OBJECTIVETo investigate the expression of the Pim-1 gene in the LNCaP cells of the animal model of orthotopically implanted prostate cancer by surgical castration simulating androgen-deprivation therapy.

METHODSWe equally allocated 32 male BALBc-nu mice into 4 groups, androgen-dependent prostate cancer (ADPC), androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) , castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and blank control, and established the models of orthotopically implanted tumor using human prostate cancer LNCaP cells. We detected and ,compared the expressions of Pim-1, PSA, and androgen receptor (AR) in the tumor tissues of different groups by RT-PCR. qRT-PCR, ELSIA and immunohistochemistry.

RESULTSThe relative gray scales in the ADPC and CRPC groups were 0.59 ± 0.01 and 1.14 ± 0.02, with statistically significant differences from 0.62 ± 0.03 in the ADT group (P < 0.05), and the Δ Ct values of Pim-1 were 6.15 ± 0.34 and 4.56 ± 0.23 in the former two groups, also with significant differences from 5.11 ± 0.21 in the latter (P < 0.05). The results of 2-ΔΔ Ct relative quantification analysis showed that the amplification products of Pim-1 in the ADT and CRPC groups increased 2.05 and 3.01 times respectively that of the ADPC group. The concentration of PSA was significantly higher in the ADPC ([480 ± 25] pg/ml) and CRPC ([870 ± 23] pg/ml) than in the ADT ([170 ± 32] pg/ml) and blank control groups (0 µg/L) (P < 0.01). The mean optical densities of Pim-1 and AR proteins were 0.017 ± 0.002 and 0.032 ± 0.009 in the ADPC group and 0.024 ± 0.002 and 0.040 ± 0.011 in the CRPC group, both with significant differences from those in the ADT group (0.018 ± 0.001 and 0.019 ± 0.006) (P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONPim-1 is highly expressed in nude mice with prostate cancer receiving androgen-deprivation therapy and plays an important role in the progression and metastasis of prostate cancer.

Androgen Antagonists ; therapeutic use ; Animals ; Disease Progression ; Gene Expression ; Heterografts ; Humans ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Mice, Nude ; Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent ; metabolism ; Prostate-Specific Antigen ; metabolism ; Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-Resistant ; genetics ; metabolism ; therapy ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-pim-1 ; metabolism ; Receptors, Androgen ; metabolism

Objective Bronchopleural fistula (BPF) is a common but potentially lethal complication after pulmonary resection.Currently,there is still controversy over the appropriate management strategy for BPF,especially when pleural space contamination develops.The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of surgical repair fistulas combined with pedicled muscle flaps coverage in patients with early BPF after pulmonary resection based on our experience with 23 cases.Methods The clinical data for 23 patients who underwent surgical repair of early BPF from January 1999 to December 2010 at our hospital were reviewed.Thirteen patients had undergone a prior pneumonectomy and 10 patients had undergone a prior lobectomy.BPF occurred from postoperative day 5 to40 (mean postoperative day 21 ).Nine patients had a contaminated pleural space.After BPF was clearly diagnosed,prompt closed pleural drainage was instituted,followed by surgical repair of BPF.Four patients underwent a direct suture repair of fistula,ten patients underwent stump revision and suture closure,seven patients underwent stump revision and bronchoplasty or carina plasty,and a pedicled muscle flap was sewn to the edges of the fistula in two patients.The stump was covered with various muscle flaps,including interostal muscle flap in five cases,latissimus dorsi muscle flap in ten cases,serratus anterior muscle flap in six cases,and erector spinae muscle flap in two cases.Postoperatively,the pleural space was routinely irrigated and drained.Results No intraoperative or early postoperative death occurred.Four patients developed severs complications,including respiratory failure in two cases,pulmonary embolism in one case,and empyema in one case.All four cases recovered well after treatment.The mean duration of hospitalization was 33 days (range 8 - 120 days ).Surgical repair of BPF was successful in 21 cases (91.3％) but failed for 2 patients..BPF recurrence developed in only one patient two years postoperatively due to stump recurrence.He died of extensive metastatic disease 2 years after BPF recurrence.Conclusion Excellent results can be achieved by early surgical repair combined with stump pedicled muscle flaps coverage in patients with BPF who can tolerate reoperation,even if they have a contaminaled pleural space.

OBJECTIVE To explore a more effective method of detecting sleep respiratory events in children. METHODS Thirty-eight children were tested with HypnoPTT and 31 with polysomnography (control). The test parameters and operative methods were compared. RESULTS In addition to the parameters comm.on to both HypnoPTT and polysomnography, inspiratory flow limitation and spontaneous microarousal can be measured using HypnoPTT and fewer electrodes were needed. CONCLUSION HypnoPTT is a convenient method characterized by less sleep disturbance and credible results, rendering it is especially suitable for pediatric cases. Pulse transit time is a useful parameter for diagnosing the sleep respiratory disease.

