Objective To study the effect of surgery combined with 125I radioactive particles and chemotherapy in advanced gastric antrum cancer. Methods The data of 45 patients with advanced gastric antrum cancer were collected. The nutritional status, quality of life and survival time of patients in surgery combined with 125I radioactive particles and chemotherapy group (group A, 23 cases) and chemotherapy group (group B, 22 cases) were compared. Results The average period that patients canˊt eat through the mouth in group A was 10.22 months, it was 6.32 months in group B, and the difference between group A and group B was statistically significant (t= 3.765, P= 0.001). There were statistically differences in quality of life scores between the two groups at 3rd month and 9th month [3rd months: (73.48 ±19.21) scores vs (59.09 ± 24.86) scores, t= 2.178, P= 0.035; 9th month: (42.17±14.55) scores vs (32.05±21.10) scores, t= 3.43, P=0.001]. There were statistically differences in nutritional status between the two groups at 3rd month and 9th month (χ2 = 9.846, P= 0.020; χ2 = 7.713, P= 0.049). At 9th months, 7 patients died in group A and 13 patients died in group B, and there was a difference between the two groups (χ2= 3.964, P= 0.046). The overall survival rates of 12 months in two groups had not difference (P= 0.119). Conclusion The treatment of surgery combined with 125I radioactive particles and chemotherapy can improve the nutritional status and quality of life in patients with advanced gastric antrum cancer, and extend life appropriately in one year.

In a one-step fermentation system of vitamin C production with Gluconobacter oxydans and Ketogulonicigenium vulgare, a functional module of α-lipoic acid biosynthesis was constructed in G. oxydans. The engineered G. oxydans was co-cultured with K. vulgare to enhance the growth and 2-keto-L-gulonic acid (2-KGA) production of K. vulgare. This one-step fermentation system alleviated the growth inhibition during the mono-culture of K. vulgare and strengthened the interaction between the two bacteria. Moreover, the yield of vitamin C precursor (2-KGA) increased to 73.34 g/L (the control group was 59.09 g/L), and the conversion of D-sorbitol to 2-KGA increased to 86.0%. This study provides a new idea for further optimizing the one-step fermentation system of vitamin C production.
Ascorbic Acid ; Fermentation ; Gluconobacter oxydans ; Rhodobacteraceae ; Thioctic Acid ; biosynthesis