1.Effect of umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cell transplantation on remaining myocardial tissues of dogs with acute myocardial infarction
Nan MA ; Hong ZHONG ; Dehai CHEN ; Yu JIN ; Genfa SHAN
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2007;11(46):9404-9407
BACKGROUND: Cell apoptosis and ventricle reconstitution following myocardial infarction are of mutual cause-effect, and they cause vicious cycle. How to reduce the apoptosis events following myocardial infarction is one of keys to saving heart function.OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cell (UCBSMC) transplantation on remaining myocardial tissue of dogs with acute myocardial infarction.DESIGN: A randomized controlled observation.SETTING: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Xinhua Hospital.MATERIALS: This study was carried out in the Central Laboratory of Xinhua Hospital from October 2005 to May 2007.Thirty-six adult hybrid dogs, male and female in half, were provided by the Animal Experimental Center of Xinhua Hospital.METHODS: Thirty-six dogs were divided into cell transplantation group and control group, with 18 dogs in each according to table of random digit. Mesenchymal stem cells were isolated from the umbilical cord blood of full-term pregnant hybrid dogs, cultured and amplified. Then, they were labeled with Laz gene, in vitro induced with 5-azacytidine, and transplanted into the dogs with acute myocardial infarction in the cell transplantation group. Rats in the control group were injected with the same amount of normal saline. Each dog was euthanized by anesthesia for harvesting myocardial specimen 1,4 and 8 weeks after transplantation.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ① Remaining and apoptosis index detected by TUNEL method. ② Myocardial cell volume and histomorphology detected by confocal microscopy. ③ Histological change of myocardial collagen network detected by haematoxylin-basic fuchsin-picric acid staining.RESULTS: Thirty-six involved experimental dogs all entered the stage of final analysis. ①The apoptosis index in the cell transplantation group was significantly lower than that in the control group 1, 4 and 8 weeks after cell transplantation (P <0.05). ② Myocardial cell volume in the cell transplantation group 1, 4 and 8 weeks after cell transplantation was significantly larger than that in the control group (P < 0.05). ③ Collagen fiber in the myocardial tissue of dogs in the cell transplantation group was arranged in order and regularly, and in contrast that in the control group was not, and fibers in the control group fused partially.CONCLUSION: UCBSMC transplantation reduces the apoptosis of myocardial cells, promotes the hypertrophy of remaining myocardial cells, regulates myocardial collagen network and improves heart function.
3.Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in gram-negative bacilli isolated from lower respiratory tract of patients in Respiratory Intensive Care Unit for 5 consecutive years
Feng YE ; Shu-Qing ZHONG ; Jin-Ping YUAN ; Ling YANG ; Nan-Shan ZHONG ;
Chinese Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 2007;0(05):-
Objective To investigate the changing pattern of antimicrobial resistance among gram-negative bacilli isolated from respiratory intensive care unit (RICU) for rational use of antimicrobial agents.Methods Antimicrobial susceptibility of 1 047 isolates of gram-negative bacilli from 2000 to 2004 was tested by disk diffusion method.WHONET 5.3 software was used to analyze the data.Results The most common pathogens were Pseudomonas aeruginosa (42.9%),Stenotrophomonas malto- philia (17.1%),Acinetobacter baurnannii (10.0%) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (6.5%).The susceptibility rate of P.aerug- inosa was relatively higher to ceftazidime (50%-74%),amikacin (33.3%-81.0%),piperacillin-tazobactam (30.4%-64.6%) and cefoperazone-sulbactam (33.5%-47.5%),while the susceptibility to imipenem decreased.The susceptibility rate of S. maltophilia was relatively higher to cefoperazone-sulbactam (47.2%-78.6%) and ticarcillin-clavulanic acid(28.3%-86.6%). More than 90% of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates were susceptible to imipenem.The susceptibility rates of K.pneumoniae to imipenem and cefepime were 92.9%-100% and 55.6%-80.0%,respectively.The susceptibility rate to piperacillin-tazobac- tam decreased from 58.3% to 21.7%.The prevalence of extended-spectrum?-lactamases (ESBLs) in K.pneumoniae increased from 11.1% in 2002 to 47.8% in 2004.Conclusions Most pathogens show significant resistance to the most commonly used an- tibiotics.It is very important to select antibiotics for the treatment of infections in ICU based on the results of susceptibility.
