Objective To investigate the changes of epithelial sodium channel(ENaC) expression and sodium and water transport function in the neonatal rat pulmonary edema induced by hyperoxia.Methods The neonatal rats were randomly divided into the hyperoxia group and the control group.After 1,3,5 and 7 d hyperoxia exposure,the lung tissues were collected to measure the wet-to-dry weight ratio and the expression of α-,β-and γ-ENaC subunits were detected by western blot analysis.Alveolar fluid clearance (AFC) and amiloride-sensitive AFC were measured after 5 d to reveal the effect of hyperoxia on the activity of ENaC.Results The lung water contents significantly increased in the hyperoxia group indicating that pulmonary edemahappened(3 d:(6.37 ±0.64) vs (5.56±0.15),t=3.46,P＜0.01;5 d:(5.86 +0.52) vs (5.11±0.21),t=-3.82,P ＜0.01;7 d:(5.56±0.45) vs (4.80±0.09),t =-4.72,P ＜0.01).AFC increased significantly,but no significant difference was found in amiloride-insensitive AFC between the two groups which indicate that amiloride-sensitive AFC increased significantly (AFC:(20.32 ± 3.33) ％ vs (12.97 ± 2.46) ％,t =-6.16,P ＜ 0.01 ; amiloride-insensitive AFC:(10.42 ± 3.44) ％ vs (8.67 ± 3.13) ％,t =-1.30 P =0.21).The expression of α-,β-and γ-ENaC did not reduced after hyperoxia exposure compared with the control group.Conclusion Although bronchopulmonary dysplasia of early pulmonary edema induced by hyperoxia,dysfunctional transport of Na + may not be a key factor involved in pulmonary edema at the early stage of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

Objective To investigate the effect of hyperoxia on fluid transport by fetal distal lung epithelia(FDLE) and the expression of epithelial sodium channel(ENaC) in these cells.Methods FDLE were isolated and randomized into hyperoxia group and normoxia group,which were primarily cultured under hyperoxic or normoxic conditions,respectively.Fluid transport was measured using monolayers of FDLE cultured on Transwell permeable inserts.Western blot was applied to examine the α-ENaC expression.Results Fluid transport across monolayer of FDLE was increased in cells exposed to hyperoxia compaired with cells cultured in normoxic conditions (1.78 ± 0.19 vs 1.06 ± 0.11,P ＜ 0.001).Amiloride significantly decreased the fluid transport in both of the hyperoxia and normoxia groups,but in the presence of amiloride there were no difference between the two groups.The expression of α-ENaC was inhibited by hyperoxia to some extent(24h:0.44 ±0.04 vs 0.40 ±0.04,P=0.22; 48h:0.35 ±0.03 vs 0.47 ±0.06,P =0.03).Conclusion Hyperoxia enhanced total and amiloride-sensitive fluid transport by FDLE.However,the expression of α-ENaC decreased in these cells.

In the special education field, sports are benefit to body and mental health, and also can improve abilities of taking care by self and adapting society. In this article, the authors summarized both domestic and foreign researches on the problem of intellectual influence of sports activities on mental retardation children, and put forward the future research direction and prospect.

Objective To investigate the effect of hyperoxia on the expression and transport function of epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) in neonatal rat alveolar epithelial type Ⅱ(AT Ⅱ) cells.Methods AT Ⅱ cells were isolated from neonatal rats,and primarily cultured under hyperoxic or normoxic conditions.Western blot was applied to examine the ENaC expression,and the amiloride-sensitive Na + currents were recorded using the whole-cell patch clamp technique.Results Hyperoxia upregulate the expression of β-ENaC and γ-ENaC subunits in the neonatal rat ATⅡ cells(β-ENaC:1 d:0.43 ±0.06 vs0.32 ±0.04,P =0.047;2 d:0.73±0.06 vs 0.50±0.08,P =0.019;3 d:0.72 ±0.08 vs 0.52 ±0.06,P =0.027;γ-ENaC:1 d:0.64±0.05 vs0.53 ±0.05,P =0.044;2 d:0.76 ±0.03 vs 0.52 ±0.04,P =0.001 ;3 d:0.77 ±0.06 vs 0.61 ±0.05,P =0.025).In addition,the amiloride-sensitive Na+ currents in hyperoxia-exposed AT Ⅱ cells were also increased (1d:13.71 ±2.77 vs8.92±1.38,P＜0.001;2d:29.12±11.03 vs 10.41 ±1.80,P＜0.001),which was consistent with the upregulated expression of β-ENaC and γ-ENaC.However,the expression of α-ENaC was inhibited by hyperoxia to some extent (1 d:0.31 ± 0.05 vs 0.46 ± 0.05,P =0.025 ; 2 d:0.30 ±0.01 vs0.38±0.02,P=0.002;3d:0.37±0.06 vs 0.37 ± 0.08,P =0.983).Conclusion Hyperoxia enhanced the transport function of ENaC in neonatal rat AT Ⅱ cells.Dysfunctional transport of Na + may not be a key factor involving in pulmonary edema at the early stage of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

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AIM: To elucidate the in vivo mechanisms of the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCS) in injuried arteries. METHODS: A VSMCS proliferative model was constructed by injury of rabbit iliac arteries with balloon catheters and a probe designed for rabbit platelet-derived growth factor B chain (PDGF-B ) mRNA was used to detect the expression of it by intimal VSMCS on the vascular cross sections using an in situ hybridization technique at the indicated times. The relation of this expression to the proliferation of VSMCS by their expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and vascular intimal areas were estimated. RESULTS: The expression of PDGF-B mRNA of intimal VSMCS was increased when calculating the intimal PDGF-B mRNA positive cells per millimetre area at ?400 magnification with average numbers of 31.93?14.64 in 1 week group, 26 50?9 25 in 2 weeks group and 24 85?13 65 in 4 weeks group. This was in accordance with the expression of PCNA by VSMCS and the increase of intimal areas. CONCLUSION: The local production of PDGF-B by VSMCS via an autocrine mechanism is responsible for the continuous proliferation of these cells and formation of neointima after the injury. The probe designed is very useful for detecting rabbit PDGF-B mRNA.

