Yip, Wai Ki. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 203-228). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.i / ABBREVIATIONS --- p.iii / ABSTRACT --- p.x / 撮要 --- p.xiv / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.xvii / Chapter CHAPTER 1: --- GENERAL INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1.1 --- Hematopoiesis and Leukemia / Chapter 1.1.1 --- An Overview on Hematopoiesis Development --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.1.1 --- Hematopoietic Growth Factors --- p.4 / Chapter 1.1.1.2 --- Site Switching of Hematopoiesis --- p.5 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- An Overview on Leukemia --- p.7 / Chapter 1.1.2.1 --- Classification of Leukemia --- p.7 / Chapter 1.1.2.2 --- Conventional Therapy of Leukemia --- p.10 / Chapter 1.1.2.3 --- Novel Approaches to Leukemia Therapy: Apoptosis and Differentiation Induction --- p.13 / Chapter 1.2 --- Polysaturated Fatty Acids / Chapter 1.2.1 --- An Overview on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids --- p.16 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- An Overview on Essential Fatty Acids --- p.17 / Chapter 1.2.2.1 --- Alpha Linolenic Acids (ALA) --- p.17 / Chapter 1.2.2.2 --- Gamma Linolenic Acid (GLA) --- p.18 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- "An Overview on Conjugated Fatty Acids: Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA), Conjugated EPA and Conjugated DHA" --- p.20 / Chapter 1.2.4 --- Conjugated Linolenic Acid (CLN) --- p.24 / Chapter 1.2.4.1 --- Identification and Production of CLN --- p.28 / Chapter 1.2.4.2. --- Metabolism of CLN --- p.29 / Chapter 1.2.4.3 --- Anti-Obese and Hypolipidemic Effect of CLN --- p.30 / Chapter 1.2.4.4 --- Anti-Proliferative Effect of CLN --- p.30 / Chapter 1.2.4.5 --- Other Novel Effects of CLN --- p.32 / Chapter 1.3 --- Aims and Scopes of This Investigation --- p.34 / Chapter CHAPTER 2: --- MATERIALS AND METHODS / Chapter 2.1 --- Materials --- p.36 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Animals --- p.36 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Human Cell Lines --- p.36 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- "Cell Culture Medium, Buffers and Other Reagents" --- p.38 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Reagents and Buffer for Flow Cytometry --- p.44 / Chapter 2.1.5 --- Reagents for DNA Extraction --- p.47 / Chapter 2.1.6 --- Cell Death Detection ELISApLus --- p.48 / Chapter 2.1.7 --- Reagents for Measuring Caspase Activity --- p.50 / Chapter 2.1.8 --- Reagents for FACE´ёØ ELISA Kit --- p.53 / Chapter 2.1.9 --- Reagents for Western Blotting --- p.55 / Chapter 2.2 --- Methods --- p.65 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Culturing the Tumor Cell Lines --- p.65 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- "Isolation, Preparation and Culturing of Murine Peritoneal Macrophages and Bone Marrow Cells" --- p.66 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Anti-proliferation Assays --- p.67 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Cell Viability Determination --- p.68 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- Determination of Anti-leukemia Activity In Vivo (In Vivo Tumorigenicity Assay) --- p.69 / Chapter 2.2.6 --- Cell Cycle Analysis by Flow Cytometry --- p.69 / Chapter 2.2.7 --- Detection of Apoptosis --- p.70 / Chapter 2.2.8 --- Assessment of Differentiation-associated Characteristics --- p.74 / Chapter 2.2.9 --- Measurement of Caspase Activities --- p.76 / Chapter 2.2.10 --- Protein Expression Study --- p.78 / Chapter 2.2.11 --- Detection of Phosphorylation of JNK by FACE´ёØ JNK ELISA Kit --- p.83 / Chapter 2.2.12 --- Detection of Phosphorylation of NF-kB by FACE´ёØ NF-kB p65 Profiler --- p.85 / Chapter 2.2.13 --- Statistical Analysis --- p.85 / Chapter CHAPTER 3: --- STUDIES ON THE ANTI PROLIFERATIVE EFFECTS OF CONJUGATED LINOLENIC ACIDS ON THE HUMAN MYELOID LEUKEMIA CELLS / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.86 / Chapter 3.2 --- Results / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Anti-proliferative Activity of CLN Isomers on Various Myeloid Leukemia and Lymphoma Cell Lines In Vitro --- p.88 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Direct Cytotoxic Effect of Jacaric Acid on HL-60 Cells In Vitro --- p.95 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Cytotoxic Effect of Jacaric Acid on Primary Murine Cells and Human Normal Cell Lines In Vitro --- p.98 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Kinetics and Reversibility Studies