目的:研究5-氮杂-2’-脱氧胞苷(5-aza-2’-deoxycytidine,5-Aza-dc)对涎腺腺样囊性癌(Adenoid cystic carcinoma,ACC)细胞中抑癌基因第10号染色体同源丢失性磷酸酶张力蛋白基因(Phosphatase and tensin homology deleted on chromosomet...目的:研究5-氮杂-2’-脱氧胞苷(5-aza-2’-deoxycytidine,5-Aza-dc)对涎腺腺样囊性癌(Adenoid cystic carcinoma,ACC)细胞中抑癌基因第10号染色体同源丢失性磷酸酶张力蛋白基因(Phosphatase and tensin homology deleted on chromosometen,PTEN)的影响及可能的机制。方法:利用RT-PCR检测ACC细胞经甲基转移酶抑制剂5-Aza-dc作用后,PTEN基因mRNA的表达水平;Western blot检测5-Aza-dc干预对PTEN蛋白表达的影响。结果:在一定时间内,经5-Aza-dc作用后,ACC细胞中PTEN基因mRNA及蛋白表达水平逐渐增加,且差异有统计学意义(P<0.05),PTEN mRNA表达水平改变与PTEN蛋白的表达基本一致。结论:ACC细胞系中PTEN的低表达可能与PTEN基因启动子区甲基化状态有关。展开更多
We report a striking abundance of rimmed vacuoles in two brothers with X- li nked Emery- Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (X- EDMD) confirmed by the absence of emerin at the muscular nuclear envelope and by genetic analysi...We report a striking abundance of rimmed vacuoles in two brothers with X- li nked Emery- Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (X- EDMD) confirmed by the absence of emerin at the muscular nuclear envelope and by genetic analysis showing a new 2 - bp deletion in exon 6 of the STA gene at the Xq28 region. Immunohistochemical analysis of the vacuoles revealed expression of dystrophin but not of merosin i n the sarcolemma of rimmed vacuoles and absence of amyloid and membrane attack c omplex (MAC) deposition either in vacuoles or muscle fibers. The presence of rim med vacuoles can be a histopathological finding in X- EDMD, and the diagnosis s hould not be excluded in clinically well- defined EDMD patients because of this finding.展开更多
文摘We report a striking abundance of rimmed vacuoles in two brothers with X- li nked Emery- Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (X- EDMD) confirmed by the absence of emerin at the muscular nuclear envelope and by genetic analysis showing a new 2 - bp deletion in exon 6 of the STA gene at the Xq28 region. Immunohistochemical analysis of the vacuoles revealed expression of dystrophin but not of merosin i n the sarcolemma of rimmed vacuoles and absence of amyloid and membrane attack c omplex (MAC) deposition either in vacuoles or muscle fibers. The presence of rim med vacuoles can be a histopathological finding in X- EDMD, and the diagnosis s hould not be excluded in clinically well- defined EDMD patients because of this finding.