As an effective method of studying soluble protein-protein interactions, yeast display system is now widely used for affinity maturation of single-chain antibodies.Due to the strong homology recombination machinery of yeast and the high-throughput nature of FACS detection, a rapid scan for interaction between antigen-antibody pairs could be easily achieved.Based on this system, a novel and reliable method for determining conformational epitopes was developed.Different fragments of macrophage migration inhibitory factor(MIF) and several point mutations of MIF were displayed on yeast cell surface using homologous recombination technology.Three MIF monoclonal antibodies, 10C3, 2A12 and 4E10, were screened for their binding affinity to each displayed peptide.Utilizing this technology, the key amino acids of MIF that bind to the MIF monoclonal antibodies were easily identified.

Objective To investigate the vasodilatation effects of total flavonoid from polygonum aviculare on rat thoracic aorta and its underlying mechanisms. Methods Total flavonoid from polygonum aviculare was gotten by extracted with 65% alcohol, gathered with polyamide, and eluted with 75% alcohol.The content of flavone was determined with rutoside as standard preparation. Normal rats thoracic aorta in vitro used as sample, BL-420E biological functional experiment system was utilized to record dilatation effect of total flavonoid on PE affecting pre-contracting blood vessel and the relation between dilatation effect of total flavonoid on blood vessel and calcium influx. Results Total flavonoids from polygonum aviculare can diastole contractions of thoracic aorta caused by PE. In calcium-free perfusion, gradually adding CaCl2 induced calcium influx. Clinical data showed dose-effect relation between drug and blood vessel contraction decreased in the total flavonoids from polygonum aviculare incubation rats than normal rats. Besides, total flavonoids from polygonum aviculare can obviously inhibit contraction of blood vascular circle induced by calcium releasing.Conclusion FP exerted a dose-dependent vasodilatation effect on rat isolated aorta rings by inhibiting Ca2+influx via L-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channels and Ca2+ release from sarcoplasmic reticulum, consequently decrease Ca2+ in vascular smooth muscle cells.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the protective effects of rosiglitazone maleate on renal ischemia-reperfusion injury in mice and its mechanism.METHODS: 30 mice were randomly divided into sham operation group(normal saline),model group(normal saline) and rosiglitazone maleate group(rosiglitazone maleate 5 mg?kg-1?d-1).Three groups received relevant drugs for 10 days.Renal ischemia-reperfusion injury model was induced in model group and rosiglitazone maleate group by clipping the renal pedicle 40 minutes after the last administration.The renal index,the content of blood urea nitrogen(BUN) and creatinine(Cr),the content of malondialdehyde(MDA),the activities of superoxide dismutase(SOD) and glutathione peroxidase(GSH-Px) in renal tissue were detected.Pathological change of renal tissue was observed by HE stain.RESULTS: Compared with model group,the renal index of the mice in rosiglitazone maleate group reduced(P

Objective To explore methods for establishinga cellu lar injury model of blood stasis syndrome (BSS). Methods Two experiments were c arried out. In the first experiment,the injured vascular endothelial cell model of BSS was established by the culture of vascular endothelial cell, and in the seco nd experiment, the vascular endothelial cell injured by the serum of BSS rabbit was cultured. Results In the first experiment, pathological features and end ocrine dysfunction in the primary cultured endothelial cell were similar to the B SS rabbit model, but the above changes did not remain in the subculture. The above changes were also found in the second experiment and were easy to be repea ted. Conclusion The injured vascular endothelial cell model of BSS establis hed b y the above methods reflects or partially reflects the structure and function of BSS rabbit model and the patients with BSS, and can be used to study the pathol ogical mechanism of BSS and therapeutic effect of blood_circulation activating a nd blood_stasis removing herbs.

