Background Oxidative damage is a major cause of age-related cataracts,and the ubiquitinproteasome system is involved in lens differentiation and development.Ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1),one of key enzymes of ubiquitin-proteasome system,was discovered to participate in the age related diseases and oxidative stress damage. Objective This study was to investigate the effects of UCHL1 on the formation and development of age-related cataract. Methods Lens capsule were collected from 24 patients with age-related cataract(including 12 cases of cortical cataract and 12 cases of nuclear cataract) during the surgery.Five normal lens capsule membranes were obtained from eye bank of Tongji University.Human lens epithelial cells (LECs) line (SRA01/04) was also collected in this study.Expression of UCHL1 in the lens epithelial layer of different samples was assayed using immunofluorescence technology.UCHL1 eukaryotic expressing vector was constructed and transfected into cultured SRA01/04 by liposome,and green fluorescent protein (GFP) eukaryotic expressing vector was transfected at the same method as the control group.UCHL1 over-expressing cells were then exposed to different concentrations (0.2,0.3,0.4 and 0.5 mol/L) of tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) for 24 hours and subsequently monitored for cell viability evaluation by MTT assay. Results Immunofluorescence showed that UCHL1 was expressed in human lens epithelial layer,but significantly different expressing levels were seen among normal lens capsular membrane,cortical cataract and nuclear cataract ( F =13.411,P =0.000),and UCHL1 expressing levels were lower in cortical cataract and nuclear cataract than the normal lens (P =0.000,P =0.000).No significant difference was found in UCHL1 expressing level between cortical cataract and nuclear cataract ( P =0.164).Western blot analysis verified that UCHL1 exhibited a stranger expression in the UCHL1 transfected group compared with the GFP transfected group,illuminating a successful transfection of UCHL1 in SRA01/04 cells.MMT assay revealed that the A570/630 value in UCHL1 transfected cells was significantly elevated in comparison with GFP transfected cells following the treatment of 0.3 mol/L TBHP. Conclusions UCHL1 has an antioxidative ability,and it might plays an important role in the progress of age-related cataract.

Objective To explore the mechanism of protective effect of liposome carried prostaglandin E 1 (PGE 1) on rat skin flap ischemia / reperfusin(I/R). Methods Island flaps of abdomen of adult SD rats were established for ischmia reperfusion injury models. Weighting, immunocytochemistry and in situ hybridization were employed. Results It was found that treatment with liposome carried PGE 1 significantly alleviated I/R induced muscular edema, attenuated neutrophil accumulation in the I/R tissue ( P

Objetive: To observe the reversal effects of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) ? and interferon (IFN) ? on multidrug resistance (MDR) in K562 cell line resistant to adriamycin (ADR) (K562/A02). Methods: After treatment with TNF-? and IFN-? respectively, K562/A02 sensitivity to ADR was investigated using tetrazolium dye assay. MDR1 gene expression was assayed by semiquantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and immunocytochemistry staining. Intracellular ADR concentration was also observed with flow cytometry. Results: The reversal activity after treatment with TNF-? or IFN-? was found to be increased up to 6 and 5-fold respectively at 24 h, and the peak with the increase of 10 and 8-fold respectively was seen at the 48 h (both P

Objective To observe the changes of synaptosome membrane fluidity and intrasynaptosome free calcium in ovariectomized rats' brain and the therapeutical effects of genistein. Methods Thirty-six 3 month-old female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to 4 groups:sham-operated,ovariectomized control,genistein and estradiol benzoate groups.Normal saline(50??l),normal saline(50??l),genistein(250??g)and estradiol benzoate (50??g)were subcutaneously injected respectively once every other day for 8 weeks,and then synaptosome membrane fluidity and intrasynaptosome free calcium in frontal and parietal lobe and hippocampus were detected. Results The intrasynaptosome free calcium of cerebral cortex and hippocampus synaptosomes of ovariectomized control group (?s)are (243.31?31.21)nmol/L and (305.10?54.31)nmol/L respectively.There are significantly statistical differences as compared ovariectomized control group with sham-operated,genistein and estradiol benzoate groups(P0.05).The synaptosome membrane viscosity(?)of hippocampal synaptosomes of ovariectomized control group(?s)is 3.03?0.39,which has significantly statistical differences compared with sham-operated and estradiol benzoate groups(P0.05).Conclusion The synaptosome membrane fluidity decreased while intrasynaptosome free calcium increased in ovariectomized rats' synaptosomes.Genistein can enhance the membrane fluidity and maintain intrasynaptosome free calcium in ovariectomized rats' synaptosomes.

