Aim To investigate the effect of sevoflurane pretreatment on the nuclear factor kappa B(NF-?B)-DNA binding activity of leukocyte in peripheral blood of the patients undergoing cardiac valve replacement under cardiopulmonary bypass(CPB).Methods Twenty patients undergoing cardiac valve replacement under CPB were divided randomly into two groups:control group(group C)and sevoflurane pretreatment group(group S).All patients were induced with midazolam 0.08~0.12 mg?kg-1,fentanyl 5~10 ?g?kg-1 and vecuronium 0.1 mg?kg-1.After endotracheal intubation,mechanical ventilation was conducted with 100% oxygen.Anesthesia in group C was maintained with intermittent intravenous fentanyl and midazolam,while in group S maintained with 2MAC sevoflurane besides fentanyl and midazolam intermittently before CPB.The anesthesia depth was kept to maintain the systolic pressure within 90~120 mmHg in both groups.Sevoflurane was discontinued at the initiation of CPB,and the following anesthetic regimen was the same as that in group C.To examine the NF-?B-DNA binding activity,the arterial blood samples were withdrawn at the following time point:after endotracheal intubation and before inhaling sevoflurane(T0),30 min(T1),1 h(T2),2 h(T3),6 h(T4)after aortic de-clamping.Electrophoretic mobility shift assay(EMSA)was used to measure the NF-?B-DNA binding activity of leukocyte.The dosage of fentanyl,midazolam,dopamine,sodium nitroprusside and the rate of spontaneous heart resuscitation in both groups were recorded.Results The NF-?B-DNA binding activity in group C was increased significantly after aortic de-clamping,and it reached to maximum at T1,but it was not changed significantly in group S from T0 to T4.The value of EMSA at all time points was lower in group S except T0 than that in group C(P

Aim To investigate the effects of Isofluraneon function,metabolism,ATPase activity and free radicals in isolated ischemia /reperfusion(I/R) rat hearts.Methods 56 SD rats were randomly divided into 7 small groups(n=7),or 2 big groups according to given drug.In a normal thermal isolated Langendorff rat heart model,Myocardial Adenosine triphosphate(ATP),Malodialdehyde(MDA),Activity of Ca2+-ATPase,Na+,K+-ATPase and Superoxide Dismutase(SOD)were determined.Results In isoflurane group,LVDP and dp/dt decreased,CF and ATP increased while the activity of Na+,K+-ATPase remained unchanged.The myocardial ATP content decreased slowly in isoflurane group.At the end of reperfusion,ventricular function,CF,myocardial ATP content and the activity of Ca2+-ATPase and SOD in isoflurane group were significantly higher while myocardial MDA was significantly lower than those in control group.Conclusion Isoflurane can depress myocardial systolic function and activity of Ca+-ATPase in normal myocardium,improve the recovery of function and metabolism,and increase CF and the activity of Ca2+-ATPase and Na+,K+-ATPase.

Objective To explore the diagnostic value of spiral CT for the intestinal obstruction of unknown causes.Methods The CT findings of 115 intestinal obstructive patients with unknown causes were analyzed retrospectively.Results Of the 115 patients,the diagnosis of intestinal obstruction was comfirmed by CT in 110 cases patients,the correct diagnostic rate was 95.7%.Conclusions Abdominal CT is a rapid、simple and effective means for diagnosis of the location、cause and degree of obstruction in cases of intestinal obstruction with unknown cause.It can act as an important basis for the treatment program by doctors.

Objective To evaluate the relationship between the spatial structure of pulmonary vascular tree and oxygen partial pressure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD) by the fractal dimension method.Methods 106 patients with COPD and 100 healthy people without COPD as controls were included in this study.All of the patients underwent multidetector CT scan and blood gas analysis.The pulmonary vascular trees were generated using post-processing software,and the FD of the pulmonary vascular trees were determined with ImageJ software in a personal computer.The fractal dimension were evaluated in the two groups.The relationship between FD and oxygen partial pressure in patients with COPD was analyzed.Results The FD value of the patients with COPD was lower than that of the patients without COPD (t =5.21,P＜ 0.01).There was a significant correlation between FD and the PaO2 in patients with COPD (r=0.692,P＜ 0.01).Conclusion FD analysis can effectively evaluate the process of pulmonary vascular remodeling induced by hypoxia in patients with COPD,which may be used as an important index for quantitative evaluation of pulmonary vascular remodeling in the course of COPD.

