With DNA-mRNA hybridization in situ technique, the expression of five oncogenes, c-N-ras, c-Ki-ras. c-Ha-ras, c-myc and c-fos, was observed in two cases of human hepatocellular carcinoma. The expression of c-N-ras &am...With DNA-mRNA hybridization in situ technique, the expression of five oncogenes, c-N-ras, c-Ki-ras. c-Ha-ras, c-myc and c-fos, was observed in two cases of human hepatocellular carcinoma. The expression of c-N-ras & c-fos was greatly enhanced in tumor tissues of the two cases, and about 25% -50% of the tumor cells showed positive expression. The other three oncogenes namely c-Ki-ras, c-Ha-ras & c-myc, were not detected in these two carcinomas or in the non-cancerous liver tissues adjacent to the carcinomas. It is surmised that c-N-ras and c-fos may play coordinative role in maintaining the malignant phenotype of human primary hepatocellular carcinoma.展开更多
Several animal models of migraine have been established, and those based on trigeminovascular system activation are widely accepted. How- ever, most of these models have been established on lower animals, such as rode...Several animal models of migraine have been established, and those based on trigeminovascular system activation are widely accepted. How- ever, most of these models have been established on lower animals, such as rodents, and involve only a single administration of a noxious stimulus. In this study, an inflammatory soup (10 μL), consisting of prostaglandin E2 (0.2 mM), serotonin (2 mM), bradykinin (2 raM) and histamine (2 raM), was injected into the dura mater of conscious rhesus monkeys through an indwelling catheter. The infusion started on day 8 and was repeated every 3 days, for a total of six administrations, to induce neurogenic inflammation. We performed behavioral assessments and measured the expression of the oncogene c-fos, neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) and calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) ill the trigeminal system and in multiple brain regions involved in pain processing by immunohistochemical staining. Compared with monkeys in the control group, three of the four animals in the inflammatory soup group displayed decreased motor behaviors, and two showed increased ipsilateral nose and mouth secretions during the stimulus period. Higher expression levels of c-fos, nNOS and CGRP were found in various brain areas of experimental animals compared with controls, including the trigeminal nucleus caudalis, thalamus, hypothalamus, midbrain, pons and other areas involved in pain perception. These results suggest that repeated inflammatory soup stimulation of the dura activates the trigeminovascular system and produces migraine-like pathological changes and abnormal behaviors in conscious rhesus monkeys.展开更多
文摘With DNA-mRNA hybridization in situ technique, the expression of five oncogenes, c-N-ras, c-Ki-ras. c-Ha-ras, c-myc and c-fos, was observed in two cases of human hepatocellular carcinoma. The expression of c-N-ras & c-fos was greatly enhanced in tumor tissues of the two cases, and about 25% -50% of the tumor cells showed positive expression. The other three oncogenes namely c-Ki-ras, c-Ha-ras & c-myc, were not detected in these two carcinomas or in the non-cancerous liver tissues adjacent to the carcinomas. It is surmised that c-N-ras and c-fos may play coordinative role in maintaining the malignant phenotype of human primary hepatocellular carcinoma.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81500959(to NC)
文摘Several animal models of migraine have been established, and those based on trigeminovascular system activation are widely accepted. How- ever, most of these models have been established on lower animals, such as rodents, and involve only a single administration of a noxious stimulus. In this study, an inflammatory soup (10 μL), consisting of prostaglandin E2 (0.2 mM), serotonin (2 mM), bradykinin (2 raM) and histamine (2 raM), was injected into the dura mater of conscious rhesus monkeys through an indwelling catheter. The infusion started on day 8 and was repeated every 3 days, for a total of six administrations, to induce neurogenic inflammation. We performed behavioral assessments and measured the expression of the oncogene c-fos, neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) and calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) ill the trigeminal system and in multiple brain regions involved in pain processing by immunohistochemical staining. Compared with monkeys in the control group, three of the four animals in the inflammatory soup group displayed decreased motor behaviors, and two showed increased ipsilateral nose and mouth secretions during the stimulus period. Higher expression levels of c-fos, nNOS and CGRP were found in various brain areas of experimental animals compared with controls, including the trigeminal nucleus caudalis, thalamus, hypothalamus, midbrain, pons and other areas involved in pain perception. These results suggest that repeated inflammatory soup stimulation of the dura activates the trigeminovascular system and produces migraine-like pathological changes and abnormal behaviors in conscious rhesus monkeys.