Objective: To observe the effects of vitamin C(VC)on the electrophysiological property of myocardial cells of the rats fed with low selenium and high cadmium fodder. Method: Eight groups of rats were fed separately with: normal (2 groups), high Cd, high Cd+high VC, low Se+high Cd, low Se+high Cd+high VC, high Se+high Cd and high Se+high Cd+high VC fodder for 14 w. With intracellular microelectrode technique, the electrophysiological changes of rats were observed. Results:Compared with the control, there were no changes in high Cd+high VC group and in high Se+high Cd+high VC group. However,in high Cd group, RP and APA decreased, APD50 and APD90 prolonged; in low Se+high Cd group ,RP and APA decreased, APD50 and APD90 prolonged significantly; in low Se+high Cd+high VC group and high Se+high Cd group, though RP still decreased, no change had been detected on APA and APD. Conclusion: Se deficiency and simultaneous Cd overabundance may change the electrophysiological properties of myocardial cells of the rats significantly. However, VC may protect myocardial cells against the injury effectively.

Objective: To investigate the effects of endothelin(ET) antisence oligoneuceotide and nitric oxide synthase (NOS)genetic transfection on the intimal hyperplasia of venous autografts.Methods: The external jugule veins were autografted into abdominal aorta arteries in 20 Wistar rats, which were divided evenly into experimental and control group at random. The transplanted veins of experimental group were immersed in the adenovirus-mediated eNOS gene solution for 15 minutes just before anastomosis and coated with ET antisence olioneucleotide glue gel just after anastomosis, while the control ones were only immersed the physiologic saline for 15 minutes but nothing to be coated. The transplanted vascular samples were taken at 2 weeks after operation. The intimal thinkness (IH), degree of restenosis(DR), expression of PCNA, ETmRNA, NOS mRNA were determined by histology, transcription polymerase chain reaction.Results: The IH, DR and the expressions of ETmRNA were decreased while the expressions of eNOS mRNA was increased contrary to control group.Conclusion: Transfection of ET antisence oligoneuleotide and NOS gene can inhibit the intimal hyperlisia of venouse autogrfts,it is a prospective and idea genetic prophylactic therapy to intimal hyperplasia.

Objective Severe bronchial stricture due to endobronchial tuberculosis is often accompanied by complex complication,such as obstructiv pneumonia,destroyed lung and bronchiectasis.Its treatment is very diffucult.The present report is to investigate and analyze the indication and efficacy of surgical treatment of bronchial stricture due to severe endobronchial tuberculosis.Methods Reviewed the clinico-pathological records documenting the surgical outcomes in 81 bronchial stricture due to severe endobronchial tuberculosis who underwent lobectomy or pneumonectomy enrolled in our hospital between January 1990 and December 2010.There were 29 male and 52 female.Mean age was(36 ± 12) years (ranged 16-66 years).The three most common reasons of surgery were bronchial stricture accompanied by pulmonary atelectasis,destroyed lung and bronchiectasis(76 cases,93.8％).79 cases had elective operation,whereas one patients required emergency surgery.Pueumonectomy in 51,lobectomy in 16,sleeve resection in 11,segmental resection in 2,and exploratory thoracotomy in 1.If frozen pathological examination showed that endobronchial tuberculosis remained in the bronchial stump,it was covered with muscle flaps,including intercostal muscle flap in 6 cases,latissimus dorsi muscle flap in 5 cases,serratus anterior muscle flap in 5 cases.The mean operative time was 3.2 h (range between 2 h and 5.5 h) and the blood loss averaged 546 ml (range between 100ml and 4 000 ml).The post operative hospital stay averaged(12 ±8)days.Results No intraoperative or early postoperative death occurred.Nine patients developed complications,including BPF in 2,pulmonary infection in 2,empyema in 1,hemorragic shock in 1,hemothorax in 1,incision infection in 1,chylothorax in 1.All 9 cases recovered well after treatment.Pathological examination showed that tuberculosis bronchial remained in the brinchial stump in 13 cases.Neither BPF nor empyema occurred in all the 13 cases.Multivariate analysis revealed that destroyed lung was significant risk factor of postoperative complication.There were 3 late deaths.Five year survival rate was 96.2％.Conclusion Surgical treatment is still the recommeded treatment modatity for bronchial stricture caused by endobronchial tuberculosis due to its excellent results.It should be performed in time when the drug and intraluninal treatment were no effect for avoiding of being progeressed into destroyed lung.

