Objective To evaluate the safety of intrvenous balanced propofol sedation with fentanyl in elderly patients during combined gastroscopy and colonoscopy procedures.Methods Totally 877 elderly patients aged (76.4 ± 8.5) years received intravenous propofol and fentanyl sedation during gastroscopy or/and colonoscopy procedures were assigned to groups:294 cases with only gastroscopy,257 cases with only colonoscopy and 326 cases with combined gastroscopy and colonoscopy.50 g Fentanyl and 0.5-1.0 mg/kg propofol were intravenously administered in the patients.The peripheral oxygen saturation,arterial pressure and heart rate were monitored and recorded during procedures.Results There were no procedure-related perforations and sedationassociated severe complications and mortalities,and no one need stop endoscopy procedures in all the patients.The average dosage of propofol in combined,gastroscopy and colonoscopy groups were (100.4±38.5) mg,(130.4±50.5)mg and (170.3± 60.3)mg,respectively.There were no significant differences in heart rate,arterial pressure and rate of cardiovascular events among groups (P＞0.05).The rate of respiration events in the above groups were 9 cases(3.1％),6 cases(2.3％)and 13 cases(4.0％),respectively (P＞0.05).Decrease of peripheral oxygen saturation was mainly induced by the aspiration of oral secretions and snoring.Conclusions Intravenous balanced propofol sedation provides safe and effective sedation in the elderly undergoing combined gastroscopy and colonoscopy.

Objective Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) has been proposed to be used as an endogenous cardioprotective agent. The aim of the present study was to investigate the anti-apoptosis effect of HGF on rat cardiomyocytes after being irradiated by single dose gamma ray. Methods The study was performed using primary cell cultures of cardiomyocytes isolated from hearts of new-born rats. After being cultured for 72h in vitro, cardiomyocytes were irradiated with gamma ray in a single dose of 20Gy. In the HGF treated groups, cells were incubated with HGF in the dose of 20 and 40ng/ml 3h prior to irradiation, respectively. At 48h post-irradiation, the concentration of LDH in the supernatant of cell culture was determined. Apoptosis and cell cycle were determined with flow cytometry. Results LDH concentration in the supernatant of cell culture of irradiated cardiomyocytes was increased significantly compared to that of un-irradiated cells (P

Objective To compare the measured values of activated platelets in different disease sta- tus,and the prevention and treatment effects of aspirin for thromboembolism.Methods Flow cytometry was used to detect CD_(62p)and CD_(63)level in peripheral activated platelets(PAP) of 126 cases of tumor patients and 60 cases of non-tumor patients, and detect the changes after taking aspirin. Results The CD_(62p)and CD_(63) levels of PAP were evidently higher in tumor patients than that of non-tumor patients(P

