0.05).Conclusion Negative peak of click sound-induced myogenic reflex potentials on masseter muscle could be of vestibular origin.We have established an ideal animal model of the acoustically evoked vestibulo-masseter reflex by using a metal clip to maintain masseter muscle tension between the jaw and skull.

Objective:To explore the genetic background in monochorionic diamniotic (MCDA) twins discordant for karyotypes.Methods:This study retrospectively analyzed four pregnant women who were diagnosed as having MCDA twins with prenatal diagnostic indications by ultrasound at Maternity and Child Health Care of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from January 2016 to December 2019. Dual amniocentesis was performed for all cases guided by ultrasound and the twin amniotic fluids were taken for karyotyping and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array testing. Zygosity was determined by SNP genotype analysis.Results:The karyotypes of four MCDA twins were 47,XX,+18 and 46,XX, 45,X and 46,XX, 47,XXY[17]/46,XY[33] and 47,XXY, and 47,XX,+21 and 46,XX, respectively. The results of SNP were arr(18)×3 and arr(1-22,X)×2, arr(X)×1 and arr(1-22,X)×2, arr(X)×1~2,(Y)×1 and arr(X)×2,(Y)×1, arr(21)×3 and arr(21)×2~3. All of them were monozygotic twins according to the SNP genotypes. Three out of the four cases chose to terminate the pregnancy due to fetal chromosomal abnormalities and one was lost to follow-up. One gave birth to a healthy child in the next pregnancy.Conclusions:Clinicians should be alert to the discordant karyotypes in MCDA twins, of which the mechanism is yet to be explored.

Aim The potentiality as a differentiation inducer of the new steroidal drug(NSC67657) had been studied.Then the expression differences of protein between treated and untreated HL60 cell line could be analysed.Method Firstly,the expression patterns of C/EBP alpha gene and protein were observed between treated and untreated HL60 cell line.Then the proliferation of HL60 cell line could be investigated by MTT.At the same time cellular chemical staining could be employed to investigate which direction HL60 cell line would be induced by NSC67657.Then the flow cytometry(FCM) could be employed to detect the profile of differentiation of HL60 cell line induced in different time and at different drug concentrations,by which the most suitable drug concentration and inducing time could be found. Following that,the information of cellular cycle and ultramicrostructure could be analysed by FCM and electronmicro scope,by which whether the apoptosis had happened or not under the drug treatment could also be found. Finally,the protein of these two group HL60 cell lines could be separated by modified two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE).Results The expression of C/EBP alpha gene and protein could be promoted under the treatment of NSC67657.Then the proliferation of HL60 cell line was inhibited significantly.From cellular chemical staining,the monocytic differentiation could be easily found and the perfect inducing time and drug concentration were defined as 10 ?mol?L-1NSC67657 and constantly inducing HL60 cell line within 5 days.The cellular number of G0~G1 was increased and hardly any apoptosis which might be happened during drug inducing ability could be seen.The protein of HL60 cell lines were separated by modified 2-DE technology.Then there were 14 protein spots which could only be found in the differentiated gels,on the other hand,20 protein spots could only be found in the undifferentiated gels,which would have been analyzed by MALDI-TOF.Conclusions HL60 cell line could be induced to monocyte by NSC67657 which could also stimulate the C/EBP? in the early stage.2-DE could separate the protein directly which expressed differentially,from which some proteins essential in cellular differentiation might be found.

0.05).ADC values in the old group were higher than those in the young group(P

Objective To evaluate the values of urinary liver-fatty acid binding protein (uL-FABP) and urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) in diagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI) caused by obstructive nephropathy and in the prediction of renal prognosis.Methods Clinical data of 30 patients with obstructive nephropathy were collected prospectively.uL-FABP and uNGAL were measured by ELISA at various time points.Risk factors of the renal outcome were evaluated.The patients were followed up for at least one year.Results Patients with AK1 had higher levels of uL-FABP and uNGAL compared to those without AKI [700.00(154.62-1216.14) μg/g· Cr vs 26.90 (16.77-41.38) μg/g·Cr; 1266.69 (671.57-3396.07) μg/g·Cr vs 179.12 (90.98-215.16) μg/g·Cr,all P ＜ 0.01].Positive correlations of uL-FABP and uNGAL with serum creatinine were found (r =0.552,0.553,all P ＜ 0.01).The AUCs of uL-FABP and uNGAL to detect AKI were 0.925 and 0.900.Patients with non complete renal recovery had higher levels of uL-FABP before operation and 72-hour after operation compared to those with complete renal recovery (all P ＜ 0.01).Before operation,the AUC of uL-FABP to detect renal prognosis was 0.948,sensitivity was 85.7％ and specificity was 90.9％.72-hour after operation,the AUC of uL-FABP to detect renal prognosis was 0.935,sensitivity was 85.7％ and specificity was 90.9％.Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that uL-FABP before operation over 366.57 μg/g · Cr or uL-FABP 72-hour after operation over 223.60 μg/g · Cr were closely related to the poor progression of renal function.Conclusions uL-FABP and uL-NGAL have good accuracy in detecting AKI.The level of uL-FABP before operation and 72-hour after operation is helpful to predict the renal outcome of obstructive nephropathy.

