Objective To study the effect of WIN55,212-2 on the expression of PGE2 in cultured bovine trabecular meshwork cells(TMCs) and discuss its mechanism of reducing the intraocular pressure.Methods TMCs were obtained through the cultured tissue,bovine TMCs were prmiarily cultured and subcultured.The third generation bovine TMCs were incubated with different dosages of WIN55,212-2 and the supernatant was collected.The concentration of PGE2 in the medium was measured by ELISA method.PGE2mRNA in TMCs was analyzed by RT-PCR.Result PGE2 in the supernatant and PGE2mRNA in TMCs increased depending on the dosages of WIN55,212-2.Conclusion Certain concentration of WIN55,212-2 may promote PGE2 secretion of TMCs,so as to reduce the intraocular pressure.

Objective To explore the optimal time for clinical interventions on full-term or nearterm pregnant women with premature rupture of membranes(PROM). Methods A retrospective study was conducted on clinical data of 903 healthy, full-term or near-term (gestational age ≥ 35 weeks), singleton pregnant women with PROM, who admitted to our hospital from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2009. All subjects were divided into 6 groups: women in group 1 were those fell into spontaneous labor within 6 h after PROM (n=269, 29.8%); women in group 2 were in spontaneous labor between 6 to 12 h after PROM (n= 161, 17.8%) ; women in group 3 were in spontaneous labor at 12 to 24 h after PROM (n = 75, 8. 3%); In group 4 oxytocin was administered for induction for women not in labor at 6 to 12 h after PROM (n= 124, 13.7%) ; Group 5 included those women who were not in labor at 12 to 24 h after PROM and oxytocin induction was offered (n=98, 10. 9%);Group 6 consisted of those women who were not in labor over 24 h after PROM and oxytocin induction was offered (n = 176, 19. 5%). The maternal and neonatal complications and outcomes of all pregnancies were reviewed and compared. Results Among the 903 cases, the total number of women without any medical interventions was 681, among which 505 (74.2%) fell into spontaneous labor, including 430 (63.2%) within 12 h with a cesarean section rate(CSR) of 20.7%(89/430), 75 (11.0%) at 12-24 h after PROM with the CSR of 50.7% (38/75), and 176 (25.8%) did not go into labor spontaneously (group 6) with a CSR of 70. 5% (124/176). (2) Among the 930 women, 398were induced at 6, 12 and 24 h after PROM. The CSR, incidence of intrauterine infection, puerperal morbidity and perinatal mortality rate in group 5 were significantly lower than those of group 6 [CSR:52.0%(51/98) vs 70. 5%(124/176); intrauterine infection: 6. 1%(6/98) vs 22. 7%(40/176);puerperal morbidity: 6. 1% (6/98) vs 19.9% (35/176); perinatal mortality: 7. 1% (7/98) vs 20.5%(36/176),all P＜0. 01], but no difference was found in the incidence of postpartum hemorrhage [1.0%(1/98) vs 4.0%(7/176), P＞0.05]. Conclusions Intervention is not recommended within 12 h after PROM in full term or near term gravidas. However, induction of labor should be offered thereafter. However, the CSR and incidence of maternal and neonatal complications rise up if induction of labor postponed to 24 h after PROM.

Objective To compare the purification process of two types of ceramic hydroxyapatite(CHT I and CHT II)to remove the aggregates from two monoclonal antibodies(mAb 1 and mAb 2).Methods All the chromatography runs were performed on AKTA AVANT 150 with Tricon 10/50 column.The dynamic binding capacity( DBC) of two types of CHT was studied firstly, and then purification research was carried out selecting the suitable DBC.The column was equilibrated with 5 mmol/L sodium dihydrogen phosphate pH 6.5, and then was eluted with gradient buffers which were 10 mmol/L sodium dihydrogen phosphate pH 6.5 and 2 mol/L sodium chloride pH 6.5.Aggregate content in loading and elution pool was evaluated by size exclusion chromatography.Scale-up process was carried on 20 cm height chromatography column XK16/40.Results DBC of CHT I for mAb 1 was 40 mg/mL and mAb 2 was 45 mg/mL.After purity, monomer content of mAb 1 reached 98.6% and yield was 92.5% and monomer content of mAb 2 reached 98.8%and yield was 91.5%.DBC of CHT II for mAb1 was 16 mg/mL and mAb 2 was 20 mg/mL.After purity, monomer content of mAb 1 reached 99.8% and yield was 91.8% and monomer content of mAb 2 reached 99.9% and yield was 92.2%.Conclusion Two types of CHT both can remove aggregates effectively from monoclonal antibodies when aggregate content reaches more than 10%, and results conform to the regulations.CHT I has higher dynamic binding capacity than CHT II, and CHT II is superior to CHT I in removing aggregate efficiency.The purification process is simple and can be easily scaled up in pilot and manufacture.Therefore, it meets the requirement pilot and scale production.

