Objective To build a method for content determination of Hypericin in Guanye Jinsitao drop pills by HPLC.Methods The column was Kromasil C18 (150 mm×4.6 mm, 5μm), mobile phase was acetonitrile-0.1% phosphoric acid (16∶84), UV detection was performed at 360 nm, the flow rate was 1.0 mL/min, and the detector drift tube temperature was set at 30℃.Results The calibration curves were linear in the range of 0.132-1.188μg for Hypericin (r=0.999 9). The average recovery was 99.55% (RSD=0.78%).Conclusion The method is simple, accurate, reliable, and can be used for the quality control of Hypericin in Guanye Jinsitao drop pills.

OBJECTIVE: To introduce the present research situation of treating spinal cord injury using olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) transplantation from the aspects of biological characteristics, culture, purify of OECs and its application.DATA SOURCES: PubMed database and Chinese Journal Full-text Database were retrieved with key words of "olfactory ensheathing cells, spinal cord injury" from 2000 to 2009. DATA SELECTION: Inclusion criteria: ①The literature was closely associated with OECs and spinal cord injury. ②Literatures about the same circle published in the near future or on the authoritative journals. Exclusion criteria: ①Repetitive study. ②Meta analysis.RESULTS: OECs has similar characteristics to Schwann cells and astrocytes. At present, the research about OECs includes axonal regeneration, cellular replacement, demyelinating prevention and so on. Furthermore, some clinical experiment had been carried on. However, some difficulties exist in clinical trials, such as transplantation dose of OECs, activity of cell factor and transplant risk. We need to do further study on OECs transplantation and more follow up after cells graft. Some research had tried to transplant with gene transfer cells, and satisfactory results were obtained.CONCLUSION: With the development of genetic engineering and research of OECs transplantation, OECs transplantation must bring more hope to patients with spinal cord injury.

BACKGROUND:Astragalus or olfactory ensheathing cell(OECs)transplantation alone can promote survival of various neurons and functional improvement of injured spinal cord.The clinical effect of astragalus in combination with OECs transplantation remains unclear.OBJECTIVE:To observe the effect of astragalus on the proliferation of OECs and the secretion of neurotrophic factors.METHODS:OECs of SD rats,24 hours old,were isolated and cultured,and identified by immunohistochemistry.OECs at culture day 8 were seeded in polylysine-coated 96-well plate and incubated in 5% CO2 at 37℃ for 24 hours,followed by 2 mg/L,20 mg/L,200 mg/L,2 g/L,20 g/L astragalus injection for 24 hours.MTT and flow cytometry were used to assess the effects of astragalus in promoting OECs proliferation;enzyme linked immunoassay(ELISA)was used to measure the content of neurotrophic factors.Serum culture medium was served as negative control.RESULTS AND METHODS:Compared with the negative control group,2 and 20 mg/L astragalus injection significantly promoted OECs proliferation(P＜0.05,P＜0.01).The result of flow cytometry showed that astragalus could promote OECs in G1 stage and reduce the percentage of cells in S and G2 stages,but the difference was not significant(P＞0.05).However,astragatus injection at each mass concentration significantly reduced the number of OECs(P＜0.05).Moreover,2 mg/L astragalus injection significantly promoted in vitro neurotrephic factor levels in OECs.Results show that astragalus injection in combination with OECs can promote recovery of spinal cord injury.

OBJECTIVE:To promote rational drug use and improve medical quality.METHODS:A comprehensive analysis was performed on the contents of drug counseling problems presented by 483 patients and medical staff.RESULTS:The use of cardio-cerebral-vascular drugs,anti-bacterial drugs and digestive system drugs were the most common drugs inquired by patients,and their questions focused on the action and clinical use,adverse reactions,administration and dosage etc of drugs.However,anti-bacterial drugs were the leading drugs inquired by medical staff,and their questions focused on drugs available for choice and combined use of drugs etc.CONCLUSIONS:Drug counseling can help promote rational drug use,improve medical quality and patients' awareness toward medical care,besides,it is conducive to the publicity for hospital pharmacists.

