The changes of zine content in serum and feces observed after intragastric administration of a certain dose of dithizone to the pregnant rats in their third trimester for one week, and the developing status of brain of their pups were studied. The result showed that the total fecal exerction of zine during 24 hours increased and serum zine content decreased significantly aftcr continual administration of dithizone for one week in maternal rats. It suggested that dithizone may be used for making animal model of zine deficiency. The body and brain weights, brain protein content and RNA/DNA ratio of the newborn delivered by the zine-deficiency maternal rats decrcased significantly. This indicates that the maternal zine dificiency in third trimester gives side effects on the development of their fctal brain.

Background and purpose:Hsp90 is cell chaperone protein that interacts with many proteins,but itself can not degrade its client proteins.Hsp90 inhibitor can inhibit tumor cell proliferation,induce cell apoptosis,cell growth arrest and increase the degradation of Hsp90 client proteins like Survivin.In order to explore the co-effects of Hsp90 inhibitor 17-AAG and Survivin on LoVo cells and the possible mechanisms,we observed the effects of 17-AAG on proliferation and cycles of LoVo cells and the protein level of Survivin.Methods:LoVo cells were treated with 17-AAG.The cell proliferation inhibition rate was evaluated by MTT assay.The cell cycle was detected by ? ow cytometry.The expression of Hsp90 client protein Survivin was detected by Western blot.Results:17-AAG time-dose-dependently inhibit the proliferation of LoVo cells,after 100 ng/ml,500 ng/ml and 800 ng/ml 17-AAG exposure for 24 hrs,the cell proliferation inhibition rate was 21.00%,40.81%,60.34% respectively,after exposure for 48 hrs,the cell proliferation inhibition rate was increased to 27.29%,48.17%,80.97% respectively,after exposure for 72 hrs,the cell proliferation inhibition rate was to 34.45%,67.81%,88.42%;17-AAG arrested cell cycle,when LoVo cells were exposed to 100 ng/ml 17-AAG for 72 hrs,the cell ratio of G0/G1 phase was(61?3)%,when to 500 ng/ml for 72 hrs,cell ratio of G0/G1 phase was increased to(74?3)%,compared to(48.2?0.8)% LoVo cells without 17-AAG(P

In ultrastructural level, this paper shows that the pig bile extracts and its effective constituent, the sodium deoxycholate, could fragment the Trichomonas vaginalis in vitro, The flagellum and caudal projection were splitted up; the plasma membrane, the intracellular membrane system, such as the limiting membranes of hydrogcnosome, phagosome and nuclear envelope were injured too; and cytoplasm was condensed, even the whole body was fragmented. The mechanism of the effeces is probably due to the fact that the surface activity of the drugs accelerated degradation of lipids which are made of the biomembrane system of human trichomonas vaginalis.

This experiment has proved that bolbostemmosaponin and its constituents A and D have relatively powerful spermatocidal effects. They can kill all spermatozoa in a moment at the concentrations of 0.04%, 0.04% and 0.03% respectively. These spermatocidal agents mainly distroy the biomembrane system of sperm. Using the fixed gelatin membrane technique proved that all of them can strongly inhibit tne activity of a single sperm acrosin at the concentration of 0.05%.

Mandelic acid(MA). the hydrolysate of a compound extracted from the leaves of prunus Persica B, possesses a strong spermicidal effect in vitro. In this experiment. the International Planned Parenthood Federation screening method for spermicides was used. Dilutions of MA, between 0.8mg/ml and 3.3mg/ml, totally immobilized human spermatozoa in less than 1 min. When the lowest spermicidal concentrotions of MA and boric acid against human spermatozoa were compared, it was found that MA was 40 times more potent than boric acid.

Objective To investigate the efficacy of photodynamic therapy(PDT) for tumor diagnosis.Methods A total of 1 400 patients with the cervix of uterus disease,56 patients with gullet disease,133 patients with stomach diseases,37 patients with urinary bladder tumor and 14 patients with brain tumor underwent diagnosis with PDT,combination of He-cd laser,Ar+ laser,and KTP laser.Results All of the patients could be explicitly diagnosed by this method,which indicated that PDT helped greatly in early tumor diagnosis. Conclusion PDT can be an effective diagnostic method for tumors of early stage,and should be widely applied clinically.

Schizophrenia is a serious mental disease. The diagnosis of schizophrenia so far relies heavily on subjective evidence, including self-reported experiences by patients, manifestations described by relatives, and abnormal behaviors assessed by psychiatrists. The diagnosis, monitoring of the disease progression and therapy efficacy assessment are challenging due to the lack of established laboratory biomarkers. Based on the current literature, clinical consensus, guidelines, and expert recommendations, this review highlighted evidence-based potential laboratory biomarkers for the diagnosis of schizophrenia, including genetic biomarkers, neurotransmitters, neurodevelopmental-related proteins, and intestinal flora, and discussed the potential future directions for the application of these biomarkers in this field, aiming to provide an objective basis for the use of these biomarkers in the early and accurate diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis and rehabilitation assessment of schizophrenia.