Objective To optimize the technology conditions of ultrasonic-enzyme-assisted extraction for sanguinarine from Zanthoxylum nitidum.Methods Extraction rate of sanguinarine determined by HPLC was served as an index.The applicability of the extraction solvent added with acid and enzymatic hydrolysis pretreatment to the ultrasonic-enzyme-assisted extraction of Zanthoxylum nitidum was investigated.Ultrasonic power,extraction frequency and solvent volume were optimized by orthogonal experiment.Finally,ultrasonic extraction time was optimized in dynamic process.Results The optimal process was as follows:Zanthoxylum nitidum powder was extracted 3 times by ultrasonic-wave (250 W) with 40％ ethanol (0.2％hydrochloride) as solvent (extracted for 15 rmin with 6-fold solvent at the first time,then extracted for 12 min with 3-fold solvent at the second and the third time,respectively).The extraction rate of sanguinarine was 88.6％.Conclusion The process is economic,efficient,energy-and time-saving,and provides experimental basis for industrial production of sanguinarine.

Objective To study and estimate the effective dose of interventional employees in the common cerebralvascular, cardiovascular and liver interventional diagnosis and treatment.Methods The absorbed doses of tissue or organ of anthropomorphic phantom in these three procedures were estimated by the anthropomorphic phantom experiment.The effective doses were calculated by the tissue weight factor which was given by International Commission on Radiological Protection publication 103.Results The effective doses to high, medium and low group were 24.0, 9.7,6.8 μSv for cerebralvascular interventional diagnosis and treatment, and 36.3, 29.3, 17.8 μSv for cardiovascular interventional diagnosis and treatment, and 23.9, 11.3, 5.5 μ Sv for liver interventional diagnosis and treatment, respectively.Conclusions The effective doses of high, medium and low group of interventional employees in cardiovascular interventional procedure are higher than those of cerebralvascular and liver interventional procedures.

Nitrite oxidoreductase(NXR) is the key enzyme responsible for the oxidation of NO2-to NO3-in nitrite-oxidizing bacteria.Since NXR is a dissoluble enzyme,located at the inner side of the membranes of cells,its function is dependent on the electron transfer chain related to membranes.This paper reviews the advances in study on NXR,including the structure,catalysis mechanism and the impact of different factors.New techniques applied in recent studies and research prospects are also presented.

Objective To investigate the changes of expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) and its coregulators and monocyte chemotactic factor (MCP-1) treated with intedeukin-1β (IL-1β), and to analyze the mechanism of interaction of these factors. Methods Renal tubular cells (HK-2 cells) were cultured in vitro. Total cellular RNA was isolated for real-lime quantitative polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR), nuclear extracts were prepared for Western blot analysis and EMSA. The supernatant was collected for ELISA after the treatment of IL-1β at different concentrations and time points. Results Under stimulus of different concentrations of IL-1β (0～20 μg/L) for 24 hours, the mRNA expression of PPARγ, SRC-1, SRC-2 and PGC-1 decreased significantly (P<0.05), meanwhile NCoR increased obviously (P<0.05). In further time-dependent experiment, the mRNA levels of SRC-2 and PGC-1 decreased by 57% and 48%, respectively, at 1 hour after treatment with 10 μg/L IL-1β (P<0.05). The expression of SRC-1 decreased by 43%only after 2 hours (P<0.05). The expression of NCoR was not obviously changed until stimulated by IL-1β for 8 hours (2.17 folds, P<0.05), then it decreased slowly. In the same time-dependent experiment, Western blot analysis showed that IL-1β (10 μg/L) significantly decreased the protein level of PPARγ at 4 hours (P<0.05). ELISA analysis revealed that the secretion of MCP-1 kept on rising and reached the peak (160.56±2.80) ng/L at 8 hours (P<0.01), then decreased to (50.82±1.25) ng/L at 24 hours (P<0.01). IL-1β could down-regulate the DNA binding activity of PPARγ, and the activity of NF-κB was up-regulated. Conclusions PPARγ and its eoregulators are closely related to MCP-1 and NF-κB during inflammation response in kidney. The activation of NF-κB by IL-1β leads to the decrease of PPARγ, and its coactivators expression levels, however the expression of MCP-1 and NCoR in renal tubular epithelial cells is up-regulated. PPARγ together with its coregulators participate in the inflammation response in kidney.

ObjectiveTo investigate the role of MG-132, a specific dipeptide proteasome inhibitor, on the proliferation, apoptosis and the related proteins in renal interstitial fibroblasts. MethodsRenal interstitial fibroblasts (NRK-49F) were induced by transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1, 5 μg/L) and pro-treated with MG-132 (0～5 μmol/L). The cell proliferation was measured with MTT method. Cell cycle and apoptosis were analyzed by flow cytometry. The apoptosis was also analyzed by Annexin V/PI staining and DNA ladder. Expression of p53, p27, p21, caspase-3, Bcl-2 and Bax protein was examined by Western blot. ResultsTGF-β1 (5 μg/L) could stimulate the proliferation of NRK-49F. MG-132 (0.25～5 μmol/L) could inhibit TGF-β1-induced proliferation in a dose-dependent manner through G1-arrest. TGF-β1 alone could not induce apoptosis (3.880%±0.365% vs 4.723%±1.582%). But pretreatment of MG-132 (0.1～2.5 μmol/L) could significantly induce apoptosis of TGF-β1-stimulated NRK-49F in a dose-dependent manner. Typical DNA ladder was also confirmed in these two groups in the DNA fragments analysis after being incubated with 2.5 μmol/L MG-132 with or without 5 μg/L TGF-β1. Western blot showed that MG-132 could activate the cell-cycle and apoptosis-related proteins such as p53, p21, caspase-3, Bax and inhibit Bcl-2 in a dose-dependent manner, while expression of p27 remained unchanged. ConclusionsProteasome inhibitor MG-132 can inhibit proliferation and induce the cell apoptosis in renal interstitial fibroblasts stimulated by TGF-β1. The mechanism may be associated to the mediation of p53, p21, caspase-3, Bcl-2 and bax pathways. Protoasome inhibitor may be a new strategy to treat renal interstitial fibrosis.

