Objective To explore the effects of positive end-expiratory pressure on intraoperative pulmonary function and respiratory mechanics in patients receiving continuous hyperthermic peritoneal perfusion.Methods Ninety patients (55 males,35 females,aged 40-70 years,ASA grade Ⅰ-Ⅲ) undergoing continuous hyperthermic peritoneal perfusion were selected and divided into 3 groups (n=30 each): regular volume controlled ventilation group (group A),5 cm H2O PEEP group (group B) and 10 cm H2O PEEP group (group C).After tracheal intubation,the mechanical ventilation parameters in groups A,B and C were respectively given tidal volume (VT) 10 ml/kg without positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP),VT 6 ml/kg with 5 cm H2O PEEP,and VT 6 ml/kg with 10cm H2O.PETCO2 was maintained at 35-45 mm Hg.Arterial blood samples were collected for blood gas analysis 5 min after (T1),before CHPP (T2),the end of CHPP (T3),and before the end of mechanical ventilation (T4).Besides,Pplat,Pmean,Ppeak,PaCO2,PaO2were recorded and Cdyn,OI,RI,A-aDO2 as well as VD/VT were calculated at all time points simultaneously.Pulmonary complications during 7 days after surgery were also recorded.Results Compared with group A,Ppeak,Pplat,A-aDO2 and RI were all significantly lower (P<0.05),while OI and VD/VT were higher in groups B and C at T1-T4 (P<0.05);at T2-T4,Cdyn and PaO2 were higher with lower Pmean in groups B and C (P<0.05).Compared with T1,Ppeak,Pplat and Pmean were higher (P<0.05) while Cdyn was lower (P<0.05) in group A at T2-T4;In Group B,Ppeak and Pplat were higher at T3 (P<0.05),Pmean was higher at T2-T4 (P<0.05) and Cdyn was lower at T3,T4 (P<0.05);in group C,Ppeak,Pplat and Pmean were all higher at T2-T4 (P<0.05),Cdyn was lower at T3,T4 (P<0.05);OI and PaO2 were lower (P<0.05),while A-aDO2,VD/VT and RI were all higher (P<0.05) at T2-T4 in the three groups.In addition,the incidence rates of pulmonary infection,hypoxemia,and atelectasis were significantly lower in groups B and C during 7 days after surgery than those of group A (P<0.05).Conclusion PEEP (5 cm H2O) with VT (6 ml/kg) could effectively improve intraoperative pulmonary function and reduce the risk of perioperative pulmonary complications of the patients receiving continuous hyperthermic peritoneal perfusion.

Multi-target drugs attract increasing attentions for the therapy of complicated neurodegenerative diseases. In this study, a computer-assisted strategy was applied to search for multi-target compounds by the pharmacophore matching. This strategy has been successfully used to design dual-target inhibitor models against both the acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1). Based on two pharmacophore models matching and physicochemical properties filtering, one hit was identified which could inhibit AChE with IC50 value of (0.337 +/- 0.052) micromol x L(-1) and PARP-1 by 24.6% at 1 micromol x L(-1).

Objective To review the results and complications of open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) through the posteromedial approach for posterior pilon fractures.Methods From March 2009 through November 2013,18 consecutive posterior pilon fractures were surgically treated through the posteromedial approach,involving 12 males and 6 females.Their ages ranged from 15 to 65 years (average,42 years).All of them were complicated with fracture of external malleolus,and 6 of them with fracture of anterior colliculus of medial malleolus.The time from injury to surgery ranged from 2 to 15 days (average,7 days).Results The patients were followed up for an average of 15 months (range,from 10 to 19 months).All the fractures healed after 11 to 16 weeks (average,13 weeks).No complications like neurovascular injury,implants failure,nonunion,or malunion occurred,except one case of superficial wound infection which responded to nonoperative management.According to the AOFAS (American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society) evaluation system,15 cases were excellent,2 cases good and one case fair.Conclusion It is safe,reliable and effective to treat posterior pilon fractures using anti-rotation plate ORIF through the posteromedial approach.

