Adult ; Asthma ; metabolism ; physiopathology ; Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors ; genetics ; physiology ; Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group Proteins ; genetics ; physiology ; Female ; Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase ; metabolism ; Humans ; Inflammation ; metabolism ; pathology ; Male ; NF-E2-Related Factor 2 ; genetics ; physiology ; RNA, Messenger ; genetics ; metabolism ; Sputum ; cytology

Objective To investigate the developmental characters of neural stem cells(NSCs) in occipital of cortex from human fetal brain at different age.Methods Ninety cases of embryoes at gestational age 16-32 weeks and by induction of labor with water bag were collected for determining distribution,shapes,growth modes and the number of NSCs in the occipital of cortex with immunohisto- chemical method under light microscope.Results It was noted that NSCs existed in the occipital of cortex from human fetal brain at different ages.NSCs mainly distributed in layers of cone cells and inner granule cells.NSCs existed in the occipital of cortex of different fetal age included middling round cells,NSCs had enations from 0 to 1.Nucli were larger than plasm.Each NSC had nucleoli from 2-4 and rarefaction chromatin.Most of NSCs distributed in three growth modes including crowd,cluster and clone,occasionally with a single growth mode among other nerve cells.There were no differences including distribution,shapes,growth modes and the number of NSCs in the occipital of cortex between groups,but,NSCs gradually decreased with increasing of age.Conclusion NSCs exists in the occipital of cortex from different gestational age,and the number of NSCs decreases with increasing of age.

Objective To assess the safety and efficacy of abdominal radical nephrectomy and systematic lymph node dissection for treatment of renal carcinoma. Methods A total of 136 patients underwent radical nephrectomy and regional clearance of lymph nodes from July 2004 to June 2008.There were 92 males and 44 females in the study group.Ages ranged from 23 to 81 years,with a mean age of 54 years.The mean tumor diameter was 55 mm (range,15-170 mm).The tumor size detected by CT and MRI was consistent with that detected by B-ultrasound,98 were stage Ⅰ,13stage Ⅱ,12 stage Ⅲ,and 2 stage Ⅳ. Results All 136 cases underwent radical nephrectomy with retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy.All operations were successful without any major complication.The operative time was 90 to 180 min,with an average of 120 min,and blood loss was 20-400 ml,with an average of 50 ml.The pathological diagnoses were as follows: renal cell carcinoma 123 cases (90%), papillary renal cell carcinoma six cases(4%),chromophobic two cases(1.4%),oncocytoma two cases(1.4%),collecting duct two(1.4%),and others three cases(2.2%).Eight cases reported positive lymph nodes.Of the 136 cases,92 cases were T1 N0 M0,11 were T2 N0 M0,10 were T3 N0 M0,eight were T3 N1 M0 and two were T1 N0 M1.Ninety-five cases (70%) were followed-up at six to 40 months (mean,20 months).The one year and three year survival rates were 96% (91/95) and 86% (82/95),respectively.Conclusions Radical nephrectomy with systematic lymph dissection has advantages of accurate staging,effective resecting of renal tumors and preventing recurrence.Radical nephrectomy is an effective method for the treatment of renal carcinoma.

