Background and purpose: NF-?B is activated by tumor necrosis factor,some chemotherapeutic agents,and ionizing radiation.The activation of NF-?B could result in inhibition of apoptosis.NF-?B,regulated by PDTC(pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate),is a specific inhibitor of NF-?B.The purpose of our study was to explore the impact of inhibiting expression of NF-?B on radiation-induced apoptosis of uterine cervix cancer HeLa cells.Methods:Inhibition of NF-?B in HeLa cells was performed by treatment with 100 ?mol/L PDTC for 2 hours.Cells were irradiated at 0,2,4 and 6 Gy with or without PDTC.The expression of NF-?B in nuclear was determined by western blot,and apoptosis was evaluated by using the TUNEL assay.Cell proliferation was evaluated by using MTT assay.Results:NF-?B activation was induced by radiation and inhibited by PDTC.Inhibition of radiation-induced NF-?B activation resulted in inhibiting cell proliferation(P

Purpose To screen and identify T cell lymphoma invasion and metastasis 1 (Tiam1) related genes and expression profile during distant metastasis of colorectal cancer. Methods Colorectal cancer( CRC) in a mice model was established by intraperitoneal injection of dimethylhydrazine ( DMH) . Five panels of fresh primary tumor tissues from Tiam1 transgenic mice were collected and com-pared with that from wild type mice. Differentially expressed genes were detected by Affymetrix human genome-wide expression profile chip and verified by real-time quantitative PCR ( qRT-PCR) analysis. Results The genechip result showed that 794 genes were differ-entially expressed by at least 3 folds in Tiam1 transgenic mice with distant metastasis of colorectal cancer tissue, including 400 up-regu-lated and 394 down-regulated ones. Bioinformatics analysis and gene co-expression network building identified 3 genes (PIK3R5, FIGF and RPS6KA6) with specific expression in colorectal cancer tissue with distant metastasis, and this result was confirmed by qRT-PCR. Conclusion A specific Tiam1 gene expression profile related to colorectal cancer distant metastasis has been established through screening and identifying the genes related to Tiam1 by gene chip technique. These findings provide a basis for exploring the molecular markers of colorectal cancer with distant metastasis.

Objective To explore the community elderly depression effect on quality of life and provide the basis for the elderly mental health intervention. Methods Adopting stratified random sampling method, using the SF-12,CES-D and psychological capital questiennaire of elder to survey among 500 community elderly people and established the structural equation model. Results The age, degree of education, income situation, depression and the old psychological capital of the community elderly can be used to predict the quality of life, can explain 88.6%variance of life quality(P<0.05);depression on quality of life has a direct effect of-0.21(P < 0.05); depression through psychological capital indirect effect on quality of life for-0.64(P<0.05). Conclusions The elderly depression through psychological capital intermediary effect on the quality of life.

Objective: To study the curative effects of Rupixiao Grains on mammary hyperplasia rats and provide the bisis for the wider use. Methods: The model of mammary hyperplasia were established with estrogen and progestogen, the changes of nipple appearance and pathological tissue of mammary gland on morphologic change were observed. The E2, P and PRL of serum were determined. Results: The treatment groups of high and middle dose of Rupixiao Grains can siginifi cantly reduce the diameter and height of nipple in rat mammary gland hyperplasia models(P

Objective To investigate the clinical significance of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of simple polyhydramnios . Methods 186 singleton pregnancies cases of inpatient and outpatient diagnosed with simple polyhydramnios were divided into three groups with a two-dimensional semi-quantitative method ,separate amniotic fluid index (AFI)> 20cm (A group) ,separate maxi-mum amnionic fluid volume(AFV)>8 cm(B group) ,AFI≥20 cm and AFV≥8 cm(C group) ,and the changes were dynamically monitored .Results Occurrence rates of persistent polyhydramnios and fetal malformations in C group was higher than in the other two groups ,and the difference showed no statistical significance(P<0 .05);No correlation was found between recurrent polyhydr-amnios and fetal malformation among these three groups(P>0 .05);Among the 84 .4% of simple polyhydramnios ,no fetal malfor-mation was found .Conclusion Ultrasound diagnosis of simple polyhydramnios shows clinical value in assessment of fetal malfor-mation ,fetal outcome ,perinatal morbidity and prognosis ,and is good for prenatal counseling and treatment .

