[ ABSTRACT] AIM:To study the effect of thrombopoietin ( TPO) on chemical hypoxia-induced apoptosis of the Rattus norvegicus adrenal pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells.METHODS:The cultured PC12 cells were randomly divided into normal control group, cobalt chloride ( CoCl2 ) group, CoCl2 +TPO group and TPO group.The cell viability was mea-sured by MTT assay.The effect of TPO on CoCl2-induced cell apoptosis was analyzed by flow cytometry with Annexin V/PI double staining.The intracellular reactive oxygen species ( ROS) were detected by fluorescence microscopy, and the chan-ges of the mitochondrial membrane potential ( MMT) were determined by flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy.RE-SULTS:Chemical oxygen agent CoCl2 significantly inhibited the growth of PC12 cells (P<0.01).The apoptotic rate in CoCl2 group was obviously higher than that in control group ( P<0.05) , while the apoptotic rate in CoCl2 +TPO group was obviously lower than that in CoCl2 group (P<0.05).TPO decreased the production of ROS, and inhibited the decrease in MMP induced by CoCl2(P<0.01).CONCLUSION: TPO has a protective effect against CoCl2-induced apoptosis of PC12 cells by decreasing the production of ROS and inhibiting the decrease in MMP.

AIM: To observe the relationship between noradrenaline and the synaptic configuration in rat hippocampus CA3 area. METHODS: Noradrenergic system injured models were produced by injecting 6-hydroxydopamine into rats' bilateral dorsal noradrenergic bundle. Then Y-type maze tests and elicitation of P3-like were carried out respectively before and after the model was established. The parameters of synaptic configuration in the hippocampus CA3 areas were also analyzed quantitatively. RESULTS: The decreases in the thickness of postsynaptic density material, the curvature of synaptic interface and the occurrence of perforated synapses, and the increase in the width of synaptic cleft were observed. CONCLUSION: The normal noradrenalin level in hippocampus is necessary to maintain the normal synaptic interface ultrastructure in hippocampus CA3 area.

ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of individual donation-nucleic acid amplification test (ID-NAT) and minipool of 16 donations-NAT (P16-NAT) on the results of NAT of blood donors.Methods From February 2009 to June 2009,samples randomly collected from voluntary blood donors in Beijing were tested individually or in pooling of 16 donations by the PROCLEIX ULTRIO assay.For ID-NAT reactive samples with HBsAg,anti-HCV,or anti-HIV serologically unqualified,ID-NAT repeat reactive samples with serologically qualified,and P16-NAT reactive and followed resolution ID-NAT reactive samples,were performed for further discriminatory assays for HIV-1,samples and followed resolution ID-NAT reactive samples,were performed for further discriminatory assays for HBV,HCV and HIV-1discriminatory reagents.Samples which were HBV NAT + alone with serologically qualified were further quantified and confirmed of HBV DNA by Roche HBV quantitative PCR,analyzed by HBV serology and were diluted to simulate if they could be detected in P16-NAT.Results ( 1 ) Among 7613 samples tested by ID-NAT,26 were NAT positive,i.e.the ID-NAT positive rate was 0.34％ ( 26/7613 ). ( 2 ) Among 1004 P16 samples from 16 064 blood donations,27 were NAT positive,i.e.the P16-NAT positive rate was 0.17％ (27/16 064).(3)In serological qualified donations,ID-NAT yield rate (1 in 826,9/7438 ) was much higher than P16-NAT ( 1 in 7875,2/15 750) (x2 =11.880,P ＜ 0.05 ).All these 9 ID-NAT positive and 2 P16-NAT positive donations were discriminated as HBV NAT positive.There were no HCV NAT yield or HIV NAT yield samples. (4) Dilution assay showed only 2 of the 9 (22.22％ ) ID-NAT HBV yields were detected by P16-NAT.(5)Eight ID-NAT and 2 P16-NAT positive samples were quantified for HBV DNA and confirmed as HBV NAT yield,although the virus loads were very low:2 samples had HBV viral loads of 15 IU/ml and 472 IU/ml,6 samples ＜ 12 IU/ml,and 2 could not be detected in the original samples while had ＜ 12 IU/ml and 14.3 IU/ml in the 10 times concentrated samples.(6)Among 11 HBV NAT yield cases,3 (27.3％ ) were possible HBV window-period donors with all HBV seromarkers negative,the other 8 (72.7％ ) had occult HBV infections with anti-HBc or anti-HBe positive,however anti-HBc IgM negative.(7) The rate of initial P16-NAT reactive pools needed to be further tested by ID-NAT was 2.49％(25/1004).Initial P16-NAT reactive pools which caused by serologically qualified donations was 0.20％(2/1004).ConclusionsHBV NAT yield cases are detected at a higher frequency with ID-NAT than P16-NAT.In order to avoid samples with low viral loads would be undetected,NAT assay with high sensitivity should be selected and tested in minimized minipool donations or even with individual donation.

