Adult ; Cardiac Catheterization ; Female ; Heart Septal Defects ; therapy ; Humans

Objective To study the regulation of quorum sensing molecule tyrosol and farnesol on biofilm formation of Candida albicans. Methods Candida albicans biofilms of clinic isolates and standard strain SC5314 were built when quorum sensing molecule existed. And inverted microscope was used to observe the morphology of C. albicans cells. RT-PCR and MTT assay were carried out to investigate the effect of quorum sensing molecule on expression of the two genes (HTA1 and EFG1) and cytoactive. Results Tyrosol could not promote hyphae development and cytoactive of C. albicans biofilms. The expression of HTA1 of C. albicans in biofilms was up-regulated by tyrosol but EFG1 was not. The inhibitory effect of farnesol on hyphae development, cytoactive and gene expression were not changed by addition of tyrosol. Conclusion Tyrosol can make C. albicans biofilms active in early stage. But when tyrosol and farnesol were simultaneously added, the effect of tyrosol were masked by farnesol. And C. albicans cells were more sensitive to farnesol than to tyrosol.

Aim Vascular endothelial cell growth inhibitor(VEGI) is a recently discovered novel member of the TNF superfamily,which is expressed predominantly in endothelial cells.As an endothelial cell-specific negative regulator of angiogenesis,the relationship between structure and function of VEGI is not understood at present.Methods In order to explore the functional key amino acids of VEGI,four mutants of VEGI(E45→R,G47→A,Y111→F,Y111→T) were construced by site-directed mutagenesis,and recombinant proteins were generated from E.coli.Four mutant proteins behaved similar to the wild type VEGI in various physico-chemical assays.The proliferation of HUVEC and chick choriallantic membrane assay were performed to study the activity of four mutants.Results The mutant E45→R significantly decreased the biological activity,and the mutant G47→A caused a slight drop on activity,but the mutants Y111→F,Y111→T almost completely abolished biological activity.Conclusion It suggests that Y111 is an important residue in biological activity,which may play a direct role in receptor recognition.Moreover,the tyrosine ring and hydroxy group of the amino acid are important determinant of biological activity.Additionally,E45 also plays an important role in biological activity of VEGI.

Objective To establish the quality standard of Jiangzhi Fugan Capules. Methods TLC was used to the qualitative identification of Paeoniae Radix Rubra and Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma. The contents of Paeoniflorin and Tanshinone ⅡA were determined by HPLC. The HPLC separation was performed on Phenomenex C18 column (4.6 mm×250 mm, 5 μm), with methanol-0.1% phsophonic acid (31∶69, 75∶25) as mobile phase, and the flow rate was 1.0 mL/min. Results The results of TLC showed that relevant spots were clear without interference against the negative sample. The calibration curves for Paeoniflorin and Tanshinone ⅡA were found to be liner within the range of 0.448-4.48μg, 0.057 6-0.576μg, respectively. The correlation coefficients were 0.999 4 and 0.999 5, respectively. The average recoveries were 99.93%and 99.75%, with RSD of 1.98%(n=9) and 1.70%(n=9), respectively. Conclusion The method is accurate, reliable, stable, rapid, and reproducible, and can be used for the quality control and evaluation of Jiangzhi Fugan Capules.

Objective To establish the quality standard for Jinyin Lidan Oral Liquid. Methods Artemisiae Scopariae Herba, Taraxaci Herba, Aurantii Fructus and Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus in Jinyin Lidan Oral Liquid were identified by TLC. The contents of naringin and neohesperidin were determined by HPLC. The HPLC separation was performed on Phenomenex C18 column (4.6 mm × 250 mm, 5 μm) with the mobile phase of methanol-0.1% phsophonic acid solution and gradient elution. The UV detection wavelength was 254 nm;flow rate was 1.0 mL/min;column temperature was 25 ℃. Results The results of TLC showed that relevant spots were clear, with strong specificity, without interference of negative sample. The calibration curves for naringin and neohesperidin were in good linearity in the range of 0.56-5.60μg (r=0.999 9) and 0.38-3.80μg (r=0.999 8), respectively. The average recoveries were 99.86%and 98.95%with RSD of 2.04%and 2.45%, respectively. Conclusion The qualitative and quantitative determination method is simple, accurate and reliable, with good stability and reproducibility, and can be used for the quality control of Jinyin Lidan Oral Liquid.

Objective:To investigate the optimal water extraction process of Jinyin Lidan oral liquids. Methods:An orthogonal de-sign was used in the extraction optimization using the yield and content of chlorogenic acid,narigin and neohesperidin as the evaluation indices and the volume of water,extraction times,extraction time and soaking time as the influencing factors. The contents of chloro-genic acid,narigin and neohesperidin were detected by HPLC to screen the best extraction technology. Results:The best water extrac-tion conditions were as follows:the amount of the added water was 8 times of the medicinal materials,the soaking time was 1 h,and the decoction was carried out twice with the duration of 1. 5 h for each. Conclusion:The process is stable and reasonable,which pro-vides research foundation for the production and quality control.

