Under the influence of oncogenic signals and abnormal metabolism, the redox status of cancer cells often differs from that of the normal cells, manifesting as elevated generation of reactive oxygen species( ROS) and oxidative stress.Many signaling pathways involved in tumorigenesis can directly or indirectly regulate ROS metabolism.Currently, the biological significance of increased ROS in cancer cells is still somewhat controversial.ROS on the one hand can promote cancer development and drug resistance, and on the other hand can also cause cell injury and even cell death.To maintain cell viability and proliferation, cancer cells usually up-regulate their antioxidant capacity in adaptation to the intrinsic oxidative stress.Such adaptive mechanisms to oxidative stress are highly important in both cancer development and also play a major role in cancer cell response to therapy.Compelling evidences from recent studies have suggested that targeting the redox regulation mechanisms through proper intervention strategies may have significant therapeutic implications in cancer treatment.This article will focus on alterations of redox status in cancer cells, their adaptation to oxidative stress, and the underlying mechanisms.Potential therapeutic strategies based on such biochemical characteristics of cancer cells will also be discussed.

Objective To probe the clinical value of three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in evaluating the early ventricular myocardial dysfunction in breast cancer patients treated with anthracycline.Methods A group of 40 breast cancer postoperative patients were received a epirubicin-based chemotherapy.Conventional and 3D dynamic echocardiography were measured before chemotherapy and 2 cycles and 4 cycles after chemotherapy during 24 hours,and to compare the change of the parameters before and after the chemotherapy.Results Left ventricular global area strain(LVGAS),left ventricular global longitudinal strain(LVGLS),right ventricular global longitudinal strain(RVGLS),right ventricular global circular strain(RVGCS) and right ventricular global radial strain(RVGRS) were significantly lower after the chemotherapy than those before the chemotherapy,and negatively correlated to cumulative anthracycline dose,in which the area under the ROC curve of LVGAS was 0.897(P = 0.000).If-30.55% was selected as the diagnosis cut-off point,the sensitivity was 0.857,and the specificity was 0.917;some of right ventricular strain parameters were earlier than those of the left.Conclusions 3D-STI is useful to find the early left and right ventricular myocardial dysfunction in breast cancer patients treated with anthracycline and early access the subclinical cardiactoxicity,and right ventricular dysfunction may emerge earlier than the left,which can provide diagnosis basis to intervene timely for the clinical.

Objective To prepare polyclonal antibodies of anti Nogo-66, the extracellular region of one central nervous system neurite regeneration inhibitor Nogo, which could be used to further identification and functional study of Nogo molecule.Methods Preparing rabbit anti rat Nogo-66 polyclonal antibodies with a purified Nogo-66 fusion protein expressed in E.coli system. Studying its specificity by Western-blot and immuno-histochemical techniques and identifying its biological activity in PC12 cells.Results The high titer (1∶[KG-*2]10 000) anti rat Nogo-66 polyclonal antibodies were obtained.This antibody could specifically recognize the Nogo protein expressed in E.coli system.Immuno-histochemical staining indicated that the Nogo was widely expressed in rat spinal cord neurons and oligodendrocytes.It could effectively block the neurite extensioninhibition of Nogo protein in PC12.Conclusion Successful preparation of anti rat Nogo polyclonal antibodies provides a useful tool in identification or further functional study of Nogo molecule.

Objective To investigate the effect of adenovirus-bone morphogenic protein 9 ( Ad-BMP9 ) on osteogenic differentiation of immortalized calvarial mesenchymal progenitor cells ( iCALs ) .Methods iCALs were infected with adenoviral vectors encoding BMP-9 or green fluorescent protein ( GFP) and the early osteogenic differentiation was assessed by detecting alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity after being cultured for 3, 5 and 7 days.14 days after infection, alizarin red S staining was performed to study the formation of osteogenic calcium nodules .The expression of osteogenic marker genes Runx2 and OCN was assessed by quantitative real-time ( RT )-PCR and Western blotting .Results Significant increases in ALP activity and in the expressions of Runx 2 and OCN were detected in BMP-9 treated iCALs compared with GFP-treated cells(P<0.05).Meanwhile, alizarin red S staining showed that more mineralized nodules were found in the BMP-9 induced group .Conclusion BMP-9 can promote the osteogenic differentiation of iCALs .