Objective To analyze the value of diffusion weighted imaging ( DWI) in assessing the effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy of uterine cervix cancer .Methods Thirty one patients with LACC confirmed by pa-thology received conventional magnetic resonance imaging and DWI before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy . The variation of DWI image and ADC was evaluated before and after chemotherapy .Results The correlation be-tween maximum diameter of the tumor before treatment (37.10 ±11.23) and pretreatment ADC value (0.83 ± 0.12)was not statistically significant(correlation coefficient r=-0.1746,P=0.3475);the correlation between the maximum diameter of the tumor(24.03 ±5.65)and ADC value(1.10 ±0.16)after treatment was not statisti-cally significant(correlation coefficient r=-0.2077,P=0 2621.);the degree of tumor size before and after the treatment was correlated with the degree of ADC increase (P<0.05);Effective chemotherapy group of 20 cases, invalid group of 11 cases,ADC value of effective treatment group after treatment (0.95 ±0.13) was significantly higher than ADC value before chemotherapy (0.80 ±0.12),the change was statistically significant (P<0.05), while the difference between former ADC value(0.88 ±0.10)and ADC value after treatment(0.95 ±0.13)of in-effective group therapy was not statistically significant (P>0.05).Conclusion DWI sequence may be useful for early prediction and evaluation of curative effect to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for uterine cervical cancer .

ObjectiveTo investigate the prevalence of syphilis among outpatients in sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics in Guangxi Zhnang Autonomous Region,and to assess the socioeconomic and behavioral factors associated with the infection.MethodsThe outpatients to 14 STD clinics in 8 cities of Guangxi Zhnang Autonomous Region were investigated with questionnaires by their doctors at the first visit.Venous blood samples were obtained from these outpatients and subjected to toludine red unheated serum test (TRUST) to screen for syphilis.Treponema pollidum particle agglutination (TPPA) was performed for TRUSTpositive samples.The epidemiological data were collected by using EpiData software,statistically analyzed by using SPSS13.0 software package.ResultsA total of 10 930 STD outpatients were recruited in the study,and 1297 samples were confirmed to be both TRUST and TPPA positive.The prevalence of syphilis was 11.9％ in all of the outpatients,14.3％ in female outpatients and 10.3％ in male outpatients,13.3％ in the outpatients of Zhuang nationality,and 11.4％ in those of Han nationalily.Multivariate analysis showed that syphilis was independently related to female sex[odds ratio(OR) 2.23,95％ confidence interval(CI) 1.69 - 3.00,P＜0.01 ],low educaiion level (middle school:OR 1.70,95％ CI 1.11 - 2.62,P ＜ 0.05; primary school or illiteracy,OR 1.98,95％ CI 1.13 - 3.46,P＜0.05),annual income of more than 30000 Yuan (OR 1.91,95％ CI 1.18 -3.10,P ＜ 0.01 ),commercial sex workers or having multiple sexual partners(OR 1.54,95％ CI 1.16 - 2.06,P ＜0.01 ).ConclusionsSyphilis serology should be the routine test in STD clinical settings in Guangxi region,and the intervention should be enhanced to control the prevalence of syphilis in high-risk populations.

Objective To estimate the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic attendees infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.Methods Totally,11 553 blood plasma samples were collected from STD clinic attendees in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,and subjected to HIV-1 antibody screening and confirmatory testing.Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was performed to detect anti-HCV antibodies in 140 anti-HIV-1 antibody-positive samples and 282 anti-HIV-1 antibody-negative samples from age-and marital status-matched attendees.Chi-square test was performed to assess the differences in the prevalence rate of HCV infection between anti-HIV-1-negative and-positive samples,and Logistic regression analysis to evaluate the risk factors for HCV and HIV co-infection.Results The positivity rate of anti-HCV antibodies was 33.57％ (47/140)among anti-HIV-1-positive samples,significantly higher than that in anti-HIV-1-negative samples (1.06％ (3/282),x2 =94.66,P ＜ 0.05).Logistic regression analysis showed a statistical increase in the prevalence of HCV/HIV co-infection in individuals reporting more than one sexual partners compared with those reporting only one sexual partner (OR =2.4,95％ CI (1.0-5.6),P =0.05),and in intravenous drug users compared with non-intravenous drug users (OR =20.8,95％ CI(5.7-76.5),P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions HCV infection appears to be associated with HIV-1 infection,and comprehensive intervention on HIV-1-infected patients may slow down HCV transmission.

Objective To make a nationwide external quality assessment of serologic tests for syphilis in China,in hope to increase the quality of syphilis serology in laboratories at different levels.Methods From 2006 to 2008,a nationwide external quality assessment scheme was conducted for serologic tests for syphilis in laboratories of some medical and healthcare facilities each year by the Reference Laboratory,National Center for Sexually Transmitted Disease Control,China Center for Disease Control and Prevention.Five quality control samples and corresponding questionnaires were sent to the participating laboratories.Tests were conducted and test results were reported within stipulated time.Subsequently,the test results were statistically analyzed by the Reference Laboratory,and the final results were fed back to all of these participants.Results From 2006 to 2008,the number of participating provinces increased from 17 to 31,and the number of participating laboratories from 23 to 145.Laboratories achieving a full score amounted to 79.9％,36.8％ and 57.6％,and those gaining a score of 80 or greater amounted to 95.7％,88.2％ and 89.7％,respectively,in 2006,2007 and 2008.Conclusion The external quality assessment scheme has enhanced the capacity of participating laboratories for syphilis serology to a certain extent from 2006 to 2008.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the performance of a three-gene typing system in the determination of Treponema pallidum (Tp) genotypes.MethodsTo determine the genotypes of Tp,three targets were assessed,including the number of 60 base-pair repeats,restriction fragment length polymorphism(RFLP) pattem of tprEGJ gene after MseI digestion and the sequence of tp0548 gene.The DNA extracted from the Nichols strain of Tp served as the positive control,and that from the moist ulcer of patients with genital herpes and negative RPR or TPPA test results served as the negative control.To validate the typing method,clinical specimens were collected from the moist skin lesions of patients with primary or secondary syphilis,and subjected to the amplification of polA gene by PCR.The enhanced molecular typing system was used to determine the genotypes of Tp in Tp DNA-positive specimens.ResultsThe Nichols strain harbored a genotype of 14a/a.No amplification of any of the three target genes was found in the negative control.The arp gene,tprEGJ gene and tp0548 gene were amplified from 94.1％,91.2％ and 94.1％ of the 40 clinical specimens,and the genotype was successfully determined by the three-gene typing system for 91.2％ of the clinical Tp strains.The predominant type of arp,tprEGJ and tp0548 genes was 14 repeats,d and f,respectively in these clinical Tp isolates.ConclusionThe enhanced molecular tying method for Tp exhibits high sensitivity,specificity and discrimination potential.

Objective To perform a nationwide external quality assessment for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, and to improve the performance of laboratories in the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis. Methods Totally, 419 quality control samples were sent to tested laboratories, including 76 samples in 2007, 168 samples in 2008 and 175 samples in 2009. The laboratories were required to test the samples and report test results, within stipulated time, to the reference laboratory in National Center for Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The reported results were statistically analyzed by the National Center for STD Control, who finally fed back the statistical results to all of the participants. Results The percentage increased from 84.93% in 2007 to 92.14% in 2009 for laboratories showing an 80% or more consistency with the reference laboratory in the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis from quality control samples (qualified), from 47.95% in 2007 to 70% in 2009 for those showing a 100% consistency (excellent), and dereased from 5.48% in 2007 to 0.71% in 2009 for those showing a consistency of lower than 60% (unqualified). The centralabs of provincial CDC and volunteer laboratories exhibited a satisfactory performance for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, while the performance of a small number of national STD surveillance sites needed to be increase. Conclusion The external quality assessment reveals a continuous improvement in the capability of detecting Chlamydia trachomatis in STD laboratories at different levels in China.

A stable HMG-CoA reductase (HMGR) reaction in vitro was developed by a sensitive, selective and precise liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) method. The optimized enzyme reac-tion condition contained 1.5μg of HMGR, 20 nM of NADPH with 50 min of reaction time. The method was validated by several intra-and inter-day assays. The production transitions of m/z 147.0/59.1 and m/z 154.0/59.1 were used to detect and quantify mevalonolactone (MVAL) and MVAL-D7, respectively. The accuracy and precision of the method were evaluated over the concentration range of 0.005–1.000μg/mL for MVAL and 0.010–0.500μg/mL for lovastatin acid in three validation batch runs. The lower limit of quantitation was found to be 0.005μg/mL for MVAL and 0.010μg/mL for lovastatin acid. Intra-day and inter-day precision ranged from 0.95%to 2.39%and 2.26%to 3.38%for MVAL, 1.46%to 3.89%and 0.57% to 5.10% for lovastatin acid, respectively. The results showed that the active ingredients in Xuezhikang capsules were 12.2 and 14.5 mg/g, respectively. This assay method could be successfully applied to the quality control study of Xuezhikang capsule for the first time.