Objective:To explore the protective effect of biochanin A(Bioch A) on lipopolysaccharide(LPS) -induced dopaminergic neurodegeneration. Method:An in vitro model of LPS-induced dopaminergic neurodegeneration was used to investigate the protective effect of Bioch A on dopaminergic neurons against LPS-induced neurotoxicity by measuring [3H] DA uptake and counting TH-immunoreactive cells. Microglia were visualized by staining for the CR3 complement receptor with monoclonal antibody OX-42. The production of nitric oxide(NO) was determined by measuring the accumulated levels of nitrite in the culture supernatant with the Griess reagent,and release of tumor necrosis factor-?(TNF-?) was measured by immunosorbent assay. The production of superoxide was determined by measuring the superoxide dismutase(SOD) -inhibitable reduction of cytochrome C. Results:BiochA dose-dependently attenuated LPS-induced decrease in dopamine(DA) uptake and the number of dopaminergic neurons in rat mesencephalic neuron-glia cultures. BiochA also significantly inhibited LPS-induced activation of microglia and production of TNF-?,NO and superoxide in rat mesencephalic neuron-glia cultures and microglia-enriched cultures. Conclusion:Biochanin A may protect dopaminergic neurons from LPS-induced injury and its effectiveness in inhibiting microglia activation may underlie one of the mechanisms.

OBJECTIVE: Researches on total hip replacements are always the hot spots in recent years. The replacements have obtained satisfactory outcomes in clinic. However, the long-term effect is limited because of the material and technical problems. This paper is to summarize the developmental trend and the prospect of clinical application for total hip replacements in 10 years.DATA SOURCES: A computer-based online search of Medline database was undertaken to identify relevant articles published in English from January 1996 to January 2006 by using the keywords of "total hip replacements, surgical robot, tissue engineering, virtual endoscopy". Meanwhile,Chinese relevant articles published from January 1990 to December 2005 were searched in Wanfang database, the keywords were "total hip replacements, material, virtual endoscopy, surgical robot, tissue engineering" in Chinese.STUDY SELECTION: The articles were primarily checked, and the references in each literature were reviewed. Articles about the study on total hip replacements were involved; Meanwhile, the repetitive studies or Meta analysis were excluded.DATA EXTRACTION: Totally 39 relevant articles were collected, and 22 of them accorded with the. Inclusive criteria, 17 old or repetitive ones were excluded. Of the 22 articles, 5 were about the influence of artificial joint material on prosthetic loosening and its carcinogenesis; 2 about the microinvasion of joint replacement induced by computer-aided surgery navigation; 1 about the introduction of surgical robot; 3 about the development of custom-made and specially made artificial joint; 9 about the possibility for the surface replacement of hip; and 2 about the combination of tissue engineering technique and artificial joint.DATA SYNTHESIS: Modern researches on total hip replacements are exploring wearing tolerant prosthesis to reduce the prosthetic loosening caused by osteolysis and bone resorption. The computer-aided design/made technique is used for special design and manufacture according to the need of disease, so as to solve the fracture around prosthesis and meet the need of limb salvage surgery. The computer-aided surgery navigation realizes the microinvasion of joint replacement and the fast recovery after surgery. The successful rate of total hip replacements is improved by developing localized surgical robot in China. By using the virtual endoscopy, we can accurately know the damaged conditions of intraarticular cartilage and sub-cartilage bone, which are also able to be quantifized, so that more suitable and reliable prosthesis can be selected to increase the accuracy. The tissue engineering technique in repairing defect can increase the synostosis of prosthesis, and perfect the technique of joint replacement.CONCLUSION: In the coming 10 years, total hip replacements will develop towards stability, harmlessness, microinvasion, mechanization, individualization and diversification, so that the total hip replacements will be much stander and safer with higher successful rate.

