Objective:To evaluate the activity of selected Ethiopian medicinal plants traditionally used for wound treatment against wound-causing bacteria.Methods:Samples of medicinal plants(Achyranthes aspera,Brucea antidysente...Objective:To evaluate the activity of selected Ethiopian medicinal plants traditionally used for wound treatment against wound-causing bacteria.Methods:Samples of medicinal plants(Achyranthes aspera,Brucea antidysenteriea,Datura stramonium,Croton macrostachyus,Acokanthera xchimperi.,Phytolacca dodecandra,Milhttia ferruginea,and Solanum incanum)were extracted using absolute methanol and water and tested for their antimicrobial activities against clinical isolates and standard strains of wound-causing bacteria using agar well diffusion and micro titer plate methods.Results:Most of the plant extracts had antibacterial activities,among which Acokanthera schimperi and Brucea antidysenteriea inhibited growth of 100%and 35%of the test organisms,respectively.Methanolic extracts had higher activities compared with their corresponding aqueous extracts.The most susceptible organism to the extracts was Streptococcus pyogens while the most resistant were Escherichia coli and Proteus vulgaris.Conclusions:This finding justifies the use of the plants in wound healing and their potential activity against woundcausing bacteria.Their toxicity level and antimicrobial activity with different extraction solvents should further be studied to use them as sources and templates for the synthesis of drugs to control wound and other disease-causing bacteria.展开更多
目的:探讨microRNA-29c对人胰腺癌细胞(As PC-1、Bx PC-3、PANC-1、MIA Pa Ca-2)生物学特性的影响。方法:培养1种人正常胰腺上皮细胞(HPDE)及4种人胰腺癌细胞(As PC-1、Bx PC-3、PANC-1、MIA Pa Ca-2),采用real-time PCR法观察5种细胞系...目的:探讨microRNA-29c对人胰腺癌细胞(As PC-1、Bx PC-3、PANC-1、MIA Pa Ca-2)生物学特性的影响。方法:培养1种人正常胰腺上皮细胞(HPDE)及4种人胰腺癌细胞(As PC-1、Bx PC-3、PANC-1、MIA Pa Ca-2),采用real-time PCR法观察5种细胞系中microRNA-29c的表达差异,以microRNA-29c过表达腺病毒感染的PANC-1和MIA Pa Ca2细胞作为实验组,以空载体感染的PANC-1和MIA Pa Ca2细胞作为阴性对照组,采用细胞划痕实验、Transwell法检测两组细胞体外侵袭能力,Western blot检测两组细胞上皮间充质转化(EMT)相关蛋白波形蛋白(Vimentin)及E-钙粘蛋白(E-cadherin)的表达。结果:real-time-PCR显示各胰腺癌细胞系中microRNA-29c水平明显低于正常胰腺细胞系(P<0.05),细胞划痕实验发现感染腺病毒48 h后实验组PANC-1、MIA Pa Ca-2细胞的迁移距离明显短于阴性对照组(P<0.05),Transwell小室细胞侵袭实验发现实验组PANC-1和MIA Pa Ca-2细胞侵袭数量明显低于阴性对照组(P<0.05);Western blot蛋白免疫印迹结果显示PANC-1和MIA Pa Ca-2细胞过表达microRNA-29c后,Vimentin表达减少,E-cadherin表达增加。结论:microRNA-29c的过表达可有效抑制胰腺癌细胞的体外侵袭与转移,可能与Vimentin表达减少,E-cadherin表达增加有关,有望成为胰腺癌生物治疗的潜在靶点。展开更多
This paper sets out to demonstrate that scraping of the flat dorsal surface of human dermis with a scalpel blade and cell plating without centrifugation can lead to the recognition and identification of the individual...This paper sets out to demonstrate that scraping of the flat dorsal surface of human dermis with a scalpel blade and cell plating without centrifugation can lead to the recognition and identification of the individual packing micro pattern of dermal reticular fibroblasts at confluence. The characteristic alignment of papillary and reticular fibroblasts at right angles to each other led to the positive identification of reticular fibroblasts. A non-enzymatic means of sub-culturing (passaging), which yields fully functional, healthy cells with normal, phenotypic morphology is also described. Implications for published subcutaneous wound healing studies are discussed as well as the confluent reticular fibroblast configuration, interpreted as ananatomic site identity code,which may be the address of a specific fibroblast gene pattern expression.展开更多
