著者

Tomohiro Osaki Yuji Sunden Katsuhiko Warita Yoshiharu Okamoto

出版者

Tottori University Medical Press

雑誌

Yonago Acta Medica (ISSN:13468049)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.66, no.1, pp.7-18, 2023 (Released:2023-02-20)

参考文献数

36

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Background Canine mammary gland tumors can be used as predictive models for human breast cancer. There are several types of microRNAs common in human breast cancer and canine mammary gland tumors. The functions of microRNAs in canine mammary gland tumors are not well understood.Methods We compared the characterization of microRNA expression in two-dimensional and three-dimensional canine mammary gland tumor cell models. We evaluated the differences between two- and three-dimensional cultured canine mammary gland tumor SNP cells by assessing microRNA expression levels, morphology, drug sensitivity, and hypoxia.Results The expression of microRNA-210 in the three-dimensional-SNP cells was 10.19 times higher than that in the two-dimensional-SNP cells. The intracellular concentrations of doxorubicin in the two- and three-dimensional-SNP cells were 0.330 ± 0.013 and 0.290 ± 0.048 nM/mg protein, respectively. The IC50 values of doxorubicin for the two- and three-dimensional-SNP cells were 5.2 and 1.6 μM, respectively. Fluorescence of the hypoxia probe, LOX-1, was observed inside the sphere of three-dimensional-SNP cells without echinomycin but not in two-dimensional-SNP cells. The three-dimensional-SNP cells treated with echinomycin showed weak LOX-1 fluorescence.Conclusion The present study showed a clear difference in microRNA expression levels in cells cultured in a two-dimensional adherent versus a three-dimensional spheroid model.

著者

Nobuhiko Hoshi Tetsushi Hirano Takuya Omotehara Junko Tokumoto Yuria Umemura Youhei Mantani Takashi Tanida Katsuhiko Warita Yoshiaki Tabuchi Toshifumi Yokoyama Hiroshi Kitagawa

出版者

The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan

雑誌

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (ISSN:09186158)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.37, no.9, pp.1439-1443, 2014-09-01 (Released:2014-09-01)

参考文献数

12

被引用文献数

15 56

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Neonicotinoids, which were developed in the 1990 s as an insecticide having selective toxicity, were later found to cause reproductive abnormalities in experimental animals. In Japan there is an attempt to preserve endangered animals, including the Japanese crested ibis, and there is a question of whether neonicotinoids affect the reproduction of this bird, since they are used in its habitat. Hence, we investigated whether the daily oral administration of the neonicotinoid clothianidin (CTD) has any deleterious effects on the reproductive function of mature male only or both young male and female quails as experimental animals. Vacuolization and the number of germ cells having fragmented DNA in seminiferous tubules, as well as the number and size of vacuoles in hepatocytes, increased dose-dependently. The ovaries showed abnormal histology in the granulosa cells, which produce progesterone. There were significant differences in egg-laying rates and embryo weights between the groups. Glutathione Peroxidase 4 (GPx4) and Manganese Superoxide Dismutase (Mn-SOD), which protect the organism from oxidative damage, showed a dose-dependent decrease. Thus, it is possible neonicotinoids affect the bird’s reproductive system through oxidative stress, reflecting an imbalance between the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and a biological system’s ability to readily detoxify the reactive intermediates or easily repair the resulting damage. Responding to our study, Sado Island has since succeeded in breeding Japanese crested ibis in the wild without the use of neonicotinoids.