AIM: To establish a reversed-phase HPLC method of determining three kinds of berberine type alkaloids(jatrorrhizine,palmatine and berberine) in Rhizoma Coptidis and Jinqi Jiangtang Tablet(Flos Lonicerae japonicae,Rhizoma Coptidis and Radix Astragali) METHODS: RP-HPLC was used for determination.The separation was carried out on Diamonsil C_(18)column(4.6 mm?250 mm,5 ?m) with the mobile phase containing acetonitrile-0.1 mol/L potassium dihydrogen phosphate(30(∶)70) and a detective wavelength was at 345 nm.The flow rate was 1.0 mL/min. RESULTS: The average contents of jatrorrhizine,palmatine and berberine in Rhizoma Coptidis and Jinqi Jiangtang Tablet were 1.34%,1.61%,7.12% and 0.35%,0.64%,1.54% respectively. CONCLUSION: The method is simple,accurate with a good recovery and repeatability and can be used to control the quality of Rhizoma Coptidis and Jinqi Jiangtang Tablet.

Objective:To establish and preliminarily validate a nomogram model for predicting the risk of retinal vein occlusion (RVO).Methods:A retrospective clinical study. A total of 162 patients with RVO (RVO group) diagnosed by ophthalmology examination in The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University from January 2017 to April 2022 and 162 patients with age-related cataract (nRVO group) were selected as the modeling set. A total of 45 patients with branch RVO, 45 patients with central RVO and 45 patients with age-related cataract admitted to Xi'an Fourth Hospital from January 2022 to February 2023 were used as the validation set. There was no significant difference in gender composition ratio ( χ2=2.433) and age ( Z=1.006) between RVO group and nRVO group ( P=0.120, 0.320). Age, gender, blood routine (white blood cell count, hemoglobin concentration, platelet count, neutrophil count, monocyte count, lymphocyte count, erythrocyte volume, mean platelet volume, platelet volume distribution width), and four items of thrombin (prothrombin time, activated partial thrombin time, fibrinogen, and thrombin time) were collected in detail ), uric acid, blood lipids (total cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, lipoprotein a), hypertension, diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, and cerebral infarction. Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and platelet/lymphocyte ratio were calculated. The single logistic regression was used to analyze the clinical parameters of the two groups of patients in the modeling set, and the stepwise regression method was used to screen the variables, and the column graph for predicting the risk of RVO was constructed. The Bootstrap method was used to repeated sample 1 000 times for internal and external verification. The H-L goodness-of-fit test and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve were used to evaluate the calibration and discrimination of the nomogram model. Results:After univariate logistic regression and stepwise regression analysis, high density lipoprotein, neutrophil count and hypertension were included in the final prediction model to construct the nomogram. The χ2 values of the H-L goodness-of-fit test of the modeling set and the validation set were 0.711 and 4.230, respectively, and the P values were 0.701 and 0.121, respectively, indicating that the nomogram model had good prediction accuracy. The area under the ROC curve of the nomogram model for predicting the occurrence of post-stroke depression in the modeling set and the verification set was 0.741 [95% confidence interval ( CI) 0.688-0.795] and 0.741 (95% CI 0.646-0.836), suggesting that the nomogram model had a good discrimination. Conclusions:Low high density lipoprotein level, high neutrophil count and hypertension are independent risk factors for RVO. The nomogram model established based on the above risk factors can effectively assess and quantify the risk of post-stroke depression in patients with cerebral infarction.