Gene expression and single nucleotide polymorphism of ATP7B are associated with platinum-based chemotherapy response in non-small cell lung cancer patients.

Platinum-based chemotherapy is first-line treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. The efficacy is limited by drug resistance. Recent studies suggest that ATP7B, a copper efflux transporter, may be involved in platinum resistance.

rs9535826 is associated with gastrointestinal toxicity of platinum-based chemotherapy in nonsmall cell lung cancer patients.

Aims: Platinum-based chemotherapy is considered as the first-line treatment for nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. However, platinum resistance and toxicity are major obstacles to its clinical applications. The two P-type ATPases ATP7A and ATP7B have been identified to play an essential role in the transport of platinum.

Copper efflux transporters ATP7A and ATP7B: Novel biomarkers for platinum drug resistance and targets for therapy.

Platinum-based chemotherapy agents are widely used in the treatment of various solid malignancies. However, their efficacy is limited by drug resistance. Recent studies suggest that copper efflux transporters, which are encoded by ATP7A and ATP7B, play an important role in platinum drug resistance.

Prognosis of psychomotor and mental development in premature infants by early cranial ultrasound.

Background: It is of high incidence of brain injuries in premature infants, so it is necessary to diagnose and treat the brain injury early for neonatal clinical practice. We are aimed to investigate the relationship between early postnatal cranial ultrasonography and psychomotor and mental development in prematrue infants at the age of 12 months.

Methods: Two-hundred and eight premature infants were selected and underwent follow-up from January, 2007 to November, 2012.

[The expression of peripheral Th1 and Th17 cells in inflammatory bowel disease and its potential clinical value].

Objective: To explore the probable role of Th1 and Th17 cells in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Methods: The peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from peripheral blood specimens were collected in the study, including 40 healthy controls, 42 ulcerative colitis (UC) and 39 Crohn's disease (CD). The proportion of Th1 and Th17 cells in the PBMCs was detected with flow cytometry after stimulated by PMA and ionomycin.

MicroRNA 375 mediates the signaling pathway of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) regulating pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) expression by targeting mitogen-activated protein kinase 8.

Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) is a common precursor of melanocortin-related peptides in the pituitary and primarily regulated by corticotropin- releasing factor (CRF). Our results show that miR-375 is highly expressed in the mouse pituitary gland and located specifically in the intermediate lobe of pituitary. The functional studies show that the forced inhibition of endogenous miR-375 in AtT-20 mouse pituitary tumor cells and in the intermediate lobe of the pituitary gland significantly increases POMC expression, whereas miR-375 overexpression down-regulates POMC expression and ACTH secretion stimulated by CRF.

[BRPF2, a novel transcript of BRPF1 and their expression in mice tissues].

In order to identify a novel transcript of BRPF1 (BRPF2), a clone separated from mouse cDNA library was sequenced and submitted to GenBank. The expressions of BRPF1 and BRPF2 in different mice tissues were detected using RT-PCR and Northern blotting assays. The preliminary protein functions and conservative domains were analyzed by bioinformatic methods.

[The structure and function analysis of duplicate genes in Merlin strains of human cytomegalovirus].

Objective: To determine the genes in which exist overlapping ORF in Merlin strains of human cytomegalovirus, and to reveal their structure and functional characteristics.

Methods: We search for overlapping genes of ORF in HCMV Merlin strains' whole genome by Bioinformatics methods, analyzing coding sequence CDS and starting and ending sites of ORF, calculating the length of CDS and ORF, analyzing the molecular weight of encoding protein, overlapping length and coding direction of protein, identifying overlapping sequences and overlapping types, analyzing the expression phase of overlapping genes and the function of proteins.

Results: There were 39 overlapping ORF genes in HCMV Merlin strains, accounting for 23% of total genes.

[The effects of human cytomegalovirus infection on college students' neurobehaviors].

Objective: To explore relevant between human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection and college students' neurobehaviors.

Methods: 87 college students were enlisted. They were tested with Bole.

[Identification of ubiquitously expressed transcript as the potential interactor of hepatitis B virus polymerase].

Objective: To investigate the function of hepatitis B virus polymerase (HBV Pol) in the viral life cycle by screening the proteins interacting with HBV polymerase.

Methods: The HBV Pol gene was constructed into the pGBKT7 vector. GAL4 yeast two-hybrid system was used to screen the human liver cDNA library to obtain proteins which interacted with HBV Pol.

Bis[μ-N,N'-bis(quinolin-8-yl)pyridine-2,6-dicarboxamido]dizinc(II) dichloromethane disolvate.

The title compound, [Zn(2)(C(25)H(15)N(5)O(2))(2)]·2CH(2)Cl(2), is a dinuclear double-helical complex which lies on a crystallographic twofold axis. In the complex, both ligands are partitioned into two tridentate domains which allow each ligand to bridge both metal centres. Each Zn(II) atom is six-coordinated in a distorted octahedral environment formed by two amide N atoms, two quinoline N atoms and two pyridine N atoms from two different ligand molecules, with the central pyridine ring, unusually, bridging two Zn(II) atoms.

Effective inhibition of HCMV UL49 gene expression and viral replication by oligonucleotide external guide sequences and RNase P.

Background: Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous herpesvirus that typically causes asymptomatic infections in healthy individuals but may lead to serious complications in newborns and immunodeficient individuals. The emergence of drug-resistant strains of HCMV has posed a need for the development of new drugs and treatment strategies. Antisense molecules are promising gene-targeting agents for specific regulation of gene expression.

