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Accumulating evidence have suggested that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are known to regulate diverse tumorigenic processes. Recently, a novel lncRNA LINC01939 was underexpressed and emerged as a tumor suppressive lncRNA in gastric cancer (GC). In this study, we aimed to investigate the biological function and molecular mechanism of LINC01939 in GC. We found that LINC01939 expression was significantly downregulated in GC tissues and cell lines. Low expression of LINC01939 was correlated with tumor metastasis and shorter survival in GC patients. Functionally, LINC01939 overexpression remarkably inhibited the invasion and migration of GC cells in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, LINC01939 regulated the expression of early growth response 2 (EGR2) protein by competitively binding to miR-17-5p. Upregulation of miR-17-5p reversed GC metastasis and EMT process caused by LINC01939 by rescue analysis. Taken together, these results suggested that LINC01939 repressed GC invasion and migration by functioning as a ceRNA for miR-17-5p to regulate EGR2 expression. Our findings provided a novel prognostic marker and therapeutic target for GC patients.
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Proteína 2 de Resposta de Crescimento Precoce/metabolismo , MicroRNAs/metabolismo , RNA Longo não Codificante/genética , RNA Longo não Codificante/metabolismo , Neoplasias Gástricas/metabolismo , Animais , Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Movimento Celular/genética , Transição Epitelial-Mesenquimal/genética , Feminino , Células HEK293 , Xenoenxertos , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Camundongos Nus , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Invasividade Neoplásica/genética , Metástase Neoplásica/genética , Prognóstico , Intervalo Livre de Progressão , Neoplasias Gástricas/patologia , TransfecçãoRESUMO
Calcium activated Chloride Channel A4 (CLCA4), as a tumor suppressor, was reported to contribute to the progression of several malignant tumors, yet little is known about the significance of CLCA4 in invasion and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). CLCA4 expression was negatively correlated with tumor size, vascular invasion and TNM stage. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that CLCA4 was an independent predictor for overall survival (OS) and time to recurrence (TTR). In addition, CLCA4 status could act as prognostic predictor in different risk of subgroups. Moreover, combination of CLCA4 and serum AFP could be a potential predictor for survival in HCC patients. Furthermore, CLCA4 may inhibit cell migration and invasion by suppressing epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) via PI3K/ATK signaling. Knockdown of CLCA4 significantly increased the migration and invasion of HCC cells and changed the expression pattern of EMT markers and PI3K/AKT phosphorylation. An opposite expression pattern of EMT markers and PI3K/AKT phosphorylation was observed in CLCA4-transfected cells. Additionally, immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR results further confirmed this correlation. Taken together, CLCA4 contributes to migration and invasion by suppressing EMT via PI3K/ATK signaling and predicts favourable prognosis of HCC. CLCA4/AFP expression may help to distinguish different risks of HCC patients after hepatectomy.
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Carcinoma Hepatocelular/enzimologia , Movimento Celular , Proliferação de Células , Canais de Cloreto/metabolismo , Transição Epitelial-Mesenquimal , Neoplasias Hepáticas/enzimologia , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinase/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-akt/metabolismo , Animais , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/genética , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/mortalidade , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/secundário , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Canais de Cloreto/genética , Feminino , Humanos , Neoplasias Hepáticas/genética , Neoplasias Hepáticas/mortalidade , Neoplasias Hepáticas/patologia , Masculino , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Camundongos Nus , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Invasividade Neoplásica , Fosforilação , Prognóstico , Transdução de SinaisRESUMO
Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine carcinoma with increasing incidence worldwide and anaplastic subtypes are frequently associated with cancer related death. Radioresistance of thyroid cancer often leads to therapy failure and cancer-related death. In this study, we found that melatonin showed potent suppressive roles on NF-κB signaling via inhibition of p65 phosphorylation and generated redox stress in thyroid cancer including the anaplastic subtypes. Our data showed that melatonin significantly decreased cell viability, suppressed cell migration and induced apoptosis in thyroid cancer cell lines in vitro and impaired tumor growth in the subcutaneous mouse model in vivo. By contrast, irradiation of thyroid cancer cells resulted in elevated level of phosphorylated p65, which could be reversed by cotreatment with melatonin. Consequently, melatonin synergized with irradiation to induce cytotoxicity to thyroid cancer, especially in the undifferentiated subgroups. Taken together, our results suggest that melatonin may exert anti-tumor activities against thyroid carcinoma by inhibition of p65 phosphorylation and induction of reactive oxygen species. Radio-sensitization by melatonin may have clinical benefits in thyroid cancer.