Objective To explore the effect of Tiam1 overexpression on the biological behaviors of human colorectal cancer cells ( CRC ) . Methods The human CRC lines under the established stable overexpression of Tiam1 were studied. Cell morphology was detected before and after transfection by commassie blue staining and scanning electron microscope. The proliferation in vitro of CRC was tested by cell cycle, MTT and plate colony formation assay, the migration and invasion ability of CRC was tested by Transwell assay. The proliferation ability in vivo was studied by induced subcutaneous tumors of nude mice. Results Compared with HT29/mock cells, HT29/Tiam1 cells formed as spindle, the pseudopodia increased and elongated. The proportion in S phase of HT29/Tiam1 was higher (t=19.546, P=0.000), the proliferation ability enhanced (F=177.125, P=0.000), colonies formation ratio increased ( t = 3 . 222 , P = 0 . 032 ) . The number of HT29/Tiam1 cells acrossing the microporous membrane (t = 4.832, P=0.001)and Matrigel(t=3.779, P = 0.005)all raised. On the fifteenth day, the growth deference between the HT29/Tiam1cells and HT29/mock cells in nude mice in vivo occurred. Till the thirtieth day, the size of the tumors in HT29/Tiam1 cell group were 2.3 times as large as that in HT29/mock cell group (F=53.040, P=0.002). Conclusions Tiam1 stable overexpression can promote the proliferation, migration and invasion ability of CRC which indicates its important role in carcinogenesis and evolution of colorectal cancer. Tiam1 may represent a new therapeutic target for colorectal cancer.

Objective To investigate the effects of butylphthalide on brain edema,blood-brain barrier permeability and RhoA expression in cortex in focal cerebral infarction in rats.Methods A total of 220 male Sprague Dawley rats were divided into a control,a model and a butylphthalile group (40 mg/kg,once a day,gavage) according to the random number table method.A model of rat focal cerebral infarction was induced by photochemical method.At 3,12,24,72,and 144 h after modeling,wet-dry weight method and Evans blue extravasation method were used to detect the brain water content and blood-brain barrier permeability.At 24 h after modeling,immunohistochemical staining and Western blot were used to detect the expression of RhoA protein in the periinfarction cortex.Results Compared to the control group,the brain water content (except at 6 h) and blood-brain barrier permeability in the model group and the butylphthalide group were increased significantly (all P ＜ 0.05).The immunohistochemical staining and Western blot suggested that the RhoA expression in the periinfarction cortex was upregulated significantly (all P ＜ 0.05).Compared to the model group,the brain water content and blood-brain barrier permeability at different time points in the butylphthalide group were decreased significantly (all P ＜ 0.05).The expression levels of RhoA were also decreased significantly (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Butylphthalide may reduce the brain edema of focal cerebral infarction in rats,inhibit disruption of the blood-brain barrier,and down-regulate the expression of RhoA.

