The cultured human esophageal cancer cell line——Eca109 cells was incubated with the scorpion venom crude (SVC) collected from Buthus Martensii Karshiin Henan Province. The growth inhibition and cytotoxicity of SVC on Eca109 cells were detected. The results showed that Eca109 cell growth was inhibited by SVC. while Eca 109 cells were incubated with SVC for 24, 48, 72hrs. The rates of inhibition were 35.6%, 39.5, 36.9% respectively, the concention of SVC used was 0.017?g/ml. The mitochondrial dehydrogenase of Eca109 cells were also inhibited by SVC, Which had the cytotoxic effect on Eca109 cells. When the concentrations of SVC were 0.017?g/ml, 0.034?g/ml, 0.085?g/ml, the cytotoxicity were 63%, 56% and 59%, respectively. The effect and mechanism of cytotoxicity of SVC on the tumor cells are worth further studies.

Purpose:To investigate the effect of antineoplastic polypeptide from Buthus martensii venom (APBMV) on the cultured human promyelocytic leukemia cells HL 60 and hepatoma cell line SMMC 7721 and hepatoma H 22 bearing mice.Methods:MTT colorimetric method, growth inhibiting test and colony formation assay were used in the in vitro test. H 22 bearing mice were applied in the in vivo experiment. Through measuring tumor growth inhibitory rate(IR),white blood cell (WBC) number and spleen index (SI) ,we explored the influence of APBMV on H 22 bearing mice.Results:APBMV possessed stronger cytotoxicity on HL 60 cells and SMMC 7721 cells, and IC 50 was 10.74 ?g/ml and 11.33 ?g/ml , respectively. APBMV could dramatically inhibit their growths. There were obvious dosage response correlations. The IC 50 of HL 60 and SMMC 7721 at 24h, 48h and 96h were 19.41 ?g/ml, 9.90 ?g/ml, 11.41 ?g/ml and 15.87 ?g/ml, 13.05 ?g/ml, 8.70 ?g/ml, respectively. When the concentration of APBMV exceeded 8 ?g/ml, the colony formation rate of SMMC 7721 cells decreased dramatically ( P 0.05).Tumor growth of H 22 bearing mice was markedly inhibited by APBMV,the growth inhibiting rate was reached 40.30% ( P

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of neuronavigation-guided selective percutaneous radiofrequency aiming at the target point semilunar ganglion in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia.Methods One hundred and forty-seven patients with primary trigeminal neuralgia of both sexes,aged 32-99 yr,with VAS score ≥ 8,were randomly divided into 2 groups:C-arm group (group C,n =72) and neuronavigation group (group N,n =72).Hartel anterior puncture was used and the C-arm guided puncture was performed at the target point foramen ovale in group C.In group N,three-dimensional reconstruction was made after the skull MRI images were transmired to the navigational system of StealthStation,and then the puncture path and point were designed after the target in the trigeminal ganglion was determined.The successful puncture and puncture-and radiofrequency-related complications were also recorded.The VAS scores were recorded at 1 and 7 days and 1,6,12 and 24 months after operation and the analgesic efficacy was evaluated.The therapeutic effect was evaluated by using Barrow Neurological Institute scoring system at 1 and 24 months after operation.Results No puncture-related side effects,damage to the oculomotor nerve or tinnitus developed in group N.The success rate of puncture at first attempt and the effective analgesia rate at different time points after operation were significantly higher,and the treatment effect was better in group N than in group C (P ＜ 0.05).There was no significant difference in the time for location of the nerve and incidence of facial numbness between the two groups (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion Neuronavigation-guided selective percutaneous radiofrequency aiming at the target point semilunar ganglion in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia provides a better efficacy,and a lower recurrence rate and a higher probability of successful puncture,with fewer complications.

