OBJECTIVE To investigate the antitumor effect of cadmium (Ⅱ) complex of pyrazolone derivatives 1-phenyl-3-methyl-4-propionyl-5-pyrazolone salicyloyl hydrazide-cadmium (Ⅱ) (Cd-PMPP-SAL) on the murine melanoma B16 cells in vitro and in vivo and its mechanisms. METHODS B16 cells were incubated with Cd-PMPP-SAL at 1.0, 1.5, 3.0, 5.0 and 10.0 mg·L-1 for 24, 48 or 72 h. The prolifera? tion rate of B16 cel s was evaluated by MTT assay. B16 cel s were incubated with Cd-PMPP-SAL at 6.25, 12.50 and 25.00 mg·L-1 for 24 h, while cell morphology was observed by Hoechst33258 staining. Apop?tosis of B16 cells was detected by Annexin Ⅴ-FITC/PI staining. The activity of caspases in B16 cells was detected by caspase activity assay. C57BL/6J mice were inoculated subcutaneously with B16 cells to establish a tumor-bearing model. Five days later, Cd-PMPP-SAL at 6.25, 12.50 and 25.00 mg·kg-1 was injected into tumors of C57BL/6J mice once a day for 12 d. The body mass was recorded daily. One day after the last administration, all the mice were killed and the tumor was harvested. Tumor volume and mass were measured, and the tumor inhibitory rates were calculated. Pathological changes of the tumor, liver and lung were observed under a microscope. The expressions of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) in tumor tissues were detected by immuno?histochemistry. The apoptotic cells in transplanted tumor tissues were detected by TUNEL. RESULTS Cd-PMPP-SAL inhibited the proliferation of B16 cells. The IC50 was 4.946 mg · L-1, and 95% confidence interval was 4.24-5.65 mg · L-1. The apoptosis rates(12.8 ± 1.4)% and (18.4 ± 0.4)% of Cd-PMPP-SAL 12.50 and 25.00 mg · L-1 groups were significantly higher than those of control group (1.7 ± 0.1)% (P<0.01). The activity of caspase 3 and 9 of Cd-PMPP-SAL 25.00 mg · L-1 group was significantly higher than that of control group (P<0.01), but there was no significant difference in caspases 3/7. The relative tumor volumes of Cd-PMPP-SAL 6.25, 12.50 and 25.00 mg · kg-1 treated groups from the 8th day of treatment were significantly decreased compared with the model group (P<0.01). The result of paraffin sections showed that the transplanted tumor tissues in Cd-PMPP-SAL 12.50 and 25.00 mg · kg- 1 groups exhibited different degrees of necrosis, but there was no significant pathological damage to the liver or lung tissues of mice. Compared with model group, expressions of VEGF and FGF2 in Cd-PMPP-SAL 12.50 and 25.00 mg · kg-1 treated groups were significantly inhibited (P<0.05), and apoptotic cell rates were significantly higher (P<0.05). CONCLUSION Cd-PMPP-SAL can inhibit growth of B16 cells in vivo and in vitro, which may be associated with induction of tumor cell apoptosis and inhibition of tumor angiogenesis.

We constructed prokaryotic recombinant expression vector of P61 gene from Nocardia brasiliensis,expressing P61 protein with biological activity in E.coli,and lay a foundation for further studies related to P61.P61 gene was synthesized and cloned into an expression vector pET-30a(+).The recombinant vector was transformed into Escherichia coli BL21 and induced with IPTG.The production was analyzed with Western blot and the catalase activity of P61 was tested with Catalase Assay Kit.The protein of P61was successfully expressed in E.coli with solubility and high catalase activity,and could be identified by anti-N.brasiliensis sera from mice.The prokaryotic expression plasmid of protein P61 was constructed successfully and can be expressed efficiently in E.coli BL21 cells with higher catalase.

Objective:To analyze the actual and expected incentives and key issues of telemedicine providers in China and to provide important references for optimizing telemedicine incentive policies.Methods:The sample data came from a questionnaire survey of 1 084 providers in 7 provinces of Fujian, Hainan, Henan, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Qinghai in October and November 2019 and a semi-structured interview data at 6 hospitals in Henan province in January 2020. Descriptive analysis was used to sort such data into text data for classified summation.Results:The greatest gaps were found between actual incentives and expected ones in expense subsidies, title promotion and excellence awards, with such gaps as high as 18.65, 28.26, 29.28 percentages among providers of junior, deputy senior and senior academic titles respectively. Hospitals fall short in providing adequate incentives for telemedicine providers, not to mention lack of differentiation and diversification in personnel incentives, and poor implementation of incentive policies.Conclusions:It is suggested to strengthen incentive demand analysis, break the homogenization bottleneck of incentive policies, and consolidate internal publicity and implementation of incentive policies.

Objective: To investigate the household eye hygiene among students at grades 3 to 5 in primary schools in Jinshan District, Shanghai Municipality, so as to provide insights into the management of myopia among children and adolescents. Methods: Students at grades 3 to 5 in primary schools were sampled in Jinshan District using a stratified cluster sampling method from December 2021 to January 2022. The household reading environments were observed, including the height of the learning desk and chair, desk surface color and strength. The duration of reading and writing, duration of watching TV and videos, duration of outdoor activities, duration of sleep and eye use behaviors and habits after school and at weekends were investigated using questionnaires. Results: A total of 330 primary school students were surveyed, including 179 boys (54.24%) and 151 girls (45.76%), and there were 36.36% grade 3 primary school students, 36.36% grade 4 students and 27.27% grade 5 students. There were 94.24% of primary school students that used the desk and chair with heights mismatched to students' heights, 25.45% that used desks with dark surface, 26.67% that used desks with light reflection, and 48.48% that used desk lamps with an illumination intensity of <300 lx. There were 56.36% of students with reading and writing duration of 1 h and longer, 15.76% with watching duration of 0.5 h and longer, 86.97% with outdoor activity duration of <1 h and 88.48% with sleep duration of <10 h after school, and 42.42% with reading and writing duration of 2 h and longer, 29.70% with watching duration of 1 hour and longer, 65.45% with outdoor activity duration of <2 h and 55.76% with sleep duration of <10 h at weekends. There were 30.91% of primary school students with 10 cm distance from chest to desk, 26.36% with 33 cm distance from eyes to books and 35.15% with 3 cm distance from fingers to pen points when reading and writing, and 35.45% with >3 m distance from TV, 40.91% with >50 cm distance from computers, and 22.73% with >40 cm distance from cell phones when watching TV or videos. Conclusions The household eye use environments remain to be improved, and there are poor eye use behaviors among primary school students at grades 3 to 5 in Jinshan District, Shanghai Municipality; notably, mismatch between the desk and chair height and students' body height and inadequate sleep are common.

Objective:To investigate the effect of ultrasound-guided early removal of indwelling catheter on recovery quality and catheter-related infection of patients with general anesthesia in post anesthesia recovery unit (PACU).Methods:From September 2019 to April 2020, 146 patients with gynecological benign diseases who underwent hysteroscopic surgery in the Department of Anesthesiology, Shenzhen Hospital of Southern Medical University were selected prospectively and randomly divided into two groups, with 4 cases excluded. The function of the bladder was evaluated by ultrasound in the anesthesia recovery room after operation. In the ultrasound group, 71 patients had no abnormality, and the catheter was removed after the residual urine of the bladder was drained. 71 patients in the control group were normal, and the catheter was removed 24 hours after operation. The residual urine volume, urine retention, incidence of restlessness, urinary tract infection rate, time to first walking and hospital stay were observed in the two groups after the first bladder emptying.Results:The incidence of agitation in PACU was 7.0%(5/71) in the ultrasound group and 22.5%(16/71) in the control group, with statistically significant difference ( P<0.01); the first postoperative walking time in the ultrasound group and the control group was statistically significant [(10.5±4.1)h vs (18.9±6.5)h, P<0.05]; the postoperative hospital stay in the ultrasound group and the control group was statistically significant [(3.2±1.3)d vs (5.1±2.5)d, P<0.05]. The incidence of urinary tract infection and urinary tract irritationin in ultrasound group was significantly lower than that in control group (1.4% vs 9.8%, 1.4% vs 14.0%, P<0.05). Conclusions:For uncomplicated patients after gynecological laparoscopic surgery, ultrasound evaluation of bladder function, extraction of residual urine immediately after the removal of catheter, is more conducive to the early recovery of patients than 24 hours after the removal of catheter.

Background: This study aims to assess whether the TSI PortaCount (Model 8020) is a measuring instrument comparable with the flame photometer. This would provide an indication for the suitability of the PortaCount for determining the workplace protection factor for particulate filtering facepiece respirators. Methods: The PortaCount (with and without the N95-Companion™) was compared with a stationary flame photometer from Moores (Wallisdown) Ltd (Type 1100), which is a measuring instrument used in the procedure for determining the total inward leakage of the particulate filtering facepiece respirator in the European Standard. Penetration levels of sodium chloride aerosol through sample respirators of two brands (A and B) were determined by the two measuring systems under laboratory conditions. For each brand, thirty-six measurements were conducted. The samples were split into groups according to their protection level, conditioning before testing, and aerosol concentration. The relationship between the gauged data from two measuring systems was determined. In addition, the particle size distribution inside the respirator and outside the respirator was documented. Linear regression analysis was used to calculate the association between the PortaCount (with and without the N95-Companion™) and the flame photometer. Results: A linear relationship was found between the raw data scaled with the PortaCount (without N95-Companion™) and the data detected by the flame photometer (R2 = 0.9704) under all test conditions. The distribution of particle size was found to be the same inside and outside the respirator in almost all cases. Conclusion Based on the obtained data, the PortaCount may be applicable for the determination of workplace protection factor.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the effect of chloroquine in reversing multidrug resistance (MDR) of HNE1/DDP cell line and explore the mechanism.

METHODSMTT assay was used to detect the cell viability of HNE1 and HNE1/DDP after exposure to different concentrations of DDP (2, 4, 8, 16 and 32 µmol/L) and different concentrations of chloroquine (5, 10, 20, 40, and 80 µmol/L). q-PCR was used to assess the expression of MDR1 mRNA and Western blotting was employed to detect P-glycoprotein (P-gp) expression in HNE1 and HNE1/DDP cells exposed to 5 and 10 µmol/L chloroquine. The cell apoptosis rate of HNE1 and HNE1/DDP cells exposed to 10 and 20 µmol

RESULTSChloroquine exposure caused dose-dependent suppression of the proliferation in both HNE1 and HNE1

CONCLUSIONChloroquine can reverse multidrug resistance in HNE1
ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family B, Member 1 ; metabolism ; Antineoplastic Agents ; pharmacology ; Apoptosis ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Chloroquine ; pharmacology ; Down-Regulation ; Drug Resistance, Multiple ; drug effects ; Drug Resistance, Neoplasm ; drug effects ; Humans

Background and purpose:Although there is still no standard ifrst line chemotherapy regimen for metastatic gastric cancer (MGC), the doublet and triplet regimens containing platinum and lfuorouracil were most popular worldwidely. The ECF regimen is the classical and one of the most popular treatment choices in this setting, while the marrow suppression, the renal toxicity and poor compliance inhibits its usage. In order to improve its efifcacy and tolerability, this study conducted 2 phaseⅡ trials by modified ECF regimen, the EOF5 regimen (substituting cisplatin with oxaliplatin, shortening the continuous infusion period to 120 h), to treat patients with MGC since 2004. This paper reported the comprehensive results of the 2 studies.Methods:All the patients who enrolled in our previous2 phaseⅡ trials and received EOF5 as ifrst line treatment entered this study. Each patient received the treatment of epirubicin 50 mg/m2 iv d1, oxaliplatin 130 mg/m2 iv gtt d1 and 5-FU 375-425 mg/m2·d-1 civ 120 h, and repeated every 3 weeks. Efifcacy was analyzed every 6 weeks.Results:A total number of 178 patients (all were metastatic patients but 2 advanced patients with unresectable lesions) were included into this study. One hundred and seventy patients were evaluable, and 7 patients (3.9%) achieved complete response (CR), 76 patients (42.7%) achieved partial response (PR), 46.6% patients achieved overall response rate (ORR, CR+PR), and the cases of stable disease (SD) and progressive disease (PD) were 69 (38.8%) and 18 (10.1%), respectively. The median progress free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 6.0 months (95%CI: 5.2-6.8) and 12.6 months (95%CI: 8.9-16.3), 1-year and 2-year survival rate were 50.9% and 28.0%, respectively. Grade 3, 4 toxicity including: leucopenia (23.0), neutropenia (38.8%), anemia (6.5%), thrombocytopenia (23.5%), nausea/vomiting (14.1%), and peripheral neuropathy toxicity (1.2%). Among 75 patients who received second line treatment, the median survival from second line treatment was 8.0 months (95%CI: 4.8-11.2).Conclusion:EOF5 regimen is a highly effective regimen with moderate and manageable toxicity, and it providesa suitable alternative for the ifrst-line treatment of MGC.

