Knowledge and Service Demand of Reproductive Health among Migrant Population

Objective To understand the sexual and reproductive health knowledge among unmarried migrant population and their service demands as well as current services delivered by local family planning departments, so as to provide scientific evidences on conducting reproductive health education and appropriate service for migrant population in the district. Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted among a convenient sample of unmarried young migrant population between 15 and 25 years old in Dongshan District. All data were entered into database with the software Foxpro6.0 and analyzed with the statistics software SPSS10.0. Results Unmarried migrant population had some kinds＇ of sexual and reproductive health knowledge and was eager to access to reproductive health service. They hoped that relevant governmental departments could provide them more information, education and service on sexuality and reproductive health. Conclusion Relevant departments should work together to popularize reproductive health knowledge among unmarried migrant population and meet their demands on reproductive health service, so as to improve their current reproductive health situation.

MULTICELLULAR-MEDIATED RESISTANCE TO CISPLATIN AND TAXOL IN HUMAN OVARIAN CANCER SK-OV-3IP1 MULTICELLULAR AGGREGATES

Objective: To investigate the chemosensitivity of ovarian cancer SK-OV-3ip1 multicellular aggregates (MCA) to cisplatin and taxol and to explore the possible mechanisms. Methods: Liquid overlay system was employed to obtain MCA. We detected the resistance using trypan blue exclusion testing, clonogenic assay, cell cycle profiles and apoptosis with flow cytometry (FCM). Results: After cisplatin exposure, MCA cells showed nearly equal cell viability with monolayer cells (P=0.05). After 40μM cisplatin exposure for 12 h, no clone (≥50 cells) was formed, but more viable cells attached to the bottom of 24-well plate in MCA group than monolayer. Furthermore, apoptosis rate and cell cycle profiles with FCM had no significant change between MCA and monolayer cells. After taxol exposure, however, trypan blue exclusion testing demonstrated higher cell viability in MCA cells (P=0.003) and higher clone formation rate in 100-cell group than monolayer cells (0.01<P<0.025). No significant difference was found in 50-cell or 200-cell group but more viable cells in MCA group were observed. Taxol exposure caused significantly decreased apoptosis rate in MCA cells than monolayer cells (P=0.012). Taxol induced significant cell arrest at G2-M phase in monolayer cells (P=0.001), but abrogation of G2-M arrest was observed in MCA cells (P=0.002). Conclusion: Compared with monolayer cells, MCA cells from the same SK-OV-3ip1 cell line appear to be more resistant to taxol but not to cisplatin. Cell cycle redistribution and multicellular-mediated inhibition of apoptosis can partially account for the resistance.

Expression of matrix metalloproteinase-7 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 in human endometrial carcinoma

Objective:To investigate the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-7(MMP-7) and its tissue inhibitor (TIMP-2) in endometrial carcinoma and analyze their significance in endometrial cancer's invasion and metastasis. Methods:Endometrial tissues were collected from 64 patients with endometrial carcinoma,20 patients with endometrial hyperplasia and 20 normal women.The expressions of MMP-7,TIMP-2 in endometrium were measured by immuohistochemistry. Results;Expressions of MMP-7,TIMP-2 in endometrium of patients with endometrial carcinoma were significantly higher than those in normal endometrium(P<0.05).MMP-7 expression increased with surgical-pathological staging,depth of myometrial invasion,histologic grades and lymph node metastasis(P<0.05),while TIMP-2 expression was related to lymph node metastasis(P<0.05).TIMP-2 expression in endometrial cancer was significantly higher than that in hyperplastic endometrium(P<0.05).Expressions of TIMP-2 and MMP-7 in endometrium of patients with endometrial carcinoma were positively correlated(r=0.654,P<0.001). Conclusion:Highly expressed MMP-7 and TIMP-2 in endometrium may be related to development,invasion and metastasis of endometrial cancers.

The impact of ^(60)Co γ-ray on cycles to Hep-2 human laryngeal cancer cell in the condition of hypoxia

Objective： The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of 60Co y-ray on apoptosis, cell cycles and the expression of protein hypoxia-inducible factor-1α （HIF-1α） to Hep-2 cell line in the conditions of normoxia and hypoxia. Methods： Hep-2 cell were divided into 2 groups： group A （normoxia） and group B （hypoxia）. All of the ceils were exposed to y-ray with dosage being 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 20, and 40 Gy. Flow cytometry was used to measure the protein level of HIF-1α and to detect apoptosis and cell cycles. The protein level of HIF-1α was also determined by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. Results： The protein level of HIF-1α in group B was significantly higher than that in group A. In group A, low doses （1-5 Gy） of y-ray had caused G0/G1 cell cycle arrest and high doses （10-40 Gy） had caused G2/M cell cycle arrest. In group B, without exposure of y-ray （0 Gy） had caused G0/G1 cell cycle arrest, all of the different dosage of y-ray could cause G2/M cell cycle arrest. The curve of apoptosis rate in group A was a parabola, the apoptotic rate was related to the dosage of y-ray in a dosage dependent manner. The peak was at the point of 5 Gy. The apoptosis rate in group A was significantly higher than that in group B. Conclusion： Different doses of y-ray could cause different cell cycles arrest then make different impact on apoptosis to Hep-2 ceil. The lower apoptosis rate in condition of hypoxia maybe has a relationship with G2/M cell cycle arrest. Up-regulated HIF-1α protein may be one of the reasons for G2/M cell cycle arrest.