AIM: To investigate the effects of platelet-derived growth factor(PDGF) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) on Fas/Fas-ligand and Bcl-2/Bax mRNA expressions in rat hepatic stellate cells.METHODS: Rat hepatic stellate cells (HS...AIM: To investigate the effects of platelet-derived growth factor(PDGF) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) on Fas/Fas-ligand and Bcl-2/Bax mRNA expressions in rat hepatic stellate cells.METHODS: Rat hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) were isolated and purified from rat liver by in situ digestion of collagenase and pronase and single-step density Nycodenz gradient.After activated by culture in vitro, HSCs were divided into 4 groups and treated with nothing (group N), PDGF (group P),IL-10 (group I) and PDGF in combinalJon with IL-10 (group C),respectively. Semi-quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis was employed to compare the mRNA expression levels of Fas/FasL and Bcl-2/Bax in HSCs of each group.RESULTS: The expression levels of Fas between the 4 groups had no significant differences (P>0.05). FasL mRNA level in normal culture-activated HSCs (group N) was very low.It increased obviously after HSCs were treated with IL-10(group I) (0.091±0.007 vs 0.385±0.051, P<0.01), but remained the low level after treated with PDGF alone (group P)or PDGF in combination with IL-10 (group C). Contrast to the control group, after treated with PDGF and IL-10, either alone or in combination, Bcl-2 mRNA expression was downregulated and Bax mRNA expression was up-regulated, both following the turn from group P, group I to group C.Expression of Bcl-2 mRNA in group C was significantly lower than that in group P (0.126±0.008 vs0.210±0.024, P<0.01).But no significant difference was found between group C and group I, as well as between group I and group P (P>0.05).Similarly, the expression of Bax in group C was higher than that in group P (0.513±0.016 vs0.400±0.022, P<0.01).No significant difference was found between group I and group P (P>0.05). But compared with group C, Bax expressions in group I tended to decrease (0.449±0.028 vs 0.513±0.016,P<0.05).CONCLUSION: PDGF may promote proliferation of HSCs but is neutral with respect to HSC apoptosis. IL-10 may promote the apoptosis of HSCs by up-regulating the expressions of FasL and Bax and down-regulating the expression of Bcl-2, which may be involved in its antifibrosis mechanism.展开更多
In order to explore whether the member of Bcl-2 gene family, for example, Bcl-2 and Bax, are induced after cerebral ischemia, and whether expression of genes can be modulated by calcium-antagonist, the rat cerebral is...In order to explore whether the member of Bcl-2 gene family, for example, Bcl-2 and Bax, are induced after cerebral ischemia, and whether expression of genes can be modulated by calcium-antagonist, the rat cerebral ischemic models were made by occluding left middle cerebral artery. The expression of Bcl-2 and Bax mRNA was measured by RT-PCR method. After middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO), the expression of both Bcl-2 and Bax mRNA were induced. Level of Bcl-2 mRNA increased steadily and level of Bax mRNA increased gradually at first, reached a peak after 24 h, then decreased slowly. After administration of nimodipine, Bcl-2 mRNA was up-regulated in the hippocampus 6 and 24h after ischemia, while Bax mRNA was down-regulated 6 and 24 h after ischemia. Focal cerebral ischemia can induce proto-oncogenes to express, which was associated with apoptosis. Calcium-antagonist can up-regulate Bcl-2 mRNA and down-regulate Bax mRNA. The increased ratio of Bcl-2 and Bax mRNA may contribute to the anti-apoptic effect of nimodipine. The study indicates that pharmacological modulation of Bcl-2 family member expression could become a new strategy to manage neuronal damage.展开更多
The objective was to evaluate the toxicity effect of gossypol on ultrastructure of mouse testis and the expression of Bax mRNA and Bcl-2 mRNA of sperm cells in mice. Forty-eight male mice were randomly divided into fo...The objective was to evaluate the toxicity effect of gossypol on ultrastructure of mouse testis and the expression of Bax mRNA and Bcl-2 mRNA of sperm cells in mice. Forty-eight male mice were randomly divided into four groups： control group, L-group （30 mg-kgt. d）, M-group （60 mg·kg-1 ·d） and H-group （120 mg·kg-1· d） and were orally administrated with gossypol diluted by sodium carboxymethyl cellulose （SCC） or SCC （control group） for 20 days. On the 21st day, all the mice were killed and ultrastructure changes of testis were observed by TEM. mRNA expression of Bax and Bcl-2 in testis was measured by semiquantitative