Cadherins ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; Humans ; Liver Neoplasms ; Methylation ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Trans-Activators

Objective To detect the effect of E6AP on gastric cancer cell proliferation and migration.Methods The expression of E6AP in different gastric cancer cell lines and normal gastric mucosa epithelial cell lines was detected by Western blotting.Gastric cancer cells BGC-823 stably expressing E6AP short hairpan RNA(shRNA) were obtained by lentiviral vector of E6AP.The effect of E6AP on BGC-823 cell growth and migration was determined by CCK-8 kit, Tran-swell and wound healing assay.Results Gastric cancer cell line BGC-823 in which E6AP was stably knocked down was established.Knockdown of E6AP inhibited the proliferation and migration of BGC-823 cells.Conclusion E6AP plays a key role in gastric cancer proliferation and migration.

This study was aimed to establish an HPLC method to simultaneous determine 6 kinds of monoester and diester aconitum alkaloids. The content of alkaloids in aconite roots, black and white prepared lateral root of aconite and the compatibility of aconite roots with rhubarb were determined. This study provided reference for the interpreta-tion of the attenuation of processing and compatibility of medicines from chemical component aspect. The HPLC analysis was performed on a Phenomenex Gemini C18 (4.6 mm í 250 mm, 5 μm) with 40 mmol·L-1 ammonium ac-etate (adjusted to pH 9.8 with ammonia water) and acetonitrile as mobile phase, with a gradient elution at the flow rate of 1.0 mL·min-1 and a detection wavelength of 235 nm. The results showed that 6 alkaloids in aconite roots achieved favorable separation and a good linearity relationship (r > 0.999) over the studied concentration range. The extraction recoveries were ranged from 96.9% to 102.4% for the 6 alkaloids. The content of diester alkaloids de-creased markedly in processed products and the compatibility of aconite roots with rhubarb compared with the raw a-conite roots. It was concluded that this method was stable, reliable, simple and practical. It can be used for the si-multaneous determination of 6 kinds of monoester and diester aconitum alkaloids in aconite roots. This processing and compatibility can significantly reduce the content of alkaloids in aconite roots in order to reduce its toxicity.

Objective To detect the expression levels of the miR-205 in lung cancer tissue and A549 cells and its targeted gene YES1 using qRT-PCR and dual fluorescence protein repoter assay system,and to explore the possible mechanism of miR-205 to inhibit the proliferation of lung cancer A549 cells.Methods The expression levels of miR-205 in 10 cases of lung cancer tissue and adjacent normal lung tissue were detected with qRT-PCR.The cell growth curve and colony formation assay were used to determine the proliferation rate of A549 cells after transfected by miR-205 mimics and control mimics.The sequences of YES1 3′UTR (untranslated region)and mutation target sites of YES1 3′UTR were inserted into the plasmid which expressed green fluorescence protein (pcDNA3/EGFP) respectively to construct the green fluorescence protein plasmids of YES1-3′UTR and mut-YES1-3′UTR. There were six groups in the study:YES1-3′UTR, YES1-3′UTR and miR-205 mimics, YES1-3′UTR and control mimics,mut-YES1-3′UTR, mut-YES1-3′UTR and miR-205 mimics, mut-YES1-3′UTR and control mimics;after the plasmids expressed red fluorescent protein (pDsRed2-N1 )were cotransfected into A549 cells,the extracted protein was detected with fluorescence spectrophotometer.Results Compared with adjacent normal lung tissue,the expression levels of miR-205 in lung cancer tissue and A549 cells were decreased (P<0.05 );the proliferation rate of A549 cells in miR-205 mimics group was lower than that in control mimics group (P<0.05). The fluorescence protein expression level in YES1-3′UTR and miR-205 mimics co-transfected group was lower than that in YES1-3′UTR and control mimics co-transfected group, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.01).The number of cell colony formation of A549 cells in highly expressed YES1 group was higher than that in cell control group (P<0.05).Conclusion MiR-205 may inhibit the proliferation of A549 cells through regulating of the expression of YES1 directly.miR-205 and YES1 are potential therapeutic targets for the biological treatment of tumor.

Objective To investigate the recognition status and attitudes of general practice medical professional for rural-oriented clinical medical (general practice direction) students, and provide effective basis for teaching reform. Methods Using cluster sampling method, a questionnaire survey was conducted among 305 rural-oriented medical students in Hubei Medical University who belonged to four different grades. The questionnaire effective recovery was 98.07%, SPSS 17.0 software was used to analyze data, pro-portion (%) were used for statistical descriptive, chi-square test and nonparametric test were used for statis-tical inference. Results 16% (49) students believed that it was not necessary for local medical colleges and universities to set up general practice professional, The rates of students who understood this professional training objectives, employment channel, the future work and professional developments were 82.3% (251 students ), 64.5% (197 students ), 69.2% (211 students) and 66.9% (204 students ), respectively. 27.5%(84) of the students still didn't understand this professional curriculum, and lower cognitive learning public health curriculum. Only 31.1%(105) of students were satisfied with the current general medicine education.52.5% (160) students thought that the professional curriculum system had problems, mainly for the course content overlap and course setting time being not reasonable. Different grades of students had different de-gree of satisfaction in the professional knowledge, the general practice of professional learning attitude, teaching arrangement . Conclusion We should strengthen rural-oriented medical students' ! professional education thought and their cognition of general medicine as soon as possible and integrate and optimize the curriculum system, adjust the teaching content and set up reasonable curriculum opening time.

