利用PCC技术预测γ射线对肝癌细胞的辐射效应

利用早熟染色体凝集技术预测研究了γ射线对肝癌细胞SMMC-7721的辐射效应。结果表明,G1和G2期细胞内的染色单体和等点染色单体断裂数与照射剂量之间存在线性相关性,染色单体断裂总数与细胞存活率之间存在良好的线性相关性。说明辐射诱导的染色单体断裂可以作为预测SMMC-7721细胞内在辐射敏感性的指标,也可为临床诊断和治疗肝癌提供依据。     

利用超分次技术进行肿瘤治疗的探讨

以人类肝癌细胞SMMC-7721和正常肝细胞L02为研究对象，以这两种细胞0．3Gy时超敏感性的存活数据为基础，从理论上探讨了γ射线照射时，用超分次技术治疗肝癌的可能性。经过计算发现:如果目标肿瘤和周围的正常组织超敏感性的存活差异提高到3％，即可利用超分次技术对肿瘤进行治疗。应用超分次进行分次照射时，照射的结果与分次的间隔时间有关。对这一现象的机理进行了一定的探讨，发现时间间隔与细胞G2期的长短可能存在一定的相关性。Based on the survival data of human hepatoma SMMC-7721 and normal liver L02 cells irradiated with γ-rays at 0.3 Gy and 2 Gy, the possibility of uhra-fractionated radiotherapy is discussed in this paper. According to calculations, it is found that if the difference in cell survival between target tumor and adjacent normal tissue is up to 3%, radiotherapy using HRS would be realized through uhra-fractionation. Furthermore, the low-dose response is time-dependent. After analyzing this phenomenon, it was pointed that there would be a correlation between fractionation interval and the duration of cell G2 phase.     

低剂量辐射诱导hepG2细胞克隆存活和细胞周期适应性反应

以低剂量γ射线(0.05 Gy)预照射人肝癌细胞hep G2, 8 h后再用高剂量(3 Gy)照射, 测定了细胞的克隆存活率和细胞周期。 结果表明, 低剂量辐射预处理可诱导hep G2细胞产生克隆存活适应性反应, 并且有助于细胞通过G2/M期阻滞; 低剂量辐射诱导的克隆存活适应性反应与增强的通过细胞周期阻滞的能力之间有一定的相关性。 Human hepatoma cells hep G2 were irradiated with 3 Gy of γ ray 8 hours after primed with 0.05 Gy of γ ray, thereafter,cell survival and cell cycle were determined. The results indicated that both survival adaptive response and the enhanced ability to overcome G2/M arrest could be induced by pre irradiation with low dose of γ ray. It is suggested that there is a certain correlation between the survival adaptive response and the enhanced ability to overcome cell cycle arrest.     

低剂量电离辐射预处理对不同肿瘤细胞周期的影响

实验研究了低剂量γ射线预照射对人肝癌细胞系hepG2和人宫颈癌细胞系HeLa的细胞周期进程的影响.结果显示(1)低剂量(5cGy)辐射后,两种细胞的G2/M期细胞短暂累积;(2)低剂量辐射促进肿瘤细胞的生长;(3)高剂量(3Gy)辐射后,hepG2细胞发生G2期阻滞,HeLa细胞发生S期和G2期阻滞;(4)与单纯高剂量照射相比,低剂量辐射预处理后4h,再给予高剂量辐射,可进一步促进hepG2细胞在G2/M期累积,但是预照射对HeLa细胞的周期进程没有明显影响.因此,低剂量辐射预处理对高剂量诱导的细胞周期阻滞的影响依赖于肿瘤细胞的类型.     

