[Objective]To investigate the prophylactic effects of intra-articular injection of salvia miltiorrhiza on joint adhesion. [Methods]Twenty-four Japanese male rabbits were randomly divided into 3 groups.All right hind knees were made in this way: the auterior wall of suprapatellar bursae was scraped, the posterior wall of suprapatellar bursae and the infrapatellar fat pad were cut off. Each knee was injected with physiological saline 0.3 ml for group A, sodium hyaluronate injection 0.3 ml for group B, and salvia miltiorrhiza injection 0.3 ml for group C. All right hind knees were immobilized in the extension position with a long leg plaster cast for 4 weeks, and injected weekly.[Results]After 4 weeks, the joint movement range in group B or C was larger than that in group A (P<0.01), and there was no significant difference (P>0.05)compared to group B and group C. The scoring of joint adhesions in group B or C was smaller than that in group A (P<0.01), and there was no significant difference(P>0.05)compared to group B and group C. The scoring of histological changed of the synovial membrane in group B or C was smaller than that in group A (P<0.01), and there was no significant difference(P>0.05)compared to group B and group C.Total collagens content of the synovial membrane in group B or C was smaller than that in group A (P<0.01), while that of group C was less than in group B(P<0.01). [Conclusion]Similarly to sodium hyaluronate, salvia miltiorrhiza can effectively prevent joint adhesions.

OBJECTIVE To study the expression of matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2) and its correlation with microvascular density(MVD) and tumor metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. METHODS The expression of MMP-2 and MVD were detected in the specimens of 50 cases with nasopharyngeal carcinoma and 15 cases with nasopharyngeal inflammation by immunohistochemical technique. RESULTS The MVD in nasopharyngeal carcinoma(21.92?7.80) was significantly higher than that in inflammation nasopharyngeal tissues (9.23? 1.84, P

Objective To compare two sources of mesenchymal stem cells ( MSCs) from human placenta and umbilical cord, and to optimize a technical solution for bench or clinical studies of MSCs.Methods MSCs were isolated from human placenta and umbilical cord and expanded for analysis.The cell morphology was observed under invert microscope, the immunophenotypic feature of MSCs was analyzed with flow cytometer, the cell proliferation ability was determined by cell cycle assay and cell doubling time, the cell differentiation potential was evaluated by osteogenic and adipogenic induction in vitro as well.Results Both sources of MSCs were adherent cells and exhibited fusiform and fibrous morphology. Furthermore, both MSCs high expressed CD90 and CD105, and were negative for the markers of CD34, CD45 and HLA-DR.The population doubling time of MSCs form human placenta and umbilical cord was 39.5 h and 40.8 h separately, and the results of cell cycle analysis showed that the percent of the two sources of MSCs in G0/G1 phase was 52.12%and 57.50% respectively. The above results demonstrated that both sources of MSCs possessed the similar biological characteristics in morphology, phenotype and as well as proliferation ability.In addition, both of them could be induced into osteoblasts and adipocytes in vitro.Conclusion MSCs from human placenta have the similar biological characteristics to these from human umbilical cord, and both of them are better candidates for bench and clinical research.

Objective To observe the effect of Xiaochaihu decoction(XCD) on experimental endometriosis in rats.Methods Rat models of endometriosis were established and the effect of XCD were evaluated by measuring the volume of ectopic endometrium (EE) and its ultrastructure with transmission electron microscopy.Results After treatment,moderate and high-dosage of XCD(10g/kg and 15g/kg respectively) could markedly inhibit endometrial explant growth and decrease the volume of EE(P 0.05).Meanwhile,the glandular cells in the endometrium after treatment in the moderate and high-dosage groups showed characteristic features of apoptosis:cellular atrophy,condensation of cytoplasm and nuclear chromatin and increase of their density,occurrence of the intercellular apoptotic bodies as well as degeneration and necrosis of stromal cell.Conclusion XCD has obvious effects in inhibiting ectopic endometrium and its mechanism may be related to the reduction of cell death (including apoptosis and necrosis) by regulating the immune function.

BACKGROUND:Placenta is a valuable source of mesenchymal stem cels for stem cel therapy and future application in the field of regenerative medicine. However, conventional methods cannot acquire a large amount of purified human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cels. Here, we present a new method for isolating human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cels suitable for banking strategies and for future clinical applications. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the biological characteristics of human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cels cultured by tissue dissociating and colagenase digestion. METHODS: Human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cels were obtained from human placenta by tissue dissociating and colagenase digestion method. Immunophenotype was analyzed by flow cytometry. Growth curve was determined by MTT assay, and differentiation ability was evaluated byin vitro adipogenic, osteogenic and chondrogenic induction as wel. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cels could be passaged stablyin vitro. Furthermore, the cels expressed CD73, CD90, CD105, but were negative for the markers of CD11b, CD19, CD34, CD45, and HLA-DR. Human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cels proliferated actively and began to grow logarithmicaly at days 3-5 folowed by a plateau period at day 6. In addition, the isolated cels could be induced into adipocytes, osteocytes, chondrocytesin vitro. In a word, the results of this study demonstrated that the tissue dissociating and colagenase digestion method is an efficient method for obtaining a large amount of human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cels that can be stably cultured in vitro and have strong proliferative ability.

