AIM: To detect the expression of PTEN encoding productin normal mucosa, intestinal metaplasia (IM), dysplasia andcarcinoma of the stomach, and to investigate its clinicalimplication in tumorigenesis and progression of...AIM: To detect the expression of PTEN encoding productin normal mucosa, intestinal metaplasia (IM), dysplasia andcarcinoma of the stomach, and to investigate its clinicalimplication in tumorigenesis and progression of gastriccarcinoma.METHODS: Formalin-fixed paraffin embedded specimens from184 cases of gastric carcinoma, their adjacent normal mucosa,IM and dysplasia were evaluated for PTEN protein expressionby SABC immunohistochemistry. PTEN expression wascompared with tumor stage, lymph node metastasis, Lauren'sand WHO's histological classification of gastric carcinoma.Expression of VEGF was also detected in 60 cases of gastriccarcinoma and its correlation with PTEN was concerned.RESULTS: The positive rates of PTEN protein were 100 %(102/102), 98.5 %(65/66), 66.7 % (4/6) and 47.8 %(88/184)in normal mucosa, IM, dysplasia and carcinoma of the stomach,respectively. The positive rates in dysplasia and carcinomawere lower than in normal mucosa and IM (P＜0.01).Advanced gastric cancers expressed less frequent PTEN thanearly gastric cancer (42.9 % v567.6 %, P＜0.01). The positiverate of PTEN protein was lower in gastric cancer with thanwithout lymph node metastasis (40.3 % v563.3 %, P＜0.01).PTEN was less expressed in diffuse-type than in intestinal-type gastric cancer (41.5 % v557.8 %,P＜0.05). Signet ringcell carcinoma showed the expression of PTEN at the lowestlevel (25.0 %, 7/28); less than well and moderatelydifferentiated ones (P＜0.01). Expression of PTEN was notcorrelated with expression of VEGF (P＞0.05).CONCLUSION: Loss or reduced expression of PTEN proteinoccures commonly in tumorigenesis and progression of gastriccarcinoma. It is suggested that PTEN can be an objective markerfor pathologically biological behaviors of gastric carcinoma.展开更多
<Abstract>Background and Objective:Cytokine-induced killer(CIK) cells and autologous dendritic cells-CIK(DCCIK) cells co-cultured with autologous dendritic cells(DCs) and CIK cells are commonly used for immunoth...<Abstract>Background and Objective:Cytokine-induced killer(CIK) cells and autologous dendritic cells-CIK(DCCIK) cells co-cultured with autologous dendritic cells(DCs) and CIK cells are commonly used for immunotherapy recently.We compared the anti-tumor immune response of CIK cells,autologous DC-CIK cells,and semi-allogeneic DC-CIK cells to explore a more effective anti-tumor adoptive immunotherapy approach.Met hods:Peripheral monocytes were isolated from patients with renal carcinoma,lung cancer,or maxillary squamous cell carcinoma and their healthy adult children.Isolated cells were cultured and induced as DCs and CIK cells in vitro.CIK cells from patients were co-cultured with autologous DCs and DCs from their children respectively,generating DC-CIK cells and semi-allogeneic DC-CIK cells.The anti-tumor activities of autologous CIK cells,autologous DC-CIK cells,and semi-allogeneic DC-CIK cells were measured by LDH assay.Intracellular staining was used to test the secretion of cytokines.Flow cytometry was applied for detecting the phonotype changes of these three types of cells.Cell proliferation and cell apoptosis were detected by 5,6carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester(CFSE) and Annexin V/PI respectively.Result s:Compared with autologous CIK cells and DC-CIK cells,semi-allogeneic DC-CIK cells significantly enhanced the anti-tumor activity and IFN-γ secretion,reduced IL-4 secretion,increased the ratio of CD3+CD56+ cells and CD3+CD8+ cells,decreased the number of CD4+CD25+ cells,promoted cell proliferation,and lessened cell apoptosis.Conclusions:Semi-allogeneic DC-CIK cells had a stronger anti-tumor effect than did autologous CIK cells and DC-CIK cells.Our results provided experimental evidence for clinical application of DC-CIK cells.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China No.30070845"Outstanding Research Training Program",Ministry of Education No.[1999] 2Science Foundation of Liaoning Education Bureau No.20121031
