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Li CY, Liu SP, Dai XF, Lan DF, Song T, Wang XY, Kong QH, Tan J, Zhang JD. The emerging role of exosomes in the development of testicular. Asian J Androl 2023; 25:373775. [PMID: 37040218 PMCID: PMC10521952 DOI: 10.4103/aja2022126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/12/2023] Open
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The mechanisms of testicular development in mammals are complex. Testis is an organ that produces sperm and secretes androgens. It is rich in exosomes and cytokines that mediate signal transduction between tubule germ cells and distal cells, promoting testicular development and spermatogenesis. Exosomes are nanoscale extracellular vesicles that transmit information between cells. By transmitting information, exosomes play an important role in male infertility diseases such as azoospermia, varicocele, and testicular torsion. However, due to the wide range of sources of exosomes, extraction methods are numerous and complex. Therefore, there are many difficulties in studying the mechanisms of exosomal effects on normal development and male infertility. Therefore, in this review, first, we introduce the formation of exosomes and methods for culturing testis and sperm. Then, we introduce the effects of exosomes on different stages of testicular development. Finally, we summarize the prospects and shortcomings of exosomes when used in clinical applications. We lay the theoretical foundation for the mechanism of the influence of exosomes on normal development and male infertility.
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- Chun-Yang Li
- Department of Immunology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
- Special Key Laboratory of Gene Detection and Therapy of Guizhou Province, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
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- Department of Immunology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
- Special Key Laboratory of Gene Detection and Therapy of Guizhou Province, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
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- Department of Immunology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
- Special Key Laboratory of Gene Detection and Therapy of Guizhou Province, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
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- Department of Immunology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
- Special Key Laboratory of Gene Detection and Therapy of Guizhou Province, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
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- Department of Immunology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
- Special Key Laboratory of Gene Detection and Therapy of Guizhou Province, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Tissue Damage Repair and Regeneration Medicine, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
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- Department of Immunology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
- Special Key Laboratory of Gene Detection and Therapy of Guizhou Province, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Tissue Damage Repair and Regeneration Medicine, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
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- Guizhou Provincial College-Based Key Lab for Tumor Prevention and Treatment with Distinctive Medicines, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
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- Department of Immunology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
- Special Key Laboratory of Gene Detection and Therapy of Guizhou Province, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Tissue Damage Repair and Regeneration Medicine, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
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Chen LW, Wu QS, Dai XF, Dong Y, Li QZ, Fang GH, Zhang GC. [Early results of left ventricular assist device implantation for the treatment of heart failure]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2023; 103:920-923. [PMID: 36973220 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20221121-02443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Twenty-four male patients who underwent left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation due to advanced heart failure in Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University from June 2019 to June 2022 were retrospectively included. The age of patients was 32-61 (48.4±8.4) years. Everheat-Ⅰ, HeartCon and Corheart 6 left ventricular assist systems were used in 10, 6 and 8 cases, respectively. All patients were discharged successfully without mechanical failure, thrombosis or secondary thoracotomy for hemostasis. Early postoperative hemodynamics were significantly improved, left ventricular systolic diameter was reduced, left ventricular ejection fraction was gradually improved, and no hemolysis occurred. The patients were followed up for 3 to 39 (17.9±8.6) months, the cardiac function was restored to grade Ⅰ to Ⅱ, and the 6-minute walking test distance increased significantly. Therefore, satisfactory early results can be achieved with left ventricular assist device implantation for the treatment of heart failure.
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- L W Chen
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Key Laboratory of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Fujian Medical University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou 350001, China
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Zhou MT, Li ZY, Fan J, Li PD, Wang Y, Zhang S, Dai XF. Liver X receptors agonist T0901317 exerts ferroptosis sensitization in cancer. Neoplasma 2022; 69:331-340. [PMID: 35081722 DOI: 10.4149/neo_2021_210810n1132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Numerous studies have confirmed the anticancer effects of ferroptosis on a wide range of tumors, specifically in providing new perspectives for tackling drug resistance and treating refractory tumors. Notably, mechanisms of improving tumor susceptibility to ferroptosis have been a focus of current research. This study discovered that co-treatment of LXRS agonist T0901317 and ferroptosis inducers (FINs) significantly inhibited the proliferation of cancer cells, this inhibition effect could be reversed by specific inhibitors of ferroptosis and accompanied by elevated lipid peroxides. Glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) regulates T0901317 induced ferroptotic sensitization, and its overexpression dramatically reverses the joint anticancer effect of T0901317 and FINs. Furthermore, xenograft model results highly confirmed the ferroptotic sensitization effect of T0901317 in vivo. In summary, our findings indicate that drug combination and ferroptosis induction strategies provide novel options for cancer therapy.