RT-PCR. The results showed that the testicular ultrastructure in three treated groups was gradually damaged, according to the dosage of gossypol and cellular structure disordered and organdie degenerated, manifesting vacuolation of mitochondria, expansion of endoplasmie reticulum, mRNA expression of Bcl-2 in testis significantly increased （p〈0.05） in L-group and then significantly decreased （p〈0.05, p〈0.01） in M-group and H-group compared with that in the control group; mRNA expression of Bcl-2 in M-group and H-group significantly decreased （p〈0.05, p〈0.01） than that in L-group and Bcl-2 mRNA expression in H-group showed a significant decrease （p〈0.05） compared with that in M-group. On the other hand, mRNA expression of Bax significant increased （p〈0.05,p〈0.01） in M-group and H-group than that in the control group. The ratio of Bcl-2/Bax significantly reduced 07〈0.05, p〈0.01） in the treated group than that in the control group and was found to be an obvious dose-dependent. It demonstrated that the gnssypol could induce the changes on ultrastructure of mice testis, down-regulate mRNA expression of Bcl-2 and up-regnlate mRNA expression of Bax, which indicated that sperm ceils were induced apoptosis.展开更多
BACKGROUND： Both animal experiments and clinical studies have shown that basic fibroblast growth factor （bFGF） and danshen （Salvia miltiorrhiza） can exhibit protective effects on ischemia-reperfusion cerebral inj...BACKGROUND： Both animal experiments and clinical studies have shown that basic fibroblast growth factor （bFGF） and danshen （Salvia miltiorrhiza） can exhibit protective effects on ischemia-reperfusion cerebral injury. OBJECTIVE： To test whether bFGF and danshen can protect cerebral injury induced by exposure to repeated, high, positive acceleration （＋Gz） in an animal model and to analyze the possible mechanisms. DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING： Randomized controlled animal study. The experiment was performed at the Research Center for Molecular Biology, Air-force General Hospital of Chinese PLA from April to August 2000. MATERIALS： A total of 20 clean grade, healthy, Sprague Dawley rats of both genders, weighing （200 ± 15） g, were provided by our experimental animal center. Rats were randomly divided into 5 groups： the control group, ＋Gz exposure group, bFGF group, danshen group, and saline group, with 4 animals per group. bFGF （Beijing Bailuyuan Biotechnology Co. Ltd.） and danshen solution （Shanghai Zhongxi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.） were used. METHODS： All rats were fixed on a rotary arm of a centrifugal apparatus （2 m in radius） with their heads oriented towards the center of the apparatus. Except for rats in the control group, the value of ＋Gz exposure was ＋14 Gz with an acceleration rate of 1.5 G/s. The peak force lasted for 45 seconds. ＋Gz exposure was performed three times with intervals of 30 minutes. Rats in the control group received the same ＋Gz procedure, but the G value was ＋1 Gz. Rats in bFGF group and danshen group were intraperitoneally injected with 100 μg/kg bFGF or 15 g/kg danshen solution, respectively, at 30 minutes prior to centrifugation and immediately after centrifugation. Rats in saline group were injected with the same volume of saline. Six hours after exposure, rats were decapitated. One hemisphere was preserved in liquid nitrogen for RNA extraction and the other was processed for apoptosis detection. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES： mRNA levels of bcl-2 and p53 were measured by semi-quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction. Apoptotic cell death was detected by terminal deoxynuleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling. RESULTS： Changes in mRNA expression of bcl-2 and p53 and apoptotic cells were observed in rat brain six hours after repeated ＋Gz exposures, bFGF and danshen were able block the changes of bcl-2 and p53 expression and inhibit apoptotic cell death. CONCLUSION： The data suggest that apoptosis and changes in bcl-2 and p53 expression in the rat brain can be induced by repeated ＋Gz exposures. Apoptosis is, therefore, one of the molecular mechanisms of brain damage induced by repeated ＋Gz exposures, bFGF and danshen were of the equal potency in preventing brain injury induced by repeated ＋Gz exposures.展开更多