基金Supported by Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology.Addis Ababa University
文摘Objective:To evaluate the activity of selected Ethiopian medicinal plants traditionally used for wound treatment against wound-causing bacteria.Methods:Samples of medicinal plants(Achyranthes aspera,Brucea antidysenteriea,Datura stramonium,Croton macrostachyus,Acokanthera xchimperi.,Phytolacca dodecandra,Milhttia ferruginea,and Solanum incanum)were extracted using absolute methanol and water and tested for their antimicrobial activities against clinical isolates and standard strains of wound-causing bacteria using agar well diffusion and micro titer plate methods.Results:Most of the plant extracts had antibacterial activities,among which Acokanthera schimperi and Brucea antidysenteriea inhibited growth of 100%and 35%of the test organisms,respectively.Methanolic extracts had higher activities compared with their corresponding aqueous extracts.The most susceptible organism to the extracts was Streptococcus pyogens while the most resistant were Escherichia coli and Proteus vulgaris.Conclusions:This finding justifies the use of the plants in wound healing and their potential activity against woundcausing bacteria.Their toxicity level and antimicrobial activity with different extraction solvents should further be studied to use them as sources and templates for the synthesis of drugs to control wound and other disease-causing bacteria.
文摘目的:探讨microRNA-29c对人胰腺癌细胞(As PC-1、Bx PC-3、PANC-1、MIA Pa Ca-2)生物学特性的影响。方法:培养1种人正常胰腺上皮细胞(HPDE)及4种人胰腺癌细胞(As PC-1、Bx PC-3、PANC-1、MIA Pa Ca-2),采用real-time PCR法观察5种细胞系中microRNA-29c的表达差异,以microRNA-29c过表达腺病毒感染的PANC-1和MIA Pa Ca2细胞作为实验组,以空载体感染的PANC-1和MIA Pa Ca2细胞作为阴性对照组,采用细胞划痕实验、Transwell法检测两组细胞体外侵袭能力,Western blot检测两组细胞上皮间充质转化(EMT)相关蛋白波形蛋白(Vimentin)及E-钙粘蛋白(E-cadherin)的表达。结果:real-time-PCR显示各胰腺癌细胞系中microRNA-29c水平明显低于正常胰腺细胞系(P<0.05),细胞划痕实验发现感染腺病毒48 h后实验组PANC-1、MIA Pa Ca-2细胞的迁移距离明显短于阴性对照组(P<0.05),Transwell小室细胞侵袭实验发现实验组PANC-1和MIA Pa Ca-2细胞侵袭数量明显低于阴性对照组(P<0.05);Western blot蛋白免疫印迹结果显示PANC-1和MIA Pa Ca-2细胞过表达microRNA-29c后,Vimentin表达减少,E-cadherin表达增加。结论:microRNA-29c的过表达可有效抑制胰腺癌细胞的体外侵袭与转移,可能与Vimentin表达减少,E-cadherin表达增加有关,有望成为胰腺癌生物治疗的潜在靶点。
文摘This paper sets out to demonstrate that scraping of the flat dorsal surface of human dermis with a scalpel blade and cell plating without centrifugation can lead to the recognition and identification of the individual packing micro pattern of dermal reticular fibroblasts at confluence. The characteristic alignment of papillary and reticular fibroblasts at right angles to each other led to the positive identification of reticular fibroblasts. A non-enzymatic means of sub-culturing (passaging), which yields fully functional, healthy cells with normal, phenotypic morphology is also described. Implications for published subcutaneous wound healing studies are discussed as well as the confluent reticular fibroblast configuration, interpreted as ananatomic site identity code,which may be the address of a specific fibroblast gene pattern expression.