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- Meng-Ting Zhou
- Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Li PD, Chen P, Peng X, Ma C, Zhang WJ, Dai XF. HOXC6 predicts invasion and poor survival in hepatocellular carcinoma by driving epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Aging (Albany NY) 2019; 10:115-130. [PMID: 29348394 PMCID: PMC5811246 DOI: 10.18632/aging.101363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2017] [Accepted: 01/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Aberrant expression of HOXC6 has been reported in several malignant tumors, yet little is known about the value of HOXC6 in invasion and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HOXC6 expression was positively correlated with high AFP level, liver cirrhosis, larger tumor, vascular invasion and BCLC stage. Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that HOXC6 was an independent predictor for overall survival (OS) and time to recurrence (TTR). In addition, HOXC6 status could act as prognostic predictor in different risk subgroups. Moreover, HOXC6 maintained its prognostic value in different ability of invasiveness. Furthermore, combination of HOXC6 and serum AFP could be a potential predictor for survival in HCC patients. Additionally, further study showed that HOXC6 may promote invasion of HCC by driving epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Knockdown of HOXC6 significantly decreased the migration and invasion of HCC cells and changed the expression pattern of EMT markers. An opposite expression pattern of EMT markers was observed in HOXC6-transfected cells. In addition, immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR results further confirmed this correlation. In conclusion, HOXC6 contributes to invasion by inducing EMT pathway and predicts poor prognosis of HCC. HOXC6/AFP expression may help to distinguish the different risks of HCC patients after hepatectomy.
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- Pin-Dong Li
- Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Shihezi University School of Medicine, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832002, China
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- Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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Lin TT, Dai XF, Guo RK, Cheng ZX, Wang LY, Wang XT, Liu GD. Anti-site-induced diverse diluted magnetism in LiMgPdSb-type CoMnTiSi alloy. Sci Rep 2017; 7:42034. [PMID: 28169311 PMCID: PMC5294629 DOI: 10.1038/srep42034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The effect of three kinds of anti-site disorder to electronic structure and magnetic properties of the LiMgPdSb-type CoMnTiSi alloy are investigated. It was found the Mn-Ti anti-site disorder can induce the diluted magnetism in CoMnTiSi matrix. The magnetic structure has an oscillation between the ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic states with the different degree of Mn-Ti anti-site disorder. Two novel characteristics: the diluted antiferromagnetic half-metallicity and the diluted zero-gap half-metallity are found in the different degree range of the Mn-Ti anti-site disorder. The Co-Mn and Co-Ti anti-site disorder have little effect on the magnetic properties. The width of energy gap and the intensity of DOS at the Fermi level can be adjusted by the degree of Co-Mn or Co-Ti anti-site disorder. The independent control to the carrier concentration and magnetization can be realized by introducing the different anti-site disorder.
