| 1 | Novel functional proteins interact with midkine in hepatic cancer cells显示文摘BACKGROUND: Midkine is a heparin-binding growth factor that promotes the proliferation, survival, migration and differentiation of various target cells. Midkine plays an important role in tumorigenesis and tumor progression, and is overexpressed in many human malignant tumors. Patients with high tumor midkine expression frequently have a worse prognosis than those with low expression. The present study was designed to investigate the interaction network of midkine in hepatic cancer cells, and to elucidate its role in hepatocellular carcinoma. METHODS: DNA encoding full-length midkine was cloned into pDBLeu vector to serve as bait in yeast two-hybrid screening to identify interacting proteins. Candidate proteins were examined on SC-Leu-Trp-His+3-AT (20 mmol/L) plates and assayed for X-gal activity, then sequenced and classified according to the GenBank. Finally, identified proteins were expressed by the in vitro expression system pCMVTnT, and protein interactions were confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation. RESULTS: Using the yeast two-hybrid system, we found 6 proteins that interacted with midkine: NK-kappa-B inhibitor alpha (I-κ-B-α), Dvl-binding protein naked cuticle 2, granulin, latent active TGF-β binding protein 3, latent active TGF-β binding protein 4, and phospholipid scramblase 1. In vitro co-immunoprecipitation demonstrated that all identified proteins directly interacted with midkine.CONCLUSION: The identification of midkine-interacting proteins in hepatic cancer cells indicates that midkine is a multifunctional factor that may participate in cell migration, differentiation, and proliferation, and is also associated with the multicellular response feedback during the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. | Qiang Yan, Hui-Lian Huang, Xing Yao, Jing Li, Li-Qin Li, Jing Zhong, Li-Shan Min, Li-Cheng Dai and Shu-Sen Zheng Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Huzhou Central Hospital (Yan Q and Yao X) Huzhou Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Affiliated Central Hospital of Huzhou Teachers College (Huang HL, Li J, Li LQ, Zhong J, Min LS and Dai LC), Huzhou 313000, China Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China (Yan Q and Zheng SS) | 2012 | Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International2012，11，3： | 7 |
| 2 | First-Principles Study of Phase Stability and Mechanical Property of Co_3(Al,W) Precipitates with Different Ratio of Al to W in Co Base Alloys显示文摘The energetics, electronic structure and mechanical property of Co3(Al,W) precipitates with different ratio of Al to W in Co base alloys were investigated by the method of supercell and augmented plane waves plus local orbitals within generalized gradient approximation. The calculated results show that the L12 Co3(Al,W) precipitate is the most stable when the ratio of Al to W is equal to 1. When the content of W is higher than 18.5 at%, the L12 and hexagonal structures co-exist in Co3(Al,W) precipitates at 1173 K. It is also shown that the L12 ordered Co3(Al,W) precipitates have an obvious strengthening effect in the disordered fcc cobalt matrix. | Yao Q Su X M Yan Y Zhao L W Sun J | 2009 | 稀有金属材料与工程2009，38，A03： | 3 |
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