Objective： To investigate the effect of direct moxibustion at Ganshu （BL18） on the serum concentrations of tumor specific growth factor （TSGF） and tumor necrosis factor a （TNF-a） in a rat model with precancerou...Objective： To investigate the effect of direct moxibustion at Ganshu （BL18） on the serum concentrations of tumor specific growth factor （TSGF） and tumor necrosis factor a （TNF-a） in a rat model with precancerous lesion of primary hepatocellular carcinoma （HCC）, so as to explore the mechanism of moxibustion underlying improvement of HCC. Methods： Sixty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into control group （n=10）, model group （n=20）, prevention group 1 （n=15） and prevention group 2 （n=15）. The normal rats were injected with physiological saline as blank control. At the same time, the rats of other three groups were injected with diethylnitrosamine to establish the HCC model. Direct moxibusUon with grain-sized moxa was applied to bilateral Ganshu acupoint of the rats in the prevention group 1 （1 treatment course, 20 days） and prevention group 2 （2 treatment courses, 40 days）, 5 doses for each acupoint, 0.5 mg/dose, once every other day. At each time point （before model establishment, the end of 1st course prevention, the end of 2rid course prevention and the end of model establishment）, serum levels of TSGF and TNF-eL were detected using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results： Compared with the control group, there was a remarkably increase of serum TSGF and TNF-eL contents in the model group at the end of the experiment （P〈0.05）. At the end of the 1st course of direct moxibustion, the contents of serum TSGF and TNF- a of rats in the prevention group 1 were significantly increased compared with that of the model group （P〈0.05）. At the end of the 2nd course of direct moxibustion, serum TSGF and TNF-a levels of rats in the model group were higher than the normal group with significantly difference （P〈0.05）, and the levels of TSGF and TNF-a in the prevention group 2 were significantly reduced in comparison with the model group （P〈0.05）. Conclusion： It was possible that direct moxibustion could inhibit precancerous lesion and postpone hepatocarcinogenesis, and the therapeutic effect of two courses were better than one course.展开更多
Extensive research have been devoted to the exploration of multifunctional theranostic agents for cancer,but the poor tumor specificity and unsatisfactory treatment efficacy are some of the critical obstacles for thei...Extensive research have been devoted to the exploration of multifunctional theranostic agents for cancer,but the poor tumor specificity and unsatisfactory treatment efficacy are some of the critical obstacles for their clinical translations.Herein,ferrocene-carbon dot-crosslinked nanoparticles(Fc-CD NPs)were designed and fabricated for achieving highly specific and photothermal-augmented chemodynamic therapy(CDT).The Fc-CD NPs were found not only to inherit the immanent fluorescence,photoacoustic,and photothermal properties of carbon dots(CDs),but also be endowed with CDT that could occur selectively in tumor microenvironment(TME)due to the presence of Fc for triggering Fenton reaction.Moreover,the enlarged particle size of Fc-CD NPs facilitated their effective accumulation at tumor sites,thus realizing great improvement for antitumor treatment outcomes.Once docking at tumor and being exposed to 660 nm laser irradiation,significantly amplified CDT effect of Fc-CD NPs was observed due to heataccelerating generation of reactive oxygen species(ROS).More interestingly,since the produced ROS could in turn alleviate the thermal-resistance of photothermal therapy(PTT),the therapeutic efficiency of integrated PTT and CDT was synergized to the maximum extent.This study on the one hand provides a facile approach to fabricate CDs-based multifunctional theranostic nanoplatform with enhanced tumor accumulation and specificity,on the other hand emphasizes the merits of synergizing mutually beneficial therapeutic modalities for more efficient cancer therapy.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81202760)the Doctoral Program of Higher Educition of Ministry Education of China(No.20100013120014)
文摘Objective： To investigate the effect of direct moxibustion at Ganshu （BL18） on the serum concentrations of tumor specific growth factor （TSGF） and tumor necrosis factor a （TNF-a） in a rat model with precancerous lesion of primary hepatocellular carcinoma （HCC）, so as to explore the mechanism of moxibustion underlying improvement of HCC. Methods： Sixty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into control group （n=10）, model group （n=20）, prevention group 1 （n=15） and prevention group 2 （n=15）. The normal rats were injected with physiological saline as blank control. At the same time, the rats of other three groups were injected with diethylnitrosamine to establish the HCC model. Direct moxibusUon with grain-sized moxa was applied to bilateral Ganshu acupoint of the rats in the prevention group 1 （1 treatment course, 20 days） and prevention group 2 （2 treatment courses, 40 days）, 5 doses for each acupoint, 0.5 mg/dose, once every other day. At each time point （before model establishment, the end of 1st course prevention, the end of 2rid course prevention and the end of model establishment）, serum levels of TSGF and TNF-eL were detected using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results： Compared with the control group, there was a remarkably increase of serum TSGF and TNF-eL contents in the model group at the end of the experiment （P〈0.05）. At the end of the 1st course of direct moxibustion, the contents of serum TSGF and TNF- a of rats in the prevention group 1 were significantly increased compared with that of the model group （P〈0.05）. At the end of the 2nd course of direct moxibustion, serum TSGF and TNF-a levels of rats in the model group were higher than the normal group with significantly difference （P〈0.05）, and the levels of TSGF and TNF-a in the prevention group 2 were significantly reduced in comparison with the model group （P〈0.05）. Conclusion： It was possible that direct moxibustion could inhibit precancerous lesion and postpone hepatocarcinogenesis, and the therapeutic effect of two courses were better than one course.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52173126,51902323,51872300,32101142,and U1832110).
文摘Extensive research have been devoted to the exploration of multifunctional theranostic agents for cancer,but the poor tumor specificity and unsatisfactory treatment efficacy are some of the critical obstacles for their clinical translations.Herein,ferrocene-carbon dot-crosslinked nanoparticles(Fc-CD NPs)were designed and fabricated for achieving highly specific and photothermal-augmented chemodynamic therapy(CDT).The Fc-CD NPs were found not only to inherit the immanent fluorescence,photoacoustic,and photothermal properties of carbon dots(CDs),but also be endowed with CDT that could occur selectively in tumor microenvironment(TME)due to the presence of Fc for triggering Fenton reaction.Moreover,the enlarged particle size of Fc-CD NPs facilitated their effective accumulation at tumor sites,thus realizing great improvement for antitumor treatment outcomes.Once docking at tumor and being exposed to 660 nm laser irradiation,significantly amplified CDT effect of Fc-CD NPs was observed due to heataccelerating generation of reactive oxygen species(ROS).More interestingly,since the produced ROS could in turn alleviate the thermal-resistance of photothermal therapy(PTT),the therapeutic efficiency of integrated PTT and CDT was synergized to the maximum extent.This study on the one hand provides a facile approach to fabricate CDs-based multifunctional theranostic nanoplatform with enhanced tumor accumulation and specificity,on the other hand emphasizes the merits of synergizing mutually beneficial therapeutic modalities for more efficient cancer therapy.
