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Luo YC, Lang ML, Cai WJ, Han ZY, Liu FY, Cheng ZG, Yu XL, Dou JP, Li X, Tan SL, Dong XJ, Liang P, Yu J. [Curative effect of percutaneous microwave ablation therapy on hepatocellular carcinoma survival: a 15-year real-world study]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2024; 32:332-339. [PMID: 38733188 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501113-20231124-00223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2024]
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Objective: To evaluate the long-term efficacy of percutaneous microwave ablation (MWA) therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma. Methods: 2054 cases with Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage 0~B at the Fifth Medical Center of the Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital from January 2006 to September 2020 were retrospectively collected. All patients were followed up for at least 2 years. The primary endpoint of overall survival and secondary endpoints (tumor-related survival, disease-free survival, and postoperative complications) of patients treated with ultrasound-guided percutaneous MWA were analyzed. Kaplan-Meier method was used for stratified survival rate analysis. Fine-and-Gray competing risk model was used to analyze overall survival. Results: A total of 5 503 HCC nodules [mean tumor diameter (2.6±1.6) cm] underwent 3 908 MWAs between January 2006 and September 2020, with a median follow-up time of 45.6 (24.0 -79.2) months.The technical effectiveness rate of 5 375 tumor nodules was 97.5%. The overall survival rates at 5, 10, and 15-years were 61.6%, 38.8%, and 27.0%, respectively. The tumor-specific survival rates were 67.1%, 47.2%, and 37.7%, respectively. The free tumor survival rates were 25.8%, 15.7%, and 9.9%, respectively. The incidence rate of severe complications was 2.8% (108/3 908). Further analysis showed that the technical effectiveness and survival rate over the passing three time periods from January 2006-2010, 2011-2015, and 2016-September 2020 were significantly increased, with P < 0.001, especially for liver cancer 3.1~5.0 cm (P < 0.001). Conclusion: Microwave ablation therapy is a safe and effective method for BCLC stage 0-B, with significantly enhanced technical efficacy and survival rate over time.
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- Y C Luo
- Department of Ultrasound, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijng 100166, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijng 100166, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijng 100166, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijng 100166, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijng 100166, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijng 100166, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijng 100166, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijng 100166, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijng 100166, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijng 100166, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijng 100166, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijng 100166, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijng 100166, China
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Cai WJ, Miao XY, Zhang JZ, Fu HB, Jin N, Dou JT, Mu YM, Chen K. [Suppurative thyroiditis caused by pyriform fossa fistula misdiagnosed as subacute thyroiditis in an adult: a case report]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2022; 61:1062-1065. [PMID: 36008303 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20211127-00848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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- W J Cai
- Department of Endocrinology, the First Medical Center of the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the First Medical Center of the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the First Medical Center of the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the First Medical Center of the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the First Medical Center of the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the First Medical Center of the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the First Medical Center of the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, the First Medical Center of the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
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Hu ZD, Yan J, Cai WJ, Zhang D, Guo XX, Yin ZQ, Zhang MF. [One case report of pleomorphic liposarcoma of larynx]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2017; 52:781-782. [PMID: 29050100 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-0860.2017.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Z D Hu
- Department of Pathology, Tinjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin 300192, China
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- Department of Pathology, Tinjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin 300192, China
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- Department of Pathology, Tinjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin 300192, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
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- Department of Pathology, Tinjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin 300192, China
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- Department of Pathology, Tinjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin 300192, China
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- Department of Pathology, Tinjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin 300192, China
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Wu JZ, Huang JH, Khanabdali R, Kalionis B, Xia SJ, Cai WJ. Pyrroloquinoline quinone enhances the resistance to oxidative stress and extends lifespan upon DAF-16 and SKN-1 activities in C. elegans. Exp Gerontol 2016; 80:43-50. [PMID: 27090484 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2016.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [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: 11/14/2015] [Revised: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 04/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) is linked to fundamental biological processes such as mitochondrial biogenesis and lipid metabolism. PQQ may also function as an essential micronutrient during animal development. Recent studies have shown the therapeutic potential of PQQ for several age-related diseases due to its antioxidant capacity. However, whether PQQ can promote longevity is unknown. Here, we investigate the effects of PQQ on oxidative stress resistance as well as lifespan modulation in Caenorhabditis elegans. We find that PQQ enhances resistance to oxidative stress and extends the lifespan of C. elegans at optimal doses. The underlying molecular mechanism involves the increased activities of the primary lifespan extension transcriptional factors DAF-16/FOXO, the conserved oxidative stress-responsive transcription factor SKN-1/Nrf2, and upregulation of daf-16, skn-1 downstream targets including sod-3, hsp16.2, gst-1 and gst-10. Our findings uncover a novel role of PQQ in longevity, supporting PQQ as a possible dietary supplement for overall health improvement.
