Cerebral ischemia induces astrocytes to express granulocyte colony stimulating factor and glial cell fine-derived neurotrophic factor / 中华神经科杂志

Objective To explore the neuroprotective mechanisms of granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) in ischemic brain injury. Methods Brain tissues were taken out from MCAO and sham operated Sprague-Dawley rats 7 days after operation. The expression of G-CSFR, GDNF, MAP2 and GFAP was measured by using immunofluorescence co-staining. Results The expression of G-CSFR and GDNF were widely distributed in the neurons in normal brain tissues, not in the astrocytes. However, in ischemic peripheral zone, part of G-CSFR and GDNF positive cells merged with GFAP positive cells, in normal brain tissues, most G-CSFR positive cells were co-expressed with GDNF. Conclusion Cerebral ischemia induces astrocytes to express G-CSFR and GDNF, suggesting that endogenous neuroprotection by cerebral ischemia may be related with the expression and production of G-CSFR and GDNF in astrocytes in ischemic peripheral zone.

Cell proliferation of acute leukemia stimulated by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and the expression of granulocyte colony stimulating factors receptor / 中国医师杂志

Objective To explore the relationship of cell proliferation of acute leukemia stimulated by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor(G-CSF) and the expression of granulocyte colony stimulating factors receptor(G-CSFR).Methods Thirty cases of initial and refractory-relapse acute myeloid leukaemia(AML) patients,20 cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia(ALL) and 20 normal controls were involved in the study.The 5ml bone marrow was taken from each patient before chemotherapy and the marrow mononuclear cells(MNC) were cultured with 5,10,15,20 and 25 ng/ml G-CSF respectively.After 24h,the DNA diploid and the expressions of G-CSFR and CD34 were detected by flow cytometry(FCM).Results The DNA diploid of MNC from AML was increased with the elevated concentration of G-CSF after 24h,and that of the ALL and normal control did not change significantly.The expression rates of G-CSFR were(68.59?13.99)%,(1.90?0.93)% and(70.5?10.8)% in AML,ALL and the normal control respectively.The expression rates of CD34 were(45.15?4.22)%,(46.75?3.15)% and(3.15?0.22)% in AML,ALL and normal control respectively.The expression of G-CSFR in AML was significantly different from that of ALL(P0.05).The expression of G-CSFR in ALL was significantly different from that of the normal control(P

Expression of G-CSFR and its mRNA in human colorectal cancer and normal mucosa tissues / 解放军医学杂志

Objective The purpose of the study was to study the expression of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor receptor (G-CSFR) in human colorectal cancer (CPC) and the role of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in the development and progression of human CRC. Methods Forty-two specimens of CRC and normal colorectal mucosa were harvested from colon or rectum in a group of patients who were suffering from CRC. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique were used to demonstrate expression of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor receptor. The relationship between expression of G-CSFR and clinical or pathological pictures was analyzed. Results Immucohistochemical analyses revealed that G-CSFR was expressed in the human colorectal cancer (25/42, 59.52%), and it appeared to be up-regulated compared with the normal mucosa (14/42, 33.33%, P