Cell kinetics in a model of artificial skin. An immunohistochemical and flow cytometric analysis

10.4081/1622 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 125 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Casasco ◽  
M Casasco ◽  
A Icaro Cornaglia ◽  
N Zerbinati ◽  
G Mazzini ◽  
...  
1986 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahito Tsurusawa ◽  
Kuniaki Sasaki ◽  
Hatsufumi Matsuoka ◽  
Yoshifumi Yamamoto ◽  
Naoyuki Katano ◽  
...  

HPB Surgery ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Tamura ◽  
Junji Tanaka ◽  
Ken-Ichi Fujita ◽  
Masanori Yoshida ◽  
Takayuki Kasamatsu ◽  
...  

Two-color flow cytometric (FCM) analysis using anti-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) monoclonal antibody (MoAb) was used to investigate the cell kinetics of regenerating liver after 70% partial hepatectomy in rats. Three peaks were seen in DNA histograms of rat hepatocyte nuclei, corresponding to diploid(2c), tetraploid(4c), and octaploid(8c). These proportions changed in the course of regeneration which were clearly demonstrated by DNA histograms using flow cytometry. The proportion of diploid, tetraploid, and octaploid nuclei in control liver were 49.3 ± 1.6%, 45.0 ± 7.4%, and 1.7 ± 0.7%, respectively. A significant change occurred at 24 hours after hepatectomy, as FCM revealed 25.9 ± 1.1% diploid, 54.5 ± 1.2% tetraploid, and 9.0 ± 0.9% octaploid. This shift to polyploid nuclei persisted until 72 hours, and then gradually returned to the pattern of control liver. The S-phase nuclei which incorporated BrdU increased rapidly at 24 hours to a peak of 11.3 ± 0.9%, and gradually decreased to 5.8 ± 0.8%, 5.3 ± 0.8%, 2.4 ± 0.6%, 2.9 ± 1.1%, and 1.2 ± 0.6%, at 48, 72, 96, 120, and 168 hours, respectively. This 2-color FCM analysis made a detailed analysis of the cell kinetics in regenerating hepatocytes possible, and may be applied in investigations of various aspects of liver regeneration.


1990 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 456-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franklin Kiesewetter ◽  
Hermann Schell ◽  
Christian Seidel ◽  
Akira Arai ◽  
Otto P. Hornstein

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 790-799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farnaz D. Moghaddam ◽  
Pejman Mortazavi ◽  
Somayeh Hamedi ◽  
Mohammad Nabiuni ◽  
Nasim H. Roodbari

Background and Purpose: Melittin, as the main ingredient of honeybee venom, that has shown anticancer properties. The present study aimed at investigating the cytotoxic impacts of melittin on 4T1 breast cancer cells. Methods: Hemolytic activity of different concentrations (0.125, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8μg/ml) of melittin was assayed and then cytotoxicity of selected concentrations of melittin (2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64μg/ml), 2 and 4μg/ml of cisplatin and 0.513, 0.295 and 0.123μg/ml of doxorubicin was evaluated on 4T1 cells using MTT assay. We used Morphological evaluation and flow cytometric analysis was used. Real time PCR was also used to determine mRNA expression of Mfn1 and Drp1 genes. Results: All compounds showed anti-proliferative effects on the tumor cell line with different potencies. Melittin had higher cytotoxicity against 4T1 breast cancer cells (IC50= 32μg/ml-72h) and higher hemolytic activity (HD50= 1μg/ml), as compared to cisplatin and doxorubicin. Mellitin at 16 and 32μg/ml showed apoptotic effects on 4T1 cells according to the flow cytometric analysis. The Real time PCR analysis of Drp1 and Mfn1 expression in cells treated with 16μg/ml of melittin revealed an up-regulation in Drp1 and Mfn1 genes mRNA expression in comparison with control group. Treatment with 32μg/ml of melittin was also associated with a rise in mRNA expression of Drp1 and Mfn1 as compared to the control group. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that melittin has anticancer effects on 4T1 cell lines in a dose and time dependent manner and can be a good candidate for further research on breast cancer treatment.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Kang ◽  
Yunbo Wei ◽  
Ming Liu ◽  
Di Yu ◽  
Yong Tao

Abstract Background The purpose of this study is to investigate the aqueous humor (AH) T lymphocyte subsets and cytokines of acute retinal necrosis (ARN) to elucidate the immunologic inflammatory features of this disorder. Methods Three patients with ARN infected with varicella zoster virus (VZV) who underwent multiple intravitreal injections of ganciclovir were enrolled in this study. The control group consisted of four non-infectious patients with acute anterior uveitis (AAU). Flow cytometric analysis was performed on the lymphocyte subsets from the AH and peripheral blood (PB) samples during the active phase of intraocular inflammation. Five inflammatory cytokines were measured in each AH sample and various clinical characteristics were also assessed. Results VZV deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was detected by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in AH from all the ARN patients, who showed higher CD8+ T lymphocytes population in AH than the AAU patients (p = 0.006). CD4/CD8 ratios of T lymphocytes and the percentage of CD8 + CD25+ T lymphocytes in AH were significantly lower in ARN than in AAU (p = 0.006; p = 0.012). In the ARN patients, the percentages of CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes in AH were higher than those found in PB. The percentage of CD4 + CD25+ T lymphocytes in AH was significantly higher than the proportion in PB in the AAU patients (p = 0.001). Immunoregulatory cytokine Interleukin-10 in AH was significantly elevated in the ARN patients in comparison with the case of the AAU patients (p = 0.036). In ARN, the copy number of VZV DNA in AH positively correlated with the percentage of CD8+ T lymphocytes in AH and negatively correlated with the CD4/CD8 ratio in AH during the course of disease treatment (p = 0.009, r = 0.92; p = 0.039, r = − 0.834). Conclusion The ARN patients caused by VZV had different intraocular T lymphocyte subsets and cytokines profile than those of the non-infectious patients. High percentages of CD8+ T lymphocytes and low CD4/CD8 T cell ratios may be a potential biomarker for diagnosis of viral-infectious uveitis. T lymphocytes examination at the inflammatory sites has the potential to become a useful research tool for differentiating viral and non-viral uveitis.


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