低剂量辐射超敏感性研究进展

细胞低剂量辐射反应是目前国际上研究的热点。 介绍了哺乳动物细胞的低剂量反应——辐射超敏感性(HRS)和增强的辐射抗性(IRR), 即细胞在大约0.1 Gy时会出现单位剂量细胞杀伤增强现象, 随着剂量的升高, 细胞的IRR增强, 到1 Gy以上细胞存活符合线性平方模型。 评述了近年来国际上低剂量HRS领域的研究进展, 着重讨论了HRS/IRR可能的分子机理及辐射传能线密度与HRS/IRR的关系, 并对HRS/IRR在肿瘤临床放射治疗中的应用做了初步的探讨, 最后提出了该领域进一步研究的一些问题。At present, cell response to low dose radiation is attracting growing interests all over the world. Hyper radiosensitivity (HRS) and increased radioresistance (IRR) were introduced in this paper. This phenomenon means that an excess cell killing per unit dose appears at about 0.1 Gy (HRS) and then the cell radiation sensitivity increases with increasing dose (IRR). When the dose outstrips 1 Gy, the cell surviving fraction coincides with the value predicted by the commonly accepted linear quadratic (LQ) model. We further reviewed the progress to date in the study of low dose HRS, especially the possible molecular mechanisms underlying HRS/IRR and the relationship between HRS/IRR and linear energy transfer (LET). An initial insight into the clinical application of HRS/IRR in tumor radiotherapy was presented as well.Moreover, several topics concerning the HRS/IRR investigation, which deserved to be reinforced, were put forward.     

12C6+离子预辐射对小鼠胸腺脾脏细胞周期进程的影响

以0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5 Gy 12C6+ 离子全身预辐照昆明小鼠, 间隔4 h后再对小鼠进行4 Gy全身辐射。 辐照后12 h用流式细胞仪检测小鼠胸腺脾脏细胞在各细胞周期时相的百分率, 同时用单细胞电泳检测受辐射小鼠胸腺脾脏细胞DNA损伤程度。 结果显示, 相对于大剂量预照射组, 各低剂量预照射组胸腺细胞S期细胞百分率显著减少; 脾脏细胞G0/G1期细胞百分率明显减少; 同时胸腺脾脏细胞的拖尾率及拖尾长度明显减少, 以0.1 Gy预辐照效果最为明显。 这些结果表明, 低剂量预辐射处理可以减弱胸腺细胞的S期阻滞及脾脏细胞的G1期阻滞, 并明显减轻胸腺脾脏细胞的DNA损伤程度。     

细胞松弛素B阻断微核法鉴定男性个体辐射敏感性的方法初探

初步研究了男性个体辐射敏感性的鉴定方法及标准。采集50名男性志愿者的外周血，分别给予不同剂量X射线照射，采用细胞松弛素B阻断双核法测定微核率(MNF)，通过二阶多项拟合法，绘制微核剂量效应选项中心标准曲线，将个人微核剂量效应曲线与标准曲线比对后判断个体辐射敏感性。 $0.0\sim2.5 $ Gy剂量范围内，剂量效应二阶多项拟合的中心方程为(MNF=0.014 7+0.036 2D+0.023 1D 2， r=0.726)。50名志愿者中，辐射敏感的有13人，辐射抗性的有14人，基本符合正态分布。Spearman秩和相关分析结果显示，MNF在各个辐射剂量点与辐射敏感性均存在正相关,与辐射抗性呈负相关,MNF随剂量增加而增加。本研究初步建立了“以线代点”男性个体辐射敏感性鉴定方法,并发现男性外周血淋巴细胞的本底微核率与个体辐射敏感性呈正相关。     

呼吸缺陷型酵母菌株的离子束辐射敏感性研究

选取一株由离子束辐照诱变获得的呼吸缺陷型酵母菌株，研究其在不同离子辐照剂量范围的辐射敏感性。结果发现，呼吸缺陷型酵母菌株因其线粒体及线粒体DNA发生突变，在离子束辐照时，在低剂量区域表现出较高辐射敏感性，在高剂量区则表现出对于辐射的抗性。     

利用拉曼光谱研究~(60)Co γ射线对EC9706细胞的辐射损伤

将EC9706细胞经不同剂量^60Coγ射线辐照后继续培养24 h。利用激光拉曼光谱分析EC9706细胞内部蛋白质、核酸、脂类等生物大分子的构象和含量变化。分析结果发现,各剂量组拉曼谱的峰强和频移与空白对照组之间存在较大的差异,主要表现是蛋白质酰胺Ⅲ带1 244 cm^-1谱带在中等剂量组（4、5Gy）β折叠结构向无规卷曲转化;色氨酸残基的吲哚环振动谱带1 341 cm^-1在各剂量组中出现不同程度的红移;782 cm^-1谱带在大剂量组（7、8Gy）红移2～3 cm^-1,说明大剂量γ射线辐照导致DNA中的磷酸二酯（O—P—O）基团的非氢键化程度增强。脂类的CH2和CH3弯曲振动谱带1 446 cm^-1在2、4Gy组蓝移4 cm^-1,其他剂量组频移不大,这与60Coγ射线对EC9706细胞的生物膜造成一定损伤有关。拉曼特征峰在不同剂量组中的变化,为进一步研究60Coγ射线辐照损伤EC9706细胞的最佳剂量提供了一定实验依据。     

