Adult ; Female ; Gas Poisoning ; drug therapy ; Glycoproteins ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Quinuclidines ; therapeutic use ; Treatment Outcome ; Young Adult

Animals ; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor ; metabolism ; Hypothalamus ; metabolism ; Male ; Physical Conditioning, Animal ; physiology ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

The study was aimed to investigate the effect of artesunate (ART) on the apoptosis of HL-60 cells in vitro and the expression of Bcl-2 and ICAD in the process of apoptosis induced by ART. The inhibition of ART on HL-60 cells were evaluated by means of MTT assay; cell apoptosis was detected by light microscopy, agarose gel electro-phoresis, flow cytometry; Western blot was used to analyze the expression of Bcl-2 and ICAD in cells during apoptosis induced by ART. The results showed that ART could significantly inhibit the proliferation of HL-60 cells in time-and dose-dependent manner. After treating HL-60 cells with ART for 48 hours, the IC(50) values was 18.33 microg/ml and its inhibition effect contributed to the induced apoptosis. Bcl-2 and ICAD proteins both all expressed in HL-60 cells, the level of expression declined as concentration increased. It is concluded that artesunate may induce apoptosis of HL-60 cells in vitro, Bcl-2 and ICAD may be an important control factor in the signal transduction pathway of ART-induced apoptosis.
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic ; pharmacology ; Apoptosis ; drug effects ; Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins ; metabolism ; Artemisinins ; pharmacology ; HL-60 Cells ; Humans ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 ; metabolism

Objective To explore the method of clinical application and the final result of the com- pound flap of distally based of saphenous nerve-great saphenous vein nutritional vessels.Methods Basing on the anatomic basis that the nutrient vessels of saphenous nerve-great saphenous vein have the same deriva- tion as the branches of the muscle,bone and skin.Eight cases of the tissue defects of ankles and feet were re- paired by the flap.Results Seven cases were survived completely except the distal partly necrosis in one case.The calcaneal defects of one case were repaired by the iliac graft after two weeks of the operation.Follow up from 3 monthes to one year,the texture,appearance and function of the multiflap were good.Conclusion The compound flap of distally based of saphenous nerve-great saphenous vein nutritional vessels has the ad- vantages as follow:the reliable blood supply,avoidance of sacrificing the major arteries,reconstruction of sen- sation and simply procedure.Besides,the defects of soft tissue and bone can be repaired on one operation.

Objective To find out severity and types of syphilis infection in blood donors, attendants and persons to have their premrital medical examination in Zhoushan City and offer a new measure for prevention and treatment of syphilis. Methods Totally, 174 589 blood donors, attendants and persons to have their premarital medical examinations were screened preliminarily for inapparent syphilis with non-TPHA, and then TPHA was applied to confirm the diagnosis, according to the National Standard No. GB 15974-1995, combining with clinical symptoms and physical check-up. Results A total of 1 327 cases of syphilis from 174 589 samples tested, including blood donors, attendants and persons to have their premarital medical examinations, were diagnosed, with an inapparent infection rate of 7. 60‰ in average, 6. 42‰in males and 8. 74‰ in females, with a sex ratio of 0.71 (X2 = 29. 92, P

OBJECTIVETo investigate the effects of catecholamine hormone on the blood and brain of heroin addicts.

METHODSRats were divided into three groups and treated with the glucose (control group), the heroin (im) (heroin group), and the combination of the intramuscular injection of reserpine and heroin (reserpine group). Changes in the levels of the dopamine (DA), cAMP, and cGMP were detected by the radioimmunoassay (RIA) method in the blood and brain tissue.

RESULTSNo significant withdrawal symptoms were observed in the reserpine group. Compared with the control and heroin groups, the blood cAMP levels were increased by 35.36% and 15.53% in the reserpine group, respectively; the cAMP levels in the midbrain ventral tegmental area (VTA), prefrontal cortex (PFC), and hippocampus (Hipp) were increased by 24.08% & 8.53%, 15.66% & 8.13%, and 21.95% & 8.40%, respectively. While compared to the control and heroin groups, the DA levels of the PFC, Hipp, striatum, and nucleus accumbens (NAc) were significantly reduced in the reserpine group, decreasing by 74.09% & 82.86%, 81.06% & 82.23%, 91.62% & 86.55% and 84.35% & 90.63%, respectively. The concentrations of cGMP of the brain tissues in the reserpine group were lower than those in the control group. In addition, the neural electrophysiological testing showed that the electroencephalogram (EEG), electrocardiogram (ECG), and muscle spindle discharge diagram of rats in both the reserpine and heroin groups were apparently changed.

CONCLUSIONCatecholamine hormone plays an important role in heroin addiction.

