Objective To investigate the molecular mechanism of metformin. Methods The changes of protein expression of IRS-1 in liver, skeletal muscle and adipose tissues after treatment with metformin for OLETF rats, a model of spontaneous type 2 diabetes mellitus, were measured by Western blot analysis, and compared with those before treatment. Results 22 weeks after the treatment with metformin, the protein expression of IRS-1 was significantly increased in liver (P0. 05) ;and the protein expression of IRS-1 in adipose tissue was significantly decreased (P

Objective To investigate the effects of transfection of chemokine receptor CXCR4 antisense-RNA on the functional expression of VEGF-C mRNA and the invasive ability of colon cell line HT-29 in vitro.Methods PCR primers were designed according to the coding sequence of CXCR4 gene.EcoR Ⅰ and BamH Ⅰ recognition sequences and cutting sites were added to the 5' end of the antisense primer.The purified PCR fragment was retro-inserted into the cloning site of eukaryotic expression vector pcDNA3.1(+).The pcDNA3.1(+)for CXCR4 antisense-RNA was transfected into colon cancer HT-29 cells by liposome transfection.The expression of VEGF-C mRNA was detected by RT-PCR.The expression of CXCR4 protein was determined by Western blot.At the same time,cell growth kinetics was assessed by MTT assay,and in vitro invasive ability was assessed with Boyden chamber.Results CXCR4 antisense-RNA recombinant was successfully constructed.The expression of VEGF-C mRNA in antisense-CXCR4 transfected(HT-29tran)group decreased by 54.2%,while the expression of VEGF-C mRNA in vacant-transfected(HT-29KZ)group only decreased by 9.4% campared with non-transfected(HT-29)group.The difference between the two groups mentioned above was remarkable(P

Objective To study the influence of unilateral and bilateral amplification on the effect of hearing aid evaluation .Methods Using the subjective method that International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA) and objective method that medium acoustic intensity (65 dB SPL) word recognition score(WRS) to evaluate the effect of unilateral and bilateral hearing aid fitting of middle -aged severe sensorneural hearing loss .Results Hearing aid were used for severe sensorneural hearing loss and the improvement of monosyllables and sentences in quiet and noise test of unilateral were 35 .73% ,43 .15% ,43 .23% ;the improvement of monosyllables and sentences in quiet and noise test of bilateral were 37 .90% ,51 .33% ,54 .86% .The WRS of bilateral was higher than unilater-al .The score of IOI-HA was 15~37 ,meaning patients with severe sensorneural hearing loss were satisfied with hearing aid ,and there was no statistical significance between unilateral and bilateral fitting .Conclusion The bilat-eral hearing aid fitting was better than unilateral .Binaural hearing loss are recommended to fit bilaleral hearing aids .

OBJECTIVE： To confirm the efficacy and safety of latanoprost in treating glaucoma.METHODS： In a double blind， randomized control clinical trial， we compared the efficacy and adverse drug reactions of once daily topically applied 0.005％ latanoprost with those of twice daily 0.5％ timolol for 12 weeks in patients with open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.RESULTS： The study included 46 patients（22 pts.randomized to latanoprost treatment， 24 pts.to timolol） ， 46 patients remained at the end of the study.Comparing with baseline diurnal intraocular pressure（IOP） ， the IOP reduction（mean±standard deviation） achieved with latanoprost（7.86±2.39） mmHg， （31.1％， P<0.001），and timolol（6.24±2.58）mmHg （24.9%，P<0.001），the difference between the two groups（1.62mmHg） being significant（P<0.01）. Two patients treated with latanoprost had foreign body sensation. No other ocular and systemic adverse reactions related to the two drugs were found. CONCLUSION: The results of this study demonstrated that 0.005% latanoprost applied once daily is well tolerated and more effective in reducing IOP than 0.5% timolol applied twice daily. Thus, latanoprost has the potential for becoming one of the ideal antiglaucoma drugs.

Objective To study the characteristics of liver injury induced by simvastatin combined with HRZ (Isoniazid,Rifampicin and Pyrazinamide) in SD rats.Methods Fifty-four 8-week-old SD rats were randomly divided into 3 groups:group A (control),group B (HRZ) and group C (simvastatin combined to HRZ),half of each group were male.We calculated the accurate dose respectively before those rats were given intragastrical administration of corresponding drugs.Six rats were killed in each group on 10th,20th and 40th day,respectively.Before this,blood was fastened from femoral of every rat that would be killed to test liver function,liver tissue slices were made in order to observe the pathological characteristic.Results Alanine amiotransferase of group C elevated in line with time and reached statistic difference on 40th day,furthermore,it was significantly higher than group A (P＜0.05).Total bilirubin and direct Bilirubin of group C were significantly higher than those of group A from the beginning to the end (P＜0.05),however,they declined rapidly on 10th day,this trend also had statistic difference (P＜0.05) At the end of this experiment,hepatic cords was disordered slightly,but swelling liver cells and vacuolar degeneration were observed,the nuleus of cell condensed.Soakage of monocytes,neutrophils,and lymphocytes occurred in the portal and lobule regions,or even spotty necrosis occasionally.Conclusion Cholestasis occurs at the early stage when simvastatin is combined with HRZ in SD rats,however,it has a rapidly degressive trend.In contrast,Alanine amiotransferase elevates,furthermore,pathological injury or even spotty necrosis can emerge in liver tissue slices.

Objective To explore the clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of Kawasaki disease in neonates. Methods The diagnosis and treatment of incomplete Kawasaki disease in one case were retrospectively analyzed. The related literatures were reviewed. Results Male infant had persistent fever with rash at 26 days after birth. The anti-infective treatment was ineffective. No abnormality was found in the first coronary artery ultrasonography. However, coronary artery dilatation was confirmed by ultrasonography after skin peeling at fingertips. After the treatment of gamma globulin and aspirin, the symptoms of fever and rash were improved. The left dilated coronary artery returned to normal after 3 month. The size of coronary artery and the corresponding indexes were normal in 6-months, 1-year and 3 year follow-ups. Conclusion Neonatal Kawasaki disease is rare and atypical.