Objective To explore the relationships of depression status of medical college students with their automatic thoughts and personality. Methods A total of 1 440 medical college students were tested by self-rating depression scale (SDS), automatic thoughts questionnaire (ATQ) and Eysenck personality questionnaire (EPQ). Results ①27.5% medical college students had different degree depressive mood. ② Compared with the non-depression group students, the depression group had higher scores in ATQ, EPQ-N(neurosism) and EPQ-P(psychoticism), lower scores in EPQ-E(extroversion), EPQ-L(lie) (P

OBJECTIVE To learn the disinfection and sterilization for dental instruments and to provide scientific basis for related regulations according to the scheme made by Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control.METHODS To investigate some dental medical units by adopting investigation form,inquirement,checking about the record for disinfection equipment including such items as air,the surface of used material,hands,etc.RESULTS Altogether 39 dental medical units including 9 hospitals,21 joint clinics and 9 private medical units were investigated with 96.11%,88.79%,and 70.97% qualified rates,respectively.CONCLUSIONS In private dental units the qualified rate for disfection is poor,disinfection instruments are short,and the professionals knowledge related to disfection is little.As a result,strengthening monitoring and guidance to prevent hospital infection should be carried out at once.

Objective To study the function of Fkbp51 in the heart and liver by analyzing the differential RNA expression profiles in the wild-type mice (WT) and Fkbp51 knockout (KO) mice, and to elucidate the role of Fkbp51 gene in metabolic pathways in the heart and liver.Methods Using the second generation of high-throughput gene sequencing technology, the mRNA expression profiles of heart and liver were sequenced in WT and Fkbp51 KO mice.The data of sequencing of heart tissues were analyzed by DEGseq, and the results of sequencing of liver tissues were analyzed by BRB-Array Tools.The differential genes of the heart and liver in the mice were screened respectively.Gene ontology (GO) analysis and KEGG pathway analysis were performed to analyze the differentially expressed genes using the online tool DAVID.In addition, the differential genes of the two organ tissues were analyzed by Venn diagram.The interaction network of proteins was analyzed using the STRING database.Results (1) The absence of Fkbp51 led to changes in mRNA expressions of heart-related signal pathways such as vascular smooth muscle contraction, chemokine, retinol, and MAPK signaling pathways.(2) The lack of Fkbp51 mostly induced changes in cholesterol synthesis and metabolism, lipid metabolism, redox and other related genes and pathways in the liver.(3) In the heart and liver, Fkbp51 deletionresult ed in four co-differential genes, among them, down-regulation of Rnaset2b, Hmga1 and Fkbp51, while Cyp2b10 was down-regulated in the heart but up-regulated in the liver.All these proteins may interact with HSP90 protein and participat in the metabolism of heart and liver tissues.Conclusions Fkbp51 is involved in different metabolic and gene expression regulation pathways of heart and liver, and the roles are both independent and interrelated.

An improving method, named direction-coding, is presented in this paper for plotting isodose curves in brachytherapy treatment planning. It is not necessary to find solutions of the intersection point of two lines and distance between two points. All possible curves can be searched with the simplified algorithm. The method is well applied in brachytherapy treatment planning.