利用拉曼光谱技术研究低剂量X射线辐射对人神经母细胞瘤细胞的影响

低剂量电离辐射引发的生物效应复杂而多样,其研究往往又受到辐射标志物和检测技术手段的限制。将拉曼光谱技术应用于低剂量辐射生物效应研究,利用10 mW,532 nm共聚焦拉曼光谱对经过100,200和500 mGy三种辐射剂量的X射线辐照之后的人神经母细胞瘤细胞进行检测,发现细胞嘌呤核苷酸（722～728和1 572～1 581 cm-1等等）、嘧啶核苷酸（770～785 cm-1等等）等DNA相关的拉曼特征峰受到电离辐射影响而发生变化,说明低剂量X射线辐照造成细胞DNA水平改变。采用流式细胞术对同样条件辐照后培养6 h的人神经母细胞瘤细胞进行细胞周期分析发现,三种剂量的X射线电离辐射均造成细胞在G2期阻滞,同样提示电离辐射引起DNA水平升高。通过划痕实验分析辐照后20 h的细胞迁移能力,结果显示,相较于未接受X射线照射的对照细胞,受到三种剂量电离辐射的人神经母细胞瘤细胞均出现迁移水平下降。研究结果表明,通过拉曼光谱分析发现低剂量X射线电离辐射引起人神经母细胞瘤细胞DNA水平变化,其结果与细胞周期分析和迁移分析的结果相一致,但检测时间大大提前,利用拉曼光谱技术可以实现低剂量辐射损伤等细胞生物学效应的早期发现与监测。     

新光敏剂铝酞菁与人癌细胞作用的荧光研究

本文对用于光动力癌症疗法(PPT)的新光敏剂铝酞菁(AlSPC)与人癌细胞的作用进行了实验探讨。细胞荧光光谱的测定及荧光强度的定量表明,铝酞菁能被人癌细胞所吸收,且经40μg/mlAlSPC培育24小时后,细胞对AlSPC吸收的量级为3.47μg/107细胞。对人癌细胞的光敏杀伤显示,杀伤效果正比于光敏剂培育浓度与光辐照剂量。由脂质过氧化的荧光研究表明,经光敏反应后人癌细胞膜的脂质过氧化代谢产物丙二醛(MDA)明显增高,揭示在AlSPC光敏反应中有活性氧作用。色氨酸降解的荧光实验证实,在光敏反应中有单线态氧(1O2)的生成。     

细胞的原子力显微镜最佳成像条件研究

通过对不同处理条件和测试条件下人肝癌细胞SMMC-7721的原子力显微镜图像的分析和研究,得到了在大气环境和溶液环境中肝癌SMMC-7721细胞的最佳成像条件,同时建立了用原子力显微镜观测活细胞的实验方法.使用0.5%、1%、1.5%的戊二醛溶液固定细胞后再漂洗,变换原子力显微镜的扫描模式,调节扫描参量并在大气环境下观测以寻找该环境下的最佳成像条件；将用多聚赖氨酸处理基底后的培养细胞直接放置于生理溶液中用原子力显微镜进行溶液环境观测,比较扫描时限并分别改变环境液体类型、探针以及扫描频率,比较了不同条件下原子力显微镜图像的差异,在得出最优参量的同时对其相关原理进行了分析,建立了活细胞实时观测的实验方法.比较两种条件下的细胞图像发现,戊二醛溶液固定过的细胞与生理溶液环境中的活细胞有很大差别,在生理溶液条件下的细胞饱满,可见到光滑清晰的细胞边缘；但戊二醛溶液固定的细胞表面粗糙,细胞边缘不清晰,表明固定后观测到的细胞与生理状态下活细胞的表面形貌存在很大差异.     

