Up to now,one transketolase (TKT) and two transketolase-like genes (TKTL1 and TKTL2) have been identified in the human genome.People have conducted a series of basic and clinical researches of TKTL1 in malignant neoplasms since Coy found TKTL1 has a high expression of protein and gene levels in the malignant tumors in 2005.Although the biochemical and functional mechanism have not been clarified clearly,a positive role of TKTL1 in promoting tumorigenesis and tumor progression has been proved.

Objective To research the content changes of Aristolochic Acid-A from Caulis Aristolochiae Manshuriensis and its processed products.Method Chromatographic assay was performed on Lichrospher-C18 column (4.6 mm?200 mm,5 ?m) with methanol-0.1% glacial acetic acid solution (70∶30) as mobile phase,the flow rate was 1.0 mL/min and the detection wavelength was set at 310 nm,the column temperature was 30 ℃.Result The content of Aristolochic Acid-A was lower in three processed products than in crude drugs,and the reduction rate of the one which was boiled by NaHCO3 was the highest.Conclusion The three processed method can reduce the content of Aristolochic Acid-A,and achieve the aim of reducing the toxicity.

Objective To establish quality control method for Qingzao Runfei Mixture. Methods Mulberry Leaves,Glycyrrhiza,Radix Glehniae,Ophiopogon Japonicus and Loquat Leaves were identified by TLC. Glycyrrhizic Acid was determinated by HPLC. Results The negative sample of TLC had no interference. The specifity was good. Glycyrrhizic acid showed a good linear relationship in the range of 0.203 1～1.692 1 ?g,r =0.999 8. The average recovery was 98.24%,and RSD was 2.3%. Conclusion The established methods are simple,quick and with good reproducibility. This study provides methods for the quality control of Qingzao Runfei Mixture.

Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use* ; Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors/drug therapy* ; Humans ; Liver ; Liver Neoplasms/drug therapy* ; Lung ; Naphthyridines/therapeutic use* ; Urea/analogs & derivatives*

OBJECTIVE: To observe the effects of Huanglian Jiedu Decoction (HLJDD), a traditional Chinese compound herbal medicine, on p85 mRNA and protein expressions of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI-3K) in target tissues (skeletal muscular and adipose tissues) in rats with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to investigate the molecular mechanism of HLJDD in treating T2DM. METHODS: The male Wistar rats were injected with streptozotocin (STZ) 30 mg/kg through tail vein, and fed with high-fat and high-caloric diets to induce T2DM. Then the rats were randomly divided into untreated group, aspirin-treated group and HLJDD group, and treated correspondingly. Meanwhile, a group of normal animals without any treatment was set up for normal control group. Ten weeks later, serum fasting blood glucose (FBG), serum fasting insulin (FINS) and oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) were routinely determined. The expressions of PI-3K p85 mRNA and protein in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue were determined with RT-PCR and Western blotting before and after insulin treatment. RESULTS: Compared with the untreated group, the FBG and OGTT levels in T2DM rats treated with HLJDD decreased significantly (P<0.05). The FINS in HLJDD group was lower than that in the normal control group (P<0.05), but was not significantly different from that in the untreated group. The PI-3K p85 mRNA and protein expressions in HLJDD group obviously increased, as compared with those in the untreated group. CONCLUSION: The effect of HLJDD in treating T2DM was probably associated with its improvement of PI-3K p85 mRNA and protein expressions in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue of the T2DM rats.

