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Zhang Y, Zhuang P, He W, Chen JN, Wang WQ, Freedman ND, Abnet CC, Wang JB, Jiao JJ. Association of fish and long-chain omega-3 fatty acids intakes with total and cause-specific mortality: prospective analysis of 421 309 individuals. J Intern Med 2018; 284:399-417. [PMID: 30019399 DOI: 10.1111/joim.12786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Prevailing dietary guidelines recommend regular fish consumption. However, the associations of fish and long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCn-3 PUFAs) intakes with mortality remain unclear. OBJECTIVES To examine the associations of fish and LCn-3 PUFAs intakes with total and cause-specific mortality. METHODS A total of 240 729 men and 180 580 women from NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study were prospectively followed-up for 16 years. Dietary intakes were assessed using a validated NIH Diet History Questionnaire. RESULTS A total of 54 230 men and 30 882 women died during 6.07 million person-years of follow-up. Higher fish and LCn-3 PUFAs intakes were significantly associated with lower total mortality (P < 0.0001). Comparing the highest with lowest quintiles of fish intake, men had 9% (95% confidence interval, 6-11%) lower total mortality, 10% (6-15%) lower cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, 6% (1-10%) lower cancer mortality, 20% (11-28%) lower respiratory disease mortality and 37% (17-53%) lower chronic liver disease mortality, while women had 8% (5-12%) lower total mortality, 10% (3-17%) lower CVD mortality and 38% (20-52%) lower Alzheimer's disease mortality. Fried fish consumption was not related to mortality in men whereas positively associated with mortality from all causes (P = 0.011), CVD and respiratory disease in women. LCn-3 PUFAs intake was associated with 15% and 18% lower CVD mortality in men and women across extreme quintiles, respectively. CONCLUSION Consumption of fish and LCn-3 PUFAs was robustly associated with lower mortality from major causes. Our findings support current guidelines for fish consumption while advice on non-frying preparation methods is needed.
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- Y Zhang
- National Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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- National Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang, China
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang, China
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Li MC, Jiao JJ, Liu FX, Gong LL. [Thyroid-like low-grade papillary adenocarcinoma of the posterior nasal septum: one case report]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2017; 52:853-854. [PMID: 29141298 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-0860.2017.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- M C Li
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng 252000, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng 252000, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng 252000, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng 252000, China
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Saiman Y, Jiao J, Fiel MI, Friedman SL, Aloman C, Bansal MB. Inhibition of the CXCL12/CXCR4 chemokine axis with AMD3100, a CXCR4 small molecule inhibitor, worsens murine hepatic injury. Hepatol Res 2015; 45:794-803. [PMID: 25163538 PMCID: PMC4344928 DOI: 10.1111/hepr.12411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2014] [Revised: 08/12/2014] [Accepted: 08/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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AIM Activation of hepatic stellate cells and development of chronic inflammation are two key features in the progression of hepatic fibrosis. We have shown that in vitro activated stellate cells increase their expression of CXCL12 as well as the receptor CXCR4 and that receptor engagement promotes a profibrogenic phenotype. Furthermore, injury promotes increased hepatic expression of CXCL12 and a massive infiltration of CXCR4-expressing leukocytes, granulocytes and myeloid cells. The primary site of inflammatory cell accumulation is around the CXCL12-rich portal tracts and within fibrotic septae, indicating a role for CXCR4 during injury. In order to characterize the relevance of the CXCR4/CXCL12 chemokine axis during hepatic injury we inhibited the axis using AMD3100, a CXCR4 small molecule inhibitor, in models of chronic and acute liver injury. METHODS Mice were subjected to acute and chronic CCl4 liver injury with and without AMD3100 administration. The degree of liver injury, fibrosis and the composition of the intrahepatic inflammatory response were characterized. RESULTS Treatment of mice with AMD3100 in the chronic CCl4 model of liver injury led to an increase in hepatic inflammation and fibrosis with a specific increase in intrahepatic neutrophils. Furthermore, in an acute model of CCl4 -induced liver injury, AMD3100 led to an increase in the number of intrahepatic neutrophils and a trend towards worse necrosis. CONCLUSION Together, this data suggests that inhibition of the CXCR4/CXCL12 chemokine axis is injurious through modulation of the hepatic inflammatory response and that this axis may serve a protective role in liver injury.
