Objective To detect the changes of cell proliferation and IFN-γsusceptibility of human pancreatic can-cer cells after suppressor of cytokine signaling-1 (SOCS1) gene silencing, and to explore the SOCS1 as the target of anti-tu-mor therapy through enhancing the function of IFN-γ. Methods Western blot assay, PCR and real-time PCR were used to verify the down regulation of SOCS1 in human pancreatic cancer cell (PANC1) after transfection;subsequently, PANC1 was stimulated with IFN-γ. Western blot assay was also used to detect the expression of signal transducers and activators of tran-scription (STAT)1 and phosphorylation STAT(pSTAT)1;and the change of IFN-γsusceptibility was detected by MTT assay. Real-time PCR was used to detect the mRNA of interferon regulatory factor-1(IRF-1). Flow cytometry was used to detect the cell cycle. Results The expression levels of SOCS1 mRNA and protein were significantly decreased in small hairpin SCOS1 (shSOCS1) transfected PANC1 cells. After the silence of SOCS1, the expression levels of IRF-1 and pSTAT1 in-creased significantly (P<0.05), and the median inhibitory concentration(IC50)of IFN-γfor PANC1 cells decreased signifi-cantly (P<0.01). The cell count of shSOCS1 cells dropped significantly compared with that of control group after the SOCS1 silencing for 72 hours (P<0.05). The cell cycle arrest was promoted at the G0/G1 phase, but the percentage of cells in S phase and G2/M decreased compared to that of control groups (P<0.05). Conclusion After the inhibition of SOCS1 gene expression, the proliferation ability of human pancreatic cancer cell line PANC1 decreased, and the sensitivity of PANC1 cells to IFN-γwas enhanced.

A method based on in situ formed ionic liquids microextraction-ultra performance liquid chromatography(ISFILM-UPLC) was established for the determination of vancomycin in human serum.The samples were pretreated by vortex and centrifugation.[C6MIM] [Br] and NaPF6 were applied as the extracting agent,and Metronidazole as the internal standard.Methanol was applied to redissolve the precipitate.The separation was carried out on a BEH C18 column,and the mobile phase consisted of methanol and 0.05 mol/L monopotassium phosphate solution.The flow rate was 0.2 mL/min,the injection volume was 5 μL,and the column temperature was 18 ℃.The key parameters of this method such as the specificity,accuracy and precision were validated.This method showed good correlation with the immunoassay.It shows great potential for the application in clinical practice.

Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by dysregulated host responses to infection. Despite decades of research, it remains the leading cause of death in intensive care units (ICUs). None of the current treatment, including antibiotics, organ protection and liquid resuscitation, is specifically effective for sepsis. Immunosuppression is one of the currently accepted pathogenesis and immunotherapy is one of the hot spot of current sepsis research. Immune related treatments include restricting the release of pathogen toxin and its removal, controlling the excessive inflammatory reaction and apoptosis inhibition, etc. Numerous pre-clinical studies using immunomodulatory agents such as interleukin-7 (IL-7), anti-programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) antibody and others, have demonstrated reversal of T cell dysfunction and improved survival resulting from reviewing recent advances in immunotherapy of sepsis. Therefore, immunotherapy may be a new way of sepsis treatment.

Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor technology,with its features of real-time,fast,no need for labeling,no background interference and non-destructive to samples,etc.,has been widely used in the field of biotechnology,medicine,environmental science and drug detection.This article gives an overview of the recent popular studies and their progress in SPR technology is reviewed,especially giving a detailed overview of the surface modification technique,related hyphenated techniques and application of SPR in clinical examination.Hyphenated techniques is discussed from three aspects of molecular imprinting technique,SPR based immunoassay and nucleic acids SPR biosensor as well.

Objective To investigate the effects of human papilloma virus 16 E6 (HPV16 E6) on endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-autophagic response in the cervical cancer C33A cells.Methods Polymerase chain reaction was used for detecting the integration of HPV DNA.The eukaryotic expression vector of HPV16 E6 was constructed and transfected via lipofectamine into C33A cells.Experimental cells were classified into 3 groups:pcDNA3.1--HPV16 E6 group,pcDNA 3.1-group and C33A group.Western blot was used to measure expression of protein of HPV16 E6,Beclin 1,LC3 Ⅱ,IRE1,PERK and ATF6 in transfected cells.Results here was no HPV DNA integration in C33A cells that were confirmed as the intervention cells.Eukaryotic expression vector pcDNA3.1--HPV16 E6 was constructed successfully.The eukaryotic expression vector pcDNA3.1--HPV16 E6 significantly improved the expression of protein of HPV 16 E6 in C33A cells.The protein expression of Beclin 1,LC3 Ⅱ,IRE1,PERK and ATF6 were significantly improved after transfection with vector pcDNA3.1 +-HPV16 E6 (P ＜ 0.05).Furthermore,LC3 Ⅱ protein level was reduced by treatment with ER stress inhibitor.Conclusion HPV16 E6 can improve autophagy through the ER stress pathway,and this response may play an important role in the process of HPV16 E6 inducing cervical cancer,providing one of the new strategies for gene therapy of cervical carcinoma.

