The effects of naphthylmethyl isoquinoline (NI) and verapamil (Ver) on contractile tension and volume of oxygen consumption were compared on isolated guinea pig left atrips and cat papillary muscles. The results showed that NI and Ver diminished the Ca++-dependent contractile tension and volume of oxygen consumption by electrically driven preparations. Under the influence of increasing doses of NI (10 ~100?mol/L)and Ver(0.72~3.6?mol/L) linear reduction of contractile tension and volume of oxygen consumption were seen. These effects were reversed by increasing the extracellular Ca++ concentration. These results indicate that NI may be an effective calcium-antagonist very similar to Ver.

Aim To establish primary cultured rat hip-pocampal neuron damage model induced by aluminum maltolate and study the effect of intervention for DP2 on primary cultured rat hippocampal neuron treated with aluminum overload. Methods The hippocampus was dissected out from fetal rat ( embryonic 18 d ) . After being cultured for 7 d, the hippocampal neuron was treated with Al( malt) 3 to establish the model of prima-ry cultured rat hippocampal neuron damage and mean-while treated with DP2 agonist DK-PGD2 and DP2 an-tagonist CAY10471, respectively. After treatment for 24 h, the cell viability was measured by MTT and LDH, Ca2+ fluorescence intensity. Neuronal pathomor-phology was observed by HE staining. Results The purity of hippocampal neuron was more than 95%. Compared with the control group, the number of hipp-ocampal neurons was reduced and neurons became chromatic agglutination and karyopyknosis in aluminum overload group. Treatment of aluminum caused a sig-nificant decrease in MTT value ( P<0. 01 ) and an in-crease in the LDH leakage rate (P<0. 01). The Ca2+fluorescence intensity significantly increased ( P <0. 01 ) in aluminum overload group. Compared with that of the aluminum overload group, treatment of DK-PGD2 , a selective DP2 agonist, significantly aggravated the primary cultured rat hippocampal neuron injury caused by aluminum overload accompanied with the significant decrease of MTT value ( P <0. 01 , P <0. 05 ) and an increase of the LDH leakage rate ( P<0. 01), significant increase of Ca2+ fluorescence inten-sity of neuron. Treatment of CAY10471, a selective DP2 antagonist, had opposite effects of DK-PGD2 . Conclusion The activation of DP2 can increase hipp-ocampal neural susceptibility to aluminum overload.

Objective In order to study the effect on chondrocyte proliferation and the mechanism of treating osteoarthritis(OA) by XBL,the experimant is carried out.Method The first－ subcuiture chondrocytes are implanted into two 96－ foramen culture plates and sixteen culture flasks.After 24 hours in cubation 8 groups are divided into as follows:No 1 group(control)5％ serum DMEM No,2～ 7 groups(XBL)5％ serum,0.5％ 、 1％ 、 2％ 、 4％ 、 8％ 、 16％ XBL－ DMEM are added respectively.NO 8 group no cell incubation.After culture of 24 and 48 hours ,two plates are detected for viablilty and proliferation respectively by MTT method(Light absorption value A),cell total protein is assessed by comassie Brilliatnt G－ 250 colormetric assay.Result 2％ ～ 8％ XBL can promote the proliferation and protein synthesis of chondrocyte.Conclusion XBL can protec degradation from Matrix metallo protzinase and decrease the impairment of chondrocyte.

Objective To investigate the incidence of poverty ,population carrying rate and its genetic type through the thalasse‐mia screening analysis of 2 650 cases of childbearing women .Methods Hematologic examination and hemoglobin electrophoresis were applied in people who were laboratory tested the crowd ,screening suspected people ,then use the genetic analysis confirm the diagnoses .Results Preliminary screening of the 536 cases which were suspected the thalassemia (or gene carriers) ,hematologic ex‐amination showed that the red blood cells ,reticulocyte counts in the cases were significantly higher than those in the controls ;and hemoglobin ,mean corpuscular volume (MCV)and mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) were significantly lower .Hemoglobin elec‐trophoresis test showed that in 512 abnormal cases ,68 cases were diagnosed as α thalassemia and 438 cases were β thalassemia(506 cases in total ,accounting for 19 .09% of the total number) .In this area ,Southeast Asia(SEA) heterozygotes(‐SEA /αα) ,right hetero‐zygotes(‐α3 .7 /αα) ,left heterozygotes(‐α4 .2 /αα) ,Hb Constant Spring(‐αCS /αα) were common type of α thalassemia ;CD41‐42 hetero‐zygotes ,CD17 heterozygotes ,CD71‐72 heterozygotes and CD28 heterozygotes were common type of β thalassemia .Conclusion In Guangxi ,there was high incidence rate of thalassemia ,thus ,though premarital and prenancy anterior screening ,guide the rational marriage and pregnancy ,and through the crowd to intervene to prevent common human monogenic death and disabling genetic dis‐orders are of great importance for prepotency promotion and population quality improve .

Objective To explore the clinical effect of electrochemical therapy (EchT) on hemangiomas of liver.Method 186 cases of hemangiomas of liver with,male 97 and female 89 were selected for the study.The age ranged from 31～55 years old.The electrochemical therapy instrument of model ZAY-B and the electrode made of platinum were used.Suitable manipulating technique and treating quantity of electricity were investigated for the patients.Electrodes were inserted into the tumor through a tracer directly by opening the abdominal cavity.Normal tissue of liver was protected by the spaghetti and the electrodes were connected to EchT device,then the treatment began.The therapeutic voltage was 6～8V,electic current 120～160mA.The quantity of electricity was 100～150 Coulombs per 1.0cm diameter of the tumor.The treatment could be terminated when the tumor became from soft to stiff.Result The therapeutic efficacy was evaluated 6 months after EchT.Through the follow-up of 1～5 years,103 of total 186 cases of hemangiomas of liver completely disappeared(72.5%);31 cases partially relieved (21.8%) and 8 cases were ineffective (5.6%).Conclusion EchT to treat hemangiomas of liver is safe and efficacy,with less traumatic and a quick recovery.It can be served as a new method for treating hemangiomas of liver.