Humans ; Siblings ; Forensic Medicine ; Forensic Genetics

Objective To analyse the changes in bilateral optic radiation and visual cortex in patients with primary glaucoma detected by magnetization transfer imaging ( MTI ),and try to explore the influence of the disease on posterior visual pathway.Methods MTI was performed in 20 patients with primary glaucoma with normal signal on conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).The same scanning was performed in 31matched healthy controls.MTI was obtained using spoiled gradient recalled acquisition sequence (SPGR).Magnetization transfer ratio ( MTR ) of bilateral optic radiation and visual cortex was measured after post-processing.The MTR value differences of the same area between two groups were compared by independent-sample t test or Satterthwaite t test if variances were not equality.Result The MTR value in the left and right optic radiation were ( 32.8 ± 2.2 ) ％ and ( 32.7 ± 2.0 ) ％ in the glaucoma group,(34.6 ± 1.4 )％ and (34.8 ± 1.3 )％ in the control group.There was a statistically significant difference between the two groups (left t =3.284,right t =4.040 ;P ＜ 0.01).The MTR value of the left and right visual cortex were ( 30.1± 2.0 ) ％ and ( 30.8 ± 1.8 ) ％ in the glaucoma goup,and (32.3 ± 1.2 )％ and (32.4 ± 1.2 )％ in the control group.Statistically significant difference was found between the two groups ( left t =4.319,right t =3.445 ;P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions Potential neuropathology changes occurring in the posterior visual pathway of patients with glaucoma indicate that the whole visual pathway may be involved by glaucoma.The micro physiological changes can be detected by MTI which can not be found by conventional MRI.It is a useful method of studying trans-synaptic damage of visual pathway n vivo glaucoma which provides more information for guiding the clinic diagnosis,cure and prognosis of glaucoma.

To study the pharmacokinetics of ginsenosides Rg1 and its metabolites after iv and oral administration in Wistar rats, the LC-MS/MS method was selected to determine ginsenosides Rg1 and its metabolites in plasma and their pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated. After oral administration of ginsenosides Rg1 to rats, ginsenosides Rg1, Rh1, F1 and protopanaxatriol (Ppt) could be detected in plasma. Their Tmax were 0.92, 3.64, 5.17, and 7.30 h, respectively; MRT were 2.68, 5.06, 6.65, and 5.33 h, respectively; AUC(o-t), were 2 363.5, 4 185.5, 3 774.3, and 396.2 ng x mL(-1) x h, respectively. After iv administration of ginsenosides Rg1 to rats, ginsenosides Rg1, Rh1 and FI could be detected in plasma. Their T1/2betaS were 3.12, 5.87, and 6.87 h, respectively; MRTs were 1.92, 5.99, and 7.13 h, respectively; AUCo-tS were 1 454.7, 597.5, and 805.6 ng x mL(-1) x h, respectively. So, it can be concluded that after oral administration, the amounts of metabolites were higher than the prototype in vivo, and the distribution and elimination of the metabolites were relatively slow. After iv administration, the amount of prototype were higher than that of the metabolites in vivo, and the distribution and elimination of the metabolites were relatively slow.
Administration, Oral ; Animals ; Area Under Curve ; Chromatography, Liquid ; Female ; Ginsenosides ; administration & dosage ; blood ; isolation & purification ; pharmacokinetics ; Injections, Intravenous ; Male ; Panax notoginseng ; chemistry ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry ; Random Allocation ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Sapogenins ; blood ; Tandem Mass Spectrometry

With the development of bio-technological drugs, drug immunogenicity evaluation has become key factor of clarifying safety and efficacy of these drugs. It has become the focus to establish a stable and reliable evaluation system. Due to the advantages such as continuous real-time monitoring, surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technology has been widely used in bio-technological drugs immunogenicity assessments. Our study applied this technology to detect anti-drug antibody (ADA) of a recombinant human anti-rabies monoclonal antibody NM57 in the sera of 48 volunteers admitted in phase I clinical trials. This method could satisfy the basic requirements of detection of ADA.