Objective To study and compare the metabolism of Hedyotis diffusa flavonoid extract in intestinal flora from human, normal rats and pseudo germ-free rats in vitro. Methods Intestinal flora of human, normal rats and pseudo germ-free rats were incubated with Hedyotis diffusa extract, rutosid, isoquercitrin and quercitrin under anaerobic conditions at 37℃.High-performance liquid chromatography with diode-array detection ( HPLC-DAD ) was used for the analysis of components and metabolic products.The trends of metabolic transformation of the various components were analyzed according to the changes in chromatographic peak areas at different incubation time points. Results The components of Hedyotis diffusa extract and its monomer were quickly metabolized by human and normal rat intestinal flora and the main metabolite was quercetin.However, they were hardly metabolized by intestinal flora from pseudo germ-free rats. The metabolism effect of intestinal flora was weaker on components than on the corresponding monomers. Conclusion By comparing flavonoids metabolism in intestinal flora from human, normal rats and pseudo germ-free rats, the important role of intestinal microflora in the metabolism of flavonoids is further confirmed.

Objective To evaluate the comparability of test results of self-built human carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA)electro-chemiluminescence immunoassay(ECLIA)and imported reagent.Methods A total of different concentrations 77 fresh serum speci-mens were collected and detected CEA by two kinds of ECLIA kit.The results were analyzed with Excel2003 and SPSS1 9.0 soft-ware.Results The difference between each dose was significant (P <0.05),and the detection results between each had no signifi-cant difference (P >0.05);the sensitivity of the assay was 0.3 ng/mL,the intra coefficient of variation was 4.58%-5.83%,the inter coefficient of variation was 5.07%-5.97%,the analytical recovery was 99.13%-107.28%,the specificity of the assay had no cross reaction with CA1 99 and AFP.The correlation coefficient between two kinds of reagents determination results was greater than 0.95,with imported reagent as reference test,self-built carcinoembryonic antigen ECLIA clinical performance evaluation was acceptable.Conclusion The precision of the two kinds of ECLIA in detection of CEA accord to clinical requirement.Comparability exists in evaluating the acceptability of clinical.

We studied the effect of photodynamic therapy with phycobiliproteins on human liver cancer cells in vitro. With 3-(4, 5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay (MTT assay), we used two phycobiliproteins, R-phycoerythrin (R-PE) and C-phycocyanin (C-PC) prepared from Porphyra yezoensis, to determine the killing rates and apoptosis rates of human liver cancer cells (SMMC-7721) mediated by laser. When the concentration of R-PE was 120 mg/L, the survival rate of human liver cancer cells was 27% after treated by Argon laser with 100 J/cm2 doses, while the survival rate in the control group (without adding R-PE) was 65%. When the C-PC concentration was 120 mg/L, the survival cell rate was 47% after treated by He-Ne laser with 35 J/cm2 dose, while the survival rate in the control group (without adding C-PC) was 70%. After handled only with these two kinds of phycobiliproteins for 72 h, the growth of cancer cells presented significant inhibition. The maximal inhibition rates reached up to 31% with R-PE (120 mg/L concentration) and 27% with C-PC (250 mg/L concentration) respectively. After irradiated by laser for 8 h, the maximal cell apoptosis rates were 31.54% with R-PE and 32.54% with C-PC, respectively. It indicated that R-PE and C-PC extracted from Porphyra yezoensis could develop to new photosensitizers for cancer photodynamic therapy.
Apoptosis ; drug effects ; radiation effects ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Humans ; Lasers ; Liver Neoplasms ; pathology ; Photochemical Processes ; Photochemotherapy ; methods ; Phycobiliproteins ; isolation & purification ; pharmacology ; Phycoerythrin ; isolation & purification ; pharmacology ; Porphyra ; chemistry

