Objective:To study the effect of Vitamin E(VitE)and Sodium selenite on nonalcoholic fatty liver(NAFL).Methods:24 SD rats were randomly divided into 3 groups.The model group,treatment group and contrast group were respectively fed with high fat diet,interfering diet and normal diet.All animals were sacrificed at the end of the 5th week.The liver pathology was observed under the light microscope.Superoxide dismutase(SOD),malondialdehyde(MDA)were determined by biochemistry analysis.The expressions of nuclear factor kappa B(NF-kB)and tumor necrosis factor alpha(TNF-?)proteins in hepatocytes were examined by immunohistochemistry.Result:①compared with the contrast group,serum and liver SOD levels decreased in model group,while MDA were raised.The expressions of NF-kB and TNF-a proteins in liver tissue increased significantly in model group.②compared with the model group,serum and liver SOD level increased in treatment group,while MDA was lowered.The expression of NF-kB proteins in liver tissue was reduced in treatment group,and no significant changes occured in TNF-a protein expression.Conclusions:Combination of sufficient quantum of VitE and Sodium selenite can improve the SOD activities and reduce the expression of NF-kB proteins in liver tissue,which is possibly the important mechanism for VitE and Sodium selenite to prevent NAFL.

Objective To study the expression and significance of excision repair cross complementing genes 1 (ERCCI) in the tissue of nasopharyngeal carcinoma(NPC).Methods ERCC 1 proteins was assayed with immunohistochemical method in the tissue of 103 cases of NPC and 50 cases of chronic inflammation of nasopharyngeal epithelium(CINE).Results The expression rate of ERCC1 was 45.63％ in NPCs,which was significantly lower than that in CINE (70.00％) (χ2 =8.037,P ＜ 0.05).The expression rate of ERCC 1 in NPCs had relationship with T,N staging and clinical staging as well as the presence of recurrence and metastasis (χ2 =9.007,9.992,8.343,5.792,all P ＜ 0.05),while no relationship with age and gender(χ2 =0.026,0.871,all P ＞ 0.05).The expression of ERCC1 in group of recurrence and metastasis was significantly lower than those in group of no recurrence and metastasis.Conclusion The expression of ERCC1 was significantly decreased in NPCs.ERCC1 will probably become prognostic biological parameters of NPC.

Objective To determine and compare the contents of oxypaeoniflorin and paeoniflorin of Paeoniae Radix,and to improve the quality standard of Radix Paeonia.Methods The contents of oxypaeoniflorin and paeoniflorin in different kind of White and Red Peony Root were successfully analyzed by HPLC.Results The content of oxypaeoniflorin in Red Peony Root is more than White Peony Root at 0.8361％ ;The content of paeoniflorin in White Peony Root is more than Red Peony Root at 0.2157％.The proportion of paeoniflorin and oxypaeoniflorin in White Peony Root is more than Red Peony Root.Conclusion With HPLC technology,quantitative analysis of active constituents in Paeoniae Radix was performed accurately.

P2X7 receptors,belonging to purinergic P2 receptor family,are ATP-gated cation channels,which can choose the bivalent cations freely.P2X7 receptors join in cell signal conduction and the excretion of the cytokines and other physical functions.In recent years,researchers have discovered P2X7 receptors mediate the cells to live and grow by increasing oxidation and phosphorylation and intracellular ATP reserve.In breast cancer,the P2X7 receptors express abnormally,and can activate the MAPK lied in cytoplasm.The phosphorylated MAPK enter the nucleus and activates a series of protein kinases,and then affects the genesis and development of breast cancer.

BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury generates a cascade of arachidonic acid metabolic events that mainly presented by the increment of prostaglandin and oxygen free radicals. Indomethacin can potently inhibit the activity of cyclooxygenase, decrease the synthesis of prostaglandins, and may decrease the production of oxygen free radical, and thus may attenuate the pathological changes of brain injury.OBJECTIVE: To observe the changes of prostaglandin in early brain injury and after indomethacin intervention, so as to explore the pharmacological mechanism of indomethacin.DESIGN: A randomized and controlled trial based on experimental animals.SETTING: Department of neurosurgery and department of cerebral surgery in a university hospital.MATERIALS: This study was carried out at the Laboratory of Neurosurgery Department, Medical College of Southeast University between March and September 2000. Thirty-six hybrid cats were randomly divided into normal control group, brain injury group and indometbacin intervention group, with 12 cats in each group.INTERVENTIONS: Brain injury was simulated according to previously reported grading mechanical traumatic animal model establishment; cats with medium brain injury were enrolled in this study. The ultimate concentrations of prostacyclin (PGI2) and thromboxane A (TXA2) to 6-keto-prostaglandin F 1 alpha(6-keto-PGF1α) and thromboxane B2(TXB2) in brain vein blood, as well as total brain superoxide dismutase(SOD) and cerebral water content were measured 6 hours after trauma.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: 6-keto-PGF1α, TXB2, SOD, and cerebral water content.RESULTS: Both 6-keto-PGF1α and TXB2 in brain vein blood remarkably increased in early brain injury[from(0.057±0.010) g/L to (0.264±0. 126) g/L, from(0. 060 ±0. 012) g/L to(0. 134 ±0. 048) g/L respectively], with the increment of the former higher than the latter, the ratio of TXB2/6-keto-PGF1α decreased from 1. 052 ±0. 145 to 0. 545 ±0. 184, and cerebral water content increased from(77.39 ± 0. 36)% to (78.06±0.41)% ; meanwhile, total brain SOD significantly decreased from (94. 869 ± 5. 418) μkat/g to(54. 368 ± 3. 417) μ kat/g( P ＜ 0.01) . In contrast to brain injury group, the concentrations of 6-keto-PGF1α and TXB2 in indomethacin intervention group significantly decreased, which were similar to those of control group, but the total SOD significantly increased from (54. 368 ±3. 417) pkat/g to (81. 433 ±7. 268) μkat/g (P ＜0. 01), and water content lightly decreased without statistical significance( P ＞ 0. 1 ).CONCLUSION: PGI2 and TXA2 increase in early brain injury in experimental cat model, accompanied by free radical synthesis, resulting in the exacerbation of brain injury. Indomethacin may be helpful to relieve posttraumatic secondary brain injury by regulating the imbalance of PGT2 / TXA2 and decreasing the production of free radical.

To establish an HPLC method for the determination of myricetrin, quercitrin, myricetin, quercetin, kaempferol, amentoflavone and hinokiflavone in Cacumen Platycladi and processed Cacumen Platycladi, and compare the difference before and after the processing. Methods:The method described in Chinese pharmacopoeia was used in the processing. The chromato-graphic column was Welch Ultimate LP-C18 (250 mm × 4. 6 mm,5 μm),the mobile phase was methanol and 0. 2% phosphoric acid with gradient elution, the detection wavelength was 330 nm, and the flow rate was 1 ml·min-1 . The column temperatuhe was 35℃, the injection volume was 20μl. Results:The linear relationship respectively of myricetrin, quercitrin, myricetin, quercetin, kaempfer-ol, amentoflavone and hinokiflavone was good(r≥0. 999 0). The average recovery was within the range of 97. 6%-101. 1% (RSD≤1. 14%, n=6). The content of myricetrin, quercitrin, amentoflavone and hinokiflavone in Cacumen Platycladi was reduced after the processing, and the content of quercetin and kaempferol was increased after the processing. Conclusion: The method is simple,and can be used in the determination of Cacumen Platycladi and its processing product. The results of the content show that the flavones in Cacumen Platycladi can be changed by the processing.

Objective To discuss the effect of the PDCA cycle in enhancing the case care ability of nurses in order for nurses to adapt to the assessment model of cases tracking.Methods The training was carried out for enhancing nurses' ability of case care according to the PDCA cycle.Results The scores of the case care,the quality of care in wards and the patient satisfaction degree increased significantly after applying the PDCA cycle compared with those before.The aims of ensuring medical safety,improving the work quality,and increasing patient satisfaction were achieved.Conclusions Training nurses' ability of case care following the PDCA cycle can effectively improve the nurses' ability of case care,make them adapt to the case tracking assessment model,which is worthy of promotion.

Objective To establish a specific,stable and reliable real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR for detecting plasma mi-croRNAs(miRNAs).Methods The plasma samples from 10 healthy individuals were collected,and miRNAs was extracted using mirVanaTM PARIS kit.Exogenous cel-miR-39 and cel-miR-238 and endogenous plasma miRNAs were reversely translated by spe-cific stem-loop primers and quantified by real time fluorescence quantitative PCR.Results cel-miR-39,cel-miR-238 and miR-342-3p were amplified and quantified specifically in RNA preparations isolated from plasma samples of healthy individuals.The amplifica-tion products of cel-miR-39,cel-miR-238 and miR-342-3p showed a single melting peak at 81.44,81.62 and 82.71 ℃,respectively, without primer dimer peak or non-specific peak in all 10 cases of healthy individual plasma samples.The standard deviation(SD)of intra-assay and extra-assay of miR-342-3p was 0.13-0.20,and the coefficient of variation(CV)was 0.42%-0.66%,which sug-gesting that this detection method has a good repeatability.The levels of miR-342-3p were detected in a same plasma sample,each experiment was repeated for 5 times,and normalized by cel-miR-39 and cel-miR-238.The SD and CV of ΔCt was 0.22,1.68%,re-spectively,which indicating that cel-miR-39 and cel-miR-238 could be taken as the stable exogenous reference for the plasma miR-NAs detection by real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR.Conclusion Real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR could serve as a good platform for plasma microRNA research.