This study is to explore whether the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway is involved in the process of tripchlorolide (T4) protecting against oligomeric Abeta(1-42)-induced neuronal apoptosis. Primary cultured cortical neurons were used for the experiments on day 6 or 7. The oligomeric Abeta(1-42) (5 micromol x L(-1) for 24 h) was applied to induce neuronal apoptosis. Prior to treatment with Abeta(1-42) for 24 h, the cultured neurons were pre-incubated with T4 (2.5, 10, and 40 nmol x L(-1)), Wnt3a (Wnt signaling agonists) and Dkk1 (inhibitors) for indicated time. Then the cell viability, neuronal apoptosis, and protein levels of Wnt, glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (GSK3beta), beta-catenin and phospho-beta-catenin were measured by MTT assay, TUNEL staining and Western blotting, respectively. The result demonstrated that oligomeric Abeta(1-42) induced apoptotic neuronal cell death in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Pretreatment with T4 significantly increased the neuronal cell survival and attenuated neuronal apoptosis. Moreover, oligomeric Abeta(1-42)-induced phosphorylation of beta-catenin and GSK3beta was markedly inhibited by T4. Additionally, T4 stabilized cytoplasmic beta-catenin. These results indicate that tripchlorolide protects against the neurotoxicity of Abeta by regulating Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway. This may provide insight into the clinical application of tripchlorolide to Alzheimer's disease.

Objective To investigate the prevalence of malnutrition and nutritional support and interventions in geriatric inpatients.Methods The elderly patients (aged ≥ 65 years)from the geriatric demonstration ward were consecutively enrolled from July 2010 to January 2012.MiniNutritional Assessment-short form (MNA-SF) was performed after admission,and data of nutritional support were collected.Results A total of 179 patients were enrolled in this study.According to MNA-SF,42 cases (23.5％)were rated as malnutrition,and 55 cases (30.7％) were rated as at risk of malnutrition.Totally,45 patients received nutritional support.50.0％ (21/42) patients with malnutrition,and 29.1％ (16/55) patients at risk of malnutrition received nutritional support.As to the route of nutrition therapy,the ratio of the enteral to parenteral to combination of enteral and parental nutrition was 4.4 ∶ 1.0 ∶ 1.0.Conclusions The incidence of malnutrition is high in the geriatric inpatients,and routine nutritional risk screening and assessment are essential for the elderly patients.Nutritional support and other comprehensive treatment are in great need,and the enteral nutrition is appropriate and preferred.

Many tumors depend on glutamine for energy.Glutamine metabolism is recognized as a distinctive feature in addition to Warburg effect in tumors.Nuclear medicine molecular tracer techniques represented by positron emission tomography (PET) provide a good means for early diagnosis and prognosis of tumors.PET imaging can detect glutamine metabolism region in tumors noninvasively,which can provide new diagnosis and therapeutics for glutamine-addicted tumors.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of transcatheter Amplatzer device closure on patent ductus arteriosus(PDA),and to give some evidences for the clinical application.MethodsAll studies in the world regard to the controlled trials(CT) about transcatheter Amplatzer device closure and cardiac surgery on PDA were searched and made synthetic evaluation by means of Meta-analysis.RevMan 4.2.2 software was used for statistical analysis.Cases relative risk(RR)and its 95% confidence interval(CI)of procedure failure,the incidence of complication and residual shunt were calculated.ResultsTotally 5 studies including 349 cases were analyzed.Operation failure of Amplatzer device occlusion was higher than cardiac surgery [5 CT,349 cases,3.0% vs 0,RR=4.29,95%CI(0.77,23.95)](P=0.10).Incidence of complication of Amplatzer device occlusion was lower than cardiac surgery[5 CT,343 cases,3.1% vs 38.0%,RR=0.11,95%CI(0.05,0.23)](P

Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) has a wide range of biological functions in epigenetic, cell cycle, cell differentiation and other life activities, and that affect the development and differentiation of immune cells and the maintenance of homeostasis in the immune system. CD4⁺ T cell subsets are heterogeneous cells with different functions, including promoting the proliferation and differentiation of T cells, B cells and other immune cells, and coordinating related functions between immune cells. Autoimmune disease (AID) is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by an autoantigen immune reaction. lncRNA and CD4⁺ T cell subsets are involved in the occurrence and progression of the disease. This article reviews the relationship between lncRNA and the differentiation of AID CD4⁺ T cell subsets.