Ehrlich's ascites cancer (EAC) in BALB/C mice by ip transplantable EAC cell is reproduced by us. The change of serum malondialdehyde(MDA), plasma cellular cAMP and adenylate cyclase (AC) are examined in the early, middle and late phase of mice bearing EAC respectively in comparison with that of control group. Results indicate that serum MDA in mice bearing EAC is continuously increased with the progress of the disease in the remarked ways in comparison with the control group. Whereas the plasma cAMP in the mice bearing EAC is markedly decreased in that order. Relation between the change of serum MDA and the cellular cAMP, AC or plasma cAMP shows a significant negative correlation efficiency (P

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in BALB/c nude mice (NM) was re-produced by hypodermic implanting human CNE-2 cell to the right-side of neck-backposi-tion. The changes of plasma malondialdehyde (MDA) and cAMP/cGMP ratio in NM bea-ring human NPC were examined. Meanwhile, we observed that tumor's size, plasma MDAand cAMP/cGMP ratio in NM bearing human NPC were affected by polysacchoridopetide(PSP). Results indicated that in comparison with the control group, NM bearing humanNPC showed a marked increase in plasma MDA(18.25?1.37 nmol/ml),cAMP/cGMP ratio(4.55?0.35), a marked decrease in plasma, cAMP (71.83?8.51 pM/ml) and cGMP(15.77?0.65 pM/ml), both high or low-concentration PSP inhibited NPC growth.Rate of inhibition was between 59.58 to 95.53 percent. PSP decreased plasma MDA,elevated cAMP, cGMP's levels and recovered cAMP/cGMP ratio. Our results suggestedthat the elevated level of MDA in NM bearing human NPC was closely associated withthe presence of NPC. PSP had antitumor effect, probably by means of decreasing freeradicals and recovering cAMP/cGMP ratio.

The activity of the negative regulator of cell cycle, P27, affects the normal process of cell cycle. As a type of cell cycle diseases, tumor is closely correlated with the activation of P27. It is shown that the level of P27 decreases in most kinds of tumors.By its influence on cell proliferation and apoptosis, P27 plays an important role in the occurrence and development of tumor. The activity of P27 is regulated by several pathways either at or after transcription, so various ideals which directly change the protein level of P27 or indirectly interfere the activities of elements in regulative pathways of P27 will provide many novel and efficient ways for therapies in tumors.

AIM: To investigate the changes of plasma glutathione peroxidase (GSH-PX) and catalase (CAT) activities in nude mice (NM) bearing human nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and observe the effect of naja naja atra venom (NNAV) on them. METHODS: Plasma GSH-PX and CAT activities in human NPC bearing NM treated ( i.p. ) by low, middle or high concentration NNAV solution (1 mg/L, 5 mg/L, 10 mg/L) were determined by colorimetry. RESULTS: Plasma CAT activity (16 450 U/L) in NM bearing tumor group decreased significantly in comparison with the control group (20 680 U/L)(P0.05). Treated by low, middle or high concentration NNAV solution, CAT activities of three NM bearing tumor groups (20 570 U/L, 23 090 U/L, 21 280 U/L ) were higher than that of the NM bearing tumor group without NNAV treatment (16 450 U/L) (P0.05). GSH-PX activities of the three groups (especially high concentration group) were higher than that of the group without NNAV treatment (P

Objective To clone the coding dense granules protein 8(GRA8) from Toxoplasma gondii RH isolate for the potential use in the development of DNA vaccination. Methods Amplifing gene fragment coding GRA8 from the genomic DNA of Toxoplasma gondii RH isolate by means of ploymerase chain reaction (PCR), the gene is inserted into cloning vector pUC-19 digesting with restrictive enzymes and linking react ions. The positive colon is screed on LB plates containing ampicilline and IPTG, Xgal identified by blue-white and restrictive enzyme digestion. The inserted GR A8 gene was recombined with pcDNA3.1(+) eukaryotic expression vector by digestion with restrictive enzyme and linking reactions. The positive coloe is screene d o n LB plates containing ampicillin and identified by restrictive enzymes and link ing reactions. Results The GRA8 gene with about 804 base is specifically amplified from genomic DNA of Toxoplasma GRA8/RH and pcDNA3.1(+)-GRA8 recombinant is successfull y constructed. The sequencing results showed that GRA8 gene of isolate RH and R H from genebank shares quite high homology. Conclusion The gene encoding GRA8 is amplified from genomic DNA of Toxoplasma gene isolate GRA8/RH and pcDNA3.1 (+)-GRA8 recombinant is successfully constructed.