BACKGROUND: Hypersecretion of biliary cholesterol is believed to be one of the important causes of lithogenic bile. Sterol carrier protein-2 ( SCP2 ) participates in choles- terol trafficking and metabolism and may pl...BACKGROUND: Hypersecretion of biliary cholesterol is believed to be one of the important causes of lithogenic bile. Sterol carrier protein-2 ( SCP2 ) participates in choles- terol trafficking and metabolism and may play a key role in cholesterol gallstone formation. This study was undertaken to investigate the expression of liver SCP2 mRNA in pa- tients with cholesterol gallstone and those patients with non-cholesterol gallstone. METHODS: The expression of liver SCP2 mRNA was studi- ed in 36 patients with cholesterol gallstone and 30 patients with non-cholesterol gallstone by reverse transcription-poly- merase chain reaction (RT-PCR). RESULT: The expression of SCP2 mRNA was increased more significantly in patients with cholesterol gallstone than in patients with non-cholesterol gallstone. CONCLUSION: The SCP2 gene was overexpressed in pa- tients with cholesterol gallstone, indicating that SCP2 may be one of the important causes of cholesterol gallstone.展开更多
To investigate the effects of L-Tetrahydropalmatine (L-THP) on the expressions of bcl-2, bax and neuronal apoptosis after cerebral ischemia and reperfusion, 60 Wistars rats were randomly divided into 3 groups: sham-op...To investigate the effects of L-Tetrahydropalmatine (L-THP) on the expressions of bcl-2, bax and neuronal apoptosis after cerebral ischemia and reperfusion, 60 Wistars rats were randomly divided into 3 groups: sham-operation group (group S, n = 20), ischemic-reperfusion group treated with saline (group I, n=20) and ischemia-reperfusion group treated with L-THP (group T, n=20) .The rat model of global cerebral ischemia and reperfusion was induced by Pulsinelli's four-vessel occlusion method. The expression of bcl-2 and bax mRNA was detected by in situ hybridization and reverse transcriptional polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The number of apoptotic neurons was examined by terminal deoxynucleotidyl-transferase (TdT)-mediated dUTP nick end-labeling (TUNEL) method. Compared with group S, the expression of bcl-2 and bax mRNA in group I was increased significantly (P<0.01), and the number of apoptotic neurons increased either (P< 0.01). After L-THP treatment, the expression of bcl-2 mRNA was up-regulated (P<0.01) and that of bax mRNA was down-regulated (P<0.01); the number of apoptotic neurons was decreased (P<0.01). Our results indicated that bcl-2 may suppress apoptosis and bax promote apoptosis after cerebral ischemia and reperfusion. L-THP could ameliorate cerebral ischemia and reperfusion damage by reducing the apoptosis through regulating bcl-2 and bax.展开更多
基金Supported by the Science and Technology Fundation of FujianProvince,No.2003D05
文摘AIM: To investigate the effects of platelet-derived growth factor(PDGF) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) on Fas/Fas-ligand and Bcl-2/Bax mRNA expressions in rat hepatic stellate cells.METHODS: Rat hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) were isolated and purified from rat liver by in situ digestion of collagenase and pronase and single-step density Nycodenz gradient.After activated by culture in vitro, HSCs were divided into 4 groups and treated with nothing (group N), PDGF (group P),IL-10 (group I) and PDGF in combinalJon with IL-10 (group C),respectively. Semi-quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis was employed to compare the mRNA expression levels of Fas/FasL and Bcl-2/Bax in HSCs of each group.RESULTS: The expression levels of Fas between the 4 groups had no significant differences (P>0.05). FasL mRNA level in normal culture-activated HSCs (group N) was very low.It increased obviously after HSCs were treated with IL-10(group I) (0.091±0.007 vs 0.385±0.051, P<0.01), but remained the low level after treated with PDGF alone (group P)or PDGF in combination with IL-10 (group C). Contrast to the control group, after treated with PDGF and IL-10, either alone or in combination, Bcl-2 mRNA expression was downregulated and Bax mRNA expression was up-regulated, both following the turn from group P, group I to group C.Expression of Bcl-2 mRNA in group C was significantly lower than that in group P (0.126±0.008 vs0.210±0.024, P<0.01).But no significant difference was found between group C and group I, as well as between group I and group P (P>0.05).Similarly, the expression of Bax in group C was higher than that in group P (0.513±0.016 vs0.400±0.022, P<0.01).No significant difference was found between group I and group P (P>0.05). But compared with group C, Bax expressions in group I tended to decrease (0.449±0.028 vs 0.513±0.016,P<0.05).CONCLUSION: PDGF may promote proliferation of HSCs but is neutral with respect to HSC apoptosis. IL-10 may promote the apoptosis of HSCs by up-regulating the expressions of FasL and Bax and down-regulating the expression of Bcl-2, which may be involved in its antifibrosis mechanism.