[Studies of effect of prosaposin on cell proliferation, cell apoptosis and its possible molecular mechanism].

pcDNA3.1 in NIH3T3 and Psap-Myc in NIH3T3 cell strains were used as cell models in order to study the effect of prosaposin on cell proliferation, cell apoptosis and its possible molecular mechanism. MTT assay and Annexin V/PI apoptosis kit were used to detect the effect of prosaposin on cell proliferation and cell apoptosis induced by se-rum-starvation stress, respectively.

[Mutation analysis of the MMACHC gene in a pedigree with methylmalonic aciduria].

Objective: To identify the mutation of the methylmalonic aciduria (cobalamin deficiency) CblC type, with homocystinuria (MMACHC) gene in a pedigree with methylmalonic aciduria.

Methods: The MMACHC gene mutation was detected using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing. The MMACHC gene of 50 healthy people was also sequenced as control.

[Identification and expression of human cytomegalovirus UL148 mRNA of low-passage clinical isolates in Guangzhou].

Objective: To research the structure of the unique gene UL148 of the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) clinical strain in Guangzhou, analyze the relation between its structure polymorphism and HCMV congenital infection, investigate the function of its expression products, and try to reveal the pathogenic mechanism of the gene in HCMV infection in newborns.

Methods: Urine samples were collected from 10 newborns with HCMV infection and inoculated on human fetal lung cells. The viral DNA was isolated, and UL148 gene fragment was amplified and identified.

Poly[[tetra-aqua-(μ(6)-2,2'-diiodo-biphenyl-4,4',5,5'-tetra-carboxyl-ato)dizinc(II)] dihydrate].

In the title compound, {[Zn(2)(C(16)H(4)I(2)O(8))(H(2)O)(4)]·2H(2)O}(n), two crystallographically independent Zn(II) atoms are each located on a twofold rotation axis. Both Zn(II) atoms are in distorted octa-hedral coordination geometries: one is coordinated by six O atoms from four carboxyl-ate groups, while the other is coordinated by two carboxyl-ate groups and four water mol-ecules. The tetra-carboxyl-ate ligand mol-ecules connect the Zn(II) atoms, completing a three-dimensional metal-organic framework.

High-level expression, polyclonal antibody preparation and sub-cellular localization analysis of mouse Rhox5 protein.

Mouse reproductive homeobox on the X chromosome (Rhox) is a novel homeobox gene cluster. Rhox5, also called Pem, belongs to the beta subcluster of Rhox. Codon analysis indicated that the cDNA contains 16% of codons rarely used in Escherichia coli.

[Construction of vector of multiple loci gene targeting in leghorn chicken based on BAC with Cre/lox P system].

Based on the sequence of BAC (Bacterial Artificial Chromosome) along with the Cre/lox P system, the gene-targeting vectors to multiple loci of the repetitive internal transcribed spacers between rDNA genes in Leghorn chicken were constructed. The key material of multiple loci gene targeting in vivo would be obtained. First, the plasmid of pYLSV-TDN with TK, HRDS2, and Neo genes was constructed.

[A study on the association between polymorphism of the interleukin-4 receptor alpha gene and bronchial asthma in a population of Han nationality].

Objective: To detect the polymorphism of Ile50Val in the interleukin-4 receptor (IL-4R) alpha gene in a population of Han nationality, and to investigate the association between the polymorphism of Ile50Val and bronchial asthma.

Methods: The Ile50Val polymorphism of the IL-4R alpha gene was genotyped by amplification refractory mutation system-polymerase chain reaction (ARMS-PCR) in 103 asthmatic subjects and 62 controls of Han nationality who were from the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University in the year 2002 - 2004.

Results: The frequencies of the genotypes (Ile50/Ile50, Ile50/Val50, Val50/Val50) were respectively 32.

[Screening and detecting of proteins interacting with mPem].

mPem, a homeobox gene, is expressed in a time and stage specific manner during murine ontogeny. Pem transcripts are abundant in 7- and 8-day mouse embryos, but decrease precipitously thereafter. On Day 9 they become abundant in placenta and yolk sac, persisting there until parturition.

Construction of an effective m1 GS ribozyme targeting HCMV UL97 mRNA segment in vitro.

A sequence-specific M1GS ribozyme (M1-T3) was constructed by covalently linking an oligonucleotide (guide sequence,GS) to the 3' terminus of M1 RNA ,the catalytic subunit of RNase P from Escherichia coli. The engineered ribozyme is targeted to the mRNA sequence encoding a protein kinase (UL97) of HCMV and could effectively cleave the mRNA segment in vitro. Further studies about the significance of some structural elements in the M1 GS (e.

Interaction of mouse Pem protein and cell division cycle 37 homolog.

Mouse Pem, a homeobox gene, encodes a protein consisting of 210 amino acid residues. To study the function of mouse Pem protein, we used the yeast two-hybrid system to screen the library of 7-day mouse embryo with full-length mouse Pem cDNA. Fifty-two colonies were obtained after 1.

[Cloning and expression of a gene encoding shortened cecropin A-melittin hybrid in E.coli].

According to the studies of David Andreu and other scientists, we designed and synthesized a gene encoding shortened cecropin A-melittin hybrid. This hybrid consists of CA(1-7) and M(5-12). The gene was inserted into pGEMEX-1 in the site of EcoRI and BamHI.