Anticancer effect and enhanced chemotherapy potential of resveratrol in human pancreatic cancer cell lines

Objective Gemcitabine, the only approved drug for the treatment of pancreatic cancer, is not very effective. Novel and effective cancer chemopreventive agents are urgently needed. Recently, emerging studies determined resveratrol possessed anticancer effects on various cancer cells. We explored the anticancer effect of resveratrol in pancreatic cancer cells and investigated the involved moleculars of action. We also examined whether resveratrol enhanced antitumor activity of gemcitabine in vitro.Methods Proliferation inhibition was assessed by cell count kit-8 assay. Cell cycle phase distribution and apoptotic cells were measured by flow cytometric analysis. We determined the expression of bcl-2, cyclinD1, and activation of caspases-3 and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase1 proteins used Western blot analysis.Results Resveratrol inhibited the proliferation of three pancreatic cancer cell lines in a dose dependent fashion, and induced accumulation of cells at the G1 phase as well as apoptosis. Our data also demonstrated that resveratrol enhanced gemcitabine-induced apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells. In addition, resveratrol inhibited the expression of cyclinD1, bcl-2, and induced activation of caspase-3 and poly(ADPribose) polymerase1. Conclusion Our results suggested that resveratrol might be not only a potential regimen, but also an effective chemosensitizer for the chemotherapy of pancreatic cancer.

Aerothermodynamic Design and Flow Characteristics for a S-CO_(2) Radial Inflow Turbine

In this paper,a radial inflow turbine is designed for the 150 kW S-CO_(2) Brayton cycle system,and flow characteristics and off-design performances are analyzed.The design results are accurate and high performances can be achieved for the S-CO_(2) power system,and the total-static efficiency of 86%and net output power about 285.2 kW can meet the design requirements of S-CO_(2) cycle system.The results of the flow characteristics show the streamlines of radial inflow turbine distribute uniformly,and the vortexes generated at the shroud of the blade suction surface have little influence on the turbine performances.The off-design performances show the total-static efficiency remains above 80%in the pressure ratio range of 1.6~2.9,and the output power and mass flow rate increase with the pressure ratio increasing.It is indicated that the designed turbine has excellent off-design performances and can meet the operation requirements.The study results can provide guidance for S-CO_(2) radial inflow turbine design and operation.

Terahertz synthetic aperture in-line holography with intensity correction and sparsity autofocusing reconstruction

We demonstrate high-resolution and high-quality terahertz(THz)in-line digital holography based on the synthetic aperture method.The setup is built on a self-developed THz quantum cascade laser,and a lateral resolution better than 70μm(~λ)is achieved at 4.3 THz.To correct intensity differences between sub-holograms before aperture stitching,a practical algorithm with global optimization is proposed.To address the twin-image problem for in-line holography,a sparsity-based phase retrieval algorithm is applied to perform the high-quality reconstruction.Furthermore,a new autofocusing criterion termed"reconstruction objective function"is introduced to obtain the best in-focus reconstruction distance,so the autofocusing procedure and the reconstruction are unified within the same framework.Both simulation and experiment prove its accuracy and robustness.Note that all the methods proposed here can be applied to other wavebands as well.We demonstrate the success of this THz synthetic aperture in-line holography on biological and semiconductor samples,showing its potential applications in bioimaging and materials analysis.

Capilliposide from Lysimachia capillipes promotes terminal differentiations and reverses paclitaxel resistance in A2780T cells of human ovarian cancer by regulating Fos/Jun pathway

Objective:To investigate the potential effect of Lysimachia capillipes capilliposide(LCC)on the chemo sensitivity and the stemness of human ovarian cancer cells.Methods:Cell Counting Kit-8(CCK8)was used to measure the IC50 values.The apoptosis of cells was measured through flow cytometry.Evaluation of the stemness and differentiation markers was performed by the immunoblotting and the immunostaining assays.RNA-seq was performed through the Illumina HiSeq PE150 platform and differentially expressed genes(DEGs)were screened out through the bioinformation analysis.Overexpression or knockdown of Fos gene was achieved by shRNA transfection.Results:Pre-exposure of A2780T cells with 10μg/mL LCC sensitized them to paclitaxel,of which the IC50 value reduced from 8.644μmol/L(95%CI:7.315–10.082μmol/L)to 2.5μmol/L(95%CI:2.233–2.7882μmol/L).Exposure with LCC enhanced the paclitaxel-induced apoptosis and inhibited the colony formation of A2780T cells.LCC exposure reduced the expression of cancer stemness markers,ALDH1,Myd88 and CD44,while promoting that of terminal differentiation markers,NFATc1,Cathepsin K and MMP9.RNAseq analysis revealed that the expressions of FOS and JUN were upregulated in LCC-treated A2780T cells.A2780T cells overexpressing Fos gene displayed increased paclitaxel-sensitivity and reduced cell stemness,and shared common phenotypes with LCC-treated A2780T cells.Conclusion:These findings suggested that LCC promoted terminal differentiations of ovarian cancer cells and sensitized them to paclitaxel through activating the Fos/Jun pathway.LCC might become a novel therapy that targets at cancer stem cells and enhances the chemotherapeutic effect of ovarian cancer treatments.