Objective To explore the lymphcyte subsets distribution in cerebrospinal fluid in patients with HIV infection ,and to investigate the clinical significance of the lymphocyte subsets in cerebrospinal fluid in HIV central nervous system complication . Methods 34 patients with HIV infection ,including 20 patients without nervous system symptoms (simple HIV group) and 14 pa‐tients with nervous system symptoms (neurological HIV group) ,and 15 cases of healthy people (control group) were selected . Flow cytometry was used to detect lymphocyte subsets ,and immunoturbidimetry was used to detect the level of IgG in cerebrospinal fluid .Results The percentage of CD8+ T cells was higher and percentage of CD4+ T cells was lower in the simple HIV group and neurological HIV group than those in the healthy control ,with statistically significant differences (P<0 .01) .The level of IgG in pa‐tients with HIV infection was higher than that in the healthy control group (P<0 .01) .While no significant difference were found in the percentage of B cells and NK cells among the there group (P>0 .05) .There were also no significant differece between the sim‐ple HIV group and neurological HIV group in the ratio of each lymphcyte subset in cerebrospinal fluid (P>0 .05) .Conclusion The immune disorder in cerebrospinal fluid in patients with HIV infection may appear in the early time before the nervous system com‐plication .The changing trends of lymphocyte subsets are consistent with the peripheral blood ,which demonstrate that the T lym‐phocyte subsets may be correlated with the nervous system symptoms of HIV .

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; China ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Occupational Exposure ; statistics & numerical data ; Pesticides ; Rural Population ; statistics & numerical data ; Sampling Studies ; Young Adult

Objective To investigate autophagy and proteasome system alteration in vivo and in vitro of diabetic nephropathy (DN) model rats.Methods Rat glomerular mesangial cells were primaryly cultured,and cell proliferation was tested by MTT assay.The mesangial cells were cultured under different concentrations of glucose (5.4 mmol/L for normal control and 30 mmol/L for high glucose) for 0,8,16,72 hours.The expression of autophagy (LC3) and proteasome (PSMAs) proteins was examined by Western blotting analysis.Spontaneous type 2 diabetes model OLETF and its normal control LETO rats were observed for 36 weeks.The levels of blood glucose and 24 hours urinary protein were evaluated in every 4 weeks.All the rats were sacrificed at the 36th week,and renal pathological changes were semi-quantitively analyzed.The expression of PSMAs and LC3 proteins was also examined in kidney cortex by Western blotting.Results Under high glucose concentrations,the abundance of PSMAs and LC3 proteins significantly reducedin the mesangial cells at 8 hours.There was no significant difference at other time points.The levels of blood glucose and 24 h urinary protein in OLETT rats exhibited progressive increase compared to those in LETO rats (all P＜0.01).And glomerular sclerosis index and tubulointerstitial injury index were significantly higher than those in LETO rats (all P＜0.01).The abundance of PSMAs proteins was significantly reduced in renal cortex of OLETF rats compared with LETO rats,while the abundance of LC3 proteins had no significant difference between two groups.Conclusion Proteolytic system dysfunction may play a role in pathogenesis of DN.

Objective To explore therapeutic effect of dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitor on type 2 diabetes mellitus with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Methods 120 patients suffering type 2 diabetes mellitus with nonal-coholic fatty liver disease from October 2014 to March 2016 in our hospital were randomly divided into two groups:treatment group and control group. Both groups were given type 2 diabetes conventional treatment ,and the treat-ment group was given dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitor in addition. Height,weight,waist circumference,hip cir-cumference were measured. Lipid metabolism and,function index,FPG,2 h PG,HbA1c,Ins,C peptide were detected. HOMA-IR was calculated. Results The total effective rate of clinical treatment of fatty liver in the treat-ment group(88.3%)was higher than the control group(78.3%). The difference was statistically significant. FPG , 2hPG,HbA1c,HOMA-IR,LDL-C,TC,TG,AST,ALT andγ-GT in the treatment group were lower than the con-trol group. The difference was also statistically significant. Conclusion The efficacy of sitagliptin in the treatment of type 2 diabetes with nonalcoholic fatty liver was significant. It can also significantly reduce blood glucose and in-sulin resistance. Furthermore ,it has a better effect on the patients with blood glucose control and lipid metabolism regulation.

OBJECTIVETo determine the effects of Jiji decoction (Traditional Chinese Medicine) on the cognitive function and oxidative stress in mice with vascular dementia (VD) induced by cerebral ischemia/reperfusion.

