OBJECTIVE: To investigate the anti-proliferation effects of andrographolide Derivative(ADA) and its potential anti-tumor mechanisms in MCF-7 cells. METHODS The anti-proliferation effects of ADA were assessed by MTT assay in MCF-7 cells. Apoptotic morphological changes of MCF-7 cells after ADA treatment were observed by high content screening (HCS) after AO/EB double staining and DAPI, Apoptotic number was investigated by using flow cytometry. The expression of Bcl-2, Bax, caspase 3, NF-κB p65, p-IκBɑ and p-IKKβ were measured using Western blot. RESULTS: MTT assay demonstrated that ADA exerted potent anti-tumor effect in a significant concentration-dependent manner;ADA could promote the apoptosis of MCF-7 cells. Western blot results showed that Bcl-2 families and NF-κB p65 and caspase 3 involved in the process of apoptosis, Bcl-2 expression lowered(P<0.05), p-IκBɑ and p-IKKβ expression decreased(P<0.01), Bax, NF-κB p65 and caspase 3 expression increased(P<0.01). CONCLUSION: ADA could inhibit the proliferation of MCF-7 cells and mechanism may be that it might induce apoptosis by regulated the expression of Bax, Bcl-2 and caspase 3 protein and NF-κB passway.

OBJECTIVETo study the clinical therapeutic effect of antioxidants assistant treatment of extremities crush syndrome (CS)in order to find new therapy.

METHODSTwenty-one male patients (aged from 24 to 48 years, mean 36 years) were treated with the next antioxidants in early stage: (1) 20% Mannitol 250 ml intravenous drip in 30 minutes (one time per 6 to 8 h). (2) Sodium aescinate 20 mg, Salvia Miltiorrhiza 20 ml were dissolved respectively in isotonic saline or 5% glucose 200 ml and dripped by intravenous drip (50 to 60 drips per minute). The drugs were used for 5 to 7 days (one time per day). Basifying urine, keeping the nagative liquid banlance and electrolyte banlance, preventing infection and hold out treatment were done. When the pressure of muscular osteofascial compartment was more than 30 mmHg, deep fasia was cut to decompress timely and the above-mentioned drugs were continuously applied for patients.

RESULTSMyoglobin urine of 21 cases died out after 2 to 3 days, of them, 13 cases were performed to decompress. After open decompression, 2 cases suffered from amputation because of long time of ischemia, 2 cases took place slight dysfunction of lower limbs, one hand had ischemia muscular contracture in 1 case and one foot down-vertical in 1 case. After followed-up of 8 months to 1 year, according to the function standard, the result were excellent in 8 cases, good in 7 cases, fair in 2 cases, poor in 4 cases. The excellent and good rate was about 71.4% (15/21).

CONCLUSIONAfter extremities crushed for long time, application of antioxidents as early as possible can decrease significantly the incidence and invalidity rate of CS.

Adult ; Antioxidants ; administration & dosage ; therapeutic use ; Crush Syndrome ; complications ; drug therapy ; physiopathology ; urine ; Extremities ; injuries ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Myoglobinuria ; complications ; urine ; Young Adult

Recombinant proteins provide new means for disease treatment, while creating considerable economic benefits. Using commercial crops (mainly tobacco), cereal crops, legumes, and vegetable crops to produce recombinant proteins with medicinal value is a hot-spot for research in "molecular farming". Although many recombinant proteins have been expressed in plants, only a small number have been successfully put into use. To overcome the problems that greatly hamper the development of recombinant protein production in plants, researchers have improved expression systems to increase the yield of recombinant proteins. Starting from analyzing the problems of low yield and/or low biological activity of recombinant proteins produced by plants, the optimization strategies to solve these problems were reviewed, and future research directions for improving the yield of recombinant proteins produced by plants were proposed.
Crops, Agricultural/genetics* ; Plant Proteins/metabolism* ; Plants, Genetically Modified/genetics* ; Recombinant Proteins ; Tobacco/genetics*