The changes of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and brain ultrastructure during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the effects of ulinastation injection were observed, and the mechanism was investigated. Twenty-four adult healthy Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into control group (8 rats), resuscitation group (8 rats) and ulinastatin (UTI) group (8 rats). Rats in control group underwent tracheotomy without clipping the trachea to induce circulatory and respiratory standstill. Rats in resuscitation and ulinastatin group were subjected to the procedure of establishing the model of cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation (CPCR). Rats in ulinastatin group were given with UTI 104 U/kg once after CPCR. In the control group, the plasma was collected immediate, 30 min, 2 h, 4 h, and 6 h after tracheotomy. In resuscitation group and UTI group, plasma was collected immediate after tracheotomy, 30 min, 2 h, 4 h and 6 h after successful resuscitation. The plasma levels of TNF-alpha were determined by radioimmunoassay (RIA). At the end of the experiment, 2 rats were randomly selected from each group and were decapitated. The cortex of the brain was taken out immediately to observe the ultrastructure changes. In control group, there were no significant differences in the level of TNF-alpha among different time points (P>0.05). In resuscitation group, the level of TNF-alpha was increased obviously after resuscitation (P<0.01) and reached its peak 2 h later after resuscitation. An increasing trend of TNF-alpha showed in UTI group. There were no differences in TNF-alpha among each sample taken after successful resuscitation and that after tracheotomy. The utrastructure of brains showed the injury in UTI group was ameliorated as compared with that in resuscitation group. In early period of CPCR, TNF-alpha was expressed rapidly and kept increasing. It indicated that TNF-alpha might take part in the tissue injury after CPCR. The administration of UTI during CACR could depress TNF-alpha and ameliorate brain injury. By regulating the expression of damaging mediator, UTI might provide a protective effect on the tissue injury after CPCR.
Brain/*ultrastructure ; *Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ; Glycoproteins/*pharmacology ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*metabolism

The effect of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) overexpression on matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cells in vitro and the possible mechanism involved were investigated, and the correlation between the expression of VEGF and MMP-2 in NPC evaluated. The NPC cells were transfected with PAd-trackVEGF165 plasmid. The expression levels of VEGF and MMP-2 mRNA and protein in NPC cells were detected by semi-quantitative RT-PCR and Western blot respectively. It was found that the expression of VEGF and MMP-2 mRNA and protein was significantly increased in NPC cells after transfection of VEGF165. It was concluded that the expression of VEGF was correlated to the in vitro invasion of NPC cells, and the induction of MMP-2 by VEGF was a key process of NPC cell invasion.

The protective roles of alpha-lipoic acid in the rat model of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) 4834bp deletion in inner ear were investigated. Forty female Wistar rats at 4 weeks of age were divided into four groups: group A (D-galactose group, n=10), group B (D-galactose+alpha-lipoic acid group, n=10), group C (alpha-lipoic acid group, n=10), and group D (control group, n=10). Auditory brainstem response (ABR) was used to detect the hearing threshold. Colorimetry was used to analyze activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA). The percentage of mtDNA4834bp deletion in inner ear was identified by real-time PCR. There was no significant difference in ABR threshold shift among all groups. The percentage of mtDNA4834bp deletion in group A was higher than that in other groups, but there was no significant difference in percentage of mtDNA4834bp deletion among groups B, C, and D. The activity of SOD in group A was lower than that in other groups. The concentration of MDA in group A was higher than that in other groups. It was concluded that there was no significant hearing loss when the percentage of mtDNA4834bp deletion was lower than 12.5%. alpha-Lipoic acid could prevent the reactive oxygen species (ROS)-induced mtDNA4834bp deletion in inner ear of rats.

Objective To investigate the expression and its significance of BMI-1 gene in leukemia patients.Methods BMI-1 gene level was assessed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)in acute leukemia patients,chronic myeloid leukemia(CML)patients,chronic lymphoblastic leukemia(CLL)patients,and bone marrow mononuclear cells(BMMNC)as normal controls,as well as leukemia cell line K562.The expression of BMI-1 gene in leukemia and the relationship was explored.Results The expression of BMI-1 gene was positive in leukemia cell line K562.but negative in 10 controls as well as in CLL.The BMI-1 gene was expressed in 15.4% of CML patients and 47.1% of AL patients.The positive expression of BMI-1 gene in CML-CR was significandy lower than that in CML-BP (P＜0.05).Conclusion BMI-1 gene was over expressed in leukemia patients,and may be related to curative effect of the disease.It may be used for leukemia treatment targeting the provision of new sites.

Aim To investigate the effect of resveratrol on ROS level and PECAM-1 expression in ox-LDL-stimulated platelets. Methods The expression of PE-CAM-1 , Sirt1 and p38 MAPK phosphorylation in ox-LDL-stimulated platelets was determined by Western blot. The level of ROS was measured by immunofluo-rescence kit. Results ox-LDL induced platelet aggre-gation by 14%, whereas resveratrol inhibited platelet aggregation by 50%. Resveratrol decreased ROS level by 3 . 2 fold and completely suppressed PECAM-1 expression in ox-LDL-treated platelets. Resveratrol re-covered Sirt1 expression in ox-LDL-treated platelets. EX527 ( a Sirt1 inhibitor ) increased ROS level and PECAM-1 expression in ox-LDL-stimulated platelets. Meanwhile, resveratrol also suppressed p38MAPK phosphorylation induced by ox-LDL. Conclusion Resveratrol can inhibit platelet aggregation, decrease ROS production and PECAM-1 expression in ox-LDL-stimulated platelets. The mechanism maybe associated with recovery of Sirt1 expression. Moreover, resveratrol can decrease PECAM-1 expression, which may be linked to abolishing p38MAPK phosphorylation.