Objective To investigate the effect of tonic pain stimulation on the attention network test (ANT) . Methods Twenty healthy males recruited from university were enrolled in this study, and laboratory pain was induced by cuff pressure stimulation on the upper arm. All subjects performed the task separately under pain, no-pain and pressure conditions. The reaction time and accuracy rate of the ANT were quantified. The subjective pain perception was assessed by the short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire ( SF-MPQ) . Results Across three conditions, the executive network showed significant pain effect (F = 76.31 , P< 0.001) : no-pain condition at (92.51 ±35.71 )ms, pressure condition at (94.06 ±25. 28) ms, pain condition at ( 120.24 ± 18.21 )ms. Furthermore, the average reaction time and the A-scores (i. e. affective words) in SF-MPQ caused by pain was positively correlated ( r = 0.11, P = 0.03) . Conclusion Pain can result in deficit in the executive network for attention regulation. The negative affections caused by pain can interfere with attention.

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the inhibitory effect of high mobility group chromosomal protein N2 (HMGN2) on human tongue carcinoma tumor in nude mice.

METHODSA transplantation tumor model in nude mice was constructed by injecting Tca8113 cells. After a week, negative control groups, masculine control groups, and HMGN2 groups were established. Cell culture of the three groups were separately injected with washing buffer II, cis-dichlorodiamineplatinum (DDP), and HMGN2 protein. The tumors were moved after four treatments, and then analyzed by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining.

RESULTSA transplanted tumor model was established successfully. The volumes of HMGN2 groups and masculine control groups were smaller than those of the negative groups. Mouse weight did not differ among the three groups. Average tumor weight of the negative group was (0.38 +/- 0.19)g, that of the HMGN2 group was (0.21 +/- 0.15)g, and that of the DDP group was (0.23 +/- 0.16)g. These factors indicated no statistically significant difference among the three groups. The tumor inhibitory rate of HMGN2 group was 45.71%, and that of the positive group was 39.44%. Based on evaluation by naked eye, the tumor in the negative group was larger than that in other groups. In addition, cell necrosis was observed during HE staining.

CONCLUSIONHMGN2 could significantly inhibit growth of the transplanted tumor in nude mice.

Animals ; Carcinoma ; Cell Line, Tumor ; High Mobility Group Proteins ; Humans ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Mice, Nude ; Neoplasm Transplantation ; Tongue Neoplasms