BACKGROUND:It is wel known that long-term aerobic exercise aleviates renal dysfunction in spontaneously hypertensive rats. However, the underlying molecular mechanism remains unclear.
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of long-term aerobic exercise on endogenous formation of hydrogensulfide in the kidney of spontaneously hypertensive rats.
METHODS:Rat models of long-term aerobic exercise were established and randomly assigned to four groups: Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rat static group, WKY rat exercise group, spontaneously hypertensive rat static group and spontaneously hypertensive rat exercise group. Moderate-intensity exercise on treadmil was given for 12 weeks. At 24 hours after model establishment, weight was weighted. Blood pressure was detected in the caudal artery. Blood and urine were colected for measuring biochemical indicators related to kidney functions. The degree of glomerular sclerosis was observed. Hydrogen sulfide production activity was detected in the kidney. RT-PCR was used to detect mRNA expression levels of hydrogen sulfide production-related enzymes. Simultaneously, oxidative stress of the kidney was observed.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1) Long-term aerobic exercise obviously reduced body mass, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure, increased glomerular filtration rate and renal blood flow, decreased serum creatinine and urea nitrogen levels, urinary albumin levels, significantly reduced glomerular sclerosis score, increased hydrogen sulfide content in plasma and the rate of hydrogen sulfide formation in renal tissue, up-regulated cystathionine γ-lyase expression, obviously diminished malondialdehyde content in serum and kidney, and remarkably increasedthereduced glutathione and oxidized glutathione ratio in spontaneously hypertensive rats. (2) Results indicated that long-term aerobic exercise could increase the generation of endogenous hydrogen sulfide in kidney, lessen oxidative stress in the kidney, and amelioraterenal dysfunction in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Objective To establish a suitable formulation for the dispersible tablets of breviscapinum. Methods The preparative process was scanned out by single factor test and orthogonal design. A comprehensive scoring analysis was performed with disintegrating time and rigidity as the indexes. Results The demonstration for the dispersible tablets from the optimized formulation,being totally disintegrated within three minutes and sifted through the sieve in size of the 2nd,show better dissolubility in-vitro in comparison with the common tablets and their quality meets with the requirement for the dispersible in Phamarcopoeia of the People's Republic of China. Conclusion The formulation screened out for the dispersible tablets of breviscapinum is suitable for the production on a large scale.

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BACKGROUND: Embryonic stem cells (ESCs), the seed cells of all mature cells in vivo, are useful tools for nerve transplantation and developmental gene function research. Notch1 signaling pathway is the key pathway to control the ordered neural development and differentiation of many kinds of neural cells, however, there is no report on the dynamic expression of Notch1 signal during the ESC differentiation to date. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of Notch1 protein, transmembrane signal transduction molecule, during directional differentiation of embryonic stem cells into neural cells. DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: Cell research was carried out between October 2003 and October 2004 at Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, SUN Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. MATERIALS: BALB/C mouse embryonic stem cell line Ⅵ (passage 11)was obtained from experimental animal center of SUN Yat-sen University, provided by professor Huang Bing. ESC culture medium was high-glucose DMEM medium with 20% bovine serum and 106 IU/L mouse leukemia inhibitory factor. Induced differentiation medium was high-glucose DMEM medium with 20% fetal bovine.serum and 5×107 mol/L retinoid acid(RA). METHODS: Passage 11 ESCs were resuscitated and incubated by ESC culture medium in incubator at 37℃ with 5% CO2. Passage 11 ESCs were subcultured after 2 or 3 days and RA was added into medium to induce differentiation. Three time points for observation were established: induced for 1, 5 and 9 days. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Morphological changes were observed under inverted phase contrast microscope, MAP-2 antigen expressed in differentiated cells was detected by immunofluorescence method. Immunocytochemistry, Western Blot, flow cytometry assay were used to investigate the Notch1 protein expression. RESULTS: ESCs presented clone-like growth. After induced by RA for 9 days, single neural network was achieved around most of the cell clusters. With the prolongation of induction, MAP-2 positive neural cells increased gradually. Almost all ESC clones expressed Notch1 protein strongly or positively, but Notehl protein expression decreased gradually after induced differentiation (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Notch1 signal shuts off progressively during induction of ESCs into neural cells, which suggests Notch1 may play an important role in the differentiation of ESCs into neural cells.

