Endothelial monocyte-activating polypeptide-Ⅱ (EMAP-Ⅱ ) is a novel proinflammatory cytokine with proinflammatory,proapoptotic and antiangiogenic properties.It is associated with many tumorassociated proteins,such as tumor necrosis factor,vascular endothelial growth factor,hypoxia inducible factor-1α,arginyl-tRNA synthetase,and insulin-like growth factor- Ⅰ.EMAP-Ⅱ has anti-tumor properties and has a good prospect in cancer prevention and treatment.

0.05). The data proved that PSMA7 was overexpressed in pcDNA3.1(-)/PSMA7-transfected A549 cell line, both in mRNA level and in protein level. Conclusion Eukaryotic expression plasmid pcDNA3.1(-)/PSMA7 has been successfully constructed, and the PSMA7 is stably expressed in A549 cell line. This would pave the way for further study of PSMA7.

OBJECTIVE:To study the effective portion of the ultrafiltration membrane-separated ethanol extract of Pae-onia lactiflora and its antineoplastic activity in vitro. METHODS:The content of peoniflorin in ethanol extract of P.lactiflora was determined by HPLC. The drug-containing serum of mice was used to cultivate tumor cells such as HT29,HL60 and S180,then the inhibitory effect of P.lactiflora ultrafiltrate on the tumor cells and the association between dosage and administration time of the P.lactiflora ultrafiltrate were observed. RESULTS:P.lactiflora(10～100 g?kg-1) showed marked inhibition on all kinds of the above-mentioned tumor cells in a dose-dependent manner; the drug-containing serum also showed marked inhibition on all of kinds of tumor cells at different time in a time-dependent manner. CONCLUSION:The effective portion of ultrafiltration membrane-separated ethanol extract of P.lactiflora has antineoplastic activity in vitro.

Objective:To construct a bait vector for HSPC238, and to screen the target proteins which interact with the HSPC238.Methods:Gene synthesis method was used to synthetic gene HSPC238, then connected with the pGBKT7 vector after digesting by the sfiIA and sfiIB,to obtain the bait plasmid pGBKT7-HSPC238,then transferred into the yeast strains AH109 with the empty plasmid pGBKT7after sequencing,to observe its self-activating effect in the nutrient deficiencies medium,and further to screen the target proteins which interact with HSPC238 from the human fetal liver cDNA library.Results:The bait vector pGBKT7-HSPC238 was successfully constructed,and it had no self-activating effect through the phenotypic screening,after the yeast two-hybrid technology with literature analysis,we preliminary screened and found that the ribosomal protein L5(RPL5) may be the one of the target proteins which interacted with HSPC238 from the human fetal liver cDNA library.Conclusion: We successfully constructed the bait plasmid vector PGBKT7-HSPC238,and after the yeast two-hybrid technology with literature analysis,we preliminary screened and found that the ribosomal protein L5( RPL5) may be the one of the target proteins which interacted with HSPC238.

Objective To investigate the effect of up‐regulation and down‐regulation of HSPC238 on the RB gene mRNA and pRb protein .Methods PcDNA3 .1‐HSPC238 vector and PLL3 .7‐HSPC238 vector was transiently transfected into HepG2 cells re‐spectively .The level of RB mRNA was detected by real‐time PCR and pRb was detected by Western blotting .Results The level of RB mRNA and pRb in up‐regulation group both increased compared with control grops respectively .Conversely ,the level of RB mRNA and pRb in up‐regulation group both decreased compared with control grops respectively .Above results were all statistically significant(P<0 .05) .Conclusion HSPC238 could have a positive effect on the expression of the RB gene .

Objective:To investigate the effect of HSPC 238 overexpression or low expression on the regulation of the target protein ( HMOX1, MT2A, UBB, RPS27a ) and the regulation pathways.Methods: To construct the interference vector and overexpression vector of HSPC238 respectively,transfected the HEPG2 cell lines by the liposome method,detect the expression of mRNA and protein of the HSPC 238 and the target proteins by the RT-PCR and Western blot , further to transfer the overexpression plasmids of the target proteins into the HEPG 2 cell lines which had been transfected with interference vector and overexpression vector of HSPC238,the experimental group cell lines were treated with proteasome inhibitor MG 132,to purify the target proteins with nickel column,do immunoblotting with HSPC238 to detect the accumulation situation of the target proteins.Results: The HMOX1,MT2A, RPS27a were downregulated obviously when the HSPC 238 was interfered exogenous;and the MT2A,UBB,RPS27a were up-regulated after the HSPC238 overexpressed.The overexpression plasmid of target proteins were transfected into the HEPG 2 cell lines which have been transfected with interference vector and overexpression vector of HSPC 238 ,compared with the control group ,the target protein band in the experimental group was significantly increased after treatment with the proteasome inhibitor MG 132.Conclusion:The HSPC238 overexpression can upregulate the expression of MT 2A,UBB and RPS27a,and interfering HSPC238 can downregulate the expression of HMOX1,MT2A and RPS27a;the HSPC238 target protein may play a regulatory role through the UPP pathway;the HSPC238 may play a regulatory role on the target proteins through the UPP pathway.