ObjectiveTo compare the characteristics of urinary function in the patients with spinal cord injury or stroke. MethodsThe urinary diaries of 40 patients with spinal cord injury and 43 patients with stroke during a week were analyzed. ResultsIn the group of spinal cord injury, the average frequency of incontinence was 11 times a day, the average incontinence volume was (180.6±21.4) ml, and the average residual urine volume was (257±86.5) ml, while in the group of stroke, it was 16 times a day（P>0.05）, (298.8±34.6) ml （P<0.01）, and (28.5±18.5) ml （P<0.01）, respectively. Ultrasonic inspection discovered that 12% patients appeared ureterectasia and hydronephrosis in group of spinal cord injury, but none in group of stroke. ConclusionThere is significant difference of urinary dysfunction between patients with spinal cord injury and stroke, which need different management to protect their upper urinary tract.

Objective To explore the clinical application value of virtual touch tissue quantification (VTQ) technique in Hashimoto's thyroiditis(HT).Methods Fifty-three patients with HT and 46 health subjects were examed by conventional ultrasonography and VTQ, their shear were velocity (Vs) was measured.A receiver-operating characteristie(ROC) curve was drew according to Vs which can obtain the value of optimal operating point for diagnosing HT.Results The 2D ultrasonic appearance of 53 cases HT were classified into five species, but there was no significant difference in the Vs (F = 0.424, P = 0.790).The area under the ROC curve was 0.976,which showed a high statistical significances(P = 0.000).ROC curve displayed that Vs of 2.53 m/s could be used to diagnose HT,the sensitivity and specificity were 87％and 100％ ,respectively.Fifty-three patients with HT were classified into three groups according to thyroid function, 10 patients with hyperthyroidism, 25 patients with hypothyroidism and 18 patients with euthyroidism.The Vs of HT among the three groups were no significant difference(P = 0.884), but their Vs were all obviously higher than that of normal thyroid Vs(P = 0.000).Conclusions VTQ technique can evaluate the hardness of thyroid and has some help for differential diagnosis of HT.

Objective To investigate the clinical significance of Notch-1 expression in small cell lung cancer(SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC),and analyze the role of it in prognosis.Methods SP immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of Notch-1 antibody in 43 of SCLC and 40 of NSCLC tissues.Further analysis was carried out to interpret the association of Notch-1 antibody expression with clinicopathological features,lymph node metastasis and prognosis in SCLC.Results The positive rate of Notch-1 expression was 20.93％ ( 9/43 ) in SCLC,while 65.00％ ( 26/40 ) in NSCLC.The expression of Notch-1 antibody was associated with clinical stage and lymph node metastasis ( x2 =5.42,P ＜ 0.05 ; x2 =4.88,P ＜ 0.05respectively),but was not associated with age,sex,tumor location,tumor size ( Ps ＞ 0.05 ).Compared with NSCLC,the expression rates of Notch-1 antibody were significantly higher in SCLC ( x2 =16.50,P ＜ 0.05 ).Kaplan-Meier survival analysis indicated that the survival time of patients with positive Notch-1 expression was significantly longer than that of patients with negative staining( x2 =19.87,P ＜ 0.05 ).Cox regression analysis showed that Notch-1 antibody could significantly reduce the risk of death in patients with SCLC.Conclusion The positive expressions of Notch-1 were significantly different in SCLC and NSCLC,which linked to the clinicalstage,lymph node metastasis and poor prognosis.Accordingly,the expression of Notch-1 may have good value in diagnosis and prognosis.

Objective To investigate the metabolic profile of uric acid and the significance of the altered renal expression of urate trans-porter 1(URAT1) in patients with uric acid nephrolithiasis. Methods The data of 24 patients in our hospital from January 2012 to October 2013 were analyzed retrospectively. Participants in the research were divided into three groups:patients with uric acid nephrolithiasis,other patients with nephrolithiasis and normal participants. The basic clinical data and the related data of uric acid metabolition of participants were collected,URAT1 gene expression in renal tissures of three groups was detected by Real-time PCR technique. All data were statistically ana-lyzed and compared between these groups. Results Uric acid levels in plasma,body mass index and age were significantly higher in patients with uric acid nephrolithiasis than other two groups (P<0. 05),but urine PH value was significantly reduced in patients with uric acid neph-rolithiasis. Urine and uric acid output of 24 hours urine were no significant difference among the three groups (P>0. 05). The result of Real-time PCR suggested that the URAT1 renal expression was significantly higher in patients with uric acid nephrolithiasis than other two groups (P<0. 05). Conculusion Patients with uric acid nephrolithiasis are closely related with hyperuricemia,but unrelated with renal over-ex-cretion of uric acid. The upregulated URAT1 expression in the kidney may be an important molecular mechanism of the clinical features.