Objective To evaluate multisliee CT in the diagnosis of biliary complications after liver transplantation. Methods Eighty-three consecutive patients who had undergone orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) presented with clinical or biochemical signs of biliary complications and underwent contrast-enhancement CT examination. Three experienced radiologists, who were blinded to patient's clinical data, assessed CT images for the detection of biliary complications in consensus. Diagnostic confirmation of biliary complications was obtained with direct cholangiography in 69 patients, histologie study in 11 patients and hepatieojejunostomy in 3 patients. The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of CT for the detection of biliary complications were calculated. In addition, CT features of anastomotie biliary stricture (ABS) were compared with those of non-anastomotie biliary stricture (NABS) using x2 test. Results A total of 62 biliary complications (74. 7% ) was eventually confirmed in the 83 patients, including ABS in 32 patients, NABS in 21 patients, biliary duct stones in 16 patients (of which 12 patients with biliary stricture), anastomotie bile leakage in 5 patients, biloma in 4 patients with biliary stricture, and biliogenic abscess in 2 patients with biliary stricture. The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of CT for the detection of biliary stricture were 90. 6%、86. 7%、89. 2%、92. 3% and 83.9% , respectively. Other biliary complications, including biliary duct stones ( 16 cases) , anastomotic bile leak (5 cases) , biloma (4 cases), and biliogenic abscess (2 cases), were correctly diagnosed by CT; there was no false-positive or false-negative result. The incidence of irregular dilatation of bile duct was 71.4% ( 15/21 ), which was significantly higher in NABS cases than in ABS of 25.0% (8/32,P <0. 01 ) ; whereas the incidence of extrahepatie biliary dilatation was 33.3% (7/21) and regular dilatation was 14. 3% (3/21), which was significantly lower in NABS cases than in ABS of 84. 4% ( 27/32 ) and 68. 8% ( 22/32 ), respectively ( P < 0. 01 ). Of 21 patients with NABS, 66. 7% (14/21)complicated with hepatic artery stenosis or thrombosis, which was markedly more than that of NABS cases (15. 6%, 5/32,P <0. 01 ). Conclusions Multislice CT is a useful imaging procedure in the detection of biliary complications after liver transplantation, and biliary stricture can be primitively classified into ABS and NABS by CT. Hepatic artery ischemia is an important factor that causes NABS.

ObjectiveFrom the changes of expression of cold-inducible RNA-binding protein (CIRP) in rats with traumatic brain injury under mild hypothermia treatment with Shenfu decoction as a subsidiary, to speculate the mechanism of protective effect of the decoction on the injury.Methods Ninety Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were divided into three groups by random number table: non-transfection control group, adenovirus mediated immune flourescent reverse transcription virus group (blank AD5-GFP transfection group) and adenovirus mediated immune flourescent reverse transcription virus carrying CIRP silent expression gene group (AD5-GFP-CIRP-SiRNA transfection group), 30 rats in each groups. Then, each group was subdivided into three subgroups: model group, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) low and high dose groups, 10 rats in each subgroup. After the mild hypothermia treatment for 48 hours, in the TCM low dose group and high dose group, a dose of TCM 1 mL/kg and 5 mL/kg was injected via a tail vein into the rat respectively, while in the model group, 1 mL/kg normal saline was injected into the same vein, once a day for consecutive 2 days in all the groups. Before modeling in the blank AD5-GFP transfection group and AD5-GFP-CIRP-SiRNA transfection group, virus transfection models were reproduced at first by one-time intrathecal injection of 0.1 mL AD5-GFP and 0.1 mL (1×1010 pfu/mL) AD5-GFP-CIRP-SiRNA virus vector respectively, and in model group, 0.1 mL normal saline was given. The rat cortex, hippocampus and hypothalamus part were collected, the brain cell apoptosis was detected by transferase-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate-biotin nick end labeling (TUNEL), the CIRP mRNA expression in the cortex, hippocampus and hypothalamus part was measured by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), the protein expressions of rat sarcoma protein Raf, Ras, extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), phosphorylation ERK (p-ERK), mitogen activated protein kinase (MEK), p-MEK were determined by Western Blot.Results The brain tissue cell apoptosis indexes (AI) in the cortex, hippocampus and hypothalamus part in TCM low, high dose group of non-transfection control and blank AD5-GFP transfection group were lower than those in model group, and the expressions of CIRP mRNA were higher than those in model group, there were no significant differences in AI and CIRP mRNA in the cortex, hippocampus and hypothalamus between model, TCM low and high dose groups of AD5-GFP-CIRP-SiRNA transfection group, but AI was significantly higher and CIRP mRNA was significantly lower than that in corresponding subgroups of AD5-GFP transfection control group and blank AD5-GFP transfection group. Western Blot detection showed that: Raf/Ras, p-MEK/MEK protein expressions revealed no statistical significant differences in different parts of each group (allP > 0.05), the p-ERK/ERK protein expression in the cortex, hippocampus, and hypothalamus part was significantly lower in TCM low and high dose group than that in the model group of non-transfection control group and blank AD5-GFP transfection group, the degree of descent in the TCM high dose group being more significant (the cortex: non-transfection control group was 7.2±1.0 vs. 15.3±1.8, AD5-GFP transfection group was 8.1±0.7 vs. 16.2±1.5; hippocampus part: non-transfection control group was 6.6±0.8 vs. 14.7±2.0, AD5-GFP transfection group was 6.8±1.0 vs. 14.9±1.3; hypothalamus part: non-transfection control group was 9.4±1.1 vs. 12.7±1.7, AD5-GFP transfection group was 10.6±1.3 vs. 9.4±1.1, allP < 0.05). There were no significant statistical differences in p-ERK/ERK protein expression in above brain parts between AD5-GFP-CIRP-SiRNA transfection subgroups (allP > 0.05).Conclusions The Shenfu decoction used in rats with brain trauma under treatment of mild hypothermia is possibly by promoting CIRP over-expression, lowering ERK expression and inhibiting the initiation of signal transduction of the secondary transcription factor phosphorylation, thereby the neural cell apoptosis is decreased and play a subsidiary role of anti-apoptosis of mild hypothermia.

