Sweet potato（Ipomoea batatas） is not only an important food crop, but also an important economic crop and energy crop. In recent years, as the develop- ment of molecular biology techniques, more and more abiotic and...Sweet potato（Ipomoea batatas） is not only an important food crop, but also an important economic crop and energy crop. In recent years, as the develop- ment of molecular biology techniques, more and more abiotic and biotic stress-related genes were discovered in sweet potato. These genes can be divided into two categories： the regulatory genes and the functional genes, according to their different roles in stress pathways. This paper reviews the abiotic and biotic stress-related genes cloning, functional analysis and exogenous genes application in sweet potato, and makes expectation for stress resistance research of sweet potato in the future.展开更多
目的探讨头框转录因子O家族4(class O of forkhead box transcriptionfactor 4,FOXO4)对喉癌细胞增殖凋亡能力的影响。方法应用Western blot法检测喉癌组织及对应癌旁组织中FOXO4的表达水平。细胞转染FOXO4过表达载体(p-EGFP-C1/FOXO4组...目的探讨头框转录因子O家族4(class O of forkhead box transcriptionfactor 4,FOXO4)对喉癌细胞增殖凋亡能力的影响。方法应用Western blot法检测喉癌组织及对应癌旁组织中FOXO4的表达水平。细胞转染FOXO4过表达载体(p-EGFP-C1/FOXO4组)和空载体(p-EGFP-C1组),同时设置未转染组,未转染组中只加入转染试剂。Western blot法检测转染后细胞中FOXO4蛋白水平。四甲基偶氮唑蓝(MTT)检测细胞增殖,流式细胞术检测细胞凋亡,Western blot检测细胞中活化的含半胱氨酸的天冬氨酸蛋白水解酶3(Cleaved Caspase-3)、Caspase-3、活化的含半胱氨酸的天冬氨酸蛋白水解酶9(Cleaved Caspase-9)、Caspase-9、β-连环蛋白(β-catenin)、Wnt1表达水平。用Wnt/β-catenin信号通路激活剂作用于转染p-EGFP-C1/FOXO4后的喉癌细胞(激活剂组),检测细胞增殖、凋亡情况。结果 FOXO4在喉癌组织中表达水平明显低于癌旁组织(P=0.000)。p-EGFP-C1/FOXO4组细胞中FOXO4表达水平明显高于未转染组(P=0.000)。p-EGFP-C1/FOXO4组细胞存活率及β-catenin、Wnt1水平明显低于未转染组(P=0.002,P=0.004,P=0.006),细胞凋亡率及Cleaved Caspase-3、Caspase-3、Cleaved Caspase-9、C a s p a s e-9表达水平均明显高于未转染组(P=0.0 0 2,P=0.001,h P<0.05,P=0.004,j P<0.05)。Wnt/β-catenin信号通路激活剂可以部分逆转FOXO4抑增殖和促凋亡作用。结论 FOXO4能够促进人喉癌细胞凋亡,抑制喉癌细胞增殖,作用机制可能与Wnt/β-catenin信号通路有关。展开更多
OBJECTIVE： To test if myricanone （02H2405）, a cyclic diarylheptanoid, has anticancer effects on two different cancer cell lines HeLa and PC3. The present study was conducted with a note on the drug-DNA interaction ...OBJECTIVE： To test if myricanone （02H2405）, a cyclic diarylheptanoid, has anticancer effects on two different cancer cell lines HeLa and PC3. The present study was conducted with a note on the drug-DNA interaction and apoptotic signalling pathway. METHODS： Several studies like cytotoxicity, nuclear damage, annexin-V-fluorescein isothiocyanate （FITC）/propidium iodide （PI）-Iabelled apoptotic assay and cell cycle arrest, immunoblot and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction （RT-PCR） were used following standard protocols. Circular dichroism （CD） spectroscopy was also done to evaluate whether myricanone effectively interacted with DNA to bring about conformational changes that could strongly inhibit the cancer cell proliferation. RESULTS： Myricanone showed a greater cytotoxic effect on PC3 cells than on HeLa cells. Myricanone promoted G0/G arrest in HeLa cells and S phase arrest in PC3 cells. Nuclear condensation and annexin V-FITC/PI studies revealed that myricanone promoted apoptotic cell death. CD spectroscopic data indicated that myricanone