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- T T Lin
- School of Material Sciences and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, P. R. China.,School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 400044, P. R. China
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- School of Material Sciences and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, P. R. China
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- School of Material Sciences and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, P. R. China
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, North Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
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- School of Material Sciences and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, P. R. China
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- School of Material Sciences and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, P. R. China.,Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, North Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
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- School of Material Sciences and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, P. R. China.,School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 400044, P. R. China
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Ren JH, Dai XF, Yan GL, Jin M, Liu CW, Yang KY, Wu G, Ma CMC. Acute oral mucositis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients treated with radiotherapy: association with genetic polymorphism in DNA DSB repair genes. Int J Radiat Biol 2014; 90:256-61. [PMID: 24350917 DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2014.873558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to investigate the association between polymorphic variants of DNA repair genes with the susceptibility of acute oral mucositis (OM) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients treated with radiotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study population consisted of 120 NPC patients treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). Among them 70 patients also received concurrent chemotherapy. Genotypes in DNA repair genes Ku70 c.-1310C>G (rs2267437), Ku70 c.1781G> T (rs132788), Ku80 c.2099-2408G> A (rs3835), Ku80 c.*841G> A (rs2440) and DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) c.2888 + 713C> T (rs2213178) were determined by polymerase chain reaction combined with the restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) technique. Mucositis was scored using the Common Terminology Criteria (CTC) for Adverse Events v.3.0 scale. The population was divided into the CTC0-2 group (CTC toxicity grade 0, 1 and 2) and the CTC3 + group (CTC toxicity grade 3 and above). Odd ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using the multivariate logistic regression analysis. RESULTS A significant difference in Ku70 c.1781G> T genotype distribution was observed between the CTC0-2 and CTC3 + groups for the 120 patients analyzed. The GG carriers were at higher risks for severe OM (CTC3+) compared with the TT homozygotes (OR = 3.000, 95% CI = 1.287-6.994, p = 0.011). No association was found between Ku70 (c.-1310C> G), Ku80 (c.2099-2408G> A, c.*841G> A), DNA-PKcs (c.2888 + 713 C > T) and the development of severe oral mucositis. Stratification analyses for the 50 patients treated with radiation alone further confirmed the association between the variant genotype of GG and severe OM (OR = 5.128, 95% CI = 1.183-22.238, p = 0.029). Concurrent radiochemotherapy increased the risk of severe OM for both the TT homozygotes and GG genotypes. CONCLUSIONS Our study suggests that the Ku70 c.1781G> T polymorphism may be a susceptibility factor for radiation-induced oral mucositis in Chinese nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients.
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- Jing-Hua Ren
- Cancer Center, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan, Hubei , P. R. China
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Dai XF, Ding J, Zhang RG, Ren JH, Ma CMC, Wu G. Radiosensitivity enhancement of human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line SMMC-7721 by sorafenib through the MEK/ERK signal pathway. Int J Radiat Biol 2013; 89:724-31. [DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2013.791405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Ma CM, Lin MH, Dai XF, Koren S, Klayton T, Wang L, Li JS, Chen L, Price RA. Investigation of pulsed low dose rate radiotherapy using dynamic arc delivery techniques. Phys Med Biol 2012; 57:4613-26. [PMID: 22750648 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/14/4613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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There has been no consensus standard of care to treat recurrent cancer patients who have previously been irradiated. Pulsed low dose rate (PLDR) external beam radiotherapy has the potential to reduce normal tissue toxicities while still providing significant tumor control for recurrent cancers. This work investigates the dosimetry feasibility of PLDR treatment using dynamic arc delivery techniques. Five treatment sites were investigated in this study including breast, pancreas, prostate, head and neck, and lung. Dynamic arc plans were generated using the Varian Eclipse system and the RapidArc delivery technique with 6 and 10 MV photon beams. Each RapidArc plan consisted of two full arcs and the plan was delivered five times to achieve a daily dose of 200 cGy. The dosimetry requirement was to deliver approximately 20 cGy/arc with a 3 min interval to achieve an effective dose rate of 6.7 cGy min⁻¹. Monte Carlo simulations were performed to calculate the actual dose delivered to the planning target volume (PTV) per arc taking into account beam attenuation/scattering and intensity modulation. The maximum, minimum and mean doses to the PTV were analyzed together with the dose volume histograms and isodose distributions. The dose delivery for the five plans was validated using solid water phantoms inserted with an ionization chamber and film, and a cylindrical detector array. Two intensity-modulated arcs were used to efficiently deliver the PLDR plans that provided conformal dose distributions for treating complex recurrent cancers. For the five treatment sites, the mean PTV dose ranged from 18.9 to 22.6 cGy/arc. For breast, the minimum and maximum PTV dose was 8.3 and 35.2 cGy/arc, respectively. The PTV dose varied between 12.9 and 27.5 cGy/arc for pancreas, 12.6 and 28.3 cGy/arc for prostate, 12.1 and 30.4 cGy/arc for H&N, and 16.2 and 27.6 cGy/arc for lung. Advanced radiation therapy can provide superior target coverage and normal tissue sparing for PLDR reirradiation of recurrent cancers, which can be delivered using dynamic arc delivery techniques with ten full arcs and an effective dose rate of 6.7 ± 4.0 cGy min⁻¹.