Objective To investigate the effect of ketamine on hippocampal uncoupling protein 2 (UCP 2) expression after forebrain ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) in rats and the mechanism of protective effect of ketamine on brain. Method Forty-five male Wistar rats weighing 250～300 g were randomly divided into 3 groups, with 15 animals in each group. Forebrain I/R was estabhshed by occlusion of bilaleral carotid artery combined with hy-potemion,EFG in a sustained low rate of 7 Hz, 30～40 μVθ rhythm was the success signs of forebrain I/R. Con-trol group (C) :sham operation was performed; I/R group (Ⅰ): bilateral common carotid arteries were clamped for lOmin combined with hypotension [MAP:(40±5) mmHg] induced by exsanguinations, then saline (1 mg/kg) was injected into the lateral cerebral ventricle using microsyringe; ketamine group (K):ketamine (1 mg/kg) was injected into the lateral cerebral ventricle using microsyringe after I/R. The animals were decapitated, the brain was immediately removed,and the hippocampal tissues were dissociated at 6 h after reperfusion. The cerebral I/R injury was observed with light microscope, the levels of UCP 2 mRNA expression in hippocampus were detected by using semi-quantitative RT-PCR technique (n=7), coronal sections including hippocampal tissue were obtained for detection of UCP 2 protein expression by immuno-histochemistry (IH) method (n=8). The RT-PCRR and IH data were expressed as the mean±SD, the statistical signiticance was determined by one-way ANOVA. Results The UCP 2 mRNA expression was (1.06±0.02) in group Ⅰ and (1.18±0.06)in group K increased significantly compared with that in group C(0.91±0.02) (P<0.05), there were more UCP2 mRNA expression in group K increased than that in group Ⅰ(P<0.05). The expression of UCP 2 protein was (31.56±4.01) in group Ⅰ and (44.61±4.96) in group K, increased significantly compared with that in group C (17.91±5.49) (P<0.05),there were more UCP 2 protein expression in group K than that in group Ⅰ (P<0.05). Conclusions Ketamine can attenuate the cerebral I/R injury in rats, the underlying mechanism may be related to the up-regulartion of the expression of hippocampal UCP 2 mRNA and UCP 2 protein.

Objective: To construct subtracted cDNA libraries of stomach tumors and normal stomach tissue using suppression subtractive hybridization(SSH).Methods: cDNA Library subtraction was performed using the protocol described in the Clontech PCR-Select cDNA Subtraction Kit. cDNA was synthesized from 2 μg of poly A+RNA from the tumor and normal tissues using AMV reverse transcriptase. The tester and driver cDNAs were digested with RsaⅠ, a four-base-cutting restriction enzyme that yields blunt ends. The tester cDNA was then subdivided into two portions, and each was ligated with different cDNA adaptor. Two hybridizations were performed. In the first, an excess of driver was added to each sample of tester. Hybridization kinetics led to equalization and enrichment of differentially expressed sequences. During the second hybridization, the two primary hybridization samples were mixed together without denaturing and thus the templates were generated from differentially expressed sequences for PCR amplification. Using suppression PCR, only differentially expressed sequences were amplified exponentially and after second PCR amplification the background was reduced and differentially expressed sequences were further enriched. The cDNAs were then directly inserted into a T/A cloning vector to generate a stomach tumor-specific subtracted cDNA library. Results: The amplified library contained 800 positive clones. Plasmid inserts were PCR amplified and showed 250－700 bp inserts. Conclusions: The successfully constructed subtracted cDNA library of gastrocarcinoma and normal tissue enables us to compare two populations of mRNA and obtain clones of genes that expressed in one population but not in the other.The characterization of these genes will allow them to be exploited for their diagnostic and therapeutic potentials.

The main clinical symptoms of the patients are upper gastrointestinal tract haematemesis,hypersplenotrophy and hypersplenia.Most cases can be detected by ultrasonography,digital subtraction angiography(DSA),multislice CT(MSCT) or magnetic resonance angiography(MRA).Rex surgery,Hassab surgery or combination the shunt and disconnection combined operation et al are the preferred operation,therapy for children's cavernous transformation of portal vein will be further developed.The relevant literatures were collected in recent years to review the advancement of surgical therapy for children's cavernous transformation of portal vein.

OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of Yiqi Huayu Recipe on neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) in neuromuscular junctions during nerve regeneration in rats with lumbar nerve root compression. METHODS: The rats with lumbar nerve root compression were given Yiqi Huayu Recipe for 10, 20 and 30 days respectively. The distribution of N-CAM in neuromuscular junctions of soleus muscle in rats was examined with immunohistochemical method and confocal laser scanning microscopy technique. The acetylcholine receptor (AChR) was visualized with fluorescein-conjugated alpha-bungarotoxin (alpha-BTX). The overlap areas of N-CAM and AChR sites were measured with NIH image technique. RESULTS: The aggregates, sprouts and extensions of N-CAM in the neuromuscular junctions and the overlap areas of N-CAM and AChR sites in the Yiqi Huayu Recipe-treated group were all better improved than those in the untreated group. CONCLUSION: The expression of N-CAM is regulated according to the state of innervation for muscles. Yiqi Huayu Recipe may accelerate this nerve regeneration process.

Ligusticum chuanxiong is a Common Chinese medicinal herb which is widely used in clinical treatment. Modern research has shown that the ingredients of Ligusticum chuanxiong such as tetramethylpyrazine and ferulic acid have multiple effects of scavenging oxygen free radicals,calcium-antagonism,vasodilating,inhibiting platelet aggregation and thrombosis and so on. This article reviews the research progress in pharmacological activities of the available compositions in ligusticum chuanxiong in the past several years.

The authors tried to combine the theoretical learning with experimental and clinical teaching by adding teaching materials of public opinion,head-simulator,typical cases,clinical practice,examination of clinical operation skill,and make up with deficiency to some extend in current pattern of stomatology teaching. The results have showed that the pattern of experimental teaching not only raises the students'activity,consolidates their basic knowledge,develops their clinical thinking ability,but also increases their ability of clinical operational skill before clinical training.