Hepatic venous outflow obstruction is a severe complication after liver transplantation, often occurs after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). In this article, the clinical and imaging data of two patients with hepatic venous outflow obstruction after LDLT were analyzed retrospectively, and the related literatures were reviewed to explore the diagnosis and the interventional therapy of this complication. Hepatic venous outflow obstruction can be confirmed with percutaneous transhepatic venography. Percutaneous interventional managements, including balloon angioplasty and stent implantation are safe, easy and effective for the treatment of hepatic venous outflow obstruction after adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (A-A LDLT).

Objective To evaluate the effect of atorvastatin preconditioning on cognitive function in isoflurane-anaesthetized mice.Methods Forty-eight healthy male C57BL/6 mice,aged 3 months,weighing 27-41 g,were divided into 3 groups (n =16 each) using a random number table:control group (group C),isoflurane anesthesia group (group Ⅰ) and atorvastatin preconditioning plus isoflurane anesthesia group (group AI).Atorvastatin 10 mg/kg was given through a gastric tube into the stomach at the same time every day for 7 consecutive days in group AI.In Ⅰ and AI groups,1.5％ isoflurane was inhaled for 6 h with fresh gas flow of 2 L/min at 1 day after the end of administration.Open field test and Morris water maze test were performed at 1 day after the end of anesthesia.The mice were sacrificed at 1 day after the end of Morris water maze test,and hippocampi were isolated for determination of caspase-3,Bax and Bcl-2 expression (by Western blot) and contents of interleukin-1beta (IL-1β),tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and soluble Aβ1-42 in hippocampal tissues (by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay).Results There was no significant difference in the parameters of open field test among the three groups (P＞0.05).Compared with group C,the escape latency was significantly prolonged at each time point,the time of staying at the original platform quadrant was shortened,the frequency of crossing the original platform was decreased,the contents of IL-1β,TNF-α and soluble Aβ1-42 were increased,the expression of caspase-3 and Bax was up-regulated,and Bcl-2 expression was down-regulated in Ⅰ and AI groups (P＜0.05).Compared with group Ⅰ,the escape latency was significantly shortened at each time point,the time of staying at the original platform quadrant was prolonged,the frequency of crossing the original platform was increased,the contents of IL-1β,TNF-α and soluble Aβ1-42 were decreased,the expression of caspase-3 and Bax was downregulated,and Bcl-2 expression was up-regulated in group AI (P＜0.05).Conclusion Atorvastatin preconditioning can improve cognitive function in isoflurane-anaesthetized mice,and the mechanism may be association with attenuating hippocampal inflammatory responses,inhibiting over-expression of Aβ1-42 and inhibiting neuronal apoptosis.