AIM: To observe the inhibitory effects of polypeptide from Buthus martensii venom (PBMV) on human tumor cell lines and the influence of PBMV on cell cycle migration, expression of tumor-suppressor gene p53 and the membrane potential of CNE-2Z cells. METHODS: MTT colorimetric method, the colony formation and mitosis index, flow cytometry assay and intracellular recording with glass microelectrodes were used. RESULTS: PBMV had obvious cytotoxicity on several tumor cell lines. The cells grow was inhibited by PBMV, colony formation rate and mitotic index of tumor cells were reduced and the number of polykaryocyte was decreased. CNE-2Z cells in S phase were reduced evidently after they were treated with PBMV (P

AIM: To observe the growth inhibiting effect of antineoplastic polypeptide from Buthus Martensii venom(APBMV)on liver neoplasm METHODS: MTT calorimetric method, trypin blue exclusion,colony formation and H 22 -bearing mouse model RESULTS: The ability to metabolize MTT of SMMC-7721 cells was lower than control distinctly after the cells were treated by APBMV The IC 50 of APBMV was 11 3 ?g/mL The growth of SMMC-7721 cells was inhibited obviously by APBMV and the dose-response relationship was clear, the IC 50 were 15 87 ?g/mL,13 05 ?g/mL and 8 70 ?g/mL respectively The colony formation rate of SMMC-7721 cells was also decreased evidently compared with control when treated concentrations of APBMV were higher than 8 ?g/mL Tumor growth of H 22 -bearing mice was inhibited by APBMV evidently, the growth inhibiting rate was reached 37 31%( P

Adiponectin is an adipocyte-derived secretory protein. It was found to be associated with insulin resistance, inflammation and arteriosclerosis. To further study the biological function and expression of adiponection in vivo, adipoenctin gene knock-out and LacZ gene knock-in mouse model was constructed. Gene targeting strategy was designed to replace part of exon 2 and exon 3 of adiponectin gene with full length LacZ gene in frame with remaining upstream ATG and signal peptide sequence of exon 2. The targeting vector (Adipo-LacZ-XpPNT) was constructed and verified by restriction enzyme digestion and sequencing. CJ7 ES cells were transfected with targeting vector linearized by NotⅠ digestion, selected in the medium containing both G418 and ganciclovoir. Resistant clones were screened by PCR and further confirmed by Southern blot for correct homologous recombinants. Chimera mice were obtained by routing microinjection of homologous recombined ES cells into blastocysts. After mating, mice heterozygous and further homozygous for adiponectin knockout and LacZ gene knock-in were established. Expression of both endogenous adiponectin and exogenous LacZ gene in mouse tissues and sera were detected by RT-PCR, Northern-blot, Western blot and ELISA. The results show that adiponectin was disrupted at both mRNA and protein levels. LacZ gene is expressed exclusively in adipose tissue of mutant mice. Its expression profile is identical to endogenous adiponection. Unexpectedly, LacZ activity could not be detected in both adipose tissue and serum although LacZ protein can be detected in adipose tissue but not in serum of mutant mice. In conclusion, mice homozygous for adiponectin knockout and LacZ gene knock-in have been successfully constructed. Mutant mice display LacZ expression profile identical to endogenous adiponectin albeit neither LacZ activity nor protein can be detected in serum of mutant mice.

Fungal infections are a growing public health threat, especially as the at-risk population for invasive fungal disease expanding and antifungal resistance emerging.In 2022, the World Health Organization released the first fungal priority pathogens list, aiming to encourage countries to strengthen the response to fungal infections.As one of the first countries to issue and implement the National Action Plan to Contain Antimicrobial Resistance in the world, China has attached great importance to the management of fungal infections.A series of actions and efforts have been made, including improving the legal and regulatory system related to the prevention and treatment of fungal infections, strengthening the management of clinical application of antifungal drugs, improving the diagnosis and treatment ability of fungal infections and the standardization of diagnosis and treatment, establishing a monitoring and evaluation system for fungal infections and drug resistance.Initial results have been achieved.In the future, under the guidance of the new national action plan to contain antimicrobial resistance, the level of diagnosis and treatment of fungal infections will be further improved to reduce the occurrence of fungal infections and the spread of antifungal resistance.

