Objective To investigate the influence of acupuncture on Nestin expression in the cerebral cor- tex of hypoxia-ischemic neonatal rats.Methods A total of 72 Sprague-Dawley(SD)rats aged 7 days were random- ly divided into three groups:A normal group(n=24),the hypoxic-ischemic encepbalopathy(HIE)group(n=24), and an acupuncture+HIE group(n=24).The rats were sacrificed at time points including 3d,7d,14d and 28d af- ter insult,their brains were removed and sections were made.Any nerve stem cells(NSCs)in the cerebral cortex were detected using immunohistochemical staining of Nestin.Results Nestin-positive cells were found in the cere- bral cortex in the normal neonatal SD rats early after birth.After HI insult,the Nestin-positive cells had increased in the injured areas of the cortex and in contralateral mirror areas,especially around the injured areas.Peak Nestin ex- pression was 3 days after insult.In the acupuncture+HIE group,Nestin positive cells were significantly increased when compared with that in the HIE group,the peak was postponed,and the peak was longer than in the HIE group. The Nestin positive cells decreased,were seldom seen,and were not different among three groups 28 days after the HI insult.Conclusions Endogenous neural stem cells in the cerebral cortex were increased by acupuncture in hy- poxia-ischemic in neonatal rats,and acupuncture made the peak of Nestin expression longer.

The study was aimed to establish a standard procedure for human umbilical cord blood bank. The hematopoietic nucleated cells in cord blood were processed by using sedimentation and centrifugation method. After finishing CD34(+) cell counting, hematopoietic progenitor cell assay, microbial culture, infectious disease test and HLA typing, cord blood units were stored in the liquid nitrogen for further application. The results showed that nucleated cells of cord blood were (10.94 +/- 2.74) x 10(8) per unit; recovery rate of nucleated cells was (79.82 +/- 17.76)%. CD34(+) cells in cord blood were counted as (51.62 +/- 30.53) x 10(5) per unit. Eight units of cord blood were thawed after two years of cryopreservation, the recovery rate of nucleated cells, CD34(+) cells and CFU-GM were (91.4 +/- 6.0)%, (84.6 +/- 20.0)% and (85.8 +/- 14.9)% respectively. It is suggested that the methods and procedure reported for processing and cryopreservation of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells in the human umbilical cord blood is effective.
Antigens, CD34 ; blood ; Blood Preservation ; methods ; Cell Separation ; methods ; Colony-Forming Units Assay ; Cryopreservation ; methods ; Fetal Blood ; cytology ; Hematopoietic Stem Cells ; cytology ; immunology ; Humans

OBJECTIVETo investigate the effects of catecholamine hormone on the blood and brain of heroin addicts.

METHODSRats were divided into three groups and treated with the glucose (control group), the heroin (im) (heroin group), and the combination of the intramuscular injection of reserpine and heroin (reserpine group). Changes in the levels of the dopamine (DA), cAMP, and cGMP were detected by the radioimmunoassay (RIA) method in the blood and brain tissue.

RESULTSNo significant withdrawal symptoms were observed in the reserpine group. Compared with the control and heroin groups, the blood cAMP levels were increased by 35.36% and 15.53% in the reserpine group, respectively; the cAMP levels in the midbrain ventral tegmental area (VTA), prefrontal cortex (PFC), and hippocampus (Hipp) were increased by 24.08% & 8.53%, 15.66% & 8.13%, and 21.95% & 8.40%, respectively. While compared to the control and heroin groups, the DA levels of the PFC, Hipp, striatum, and nucleus accumbens (NAc) were significantly reduced in the reserpine group, decreasing by 74.09% & 82.86%, 81.06% & 82.23%, 91.62% & 86.55% and 84.35% & 90.63%, respectively. The concentrations of cGMP of the brain tissues in the reserpine group were lower than those in the control group. In addition, the neural electrophysiological testing showed that the electroencephalogram (EEG), electrocardiogram (ECG), and muscle spindle discharge diagram of rats in both the reserpine and heroin groups were apparently changed.