文摘In order to explore whether the member of Bcl-2 gene family, for example, Bcl-2 and Bax, are induced after cerebral ischemia, and whether expression of genes can be modulated by calcium-antagonist, the rat cerebral ischemic models were made by occluding left middle cerebral artery. The expression of Bcl-2 and Bax mRNA was measured by RT-PCR method. After middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO), the expression of both Bcl-2 and Bax mRNA were induced. Level of Bcl-2 mRNA increased steadily and level of Bax mRNA increased gradually at first, reached a peak after 24 h, then decreased slowly. After administration of nimodipine, Bcl-2 mRNA was up-regulated in the hippocampus 6 and 24h after ischemia, while Bax mRNA was down-regulated 6 and 24 h after ischemia. Focal cerebral ischemia can induce proto-oncogenes to express, which was associated with apoptosis. Calcium-antagonist can up-regulate Bcl-2 mRNA and down-regulate Bax mRNA. The increased ratio of Bcl-2 and Bax mRNA may contribute to the anti-apoptic effect of nimodipine. The study indicates that pharmacological modulation of Bcl-2 family member expression could become a new strategy to manage neuronal damage.
文摘The objective was to evaluate the toxicity effect of gossypol on ultrastructure of mouse testis and the expression of Bax mRNA and Bcl-2 mRNA of sperm cells in mice. Forty-eight male mice were randomly divided into four groups： control group, L-group （30 mg-kgt. d）, M-group （60 mg·kg-1 ·d） and H-group （120 mg·kg-1· d） and were orally administrated with gossypol diluted by sodium carboxymethyl cellulose （SCC） or SCC （control group） for 20 days. On the 21st day, all the mice were killed and ultrastructure changes of testis were observed by TEM. mRNA expression of Bax and Bcl-2 in testis was measured by semiquantitative RT-PCR. The results showed that the testicular ultrastructure in three treated groups was gradually damaged, according to the dosage of gossypol and cellular structure disordered and organdie degenerated, manifesting vacuolation of mitochondria, expansion of endoplasmie reticulum, mRNA expression of Bcl-2 in testis significantly increased （p〈0.05） in L-group and then significantly decreased （p〈0.05, p〈0.01） in M-group and H-group compared with that in the control group; mRNA expression of Bcl-2 in M-group and H-group significantly decreased （p〈0.05, p〈0.01） than that in L-group and Bcl-2 mRNA expression in H-group showed a significant decrease （p〈0.05） compared with that in M-group. On the other hand, mRNA expression of Bax significant increased （p〈0.05,p〈0.01） in M-group and H-group than that in the control group. The ratio of Bcl-2/Bax significantly reduced 07〈0.05, p〈0.01） in the treated group than that in the control group and was found to be an obvious dose-dependent. It demonstrated that the gnssypol could induce the changes on ultrastructure of mice testis, down-regulate mRNA expression of Bcl-2 and up-regnlate mRNA expression of Bax, which indicated that sperm ceils were induced apoptosis.