Objective: To evaluate the clinical effect of embedding sutures of single inner- and outer-prepuce flap in the treatment of concealed penis. METHODS: This retrospective analysis included 37 cases of concealed penis treated by embedding sutures of single inner- and outer-prepuce flap between July 2011 and May 2015. Catheters were pulled out from the patients within 24 hours and the dressing removed about 1 week after surgery. All the patients were followed up for 12－24 months postoperatively for evaluation of the long-term outcomes of surgery. RESULTS: One-stage wound healing was achieved in all the patients. No foreskin flap necrosis, inflammation, edema, voiding dysfunction, or painful erection was found during the follow-up. The penises were extended by 2－4 cm. No complications were observed axcept 8 cases of mild prepuce edema, which all subsided with 6 months postoperatively. CONCLUSIONS Embedding sutures of single inner- and outer-prepuce flap, with the advantages of simple operation, rapid recovery and few complications, is a desirable surgical option for the treatment of concealed penis.
Foreskin ; Humans ; Male ; Penile Diseases ; surgery ; Penis ; abnormalities ; surgery ; Postoperative Complications ; pathology ; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures ; methods ; Retrospective Studies ; Surgical Flaps ; pathology ; transplantation ; Suture Techniques ; Sutures ; Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male ; methods ; Wound Healing

OBJECTIVE: To explore the clinicopathological characteristics and therapeutic approach for mercury poisoningassociated nephritic syndrome. METHODS: Clinical and pathological data of 9 patients diagnosed with mercury poisoningassociated nephritic syndrome were analyzed. RESULTS: Among the 9 cases,2 cases were mercury smelters,1 case was instrument production worker,1 case was traditional Chinese medicine preparation worker,4 cases were psoriasis treated by folk prescription of traditional Chinese medicine,and 1 case used cosmetics for whitening and freckle removal. All cases showed clinical manifestation of nephritic syndrome that included large amount of proteinuria,hypoalbuminemia,edema and hyperlipidemia. The concentrations of urine mercury in the patients were from 0. 09 to 0. 75 mg / L before treatment.Pathology examination on renal biopsy showed that there were 4 cases of minimal change nephropathy and 5 cases of membranous nephropathy at stage Ⅰ. The patients with nephritic syndrome were cured after mercury driving and treatment with corticosteroid. CONCLUSION: The kidney histopathology changes in patients with mercury poisoning-associated nephritic syndrome are primarily characterized by minimal change and membranous nephropathy. The mercury driving combined treatment with corticosteroid can completely relieve the clinical symptoms of the patients with mercury poisoningassociated nephritic syndrome.

Objective: To carry out genetic testing and prenatal diagnosis for a family affected with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Methods: Multiplex ligation dependent probe amplification (MLPA) was used to detect potential deletion and duplication of the Dystrophin gene. Haplotype analysis was performed using five short tandem repeat polymorphism loci (3'-STR, 5'-STR, 45-STR, 49-STR, 50-STR of the DMD gene. Results: A same deletional mutation (exons 51-55) of the DMD gene was detected in two brothers but not in their mother. The patients and fetus have inherited different haplotypes of the Dystrophin gene from their mother, suggesting that the fetus was unaffected. Conclusion The mother was very likely to harbor germline mosaicism for the Dystrophin gene variant. Genetic testing of peripheral blood samples cannot rule out germline mosaicism in the mother. Prenatal diagnosis should be provided for subsequent pregnancies in this family.

Objective To investigate the protective and treatment effect of Qingfei Jiedu formula on mice infected with influenza virus. Methods The mice were randomly divided into six groups: normal group, model group, positive drug-treated group, Qingfei Jie uformula-treate groups (3 iferentconcentrations). Intranasal infection with influenza virus was use to establish the model. Treatment was provided once a day for 6 days and the first was at 2 hours after intranasal infection. To observe the protective effect of Qingfei Jiedu formula the mice were raised and observe for14 days. The mortality average of survival time protection rate of death and rate of prolonging life were determine. To observe the treatment effect of Qingfei Jiedu formula in against influenza virus infection at the third day and sixth day after virus infection, the lung index, lung virus titer and lung tissue viral load were taken for evaluation. Results Compared with the model group, in 2. 5 and 1. 25 g/kg Qingfei Jiedu formula treated groups, the mortality significantly reduced the protection rate of death and the rate of prolonging life increased significantly, and the average survival time prolonged significantly (P <0.01). In addition the lung index lung virus titer and lung tissue viral load decreased significantly both at the third day and sixth day after the model was set up (P < 0. 01). Conclusion Qingfei Jiedu formula has a convincing anti - influenza virus activity.

