Aim: To investigate the underlying mechanism of ghrelin-induced gastro-protection in a cell culture model of ethanol-induced gastric epithelial cell injury.
Methods: The human gastric epithelial cell line GES-1 was incubated with ghrelin (0.01-1 µM), 1 µM ghrelin and 1 µM D-Lys3-growth hormone releasing peptide-6 (GHRP-6), or 1 µM ghrelin and 400 nM antagomiR-21 for 24 h, followed by treatment with 8% ethanol for 3 h to induce apoptosis.
Objective: To investigate the role of ghrelin in the gastric cancer cell line AGS and its probable mechanism.
Methods: Cell proliferation was detected by MTT assay after treated with ghrelin or des-acyl ghrelin. The expression of growth hormone secretagogue receptor 1a (GHS-R1a) and 1b (GHS-R1b) mRNA was detected using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi
September 2011
Objective: To explore the expressions of SARI (suppressor of AP-1, regulated by IFN) and connective tissue growth factor/cysteine-rich 61/nephroblastoma-1 (CCN1) and clarify their influences on the occurrence, development and prognosis of colorectal carcinoma (CRC).
Methods: Real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) was used to confirm the expressions of SARI and CCN1 at the mRNA level in 32 fresh tissue samples. And the expressions of Caco-2, HT-29 and Lovo were also detected by RT-PCR (reverse transcription-PCR) in cell lines.