BACKGROUND: Disoprofol has anti-apoptosis impact so that it can protect the neurons from damage caused by ischemia. However, it needs further study on the mechanism of anti-apoptosis of it. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of disoprofol to cell apoptosis and expression of apoptosis-associated gene in rats during reperfusion after global ischemia.DESIGN: A randomized controlled trial.SETTING: Department of Neurosurgery of Beijing Tiantan Hospital.MATERIALS: The experiment was conducted in Beijing Neurological Surgery Research Institute of Capital University of Medical Sciences during January 2003 to January 2004. A total of 23 adult male Wistar rats were randomly divided into ischemic group( n =9), disoprofol group( n =9) and sham operation group( n = 5).INTERVENTIONS: To prepare global ischemia-reperfusion model of rats. Disoprofol was injected into vein with dose of 1.5 mL/hour after reperfusion started in disoprofol group and lasted for 30 minutes. Five rats were selected from each group to be removed brain after reperfusion for 24 hours. Apoptosis rate and necrosis rate were detected by flow cytometer. Four rats selected from ischemic and disoprofol group were detected differential expression of apoptosis associated genes by gene chip combining image analysis techniques.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ① apoptosis rate and necrosis rate; ②expression of apoptosis-associated gene detected by gene chip.RESULTS: The apoptosis rate[(7.01 ±0.79)% ] and necrosis rate[ ( 12. 80 ± 0. 92) % ] of neurons of hippocampus in disoprofol group were much lower than those of ischemic group [ (10. 89 ± 0. 80)%, (16. 67 ± 1.04)% ](P ＜ 0.01) . Compared with ischemic group, the three apoptosis associated genes including apoptotic prote ase activating factor 1 (APAF1), death effector domain containing testicular molecular mRNA(DEFT) and STM-2 were down regulated.CONCLUSION: Disoprofol can protect the brain and its mechanism might be related to the down regulation of three apoptosis associated genes including APAF1, DEFT and STM-2.

AIM To observe the effects of Oxymatrine on induction of apoptosis in human ovarian cancer SKOV3 cells. METHODS Apoptosis induced by Oxymatrine in human ovarian cancer SKOV3 cells was tested by MTT assay, fluorescent microscope, and DNA gel eletrophoresis. RESULTS SKOV3 cell viability dropped down depending on the Oxymatrine concentration and treatment time. When incubated with Oxymatrine (0 189 mmol?L -1 and 0 378 mmol?L -1 ) for 48 h, SKOV3 cells showed morphological changes associated with the characters of apoptosis under fluorescent microscope. Typical DNA ladder was found during gel eletrophoresis. CONCLUSION Oxymatrine can induce apoptosis in SKOV3 cell lines.

Objective:To investigate the self-care contribution and binary coping level of spouse caregivers for middle-aged and young stroke patients and explore the relationship between the two, in order to improve the quality of self-care contribution of spouse caregivers to middle-aged and young stroke patients.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 200 middle-aged and young stroke patients ′ spouse caregivers in the People ′s Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from January to June 2023 by the general data questionnaire, the Caregiver Contribution to Self-care of Stroke Patient Scale, the Dyadic Coping Inventory. The correlation between self-care contributions and binary coping strategies of spousal caregivers was analyzed, and the factors that affect their self-care contributions were screened. Results:Finally, 192 middle-aged and young stroke patients ′ spouse caregivers were included, including 70 males and 122 females, aged 18-59 years old. The total score of self-care contribution of spousal caregivers of middle-aged and young stroke patients was (75.43 ± 6.80) points, and the total score of binary coping was (117.12 ± 9.59) points, both of which were positively correlated ( r=0.691, P<0.05). Hierarchical regression analysis showed that after controlling for the influence of general data, binary coping could explain 28.4% variation in the self-care contribution of spouse caregivers of middle-aged and young stroke patients ( P<0.05). Conclusions:The duality coping level positively predicts the quality of spouse caregivers ′ self-care contribution to middle-aged and young stroke patients. Medical staff should assess the dual coping level of middle-aged and young stroke patients and their spouses, and carry out targeted dual intervention measures to improve the quality of caregivers' contribution to stroke patients ′ self-care.