Background The light damage model of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells is a research direction of retinal degeneration diseases,and RPE cell apoptosis induced by light damage and inflammation is an important pathologic basis of light-induced RPE cell damage.However,whether endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) paticipates in light-induced RPE cell damage is rarely reported.Objective This study was to explore the effects of ERS on light-induced RPE cell damage.Methods Human RPE cell line (ARPE-19) was cuhured,and light damage models were created by irradiating the cells for 3-,6-,12-and 24-hours with white fluorescent lamp with the intensity of (2 000±500)lx for the selection of optimal irradiating time,and the cells in the normal control group were cultured in the dark environment.The cells were divided into normal control group,light exposure group and 4-phenylb utyric acid (4-PBA) pretreated +light exposure group.The cells from 4-PBA pretreated +light exposure group were cultued firstly with 4-PBA for 30 minutes and followed by light exposure for 12 hours.The apoptisis rate of the cells and intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) content were detected by flow cytometry;the concentrations of interleukin 1β (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in the cell supernatant were assyed by ELISA.The relative expressing levels of activating transcription factor 6 (ATF-6),C/enhancer binding protein homologous protein (CHOP) and caspase-12 mRNA and protein in the cells were detected by real-time quantitative PCR and Western blot,respectively.Results The cultured cells showed a long spindle shape,the border was not clear,the cytoplasm was degranulation,and the cell fragments increased.Flow cytometry showed that compared with the normal control group,the ROS content in the cells and the apoptosis rate were evidently increased with the lapse of light exposure time (F=763.00,119.30,both at P＜0.01).ELISA results showed that the concentrations of IL-1β and TNF-α in the cell supernatant were significantly higher in the light exposure 6-hour group than those in the normal control group with the peak value in the light exposure 12-hour group.Compared with the normal control group,the relative expression levels of ATF-6,CHOP and caspase-12 mRNA and protein in the cells were elevated in the light exposure group and peaked in the light exposure 12-hour group.In addition,the relative expression levels of ATF-6 mRNA,CHOP mRNA and caspase-12 mRNA in the cells were significantly reduced in 4-PBA pretreated+light exposure group compared with the light exposure group (F=281.69,473.88,308.45,all at P＜0.01),and their proteins were also significantly reduced (F =47.86,57.93,106.59,all at P ＜ 0.01).The apoptosis rate,concentrations of IL-1β and TNF-α in the cell supernatant were significantly reduced in 4-PBA pretreated+light exposure group compared with the light exposure group (F =88.64,245.47,101.01,all at P＜0.01).Conclusions The light exposure at (2 000 ± 500)lx induces intracellular ROS accumulation and activates the ERS response,which results in apoptosis and inflammatory process of human RPE cells.4-PBA,a inhibitor of ERS,can suppress light-induced ERS response and therefore reduces the apoptosis rate and inhibits inflammatory process.

Objective To evaluate the effect of the setup error on the dosimetric verification for the nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients and cervical carcinoma patients treated with volumetric modulated are therapy (VMAT).Methods VMAT plans for 10 cervical cancer patients and 10 nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients were transplanted into the Delta4 phantom and calculate the dose,next,implement the treatment on the Varian iX linear accelerator.on the Varian iX linear accelerator.To simulate the setup error by moving the treatment couch in,out,up,down,left,right by 3 mm,5 mm,7 mm.Thereby study the effect of the setup error on the pass rate of the dose verification.Results The results for the dose distribution using the gamma evaluation method showed that the pass rate (3％/3 mm) was less than 90％ when the setup error were greater than 3 mm and 5 mm for the nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients and the cervical carcinoma patients.The pass rate of head direction were (64.7 ± 8.2) ％ and (63.3 ± 3.6) ％ on setup error of 5 mm and 7 mm for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients and cervical carcinoma patients,respectively.Conclusions Setup error has great effect on the dose verification of the VMAT plans,the greater of the setup error,the lower of the pass rate.The setup error of head direction is more sensitive than other directions especially.

Objective To compare the effects of combination of maternal hydration and hands and knees posture with simple hands and knees posture on correction of breech pregnancy. Methods One hundred patients who were diagnosed breech pregnancy from November 2015 to November 2016 were assigned to experimental group and control group with 50 cases each according to individual willingness. The patients in experimental group received the combination of maternal hydration and hands and knees posture;while the patients in control group received simple hands and knees posture. Results Amniotic fluid index was (18.94±2.44)cm in experimental group and (15.97±2.33)cm in control group, the difference had statistic significance (t=6.239, P<0.05). The effective transfer rate and successfully used time was 92%(46/50) , (2.10 ± 0.75) weeks in experimental group and 64%(32/50), (4.27 ± 0.98) weeks in control group, the difference had statistic significance (χ2=11.422, P<0.05; t=-12.463, P<0.05). For primipara and multipara, the effective transfer rate was 90.91%(30/33), 16/17 in experimental group, and 68.75%(22/32), 10/18 in control group, the difference had statistic significance (χ2=4.986, 6.806, all P<0.05). The rate of vaginal and cesarean section deliveries was 86%(43/50), 14%(7/50) in experimental group, and 56%(28/50), 44%(22/50) in control group, the difference had statistic significance(χ2=10.928, P=0.001). Patients who had fetal movement or who didn′t have time to do correction or missed was 17.10%(46/269), 1.49%(4/269) in experimental group, and 12.55% (22/255), 7.06% (18/255) in control group. Conclusions @Therapic effects of combination of maternal hydration and hands and knees posture is much better than that of the simple hands and knees posture therapy on correction of breech pregnancy, which is worthy of popularization and application in clinic.