In this work, we report an integrated microfluidic device for cell co-culture under different concentrations of oxygen, in which the secreted protein VEGF165 was on-line qualitatively and semi-quantitatively analyzed by functional nucleic acid, hemin, ABTS and peroxide system. This microfluidic platform allowed investigation of various oxygen and distances effect on cell-to-cell communication. Besides, the microfluidic device was used for real-time analysis of VEGF165 protein by aptamer-functionalized microchannels. Under 5% O2 condition, we found that the migration of CaSki cells was faster than the migration of human umbilical vein endothelial cells. However, the migration of CaSki cells was slower than the migration of HUVECs under 15% O2 condition. Moreover, the shorter intercellular distances, the quicker cells migration. Furthermore, HIF-1α and VEGF165 genes, ROS were analyzed, and the results would provide new perspectives for the diagnosis and medical treatment of cervical cancer.

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This study aimed to detect the protein expression of HA117 in pediatric solid tumors. Immunohistochemistry was performed to detect the expression of HA117 and P-gp in pediatric solid tumors. In Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), nephroblastoma (WT), and neuroblastoma (NB), the positive expression rate of HA117 was 65.4%, 58.3%, 81.3%, and 74.1%, and that of P-gp was 57.7%, 70.8%, 65.6%, and 66.7%, respectively. HA117 expression was closely related to the clinical stage of HL (P=0.004) and to the International Prognostic Index score, mediastinal lesions, and clinical stages of NHL (P=0.01, 0.03, and 0.01). The expression of HA117 in WT was higher than in adjacent normal tissues, but there was no statistical significance (P=0.21). The positive expression of HA117 in NB was markedly higher than that in normal tissues (P=0.002), which closely associated with histologic type and lymph node metastasis (P=0.03 and 0.001). Spearman correlation analysis revealed that HA117 expression was not correlated with P-gp in these 4 tumors. This suggests that HA117 might be an important resistance gene in pediatric solid tumors. The mechanism underlying the resistance to all-trans retinoic acid conferred by HA117 is different from that of P-gp.