乳腺癌患者外周血中MnSOD基因表达检测及其临床意义的研究

目的探讨锰超氧化物歧化酶(manganese superoxide dismutase,MnSOD)在乳腺癌患者和正常人外周血中的表达差异及其临床意义.方法采用实时荧光定量PCR方法检测218例乳腺癌患者和77例正常女性外周血中MnSOD基因表达水平,并进行分析.结果乳腺癌患者外周血中MnSOD基因表达水平为4.38±0.74,正常女性外周血中MnSOD基因表达水平为4.16±0.64,P0.001,有统计学意义.淋巴转移患者组和临床早期患者组与正常女性组比较,P0.001.结论淋巴转移和临床早期乳腺癌患者外周血中MnSOD基因表达水平显著低于正常女性,提示MnSOD的低表达与肿瘤的发生和发展有关.应用荧光定量PCR方法检测外周血MnSOD基因水平对监测乳腺癌有一定意义.     

Melatonin regulation of antioxidant enzyme gene expression

Antioxidant enzymes (AOEs) are part of the primary cellular defense against free radicals induced by toxins and/or spontaneously formed in cells. Melatonin (MLT) has received much attention in recent years due to its direct free radical scavenging and antioxidant properties. In the present work we report that MLT, at physiological serum concentrations (≈ 1 nM), increases the mRNA of both superoxide dismutases (SODs) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) in two neuronal cell lines. The MLT effect on both SODs and GPx mRNA was mediated by a de novo synthesized protein. MLT alters mRNA stability for Cu-Zn SOD and GPx. Experiments with a short time treatment (pulse action) of MLT suggest that the regulation of AOE gene expression is likely to be receptor mediated, because 1-h treatment with MLT results in the same response as a 24-h treatment. Received 18 June 2002; received after revision 5 August 2002; accepted 27 August 2002 RID="*" ID="*"Corresponding author.