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- J Z Wu
- Department of Geriatrics, Shanghai Institute of Geriatrics, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China; Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Medicine and Western Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Medicine and Western Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Pregnancy Research Centre, University of Melbourne Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville 3052, Australia
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- Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Pregnancy Research Centre, University of Melbourne Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville 3052, Australia
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- Department of Geriatrics, Shanghai Institute of Geriatrics, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
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- Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Medicine and Western Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
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Xie JJ, Xu LY, Zhang HH, Cai WJ, Mai RQ, Xie YM, Yang ZM, Niu YD, Shen ZY, Li EM. Role of fascin in the proliferation and invasiveness of esophageal carcinoma cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 337:355-62. [PMID: 16185662 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2005] [Accepted: 09/08/2005] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Fascin, an actin-bundling protein, induces membrane protrusions and increases cell motility in various transformed cells. The overexpression of fascin in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) has been described only recently, but the roles and mechanism still remained unclear. Here, by using RNA interference (RNAi), we have stably silenced the expression of the fascin in EC109 cells, an ESCC cell line. Down-regulation of fascin resulted in a suppression of cell proliferation and as well as a decrease in cell invasiveness. Furthermore, we revealed that fascin might have functions in regulating tumor growth in vivo. The effect of fascin on cell invasiveness correlated with the activation of matrix metalloproteases such as MMP-2 and MMP-9. We examined that fascin down-expression also led to a decrease of c-erbB-2 and beta-catenin at the protein level. These results suggested that fascin might play crucial roles in regulating neoplasm progression of ESCC.
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- J J Xie
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Shantou University, Shantou 515041, PR China
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The formation of collateral arteries as a process adaptive to arterial occlusion is now called 'arteriogenesis' to emphasize the difference to angiogenesis, the formation of capillaries by sprouting from pre-existent ones (W. Schaper, I. Buschmann. Cardiovasc Res 1999; 43: 835-7; I. Buschmann, W. Schaper. J Pathol 2000; 190: 338-42; D. Scholz et al. Virchows Arch 2000; 436: 257-70). The differences are that collaterals develop from pre-existing arterioles and that circulating monocytes adhere to endothelium that had been activated by the high shear stress generated by the large pressure differences between perfusion territories. Monocytes are the major producers of growth factors and of proteolytic enzymes that enable smooth muscle cells to migrate and divide. The nature of the growth factors remains uncertain. Neither FGF-1/2 nor VEGF is expressed on the transcriptional or translational level in collaterals proper and in the tissue surrounding them. Only FGF receptor 1 has a brief window of upregulation shortly after arterial occlusion. While transgenic overexpression of FGF-1 increases number and branching of arterioles, targeted disruption of FGF-1/2 does not negatively influence arteriogenesis. Cytokines that attract monocytes or prolong the life span of monocytes (MCP-1, GM CSF) are strong arteriogenic factors. Collateral vessels exhibit the same morphology whether they had formed in the heart, limbs or brain or in dogs, rabbits or mouse. They are tortuous because they also increase lengthwise in a restricted space. In animals larger than the mouse, they develop an intima, and initially, many arterioles participate in arteriogenesis, but only a few mature into large arterial channels which, when arterial occlusion had proceeded slowly enough, can replace the occluded artery to a significant proportion. Therapy with a single growth factor in animals with occluded femoral arteries significantly increases the speed of arteriogenesis but does not significantly increase the level of adaptation. It appears that the mastergene for arteriogenesis still awaits discovery.