4.Analysis of Genotypes and Drug Resistance of Extended-Spectrum-Lactamases-Producing Strain in Pat-hogenic Gram-Negative Rod in Infection of Newborn in Guangzhou
zeng-huang, XIAO ; qing-zhong, XIAO ; dan-hong, SU ; nan-shan, ZHONG
Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 1986;0(02):-
Objective To investigate the distribution,drug resistance characteristics and genotypes of extended-spectrum-lactamases (ESBLs)-producing strain in pathogenic gram-negative rod in infection of newborn in Guangzhou.Methods The standard was performed by the production for ESBLs by phenotypic screening and confirmatory test provided by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards in 2001.The method of polymerase chain reaction(PCR) amplification was perbonmed and DNA sequences were analyzed by ESBLs gene sequencing.Results Total of 71 un-repicated and consecutive Gram-negative bacilli were isolated from 13 hospitals in Guangzhou,and the prevalence of ESBLs-producing clinical Gram-negative isolates was 59.2%(42/71).The PCR results showed that most pathogenic bacilli which infected newborn could be separated two or more genes of ESBLs.The type of TEM,SHV,CTX-M1,CTX-M9,OXA was 35.6%, 26.7% ,10.9%,24.8%,2.0%,respectively.The result of drug resistance monitoring showed that pathogenic gram-negative bacillui which infected newborn were Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumonia mostly.Most parts of them were drug fast and even multidrug resistant to the commonly used antibiotics.The sensitive drugs were lmipenem(the rate of sensitivty 100%),cefoperazone/sulbactam(87.3%),piperacillin/tazbatam(85.3%),ceftazidime(82%),aztreonam(82%),cefepime(81.8%).Conclusions In Guangzhou,the incidence rate of ESBLs-producing strain are very high inpathogenic bacilli which infected in newborn and is multidrug resistance.The genetypes of produced ESBLs are TEM,SHV,CTX-M1,CTX-M9,OXA.
5.Effects of prenatal hypoxia on renin-angiotensin system in plasma and liver of offspring rats
Caiping MAO ; Tingting ZHONG ; Nan CHEN ; Shan JIANG ; Xiangwei ZHANG ; Li CAO
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2016;32(7):975-979
Aim To study the effects of prenatal hy-poxia on the risk of fatty liver disease to search the drug targets .Methods Intrauterine hypoxia rats model was established .The bodies and livers of fetal rats of 21 days, and adult offspring rats of 5 months with and without anoxic treatment were all weighed .The liver index was calculated and the concentrations of renin-angiotensin system components in circulation system and livers of offspring rats were measured .Results The weight of the bodies , livers and index of liver weight to body weight ( liver index ) were significantly decreased in the PH group compared with the normal group.These differences disappeared in adulthood . However, the liver index of adult offsprings in the PH group after hypoxia stress for 7 days was significantly increased compared with that of adult offsprings in nor-mal group.There were no significant differences in the concentrations of AngⅠ, AngⅡ and ACE in plasma and livers between the two groups of fetal rats and the two groups of adult offspring rats separately .The con-centrations of AngⅡ in the livers of adult rats in PH group were significantly higher than those in normal group.The concentrations of AngⅠ in livers and the concentrations of AngⅡ in plasma and livers in the group treated with hypoxia stress for 7 days were signif-icantly higher than those without hypoxia stress .The concentrations of ACE in livers and the concentrations of AngⅡ in plasma and livers in PH adult offsprings were significantly higher than those of normal adult off-springs .Conclusion PH can induce the increase of RAS content in the livers of fetus and adult rats , RAS is more likely to be activated after hypoxia stimulation in the following adulthood .PH is a potential mecha-nism that mediates offspring susceptibility of fatty liver .
6.The preliminary study on molecular biologic staging of non-small cell lung cancer lymph nodes
Yuan QIU ; Jian-Xing HE ; Han-Zhang CHEN ; Lin-Hu GE ; Xin XU ; Nan-Shan ZHONG ;
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2006;0(08):-
Objective To analyze negative lymph nodes of 34 non-small cell lung cancer(NCLC) patients with total correction by means of fluorescent quantitation PCR and immunohistcchemistry,and to form molecular bi- ology staging.Methods Clinical data and tissue samples of 193 lymph nodes were collected from 34 patients under- going resection for non-small cell lung cancer.Using fluorescent quantitation reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) and immunohistochemistry method,lymph nodes were examined for CEA gene mRNA,P53 and CK to form molecular biology staging.All the patients were followed-up for an average of forty months.Results The CEAmRNA was identified in 21.7% (42/193) lymph nodes negative patients from 17 patients(17/34,50%); TMN staging was up-regulated in 8 patients;positive lymph nodes were increased in 9 patients.P53 and AE1/AE3 were identified 9.8%(19/193) from 11 patients,18.6 % (36/193)from 15 patients,separately;TMN staging was up-regulated in 2 patients of P53 examination and 5 patients of AE1/AE3 analysis;positive lymph nodes were in- creased in in 7 patients of P53 examination and 11 patients of AE1/AE3 analysis.There was obvious statistical sig- nificance in them,but the molecular biology staging based on the three markers was not an independent factor on re- currence and metasis of lung cancer.Conclusion CEAmRNA.P53 and AE1/AE3 analysis could find lung cancer micrometasis more sensitively to form molecular biology staging which was relative to the prognosis,but not an inde- pendent prognostic indicator.It might be good to the therapy strategy after operation.
