Twenty-eight adult male rats were used for this study. The experimentar were injected intramuscular with 25 mg/d cortisone acetate and were killed in various intervals separately. The neurohypophysis were fixed in mixed solution of 4% paraformaldehyde and 2% glutaraldehyde in buffered cacodylate. Frozens ections were incubated in the medium of sodium glycero-phosphate and lead nitrate, postfixed in caulfield solution, dehydrated, embedded, ultrathin sectioned, stained With uranium acetate without lead citrate, and observed under EM, In the neurohypophysis of control animals, the active areas of acid phosphatase were few and were limited in lysosome and Golgi apparatus of pituicytes and endothelia of capillaries. After injection of cortisone, the lysosome of pituicytes were increased and the activity of acid phosphatase were strengthened. Besides pituicytes and endothelia cells, there were so many positive thin granules in the processes of dark pituicytes, some areas of positive reaction of AcP appeared in neurosecretion fibers. After increasing the drug dosage, positive reaction of AcP areas showed a tendency of expansion. In this study, we discussed the effect of cortisone on the AcP of neurohypophysis and the functional significance of pituicytes in neurosecretion procedure.

OBJECTIVE:To fathom American pharmaceutical benefit managers(PBMs).METHODS:The development of PBMs in America was reviewed and the role they played in American pharmaceutical management was analyzed.RESULTS:PBMs,whose strength was increasing,did play a role in curbing the increase of drug expenses though their place was still somewhat controversial.CONCLUSION:PBMs in American sets a good example for other countries including China to follow.

AIM:To investigate the effects of Qili Qiangxin capsule on serum adiponectin ( APN) , serum N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide ( NT-proBNP) and heart function in the patients of coronary heart disease combined with congestive heart failure .METHODS: One hundred and twenty patients were randomly divided into treatment group and control group , and both groups were given anti-failure routine therapy .The patients in treatment group were treated with Qili Qiangxin capsule and the patients in control group were treated with placebo .The patients in the 2 groups were given a certain dose of the drugs for 6 months.The New York Heart Association (NYHA) heart function classification, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD), left ventricular end-systolic diameter (LVESD),left ventricular ejection frac-tion (LVEF), and 6-min walking test (6-MWT) were observed before and after treatment .The levels of APN, NT-proBNP were measured by ELISA before and after treatment .RESULTS:With the increase in the class of NYHA heart function , the serum concentrations of APN and NT-proBNP in the heart failure cases increased significantly .After 6-month treat-ment, the effective rate in experimental group was 91.7%and that in control group was 75.0%.A significant difference was found between the 2 groups (P<0.01).After treatment, LVEDD and LVESD in both groups were decreased signifi-cantly, and LVEF in both groups was increased significantly .The serum concentrations of APN and NT-proBNP decreased significantly (P<0.05).6-MWT result was improved significantly.Compared with control group, more obvious effect was observed in experimental group ( P<0.05) .CONCLUSION:Treatment with Qili Qiangxin capsule reduces the levels of APN and NT-proBNP in the patients with coronary heart disease combined with congestive heart failure .

ObjectiveTo investigate the protective effect of pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) on damage of hippocampal neurons induced by NMDA.MethodsHippocampal neurons were cultured in vitro and NMDA was used to induce neurotoxicity 8 d after, while PQQ were used or not before. The metamorphosis of hippocampal neurons was observed under the microscope. Intracellular calcium levels was measured by confocal laser microscopy. ResultsThe intracellular Ca2+ level increased rapidly after exposure to 0.1 mmol/L NMDA and resulted in neuronal necrosis and apoptosis. Otherwise, pretreatment of the cultured neurons with PQQ reduced the increase of the intracellular Ca2+ level and the neuronal necrosis or apoptosis induced by NMDA.ConclusionPQQ can protect hippocampal neurons from damage induced by NMDA.

Objective To study the elastic features of common femoral artery by echo-tracking(ET)technique in type 2 diabetic(T2DM)patients.Method 60 eases of T2DM and 60 cases in control group,were separated into groups with age,ET technique was used to evaluate the common femoral artery modulus,including pressure strain elastic modulus(Ep),stiffness parameter(β),arterial compliance (AC),augment index(AI).Results Compared with the normal group ,in the T2DM group,β and Ep of common femoral artery were significantly higher(P＜0.01,P＜0.05),and AC was significantly lower(P＜0.05),and the difference in AI was not obvious (P＞0.05).The indexes were most obviouse in 40 to 59-year-old.The correlation parameter of age with β,Ep,AC,AI was 0.74,0.76 (P＜0.001)and 0.62,0.51 (P＞0.05).Conclusion The elasticity declination of common femoral artery in T2DM patients occur in the early stages,the change in 40-59 years old is obvious.β,Ep are apparently age-related indexes,and AC,AI are not.

