癌症復發往往伴隨著耐藥性和轉移率的增加。目前我們仍未完全瞭解確切的腫瘤逃脫機制。皮下無水酒精注射（PEI）已經被用於治療肝細胞癌（HCC）幾十年，而PEI治療後的癌症復發仍然是該方法的一個主要限制。最近有許多證據表明癌細胞能夠逆轉化學誘導的細胞凋亡過程而得以存活，這有可能是其中一個導致癌細胞復發的原因。這篇論文的重點在於研究肝癌細胞HepG2經歷乙醇誘導凋亡事件後存活下來的後果。 / 這個研究首先證實肝癌細胞 HepG2能從乙醇誘導凋亡事件後存活下來。然後我們對存活下來的肝癌細胞HepG2進行增殖率，耐藥性，運動性以及侵襲性的研究。結果表明，存活下來的HepG2有46%的乙醇耐藥性和84%的高運動性。然後爲了發現存活下來的HepG2是否對其他臨床常用藥物也同樣具有耐藥性，4種臨床常用藥物包括阿黴素，紫杉醇，順鉑，5-氟尿嘧啶（5Fu）均被用於測試。有趣的是，存活下來的HepG2對5-氟尿嘧啶變得更加敏感，平均敏感性下降了58.2%。 / 總的來說，我們的研究結果表明肝癌細胞可從乙醇誘導凋亡事件中恢復過來。此外，存活下來的細胞變得更具有耐藥性和侵入性。這種恢復過程可能是導致癌症復發的原因之一。出乎意料的是，雖然所有存活下來的細胞對乙醇具耐受性，但是它們對於5-氟尿嘧啶均變得更加敏感。這些結果表明，乙醇和5-氟尿嘧啶的聯合治療可能有助於提高PEI治療效果從而預防肝癌癌症復發。 / Cancer relapse, associated with increased drug resistance and higher rate of metastasis, often occurs after chemotherapy. The cancer escape mechanisms are still incompletely understood. Percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) has been used for treating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) for decades, but the recurrence after PEI treatment remains a major limitation. Recently there are mounting evidences showing that cancer cells could survive from chemical-induced apoptosis, suggesting a potential route through which cancer relapse may occur. This thesis focuses on the consequences of the recovery of HepG2 cells from ethanol-induced apoptotic event. / This study verified that HepG2 cells could recover from ethanol-induced apoptosis. Proliferation rate, drug resistance, motility and invasiveness were investigated in recovered HepG2 cells. On average, the recovered HepG2 cell clones were found to be 46% more resistant to ethanol and 84% higher in motility than the parental cell clones. And then four commonly used clinical drugs were assayed to determine whether the recovered cell clones were also resistant to other clinical drugs, including doxorubicin, docetaxel, cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil (5-Fu). Interestingly, the recovered clones became 58.2% more sensitive to 5-fluorouracil on average. / In conclusion, our findings showed that HepG2 cells can recover from ethanol-induced apoptotic event. In addition, some cell clones recovered from apoptosis became more resistant to ethanol and some became more invasive. Such recovery might be one of the reasons causing cancer recurrence. Unexpectedly, although the recovered cell clones were more resistant to ethanol, they became more sensitive to 5-Fu treatment. These results indicated that ethanol-5-Fu combined treatment might be useful in enhancing the PEI treatment and preventing HCC cancer recurrence. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Wang, Shanshan. / Thesis (Ph.D.) Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-130). / Abstracts also in Chinese.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_1202928 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Contributors | Wang, Shanshan (author.), Fung, Ming-chiu (thesis advisor.), Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Life Sciences. (degree granting institution.) |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography, text |
| Format | electronic resource, electronic resource, remote, 1 online resource (xvi, 130 leaves) : illustrations (some color), computer, online resource |
| 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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