Objective To investigate the role of Rho kinase on collagen(COL)Ⅰ and Ⅲ expression of human renal tubular epithelial cells .Methods Human kidney tubular epithelial (HK‐2) cells were cultured in the RPMI‐1640 culture solution containing 15% fetal bovine serum .After 30 min pretreatment by the ALD receptor antagonist eplerenone(10 μmol/L) and Rho kinase inhibi‐tor Y27632(1 μmol/L) ,100 nmol/L ALD acted the HK‐2 cells for 24 h .The expressions of collagenⅠ and Ⅲ mRNA in each group were detected by real time PCR and the expression levels of COL Ⅰ ,Ⅲ and Rho kinase protein were detected by ELISA .Results ALD could up‐regulate the expressions of COLⅠ ,Ⅲ mRNA in HK‐2 cells ,and increased the levels of Rho kinase ,COLⅠ and Ⅲprotein ,while the Rho kinase inhibitor Y27632 and ALD receptor inhibitor eplerenone could antagonize these effects .Conclusion ALD could activate Rho kinase signal transduction pathway in HK‐2 cells and accelerate the progression of tubular interstitial fibro‐sis via Rho kinase induced expression of COL Ⅰ and Ⅲ .

Objective To evaluate the clinical significance of harmonic dissection of the cystic artery in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Methods Clinical data of 800 cases of LC from July 1999 to December 2000, in which a harmonic scalpel was used to directly coagulate and sever the cystic artery, were retrospectively analyzed. Results The surgery was completed smoothly in all the cases, without intra-or post-operative bleeding at the stump of the cystic artery. Pathological section examinations under microscope showed that high temperatures achieved by harmonic scalpel were great enough to make the arterial walls coagulated and the arterial lumens obstructed. Conclusions Harmonic dissection of the cystic artery in LC is safe and reliable.

Objective To optimize the processing technology of Fructus Ligustri Lucidi.Methods A RP-HPLC method was carried out to determine the contents of oleanolic acid and ursolic acid in the fruits of Ligustrum lucidum and an orthogonal design to optimize the processing conditions with the indexes of oleanolic acid content and ursolic acid content.Results Linear ranges of oleanolic acid and ursolic acid were in 0.019 78～0.197 8 mg/mL(r=0.999 8)and in 0.010 26-0.102 6 mg/mL(r=0.999 8)respectively,and average recoveries of oleanolic acid and ursolic acid were 99.53 %(RSD=2.08 %)and 99.88 %(RSD=1.76 %)respectively.Orthogonal design showed the optimum conditions were as follows:soaking for 8 hours with 2 gram wine(5 gram of Fructus Ligustri Lucidi),then steaming for 8 hours.Conclusion HPLC is an accurate and quick method to determinate the contents of oleanolic acid and ursolic acid,and can be used as a content determination method for Fructus Ligustri Lucidi.Soaking time,steaming time and wine content have no significant influences on the contents of oleanolic acid and ursolic acid.

Objective To detect the expression of STAT3 in breast cancer and adjacent paracancerous tissues ,then analyze the correlationship between its expression level and some other clinical features of breast cancer,and to evaluate its significance in prognosis of patients with breast cancer. Methods 130 breast cancer patients were enrolled in the Jiangmen Central Hospital ,and 61 cases of adjacent normal tissues. The expression of STAT3 was detected by IHC. We compared the expression of STAT3 between the two groups and analyzed the relationship between STAT3 and other clinical features. Results The expression of STAT3 in breast cancer group was much higher than the adjacent paracancerous tissues. STAT3 expression showed obvious correlationship with clinical stage ,tumor size ,lymph node metastasis ,the expression of ER and PR ,but no statistical correla-tion with age ,histological grade and Her-2 expression. Survival analysis showed that patients with high STAT3 expression level had a significantly poor prognosis. The Cox regression analysis showed that PR and STAT3 expres-sion were independent prognostic factors for patients with breast cancer. Conclusion These results may implicate that STAT3 will promote the development of breast cancer and higher expression of STAT3 indicates the poor survival rate.