Objective To observe the activation of rat hepatic stellate cells (HSC-T6) and the changes of methyltransferase (DNMT)1,DNMT3a mRNA expression with different doses of sodium arsenite stimulation.Methods HSC-T6 cells were exposed to a final concentration of 0 (control),5 (low dose),15 (medium dose) and 25 (high dose) μmol/L sodium arsenite in culture medium for 24,48 and 72 h,cells and cell culture supernatant were harvested.Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit was used to measure fibrosis factors contents of type Ⅰ collagen (COL-1),type 11Ⅲ collagen (COL-3) and alpha smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and quantitative real-time PCR was used to detect the expression levels of DNMT1 and DNMT3a mRNA.Results Different arsenic exposure time (24,48,72 h) had a significant effect on COL-1,COL-3 and α-SMA contents in HSC-T6 cells (F =249.574,328.493,3 157.436,all P ＜ 0.01);Different arsenic exposure content (low,medium,high dose groups) had a significant effect on COL-1,COL-3 and α-SMA contents in HSC-T6 cells (F =3 946.521,1 006.399,13 025.770,all P ＜ 0.01).After arsenic exposure for 24 and 48 h,the expression levels of DNMT1 mRNA in high dose group (4.33 ± 0.24,2.34 ± 0.43) were higher than those of control group (1.00 ± 0.00,1.00 ± 0.00,all P ＜ 0.05).At the same arsenic exposure levels (low,medium or high dose),the expression level of DNMT1 mRNA was declined with prolongation of sodium arsenite stimulation time (all P ＜ 0.05).After arsenic exposure for 48 and 72 h,the expression levels of DNMT3a mRNA in high dose group (2.23 ± 0.50,5.02 ± 0.23) were higher than those of control group (1.00 ± 0.00,1.00 ± 0.00,all P ＜ 0.05).The expression levels of DNMT3a mRNA in medium and high dose groups at 72 h (3.80 ± 0.14,5.02 ± 0.23) were higher than those of 24 h (3.03 ± 0.12,0.42 ± 0.15,all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion HSC-T6 cells are obviously activated with pro-fibrotic effect;the expression levels of DNMT1 and DNMT3a mRNA are both up regulated in HSC-T6 cells after being exposed to sodium arsenite.