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- D Scholz
- Kerckhoff-Clinic, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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Shen ZY, Xu LY, Li C, Cai WJ, Shen J, Chen JY, Zeng Y. A comparative study of telomerase activity and malignant phenotype in multistage carcinogenesis of esophageal epithelial cells induced by human papillomavirus. Int J Mol Med 2001; 8:633-9. [PMID: 11712078 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.8.6.633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 02/05/2023] Open
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To examine certain characteristics of multistep carcinogenesis, we studied telomerase activity and malignant phenotypes in the immortal, premalignant and malignant stages of esophageal epithelial cells induced by HPV. An immortalized human fetal esophageal epithelial cell line (SHEE) was induced by E6E7 genes of human papillomavirus (HPV) type 18. Cells in the 10th passage, (SHEE10), 31st passage (SHEE31), 61st passage (SHEE61) and SHEE61A which were selected and expanded from anchorage-independent growth colonies of SHEE61, were examined as follows: cell morphology by electron-microscopy; the cell cycle by flow cytometry, telomerase activity by TRAP assay, tumorigenic detection including anchorage-independent growth by soft agar culture and tumor formation by inoculating cells into SCID and nude mice, and detection of HPV18 E6E7 oncoprotein by Western blot. The morphology of the SHEE10 cells exhibited good differentiation, the SHEE60 and SHEE61A cells were relatively poorly differentiated, and the SHEE31 cells were differentiated in two distinct ways. The telomerase was activated in SHEE31, SHEE61 and SHEE61A, but not in SHEE10 cells. SHEE61 and SHEE61A cells were weakened in contact-inhibition and increased in anchorage-independent growth. Inoculated into SCID and nude mice, the cells of the earlier two passages could not develop tumors; the SHEE61 developed one tumor in four SCID mice, but not in nude mice, and the SHEE61A cells developed tumors in both strains of immunodeficient mice. HPV18 E6E7 DNA detection by Western blotting was positive in all cell passages. In the process of carcinogenesis by HPV, the cells of SHEE31 are in an immortalized state with telomerase activity. The fact that SHEE61 cells remained immortalized and also demonstrated anchorage-independent growth, reveals premalignant character; the cells of SHEE61A exhibited malignant transformation with tumor formation in mice. The results revealed that the telomerase activity, anchorage-independent growth and tumor formation in nude mice are the indicators for immortalization, premalignancy and malignancy, respectively.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Adhesion
- Cell Division
- Cell Line
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Cell Transformation, Viral/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Epithelial Cells/enzymology
- Epithelial Cells/ultrastructure
- Epithelial Cells/virology
- Esophagus/cytology
- Humans
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Nude
- Mice, SCID
- Microscopy, Electron
- Neoplasm Transplantation
- Neoplasms, Experimental/metabolism
- Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology
- Oncogene Proteins, Viral/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins, Viral/metabolism
- Papillomaviridae/genetics
- Papillomaviridae/physiology
- Phenotype
- Telomerase/metabolism
- Transplantation, Heterologous
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- Z Y Shen
- Department of Pathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515031, P.R. China.
