Loss of monopolar spindle-binding protein 3B expression promotes colorectal cancer invasiveness by activation of target of rapamycin kinase/autophagy signaling.

Background: Monopolar spindle-binding protein 3B (MOB3B) functions as a signal transducer and altered MOB3B expression is associated with the development of human cancers.

Aim: To investigate the role of MOB3B in colorectal cancer (CRC).

Methods: This study collected 102 CRC tissue samples for immunohistochemical detection of MOB3B expression for association with CRC prognosis.

Interaction mechanisms between autophagy and ferroptosis: Potential role in colorectal cancer.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common malignancy that has the second highest incidence and mortality rate. Although there are many personalized treatment options for CRC, the therapeutic effects are ultimately limited by drug resistance. Studies have aimed to block the initiation and progression of CRC by inducing cell death to overcome this obstacle.

LPCAT1 enhances the invasion and migration in gastric cancer: Based on computational biology methods and in vitro experiments.

Background And Aim: The biological functions and clinical implications of lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 1 (LPCAT1) remain unclarified in gastric cancer (GC). The aim of the current study was to explore the possible clinicopathological significance of LPCAT1 and its perspective mechanism in GC tissues.

Materials And Methods: The protein expression and mRNA levels of LPCAT1 were detected from in-house immunohistochemistry and public high-throughput RNA arrays and RNA sequencing.

Oxymatrine suppresses colorectal cancer progression by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation through mitophagy induction in vitro and in vivo.

Chinese herb Radix sophorae tonkinensis extract oxymatrine shows anticancer effects. This study evaluated the role of oxymatrine in colorectal cancer (CRC) and the underlying molecular events in vitro and in vivo. CRC cells were treated with different doses of oxymatrine to assess cell viability, reactive oxygen species production, gene expression, and gene alterations.

Cavernous hemangioma of the ileum in a young man: A case report and review of literature.

Background: Small intestinal cavernous hemangioma is a rare disease, especially in the ileum. It is difficult to accurately diagnose due to its hidden location and nonspecific clinical symptoms. Here, we reported a case of ileal cavernous hemangioma with chronic hemorrhage in a 20-year-old man and review the literature to gain a better understanding of this disease.

SphK1-driven autophagy potentiates focal adhesion paxillin-mediated metastasis in colorectal cancer.

Invasion and metastasis are the main causes of colorectal cancer (CRC)-related death. Accumulating evidence suggested that sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1) promoted the metastasis of CRC and autophagy played an important role in SphK1 promoting the metastasis of malignancy. However, the mechanism by which SphK1-driven autophagy promotes invasion and metastasis in CRC remains to be clarified.

Association of tricellulin expression with poor colorectal cancer prognosis and metastasis.

Tricellulin is a tight‑junction transmembrane protein that regulates cell‑cell interactions. Altered tricellulin expression could promote tumor cell invasions and metastasis in human cancers. The present study assessed tricellulin expression in colorectal cancer tissues for any association with clinicopathological features of colorectal cancer patients and then investigated the underlying molecular events using quantitative proteomic analysis and in vitro experiments.

Identification of hub genes in colon cancer via bioinformatics analysis.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate hub genes and their prognostic value in colon cancer via bioinformatics analysis.

Methods: Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of expression profiles (GSE33113, GSE20916, and GSE37364) obtained from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) were identified using the GEO2R tool and Venn diagram software. Function and pathway enrichment analyses were performed, and a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network was constructed.

Clonorchiasis in Patients with Biliary and Pancreatic Diseases: Diagnosis and Risk Factors.

Background: Many epidemiological studies have investigated the risk factors for clonorchiasis, but endoscopic findings of this disease in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) have not been well characterized. In this study, we evaluated clonorchiasis in ERCP in patients with biliary and pancreatic diseases.

Methods: This was a retrospective two-center study in hospitalized patients who received ERCP between January 2012 and October 2018.

Oxymatrine reverses 5-fluorouracil resistance by inhibition of colon cancer cell epithelial-mesenchymal transition and NF-κB signaling .

