Objective To detect the expression of insulin-like growth factor Ⅱ mRNA-binding protein 3 (IMP3) and p16 in cervical carcinoma and investigate their clinical significance.Methods Immunohistochemical Envision method was used to detect the expression of IMP3 and p16 proteins in 67 cases of carcinoma of the uterine cervix,58 cases of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and 15 cases of normal cervical epithelium.Results IMP3 was mainly dedected in the cytoplasm,whose positive expression rate was 85.07％ (57/67) in cervical carcinoma,12.07％ (7/58) in CIN (x2 =66.32,P ＜ 0.05) and 0 (0/15) in cervical epithelium (x2 =44.38,P ＜ 0.05).No significance variations of the expression of IMP3 were observed in cervical adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma (x2 =0.35,P ＞ 0.05).p16 was found both in nucleus and cytoplasm of cervical carcinoma,whose expression rate was 83.58％ (56/67),higher than 41.37％ (24/58) in CIN (x2 =24.85,P ＜ 0.05) and 0 (0/15) in cervical epithelium (x2 =42.61,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Expression of IMP3 and p16 is high in cervical carcinoma,maybe can be used as a potential biomarker of metastasis and progression.

OBJECTIVE:To establish a method for the content determination of isoniazid in Isoniazid tablet. METHODS:Mi-crofluidic chip with contactless conductivity detection was adopted. The effects of electrophoresis parameters,such as the variety, concentration,pH,additive types and dosage,injection time and separation voltage on the separation detection were explored. RE-SULTS:The optimized buffer system was 1.86 mmol/L citrate-0.14 mmol/L sodium citrate buffer solution (pH3.0),no additive , the injection time was 20 s and the separation voltage was 2.5 kV. In the optimal conditions,the linear range of isoniazid was 10-200 μg/mL(r=0.9993);the limits of quantification and detection were 8.0 μg/mL and 2.4 μg/mL;RSDs of precision,stability and reproducibility tests were lower than 2.0%;recovery was 97.8%-102.9%(RSD=1.9%,n=9). CONCLUSIONS:The method is rapid and simple,and suitable for the content determination of isoniazid in Isoniazid tablet.

OBJECTIVE:To provide information about the current situations and trend of development in Chinese phar?maceutical trade.METHODS:We have generally overviewed the basic situation and existing problems in Chinese pharmaceu?tical trade and analysed and discussed its trend of development in the future.RESULTS&CONCLUSION:Chinese pharma?ceutical enterprises must think highly of their existing problems and the chances and challenges after entry into WTO,and take corresponding countermeasures to continually strengthen and improve their power of competition and jointly keep Chinese pharmaceutical trade healthy,constant and stable development.

Objective To investigate the functional protective effect of lycium barbarum polysaccharide (LBP) against light-in-duced retinal degeneration. Design experimental studies. Participants sixty SD rats were divided randomly into 6 groups. Methods Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed for 24 hours to 2000-lux cool white fluorescent light after treatment with LBP. Scotopic flash elec-troretinogram (ERG) were recorded before and on day D1, D6 and D14 after light exposure. The b-wave amplitude was statistic. In addi-tion, rats from each group were killed for retinal morphometric analyses. Main outcome Measure The amplitudes of b-wave of scotopic flash ERG, the histopathological changes. Results In the untreated group, light exposure caused collapse of the b-wave sensitivity curves. Bmax was reduced by 29.97% at D1 without subsequent recovery. Histopathology of the temporal superior central retinas of rats showed outer segment disorganization and shortening, the inner segments swelled and vacuolated, the outer nuclear layer thicknesses decreased markedly with subsequent recovery. In the treated groups, light exposure had a weaker effect on sensitivity curves. The values of b-wave amplitude were significantly increased than those in the exposed-untreated group (P=0.005). Retinal morphometry was pre-served. Conclusion LBP afford functional protection against light-induced retinal damage. (Ophthalmol CHN, 2009, 18: 229-233)

Objective To study the apllication value of cerebraspinal fluid minimal residual leukemia cells(MRLCs) combined with lactate dehydrogenase(LDH) detection in early diagnosis of central nervous system leukemia(CNSL) to provide a laboratory basis for clinical diagnosis and evaluation of disease progression and therapeutic effect.Methods Thirty inpatiernts without blood disease and central nervous system(CNS) organic diseases,and normal CSF routine and detected biochemical indexes were selected as the control group and 96 cases of acute leukemia (AL) diagnosed by bone marrow puncture FAB morphology and flow cytometry typing served as the disease group.Flow cytometry was used to detect the MRLCs in CSF,the activity of LDH in CSF was detected by the rate method,and the detection results were performed the comparative analysis.Results Among 96 cases of AL,30 patients with CNSL had 13 cases of positive MRLCs in CSF,the positive rate was 43.33%,among 66 cases of non-MRLCs,MRLCs was not detected detected.Among 96 cases of AL,CSF LDH level in 30 cases of CNSL was (30.54±10.29)U/L,which was significantly higher (16.16±7.12)U/L in the patients without CNSL,the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusion The detection of MRLCs and LDH in CSF of AL can be used as a laboratory diagnostic index for early diagnosis of CNSL,and MRLCs combined with LDH detection can improve the positive diagnosis rate of CNSL.

