Objective To explore the effects of Ginkgolide B on the expression of hypoxia inducible factor 1 α (HIF-1α) and P I3K/Akt pathway in the hippocampus of developing rats after pentylenetetrazol(PTZ)-induced status epilepticus,and to investigate the correlation between HIF-1α expression and PI3K/Akt pathway.Methods Ninety-six SD rats aged 21 days were randomly divided into normal saline group(group NS),status epilepticus group (group P),GKB treatment groups (group G+P),GKB +wortmannin treated group (group G+P+W),wortmannin treated group(group P+W).The brain tissue were harvested from the rats at 4 and 8 hours after the inducement,but in the group G+P at 1 h,4 h,8 h,24 h.Immunohistochemistry and Western blot were used respectively to detect HIF-1α and p-Akt protein expression.Results (1) For the group G+P,there were statistical differences in the expression levels of p-Akt protein between 1 h,4 h,8 h and 24 h(P＜0.01),The p-Akt protein reached the peak level at 4 hours (0.85±0.03),there were statistical differences in the expression levels of HIF-1α protein between 1 h,4 h,8 h and 24 h(P＜0.01),the HIF-1α expression reached the peak level at 8 hours(1.00±0.13).(2) The expression of HIF-1α in all the groups at 8 hours time point:the expression levels of HIF-1α in the group P and group G+P were significantly higher than those in the group NS (P＜0.01) and the expression levels of HIF1α in the group G+P were higher than those in the group P(P＜0.01).Using wortmannin,the PI3K/Akt specific inhibitor,HIF-1α protein expression in the group G+P+W and P+W was significantly decreased when compared with the group G+P and P (P＜0.01).(3)The expression of p-Akt in all the groups at 4 hours time point:the expression levels of p-Akt in the group P and group G+P were significantly higher than those in the group NS (P＜0.01) and the expression levels of p-Akt in the group G+P were higher than those in the group P (P＜ 0.01).Using wortmannin,p-Akt protein expression in the group G+P+W and P+W was significantly decreased when compared with the group G+P and P (P＜0.01).Conclusion GKB can activate PI3K/Akt signaling pathway,and the pathway is involved in regulating the expression of HIF-1α.

Objective To investigate the role of peroxiredoxin 3 (PRX3) in early pregnancy.Methods We collected serum and villus tissues from ninety patients at first trimester.Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay,real-time PCR,and Western Blotting were applied to examine the PRX3 level in above samples.Results The serum PRX3 in pregnant women was significantly higher than in non -pregnant controls.The expression of PRX3 in villus tissues was increased with gestational progression.Conclusion The oxidative stress was increased in pregnant women.PRX2 plays an active role in antioxidant defense of villus tissues.

Objective To explore the therapeutic effect of lignans extracted from Eucommia Ulmoides Oliver on diabetes encephalopathy(DE)rats and the effects on nuclear factor E2 related factor 2(Nrf2)/heme oxygenase-1(HO-1)signaling pathway.Methods A rat model of DE was established,and 48 successfully established DE rats were randomly divided into model group,and low-and high-dose lignans groups(200 and 400 mg/kg),and metformin(200 mg/kg)group,with 12 rats in each group.Another 12 healthy rats served as control group.Each group of rats was giv-en corresponding drug intervention once a day for 6 consecutive weeks.Cognitive and memory abilities,serum levels of IL-6,TNF-α,MDA and SOD,and mRNA and protein levels of Nrf2 and HO-1 in the hippocampus were measured in all groups.Pathological changes of the hippocampus were observed after HE staining.Results Compared with the control group,significantly longer escape latency and increased serum levels of IL-6,TNF-α and MDA,while lower times of crossing original platform,shorter residence duration of original platform quadrant,decreased serum SOD level,and reduced mRNA and protein levels of Nrf2 and HO-1 in the hippocampus were observed in the model group(all P＜0.05).Low-and high-dose lignans treatment reversed all above indica-tors when compared with model group(P＜0.05).What's more,the effects of high-dose lignans treatment were more significant than low-dose treatment in escape latency,serum levels of IL-6,TNF-α and MDA,times through the original platform,residence duration of the original platform quadrant,serum SOD level,and mRNA Nrf2 and HO-1 in the hippocampus(6.07±0.70 vs 4.76± 0.52,30.96±2.96 s vs 23.49±2.60 s,77.02±6.51 U/ml vs 61.71±6.75 U/ml,0.69±0.06 vs 0.49± 0.05,0.74±0.07 vs 0.57±0.06,P＜0.05).Conclusion Eucommia lignans can improve the cogni-tive ability,enhance the antioxidant capacity,inhibit inflammatory response and protect the hippo-campus of DE rats,and the mechanism may be related to the activation of Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway.

