6-Shogaol reduces progression of experimental endometriosis in vivo and in vitro via regulation of VGEF and inhibition of COX-2 and PGE2-mediated inflammatory responses

Wang, Dan,Jiang, Yiling,Yang, Xiaoxin,Wei, Qiong,Wang, Huimin The Korean Society of Pharmacology 2018 The Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology Vol.22 No.6

Endometriosis (EM) is one of the most common gynaecological disorder affecting women in their reproductive age. Mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of EM remains poorly understood, however inflammatory responses have been reported to be significantly involved. The efficacy of 6-shogaol on proliferation of endometriotic lesions and inflammatory pathways in experimentally-induced EM model was explored in this study. EM was stimulated in Sprague-Dawley rats by implantation of autologous endometrium onto the peritoneum abdominal wall. Separate groups were treated with 6-shogaol (50, 100 or 150 mg/kg b.wt/day) via oral gavage for one month period. Gestrinone (GTN) group received GTN (0.5 mg/kg/day) as positive control. Five weeks after implantation, the spherical volume of ecto-uterine tissues was determined. Treatment with 6-shogaol significantly reduced the implant size. Histological analysis reported atrophy and regression of the lesions. 6-shogaol administration effectively down-regulated $NF-{\kappa}B$ signaling, VEGF and VEGFR-2 (Flk-1) expression in the endometriotic lesions. Excess production of $IL-1{\beta}$ and IL-6 (pro-inflammatory cytokines), PGE2 and nitric oxide (NO) were reduced. Overall, the results of the study reveal the efficacy of 6-shogaol against endometriosis via effectively suppressing proliferation of the lesions and modulating angiogenesis and $COX-2/NF-{\kappa}B$-mediated inflammatory cascades.

6-Shogaol reduces progression of experimental endometriosis in vivo and in vitro via regulation of VGEF and inhibition of COX-2 and PGE2-mediated inflammatory responses

Dan Wang,Yiling Jiang,Xiaoxin Yang,Qiong Wei,Huimin Wang 대한생리학회-대한약리학회 2018 The Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology Vol.22 No.6

Endometriosis (EM) is one of the most common gynaecological disorder affecting women in their reproductive age. Mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of EM remains poorly understood, however inflammatory responses have been reported to be significantly involved. The efficacy of 6-shogaol on proliferation of endometriotic lesions and inflammatory pathways in experimentally-induced EM model was explored in this study. EM was stimulated in Sprague-Dawley rats by implantation of autologous endometrium onto the peritoneum abdominal wall. Separate groups were treated with 6-shogaol (50, 100 or 150 mg/kg b.wt/day) via oral gavage for one month period. Gestrinone (GTN) group received GTN (0.5 mg/kg/day) as positive control. Five weeks after implantation, the spherical volume of ecto-uterine tissues was determined. Treatment with 6-shogaol significantly reduced the implant size. Histological analysis reported atrophy and regression of the lesions. 6-shogaol administration effectively down-regulated NF-κB signaling, VEGF and VEGFR-2 (Flk-1) expression in the endometriotic lesions. Excess production of IL-1 and IL-6 (pro-inflammatory cytokines), PGE2 and nitric oxide (NO) were reduced. Overall, the results of the study reveal the efficacy of 6-shogaol against endometriosis via effectively suppressing proliferation of the lesions and modulating angiogenesis and COX-2/NF-κB-mediated inflammatory cascades.

Systematic characterization of A-to-I RNA editing hotspots in microRNAs across human cancers

Wang, Yumeng,Xu, Xiaoyan,Yu, Shuangxing,Jeong, Kang Jin,Zhou, Zhicheng,Han, Leng,Tsang, Yiu Huen,Li, Jun,Chen, Hu,Mangala, Lingegowda S.,Yuan, Yuan,Eterovic, A. Karina,Lu, Yiling,Sood, Anil K.,Scott, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 2017 Genome research Vol.27 No.7

<P>RNA editing, a widespread post-transcriptional mechanism, has emerged as a new player in cancer biology. Recent studies have reported key roles for individual miRNA editing events, but a comprehensive picture of miRNA editing in human cancers remains largely unexplored. Here, we systematically characterized the miRNA editing profiles of 8595 samples across 20 cancer types from miRNA sequencing data of The Cancer Genome Atlas and identified 19 adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) RNA editing hotspots. We independently validated 15 of them by perturbation experiments in several cancer cell lines. These miRNA editing events show extensive correlations with key clinical variables (e.g., tumor subtype, disease stage, and patient survival time) and other molecular drivers. Focusing on the RNA editing hotspot in miR-200b, a key tumor metastasis suppressor, we found that the miR-200b editing level correlates with patient prognosis opposite to the pattern observed for the wild-type miR-200b expression. We further experimentally showed that, in contrast to wild-type miRNA, the edited miR-200b can promote cell invasion and migration through its impaired ability to inhibit <I>ZEB1/ZEB2</I> and acquired concomitant ability to repress new targets, including <I>LIFR</I>, a well-characterized metastasis suppressor. Our study highlights the importance of miRNA editing in gene regulation and suggests its potential as a biomarker for cancer prognosis and therapy.</P>