Tuneable magnetic properties of hydrothermally synthesised core/shell CoFe2O4/NiFe2O4 and NiFe2O4/CoFe2O4 nanoparticles

The aim of this study was to prepare a novel targeting nano drug delivery system of 2-methoxyestradiol (2-ME) based on the folic acid-modified bovine serum albumin, in order to improve the clinical application disadvantages and antitumor effect of 2-ME. In this study, 2-methoxyestradiol-loaded albumin nanoparticles (2-ME-BSANPs) were prepared by desolvation method, and then the activated folic acid was conjugated to 2-ME-BSANPs by covalent attachment (2-ME-FA-BSANPs). The size and zeta potential of 2-ME-FA-BSANPs were about 208.8 ± 5.1 nm and ?32.70 ± 1.01 mV, respectively. 2-ME loading efficiency and loading amount of the nanoparticles were 80.49 ± 3.80 and 10.25 ± 1.59 %, respectively. SEM images indicated that 2-ME-FA-BSANPs were of a round shape, similar uniform size, and smooth surface. Studies on drug release indicated that 2-ME-FA-BSANPs had the properties of sustained and controlled release, which provided them with the ability to fight continually against cancer cells. Internalization analysis demonstrated that 2-ME-FA-BSANPs-targeting drug delivery system could get efficiently transferred into the cells through the folic acid-mediated endocytosis, leading to higher apoptosis and affording higher antitumor efficacy against SMMC-7721 cells in vitro compared with 2-ME alone. Furthermore, the cell-cycle arrest of 2-ME-FA-BSANPs on the SMMC-7721 cells occurred at G2/M phase, and 2-ME-FA-BSANPs did not change the inhibition of the tumor mechanisms of 2-ME. Based on these results, it was concluded that albumin nanoparticles could be the promising nano carrier for 2-ME, and 2-ME-FA-BSANPs-targeting drug delivery system may be promising candidate for providing high treatment efficacy with minimal side effects in future cancer therapy.     

ANXA2 enhances the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma via remodeling the cell motility associated structures

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ranks as the fifth most common malignancy worldwide. The detailed mechanism of signal regulation for HCC progression is still not known, and the high motility of cancer cells is known as a core property for cancer progression maintenance. Annexin A2 (ANXA2), a calcium-dependent phospholipids binding protein is highly expressed in HCC. To study the roles the excessively expressed ANXA2 during the progression of HCC, we inhibited the ANXA2 expression in SMMC-7721 cells using RNAi, followed by the analysis of cell growth, apoptosis and cell motility. To explore the relationship between the cell behaviors and its structures, the microstructure changes were observed under fluorescence microscopy, laser scanning confocal microscopy and electron microscopy. Our findings demonstrated that down-regulation of ANXA2 results in decreased the cell proliferation and motility, enhanced apoptosis, suppressed cell pseudopodia/filopodia, inhibited expression of F-actin and β-tubulin, and inhibited or depolymerized Lamin B. The cell contact inhibition was also analyzed in the paper. Take together, our results indicate that ANXA2 plays an important role to enhance the malignant behaviors of HCC cells, and the enhancement is closely based on its remodeling to cell structures.     

不同LET射线对细胞的生物学效应

以人肝癌细胞系和正常肝细胞系为材料,报道了不同传能线密度射线辐射引发细胞染色体原初断裂及24 h内的修复情况。 计算了相对生物学效应的值。 以L02染色体总断裂数量得出的RBE值96.05 keV/μm的12C6+ 为3.6, 512 keV/μm 36Ar18+ 为2.9。 而以7721染色体总断裂数量得出的RBE值: 96.05 keV/μm的12C6+ 为3.5,512keV/μm 36Ar18+也为2.9。用产生等点染色单体断裂计算,则RBE更高。对比得出,高LET对增加等点染色单体断裂量的作用要远远大于对增加染色单体断裂量的作用。等点染色单体的断裂修复难度要远远大于染色单体断裂的修复难度, 这也是高LET高致死率的一个重要原因。 Human hepatoma SMMC 7721 and normal liver L02 cells were irradiated with γ rays,12C6+ and 36Ar18+ ion beams at the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou(HIRFL). We reported the kinetic repair of chromosome breaks of L02 and SMMC 7721 cells in 24 h of post irradiation time. The relative biological effectiveness(RBE) for inducing chromatid breaks were 3.6 for L02 and 3.5 for SMMC 7721 cell lines at the linear energy transfer(LET) peak of 96.55 keV/μm 12C6+ ions, and 2.9 (both of the two cell lines) at 512 keV/μm 36Ar18+ ions.It suggested that the RBE of isochromatid type breaks induced by 36Ar18+ was higher than those by 12C6+. We concluded that the high production of isochromatid type breaks, induced by the densely ionizing track structure, could be regarded as a signature of high LET radiation exposure.     