The deubiquitinating enzyme ubiquitin specific peptidase 15 (USP15) is regarded as a regulator of TGFβ signaling pathway. This process depends on Smad7, the inhibitory factor of the TGFβ signal, and type I TGFβ receptor (TβR-I), one of the receptors of TGFβ. The expression level of USP15 seems to play vital roles in the pathogenesis of many neoplasms, but so far there has been no report about USP15 in psoriasis. In this study, immunohistochemical staining of USP15, TβR-I and Smad7 was performed in 30 paraffin-embedded psoriasis specimens and 10 normal specimens to investigate the expression of USP15, TβR-I and Smad7 in psoriasis and to explore the relevance among them. And USP15 small interfering RNA (USP15 siRNA) was used to transfect Hacat cells to detect the mRNA expression of TβR-I and Smad7. Of 30 cases of psoriasis in active stage, 28, 24 and 26 cases were positive for USP15, TβR-I and Smad7 staining, respectively. The positive rates of USP15 and Smad7 were significantly higher in psoriasis specimens than in normal skin specimens (44.1%±26.0% vs. 6.1%±6.6%, 47.2%±27.1% vs. 6.6%±7.1%), and positive rate of TβR-I (20.3%±22.2%) in psoriasis was lower than that in normal skin specimens (46.7%±18.2%). There was a significant positive correlation between USP15 and Smad7 expression, and significant negative correlations between USP15 and TβR-expression, an I d between TβR- and Smad7 expression I in psoriasis. After transfection of USP15 siRNA in Hacat cells, the expression of TβR-mRNA was up I -regulated and that of Smad7 was down-regulated. It is concluded that USP15 may play a role in the pathogenesis of psoriasis through regulating the TβR-I/Smad7 pathway and there may be other cell signaling pathways interacting with USP15 to take part in the development of psoriasis.

OBJECTIVETo determine the effects of lactose inducing on the expression of recombinant Helicobacter pylori rUreB and rhpaA, and Escherichia coli rLTB and rLTKA63.

METHODSBIO-RAD gel image analysis system was applied to detect the outputs of the recombinant proteins. SDS-PAGE was performed to measure the target protein expression of recombinant genes at various periods of growth, different lactose concentrations, various inducing temperatures and times. The results of the target protein expression induced by lactose were compared to those by isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactoside (IPTG).

RESULTSLactose showed higher efficiency to induce the expression of rHpaA, rUreB, rLTB and rLTKA63 than IPTG. The expression outputs of target recombinant proteins induced at 37 degrees C were remarkably higher than those at 28 degrees C. The optimal expression parameters were 0.8 of OD600 value, 50 g/L of lactose, 4 hours of inducing time for rHpaA, and 1.2 of OD600 value, 100 g/L of lactose, 5 hours of inducing time for both the rUreB and rLtB,and 0.8 of OD600 value, 100 g/L of lactose, 4 hours for rLTKA63.

CONCLUSIONLactose, a sugar with non-toxicity and low cost, is able to induce the recombinant genes to express the target proteins with higher efficiency than IPTG.

Adhesins, Bacterial ; biosynthesis ; genetics ; Bacterial Toxins ; biosynthesis ; genetics ; Bacterial Vaccines ; biosynthesis ; genetics ; Enterotoxins ; biosynthesis ; genetics ; Escherichia coli ; genetics ; metabolism ; Escherichia coli Proteins ; biosynthesis ; genetics ; Genetic Engineering ; Helicobacter Infections ; prevention & control ; Helicobacter pylori ; genetics ; metabolism ; Humans ; Lactose ; pharmacology ; Recombinant Proteins ; biosynthesis ; genetics ; Urease ; genetics ; Vaccines, Synthetic ; biosynthesis ; genetics

OBJECTIVETo study the influence of Jiangzhining decoction on the genetic expression of Liver LDLR of the rats suffered from hyperlipemia.

METHODLaboratory animals were male wister rats with hyperlipemia resulting from high fat feeding. Prescription was the douche of stomach with Jiangzhining decoction (200%) with a dosage of 1.4 g.kg-1, for 15 successive days. Total RNA was extracted from the liver tissue of treated rats and LDLRmRNA was detected by Dot blot hybridization. Expression levels of LDLRmRNA was estimated by a ratio of LDLRmRNA and beta-actin mRNA.

RESULTThe difference between expression levels of LDLRmRNA for normal group and those for hyperlipemia group (100% +/- 19% vs 39% +/- 14%) was significant (P < 0.05); and the difference between decoction group (108 +/- 8%) and hyperlipimia group was also highly significant (P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONHigh fat feeding reduces the expression of liver LDLRmRNA while the decoction can greatly increase it. The study and development of Jiangzhining are significant in preventing and curing cadiocerebral diseases.