CONCLUSIONCatecholamine hormone plays an important role in heroin addiction.

Animals ; Brain ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Catecholamines ; physiology ; Cyclic AMP ; blood ; metabolism ; Cyclic GMP ; blood ; metabolism ; Dopamine ; blood ; metabolism ; Heroin Dependence ; metabolism ; physiopathology ; Male ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar

To study the effects of short-term cryopreservation of cord blood hematopoietic cells in liquid nitrogen, the viability and function of cord blood hematopoietic cells were investigated by using each of 8 samples cryopreserved for six months, one and two years after thawing respectively. Nucleated cells (NC) were detected by blood cell analyzer. CD34+ cells were analyzed by flow cytometry, CFU-GM were cultured and detected in vitro, the survival rate was determined by trypan blue staining. The results showed that the differences of recovery rate of NC, CD34+, CFU-GM were nonsignificant at three different cryopreserved times. In conclusion, the short-term storage in liquid nitrogen showed a good effect on cord blood hematopoietic cell without any significant change of activities and number of the cryopreserved hematopoietic cells.
Cell Survival ; Cryopreservation ; Fetal Blood ; cytology ; Hematopoietic Stem Cells ; physiology ; Humans

Objective To observe the efficacy and safety of applying sirolimus-eluting stents in emergency percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for the patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).Methods In total,220 patients with AMI were enrolled in this study at Shanghai Tongji Hospital, divided into two groups,one with bare-metal stent and the other with sirolimus-eluting stent.Cardiovascular fatality,major adverse cardiac events (MACE) and target vessel revascularization (TVR) were observed one and six months after PCI in the two groups.Results There was no significant difference in overall fatality and MACE in the 1~(st) or 6~(th) months after PCI between the two groups.Three cardiogenic deaths occurred in bare-metal stent group with a fatality of 2.8 percent,and five deaths in sirolimus-eluting stent group with a fatality of 4.5 percent in six months after PCI.However,rate of restenosis in those with sirolimus-eluting stents was significantly lower than that of bare-metal stents (6.0 percent vs 16.1 percent,P

Objective In this study,we investigated the relationship between oxidative stress,selenoproteins level and onset of Keshan disease (KD) through detecting the expression of 8-hydroxy-2-deoxy guanosine (8-OH-dG),thioredoxin reductase 1 (TrxR1) and glutathione peroxidase 1 (GPx1) in myocardial tissue.Methods Myocardium samples of autopsy patients including 8 cases of KD (KD group included 4 acute KD and 4 chronic KD) and 9 cases of non-KD (control group) were immunohistochemically stained for 8-OH-dG,TrxR1 and GPx1.The staining intensities subsequently quantified by using Olympus Image-Pro Plus 6.0 software.Results The positive rate of 8-OH-dG expression in myocardial nuclei was higher in the case group[(68.6 ± 20.4)％] than that of the control group[(2.4 ± 1.5)％,t =8.515,P ＜ 0.05].In addition,the positive rate of 8-OH-dG expression in acute KD[(91.7 ± 3.7)％] was significantly higher than that of chronic KD[(53.2 ± 7.9)％,t =6.409,P＜0.05].The distribution of TrxR1 and GPx1 was not associated with the distribution of myocardial damage.The expression of these two selenoproteins in KD group (401340 ± 59865,497590 ± 197082) were both lower than that of control group(2790300 ± 379298,1348400 ±615840; t =-28.493,-6.016,respectively,all P＜0.01).Conclusions Oxidative damage is detected in myocardium tissue of KD,and 8-OH-dG expression is associated with the degree of myocardial damage in KD.Selenoproteins,TrxR1 and GPx1,may be closely related to the pathogenesis of KD.

