Objective: To establish an optimal extraction process of the total glycoalkaloids in Solanum tuberosum L. and then study the anti-inflammatory activity. Methods:The extraction process of the total glycoalkaloids was optimized by orthogonal design. Compared with that of the total glycoalkaloids in Rhizoma Dioscoreae Melanophymatis and fresh potato pieces, the anti-inflammatory ac-tivity of the total glycoalkaloids in Solanum tuberosum L. was evaluated by mouse ear swelling model induced by xylene, rat paw swell-ing model induced by carrageenan, granuloma model caused by cotton and blood capillary permeability experiments. Results:The opti-mal extraction conditions were as follows:the extraction temperature was 65℃, 10-fold amount of methanol was used for twice extrac-tion with 45 min per time. The total glycoalkaloids from the optimal extraction had obvious anti-inflammatory activity,and the effect was related to the content ofα-chaconine. Conclusion:The results show that the order of different factors affecting the extraction rate is ex-traction temperature> extraction time, and the total glycoalkaloids in Solanum tuberosum L. has good anti-inflammatory effects in mice and rats.

Objective To investigate the correlation between the expression level of BLM and its clinical significance in leukemia.Methods 125 bone marrow specimens of inpatients and outpatients with leukemia were collected in Anhui provincial hospital from January 2011 to December 2011.125 leukemia patients were diagnosed and classified into acute leukemia (AL,n =66) and chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML,n =59) by Morphologic and Immunologic criteria,5 non-tumor individuals were included as control group.The BLM mRNA expressions were by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR).The specimens were devided into groups according to the age,gender,leukemia type,peripheral blood leukocyte counts,hepatomegalia and(or) splenomegaly,fusion gene,chromosome karyotype,whether first visit and transplantation.The expression of BLM gene in each group and the correlation with above factors were retrospectively analysed.The statistical methods such as chi-square test,single factor variance analysis,t test and Pearson correlation test were mainly used.Results BLM mRNA was detected in leukemia.In bone marrow cells,the BLM gene expression was positive in 71 patients and negative in 54 patients.But none of 5 non-tumor bone marrow cells expressed BLM gene.The difference of BLM expression between patients and controls was statistically significant in two groups,i.e.peripheral blood leukocyte counts and fusion gene (x2 =14.730,22.399 ; P ＜ 0.05),but there is no statistical significant differences in other groups.The expressions of BLM mRNA in leukemia patients who had been treated with chemotherapy were lower than those newly diagnosed (0.1788 ± 0.1091 vs 0.3276 ± 0.2016 ; P ＜ 0.05).Moreover,BLM mRNA level in post-bone marrow transplant patients was lower than those not treated (0.1271 ± 0.1009 vs 0.2902 ±0.2034 ; P ＜ 0.05).Pearson correlation analysis showed that higher BLM mRNA expression positively correlated with fusion gene (r =0.357,P ＜ 0.01) and chromosome abnormality (r =0.279,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The BLM mRNA expression level of measurement can be used as judgment for leukemia patients disease severity and the index of prognosis,testing the level may provide a basis for clinical and curative effect judgment.

Objective To establish a real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR method for detection of the different expression level of FPGS in methotrexate enantiomer-resistant A549 cell lines,and observe FPGS mRNA expression in patients with leukemia.Methods A real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR method for detection FPGS mRNA was established using SYBR Green Ⅰ as fluorescence and β-actin as reference.The method was evaluated by Ct,correlation coefficient,slope,repeatability curve,melting curve and amplification efficiency curve.The expression levels of FPGS gene in methotrexate enantiomer-resistant A549 cell lines and methotrexate resistant leukemia cells in bone marrow were detected by the method.Results The standard curves had a high linear relationship between cycle threshold and template concentration.The correlation coefficients of FPGS and β-actin were 0.996 8 and 0.998 7,and the slopes were -3.595 and -3.740,respectively.The inter-coefficient of variation was from 1.27% to 2.95%.The intra-coefficient of variation was 3.82%.The method was characterized with specific melting curve and similar amplification efficiency(slope was 0.021 7).The relative contents of FPGS mRNA were(3.51 ±0.66),(0.16 ±0.01) and(1.00 ±0.31) in L-(+)-MTX/A549 cells(L),D-(-)-MTX/A549 cells(D)and A549 parent cells,and there was statistically difference among the three groups(F = 64.45 ,P＜ 0.01)Statistical difference was observed between L and D(q =9.29,P＜0.01).After treated with MTX,the expression level of FPGS mRNA was(0.35 ± 0.04) in methotrexate resistant leukemia patients,compared with(1.00 ± 0.44) before treatment.Statistical difference was observed(t = 8.83 ,P＜ 0.01).Conclusions The real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR is suitable for the quantification of FPGS.The expression levels of FPGS in methotrexate resistant leukemia cells in bone marrow and drug resistant cells are different.Two enantiomer forms of methotrexate may play different roles in drug resistance mechanisms.

This study was aimed to investigate the serologic characteristics, genetic background and population distribution of B2 and AB2 subtype in Chinese ABO blood group. The classic blood group serological technology was used to detect ABO blood group of the propositus and their family members, the anti-B1 serum prepared by yourself was used to investigate the distribution of B1/B2 and AB1/AB2 subtype of the blood donor. The results indicated that the antigen of propositus was AB2 subtype and that of his child was B2 subtype. The anti-B1 antibody was detected in blood serum of propositus; the antigen of 3 from 2318 blood donors with B blood group were found to be B2 subtype, the antigen of 2 from 826 blood donors with AB blood group were found to be AB2 subtype. The investigation on propositus and the 3 B2 blood donor families showed that B2 antigen displays genetic characteristics of blood group. It is concluded that B2/AB2 subtype is from family inheritance, while B2 subtype is amounted to 0.129% in B blood group, and AB2 subtype is amounted to 0.224% in AB blood group.
ABO Blood-Group System ; classification ; genetics ; immunology ; Blood Grouping and Crossmatching ; China ; Female ; Genetics, Population ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged