Objective To investigate the effect of propofol on myocardial injury induced by hepatic ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) in rats and the role of PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. MethodsOne hundred and two male SD rats weighing 250-280 g were randomly divided into 5 groups:Ⅰ sham operation group (group S, n =6), ⅡI/R group ( n = 30), Ⅲ propofol group (group P, n = 30), Ⅳ propofol + LY294002 group (group P+ LY, n =18), and Ⅴ propofol + dimethylsulfoxide group (group P+ DMSO, n = 18). Hepatic I/R was produced by occlusion of hepatic pedicle for 30 min followed by reperfusion in group Ⅱ - Ⅴ. Propofol 12 mg/kg, propofol 12mg/kg + LY294002 (a specific PI3K inhibitor) 1.5 mg/kg, and propofol 12 mg/kg + DMSO 0.5 ml were injected I.v.via femoral vein at 10 min before ischemia in group Ⅲ -Ⅴ respectively, and then propofol was infused I.v. At a rate of 30 mg· kg- 1 · h - 1 and the administration was stopped before the rats were sacrificed in group Ⅲ - Ⅴ . At 0,30, 60, 120, and 240 min of reperfusion (T1-5) in group Ⅱ and Ⅲ , and at T3.5 in group Ⅳ and Ⅴ , six rata were sacrificed and myocardial tissues were taken for determination of the total Akt (t-Akt) and phosphorylated Akt (p-Akt) expression and Bcl-2 expression and apoptosis were detected at T3. The hepatic tissues were taken for microscopic examination. The rats were sacrificed at T1 and the parameters mentioned above were detected in group Ⅰ . ResultsCompared with group Ⅰ , p-Akt expression and apoptosis rate were significantly increased in the other4 groups, and Bcl-2 expression was up-regulated in group Ⅱ , Ⅲ and Ⅴ (P ＜ 0.05). Compared with group Ⅱ , p-Akt and Bcl-2 expression was up-regulated, and the apoptosis rate was significantly decreased in group Ⅲand Ⅴ ( P ＜ 0.05). Compared with group Ⅲ , p-Akt and Bcl-2 expression was down-regulated, and the apoptosis rate was significantly increased in group Ⅳ ( P ＜ 0.05). The microscopic examination showed that the injury to the hepatic tissues was less severer in group Ⅲ and Ⅴ than in group Ⅱ and Ⅳ. ConclusionPropofol can attenuate myocardial injury induced by hepatic I/R in rats by activation of PI3K/Akt signaling pathway.

Yttrium vanadate:europium nanoprobes (YVO4∶Eu NPs) with good fluorescence properties and water solubility were synthesized by solvent thermal method.Due to the overlapping of the excitation spectrum of YVO4∶Eu NPs and the absorption spectrum of tryptophan, fluorescent internal filter effect (IFE) occurred, in which YVO4∶Eu NPs were the fluorophore and tryptophan was the absorber, leading the fluorescence of YVO4∶Eu NPs was quenched.Therefore, a new method for the determination of tryptophan was established by using fluorescent YVO4∶Eu as nanoprobes based on IFE.Some experimental parameters, such as the adding amount of YVO4∶Eu NPs, pH value of the reacting solution, and reacting time, were investigated.Under the optimum reaction conditions, the linear range of the method was 4.0×10-6-4.0×104 mol/L and the detection limit was 1.0×10-6 mol/L (3σ).The content of tryptophan in the soy sauce was determined with the recovery of 95.2% and 97.3%.This method is simple, rapid, sensitive and accurate.

Objective To investigate the clinical effect of donor kidneys in rhabdomyolysis(RM) combined with acute kidney injury(AKI).Methods A retrospective analysis was made on the clinical data of 10 donors with RM and 14 cases of renal transplantation from March 2017 to May 2018.Results AKI was caused by RM in 10 donors.Before harvesting the donor kidneys,blood creatine kinase (CK) level was (14 005.19 ± 11 894.27) U/L in 10 donors,plasma myoglobin level was ＞3 000 μg/L in 7 cases,and that was (2 288 ± 680) μg/L in 3 cases.LDH level was 883 ± 453 IU/L and serum creatinine (Cr) value was (216.55 ± 125) μmol/L.6 donors received continuous renal replacement therapy.Six patients with delayed renal function recovery (DGF) were treated with CRRT.The duration of GDF was 3-20 days,with an average of 10 ± 6.6 days.All the patients were followed up for 3-15 months.The glomerular filtration rate was (40.19 ± 19.55) ml·min· 1.73 m-2 and (55.01 ± 15.94) ml · min· 1.73 m-2 at 1st and 3rd month after operation,respectively.Conclusion The incidence of DGF in donor kidneys with RM and AKI is high,and the short-term effect is satisfactory.The long-term effect needs to be further observed.