ObjectiveTo compare the accuracy of the four sequences of MRI in the diagnosis of articular cartilage injury of the knee and to investigate the advantage and shortage of the four sequences. In order to evaluate the most adequate sequence in detecting articular cartilage injury of the knee. Methods36 knee joints of 31 patients,underwent MRI scanning prior to arthroscopy included T1WI-TSE,T2 WI-TSE-SPIR, PDW-TSE-SPIR,3D-WATSC. Divided each knee side of every cartilage into five parts. Investigated and diagnosed the 180 articular cartilage surface according to Recha criteria by detecting and compared with arthroscopic examination respectively. The accurate criteria of the four sequences of MRI was sensitivity, specificity, accuracy. The criteria of correlation was the value of Kappa.ResultsCompared with the arthroscopic result which was the gold standard, the sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and Kappa value of the T1 W-TSE sequence was 63.8％ ,95.3％ ,78.8％ and 0. 403 respectively;The sensitivity,specificity ,accuracy and Kappa value of the T2WI-TSE-SPIR sequence was 56.3％ ,97.6％ ,76.1％ and 0. 353 respectively.The sensitivity,specificity,accuracy and Kappa value of the PDW-TSE-SPIR sequence was 79. 8％, 93.0％ ,86. 1％and 0. 642 respectively; The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and Kappa value of the 3D-WATSC was 96. 8％,88. 3％ ,92.8％ and 0. 812 respectively. ConclusionThe accuracy and Kappa values of Fat-suppressed three-dimensiunal fast spoiled gradient-echo sequence (3D-WATSC)was superior to other sequences in the diagnosis of articular cartilage injury of the knee. The correlation between 3D-WATSC and arthroscopy in detecting cartilage injury was remarkable. 3D-WATSC had been deemed the most adequate sequence in detecting articular cartilage injury of the knee.

ObjectiveTo explore the protective effects and possible mechanism of different type of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) in non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)induced small intestinal injury.MethodsSeventy two SD rats were randomly and equally divided into control group,model group,Omeprazole treated group,Esomeprazole treated group,Rabeprazole treated group and Lansoprazole treated group.Except control group,rats of other groups were gavaged with diclofenac 7.5 mg · kg-1 · d-1,once daily to make NSAIDs related small intestinal injury model.The treated groups were gavaged with Omeprazole 30 mg · kg1· d-1,Esomeprazole 30 mg· kg1 · d-l,Lansoprazole 45 mg · kg1 · d-1 and Rabeprazole 15 mg · kg-1 · d-1 once daily respectively.Continuous administration for five days and then executed,small intestinal tissues were taken and observed for gross and pathological changes.The expression level of nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2(Nrf2) at protein and mRNA level were detected with western blot and real time PCR assay.The qualitative and location of Nrf2 in small intestinal tissue were analyzed by immunohistochemistry staining and the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and malondialdehyde (MDA) in small intestinal tissue were determined with xanthine oxidase method and TBA respectively.ResultsThe successful rate of modeling experiment was 100％.The survival ratio of control group rats,model group,Omeprazole treated group,Esomeprazole treated group,Rabeprazole treated group and Lansoprazole treated group was 12/12,3/12,2/12,1/12,1/12 and 2/12 respectively.The tissue injure scores of Esomeprazole treated group,Rabeprazole treated group and Lansoprazole treated group were significantly lower than that of model group (P＜0.05).The activity of SOD in small intestinal of Rabeprazole treated group was obviously higher than that of model group (P＜ 0.05),while the activity of MDA in Rabeprazole and Esomeprazole treated groups were significantly lower than that of model group (P＜0.05).The results of westen blot indicated that the expression of Nrf2in small intestinal tissue was obviously higher in Rabeprazole treated group than in model group (P＜0.05).The real time PCR results suggested that the expression of Nrf2 at mRNA level in small intestinal tissue of Rabeprazole treated group was obviously higher than those of model and control groups (P＜0.05).Conclusions The protection effects of various PPIs are different in NSAIDs related intestinal injury.There is no obvious protection effect of Omeprazole.Rabeprazole may prevent NSAIDs related intestinal injury by up-regulating expression of Nrf2 and promoting its activation.

BACKGROUND:Combining Chinese medicine with stem cel transplantation opens up a new avenue for the use oftraditional Chinese medicinein thestem cel transplantation. It is expected to improve survival and differentiationof cochlear stem celsintohair cels through Chinese medicine interventions.
OBJECTIVE:To observe the influenceofGuiqi Dihuang Tangon the treatment of sensorineural deafness with cochlear stem cels.
METHODS:Guinea pigs with sensorineural deafness were randomly assigned into three groups:combined group intervened with cochlear stem cel suspension with medicated serum, cel transplantation group with cochlear stem cel suspension, and blank control group with normal saline injection. At 7, 28 and 56 days after treatment, al guinea pigs were detected for auditory brainstem response and immunofluorescent observation.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Nestin positive cels and MyosinVIIA positive cels were observed in the combined and cel transplantation groups, and the number of positive cels was higher in the combined group than the cel transplantation group. Auditory brainstem response threshold of guinea pigs was decreased in the combined and cel transplantation groups, and the recovery of hearing was better in the former group. These findings indicate that the intervention ofGuiqi Dihuang Tangcan remarkably improve the survival rate of transplanted stem cels and the differentiation ratioof transplanted celsintohair cels.

