Objective To investigate the effects of (?)doxazosin [(?)DOX] and its enantiomers on the myocardial morphology,cell cycle and cell apoptosis in rabbits fed with high fat diet. Methods Male New Zealand white rabbits were fed with high fat diet for 4 weeks. Forty such rabbits with hyperlipemia were then divided into atherogenic diet group (model),model + (-)doxazosin [(-)DOX] group,model + (+)doxazosin [(+)DOX] group and model + (?)DOX group (10 each). Another 10 rabbits were included as normal control group. In those drug-treated groups,1.0mg/kg of doxazosin or its enantiomers were intraperitoneally administered for 9 weeks; rabbits in normal control group and atherogenic diet group were given sterile distilled water. Percentages of myocardial cells in G0/G1 phase and in S phase,proliferation index (PI) and apoptotic rate of myocardial cells were compared among the groups,and the effects of doxazosin and its enantiomers were evaluated. Results Of the animals in atherogenic diet group,the proportion of myocardial cells in G0/G1 phase increased significantly (P0.05). No histomorphological alterations were observed in myocardial cells of the rabbits in normal control group. Pathological changes in myocardial cells were observed in the rabbits of atherogenic diet group,such as vacuolar degeneration,fatty degeneration,focal myocardial necrosis,myocardial fibrosis and focal lymphocyte infiltration. The pathological changes in myocardial cells were significantly ameliorated in the animals in (-)DOX and (?)DOX group,but aggravated in the rabbits of (+)DOX group. Conclusions A long term treatment with (-)DOX in the rabbits may improve the histopathological changes in myocardial cells caused by high fat diet. (-)DOX and (+)DOX may have a optical selective effect.

Objective To determine the expression of TM4SF1 mRNA in 5 human pancreatic cancer cell lines,and investigate its effect on the proliferation,migration and invasion of pancreatic cancer cells.Methods The expression of TM4SF1 mRNA in MPanc96,MiaPaCa-2,PANC1,AsPC-1,HPAC cells was determined by qRT-PCR,and the results were compared with that of human pancreatic ductal epithelial (HPDE) cells.RNA interference method was used to transiently transfect siRNA targeting at TM4SF1 and negative control siRNA into MPanc96,MiaPaCa-2 cells.The proliferation of cells were measured by MTS method,and migration and invasion of cells were determined by Transwell.Results The expression levels of TM4SF1 mRNA in pancreatic cancer cell lines MPanc96,MiaPaCa-2,PANC1,AsPC-1 and HPAC were 1.205 ± 0.073,1.096 ± 0.260,1.382 ± 0.075,1.374 ± 0.363 and 0.744 ± 0.096,which were significantly highly than that in HPDE (0.020 ± 0.003,P ＜ 0.01).Compared with cells transfected with negative control siRNA,the proliferation of MPanc96 and MiaPaCa-2 cells transfected with siRNA targeting at TM4SF1 was not significantly changed,but the migration abilitiy was decreased by (62.5 ± 7.6) ％ and (72.8 ± 4.0) ％,and invasion abilitiy was decreased by (69.5 ± 5.7) ％ and (78.6 ± 6.3) ％.Conclusions TM4SF1 is highly expressed in pancreatic cancer cells and appears to promote the migration and invasion abilities of the cancer cells.

Objective To establish a rabbit model of radiation-induced skeletal muscle injury in order to study the ultrastructural pathological changes and underlying mechanism.Methods 28 New Zealand rabbits were randomly divided into 2 groups with 16 rabbits in experimental group and 12 rabbits in control group.The experimental rabbits were irradiated on hip with a single dose of 80 Gy of 9 MeV electrons from a linear accelerator.1 month and 6 months after irradiation the pathological changes were respectively observed under light microscope and electron microscope.Results One month after irradiation,the morphologic changes including degeneration,necrosis of muscle cells,and hemorrhage between the muscle cells were observed under light microscope and the swelling of myofibrillae,blurring of light and shade band,vacuolar degeneration of mitochondria and amorphous areas of necrosis were observed under electron microscope.Six months after irradiation,the morphologic changes of nucleolus chips,fibrous connective tissue,thickening of vascular wall and vascular congestion between the muscle cells and the amorphous areas of necrosis in the experimental group were much more serious than those of 1 month after irradiation.In addition,the myofilaments were lost in degeneration areas and the sarcomere became shorten.Observation with electron microscope showed that the mitochondrial size and its morphological changes were varied and the amounts of collagen between myofibrillaes were increased 6 months after irradiation.Conclusions A rabbit model of high-dose irradiated skeleton muscle injury was successfully established with a single dose of 80 Gy of 9 MeV electrons from a linear accelerator.The degeneration and necrosis of muscle cells may be promoted by mitochondrial and vascular injury,degeneration of vessel and nerve fiber.

Objective To assess the association between rs7969300 polymorphism of ATXN2 gene and schizophrenia.Methods Totally 1 207 schizophrenia patients diagnosed in accordance with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition(DSM-Ⅳ) and 1 120 healthy controls were involved.The rs7969300 gene SNP locus of ATXN2 gene was detected by ligase detection reaction polymerase chain reaction (PCR).PLINK software was used for statistical analysis.Results The results showed that there were no significantly different genotype frequencies(Schizophrenia patients(C/C:240,C/T:537,T/T:394),health controls (C/C:208,C/T:521,T/T:368),x2 =1.001,P=0.606) and allele frequencies (Schizophrenia patients (C 1017,T1325),health controls (C937,T1257),x2 =0.238,P=0.626) of rs7969300 polymorphism between schizophrenia patients and healthy controls.Conclusion This study does not support that ATXN2 rs7969300 is a susceptibility locus for schizophrenia.