Objective To investigate the influence of Nei endonuclease Ⅷ-like protein 1(NEIL1)on H2O2-induced apoptosis and autophagy in lens epithelial cells(LECs).Methods Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR)was used to detect the expression of NEIL1 messenger ribonucleic acid(mRNA)in the anterior lens capsule and LEC line SRA01/04 cells from age-related cataract(ARC)patients and macular epiretinal membrane patients who underwent the clear lens extraction.SRA01/04 cells were then divided into the control group,OE-Vector group and OE-NEIL1 group.RT-PCR and Western blot(WB)were used to detect the overexpression efficiency.Subsequently,the cells were divided into the control group,H2O2 group,OE-Vector H2O2 group and OE-NEIL1 H2O2 group;cell viability was detected by Cell Count-ing Kit-8,WB was used to evaluate the expression of autophagy-related proteins(ATG7,P62,Beclinl,LC3-Ⅰ and LC3-Ⅱ)and apoptosis-related proteins(Bax and Bcl-2),and fluorescent staining was adopted to measure cell apoptosis and mito-chondrial membrane potential.Results The expression of NEIL1 mRNA in the anterior lens capsule samples from ARC patients was significantly lower than that of macular epiretinal membrane patients,and the expression of NEIL1 mRNA in the SRA01/04 cells in the H2O2 group was also lower than that in the control group(both P＜0.05).The results of RT-PCR and WB revealed that the expressions of NEIL1 mRNA and protein in the SRA01/04 cells of the OE-NEIL1 group were signif-icantly higher than those in the OE-Vector group(both P=0.000).Compared with the control group,the viability of SRA01/04 cells in the H2O2 group decreased,the expression of the Bax protein was up-regulated,the Bcl-2 protein was down-regulated,viable cells labeled with Mito-Tracker decreased,and apoptotic cells labeled with Annexin V-FITC in-creased,with statistical significances(all P＜0.05).Compared with the OE-Vector H2O2 group,in the OE-NEIL1 H2O2 group,the viability of SRA01/04 cells significantly improved,the autophagy-related proteins(ATG7,P62,Beclin1,LC3-Ⅰand LC3-Ⅱ)and Bcl-2 protein were significantly up-regulated,the Bax protein was down-regulated,viable cells marked with Mito-Tracker increased,and apoptotic cells labeled with Annexin V-FITC decreased(all P＜0.05).Conclusion Under the oxidative stress induced by H2O2,NEIL1 can promote autophagy of LECs,maintain homeostasis of LECs,and then increase cell viability and reduce apoptosis of LECs,participating in the occurrence and development of ARC.

OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of puerarin on energy metabolism of the central nervous in acrylamide-exposed rats. METHODS: Specific pathogen free adult male SD rats were randomly divided into control group,model group,and puerarin low-,medium-,and high-dose groups,with 10 rats in each group. Intraperitoneal injection of acrylamide was given to rats in model group,and puerarin low-,medium-,and high-dose groups( 30 mg/kg body weight). Rats in control group were intraperitoneally injected with equal volume of 0. 9% sodium chloride solution. Rats in the puerarin low-,medium-,and high-dose groups were given puerarin of 40,80 and 160 mg/kg body weight,respectively after one hour of acrylamide exposure,three times a week for continuous 4 weeks. In the 4th week,the rats were sacrificed,the brain and spinal cord were isolated,and the ratio of adenosine diphosphate( ADP)/adenosine triphosphate( ATP),ATP activity and mitochondrial membrane potential( MMP) in brain and spinal cord tissue mitochondria were detected. RESULTS: The ADP/ATP ratio increased in mitochondria of brain and spinal cord tissue in model group and the three puerarin treatment groups( P < 0. 05),meanwhile the ATP synthase activity and MMP decreased compared with control group( P < 0. 05). The ADP/ATP ratio decreased in mitochondria of brain and spinal cord tissue( P < 0. 05),while MMP increased in mitochondria of brain tissue in the three puerarin treatment groups compared with model group( P < 0. 05). The ATP synthase activity increased in mitochondria of brain and spinal cord tissue of puerarin high-dose group( P < 0. 05),and MMP increased in mitochondria of spinal cord tissue of puerarin medium-does group and puerarin high-does group when compared with the model group( P < 0. 05). The ADP/ATP ratio in mitochondria of rat brain and spinal cord decreased with the increase of puerarin doses( P < 0. 05). The MMP of rat brain and spinal cord increased with the increase of puerarin dose( P < 0. 05). CONCLUSION: Puerarin enhances the energy metabolism function of the central nervous in rats by regulating mitochondrial ATP activity. It has certain protective effect on the mitochondrial membrane of central nervous system in rats exposed to acrylamide.