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- Yedidya Saiman
- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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Pradere JP, Kluwe J, De Minicis S, Jiao JJ, Gwak GY, Dapito DH, Jang MK, Guenther ND, Mederacke I, Friedman R, Dragomir AC, Aloman C, Schwabe RF. Hepatic macrophages but not dendritic cells contribute to liver fibrosis by promoting the survival of activated hepatic stellate cells in mice. Hepatology 2013; 58:1461-73. [PMID: 23553591 PMCID: PMC3848418 DOI: 10.1002/hep.26429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 407] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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UNLABELLED Although it is well established that hepatic macrophages play a crucial role in the development of liver fibrosis, the underlying mechanisms remain largely elusive. Moreover, it is not known whether other mononuclear phagocytes such as dendritic cells (DCs) contribute to hepatic stellate cell (HSC) activation and liver fibrosis. We show for the first time that hepatic macrophages enhance myofibroblast survival in a nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB)-dependent manner and thereby promote liver fibrosis. Microarray and pathway analysis revealed no induction of HSC activation pathways by hepatic macrophages but a profound activation of the NF-κB pathway in HSCs. Conversely, depletion of mononuclear phagocytes during fibrogenesis in vivo resulted in suppressed NF-κB activation in HSCs. Macrophage-induced activation of NF-κB in HSCs in vitro and in vivo was mediated by interleukin (IL)-1 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF). Notably, IL-1 and TNF did not promote HSC activation but promoted survival of activated HSCs in vitro and in vivo and thereby increased liver fibrosis, as demonstrated by neutralization in coculture experiments and genetic ablation of IL-1 and TNF receptor in vivo. Coculture and in vivo ablation experiments revealed only a minor contribution to NF-κB activation in HSCs by DCs, and no contribution of DCs to liver fibrosis development, respectively. CONCLUSION Promotion of NF-κB-dependent myofibroblast survival by macrophages but not DCs provides a novel link between inflammation and fibrosis.
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- Jean-Philippe Pradere
- Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
,Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University of Ancona, 60121 Ancona, Italy
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- Division of Liver Diseases, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
,Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
,Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Division of Liver Diseases, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA
,Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Jiao J, Sastre D, Isabel Fiel M, Lee UE, Ghiassi-Nejad Z, Ginhoux F, Vivier E, Friedman SL, Merad M, Aloman C. Dendritic cell regulation of carbon tetrachloride-induced murine liver fibrosis regression. Hepatology 2012; 55:244-55. [PMID: 21898476 PMCID: PMC3245345 DOI: 10.1002/hep.24621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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UNLABELLED Although hepatic fibrosis typically follows chronic inflammation, fibrosis will often regress after cessation of liver injury. In this study, we examined whether liver dendritic cells (DCs) play a role in liver fibrosis regression using carbon tetrachloride to induce liver injury. We examined DC dynamics during fibrosis regression and their capacity to modulate liver fibrosis regression upon cessation of injury. We show that conditional DC depletion soon after discontinuation of the liver insult leads to delayed fibrosis regression and reduced clearance of activated hepatic stellate cells, the key fibrogenic cell in the liver. Conversely, DC expansion induced either by Flt3L (fms-like tyrosine kinase-3 ligand) or adoptive transfer of purified DCs accelerates liver fibrosis regression. DC modulation of fibrosis was partially dependent on matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9, because MMP-9 inhibition abolished the Flt3L-mediated effect and the ability of transferred DCs to accelerate fibrosis regression. In contrast, transfer of DCs from MMP-9-deficient mice failed to improve fibrosis regression. CONCLUSION Taken together, these results suggest that DCs increase fibrosis regression and that the effect is correlated with their production of MMP-9. The results also suggest that Flt3L treatment during fibrosis resolution merits evaluation to accelerate regression of advanced liver fibrosis.
