1.Clinical implication of peri-operative urine bacterial examination in upper urinary tract stone
Qiang NIU ; Mingkang SHEN ; Chao WENG ; Chengxun Lü ; Yi LU ; Shu WANG ; Xiaofeng GAO
Chinese Journal of Urology 2011;32(3):196-198
Objective To analyze the bacterial distribution and resistance in upper urinary tract stone patients, then choose suitable antibiotics and reduce infectious complications accordingly.Methods Middle flow urine, infectious stone and the end of kidney drainage tube were taken for culture in 148 patients who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy between January 2009 to September 2010. Antibiotics were used according to the culture results and the complications secondary to infection were analyzed. Results Urinary pathogens presented in 38 (25.7%) patients before operation.There were 112 strains of bacteria. The predominant strains included: Escherichia coli (17 cases,11.5%), Staphylococcus epidermidis (4 cases) and Proteus mirabillis (4 cases). Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabillis were common in stone culture. Staphylococcus epidermidis (5 cases),Pseudomonas aeruginosa (5 cases) and Staphylococcus haemolytcus (5 cases) were found in renal drainage tube culture which were positive in 25 patients. Imipenem, cefepime, vacomycin, nitrofurinton were sensitive and commonly used antibiotics. Forty-one patients (27.7 %) had fever postoperatively, including 10 positive for middle urine culture and 9 positive for drainage tube culture. One infective shock was diagnosed postoperatively. Conclusions Gram-negative bacilli are predominant in the upper urinary tract stone patients preoperatively. Gram-positive ones are common postoperatively.Suitable antibiotics, based on middle flow urine culture, could reduce urinary infective complications.
2.Intervention impact of Wogonin on type 1 diabetic mice and its influence on p62dok expression in liver
Yang LIU ; Chengxun HAN ; Qing WANG
Chinese Journal of Diabetes 2018;26(3):244-248
Objective To explore the Intervention impact of Wogonin on type 1 diabetic mice and its influence on p62dok expression in liver.Methods Fifty SPF level male C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into 5 groups:control group (Con,n =10),diabetes group (STZ group,n =40).Diabetic model was successfully made by STZ.After that,7 were chosen as model group,and then STZ group was subdivided into three subgroups according to different doses of Wogonin:5,10,and 20 mg/kg subgroup (n =10/subgroup).Fasting blood glucose levels were measured in all the subjects.And intraperitoneal injection of glucose tolerance test (IPGTT) was used to evaluate he glucose tolerance.Serum insulin level was tested by ELISA kits.Dok1,Dok2 and AKT protein expression level in liver tissue were measured by western blot.Results Wogonin could significantly reduce FPG in STZ induced type 1 diabetic mice [(12.55 ±1.31) vs (7.24 ±0.49) vs (6.22 ± 0.69) mmol/L,P < 0.05].Wogonin could improve the glucose tolerance,and restore the serum insulin levels to normal in type 1 diabetic mice induced by STZ.Wogonin could increase Dok1[(0.29±0.09) vs (0.68±0.14) vs (0.79±0.13)] and Dok2[(0.32±0.08)vs (0.61±0.07) vs (0.84±0.12)] expression levels in the liver of type 1 diabetic mice induced by STZ (P<0.05).Serum insulin-level was significantluy higher in10 mg/kg Wogonin intervention group and 20mg/kg Wogonin intervention group than in model group (P<0.05),indicating that serum insulin level increased after Wogonin intervention.Conclusion Wogonin could significantly alleviate hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia in STZ induced type 1 diabetic mice,and could stimulate the expression of Dok1 and Dok2 in the liver tissue of diabetic mice.
3.Clinical characteristics and pathogenic etiology of children with hand foot and mouth disease in Changchun city
Lihong LI ; Xiaojie ZHANG ; Liwei SUN ; Yonzhi HUANG ; Yu LIU ; Linfei DENG ; Chengxun WANG ; Yan HE ; Yuling TIAN ; Yanling ZHAO ; Liang HU
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2011;18(6):515-517
Objective To learn the clinical manifestations and pathogenic situation of hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in Changchun children's hospital from 2009 to 2010.Methods We collected the faeces specimen and oropharyngeal swabs of 1 862 children patients who consulted in Changchun children's hospital from May 2009 to Nov 2010.The enterovirus 71 ( EV71 ) and Coxsackie virus A16 (CoxA16) of 1 514 faeces specimens were amplified with RT-PCR,and 530 oropharyngeal swabs' virus were isolated with rhabdomyosarcoma cell.Results The total HFMD patients were 1 175 in 2010,687 in 2009.The rate of serious patients was 6.26% (43/687) in 2009,and 16.51% ( 194/1 175 ) in 2010.The season of peak incidence in 2009 was June,and in 2010 were June,July and August.The gender distribution was 1 241 males and 621females.The average age of HFMD patients was ( 28.32 ± 15.22 ) months.And the distribution in city and countryside was 1:1.05.Total of 1 862 cases ( 100% ) had rash,55.69% ( 1 037/1 862) had fever,6.07%(113/1 862) had neurologic symptom and 1.41% (26/1 862) had vomiting when the patients admitted in our hospital.And there were 547 cases ( 29.41% ) emerging myocardium injury,548 cases (29.43% ) emerging neurologic complications and 82 cases (4.39% ) emerging respiratory complications during treatment.There were 166 positive with positive rate 31.32% in virus isolation.The positive rate of EV71 and CoxA16 were 9.62% and 10.57 in 2009,and 32.52% and 39.53% in 2010.Conclusion There were more HFMD patients in 2010 than 2009,and the proportion of serious patients was increased too.In summer and autumn,we should pay more attention to HFMD for fever children.HFMD could damage digestive system,respiratory system,circulatory system and nervous system.The nervous system of serious patients is more likely to be damaged.The pathogens of HFMD are diversity,but mainly are EV71 and CoxA16,and the pathogen of serious patients is mostly EV71.
4.Ethanol fermentation from Jerusalem artichoke tubers by a genetically-modified Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain capable of secreting inulinase.
Nannan LI ; Wenjie YUAN ; Na WANG ; Chengxun XIN ; Xumeng GE ; Fengwu BAI
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2011;27(7):1032-1039
Ethanol fermentation from Jerusalem artichoke tubers by recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains expressing the inulinase gene (inu) from Kluyveromyces marxianus was investigated. The inu native and pgk promoters were used to drive the expression of the inu gene, and the inulinase was expressed as an extracellular enzyme. All positive clones (confirmed by PCR) were able to express inulinase as measured by enzyme activity in the culture supernatant, among which two clones HI6/6 and HPI6/3 were selected, and their inulinase activity and ethanol fermentation performance were compared with their wild type. The inulinase activities of 86 and 23.8 U/mL were achieved, which were 4.6-fold and 1.5-fold higher than that of the wild type. Furthermore, ethanol fermentation was carried out with the recombinants and medium containing 200 g/L raw Jerusalem artichoke meal, and ethanol concentrations of 55 g/L and 52 g/L were obtained, with ethanol yields of 0.495 and 0.453, respectively, equivalent to 96.9% and 88.6% of the theoretical value.
Ethanol
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metabolism
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Fermentation
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Glycoside Hydrolases
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genetics
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secretion
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Helianthus
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metabolism
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Kluyveromyces
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genetics
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Metabolic Engineering
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methods
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Plant Tubers
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metabolism
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Recombination, Genetic
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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enzymology
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genetics