Objective To investigate the diagnosis and disease assessment of serum pancreatic stone protein(PSP/reg) in ventilator-associated pneumonia(VAP) by a prospective study.Methods The blood sample was collected in patients with mechanical ventilation(MV) from September 2012 to October 2015.Then the concentration of PSP/reg was detected by ELISA method and the time of MV and the outcome of VAP were recorded,while the patients who did not have VAP occurred in the same period regarded as control group.Results Compared with the control group,there was no significant difference in the serum concentration of PSP/reg in VAP group(P>0.05).From continuous monitoring,compared with the start time of MV,there was a significant increase in the concentration of PSP/reg in VAP group(P<0.05),and reached the highest peak in the fourth day.That of the seventh day was significantly decreased,but still higher than the first day(P<0.05).It decreased further in the fourteenth day,but compared to the start time of MV was still higher(P<0.05).In this study,38 cases were successfully evacuated in VAP group.Compared with the fourth day,the concentration of PSP/reg in the 38 cases in the stop of MV had significantly decreased(P<0.05),close to that of in the start of MV,but still a difference between them(P<0.05),and higher than that of the control group in the stop of MV(P<0.05).By Spearman analysis,we found that PSP/reg concentration in the first day had a significant correlation with CRP(r=0.570,P<0.05),but WBC and PCT were not(P>0.05).Conclusion PSP/reg can be used as one of the indicators for diagnosis of VAP,and may be related to the severity of VAP.

Objective:To investigate the effect of upregulated and downregulated PSMA7 on the cell cycle and Cyclin D1,CDK4,P16,Rb of RB pathway in A549 cells.Methods:Transfected upregulated pcDNA3.1-PSMA7 vecter and downregulated pGPU6/Hygro-PSMA7-265 vecter into A549 cells,and then tested the effect of PSMA7 on the cell cycle of A549 cells by flow cytometry,and detected the protein level of Cyclin D1,CDK4,P16,Rb by Western blot.Results:Compared with the control group,the cell cycle of the A549 cells did not change significantly,and the expression of Cyclin D1,CDK4 decreased but P16,Rb increased when PSMA7 was upregulated.Compared with the control group,the proportion of phase G0/G1,G2/M of the A549 cells decreased and phase S increased,and the expression of Cyclin D1,CDK4 increased but P16,Rb decreased when PSMA7 was downregulated.There was statistical significance for those results.Conclusion:PSMA7 could affect the expression of Cyclin D1,CDK4,P16,Rb protein level of RB pathway in A549 and promoted the A549 cells into phase S when it′s downregulated.

[ ABSTRACT] AIM:To observe the effect of high glucose on the protein expression of calreticulin ( CRT) and its association with cell apoptosis and mitochondrial dysfunction in the cardiomyocytes.METHODS: AC-16 cardiomyocytes were randomly divided into normal glucose group, high glucose group, high glucose+CRT siRNA group and isotonic con-trol group.The cell apoptotic rate, reactive oxygen species (ROS), mitochondrial membrane potential level, respiratory enzyme activity, and protein expression of CRT were observed.RESULTS: Compared with the cardiomyocytes in normal glucose group, the apoptotic rate and ROS production of cardiomyocytes increased in high glucose group, accompanying with the decreases in the mitochondrial membrane potential level and enzyme activitiy of the respiratory chain.The protein expression of CRT was significantly increased in high glucose group.However, compared with high glucose group, high glucose+CRT siRNA decreased the expression of CRT and attenuated the damage of mitochondria, but CRT siRNA did not reduce the ROS level in cardiomyocytes.CONCLUSION:High glucose brings about CRT over-expression to induce mito-chondrial injury, thus increasing myocardial apoptosis.

Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of serum α-L-fucosidase (AFU)in primary hepatic carcinoma(PHC)by using the meta analysis method.Methods The databases of Cochrane Library,PubMed,web of knowledge(Medline,BIOSIS Pre-views),Springer link and Science Direct were retrieved from January 1997 to December 2013.The domestic databases of CBMdisc (Chinese BioMedical Literature on disc),CNKI,Wangfang and VIP(VIP Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals)were retrieved from January 1984 to December 2013.Retrieval languages were limited to Chinese and English.The related literatures on the study of serum AFU diagnostic value for PHC were collected and the included studies meeting the inclusion criteria were performed the quality assessment.The meta-Disc 1 .4 software was adopted to conduct the analysis for comprehensively evaluating serum AFU value in the diagnosis of PHC.Results 20 articles were included (15 articles in Chinese and 5 articles in English).A total of 2 114 cases in the patients groups and 5 718 cases in the control groups were analyzed.The heterogeneity test was carried out on the in-cluded 20 articles,suggesting that the heterogeneity of the included studies was caused by the non-threshold effect,so the random effects model was selected for conducting the meta-analysis.And the pooled sensitivity was 0.77,the pooled specificity was 0.87, the pooled positive likelihood ratio was 5.37,the pooled negative likelihood ratio was 0.28,the pooled diagnostic odds ratio was 20. 47 and the SROC area under the curve(AUC)was 0.87.Conclusion Serum AFU has highly sensitivity and specificity for the diag-nosis of PHC and has reference value for its clinical diagnosis.