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We studied cytogenesis, telomere and telomerase, and c-myc, ras, bcl-2, and p53 genes of cells in the progressive process of immortal epithelial cells from embryonic esophagus induced by human papillomavirus (HPV). The SHEE cell line, established by us, consist of immortalized epithelial cells from the embryonic esophagus induced by genes E6E7 of HPV type 18. It was in initial malignant transformation when cultivated over 60 passages without co-carcinogens. Cells of the 10th, 31st, and 60th passages were represented in the progressive process within the immortal period. In these three stages of the cell line, the modal number of chromosome and karyotypes were analyzed. The telomere length was assayed by Southern blot methods, and the telomerase activity was analyzed by hTR and hTERT assay. C-myc, p53, bcl-2, ras genes were assayed by the multi-PCR method. The morphology of the 10th passage cells exhibited good differentiation, the 60th passage cells were relatively poorly differentiated, and the 31st passage cells differentiated in two distinct ways. The growth characteristics of the 31st and 60th passage cells were weakened at contact-inhibition and anchorage-dependent growth. Karyotypes of three cell passages belonged to hyperdiploid and hypotriploid with abnormal chromosomes +1, +3, +7, +9, +17, +18; del(1)(p32); der(4), t(4;?)(q31;?); der(5),t(5;?)(q31;?); der(13),t(13;13)(p11;q11) and others. Bimodal distribution of chromosomes with more aberrant chromosomes appeared in the 31st and 60th passage cells. Telomere length sharply shortened from normal fetal esophagus to the 10th and 31st passage step by step, but was stable from the 31st to the 60th passage and the telomerase activities measured were expressed at late two passages. p53 mutant was positive in three passages, c-myc was positive in the 31st and the 60th passage K-ras only in the last. The results reveal that changes of chromosomes, telomere length, telomerase activity and certain gene expressions are important events of HPV-immortalized esophageal epithelium cells. All of these changes occurred in dynamic progressive process. This cell line may be useful for the elucidation of the genetic mechanism of cellular immortalization.
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- Z Y Shen
- Department of Pathology, Shantou University Medical College, 22 Xinling Road, Shantou, Guangdong 515031, P.R. China.
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Wang GP, Cai WJ. [Cloning and the basic characteristics of a novel cDNA induced by ischemia and reperfusion]. Hunan Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2001; 26:401-4. [PMID: 12536481] [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: 02/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To identify and clone genes induced by ischemia and reperfusion. METHODS cDNA fragments responding to ischemia and reperfusion in porcine myocardium were isolated by mRNA differential display and then the cDNA library from porcine heart was screened. After cloning, sequencing, and hybridization, the basic characteristics of the gene were analyzed. RESULTS One cDNA fragment from a novel gene up-regulated by ischemia and reperfusion was identified and cloned subsequently; a novel full-length cDNA containing an open reading frame encoding 608 amino acid was obtained by screening the library. Sequencing results revealed that both DNA and amino acid sequences had no substantial homology to previously described DNA or protein sequences. Northern blot analysis confirmed that this gene expression in ischemia and reperfusion myocardium was significantly increased, and the expression was also able to be detected in normal porcine heart, liver, lung, kidney, spleen, intestine, brain, and skeletal muscle. Southern blot analysis clearly showed that this novel gene had high evolutional conservation in human beings, pigs, rabbits, and mice. CONCLUSION The cloned gene is a novel one induced by ischemia and reperfusion, and it may play a very important role in the response to ischemia and reperfusion.
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- G P Wang
- Central Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China
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Wang GP, Cheng BL, Cai WJ. [Expression and cloning of two novel genes induced by ischemia and reperfusion]. Hunan Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao 2001; 26:313-6. [PMID: 12536721] [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: 02/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To identify and clone the differentially expressed genes in brief ischemia and reperfusion myocardium. METHODS Ischemia and reperfusion were induced by repeated brief ligation of the porcine left anterior descending coronary artery. Total RNA which was isolated from myocardium subjected ischemia and reperfusion was used for mRNA differential display. After cloning and sequencing the cDNA fragments which showed change in expression, their expression were further confirmed by Northern-Blot analysis. RESULTS Two differentially expressed cDNAs (W12 and W28) were identified and cloned. Their expression were subsequently confirmed to be truly differentially expressed. The expression of both genes in ischemia and reperfusion myocardium was obvious higher than that in nonischemia and reperfusion: W12 expression level was 2-fold (P < 0.05), and W28 expression level 1.9-fold (P < 0.05). In addition, mRNAs of W12 and W28 were existed in all tested organs including heart, liver, lung, kidney, spleen, intestine, brain and skeletal muscle. DNA sequencing analysis showed that there was no homology between W12, W28 and known genes, implying that they would represent novel gene respectively. CONCLUSION Two novel genes induced by ischemia and reperfusion are identified, cloned and confirmed.