The present study investigated the sensitization of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-resistant colon cancer cells , using oxymatrine, a Chinese herb, and a quinolizidine alkaloid compound extracted from the root of . The HCT-8 colon cancer cell line and its 5-FU-resistant subline HCT-8/5-FU were treated with 5-FU and oxymatrine, alone or in combination, at various doses. The cells were subsequently assessed for changes in cell viability, apoptosis and morphology and analyzed by fluorescence microscopy and western blotting.

Microbial Profiles and Risk Factors of Preexisting Biliary Infection in Patients with Therapeutic Endoscopy.

Background: The bile infection may already exist before the administration of an interventional procedure, despite no clinical manifestations of cholangitis detected. Blood cultures remained negative even in more than half of the febrile cases with cholangitis. Risk factors associated with bacterial growth in bile before the intervention are not well defined.

Relationship of vasculogenic mimicry, SphK1 expression, and Cx43 expression to metastasis and prognosis in colorectal cancer.

Objective: To determine the presence of vasculogenic mimicry (VM) and expression of Sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1) and Connexin43 (Cx43) in colorectal cancer (CRC) tissues, and to identify their inter-relationships and associations with multiple pathologic parameters.

Methods: Ninety-two CRC specimens and normal pericarcinoma tissues were analyzed for expression of SphK1 and Cx43 using immunohistochemistry, and for identification of VM using CD34-periodic acid-Schiff dual staining.

Results: The positive rate of SphK1 expression was greater in CRC cells than pericarcinoma cells (85.

Sphingosine kinase 1 promotes the metastasis of colorectal cancer by inducing the epithelial‑mesenchymal transition mediated by the FAK/AKT/MMPs axis.

It was demonstrated that Sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1) promotes tumor progression and confers the malignancy phenotype of colorectal cancer by activating the focal adhesion kinase (FAK) pathway. However, further clarification is required to determine if SphK1 promotes the metastasis of colorectal cancer by inducing epithelial‑mesenchymal transition (EMT), and its mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. Immunohistochemistry staining was used to detect protein expression in normal colonic mucosa tissues and colorectal cancer tissues.

NIK‑ and IKKβ‑binding protein contributes to gastric cancer chemoresistance by promoting epithelial‑mesenchymal transition through the NF‑κB signaling pathway.

Systematic chemotherapy is indispensable for gastric cancer patients with advanced stage disease, but the occurrence of chemoresistance drastically limits treatment effectiveness. There is a tremendous need for identifying the underlying mechanism of chemoresistance. NIK‑ and IKKβ‑binding protein (NIBP) (also known as TRAPPC9, trafficking protein particle complex 9) is a regulator of the cytokine‑induced NF‑κB signaling pathway which has been proven to play pivotal roles in the progression of various malignancies.

[Down-regulation of sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1) enhances the chemosensitivity to cisplatin in human colon cancer RKO cells].

Objective To investigate the effect of sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1) gene silence on the sensitivity to cisplatin (DDP) in RKO colon cancer cell line and the potential mechanism. Methods Targeted SphK1 gene lentivirus virus was constructed to infect RKO cells. The relative mRNA expression of SphK1 was detected by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) and the protein level of SphK1 was determined by Western blotting.

SphK1 modulates cell migration and EMT-related marker expression by regulating the expression of p-FAK in colorectal cancer cells.

Sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1) plays an important role in colorectal carcinoma metastasis. However, whether SphK1 modulates epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-related marker expression and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, in order to clarify this issue, we used various colorectal cancer (CRC) cell lines, Caco2, HT29, RKO and HCT116.

NIBP impacts on the expression of E-cadherin, CD44 and vimentin in colon cancer via the NF-κB pathway.

NIBP, a novel nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB)-inducing kinase (NIK) and IκB kinase β (IKKβ) binding protein, directly interacts with NIK and IKKβ, and acts as the 'bridge' of the NF‑κB classical and alternative signaling pathways. However, its influence on epithelial‑mesenchymal transition markers in colon cancer remains to be fully elucidated. The aim of the present study was to investigate the roles of NIBP impacting on the expression of E‑cadherin, CD44 and vimentin.

Immune/Inflammatory Response and Hypocontractility of Rabbit Colonic Smooth Muscle After TNBS-Induced Colitis.