Objective To observe the changes of PPARγ expression in ventilator-induced lung injury rats and explore the role of PPARγ in the pathogenesis of ventilator-induced lung injury. Methods Sixty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 3 groups ( n=21 each ):group N received large tidal volume with mechanical ventilation ( Vt=12 mL/kg);group C received lower tidal volume with mechanical ventilation ( Vt=6 mL/kg);group R received room air without mechanical ventilation. Rats in every group were randomly divided into 3 subgroups respectively by 1,4 and 8 h. The samples of lung were collected at 1,4 and 8 h after ventilation. Lung pathological examina-tion, total protein and white blood cells in bronchoalveolar fluid and wet-to-dry weight were detected. The exoressions of PPARγmRNA were detected by RTPCR;PPARγ protein in lung tissues was detected by western bolt. Result After 4 and 8 h ventilation in group N,total pro-tein and WBC in bronchoalvelor fluid,W/D were markedly higher than those of group C and R (P <0. 01). While PPARγ mRNA and PPARγ protein were decreased than those of group C and R (P<0. 01). There were no difference after 1 h ventilation in three group (P>0. 05). Conclusion PPARγmRNA and protein expressions in the rats lung tissue of ventilator-induced lung injury were decreased and as-sociated with inflammation and damage of lung tissue.

Objective To investigate the diagnosis value of aortic aneurysm with MRI.Methods Two radiologist analysed 312 cases MRI of clinically suspected aortic aneurysm retrospectively,and screening 198 cases of aortic aneurysm,analysed by double blind method.Among these patients,there were 112 male and 87 female,aged 9 to 82 years(mean age of 50.4 years).86 cases underwent X-ray angiography(XRA) examination,and 79 cases with operation.Results The MRI showed 22 cases of ture aneurysm,19 of false aneurysm,127 of dissecting aneurysm,26 of Marfan′s syndrome and 4 of compound aneurysm.Contrast analysed the XRA,CT and operation,the sensitivity and accuracy of MRI is 99% and 94%.Conclusion The MRI is an accurate and safe method for detecting aortic aneurysm.

Objective:To compare the efficacy of individualized PEEP determined by lung electrical impedance tomography (EIT) and dynamic lung compliance (Cdyn) during lung-protective ventilation strategies in the patients undergoing general anesthesia.Methods:Sixty patients of both sexes, aged 18-64 yr, of American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status Ⅰor Ⅱ, with body mass index of 18.5-28.0 kg/m 2, undergoing elective surgery with general anesthesia and endotracheal intubation in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, were selected.Lung-protective ventilation strategy was applied in supine position after general anesthesia.The peak value of PEEP did not exceed 10 cmH 2O, with an increment/decrement of 2 cmH 2O for titration.The corresponding Cdyn value and lung EIT data were collected during titration.The patients were divided into 2 groups ( n=30 each) using a random number table method: titration first increased and then decreased group (group A) and titration first decreased and then increased group (group B). The determination method of individualized PEEP: Cdyn method was the PEEP corresponding to the maximum Cdyn value; EIT method was obtained through PV500 PC software analysis.The level and success rate of individualized PEEP determined by the Cdyn and EIT methods were compared, and the ICC consistency analysis of the determined individualized PEEP was performed. Results:Compared with the Cdyn method, the success rate of individualized PEEP determined by EIT method was significantly increased, and the level of individualized PEEP was decreased in the two group ( P<0.05). In group A, the individualized PEEP titrated by the EIT and Cdyn methods showed good agreement (the ICC value of the increment-Cdyn and increment-EIT methods was 0.761, P<0.05; the ICC value of the decrement-Cdyn and decrement-EIT methods was 0.763, P<0.05). In group B, the individualized PEEP titrated by the EIT and Cdyn methods showed good agreement (the ICC value of the increment-Cdyn and increment-EIT methods was 0.809, P<0.05; the ICC value of the decrement-Cdyn and decrement-EIT methods was 0.797, P<0.05). Conclusion:The agreement between the individualized PEEP determined by lung EIT method and Cdyn method during lung-protective ventilation is good in the patients undergoing general anesthesia, and the success rate of EIT method is higher, and the level of individualized PEEP is lower.