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- JingJing Jiao
- Division of Liver Diseases, Dept of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Dept of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Dept of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Dept of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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- Department of Gene and Cell Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine,ASTAR, Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore
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- Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Université de la Méditerranée, INSERM, U631, France
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Dept of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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- Department of Gene and Cell Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Dept of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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Thertulien R, Manikhas GM, Dirix LY, Vermorken JB, Park K, Jain MM, Jiao JJ, Natarajan J, Parekh T, Zannikos P, Staddon AP. Effect of trabectedin on the QT interval in patients with advanced solid tumor malignancies. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2011; 69:341-50. [PMID: 21739119 PMCID: PMC3265736 DOI: 10.1007/s00280-011-1697-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2011] [Accepted: 06/15/2011] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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PURPOSE The primary objective of this study was to access the potential effects of trabectedin on the QT/QTc interval in patients with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors. METHODS Patients (n = 75) who had received ≤3 previous lines of chemotherapy and had either relapsed or had progressive disease were enrolled. Patients were administered 3-h intravenous infusions of placebo (saline) on day 1 and trabectedin (1.3 mg/m(2)) on day 2. Time-matched serial triplicate ECG recordings and pharmacokinetic blood samples were collected over 24 h on both days. Heart rate corrected mean QT intervals and changes from predose baseline in QTc (ΔQTc) were assessed. The difference in ΔQTc between trabectedin and placebo was calculated at each time point (ΔΔQTc). RESULTS The upper limits of the 90% confidence interval for ΔΔQTcF and ΔΔQTcB at all time points were less than the prespecified noninferiority margin of 10 ms (≤6.65 ms). No patient had a QTc > 500 ms or a time-matched increase from baseline in QTc > 60 ms at any time point. Regression analyses indicated ΔΔQTc was poorly correlated with trabectedin concentration. No adverse events suggestive of proarrhythmic potential were reported. CONCLUSION Trabectedin did not prolong the QTc interval. Safety and pharmacokinetic profiles of trabectedin were similar to that observed in other ovarian and breast cancer studies.
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- R Thertulien
- Cancer Centers of North Carolina-Asheville, 20 Medical Park Drive, Asheville, NC 28803, USA.
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Chen XH, Chen Z, Chen F, Yao HP, Xia Q, Jiao JJ. Identification of hepatocellular carcinoma antigens by serological analysis of recombinant cDNA expression library and detection of hcct-19 expression in human tissues and cell lines. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2006; 14:1064-1070. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v14.i11.1064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To identify hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) antigens by serological analysis of recombinant cDNA expression library (SEREX) and observe the expression of hcct-19 in human tissues and cell lines.
METHODS: Firstly, a high-quality cDNA library from human HCC tissue was constructed successfully. E. coli transfected with recombinant λTripleX2 phages were plated onto LB-agar plates. The expression of recombinant proteins was induced with isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG). The membranes were blocked with BSA and incubated with a 1:1000 dilution of patient's serum, which had been preabsorbed with transfected E. coli phage lysate. Then they were incubated with a 1:5000 dilution of the alkaline phosphatase-conjugated antibody specific for human IgG. Reactive clones were visualized by staining with BCIP/NBT, and these clones were subcloned three times to obtain monoclonality. Secondly, positive clone plaques were randomly picked and tested using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with universal primers derived from the sequence flanking the vector. PCR products were purified and sequenced, and the results were analyzed with BLAST software in comparison with the known genes in GenBank. Thirdly, the positive clone of hcct-19 gene expression was detected by PCR in normal human tissues of stomach, colon, liver, pancreas, kidney, uterus, testicle and bladder, human tumor tissues of colon carcinoma, renal carcinoma, pancreatic cancer, gastric carcinoma, prostatic carcinoma, HCC, ovarian cancer and lung cancer, and tumor cell lines of HepG2, Hela, MGC-803, PANC-1, PC3, W-549 and SW-480, and semi-quantitative reverse transcription PCR was used to detect hcct-19 expression in HCC and cancer-adjacent tissues.
RESULTS: Firstly, thirty-one positive clones were obtained, representing fourteen different cDNA sequences (lengths from 324 to 805 bp). Ten cDNAs were genes with known functions, of which replication factor C 2, NADH dehydrogenase 1 alpha subcomplex 4 and mitochondrial carrier triple repeat 1 were found to be associated with HCC for the first time. Secondly, the cloned hcct-19 was expressed in normal human tissues of stomach, large intestine, liver, pancreas, kidney, uterus, testicle and bladder, human tumor tissues of colon carcinoma, renal carcinoma, pancreatic cancer, gastric carcinoma, prostatic carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, ovarian cancer and lung cancer, and tumor cell lines of HepG2, Hela, MGC-803, PANC-1, PC3, W-549 and SW-480. The level of hcct-19 expression in HCC tissues was significantly higher than that in cancer-adjacent tissues (13.2 ± 2.7 vs 2.9 ± 0.3, P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: HCC antigens identified from this study contribute to clarify the pathogenesis of HCC, during which hcct-19 may serves as an overexpressed gene.
