OBJECTIVE: A im To investigate the role of qercetin(Que) -induced autophagy in the death of hepatocellular carcinoma cell line SMMC-7721 cells. METHODS: After treatment with different concentration of Que, the growth inhibition of the SMMC-7721 cells were assessed by MTT colorimetric assay. The fluorescent staining was applied to identify the autophagy after Que treatment. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) leakage and Western blot analysis were used to study the autophagic mechanisms involved in death of SMMC-7721 cells. RESULTS: The proliferation of SMMC-7721 cells were significantly inhibited in a dose and time-dependent manner after Que treatment. Autophagy was also induced in MCF-7 cells as detected by MDC staining and Fluorescent staining in the early phase. The autophagy specific inhibitor 3-MA or chloroquine potentiated Que's cytotoxicitiy in SMMC-7721 cells when administered 1h before Que; The expression of cathepsin B increased after Que treatment. CONCLUSION: Que can significantly inhibit the growth of the SMMC-7721 cells by inducing the autophagy, which is a protection mechanism that can reduce the cytotoxicity induced by Que in SMMC-7721 cells. The activation of Cathepsin B is considerable in autophagy process.

Amphetamine-type stimulants ( ATS ) , a group of new-type synthetic drugs mainly in psychological dependence, are abused more and more severely in recent years. MicroRNAs ( MiRNAs ) are an important class of endogenous non-coding small RNAs that mediate posttranscriptional negatively regulation of gene expression by targeting specific mRNA sequences to in-hibit the translation of mRNAs or degrade the expression of mR-NAs. ATS can induce the changes in the expression of miRNAs in addiction-related brain regions which directly involve in the regulation of ATS-induced addictive behaviors. Therefore, to study the regulatory role of miRNAs in ATS-induced addiction has important implications for dependent mechanisms of new-type drugs and the discovery of the new targets of drug actions.

Objective To establish the methods for controlling quality of Yiqi Congming Pills, and to improve the quality standard for the pills. Methods Yiqi Congming Pills were sampled from the products of 3 mainpharmaceutical companies in China market, 2 batched from each company. Radix Puerariae, Radix Astragali, Fructus Viticis, Cortex Phellodendri Chinensis, Radix Codonopsis in Yiqi Congming Pills were observed under microscope for microscopic identification. Radix Astragali, Rhizoma Cimicifugae, Radix Paeoniae Alba, and Cortex Phellodendri Chinensis were identified by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) for qualitative differentiation. The contents of puerarin and paeoniflorin in Yiqi Congming Pills were determined by high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC). Results The microscopic characteristics of Radix Puerariae, Radix Astragali, Fructus Viticis, Cortex Phellodendri Chinensis, Radix Codonopsis in the pills were obvious and were easy for discrimination. The spots in thin-layer chromatography (TLC) chromatograms of Radix Astragali, Rhizoma Cimicifugae, Radix Paeoniae Alba, and Cortex Phellodendri Chinensis were clear without interference of negative reference. Puerarin had a good linearity in the range of 0.00112~3.50676μg, and the average recovery rate was 98.2%(sR=1.4%, N=9 ). Paeoniflorin had a good linearity in the range of 0.00333 ~ 3.328 μg, and the average recovery rate was 98.4%(sR = 1.8%, N = 9). Great differences existed in the contents of puerarin and paeoniflorin of Yiqi Congming Pills from the three pharmaceutical companies. Conclusion The established qualitative and quantitative methods are of accuracy, credibility and repeatability, and are effective for controling the quality of Yiqi Congming Pills.

