Steady-state uptake of choline by Lettre-Ehrlich tumor cells in vitro, resulting in cell-to-medium ratios of 10 or more, is significantly increased by 0.2-1.0 mM Ca++ as well as by dipalmitoyl phosphatidyl choline multilamellar liposomes + Ca++. The increases occur in spite of a decrease in carrier affinity, as indicated by the Km, and therefore result either from increased carrier velocity or utilization of new carriers. About half of the labelled choline which is taken up is firmly bound to cells. That label which freely leaves cells is phosphocholine, thus, these cells utilize choline mainly in phospholipid synthesis. Choline and nitrogen mustard (HN2) share a plasma membrane carrier but the intracellular distribution of HN2 into DNA, RNA and protein, contrasts with that of choline, into phospholipid.
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Exp Hematol Oncol
January 2025
Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) represent a group of heterogeneous myeloid clonal diseases derived from aberrant hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells. Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) is an important regulator in gene expression through methyltransferase-dependent or methyltransferase-independent mechanisms. Herein, we found EZH2 inhibition led to MDS cell pyroptosis through RNA Helicase A (RHA) down-regulation induced overexpression of S100A9, a key regulator of inflammasome activation and pyroptosis.
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School of Pharmacy, Biodiscovery Institute & Boots Science Building, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
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Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
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BMC Pharmacol Toxicol
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World J Surg Oncol
January 2025
Department of Thyroid Surgery, Meizhou People's Hospital, Meizhou Academy of Medical Sciences, Meizhou, China.
Objective: To investigate the relationship of pretreatment of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and cervical lymph node metastasis (LNM) (central LNM (CLNM) and lateral LNM (LLNM)) in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients with ≤ 55 years old.
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