Objective To investigate the effect of CO2 pneumoperitoneum on the cell adhesion capability of cultured endometrium cancer cells.Methods After treated in a pneumoperitoneum model for 4 h,the changes in cell growth and adhesion of the endometrium cancer were detected by MTT.The expression of ?1-integrin and E-cadherin in the cancer cells were compared with the control that were not treated with CO2,by the immunohistochemical method.Results After treated with CO2 for 4 h,the cell growth was enhanced and the cell adhesion capability increased as compared with the control group.At the same time,the expression of ?1-integrin and E-cadherin was lower in treated cells than that in untreated ones.Conclusion The adhesion capability of endometrium cancer cells in CO2 pneumoperitoneum could be enhanced by the reduction of the expression of ?1-integrin and E-cadherin,and thereby influences the metastasis of cancer.

Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) is a main type of syndrome from mild cognitive impairment to dementia,which is caused by cerebrovascular risk factors (eg,hypertension, diabetes,hyperlipemia),obvious (cerebral infarction and hemorrhage) or unobvious cerebrovascular disease (leukoaraiosis and chronic cerebral ischemia).Its incidence is increasing,however,its pathogenesis remains uncertain,and effective therapeutic tools are lacking.Therefore,an increasing attention is being paid to all aspects of studies.This article mainly reviews the recent development in research of neuropsychology,imaging,electrophysiology,biology,and gene.

The recombinant plasmid pPIC-gpd-bgl-hyg was constructed, which contained GPD2 promotor and terminator from industrial yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae, ?-glucosidase gene (BGL1) from Sac-charomycopsis fibuligera and hyg from hygromycin as the selected marker. With the yeast’s high efficiency of homologous integrated, the BGL1 gene was successfully integrated into industrial yeasts S. cerevisiae. The recombined yeast could grow on the cultures with the cellobiose as a sole carbon source, and the ?-glucosidase activity achieved 0.764 U/mL after 48 hours’ cultivation. In the experiments of VHG ethanol fermentation, the cellobiose concentration in broth of recombined yeast was 80% lower than that of indus-trial yeast.

Objective To discuss the effect of CO2 artificial pneumoperitoneum on the invasion of the endometrial cancer in nude mouse resulted from the transplantation of the cancer cells and its mechanism.Methods Thirty nude mice were divided into 3 groups based on the time in the CO2 pneumoperitoneum circumstance.Control group: the small intestine of the nude mouse was exposed in air for 5 min,and the cancer cells were injected into right lower quadrant after suture.The gas was depleted after 40 min.40 min group: CO2 gas was poured into abdominal cavity to form a 4 mmHg artificial pneumoperitoneum for 5 min before cancer cells were injected into right lower quadrant.The gas were depleted after 40 min.80 min group: CO2 gas was poured into abdominal cavity to form a 4 mmHg artificial pneumoperitoneum for 5 min before cancer cells were injected into right lower quadrant.The gas were depleted after 80 min.The time that each group took to form a solid tumor was recorded.Four weeks later,the transplantation tumors were taken out and sliced into frozen sections and paraffin-embedded sections.The expression of ?1-intergrin and E-cadherins was detected by IMF.Results The time taken to form the solid cancer was shorter in the 40 min group and 80 min group than in the control group,with more blood vessel found(P0.05).Conclusion The CO2 pneumoperitoneum could enhance the abilities of invasion and adhesion of endometrial cancer cells,which is associated with the expression changes of ?1-intergrin and E-cadherins in the cancer cells.

ObjectiveTo explore the effect of constraint-induced movement therapy on hemiplegia in children.Methods30 hemiplegia children caused by cerebral palsy or trauma were divided into 2 groups.Treatment group accepts the Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) combined with Bobath approach. The control group accepts the Baboth approach only. Before after 12-week treatment, Ueda Test and the Brunnstrom's test were used to classify every stage of the recovery. ResultsBoth groups improved their motor function assessed either with Ueda Test or Brunnstrom's test, which was better in treatment group than in control group.ConclusionThe CIMT with Bobath approach together can remarkably raise the rate of utilization of the hemiplegia suffering limbs as well as improve the learned non-use of the suffering parts.