文摘AIM: To detect the expression of PTEN encoding productin normal mucosa, intestinal metaplasia (IM), dysplasia andcarcinoma of the stomach, and to investigate its clinicalimplication in tumorigenesis and progression of gastriccarcinoma.METHODS: Formalin-fixed paraffin embedded specimens from184 cases of gastric carcinoma, their adjacent normal mucosa,IM and dysplasia were evaluated for PTEN protein expressionby SABC immunohistochemistry. PTEN expression wascompared with tumor stage, lymph node metastasis, Lauren'sand WHO's histological classification of gastric carcinoma.Expression of VEGF was also detected in 60 cases of gastriccarcinoma and its correlation with PTEN was concerned.RESULTS: The positive rates of PTEN protein were 100 %(102/102), 98.5 %(65/66), 66.7 % (4/6) and 47.8 %(88/184)in normal mucosa, IM, dysplasia and carcinoma of the stomach,respectively. The positive rates in dysplasia and carcinomawere lower than in normal mucosa and IM (P＜0.01).Advanced gastric cancers expressed less frequent PTEN thanearly gastric cancer (42.9 % v567.6 %, P＜0.01). The positiverate of PTEN protein was lower in gastric cancer with thanwithout lymph node metastasis (40.3 % v563.3 %, P＜0.01).PTEN was less expressed in diffuse-type than in intestinal-type gastric cancer (41.5 % v557.8 %,P＜0.05). Signet ringcell carcinoma showed the expression of PTEN at the lowestlevel (25.0 %, 7/28); less than well and moderatelydifferentiated ones (P＜0.01). Expression of PTEN was notcorrelated with expression of VEGF (P＞0.05).CONCLUSION: Loss or reduced expression of PTEN proteinoccures commonly in tumorigenesis and progression of gastriccarcinoma. It is suggested that PTEN can be an objective markerfor pathologically biological behaviors of gastric carcinoma.
基金supported by Poten Biomedical Technology Development Co.,Ltd.
文摘<Abstract>Background and Objective:Cytokine-induced killer(CIK) cells and autologous dendritic cells-CIK(DCCIK) cells co-cultured with autologous dendritic cells(DCs) and CIK cells are commonly used for immunotherapy recently.We compared the anti-tumor immune response of CIK cells,autologous DC-CIK cells,and semi-allogeneic DC-CIK cells to explore a more effective anti-tumor adoptive immunotherapy approach.Met hods:Peripheral monocytes were isolated from patients with renal carcinoma,lung cancer,or maxillary squamous cell carcinoma and their healthy adult children.Isolated cells were cultured and induced as DCs and CIK cells in vitro.CIK cells from patients were co-cultured with autologous DCs and DCs from their children respectively,generating DC-CIK cells and semi-allogeneic DC-CIK cells.The anti-tumor activities of autologous CIK cells,autologous DC-CIK cells,and semi-allogeneic DC-CIK cells were measured by LDH assay.Intracellular staining was used to test the secretion of cytokines.Flow cytometry was applied for detecting the phonotype changes of these three types of cells.Cell proliferation and cell apoptosis were detected by 5,6carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester(CFSE) and Annexin V/PI respectively.Result s:Compared with autologous CIK cells and DC-CIK cells,semi-allogeneic DC-CIK cells significantly enhanced the anti-tumor activity and IFN-γ secretion,reduced IL-4 secretion,increased the ratio of CD3+CD56+ cells and CD3+CD8+ cells,decreased the number of CD4+CD25+ cells,promoted cell proliferation,and lessened cell apoptosis.Conclusions:Semi-allogeneic DC-CIK cells had a stronger anti-tumor effect than did autologous CIK cells and DC-CIK cells.Our results provided experimental evidence for clinical application of DC-CIK cells.