The authors summarize the current techniques of laparoendoscopic single-site colorectal surgery in light of choice of abdominal incisions, single-site platform and instrument. System analysis suggests that laparoendoscopic single-site colorectal surgery is safe and feasible, and its short term result is similar to that of conventional laparoscopy. However, further trials are needed to investigate its potential benefits and long-term oncologic outcomes.
Colorectal Surgery ; Humans ; Laparoscopy ; instrumentation ; methods

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the efficacy and cosmetic result of suprapubic single incision laparoscopic surgery(SSILS) in the treatment of rectosigmoid cancer.

METHODSClinicopathological data of 16 patients undergoing SSILS and 122 undergoing conventional laparoscopic surgery(CLS) for sigmoid colon and upper rectal cancer in the Nanfang Hospital from August 2011 to July 2012 were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were analyzed with propensity score matching at a ratio of 1 to 2 by logistic regression analysis. The matching covariates included age, gender, body mass index, American Society of Anesthesiologists(ASA) score, tumor location, tumor diameter, pathologic TNM stage, previous abdominal surgery. After matching, 48 patients (16 SSILS and 32 CLS) were enrolled in the study. The SSILS group comprised of 13 (81.3%) males with mean age of (56.4±13.4) years. The CLS group comprised of 23(71.9%) males with mean age of (55.6±13.7) years. Postoperative short-term parameters, oncologic efficacy and cosmetic result were compared between the two groups.

RESULTSThe male gender ratio, age, body mass index, ASA score, tumor location, tumor diameter, tumor differentiation, depth of invasion, lymph node metastasis, TNM stage, previous abdominal surgery were comparable between the two groups. As compared to CLS group, less incision length [(4.8±1.5) cm vs. (6.8±1.2) cm, U=63.000, P=0.000], shorter time to ambulation [(2.6±1.0) days vs. (3.9±1.5) days, U=116.500, P=0.002], shorter hospital stay [(8.4±5.3) days vs.(9.2±3.1) days, U=139.000, P=0.010] and less postopertive pain(Visual Analogue Scale: 4.3±1.4 vs. 5.2±1.1 at day 3, t=2.457, P=0.018; 3.7±1.0 vs. 4.6±1.0 at day 4, t=2.700, P=0.010; 3.3±0.8 vs. 4.0±1.0 at day 5, t=2.466, P=0.017) were observed in SSILS group. The other short-term parameters(blood loss, operative time, insertion of additional port rate, time to flatus, defecation, time to liquid and soft diet, complication morbidity, number of lymph nodes harvested, proximal and distal resection margin) were not significantly different between 2 groups(all P>0.05). The median follow-up time was 41(22-49) months. There was no loco-regional recurrence in 2 groups. Distant metastasis was 18.8% (n=3, all liver metastasis) and 6.3% (n=2, one liver metastasis and one peritoneal metastasis) in SSILS and CLS groups (χ(2)=0.698, P=0.404) respectively. Three-year disease-free survival and 3-year overall survival were 81.3% vs 93.0%(χ(2)=1.355, P=0.244) and 100.0% vs 96.9%(χ(2)=0.500, P=0.480) in SSILS and CLS groups, respectively. Photograph questionnaire investigation showed that the cosmetic score was significantly higher in SSILS group than that in CLS group (8.9±1.1 vs. 7.6±1.1, U=100.500, P=0.000). Of 48 patients of 2 groups, 81.3%(39/48) case preferred SSILS.

CONCLUSIONIn experienced laparoscopic treatment centers, SSILS for rectosigmoid cancer is feasible and safe with quite good oncological efficacy and certain advantages, such as fast recovery, less pain and better cosmetic result.

Adult ; Aged ; Digestive System Surgical Procedures ; methods ; Disease-Free Survival ; Humans ; Laparoscopy ; Length of Stay ; Lymph Nodes ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ; Operative Time ; Postoperative Period ; Rectal Neoplasms ; surgery ; Retrospective Studies ; Sigmoid Neoplasms ; surgery

OBJECTIVETo investigate the effect of functional blocking of endogenous miR-23a with a specific antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) on the proliferation and invasiveness of gastric adenocarcinoma cell line MGC803 in vitro.

