Objective ToexploretheapplicationofVasoCT,astentimagingtechnique,instent-assisted coilaneurysmembolization.Methods Twentyconsecutivepatientswith23intracranialaneurysmswere treated with stent-assisted aneurysm embolization in the General Hospital of Armed Police Forces from December 2013 to November 2014 were enrolled. The patients performed VasoCT scan immediately after procedure. Then all the available images were used for stent-optimized reconstruction respectively. Under the XpertCT mode,the available images were observed with both volume imaging and maximum intensity projection. The available images were analyzed and they were divided into very clear,less clear,and not clearaccordingtothestentdevelopingclarity.Results Ofthe22aneurysmstreatedwithstent-assisted embolization,16 were occluded completely,6 were occluded partially. All the stents were expanded completely and were released to the expected locations;11 aneurysm stents developed clearly,9 developed less clearly,and 2didnotdevelopclearly.Conclusion VasoCTcanbeusedinthestent-assistedaneurysmembolization.It can clearly reveal the microscopic structure of the stents,location,relationship with the artery wall,and relationship between stents and coils. The clarity of stent development is associated with the diameters of the packed coils,and the stents are also affected by the metal artifacts projecting direction and the dense degree of the packing coils.

Objective To explore the changes of Beclin-1,P62/SQSTM1,microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3)and unc-51 like autophagy activating kinase 1 (ULK-1)in the brains of the rats in the deve-lopmental stage with epilepsy. Methods Seventy-two male Sprague Dawley (SD)rats aged 21 days were randomly divided into the control group and the epilepsy group. The rats in 2 groups were randomly subdivided into 4 groups according to the time intervals (3 h,6 h,12 h and 48 h),respectively,with 9 rats in each group. The rats in the epilep-sy group were injected with kainic acid (12 mg/kg)to induce epilepsy,and the rats in the control group were injected with equal volume of saline. The rats in 2 groups were anaesthetized and sacrificed. Then,the brain tissues of the rats were quickly removed according to the time intervals. The brain damages were determined by adopting Nissl staining method. The apoptotic cells were detected by Terminal - deoxynucleoitidyl transferase mediated nick end labeling (TUNEL)assays. The expressions of Beclin-1,P62/SQSTM1,LC3 and ULK-1 mRNA levels in cortex were mea-sured by using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR)analysis. Results Nissl staining indicated that many neurons were damaged performing vague outline,irregularly aligned,pyknotic nuclei and shrunken somata in the epilepsy 48 h group. In addition,there was a huge loss of neurons in cortex in the epilepsy 48 h group [(82 ± 8)num-bers],compared with the control group [(122 ± 8)numbers],and the difference was statistically significant (F＝3. 768, P＝0. 01). The apoptotic cells tremendously increased in the epilepsy 48 h group [(13 ± 7)numbers],compared with the control group [(2 ± 1)numbers]by TUNEL analysis,and the diffe-rence was statistically significant (t＝ -3. 821, P＝0. 003). qPCR showed the mRNA levels of Beclin-1,P62/SQSTM1,LC3 and ULK-1 were upregulated in the epi-lepsy 12 h group (1. 70 ± 0. 75,1. 75 ± 0. 77,1. 52 ± 0. 43,7. 48 ± 6. 12)and the epilepsy 48 h group (1. 63 ± 0. 43, 1. 48 ± 0. 74,1. 74 ± 0. 55,7. 69 ± 5. 65),compared with the control group (1. 00,1. 00,1. 00,1. 00),and the differences were statistically significant (F＝2. 820,3. 452,5. 811,5. 002,all P＜0. 05). Conclusion The autophagy activates be-fore apoptosis occurs,and autophagy-related genes probably are involved in epilepsy-induced brain damage.

Objective:To observe the effect of arsenic trioxide (ATO) on the expression of NKG2D ligand UL16 binding protein 1(ULBP1) in acute myeloid leukemia KG1a cells, and explore the molecular mechanism for its regulation of ULBP1 expression.Methods:KG1a cells were cultured in vitro.Then, the inhibition of KG1a cell proli-feration by different concentrations of ATO was detected by cell counting kit-8(CCK8) assay, and the expression of ULBP1 mRNA and surface protein in KG1a cells were examined by real-time RT-PCR and flow cytometry, respectively.After that, the blocking effects of ataxia telangiectasia mutated and RAD3-related kinase (ATM/ATR) inhibitor caffeine on ATO-upregulated expression of ULBP1 mRNA and surface protein expressions were investigated, and the effects of ATO on the expression of CHK1 and CHK2 proteins and their phosphorylation in KG1a cells were observed by Western blot method. Results:Different concentrations (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 μmol/L) of ATO could inhibit the proliferation of KG1a cells, which was concentration dependent, and the half inhibitory (IC 50) concentration to KG1a cells was 2.7 μmol/L.The expression of ULBP1 mRNA on KG1a cells were increased when incubated with ATO at concentration 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 μmol/L, compared without ATO group, ULBP1 mRNA expression level relatively increased respectively to (1.86±0.30) times, (3.02±0.71) times, (3.16±0.75) times, (4.80±0.70) times and (3.70±0.89) times, and the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05). Furthermore, ATO (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 μmol/L) upregulated ULBP1 protein expression on KG1a cells compared with that in the group without caffeine, and the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05). After caffeine pretreat KG1a cell 2 h and ATO incubate KG1a cell 24 h, ULBP1 mRNA and protein expression levels were significantly reduced.When caffeine concentration was 8 mmol/L, ULBP1 mRNA expression level relatively reduces from (9.55±0.38) times to (6.36±0.93) times compared with that in the group without caffeine, and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05). When caffeine concentration was 2, 4 and 8 mmol/L respectively, the expression of ULBP1 protein was reduced from that in the group without caffein treatment (3.50±0.08) times to (2.17±0.07) times, (2.02±0.06) times and (1.75±0.06) times, respectively, and the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05). The expression of CHK1 and CHK2 proteins decreased with the increase of ATO concentration, while p-CHK1 and p-CHK2 are increased as ATO. Conclusions:ATO upregulate the expression of ULBP1 mRNA and protein in KG1a cells, and the ATM/ATR-CHK1/CHK2 pathway may be involved in it.