7.Diagnostic significance of differential cell count in induced sputum to chronic cough
Wei LUO ; Ru-Chong CHEN ; Chun-Li LIU ; Ke-Fang LAI ; Nan-Shan ZHONG ;
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2001;0(03):-
Objective To explore the diagnostic significance of differential cell count in induced sputum to chronic cough and assessment of airway inflammation.Methods The sputum of 335 chronic cough patients were induced.Differential cell counts were measured in these samples.The side effects were observed during the induced procedure.The final diagnosis was made based on clinical manifestation and examination findings including pulmonary function tests,provocation test,induced sputum cell differentials, etc.Results The cause of chronic cough was defined in 322 patients.The six most important causes of cough were typical asthma(TA,n=84),eosinophilic bronchitis (EB,n=62),atopic cough (AC,n= 42),cough variant asthma (CVA,n=40),gastroesophageal reflux cough(GERC,n=37),rhinitis and/ or paranasal sinusitis (PNDs,n=32),and others and indefinite cause (n=25,13).Percentage of eosinophils were significantly increased in the induced sputum of AC,EB,CVA,and GERC patients (0.005,0.052,0.059,0.234) compared with those in other causes and the healthy controls (0) (P
8.Activation of NF-?B in airway epithelial celland modulation mechanism of NAC
Hong-Ying MO ; Nan-Shan ZHONG ; Jing-Ping ZHENG ; Qi-Cai LONG ;
Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2000;0(03):-
Aim The expression of NF-?B activation and the effect of antioxidant (N- acetylcysteine, NAC) on NF-?B activity in human airway epithelial cell was assessed. Methods Using the TNF-?,the airway epithelial cell strains of normal subject(16HBE) and tumor patient (H292) was activated and using Western-Blot and ELISA the expression of NF-?B and IL-8 were detected. Results It was found that the activity of NF-?B could be stimulated by the TNF-? and increase with the amount of TNF-? with the peak occurring at 2 to 4 hours after stimulation and then decreasing at six hours. At the same time, the level of IL-8 was elevated, but decreased with inhibition of NF-?B activity by NAC, that means the action of NAC has a dose-dependent effect. Conclusion NAC not only blocks the signal transmission activated by NF-?B, but also anticipates the transcription modulation of expression of many cell factors and inflammatory mediums. It suggests that NAC may play a role in the anti-inflammatory treatment of respiratory diseases.
9.Prediction of the possible tertiary structure alterations of p53 protein following point mutation in p53 gene condon 282 in lung cancer cells.
Chang-hu DU ; Jun XU ; Nan-shan ZHONG
Journal of Southern Medical University 2006;26(10):1458-1459
This study was carried out to predict the possible tertiary structure alterations of p53 protein after point mutation of p53 gene condon 282 in lung cancer cells based on the latest 3D structure analysis platform series of Phyre software. It was found that the p53 gene condon 282 mutation (Arg/Leu) may destabilize the H2 helix and DNA binding in the major groove by compromising the contacts of p53 protein with the beta-hairpin of DNA binding surface.
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10.Effects of umbilical cord blood endothelial progenitor cell transplantation on angiogenesis following myocardial infarction
Bo LI ; Hongguang ZHAO ; Hong ZHONG ; Ruijun LIU ; Nan MA ; Genfa SHAN ; Ju MEI ; Fuxian ZHANG ; Guoqing LI
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2009;13(27):5375-5379
BACKGROUND: Endothelial progenitor calls are the cells that can form new blood vessels in the way of angiogenesis in the body,which updates the conventional theory of angiogenesis, vascular damage and repair after birth and provides new ideas for research and treatment of ischemic diseases.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of dog umbilical cord blood endothelial progenitor call (UCB-EPC) transplantation on angiogenesis after myocardial infarction.DESIGN, TIME AND SETTING: An in vivo cytological experiment was performed at the Laboratory Center of Xinhua Hospital between May 2006 and March 2007.MATERIALS: One full-term pregnant hybrid dog was included for preparation of UCB-EPCs. Thirty-six adult dogs were randomly divided into a cell transplantation group (n = 18) and a model control group (n = 18).METHODS: Acute myocardial infarction model was established in each group by ligation of antedor descending coronary artery.In the cell transplantation group, 2 mL physiological saline containing 5×10<'6> BrdU-labeled EPCs was injected into the coronary artery, while in the model control group, simple physiological saline of the same amount was given. At 1,4, and 8 weeks after transplantation, dogs were sacrificed for harvesting myocardial tissue.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Myocardial infarction was confirmed by hematoxylin-eosin staining. Myocardial angiogenesis was observed by BrdU immunohistochemical staining. The number of infarcted myocardial vessels was calculated by yon Willebrand (vW) factor staining.RESULTS: There was plenty of scar tissue, flbroblasts, and small vessels in the myocardial infarction region. In the cell transplantation group, brown yellow particles (BrdU-positive expression) appeared in some nuclei in small vessels from infarcted myocardium. Newly formed vessels were not found in the model control group. In the cell transplantation group, brown yellow particles (vW factor-positive expression) appeared in the cytoplasm of the vascular endothelial cells in the myocardial ischemia and infarction regions, vW factors were not expressed in the model control group. At 1, 4, and 8 weeks after myocardial infarction,there was no significant difference in vessel counts no matter in myocardial ischemia region or in myocardial infarction region between the call transplantation and model control groups.CONCLUSION: EPCs derived from UCB of pregnant dog can participate in the formation of blood vessels but can not promote angiogenesis after acute myocardial infarction.