0.05); the levels of LL, LI, RRS in CBA group and CBA+IBT group were significantly lower than those in control group(P

A total of 33 patients with isolated lilac artery aneurysms, 19 males and 14 females, who received treatment between January 1997 and June 2007, were retrospectively analyzed. Among these patients, 29 suffered from unilateral iliac artery aneurysm and 4 from bilateral iliac artery aneurysm. Under general anesthesia, all patients were subjected to aneurysmectomy, followed by vascular prosthesis implantation for vascular reconstruction. Results revealed that among 4 cases of bilateral iliac artery aneurysm, there was 1 case who was subjected to aorta-bilateral femoral artery vascular prosthesis implantation, and there were 3 cases who underwent aorta-bilateral lilac artery vascular prosthesis implantation; among 29 cases of unilateral lilac artery aneurysm, there was 1 case receiving aorta-common lilac artery vascular prosthesis implantation, 3 cases undergoing iliac-femoral artery vascular prosthesis implantation, 21 cases subjected to common-external iliac artery vascular prosthesis implantation, and 4 cases undertaking common -common lilac artery bypass. Color Doppler ultrasonic examination, spiral CT angiography, or digital subtraction arteriography was performed 3, 6 months, 1, 3, 5, 8, and 10 years after surgery. The mean follow-up time was 5 years. Three cases died of acute cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction, and traffic accident 3, 6, and 2 years after surgery, respectively. The remaining cases well survived as determined by no recurred Uiac artery aneurysm, anastomotic stoma stenosis or lower limb ischemia found. These results indicated that aneurysmectomy and subsequent vascular prosthesis implantation remained a good and primary means for treatment of isolated iliac artery aneurysm under the present medical condition.

Objective To investigate the effect of Panax notoginsenosides monomers ginsenoside Rg 1 in inhibiting hepatic fibro-sis .Methods The rat model of hepatic fibrosis was established by using 50% Ccl4 ,total 35 d .The different doses of Rg1was ad-ministered by hypodermical injection .At the end of the treatment ,the pathological changes of hepatic tissue were observed by light and transmission electron microscope .The stereological method was adopted to measure the volume density (Vvm) ,area density (Svm) ,specific surface(Qm) and surface number density (Nam) of liver cell mitochondria in various groups .Results The stereo-logical data of liver cell mitochondria showed that the statistical differences existed among various groups .Vvm in the Panax Notog-insenosides ,low dose Rg1 and isotonic saline groups were significantly increased compared with the normal control group with sta-tistical difference(P<0 .01);Vvm in the high dose Rg1 ,middle dose Rg1 and colchicine groups showed the increasing trend com-pared with the normal control group without statistical difference (P>0 .05);Vvm in the high ,middle and low dose Rg1 ,Panax No-toginsenosides and colchicine groups showed the decreasing trend compared with the isotonic saline group without statistical differ-ence(P>0 .05) .Svm in the low dose Rg1 ,Panax Notoginsenosides ,colchicine and isotonic saline groups were significantly increased compared with the normal group with statistical difference (P<0 .01);Svm in the high dose Rg1 ,middle dose Rg1 ,Panax Notogin-senosides and colchicine groups was significantly induced compared with the isotonic saline group with statistical difference (P<0 .01);Svm in the high dose Rg1 was reduced compared with the middle dose Rg1 group(P<0 .05) .Nam in the low dose Rg1 ,col-chicine and isotonic saline group was significantly increased compared with the normal group (P<0 .01);Nam in the high dose Rg1 , middle dose Rg1 and Panax Notoginsenosides groups were significantly reduced compared with the isotonic saline group with statis-tical difference(P<0 .01);Nam in the high dose Rg1 group was reduced compared with the middle dose Rg 1 group with statistical difference (P<0 .05) .Qm in all groups was reduced compared with normal group without statistical difference (P>0 .05) .Conclu-sion Rg1 has antifibrosis effects of Panax notoginsenosides ,even exceeds Panax notoginsenosides in some aspects ,and the above-mentioned effect is positively correlated with dose .Rg1 is an ideal drug for preventing and treating liver fibrosis .

Objective To study the effects of medicated serum with total saponins from Rhizoma Dioscreae Nipponicae (RDN) on VEGF mRNA expression and AP-1 activity in rat synovial cell strain RSC-364 induced by IL-17 and TNF-α. To investigate the mechanism about total saponin from RDN inhibition of angiogenesis. Methods Medicated serum of total saponins from RDN and tripterygium (positive control) were prepared. Rat synovial cells RSC-364 were divided into four groups: the blank control,IL-17+TNF-α model,tripterygium medicated serum,and total saponins medicated serum groups. After one hour of incubation,all groups except for the blank control were incubated with both IL-17(10 μg·L-1 ) and TNF-α(10 μg·L-1 ) for 24 hours. VEGF mRNA expression in RSC-364 was detected by PrimeScriptTM real-time quantitative PCR (RT-PCR) detection kit,and the AP-1 DNA-binding activity was detected by electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA). Results Compared with the control blank group,both of the VEGF mRNA expression and AP-1 activity in rat synovial cell strain RSC-364 induced by IL-17 and TNF-α increased remarkably (P<0. 05,P<0.01). The VEGF mRNA expression and AP-1 activity in tripterygium medicated serum group and total saponins medicated serum group were remarkably lower than those of the model control group (P<0.05). There was no significant difference between the two medicated serum groups. Conclusion Serum medicated with total saponins from RDN can remarkably decrease VEGF mRNA expression and AP-1 activity,indicating that the total saponins from RDN could influence VEGF secretion by inhibiting the AP-1 signal transduction pathway,VEGF is the key factor of angiogenesis,thereby to restrain angiogenesis.