Objective To investigate the role of protein kinase C (PKC) in reduction of hepatic ischemiareperfusion injury by CO2 preconditioning in rats.Methods Forty-eight male Wistar rats,aged 8-10 weeks,weighing 230-270 g,were randomly divided into 3 groups (n =16 each):hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury group (group HIRI),CO2 preconditioning group (group P),and c helerythrine (CHE,a specific inhibitor of PKC) group (group CHE).The portal vein,hepatic artery and bile duct of the left lateral and median lobes of the liver were occluded for 1 h,followed by 4 h reperfusion in anesthetized rats.The rats inhaled 50％ O2-50％ N2 for 1 h during mechanical ventilation in group HIRI.In P group,the rats inhaled 50％ O2-45％ N2-5％ CO2 for 1 h during mechanical ventilation and then inhaled 50％ O2-50％ N2 and the hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury was performed 15 min later.In group CHE,CHE 5 mg/kg was injected intraperitoneally at 10 min before mechanical ventilation,and the other procedures were similar to those previously described in P group.Before mechanical ventilation,immediately before ischemia,and at 0,1,2,3 and 4 h of reperfusion,mean arterial pressure (MAP) was recorded and arterial blood samples were obtained for blood gas analysis.At 4 h of reperfusion,the serum aspartate amino transferase (AST) and alanine amino-transferase (ALT) activities and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) concentration (by ELISA) were determined and hepatic specimens were obtained for detection of malondialdehyde (MDA) content and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity (by spectrophotometry),and the expression of activated caspase-3 (by immuno-histochemistry) and PKC (by Western blot) in hepatic tissues.Apoptosis index was calculated by using TUNEL.Results Compared with group HIRI,MAP,PaO2 and PaCO2were significantly increased immediately before ischemia and during reperfusion in group P,MAP and PaCO2 were increased during reperfusion and PaO2 was increased immediately before ischemia and during reperfusion in group CHE,the serum ALT and AST activities,TNF-α concentrations,MDA content and apoptosis index were decreased,and the expression of activated caspase-3 was down-regulated in P and CHE groups,and the SOD activity was increased,and the expression of PKC was up-regulated in group P (P ＜ 0.05 or 0.01),and no significant changes were found in the SOD activity and PKC expression in CHE group (P ＞ 0.05).Compared with group P,MAP was significantly increased immediately after onset of reperfusion,while decreased at 1-4 h of reperfusion,PaO2 was decreased immediately before ischemia and during reperfusion,PaCO2 was decreased at 3 h of reperfusion,the serum ALT and AST activities,TNF-α concentrations,MDA content and apoptosis index were increased,and the expression of activated caspase-3 was up-regulated,and the expression of PKC was downregulated in group CHE (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion PKC is involved in reduction of hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury by CO2 preconditioning in rats.

The purpose of this study is to prepare T7 and TAT dual modified liposomes (T7-TAT-LIP) to penetrate through blood brain barrier and target to brain tumor cells. The liposomes were prepared with CFPE, T7 modified PEG-DSPE, TAT modified PEG-DSPE, soybean phospholipid, PEG-DSPE and cholesterol. The CFPE was used to track the cellular uptake efficiency. The density of T7 and TAT and the length of PEG were optimized, and then the liposomes were characterized by particle size, zeta potential, morphology and stability. Afterwards, the cellular uptake by bEnd.3 and C6 cells were evaluated. The results showed that the optimized parameters were 6% of T7, 0.5% of TAT, the molecular weight of PEG for T7 was 2000 and the molecular weight of PEG for TAT was 1000. After optimization, the particle size of T7-TAT-LIP was 118 nm, the zeta potential was -6.32 mV and the particles were spherical. The turbidity and particle size of liposomes were not obviously changed after 24 h incubation in PBS at 37 °C. The particle size and polydispersity index were also stable during 1 month incubation at 4-8 °C. The cellular uptake by both bEnd.3 and C6 cells of T7-TAT-LIP was higher than that of T7 or TAT modified liposomes, suggesting dual modified liposomes possessed better blood brain barrier targeting ability and brain tumor targeting ability than the single ligand modified liposomes.
Biological Transport ; Blood-Brain Barrier ; Brain Neoplasms ; drug therapy ; Cell-Penetrating Peptides ; pharmacology ; Cholesterol ; Liposomes ; Particle Size ; Phosphatidylethanolamines ; Polyethylene Glycols

Objective:To observe the clinical therapeutic effect of needling the acupoints of Governor Vessel and Bladder Meridian plus cupping on chronic fatigue syndrome. Methods: Fifty cases of chronic fatigue syndrome were divided into the treatment group(n= 25) and the control group(n=25). The patients in the treatment group were treated by needling Dazhui (GV 14), Zhiyang (GV 9),Xinshu (BL 15), Geshu (BL 17), Mingmen (GV 4), Shenshu (BL 23) and Changqiang (GV 1). Even reinforcing and reducing manipulation was used. Every time after the needles were withdrawn, the glass jar with thick and smooth mouth was selected to go on the back. The patients in the control group were treated by taking Chinese medicinal herbs, Caili composition, orally. Results: After 3durations of treatment, the therapeutic effects of the two groups were 92. 0% and 64. 0%respectively. There was significant difference in the therapeutic effect between the two groups(x2 =7.29,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion: Acupuncture plus cupping is an effective method in treating chronic fatigue syndrome.