BACKGROUND:Chinese herb, bushen yizhi formula protects at certain extent learning and memory in rat model of Alzheimer disease. The drug serum in this formula can alleviate neurotoxic reaction of nerve tumor cell NG 108-15 to beta-amyloid protein. In order to understand further the mechanism and compatibility of the formula, it is necessary to carry on the study on the broken formulas.OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of drug serum in subgroups of broken bushen yizhi formulas on growth and differentiation of cell model of Alzheimer disease and probe into the compatibility rule of bushen yizhi formula in view of serum pharmacology.DESIGN: Randomized controlled experiment.SETTING: DME Center of Clinical Pharmacological Institute Affiliated to Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.PARTICIPANTS:The experiment was performed in DME Center of Clinical Pharmacological Institute Affiliated to Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from January to August 2003, in which, 40 healthy male SD rats of 3 months old were employed and NG108-15 cell line was frozen-preserved.into the control, original formula group (No. 1 group) [shechuanzi (Cnidium monnieri (L.) Cuss), gouqizi (Lycium barbarum L.), renshen (Panax ginseng C.A.Mey.), heshouwu (Polygonum multiflorum Thunb.), danpi (Paeonia Suffruticisa Andr.) and bingpian (Borneolum)], kidney replenishment group (No.2 group) [shechuanzi (Cnidium monnieri (L.) Cuss), gouqizi (Lycium barbarum L.), etc.], group for benefiting qi and nourishing blood (No.3 group)[renshen (Panaz ginseng C.A.Mey), zhishouwu (Polygonum multiflorum Thunb.), etc.] and group with bingpian (Borneolum) removed (No.4 group)[Panax ginseng C.A.Mey.], heshouwu (Polygonum multiflorum Thunb.) and danpi (Paeonia Suffruticisa Andr.)], 8 rats in each group. The concentrated Chinese herbal solutions of every group were applied at 10 μL/g (equal to 6 g/kg of raw herbs) for gastric infusion successively,continuously for 1 month. In the control, the physical saline solution of equal dosage was used for infusion. Two hours after the last gastric infusion in rats of each group,the blood was collected from heart after anesthesia and the serum was sepaNG108-15 cell cultured in vitro was divided into 6 groups. In the control and model group, normal rat serum was contained in proliferated culture solution. In the rest 4 groups, the drug serum of No. 1 group and 3 sub-groups was contained.Simultaneously, beta-amyloid protein 25-35 in each hole was prepared to the terminal concentration 5 μmol/L (except in the control) and the culture went on for 48 hours.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:MTT method was used to determine proliferated number and survival rate of cells. Simultaneously, the ratio of neurite cells to total cell count and average length of neurit were determined.icantly than the control (0.520±0.022, 0.665±0.037, P ＜ 0.01), and that in every drug serum group was higher than model group, of which, the result vival rate of differentiated cells: That in model group was lower significantly than the control (58.4%, 100%) and that in every drug serum group was higher than model group, of which, the result in No.4 group was the most tal cell count: That in model group was lower significantly than the control [(42.95±11.42)%, (58.75±12.84)%, P ＜ 0.01] and that in every drug serum group was higher than model group, of which, the result in No.4 group was rite: That in model group was shorter significantly than the control [(356.0 ±109.0), (493.8±133.0) μm, P ＜ 0.01] and that in every drug serum group was longer than model group, of which, the result in No.4 group was the most significant [(486.8±79.2) μm, P ＜ 0.01].CONCLUSION: The drug serum in all of bushen yizhi formula and every subgroup inhibits at certain extent the injury of beta-amyloid protein 25-35 to NG108-15 cell, but the results of each group are various. The protection of drug serum to the cell in every group is in the sequence from strong to weak as group with bingpian removed ＞ original formula group ＞ kidney replenishment group ＞ group for benefiting qi and nourishing blood. It is to expect a further study on the efficacy of group with bingpian removed.

BACKGROUND:Early knee ioint prosthesis is used to relieve severe pain of patients．With continuous modification，the knee joint prosthesis with high flexion has developed．OBJECTIVE：To compare the clinical outcome between fixed platform high—flexion prosthesis and rotating platform high-flexion prosthesis following total knee arthroplasty．DESIGN：Non-randomized concurrent control trial of patients．PARTICIPANTS：Thirty-four patients(50 knees)with severe osteoarthritis underwent total knee replacement in Department of Bone and Joint,Tianjin Union Medicine Center from January to December 2006．METHODS：Of 34 patients，16(25 knees)underwent fixed platform high-flexion prosthesis replacement(LPS flexion，Zimmer，USA)，and 18(25 knees)underwent rotating platform high-flexion prosthesis replacement(PFC sigma RPF prosthesis．Johnson & Johnson,USA)．MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES：Knee joint function was evaluated using Hospital for Special Surgery Knee Score (HSS)before and 2 weeks，1，3 and 6 months after surgery．In addition，range of flexion of the knee was observed at 6 months postoperatively．RESULTS：Thirty-four cases completed the treatment and were followed up for 6 months．HSS scores of patients undergoing rotating platform high-flexion prosthesis replacement were higher than fixed platform high·flexion prosthesis replacement group at 2 weeks postoperatively(P<0．05)，while no differences were found in HSS scores at 1，3 and 6 months after surgery(P>0．05)．In addition，there were no significant differences in the range of flexion of the knee at 6 months postoperatively[(130．4±15．2)°，(129．9±13．8)°，P>0．05]．CONCLUSION：Fixed platform and rotating platform high-flexion prosthesis replacement exhibit similar early effects on severe osteoarthritis．