Magnetotactic bacteria can orient and migrate along ambient geomagnetic field lines because of their intracellular magnetic particles ( referred as magnetosomes) , which comprise nanometer-sized, membrane-bound crystals of the magnetic iron minerals. Magnetosome formation is a mineralization process with very strict biological controls over the accumulation, transportation and nucleation in the cell. This paper describes the current progresses of magnetosome formation and the function of proteins involved in this biomineralization process.

Aim To screen out the antigenic sequences from HCV core protein random peptide libraries displayed on phage and to explore a new way to screen the viral antigens. Methods The anti-HCV core antibody-positive serum was used to screen antigenic peptides from the HCV core protein random peptide libraries displayed on phage for 4 rounds. Detection of numbers of positive clones, positive rate of insertion of HCV random DNA and positive rate of hybridization with HCV core probes were used to evaluate the screening effects. The DNA sequences of 7 selected clones with positive hybridization were determined and analysed. Results Six out of 7 sequences are HCV core protein sequences, in which 5 were perfectly displayed,and one was possibly displayed. These sequences included several major HCV core antigenic epitopes. The remaining one was E.coli nrfa gene. Conclusion The phage display technique can be applied to study the viral antigenic peptides with the advantages of simple, accuracy and rapidity.

AIM: To observe the influence of gold nanoparticles combined with Endostar (AuNPs-Endostar) on the melanoma lung metastasis of mice and the underlying mechanism.METHODS: C57BL/6 mice (n=24) were selected for constructing the model of spontaneous lung metastasis of melanoma B16-F10 cells.Subsequently, the mice were randomly divided into Endostar group, AuNPs group, AuNPs-Endostar group and model group.After the formation of melanoma, the mice in each group were injected with different drugs through tail vein for 0.1 mL daily.After 9 d, the mice were narcotized for cutting the tumors in situ.After the operation, they were raised for 2 weeks before killed for obtaining the lung tissues to observe the situation of the metastasis.HE staining was utilized for observing the necrosis status of the tumors in situ, while immunostaining was applied for testing the expression of CD31, carbonic anhydrase-IX (CA-IX), vimentin and zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) in the tumors.RESULTS: Compared with model group, the pulmonary metastasis in the groups with medical treatment was obviously reduced.In AuNPs-Endostar group, the metastasis inhibition rate was the highest, and the tumor necrosis was also decreased obviously, with the significant reduction of CD31, CA-IX and vimentin expression in the tumors and significant increase in ZO-1 expression.CONCLUSION: Compared with using Endostar or AuNPs alone, the combination of AuNPs with Endostar significantly improves the curative effect of inhibiting the pulmonary metastasis of melanoma in the mice.The mechanism may be related to reducing the tumor angiogenesis, norma-lizing the blood vessels and improving tumor hypoxia, thus inhibiting the tumor epithelial-mesenchymal transition, increasing the tight junctions between tumor cells and decreasing the invasiveness.

Objective To compare the treatment effect of autologous blister skin grafting with ReCell autologous chromocyte grafting on cicatricial depigmentation caused by deep burn.Methods Thirty-four patients with cicatricial depigmentation caused by deep burn who were admitted into hospital from May 2012 to February 2015 were included in this study.The total 61 depigmentation areas were randomly divided into two groups;32 areas from 18 patients were treated with autologous blister skin grafting,and the other 29 areas from 16 patients were trea-ted with ReCell autologous chromocyte grafting.In the autologous blister skin grafting treated group,epidermis from the depigmentation area was removed by grinding with a BY-II AM type epidermal graft vitiligo treatment equipment.Then the autologous blister skin was harvested with the suction blistering method and grafted onto the wound of depigmentation area.In the ReCell autologous chromocyte grafting treated group,split-thickness skin flap was harvested by electric dermatome.Then the donor skin was processed into chromocyte suspension with the ReCell assay kit and evenly sprayed onto the depigmentation areas.The wound healing time and the pigment recovery 3 months after surgery were observed.Results The wound healing time of autologous blister skin grafting treated group was significantly shorter than that of ReCell autologous chromocyte grafting treated group (P <0.05 ).The effective rate of pigment recovery 3 months after surgery in autologous blister skin grafting treated group was markedly higher than that of ReCell autologous chromocyte grafting treated group(P <0.05 ). Conclusion The autologous epidermal grafting treatment using grinding and suction blistering method is simple and easy to perform,marked-ly effective,with no suture scar and low surgical risk,thus serving as a promising and ideal therapeutic method for burn scar depigmentation.