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- G P Wang
- Central Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 41008, China
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Cai WJ, Koltai S, Kocsis E, Scholz D, Schaper W, Schaper J. Connexin37, not Cx40 and Cx43, is induced in vascular smooth muscle cells during coronary arteriogenesis. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2001; 33:957-67. [PMID: 11343418 DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.2001.1360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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W.-J. Cai, S. Koltai, E. Kocsis, D. Scholz, W. Schaper and J. Schaper. Connexin37, not Cx40 and Cx43, is Induced in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells During Coronary Arteriogenesis. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology (2001) 33, 957-967. The hypothesis that an altered expression of gap junction (GJ) proteins, connexin37 (Cx37), Cx40 and Cx43 will contribute to adaptive arteriogenesis was tested in growing coronary collateral vessels (CV) of the dog heart by immunoconfocal microscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). We found that: (1) in the normal coronary system Cx37 and Cx40 were only expressed in endothelial cells (EC) from artery to capillary; (2) during collateral growth Cx37 was significantly induced in smooth muscle cells (SMC) from small-large arteries to precapillary arterioles (Ø=15 microm), while Cx40 was still only present in EC; (3) both homogeneous and heterogeneous distribution of Cx37 was observed in normal vessels (NV) and growing vessels (GV); (4) in mature vessels (MV), Cx37 was downregulated, similar to NV; (5) dual immunostaining revealed an inverse correlation between expression of Cx37 and desmin in GV occurring prior to downregulation of alpha-smooth actin and calponin; (6) Cx43 was undetectable in any vascular cells, both in NV and GV; (7) GJ were not found in SMC by TEM. Our data for the first time show the profile of connexin expression in the coronary system and provide evidence for existence of GJ proteins in capillaries. It is a novel finding that an altered expression of Cx37 is characteristic of adaptive arteriogenesis in the dog heart and may be used as a marker of vascular growth. Induced Cx37 may be an early signal indicating that SMC are responding to haemodynamic changes, i.e. increased shear stress.
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- W J Cai
- Max Planck Institute, Dept. of Experimental Cardiology, Benekestr. 2, Bad Nauheim, 61231, Germany
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Shen ZY, Shen J, Cai WJ, Hong C, Zheng MH. The alteration of mitochondria is an early event of arsenic trioxide induced apoptosis in esophageal carcinoma cells. Int J Mol Med 2000; 5:155-8. [PMID: 10639594 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.5.2.155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 02/05/2023] Open
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It is accepted that inorganic arsenic trioxide is an inducer of apoptosis for many types of cancer. Our previous studies have demonstrated that arsenic trioxide induces apoptosis of esophageal carcinoma cells. Administration of arsenic trioxide results in the inhibition of growth and survival of tumor cells. Esophageal carcinoma cells treated with arsenic trioxide for 3 days demonstrated a typical morphological appearance of apoptosis. To further examine molecular mechanism of arsenic trioxide induced apoptosis of esophageal carcinoma cells, we have investigated the early changes of the apoptotic cell induced by arsenic trioxide. Our results indicated that arsenic trioxide induced apoptosis of esophageal carcinoma cells occurs as early as 2 h after treatment. Annexin-v staining has further proved that the phosphatidylserine is exposed at 2 h. The early morphological change of arsenic trioxide treated cells was in the mitochondria. Arsenic trioxide treated cells displayed aggregated mitochondria. It induces accumulation of high electron-density amorphous substances, swollen and disruption of mitochondria in oesophageal carcinoma cells after 2 h treatment. The alteration of mitochondria induced by arsenic trioxide seems to occur before the condensation of chromatin. Thus, our data demonstrated that the primary target of arsenic trioxide induced apoptosis of esophageal carcinoma cells may be the mitochondria. It is possible that arsenic trioxide is a mitochondriotoxic agent.