Objective: To observe the in vivo tissue distribution of 6-gingerols, 6-shogaol, and 8-gingerols from dried ginger (the rhizome of Zingiber officinale) in rats and to discuss the channel tropism of them. Methods: The method of "symptoms-efficacy-pharmacokinetics" was used and the ginger solution was ig given to the rats which were deficiency-cold in spleen and stomach; Then the blood, heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney, brain, stomach, large intestine, and small intestine were immediately taken out after the rats were ig given the medince in 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 120, and 360 min, respectively; Finally, HPLC was used to detect the concentration of 6-gingerols, 6-shogaol, and 8-gingerols from dried ginger in different tissues of rats in each group of deficiency-cold in spleen and stomach and normal by calculating the pharmacokinetic parameters. Results: We found that in the group of deficiency-cold in spleen and stomach, the concentration of the three active components was the highest in stomach, small intestine, liver, and lung, and in the group of normal, the three components were mostly distributed in the stomach, kidney, small intestine, large intestine, and lung. What's more, in the digestive organs, such as stomach and small intestine, the concentration was obviously higher in the group of deficiency-cold in spleen and stomach than that in the group of normal. Conclusion: The main ingredients of dried ginger mostly distribute in spleen, stomach, lung, and liver. This view conform to the traditional channel trpism of dried ginger in traditional Chinese medicine theory.

OBJECTIVE: To establish HPLC methods for the determination of betulinic acid, oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, and lupeol in Caragana sinica roots, and investigate the α-glucosidase activity of the four compounds in vitro. METHODS: An Agilent Eclipse XDB-C18 column (4.6 mm × 250 mm, 5 μm) was applied with methanol-water-phosphoric acid (85:15:0.1) as the mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.6 mL·min-1 to separate betulinic acid, ursolic acid, and oleanolic acid. An Inert Sustain C18 column (4.6 mm × 150 mm, 5 μm) was applied with acetonitrile-water (70:30) as the mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.8 mL·min-1 to separate lupeol. RESULTS: Good linearities were achieved for betulinic acid, oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, and lupeol within the range of 0.56-5.58, 0.42-4.20, 0.19-1.92, and 6.10-61.00 μg, respectively. The average recoveries were 99.79%, 98.51%, 98.05%, and 99.47%, and the RSDs were 1.53%, 1.74%, 1.78%, and 1.94%, respectively. CONCLUSION: The developed methods are accurate and can be used for the quality control of Caragana sinica. In addition to betulinic acid, the other three compounds show good α-glucosidase inhibitory activity and are expected to be developed as new hypoglycemic drugs.

OBJECTIVE: To design and synthesize two kinds of allyl-substituted quercetin and investigate their anti-oxidation and anti-tumor activities in vitro. METHODS: The target compounds 1 and 2 were first synthesized from quercetin by hydroxyl protection, allylation,Claisen rearrangement and deprotection. The anti-oxidation and anti-tumor activities of the target compounds and intermediate products were evaluated by DPPH and MTT assay. RESULTS: Eight compounds were synthesized,including six intermediates and two target compounds,in which four were new compounds. All of them were confirmed by 1H-NMR,13C-NMR and LC-MS spectra. The anti-oxidation and anti-tumor tests showed that compounds 1,2,5,6,8 and 9 had anti-oxidation activities and compound 5 inhibited A549 lung cancer cell proliferation. Compound 9 could inhibit the proliferation of lung cancer A549 cells and HepG2 cells. CONCLUSION: The compounds with electron-donating groups have significant anti-oxidant activity. When acetyl and methyl ether groups are used as the protecting groups,the position of introducing allyl group to quercetin has obvious impact on the anti-tumor activity.