1
|
Li XΑ, Zhou Y, Zhou SΧ, Liu HR, Xu JM, Gao L, Yu XJ, Li XH. Histopathology of melanosis coli and determination of its associated genes by comparative analysis of expression microarrays. Mol Med Rep 2015; 12:5807-15. [PMID: 26238215 PMCID: PMC4581826 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2015.4126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 06/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Melanosis coli (MC) refers to the condition characterized by abnormal brown or black pigmentation deposits on the colonic mucosa. However, the histopathological findings and genes associated with the pathogenesis of melanosis coli remain to be fully elucidated. The present study aimed to examine the histopathological features and differentially expressed genes of MC. This involved performing hematoxylin and eosin staining, specific staining and immunohistochemistry on tissues sections, which were isolated from patients diagnosed with MC. DNA expression microarray analysis, western blotting and immunofluorescence assays were performed to analyze the differentially expressed genes of melanosis coli. The results demonstrated that the pigment deposits in MC consisted of lipofuscin. A TUNEL assay revealed that a substantial number of apoptotic cells were present within the macrophages and superficial lamina propria of the colonic epithelium. Expression microarray analysis revealed that the significantly downregulated genes were CYP3A4, CYP3A7, UGT2B11 and UGT2B15 in melanosis coli. Western blotting and immunofluorescence assays indicated that the expression of CYP3A4 in the normal tissue was higher than in the MC tissue. The results of the present study provided a comprehensive description of the histopathological characteristics and pathogenesis of MC and for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, demonstrated that the cytochrome P450-associated genes were significantly downregulated in melanosis coli. This novel information can be used to assist in further investigations of melanosis coli.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Xiao-Αn Li
- The Gastroenterology Tumor and Microenvironment Laboratory, Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China
| | - Yan Zhou
- The Gastroenterology Tumor and Microenvironment Laboratory, Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China
| | - Shu-Χian Zhou
- The Gastroenterology Tumor and Microenvironment Laboratory, Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China
| | - Hai-Rong Liu
- The Gastroenterology Tumor and Microenvironment Laboratory, Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China
| | - Jin-Mei Xu
- The Gastroenterology Tumor and Microenvironment Laboratory, Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China
| | - Long Gao
- The Gastroenterology Tumor and Microenvironment Laboratory, Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China
| | - Xian-Jing Yu
- The Gastroenterology Tumor and Microenvironment Laboratory, Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China
| | - Xiao-Hui Li
- The Gastroenterology Tumor and Microenvironment Laboratory, Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Abstract
Chloral hydrate (CH) is a widely used sedative. Its pharmacological and toxicological effects are directly related to its metabolism. Prior investigations of CH metabolism have been limited by the lack of analytical techniques sufficiently sensitive to identify and quantify metabolites of CH in biological fluids. In this study a gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS) method was developed and validated for determining CH and its metabolites, monochloroacetate (MCA), dichloroacetate (DCA), trichloroacetate (TCA) and total trichloroethanol (free and glucuronidated form, TCE and TCE-Glu) in human plasma. Of these, DCA and MCA are newly identified metabolites in humans. The drug, its plasma metabolites and an internal standard, 4-chlorobutyric acid (CBA), were derivatized to their methyl esters by reacting with 12% boron trifluoride-methanol complex (12% BF3-MeOH). The reaction mixture was extracted with methylene chloride and analyzed by GC/MS, using a selected ion monitoring (SIM) mode. The quantitation limits of MCA, DCA, TCA, and TCE were between 0.12 and 7.83 microM. The coefficients of variation were between 0.58 and 14.58% and the bias values ranged between -10.03 and 14.37%. The coefficients of linear regression were between 0.9970 and 0.9996.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Z Yan
- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, USA
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|