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Xia D, Xu GP, Zhang YT, Yan WW, Pan XR, Tong JH. Targeting inhibition of TCTP could inhibit proliferation and induce apoptosis in AML cells. Cell Signal 2024; 117:111074. [PMID: 38309549 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2024.111074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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Translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) is a highly conserved multifunctional protein, which participates in many important physiological processes. Recently, the roles of TCTP in cell proliferation and apoptosis, especially its close relationship with various tumors, have attracted widespread attention. In this study, we found that the protein level of TCTP was significantly reduced in acute promyelocytic leukemia cell line NB4 transfected with retinoic acid-induced gene G (RIG-G). The RIG-G was found in our previous work as a key mediator of anti-proliferative activity in retinoid/interferon-related pathways. Here, we tried to further explore the function of TCTP in the development of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) from different levels. Our results showed that inhibiting TCTP expression could attenuate AML cells proliferation and induce apoptosis both in AML cell lines and in xenograft of NOD-SCID mice. In addition, either compared with patients in complete remission or non-leukemia patients, we detected that the expression of TCTP was generally high in the fresh bone marrow of AML patients, suggesting that there was a certain correlation between TCTP and AML disease progression. Taken together, our study revealed the role of TCTP in AML development, and provided a potential target for AML treatment.
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- Di Xia
- Central Laboratory, Rui-jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 197 Rui-jin Er Road, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Transfusion Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No.74 Linjiang Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing 400010, China
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- Central Laboratory, Rui-jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 197 Rui-jin Er Road, Shanghai 200025, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Science and Technology, Rui-Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 197 Rui-jin Er Road, Shanghai 200025, China.
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- Central Laboratory, Rui-jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 197 Rui-jin Er Road, Shanghai 200025, China.
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Liver Regeneration and Immunity: A Tale to Tell. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24021176. [PMID: 36674692 PMCID: PMC9864482 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24021176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The physiological importance of the liver is demonstrated by its unique and essential ability to regenerate following extensive injuries affecting its function. By regenerating, the liver reacts to hepatic damage and thus enables homeostasis to be restored. The aim of this review is to add new findings that integrate the regenerative pathway to the current knowledge. An optimal regeneration is achieved through the integration of two main pathways: IL-6/JAK/STAT3, which promotes hepatocyte proliferation, and PI3K/PDK1/Akt, which in turn enhances cell growth. Proliferation and cell growth are events that must be balanced during the three phases of the regenerative process: initiation, proliferation and termination. Achieving the correct liver/body weight ratio is ensured by several pathways as extracellular matrix signalling, apoptosis through caspase-3 activation, and molecules including transforming growth factor-beta, and cyclic adenosine monophosphate. The actors involved in the regenerative process are numerous and many of them are also pivotal players in both the immune and non-immune inflammatory process, that is observed in the early stages of hepatic regeneration. Balance of Th17/Treg is important in liver inflammatory process outcomes. Knowledge of liver regeneration will allow a more detailed characterisation of the molecular mechanisms that are crucial in the interplay between proliferation and inflammation.
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Xu Q, Deng Y, Ming J, Luo Z, Chen X, Chen T, Wang Y, Yan S, Zhou J, Mao L, Sun W, Zhou Q, Ren H, Zhang Y. Methyl 6-O-cinnamoyl-α-d-glucopyranoside Ameliorates Acute Liver Injury by Inhibiting Oxidative Stress Through the Activation of Nrf2 Signaling Pathway. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:873938. [PMID: 35559264 PMCID: PMC9086595 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.873938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Excessive stimulation of hepatotoxins and drugs often lead to acute liver injury, while treatment strategies for acute liver injury have been limited. Methyl 6-O-cinnamoyl-α-d-glucopyranoside (MCGP) is a structure modified compound from cinnamic acid, a key chemical found in plants with significant antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antidiabetic effects. In this study, we investigated the effects and underlying mechanisms of MCGP on acetaminophen (APAP)- or carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced acute liver injury. As a result, MCGP inhibited cell death and apoptosis induced by APAP or CCl4, and suppressed the reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation stimulated by H2O2 in liver AML12 cells. In vivo, MCGP alleviated APAP/CCl4-induced hepatic necrosis and resumed abnormal aminotransferase activities and liver antioxidase activities. In addition, MCGP depressed APAP- or CCl4-induced oxidative stress through the suppression of CYP2E1 and activation of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) signaling pathway. MCGP also enhanced the number of PCNA-positive hepatocytes, increased hepatic PCNA and Bcl-XL, and decreased BAX expression in APAP-/CCl4-intoxicated mice. Furthermore, MCGP activated the GSDMD-N/cleaved caspase 1 pathway. In summary, MCGP might act as a potential therapeutic drug against drug-induced and chemical-induced acute liver injuries, and its underlying mechanisms might engage on the pressing of oxidative stress, refraining of hepatocyte apoptosis, and facilitating of liver regeneration.
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- Qianqian Xu
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Chinese Traditional Medicine, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of High-throughput Drug Screening Technology, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Biobank, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry and Resource Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Yin X, Xue R, Wu J, Wu M, Xie B, Meng Q. PINK1 ameliorates acute-on-chronic liver failure by inhibiting apoptosis through mTORC2/AKT signaling. Cell Death Dis 2022; 8:222. [PMID: 35461334 PMCID: PMC9035184 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-022-01021-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a lethal syndrome with a remarkable short-term death rate. Even worse, effective internal medicine therapies are currently lacking. Increasing evidence indicates apoptosis plays a critical role in the progression of liver failure. PINK1 has an essential function in maintaining cell survival. However, the role and underlying mechanism of PINK1 in apoptosis in ACLF are incompletely understood. Herein, our team discovered that PINK1 remarkably improved ACLF, featured by a reduction in aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and an amelioration in the gross and microscopy histopathology appearance of hepatic tissues. Meanwhile, PINK1 affected cleaved caspase-3 expression via mTORC2/AKT, and this effect was eliminated after further intervention with Rictor or AKT. Overall, these findings indicate that PINK1 participates in the regulation of multiple biological functions, including hepatic cell growth and apoptosis in ACLF via the mTORC2/AKT signaling pathway. The present research offers a solid theory-wise foundation for the clinic applications of PINK1 as a valid target for ACLF treatment to reverse or postpone the development of ACLF.
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- Xuehong Yin
- Department of Critical Care Medicine of Liver Disease, Beijing You-An Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine of Liver Disease, Beijing You-An Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine of Liver Disease, Beijing You-An Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Institute of Hepatology, Beijing You-An Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine of Liver Disease, Beijing You-An Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
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Analysis of Secreted Proteins from Prepubertal Ovarian Tissues Exposed In Vitro to Cisplatin and LH. Cells 2022; 11:cells11071208. [PMID: 35406774 PMCID: PMC8997822 DOI: 10.3390/cells11071208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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It is well known that secreted and exosomal proteins are associated with a broad range of physiological processes involving tissue homeostasis and differentiation. In the present paper, our purpose was to characterize the proteome of the culture medium in which the oocytes within the primordial/primary follicles underwent apoptosis induced by cisplatin (CIS) or were, for the most part, protected by LH against the drug. To this aim, prepubertal ovarian tissues were cultured under control and in the presence of CIS, LH, and CIS + LH. The culture media were harvested after 2, 12, and 24 h from chemotherapeutic drug treatment and analyzed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). We found that apoptotic conditions generated by CIS in the cultured ovarian tissues and/or oocytes are reflected in distinct changes in the extracellular microenvironment in which they were cultured. These changes became evident mainly from 12 h onwards and were characterized by the inhibition or decreased release of a variety of compounds, such as the proteases Htra1 and Prss23, the antioxidants Prdx2 and Hbat1, the metabolic regulators Ldha and Pkm, and regulators of apoptotic pathways such as Tmsb4x. Altogether, these results confirm the biological relevance of the LH action on prepuberal ovaries and provide novel information about the proteins released by the ovarian tissues exposed to CIS and LH in the surrounding microenvironment. These data might represent a valuable resource for future studies aimed to clarify the effects and identify biomarkers of these compounds' action on the developing ovary.