had an interaction with calf thymus DNA that changed DNA structural conformation. RT-PCR and immunoblot studies revealed that myricanone activated the apoptotic signalling cascades through down-regulation of transcription factors like nuclear factor-KB （NF-KB） （p65）, and signal transducers and activators of transcription 3 （STAT3）; cell cycle regulators like cyclin D1, and survivin and other signal proteins like Bcl-2 and up-regulation of Bax, caspase-9 and caspase-3. CONCLUSION： Myricanone induced apoptosis in both types of cancer cells by triggering caspase activation, and suppression of cell proliferation by down-regulation of NF-KB and STAT3 signalling cascades, which makes it a suitable candidate for possible use in the formulation of therapeutic alent for combatin cancer.展开更多
AIM： To investigate the mechanism behind β-cell regeneration in neonatal rat pancreas treated with strep- tozotocin （STZ）. METHODS： Neonatal Sprague Dawley rats were intra- peritoneally injected with 70 mg/kg STZ...AIM： To investigate the mechanism behind β-cell regeneration in neonatal rat pancreas treated with strep- tozotocin （STZ）. METHODS： Neonatal Sprague Dawley rats were intra- peritoneally injected with 70 mg/kg STZ. Body weight, pancreas weight and blood glucose were recorded every two days after the treatment. To identify the expression and location of transcription factors in the rat pancreas, double immunofluorescent staining was performed using antibodies to specific cell markers and transcription factors. RESULTS： Expression of Neurogenin 3 （Ngn3）, a marker for endocrine precursor cells, was observed by immunofluorescence in a few β-cells and many a-cells. The expression reached a peak 12 d after treatment. Pax4, a transcription factor that lies downstream of Ngn3 and plays an important role in β-cell differentiation, was also expressed in the α-cells of STZ-treated rats. We did not observe significant changes in Nkx6.1, which is essential for β-cell maturation in the treated rats. CONCLUSION： α-cells dedifferentiated into endocrine precursor cells and acquired the ability to dedifferentiate in the neonatal rat pancreas after STZ treatment.展开更多
基金Supported by National Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20130716)Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Fund of Jiangsu Province[CX(12)5018]+1 种基金Earmarked Fund for China Agriculture Research System(CARS-11-C-03)National Key Technology Research and Development Program of Jiangsu Province(BE2013437)~~
文摘Sweet potato（Ipomoea batatas） is not only an important food crop, but also an important economic crop and energy crop. In recent years, as the develop- ment of molecular biology techniques, more and more abiotic and biotic stress-related genes were discovered in sweet potato. These genes can be divided into two categories： the regulatory genes and the functional genes, according to their different roles in stress pathways. This paper reviews the abiotic and biotic stress-related genes cloning, functional analysis and exogenous genes application in sweet potato, and makes expectation for stress resistance research of sweet potato in the future.
