Our study showed that the concentration of plasma ammonia in patients with hepatic encephalopathy was increased significantly than that in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis, primary hepatocellular carcinoma and fulminant hepatitis. The concentration of serum free tryptophan and "free/total" tryptophan ratio in patients with hepatic encepha-lopathy were significantly increased as compared with patients of other three groups. The concentration of serum serotonin was not significantly increased and that of serum 5-hy- droxyindolacetic acid was significantly increased in comparison with normal controls. In addition, the concentrations of serum free tryptophan and serum "free/total" ratio were closely positive correlated with the degree of hepatic encephalopathy, the concentrations of. plasma ammonia and serum free tryptophan and serum "free/total" ratio were higher in patients with hepatic coma than that of patients regainning consciousness, but the difference was not statistically significant. The role of plasma ammonia and serum tryptophan in pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy was discussed

Object To investigate the chemical constituents of Securidaca inappendiculata Hassk Methods Compounds of 95% alcohol extract from the stem of S inappendiculata were isolated by column chromatography and Medium Pressure Liquid Chromatography, respectively The structures of the compounds were elucidated by chemical and spectral (UV, IR, MS, 1HNMR adn 13 CNMR) analyses Results Six compounds were isolated and identified as: 4, 4′ dimethyl 1, 7 heptanedioic acid (Ⅰ), inositol (Ⅱ), stigmasterol (Ⅲ), vittadinoside (Ⅳ), rhamnose (Ⅴ), sucrose (Ⅵ) Conclusion For the first time, compound Ⅰ was obtained from the plant and other compounds were isolated from Securidaca Mill

Objective To make clear the relationship between the genetic polymorphism of MMP-1 and implant early failure.Methods We conducted a case control study,53 cases patients (no smoking history and without periodontitis) who have underwent dental implant were divided into experimental group(with dental implant failure) and control group(with dental implant success) according to early failure of dental implant (within one month).DNA of 53 patients in Han nationality were extracted by using Chelex-100 method and polymorphisms of the mmp-1-1607 gene were detected by restriction fragment length polymorphism after polymerase chain reactions.Results Patients with MMP-1-1607(1G/2G) genotype exhibited a significantly higher occurrence of implant early failure than those with MMP-1-1607(1G/1G) gene type(P＜0.05).The OR of the 1G/2G versus the 1G/1G of the MMP-1-1607 genotype was 13.894(P＜0.05).Conclusion MMP-1-1607(1G/2G) genotype is associated with implant early failure.

Objective To investigate the effect of early life stress on the locomotion and concentration of corticosterone in peripheral blood in adult rats.Methods Maternal deprivation and isolation were used in the model of early life stress. Chronic stress was used in adult rats.Open field test was used for the measurement of locomotion activity. ELISA was used to measure the concentration of corticosterone in peripheral blood.Results The total activity time of locomotion[(296.96±6.63)s, (291.06±8.40)s;P＜0.01] and the concentration of corticosterone [(15.51±2.41)nmol/L,(11.27±2.49)nmol/L;P＜0.05]were increased in adult rats by maternal deprivation. The total activity distance [(23231.29±2030.35)mm,(14042.81.06±2875.34)mm;P＜0.05] and time[(296.39±3.48)s,(259.18±4.71)s;P＜0.01]were increased after chronic stress which was used in adult rats in which maternal deprivation were used before. The concentration of corticosterone[(20.60±1.83)nmol/L,(14.49±1.37)nmol/L;P＜0.01]was also increased in the same condition.Conclusions The concentration of corticosterone and locomotion activity of adult rats can be increased by early life stress. The reaction of HPA axis for chronic stress was improved by early life stress.

Aim To investigate the glycosidic constituents in the rhizomes of Alpinia officinarum Hance. Methods The isolation and purification of glycosides were done with column chromatography on macro porous resin, polyamides and Sephadex LH-20, whilst the structure elucidation was done by HRCI-MS and NMR (1D and 2D ) methods. Results A glycosidic ester identified as 4'-hydroxy-2'-methoxyphenol-β-D-{ 6-O-[ 4"-hydroxy-3", 5"-dimethoxy ( benzoate ) ] }-glucopyranoside ( I), along with a known compound n-butyl-β-D-fructopyranoside (II) , were isolated and characterized. Conclusion Ⅰ was found to be a new compound, named as alpinoside A, whilst Ⅱ was isolated from the genus Alpinia for the first time.

Objective To prepare osmotic pump-controlled release tablets of total flavones in Lysimachia clethroides.Methods Two components of the extract from L.clethroides,rutin and naringenin-7-O-glucoside were used to evaluate the release behavior of osmotic pump controlled release tablets.Single factor investigation was carried out on the membrane compositions and orifice variables,and uniform design was used to optimize the formulation of coating mambrane.Results The membrane weight,PEG400 content,and dibutyl phthalote(DBP) content were the main factors influencing the drug release,and based on 45% and 8.5% of cellulose acetate,respectively,to prepare osmotic pump-controlled release tablets could achieve the desired zero-order release profile.Conclusion The formulation and technology are simple and easy to be carried out.Osmotic pump-controlled release tablets have a stable drug release bahavior and a good reproducibility.

Cytochrome P450 (CYP450) is a key element in the Ganoderma triterpenoid biosynthetic pathway. The catalytic reaction process for CYP450 requires NADPH / NADH for electron transfer. After searching the genome dataset of Ganoderma lucidum, the unique sequence encoding CYP450 and NADPH were discovered, separately. The open reading frames of GLCYP450 and GLNADPH were cloned separately using RT-PCR strategy from G lucidum. The appropriate restriction enzyme cutting sites were introduced at the 5' and 3' ends of gene sequence. The genes of GLCYP450 and GLNADPH were recombined into the yeast expression vector pESC-URA, leading to the formation of the yeast expression plasmid pESC-GLNADPH-GLCYP450. This study provides a foundation for researching Ganoderma triterpene biosynthesis using the approach of synthetic biology.

Objective To investigate the effect of down-regulation of lysine specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) by shRNA on the apoptosis and cell cycle of human acute myelogenous leukemia cells.Methods The lentiviral vector-mediated LSD1-shRNA was transfected into human acute promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells and acute monocytic leukemia SHI-1 cells.The expressions of LSD1 mRNA and protein were examined by real time quantitative PCR and Western blot,respectively.The flow cytometry was applied to detect the apoptosis and cell cycle distribution after AnnexinV-PE/7-AAD and PI dying,respectively.Results The expressions of LSD1 mRNA and protein in HL-60 and SHI-1 LSD1-shRNA group were significantly decreased compared with the blank control group and the negative shRNA group (P ＜ 0.01,respectively).The apoptosis levels of HL-60 and SHI-1 cells were significantly increased after knockdown of LSD1 (P ＜ 0.01).Moreover,the cell cycle distribution in the G0/G1 phases was also significantly increased(P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion LSDI-shRNA promotes cell apoptosis and increases the percentage of cells in the G0/G1 phases of human acute myelogenous leukemia cells.