Mild cognitive impairment caused by craniocerebral trauma is the key points and difficulties in judicial authentication. This article has comparative analysis of each mode of event-related potential (classical Oddball, Eriksen flanker task and so on), which can provide a more objective method for such craniocerebral trauma cases in clinical forensic judicial authentication.
Cognitive Dysfunction ; Craniocerebral Trauma ; Evoked Potentials ; Forensic Sciences ; Humans

Objective To observe the effects of electroacupuncture at Ouch Point on proliferation cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), Desmin and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) expression in gastrocnemius muscle, and explore the possible mechanisms of the effect. Methods 78 male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into model group (n=6), blank group (n=24), self-repair group (n=24) and electroacupuncture group (n=24). Each of the later 3 groups was divided into 1 d, 4 d, 7 d and 14 d subgroups, 6 rats in each subgroup. The model group, self-repair group and electroacupuncture group were modeled by gastrocnemius muscle crush injury combined with eccentric exercise-induced injury. After that, the model group given HE stain, and the other groups were given correspondent approach according to time point and immunohistochemical technology was used to test the expression of PCNA, Desmin and bFGF. Results PCNA expression was higher in the self-repair group than in the blank group at each time point (P<0.01). Desmin expression was lower in the self-repair group than in the blank group 1 d and 14 d after injury (P<0.05), but higher 7 d after injury (P>0.05). bFGF expression was higher in the self-repair group than in the blank group 7 d after injury (P<0.01). PCNA, bFGF and Desmin expression were higher in the electroacupuncture group than in the self-repair group 1 d and 4 d after injury (P<0.05). Conclusion Electroacupuncture at Ouch Point can promote the proliferation of muscle satellite cells, accelerate the myogenic differentiation and shorten the repair process, which may be related to the increased and advanced expression of bFGF.

Parkinson's disease(PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder with no effective protective treatment,characterized by a massive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra(SNpc) and the subsequent loss of their projecting nerve fibers in the striatum.The major neurochemical manifestation of this disorder is the loss of the neurotransmitter dopamine(DA) in the striatum as a result of the progressive degeneration of the dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra.There have been significant progresses in recent years reporting on the use of mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs)in gene therapy,with specific application towards PD.MSCs,a kind of multipotent adult progenitor cells,are considered as a useful vehicle for cell and gene therapy because of their multiple differentiation potentiality and self-transplantation.The present study was focused on treating rat model of PD using human tyrosine hydroxylase gene(hTH),human aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase gene(hAADC) and human GT Pcyclohydrolase I gene(hGCH-I) engineered MSCs,in order to provide a better understanding about the application of these cells in the therapeutic benifit of PD.The gene of hTH,hAADC and hGCH-I were introduced via recombinant adeno-associated virus(rAAV) infection into the MSCs in vitro.The genetically modified MSCs expressing hTH,hAADC and hGCH-I were transplanted into the striatum of PD rat models.The behavior,the nigra-striatal level of DA and its metabolite were detected.The results of present study were shown as follows:hTH,hAADC,hGCH-I and LacZ gene were transfected into MSCs with adeno-associated virus vectors.The HEK293 packaging cells(ATCC) were transfected with the plasmids of pAAV-hTH,pAAV-hAADC,pAAV-hGCH-I,pAAV-LacZ,pAAV-RC,pHelper by using calcium phosphate precipitation.Titer was detected using HT1080 cells.Viral particles were collected and used to infect MSCs.The purified modified MSCs expressing the three kinds of genes were selected separately and were grafted in the striatum of the PD model rats in the lesion side.The MSCs genetically modified suvived well 12 weeks after transplantation.The improvements of the behavior were observed every week after transplantation.Compared with the control group,the rounds of asymmetric rotation after apomorphine administration decreased in the groups double or triple genes engineered MSCs grafted(p