Animals ; Brain ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Catecholamines ; physiology ; Cyclic AMP ; blood ; metabolism ; Cyclic GMP ; blood ; metabolism ; Dopamine ; blood ; metabolism ; Heroin Dependence ; metabolism ; physiopathology ; Male ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar

In order to explore the influence of purified donor regulatory T cells (T(Reg) cells) infused after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo-BMT) on GVHD and hematopoietic reconstitution of mice, an allo-BMT model of C(57)BL/6-->BALB/c mice was established. CD4(+)CD25(+)T(Reg) cells were purified through bead-magnetic activated cells separated from donor mice peripheral blood. The recipient mice were randomly divided into three groups: CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells, CD4(+)CD25(-) T cells and RPMI 1640 culture medium. These cells and RPMI 1640 were infused into recipient mice by caudal veins at about 6 to 8 hours after allo-BMT respectively. Incidence of GVHD, pathological lesion of liver, spleen, small intestine, survival time and hematopoietic reconstitution in the recipients were observed after allo-BMT. The results showed that the time for WBC > 1.0 x 10(9)/L was (8.14 +/- 3.26) days, (17.62 +/- 5.71) days, (19.81 +/- 6.77) days and the time for Plt > 20.0 x 10(9)/L was (5.29 +/- 1.34) days, (8.97 +/- 3.44) days, (9.52 +/- 3.92) days in T(Reg) positive cell group, T(Reg) negative cell group and the blank control group respectively, and the recovery times of WBC and Plt in T(Reg) positive cell group were faster than that in T(Reg) negative cell group and the blank control group (P < 0.05). The scores of GVHD were (1.33 +/- 0.58), (1.80 +/- 0.27), (1.93 +/- 0.45) in three groups of mice at about 15 days after allo-BMT, respectively, the GVHD in T(Reg) positive cell group was slighter than that in T(Reg) negative cell group and the blank control group (P < 0.05). It was found that GVHD pathologic manifestations of the liver, spleen and small intestine in T(Reg) positive cell group were slighter in a certain extent than those in other two groups at about (25 - 30) days after allo-BMT. The mean survival time in three groups was (41.45 +/- 17.88) days, (18.75 +/- 14.39) days and (25.67 +/- 16.84) days after allo-BMT, respectively, which in the T(Reg) positive cell group was significantly longer than that in other two groups (P < 0.05). It is concluded that donor-T(Reg) cell infusion can mitigate the GVHD so as to reach hematopoietic reconstitution and prolong survival time after allo-BMT in mice.
Animals ; Female ; Graft vs Host Disease ; immunology ; prevention & control ; Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ; adverse effects ; methods ; Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit ; immunology ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Random Allocation ; T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory ; immunology ; transplantation

Fibronectin containing extra domain A (EDA+ FN),a functional glycoprotein participating in several cellular processes,correlates with chronic liver disease.Herein,we aim to investigate the expression and secretion of EDA+ FN from hepatocytes in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and the underlying mechanisms.Circulating levels of EDA+ FN were determined by ELISA in clinical samples.Western blotting and flow cytometry were performed on L02 and HepG2 cell lines to analyze whether the levels of EDA+ FN were associated with endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-related cell death.Circulating levels of EDA+ FN in NAFLD patients were significantly higher than those in control subjects,and positively related with severity of ultrasonographic steatosis score.In cultured hepatocytes,palmitate up-regulated the expression of EDA+ FN in a dose-dependent manner.Conversely,when the cells were pretreated with 4-phenylbutyrate,a specific inhibitor of ER stress,up-regulation of EDA+ FN could be abrogated.Moreover,silencing CHOP by shRNA enhanced the release of EDA+ FN from hepatocytes following palmitate treatment,which was involved in ER stress-related cell damage.These findings suggest that the up-regulated level of EDA+ FN is associated with liver damage in NAFLD,and ER stress-mediated cell damage contributes to the release of EDA+ FN from hepatocytes.

italic>Ardisia crispa (Thunb.) A. DC. is a traditional Miao medicinal herb with significant therapeutic effects in the treatment of sore throat, tonsillitis, edema of nephritis and bruising and rheumatism, etc. Ardisia crispa var. amplifolia and Ardisia crispa var. dielsii are varieties of A. crispa. A. crispa var. amplifolia and A. crispa var. dielsii are controversial in terms of species evolutionary relationships and taxonomic identification. In this study, we sequenced the whole genome sequences of A. crispa var. amplifolia and A. crispa var. dielsii chloroplasts using Illumina platform, assembled, annotated and characterized them, compared the structural features and degree of variation among chloroplast genomes using bioinformatics methods, and also downloaded constructing phylogenetic trees to analyze the phylogenetic relationships of chloroplasts in Primulaceae and Myrsinaceae using whole genome sequence information. The results showed that the complete chloroplast genome sequences of A. crispa var. amplifolia and A. crispa var. dielsii were 156 749 bp and 156 748 bp in length, with 132 genes annotated, including 87 protein-coding genes; the codon preference of A/U was greater than that of G/C; The differences in the coding regions of rps15 and rpoB genes in the comparative genome analysis can be used as loci for molecular identification of the two species; the differences in the coding regions of ycf1, ycf2, rpoC1, ycf3, petD and rpl16 genes in the chloroplast genome compared with those of the same genus can be used as loci for identification of the genus. In the phylogenetic results, A. crispa var. amplifolia and A. crispa var. dielsii were clustered together with 100% support, indicating that they are closely related. In this research, we analyzed the chloroplast genome structure and phylogenetic relationships of A. crispa var. amplifolia and A. crispa var. dielsii, providing an important theoretical basis for their molecular identification, genetic variation, breeding and phylogenetic analysis.

A bacterial strain DN25, effective on cyanide-degradation, was isolated from contaminated soil and identified as Alcaligenes sp. on the basis of phenotype analysis and 16S rDNA sequence analysis. It showed great tolerance to the cyanide, which can grow in the medium containing 500mg CN -/L. The suitable condition for the cell growth and boitransformation was pH8.0 and 30oC and the transformation rate for 500mg CN - /L could achieve 99% in 10 h. It has also been found that the screened strain had the ability of K 4Fe(CN) 6 transformation with 96% of transformation rate at 12 h for the concentration of 500 mg CN /L.