Objective To compare the effects of tracheal intubation (TI) and laryngeal mask (LM) during general anesthesia (GA) induction on the α 1-band of quantitative pharmaco-electroencephalography (QPEEG).Methods Fortypatients undergoing GA were randomly divided into two groups:group T included 20 patients who received TI and group L included 20 who received a LM.Parameters like heart rate (HR),mean arterial pressure (MAP),and QPEEG were recorded before anesthesia induction (T0),after induction (T1),and after intubating the cannula or LM (T2).Using power-spectrum analysis,we calculated the power percentage of the α 1-band of QPEEG.Results The HR,MAP,and power percentage of the α 1-band in most areas of the brain were lower at T1 than at T0 (P ＜ 0.05) in both groups.Moreover,the HR,MAP,and α 1-band power percentage were higher at T2 than at T1 (P ＜ 0.05) in group T,whereas they showed no significant change at T2 (P ＞ 0.05) in group L.Conclusion TI is stronger than LM for stimulating the circulatory system.Moreover,TI may cause an increase in the power percentage of the α 1-band of QPEEG.This finding suggests that the α1-band power percentage of QPEEG can be an effective means of monitoring stimulation.

Objective To observe the effect of Shengji corium elephatis mastic in treating chronic refractory skin ulcer, and analyze its preliminary mechanism. Methods Totally 62 patients with chronic refractory skin ulcer in granulation stage were randomly divided into two groups, 32 cases of treatment group were treated with Shengji corium elephatis mastic, and 30 cases of control group were treated with Vaseline gauze. All patients were treated for 4 weeks. The rate of wound healing, wound reduction ratio and wound secretion level of VEGF were observed. Results The cure rate and the total effective rate between the two groups had significant difference (P<0.05). After 2 weeks treatment, the mean wound reduction area of treatment group and control group was 82.31%and 66.32%respectively. After 4 weeks treatment, the mean wound reduction area of treatment group and control group was 90.35%and 78.7%respectively, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). After 1, 2 and 3 weeks treatment, the treatment group had significant difference with the control group in wound secretion VEGF level (P<0.05). Conclusion Shengji corium elephatis mastic can promote wound healing of chronic refractory skin ulcer. The possible mechanism is that Shengji corium elephatis mastic promotes the generation of VEGF in wound thus promotes wound repair.

Objective To compare the effects of different doses of sufentanil on theα1?band of quantitative pharmaco?electroencephalography (QPEEG)during the induction of general anesthesia by tracheal intubation(TI). Methods Forty selected patients under general anesthesia were randomly divided into two groups,with 20 patients per group. Patients in group Ⅰ were administered 0.2μg/kg sufentanil,whereas patients in group Ⅱ were administered 0.3μg/kg sufentanil. Subsequently,the patients were administered 2 mg/kg propofol and 0.15 mg/kg cisatracurium. HR,MAP,and QPEEG were recorded before induction(T0),after induction(T1),and after insertion of the cannula(T2). Using the method of power spectrum analysis,theα1?band power percentage of QPEEG was calculated. Results In comparison with T0,the values of HR,MAP,andα1?band power percentage in most areas of the brain were both decreased at T1(P<0.05). Furthermore,in comparison with T1,the parameters were increased in group Ⅰ at T2(P<0.05),but no significant changes were observed in group Ⅱ (P>0.05). Conclusion The administration of 0.3μg/kg sufentanil during anesthesia induction can effectively depress the cardiovascular response to TI and stabilize theα1?band power per?centage. This suggests that theα1?band power percentage of QPEEG can be an effective means to monitor the depth of sedation.