METHODSA specific ASO targeting miR-23a, namely ASO-23a, was transfected into MGC803 cells to block endogenous miR-23a. The mRNA level of miR-23a in the transfected cells was detected with quantitative real-time PCR. The changes of cell proliferation following the transfection were detected with MTT assay and colony formation assay, and TUNEL assay and Transwell assay were employed to evaluate the changes in cell apoptosis and invasiveness, respectively.

RESULTSQuantitative real-time PCR demonstrated efficient functional blocking of endogenous miR-23a in MGC803 cells by ASO-23a. Suppression of miR-23a with ASO-23a obviously inhibited cell growth, colony formation and invasiveness of MGC803 cells and significantly enhanced the cell apoptosis.

CONCLUSIONASO-23a can efficiently block the function of endogenous miR-23a in MGC803 cells to inhibit cell proliferation and invasion and promote cell apoptosis.

Adenocarcinoma ; genetics ; pathology ; Apoptosis ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Cell Proliferation ; Humans ; MicroRNAs ; genetics ; Oligonucleotides, Antisense ; Stomach Neoplasms ; genetics ; pathology ; Transfection

Objective To establish spastic cerebral palsy model of macaque by partial resection of motor cortex and explore its evaluation method.Methods Four individuals of 3-month-old macaques were divided into healthy control group and operation model group according to random number table.Partial resection of the motor cortex was carried out in operation model group,in which precentral gyrus cortex from above the right lateral cerebral fissure to the inter-hemicerebral fissure,together with the posterior-superior frontal gyrus (about 0.3 to 0.5 cm in front of the anterior median sulcus) cortex were removed with the depth of about 0.5 to 0.6 cm.After the operation,the continuous camera shooting was used to record whether left limb motor dysfunction and abnormal posture existed or not.Muscle tension was assessed by manual examination of muscle tone with reference to the modified Ashworth scale.The quantitative indexes of the two groups were detected by using the gross motor and fine motor assessment scale.9.4T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to detect the brain imaging changes.Results After operation,the macaque in the operation model group immediately showed left hemiparesis,left upper limb abnormal lifting,left lower limb paralysis,left limb claudication,and eating mainly relied on the right side of the body.After 6 weeks of operation,left limb activity of the operation model group was significantly lower than that of the healthy control group,and the gross motor scores and fine motor scores were significantly lower than those of the healthy control group(Friedman test:χ2=33.939,P<0.05;χ2=37.526,P<0.05).The macaque in the operation model group showed some symptoms that abnormal posture mainly tilted to the left for the rest,sitting in a corner of the monkey cage,left arm was put on the cage to maintain postural balance,and movement was left slightly inclined,which had simulated the typical clinical manifestations of human spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy.Muscle tension was checked by hand,and the left limb paralysis and muscle tension decreased after operation in the model group,and the left muscle tension increased gradually after 5 weeks,and gradually increased to score 4 points and the score remained 3 after 10 weeks.Brain MRI of 3 weeks postoperatively suggested scar tissue formation after right motor cortex resection,which supported the pathological changes of the hemiplegic cerebral palsy models.Conclusions Through the partial resection of the motor cortex,the model of spastic cerebral palsy was established successfully.The results of behavioral evaluation and MRI showed that the model was consis-tent with spastic hemiplegia.

Objective To study changes in hepatic and renal function,serum lipids and homocysteine levels in patients with multiple system atrophy(MSA),and to explore the relationship of serum biochemical indexes with MSA and its severity.Methods A total of 86 hospitalized patients with MSA at our department from January 2014 to June 2017 were retrospectively analyzed.Eightyfive healthy subjects undergoing health physical examinations at our hospital during the same period were enrolled as a control group.Serum lipid levels and liver and renal function were compared between the two groups.After stratified by gender,the correlations of liver and renal function,serum lipids and homocysteine levels with MSA and its severity were analyzed.Results Serum levels of total cholesterol,high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol were lower in the MSA group than in the control group(P＜0.01).Serum levels of total cholesterol,high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol were lower in male patients with MSA than in male healthy controls(P＜0.01).Serum levels of uric acid were lower in female patients with MSA than in female healthy controls (P ＜ 0.05).Serum levels of total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol were lower in MSA patients aged under 60 years than in healthy controls aged under 60 years (P ＜ 0.01).Serum levels of total cholesterol (r =0.34,P ＜ 0.01),high-density lipoprotein cholesterol(r =-0.27,P ＜ 0.01),low-density lipoprotein cholesterol(r =0.32,P ＜ 0.01)and uric acid(r =0.15,P ＜ 0.05)were correlated with MSA,but they were not independent risk factors.Serum levels of total cholesterol(r =0.27,P ＜0.05) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (r =0.23,P ＜0.05)were correlated with the severity of MSA,but they were not independent risk factors (r =-0.381,P ＞0.05).Conclusions Serum levels of lipids and urea are associated with MSA,but they are not independent risk factors for MSA or its severity.Gender may affect the occurrence of MSA,but it needs to be further confirmed.