Objective To summarize the etiology and surgical treatment of obstructive infantile cholestasis.Methods Clinical data of 108 cases of obstructive infantile cholestasis was studied retrospectively from April 2009 to April 2014.Results Correct diagnosis was established in all 108 patients by laparoscopic biliary tract exploration and cholangiography.Among those,there were noncorrectable biliary atresia in 81 cases (75.0％),correctable biliary atresia in 5 cases (4.6％),inspissated bile syndrome in 8 cases (7.4％),infantile hepatitis syndrome in 6 cases (5.6％),choledochal cyst in 4 cases (3.7％),biliary hypoplasia in 2 cases (1.9％),1 case (0.9％) suffered from spontaneous bile duct perforation,1 case (0.9％) suffered from oppression of lymph nodes in hepatic portal.Patients of nocorrectable biliary atresia were treated with open Kasai portoenterostomy or laparoscopic Kasai portoenterostomy,correctable biliary atresia and choledochal cyst underwent laparoscopic cyst excision and Roux-Y hepaticojejunostomy,inspissated bile syndrome,infantile hepatitis syndrome and biliary hypoplasia were treated by laparoscopic cholecystostomy and biliary tract irrigation.The patient of spontaneous bile duct perforation was treated with laparoscopic common bile duct exploration and T-tube drainage,the lymph node was excised in patient with oppression of lymph nodes in hepatic portal.All infants were followed-up for 3 months to 48 months,the clearance of jaundice rate varied in patients with Kasai portoenterostomy,patients with non-Kasai portoenterostomy were all in good condition and there were no symptom recurrence.Conclusion Biliary atresia,inspissated bile syndrome,infantile hepatitis syndrome,choledochal cyst and biliary hypoplasia are the most common cause of surgery-related infantile cholestasis.Kasai portoenterostomy,hepaticojejunostomy and cholecystostomy and biliary tract irrigation are the main surgical method for surgery-related infantile cholestasis.

Objective To detect the expression of IL-17 in renal transplant recipients by Luminex and evaluate the relationship between the level of serum IL 17 and early acute renal allograft rejection.Methods 38 kidney transplant recipients and healthy controls (HC,healthy volunteers,n =20) were selected in this study from January 2009 to October 2011.All patients were divided into two groups according to their allograft outcome as acute rejection group (ARG,n-18) and non-rejection group (NRG,n=20).The expression of serum IL-17 was detected by Luminex technique in two groups of kidney transplant recipients and HC.To evaluate the correlation between the level of serum IL-17 and early acute renal allograft rejection.Results The mean level of IL-17 in all renal transplant recipients 1.3 ± 1.9 pg/ml at the pre-transplantation was significantly lower than that in HC (6.9± 8.5 pg/ml,t=3.968,P＜0.001).The results highlighted that the level of serum IL-17 in ARG 3.4±5.8 pg/ml was significantly higher than that in NRG (0.5±0.4 pg/ml) on the 7th days post Kidney transplantation (post KTx,t=2.242,P =0.031).Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that the probability of rejectionfree survival in the higher levels group of IL-17 on the 7th days post-KTx was significant lower than that in the lower levels group (P＜0.001).The results of receiver operating characteristic curve showed that the sensitivity and specificity of the combined IL-17 to predict acute rejection were 66.67％ and 100％,respectively.Conclusion The serum IL-17 levels in renal transplant recipients on the 4th and 7th post-KTx days can predict early renal transplant rejection.