Objective To compare the outcome of in vitro fertilization (IVF) between sequential embryo transfer and simple blastocyst transplantation in patients with previous multiple IVF failures. Methods A total of 170 patients with repeated implantation failure were divided into sequential transfer group (n=71) and blastocyst transfer only group (n=99). A retrospective matched case-control analysis was made for the medical files of 71 patients who underwent sequential transfer of D3 embryos and blastocysts. The control group included 99 matched women who underwent embryo transfer on D5/6 only. All of the patients in two groups used the same protocols of emdometrium preparation (natural cycle or hormone-replacement cycle) and ultrasound-guided transplantation. The embryo implantation rate and clinical pregnancy rate were compared and analyzed between two groups. Results Sequential transfer of embryos resulted in a clinical pregnancy rate of 60.6%compared with that of 31.3%following D5/6 embryo transfer, and the implantation rate was 34.8%and 23.8%respectively (P<0.05). Although the total number of transfered embryos were higher in sequential transfer group than that of blastula transfer only group, the number of D5/6 embryo transfered in sequential transfer group were less than blastula transfer only group (P<0.05). And the number of high quality blastula transfered showed no statistical significant difference between two groups. There were 20 cases of twin and 5 cases of triplet pregnancy in sequential transfer group, which were 5 cases and 1 case in blastula transfer only group respectively. While, there was no case of muliple pregnancy beyond triplet in both groups Conclusion Sequential transfer of embryos can be used for women with repeated IVF cycles. The program avoids the possibility of eliminating the transplant, and which is effective in patients with more transplant embryos.

Objective To investigate the different effect of exogenous leptin on estrogen receptor α,β mRNA in human breast tumor tissue in nude mice xenograft models. Methods We made nude mice xenograft models of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells cultured in vitro, then divided them into experimental group of]eptin( n = 30)and control group of normal saline( n = 30)randomly. The models of experimental group were injected subcutaneously the recombinant human leptin for 15 consecutive days, the models of control group were injected subcutaneously the same dose of normal saline. A real- time quantitative RT- PCR assay was developed to quantify the expression of estrogen receptor α, β mRNA in tumor tissue, using the relative quantitative analysis. Results The leptin-intervened nude mice xenograft models were safely established. The relative quantitation of estrogen receptor α mRNA was significantly higher in the leptin group than in the normal saline group ( P ＜ 0.01 ), the relative quantitation of estrogen receptor β mRNA was significantly lower in the leptin group than in the normal saline group ( P ＜ 0. 01 ). Conclusion The nude mice xenograft models can be safely intervened with human leptin by subcutaneous injection around tumor.Estrogen receptor is one of the targets of leptin in the progress of breast cancer. Exogenous human leptin can up- regulate the expression of estrogen receptor α and down- regulate the expression of the estrogen receptor βin nude mice xenograft models of human breast tumor.

ObjectiveTo investigate the inhibitory effect of lentivirusly-mediated ObR-siRNA on transplanted MCF-7 human breast cancer cells by intratumoral injection.MethodsA model of subcutaneous implanted tumor was generated through injecting MCF-7 human breast cancer cells into the nude mice.Thirty established mice with MCF-7 breast cancer cells xenograft were divided into 3 groups randomly,and mice in the experimental group were intratumorally injected with ObR-siRNA lentivirus,while the negative control group and blank control group mice were injected with the same dose of negative lentivirus and normal saline.All mice were subcutaneously injected with recombinant human leptin around the tumor site once a day.Tumor size was blindly measured every other day and the mRNA expression and protein expression levels of ObR in each group were determined.ResultsKnockdown of ObR-treated xenografted nude mice with a high leptin microenvironment was successfully established.Local injection of ObR-siRNA lentivirus significantly suppressed the established tumor growth in nude mice(P ＜ 0.01,P ＜0.01 ).Real time-PCR and Western blotting showed that the mRNA and protein expression of ObR was decreased in the ObR-siRNA lentivirus group( P ＜ 0.01,P ＜ 0.01 ).ConclusionsIntratumoral injection of recomhinant ObR-siRNA lentivirus inhibits the growth of MCF-7 cells xenografts in the nude mice,suggesting that ObR might represent a therapeutic target in the genotherapies of human breast cancer.