BACKGROUND:Current research on mesenchymal stem cels (MSCs) is mostly focused on its immune regulatory function, while little is reported on the antioxidant capacity of the cels and culture supernatant.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the anti-oxidative capacity of the supernatant harvested from human fetal placenta MSCs (fPMSCs) under a condition of serum free culture. METHODS:fPMSCs were cultured with serum free media, and the supernatants of cels at passages 2-6 were colected at 48 hours after culture. Vitamin C was added into the culture medium, as a positive control, and its concentration was 100 μmol/L. The total antioxidant capacity, scavenging capacity of free radicals and antioxidant enzymatic activities of supernatants were measured. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: By comparing anti-oxidative activities of vitamin C and na?ve culture medium, supernatants colected from fPMSCs cultures exhibited obvious antioxidant capacities at different extents between passages of cel cultures. The total antioxidant capacity of the culture supernatant was comparable to 40-80 μmol/L vitamin C. In addition, al supernatants derived from cels with different passages displayed capacities to scavenge free radicals, including 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH?), hydroxyl radical (?OH), superoxide anion radical (O2-). Even more, activities of antioxidant enzymes, including superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase, were also detected in supernatants colected from different passages of fPMSCs. Under the serum-free condition, the culture supernatants of fPMSCs have antioxidant capacities at certain extent. However, the antioxidant components and underlying mechanisms need to be further studied.

Objective:To evaluate the effect of implementation of prevention from mother-to-child transmission of syphilis in Minhang district of Shanghai from 2013 to 2019.Methods:The data of 284 pregnant women with syphilis infection diagnosed by 6 midwifery medical institutions in Minhang District from January 2013 to December 2019, were collected from the database of national management information system for prevention of mother to child transmission of AIDS, syphilis and hepatitis B. Among them there were 1 case of spontaneous abortion, 4 cases of ectopic pregnancy, 42 cases of lost follow-up; the remaining 237 parturients were included in this study. The Implementation Program of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of AIDS, syphilis and hepatitis B (2015 edition) has been implemented since 2015 in Minhang district. The maternal and neonatal outcomes between the period of 2013-2015 (before program implemented, 123 cases) and the period of 2016-2019 (after program implemented, 114 cases) were compared. Results:Between 2013 and 2019, the syphilis detection rate of pregnant women remained 100.00% (100 761/100 761). The detection rates during pregnancy before and after program implementation were 95.92% (51 855/54 288) and 98.87% (45 949/46 473); the prevalence rate of syphilis was 2.93‰ (159/54 288) and 2.69‰ (125/46 473), respectively. The rate of anti-syphilis treatment was 62.60% (77/123) and 85.96% (98/114), the standard treatment rate was 20.33% (25/123) and 49.12% (56/114), the neonatal preventive treatment proportion/rate was 1/12 and 94.74% (72/76). The detection rate during pregnancy, anti-syphilis treatment rate, standardized treatment rate and neonatal preventive treatment rate after program implementation were significantly higher than those of before implementation (χ 2=988.88, 16.72, 21.81, 54.72, all P<0.01). The rate of non- Treponema pallidum antigen titer ≥ 1∶8 was 36.89% (38/103) and 17.48% (18/103), respectively in two periods; the incidence of neonatal adverse health problems was 21.49% (26/121) and 6.03% (7/116); congenital syphilis report incidence rate was 152.12/100 000 live births (83/54 562) and 23.46/100 000 live births (11/46 890), respectively. All these indicators showed a significant reduction (χ 2=9.81, 11.80, 45.10, all P<0.01). The treatment rate of pregnant women with previously diagnosed syphilis infection was 63.27% (62/98), which was lower than that of those with initially diagnosed (81.29%, 113/139) ( cOR=2.52, 95 %CI: 1.40-4.56, χ 2=9.672, P<0.01). Among whose with lost follow-up, the floating pregnant women accounted for 92.86% (39/42), 57.14% (24/42) of whom were unable to contact and 30.95% (13/42) refused to be followed up. Conclusions:After the implementation of prevention program, the rates of detection and diagnosis, standardized treatment, neonatal preventive treatment, as well as the maternal and neonatal outcomes of pregnant women with syphilis infection have been significantly improved in Minhang district of Shanghai.