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Melatonina/farmacologia , Tolerância a Radiação/efeitos dos fármacos , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/tratamento farmacológico , Fator de Transcrição RelA/genética , Animais , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Apoptose/efeitos da radiação , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Movimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Camundongos , NF-kappa B/genética , Fosforilação/efeitos dos fármacos , Fosforilação/efeitos da radiação , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio/metabolismo , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/genética , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/patologia , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/radioterapia , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de XenoenxertoRESUMO
Glutathione is the major intracellular anti-oxidant against reactive oxygen species and serves as a detoxification essential. The anti-diabetic drug metformin has been showed to exert anti-tumor activity via modulation of redox homeostasis. In this study, we provided evidence that metformin inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis of esophageal squamous cancer cells. Importantly, we found that metformin acts as pro-oxidant via depletion of intracellular glutathione. Co-treatment with metformin reversed the elevated intracellular glutathione induced by cisplatin and therefore enhanced the sensitivity to cisplatin in vitro and in vivo. Taken together, our data indicate that combination of metformin with cisplatin may represent a novel therapeutic strategy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma treatment.
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Glutathione peroxidase 2 has important role of tumor progression in lots of carcinomas, yet little is known about the prognosis of glutathione peroxidase 2 in hepatocellular carcinoma. Glutathione peroxidase 2 expression was assessed by immunohistochemistry in hepatocellular carcinoma tissues. The association between glutathione peroxidase 2 expression with clinicopathological/prognostic value was examined. Glutathione peroxidase 2 overexpression was correlated with alpha-fetoprotein level, larger tumor, BCLC stage, and tumor recurrence. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that glutathione peroxidase 2 was an independent predictor for overall survival and time to recurrence. glutathione peroxidase 2 overexpression was correlated with poor prognosis in patient subgroups stratified by tumor size, differentiation, tumor-node-metastasis, and BCLC stage. Moreover, stratified analysis showed that tumor-node-metastasis stage-I patients with high glutathione peroxidase 2 expression had poor prognosis than those with low glutathione peroxidase 2 expression. Additionally, combination of glutathione peroxidase 2 and serum alpha-fetoprotein was correlated with prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma. In conclusion, glutathione peroxidase 2 overexpression contributes to poor prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma patients and helps to identify the high-risk hepatocellular carcinoma patients.
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Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/genética , Glutationa Peroxidase/genética , Neoplasias Hepáticas/genética , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/genética , Adulto , Idoso , Biomarcadores Tumorais/biossíntese , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/patologia , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Glutationa Peroxidase/biossíntese , Humanos , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Neoplasias Hepáticas/patologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/patologia , Prognóstico , alfa-Fetoproteínas/metabolismoRESUMO
Long noncoding RNAs play a vital role in diverse biological processes such as embryonic development, cell growth, and tumorigenesis. In this study, we report that LncRNA ANRIL, which encodes a 3834-nt RNA that contains 19 exons at the antisense orientation of the INK4B-ARF-INK4A gene cluster, generally up-regulated in nasopharyngeal carcinoma [1]. In a cohort of 88 NPC patients, ANRIL was highly expressed in advanced-stage cancer. Multivariate analyses revealed that ANRIL expression could serve as an independent predictor of overall survival (P = 0.027) and disease-free survival (P = 0.033). Further investigation showed that knockdown of ANRIL significantly repressed NPC cell proliferation and transformation. We also found that ANRIL could induce the percentage of side population cells (SP cells) in NPC. To meet the urgent needs of energy provision, ANRIL can also reprogram glucose metabolism via increasing glucose uptake for glycolysis, which was regulated by the mTOR signal pathway to affect the expression of essential genes in glycolysis. We concluded that ANRIL could promote NPC progression via increasing cell proliferation, reprograming cell glucose metabolism and inducing side-population stem-like cancer cells. Our results also suggested that ANRIL may serve as a novel diagnostic or prognostic biomarker and a candidate target for new therapies in NPC.