Objective:To explore the value of HDlive Flow in prenatal diagnosis of the velamentous placenta.Methods:A total of 2 723 pregnant women underwent prenatal ultrasonography in the second trimester and delivered at Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital from January 2019 to January 2020, and 48 of them were diagnosed as having velamentous placenta confirmed by postpartum clinical and pathological examination and were included in this retrospective analysis. Two-dimensional echocardiography-color Doppler flow imaging (2D-CDFI) and HDlive Flow were both performed during the prenatal ultrasound examination. The sonographic features of velamentous placenta by HDlive Flow were summarized and the prenatal detection rate between two methods were compared using Chi-square test. Results:The incidence of velamentous placenta was 1.8% (48/2 723) in our hospital. Out of the 48 enrolled cases, 45 were diagnosed by HDlive Flow with a detection rate of 93.8% (45/48), three of them were complicated by vasa previa; the other three cases were misdiagnosed as battledore placenta. There were 38 cases diagnosed by 2D-CDFI with a detection rate of 79.2% (38/48), which was lower than HDlive Flow ( χ2=4.360, P=0.037); the other ten cases were misdiagnosed as battledore placenta. The sonographic features by HDlive Flow were as follow: (1) Umbilical cord attached to fetal membranes outside the placenta in 41 cases with the umbilical vessels distributing along the fetal membrane in a mesh pattern; (2) In three cases, the umbilical cord insertion was located on fetal membranes at the edge of placenta; (3) One case was shown that umbilical cord and the branches of umbilical vessels were inserted into the placenta in a "λ" shape. Conclusions:The anatomy of the umbilical cord, umbilical blood vessels and placenta can be directly shown under HDlive Flow, which can improve the prenatal detection rate of the velamentous placenta.

Objective To analyze the clinical,myopathological and genetic features in 5 female manifesting carriers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).Methods The age of onset of these 5 patients were from birth to 54 years old,one of which had a family history of DMD.Two patients presented with proximal weakness,one with myalgia and dilated cardiomyopathy,one with limb weakness and ventricular septal defect,and one with exercise intolerance.Serum creatine kinase concentrations were between 1 000-31 815 U/L.Muscle biopsies were performed in 4 patients.Dystrophin gene mutation analyses were carried out in 5 patients by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification.Karyotype study was done in one patient who had no dystrophin gene mutation.Results Muscle biopsy revealed markedly decreased dystrophin expression in one patient and a mosaic pattern with some fibers lacking or partially expressing dystrophin in 3 patients.Four patients were identified carrying exonic deletions of dystrophin gene and one had t(x;5) (p21 ;p14).Conclusions The clinical manifestations and myopathological changes are more compatible with Becker muscular dystrophy.Chromosome translocation can be detected in Chinese female manifesting carrier.

Objective To study the effect of bifidobacterium on intestinal tissue of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)in newborn rats and its regulation of Wnt/β-Catenin signal pathway.Methods Seventy -five newborn SD rats were randomly divided into 5 groups,and each group had 1 5 rats.Group A was artificial feeding control group;group B was NEC model group;group C was bifidobacterium treatment group;group D was artificial feeding +bifidobacterium control group;group E was rat breast feeding control group.The localization expression of Toll -like re-ceptor 4(TLR4)of ileocecal ileum tissue was detected by immunohistochemical detection,and also the equivalen-tileum tissues were detected for the contents of glycogen synthase kinase -3β(GSK3β)and β-Catenin expression by Wes-tern blot.Comparing the differences of these indicators between the groups,in addition,the data of TLR4,GSK3βandβ-Catenin were analyzed by Bivariate correlations.Results The levels of TLR4 in ileum tissue of 5 groups were 0.36 ±0.03,0.48 ±0.05,0.34 ±0.03,0.37 ±0.04,0.35 ±0.02.The levels of GSK3βin ileum tissue of 5 groups were 0.98 ±0.23,1 .48 ±0.42,0.99 ±0.20,0.56 ±0.1 7,0.60 ±0.1 5.The levels of β-Catenin in ileum tissue of 5 groups were 1 .48 ±0.22,0.64 ±0.55,1 .27 ±0.36,1 .72 ±0.51 ,1 .82 ±0.44.The levels of TLR4 and GSK3βin ileum tissue of group B were significantly increased compared with group E (P <0.05).The levels of β-Catenin sig-nificantly decreased compared with group E (P <0.05).The levels of TLR4 and GSK3βin ileum tissue of group C were significantly decreased compared with group B (P <0.05).The levels of β-Catenin significantly increased com-pared with group B (P <0.05).Negative correlation was observed between the levels of GSK3βand β-Catenin(r =-0.592,P <0.05),while positive correlation was observed between the levels of TLR4 and GSK3β(r =0.295,P <0.05),and negative correlation was observed between the levels of TLR4 and β-Catenin(r =-0.426,P <0.05). Conclusions Bifidobacterium has certain protective effect on the NEC newborn rat intestines,which can reduce the in-cidence of experimental NEC and the severity of intestinal injury.Its effect may be achieved by regulating the Wnt/β-Catenin signal pathway,which decreases the expression of the level of GSK3βand increases the level of repair fac-tor β-Catenin.

