Objective To investigate the effect of various concentration of inhaled oxygen during exercise on reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) rats and the possible mechanism. Methods Eighty COPD Wistar rats were divided into low oxygen (LO, n=20), normal oxygen (NO, n=20) and inhaled oxygen (IO, n=20) exercising groups, which ran on tread-mill in the conditions of 13.6%, 21%, 25%oxygen, respectively, and non-exercising normal oxygen group (C, n=20), which stood on still treadmill in the condition of 21%oxygen. Their apoptosis percentage of neutrophils and ROS content were measured with flow cytometry, glutathione (GSH) in lung with immunohistochemistry and cytochrome C oxidase IV (COXIV) in skeletal muscle with Western blotting, as one and four weeks of exercising. Results For one week of exercise, the ROS was more in LO and NO groups than in C group (P<0.05), while the neutrophils apoptosis percentage was less (P<0.05);and there was no difference among C, LO, NO, IO groups in expression of GSH and COXIV (P>0.05). For four weeks of exercise, the ROS was more in LO group but less in NO and IO groups than in C group (P<0.05);while the expression of GSH and COXIV increased in NO and IO groups compared with those in C group (P<0.05). Conclusion A long term exercise in non-hypoxic state may inhibit ROS production for COPD patients, by promoting neutrophils apoptosis and antioxidant expression.

OBJECTIVE:To systematically evaluate therapeutic efficacy and safety of pitavastatin comparison of atorvastatin in the treatment of primary hypedipemia in Chinese adults,and to provide evidence-based reference for clinic.METHODS:Retrieved from The Cochrane Library,PubMed,Chinese Journal Full-text Database,Wanfang database,and manually search Google Scholar,Baidu academic search engine,randomized controlled trials (RCTs) about pitavastatin (trial group) vs.atorvastatin (control group) in the treatment of primary hyperlipemia in Chinese adults were collected.After literature screening,data extraction,quality evaluation of included studies with modified Jadad scale,Meta-analysis of the levels of total cholesterol (TC),low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C),triglyceride (TG) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C),response rate and the incidence of ADR was conducted by using Rev Man 5.3 statistical software.RESULTS:A total of 5 RCTs were included,involving 456 patients.Results of Meta-analysis showed that the decrease of TC level [MD=0.09,95％CI(0.01,0.16),P=0.03] in trial group was more better than control group,while the increase of HDL-C level [MD=0.08,95％ CI (0.01,0.14),P=0.03] and the decrease of the TG level [MD=-0.13,95％ CI (-0.20,-0.06),P=0.000 4] in trial group were worse than control group,with statistical significance.There was no statistical difference in the decrease of LDL-C[MD=-0.01,95％ CI (-0.13,0.10),P=0.84],response rate [OR=0.75,95％CI (0.15,3.66),P=0.72] or the incidence of ADR [OR=0.68,95 ％ CI (0.44,1.05),P=0.08] between 2 groups.CONCLUSIONS:Pitavastatin has better therapeutic efficacy in decreasing TC,but its therapeutic efficacy in decreasing LDL-C is similar to that of atorvastatin;its therapeutic efficacy in decreasing TG and increasing HDL-C is worse than that of atorvastatin.The safety of them is equivalent.

To explore the dose-effect relationship between vitamin C and paraquat (PQ) poisoning rats.
 Methods: A total of 40 Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: a control group, a PQ poisoning group, a vitamin C group 1 and a vitamin C group 2 (n=10 in each group). 150 mg/kg PQ was perfused into rat stomach to establish PQ poisoning rat model. In PQ poisoning group, 30 mg/kg methylprednisolone and 2.5 mg/kg cyclophosphamide were injected peritoneally on the basis of PQ poisoning rat model. In vitamin C1 and C2 group, vitamin C was injected at a dosage of 5 or 500 mg/kg, respectively. The control group only received normal saline (NS). The malondialdehyde (MDA), liver and kidney function as well as arterial blood gas in the blood were examined 36 h later. At the end, the rats were killed and took the liver tissues for pathological examination and weight ratio calculation. The glutathione peroxidase (GSH-PX), ctychrome C (Cyt C) in the liver tissues were detected by chromatometry, and the Bcl-2 was detected by Western blot.
 Results: Compared with the PQ poisoning group, the MDA and Cyt C were decreased, the GSH-PX was increased, and liver and kidney functions were improved in the vitamin C group 1 (all P<0.01); but in the vitamin C group 2, the MDA increased and liver/kidney functions were impaired (all P<0.01). The expression of Bcl-2 in the PQ poisoning group was lower than that in the control group; compared with the PQ poisoning group, it was increased in the vitamin C1 group, while it was decreased in the vitamin C group 2 (both P<0.01). There was no obvious difference in the lung function, wet/dry weight ratio and pathological changes between the poisoning group and experimental groups (all P>0.05).
 Conclusion: Vitamin C at the low dose shows a certain degree of protection for the liver and kidney in the PQ poisoning rats model through it antioxidative activity and anit-apoptosis activity, while vitamin C at the high does may promote oxidation. Meanwhile, vitamin C doesn't show protective effect on lung in the PQ poisoning rats.
Animals ; Apoptosis ; drug effects ; Ascorbic Acid ; administration & dosage ; pharmacology ; Cytochromes c ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Glutathione Peroxidase ; drug effects ; Kidney ; drug effects ; pathology ; physiopathology ; Lung ; drug effects ; pathology ; physiopathology ; Malondialdehyde ; metabolism ; Paraquat ; toxicity ; Protective Agents ; pharmacology ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Vitamins