Investigation on the plant origin and Pharmacognosy of Aiye grown in Gansu revealed that 12 species of the Artemisia genus were used either as or adultered with Aiye, instead of the genuine drug. Morphological and histological indentifications were presented to distinguish the faked drug.

Objective:To investigate the influence of IL-2 on the apoptosis of activated and inactivated lymphocytes.Methods:Selected an appropriate system as the model of activated lymphocytes by detecting the expression of Fas and FasL in two systems of one way MLR using RT-PCR. Detected the apoptosis of activated and inactivated lymphocytes after the stimulation of IL-2 with the methods of FITC-Annexin-V/PI staining.The resultaint change of membrane Fas was evaluated by FACS,and the lymphocytes from doner and acceptor were distinguished by CFSE staining.Results:To the inactivated spleen lymphocytes, exogenous IL-2 inhibited their apoptosis and the expression of Fas; while to the spleen lymphocytes activated by mixed lymphocyte reaction, exogenous IL-2 promoted their apoptosis and upregulated the expression of Fas, which did the same both to the doner cells and the acceptor cells.Conclusion:IL-2 can inhibit the apoptosis of inactivated lymphocytes, and promote the apoptosis of activated lymphocytes.These effects have something to do with the change of expression of Fas.

Objective To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of Uncertainty Scale for Kids-22 (USK-22).Methods The Uncertainty Scale for Kids was translated and adapted according to Chinese culture.The reliability and validity of the Chinese version of USK were tested in 117children and adolescents with cancer.Results The rate of recovery was 100％.The rote of effective questionnaire was 95.7％.The patients were easily to understand and it cost them average 8 minutes to finish the questionnaires.Three factors were extracted by factor analysis and could explain 57.043％ of total variance.The correlations between each item and subscale ranged from 0.526 to 0.762.The Cronbach α of USK was 0.872 and the Cronbach α of each subscale ranged from 0.774 to 0.826.The testretest reliability was 0.835.Conclusions The Chinese version of USK is reliable and valid,and can be used to measure the level of uncertainty among Chinese children and adolescents with cancer.

Objective To evaluate the effects of simulated family nursing on the cognitive function and activity of daily living in patients with Alzheimer's disease.Methods Sixty-eight patients with Alzheimer's disease were assigned to routine nursing condition and simulated family nursing condition.The patients were assessed with Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Activity of Daily Living Scale (ADL) before intervention,and 3 months and 6 months after intervention.Results Compared with the control group,the patients' cognitive function (t=2.31,P=0.026) and activity of daily living (t=2.59,P=0.012) were improved significantly in the experimental group.Conclusion The simulated family nursing can improve the cognitive function and activity of daily living in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

BACKGROUND:The hyperpoladzation-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channel (HCN) gene is not increase the risk of induced cardiac arrhythmia,and can accept the modulation function of autonomic nervous system.Therefore,it is the first candidate gene for biological pacemakers.OBJECTIVE:To construct recombinant adenovirus vector containing human HCN4 gene and evaluate its transfection efficency in rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs).DESIGN,TIME AND SETTING:The in vitro cytology-gene experiment was performed at the Lin Bai-xin Experimental Center,Second Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University from February to September 2008.MATERIALS:Ten SD rats were supplied by the experimental animal center of Sun Yat-sen University.Rlasmid pcDNA3.1-HCN4 containing target gene human HCN4,human embryo kidney 293 cells and Escherichia coll DH5α were preserved by our experimental center;Shuttle plasmid pShuttle-CMV containing green fluorescent protein gene and adenoviral backbone plasmid pAdxsi were bought from SinoGenoMax Co.,Ltd.METHODS:HCN4 cDNA segment was liberated from the cloning vector of pcDNA3.1-HCN4 via Hind Ⅲ+Xba Ⅰ,and subcloned into pShuttle-CMV,which was digested by I-Ceu Ⅰ +I-Sce Ⅰ double enzyme and subcloned into adenoviral plasmid to form recombinant adenovirus plasmid.Recombinant adenovirus plasmid was transfected into 293 cell lines by liposome,and the recombinant adenovirus AdHCN4 was packaged and transfected into rat MSCs.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:The identification of recombinant adenovirus plasmid vector,identification of recombinant adenovirus and its titration test;the transfection efficiency of recombinant adenovirus.RESULTS:Cloned sequence about 3.6kbp was obtained by Hind Ⅲ+Xho Ⅰ digestion after HCN4 cDNA segment was cloned into pShuttle-CMV.DNA sequencing results indicated that the clone location was correct.Recombinant adenovirus plasmid was cut into seven fragments while empty vector gained only six fragments after digested by Xho Ⅰ.The recombinant adenovirus was pathogenic to 293 cells after recombinant adenovirus plasmid was packaged in it.HCN4 cDNA (657bp) was amplified by PCR with virus titer of 2.5×10~(11) PFU/mL after transfected 293 cells with supematant.The efficiency of recombinant adenovirus infecting rat MSCs was about 90% when multiplicity of infection was 800.Rat MSCs expressed green fluorescence after transfection.CONCLUSION:The adenovirus vector with human HCN4 cDNA was established successfully,which can effectively transfect rat MSCs.