BACKGROUND: Many scholars have paid attentions on neural stem cells (NSCs), which are regarded as the cell source to repair the injured nervous tissues. And it is becoming a key point that NSCs will be obtained in an effective way.OBJECTIVE: To observe the characteristics of isolation, proliferation and differentiation of in vitro NSCs from subventricular zone (SVZ) and hippocampus of neonatal rats.DESIGN: Single-sample trial.SETTING: Department of Neurosurgery in the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University.MATERIALS: Ten SD rats aged 3 days, of either gender, were offered from the Experimental Animal Center of Sun Yat-sen University. Nestin antibody (rabbit-anti-rat), neurofilament (NF-200) antibody (rabbit-anti-rat), and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) antibody (mice-anti-rat) were all purchased from Sigma Company.METHODS: The experiment was carried out in the Laboratory of Histology and Embryology, Basic Medical College of Sun Yat-sen University from September to December in 2006. According to the ethical requirement, the serum-free DMEM/F12 medium containing basic fibroblast growth factor and epidermal growth factor was utilized to isolate and incubate NSCs from SVZ and hippocampus of neonatal rats. Then the proliferation and differentiation of NSCs in vitro were observed.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Fluorescence immunocytochemistry was applied to detect the antigen of nestin expressed from NSCs, NF expressed from neuron cells and GFAP expressed from astrocytes. The differentiation of NSCs was identified.RESULTS: The cells isolated from SVZ and hippocampus of neonatal rats possessed the ability of proliferation and self-renewal. Through inverted microscope, nestin positive cells could be found in the cell clone sphere at passage 20 of cells. Cells induced to differentiate could express antigen of NF and GFAP by the attached cell clone sphere.CONCLUSION: The NSCs successfully isolated from SVZ and hippocampi of neonatal rats possess the ability of self-renewal, proliferation, and differentiation into neuron-like cells and astrocytes.

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of thread embedding at the holographic point Kidney of the second metacarpal bone in treating tinnitus.Method Eighty-two patients with tinnitus were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 41 cases in each group. The treatment group was intervened by thread embedding at the holographic point Kidney of the second metacarpal bone, while the control group was by intragluteal injection with Mecobalamin 0.5 mg. The Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) was compared before intervention and after 1 treatment course.Result The THI scores were significantly changed in both groups after intervention (P<0.01). The change of THI score after intervention in the treatment group was significantly different from that in the control group (P<0.05).Conclusion Thread embedding at the holographic point of the second metacarpal bone in an effective approach in treating tinnitus.

Objective To investigate the anxious behavior in acute parkinson's mice that were induced by 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) injection.Methods Twenty mice were randomly divided into the control group (n =10) and model group(n =10);The model group was induced by injecting MPTP dosage,and the control group was induced by the same dose of saline.The anxious behaviors in mice were tested by the elevated plus-maze test and the light/dark box.Results The model group mice spent a longer time than the control group in the dark box (P ＜ 0.05).The open arm entry (OE),open arm time (OT) and OE％ of model group was significantly less than that in control group in the elevated plus-maze test (P ＜ 0.01),the OT％ was significantly less than control group (P ＜0.05).Conclusions Anxiety symptoms appeared in the model group of early parkinson disease (PD)mice.

To compare the effects of four different intensive insulin therapies on blood glucose control and vascular endothelial function in newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes.Patients were randomly divided to accept pre-meal insulin aspart 30 or pre-meal insulin aspart and glargine at bedtime or pre-meal Novolin-R and NPH at bedtime or continuous subcutaneous insulin aspart infusion.Capillary blood glucose determination and continuous glucose monitoring system were carried out,therapeutic time and total insulin dosage were recorded.Ultrasound was used to evaluate the vascular endothelial function.Glucose level,incidence of low glucose,potency ratio of the four groups were similar( P＞0.05 ) ; FMD and NMD were not significantly improved ( P =0.718,P =0.065 ).The short-term efficacy and safety of the four groups are similar.The short-term intensive insulin therapy has no obvious effect on vascular endothelial function.

AimTo evaluate the efficiency of gene amplification technique used in detecting the specimens colleted from rodents to identify natural epidemic foci of scrub typlus. MethodMice of Kunining strain were experimentally infected by a certain amount of Oriential tsutsugamushi. The specimens of blood clot and spleen from the infected animals were detected by nested polymerase chain reaction(nPCR)specific to O. T sutsugamush at the day 3,6 and 9 of post-infection. Then the technique was used for detection of samples collected from field. As an infected index ,the specimen was considered to be positive only if a 88-bp DNA fragment from Sta 58kDa gene of O. Tsutsugamushi could be produced. According to the study ,it was estimated whether or not that the sampling area is a natural epidemic focus of the disease. ResultsThe specimens of both blood clot and spleen from the mica at day 3 of post-infecction showed negative to the specific PCR product ,but positive when detected at day 6 and hereafter. Of 111 spleen samples from the field collections in the northwest of Fujian province,one was positive, and another positive sample was in the 29 blood clots from Jiangxi province. It is demonstrated that these areas have been the natural epidemic foci. Conclusion The nPCR method is of highly sensitive and specific to be used in the etiologic study on specimens from field rats.