Objective To investigate the changes of serum leptin levels and the influential factors in maintenance peritoneal dialysis patients.Methods Seventy-six peritoneal dialysis patients were chosen at the time before,and 3 months,6 months,12 months,18 months and 24 months after they began the peritoneal dialysis therapy,to examine body mass index (BMI),triceps skinfold thickness (TSF),abdominal circumference,homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR),the plasma lipid profile,and leptin in the same situation.Results For 24 months,these patients showed higher serum leptin level than the values before commencing peritoneal dialysis treatment (P ＜ 0.01).The level of leptin was positively correlated with the BMI(r =0.412,P ＜ 0.01),TSF(r =0.308,P ＜ 0.01),abdominal circumference(r =0.284,P ＜ 0.01),HOMA-IR(r =0.184,P ＜ 0.01) and TG(r =0.288,P ＜ 0.01),negatively corelated with the high-density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C)(r =-0.285,P ＜ 0.01).Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that BMI (β =0.339,P ＜ 0.01),TGβ =0.157,P ＜ 0.01) and HDL (β =-0.126,P ＜ 0.05)were significant predictive factors for the changes of serum leptin levels.Conclusion Leptin maybe involve in the occurrence and the development of cardiovascular events like other metabolic parameters in peritoneal dialysis therapy.

ObjectiveTo investigate the social and family support in the recrudescent schizophrenia. MethodsThe Social Support Scale and The Family Environment Scale were adopted in the 71 patients with recrudescent schizophrenia. Other 49 non-recrudescent patients were adopted as control. ResultsAs compared with controls, the scores of recrudescent schizophrenia in external support, social support, familiarity and expressiveness were obviously lower, while the scores of the conflict and the control were higher. Logistic regression showed the familiarity was the protective factor, while conflict and control were risk factors of recrudescence. ConclusionThe patients with recrudescent schizophrenia get lower social and family support which might play an important role in the recrudesce of the schizophrenia.

This paper was mainly on pesticide degrading microorganisms. The major pesticide degrading bacteria were Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Flavobacterium, Alcaligenes, Arthrobacter, etc. The major pesticide degrading fungi were Aspergillus,Pinicielium, Rhizopus, Trichoderma, Fusarium, etc. The major pesticide degrading actinomycetes were Nocardia, Streptomyces, etc.

Objective To study the influences of polysacch arides(PS)from Radix Codonopsis on immune function and hematopoiesis in mice.Methods Several experiments have been condu cted for detecting delayed type hypersensitivity(DTH),hemolysin antibody concentration,endogenous spleen colony,3 H-TdRpermeate nuleated cells in bon e marrow.Results By oral administration,PS from Radix Codonopsis can promote the humoral immunity and PS at a small dosage en-hance the cellular immunity.PS from Radix Codonopsis can also elevate the hemoglobin cont ent of the hemolysis -induced blood -deficiency mice and increase the formation of endogenous spleen c olony,but has less effect on DNA synt hesis in the bone marrowof blood -deficiency mic e caused by 60 Co -?ray.Conclusion PS from Radix Codonopsis can enhance the im-mune function and improve the compen satory hematopoiesis of spleen and t heir mechanisms need to be further studied.

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness and side-effects of antithymocyte globulin(ATG) and antilymphocyte globulin(ALG) in nonmyeloablative stem cell on transplantation complication.Methods Fourteen cases of hematologic malignancies and 11 cases of sever aplastic anemia(SAA) were treated with allogenic bone marrow transplantation or cord blood haemopoietic stem cell transplantation based on ATG/ALG.Five patients with malignant hematonosis were received donor lymphocyte infusion(DLI) after transplantation.The protocols for graft-versus-host disease(GVHD) prophylaxis consisted of Cyclosporin A(CSA) and methotrexate(MTX) for malignant hematonosis patients or CSA and methylprednisolone(MP) for patients with SAA.Results Three patients had not evidence of engraftment and died from infection at early stage.Other patients recovered haematopoiesis.The mean time of ANC more than 0.5?10~9/L and Plt more than 20?10~9/L were 12.1(3～29) and 20.1(5～79) days posttransplant respectively.Three patients achieved donor complete chimera(CC).Five malignant patients with transient mixed chimerism(MC) grdually converted into complete chimerism by DLI post transplant.Nineteen patients achieved MC and four of them coverted into donor haematopoietic cell complete chimerism.There was no aGVHD in early stage post transplant.There were 1 patient with Ⅰgrade aGVHD,3 with Ⅱgrade aGVHD,2 with skin local cGVHD and 2 with extensive cGVHD after DLI,respectively.There were 2 patients with bacteria infection complications,4 with virous infection and 5 with fungal infection.All patients complicated with chills and fever in the use of ATG and ALG.Conclusion Treatment with ATG and ALG is safety and tolerant for the patients,and can enhance the engraftment of haemopoietic stem cell and decrease the aGVHD.