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Carcinoma/metabolismo , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Neoplasias Nasofaríngeas/metabolismo , RNA Longo não Codificante/genética , Células da Side Population/citologia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Proliferação de Células , Transformação Celular Neoplásica , Progressão da Doença , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Éxons , Glucose/metabolismo , Glicólise , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Família Multigênica , Análise Multivariada , Carcinoma Nasofaríngeo , Células-Tronco Neoplásicas/citologia , Oligonucleotídeos Antissenso , Resultado do Tratamento , Regulação para Cima , Adulto JovemRESUMO
The factors influencing the incidence of common complications (pneumothorax and pulmonary hemorrhage) of CT-guided percutaneous needle biopsy of lumps near pulmonary hilum were investigated. CT-guided percutaneous needle biopsy of lumps near pulmonary hilum was performed on 48 patients. The complications of pneumothorax and pneumorrhagia as well as the contributing factors were analyzed statistically. The major complications associated with CT-guided needle biopsy included pneumothorax (13 cases, 27.1%) and pulmonary hemorrhage (14 cases, 20.24%). χ(2) test revealed that pneumothorax was associated with the lesion size and depth of needle penetration, and pulmonary hemorrhage with the depth of needle penetration and needle retention time with a significant P value. Pneumothorax was observed in 7 cases (17.5%) out of 40 cases with diameter of mass greater than 3 cm, and in 6 cases (60%) out of 10 cases with depth of needle penetration greater than 4 cm. Additionally, pulmonary hemorrhage was identified in 12 cases (41.4%) out of 29 cases with needle retention time longer than 15 min, and pulmonary hemorrhage in 7 cases (70%) out of 10 cases with depth of needle penetration greater than 4 cm. CT-guided percutaneous needle biopsy of lumps near pulmonary hilum is safe and effective. The key factors to prevent the complications include correct evaluation of lesion size, depth of needle penetration and the needle retention time before the operation.
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Biópsia por Agulha/efeitos adversos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Biópsia por Agulha/métodos , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fatores de Risco , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios XRESUMO
Progestin and adipoQ receptor family member III (PAQR3) is a regulator that negatively modulates the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK signaling cascade and the GPCR Gßγ subunit signaling pathway. The role of PAQR3 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has not been elucidated. The present study investigated the expression of PAQR3 and its prognostic value in primary HCC patients. Furthermore, the functional aspects of PAQR3 were also studied using an in vitro cell model. PAQR3 expression was examined in paired HCC and adjacent noncancerous tissues using real-time quantitative RT-PCR (62 pairs) and western blotting (26 pairs). We also analyzed PAQR3 expression in 132 additional HCC samples by immunohistochemistry. The functional impact of PAQR3 on the proliferation and colony formation of an HCC cell line was analyzed by transfecting cells with a full-length PAQR3 expression vector or siRNA targeting PAQR3. The expression of PAQR3 was significantly decreased in the cancer tissues. Clinicopathological analyses showed that the expression of PAQR3 was significantly correlated with expression of serum α-fetoprotein (AFP), mitotic count, tumor size, histological grade and recurrence. Notably, Kaplan-Meier survival curves revealed a correlation between decreased expression of PAQR3 and the poor prognosis of HCC patients. Multivariate analyses showed that PAQR3 expression is an independent prognostic marker for overall and disease-free survival of HCC patients. Furthermore, restoring PAQR3 expression in HCC cells significantly diminished Hep3B cell proliferation and colony formation. Silencing PAQR3 expression in hepatic normal cell line LO2 significantly enhanced cell growth. PAQR3 may play an important role in the progression of HCC and serve as a potential candidate for the targeted therapy of HCC.
