Objective To explore the clinical diagnosis and treatment of cyclic vomiting syndrome in children.Methods Thirty children proved with cyclic vomiting syndrome admitted from January,1998 to January,2003 were analyzed retrospectively.Results Cyclic vomiting syndrome was most likely to occur in 3-12 years old.The male to female ratio was 3∶2.The clinical manifestations were recurrent vomiting.Twenty-one cases had inducements,while 9 cases had not inducements.It was safe and efficient that curing cyclic vomiting syndrome with cyprohetadine and amitriptyline.Conclusions If these children with cyclic vomiting syndrome are inefficient to treatment,excluding metabolizable diseases,gastrointestinal,neurological diseases,they may be diagnosed cyclic vomiting syndrome,and cured with cyprohetadine and amitriptyline.

Objective To investigate the pathogenesis of avascular necrosis of the femoral head(ANFH) and to observe the effects of uhrashortwave diathermy treatment of ANFH through animal experiments.Methods A total of 30 New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into three groups:a control group,a model group,and a diathermy group.All the groups were injected with horse serum and methylprednisolone to induce ANFH.The path- ological effects were observed.Results The amount of osteoblast in the model group was significantly less than in the control group,while in the diathermy group it was significantly increased compared with the control group.The a- mount of osteoclast in the model and diathermy groups was significantly higher than in the control group,and in the diathermy group it was significantly more than in the model group.The thickness of femoral head cartilage in the mo- del and diathermy groups was reduced compared with the control group,while it was thicker in the model group than in the diathermy group.The empty cartilage cell lacunae ratios of the model and diathermy groups were significantly higher than for the control group,and the diathermy group showed significant degradation compared to the model group.The density of blood vessels under the cartilage in the model group was significantly less compared with the control group,while in the diathermy group it was significantly increased compared with the control group.The width of bone trabeculae in the model and diathermy groups was significantly less compared with the control group,while they were significantly wider in the diathermy group compared with the model group.The diameters of fat cells in the model and diathermy groups were increased compared with the control group,while they were significantly smaller in the dia- thermy group compared with the model group.The adipocyte area rates in the model and diathermy groups were signifi- cantly elevated compared with the control group,and rates in the model group were significantly elevated compared with the diathermy group.Conclusion Ultrashortwave diathermy is an effective treatment for early stage ANFH.

Objective To detect the expression of metallothionein-3 (MT-3)mRNA in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Methods Five cell lines of human esophageal cancer,TE-1,TE-13,TTN,ECA-109 (cell lines of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma) and OE33 (cell lines of esophageal adenocarcinoma),were used in this study. RT-PCR was employed to detect the expression of MT-3 mRNA. Peripheral blood monouclear cells from normal subjects were served as controls. Results Sequencing of RT-PCR product certified the gene of MT-3 mRNA. It was revealed by gel electrophoresis that there was expression of MT-3 mRNA in each cell line. The relative expression of MT-3 mRNA was 0.230?0.023,0.516?0.020,0.140?0.009,0.176?0.015 and 0.085?0.011 in cell lines of TE-1,TE-13,TTN,ECA-109 and OE33,respectively,significantly lower than that in controls (0.762?0.026) (P

A comprehensive analytical method based on liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry has been developed for the determination of nonylphenol, octylphenol and bisphenol A in textiles and food packaging) materials. Various textile and food packaging material samples were extracted under the conditions of 10.3 MPa and 120 ℃ by accelerated solvent extraction method with two static cycles using ethanol as the extraction) solvent. The extract was cleaned up by Supelclean Envi-Carb solid phase extraction cartridge. Qualitative) and quantitative analyses were carried out for the analytes under the multiple reaction monitoring(MRM) mode after the chromatographic separation on Waters XBridge C_(18))(150 mm×2.1 mm, 3.5 μm) column) with methanol-0.1% NH_4OH gradient elution. The limits of detection(LODs) for alkylphenol, octyphenol and bisphenol A were 0.5 μg/kg. The mean recoveries for textile samples at the spiked level of 0.5-10 μg/kg were 86.9%-92.5%, with the relative standard deviation less than 9.1%. The mean recoveries for food packaging material samples at the spiked level of 0.5-10 μg/kg were 87.8%-93.0%, with the relative standard deviation less than 8.8%. The method is accurate, simple, rapid, and adapts to the inspection of nonylphenol, octylphenol and bisphenol A in textiles and food packaging materials.