of the Anti-proliferative Effect of Four CLN Isomers on the Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL-60 Cells --- p.101 / Chapter 3.2.5 --- Synergistic Anti-proliferative Effect of Jacaric Acid with Vitamin D3 and All Trans-Retinoic Acid (ATRA) on the Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL-60 Cells In Vitro --- p.114 / Chapter 3.2.6 --- Effect of Jacaric Acid on the Cell Cycle Profile of the HL-60 Cells In Vitro --- p.116 / Chapter 3.2.7 --- Effect of Jacaric Acid on the In Vivo Tumorigenicity of the HL-60 Cells --- p.119 / Chapter 3.3 --- Discussion --- p.121 / Chapter CHAPTER 4: --- STUDIES ON THE APOPTOSIS-INDUCING AND DIFFERENTIATION-INDUCING EFFECTS OF CONJUGATED LINOLENIC ACIDS ON THE HUMAN MYELOID LEUKEMIA CELLS / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Introduction --- p.128 / Chapter 4.2 --- Results / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Induction of Apoptosis in the Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL-60 Cells by Jacaric Acid --- p.134 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Apoptosis-Inducing Effect of Jacaric Acid on the Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL-60 Cells as Detected by Annexin V-GFP PI Double Staining Method --- p.138 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Effect of Jacaric Acid on the Mitochondrial Membrane Potential in the Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL-60 Cells --- p.140 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Effects of Jacaric Acid on the Caspase Activities in the Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL-60 Cells --- p.142 / Chapter 4.2.5 --- Effects of Jacaric Acid and Antioxidants on the ROS Induction in the Human Promyelocyic Leukemia hl-6 Cells --- p.147 / Chapter 4.2.6 --- Effect of N-acetyl-L-Cysteine on the Apoptosis-Inducing Activity of Jacaric Acid in the Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL-60 Cells --- p.149 / Chapter 4.2.7 --- Morphological Studies on the Jacaric Acid-treated Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL-60 Cells --- p.151 / Chapter 4.2.8 --- Cell Size and Granularity of the Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL-60 Cells after Treatment with Different CLN Isomers --- p.153 / Chapter 4.2.9 --- Expression of Differentiation-Related Cell Surface Markers in the Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL-60 Cells after Treatment with Jacaric Acid --- p.155 / Chapter 4.3 --- Discussion --- p.158 / Chapter CHAPTER 5: --- STUDIES ON THE APOPTOSIS-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS AND SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN CONJUGATED LINOLENIC ACID-INDUCED APOPTOSIS OF THE HUMAN MYELOID LEUKEMIA CELLS / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.165 / Chapter 5.2 --- Results / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Expression of Fas and Fas Ligand Proteins in the Jacaric Acid- treated Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL-60 Cells --- p.171 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Expression of Bcl-2 Family Member Proteins in the Jacaric Acid- treated Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL-60 Cells --- p.173 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Cytochrome c Release in the Jacaric Acid-treated Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL-60 Cells --- p.175 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Cleavage of Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase (PARP) in the Jacaric Acid-treated Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL-60 Cells --- p.177 / Chapter 5.2.5 --- Phosphorylation of ERK in the Jacaric Acid-treated Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL-60 Cells --- p.179 / Chapter 5.2.6 --- Phosphorylation of JNK in the Jacaric Acid-treated Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL-60 Cells --- p.181 / Chapter 5.2.7 --- Phosphorylation of NF-kB Protein in the Jacaric Acid-treated Human Promyelocytic Leukemia HL-60 Cells --- p.183 / Chapter 5.3 --- Discussion --- p.185 / Chapter CHAPTER 6: --- CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES --- p.195 / REFERENCES --- p.203
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325976 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Contributors | Yip, Wai Ki., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Biochemistry. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, xxi, 228 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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