Background and purpose:Edible fungi has shown powerful potential in health care. This study aimed to explore the anti-tumor and immunoenhancement effects of combination of extraction from edible fungi. Methods:C26 cells has been xenografted into mice, and the animal models were randomly divided into control group, prevention group, treatment group and cyclophosphamide group. Mice were given the combination of extraction from edible fungi every day after vaccination of C26 cells into mice, except the prevention group which has been given the combination of extraction from edible fungi two weeks before vaccination. Two weeks after being planted, all the mice were killed and the tumor inhibition rates were studied. The immune function was measured by T lymphocyte transforming assay and NK killing assay. Results:There were signif icant difference in terms of tumor weight between prevention group and control group. The prevention group mice display improved T lymphocyte transforming assay and NK killing ability. Conclusions:The combination of extraction from edible fungi has remarkable inhibitory effects on C26 carcinoma in mice and can enhance immunity against mice with C26 carcinoma.

Objective To investigate the change of extracellular histone level as well as the mecha-nism of the cytotoxicity of extracellular histones on vascular endothelial cell in sepsis. Methods Septic chil-dren admitted to PICU in Shanghai Children′s Medical Center between January 2010 and December 2014 were included in the present study. According to the diagnostic criteria of sepsis,the patients were divided into the sepsis group(51 cases) and the severe sepsis group(79 cases),with healthy children as the control group (108 cases). Patients in the severe sepsis group were further divided into the survival group(45 cases) and the non-survival group ( 34 cases ) based on 28-day mortality. The plasma concentration of extracellular histones in these children was determined and its correlation with the severity of sepsis was analyzed. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVECs) were incubated with calf thymus histone(CTH) at various con-centrations(0,50,100,200 and 300μg/ml) or different time periods(200μg/ml,0,5,15,30,45 and 60 mi-nutes) . The treated cells were subject to flow cytometer to measure the cell survival rate and scanning/trans-mission electron microscopy to observe their morphological changes. Western blot was used to detect the ex-pression of IκB and phosphor-p38/p38 in nuclear factor ( NF )-κB and mitogen-activated protein kinase ( MAPK) signaling pathways,while ELISA was used to determine the levels of tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-6. Results The levels of circulating histones in the septic children(2. 29 ± 1. 00) and severe sep-tic children ( 19. 17 ± 10. 20 ) were significantly higher than that of healthy controls ( 0. 23 ± 0. 26 ) ( P <0. 001),and the histone levels in the severe septic children were even higher(P<0. 001). Among the chil-dren diagnosed as severe sepsis,the level of circulating histones in the non-survivors was significantly higher than that in the survivors(29. 47 ± 5. 99 vs. 10. 94 ± 2. 68,P<0. 001). The survival rate of HUVEC gradually decreased along with the increase of CTH concentration or the treatment period in vitro. Data from electron microscopy showed that CTH treatment could directly disrupt the plasma membrane of HUVEC. Histones could also activate NF-κB and MAPK pathways,leading to the release of large amount of tumor necrosis fac-tor-α and interleukin-6. Conclusion The levels of extracellular histones in the septic children are correlated with the severity of sepsis. CTH can induce HUVEC death in a dose-and time-dependent manner. Extracellu-lar histone-induced endothelial dysfunction may mediate the progression of sepsis and such cytotoxicity might be due to the destruction of endothelial cell membranes and activation of the NF-κB and MAPK signaling pathways.