Background In vitro study showed that chemotaxis consist of chemotaxis factor 4(CXCR4)and stromal cells derived factor-1(SDF-1)and may play a role in the orientation and migration of retinal progenitor cells (RPCs)toward lesion.Overexpression of CXCR4 in RPCs can enhance the chemotaxis activity.Objective This work was to explore the feasibility and underlying mechanism of up-regulation of CXCR4 on RPCs induced by hypoxia.Methods RPCs were retained in an incubator with normal O2volume(16％)or hypoxia condition(10％ O2)for 12 hours and 24 hours respectively.Flow cytometer cell analysis screening(FACS)was conduced to measure the proportion of CXCR4-expressing cells,and CXCR4,HIF-1 mRNA were analyzed by reverse transcription-polymerse chain reaction(RT-PCR).The chemotical effect of 30 mg/L SDF-1 to RPCs cultured under the hypoxia condition was assessed using Boyden chamber.Results The expression level of CXCR4(CXCR4 mRNA/β-actin mRNA)inRPCs cultured by 10％ O2 for 12 and 24 hours were 0.28+0.07and 0.48+0.17 and increased by 1.75 and 3.00 fold more than that of 16％ O2 culture group(0.16+0.02)(P＜0.01).The expression level of HIF-1 mRNA(HIF-1 mRNA/β-actin mRNA)in RPCs cultured by 10％ O2 for 12 and 24 hours were 0.18 ±0.07and 0.38 ±0.13 and increased by 3.00 and 6.30 fold more than that of 16％ O2 culture group(0.06±0.01)(P＜0.01).The chemotical effect of 30 μg/L SDF-1 to RPCs increased from 13.00％ in 16％ O2 culture group to 36.00％ and 46.00％ in the cells cultured by 10％ O2for 12 and 24 hours.FACS revealed that the proportion of CXCR4+ cells in hypoxia-exposure for 12 and 24 hours were 26.90％ and 46.10％,respectively,but that in 16％ O2 culture group was 9.10％,showing a statistically significant difference(P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions RPCs induced by hypoxia can enhance the expression of CXCR4 in RPE cells and the chemotaxia to SDF-1.The overexpression of H1F-1 in RPCs may be involved in the up-regulation of CXCR4 expression.

Animals ; Ear Canal ; surgery ; Female ; Gene Expression ; Hypothalamus ; metabolism ; Nerve Block ; Pregnancy ; RNA, Messenger ; genetics ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate ; genetics ; metabolism

Animals ; Female ; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental ; Inferior Colliculi ; metabolism ; N-Methylaspartate ; genetics ; metabolism ; RNA, Messenger ; genetics ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate ; genetics ; metabolism

Objective To study the association between cytotoxin-associated gene A of Helicobacter pylori (Hp-CagA) and the expressions of mtp53 and c-myc protein in different subtypes of intestinal metaplasia.Methods One hundred and sixty-five patients with gastroscopy included 125 cases with chronic atrophic gastritis with intestinal metaplasia,40 cases with non-atrophic gastritis.Intestinal metaplasia included complete intestinal metaplasia,incompletetype intestinal metaplasia,complete colonic epithelial metaplasia and incomplete colonic epithelial metaplasia.The carbon-14-urea breath test was used to determine Helicobacter pylori (Hp);AB-PAS and HID-AB mucinous staining was used to distinguish intestinal metaplasia subtypes; the immunohistochemical Elivision method was used to determine the expressions ofmtp53 and c-myc protein;indirect ELISA was used to determine Hp-CagA.Results Forty-five cases with incomplete colonic epithelial metaplasia,47 cases with incomplete type intestinal metaplasta,17 cases with complete colonic epithelial metaplasia,16 cases with complete intestinal metaplasia.The positive rate of Hp-CagA in all intestinal metaplasia subtypes was higher than that in non-atrophic gastritis,but there was no significant difference (P ＞ 0.05).The expression of mtp53 protein in incomplete colonic type of intestinal metaplasia with Hp-CagA positive was higher than that in incomplete colonic type of intestinal metaplasia with Hp-CagA negative (x2 =5.494,P ＜ 0.05).The expression of c-myc protein in incomplete colonic type of intestinal metaplasia with Hp-CagA positive was higher than that in incomplete colonic type of intestinal metaplasia with Hp-CagA negative (x2 =13.950,P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion Hp-CagA is a sort of highly virulent strain,and Hp-CagA may do a strong role in the promotion of gastric atrophy and intestinal metaplasia.