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- C-M Ma
- Radiation Oncology Department, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.
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Hypoxia is a hallmark of solid tumors, which presents a major obstacle to the effectiveness of radiation therapy. However, the function and the importance of molecular response have not been well defined. In the present study, hypoxia-induced autophagy and its effect on the response of breast cancer cells to ionizing radiation were examined. Results showed that hypoxic exposure induced a marked accumulation of autophagosomes accompanied by mRNA induction of the autophagy-related genes Beclin-1, Atg5, Atg7, and Atg12. The elevated autophagic activity was associated with increased radioresistance of tumor cells. Accordingly, blockade of autophagy by pharmacological inhibition or Beclin-1 small interfering RNA (siRNA) contributed to retardation of DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) repair and significant radiosensitization. Our data indicate that strategies designed to suppress autophagic activity may represent promising new therapies for sensitizing hypoxic breast cancer cells to ionizing radiation (IR).
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- Wen-Shan He
- Department of General Surgery, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China
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Liu L, Ding Q, Dai XF. [Study on the controlling effect of Shenqi Fuzheng injection on plasma cytokine network in patients with thoracic tumor undergoing radiotherapy]. Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi 2007; 27:1082-1085. [PMID: 18198640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of Shenqi Fuzheng Injection (SFI) in radiation pneumonitis and its influence on the levels of plasma transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) at various stages (pre-, mid- and post-radiation) of radiotherapy (RT). METHODS Fifty-eight patients enrolled in this study were randomized into two groups, all received conventional radio therapy, but the treatment group was intravenously dripped with SFI additionally, once daily, starting 3 days before radiotherapy to 1 week after the end of it. Levels of TGF-beta, TNF-alpha and IL-10 in blood samples collected and frozen at different time point of RT, before radiotherapy (Pre-RT), after received 40-50 Gy radiation (Mid-RT) and in time of terminating RT (Post-RT), were measured with enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). And the occurrence of radiation pneumonitis was analyzed according to RTOG acute radiation pneumonitis criteria. RESULTS Level of TGF-beta increased in both groups after RT, either Mid- or Post-RT, but in comparing with that at Pre-RT, statistical significant (P < 0.05) only showed in the control group at Post-RT time when it raised to peak, while in inter-group comparing insignificance was shown. Level of TNF-alpha also increased in both groups, but statistical significance only showed in the control groups as compared with that of Pre-RT, accordingly, it was lower in the treatment group than that in the control group at corresponding time points (P < 0.05). Level of IL-10 decreased gradually in the process of RT, as compared with that at Pre-RT, significant difference was shown in both groups at Post-RT but not at Mid-RT, as compared between groups, no significance (P < 0.05) was shown, though the treatment group showed a high tendency. As for the ratio of IL-10/TNF-alpha, significant difference of lowering in the control group after RT was shown as compared with that at Pre-RT (P < 0.05), and also as compared with that in the treatment group at corresponding time point (P < 0.05). The occurrence of radiation pneumonia > or = grade 2 in the treatment group was significantly lower than that in the control group (chi2 = 8.7133, P < 0.01). CONCLUSION Plasma level of TNF-alpha and ratio of IL-10/ TNF-a could be the practicable indexes for estimating the susceptibility of acute radiation pneumonia; SFI can regulate the network of cytokine, and thus be effective in preventing and treating radiation pneumonitis.
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- Li Liu
- Cancer Center, Union Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan.