YAP/TAZ-Mediated Upregulation of GAB2 Leads to Increased Sensitivity to Growth Factor–Induced Activation of the PI3K Pathway

Wang, Chao,Gu, Chao,Jeong, Kang Jin,Zhang, Dong,Guo, Wei,Lu, Yiling,Ju, Zhenlin,Panupinthu, Nattapon,Yang, Ji Yeon,Gagea, Mihai (Mike),Ng, Patrick Kwok Shing,Zhang, Fan,Mills, Gordon B. American Association for Cancer Research 2017 Cancer Research Vol.77 No.7

<P>Interactions between HIPPO, YAP/TAZ, and the PI3K/AKT pathway may be therapeutically targetable, providing new approaches to treating endometrial cancers and other cancers where the HIPPO pathway is a core oncogenic driver.</P><P>The transcription regulators YAP and TAZ function as effectors of the HIPPO signaling cascade, critical for organismal development, cell growth, and cellular reprogramming, and YAP/TAZ is commonly misregulated in human cancers. The precise mechanism by which aberrant YAP/TAZ promotes tumor growth remains unclear. The HIPPO tumor suppressor pathway phosphorylates YAP and TAZ, resulting in cytosolic sequestration with subsequent degradation. Here, we report that the PI3K/AKT pathway, which is critically involved in the pathophysiology of endometrial cancer, interacts with the HIPPO pathway at multiple levels. Strikingly, coordinate knockdown of YAP and TAZ, mimicking activation of the HIPPO pathway, markedly decreased both constitutive and growth factor–induced PI3K pathway activation by decreasing levels of the GAB2 linker molecule in endometrial cancer lines. Furthermore, targeting YAP/TAZ decreased endometrial cancer tumor growth <I>in vivo</I>. In addition, YAP and TAZ total and phosphoprotein levels correlated with clinical characteristics and outcomes in endometrial cancer. Thus, YAP and TAZ, which are inhibited by the HIPPO tumor suppressor pathway, modify PI3K/AKT pathway signaling in endometrial cancer. The cross-talk between these key pathways identifies potential new biomarkers and therapeutic targets in endometrial cancer. <I>Cancer Res; 77(7); 1637–48. ©2017 AACR</I>.</P>

Enhanced recovery after surgery strategy for cirrhosis patients undergoing hepatectomy: experience in a single research center

Yiling Zheng,Liming Wang,Fan Wu,Weiqi Rong,Yunhe Liu,Kai Zhang,Jianxiong Wu 대한외과학회 2020 Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research(ASRT) Vol.98 No.5

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programme after curative liver resection in cirrhotic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. Methods: One hundred sixty-two patients were enrolled in the study; 80 patients whose data were collected prospectively were assigned to the ERAS group, and 82 patients whose data were collected retrospectively were assigned to the control group. Preoperative clinicopathologic factors, surgical factors, and postoperative outcomes of the 2 groups were compared. Logistic regression was applied to explore potential predictors of hospital stay and morbidity. Results: The postoperative hospital stay, postoperative complication rate, and recovery of liver function on postoperative day 5 seemed to be better in the ERAS group. The composition of complications was different in the 2 groups; pleural effusion and postoperative ascites were more common in the control group, and indocyanine green retention at 15 minutes, operation time, preoperative alanine aminotransferase, and number of liver segmentectomies were associated with postoperative complications rather than ERAS intervention. Conclusion: The ERAS programme is safe and effective for HCC patients with chronic liver disease undergoing hepatectomy, but it seems that surgical factors, such as operation type, have a greater impact on morbidity than other factors. Operative characteristics such as the method of blood loss control and the volume of liver resection should be augmented into ERAS protocol of hepatectomy.

Financing Constraints, Principal-Agent and Chinese Listed Firms’ Output Efficiency

Weidong Zhu,Yiling Wang,Jingyu Liu 보안공학연구지원센터 2016 International Journal of u- and e- Service, Scienc Vol.9 No.8

It is shown that output under financing constraints and principal-agent can be modeled as a one-side deviation from a frictionless output level. The effects of financing constraints and principal-agent can be identified and quantified by imposing a distribution assumption on the effects. Panel data on Chinese listed firms between 2008 and 2013 are used in the estimation. It is found that: (1) the output efficiency of Chinese listed firms is significantly affected by financing constraints and principal-agent; (2) the severity of financing constraints and principal-agent of firms in different regions varies; (3) firms’ output efficiency in east China varies greatly, and the mean efficiency is the lowest of the three regions.