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Zhang X, Jiao JJ, Bhavnani BR, Tam SP. Regulation of human apolipoprotein A-I gene expression by equine estrogens. J Lipid Res 2001; 42:1789-800. [PMID: 11714848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Estrogen replacement therapies, such as conjugated equine estrogen (CEE, Premarin), reduce the risk of coronary heart disease among postmenopausal women. In the present study, a HepG2 stable cell line (HepG2/S) that harbors a luciferase reporter gene cassette with the human apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) promoter region was used to examine the activity of CEE components in modulating human apoA-I promoter activity. A number of estrogens modulated apoA-I promoter activity, with equilenin (Eqn) being the most potent. Eqn produced a 3-fold increase in apoA-I promoter activity and a similar increase in apoA-I mRNA without affecting its degradation rate. Nuclear runoff assays indicated that the transcription rate of the apoA-I gene was increased 2.5-fold in Eqn-treated cells. When HepG2/S cells were exposed to Eqn, apoA-I protein secretion increased by 80%, whereas the level of secreted apoA-II remained unchanged. Transient transfection studies with human apoA-I promoter constructs derived from pGL3-luciferase reporter plasmid were used to identify the cis-acting element involved in Eqn-mediated induction. The results demonstrated that the apoA-I electrophile/antioxidant response element (EpRE/ARE) might be responsible for the increase in apoA-I promoter activity by Eqn. Cotransfection experiments using estrogen receptor (ERalpha and/or ERbeta) expression vectors have indicated that neither receptor can potentiate the Eqn-mediated induction of apoA-I promoter activity. In addition, mobility shift analysis using antibody against either ERalpha or ERbeta cannot detect the presence of these receptors in the DNA-protein complex. The data indicate that Eqn can induce the promoter activity of the human apoA-I gene, leading to an increase in apoA-I mRNA levels and apoA-I protein secretion through an ER-independent pathway involving apoA-I EpRE/ARE.
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- X Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Jiao JJ, Gao DM, Zhuang XY. [The effects of intranigral microinjection of substance P on apomorphine-induced rotational behavior in 6-OHDA lesions rats]. Zhongguo Ying Yong Sheng Li Xue Za Zhi 2001; 17:404. [PMID: 21207714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Land reclamation has been a common practice to produce valuable land in coastal areas. The impact of land reclamation on coastal environment and marine ecology is well recognized and widely studied. It has not been recognized yet that reclamation may change the regional ground water regime, which may in turn modify the coastal environment, flooding pattern, and stability of slopes and foundations. This paper represents the first attempt to examine quantitatively the effect of reclamation on ground water levels. Analytical solutions are developed to study the ground water change in response to reclamation based on two hypothetical models. In the first model, the ground water flow regime changes only in the hillside around the reclamation areas. In the second model, the ground water regime changes in the entire hill. Both models assume that the ground water flow is in a steady state and satisfies the Dupuit assumptions. Hypothetical examples are used to demonstrate how the ground water level, ground water divide and ground water submarine discharge will change with the scale and hydraulic conductivity of the reclamation materials. The results show that the change of ground water regime depends mainly on the length of the reclaimed area and the values of hydraulic conductivity of the reclaimed materials. It is also seen that the reclamation may impact not only the ground water regime near the coast areas around the reclamation site, but also that in the coast areas opposite the reclamation area. A reclamation site near Tseung Kwan O in the New Territories in Hong Kong, China, is used as a case study to discuss the possible modification of the ground water system caused by reclamation.
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- J J Jiao
- Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, PR China.
