Superoxide dismutase(SOD) was purified from Tegillarca granosa and the effects of tributyltin chloride(TBTCl) on the enzyme activity of the SOD were analyzed at different conditios. The results showed that the effects of TBTCl on SOD activity were more ohvious at room temperature than at four degrees centigrade. 58. 1 % of the enzyme activity was reserved after SOD was incubated with 200?g?mL-1 of TBTC1 for 72 hours at room temperature, while 90. 9% of the enzyme activity was reserved at four degrees centigrade. The enzyme activity of SOD was reduced with the increase of TBTC1 concentration and interaction time. TBTCl could reduce heat-resisting, acid-resisting and alkali-resisting abilities of SOD. With TBTCl concentration increase,SOD isozyme bands in the graph of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis were getting weaker.

Objective To study the clinical effects of the Tanreqing injection combined with Danshen-Chuanxiongqin injection for the patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) and its effects on plasma NO and endothelin-1 (ET-1) levels. Methods A total of 79 patients with AECOPD in our hospital from May 2014 to January 2017 were enrolled in this study. The subjects were randomly divided into the control group (n=39) and the combined therapy group (n=40). The control group were treated with Tanreqing injection, the combined therapy group were treated with Tanreqing injection combined with Danshen-Chuanxiongqin injection.The two groups were treated for 10 days.The clinical effects of the two groups after treatment were compared. The MPAP, PASP, PADP, PaO2, PaCO2, SaO2, NO and ET-1 of the two groups before and after treatment were compared. Results The total efficacy rate of the combined therapy group was 97.5% (39/40), which was significantly higher than 82.1% (32/39) of the control group (x2=5.178,P=0.023).After treatment,the MPAP(25.19 ± 8.71 mmHg vs.35.28 ± 9.52 mmHg,t=4.917),PASP (44.35 ± 12.26 mmHg vs.57.24 ± 11.17 mmHg,t=4.881),PADP(17.16 ± 4.05 mmHg vs.26.40 ± 3.85 mmHg, t=10.38),PaCO2(42.70 ± 6.31 mmHg vs. 51.44 ± 6.83 mmHg, t=5.910)of the combined therapy group were significantly lower than those of the control group(P<0.05).After treatment,the PaO2(73.95 ± 7.82 mmHg vs. 67.21 ± 7.16 mmHg,t=3.993),SaO2(94.86% ± 5.11% vs.83.63% ± 4.27%,t=10.586)of the combined therapy group were significantly higher than those of the control group (P<0.05). After treatment, the plasma NO (55.82 ± 10.08 μmol/L vs.46.34 ± 8.50 μmol/L,t=4.513)of the combined therapy groupwas significantly higher than the control group(P<0.05)and the plasma ET-1(80.41 ± 8.95 ng/L vs.87.68 ± 9.24 ng/L,t=3.552)of the combined therapy groupwere significantly lower than the control group (P<0.05). Conclusions The Tanreqing injection combined with Danshen-Chuanxiongqin injection showed good efficacy for the patients with AECOPD,and the therapy can reduce the pulmonary arterial hypertension and ET-1, improve the lung tissue oxygen supply and NO release, and improve the cardiopulmonary function.

OBJECTIVETo study the expression of special AT-rich sequence binding protein 1 (SATB1) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines with different invasive capacities.

METHODSSATB1 expression was detected using real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR, RT-PCR, Western blotting and immunofluorescence in immortalized liver cell line HL-7702, noninvasive HCC cell lines HepG2 and SMMC-7721, MHCC97L cells with low invasiveness, and highly invasive cell lines MHCC97H and HCCLM3.

RESULTSIn comparison with HL-7702 cells, all the 5 HCC cell lines showed overexpression of SATB1 mRNA, which was the highest in the highly invasive HCCLM3 and MHCC97H cells, followed by MHCC97L cell line, and then by SMMC-7721 and HepG2 cell lines (P<0.001). The relative expression quantity of SATB1 protein in HepG2, SMMC-7721, MHCC97L, MHCC97H, and HCCLM3 cell lines was 0.271±0.002, 0.351±0.023, 0.621±0.026, 0.878±0.026, and 1.236±0.006, respectively. SATB1 expression level in HCCLM3 cell line was 4.6-fold higher than that in HepG2 cell line (P<0.001). SATB1 was found to localize in the cytoplasm and cell nuclei of the 5 HCC cell lines, and the highly invasive HCCLM3 and MHCC97H cell lines showed a strong positive staining for SATB1 in immunofluorescence assay.

CONCLUSIONSATB1 expression levels differ distinctly between the HCC cell lines with different invasive capacities and are possibly associated with the metastatic potentials of the cells.

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; metabolism ; pathology ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Humans ; Liver Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; Matrix Attachment Region Binding Proteins ; metabolism ; Neoplasm Invasiveness ; RNA, Messenger ; genetics

OBJECTIVETo detect the expression of Nusap1 of surgical margins in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and investigate its association with early tumor recurrence.

METHODSThe expression of Nusap1 in the surgical margins of HCC, which were histopathologically negative for tumor cells, was examined using immunohistochemistry in 61 HCC cases.

RESULTSFifteen of 21 (71.4%) cases with immunohistochemical positivity for Nusap1 expression in the surgical margins had early recurrence of HCC, a rate significantly higher than that in patients with negative Nusap1 expression (12/40, 30%) (P<0.05).

CONCLUSIONSNusap1 expression in the surgical margins of HCC is closely correlated to early postoperative recurrence and can serve as an indicator for predicting early recurrence of HCC.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Female ; Humans ; Immunohistochemistry ; Liver Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Male ; Microtubule-Associated Proteins ; metabolism ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ; pathology ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVETo investigate the surgical techniques and appropriate perioperative management for ensuring successful orthotopic liver transplantation (ROLT) in rats.

METHODSBased on the double-cuff technique of Kamada, we modified the surgical techniques of separation, perfusion and cold preservation of the donor liver, shearing and anastomosis of the suprahepatic vena cava with optimized postoperative infusion protocols and animal care.

RESULTSTwo hundred and seventy rats underwent ROLT and a learning curve of the success rate was built to reflect the improvement of techniques. The learning curve showed steep improvements over the exploration stage, breakthrough stage and maturation stage, and the success rates increased sharply over time (0%, 71.1%, and 94.5%, respectively) until finally reaching over 90%. The shearing and anastomosis of the suprahepatic vena cava remained the most critical and difficult techniques in ROLT modeling.

CONCLUSIONProficient microsurgical techniques and meticulous nursing can reduce postoperative complications, enhance operational success rate and extend the survival time after ROLT.

Anastomosis, Surgical ; Animals ; Disease Models, Animal ; Graft Survival ; Liver ; surgery ; Liver Transplantation ; methods ; mortality ; Perioperative Care ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley