Objective To investigate the effects of remifentanil on NF-κB activity in a rabbit model of myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Methods Fifty New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into 5 groups (n = 10 each): sham operation group (group S); group I/R; low dose of remifentanil group (group L); median dose of remifentanil group (group M); high dose of remifentanil group (group H). In group I/R, L,M and H, myocardial I/R was produced by occlusion of left anterior descending artery for 30 min followed by 120 min reperfusion.In group S and I/R,10 min before ischemia,normal saline was infused at 5 ml·l·h-1 via the external jugular vein until the end of 120 min reperfusion. In group L, M and H, remifentanil was infused at 1, 5 and 10ug·kg·min-1 respectively 10 min before ischemia until the end of 120 min reperfusion,and the other procedures were the same as those in group I/R. The myocardial tissues were taken at the end of 120 min reperfusion for determination of NF-κB expression which was used to reflect the activity of NF-κB and microscopic examination. Results The activity of NF-κB was significantly higher in group I/R, L, M and H than in group S. The activity of NF-κB was gradually decreased with the increase in the dose of remifentanil in group L, M and H compared with group I/R. The microscopic examination showed that remifentanil significantly attenuated I/R-induced injury in a dose-dependent manner. Conclusion Infusion of remifentanil reduces myocardial I/R injury through decreasing the activity of NF-κB in a doee-dependent manner.

Objective: To observe the preventive effect of alkaline drinking water on hyperuricemia in mice. Methods: Sixty male SPF Kunming mice were randomly divided into six groups: pH 7.3, pH 8.0, pH 9.3 intervention groups, in which the mice were given water with pH values of 7.3±0.5, 8.0±0.5 and 9.3±0.6, respectively; the control group, model group and positive drug group ( with 2 g/L allopurinol ) were given double distilled water. Except for the control group, the mice in each group were given yeast by gavage (1.5 g/mL) for 13 days. On the 14th day, the mice were injected with 300 mg/kg potassium oxyzinate by intraperitoneal injection, and then fasted for 1 day. On the 16th day, serum uric acid, creatinine and urea nitrogen were detected, and renal tissues were stained to observe the morphology.The expression levels of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin ( NGAL ), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1( TIMP1 ), organic anion transporter 1 ( OAT1 ) and urate transporter 1 ( URAL-1 ) in renal tissues were determined bywestern blotting. The mRNA expression levels of URAL-1 and OAT1 were detected by real-time fluorescent quantita⁃tive polymerase chain reaction. Results: The level of serum uric acid was higher in the model group than in the control group and in the pH 9.3 intervention group (both P<0.05). The number and area of renal tubular lesions were less in the pH 9.3 intervention group than in the model group (all P<0.05). The relative expression levels of NGAL and URAT-1 proteins were lower in the pH 9.3 intervention group than in the model group, and the relative expression level of OAT1 protein was higher in the pH 9.3 intervention group than in the model group ( all P<0.05). The relativeexpression level of URAT-1 mRNA was lower in the pH 9.3 intervention group than in the model group, and the rela⁃tive expression level of OAT1 mRNA was higher in the pH 9.3 intervention group than in the model group ( all P<0.05 ). Conclusion Alkaline drinking water with pH value of 9.3±0.6 can effectively prevent hyperuricemia and acute kidney injury in mice.

AIM:To investigate the effect of fluvastatin on the expression of serum and glucocorticoid inducible kinase 1 ( SGK1) and connective tissue growth factor ( CTGF) induced by aldosterone ( Ald) in rat mesangial cells (GMCs). METHODS:GMCs were divided into (1) control group; (2) aldosterone group with different concentrations and times; (3) Ald (10 -7 mol/L) + spironolactone (10 -9 mol/L) group; (4) Ald (10 -7 mol/L) + LY294002 (20 ?mol/L) group; (5) Ald (10-7mol/L) +SB203580 (20 mmol/L) group; (6) the group of Ald (10-7mol/L) + fluvas-tatin at different concentrations (10-7,10-6,10-5 mol/L); (7) Ald (10 -7mol/L) + fluvastatin (10 -5mol/L) + mevalonate (10 -4 mol/L) group; (8) Ald (10 -7 mol/L) + fluvastatin (10 -5 mol/L) + FPP (farnesyl pyrophosphate,10-4 mol/L) group; (9) Ald (10 -7mol/L) + fluvastatin (10 -5 mol/L) + GGPP (geranylgerany pyrophosphate,10 -4 mol/L) group. The protein levels of SGK1 and CTGF were determined by Western blotting. The levels of fibronection (FN),monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in the supernatants were determined by enzymelinked immunosorbant assay (ELISA). RESULTS:Aldosterone stimulated the protein expression of SGK1 and CTGF in cultured mesangial cells in a dose-dependent manner (P

Objective To establish an optimum DNA extraction method for Chinese traditional medical herbs in order to meet necessary for DNA barcoding research.Methods Four Chinese traditional herbs, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, Phellodendron Chinensis Cortex, Cistanche tubulosa Wight and Cistanche deserticola Ma were chosen as the experimental materials, the DNA was extracted by 6 different kinds of DNA extraction method, including the improved method of high-salt combined low-pH,the improved method of SDS,CTAB method,PVP method,PlantZol Kit and Ezup Kit, the quality of DNA was investigated by ultraviolet spectrophotometry,agarose gel electrophoresis and PCR amplification by using specific primers of ITS2 and psbA-trnH. ResuIts The quality of the DNA was better than other four kinds of methods by the improved method of high-salt combined low-pH and Ezup Kit, the value of OD260/OD280 was between 1.7 ~1.9,the yield of DNA was the highest by the PlantZol kit , followed by the improved method of high-salt combined low-pH( P <0.05 ) , but the purity of DNA was poor by the PlantZol kit.The DNA electrophoresis tests showed that the DNA integrity of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch and Cistanche tubulosa Wight were better with the improved method of high-salt combined low-pH, the improved SDS method, the CTAB method and the PlantZol kit.The DNA of Phellodendron Chinensis Cortex and Cistanche deserticola Ma were extracted by the six methods appeared diffuse status in the lanes.But only the improved method of high-salt combined low-pH could make the PCR amplification of the success rate 100% by using specific primers of ITS2 and trnH-psbA.ConcIusion The DNA extraction method of high-salt combined low-pH can be used to establish the Chinese DNA barcoding which has the advantages of lower cost, simpler procedure and less time.

Objective To explore the surgical method and effects of posterior expansive open-door laminoplasty extended to C1,2 levels.Methods 16 cervical spinal stenosis patients with cervical myelopathy were posterior cervical surgery in our hospital from February 2013 to September 2015,including 11 males and 5 females;aged 51-76,average 62.8.4 cases merged C1spinal stenosis,the line which operated by C1～7 spinal posterior open-door expansion of the forming with mini titanium fixation;12 cases merged C2 spinal stenosis,which had the operation of C2～7 posterior open-door laminoplasty with Micro Titanium fixation plate.According to the patient imaging data to assess the stability of the cervical spine,and spinal cord compression fixation position before and after their surgery evaluated;the preoperative and postoperative pain using visual analog scale (VAS);application Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score spinal cord score was used to evaluated spinal cord function,and calculates the rate of improvement of neurological function;surgery patients before and after application Frankel grading was used to evaluate neurological function.Results All patients were followed up,for an average of 11.58 months (2-33 months).16 patients showed no loosening,fracture fixation and related complications,C1,2 showed no instability;cerebrospinal fluid surrounding the spinal cord with in the C1-7 range of the signal on MRI T2WI showed continuous recovery;preoperative VAS score was 6.7 points,postoperative VAS score was 1.8 points;the first 16 cases of patients with preoperative JOA score average (8.3± 1.6) points,postoperative JOA score was (14.6±1.4) points,postoperative neurological improvement rate was 91.6％;Frankel grade C before operation and grade E in postoperation;postoperative follow-up neurological improvement rate excellent 7 cases,good 7 cases,general 2 cases.Conclusion Treatment of cervical spinal stenosis combined with cervical myelopathy may use a C 1-7 posterior spinal expand within the single door molding fixation with mini titanium plate,which can release the compression of the cervical spinal cord nerve and reconstruct a stable structure of posterior of cervical spine.

ToprovidethemethodologyforrapidqualityevaluationofLonicerajaponica,wehaveestablished the stable quantitative model of near infrared spectroscopy ( NIR) . The performance of Bagging partial least squares (Bagging-PLS) model and Boosting partial least squares (Boosting-PLS) model was compared with that partial least squares ( PLS ) model based on the NIR data of ethanol precipitation process of Lonicera japonica. On this basis, the performance of these two models after variables selection was also studied by the methods of siPLS ( synergy interval partial least squares ) and CARS ( competitive adaptive reweighted sampling) . The experimental results showed that the prediction performance of Bagging-PLS and Boosting-PLS models was superior to PLS model with the latent factor of 10 . The band of 820-1029 . 5 nm and 1030-1239. 5 nm for the first batch was selected by the method of siPLS. In addition, the band of 820-1029. 5 nm and 1030-1239. 5 nm was selected for the second batch sample in the same method. Furthermore, the method of CARS was taken to select variables for the two batches samples with 5-fold cross-validation and 10-fold cross-validation. And the lowest RMSECV( root mean square error of cross-validation) values were used to take subset. Compared to the model performance without the method of CARS, the RMSEP value of the Bagging-PLS model and Boosting-PLS model for the concentration of chlorogenic acid reduced by 0 . 02-0 . 04 g/L and rp(correlation coefficient of prediction)value increased by 4%-5%. Generally, Bagging-PLS and Boosting-PLS could be regarded as rapid prediction methodsfor NIR quantitative models of ethanol precipitation process of Lonicera japonica.