Objective To investigate the value of three-dimensional visualization system in the treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma.Methods The clinical data of 10 patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma who were admitted to Chenggong Hospital of Xiamen University from January 2012 to September 2012 were retrospectively analyzed.The two-dimensional computed tomography images were converted to three-dimensional images with the three-dimensional visualization system,and then the volume of liver and tumor size,volume of liver to be resected,remnant liver volume were measured.Surgical procedure was planned based on the three-dimensional images,and the difference between the actual and planned surgical procedures was analyzed.The correlation between actual liver resection volume and predicted liver resection volume was analyzed by calculating the Pearson correlation coefficient.Results The mean liver volume,tumor size,predicted liver resection volume and remnant liver volume of the 10 patients detected by the three-dimensional visualization system were (1496 ± 162) ml,(67 ± 18) ml,(335 ± 241)ml and (1140 ± 197)ml,respectively.The average error rate of predicted liver resection volume was 6.4％.Surgical plan was made in accordance with the principle of curative hepatectomy,including 4 cases of left semihepatectomy,2 cases of right semihepatectomy,3 cases of partial liver resection and 1 case of palliative liver resection.The coincidence rate between the planned and actual surgical procedures was 9/10.R0 resection was performed on 7 patients,R1 resection on 1 patient and palliative resection on 2 patients.One patient received restrictive portal vein arterialization.Preoperative evaluation of the anatomy of blood vessels,bile ducts and tumors based on three-dimensional images was confirmed with operative findings.The accuracy of tumor typing by the three-dimensional visualization system was 8/10.The actual liver resection volume was (325 ± 258) ml,which was positively correlated with the predicted liver resection volume (r =0.902,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The three-dimensional visualization system is helpful in the treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma.

OBJECTIVETo explore the effect of curcumin (CMN) on contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in rats and explore the potential mechanisms focusing on heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) expression.

METHODSMale SD rats (n = 24) were randomly divided into four groups (n = 6 each): control group (group A), diatrizoate group (DTZ, group B), DTZ + CMN group (group C), DTZ + CMN + zinc protoporphyrin IX group (group D). All rats were fed with normal chow for 1 week, right kidney was excised under anesthesia and rats were fed with normal chow for another 4 weeks. Afterwards, rats in group A was fed with normal chow, and rats in group B to D were fed with low-salt diet. All rats were injected furosemide 2 mg×kg(-1)×d(-1) for 7 days intramuscularly. At the beginning of the 7(th) day, rats in group C were injected intramuscularly with CMN 20 mg/kg, rats in group D were injected with CMN (20 mg/kg) + zinc protoporphyrin IX (7.5 mg/kg) while rats in group A and B were injected with equal volume of physiological saline. At the end of the 7(th) day, indometacin (10 mg/kg) was injected into tail vein of all rats. One hour later, 60% DTZ (8 ml/kg) was injected to rats in the group B, C and D while equal volume saline was injected to rats in group A through common carotid artery. After 48 hours, blood was drawn from the hearts of deeply anesthetized rats and kidney tissue was obtained for histology, HO-1, Bax, Bcl-2 expression and the apoptotic index measurements.

RESULTSThe serum creatinine of group B, C and D [(83.67 ± 4.50) µmol/L, (63.67 ± 4.76) µmol/L, (104.17 ± 4.58) µmol/L] was significantly higher than that of group A [(41.50 ± 5.58) µmol/L, all P < 0.05], the serum creatinine was significantly higher in group B than in group C and lower than in group D (all P < 0.05). HO-1 expression of group B, C and D was significantly higher than that of group A (all P < 0.05), significantly higher in group C than in group B and D (all P < 0.05). HO-1 activity of group A, B and C was significantly higher than that of group D(all P < 0.05), HO-1 activity was significantly higher in group B than in group A and significantly lower in group B than in group C (all P < 0.05). Bax, Bcl-2 expression and apoptosis index of group B, C and D were significantly higher than that of group A (all P < 0.05), while Bcl-2/Bax of group B, C and D were significantly lower than that of group A (all P < 0.05). Bcl-2 and Bcl-2/Bax were significantly higher while apoptosis index was significantly lower in group C than in group B (all P < 0.05). Bax and apoptosis index were significantly higher and Bcl-2, Bcl-2/Bax were significantly lower in group D than in group B (all P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONCMN could protect against contrast-induced nephropathy through reducing renal cell apoptosis via upregulating HO-1 expression and activating HO-1 activity in rats.

Animals ; Contrast Media ; administration & dosage ; Curcumin ; pharmacology ; Disease Models, Animal ; Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) ; metabolism ; Kidney ; metabolism ; Kidney Diseases ; chemically induced ; prevention & control ; Male ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley