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Targeting the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)/its receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) system has become a mainstay of treatment for many human diseases, including retinal diseases. SB431542 inhibitor We examined the therapeutic effect of recently developed N-acetylated Arg-Leu-Tyr-Glu (Ac-RLYE), a human plasminogen kringle-5 domain-derived VEGFR-2 antagonists, on the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy. Ac-RLYE inhibited VEGF-A-mediated VEGFR-2 activation and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS)-derived NO production in the retinas of diabetic mice. In addition, Ac-RLYE prevented the disruption of adherens and tight junctions and vascular leakage by inhibiting S-nitrosylation of β-catenin and tyrosine nitration of p190RhoGAP in the retinal vasculature of diabetic mice. Peptide treatment preserved the pericyte coverage of retinal capillaries by upregulating angiopoietin-2. These results suggest that Ac-RLYE potentially prevents blood-retinal barrier breakdown and vascular leakage by antagonizing VEGFR-2; Ac-RLYE can be used as a potential therapeutic drug for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy.Tumor Susceptibility Gene 101 (TSG101) is a member of endosomal sorting complexes responsible for endocytic pathway, which is associated with autophagic process. However, the role of TSG101 in autophagy remains unclear. To investigate the effect of TSG101 on the membrane-bound MAP1LC3-II, p62 and ubiquitinated protein levels in neuron cells, immunoblotting was used to evaluate the effects in cells silenced with siRNA against TSG101 and treated with autophagy inducer rapamycin. GFP-MAP1LC3 and tandem fluorescent-tagged LC3 (mTagRFP-mWasabi-MAP1LC3) reporter vectors were used to monitor autophagy in cells using confocal microcopy. The autophagic vacuoles were further validated with transmission electron microscopy. Our results showed that TSG101 expression was slightly increased in neuron cells when exposed to rapamycin. Depletion of TSG101 with siRNA lead to accumulation of MAP1LC3-II, GFP-MAP1LC3 puncta and autophagic vacuoles in the cells. Rapamycin-elevated MAP1LC3-II turnover and RFP+Wasabi- puncta were repressed in TSG101 silenced cells, indicating that TSG101 is involved in rapamycin-induced autophagic flux in cells. Moreover, silencing TSG101 reduced colocalization of Rab7, MAP1LC3 and cell viability, increased p62, ubiquitinated proteins in the neuron cells. Taken together, our results suggested that TSG101 might be required for amphisome formation to promote autophagic flux in neuron cells when exposed to rapamycin.Nanomedicines offer nanoscale drug delivery system. They offer ways of promising drug transportation, and address the issues of lack of targeting and permeability of traditional drugs. The physical and chemical properties in the domain of nanomedicine applications in vivo have not been sufficiently delivered. What's more, the metabolic of nanomedicines is not clear enough. Those factors which mentioned above determine that many nanomedicines have not yet realized clinical application due to their safety problems and in vivo efficacy. For example, they may cause immune response and cytotoxicity, as well as the ability to clear organs in vivo, the penetration ability of them and the lack of targeting ability may also cause poor efficacy of drugs in vivo. In this review, the new progresses of different kinds of nanomedicines (including gold nanoparticles, nanorobots, black phosphorus nanoparticles, brain diseases, gene editing and immunotherapy etc.) in anti-tumor, antibacterial, ocular diseases and arteriosclerosis in recent years were summarized. Their shortcomings were pointed out, and the new methods to improve the biosafety and efficacy were summarized.
Liver tissue engineering via cell sheet technology would open new doors for treatment of patients with liver failure. Decellularized tissues could provide sufficient extracellular matrix (ECM) to support development of hepatocytes in in vivo niches. Besides, with the potential of temperature responsive polymer (pNIPAAm) as an intelligent surface for controlling the attachment/detachment of cell, we set out to generate three in vitro microenvironments models including I pNIPAAm hydrogel (pN hydrogel), II decellularized ECM incorporated into pNIPAAm hydrogel (dECM + pN hydrogel) and III decellularized ECM scaffold (dECM scaffold) to investigate the structural and function cues of hepatocyte-like cells after differentiation of adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AT-MSCs) on the surface of these models.

dECM scaffold was obtained after decellularization of rat liver, and its efficiency was analyzed. pN hydrogel and dECM + pN hydrogel (13 and 23 ratios) of were fabricated, and scaffold architecture HLCs. Accordingly, dECM incorporated in pN hydrogel could remodel microenvironments to guide the AT-MSCs into conducive differentiation and proliferation to give rise to multilayer sheets of cells in their own ECM.
Our results proved dECM + pN hydrogel were able to preserve hepatocyte function in cell sheets owing to the high level of albumin, urea, hepatogenic markers, and glycogenesis potential of HLCs. Accordingly, dECM incorporated in pN hydrogel could remodel microenvironments to guide the AT-MSCs into conducive differentiation and proliferation to give rise to multilayer sheets of cells in their own ECM.Colorectal cancer (CRC) is known as the third most common cancer as well as the fourth most deadly cancer worldwide. CRC accounts for approximately 10 % of all new cancer cases globally, remaining the second most frequent cause of cancer-related deaths. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small noncoding RNAs that can affect a variety of cellular and molecular targets. Depending on the cell environment in which the information is expressed, miRNAs can serve as a CRC suppressor or promoter and play essential roles in several biological processes. In this review, we summarized the relationship between miRNAs and proliferation, metastasis, angiogenesis, autophagy, apoptosis, and the chemoradiotherapy of CRC, revealing that relevant miRNAs could serve as potential targets for CRC therapy.
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