Objective to study the factors of delaying survival of the ankle and foot which were linked with leg only by skin, fascia and tibia after all the infected and inactivated muscles and intermuscular vessels had been removed, and to study the effect of artery blood supply reconstruction to avoid the necrosis and ischemia contracture of the foot. Methods The leg was linked with ankle and foot by the tibia which was covered only by skin and fascia after all the muscles, interosseous membrance, intermuscular vessels and fibula had been removed. And then the artery blood supply for the injured limb was reconstructed by stages. Results The sense of haphalgesia, with normal temperature and color, recovered in the injured limb 7 months after operation, no contracture and deformity happened in the food muscles and joint, and the patient may smooth stand and walk with a stick freely. Conclusion The necrosis and ischemia contracture of foot was delayed by reticular collateral circulation among skin, deep and superficial fascia and tibia of the injured limb, although the blood supply was very little after all the muscles and intermuscular vessels had been removed because of infection and necrosis. Finally the injured limb was reserved successfully by artery blood supply reconstruction. The clinical effect was satisfactory.

Objective To establish an effective technique in reservation and function reconstruction of a leg, in which all the muscles except gastrocnemius necrosed induced by the delayed necrosis of all the intermuscular vessels, the foot was linked only by skin, fascia and tibia. Methods The leg was linked with foot only by the skin, fascia, caput mediale of gastrocnemius and tibia when all the muscles, intermuscular vessels and fibula were removed. The direct island flap of tibialis posterior artery was cut from the healthy limb and used to cover the 4/5 length and 1/3 circumference of bone-fascia raw surface, then to anastomose the both arteries of the flap and the caput lateral gastrocnemius when dividing the pedicles. As soon as the raw surface healed, fuse the ankle in the functional situation and fix the flexor and extensor tendon in the proper situation. Results With sufficient blood supply from the skin and fascia of the flap, the raw surface healed soon, the severe ischemia pain relieved, and the circulation and sensation recovered gradually. The crutching and walking function of the leg reconstructed at last. Conclusion When all the necrotic intermuscular vessels and muscles except caput mediale of gastrocnemius were removed, the necrosis may be delayed by means of reticular collateral circulation among skin, deep and superficial fascia and tibia of the injured limb. However, the blood supply is very little, the severe ischemia wound and ischemia pain can't be healed. Through the tibialis posterior artery direct island skin flap of the healthy leg to cover the dystrophic wounds, the blood supply of the leg can be improved. As a result, the leg survives and its function is reconstructed, and an eternal axial-pattern artery for the wound leg through arteries anastomosis is rebuilt.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Induction Chemotherapy ; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; metabolism ; Leukemia ; metabolism ; therapy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins ; metabolism ; Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases ; metabolism ; Young Adult

A total of 152 strains of endophytic fungi were isolated from the barks of Eucommia ulmoides in three regions (Lueyang country, Zunyi country, Cili country). Based on morphological characteristics and analysis of ITS sequences, these strains were identified into 8 genera. Thereinto Phomopsis, Diaporthe and Alternaria were common genera to Eucommia barks from different sites. But the dominant genus was different: Alternaria was the dominant genus in the barks from Cili country, and Phomopsis was the dominant genus from Zunyi country, then Diaporthe was the one from Lueyang country. According to the similarity coefficient, the composition of the endophytic fungi was distinctly different between the barks from three sites. The diversity and species richness in Lueyang country and Cili country were found higher than those in Zunyi country. The evenness of endophytic fungi was 0.936 5 in Lueyang county, which was higher than 0.737 1 or 0.641 0 in Cili county or Zunyi county, respectively. After phylogenic analysis and calculating the genetic distances of typical strains belong to Phomopsis and its perfect stage--Diaporthe, there was very high genetic diversity in the two genera from our study. In conclusion, the community structure and diversity of endophytic fungi were significant different in Eucommia barks from the three habitats.
DNA, Fungal ; genetics ; DNA, Intergenic ; genetics ; Ecosystem ; Endophytes ; classification ; physiology ; Eucommiaceae ; microbiology ; Fungi ; classification ; genetics ; physiology ; Phylogeny ; Plant Bark ; microbiology

Objective To study the incidence of vitamin K deficiency in low-birth weight premature infants and its relationship with intraventricular hemorrhage.Methods We use emzymoimmunoelectrophoresis to detect prophrombin protein precursors(PIVKA-Ⅱ) in vein blood in premature infants

Objective To study the effects of nuclear factor-?B(NF-?B)decoy oligodeoxynucleotide(ODN)on the preeclamptic umbilical serum induced expression of precollagen Ⅰ,Ⅲ mRNA and tumor necrosis factor-?(TNF-?)in cultured human umbilical artery smooth muscle cells (HUASMC).Methods Primary cultured HUASMC of normal pregnancy were divided into four groups: group A(HUASMC were incubated with umbilical serum of normal pregnancy);group B(HUASMC were incubated with umbilical serum of preeclampsia);group C(HUASMC were transfected with NF-?B cis decoy ODN 48 h before incubation with umbilical serum of preeclampsia);group D(HUASMC were transfected with NF-?B scramble ODN 24 h before incubation with umbilical serum of preeclampsia).NF-?B cis decoy ODN and NF-?B scramble ODN were transfected with cationic lipofectamine to the latter two groups,respectively.The proliferation of human umbilical artery smooth muscle cells was evaluated by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium and the apoptosis was analyzed by flow cytometry.The expression levels of precollagen Ⅰ,Ⅲ mRNA were detected by RT-PCR,the expression levels of TNF-? were detected by western blot.Results(1)The proliferation of group B(0.19?0.02)and group D(0.18?0.03)was significantly increased as compared with those of group A(0.11?0.02)and group C(0.14?20.02)(P0.05).(5)The expression of TNF-? of group B(0.74?0.11),group C(0.36?0.09)and group D(0.79?0.12)were significantly higher than that of group A(0.15?0.03)(P0.05).Conclusions NF-?B cis decoy ODN could down-regulate the proliferation,as well as the expression levels of precollagen and TNF-? of HUASMC induced by umbilical serum of preeclampsia.NF-?B may play an important role in the pathogenesis of placental artery abnormalities in preeclampsia.

Adult ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Glycogen ; metabolism ; Glycogen Storage Disease Type II ; pathology ; Humans ; Liver ; metabolism ; pathology ; Muscle, Skeletal ; metabolism ; pathology ; Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle ; pathology ; Pyomyositis ; pathology ; Young Adult

OBJECTIVETo investigate whether Leptotrombidium scutellare could be naturally infected by both Hantaan virus (HV) and Orientia tsutsugamushi (OT) and transmission status by stinging.

METHODS3459 Leptotrombidium scutellares from mice bodies and 3265 which were free were collected in the epidemic area of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and tsutsugamushi disease.15 days later, the suspensions of lung and spleen of mice with 6 in a group stung by 1, 5 or 10 infected mites were injected intra-cerebrally into other mice for the detection of HV and OT in the next 6 generations of the mice, with immunofluorescent antibody technique (IFAT) and Giemsa staining technique. The passages of Vero-E6 cells inoculated on the aseptic filtrations from different number of infected mites were used to detect HV and OT pathogens. HV-RNA and OT-DNA were detected by PCR.

RESULTSAfter passage, HV positive mouse body mite group out of both 5 and 10 mites in the sixth generation, OT positive mouse body mite group out of the 10 mites in the sixth generation, both HV and OT positive mouse body mite group out of 1 mite in the fifth and sixth generation, both HV and OT positive mouse body mite group out of 5 and 10 mites in the sixth generation, and free mites group out of 1, 5 and 10 mites in the sixth generation, were found one mouse infected by both HV and OT, respectively. Out of the fourth generation of Vero-E6 cells, one sample was found both HV and OT positive out of 5 and 10 HV and OT mouse body mite group, respectively. In the sixth generation, both HV and OT positive cells were detected in one mouse mite group and the 1, 5, 10 free mite groups, respectively. HV-RNA and OT-DNA were all detected by PCR.

CONCLUSIONBoth HV and OT could be coexisted in wild Leptotrombidium scutellare and transmitted by stinging.

Animals ; Hantaan virus ; Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome ; transmission ; Insect Bites and Stings ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred Strains ; Mites ; parasitology ; virology ; Murinae ; Orientia tsutsugamushi ; Scrub Typhus ; transmission ; Trombiculidae

Objective To study the potential interaction between PrP protein.Methods The supernatant of health and scrapie-infected hamsters' brain homogenate was prepared,while various recombinant 14-3-3β or PrP proteins were purified.The possible molecular interaction between 14-3-3β proteins and PrP was tested by pull-down and immunoprecipitation assays.Results Both native PrPc and its protease-resistant isoform(PrPsc)formed complexes with 14-3-3β.The full-length recombinant 14-3-3β proteins interacted with PrP.The domain responsible for interacting 14-3-3β was located at N-terminal of 14-3-3β(residues 1 to 38).Conclusion The studies of the association of PrP with 14-3-3β may further provide insight into a potential role of 14-3-3β in the biological function of PrP and the pathogenesis of prion disease.

OBJECTIVETo examine whether Chinese medical herb Pueraria crude extract (CP) and standard of pure puerarin (SP) possess the same neuroprotective effects during concomitant ethanol (EtOH) treatment.

METHODSHippocampus cultures were prepared from mice at gestational age of 18 day. Cell viability was measured by MTT assay. RT-PCR was employed to determine mRNA expression of superoxide dismutase (SOD).

RESULTSAs measured by MTT assay, supplementation with 15 mg/L CP or 10 mg/L SP afforded neuroprotection against all EtOH concentrations (50, 200 and 350 mmol/L, respectively) in embryonic hippocampal culture system. In addition, both 15 mg/L CP and 10 mg/L SP could decrease expression of SOD at mRNA level.

CONCLUSIONThis study suggests that CP and SP could decrease oxidative stress induced by ethanol treatment by the decreased expression of SOD at mRNA level, and demonstrates antioxidative neuroprotective effect of CP and SP against developmental ethanol exposure in vitro.

Animals ; Antiviral Agents ; pharmacology ; Cell Differentiation ; drug effects ; Cell Survival ; drug effects ; Cells, Cultured ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Ethanol ; toxicity ; Female ; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic ; drug effects ; Hippocampus ; cytology ; embryology ; metabolism ; Isoflavones ; pharmacology ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred Strains ; Plant Extracts ; pharmacology ; Pregnancy ; Pueraria ; chemistry ; RNA, Messenger ; genetics ; metabolism ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Superoxide Dismutase ; genetics