Acidic aerosols resulting from gas flaring and refinery operations in the Niger Delta are a serious environmental and public health concern. Several thousand tons of flue gas components (dust particles, SO<sub>x...Acidic aerosols resulting from gas flaring and refinery operations in the Niger Delta are a serious environmental and public health concern. Several thousand tons of flue gas components (dust particles, SO<sub>x</sub>, CO and NO<sub>x</sub>) are released into the atmosphere by flaring billions of cubic meters of natural gas, refining and volatilizing the spilt oil. Heat wave is generated by flaring travels several meters away from flare points, destroying crops, farm lands, exotic species that are hunters delight while causing extinction of fragile soil flora and fuana. The occurrence of acid rain in the region implies that the natural receptors of the area are the final recipient of land and atmospheric pollutants. In effect, the water needs and public health of the populace are greatly impeded. Nitric and sulphuric acids are regarded as the sole contributors of nitrate and sulphate in precipitation influenced by combusted hydrocarbons: fine nitrate aerosols that dissolve in rain water are conversion products of NO<sub>2</sub> that arise from flaring, power plants and motor vehicles. Scientific evidence has shown that rain water and surface water quality in the Niger Delta can accentuate the poor health burden, and may be perpetuated through generations unborn. Diagnostic health risk assessment has revealed that drinking nitrate contaminated water may be associated with spontaneous miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, adult malignant lymphomas, soft tissues sarcomas, cancers and lesions with added health burden associated with heavy metals and other ions. All these pose public health emergency and may significantly entrench health risk for generations to come. Therefore, this manuscript is intended to close certain gaps that were not covered by toxicological information and available data on environmental and food contamination and human internal exposure: it will serve as a continuous reminder and a useful guide to public health policy makers, workers and community based physicians.展开更多
目的:探讨鸟苷酸环化酶C(GC-C)基因沉默对人胃癌裸鼠皮下种植瘤的影响及其机制.方法:将SGC-7901细胞(SGC-7901组)、空质粒转染的细胞(PRNA组)、GC-C基因稳定沉默的细胞(GC-C-shRNA组)悬液先在裸鼠皮下接种成瘤,再取瘤组织块分别接种到...目的:探讨鸟苷酸环化酶C(GC-C)基因沉默对人胃癌裸鼠皮下种植瘤的影响及其机制.方法:将SGC-7901细胞(SGC-7901组)、空质粒转染的细胞(PRNA组)、GC-C基因稳定沉默的细胞(GC-C-shRNA组)悬液先在裸鼠皮下接种成瘤,再取瘤组织块分别接种到裸鼠皮下,建立3种胃癌裸鼠皮下种植瘤模型.观察裸鼠一般情况、肿瘤的成瘤率、生长速度,描绘肿瘤的生长曲线,计算肿瘤的抑瘤率;采用实时荧光定量PCR(RFQ-PCR),Western blot和免疫组织化学法检测GC-C和趋化因子受体4(CXCR4)在各组移植瘤组织中的表达.结果:与SGC-7901组和PRNA组比较,GC-C-shRNA组裸鼠移植瘤生长速度明显减慢、体积明显变小(抑制率分别为33.7%、33.2%),肿瘤异型性、坏死程度明显降低,差异具有统计学意义(均P<0.05),且移植瘤组织中GC-C和CXCR4 mRNA和蛋白均明显下调(GC-CmRNA:7.47±1.70 vs 11.18±0.60,11.28±0.85;GC-C蛋白:0.52±0.15 vs 1.04±0.19,1.03±0.24;CXCR4蛋白:0.67±0.13 vs 1.02±0.21,1.03±0.23,均P<0.05).结论:GC-C基因稳定沉默在体内能保持稳定,且能抑制裸鼠移植瘤生长,该过程可能与CXCR4下调有关.展开更多
文摘Acidic aerosols resulting from gas flaring and refinery operations in the Niger Delta are a serious environmental and public health concern. Several thousand tons of flue gas components (dust particles, SO<sub>x</sub>, CO and NO<sub>x</sub>) are released into the atmosphere by flaring billions of cubic meters of natural gas, refining and volatilizing the spilt oil. Heat wave is generated by flaring travels several meters away from flare points, destroying crops, farm lands, exotic species that are hunters delight while causing extinction of fragile soil flora and fuana. The occurrence of acid rain in the region implies that the natural receptors of the area are the final recipient of land and atmospheric pollutants. In effect, the water needs and public health of the populace are greatly impeded. Nitric and sulphuric acids are regarded as the sole contributors of nitrate and sulphate in precipitation influenced by combusted hydrocarbons: fine nitrate aerosols that dissolve in rain water are conversion products of NO<sub>2</sub> that arise from flaring, power plants and motor vehicles. Scientific evidence has shown that rain water and surface water quality in the Niger Delta can accentuate the poor health burden, and may be perpetuated through generations unborn. Diagnostic health risk assessment has revealed that drinking nitrate contaminated water may be associated with spontaneous miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, adult malignant lymphomas, soft tissues sarcomas, cancers and lesions with added health burden associated with heavy metals and other ions. All these pose public health emergency and may significantly entrench health risk for generations to come. Therefore, this manuscript is intended to close certain gaps that were not covered by toxicological information and available data on environmental and food contamination and human internal exposure: it will serve as a continuous reminder and a useful guide to public health policy makers, workers and community based physicians.
文摘目的:探讨鸟苷酸环化酶C(GC-C)基因沉默对人胃癌裸鼠皮下种植瘤的影响及其机制.方法:将SGC-7901细胞(SGC-7901组)、空质粒转染的细胞(PRNA组)、GC-C基因稳定沉默的细胞(GC-C-shRNA组)悬液先在裸鼠皮下接种成瘤,再取瘤组织块分别接种到裸鼠皮下,建立3种胃癌裸鼠皮下种植瘤模型.观察裸鼠一般情况、肿瘤的成瘤率、生长速度,描绘肿瘤的生长曲线,计算肿瘤的抑瘤率;采用实时荧光定量PCR(RFQ-PCR),Western blot和免疫组织化学法检测GC-C和趋化因子受体4(CXCR4)在各组移植瘤组织中的表达.结果:与SGC-7901组和PRNA组比较,GC-C-shRNA组裸鼠移植瘤生长速度明显减慢、体积明显变小(抑制率分别为33.7%、33.2%),肿瘤异型性、坏死程度明显降低,差异具有统计学意义(均P<0.05),且移植瘤组织中GC-C和CXCR4 mRNA和蛋白均明显下调(GC-CmRNA:7.47±1.70 vs 11.18±0.60,11.28±0.85;GC-C蛋白:0.52±0.15 vs 1.04±0.19,1.03±0.24;CXCR4蛋白:0.67±0.13 vs 1.02±0.21,1.03±0.23,均P<0.05).结论:GC-C基因稳定沉默在体内能保持稳定,且能抑制裸鼠移植瘤生长,该过程可能与CXCR4下调有关.