Objective Using flowing injection hydride generation atomic fluotometric method(FI-HG- AFM)to detect the whole blood selenium content.Methods A series of standard selenium(1,2,4,6,8.10μg/L) were dectecte by FI-HG-AFM,and the precision and accuracy of the method were observed.The selenium contents of 89 blood samples were detected by FI一HG-AFM and 2,3-diaminonaphthalene fluorometric method(DFM) respectively,and the correlation of two methods Was analyzed.Results The detection limit and recovery rate of FI-HG-AFM were 0.138μg/L and 96.4%,respectively.The relative standard deviation(RSD)was maximized at 1 μg/L(4.406%).The RSD diminished along with the increase of the concentration,and it declined to 0.512%at 10 μg/L.There wag no significant difference(t=1.7878,P>0.05)between the result8 of FI-HG-AFM[(45.9± 14.5)μg/L]and DFM[(47.5 ±13.3)μg/L],and the two methods were in highly positive correlation(r=0.8143,P< 0.01).Conclusions The whole blood selenium content call be rapidly and exactly detected by FI-HG-AFM,and the method are highly consistent with DFM.

Objective To investigate the myocardial damage in rats fed with corn from Keshan disease area added with bean puree. Methods Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 3 groups according to their body weights, and fed with corn, corn from Keshan disease area added with bean puree, corn from non-endemic area. The GSH-Px activity of vena cardalis blood was examined in 1 and 3 months, rats were sacrificed after being fed for 6 months to examine the heart changes with HE stain. Results The three groups of GSH-Px activity were different in 1 and 3 months respectively(F=23.60,72.46, all P<0.01); GSH-Px activity was (181.58±22.15), (44.76±28.59)U/L in rats fed with corn, was (195.03±17.66), (30.38±3.35)U/L in those fed with corn added with bean puree from Keshan disease area, lower than the group fed with corn of non-endemic area[(340.90±95.42), (125.17±13.64)U/L, all P < 0.01]. But the difference of GSH-Px activity between simple corn group and corn adding bean puree groups of Keshan disease area was not obvious(P>0.05). Myocardial damage incidence of the three groups was 3/9,1/9,2/7. Difference among three groups did not have statistical significance(χ2=1.33, P> 0.05). Conclusions Only corn from Keshan disease area may induce myocardial damage pathology change. Adding bean puree into corn does not increase damage.

OBJECTIVETo identify the region in PRL-3 gene promoter where the transcriptional factor Snail can bind.

METHODSPRL-3 promoter and the possible binding sites of the transcription factors were analyzed by bioinformatical methods. Chromatin immunoprecipitation and PCR were performed using the antibody specific for Snail to verify the binding of Snail to PRL-3 promoter.

RESULTSAccording to the prediction by TRED, a promoter prediction software, PRL-3 gene promoter was located between -700 bp to 299 bp of PRL-3 gene. Many possible transcription factor binding sites such as for Snail, n-MYC, ARNT, E74A, NF-kappaB, NRF-2 and AML-1 were predicted by Consite, a promoter analysis web system. Interestingly, a 5'-CACCTG-3' core sequence and other related sequences of Snail binding sites were found in the promoter region of PRL-3 genes by Consite software. Two regions in PRL-3 promoter were validated to allow binding of Snail by chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis of SW480 cells.

CONCLUSIONSSnail regulates the activity of PRL-3 gene by binding to the promoter of PRL-3 gene in SW480 cells.

Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Computational Biology ; Humans ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Neoplasm Proteins ; metabolism ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases ; metabolism ; Snail Family Transcription Factors ; Software ; Transcription Factors ; metabolism

To study the chemical constituents of Fritillaria monanth Migo, the constituents were separated and purified by column chromatography on silica gel, and the structures were identified by NMR, MS spectral data. Six compounds were isolated and identified as ent-kauran-15-en-17-ol (I), entkauran-15-en-3alpha, 17-diol (II), fritillaziebinol (III), ent-kauran-16a, 17-diol (IV), ent-kauran-3alpha, 16alpha,17-triol (V), ent-16,17-epoxy-kauran-3alpha-ol (VI). All the compounds were isolated from this plant for the first time, and VI is named as ent-16,17-epoxy-kauran-3alpha-ol, which is a new compound.
Diterpenes, Kaurane ; chemistry ; isolation & purification ; Fritillaria ; chemistry ; Molecular Structure ; Plant Roots ; chemistry ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry