Objective To investigate the non-alkaloid constituent of Hippeastrun vittatum (Amaryllidaceae). Methods Solvent extraction and column chromatography were used to isolate the non-alkaloid constituents, and physicochemical constants and spectroscopic analysis were employed for structural elucidation. Results Five glycosphingosilipids were isolated, and their structures were elucidated to be (2S,3R, 4E, 8Z)-2-[(2R-2-hydroxyhexadecanoyl) amido ]-4, 8-octadecadiene-1, 3-diol 1-O-β-D-glucopyranoside ( Ⅰ ), (2S, 3R, 4E, 8E)-2-[(2R-2-hydroxyhexadecanoyl) amido]-4, 8-octadecadiene-1, 3-diol 1O-β-D-glucopyranoside ( Ⅱ ), (2S, 3R, 4E, 8Z)-2-[(2R-2-hydroxyoctadecanoyl) amido]-4, 8-octadecadiene-1, 3-diol 1-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (Ⅲ), (2S, 3R, 4E, 8E)-2-[(2R-2-hydroxyoctadecanoyl)amido]4, 8-octadecadiene-1, 3-diol 1-O-β-D-glucopyranoside ( Ⅳ ), (2S, 3R, 4E, 8Z)-2-[(2R-2-hydroxyeicosadecanoyl) amido]-4, 8-octadecadiene-1, 3-diol 1-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (Ⅴ), respectively. Conclusion They are all isolated from the fresh bulbs of H. vittatum for the first time.

BACKGROUND:Reperfusion injury salvage kinase (RISK) pathway plays an important role in protective mechanism against ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) induced by both ischemic pre-and post-conditioning. Many researches have been carried out on RISK pathway mechanism underlying ischemic post-conditioning conferring cardioprotection against IRI;however, there is less research about its effect on IRI in the skeletal muscle.
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the protective effect of an optimized protocol of ischemic post-conditioning on IRI in rat skeletal muscle and its underlying mechanism.
METHODS:Eighteen male Sprague-Dawley rats were equivalently randomized into IRI, ischemic post-conditioning and control groups. Rats were given occlusion or disocclusion of the right femoral artery of the right lower limb. Subsequently, the IRI group rats were subjected to 24 hours of reperfusion;the ischemic post-conditioning group immediately given 4 cycles of 30 seconds reperfusion/30 seconds ischemia, followed by 24 hours of reperfusion;the control group given no intervention.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Hematoxylin-eosin staining showed that in the ischemic post-conditioning group, the morphology of muscle fibers changed little, with fewer inflammatory lesions and milder edema compared with the IRI group. The infarct size with TTC staining in the ischemic post-conditioning group was smaller than that in the IRI group. Western blot analysis revealed that the expressions of phospho-Akt and phosphorylated endothelial nitric oxide synthase-S1177 were significantly increased, but the expression of phosphorylated type endothelial nitric oxide synthase-Thr495 was much decreased in the ischemic post-conditioning group compared with the IRI group. The measurement of mitochondrial permeability transition pore opening with Ca2+induction showed that the absorbance values in the ischemic post-conditioning group were significantly lower than those in the IRI group (P<0.05). These results indicate that ischemia-reperfusion injury can be improved by applying an optimal protocol of ischemic post-conditioning in rat skeletal muscle. The underlying mechanism may be associated with the activation of RISK signaling pathway to inhibit opening of mitochondrial permeability transition pore, thereby contributing to the enhanced tolerance to IRI in rat skeletal muscle.

Objective To analyze the recovery of the renal function in the severe hydronephrosis children after percutaneous nephrostomy.Methods 50 cases of uretero-pelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) children were retrospectively studied from January 2013 to January 2016.There were 25 boys and 25 girls,and the mean age was 3.0 years (ranged from 2 months to 9 years and 7 months).The children were taken the percutaneous nephrostomy in the first stage and pyeloplasty or nephrectomy in the second stage according to the recovery of renal function.Split renal function,urine osmotic pressure,urine pH and urine β2-microglobulin (β32-MG) were compared between pre-operation and post-operation.The recovery of the renal function after the operation were evaluated by the single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and superb micro-vascular imaging (SMI) to analysis the feasibility of the pyeloplasty surgery in the severe hydronephrosis children.Result The postoperative renal function of 49 patients in the group recovered after percutaneous nephrostomy,only one child showed unrecoverable.After the first stage management,the renal cortical thickness [(5.9 ± 1.0)mm vs.(2.9 ± 0.9) mm,P =0.03],the separate renal function mmo]/L vs.(126.5 ± 100.5) mmol/L,P ＜ 0.001] were significantly improved compared with preoperation,andRI [(0.72 ±0.03) vs.(0.79 ±0.04),P=0.021],urine pH [(6.18±0.21) vs.(7.38 ± 0.32),P =0.039] and urine β2-MG [(562.16 ± 49.78) mg/L vs.(954.28 ± 69.45) mg/L,P ＜0.001] significantly reduced.Conclusions The renal function of the severe hydronephrosis children could be recoverable after the surgery of the percutaneous nephrostomy and pyeloplasty.Most children's kidneys suffered the severe hydronephrosis could be spared by surgery.SMI technology could provide reliable quantitative basis to evaluate renal function.

Refeeding syndrome(RFS)has a high incidence among critically ill patients and significantly impacts the re-covery and prognosis of the patients.In this paper,we reviewed the literature on the risk factors and risk prediction models for RFS,finding the risk factors of RFS included patient-related,treatment-related factors and disease-related factors and the risk prediction models encompassed risk stratification model,risk score models and the Logistic regression models.It was concluded from the review that early assessment was crucial to preventing the occurrence of RFS.However,there was still a lack of reliable RFS risk prediction models with good predictive performance.It was found as well that it was crucial for the prevention of RFS to attach importance to nutritional and serological indicators and other factors.It was expected to be a necessity to conduct prospec-tive and multicenter studies to develop a risk prediction model for predicting RFS for ICU patients.Our review provides a refer-ence for early assessment and intervention for critically ill patients with RFS.

Objective:To investigate the mechanism of learning and memory impairment of apolipoprotein E -/- ( ApoE-/-) mice after transient global cerebral ischemia by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Methods:Ten-week-old C57BL/6(WT) mice and ApoE-/- mice were randomly divided into WT sham-operated group ( n=8), WT 7 d group ( n=12) and WT 30 d group ( n=12), and ApoE-/- sham-operated ( n=8), ApoE-/- 7 d group ( n=12) and ApoE-/- 30 d group ( n=12). The mice in the WT 7 d group, WT 30 d group, ApoE-/- 7 d group, and ApoE-/- 30 d group received bilateral common carotid artery ischemia-reperfusion injury, while mice in the WT sham-operated group and ApoE sham-operated group only stripped the blood vessels without ligation. On the 7 th and 30 th d of modeling, Morrris water maze test was employed to detect the learning and memory abilities of these mice; DTI was used to detect the fractional anisotropy (FA) values in the bilateral hippocampus of mice, and MRS was used to detect the contents of choline complex (Cho) and N-acetylaspartate (NAA) in the bilateral hippocampus of mice. Results:(1) On 2 nd, 3 rd, and 4 th d of water maze experiment, the escape latency of mice in ApoE-/- 7 d group was significantly prolonged as compared with that in the ApoE-/- sham-operated group and WT 7 d group ( P<0.05); since the 3 rd d of water maze experiment, the escape latency of mice in ApoE-/- 30 d group was significantly prolonged as compared with that in WT 30 d group ( P<0.05). The number of times crossing platform in ApoE-/- 7 d group was significantly smaller than that in WT 7 d group, and the residence time in the third quadrant was significantly shorter ( P<0.05); the number of times crossing platform in ApoE-/- 30 d group were significantly smaller as compared with that in the WT 30 d group, and the residence time in the third quadrant was significantly shortened ( P<0.05). (2) DTI results showed that there was no significant difference in bilateral hippocampal FA values between ApoE-/- 7 d group and WT 7 d group ( P>0.05); the bilateral hippocampal FA values of mice in the ApoE-/- 30 d group were statistically lower than those in WT 30 d group ( P<0.05). (3) MRS results showed that the relative contents of hippocampal Cho and NAA in the ApoE-/- 7 d group were significantly lower than those in the WT 7 d group, and the relative contents of hippocampal Cho and NAA in the ApoE-/- 30 d group were significantly lower than those in the WT 30 d group ( P<0.05). Conclusion:ApoE-/- mice have poor learning and memory abilities after transient global cerebral ischemic injury, whose mechanism is closely related to the damage of hippocampal white matter fibers and abnormal metabolism of nerve cells.