Cytotoxic and radiosensitizing effects of nano-C<Subscript>60 </Subscript>on tumor cells in vitro

There is growing evidence in recent years that the pristine fullerene may be endowed with strong pro-oxidant capacity to biological samples. In this investigation we tested the hypothesis that water-soluble fullerene-C₆₀ (nano-C₆₀) may interact with ionizing radiation enhancing its antiproliferative effects. The two tumor cell lines with different radiosensitivity B16 and SMMU-7721 were treated by a combination of pristine fullerene and ⁶⁰Co γ irradiation. We measured cell survival rates, apoptotic characteristics, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and alteration of cell diameter with or without γ-irradiation. There was reduced survival with B16 and SMMU-7721 cells exposed to nano-C₆₀, with the inhibitory concentrations reducing the viability by 50% to 65 part per billion (ppb) and 150 ppb respectively. For cells exposed to nano-C₆₀ prior to γ-irradiation, damage to cell membranes and increased numbers of apoptotic cells were detected by morphologic Hoechst-staining analysis and Annexin V/propidium iodide double-staining. In cells exposed to nano-C₆₀, there were increased levels of ROS, as measured by fluorescence detection under laser confocal microscopy. Preincubation with non-toxic pristine C₆₀ before γ-ray caused enlargement of cells with increased diameter. The results show that nano-C₆₀ inhibits the growth of tumor cells at certain concentrations and increases the effects of ⁶⁰Co γ-irradiation, possibly through the elevated production of cellular ROS and the membrane disruption. Data in this study indicates a possible consideration of using C₆₀ as a candidate of sensitization modifier in tumor radiation biology.     

碳离子辐照对人肺癌细胞A549细胞周期进程的影响

选取对数生长期人肺癌细胞A549接受0—6.0 Gy 碳离子照射， 用克隆形成法检测细胞的存活率； 并于照射后12和24 h收集细胞， 用流式细胞术检测细胞周期各时相的细胞百分比， 观察不同剂量碳离子辐照对A549细胞周期进程的影响。 结果显示: 0—6.0 Gy 碳离子照射后细胞存活率显著下降； 照射后12 h细胞发生G0/G1期阻滞， 而照射后24 h， 1.0 Gy 照射组细胞在G0/G1期阻滞， 2.0—6.0 Gy 照射组细胞在G2/M期阻滞。 上述结果表明， 在A549细胞接受碳离子照射后的12 和24 h内， 1.0 Gy 照射可持续激活细胞G1期检查点， 而2.0—6.0 Gy 碳离子照射后其细胞周期进程是随时间变化的。 To investigate the effects of cell cycle progression of A549 cell induced by 12C6+ ion irradiation at different doses, the survival fractions of the A549 cells were determined by colony forming assay; cell cycles were analyzed by FACS at 12 h or 24 h after irradiation. The results showed that the percentage of survival in the A549 cells decreased with irradiation doses. Compared with control group， the percentage of the cells in G0/G1 phase significantly increased at 12 h after irradiation with different doses of 12C6+ ions. However， at 24 h after irradiation the percentage of the cells in G0/G1 phase significantly increased with 1.0 Gy 12C6+ ions， while the cells showed increasing percentage in G2/M phase with 2.0, 4.0 or 6.0 Gy 12C6+ ions. The results suggested that G1 cell cycle checkpoint was activated in 12—24 h after irradiation with 1.0 Gy 12C6+ ions， but after irradiation with 2.0—6.0 Gy 12C6+ ions， the cell cycle progression of the A549 cells changed with time.     

Potential identity of multi-potential cancer stem-like subpopulation after radiation of cultured brain glioma

Background  

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most frequently encountered brain cancer. Although the existence of cancer stem cells in GBM has been previously established, there is little evidence to explain the difference between cancer stem cells and radio-resistant cells in GBM. In an effort to increase our understanding of whether cellular radio-resistance is a characteristic associated with cancer stem cells, we developed a dissociated cell system of subpopulations derived from GBM, and demonstrated radiotherapy resistance therein.