OBJECTIVE To prepare the Graves disease (GD) mouse model through porcine thyroid globulin (PTG) injection and investigate the morbidity and stability of the model. METHODS C57BL6/N mice in model group received multi-point subcutaneous injection of PTG 25μg each week,six times in all. After the end of immunization,their heart rate and oxygen consumption were measured and serum triiodothyronine(T3)level was determined every two weeks. A model was considered successful if serum T3 level was higher than x+3s of the control group. Observation of the model lasted 12 weeks. At the 12th week,spleen and thymus gland indices,serum thyroid globulin antibodies and thyroid peroxidase antibodies were measured,and the thyroid glands were taken for pathological observation. RESULTS After six times of immunization,mice in model group showed increased heart rate(P<0.01),oxygen consumption(P<0.01)and T3 level(P<0.01)compared with control group. The morbidity was 77.7%for male mice and 88.8%for females. In addition,T3 level in model group remained higher than that in control group within 12 weeks after immunization. The T3 level tended to decrease in male mice,but remained at a relatively stable higher level in females. CONCLUSION This method is suitable for GD modeling due to its short model-making time,high morbidity and long durability.

This study was aimed to explore the effect of Catalpol on the cerebral infarction size in acute phase, water content and inflammatory reaction of early recovery after permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (pM-CAO). Adult male Sprague-dawley rats were subjected to chemical method to establish MCAT model. The detec-tion was made on neurobehavioral symptoms, cerebral infarction volume and water content at 24 h after surgery. The content of intedeukin-6 (IL-6), intedeukin-10 (IL-10) and nuclear factor kappa Bp65 (NF-κBp65) were de-tected after pMCAO with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The results showed that 24 h after MCAT, Catalpol 15-60 mg·kg-1 can significantly improve the neurobehavioral symptoms (P < 0.01, or P <0.001). The Catalpol 15 mg·kg-1 can significantly reduce cerebral infarction volume (P < 0.05). The Catalpol 30-60 mg·kg-1 can significantly reduce water content (P < 0.05). Catalpol 30-60 mg·kg-1 can significantly improve neurobehav-ioral symptoms from the 7th day after pMCAO. On the 14th after pMCAO, the content of IL-10 and NF-κBp65 of ischemia brain had no difference compared with sham-operated group. The IL-6 level of ischemia brain was obvi-ously reduced than the sham-operated group(P < 0.05). The intragastric administration of Catalpol 15 mg·kg-1 for 14 days can reduce the content of NF-κBp65 in the ischemia brain of model rats (P < 0.05). It was concluded that Catalpol can improve neurobehavioral symptoms of acute and subacute phase after cerebral ischemia, reduce infarcts and water content. These effects may not be related with its inhibition of inflammatory derived from cere-bral ischemia.

Liver is the most common metastatic site for colorectal cancer (CRC), there is no satisfied approach to treat CRC liver metastasis (CRCLM). Here, we investigated the role of a polycomb protein BMI-1 in CRCLM. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that BMI-1 expression in liver metastases was upregulated and associated with T4 stage, invasion depth and right-sided primary tumor. Knockdown