Objective We previously demonstrated that peroxiredoxin 3 (PRX3) was overexpressed in cervical cancer and the expression of PRX3 was positively associated to that of oncogenes E6/E7 of human papillomaviruses (HPV) type 16.The present study was conducted to investigate the link between HPV oncogenes and PRX3,which would be helpful to understanding the mechanism for cervical carcinogenesis.Methods Cervical epithelial cells were cultured and were transfected with recombinant pcDNA3.1 vector containing HPV16 E6/E7.The changes of PRX3 expression were detected by quantitative real time PCR and Western blotting.Results In the epithelial cells which stably expressed HPV16 E6/E7,the expression of PRX3 was significantly down-regulated at both mRNA and protein levels compared to that in the control cells.Conclusion Integration of high risk HPV DNA into the chromosomes of cervical epitheliums induced the change of the PRX3 expression,which might be involved in the initiation of cervical cancer.

Objective To construct a radiomic model based on intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging (IVIM-DWI ) for preoperative prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC ) differentiation and validate its clinical value.Methods Clinical and imaging data of 187 HCC patients who received surgical treatment in the Third Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from June 2018 to January 2024 were collected and retrospectively analyzed.According to the postoperative pathological results,they were divided into low-differentiation group (n=58)and non-low-differentiation group (n=129),andrandomly divided into the training group (n=149)and the validation group (n=38)with the ratio of 8∶2. Univariate analysis was used to assess the clinical indicators related to HCC differentiation,and then a clinical model was constructed. Pyramidimics software was used to extract the radiomic features of IVIM-DWI functional images,and minimum absolute contraction and selection operator logistic regression algorithm were employed to screen those highly correlated indicators with HCC differentiation.Support vector machine (SVM),logistic regression (LR)and random forest (RF)algorithms were utilized to construct different image omics models.SVM algorithm was applied to construct the combined imaging omics and clinical model. The internal verification of the model was carried out by using ten-fold cross-validation.Receiver operating characteristic (ROC)curve,area under the curve (AUC),calibration curve,and decision curve analysis (DCA)were used to evaluate the diagnostic value and clinical benefits of clinical model,radiomic model,and their combination.Results A total of 4060 radiological features were extracted,and after feature screening and dimensionality reduction,24 features were finally included to construct the model.Among all models,the predictive performance of the radiomic model and the radiomic-clinical combined model was better than that of the clinical model.In the comparison between the radiomic model constructed by SVM algorithm and the radiomics-clinical combined model,the AUC value was 0.954 (0.908～1.000)for the former model,and was 0.943 (0.905～0.982)for the latter model in the training set,and there was no significant difference between them.In the validation set,the AUC value was 0.807 (0.640～0.975 )and 0.876 (0.743～1.000),respectively,with statistical difference between the 2 models (P<0.05).Calibration curve analysis showed that the radiomic model and the radiomics-clinical combined model had good goodness of fit.DCA indicated that the net benefit was higher and the threshold probability range was larger in both the radiomic model and the radiomics-clinical combined model,and the net benefit of the combined model was larger. Conclusion Both the radiomic model and the combined radiomics-clinical model constructed on the basis of IVIM-DWI functional images can better predict the severity of HCC differentiation before surgery.

Objective To explore the types of variations in the origin of left gastric artery (LGA) using MSCT angiography.Methods The abdominal MSCT angiography data of 1 500 patients were respectively reviewed,in thoses the abdominal aorta,celiac trunk,LGA,common hepatic artery (CHA),splenic artery (SA) and superior mesenteric artery (SMA)were shown clearly.The origins of the LGA and related artries were focused.A new typing method (types Ⅰ-Ⅹ) was established.And the incidence of various types was calculated.Results The normal anatomical origin (type Ⅰ) of LGAwas noted in 1 342 cases (1 342/1 500,89.47％).Eight types of LGA variant origin were identified in 70 cases (70/1 500,4.67％).LGA variant origin combined with celiomesenteric trunk (CMT) were observed in 47 cases (47/1 500,3.13％).The most common type of LGA origin variation was LGA originated from the abdominal aorta combined with CMT (type Ⅴ) which was found in 24 cases (24/1 500,1.60％).And the least common type was the namely LGA,SA,CHA and SMA arose independently from abdominal aorta (type Ⅵ) which was found in 3 cases (3/1 500,0.20 ％).LGA originated from SMA (type Ⅷ) was not found in all 1 500 cases.Conclusion There are many kinds of variations in the origin of LGA.The new typing method can contribute the comprehensive and intensive data for understanding the anatomical and radiographic features.

Objective:To establish the post-discharge disease management program for patients with chronic heart failure,and observe the effects of disease management on prognosis.Methods:Totally 207 patients with chronic heart failure,who were ad-mitted to hospital due to acute exacerbation,were enrolled.After discharge these patients were randomly divided into the study group (103 cases)and the control group (104 cases).Disease management program was implemented in the study group,and only routine outpatient follow-up was implemented in the control group.The clinical follow-up results one year after discharge were compared between the two groups.Results:Excluding the patients lost during follow-up,totally 1 88 patients completed the data collection,among which 98 cases were from the study group and 90 cases were from the control group.There was no significant difference regarding the baseline of clinical characteristics between the two groups (P >0.05 ).Follow-up results showed that compared with that in the control group,within the six months after discharged,the readmission rate,the multi-ple readmission rate,and the readmission or death joint events rate in the study group decreased significantly (P <0.05).The percentage of cardiac function NYHA class I to II and the left ventricular ejection fraction in the study group were higher than that in the control group (P <0.05),and the left ventricular end-diastolic diameter was in contrast (P <0.05).The score of Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire in the study group was superior to that in the control group (P <0.05 ). Conclusions:The implementation of post-discharge disease management for the patients with chronic heart failure can signifi-cantly reduce the risk of the readmission,the multiple readmission,and the readmission or death joint events within the six months after discharge,and improve the patients’cardiac function and quality of life.

Objective: The present study was conducted to investigate the response of peroxiredoxin 3 (PRX3) to oxidative stress induced by high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV). Methods: Sixty patients with cervical cancer were included and sixty patients with hysteromyoma were assigned as controls. Serum PRX3 was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The expression of PRX3 and oncoprotein E6 of HPV16 or HPV18 was examined in cervical cancer tissues by immunohistochemistry and in cervical cancer cells by Western blotting respectively. Results: Patients with invasive squamous cervical cancer showed higher level of serum PRX3 than control subjects with hysteromyoma. PRX3 expression was up-regulated and was positively associated with that of E6 of HPV16 or HPV18 in cervical cancer tissues. The correlation was confirmed in HPV-containing cervical cancer cell lines including CaSki, and HeLa. Conclusions Our result indicated a positive response of PRX3 to HPV-induced oxidative stress. Serum PRX3 might be a potential indicator of active amplification of high-risk HPV in cervical cancer cells.