mr 23 000 membrane protein DNA(Sj23DNA) without the homologous sequence of ME491.Methods The mutant of Sj23 DNA with no homologous sequence of ME491 on the cell membrane of human melanoma was obtained by overlap PCR.The mutant was transfected into human embryonic kidney cells of the line HEK293.Indirect fluorescent antibody test(IFAT) was used to detect the expressed protein.Expression of the mutant of Sj23DNA in muscular cells of mice was conducted through vaccinating the mouse with 100 ?g purified plasmids by injecting them into the quadriceps muscle of thigh.Four weeks after the immunization,the quadriceps muscles were taken and cryostat sections were prepared for detecting the expression by IFAT.Forty BALB/c mice were randomly divided into four groups and injected with the mutant of pcDNA3-Sj23 plasmid DNA,pcDNA3-Sj23 plasmid DNA,pcDNA3 blank plasmid(100 ?g per mouse) and sterile saline(30 ?l per mouse) respectively.Four weeks after the immunization,mice were challenged with cercariae(40?2 cercariae per mouse) by abdominal skin penetration.Mice were then killed 6 weeks later,perfusion and squash methods were carried out to collect the adult worms and the number of eggs per gram of liver tissue was calculated.Worm and egg reduction rates were used to evaluate the protective immunity.Results Specific fluorescence was demonstrated in muscular cells of mice vaccinated with the mutant of pcDNA3-Sj23.The worm reduction rate and egg reduction rate were 40.3% and 42.8% respectively in the mutant of pcDNA3-Sj23 group,which were higher than those in the pcDNA3-Sj23 plasmid group(33.1% and 28.9% respectively).The difference between these two groups was significant(P