To monitor the trans-differentiation from adult stem cells to germ cells, we analyzed the vasa expression of goat testicular tissues in different ages and constructed the germ cell specific reporting vector pVASA-EGFP. The expression of vasa was verified by RT-PCR and immunofluorescence. The vector pVASA-EGFP was constructed by molecular technology, then transfected into goat bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) by Lipofectamine 2000. Moreover, we observed the expression of the vector through green fluorescent protein (GFP). Immunofluorescence results show that Vasa was expressed in all groups of goat testicular tissues, RT-PCR results show that the levels of vasa mRNA in 3-month group and 10-month group were significantly higher than that in 10-day group. Sequencing and restriction enzyme results show that the vector was successfully constructed. After transfection and RA treatment, GFP expression was observed, which proved the validity of our reporting system. All the results proved that vasa was expressed in different ages in goat testicular tissues, and the vector pVASA-EGFP is efficient in monitoring the trans-differentiation in vitro, which paves the way for further characterization and screening of the trans-differentiation of goat BMSCs.
Animals ; Cell Transdifferentiation ; Genes, Reporter ; Genetic Vectors ; Germ Cells ; cytology ; Goats ; Green Fluorescent Proteins ; Male ; Mesenchymal Stromal Cells ; RNA, Messenger ; Testis ; metabolism ; Transfection

We studied the function of connexin 43 (Cx43) gene in Xiao Meishan swine bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) resulting from overexpression. Cx43 eukaryotic expression vector (pEGFP-Cx43) was constructed and transfected into BMSCs by nucleofector, after detecting the transfection efficiency; the expression of Cx43 was verified by RT-PCR, immunofluorescence and western blotting. Furthermore, we detected its cell cycle and apoptosis through flow cytometry. Our results show that pEGFP-Cx43 plasmid was successfully constructed, and green fluorescence in pEGFP-Cx43 transfected BMSCs was highly expressed with 60% transfection efficiency. In transgenic Xiao Meishan swines BMSCs, the expression level of Cx43 mRNA and protein were up-regulated. Meanwhile, the ability of cell proliferation was significantly increased, and the apoptosis rate was significantly reduced. Taken together, Cx43 overexpression could promote the proliferation of Xiao Meishan swine's BMSCs and markedly reduce their apoptosis, which provides evidence for in vivo research.
Animals ; Animals, Genetically Modified ; Apoptosis ; Cell Proliferation ; Connexin 43 ; metabolism ; Flow Cytometry ; Genetic Vectors ; Mesenchymal Stromal Cells ; metabolism ; Plasmids ; Swine ; genetics ; Transfection

OBJECTIVE:To establish a method for identification of Cornus officinalis and its Preparations. METHODS: LC-MS method was adopted. The separation was performed on Hypersil C18 column (150 mm?2.1 mm,5 ?m) with a mobile phase of methanol-acetic acid(84 ∶ 16) at a flow rate of 0.2 mL?min-1. The column temperature was set at 30℃. Mass spectra were equipped with an electrospray ionization (ESI) source with negative ion detection model as ion scanning. The conditions of determination were sheath gas flow rate of 1.5 L?min-1,sweep gas flow rate of 0.45 L?min-1,spraying voltage of 4.5 kV, high temperature capillary temperature of 350℃ and scan range of 110～600 amu. RESULTS: The three-level mass spectrometry of the ursolic acid and oleanolic acid was well separated. The results were stable. Three-level mass spectrometry of ursolic acid and oleanolic acid were established and identification of C. officinalis preparations was carried out.CONCLUSION:Three-level fragment peaks of fat-soluble constituents of C. officinalis can be used for indentification of C. officinalis and its preparations.

Objective To study the gene polymorphism at position padi4_94 in Chinese Han people of Hebei Province and the characters of distribution.Methods 106 healthy individuals and 115 rheumatoid arthritis patients in Hebei Province were randomly selected. Padi4_94 gene was screened by sequencing of the promotor. The correlations between the SNP site and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody (anti-CCP) was discussed.Results There were three genotypes: AA, AG and GG in Chinese Han people of Hebei Province. No significant differences of gene frequency and allele gene frequency were found between healthy individuals and RA patients, and no correlation between SNP and the production of anti-CCP.Conclusions Hebei Province The gene polymorphisms at position padi4_94 existed in Chinese Han people of Hebei Province,but possibly would not affect RA susceptibility and the production of anti-CCP.

Objective To investigate the correlation between the D-dimer level and the acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD).Methods The changes of D-dimer levels in 156 patients (AECOPD group) before and after treatment were measured and compared with the D-dimer levels of 156 healthy subjects(control group).Results The concentration of plasma D-dimer in the AECOPD group was (1.35 ± 1.46) mg/L,which was significantly higher than (0.25 ± 0.16)mg/L in the control group,and the difference was statistically significant(t =9.354,P ＜0.05).The level of plasma D-dimer in the AECOPD group was (0.69 ± 0.87)mg/L,and compared with (1.35 ± 1.46)mg/L before treatment,the difference was statistically significant(t =4.850,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion D-dimer level is correlated to the condition of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,it can be used as one of the indicators to diagnose whether a patient is in hypercoagnlable state or suffers thrombotic diseases.