Objective: To determine whether NMDA receptor activation mediates the expression of c--fos and NOS and study the relationship between the expression of c--fos and NOS in the hypothalamic paraventricularnucleus (PVN) f...Objective: To determine whether NMDA receptor activation mediates the expression of c--fos and NOS and study the relationship between the expression of c--fos and NOS in the hypothalamic paraventricularnucleus (PVN) following acute hypothermia and hypoxia. Methods: Fos immunohistochemistry, NADPH--d histochemistry and Fos/NADH--d double labeling were used. Results: Acute hypothermia and hypoxia induced the overexpression of on fos and NOS in PVN in rats. Pretreatment with ketamine, a NMDA receptor antagonist, resulted in partial inhibition of the expression of c--fos and NOS and that with blocker of NOS resulted in significant inhibition of the expression of c--fos. Conclusion: The activation of NMDA receptor is involved in the expression of c- fos and NOS in PVN in the rats subjected to acute hypothermia and hypoxia.Meanwhile, hypothalamic endogenous NO participates in adaptive reaction to hypothermia and hypoxia,which might be related to the modulation of c- fos expression.展开更多
AIM： TO study the effect of some genes especially those involved in cell cycle regulation on hepatocellular carcinoma. METHODS： Paraffin-embedded tissue samples of 25 patients （18 males and 7 females） with hepatoc...AIM： TO study the effect of some genes especially those involved in cell cycle regulation on hepatocellular carcinoma. METHODS： Paraffin-embedded tissue samples of 25 patients （18 males and 7 females） with hepatocellular carcinoma were collected from 22 pathology centers in Tehran during 2000-2001, and stained using immunohistochemistry method （avidin-biotin-peroxidase） for detection of p53, cyclinD1, RB1, c-los and N-ras proteins. RESULTS： Six （24%）, 5 （20%）, 12 （48%） and 2 samples （8%） were positive for p53, cyclinDl, C-los and N-ras expression, respectively. Twenty-two （88%） samples had alterations in the （31 cell-cycle checkpoint protein expression （RBI or cyclinD1）. P53 positive samples showed a higher （9 times） risk of being positive for RBI protein than p53 negative samples. Loss of expression of RBI in association with p53 over-expression was observed in 4 （66.7%） of 6 samples. Loss of expression of RBI was seen in all cyclinD1 positive, 20 （90.9%） N-ras negative, and ii （50%） C-fos positive samples, respectively. CyclinD1 positive samples showed a higher （2.85 and 4.75 times） risk of being positive for c-los and N-ras expression than cyclinD1 negative samples. CONCLUSION： The expression of p53, RB1 and c-los genes appears to have a key role in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma in Iran. Simultaneous overexpression of these genes is significantly associated with their loss of expression during development of hepatocellular carcinoma.展开更多
AIM: To explore dysregulation of cyclin E in malignancies,and to further investigate the role of cyclin E in Helicobacterpylori ( H. pylori)-induced gastric precancerosis.METHODS: Four-week-old specific pathogen-free ...AIM: To explore dysregulation of cyclin E in malignancies,and to further investigate the role of cyclin E in Helicobacterpylori ( H. pylori)-induced gastric precancerosis.METHODS: Four-week-old specific pathogen-free maleMongolian gerbils were employed in the study. 0.5 mL 1 ×108 cfu@ L- 1 suspension of H. pylori NTCC11637 in Brucellabroth was inoculated orally into each of 20 Mongolian gerbils, and a further 20 gerbils were inoculated with Brucella brothas controls. 10 of the infected gerbils and 10 of the non-infected control gerbils were sacrificed at 25, 45 wk afterinfection. The expression of cyclin E was analyzed by RT-PCR and immunohistochemical studies with monoclonalantibody to cyclin E in Mongolian gerbil of H. pylori-induced gastric precancerosis.RESULTS: H. pylori was constantly detected in all infectedanimals throughout the study. At 25 wk after infection of H.pylori, ulcers were observed in the antral and body ofstomach ( n = 6). Histological examination showed that allanimals developed severe inflammation and multifocallymphoid follicles appeared in the lamina propria andsubmucosa of gastric antrum. At 45 wk after infection of H.pylori, severe atrophic gastritis (n = 10), intestinalmetaplasia (n = 8) and dysplasia (n = 6) could beobserved. Cyclin E mRNA levels were significantly more at25 wk after infection of H. pylori (1.27±0.26), and at45 wkafter infection of H. pylori (1.82 ± 0.39 ) than control-animals (0.59 ± 0.20, P＜ 0.01) ; cyclin E mRNA levels wereevaluated by 2.2-fold at 25 wk ( P ＜ 0.01 ) and 3. 1-fold at 45wk ( P ＜ 0.01 ) precancarosis induced by H. pylori, whencompared with control gastric epithelium of Mongoliangerbil. Immunohistochemical staining revealed exclusivenuclear staining of cyclin E. Furthermore, there wes asequential increase in cyclin E positive cells from normalepithelium to precancerosis.CONCLUSION: Overexpression of cyclin E occurs relativelyearly in gastric tumorigenesis in this model.展开更多
文摘Objective: To determine whether NMDA receptor activation mediates the expression of c--fos and NOS and study the relationship between the expression of c--fos and NOS in the hypothalamic paraventricularnucleus (PVN) following acute hypothermia and hypoxia. Methods: Fos immunohistochemistry, NADPH--d histochemistry and Fos/NADH--d double labeling were used. Results: Acute hypothermia and hypoxia induced the overexpression of on fos and NOS in PVN in rats. Pretreatment with ketamine, a NMDA receptor antagonist, resulted in partial inhibition of the expression of c--fos and NOS and that with blocker of NOS resulted in significant inhibition of the expression of c--fos. Conclusion: The activation of NMDA receptor is involved in the expression of c- fos and NOS in PVN in the rats subjected to acute hypothermia and hypoxia.Meanwhile, hypothalamic endogenous NO participates in adaptive reaction to hypothermia and hypoxia,which might be related to the modulation of c- fos expression.