Objective To extract the Ginseng polysaccharide (GPS), polysaccharides of Tricholoma matsutake (PTM)and polysaccharide of Lentinus edodes (PLE)from gingeng, tricholoma matsutake and lentinus edodes respectively,and to analyze and identify their structures,and to prepare their complex,and to study the indirect antitumor activity invitro of polysaccharide complex.Methods The polysaccharides were extracted with hot water and precipitated by ethanol.The carbohydrate levels were determined by the method of phenol-sulfuric acid.The m-hydroxyphenyl method was used to determine the levels of uronic acid, and the national standard method was used to determine the levels of starch.Infrared spectroscope and chemical methods were performed to analyze their structures. Orthogonal experiment was used to study mixing methods. Cytotoxic T lymphocyte experiment and LDH release assay were performed to detect the influence of polysaccharide complex of GPS,PTM,and PLE in the CTL killing activity,and its indirect killing effect on the P815 cells.Results The extraction rates of GPS,PTM, and PLE were 8.85%,9.40%,and 10.50%;the levels of total polysaccharides were 62.96%,59.13%,and 33.86%;the levels of uronic acid were 16.44%,9.37%,and 16.44%;the starch levels were 7.26%,2.80%,and 3.77%,respectively.The identification results showed that the polysaccharides were obstrained.When the quality ratio of the three kinds of polysaccharides was 1∶1∶1 and the concentration was 600 mg·L-1 ,the CTL cytotoxicity was the highest.Conclusion The polysaccharide complex is obtained,identified and characterized. Polysaccharide complex can enhance the cytotoxicity of CTL and has the indirectly inhibitory effect on the proliferation of P815 cells.

Objective To evaluate the expression of metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT-1) in ovarian cancer cell lines, and to investigate the biological effects of down-regulated MALAT-1 on OVCAR3 cells.Methods qRT-PCR analysis was used to examine the expression level of MALAT-1 gene in ovarian cancer cells, including ES-2, A2780, SKOV3 and OVCAR3 cell lines.For functional research, four shRNA oligos specially targeting MALAT-1 and a empty vector were designed and constructed into pGPU6/GFP/Neo, then transfected into OVCAR3 cells.qRT-PCR was used to confirm the effective suppression of MALAT-1.Changes of proliferation and adhesion of cells were analyzed by CCK-8 and adhesion assays.Wound-healing, transwell migration and invasion assays were used to examine migration and invasion of MALAT-l-silencing cells in vitro.Results The expression of MALAT-1 gene in OVCAR3 cells was high, and qRT-PCR results confirmed successfully the knockdown of MALAT-1 after transient transfection.After successful suppression of MALAT-1, the proliferation, wound-healing and adhesion ability in vitro were inhibited to some degree.In transwell migration assay, the number of migration cells in MALAT-1-silencing group was 52.17±4.48, which is much less than that in the negative and control groups (286.50± 12.23 and 295.67±6.96, respectively).In invasion assay, the number of invasion cells passing the transwell membrane in MALAT-1-silencing group (37.33±2.40) was also decreased significantly, compared to that in the negative and control groups (239.00±15.72 and 222.67±20.85, P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions shRNA-mediated silence of MALAT-1 can effectively inhibit the proliferation, adhesion, migration and invasion abilities of ovarian cancer cell line OVCAR3 in vitro, indicating MALAT-1 is expected to be a target gene for the treatment of ovarian cancer.