Objective To explore the synergism efficacy and mechanism of Warm Purgative and Strengthening Spleen (WPSS) therapy combined with antibiotics in the treatment of sepsis. Methods Thirty-two SPF Spargue-Dawley (SD) rats were used to replicate the rat sepsis model by cecum ligation perforation (CLP) method and equally divided into model control (MC) group, ceftriaxone group, Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) group and ceftriaxone +CHM group. Eight SD rats underwent sham surgery were used as a sham operation (Sham) group. Rats in Sham and MC groups were administered with 0.9% normal saline (NS) by intraperitoneal injection and gavage. Rats in CHM group were administered with modified Dahuang Fuzi Decoction (DFD, 8 mg/kg) by gavage + 0.9% NS by intraperitoneal injection, Bid. Rats in ceftriaxone group were administered with 0.9% NS by gavage and ceftriaxone (120 mg/kg) by intraperitoneal injection, Bid. Rats in ceftriaxone + CHM group were administered with modified DFD (8 mg/kg) by gavage and ceftriaxone (120 mg/kg) intraperitoneal injection, Bid. The drugs were given for 2 days. The mortality of rats in each group was observed after treatment. The intestinal flora changes and intestinal permeability [intestinal mucosa injury index (IMII), intestinal mucosa secretory immunoglobulin (sIgA), serum D-lactic acid, diamine oxidase (DAO) and sIgA] were detected. Meanwhile, the levels of serum inflammation indexes [lipopolysaccharide (LPS), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6)] were detected. Results ① Mortality: ceftriaxone+CHM group (25.0%) < CHM group (37.5%) and ceftriaxone group (37.5%) < MC group (50.0%), the differences between groups were statistically significant (all P < 0.05). ② 16S rDNA sequencing analysis: the ratio of Bacteroidetesin in MC group was lower than that in the Sham group [(24.36±7.15)% vs. (45.20±6.05)%], and the ratio of Proteobacteria in MC group was higher than that in Sham group [(10.03±7.55)% vs. (0.41±0.21)%]. The diversity of intestinal flora in ceftriaxone group was significantly lower than that in Sham and CHM groups (404.60±17.09 vs. 470.80±16.97, 469.20±14.59), the differences between groups were statistically significant (all P < 0.05). The principal component analysis (PCA) suggested that the composition of CHM group was closer to that of Sham group, which indicated that WPSS therapy could reduce intestinal flora disorders in rats with sepsis. ③The pathological changes of intestinal mucosa: light microscope showed the intestinal mucosa of Sham group was intact; the intestinal mucosa became thinner, and local inflammatory cells had infiltration in MC group. The thickness of intestinal mucosa in CHM, ceftriaxone and CHM+ceftriaxone groups was slightly thicker, and the infiltration of local inflammatory cells was less than that in MC group. The thickness of intestinal mucosa in CHM group and ceftriaxone+CHM group was slightly thicker than that in the ceftriaxone group, and the arrangement was more regular than that in MC group and ceftriaxone group.④Intestinal mucosa permeability and inflammatory state: IMII, D-lactic acid, DAO, LPS, TNF-α and IL-6 of rats in MC group were higher than those of rats in Sham group [IMII: 4.37±0.56 vs. 0.26±0.29, D-lactic acid (mg/L):12.35±0.83 vs. 7.30±1.29, DAO (kU/L): 2.16±0.43 vs. 0.32±0.06, LPS (kU/L): 0.663±0.012 vs. 0.095±0.003, TNF-α (μg/L): 251.03±82.69 vs. 52.15±6.25, IL-6 (μg/L): 160.50±4.77 vs. 54.30±3.36], while sIgA in MC group was lower than that in Sham group (mg/L: 11.57±0.17 vs. 26.76±1.99). IMII, D-lactic acid, DAO, LPS, TNF-α and IL-6 of rats in CHM, ceftriaxone and CHM+ ceftriaxone groups were significantly lower than those of rats in MC group, while sIgA in CHM, ceftriaxone and CHM+ceftriaxone groups were significantly higher than that of rats in MC group. The change of CHM+ceftriaxone group was more significant than those of CHM group and ceftriaxone group [IMII:1.78±0.23 vs. 1.96±0.62, 3.39±0.43, D-lactic acid (mg/L): 8.56±0.37 vs. 9.62±0.57,11.42±0.39, DAO (kU/L):1.14±0.12 vs. 1.72±0.24, 2.01±0.32, sIgA (mg/L): 25.34±1.49 vs. 23.99±7.85, 17.46±1.20, LPS (kU/L):0.302±0.007 vs. 0.387±0.004, 0.715±0.013, TNF-α (μg/L): 57.10±3.98 vs. 101.49±21.49, 141.91±20.20, IL-6 (μg/L): 93.71±2.39 vs. 87.12±7.31, 104.27±1.84]. Conclusion WPSS therapy may improve the efficacy of antibiotics in the treatment of sepsis by regulating the intestinal flora and reducing the intestinal mucosa permeability and inflammation level.

Objective To report a pedigree with X?linked dominant protoporphyria(XLDPP), and to detect 5?aminolevulinic acid synthetase 2(ALAS2)gene mutations in this pedigree. Methods A clinical investigation was performed in a pedigree with XLDPP, and relevant data were collected from family members. A next?generation sequencing method was applied to screen possible mutation sites, and Sanger sequencing was performed to determine pathogenic gene mutations. Dermoscopy was conducted to observe skin lesions in the patients with XLDPP, and the Fotofinder system and very high frequency (VHF) ultrasound system were utilized to assess the severity of photodamage. Liver and gallbladder ultrasonography as well as blood examination were performed for all the family members. Results A deletion mutation, c.1706?1709ΔAGTG, was detected in the ALAS2 gene on the X chromosomes of all the patients in this family, which led to replacement or loss of 19-20 C?terminal residues through transcriptional frameshifting, and eventually caused an increase in ALAS2 activity. In the patients with XLDPP, skin photodamage was relatively severe;protoporphyrin?induced hepatobiliary damage was observed and aggravated with age;anemia and iron deficiency occurred sometimes. Conclusion The deletion mutation c.1706?1709ΔAGTG of the ALAS2 gene may be the underlying cause of XLDPP in this pedigree.