The levels of protein expressions o f insulin receptor substrate-1 and -2 (IRS-1 and IRS-2) in abdominal subcuta neous adipose tissue from type 2 diabetic patients were measured by Western blot technique. The expression of IRS-1 protein was reduced and the expression of I RS-2 protein was unchanged in adipose tissue of type 2 diabetic patients. IRS- 2 may be the main docking protein and one of the factors causing hyperinsulinemi a and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Objective To investigate the risk factors for early postoperative cognitive function in the patients with peritoneal surface malignancies after cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intra-peritoneal chemotherapy(CRS-HIPEC).Methods Fifty-one patients(21 men and 30 women), ranged from 25 to 65 years,42-80 kg,ASA Ⅰ-Ⅲ,undergoing CRS-HIPEC under combined intrave-nous-inhalational anesthesia,were studied.Patients were assigned into postoperative cognitive dys-function (POCD)group or non-POCD group according to their performances of visual verbal learning test,concept shifting task,letter-digit coding test and stroop color-word test 1 day before operation and 7 days after operation.Years of education,medical history,duration of operation,intraoperative blood loss,frequency of cardiovascular events,amount of fluid infused per hour and VAS scores were recorded.Venous blood samples were taken at five time points:before surgery(T0 ),30 minutes after the beginning of the procedure(T1 ),30 minutes after the beginning of HIPEC(T2 ),at the end of the surgery(T3 )and 24 hours after the surgery(T4 ),to determine the concentration of serum amyloid A (SAA).pH,PaCO 2, Hb,blood glucose were recorded at T0-T2.Then the data was statistically analyzed.Results According to the diagnostic criteria,twenty patients developed POCD 20 (39.2%). There were significant differences between POCD and non-POCD groups on age,gender, pre-operative complications and the origin of tumor(P <0.05).The concentration of SAA increased from T2 and reached the peak at T4 ,and SAA concentration for patients in POCD group was higher than that for patients in non-POCD group(P <0.05).Compared with non-POCD group,the levels of blood glucose were significantly increased in POCD group at T2 (P <0.05).Conclusion CRS-HIPEC resul-ted in exaggerated and prolonged inflammatory response.Advanced age,female,diabetes,hyperten-sion,peritoneal carcinomatosis from ovarian cancer and endometrial cancer are associated with early POCD in the patients undergoing CRS-HIPEC.

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Objective To observe the role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the plasticity of enteric nervous-smooth muscle system,and to investigate the effects of BDNF induced plasticity on gastrointestinal motility in mice.Methods Male hybrid BDNF knockout (BDNF+/) mice and wild type (BDNF+/+) mice were selected,eight in each group.Gastrointestinal motility of BDNF+/+ mice and BDNF+/ mice were tested and compared.Longitudinal muscle strips of mice colon smooth muscle were prepared.The effects of carbachol (1 × 10 5 mol/L) and BDNF (1 × 10 7 mol/L) on contractile function of muscle strips were observed.And the effects of tetrodotoxin (TTX,1 × 10-6 mol/L) on BDNF induced contractile function of muscle strips were also studied.The changes of the density of mice intestinal myenteric plexus and the expression of smooth muscle α-actin (α-SMA) in colon smooth muscle were detected by immunohistochemical techniqne.The ultrastruetural alterations of myenteric plexus,neuromuscular junction (NMJ) and smooth muscle cells were detected by transmission electron microscope (TEM).T-test or Rank sum test was performed for comparison between groups.Results Number of feces particles and water content in feces of BDNF+/-mice ((3.80±0.75) and (39.60±1.47)％) were both lower than those of BDNF+/+ mice ((6.30± 1.03) and (51.00± 1.61) ％),and the differences were statistically significant (t=4.792,12.827;both P＜0.05).Carbachol (1 × 10-5 mol/L) could significantly increase contraction activity of smooth muscle of BDNF+/+ mice (R =3.26 ± 0.43) and BDNF+/-mice (R=2.15 ± 0.36),and the difference was statistically significant (t=15.754,9.632;both P＜0.05).The effects on contraction exciting of smooth muscle strips of BDNF+/+ mice were more significant than BDNF+/ mice,and the difference was statistically significant (t =5.972,P＜0.05).BDNF could significantly increase contraction of muscle strips of BDNF+/+ mice and R value increased from 1 to 1.41±0.09,and the differences were statistically significant (t=13.674,P＜0.05).TTX could obviously inhibit the excitatory effects of BDNF,R value decreased from 1.41 ± 0.09 to 1.03 ± 0.04 (t=11.692,P＜0.05).The density of myenteric plexus of BDNF+/ mice (median 5.8％,interquartile range 4.2％-7.0％) was significantly lower than that of BDNF+/+ mice (median 9.0％,interquartile range 7.1％-10.8％),and the difference was statistically significant (Z =3.730,P＜ 0.05).The expression of α-SMA of BDNF+/-mice (median 33.4％,interquartile range 28.8％-38.5％) was significantly lower than that of BDNF+/+ mice (median 44.6％,interquartile range 39.2％-48.8％),and the difference was statistically significant (Z=4.565,P＜0.05).The results of TEM indicated ultrastructural alterations of myenteric plexus,NMJ and smooth muscle in BDNF+/-mice.Conelusionss BDNF could induce the plasticity of morphology and function in enteric nervous-smooth muscle system,which may play an important role in mice gastrointestinal motility.