BACKGROUND:Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells with capabilities for self-renewal and multi-differentiation have attracted widespread attention. OBJECTIVE:To develop an efficient method for isolation and culture of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells, and to analyze the cellbiological features. METHODS:Mesenchymal stem cells were isolated and cultured from human umbilical cord by improved tissue cultivation. Immunophenotype and cellcycle were analyzed by flow cytometry. Growth curve was determined by MTT assay, and differentiation ability was evaluated by in vitro osteogenic and adipogenic induction as wel . RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Some fusiform cells crawled out from human umbilical cord tissues after cultivation for 5 days and formed colonies about 10 days later. When the removed tissues were further cultured, more cells appeared again within 2 days and formed colonies after 5 days. The isolated cells exhibited similar morphology of fibroblast-like shape after passage. Furthermore, the cells expressed CD90, CD105, but were negative for the markers of CD34, CD45, HLA-DR. Population doubling time of the cells calculated from the result of MTT was about 50 hours and cellcycle analysis showed that 41.24%cells were in the G 2/S phrase. Therefore, the isolated cells had a high prolification ability. In addition, the isolated cells could be induced into osteoblasts and adipocytes in vitro. In a word, the results of this study demonstrated that the cells from the second tissues culture possessed the biological characteristics of mesenchymal stem cells and more primary umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells were acquired through the improved method.

0.05), but in model rats it gradually increased at 2,4,6 and 8 weeks after endometriosis ( P

The mechanisms leading to the occurrence of seizures in humans are still poorly understood. It is widely accepted, however, that the process of seizure generation is closely associated with an abnormal synchronization of neurons. In order to investigate this process, we have studied synchronization between different regions of the brain from intracranial EEG recordings of Pilocarpine-induced epileptic rat by Synchronization likelihood (SL). It was found that during the state of transition from non-epileptiform discharges to continuous-epileptiform discharges, synchronization between left-ECoG and left-EHG was significantly strengthened, and similar change had taken place between right-ECoG and right-EHGd; left-ECoG; and right-ECoG and left-EHG and right-EHG (P < 0.05). During the state of transition from continuous-epileptiform discharges to period-epileptiform discharges, the synchronization was significantly weakened between left-ECoG and left-EHG, and similar change was noted between left-EHG and right-EHG (P < 0.01). The results showed that SL might be used to assess the dynamics of synchronization and it might be helpful to understanding the mechanisms involving the origin of epileptiform discharge.
Animals ; Cerebral Cortex ; physiopathology ; Electroencephalography ; methods ; Epilepsy ; chemically induced ; physiopathology ; Hippocampus ; physiopathology ; Male ; Pilocarpine ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted

OBJECTIVE To analyze trimethylation of genome-wide histone H3 lysine 4(H3K4met3) induced by silicon dioxide(SiO2)through chromatin immunoprecipitation linked to microarrays(ChIP-chip)in lung fibroblast(LF)of rats. METHODS A primary co-culture model of rat alveolar macrophages (AM)and LF in vitro. AM were exposed to 100 mg · L-1 free SiO2 for 24 h,before LF were collected and the phenotype of LF was determined after transdifferentiation by immunohistochemistry. ChIP-chip was used to profile the variations of trimethylation in H3K4 of lung fibroblasts in CpG island regions. ChIP-qPCR was used to validate the microarray results. The mRNA expression of nfib and kpna3 was analyzed by qRT-PCR. RESULTS Totally 1815 (518 increased and 1297 decreased) genes of H3K4met3 displayed significant differences in SiO2 100 mg·L-1 group compared with control group(Cy3/Cy5 value>2.0 or <0.5,NimbleScan V2.5 software). The results of ChIP-qPCR were quite consistent with those of microarray. CONCLUSION There are significant differences in methylation of genome-wide H3K4 between SiO2 100 mg·L-1 group and control group. These novel candidate genes may become potential biomarkers or new interfered targets.

Objective To compare diagnosis value and the clinical application of enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method and the immune turbidimetric method detecting serum anti cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP)antibody in patients with RA.Methods Collected fresh serum specimen of 267 inpatients with RA in Rrheumatism Department of Xi’an Institu-te of Rheumatism from December 2014 to February 2015,and fresh serum specimen of 50 healthy blood donors from the Blood Center of Shaanxi Province respectively.Anti CCP antibody was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)method and the latex immunoturbidimetry assay.Evaluated the correlation of the results and clinical application to RA diagnosis.Results Sensitivity,specificity and diagnostic consistency of ELISA and latex immunoturbidimetry assay were 77.3%,86.8%,94.3% and 76.2%,80.2%,77.9% respectively.Compared two kinds of methods,the value of Kappa was 0.756,for having consistency.Throughχ2 test (χ2 =1.85,P >0.05),there was no significant difference between two meth-ods.Area of ELISA and lateximmunoturbidimetry under the ROC curve were 0.876 and 0.832 respectively.Conclusion De-tection of serum anti CCP antibody has diagnostic value in RA patients.The ELISA method and the latex immunoturbidime-try assay for detection of anti CCP antibodies had consistency.Two methods had no statistical difference,and the latex turbi-dimetric method is suitable for grassroots medical institutions.