文摘BACKGROUND： Both animal experiments and clinical studies have shown that basic fibroblast growth factor （bFGF） and danshen （Salvia miltiorrhiza） can exhibit protective effects on ischemia-reperfusion cerebral injury. OBJECTIVE： To test whether bFGF and danshen can protect cerebral injury induced by exposure to repeated, high, positive acceleration （＋Gz） in an animal model and to analyze the possible mechanisms. DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING： Randomized controlled animal study. The experiment was performed at the Research Center for Molecular Biology, Air-force General Hospital of Chinese PLA from April to August 2000. MATERIALS： A total of 20 clean grade, healthy, Sprague Dawley rats of both genders, weighing （200 ± 15） g, were provided by our experimental animal center. Rats were randomly divided into 5 groups： the control group, ＋Gz exposure group, bFGF group, danshen group, and saline group, with 4 animals per group. bFGF （Beijing Bailuyuan Biotechnology Co. Ltd.） and danshen solution （Shanghai Zhongxi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.） were used. METHODS： All rats were fixed on a rotary arm of a centrifugal apparatus （2 m in radius） with their heads oriented towards the center of the apparatus. Except for rats in the control group, the value of ＋Gz exposure was ＋14 Gz with an acceleration rate of 1.5 G/s. The peak force lasted for 45 seconds. ＋Gz exposure was performed three times with intervals of 30 minutes. Rats in the control group received the same ＋Gz procedure, but the G value was ＋1 Gz. Rats in bFGF group and danshen group were intraperitoneally injected with 100 μg/kg bFGF or 15 g/kg danshen solution, respectively, at 30 minutes prior to centrifugation and immediately after centrifugation. Rats in saline group were injected with the same volume of saline. Six hours after exposure, rats were decapitated. One hemisphere was preserved in liquid nitrogen for RNA extraction and the other was processed for apoptosis detection. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES： mRNA levels of bcl-2 and p53 were measured by semi-quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction. Apoptotic cell death was detected by terminal deoxynuleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling. RESULTS： Changes in mRNA expression of bcl-2 and p53 and apoptotic cells were observed in rat brain six hours after repeated ＋Gz exposures, bFGF and danshen were able block the changes of bcl-2 and p53 expression and inhibit apoptotic cell death. CONCLUSION： The data suggest that apoptosis and changes in bcl-2 and p53 expression in the rat brain can be induced by repeated ＋Gz exposures. Apoptosis is, therefore, one of the molecular mechanisms of brain damage induced by repeated ＋Gz exposures, bFGF and danshen were of the equal potency in preventing brain injury induced by repeated ＋Gz exposures.
基金This study was supported by a grant from the Health Bureau of Tianjin, China(No. 00kyzd8).
文摘BACKGROUND: Hypersecretion of biliary cholesterol is believed to be one of the important causes of lithogenic bile. Sterol carrier protein-2 ( SCP2 ) participates in choles- terol trafficking and metabolism and may play a key role in cholesterol gallstone formation. This study was undertaken to investigate the expression of liver SCP2 mRNA in pa- tients with cholesterol gallstone and those patients with non-cholesterol gallstone. METHODS: The expression of liver SCP2 mRNA was studi- ed in 36 patients with cholesterol gallstone and 30 patients with non-cholesterol gallstone by reverse transcription-poly- merase chain reaction (RT-PCR). RESULT: The expression of SCP2 mRNA was increased more significantly in patients with cholesterol gallstone than in patients with non-cholesterol gallstone. CONCLUSION: The SCP2 gene was overexpressed in pa- tients with cholesterol gallstone, indicating that SCP2 may be one of the important causes of cholesterol gallstone.
文摘To investigate the effects of L-Tetrahydropalmatine (L-THP) on the expressions of bcl-2, bax and neuronal apoptosis after cerebral ischemia and reperfusion, 60 Wistars rats were randomly divided into 3 groups: sham-operation group (group S, n = 20), ischemic-reperfusion group treated with saline (group I, n=20) and ischemia-reperfusion group treated with L-THP (group T, n=20) .The rat model of global cerebral ischemia and reperfusion was induced by Pulsinelli's four-vessel occlusion method. The expression of bcl-2 and bax mRNA was detected by in situ hybridization and reverse transcriptional polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The number of apoptotic neurons was examined by terminal deoxynucleotidyl-transferase (TdT)-mediated dUTP nick end-labeling (TUNEL) method. Compared with group S, the expression of bcl-2 and bax mRNA in group I was increased significantly (P<0.01), and the number of apoptotic neurons increased either (P< 0.01). After L-THP treatment, the expression of bcl-2 mRNA was up-regulated (P<0.01) and that of bax mRNA was down-regulated (P<0.01); the number of apoptotic neurons was decreased (P<0.01). Our results indicated that bcl-2 may suppress apoptosis and bax promote apoptosis after cerebral ischemia and reperfusion. L-THP could ameliorate cerebral ischemia and reperfusion damage by reducing the apoptosis through regulating bcl-2 and bax.
