Objective To investigate the protective effects on the renal allografts from brain dead (BD) donor rats pretreated with bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs).Method Three groups [normal transplant group (G1).BD transplant group (G2),and MSCs pretreated + BD transplant group (G3)] were set up.Male F344 rats served as donors and male Lewis rats as recipients.In G1,kidneys from F344 donor rats were implanted into Lewis recipients.In G2,kidneys from F344 BD donor rats were engrafted into Lewis recipients.In G3,after BD was established in F344 rats,MSCs were given intravenously to the rats.The kidneys harvested 6 h later were transplanted to Lewis recipients.Cyclosporine was intromuscularly given daily to the recipient rats for 10 days.Right kidneys were resected from recipients on day 10.Creatinine level was examined on day 14,21,28,and 35.Renal allografts harvested on day 35 were pathologically detected.The irnmunochemistry expression of interleukin (IL)-1β and tumor necrotic factor (TNF)-α in renal allograft tissue was tested.Result Serum creatinine levels in G2 were remarkably higher than those in G1 and G3 (P＜0.01) on day 14,21,28,and 35 postoperatively.The creatinine levels on the above mentioned time points had no statistically significant difference between G3 and G1 except on day 21.Postoperative pathological changes in G2 of both pronounced infiltration of mononuclear cells and tubular epithelia[inflammation were notably increased in renal allografts as compared with those in G1 and G3.There was no obvious difference between G1 and G3 in infiltrated mononuclear cells and tubular epithelial inflammation.Positive expression levels of both IL-1β and TNF-α in glomerular,tubular and interstitial epithelial cells were statistically enhanced in G2 as compared with those in G1 and G3 (H =7.210,P =0.027),while there was no statistically significant difference in the expression of both IL-1[β and TNF-α between G1 and G3.Conclusion Brain dead donor rats pretreated with bone marrow MSCs might reduce renal allograft injury via decreasing both inflammatory cell infiltration and IL-1β and TNF-α expression.

Objective:To explore the effects of genistein-3'-sodium sulfonate (GSS) on on motor function and brain autophagy levels in Parkinson disease (PD) model mice.Methods:Forty C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into control group, model group, low-dose GSS group (0.15 mg/kg), medium-dose GSS group (0.50 mg/kg) and high-dose GSS group (1.50 mg/kg), with 8 mice in each group.Mice in the model group and the high, medium, and low-dose GSS groups were injected intraperitoneally with 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1, 2, 3, 6-tetrahydropyridine to establish the PD mouse model, then mice in high, medium and low-close GSS group were intraperitoneally injected with corresponding doses of GSS (once a day for 21 days). The mice in model group were injected with equal volume 0.9% sodium chloride solution(once a day for 21 days), while the control group mice were fed normally.After 21 days, the motor and cognitive abilities of mice were evaluated by gait analysis, open field test, rotarod test, and modified Y maze test.Western blot was used to detect the expression levels of LC3-Ⅱ and Beclin-1 proteins in the cerebral cortex and striatum tissues of mice.SPSS 26.0 software was used for data analysis.One-way ANOVA was used for normal distribution data comparison among multiple groups, and LSD test was used for further pairwise comparisons, while Kruskal-Wails H test was used for non normal distribution data comparison. Results:(1) Gait analysis showed that there were statistically significant differences in the stride length of left forelimb, left hindlimb, right hindlimb( F=5.93, 6.21, 3.78, all P<0.01) and regularity index( H=14.409, P<0.01). The regularity index of the model group mice was lower than that of the control group ( P<0.05), and the regularity indexes of the low, medium, and high-dose GSS groups were all higher than that of the model group (all P<0.05). (2)In the open field test, there were statistically significant differences in the total distance and speed of movement among the 5 groups ( F=5.49, 5.49, both P<0.01). The total distance and speed of movement in the model group were both lower than those in the control group (both P<0.05). The total distance and speed of movement in the medium-dose GSS group( (2 395.57±319.35) cm, (7.98±1.06) cm/s) and high-dose GSS group ((2 386.51±396.00) cm, (7.95±1.32) cm/s) were higher than those of the model group ((1 863.31±278.96) cm, (6.21±0.93) cm/s) and the low-dose GSS group ((1 956.90±297.15) cm, (6.52±0.99) cm/s) (all P<0.05). (3) In the rotarod test and modified Y maze test, there were significant differences in latency to fall and residence time among the 5 groups ( F=58.41, 9.90, both P<0.01). The latency to fall and residence time of model group were lower than those of control group (both P<0.05), while those in the medium-dose and high-dose GSS groups were higher than those in the model group and low-dose GSS group (all P<0.05). (4) Western blot results showed that there were significant differences in the expression levels of LC3-Ⅱ/LC3-Ⅰ ratio ( F=8.17, 15.47, both P<0.01)and Beclin-1 protein( F=29.07, 20.54, both P<0.01) in cerebral cortex and striatum among the five groups.The LC3-Ⅱ/LC3-Ⅰ ratio and Beclin-1 protein levels in the cerebral cortex ((0.51±0.14), (0.46±0.06)) and striatum ((0.58±0.09), (0.55±0.10)) of the model group were lower than those in the control group (cerebral cortex: (1.00±0.10), (1.00±0.05), striatumm: (1.00±0.06), (1.00±0.25), all P<0.01). The LC3-Ⅱ/LC3-Ⅰratio and Beclin-1 protein in the medium-dose GSS group were higher than those in the model group, low-dose and high-dose GSS groups in both cerebral cortex and striatum (all P<0.05). The level of Beclin-1 of cerebral cortex in model group was lower than those in various doses of GSS group(all P<0.05). There were no statistically significant differences of Beclin-1 protein levels between the model group mice and various doses of GSS groups in striatum (all P>0.05). Conclusion:GSS can improve the motor and cognitive functions of PD model mice, and the mechanism may be related to the upregulation of autophagic activity in the cerebral cortex and striatum of mice.