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SepA Enhances Shigella Invasion of Epithelial Cells by Degrading Alpha-1 Antitrypsin and Producing a Neutrophil Chemoattractant. mBio 2021; 12:e0283321. [PMID: 34724811 PMCID: PMC8561385 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02833-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Shigella spp. are highly adapted pathogens that cause bacillary dysentery in human and nonhuman primates. An unusual feature of Shigella pathogenesis is that this organism invades the colonic epithelia from the basolateral pole. Therefore, it has evolved the ability to disrupt the intestinal epithelial barrier to reach the basolateral surface. We have shown previously that the secreted serine protease A (SepA), which belongs to the family of serine protease autotransporters of Enterobacteriaceae, is responsible for the initial destabilization of the intestinal epithelial barrier that facilitates Shigella invasion. However, the mechanisms used by SepA to regulate this process remain unknown. To investigate the protein targets cleaved by SepA in the intestinal epithelium, we incubated a sample of homogenized human colon with purified SepA or with a catalytically inactive mutant of this protease. We discovered that SepA targets an array of 18 different proteins, including alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT), a major circulating serine proteinase inhibitor in humans. In contrast to other serine proteases, SepA cleaved AAT without forming an inhibiting complex, which resulted in the generation of a neutrophil chemoattractant. We demonstrated that the products of the AAT-SepA reaction induce a mild but significant increase in neutrophil transepithelial migration in vitro. Moreover, the presence of AAT during Shigella infection stimulated neutrophil migration and dramatically enhanced the number of bacteria invading the intestinal epithelium in a SepA-dependent manner. We conclude that by cleaving AAT, SepA releases a chemoattractant that promotes neutrophil migration, which in turn disrupts the intestinal epithelial barrier to enable Shigella invasion. IMPORTANCE Shigella is the second leading cause of diarrheal death globally. In this study, we identified the host protein targets of SepA, Shigella's major protein secreted in culture. We demonstrated that by cleaving AAT, a serine protease inhibitor important to protect surrounding tissue at inflammatory sites, SepA releases a neutrophil chemoattractant that enhances Shigella invasion. Moreover, SepA degraded AAT without becoming inhibited by the cleaved product, and SepA catalytic activity was enhanced at higher concentrations of AAT. Activation of SepA by an excess of AAT may be physiologically relevant at the early stages of Shigella infection, when the amount of synthesized SepA is very low compared to the concentration of AAT in the intestinal lumen. This observation may also help to explain the adeptness of Shigella infectivity at low dose, despite the requirement of reaching the basolateral side to invade and colonize the colonic epithelium.
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Zhu X, Ren J, Xu D, Cheng D, Wang W, Ren J, Xiao Z, Jiang H, Ding Y, Tan Y. Upregulation of Translationally Controlled Tumor Protein Is Associated With Cervical Cancer Progression. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:686718. [PMID: 34589516 PMCID: PMC8473787 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.686718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Outside a few affluent countries with adequate vaccination and screening coverage, cervical cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women in many countries. Currently, a major problem is that a substantial proportion of patients are already at an advanced cancer stage when diagnosed. There is increasing evidence that indicates the involvement of translationally controlled tumor protein 1 (TPT1) overexpression in cancer development, but little is known about its implication in cervical cancer. We assessed the levels of TPT1 in surgical tissue and sera of patients with cervicitis, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia III, and cervical cancer, as well as in normal and cancerous cervical cell lines. Gene sets, pathways, and functional protein interactions associated with TPT1 were identified using the TCGA data cohort of cervical cancer. We found that the TPT1 expression was significantly increased in cervical cancer tissue compared to all nonmalignant cervical tissues, including samples of cervicitis, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia III, and normal controls. Serum level of TPT1 was also increased in cervical cancer patients compared to healthy subjects. Furthermore, elevated TPT1 expression was significantly correlated with lymph node metastasis and a low differentiation degree of the cancer. In the cancerous tissues and cell lines, selective markers of PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway over-activation, apoptosis repression, and EMT were detected, and their interaction with TPT1 was supported by biometrics analyses. Our results, for the first time, demonstrate a strong correlation of upregulated TPT1 expression with cervical cancer progression, suggesting that TPT1 might provide a potential biomarker for cervical cancer progression.
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- Xiaoyu Zhu
- School of Laboratory Medicine, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Affiliated Oncology Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Affiliated Oncology Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Taihe Hospital, Affiliated to Hubei Medical University, Shiyan, China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.,Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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Su TS, Li LQ, Liang SX, Xiang BD, Li JX, Ye JZ, Li LQ. A Prospective Study of Liver Regeneration After Radiotherapy Based on a New (Su'S) Target Area Delineation. Front Oncol 2021; 11:680303. [PMID: 34513671 PMCID: PMC8426619 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.680303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background In this study, we designed a new (Su’S) target area delineation to protect the normal liver during liver regeneration and prospectively evaluate liver regeneration after radiotherapy, as well as to explore the clinical factors of liver regeneration and established a model and nomogram. Methods Thirty patients treated with preoperative downstaging radiotherapy were prospectively included in the training cohort, and 21 patients treated with postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy were included in the validation cohort. The cut-off points of each optimal predictor were obtained using receiver-operating characteristic analysis. A model and nomogram for liver regeneration after radiotherapy were developed and validated. Results After radiotherapy, 12 (40%) and 13 (61.9%) patients in the training and validation cohorts experienced liver regeneration, respectively. The risk stratification model based on the cutoffs of standard residual liver volume spared from at least 20 Gy (SVs20 = 303.4 mL/m2) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT=43 u/L) was able to effectively discriminate the probability of liver regeneration. The model and nomogram of liver regeneration based on SVs20 and ALT showed good prediction performance (AUC=0.759) in the training cohort and performed well (AUC=0.808) in the validation cohort. Conclusions SVs20 and ALT were optimal predictors of liver regeneration. This model may be beneficial to the constraints of the normal liver outside the radiotherapy-targeted areas.
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- Ting-Shi Su
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, China
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The involvement of translationally controlled tumor protein during lamb rumen epithelium development. Acta Histochem 2021; 123:151737. [PMID: 34116359 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2021.151737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Early weaning is usually applied to improve the reproductive efficiency of sheep in mutton production, while the development of rumen is of vital importance for sheep weaning age. Translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) is a highly conserved protein which participates in multiple tissue and organ development. Thus, we hypothesized that TCTP was involved in sheep rumen development. Histological analyses of sheep rumen epithelium showed that the epithelium formed tough shaped papillae without growing from birth to day 15 of age, after which it rapidly developed to functional epithelia on day 45 of age. We then found TCTP expressed in stratum basale, stratum spinosum and stratum granulosum of rumen epithelium. TCTP protein expression remained at a relative low level from day 0 to day 15 of age, it then significantly increased on day 30 (p < 0.05) and gradually decreased until day 60. Furthermore, to explore the role of TCTP in sheep rumen and its regulation, we found the ratio of Ki67 positive cell in stratum basale cells followed the similar pattern as the expression of TCTP. We also found the ratio of acetate:propionate in rumen fluid decreased from day 30 to day 60 of age (p < 0.05). To conclude, our data indicated that TCTP participated in rumen papillae growth by promoting rumen stratum basale cell proliferation.
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Sun Z, Zhang L, Li L, Shao C, Liu J, Zhou M, Wang Z. Galectin-3 mediates cardiac remodeling caused by impaired glucose and lipid metabolism through inhibiting two pathways of activating Akt. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2021; 320:H364-H380. [PMID: 33275526 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00523.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Pathological cardiac remodeling is a leading cause of mortality in patients with diabetes. Given the glucose and lipid metabolism disorders (GLDs) in patients with diabetes, it is urgent to conduct a comprehensive study of the myocardial damage under GLDs and find key mechanisms. Apolipoprotein E knockout (ApoE-/-) mice, low-density lipoprotein receptor heterozygote (Ldlr+/-) Syrian golden hamsters, or H9C2 cells were used to construct GLDs models. GLDs significantly promoted cardiomyocyte fibrosis, apoptosis, and hypertrophy in vivo and in vitro, but inhibition of galectin-3 (Gal-3) could significantly reverse this process. Then, the signal transmission pathways were determined. It was found that GLDs considerably inhibited the phosphorylation of Akt at Thr308/Ser473, whereas the silencing of Gal-3 could reverse the inhibition of Akt activity through phosphoinositide 3-kinase-AktThr308 (PI3K-AktThr308) and AMP-activated protein kinase-mammalian target of rapamycin complex 2-AktSer473 (AMPK-mTOR2-AktSer473) pathways. Finally, the PI3K, mTOR, AMPK inhibitor, and Akt activator were used to investigate the role of pathways in regulating cardiac remodeling. Phospho-AktThr308 could mediate myocardial fibrosis, whereas myocardial apoptosis and hypertrophy were regulated by both phospho-AktThr308 and phospho-AktSer473. In conclusion, Gal-3 was an important regulatory factor in GLDs-induced cardiac remodeling, and Gal-3 could suppress the phosphorylation of Akt at different sites in mediating cardiomyocyte fibrosis, apoptosis, and hypertrophy.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Studies on the pathogenesis of diabetic cardiac remodeling are highly desired. Glucose and lipid metabolism are both disordered in diabetes. Glucose and lipid metabolism disturbances promote myocardial fibrosis, apoptosis, and hypertrophy through galectin-3. Galectin-3 promotes cardiac remodeling by inhibiting phosphorylation of AktThr308 or AktSer473. The present study finds that glucose and lipid metabolism disorders are important causes for myocardial damage and provides novel ideas for the prevention and treatment of diabetic cardiac remodeling.
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- Zhen Sun
- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Department of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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Dysregulation of TCTP in Biological Processes and Diseases. Cells 2020; 9:cells9071632. [PMID: 32645936 PMCID: PMC7407922 DOI: 10.3390/cells9071632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP), also called histamine releasing factor (HRF) or fortilin, is a multifunctional protein present in almost all eukaryotic organisms. TCTP is involved in a range of basic cell biological processes, such as promotion of growth and development, or cellular defense in response to biological stresses. Cellular TCTP levels are highly regulated in response to a variety of physiological signals, and regulatory mechanism at various levels have been elucidated. Given the importance of TCTP in maintaining cellular homeostasis, it is not surprising that dysregulation of this protein is associated with a range of disease processes. Here, we review recent progress that has been made in the characterisation of the basic biological functions of TCTP, in the description of mechanisms involved in regulating its cellular levels and in the understanding of dysregulation of TCTP, as it occurs in disease processes such as cancer.
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