Objective To study the mechanism of liver fibrosis in rats caused by chronic exposure through drinking water containing sodium arsenite,to identify the differential proteins via proteomics technique.Methods Totally 40 healthy 8-week-old male Sprague Dawley (SD) rats of specific pathogen free (SPF) grade were randomly divided into 4 groups,which were control group (deionized water),0.68,1.36 and 2.73 mg/kg sodium arsenite (iAs3+) treated groups,respectively.The rats were fed with iAs-treated drinking water freely for 24 consecutive weeks.Twenty-four hour urine sample,blood and liver samples were collected.Hepatic fibrosis indices,specifically,type Ⅲ precollagen (PC Ⅲ),type Ⅳ collagen (Ⅳ-C),hyaluronic acid (HA) and laminin (LN) were detected by enzymelinked immunoassay (ELISA).Based on the isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) reagent 8-plex experiment,combined with 2DLC-MS/MS,the proteins in rats liver tissue of the medium dose group and the high dose group were compared with the those of control groups.Results ①The serum HA contents in the C (control) group,the L (low dose) group,the M (medium dose) group and the H (high dose) group were (198.51 ± 16.64),(218.39 ± 34.98),(261.72 ± 30.56) and (297.31 ± 35.72) ng/L;the serum PCⅢ contents in C,L,M and H groups were (15.32 ± 2.15),(16.78 ± 2.64),(19.51 ± 0.85) and (21.42 ± 1.63) μg/L;the serum LN contents in C,L,M and H groups were (734.57 ± 86.00),(792.65 ± 94.15),(916.83 ± 84.40) and (1 008.09 ± 64.17) μg/L;the serum Ⅳ-C contents in C,L,M and H groups were (52.34 ± 14.65),(59.72 ± 12.84),(74.38 ± 4.83) and (78.46 ± 4.30) μ.g/L,respectively.The differences in serological indices of liver fibrosis between-groups were statistically significant (F =21.136,19.957,22.007,14.288,all P ＜ 0.05).In multiple comparison of serum HA,PCⅢ and LN,there were no statistical significant differences between L group and C group.M and H groups were higher than L group and C group,significant statistical difference was found between H group and M group (all P ＜ 0.05).②Combining iTRAQ with 2DLC-MS/MS,based on the confidence threshold of protein (unused protScore) ＞ 1.3 and at least 1 matched peptides within the 95％ confidence interval,2 948 proteins were identified.Totally 2 162 proteins were detected in three groups compared with Venn diagram,after removing significant different proteins in C group,687 up-regulated proteins and 548 down-regulated proteins were identified in M group;633 up-regulated proteins and 519 downregulated were found in H group;the differences of protein expression between M and H groups were not statistically significant (P ＞ 0.05).③Up-regulated proteins related to the metabolism including AS3MT,MAT,SHMT,CHDH,CTH,CSAD and BHMT in M and H groups;of the two kinds of proteins of MTR,METK1 was up-regulated and F1LRB8 was down-regulated.Proteins associated with GSH including Gsta1,Gsta4,Gsta5,Gstt1,Gstt2,Gstk1,Gstp1,Gstm1,Gstm2,Gstm3,Gss,Gpx1,Gpx4,Esd,Hagh,Glo1,Mgst1 and B6DYQ5 which were all up-regulated.Proteins associated with liver fibrosis were Hic-5,Gss and six kinds of Tpm,and six kinds of Tpm subunits including two kinds of Tpm1,three kinds of Tpm2 and one kind of Tpm3 which were all up-regulated.Conclusions There is liver accumulation of arsenic after chronic arsenic exposure and resulting in liver fibrosis and decline of liver function.Expressions of AS3MT,MTR,MAT,SHMT,BHMT,CHDH,CTH and CSAD are up-regulated;arsenic meta bolism methionine cycle,folic acid cycle and sulfur transfer pathways are closely related.GSH plays an important role in arsenic metabolism and liver fibrosis,Hic-5,GSS and TPM may be associated with the occurrence of liver fibrosis.

Purpose To investigate the expression and clinical significance of microRNA-21 (miR-21) in patients with prostate cancer (PCa).Methods The human tissue specimens were paraffin-embedded blocks which were collected from the Department of Pathology.miR-21 was detected by in situ hybridization (ISH) in 90 cases of PCa and 69 cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).Results The ISH data showed that the positive rate of miR-21 in PCa (71.1％) was significantly higher than that in BPH (24.6％) (P ＜ 0.05),the expression of miR-21 correlated with the Gleason grade (P ＜ 0.05),and no relationship was observed with other clinicpathological features (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion The miR-21 plays an important role in the pathogenesis of PCa,which can be a new diagnostic target for PCa.

ObjectiveTo explore the role of risk management in reducing the nursing risk of junior nurses in operation room. Method The risk management was implemented among junior nurses in operation room including establishing training groups for risk management,establishing instructor system,classifying nursing risk events and formulating operation room nursing risk monitoring. Result After risk management,the rate of risk events in the junior nurses was lowered as compared to pre-enforcement of the risk management(P<0.001).Conclusions The risk management can improve the risk awareness of junior nurses in operation room and reduce the incidence of nursing risk events.

ObjectiveTo research the endothelial dysfunction and early changes in arterial elasticity in patients with hyperlipidemia and effects of atorvastatin on these changes.Methods40 patients with hyperlipidemia but without any treatment in our hospital were selected as a study group,and 30 healthy people were selected as control group.Use the Flow mediated dilation,FMD detection which bases on the echo-trackingtechnology,eTRACYING to evaluate the right brachial atherosclerosis parameters and vascular diastolic parameters,including the pressure strain elastic modulus(Ep) ;stiffness index (β) ;compliance (AC) ;FMDs and FMDd.The study group take atorvastatin 20mg per day,then retested above parameters and TC,LDL-C after 12 weeks and analyzed all parameters.ResultsThe values of β and Ep in study group are significantly higher than the control group (all P ＜ 0.001 ),but AC;FMDs and FMDd are significantly lower than the control group( all P ＜ 0.001 ).The results of the study group after the treatment of atorvastatin are as follwing:TC,LDL-C,β and Ep are lower than before,AC,FMDs and FMDd are higher than before;and the differences are of significance in statistics ( all P ＜ 0.001 ).ConclusionHyperlipidemic patients had shown the vascular endothelial injury and vascular early hardening before the abnormal changes in intimal,but the atorvastatin intervention could reverse these changes.