Objective To investigate the effect of chronic intermittent hypoxia(CIH)on the cardiovascular system in anesthetized rats. Methods A totally of 72 male SD rats were randomly divided into three groups(n=24),namely the ormoxia control group(control group), the normoxia anesthesia group(model group)and the chronic intermittent hypoxia group(CIH group).Rats of the control group breathe nor-mally.The model group was given intraperitoneal injection of 10%hydration with 0.3 mL/kg,and the CIH group was given chronic intermit-tent hypoxic stimulation with 8 h/d in addtion to the model group.The difference of ultrasonic echocardiography data,blood pressure,endothe-lin type-1,and endothelial nitric oxide synthase(eNOS)in rats of the three groups were compared.After 28 days,these rats were sacrificed to observe the changes of myocardial cell structure.Results In the control group,the myocardial morphology was normal,the cells arranged e-venly,and there was no swelling and inflammation.In the model group,the myocardial cells were evenly arranged without hypertrophy and in-flammatory changes.In the CIH group,the myocardial cells in the hypoxic group were not evenly arranged,and hypertrophy,swelling,deform-ation,hyperchromia,and obvious inflammatory changes of the myocardial tissue were observed.In the control group,myocardial cell nucleus and cytoplasm were uniformly arranged,and there was no obvious changes in the model group.On the contrary,myocardial cell morphology changed obviously in the CIH group,with the cell morphology and size of the inhomogeneity increased, and the color of the apoptosis cells changes from light to dark.The tail artery systolic pressure of rats in CIH group was significantly higher than that of the control group and the model group,and the LVEF of CIH group was significantly lower than that of the other two groups(P<0.05).Ultrasound detection value sug-gests that the LVID and left ventricular of rats in the CIH group were slightly larger,and the diastolic function was normal.The LVDs of the model group and the CIH group were both higher than that of the control group with statistically significant difference(P<0.05).The RBC, HCT,dp/dtmax,and -dp/dtmax in the CIH group were significantly higher than those of the control group and the model group(P<0.05). Serum levels of endothelin-1 in CIH group were significantly higher than that of control group and model group,while the summation of serum NO2-/NO3-and eNOS in CIH group were significantly lower than those of the control group and the model group(P<0.05).Conclusion Chronic intermittent hypoxia can cause cardiac dysfunction in anesthetized rats,which may lead to the imbalance of serum endothelin-1 and NO levels,leading to endothelial dysfunction and myocardial injury.

Objective To understand the variation in response of Oncomelania hupensis to niclosamide. Methods Snails were collected from 37 sampling areas distributed in 10 provinces (municipalities) using random environmental sampling methods in accordance with the different types and categories of snail habitats. In laboratory the snails were immersed in solutions of niclosamide for 24 and 48 hours at 25℃. Results 1.0 mg/L niclosamide showed 100% killing effect on snails in 24 hours. The LC 50 concentrations for snails immersed for 24 hours ranged from 0.0320 to 0.1689 mg/L with a mean value of 0.0920 mg/L. 0.5 mg/L niclosamide showed 100% killing effect on snails in 48 hours. The LC 50 values for snails immersed for 48 hours ranged between 0.0299 and 0.1114 mg/L with a mean of 0.0627 mg/L. There is a significant difference in snail sensitivity to niclosamide between sampling areas. Conclusion The sensitivity to niclosamide varied in snails from different sampling fields, but the chemical in a concentration of 1.0 mg/L showed 100% effect of killing snails, which is consistent to the manual of schistosomiasis control.

OBJECTIVETo explore clinical effects of Ilizarov technique at stage I for repairing tibial post-traumatic osteomyelitis with bone and skin defect.

METHODSFrom June 2010 to December 2013,44 patients with tibial post-traumatic osteomyelitis with bone and skin defect were treated with Ilizarov technique at stage I . Among them, there were 35 males and 9 females aged from 18 to 70 years old with an average of 42.5 years old. Bone defect ranged from 4 to 16 cm, skin defect ranged from 3 cm x 4 cm to 5 cm x 16 cm. The operation was performed debridement thoroughly, removed inflammatory bone section, osteotomy invasively, install circular external fixator by Ilizarow technique; screw nut were rotated at 1 week after operation, and prolonged 0.5 to 1.0 mm everyday. Wound surface, new born callus and bone healing were observed to evaluate clinical effects.

RESULTSAll patients were followed up from 11 to 36 months with an average of 18.5 months. Bone defect after osteotomy was from 6 to 22 cm with an average of 11.5 cm; the time of wound healing time ranged from 21 to 79 d with an average of 38 d; bone defect healing time was from 8 to 15 months with an average of 12.5 months. All patients were cured, no recurrent infection, refracture and shorten of calf deformity were occurred.

CONCLUSIONRepairing tibial post-traumatic osteomyelitis with bone and skin defect by llizarov technique at stage I has advantages of less trauma, low inflammatory recurrence rate, could avoid multiple complex operation, and receive definite curative effect.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Ilizarov Technique ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Osteomyelitis ; surgery ; Osteotomy ; Tibia ; surgery