Animals ; Dementia, Vascular ; blood ; psychology ; Erythrocyte Count ; Learning ; drug effects ; Male ; Memory ; drug effects ; Peptides ; pharmacology ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

OBJECTIVE:To monitor the antimicrobial resistance of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium in our hospital from 2006 to 2008 in order to provide reference for clinical rational use of antibiotics.METHODS:The susceptibility of isolated enterococci was determined by K-B paper diffusion method,and the antibiotic resistance rates of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus Faecium were analyzed using Whonet 5 software.RESULTS:Vancomycin was the most sensitive antimicrobial against Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium.E.faecalis had low resistance rates to penicillin G,high concentration gentamicin,ciprofloxacin and rifampicin,while E.faecium had low resistance rates to high concentration streptomycin,tertracycline,chloromycetin,and qinupristin/dalforpristin.CONCLUSION:E.faecalis and E.faecium are multi-drug resistant.Antimicrobials should be used rationally based on the susceptibility test of E.faecalis and E.faecium.

Objective To investigate the clinical application value of psychological induction in impression taking of deciduous crossbite.Methods Totally 84 children of deciduous crossbite receiving impression taking were divided equally into 2 groups.Children in the control group received impression taking directly,while children in the experimental group received psychological induction before impression taking.A comparative study was carried out according to special cooperative behavior assessment for children.Results The cooperation degree of the experiment group was increased significantly after psychological induction with statistical differences between them(P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Psychological induction can improve the cooperation degree of children in impression taking.

Objective The study was aimed to detect the correlation of B cell activating factor (BAFF) promotor polymorphism-871 C/T and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).Methods BAFF promotor polymorphism-871 C/T was detected by the means of allele specific polymerase chain reaction (ASPCR) and agarose gel electrophoresis in 76 cases of SLE and 80 nonthrombosis normal individuals.The data of genotypic frequency and allele genotypic frequency were analyzed statistically with x2 test between the two groups.Results Fifty-one point two percent of normal individuals exhibited C/C.Thirty-five percent were heterozygous for C/T,and 13.8％ were homozygous for T/T.SLE group exhibited a different distribution pattern (30.3％ C/C,43.4％C/T,26.3％T/T).The allele frequency of T in SLE and normal individuals was 48.0％ and 31.2％ respectively.There was significant difference in the BAFF-871 C/T genotypic frequency between the SLE and nonthrombosis normal individuals (P＜0.05).Conclusion The polymorphism-871 C/T of BAFF promoter is correlated with the pathogenesis of SLE.The gene may be a major susceptible gene for SLE in Chinses Han people.Further investigations may be needed.

Aged ; Antibodies, Monoclonal ; metabolism ; Carcinoma, Transitional Cell ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Cystectomy ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Keratin-7 ; metabolism ; Keratins ; immunology ; Lung Neoplasms ; secondary ; Male ; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Vimentin ; metabolism

Objective To lay the foundation for analyzing the mechanism of liver cell injury caused by mtDNA deletion and mutation in patients with obstructive jaundice. Methods 30 patients were randomly selected as obstructive jaundice group (case group) and 10 patients as control group according to the strict condition. Author makes use of the methods of PCR amplification of the entire human mitochondrial genome in 17 mismatch-specific overlapping fragments and gene sequencing results to Preliminary estimate the localizathion of hepatocyte mtDNA damage in patients with obstructive jaundice. Result Deletions and length of partial liver cells were 8429-9591 of about 1. 1 kb, 16024-60 of about 0. 6 kb, 1889-3031 of about 1. 1 kb and 4977bps common deletion and the high mutation rate of some bases in D-loop region. Conclusion There are multiple mtDNA deletions and multiple point mutations in patients with obstructive jaundice