Objective To investigate the activation mechanism of matrix metalloproteinase-13 zymogen (pro-MMP-13) induced by nitric oxide (NO). Methods Human chondrosarcoma cells (SW1353) were grouped and treated with the NO donor S-nitroso-N-acetyl-penicillamine (SNAP), SNAP + NO scavenger oxyhemoglobin (OxyHb), and SNAP + tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase material -2 (TIMP-2) respectively. After stimulation, matrix metalloproteinase -13 ( a-MMP-13 ) expression level was detected. Besides, the expression levels of MT1- MMP were detected after SW1353 cells stimulated with SNAP and SNAP + OxyHb, respectively. At last, the activities of the recombinant MMP-13 (r-MMP-13) were detected after r-MMP-13 stimulated with SNAP, recombinant MT1-MMP (r-MT1-MMP) and r-MT1-MMP + TIMP-2,respectively. Results SNAP increased human chondrocytes a-MMP-13 expression, OxyHb and TIMP-2 inhibited a- MMP- 13 expression. SNAP also increased the expression of MT1- MMP levels, OxyHb inhibited the expression of MT1-MMP. r-MT1-MMP activated the r-MMP-13, but SNAP did not, TIMP-2 inhibited the activity of r-MMP-13 induced by r-MT1-MMP. Conclusions NO can not directly activate pro-MMP13 by the role of S-nitroso-(S nitrosylation). MT1-MMP mediates the activiation of pro-MMP-13 induced by NO.

AlM: To compare the clinical efficacy of treatment on recurrent pterygium using different concentration mitomycin C ( MMC) in the pterygium excision operation combined with the corneal limbal stem cell autografting ( CLSCA) .METHODS: Sixty patients ( 65 eyes ) with recurrent pterygium were randomly divided into three groups. All cases were accepted CLSCA, 21 patients (22 eyes) were given 0. 15g/L MMC during operation, 20 patients ( 22 eyes) were given 0. 25g/L MMC during operation, 19 patients ( 21 eyes ) were given 0. 4g/L MMC during operation. The patients were followed up for 6mo to 2a.RESULTS:The recurrent rates of the three groups were 9%, 5%, 5% respectively. There was no statistically significant differences (P>0. 05). The complication rates of the three groups were 5%, 36%, 33% respectively. There were statistically significant differences (P<0. 05). CONCLUSlON: The treatment to the recurrent pterygium using low concentration MMC has the similar recurrence rates, but the complication rate was lower, it is an ideal operation method, and it is worth popularization and application.

In this paper the last study of the role of nitric oxide(NO) in the development of osteoarthritis is reported. The study of dependability of the content of NO in the inflamed tissue and development of osteoarthritis showed that NO had an important role in the damage of cartilage,and that the inhibition of excess release of NO could improve the repair of cartilage,and that the effective inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase might cure osteoarthritis.

Child ; Electroencephalography ; Humans ; Male ; Seizures ; diagnosis ; Status Epilepticus ; diagnosis ; Time Factors

Viral encephalitis is infectious diseases caused by many kinds virus which infects the brain and produces a series of clinical manifestations,it is an common disease in children.Rhabdomyolysis is a sort of syndrome characterized by striated muscle necrosis and the release of intracellular muscle constituents into the circulation,most notably high level of creatine phosphokinase and myoglobin,and myoglobi-nuria,which is often complicated with acute renal failure.It was reported that rhabdomyolysis could be associated with many viral encephalidities,the clinician should pay attention to this condition because it was not rare especially,when hematuria appearred in the course of viral encephalidities,serum creatine phosphate kinase,serum and urine myohemoglobin should be detected to identify whether rhabdomyolysis was existed.Once the diagnosis was confirmed,it should be treated with fluid administration and basification in order to avoid acute renal failure,and to improve prognosis on these patients.This study reviewed the literature on viral encephalidities and rhabdomyolysis.

Objective To observe the central nervous system(CNS)damage in children with mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia(MPP)and explore its mechanism.Methods A total of 325 cases of MPP were selected to investigate the incidence of CNS damage,and the levels of IL-8,IL-18 and soluble interleukin-2 receptor(sIL-2R)in both serum and cerebrospinal fluid(CSF)were detected in those patients with CNS complications.Children with viral encephalitis at hospital during the same period were taken as control group.Use SPSS 12.0 software to analyze the data.Results There were 22 cases(6.8%)of MPP who had CNS complications,presented mainly with fever,vomiting,headache and convulsion.The levels of IL-8,IL-18 and sIL-2R were higher in MPP patients who had CNS complications than those in control group,especially the level of IL-18 and sIL-2R in CSF(Pa

Objective To evaluate the application value of the blood culture combined with the detection of serum procalcitonin and C-reactive protein(CRP)in diagnosing infectious fever patients.Methods The PCT and CRP detection results on the blood sampling day in 126 cases of fever with positive blood culture and 123 cases of fever with negative blood culture in the emergency department were retrospectively analyzed,and the two sets of data were compared and statistically analyzed by the SPSS 16.0 soft-ware.Results The positive rates of CRP and PCT in 126 cases of positive blood culture were 100% and 100%,the detection values were 26.9-256.8 and 0.25-98.6,the positive rates of CRP and PCT in 123 cases of negative blood culture 95.5% and 15.4% re-spectively,the detection values were 1 .2-126.8 and 0.02-0.98.The PCT and CRP detection values in the positive blood culture group were significantly higher than those in the negative blood culture group,the difference was statistically significant(P <0.01). Conclusion PCT and CRP can be served as the monitoring indicators for blood bacterial infections,the blood culture combined with PCT and CRP detection has the guidance significance for early diagnosing bacterial infection.

Acute Disease ; Female ; Humans ; Intubation, Intratracheal ; Male ; Organophosphate Poisoning ; Pesticides ; poisoning ; Respiration, Artificial ; Tracheotomy ; methods

Abdominal Muscles ; physiology ; Abdominal Pain ; diagnosis ; physiopathology ; Animals ; Animals, Newborn ; Colon ; innervation ; Electrodes ; Electromyography ; Female ; Pain Measurement ; methods ; Pain Threshold ; physiology ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Viscera ; Visceral Afferents ; physiology

Objective To construct a suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) library of human renal cell carcinoma. Methods Poly A + RNA was isolated from human renal cell carcinoma (RCC) tissues and matched normal kidney tissues, respectively. Then double strand cDNA were synthesized and restricted by Rsa I.RCC cDNA were divided into two groups and ligated with either adaptor 1 or adaptor 2.After RCC cDNA hybridized with normal kidney cDNA twice and underwent nested PCR,the PCR products were cloned into pT Adv vector and transformed E.coli TOP10F′.Some positive clones randomly picked up were digested and sequenced. Results The SSH library contained 414 positive clones. Random analysis of 265 clones with enzyme restriction showed that 246 clones contained cDNA fragments which were distributed mainly between 300～900 bp. Among 40 arbitrary clones derived from the above 246 clones, No.170 clone is a previously unknown sequence and the other 39 clones were derived from 35 known genes. Conclusions The quality of the SSH library of human RCC is reliable and its construction would lay the foundation for further screening differentially expressed genes in RCC.