Objective To understand and master the situation of residents consumption of iodized salt in Chenzhou city of Hunan province,to identify problems and take appropriate interventions to ensure the residents consumption of qualified iodized salt,and to provide a scientific basis for elimination of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD).Methods According to the National Iodized Salt Monitoring Program (Amendment) and the Evaluation Scheme for Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorders at the County Level,the monitoring counties,towns and villages were selected in Chenzhou city from 2008 to 2011,the content of iodine in salt was detected using direct titration.The data was analyzed by SPSS 17.0 and Excel 2003.Results A total of 12700 salt samples were tested from 2008 to 2011.The iodized salt coverage rate,the qualified rate of iodized salt,the consumption rate of qualified iodized salt and the rate of non-iodized salt was 99.19％ (12597/12700),96.33％ (12135/12597),95.55％(12135/12700) and 0.81％ (103/12700),respectively.There were significant differences between each year from 2008 to 2011 (x2 =13.99、42.35、48.45、13.99,P all ＜ 0.01).The coefficient of variation was 21.19％.The median and average of iodine content in salt samples was 32.2 mg/kg and 31.9 mg/kg,respectively.Compared with the median and average of iodized salt content,there was no significant difference between each year from 2008 to 2011 (t =2.941,P ＞ 0.05),while there was significant difference among the 11 counties(t =2.983,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions The goal of eliminating IDD has realized in the city of Chenzhou since 2010.To consolidate the IDD control results,surveillance should be strengthened in future.

Objective To explore the investigate of X-chromosome-linked inhibitor of apoptosis pro- tein(XIAP)and its effect on chemotherapeutic sensitivity in bladder carcinoma.Methods Using immu- nohistochemistry methods,the expression of XIAP was evaluated in 47 bladder carcinomas and 6 normal bladder tissues.The XIAP gene was transfected into bladder cancer cell line T24 by liposome and the positive clone was screened by G418.Cellular XIAP mRNA level was detected by RT-PCR.The apoptosis of T24 cells was induced by low-dose of mitocycin C(0.005 mg/ml and 0.05 mg/ml,respectively).The in vitro cellular growth activities were assayed by MTT color imetry;and the apoptosis rate was assayed by TUNEL methods. Results The expression rate of XIAP was 78.7%(37/47)in bladder carcinoma samples,with no corre- lation with carcinoma stages and grades(P＞0.05).XIAP mRNA level in transfected T24 ceils was signifi- cantly increased by 3.8 times.Treated with 0.005 mg/ml and 0.05 mg/ml of mitomycin C,the growth rates of XIAP transfected T24 cells were increased [(11.60?0.25)% and(16.51?0.87)% ,respectively,P＜0.05];and the apoptosis rates were decreased [(10.1?0.2)% and( 11.9?0.2)% ,respectively,P＜0.05]compared with those in control cells.Conclusions XIAP is highly expressed in humun bladder car- cinoma samples.Overexpression of XIAP in T24 cells results in decrease in bladder carcinoma cell apoptosis induced by MMC,which may decrease the chemotherapeutic sensitivity of T24 cells.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the effects of overexpression of second mitochondria-derived activator of caspases (Smac) gene on apoptosis of gastric cancer cells.

METHODSUnder the induction of liposome, MKN-45 cells were transfected by Smac gene and incubated with G418 for subclone selection. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and Western blot were used to determine cellular Smac gene expression. After induction of apoptosis by mitomycin (MMC), cell viabilities were analyzed using trypan blue stain. Apoptosis was measured by electronic microscopy, acridine orange-ethidium bromide fluorescent staining and in situ terminally labelled transferase technique (TUNEL). Western blot and colorimetry were used to assess cellular caspase-3 expression and its activity.

RESULTSThe Smac mRNA and protein levels in MKN-45/Smac subclone cells (subclone consistently expressing Smac gene) were significantly higher than those in MKN-45 (P < 0.01). When compared with those in MKN-45, cell viabilities of MKN-45/Smac were reduced by 10.0% to 30.8% (P < 0.01), after treatment with 10 microg/ml MMC for 6 to 24 hours. Some of the MKN-45/Smac cells showed characteristic morphologic changes of apoptosis, their apoptotic rate being increased by 21.2% (P < 0.01). After treatment with MMC, caspase-3 expression and its activity in MKN-45/Smac cells were significantly higher than those in MKN-45 (P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONSOverexpression of Smac in gastric cancer cell line significantly improves expression and activity levels of caspase-3 after induction by MMC. Such apoptosis-inducing effect establishes a novel strategy for regulating the apoptosis activity of gastric cancer.

Apoptosis ; Caspase 3 ; metabolism ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Humans ; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; genetics ; Mitochondrial Proteins ; biosynthesis ; genetics ; Mitomycin ; pharmacology ; RNA, Messenger ; biosynthesis ; genetics ; Stomach Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; Transfection