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PURPOSE To study the signal transduction mechanisms of tamoxifen via the activation of MAPKs, JNK and ERK in order to understand its regulation of gene expression. METHODS The effects of tamoxifen (TAM) on the activation of serine/threonine mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK, p42/ERK2) and the stress-activated protein kinases (p46 SAPK or c-Jun N-terminal kinase, JNK1) were evaluated using a human cervical epitheloid carcinoma HeLa cell line. RESULTS TAM activated both JNK1 and ERK2 activities in a time- and dose-dependent manner in HeLa cells. The activation of JNK1 was enhanced when the cells were pretreated with prooxidant H2O2. CONCLUSIONS These studies show that TAM activates the signal transduction kinases, JNK1 and ERK2, which may play important roles in the regulation of gene expression by TAM.
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- J L Duh
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago 60607-7173, USA
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Yu R, Jiao JJ, Duh JL, Gudehithlu K, Tan TH, Kong AN. Activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases by green tea polyphenols: potential signaling pathways in the regulation of antioxidant-responsive element-mediated phase II enzyme gene expression. Carcinogenesis 1997; 18:451-6. [PMID: 9054642 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/18.2.451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Green tea polyphenols, major constituents of green tea, are potent chemopreventive agents in a number of experimental models of cancer in animals. The mechanisms of cancer protection by these agents are not clear, but may involve modulation of the enzyme systems responsible for the detoxification of chemical carcinogens. The present studies show that a green tea polyphenol extract (GTP) induces chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) activity in human heptoma HepG2 cells transfected with a plasmid construct which contains an antioxidant-responsive element (ARE) and a minimal glutathione S-transferase Ya promoter linked to the CAT reporter gene. This indicates that GTP stimulates the transcription of Phase II detoxifying enzymes through the ARE. To explore the upstream signaling pathways leading to gene expression, we studied the involvement of the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 (ERK2) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1 (JNK1). Potent activation of ERK2 was seen following treatment of HepG2 cells with different concentrations of GTP. Similar to ERK2, JNK1 was also strongly activated by treatment with GTP, although to a lesser extent and in a different dose-dependent fashion. Kinetic studies revealed that GTP activation of JNK1 was delayed and sustained, whereas ERK2 activation was rapid and transient. Furthermore, GTP treatment also increased mRNA levels of the immediate-early genes c-jun and c-fos, as determined by reverse transcriptase-coupled polymerase chain reaction. Taken together, these studies provide insights into the action of GTP and suggest that the stimulation MAPKs may be the potential signaling pathways utilized by GTP to activate ARE-dependent genes.
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- R Yu
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago 60612, USA
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Yu R, Jiao JJ, Duh JL, Tan TH, Kong AN. Phenethyl isothiocyanate, a natural chemopreventive agent, activates c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1. Cancer Res 1996; 56:2954-9. [PMID: 8674048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) and other structurally related compounds are potent chemopreventive agents in a number of experimental models of cancer in animals. The mechanisms of cancer protection by these agents are not clear but may involve the regulation of gene expression, such as that by Phase II detoxifying enzymes. To unveil the upstream signaling events that lead to the potential transcriptional activation of genes, we studied the involvement of mitogen-activated protein kinase, c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1 (JNK1), and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 and 2 cascades, which have been shown to mediate numerous types of extracellular signals. On treatment of human ovarian HeLa cells with PEITC, JNK1 activity was strongly induced in a dose- and time-dependent manner, whereas the activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 and 2 was not substantial. Furthermore, activation of JNK1 by PEITC was inhibited by pro-oxidants hydrogen peroxide and diamide, although these two pro-oxidants by themselves had opposing effects on JNK1 activity. Pretreatment with an antioxidant, N-acetyl-L-cysteine, had no effects on PEITC activation of JNK1. When comparing the kinetics of JNK1 activation by different isothiocyanates, PEITC elicited a sustained activation, whereas 3-phenylpropyl isothiocyanate and 4-phenylbutyl isothiocyanate stimulated transient activations. The responsiveness of JNK1 to PEITC, 3-phenylpropyl isothiocyanate, and 4-phenylbutyl isothiocyanate suggests the involvement of JNK1 in the regulation of Phase II detoxifying enzyme gene expression. Furthermore, different patterns of JNK1 induction by these isothiocyanates may contribute to their distinct chemopreventive efficacies in some animal tumor model studies.
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago 60612, USA
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