Background: The contractility of colonic smooth muscle is dysregulated due to immune/inflammatory responses in inflammatory bowel diseases. Inflammation in vitro induces up-regulation of regulator of G-protein signaling 4 (RGS4) expression in colonic smooth muscle cells.

Aims: To characterize the immune/inflammatory responses and RGS4 expression pattern in colonic smooth muscle after induction of colitis.

Ginkgo biloba extract enhances chemotherapy sensitivity and reverses chemoresistance through suppression of the KSR1-mediated ERK1/2 pathway in gastric cancer cells.

Kinase suppressor of Ras 1 (KSR1) is a scaffold protein that modulates the activation of the oncogenic mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathway. Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb) 761 has been demonstrated to possess antitumor activity that may be related to the KSR1-mediated ERK signaling pathway. However, the roles and its underlying mechanism in gastric cancer are unclear.

Melatonin reduces inflammation and recovers endogenous ghrelin in acute necrotizing pancreatitis in rats.

The present study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic effects of melatonin on either ghrelin secretion or gastric mucosal injury in acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP). ANP was induced in rats by L-arginine. Prior to L-arginine injection, the rats were pre-treated with melatonin for 30 min.

[Sphingosine kinase 1 enhances the proliferation and invasion of human colon cancer LoVo cells through up-regulating FAK pathway and the expression of ICAM-1 and VCAM-1].

Objective: To investigate the effects of sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1) on the proliferation, migration and invasion of human colon cancer LoVo cells, and to explore the related mechanisms.

Methods: Human colon cancer LoVo cells were divided into three groups: phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) was used to induce the activation of SphK1 in the PMA group, N,N-dimethylsphingosine (DMS) used to suppress the activity of SphK1 in DMS group, and the cells treated with equal amount of 0.9 % NaCl instead of drugs served as the control group.

Sphingosine kinase 1 promotes tumor progression and confers malignancy phenotypes of colon cancer by regulating the focal adhesion kinase pathway and adhesion molecules.

Studies suggest a tumor-promoting function of sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1) in some types of human tumors, however, its effect on colon cancer is still unclear. The aims of this study were to investigate the roles of SphK1 in the progression and tumor cell phenotypic changes in colon cancer. Moreover, the focal adhesion kinase (FAK) pathway and the expression of intercellular adhesion molecule‑1 (ICAM‑1) and vascular cell adhesion molecule‑1 (VCAM‑1) were detected to explore the mechanisms of SphK1 action.

[The expression and clinical significance of SphK1 and nuclear factor-κB p65 in human colon carcinoma].

Objective: To investigate the expression of sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1) and NF-κB in colon carcinoma tissues and their correlation with clinicopathologic features.

Methods: Sixty-six paraffin-embedded colon carcinoma samples and 66 fresh colon carcinoma samples were tested using immunohistochemistry, RT-PCR and Western blot, respectively.

Results: In 66 fresh colon carcinoma samples, the positive rate of SphK1 and NF-κB mRNA expression were 84.

Sphingosine kinase 1 enhances colon cancer cell proliferation and invasion by upregulating the production of MMP-2/9 and uPA via MAPK pathways.

Purpose: Sphingosine kinase (SphK) 1 is an oncogenic enzyme promoting transformation, proliferation, and survival of a number of human tumor cells. However, its effect on colon cancer cell behavior has not been fully clarified.

Methods: SphK1 plasmid or SphK1 shRNA transfection and N,N-dimethylsphingosine (DMS) was used to regulate the expression and activity of SphK1 in colon cancer line LOVO.

[Effect of sphingosine kinase 1 on the apoptosis, migration and invasion of colon cancer HT-29 cells and its molecular mechanisms].

Objective: To investigate the effect of sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1) on the proliferation, apoptosis, migration and invasion of colon cancer TH-29 cells and to explore its molecular mechanisms.

Methods: Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) was used to induce the activity of SphK1 and N, N-dimethylsphingosine (DMS) was used to suppress the activity of SphK1. Cell prolieration and apoptosis were detected by MTT assay and flow cytometry, respectively.