Objective To observe the effects of wild jujube seed decoction(WJSD) on ultrastructure and astrocytes expression in the brain cortex of old model rats with blood-deficiency and Yin and sleep deprivation(SD)after SD. Methods Ultrastructural changes in cortical parts of the experiment rat were observed by transmission electron microscopy , immunohistochemical staining was used to detect star-shaped glial cells marker-glial fibrillary acidic protein(GFAP) expression after SD induced by made-self multiple platform method (MMPM), senescence induced by D-galactose, and Yin and blood-deficiency induced by cyclophosphamide and hydrocortisonum. Results Compared to environmental control group((9.8 ± 2.5), (0.11 ± 0.02) ) , syndrome model group (( 20.4 ±4.4), (0.20 ±0.011) ) rats had obvious ultrastructural changes and stronger expression of GFAP in cortical parts (t = 7.63,3.18, P ＜ 0. 01), while those of W J SD of high and low dose group ((14.4 ± 3.9), (15.5 ± 6.4),(0.14 ±0.02)(0.14±0.02)) rats showed weaker(t=6.32,5.24,2.31,2.45, P＜0.05). Conclusion WJSD of large and small lose group could improve the rats neurons pathological changes,WJSD downward adjusting the expression of GFAP may be one of the mechanisms of treatment on insomnia with blood-deficiency and Yin in the old.

Objective To detect the protective role of high mobility group box-1 protein (HMGB1 )antibody in concanavalin A(ConA)-induced liver injury in mice.Methods The healthy male Balb/c mice were grouped into con-trol group (saline injection),model group(ConA injection)and experimental group(ConA+HMGB1 antibody injec-tion).After 6 hours of injection,mice blood was collected for detecting alanine transaminase (ALT)and HMGB1 , liver tissue was used to do HE stain,Tunel,and immunofluorescence detection.Results Pathological inflammation in experimental group was slighter than model group.The levels of ALT and HMGB1 in mice serum were (52.00± 8.34)U/L and (7.54 ±0.53)ng/mL in control group,(5 551 .50 ±1 445.74)U/L and (18.06 ±1 .65 )ng/mL in model group,(1 977.40±654.89)U/L and (10.77±0.71)ng/mL in experimental group,respectively;the expres-sion levels of HMGB1 mRNA and HMGB1 (relative value)in liver tissue were 1 .886±0.253 and 0.086±0.028 in control group,4.718±0.341 and 0.268±0.043 in model group,3.005 ±0.331 and 0.116±0.008 in experimental group,respectively;the expression levels of ALT and HMGB1 in serum,as well as HMGB1 mRNA and HMGB1 in liver tissue of experimental group were all lower than model group(all P <0.001).Apoptosis and HMGB1 migra-tion in the liver cell (normalized)were 1 ±0 and 1 ±0 in control group,4.67 ±0.33 and 4.50 ±0.22 in model group,2.67±0.21 and 2.33 ±0.21 in experimental group,respectively;apoptosis and HMGB1 migration in liver tissue of experimental group were both lower than model group(both P <0.001).Conclusion HMGB1 antibody can improve the pathological injury of liver tissue,and protect mice liver against the injury induced by ConA.

Objective:To analyze the repeatability of keratometry and astigmatism values measured by the OPD-Scan Ⅲ and the agreement of the parameters measured by OPD-Scan Ⅲ and Pentacam.Methods:A diagnostic test study design was adopted.Fifty patients (100 eyes) with refractive errors, aged from 21 to 35 years old, were selected from Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University and Lixiang Eye Hospital of Soochow University during August 2018.Spherical equivalent, astigmatim degree and axis were measured by Autorefraction.Corneal biometric measurements were measured three times continuously with the above two instruments.Keratometry values at the flat axis (K1), keratometry values at the steep axis (K2), astigmatim degree, axis, vector parameters J0 (Jackson cross cylinder at 0°or 180°) and J45 (Jackson cross cylinder at 45°) were recorded.Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used for repeatability analysis.Wilcoxon signed rank test, Spearman correlation analysis and Bland-Altman graphs were employed to analyze the comparability.This study adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by an Ethics Committee of Lixiang Eye Hospital of Soochow University (No.SLER2018112). Written informed consent was obtained from each patient prior to any examination.Results:The ICC of K1, K2, astigmatism, astigmatic axis, J0 and J45 measured by OPD-Scan Ⅲ were all greater than 0.900; the ICC of the astigmatism measured by Pentacam was 0.896, and the ICC of the other parameters measured by Pentacam were greater than 0.900; The values of K2, astigmatism, J0 and J45 measured by OPD-Scan Ⅲ were greater than those measured by Pentacam, and the differences were statistically significant (all at P<0.05). The values of K1, K2, astigmatism degree, axis, J0 and J45 measured by OPD-Scan Ⅲ were positively correlated with those measured by Pentacam (r s=0.981, 0.982, 0.900, 0.737, 0.921, 0.703, all at P<0.01). The 95% agreement of limits (LOA) of K1, K2, astigmatism, axis, J0 and J45 measurement difference between OPD-Scan Ⅲ and Pentacam were -0.52-0.50 D, -0.39-0.59 D, -0.37-0.48 D, -17.29°-20.38°, -0.12-0.24 D and -0.22-0.28 D, respectively. Conclusions:OPD-Scan Ⅲ has high credibility in measuring corneal refractive power and astigmatism degree, but its 95% LOA of astigmatism axis is too large to be accepted clinically.

