背景与目的 EFEMP1属于fibulin家族成员,是一种与细胞代谢密切相关的重要的细胞外基质蛋白,其在肿瘤的发生发展中的作用尚不清楚。本研究旨在探讨EFEMP1影响肺癌细胞生长和侵袭转移的生物学作用及其机制。方法 Western blot方法检测肺...背景与目的 EFEMP1属于fibulin家族成员,是一种与细胞代谢密切相关的重要的细胞外基质蛋白,其在肿瘤的发生发展中的作用尚不清楚。本研究旨在探讨EFEMP1影响肺癌细胞生长和侵袭转移的生物学作用及其机制。方法 Western blot方法检测肺癌细胞中EFEMP1表达,甲基化特异性PCR(methylation-specific PCR,MSP)方法检测EFEMP1在肺癌细胞中启动子区甲基化状态。肺癌细胞中转染EFEMP1后,检测细胞克隆形成及侵袭能力变化,并用Western blot及实时定量PCR检测MMP-7表达,Luciferase实验检测EFEMP1对基质金属蛋白酶7(matrix metalloproteinase-7,MMP-7)报告质粒的影响。结果 Western blot结果显示肺癌细胞中EFEMP1表达下降,MSP分析结果说明A549和H1299中EFEMP1启动子区存在甲基化位点,5-aza-2’-deoxycytidine处理后,EFEMP1表达升高。A549和H1299转染EFEMP1后细胞克隆形成能力以及侵袭活性明显下降,MMP-7蛋白表达下调。Luciferase实验结果显示EFEMP1可以抑制MMP-7报告质粒的表达活性。结论 EFEMP1是一种肺癌生长和侵袭的抑制因子,由于表观遗传学的改变,其在肺癌细胞中表达下降,通过上调MMP-7的表达促进肺癌细胞的侵袭转移。展开更多
Aims: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is considered a complex genetic disease, although the genetic influences are not yet fully understood. Genetic analysis is hampered by the late onset of disease and the dif...Aims: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is considered a complex genetic disease, although the genetic influences are not yet fully understood. Genetic analysis is hampered by the late onset of disease and the difficulty in obtaining multigenerational families. To investigate this problem further we studied our population of early onset drusen cases. The Arg 345 Trp mutation on exon 10 of the EGF-containing fibulin-like extracellular matrix protein 1 (EFEMP1) gene causes two clinical phenotypes of early onset drusen (Doyne honeycomb retinal dystrophy andMalattia Leventinese), yet does not appear to be involved in other early onset drusen phenotypes or typical AMD. We wished to ascertain the involvement of the EFEMP1 gene in our population of sporadic and familial subjects presenting with early onset drusen and their affected relatives. Methods. Individuals presenting with drusen/endstage maculopathy at 60 years or under were identified from retinal clinics in Melbourne. All available first-and second degree relatives were also examined. In all, 116 ethnically matched controls were collected from the same community for comparison. Results. Single stranded conformational polymorphism( SSCP) analysis and subsequent sequencing revealed four previously described and three novel sequence variations. Most occurred at similar frequencies in the case and control populations andwere not thought to be disease associated. Conclusion. The term early onset drusen encompasses a wide range of phenotypes and our findings indicate that it is likely thatmore than one gene is involved in its causation. It is essential that these clinical phenotypes are well described and categorised to allow greater possibility of success in the search for other disease genes.展开更多
文摘背景与目的 EFEMP1属于fibulin家族成员,是一种与细胞代谢密切相关的重要的细胞外基质蛋白,其在肿瘤的发生发展中的作用尚不清楚。本研究旨在探讨EFEMP1影响肺癌细胞生长和侵袭转移的生物学作用及其机制。方法 Western blot方法检测肺癌细胞中EFEMP1表达,甲基化特异性PCR(methylation-specific PCR,MSP)方法检测EFEMP1在肺癌细胞中启动子区甲基化状态。肺癌细胞中转染EFEMP1后,检测细胞克隆形成及侵袭能力变化,并用Western blot及实时定量PCR检测MMP-7表达,Luciferase实验检测EFEMP1对基质金属蛋白酶7(matrix metalloproteinase-7,MMP-7)报告质粒的影响。结果 Western blot结果显示肺癌细胞中EFEMP1表达下降,MSP分析结果说明A549和H1299中EFEMP1启动子区存在甲基化位点,5-aza-2’-deoxycytidine处理后,EFEMP1表达升高。A549和H1299转染EFEMP1后细胞克隆形成能力以及侵袭活性明显下降,MMP-7蛋白表达下调。Luciferase实验结果显示EFEMP1可以抑制MMP-7报告质粒的表达活性。结论 EFEMP1是一种肺癌生长和侵袭的抑制因子,由于表观遗传学的改变,其在肺癌细胞中表达下降,通过上调MMP-7的表达促进肺癌细胞的侵袭转移。
文摘Aims: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is considered a complex genetic disease, although the genetic influences are not yet fully understood. Genetic analysis is hampered by the late onset of disease and the difficulty in obtaining multigenerational families. To investigate this problem further we studied our population of early onset drusen cases. The Arg 345 Trp mutation on exon 10 of the EGF-containing fibulin-like extracellular matrix protein 1 (EFEMP1) gene causes two clinical phenotypes of early onset drusen (Doyne honeycomb retinal dystrophy andMalattia Leventinese), yet does not appear to be involved in other early onset drusen phenotypes or typical AMD. We wished to ascertain the involvement of the EFEMP1 gene in our population of sporadic and familial subjects presenting with early onset drusen and their affected relatives. Methods. Individuals presenting with drusen/endstage maculopathy at 60 years or under were identified from retinal clinics in Melbourne. All available first-and second degree relatives were also examined. In all, 116 ethnically matched controls were collected from the same community for comparison. Results. Single stranded conformational polymorphism( SSCP) analysis and subsequent sequencing revealed four previously described and three novel sequence variations. Most occurred at similar frequencies in the case and control populations andwere not thought to be disease associated. Conclusion. The term early onset drusen encompasses a wide range of phenotypes and our findings indicate that it is likely thatmore than one gene is involved in its causation. It is essential that these clinical phenotypes are well described and categorised to allow greater possibility of success in the search for other disease genes.