The core-shell nanopaticles of Au@polyvinyl-pyrrolidone ( PVP) with uniform size and controllabe shell-thickness were prepared by hydrothermal method. The core-shell nanoparticles could be assembled to be the monolayer array on Si substrate relying on the dispersion of core-shell nanoparticles arising from PVP shell. The malachite green ( MG ) absorbed by H-bond could be detected on the array under the electromagnetic enhancement of inner-core Au nanoparticles. Under the conditions of the optimum shell-thickness of Au@PVP and the appropriate absorbed time of MG, the detection of MG could be realized in the linear range from 1 × 10-10 mol/L to 1 × 10-5 mol/L with the correlation coefficient ( R2 ) of 0. 98. The detection limit was 10-12 mol/L. This method was applied to the determination of MG in tilapia fish fillets of Xiagang market. No MG was found in this real sample. The spiked recoveries of the sample ranged from 70. 8% to 126. 0%. This method is simple and accurate, and can be used for detection of MG in the fish.

Animals ; Aortitis ; pathology ; Biopsy ; Dendritic Cells ; pathology ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Giant Cell Arteritis ; drug therapy ; etiology ; metabolism ; pathology ; Glucocorticoids ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Interleukin-12 ; metabolism ; Oxidative Stress ; Polymyalgia Rheumatica ; pathology ; Temporal Arteries ; pathology

ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of SalB on bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) apoptosis induced by hypoxia and serum deprivation (hypoxia/SD) in the vitro. Methods BMSCs were cultured in the vitro and randomly divided into control group, hypoxia/SD group and SalB group.SalB group was composed by four groups and were pretreated by complete medium with 0.1、 1、 10、 100 mg/L SalB for 1 hour. And after that they were washed with phosphate buffer for 2 times, added by IMDM with 0.1、1、 10、 100 mg/L SalB and cultured with hypoxia/SD group together in the same condition of hypoxia/SD for 6hours. The control group was cultured for 6 hours in the condition of aerobic and enough serum. Apoptosis was detected by Hoechst33342 staining with inverted phase contrast, fluorescence microscope and Annexin V/PI dual-color flow cytometry. Results Significant apoptosis of BMSCs was induced by hypoxia/SD in the vitro.The early apoptosis of BMSCs induced by hypoxia/SD was significantly decreased by SalB of 0.1、 1、 10 mg/L(P＜0.05) . Conclusion0.1、 1、 10 mg/L SalB can decrease the early apoptosis of BMSCs induced by hypoxia/SD.

Objective To study the effects and safety of levocarnitine and shuxuetong in treatment of the patients with chronic renal failure.Methods 94 patients with chronic renal failure were selected as research object,and they were randomly divided into group A(levocarnitine and shuxuetong group) 47 cases and group B(shuxuetong group) 47 cases.Group A were treated with levocarnitine oral solution and shuxuetong,and group B were treated with shuxuetong,then the percentage of effectiveness,incidence of adverse reactions of group A and group B and serum BUN,Scr,Hcy were analyzed.Results The percentage of effectiveness of group A was higher than that of group B,but the incidence of adverse reactions of the two groups had no difference,and the serum BUN,Scr,Hcy of group A and group B before the treatment had no differences(P＞0.05),those of group A and group B after treatment were compared there were significant differences(all P＜0.05).Conclusion The effects of levocarnitine oral solution and shuxuetong in treatment of patients with chronic renal failure were better.

Humans ; Medicine ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; methods