Objective: To study the mechanism and effect of Chinese medicine Yiqi Tongyang Huatan prescription(益气通阳化痰方,YQTYHT) on hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis(AS).Methods: The rabbit′s model was established by feeding the food containing high cholesterol,and 32 rabbits were randomly divided into four groups(each n=8): normal group,model group,Huoxue Huayu prescription treatment group(活血化瘀方,HXHY group) and YQTYHT treatment group(YQTYHT group).Before the experiment,at the end of 6 th and 12 th weeks after the experiment,the following items were measured: blood lipids platelet aggregation rate,platelet adhesion rate,malondialdehyde(MDA),endothelin-1(ET-1),nitric oxide(NO),the ratio of the lipid plaque area and the thickness of the endothelial plaque.Results: After feeding the food containing high cholesterol,the blood lipids,platelet aggregation rate,platelet adhesion rate,MDA,ET1,the ratio of lipid plaque area and the thickness of plaque were elevated significantly,while serum NO3-/NO2-decreased significantly in model group.Compared with the model group,the blood lipids were lower in the two treatment groups,and the blood lipid regulating effect in YQTYHT group was significantly better than that in HXHY group.Platelet aggregation rate and platelet adhesion rate of YQTYHT group and HXHY group were lower than those in the model group,but the degree of lowering in YQTYHT group and HXHY group had no significant differences.The serum MDA of YQTYHT group and HXHY group was lower than that in model group,and the lowering effect in YQTYHT group was better than that in HXHY group.YQTYHT group and HXHY group had a significant increase on the level of serum NO3-/NO2-and a decrease on the content of plasma ET-1,furthermore,the effects in the former group were significantly better than those of the latter group.The area of atherosclerotic plaque coverage in aorta and the thickness of plaque of HXHY group were larger than those in YQTYHT group(both P

ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of milk and milk products on morphological structure and epidermal growth factor (EGF) of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) induced small intestinal damage in animals.Methods Eighty male SD rats were randomly divided into 5 groups:control group,diclofenac group,diclofenac with 10% low fat milk group,diclofenac with 10% colostrum group and diclofenac with yoghurt group.The animals with milk or colostrum or yoghurt were fed for 5 days before the administration of diclofenac with 15 mg/kg by gavage,once.Then they were observed the scores of anatomical lesion and the scores of tissue damage of mucous membrane and the height of villous at the 24th and 48th hour after making the models.Observation of the change of ultrastructural organization of mucous membrane was carried out with transmission and scanning electron microscope and immunohistocbemistry of EGF.Results The scores of anatomical lesion and tissue damage of mucous membrane of the colostrum group were lower than those of the diclofenac group ( P ＜ 0.05 ).The heights of the pile on small intestine of the24th and 48th hour of the colostrum group were (145.7 ± 16.5) μm and (139.2 ± 19.0) μm,respectively.They were higher than those of the diclofenac group[( 119.2 ± 19.2 ) μm and ( 105.4 ± 18.4 )μm,P ＜ 0.05].However there was no difference of the scores and the height among diclofenac group,milk group and yoghurt group.TEM and SEM of tissues showed that the cytoplasmic membrane and other cellular components of villous epithelial cells were well preserved in colostrum group,and the microvilli in the milk group and yoghurt group were ablated more obviously.The positive area of EGF of small intestine [(6170.5 ± 1483.9) μm2]were higher 48 h after administration of diclofenac compared with the diclofenac group ( P ＜ 0.05 ).The expression of EGF in milk and yoghurt group were no significant statistical difference with the diclofenac group.ConclusionBovine colostrum may have a beneficial effect in prevention of NSAIDs induced small intestinal injuries and preserve mechanical barrier of small intestinal mucosa which is probably relative to EGF.