文摘AIM： TO study the effect of some genes especially those involved in cell cycle regulation on hepatocellular carcinoma. METHODS： Paraffin-embedded tissue samples of 25 patients （18 males and 7 females） with hepatocellular carcinoma were collected from 22 pathology centers in Tehran during 2000-2001, and stained using immunohistochemistry method （avidin-biotin-peroxidase） for detection of p53, cyclinD1, RB1, c-los and N-ras proteins. RESULTS： Six （24%）, 5 （20%）, 12 （48%） and 2 samples （8%） were positive for p53, cyclinDl, C-los and N-ras expression, respectively. Twenty-two （88%） samples had alterations in the （31 cell-cycle checkpoint protein expression （RBI or cyclinD1）. P53 positive samples showed a higher （9 times） risk of being positive for RBI protein than p53 negative samples. Loss of expression of RBI in association with p53 over-expression was observed in 4 （66.7%） of 6 samples. Loss of expression of RBI was seen in all cyclinD1 positive, 20 （90.9%） N-ras negative, and ii （50%） C-fos positive samples, respectively. CyclinD1 positive samples showed a higher （2.85 and 4.75 times） risk of being positive for c-los and N-ras expression than cyclinD1 negative samples. CONCLUSION： The expression of p53, RB1 and c-los genes appears to have a key role in the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma in Iran. Simultaneous overexpression of these genes is significantly associated with their loss of expression during development of hepatocellular carcinoma.
文摘AIM: To explore dysregulation of cyclin E in malignancies,and to further investigate the role of cyclin E in Helicobacterpylori ( H. pylori)-induced gastric precancerosis.METHODS: Four-week-old specific pathogen-free maleMongolian gerbils were employed in the study. 0.5 mL 1 ×108 cfu@ L- 1 suspension of H. pylori NTCC11637 in Brucellabroth was inoculated orally into each of 20 Mongolian gerbils, and a further 20 gerbils were inoculated with Brucella brothas controls. 10 of the infected gerbils and 10 of the non-infected control gerbils were sacrificed at 25, 45 wk afterinfection. The expression of cyclin E was analyzed by RT-PCR and immunohistochemical studies with monoclonalantibody to cyclin E in Mongolian gerbil of H. pylori-induced gastric precancerosis.RESULTS: H. pylori was constantly detected in all infectedanimals throughout the study. At 25 wk after infection of H.pylori, ulcers were observed in the antral and body ofstomach ( n = 6). Histological examination showed that allanimals developed severe inflammation and multifocallymphoid follicles appeared in the lamina propria andsubmucosa of gastric antrum. At 45 wk after infection of H.pylori, severe atrophic gastritis (n = 10), intestinalmetaplasia (n = 8) and dysplasia (n = 6) could beobserved. Cyclin E mRNA levels were significantly more at25 wk after infection of H. pylori (1.27±0.26), and at45 wkafter infection of H. pylori (1.82 ± 0.39 ) than control-animals (0.59 ± 0.20, P＜ 0.01) ; cyclin E mRNA levels wereevaluated by 2.2-fold at 25 wk ( P ＜ 0.01 ) and 3. 1-fold at 45wk ( P ＜ 0.01 ) precancarosis induced by H. pylori, whencompared with control gastric epithelium of Mongoliangerbil. Immunohistochemical staining revealed exclusivenuclear staining of cyclin E. Furthermore, there wes asequential increase in cyclin E positive cells from normalepithelium to precancerosis.CONCLUSION: Overexpression of cyclin E occurs relativelyearly in gastric tumorigenesis in this model.
