RNU12 inhibits gastric cancer progression via sponging miR-575 and targeting BLID.

Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the major causes of cancer deaths with 5-year survival ratio of 20%. RNU12 is one of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) regulating the tumor progression. However, how RNU12 affecting GC is not clear.

[Expression, purification, and characterization of cell-permeable fusion antioxidant enzyme sensitive to matrix metalloproteinases-2/9].

Antioxidant enzymes fused with cell-penetrating peptides could enter cells and protect cells from irradiation damage. However, the unselective transmembrane ability of cell-penetrating peptide may also bring antioxidant enzymes into tumor cells, thus protecting tumor cells and consequently reducing the efficacy of radiotherapy. There are active matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 or MMP-9 in most tumor cellular microenvironments.

Knockdown of Annexin A2 Enhances Radiosensitivity by Increasing G2/M-Phase Arrest, Apoptosis and Activating the p38 MAPK-HSP27 Pathway in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

Annexin A2 (ANXA2) has been found to be involved in cancer proliferation, metastasis and prognosis; however, its exact role in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) radioresistance remains unknown. We found that ANXA2 expression was correlated with prognosis in NPC patients, and longer overall survival in NPC patients with low ANXA2 expression than those with high ANXA2 expression. ANXA2 knockdown increased the radiosensitivity in radioresistant NPC cells, and ANXA2 overexpression decreased the radiosensitivity in NPC cells.

The Prognosis Value of PSPC1 Expression in Nasopharyngeal Cancer.

Background: Paraspeckle component 1 (PSPC1) is overexpressed in various cancer and correlated with poor survival in the patients. However, little is known about its expression and role in the progression of nasopharyngeal carcinomas (NPC). The purpose of this study is to examine PSPC1 expression in NPC and explore its role in clinical prognosis of radiation therapy.

Stanniocalcin 2 (STC2) expression promotes post-radiation survival, migration and invasion of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells.

Stanniocalcin 2 (STC2) expression is upregulated under multiple stress conditions including hypoxia, nutrient starvation and radiation. Overexpression of STC2 correlates with tumor progression and poor prognosis. We previously demonstrated that overexpression of STC2 in nasopharyngeal carcinomas (NPC) positively correlates with radiation resistance and tumor metastasis, two major clinical obstacles to the improvement of NPC management.

[Purification and characterization of two PR-10 protein isoforms from the crude drug of Angelica sinensis].

Two proteins of similar molecular weight (named as ASPR-C-1 and ASPR-C-2) from the crude drug of Angelica sinensis were purified and characterized by 80% ammonium sulfate precipitation, Sephadex G-50 gel filtration chromatography, and DEAE-Sepharose anion exchange chromatography. The molecular weight of ASPR-C-1 and ASPR-C-2 on SDS-PAGE was 17.33 kDa and 17.

Overexpression of β-Catenin Decreases the Radiosensitivity of Human Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma CNE-2 Cells.

Background/aims: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is rare worldwide but remains highly prevalent in endemic regions, notably in southern China. Radiotherapy remains the treatment of choice for NPC, but radioresistance has been identified as a major cause of therapeutic failure. The Wnt/β-catenin signaling has been found to be involved in NPC radioresistance; however, the effect of β-catenin overexpression on radioresistance remains unknown in NPC until now.

Purification and characterization of two pathogenesis-related class 10 protein isoforms with ribonuclease activity from the fresh Angelica sinensis roots.

In this study, two pathogenesis-related (PR) class 10 protein isoforms, ASPR-1 and ASPR-2, were purified from fresh roots of the Chinese medicinal plant Angelica sinensis (A. sinensis) using 80% ammonium sulfate precipitation, Sephadex G50 gel filtration chromatography, and DEAE-Sepharose ion-exchange chromatography. The molecular masses of ASPR-1 and ASPR-2 were estimated to be 16.

Cytoprotective Effects of Cell-Permeable Bifunctional Antioxidant Enzyme, GST-TAT-SOD, against Cisplatin-Induced Cell Damage.

GST-TAT-SOD, a cell-permeable bifunctional antioxidant enzyme, is a potential selective radioprotector. This study aimed to investigate the cytoprotective activity of GST-TAT-SOD against cisplatin-induced damage. The current study showed that cisplatin induced the formation of reactive oxygen species in normal L-02 cells.

[Expression, purification, stability and transduction efficiency of GST-SOD1-R9 fusion protein].

The fusion of cell permeable peptide TAT and bifunctional antioxidant enzymes, GST (Glutathione sulfur transferase)-TAT-SOD1 (Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase), is an intracellular superoxide scavenger. Compared with SOD1-TAT, GST-TAT-SOD1 has better protective effect on oxidative damage but less transduction efficiency. A novel cell permeable bifunctional antioxidant enzymes with the fusion of GST, SOD1 and polyarginine R9 was constructed for higher transduction efficiency.

[Expression, purification, stability and transduction efficiency of full-length SOD2 recombinant proteins].

Superoxide dismutase (SOD) family is necessary to protect cells from the toxicity of reactive oxygen species produced during normal metabolism. Among SODs, manganese-containing superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD, SOD2) is the most important one. The DNA fragment containing the full nucleotide of full-length human SOD2 was synthesized and inserted into the prokaryotic expression vector pGEX-4T-1 with tag GST.

In Vivo Radioprotective Activity of Cell-Permeable Bifunctional Antioxidant Enzyme GST-TAT-SOD against Whole-Body Ionizing Irradiation in Mice.

GST-TAT-SOD was the fusion of superoxide dismutase (SOD), cell-permeable peptide TAT, and glutathione-S-transferase (GST). It was proved to be a potential selective radioprotector in vitro in our previous work. This study evaluated the in vivo radioprotective activity of GST-TAT-SOD against whole-body irradiation.

GST-TAT-SOD: Cell Permeable Bifunctional Antioxidant Enzyme-A Potential Selective Radioprotector.

Superoxide dismutase (SOD) fusion of TAT was proved to be radioprotective in our previous work. On that basis, a bifunctional recombinant protein which was the fusion of glutathione S-transferase (GST), SOD, and TAT was constructed and named GST-TAT-SOD. Herein we report the investigation of the cytotoxicity, cell-penetrating activity, and in vitro radioprotective effect of GST-TAT-SOD compared with wild SOD, single-function recombinant protein SOD-TAT, and amifostine.

Protective effect of recombinant protein SOD-TAT on radiation-induced lung injury in mice.

Aims: Radiation-induced lung injury is one of the limiting factors for radiation therapy. SOD-TAT, a fusion protein of HIV-1 Tat protein transduction domain and hCuZn-superoxide dismutase (SOD), has been proved to be effective in preventing and treating the damage of the skin of guinea pigs by UVB radiation. In this study, we demonstrated SOD-TAT's radioprotective effects on lung injury in irradiated mice.