Objective:To study the effect of rotational errors on the positioning accuracy (PA) and to assess whether correcting rotation in patients with head-neck tumors in radiotherapy or not.Methods:The image information of 34 patients with head-neck tumors treated at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University between August 2019 and January 2020 was collected. Mega-voltage computed tomography (MVCT) images of each patient were taken before radiotherapy, and were registered with planned kilo-voltage computed tomography (KVCT) images by two registration methods. All information was divided into control group (translation only) and intervention group (translation and rotation) according to different registration methods, there were 144 fractioned registered images for each group, respectively. The position errors of the two registration methods were recorded and compared. Data were carried out with Wilcoxon signed rank test and Spearman rank correlation.Results:Translational errors of the control group and the intervention group were 0.10 (5.35) mm and 0.00 (5.78) mm in right-left direction, and there was a statistically significant difference ( Z=-2.675, P=0.007); 0.75 (2.78) mm and 0.60 (2.68) mm in superior-inferior direction, and there was a statistically significant difference ( Z=-2.819, P=0.005); 0.10 (0.90) mm and 0.20 (1.28) mm in anterio-posterior direction, and there was a statistically significant difference ( Z=-3.984, P<0.001). Rotational errors of the intervention group were -0.20 (0.60)°, 0.35 (2.00)°, 0.00 (0.98)° in pitch, roll, yaw, respectively. The distribute of 3D vector corrected frequency for two groups was positively skewed. The corrected cumulative frequency (CCF) varied with 3D vector, 3D vector was 8.0 mm, and 19 F and 16 F fractioned treatments of the control group and the intervention group were not corrected, respectively; 3D vector was between 8.0-13.5 mm, the corrected tendency of the intervention group was slower and fractioned treatment was completed later. The analytical results of Spearman rank correlation showed that rotational errors in pitch were negatively correlated with translational errors of the control group in superior-inferior direction ( r=-0.182, P=0.029) and the intervention group in anterio-osterior direction ( r=-0.484, P<0.001); rotational errors in roll were negatively correlated with translational errors of the intervention group in right-left direction ( r=-0.334, P<0.001); rotational errors in yaw which were positively correlated with translational errors of the intervention group in right-left direction ( r=0.370, P<0.001) were negatively correlated with translational errors of the control group in superior-inferior direction ( r=-0.171, P=0.040) and the same was true for the intervention group ( r=-0.203, P=0.015); total angles were positively correlated and negatively correlated with translational errors of the control group in superior-inferior direction ( r=0.246, P=0.003) and anterio-posterior direction ( r=-0.188, P=0.024), and positively correlated with 3D vector of the control group ( r=0.198, P=0.017), total angles were positively correlated with translational errors of the intervention group in superior-inferior direction ( r=0.170, P=0.041) and with 3D vector of the intervention group ( r=0.239, P=0.004); there were no correlations between rotational errors and the other translational errors (all P>0.05). Conclusion:Although the corrected rotation increases translational errors in anterio-posterior direction and 3D vector, it improves PA for head-neck tumors in radiotherapy. When rotational errors are not corrected, rotational offsets are present with corrected translation to decrease its effect on PA.

Background:Screening of colorectal cancer (CRC) and colorectal adenoma (CRA), the precursor of CRC, is crucial for CRC prevention.It is believed that opportunistic screening of CRC in high risk population would narrow down the screening scope and save the health resources, and is suitable for the present status in China.Aims:To analyze the performance of high risk factors in predicting CRC/CRA, for exploring the feasibility of opportunistic screening for CRC in high risk population.Methods:A total of 1 862 outpatients and health examination subjects undergoing colonoscopy from Feb.2015 to Aug.2016 at the PLA 281 Hospital were recruited and asked to complete a questionnaire of high risk factors for CRC and CRA before colonoscopy.The questionnaire was designed based on the updated consensus on the screening and management of early colorectal cancer and precancerous lesion in China.Using the results of colonoscopy as gold standard, the predictive performance of high risk factors for CRC/CRA was analyzed.Results:Four hundred and sixty-eight (25.1%) individuals with high risk factors for CRC/CRA were screened out by the questionnaire.The detection rate of CRC in individuals with high risk factors was significantly higher than those without (17.5% vs.0.9%, P=0.000).The sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of high risk factors in predicting CRC were 87.2%, 78.2%, 17.5% and 99.1%, respectively, and the missed diagnosis rate was 12.8%.For CRC/CRA, the corresponding figures were 83.2%, 87.0%, 57.3%, 96.1% and 16.8%, respectively.The risk ratios (RR) of high risk factors for CRC and CRC/CRA were 20.35 and 14.78, respectively.Conclusions:Opportunistic screening of CRC in high risk population is feasible and applicable in China under present condition.