Objective To explore the effect of corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) and its receptor on visceral sensitivity and colon motility of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) rats. Methods sixty SD rats were divided randomly and equally into control group (without treatment),model group (sensitized in turn with camphor odor as conditional stimulation and physical restraint in combination with rectal distention pressure as non-conditional stimulation),treatment control group (injected physiological saline into lateral ventricles before treatment),treatment group 1 (injected CRF-R1antagonist into lateral ventricles before treatment),treatment group 2 (injected CRF-R2 agonist into lateral ventricles before treatment). Then the rats' visceral sensitivity were assessed by AWR,and colonic electricity activities such as volatility,maximum amplitude of fast wave and slow wave,interdigestive number of contraction wave and index of contraction were recorded. The data was analyzed with SPSS 16. 0 software. Results By the amount of ractal water injection to reach AWR=3 as the evaluation index,model group [(0. 90±0. 11) ml] showed higher visceral sensitivity than that of control group [(1. 23±0. 07) ml,F=82. 586,P＜0. 01],and colonic electricity activity increased (P＜0. 05),model was successfully set up. There was no significant difference of the amount of ractal water injection between model group [(0. 90±0. 11) ml] and treatment control group [(0. 81±0. 11) ml,F=3. 734,P＞0. 05]. Compared with treatment control group,the visceral sensitivity decreased in treatment group 1 [(1. 28±0. 07) ml,F=161. 878,P＜0. 01] and treatment group 2 [(1. 22±0.05) ml,F=121. 564,P＜0. 01]. There was no significant difference between treatment control group and model group in electricity activities such as volatility,maximum amplitude of fast wave and slow wave,interdigestive number of contraction wave and index of contraction (all P＞0. 05). While the electricity activities was weakened in treatment group 1 and 2 compared with the treatment control group (all P＜0. 05). Conclusions CRF plays an important role in the pathogenesis of IBS. Inhibition of CRF-R1 or activation of CRF-R2 may lower visceral hypersensitivity and decrease colon motility of rats.

Objective To determine the effects of adiponectin on high glucose induced BeWo cell proliferation in vitro. Methods BeWo cells were seeded in 96-well plates at the appropriate density. After treatments with high glucose (25 mmol/L), western blot analysis of cyclin D1 and a colorimetric assay (cell counting kit-8, CCK-8) were used to analyse BeWo cells′proliferation, and western blot was used to detect the expression of adiponectin. Moreover, we added adiponectin (20μg/ml) in the culture medium and three methods were utilized for cell proliferation analysis: CCK-8, cell cycle analysis (by flow cytometry) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) immunocytochemical staining. Results Compared to BeWo cells cultured by normal glucose and high mannitol, the proliferation of BeWo cells treated by high glucose increased (P<0.05). Compared with BeWo cells cultured by high mannitol, the expression of adiponectin in BeWo cells treated by high glucose decreased. After added adiponectin in the culture medium, the proliferation of BeWo cells treated by adiponectin+high glucose decreased than that of cells treated by high glucose (0.770±0.050 versus 0.990±0.070, P<0.05);the proportion of G2+S phases of BeWo cells treated by adiponectin+high glucose decreased than that of cells treated by high glucose [(40.7±2.1)%versus (44.9± 3.9)%, P<0.05];the rate of PCNA positive cell in BeWo cells treated by adiponectin+high glucose decreased than that of cells treated by high glucose [(28 ± 5)% versus (44 ± 5)%, P<0.05]. Conclusion Adiponectin could inhibit proliferation of high glucose induced BeWo cells in vitro.

Objective]To investigate the influence of induced before or after the expected date of childbirth on maternal and neonatal outcome in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus which blood glucose well controlled.[Methods]We retrospectively analyzed 238 cases with mild gestational diabetes mellitus who had delivered in this hospital. Mild gestational diabetes mellitus cases were those who only need diet control,exercise therapy,no drug treatment. There were 120 cases who induced in 40 ~ 40+6 weeks was the research group,and 118 cases who induced in 39~39+6 weeks was the control group.[Results]The cesarean section rate be?tween the two groups was no difference(49.2%vs 55.9%,P=0.528);Postpartum hemorrhage rate of the two groups was no differ?ence(10.0%vs14.4%,P=0.299)Birth weight between the two groups was no difference(3.26 ± 0.33)kg vs(3.22 ± 0.34)kg,P =0.448). The incidences of the two groups including fetal distress,large for gestational age infants,neonatal pathological jaundice, neonatal hypoglycemia were no difference(P > 0.05).[Conclusion]Pregnant women with mild gestation diabetes mellitus induced before after 40 completed gestation weeks did not increase cesarean section rate. Pregnancy outcome between the two groups were no difference.It would be better to select the appropriate induction time according to the patient′s condition.