Objective: To investigate the expression of circular RNA hsa_circ_0128298 in hepatocellular harcinoma (HCC) and evaluate its function in the growth process of HCC. Methods: qPCR was used to detect the expressions of hsa_circ_0128298 in 50 HCC tissues, corresponding paracancerous tissues and HCC cells. The effects of hsa_circ_0128298 on HCC growth was analyzed by CCK-8 kit, flow cytometry and western blot assays. The values of hsa_circ_0128298 for the diagnosis and prognosis of HCC were assessed by ROC curve and survival curve analyses. Results: Compared with the paracancerous tissues, the expression of hsa_circ_0128298 was significantly increased in HCC tissues ( U =846.0， P =0.005). The area under ROC curve (AUCROC) was 0.661, 95% confidence interval ( CI ) was 0.560 to 0.753, sensitivity was 80.0% and specificity was 50.0%. HCC patients with high expression of hsa_circ_0128298 displayed less overall survival time than those with low expression of hsa_circ_0128298 ( χ 2=6.294, P =0.012). RNA interference of hsa_circ_0128298 (si-hsa_circ_0128298) significantly inhibited HCC cell proliferation and induced cell cycle arrest at G0/G1, and also induced mRNA upregulation and protein expression of cyclin p21. Meanwhile，si-p21 partially reversed the proliferation inhibition and cell cycle arrest of HCC cells induced by si-hsa_circ_0128298, and restore its growth and proliferation potential. Conclusion The highly expressed hsa_circ_0128298 in HCC could promote the growth of HCC by regulating the expression of p21 and promise to be a new target for diagnosis and treatment of HCC.

Objective    To evaluate the data of preoperative aortic root CT angiography (CTA), compare it with two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography and investigate the correlation of the two measurements with the actual intraoperative measurement data. Methods    Clinical data of 53 patients with aortic valve diseases who underwent aortic valve repair in our hospital from January 2018 to August 2020 were retrospectively analyzed, including 38 males and 15 females with an average age of 42.9±18.3 years ranging from 10 to 77 years. Preoperative two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and aortic root CTA measurements were collected, including aortic valve annulus (AVA), aortic sinus (Sinus) and sino-tubular junction (STJ). In comparison with the intraoperative measurements during the aortic valve repair surgery, the consistency analysis was performed. Results    Both the preoperative echocardiography AVA measurements and the CT AVA measurements were positively correlated with the intraoperative AVA measurements (P<0.001). Compared with the echocardiography AVA data [correlation coefficient (ρ)=0.74, mean squared error (MSE)=12.78], the CT AVA data were more accurate and consistent with the intraoperative AVA measurements (ρ=0.95, MSE=2.72). CT AVA data had a higher correlation coefficient with the intraoperative measurements, compared to that of  the echocardiography AVA data (P<0.001). Conclusion    In comparison with two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography, preoperative morphological evaluation of aortic root CTA is more consistent with the actual intraoperative measurements during aortic valve repair surgery.

To explore the feasibility and efficacy of artificial neural network for differentiating high-grade glioma and low-grade glioma using image information.
 Methods: A total of 130 glioma patients with confirmed pathological diagnosis were selected retrospectively from 2012 to 2017. Forty one imaging features were extracted from each subjects based on 2-dimension magnetic resonance T1 weighted imaging with contrast-enhancement. An artificial neural network model was created and optimized according to the performance of feature selection. The training dataset was randomly selected half of the whole dataset, and the other half dataset was used to verify the performance of the neural network for glioma grading. The training-verification process was repeated for 100 times and the performance was averaged.
 Results: A total of 5 imaging features were selected as the ultimate input features for the neural network. The mean accuracy of the neural network for glioma grading was 90.32%, with a mean sensitivity at 87.86% and a mean specificity at 92.49%. The area under the curve of receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.9486.
 Conclusion: As a technique of artificial intelligence, neural network can reach a relatively high accuracy for the grading of glioma and provide a non-invasive and promising computer-aided diagnostic process for the pre-operative grading of glioma.
Brain Neoplasms ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; Glioma ; diagnostic imaging ; pathology ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Neoplasm Grading ; Neural Networks, Computer ; ROC Curve ; Retrospective Studies ; Sensitivity and Specificity