Objective： To investigate potential therapeutic effects and mechanism of Weining granule in the treatment of gastric precancerous lesions. Methods： Sixty rats were randomly assigned to a blank group or a model group...Objective： To investigate potential therapeutic effects and mechanism of Weining granule in the treatment of gastric precancerous lesions. Methods： Sixty rats were randomly assigned to a blank group or a model group or to receive retinoic acid or high-, medium- or low- dose of Weining granule. General conditions of the animals were observed before and after treatment. Changes in gastric mucosal pathohistology, telomerase activity, proliferation index （PI） and apoptosis index （AI） were measured. Results： General conditions, including activity and eating, were improved in all Weining-granule-treated groups with the numbers of rats having intestinal metaplasia （IM）, atypical hyperplasia （ATP） or positive telomerase activity being significantly lower than those in the model group （P 〈 0.05 or P 〈 0.01）. Compared with the model group, all doses of Weining granule significantly decreased PI （P 〈 0.01） and increased AI （P 〈 0.05）. Conclusion： Weining granule may provide a therapeutic benefit for the treatment of gastric precancerous lesions by inhibiting telomerase activity and proliferation of gastric cancer cells and by accelerating their apoptosis.展开更多
The aim of this work was to study the ontogeny of chondrocyte cell division using embryo, adult and osteoarthritic(OA) cartilage. We searched for mitosis phases and performed a comparative evaluation of mitotic index,...The aim of this work was to study the ontogeny of chondrocyte cell division using embryo, adult and osteoarthritic(OA) cartilage. We searched for mitosis phases and performed a comparative evaluation of mitotic index, basic fibro-blast growth factor b (FGFb), transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) receptors, cyclin dependent kinase (CDK1)and Cyclin-B expression in fetal, neonate, 3, 5, 8 weeks old rats and experimental OA. Our results showed that mitosisphases were observed in all normal cartilage studied, although, we found a decrease in mitotic index in relation to tissuedevelopment. No mitosis was detected in OA cartilage. We also found a statistical significant reduction in cell number inOA cartilage, compared with the normal tissue. Furthermore, FGFb and TGF-β1 receptors diminished in relation totissue development, and were very scarce in experimental OA. Western blot assays showed CDK-1 expression in allcases, including human-OA cartilage. Similar results were observed for Cyclin-B, except for 8 weeks, when it was notexpressed. Our results suggest that cell division seems to be scarce, if not absent within the OA cartilage studied.Nevertheless, the existence of factors essential for cell division leaves open the question concerning chondrocyteproliferation in OA cartilage, which is likely to be present in the early stages of the disease.展开更多
文摘Objective： To investigate potential therapeutic effects and mechanism of Weining granule in the treatment of gastric precancerous lesions. Methods： Sixty rats were randomly assigned to a blank group or a model group or to receive retinoic acid or high-, medium- or low- dose of Weining granule. General conditions of the animals were observed before and after treatment. Changes in gastric mucosal pathohistology, telomerase activity, proliferation index （PI） and apoptosis index （AI） were measured. Results： General conditions, including activity and eating, were improved in all Weining-granule-treated groups with the numbers of rats having intestinal metaplasia （IM）, atypical hyperplasia （ATP） or positive telomerase activity being significantly lower than those in the model group （P 〈 0.05 or P 〈 0.01）. Compared with the model group, all doses of Weining granule significantly decreased PI （P 〈 0.01） and increased AI （P 〈 0.05）. Conclusion： Weining granule may provide a therapeutic benefit for the treatment of gastric precancerous lesions by inhibiting telomerase activity and proliferation of gastric cancer cells and by accelerating their apoptosis.
文摘The aim of this work was to study the ontogeny of chondrocyte cell division using embryo, adult and osteoarthritic(OA) cartilage. We searched for mitosis phases and performed a comparative evaluation of mitotic index, basic fibro-blast growth factor b (FGFb), transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) receptors, cyclin dependent kinase (CDK1)and Cyclin-B expression in fetal, neonate, 3, 5, 8 weeks old rats and experimental OA. Our results showed that mitosisphases were observed in all normal cartilage studied, although, we found a decrease in mitotic index in relation to tissuedevelopment. No mitosis was detected in OA cartilage. We also found a statistical significant reduction in cell number inOA cartilage, compared with the normal tissue. Furthermore, FGFb and TGF-β1 receptors diminished in relation totissue development, and were very scarce in experimental OA. Western blot assays showed CDK-1 expression in allcases, including human-OA cartilage. Similar results were observed for Cyclin-B, except for 8 weeks, when it was notexpressed. Our results suggest that cell division seems to be scarce, if not absent within the OA cartilage studied.Nevertheless, the existence of factors essential for cell division leaves open the question concerning chondrocyteproliferation in OA cartilage, which is likely to be present in the early stages of the disease.
