Elevated expression of mature miR-21 and miR-155 in cancerous gastric tissues from Chinese patients with gastric cancer

Objective：MicroRNA （miRNA） expression is deregulated in many types of human cancers.We sought to investigate the expression patterns of the miRNAs,miR-21,miR-145 and miR-155 in sporadic gastric cancer in a Chinese population.Methods：Total RNA was extracted from archived gastric cancer tissues and adjacent non-cancerous tissues from 20 pairs of paraffin-embedded specimens.Expression levels of miR-21,miR- 145 and miR-155 were detected by quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR using a specific stem-loop primer,with U6 as the internal reference gene.Results：The expression of miR-21 and miR-155 in gastric cancer samples was significantly higher than in paired non-cancerous samples（P〈0.05）.There was no statistically significant difference in expression levels of miR-145 between cancerous and non-cancerous tissues（P〉0.05）.Conclusion：In Chinese sporadic gastric cancer tissues,the expressions of the oncogenic miR-21 and miR-155 were significantly up-regulated,while the expression of the tumor suppressor miR-145 was decreased,although this decrease was not statistically significant.Thus there is specificity in the miRNA expression pattern in gastric cancers in the Chinese population.

Selenium-enriched and ordinary green tea extracts prevent high blood pressure and alter gut microbiota composition of hypertensive rats caused by high-salt diet

High-salt diet is well recognized as a risk factor for hypertension,and dietary intervention plays a critical role in the prevention of hypertension.The current study investigated the effects of selenium-enriched green tea(Se-GT)and ordinary green tea(GT)on prevention of hypertension of rats induced by high-salt diet,as well as their potential regulatory and mechanism.Our results showed that GT and Se-GT supplementations significantly prevented the increase of blood pressure(BP),activated the phosphoinosmde-3-kinase/protein kinase B(PI3K/Akt)signaling pathway,and regulated the gene expression related to BP,as well as improved the tissue damage like heart,liver,and kidneys.Besides,the key parameters associated with oxidative stress,inflammation and endothelial dysfunction were also altered by GT and Se-GT treatments.Importantly,GT or Se-GT administration adjusted the diversity and composition of the intestinal flora.Moreover,GT and Se-GT supplementations increased the abundance of beneficial bacteria and reduced the abundance of harmful or conditional pathogenic bacteria.More specifically,GT intake specifically and significantly enriched the relative abundance of Paraprevotella and Bacteroides,whereas Se-GT was characterized by specific and significant enrichment for Allobaculum and Bifidobacterium.Our results proved that dietary supplement of GT and Se-GT remarkably improved the vascular functions and effectively prevented tissue damage by regulation of intestinal flora,and thus preventing hypertension induced by high-salt diet.

Microwave Synthesis and Photocatalytic Activity of Cadmium Indium Sulfide Nanocomposite

Nanocomposite of CdIn2S4 was synthesized by direct feeding microwave synthesis method, using indium nitrate, cadmium nitrate and thioacetamide as raw material, cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide(CTAB) as surfactant. The crystal structure, morphology and the optical property of as-prepared sample were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) and Fluorescence spectra. The results showed that the as-prepared nanocomposite is hexagonal CdIn2S4. The SEM showed that the shape of these nanoparticles is irregular and looks like flake/sphere with some aggregation. The size of most of the aggregate is 100 to 300 nm. The photocatalytic activity of the as-prepared samples was studied by using degradation of methylene bule under visible light. The results show that the photocatalytic activity of CaIn2S4 photocatalyst was very well. When the catalyst was 1.0 g/L, C(H2O2) was 3 mL/L, after 120 min of the irradiation, the degradation rate of CdIn2S4 for methylene blue of 20 mg/L reached 86.06%.