文摘目的探讨头框转录因子O家族4(class O of forkhead box transcriptionfactor 4,FOXO4)对喉癌细胞增殖凋亡能力的影响。方法应用Western blot法检测喉癌组织及对应癌旁组织中FOXO4的表达水平。细胞转染FOXO4过表达载体(p-EGFP-C1/FOXO4组)和空载体(p-EGFP-C1组),同时设置未转染组,未转染组中只加入转染试剂。Western blot法检测转染后细胞中FOXO4蛋白水平。四甲基偶氮唑蓝(MTT)检测细胞增殖,流式细胞术检测细胞凋亡,Western blot检测细胞中活化的含半胱氨酸的天冬氨酸蛋白水解酶3(Cleaved Caspase-3)、Caspase-3、活化的含半胱氨酸的天冬氨酸蛋白水解酶9(Cleaved Caspase-9)、Caspase-9、β-连环蛋白(β-catenin)、Wnt1表达水平。用Wnt/β-catenin信号通路激活剂作用于转染p-EGFP-C1/FOXO4后的喉癌细胞(激活剂组),检测细胞增殖、凋亡情况。结果 FOXO4在喉癌组织中表达水平明显低于癌旁组织(P=0.000)。p-EGFP-C1/FOXO4组细胞中FOXO4表达水平明显高于未转染组(P=0.000)。p-EGFP-C1/FOXO4组细胞存活率及β-catenin、Wnt1水平明显低于未转染组(P=0.002,P=0.004,P=0.006),细胞凋亡率及Cleaved Caspase-3、Caspase-3、Cleaved Caspase-9、C a s p a s e-9表达水平均明显高于未转染组(P=0.0 0 2,P=0.001,h P<0.05,P=0.004,j P<0.05)。Wnt/β-catenin信号通路激活剂可以部分逆转FOXO4抑增殖和促凋亡作用。结论 FOXO4能够促进人喉癌细胞凋亡,抑制喉癌细胞增殖,作用机制可能与Wnt/β-catenin信号通路有关。
基金partially supported by a grant sanctioned to Prof.A.R.Khuda-Bukhsh,Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani,India,by Boiron Laboratories, Lyon,France
文摘OBJECTIVE： To test if myricanone （02H2405）, a cyclic diarylheptanoid, has anticancer effects on two different cancer cell lines HeLa and PC3. The present study was conducted with a note on the drug-DNA interaction and apoptotic signalling pathway. METHODS： Several studies like cytotoxicity, nuclear damage, annexin-V-fluorescein isothiocyanate （FITC）/propidium iodide （PI）-Iabelled apoptotic assay and cell cycle arrest, immunoblot and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction （RT-PCR） were used following standard protocols. Circular dichroism （CD） spectroscopy was also done to evaluate whether myricanone effectively interacted with DNA to bring about conformational changes that could strongly inhibit the cancer cell proliferation. RESULTS： Myricanone showed a greater cytotoxic effect on PC3 cells than on HeLa cells. Myricanone promoted G0/G arrest in HeLa cells and S phase arrest in PC3 cells. Nuclear condensation and annexin V-FITC/PI studies revealed that myricanone promoted apoptotic cell death. CD spectroscopic data indicated that myricanone had an interaction with calf thymus DNA that changed DNA structural conformation. RT-PCR and immunoblot studies revealed that myricanone activated the apoptotic signalling cascades through down-regulation of transcription factors like nuclear factor-KB （NF-KB） （p65）, and signal transducers and activators of transcription 3 （STAT3）; cell cycle regulators like cyclin D1, and survivin and other signal proteins like Bcl-2 and up-regulation of Bax, caspase-9 and caspase-3. CONCLUSION： Myricanone induced apoptosis in both types of cancer cells by triggering caspase activation, and suppression of cell proliferation by down-regulation of NF-KB and STAT3 signalling cascades, which makes it a suitable candidate for possible use in the formulation of therapeutic alent for combatin cancer.
基金Supported by The National Natural Science Foundation of China,No. 81070620
文摘AIM： To investigate the mechanism behind β-cell regeneration in neonatal rat pancreas treated with strep- tozotocin （STZ）. METHODS： Neonatal Sprague Dawley rats were intra- peritoneally injected with 70 mg/kg STZ. Body weight, pancreas weight and blood glucose were recorded every two days after the treatment. To identify the expression and location of transcription factors in the rat pancreas, double immunofluorescent staining was performed using antibodies to specific cell markers and transcription factors. RESULTS： Expression of Neurogenin 3 （Ngn3）, a marker for endocrine precursor cells, was observed by immunofluorescence in a few β-cells and many a-cells. The expression reached a peak 12 d after treatment. Pax4, a transcription factor that lies downstream of Ngn3 and plays an important role in β-cell differentiation, was also expressed in the α-cells of STZ-treated rats. We did not observe significant changes in Nkx6.1, which is essential for β-cell maturation in the treated rats. CONCLUSION： α-cells dedifferentiated into endocrine precursor cells and acquired the ability to dedifferentiate in the neonatal rat pancreas after STZ treatment.