Objective To construct erythromycin-overproducing mutants by tandemly expressing S-adenosylmethionine synthetase gene metK, Vitreoscilla hemoglobin gene vhbS and pleiotropic regulatory gene adpA in Saccharopolyspora eryth-raea.Methods Through PEG-mediated protoplast transformation , the integrative plasmid carrying metK, vhbS and adpA was respectively introduced into erythromycin-producing wild-type strain S.erythraea A226 and industrial strain WB .The engineered strains were generated by apramycin resistance screening and PCR identification .The erythromycin production was compared in original strains and their mutants by the inhibition test of Bacillus subtilis and HPLC analysis .Results and Conclusion Four A226-derived mutants A226-P1-P4 and three WB-derived mutants WB-P1-P3 were independently obtained.Compared with wild-type strain A226, the relative erythromycin titer of the four engineered strains A 226-P1-P4 was increased from 8%to 25%by scoring the growth-inhibition zones .Further HPLC analysis showed that the four mutants had increased erythromycin A yield by 64%-94%.Likewise, the relative erythromycin titer and erythromycin A yield of the three engineered strains WB-P1-P3 were enhanced by 6%-10%and 31%-62%, respectively, in comparison with the original strain WB.The results show the universality of enhancing erythromycin productionvia tandem expression of metK, vhbS and adpA in S.erythraea.

The standardized training is an indispensible stage for the improvement of residents' comprehensive quality and for the training of high-qualified talents.The article preliminarily explored the standardized training model for residents,which was in accordance with the characteristics of the department of cardiology mainly from four aspects:the set-up of reasonable training program,the training of practical skills,the training of humanistic quality and the training of life-long learning ability.

Objective:To explore the relationship between the standard deviation of red blood cell distribution width (RDW-SD), neutrophil/lymphocyte value (NLR), fibrinogen (FIB) and the prognosis of multiple myeloma (MM) patients and their predictive value.Methods:In this study, a retrospective study method was used to select 120 patients with MM who were initially diagnosed in the department of hematology of the Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical College from January 2017 to October 2019. The follow-up time was 24 months, including 62 patients who survived (survival group) and 58 patients who died (death group). The RDW-SD, NLR and FIB values of the two groups were compared, and the value of the three indicators in predicting the follow-up outcome of MM patients was analyzed using the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Logistic regression model was used to analyze the related factors affecting the prognosis of MM patients.Results:Among 120 newly treated MM patients, the RDW-SD, NLR and FIB of the survival group were significantly lower than those of the death group (all P<0.05); The sensitivity, specificity and area under ROC curve (AUC) of RDW-SD+ NLR+ FIB in predicting adverse outcomes of MM patients were 88.96%, 84.50% and 0.919 respectively. Logistic multivariate regression analysis showed that ≥60 years old, International Staging System (ISS) Ⅲ, β2-microglobulin (β2-MG)≥3 500 ng/ml, increased RDW-SD, NLR, and FIB will increase the risk of poor prognosis in MM patients (all P<0.05). Conclusions:The RDW-SD, NLR and FIB have a close relationship with the poor prognosis of newly treated MM patients, and the combined application has certain value in predicting the prognosis of patients.