AIM: To evaluate the effects of NS-398, a cyclooxygenase-2(COX-2) inhibitor, on the proliferation and apoptosis in HepG2 cells. METHODS: The effects of NS-398 on the proliferation of HepG2 cells was evaluated by MTT. DNA fragmentation gel analysis was used to analyze the apoptotic cells; DNA ploidy and apoptotic cell percentage were examined by flow cytometry. Furthermore, the expression of COX-2 and Bcl-2 mRNA was identified by competitive RT-PCR. RESULTS: NS-398 inhibited cell proliferation and induced apoptosis in HepG2 in a concentration-dependent manner. DNA ploidy analysis showed that S phase cells were significantly decreased with NS-398 concentration increasing. The quiescent G_0/G_1 phase was accumulated with decreasing of Bcl-2 mRNA. Whereas NS-398 had no effect on the expression of COX-2 mRNA, no correlations were found between COX-2 mRNA and the HepG2 cell proliferation and apoptosis induced by NS-398 (r=0.056 and r=0.119, respectively). CONCLUSION: NS-398 significantly inhibits the proliferation and induces apoptosis in HepG2. Mechanisms may be involved in accumulation of quiescent G_0/G_1 phase and decrease in Bcl-2 mRNA expression, but independent to COX-2 mRNA expression. [

Abstract Ion mobility spectrometry ( IMS) based explosives detectors is wieldy deployed at the check points of airport, etc, so the development of new ionization method to replace the radioactive 63 Ni ion source in IMS is highly demanded. In this study, a novel negative corona discharge was developed for ion mobility spectrometer for rapid detection of trace explosives, which was running in the unidirectional mode to efficiently remove nitrogen oxides and ozone produced from the discharge process. The diameter of target electrode was 3 mm, the distance between the needle and the target electrode was 2 mm, the discharge voltage was 2400 V and the flow rate of drift gas was 1200 mL/min. Under the optimized conditions, the dominant reactant ions was O-2(H2O)n and could be used to directly detect the common explosives, such as trinitrotoluene (TNT), ammonium nitrate (AN), nitroglycerin (NG), pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) and hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX). The limit of detection of TNT was 200 pg/μL. These results indicated that negative corona discharge ionization source, with the advantanges of the high sensibility, simple structure and no radioactivity, could be used as a potential and promising ionization source for ion mobility spectrometry to detect explosives.

Objective To explore the clinical effect of suprapubic small cut method combined with transurethral resection prostate(TURP) on the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia(BPH) complicated with bladder stones.Methods Sixty patients with BPH complicated with bladder stones ≥ 3 cm in the People's Hospital of Futian Affiliated to Guangdong Medical College from January 2013 to September 2014 were selected as the study group,and another 60 patients with BPH complicated with bladder stones＜3 cm during the same period were selected as the control group.The cases in the study group were treated with suprapubic small cut method combined with TURP,and the cases in control group were treated with transurethral method combined with TURP.The intraoperative indicators (including the time used for crushed stone,total operation time,blood loss,conversion to laparotomy,blood transfusion and bladder perforation),residual bladder stones and complications of postoperative were compared.Results The operations of the two groups of patients were successfully,and there was no conversion to laparotomy and either bladder perforation.The stone removal time and total operative time of patients of the study group were shorter than of the control group,the difference was statistically significant((12.20±3.55) min vs.(24.05±7.68) min,(62.31± 10.49) min vs.(82.46± 16.75)min;t =10.849,7.897;P＜0.001).The intraoperative blood loss and the cases of blood transfusion of patients of the study group were less than the control group,but the prevalence of urinary tract infection were higher(6vs.4),but the difference was not statistically significant(P＞0.05).Residual stones were more commonly in the control group than in the study group (study group:0,control group:6 cases),the difference was statistically significant(x2 =6.316,P=0.012).Conclusion BPH complicated with bladder stones can be treated by the suprapubic small cut method combined with TURP or transurethral method combined with TURP,but suprapubic small cut method combined with TURP is safer and more effective,which is worthy of popularization and application in clinic.