To compare the pharmacokinetics of syringin, eleutheroside E and isofraxidin after intravenous administration of each monomer and Ciwujia injection. Twenty-four Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups and intravenously administrated with syringin, eleutheroside E, isofraxidin, and Ciwujia injection, respectively. The concentrations of the three components in rat plasma were determined by LC-MS/MS. DAS 2.0 software was applied to calculate the pharmacokinetic parameters while the SPSS 17.0 software was used for statistical analysis. Significant difference (P < 0.05) was found between each monomer and the injection on the main pharmacokinetic parameters such as AUC, CL and t1,/2. Compared with the injection, the group treated with the syringin has obvious decrease in AUC, and increase in CL while the group treated with eleutheroside E has obvious increase in AUC, and decrease in CL The t1/2 of isofraxidin was prolonged in Ciwujia injection. Pharmacokinetic characters of the ingredients in the injection varied greatly from the monomer. Other constituents in the injection may have an impact on the pharmacokinetic profiles of these three components.
Administration, Intravenous ; Animals ; Coumarins ; administration & dosage ; blood ; pharmacokinetics ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; pharmacokinetics ; Glucosides ; administration & dosage ; blood ; pharmacokinetics ; Lignans ; administration & dosage ; blood ; pharmacokinetics ; Male ; Phenylpropionates ; administration & dosage ; blood ; pharmacokinetics ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

The aimed of this study was to prepare stabilized thiomers to overcome the poor stability character of traditional thiomers. Poly(acrylic acid)-cysteine (PAA-Cys) was synthesized by conjugating cysteine with poly(acrylic acid) and poly(acrylic acid)-cysteine-6-mercaptonicotinic acid (PAA-Cys-6MNA, stabilized thiomers) was synthesized by grafting a protecting group 6-mercaptonicotinic acid (6MNA) with PAA-Cys. The free thiol of PAA-Cys was determined by Ellmann's reagent method and the ratio of 6MNA coupled was determined by glutathione reduction method. The study of permeation enhancement and stabilized function was conducted by using Franz diffusion cell method, with fluorescein isothiocyanate dextran (FD4) used as model drug. The influence of polymers on tight junctions of Caco-2 cell monolayer was detected with laser scanning confocal fluorescence microscope. The results indicated that both PAA-Cys and PAA-Cys-6MNA could promote the permeation of FD4 across excised rat intestine, and the permeation function of PAA-Cys-6MNA was not influence by the pH of the storage environment and the oxidation of air after the protecting group 6MNA was grafted. The distribution of tight junction protein of Caco-2 cell monolayer F-actin was influenced after incubation with PAA-Cys and PAA-Cys-6MNA. In conclusion, stabilized thiomers (PAA-Cys-6MNA) maintained the permeation function compared with the traditional thiomers (PAA-Cys) and its stability was improved. The mechanism of the permeation enhancement function of the polymers might be related to their influence on tight junction relating proteins of cells.
Acrylic Resins ; chemistry ; Actins ; metabolism ; Animals ; Caco-2 Cells ; Cysteine ; chemistry ; Dextrans ; Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate ; analogs & derivatives ; Glutathione ; Humans ; Intestinal Absorption ; Intestinal Mucosa ; drug effects ; Nicotinic Acids ; chemistry ; Rats ; Sulfhydryl Compounds ; chemistry

To establish a method for the determination of cucurbitacin in plasma samples, in order to study the in vivo pharmacokinetic characteristics of cucurbitacin in rats. Rats were intravenously injected with cucurbitacin. With diphenhydramine as the internal standard (IS), the plasma concentrations of cucurbitacin in rat plasma at different time points were determined by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). With electrospray ionization source, the positive ion detection in the multiple reaction monitoring mode was conducted to determine the ion-pairs for target compound and IS were m/z 503.2/113.1 and m/z 256.0/167.2, respectively. Agilent ZOBAX SB-C18 column (2.1 mm x 50 mm, 1.8 microm) was adopted and eluted with methanol and 0.1% formic acid (55:45), and the flow rate was 0.2 mL x min(-1). DAS 2.0 software was applied to fit the blood concentration and calculate corresponding pharmacokinetic parameters. The rats were intravenously injected with cucurbitacin at the concentration of 3.0 mg x kg(-1). The target blood quality concentration show good linear relations within the range of 10.5-3 150 microg x L(-1) (R2 = 0.996), the lower limit of the standard curve was 10.5 microg x L(-1), and the signal to noise ratio S/N = 12. Intra- and inter-day precisions RSD was less than 6.9% and 14%, respectively; The accuracy RE ranged between 0.20% and 3.7%; The extraction recoveries ranged between 92.7% and 97.1%. Regarding the pharmacokinetic parameters of tail intravenous injection of cucurbitacin, AUC (0-t) was (811.615 +/- 111.578) microg x h x L(-1), (t1/2) was (1.285 +/- 1.390) h, CL was (3.627 +/- 0.487) L x h x kg(-1), and V(d) was (6.721 +/- 7.429) L x kg(-1). In this study, researchers established a simple, accurate, sensitive and highly specific method for determining the blood concentration of cucurbitacin, and reported the in vivo pharmacokinetic characteristics of cucurbitacin in rats for the first time.
Administration, Oral ; Animals ; Cucurbitaceae ; chemistry ; Cucurbitacins ; administration & dosage ; blood ; pharmacokinetics ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; pharmacokinetics ; Male ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar

Objective To determine the accuracy of femoral components sizing predicted by standardized digital templating in total knee arthroplasty (TKA).Methods Fifty consecutive patients (50 knees),who underwent primary TKAs for endstage osteoarthritis,were prospectively studied.The intra-operative and radiographic data were collected.All operations were performed by the same surgical techniques with PS type,open box Vanguard Complete Knee System.All patients underwent lateral and AP radiography of the involved knee under fluoroscopy before and after surgery.The distal femoral anteroposterior dimension (DFAP) were measured and the femoral components size were predicted on preoperative radiographs by two different methods:measurement of DFAP did not include (group A) the cartilage thickness of the medial posterior condyle or included that (group B).Cutting errors were corrected gradually,and DFAP was measured consequently.The most appropriate size was chose after each step respectively based on postoperative radiographs.The accuracy of femoral size predicted under different conditions was compared within two groups.Results During correction of cutting errors,the correct rate ranged from 18％ to 44％ in group A and from 26％ to 34％ in group B,the accuracy within one size ranged from 54％ to 84％ in group A and from 58％ to 84％ in group B.The cartilage thickness of medial posterior condylar,external rotation of femoral component,under-resected of anterior condylar,flexion of femoral component,and over-resected of posterior condylar can change the DFAP by 1.97±0.85 mm,1.56±2.06 mm,1.15±1.31 mm,-2.86±1.52 mm,and-0.87±0.77 mm,respectively.Conclusion Variation of intraoperative cutting errors and the cartilage thickness of medial posterior condyles can influence the accuracy of templating to some extent.Standardized digital radiography templating cannot predict femoral sizes accurately.

AIM: To observe the influence of overexpression of ?-synuclein on the cultured SH-SY5Y cells. METHODS: The plasmid of ?-synuclein-pcDNA_3 was transfected into SH-SY5Y cells with LipofectAMINE. The expression of ?-synuclein was determined by anti-?-synuclein immunocytochemistry. The intracellular reactive oxygen species was determined with 2', 7'-dichlorofluorescein diacetate (DCF-DA) by using a FACSCAN flow cytometer and fluorescent microscope. The intracellular content of reduced GSH was detected with glutathione assay kit by spectrophotometer. RESULTS: The ?-synuclein was expressed in cultured SH-SY5Y cells transfected with the plasmid of ?-synuclein-pcDNA_3. The DCF loading analysis and the intracellular level of reduced GSH suggested that the transfected cells were under oxidative stress. CONCLUSION: Overexpression and accumulation of ?-synuclein in SH-SY5Y cells increase intracellular reactive oxygen species levels, it is suggested therefore that the ?-synuclein does play an important role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease.

Objective To obtain acquired immunity evidence in hamsters elicited by third stage hookworm larvae of Necator americanas(NaL3).morphology changes of NaL3 and inflammatory responses in the skin and undedying subcutaneous tissue and muscles of hamsters were observed.Methods Hamsters were immunized subcutaneously with one dose of 150 NaL3 at 2 weeks earlier,and then challenged pereutaneously with 900 NaL3.Skins were excised from post-challenge hamsters at 6,24,72 hours and 1,2 weeks,and then examined under light microscopy.Non-immunized hamsters served as negative controls.Results In non-immunized hamsters the number of NaL3 were 15,33,11.0 and 0 at 6,24,72 hours and 1,2 weeks post-infection.No damaged or dead NaL3 section was observed.All NaL3 exhibited no structural damage and infihrating inflammatory cells were absent from the sunDunding tissues.There were no cutaneous changes.In contrast.the total number of Nak sections in the skin of immunized hamsters were 25,53,15,5 and 4 at 6,24,72 hours and 1,2 weeks post-challenge.Among these NaL3 sections,damaged and dead section number were 0,24,6,0,0 and 0,0,7,5,4.At 24 hours post-challenge the Nak exhibited cutieular swelling and damage.By 72 hours post-challenge pyknosis of the somatic cells nuclei and sparseness or loss of definition in the internal structures of NaL3 were seen.One or two weeks after chanenge,the NaL3 showed severe damage or even dead with remnants.Inflammatory responses including macrophages,epithelioid cells and eosinophils infiltrating and granulomata forming were mainly seen around the NaL3 sections in the skin of immunized hamsters.Conclusions Hamsters initially immunized with NaL3 exhibited obvious acquired immunity protection against percutaneously challenged infection as evidenced by vigorous inflammatory responses in the skin and underlying subcutaneous tissue and muscle.