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) was applied to perform qualitative research on Tibetan medicine “GTso Thal” in order to establish a rapid element analysis method . The Nd: YAG laser with the funda-mental frequency at 1064 nm was used. A high-power laser beam was focused on the surface of the sample. The spectrometer and CCD was used to detect its spectrum signals. Based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) database, emission spectrum characteristics were differentiated. The LIBS spectra of “GTso Thal”showed multi-elements including Hg, Ca, Na, As, Fe, Mg, Al, K, Li, Pb, Ag, Au and S. Among them, Hg, Pb, Ag and Au were heavy mental elements. The results demonstrated that LIBS was a viable technique for analysis of Ti-betan medicine “GTso Thal”. LIBS provided reliable elemental analysis on Tibetan medicine “GTso Thal”. The de-tection was real-time, rapid and in situ. It had prospects in the elemental analysis of ethnic medicine study. LIBS had broad application prospects.

AIM: To study the effect of ligustrazine on the cardiacmyocyte lesion in rats with type 2 diabetes mellitus.METHODS: Male Wistar rats were injected with STZ via tail vein under high-glucose and high-fat feeding for 4 weeks to establish the animal model of type 2 diabetes mellitus.Ligustrazine at different doses was used to treat the diabetic rats.The body weight, blood glucose and the morphology of heart tissues were observed.The myocardial levels of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α were detected by ELISA, and the protein expression of IKKβ and NF-κB in the myocardium was determined by Westeren blotting.RESULTS: Ligustrazine at high dose alleviated the body weight reduction and blood glucose elevation cause by diabetes, and reduced pro-inflammatory factors IL-1β, TNF-α and IL-6.Moreover, the protein expression of IKKβ and NF-κB was significant decreased by ligustrazine.CONCLUSION: Ligustrazine inhibits the myocardial inflammation caused by diabetes through anti-inflammatory pathway.

OBJECTIVE:To investigate the improving effect of phenylethanoid glycosides (PhGCs) from Tibetan medicine Phlomis younghusbandii on rats with acute high-altitude cerebral edema. METHODS:60 Wistar rats were randomly divided into a normoxia control group (isometric sterile water for injection),a hypoxia model group (isometric sterile water for injection),a dexamethasone group(4 mg/kg),and three groups of PhGCs at high(400 mg/kg),middle(200 mg/kg)and low(50 mg/kg)dos-es,with 10 rats in each group. The rats were given drugs,ig,6 d before the establishment of models. On the 4th day of administra-tion,ig,the rats in all groups except the normoxia blank group were placed in a simulated 8 000 m altitude plateau environment for 72 h hypoxic exposure to establish the rat models of high-altitude cerebral edema. Following HE stain,the pathological changes in rats’brain tissues were observed under the light microscope. Dry-wet proportion method was used to determine the water con-tents in rats’brain. The content of MDA and the activities of SOD and GSH in rats’brain tissues were detected. Enzyme-linked im-munosorbent assay was adopted to determine the contents of IL-1β and TNF-α in rats’serum and brain tissues. RESULTS:Com-pared to the rats in the normoxia control group,those in the hypoxia model group showed obvious brain edema,and thickened lacu-nas around cells and vessels and inflammatory cell infiltration, higher water contents and MDA and weaker activities of SOD and GSH in brain,and higher contents of IL-1β and TNF-α in serum and brain tissues. There were statistically significances (P<0.01 or P<0.05). Compared to the rats in the hypoxia model group,those in the groups of PhGCs at high,middleand low dosages demonstrated less inflammatory cell infiltration and lower water contents in brain tissues,in which the groups of PhGCs at high and middle dosages demonstrated lower content of MDA and stronger activities of SOD and GSH in brain tissues, and lower contents of IL-1β and TNF-α in serum and brain tissues. There were statistically significances (P<0.01 or P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS:PhGCs can obviously alleviate the acute cerebral injury in rats which is caused by acute hypoxia and has im-provement effect to some degree on the rats with acute high-altitude cerebral edema.