Actins ; biosynthesis ; genetics ; Animals ; Drug Combinations ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; pharmacology ; Hyperglycemia ; metabolism ; Hypoglycemic Agents ; administration & dosage ; pharmacology ; Liver ; metabolism ; Male ; RNA, Messenger ; genetics ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Receptors, LDL ; biosynthesis ; genetics

To develop a reverse dot blot assay for rapid detection of HBV genotypes.Specific oligonucleotides probes were desighed and immobilized on nylon membranes.The DNA sample to be tested was PCR-amplified with DIG labeling primers and then hybridized with the immobilized probes.This procedure for detecting HBV genotypes was simple,rapid and specificity.30 specimens in Chongqing area were collected and detected by this method,and results were evaluated using direct sequencing.Results showed that: This new method was applicable to precise detection HBV genotypes for specimen with copies up to 103,and the HBV genotyping results showed that genotype B was the predominant genotype in Chongqing area.

OBJECTIVE To explore the mechanisms of the volatiles of Wendan granule for the treatment of senile dementia,network pharmacology method integrating absorption,distribution,metab-olism, and excretion (ADME) screening, target fishing, network constructing, pathway analyzing, and correlated diseases prediction was applied. METHODS Twelve small molecular compounds of WDG were selected as the objects from 74 volatiles with the relative abundances above 2%,and their ADME parameters were collected from Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology platform (TCMSP), and then the corresponding targets, genes, pathways and diseases were predicted according to the data provided by TCMSP,DrugBank,Uniport and the Database for Annotation,Visualization and Integrated Discovery(DAVID).The related pathways and correlation analysis were explored by the Kyoto Encyclo-pedia and Genomes (KEGG) database. Finally, the networks of compound-target, target-pathway and pathway-disease of WDG were constructed by Cytoscape software. RESULTS Twelve compounds interacted with 49 targets, of which top three targets were Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit alpha-1 (GABRA1), Prostaglandin G/H synthase 2 (PGHS-2) and Sodium-dependent noradrenaline transporter.Interestingly,these targets were highly associated with depression,insomnia and Alzheimer′s disease that mainly corresponded to mental and emotional illnesses. CONCLUSION The integrated network pharmacology method provides precise probe to illuminate the molecular mechanisms of volatiles of WDG for relieving senile dementia related syndromes,which will also facilitate the application of traditional Chinese medicine in modern medicine,as well as follow-up studies such as upgrading the quality stan-dard of clinical medicine and novel drug development.

Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; POEMS Syndrome ; diagnosis ; Syphilis ; diagnosis

OBJECTIVETo investigate the chemical compounds from the ethanol extract with inhibitory effects against aldose reductase from Thunbergia.

METHODGuided by anti-aldose reductase assay, compounds from the bioactive fraction (ethyl acetate extract) were separated and purified by various chromatographic methods including silica gel, Sephadex LH-20, and reversed-phase HPLC. Their structures were indentified based on analysis of the spectroscopic data including 1D and 2D NMR data.

RESULTEight compounds were obtained and identified as 8-hydroxy-8-methyl-9-methene-cyclopentane [7,11] -1,4, 6-trihydroxy-tetrahydronaphthalene-12-one, named as thunbergia A (1), 3,4-dihydro-4,5,8-trihydroxy-2-(3-methyl-2-butenyl) naphtha[2,3-b] oxiren-1(2H)-one (2), 8-(beta-gluco pyranosyloxy)-3,4-dihydro-2-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)naphtha [2,3-b] oxiren-1(2H)-one (3), galangin (4), quercetin (5), luteolin (6), 5,6,3',4'-tetrahydroxy -3,7-dimethoxy-flavone (7) and upeol (8).

CONCLUSIONThunbergia A was a new derivative of tetrahydronaphthalene, and compounds 2 and 3 were separated from the genus Thunbergia for the first time.

Acanthaceae ; chemistry ; Aldehyde Reductase ; antagonists & inhibitors ; Animals ; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular ; Plant Extracts ; chemistry ; isolation & purification ; pharmacology ; Plant Roots ; chemistry ; Rats