目的:研究胃癌肿瘤干样细胞(cancer stem like cells,CSLC)向内皮细胞的分化,以期发现抗肿瘤血管治疗新靶点,并降低抗血管靶向治疗的耐药性。方法:用长春新碱(VCR)筛选胃癌低分化腺癌SGC7901细胞系,加生长因子无血清培养的方法诱导胃癌CSLC,并对其在血管内皮细胞生长因子(VEGF)的刺激下向内皮细胞分化的生物学行为进行观察。结果:成功诱导绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)标记的胃癌CSLC。Western blot、immunofluorescence检测证实:内皮细胞的分子标记物CD31,CD34在经血管内皮细胞生长因子刺激后的CS-LC中呈阳性表达。成管实验结果显示CSLC在内皮环境中培养后较SGC7901细胞和无刺激的CSLC具有明显的成管能力。SGC7901和CSLC分别裸鼠皮下成瘤后,移植瘤免疫组化分析检测证实,肿瘤干样细胞移植瘤的组织切片用人源性血管内皮标志CD31、CD34抗体行免疫组化染色,可明确观察到人源性微血管形成。结论:胃癌CSLC具有向内皮分化的潜能;裸鼠移植瘤中含有人源性内皮细胞,提示胃癌CSLC可能参与胃癌肿瘤血管生成过程。
Cannabinoid receptor type 2(CB2)activation is recently reported to promote proliferation of some types of resident stem cells(e.g.,hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell or neural progenitor cell).Resident cardiac progenitor cell(CPC)activation and proliferation are crucial for endogenous cardiac regeneration and cardiac repair after myocardial infarction(MI).This study aims to explore the role and possible mechanisms of CB2receptor activation in enhancing myocardial repair.Our results revealed that CB2receptor agonist AM1241 can significantly increase CPCs by c-kit and Runx1 staining in ischemic myocardium as well as improve cardiomyocyte proliferation.AM1241 also decreased serum levels of MDA,TNF-αand IL-6 after MI.In addition,AM1241 can ameliorate left ventricular ejection fraction and fractional shortening,and reduce fibrosis.Moreover,AM1241 treatment markedly increased p-Akt and HO-1 expression,and promoted Nrf-2 nuclear translocation.However,PI3K inhibitor wortmannin eliminated these cardioprotective roles of AM1241.In conclusion,AM1241 could induce myocardial regeneration and improve cardiac function,which might be associated with PI3K/Akt/Nrf2 signaling pathway activation.Our findings may provide a promising strategy for cardiac endogenous regeneration after MI.