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Three-dimensional reconstructions of the normal rat embryonic (E) neocortex on days E15, E17, E19, and E21, using Skandha (software designed by J. Prothero, University of Washington, Seattle), show that the neocortical ventricular zone shrinks rapidly in the medial direction during cortical morphogenesis. [3H]thymidine autoradiography indicates that the shrinkage of the ventricular zone occurs before neurons in lateral and ventrolateral parts of layers IV-II are generated. Consequently, most of these neurons originate 400-1000 microns medial to their settling sites in the cortical plate. Embryos killed at daily intervals up to E21 after a single injection of [3H]thymidine on either E17 or E18 revealed the presence of a prominent migratory path, the lateral cortical stream, used by neurons migrating to the lateral and ventrolateral cortical plate; neurons migrating to the dorsal cortical plate follow a direct radial path. Arrival times of neurons in the cortical plate depend on the migratory path and are proportional to the overall distance travelled. Neurons that migrate only radially arrive in the dorsal cortical plate in two days (shortest route). Neurons that migrate laterally arrive in the lateral cortical plate in 3 days (longer route) and in the ventrolateral cortical plate in 4 days (longest route). [3H]thymidine autoradiography also shows that cells generated in the neocortical ventricular zone migrate in the lateral cortical stream for 5 or more days and accumulate in a reservoir. Cells leave the reservoir to enter the piriform cortex and destinations (as yet undetermined) in the basal telencephalon. The lateral cortical stream is found wherever the neocortical primordium surrounds the basal ganglia and is absent behind the basal ganglia. A computer analysis of nuclear orientation in anterior and posterior parts of the intermediate zone in the dorsal neocortex between days E17 and E22 shows that horizontally oriented nuclei are more common anteriorly where many cells are migrating laterally than posteriorly where most cells are migrating radially.
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- S A Bayer
- Department of Biology, Indiana-Purdue University, Indianapolis 46205
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Bayer SA, Altman J, Dai XF, Humphreys L. Planar differences in nuclear area and orientation in the subventricular and intermediate zones of the rat embryonic neocortex. J Comp Neurol 1991; 307:487-98. [PMID: 1713238 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903070311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Nuclear area and orientation in the subventricular and intermediate zones was studied quantitatively in coronal vs. sagittal sections of the dorsomedial neocortex. Nissl-stained methacrylate-embedded normal rat embryos were studied between embryonic days (E) 13 and E22. The area of nuclear profiles and the degrees their long axes (defined as a straight line through the two most distant points in the nuclear profile) deviated from the horizontal (defined as parallel to the pial membrane) were determined with a computer-graphics program. Because the nucleus is the most clearly outlined structure in embryonic cells, the area and orientation of the nucleus was taken to reflect the overall size and orientation of the cell body. Nuclear area is larger in the coronal plane than it is in the sagittal plane, especially between E17 and E20. Cell body orientation in the subventricular and lower intermediate zones is predominantly horizontal in the coronal plane and predominantly vertical in the sagittal plane. In the upper intermediate zone, cell body orientation is predominantly vertical in both planes, but more so in the sagittal plane. These data indicate that the majority of cell bodies in the subventricular and lower intermediate zones have a horizontally oriented, flattened elliptical shape with their larger diameters lying within the coronal plane and their smaller diameters in the sagittal plane. Because of the flattening, the cell bodies falsely appear to be vertically oriented in the sagittal plane. Qualitative observations in horizontal sections confirmed the quantitative computer analysis. These results are related to other findings with [3H]thymidine autoradiography concerning cell migration and the sojourn of cells in the subventricular and intermediate zones.
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- S A Bayer
- Department of Biology, Indiana-Purdue University, Indianapolis 46205
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Dentine of 27 permanent human teeth was examined by scanning electron microscopy. The teeth were incisors, canines, premolars and molars, ranging in age from 18 to 54 yr. Intratubular collagen was found in 65% of the dental tubules in inner dentine (closest to the pulp) with 16% of the tubules containing large collagen bundles occupying more than one-fifth of the lumen. In middle dentine the corresponding figures were 42 and 7%, and for outer dentine, 12 and 0% This pattern of distribution was the same for all tooth families examined and appeared to be unrelated to age.
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- X F Dai
- Faculty of Stomatology, West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu
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