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简介：Overthepastdecades,cellsurfacecharge,althoughexperimentallyobserved,hasnotbeenwellunderstoodparticularlyfromtheviewpointofbiophysics.Ourrecentstudieshaveshownthatallcancercellsexhib让negativesurfacechargesthataredirectlyproportionaltothesecretedlacticacid,auniquecancermetaboliccharacteristic:highrateofglycolysis.Wehavethereforedesignedanddevelopedasetofelectrically-charged,fluorescent,andsuper-paramagneticnanoprobes,capableofsensitivedetectionofcancercellsbasedonthesurfacecharges.Theseprobesareutilizedtobindontocellsviaelectrostaticreactionforcaptureandmagneticseparation.Inthisfashion,weareabletocharacterizecellsurfacechargesthatareregulatedbydifferentmetabolicpatterns,thereforeeffectivelydistinguishingthecancercellsfromthenormalcells.All22cancercellsofdifferentorgansarefoundtobenegativelychargedthereforeboundstronglybythepositively-chargednanoprobes,whereasthenormalcellsshowinsignificantbindingtothenanoprobesofeitherchargesigns(positiveornegative).Thisfindingsuggeststhatalltestedcancercellsarenegatively-chargedandnormalcellsareeithercharge-neutralorslightlypositive.Fordiagnosis,cancercellscanbedetected,electrostaticallybound,andmagneticallyseparatedinbloodbychargedandsuper-paramagneticnanoprobes.Intherapeutics,circulatingcancercells(CTCs)canbefilteredandremovedinacontinuousfashiontoreducetheriskofcancermetastasis.Ifsuccessful,thisnewnanotechnologywillrevolutionizeearlycancerdiagnosisandpotentiallyenablenewtherapeuticsinclinicalsettings.

简介：近日,来自中科院生化所和复旦大学的研究人员在国际学术期刊cancercell在线发表了一项最新研究进展。LKB1基因能够编码丝氨酸/苏氨酸蛋白激酶LKB1,研究发现该激酶可以调节细胞能量代谢、抑制生长增殖和维持细胞极性,而这些都是该基因抑制肿瘤的重要机制。虽然LKB1能够调节细胞生长和能量代谢,但在非小细胞肺癌中,LKB1失活如何协调肿瘤进展与代谢之间的关系仍未可知。在该项研究中,研究人员利用KrasG12D;Lkb1lox/lox小鼠模型进行了相关研究,发现在肺部恶性腺瘤和鳞状细胞癌中,活性氧（ROS）水平存在差异。

简介：Theadaptivetreatmenttolerance(ATT)ofcancercellsisthemainencumbrancetocancerchemotherapy.Apotentialsolutiontothisproblemistotreatcancercellswithmultipledrugsusingnanoparticles(NPs).Inthisstudy,wetestedtheco-administrationofcurcumin(Cur)anddoxorubicin(Dox)toMCF-7resistantbreastcancercellstoblocktheATTandelicitefficientcellkilling.Drugswereco-administeredtocellsbothsequentiallyandsimultaneously.Sequentialdrugco-administrationwascarriedoutbypre-treatingthecellswithalbuminnanoparticles(ANPs)loadedw让hCur(Cur@ANPs)followedbytreatmentwithDox-loadedANPs(Dox@ANPs).Simultaneousdrugco-administrationwascarriedoutbytreatingthecellswithANPsloadedwithboththedrugs(Cur/Dox@ANPs).Wefoundthatthesimultaneousdrugco-administrationledtoagreaterintra-cellularaccumulationofDoxandcellkillingwithrespecttothesequentialdrugco-administration.However;thesimultaneousdrugco-administrationledtoalowerintracellularaccumulationofCurwithrespecttothesequentialdrugco-administration.WeshowedthatthisresultwasduetotheaggregationandentrapmentofCurinthelysosomesassoonasitwasreleasedfromCur@ANPs,aphenomenoncalledlysosomotropism.Incontrast,thesimultaneousreleaseofDoxandCurfromCur/Dox@ANPsintothelysosomesledtolysosomalpHelevation,which,inturn,avoidedCuraggregation,ledtolysosomeswellinganddrugreleaseinthecytosol,andfinallyprovokedefficientcellkilling.Ourstudyshedthelightonthemolecularprocessesdrivingthetherapeuticeffectsofanti-cancerdrugsco-administeredtocancercellsindifferentmanners.

简介：生长在代谢恶劣环境中的肿瘤细胞往往得到的血液,氧气和营养物质供应非常匮乏,而在接近40%的浸润性导管癌中均发现乙酰辅酶A合成酶2（ACSS2）具有过量高表达。在代谢应激情况下ACSS2促使肿瘤细胞将乙酸作为额外的营养来源使得肿瘤细胞可以适应恶劣代谢环境维持肿瘤细胞存活。近日,国际期刊Cancercell发表了德国和英国科学家共同合作的这一研究成果。研究人员指出,在许多肿瘤类型中都会有脂肪酸合成通路的选择性激活。

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简介：Integrinανβ6isexpressedatanundetectablelevelinnormaltissues,butisremarkablyupregulatedduringmanypathologicalprocesses,especiallyincancerandfibrosis.Noninvasiveimagingofintegrinανβ6expressionusingaradiotracerwithfavorableinvivopharmacokineticswouldfacilitatediseasediagnosisandtherapymonitoring.Throughdisulfide-cyclizedmethod,wesynthesizedinthisstudy,anewintegrinανβ6-targetedcyclicpeptide(denotedascHK),andradiolabeleditwith99mTc.Theabilityoftheresultingradiotracer99mTc-HYNIC-cHKtodetectintegrinανβ6expressioninpancreaticcancerxenograffsandidiopathicpulmonaryfibrosiswasevaluatedusingsmall-animalsingle-photonemissioncomputedtomography(SPECT)/computedtomography(CT).99mTc-HYNIC-cHKshowedsignificantlyimprovedinvivometabolicstabilitycomparedtothelinearpeptide-basedradiotracer99mTc-HYNICHK.99mTc-HYNIC-cHKexhibitedsimilarbiodistributionpropertiesto99mTc-HYNIC-HK,butthetumorto-muscleratiowassignificantlyincreased(2.99±0.87vs.1.82±0.27,P<0.05).High-contrastimagesofintegrinανβ6-positivetumorsandbleomycin-inducedfibroticlungswereobtainedbySPECT/CTimagingusing99mTc-HYNIC-cHK.Overall,ourstudiesdemonstratethat99mTc-HYNIC-cHKisapromisingSPECTradiotracerforthenoninya-siveimagingofintegrinανβ6inlivingsubjects.