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- Z Y Shen
- Department of Pathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515031, P.R. China
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Mufson EJ, Cai WJ, Jaffar S, Chen E, Stebbins G, Sendera T, Kordower JH. Estrogen receptor immunoreactivity within subregions of the rat forebrain: neuronal distribution and association with perikarya containing choline acetyltransferase. Brain Res 1999; 849:253-74. [PMID: 10592312 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)01960-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Administration of the neuroactive steroid hormone estrogen has been shown to effect cholinergic basal forebrain neuronal function. Antibodies directed against the estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) revealed dark (type 1) and light (type 2) nuclear positive neurons within the islands of Calleja, endopiriform nucleus, lateral septum, subfields of the cholinergic basal forebrain, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, striohypothalamic region, medial preoptic region, periventricular, ventromedial, arcuate and tuberal mammillary nuclei of the hypothalamus, reuniens and anterior medial thalamic nuclei, amygdaloid complex, piriform cortex and subfornical organ. In contrast, only a few scattered ERalpha labeled neurons were found in cortex and hippocampus. ERalpha stained cell bodies were not seen in the striatum. Counts of ERalpha labeled neurons in intact female rats revealed significantly more type 2 neurons within the basal forebrain subfields. Quantitation of ERalpha immunoreactive neurons revealed a significant decrease in the relative number of type 1 neurons within the medial septum (MS), horizontal limb of the diagonal band (HDB) and substantia innominata/nucleus basalis (SI/NB) following ovariectomy. Quantitation following choline acetyltransferease (ChAT) immunohistochemistry revealed a significant decrease in the number of ChAT positive neurons within the MS, HDB and SI/NB, but not VDB following ovariectomy. Following ovx, the percentage of double labeled cholinergic basal forebrain neurons also declined significantly within the MS, VDB, HDB and SI/NB. These observations suggest that estrogen effects a subpopulation of cholinergic basal forebrain neurons and may provide insight into the biologic actions of this steroid in Alzheimer's disease.
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- E J Mufson
- Department of Neurological Sciences, Center For Brain Repair, Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
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The arsenic compounds in traditional Chinese medicine have been recorded to have therapeutic effects on the treatment of psoriasis, syphilis, rheumatosis and a number of malignant tumours. Recent studies showed that arsenic trioxide can induce clinical remission in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia, including those who have relapsed after retinoic acid treatment. however, the mechanism of how arsenic trioxide targets tumour cells is not clearly understood. We have examined the effects of arsenic trioxide on oesophageal carcinoma cell line EC8712. Our results demonstrated that the growth and survival of tumour cells were markedly inhibited by arsenic trioxide. The half dose effect (ED50) was at the concentration of 1 microM. Electron microscopic study demonstrated that EC8712 tumour cells treated with arsenic trioxide display a typical morphological appearance of apoptosis, including chromatin condensation and fragmentation of the nuclei. In contrast, no apoptotic features were observed in tumour cells without arsenic trioxide treatment. TUNEL assay also showed the biological features of apoptosis in cells treated with arsenic trioxide. Flow cytometry analyses showed that apoptotic peak was identified in arsenic trioxide treated cells but not in the control. Apoptotic cells in arsenic trioxide treated group account for 35% of total cell populations after three days treatment at a dose of 3 microM. In short, our results suggested that the anticancer effect of arsenic trioxide is due, at least in part, to the induction of apoptosis in cancer cells.
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- Z Y Shen
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Shantou University, P. R. China
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Wolf C, Cai WJ, Vosschulte R, Koltai S, Mousavipour D, Scholz D, Afsah-Hedjri A, Schaper W, Schaper J. Vascular remodeling and altered protein expression during growth of coronary collateral arteries. J Mol Cell Cardiol 1998; 30:2291-305. [PMID: 9925366 DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1998.0790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The cellular mechanism of growth of coronary collateral vessels (adaptive arteriogenesis) is still poorly understood. To define a possible role of an altered expression pattern of cellular and matrix proteins in this process we implanted a constricting device around the left circumflex artery in 25 canine hearts and sacrificed the animals at the time of initiation (3 weeks), high activity (6 weeks) and discontinuation (8 weeks) of vessel growth. Methods were electron microscopy, labeling with Ki-67, the TUNEL method and immunofluorescence with confocal laser microscopy. As described earlier, the collateral vessels increased in wall thickness by the formation of a neointima without luminal narrowing. We report here for the first time that extensive vascular remodeling including migration, proliferation and apoptosis in all cell types takes place during the growth phase but not in more mature vessels. The most obvious difference with normal vessels is the reiteration of an embryonal expression pattern in smooth muscle cells of the neointima which includes a significant reduction of desmin and alpha-smooth muscle actin, calponin and vinculin. Fibronectin as a promoter of migration and adhesion was abundant, its antagonist tenascin and chondroitin sulfate showed patchy localization. A completely new finding in arteriogenesis is the involvement of mast cells releasing histamine and serotonin and probably cytokines. Vascular protein expression returned to almost normal at 8 weeks indicating cessation of remodeling. We conclude that in collateral vessel development an altered cellular and matrix protein expression is involved in a drastic case of positive vascular remodeling finally resulting in mature vessels 20-fold increased in size which are capable of maintaining the functional and structural integrity of the myocardium at risk.
