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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a malignancy of the hematological system, for which there remains an urgent need for new therapeutic and diagnostic targets. COMM domain containing 7 (COMMD7) is a recently-identified oncogene linked to poor prognosis in AML. COMMD7 regulates multiple signaling pathways, including nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) signaling. Here, we report that COMMD7 is highly expressed in the AML cell lines KG1a and U937 and that its inhibition by shRNA reduced proliferation, promoted apoptosis and facilitated cell cycle arrest in the G2/M phase in relation to depression of the NF-κB pathway. Furthermore, zinc finger protein 460 (ZNF460) is overexpressed in AML and regulates COMMD7. We found that knockdown of ZNF460 downregulated the expression of COMMD7 while the NF-κB pathway was also inhibited. In addition, we noticed that knockdown of ZNF460 reduced proliferation and increased apoptosis rate of AML cells and that the cell cycle was blocked in the G2/M phase. In brief, our results revealed a critical effect of the ZNF460-COMMD7-NF-κB axis for the proliferation of AML cells. Therefore, COMMD7 may be a possible therapeutic target for AML.

In this article we investigated the preparation of tissue-engineered urethra by using the urethral epithelial subculture cells of male New Zealand young rabbits. We inoculated the epithelial cells of urinary mucosa of male New Zealand young rabbits on collagen, chitosan and collagen chitosan composite as scaffolds to prepare tissue-engineered urethra. The results of inverted phase contrast microscope, HE staining and scanning electron microscope of three kinds of tissue-engineered urethra were compared. What’s more, we reported a new method for quantitative and rapid detection of epithelial cell activity of urinary mucosa in situ by Interactive Laser Cytometer. The collagen chitosan composite was more similar to the extracellular matrix of mammalian. Its three-dimensional porous structure had a high area volume ratio, which was conducive to cell adhesion, growth and metabolism. In vitro, the urethral epithelial cells had been cultured on collagen chitosan composite, and the tissue-engineered urethra was successfully prepared, which laid a solid foundation for further in vivo experiments.

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