Objective:To establish the quality standard for Naoxin Luotong pills. Methods:Astragali radix, bombyx batryticatus and scorpio were identified under a microscope. Peach kernel, astragali radix, paeoniae radix alba, rheum, paeonia suffruticosa and salvia miltiorrhiza were identified by TLC. The content of total ferulic acid was determined by HPLC with a Sapphire C18 column (250 mm × 4. 6 mm,5 μm). The mobile phase was acetonitrile-0. 1% phosphoric acid(12 ∶88)and the detection wavelength was 316 nm. The column temperature was 35℃ and the flow rate was 1. 0 ml·min-1 . Results:The microscopic characteristics of astragali radix, bombyx batryticatus and scorpio were obvious to be observed easily. The TLC spots of peach kernel, astragali radix, paeoniae radix al-ba, rheum, paeonia suffruticosa and salvia miltiorrhiza were clear and specific. Ferulic acid had a good linear relationship within the range of 5. 1-81. 6μg·ml-1(r=0. 999 9), and the average recovery was 103. 30% with RSD of 1. 96% (n= 9). Conclusion:The standard can be used for the quality control of Naoxin Luotong pills.

Objective To investigate whether the malignant transformation of macrophages ( Mφ) in glioma mesenchyme was induced by the fusion of glioma cells ( SU3 ) and Mφ.Methods SU3 cells transfected with red fluorescent protein genes were co-cultured in vitro with Mφexpressing enhanced green fluorescent protein.The cell lineages with RFP+/GFP+dual-color fluorescence were established by using monoclonal selection method.A series of tests for analyzing cancer-related phenotypes, tumorigenicity and specific markers for murine macrophage were performed.Results (1) A few of dual-color fluorescent cells were observed in the co-culture.Three monoclonal cell lineages (C3, C4 and C12) were obtained success-fully.(2) Three types of cells including RFP+, EGFP+and RFP+/EGFP+cells were formed during the cul-ture of monoclonal C12 cell lineage.The percentage of EGFP+cells was increased along the extended culture time and increased passages.Then, EGFP+cells gradually became the predominant cell population.Nota-bly, the percentage of RFP+/EGFP+cells were decreased and maintained at a low level, but the RFP+cells almost disappeared.(3) EGFP+cells from monoclonal C12 cell lineage showed the malignant characteristics such as loss of contact inhibition, rapid proliferation andchromosome aneuploidy, as well as high tumorigenic rate in nude mice (5/5).They also expressed macrophage specific marker CD68 and showed a large number of telocentric chromosomes.Conclusion The results of this study suggested that the malignant transforma-tion of host macrophages as previously observed in solid tumor might be induced by cell fusion occurred be-tween human glioma cells and macrophages.Along with the previous evidences showing the isolation of the malignantly transformed macrophages ( ihCTC) from solid tumor tissue of tumor-bearing mice, the results confirmed an objective existence of malignant transformation of host macrophages in tumor microenvironment. The malignant transformation of host cells induced by fusion with tumor cells revealed not only a new under-standing for the progression of tumor and cancer heterogeneity, but also new targets for cancer therapy.

Objective To investigate the feasibility and safety of OLV anesthesia about infant lung resection of CCAM by video-assisted thoracicscopy. Methods Endo-tracheal intubation was performed after 43 CCAM infants had undergone rapid intravenous induction. One side of lungs was ventilated by injecting 4 ~ 6 mmHg CO2 for the construction of artificial pneumothorax, and the side lung was compressed forming OLV. SpO2, ECG, MAP, PETCO2, T, PaO2, PaCO2, bleeding volume and urine volume were monitored. The numerical value of SpO2, PaO2, HR, MAP, PETCO2, and PaCO2 were recorded at scheduled intervals. Results Compared with 5min after induction,the PaO2,HR and MAP of the infants significantly reduced; the PETCO2 and PaCO2 significantly increased at OLV at 10 min and 60 min. Compared with OLV at 10 min, the PaO2, PETCO2 significantly increased at OLV 60 min. Conclusion Appropriate respiratory management and drug usage are feasible and safe for infant surgery of CCAM by video-assisted thoracicscopy.