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- C Wolf
- Max-Planck-Institute, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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Elsässer A, Schlepper M, Klövekorn WP, Cai WJ, Zimmermann R, Müller KD, Strasser R, Kostin S, Gagel C, Münkel B, Schaper W, Schaper J. Hibernating myocardium: an incomplete adaptation to ischemia. Circulation 1997; 96:2920-31. [PMID: 9386158 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.96.9.2920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 230] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND We tested the hypothesis that hibernating myocardium represents an incomplete adaptation to a reduced myocardial oxygen supply. METHODS AND RESULTS In 38 patients, areas of hibernating myocardium were identified by angiography, multigated radionuclide ventriculography, thallium scintigraphy with reinjection, and low-dose dobutamine echocardiography. Biopsies removed at cardiac surgery showed structural degeneration characterized by a reduced protein and mRNA expression and disorganization of the contractile and cytoskeletal proteins myosin, actin, desmin, titin, alpha-actinin, and vinculin by electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry, and in situ hybridization. Additionally, an increased amount of extracellular matrix proteins resulting in a significant degree of reparative fibrosis was present. Dedifferentiation, ie, expression of fetal proteins, was absent. Apoptosis indicating suicidal cell death was found by the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase end-labeling method and electron microscopy. Radionuclide ventriculography showed improvement of regional function at 3 months postoperatively compared with preoperative values (mean values, 23.5% and 48%, respectively), and the echocardiographic wall-motion score index decreased from 3.4 to 1.8. The degree of severity of the morphological changes (three stages) correlated well with the extent of postoperative functional recovery: more advanced clinical improvement was observed in patients with slight and moderate morphological degeneration (stages 1 and 2), but recovery was only partial in severe degeneration (stage 3). CONCLUSIONS Cellular degeneration rather than adaptation is present in hibernating myocardium. The consequence is progressive diminution of the chance for complete structural and functional recovery after restoration of blood flow. The practical consequence from this study should be early revascularization in patients showing areas of hibernating myocardium.
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- A Elsässer
- Department of Cardiology, Max Planck Institute, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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Uchizumi H, Hattori R, Sase K, Cai WJ, Kadota K, Sasayama S, Kawai C, Yui Y. A stable L-arginine-dependent relaxing factor released from cytotoxic-activated macrophages. Am J Physiol 1993; 264:H1472-7. [PMID: 8498562 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1993.264.5.h1472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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It has been known that cytotoxic-activated macrophages release an unstable vasorelaxing substance, nitric oxide. We have found that a more stable relaxing factor is released from those cells. This factor seems to be synthesized from L-arginine. It acts through the activation of soluble guanylate cyclase without affecting membrane potential. It has little charge at nearly neutral pH, and its molecular weight is < 500.
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- H Uchizumi
- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
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Thirty-two men have taken gossypol acetic acid for long periods (6-10 years). The users had side effects during the entire course. Serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) was increased in 3 cases and persisted for more than a year. There was a downward trend in plasma potassium level during the loading phase. But, hypokalaemic paralysis did not occur. Results of semen analysis showed that the shorter the duration of gossypol administration, the higher the recovery rate. The positive rate of Et formation of peripheral blood lymphocytes was remarkably decreased. After cessation of gossypol for 6-12 months, Et formation of the group stopping drug showed a recovering trend, but had not recovered to normal. The IgG level in the serum of treatment group was decreased, but was still within normal range.
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- X Duo
- Hebei Family Planning Institute, Shijiazhuang, China
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