Objective To study the primer design for Penta D and Penta E genotyping and investigate the genetic polymorphisms of these two loci in Chinese Han population in Wuhan.Methods 281 unrelated Chinese individuals living in Wuhan were typed by hot-start PCR with re-designed Penta D and Penta E genotyping primers and PAGE technique,and the results were compared with those by the PowerPlex TM 16 system of Promega.Results The amplified fragment size of Penta D and Penta E loci with re-designed primers ranged between 153～198bp and 107～212bp respectively,which were consistent with the results obtained by the re-designed primers and PowerPlex TM 16 system,and the re-designed primers had a higher sensitivity than PowerPlex TM 16 system (0.2ng vs 0.5ng) by silver staining.10 and 21 alleles were observed for Penta D and Penta E in Chinese Han population in Wuhan,and the genotype distributions of the two loci were in accordance with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.Family studies confirmed Mendelian inheritance of alleles.The power of discrimination (DP) for Penta D and Penta E were 0.926 2 and 0.986 0,and the power of exclusion (PE) were 0.665 1 and 0.832 5 respectively.Conclusion The re-designed primers for Penta D and Penta E genotyping are reliable.These two loci are highly polymorphic in Chinese Han population and can be used in forensic identification and paternity test.

Objective To investigate the effect of magnifying endoscopy with narrow-band imaging (ME-NBI) in diagnosis of early gastric neoplastic lesion. Methods 151 patients with suspected gastric cancer underwent endoscopic examination in digestive endoscopy center from January 2013 to June 2016 were enrolled the study. They firstly received conventional white light endoscopy (WLE), then ME-NBI (including intervening part) and targeted biopsy. And all patients were divided into early cancer group (high grade intraepithelial neoplasia, intramucosal carcinoma and submucosal carcinoma, n = 72) and non-early cancer group (low grade intraepithelial neoplasia, n = 79). The area under receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUC) was performed to evaluate prognostic value of each index in early cancer. Results The incidences of the demarcation line, irregular microvascular pattern, irregular microsurface pattern and increasing intervening part in early cancer group were significantly higher than that in the non-early cancer group (P < 0.05). The AUC of ME-NBI for early gastric cancer was 0.947 and higher than 0.832 of WLE. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV) and Youden index were 97.2%, 84.8%, 85.4%, 97.1% and 0.820, respectively. The AUC of intervening part for early gastric cancer was 0.907 and higher than 0.889 of the traditional VS classification, and AUC, sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV and Youden index of VS type combined with intervening part were 0.933, 95.8%, 83.5%, 84.1%, 95.7% and 0.794, respectively. Conclusions ME-NBI is an important method for diagnosis of early gastric cancer, and intervening part has the advantages of strong objectivity, simple and easy to operate, good repeatability, and it could be used to assist traditional VS classification in judging the nature of lesions.

Objective To determine the difference between the measured(Cm) and the target rocuronium plasma concentration(Cp) in geriatric patients given by target-controlled infusion(TCI) during laparoscopic rectectomy or colectomy,and to evaluate the performance of the rocuronium TCI system(Szenohradszkay model).Methods Twenty-four ASA I～II patients aged 65～81 years old received selective laparoscopic rectectomy or colectomy.After induction,all patients received rocuronium by TCI system.The beginning Cp was 1000 ng/ml,then increased to 1300,1600,1900,2200,and 2500 ng/ml,according to the neuromuscular transmission response.The endpoint of Cp was determined when the T1 was maintained at 5%～10%.Radial arterial blood samples were taken before anesthesia and before the adjustment of Cp each time,to determine the plasma concentration of rocuronium by using HPLC/MS.We used parameters of bias,precision,and wobble to evaluate the performance of the TCI system. Results The endpoint Cp(when the T1 was maintained at 5%～10%) was 1600 ng/ml in 2 patients,1900 ng/ml in 5 patients,2200 ng/ml in 9 patients,and 2500 ng/ml in 8 patients.The bias,precision,and wolbble of the rocuronium TCI system were 4.69%,14.93%,and 17.24%,respectively. Conclusions The rocuronium TCI system with Szenohradszkay pharmacokinetic model is clinically acceptable for Chinese geriatric patients.