A Fusion Model for Securities Analysts' Stock Rating Information Based on the Evidential Reasoning Algorithm under Two-dimensional Progressive Recognition Framework

Weidong Zhu,Yiling Wang,Yong Wu,Yibo Sun 보안공학연구지원센터 2016 International Journal of Security and Its Applicat Vol.10 No.7

Securities analysts' forecast information can effectively reduce the uncertainty of information in securities markets, and can also promote effective allocation in capital market. The personality difference of securities analysts will lead to different analysis results. In order to improve the utilization of analysts' forecast information, evidential reasoning algorithm under two-dimensional progressive framework and grouping method for combining evidence were used in this paper to fuse securities analysts' stock rating information. Based on the forecast earnings information and stock rating information of analysts, we constructed a two-dimensional progressive framework, and then fused stock rating information of multiple analysts into one piece of evidence information. Finally, we empirically verified the model in this paper by using Chinese analysts' forecast information. The analysis on the fusion results have shown that: compared to traditional statistic model, the accuracy, certainty and the discrimination of the fusion results in our model have been improved.

Genome-wide locus-specific DNA methylation repatterning may facilitate rapid evolution of mercury resistance in rice

Cong Weixuan,Li Ning,Wang Jinbin,Kang Ying,Miao Yiling,Xu Chunming,Wang Ziqi,Liu Tongtong,Gong Lei,Liu Bao,Ou Xiufang 한국유전학회 2022 Genes & Genomics Vol.44 No.3

Background: Albeit a relatively stable epigenetic modification, DNA methylation in plants can be repatterned and play important roles in response to biotic and abiotic stresses. However, whether DNA methylation dynamics may contribute to cope with mercury (Hg) stress in plants remains to be fully investigated. Objective: To probe the potential roles of DNA methylation dynamics in coping with Hg stress in rice. Methods: Whole-genome bisulfite sequencing was used to profile the DNA methylation patterns of a rice Hg-resistant line (RHg) selected from a heterozygous mutant of the DNA methyltransferase 1 gene (OsMET1+/-), together with its Hg-sensitive wild-type plants of cv. Nipponbare (Nip) under both normal and Hg stress conditions. Results: Genome-wide locus-specific differential methylation regions (DMRs) were detected between RHg and Nip under normal condition, the predominant DMR patterns were CG hypo-DMRs, CHG hypo-DMRs and CHH hyper-DMRs. In both lines, more hyper- than hypo-DMRs were detected at all three sequence contexts (CG, CHG and CHH) under Hg stress relative to normal condition. Comparison of DNA methylation changes in the two lines under Hg stress indicates that RHg had a more dynamic methylome than the control (Nip). Original DMRs in RHg trended to transform to opposite status (from hyper- to hypo- or vice versa) under Hg stress condition. Gene ontology analysis revealed that Hg-resistance-related DMGs were enriched in diverse biological processes. Conclusions: Our results suggest genome-wide locus-specific DNA methylation repatterning can facilitate rapid acquisition of Hg resistance in rice.

A-to-I RNA Editing Contributes to Proteomic Diversity in Cancer

Peng, Xinxin,Xu, Xiaoyan,Wang, Yumeng,Hawke, David H.,Yu, Shuangxing,Han, Leng,Zhou, Zhicheng,Mojumdar, Kamalika,Jeong, Kang Jin,Labrie, Marilyne,Tsang, Yiu Huen,Zhang, Minying,Lu, Yiling,Hwu, Patrick Cell Press 2018 CANCER CELL Vol. No.

Fabrication of Al–Ti–B Grain Refiner Using Machining Ti Chips, Reaction Mechanisms and Grain Refinement Performance in Pure Al

Maoliang Hu,Fei Wang,Bo Jiang,Huasheng Wang,Yile Liu,Zesheng Ji 대한금속·재료학회 2022 METALS AND MATERIALS International Vol.28 No.6

Al–5Ti–1B grain refiner was successfully prepared with the reaction of Ti chips produced during machining and KBF4inpure aluminum melt. In order to illustrate the reaction mechanism of Ti chips, the effect of different feeding ways and reactiontimes of Ti chips on microstructure and refining performance of Al–5Ti–1B was systematically investigated by opticalmicroscope, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffractometer. The results show that, in three feeding ways, includingadding Ti chips firstly, adding KBF4firstly and adding both Ti chips and KBF4in the form of prefabricated blocks, the bestrefining performance of Al–5Ti–1B is the feeding way of using the prefabricated block. TiB2and TiAl3as effective heterogeneousnuclei are formed simultaneously around the Ti chips. The average grain size of pure aluminum is refined to about206.80 μm. The reaction time mainly affects the dissolution process of Ti chips and the average size of TiAl3. With the reactiontime from 60 min to 90 min and then to 120 min, the average size of TiAl3increases from 10.74 μm to 14.30 μm and thento 15.39 μm. During the dissolution process, Ti chips undergo a transition from a thermal isolation layer to a supersaturatedzone of Ti atoms. Based on the analysis of the dissolution process of Ti chips, the dissolution model is proposed. Al–5Ti–1B has the best refining performance at 90 min of the reaction time, which can refine pure aluminum to about 223.65 μm.