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Carcinoma Hepatocelular/genética , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular/genética , Neoplasias Hepáticas/genética , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/genética , Receptores de Superfície Celular/biossíntese , Adulto , Biomarcadores Tumorais , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/patologia , Proliferação de Células/genética , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Genes Supressores de Tumor , Células Hep G2 , Humanos , Neoplasias Hepáticas/patologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Receptores de Superfície Celular/genética , alfa-Fetoproteínas/metabolismoRESUMO
The primary treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is radiotherapy, with or without concurrent chemotherapy. However, resistance to radiotherapy is not uncommon. The aim of the present study was to establish a radioresistant NPC cell line to study the molecular mechanisms of radioresistance by measuring the expression of cell cycle control proteins src homology 2 domain-containing phosphatase (SHP)-1/2, p16, CDK4 and cyclin D1. Human nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE2 cells were cultured, divided into two groups (CNE-2S1 and CNE-2S2) and irradiated with a dose of 6 Gy x5 or 2 Gy x15, respectively. The cells were subcultured between doses of irradiation. The surviving sublines (CNE-2S1 and CNE-2S2 clones) were then passaged for three months and their radiosensitivity was determined. The cell cycle distribution and protein expression of SHP-1/2, p16, CDK4 and cyclin D1 in parental and progenitor cell lines were measured. Small interfering (si)RNA-mediated knockdown of SHP-1 and SHP2 in the NPC cells was used to further examine their roles in radiosensitivity and cell cycle distribution. CNE-2S1, a radioresistant cell line, had a significantly higher percentage of cells in S phase and a lower percentage of cells in G1 phase, enhanced expression levels of SHP-1, CDK4 and cyclin D1, and reduced expression of p16, respectively, as compared with the parent cells. Stable suppression of SHP-1 mRNA in CNE2 cells resulted in increased radiosensitivity compared with the parental cells, a decrease in the number of cells in S phase and an increase in the expression of p16. The results suggested that the SHP1/p16/cyclin D1/CDK4 pathway may have a role in regulating radiosensitivity and cell cycle distribution in nasopharyngeal cells.
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Ciclina D1/metabolismo , Quinase 4 Dependente de Ciclina/metabolismo , Raios gama , Proteína Tirosina Fosfatase não Receptora Tipo 11/metabolismo , Proteína Tirosina Fosfatase não Receptora Tipo 6/metabolismo , Carcinoma , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Inibidor p16 de Quinase Dependente de Ciclina/metabolismo , Pontos de Checagem da Fase G1 do Ciclo Celular/efeitos da radiação , Humanos , Carcinoma Nasofaríngeo , Neoplasias Nasofaríngeas/metabolismo , Neoplasias Nasofaríngeas/patologia , Proteína Tirosina Fosfatase não Receptora Tipo 11/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteína Tirosina Fosfatase não Receptora Tipo 11/genética , Proteína Tirosina Fosfatase não Receptora Tipo 6/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteína Tirosina Fosfatase não Receptora Tipo 6/genética , Interferência de RNA , RNA Interferente Pequeno/metabolismo , Tolerância a Radiação , Regulação para CimaRESUMO
The purpose of the present study was to observe the structure and functional change of the bone-coating-prosthesis interface in vivo and to evaluate the histocompatibility of self-made prosthetic femoral components in the body and the degree of their bonding with the surrounding bone tissues as well as their stability. Six mature beagle dogs underwent bilateral hip replacement with prosthetic femur components. Three groups were established in terms of different coating of prothesis (four joints in each group): atmosphere (A) plasma-sprayed pure titanium (Ti) prosthetic joint with hydroxyapatite (HA) coating (HA+Ti+A group); vacuum (V) plasma-sprayed pure Ti prosthetic joint with HA coating (HA+Ti+V group); vacuum plasma-sprayed pure Ti prosthetic joint with Ti-HA stepped coating (Ti+HAG+Ti+V group). The hip joints were functionally evaluated, and subjected to X-ray examination, biomechanics inspection, and histological examination. As a result, X-ray imaging revealed all prosthetic joints were in a good location and no dislocation of joint was found. Shear strength of interface was significantly higher in Ti+HAG+Ti+V group than in HA+Ti+V group (P<0.05) and HA+Ti+A group (P<0.05) at 28th week. Histological examination showed the amount of newborn bone in Ti+HAG+Ti+V group was more than in HA+Ti+V group and HA+Ti+A group after 28 weeks. It was suggested that vacuum plasma-sprayed pure Ti prosthetic joint with TI-HA stepped coating could improve the bonding capacity of bone-prosthesis, enhance the stability of prosthesis, and increase the fixion of prosthetic femoral components because of better bone growth. This new type of biological material in prosthetic femoral components holds promises for application in clinical practice.