To observe the acupuncture treatment of 38 patients with menopausal syndrome. The main acupoints were Fengchi (GB 20), Taiyang (Ex-HN 5), Hegu (LI 4), Neiguan (PC 6), Qihai (CV 6),Yanglingquan (GB 34), Taichong (LR 3) and Taixi (KI 3). The adjunct acupoints were added under differentiation. After one to three therapeutic courses clinical recovery occurred in 26 cases, effectiveness in 10 cases, and ineffectiveness in 2 cases.

Objectives To investigate the effects of ethanol on neural development and kainate receptor expression in young mice. Methods Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder model was established by administration of 20% ethanol solu?tion to 7-day-old Kunming mice and control animals received physiological saline (The number of treatment and control were 80 and 40, respectively ). Body weight and general biological features were observed every day. Morris water maze was used to test learning and memory ability. Fluoro-Jade B was used to examine neural cells 24 hours after treatment in additional thirty 7-day-old Kunming mice which were further divided into two groups:a treatment group receiving 20%ethanol solution (n=15) and a control group receiving physiological saline (n=15). The development of neural cells and expression levels of kainite receptors were examined by using immunofluorescence staining. Results The body weight was significantly lighter in treatment group than in control group(control:21.13 ± 1.72g,treatment:13.96 ± 2.98g,P<0.05). Morris test showed that model group had longer latency than control group to find hidden platform(control:21.05± 5.31s,treatment:34.15±3.26s,P<0.05). Spatial probe test revealed that the number of passing through the platform were significantly smaller in model group than in control group(control:2.70 ± 1.25 times,treatment:0.93 ± 0.80 times,P<0.05). Astrocyte development anomaly was evident after ethanol treatment for 7 days. The expression levels of kainite re?ceptor GluR-6 and KA2 were up-regulated in the CA region of the hippocampus after ethanol treatment for 7 days. Con?clusion Kainite receptor GluR-6 and KA2 in CA region of the hippocampus may contribute to ethanol-induced hippo?campal neural development anomaly.

Objective To investigate the regulatory effect of small interfering RNA(siRNA)silencing zinc finger protein A20 on pyroptosis of rheumatoid arthritis(RA)fibroblast-like synoviocytes(HFLS-RA).Methods Hu-man FLS-RA cell line MH7A cells were cultivated,A20 siRNA silencing group was synthesized for knocking down the human A20 gene,and then specific A20 gene siRNA and siRNA-NC(negative control)were transfected into MH7A cells using liposome method.RT-qPCR was applied to detect the expression of NLRP3 and Caspase-1 mRNA in cells.The protein expression of NLRP3 and Caspase-1 was detected by Western blot,and IL-1β and IL-18 in cell culture medium were detected by ELISA method.Transmission electron microscopy(TEM)was used to detect pyroptosis.Results After A20 knockdown,the mRNA and expression of NLRP3 and Caspase-1 in MH7A cells in the siRNA-A20 group were significantly increased as compared with the siRNA-NC group(P＜0.01).The concentration of IL-1β and IL-18 in the cell culture supernatant of the siRNA-A20 group was sig-nificantly increased compared with the siRNA-NC group(P＜0.01).Compared with the siRNA-NC group,some cells in the siRNA-A20 group showed swollen and ruptured.The integrity of the cell membrane was also lost,and a large area of edema was present in the cell.In addition,a blurred depression of the local nuclear membrane was noted,while an increase in heterochromatin pyknosis was accompanied by their uneven distribution as well as their aggregation around the nuclear membrane.Conclusions Silencing of A20 gene with siRNA might promote NLRP3/Caspase-1 mediated pyroptosis in HFLS-RA,which lays an experimental foundation for new clinical treatment meth-ods of RA.

Objective:To observe the expression characteristics of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α(eIF2α), and analyze its proliferation regulation effect on fibroblasts of rheumatoid arthritis synovium.Methods:The synovial tissues were collected in patients with rheumatoid arthritis(RA)(40 cases) and osteoarthritis(OA)(40 cases). EIF2α and proliferating cell nuclear antigen(PCNA) were detected by immunohistochemistry method. Fibroblast cell line of rheumatoid arthritis synovium(MH7A) were cultured to establish si-eIF2α group(siRNA-eIF2α plasmid transfection), vector transfection group and blank control group in vitro. PCNA was detected by Western blot method, cell proliferation activity was detected by CCK-8 method. χ2 test was performed on count data, two-sample t-test was performed on quantitative data, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to compare the means of more than two groups, regression equation was calculated by correlation regression analysis. Results:The positive rate of eIF2α was significantly higher in RA synovial fibroblasts than that of OA [52.5%(21/4) vs 20.00%(8/20), χ2=9.14, P=0.003]. Positive correlation was found between eIF2α and PCNA in RA ( Y=0.366 X+2.220, P=0.001) . Compared with blank control group and vector transfection group, cell proliferation activity decreased significantly in si-eIF2α group of MH7A cell line at 72 h [(0.65±0.08) vs (0.96±0.12) vs (1.09±0.06), F=4.52, P=0.022] and 96 h [(1.13±0.14) vs (1.42±0.97) vs (1.56±0.12), F=9.87, P=0.001) , PCNA expression decreased significantly [(0.84±0.15) vs (1.32±0.18) vs (1.28±0.14), F=5.22, P=0.012) . Conclusion:High expression of eIF2α can promote the proliferation of fibroblasts of RA synovium.