METHODSThirty-two mice were randomly divided into nonnal group (n = 8), sham group (operation, but no cerebral ischemia/reperfusi6n, n = 8), model group (vascular dementia model induced by cerebral ischemia/reperfusion, n = 8), and Jiji decoction-treated group (vascular dementia model plus treatment with Jiji decoction, n = 8). Fourteen days of treatment after operation, the cognitive behavior was measured in step-through test, spatial probe test and platform test. Afterwards, to assess the levels of oxidative stress, the activity of superoxide dismutase(SOD) and content of malonaldehyde (MDA) in brain of these mice were measured.

RESULTSData from step-through test indicated that the escaping latency of Jiji decoction-treated group was prolonged and the error counts were decreased significantly ( P <0.01) compared with those of model group. Data from spatial probe test indicated that the time of entering darkroom, the time of climbing height and the time of entering bright room in Jiji decoction-treated group were shortened and the counts of climbing height were increased (P < 0.05-0.01) significantly compared with those of model group. Data from platform test showed that the escaping latency of Jiji decoction-treated group was prolonged significantly (P < 0.01) compared with that of model group. Compared with normal and sham group, the activity of SOD was decreased and the content of MDA was increased in model group significantly (P < 0.01). Compared with those of model group, the levels of SOD and MDA in Jiji decoction-treated group were improved significantly (P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONJiji decoction could improve cognitive function of VD mice. Its mechanism might be related with the inhibition of oxidative stiess in the brain.

Animals ; Brain ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Cerebral Infarction ; physiopathology ; Cognition ; drug effects ; Dementia, Vascular ; drug therapy ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Malondialdehyde ; metabolism ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Mice ; Oxidative Stress ; drug effects ; Reperfusion Injury ; drug therapy ; Superoxide Dismutase ; metabolism

Adult ; Coronary Aneurysm ; complications ; Endocarditis, Bacterial ; complications ; Fistula ; complications ; Humans ; Male

OBJECTIVETo detect the expression of PTEN, PIP3 and cyclin D1 in oral squamous cell carcinoma and precancerous lesions and analyze their correlation.

METHODSImmunohistochemistry SP method was used to detect the expression of PTEN, PIP3 and cyclin D1 in 63 cases of oral squamous cell carcinoma, 29 cases of simple hyperplasia, 33 cases of dysplasia, and 25 cases of normal oral mucosa.

RESULTSThe negative or low expression of PTEN in oral squamous cell carcinoma was 25%, which was remarkably lower than that in other groups. The positive expression of PIP3 in simple hyperplasia, dysplasia and oral squamous cell carcinoma was 66%, 64%, and 76% respectively, which were much higher than those in normal oral mucosa. The positive expression of cyclin D1 in oral squamous cell carcinoma was 49%, which was significantly higher than that in other groups. The negative correlation between PTEN with PIP3, cyclin D1 and the positive correlation between PIP3 and cyclin D1 were observed.

CONCLUSIONSPTEN may play a role in the oncogenesis of oral squamous cell carcinoma, and PTEN may down-regulate the expression of PIP3, and then down-regulate the expression of cyclin D1, which leads to the suppression of cell growth.

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; metabolism ; pathology ; Cyclin D1 ; metabolism ; Genes, Tumor Suppressor ; Humans ; Mouth Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; PTEN Phosphohydrolase ; metabolism ; Precancerous Conditions ; metabolism ; pathology

AIMTo explore the role of histaminergic receptors in the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) in the responses of carotid baroreflex (CBR) performance to the intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of histamine (HA).

METHODSThe left and right carotid sinus regions were isolated from the systemic circulation in 18 Wistar rats anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium. The intracarotid sinus pressure (ISP) was altered in a stepwise manner. ISP-mean arterial pressure (MAP) relationship curve and its characteristic parameters were constructed by fitting to the logistic function with five parameters. We observed the changes in CBR performance induced by ICV HA and the effects of pretreatment with HA receptors antagonists into the NTS on the responses of CBR to HA.

RESULTSICV injection of HA (100 ng) significantly shifted the ISP-MAP relationship curve upwards and moved the middle part of ISP Gain relationship curve downwards, and reduced the MAP range and maximum gain (Gmax), but increased the threshold pressure (TP), saturation pressure(SP) and ISP at Gmax (ISP(Gmax)). The pretreatment with H1 or H2 receptors antagonist, chlorpheniramine (CHL, 0.5 microg) or cimetidine (CIM, 1.5 microg) into the NTS, could obviously diminish the above-mentioned changes in CBR performance induced by HA, but the effect of CIM was less remarkable than that of CHL.

CONCLUSIONThe intracerebroventricular administration of HA results in a rapid resetting of CBR and a decrease in reflex sensitivity, and the histaminergic receptors in the NTS (H1 and H2 receptors), especially H1 receptors might play an important role in the responses of CBR to HA, and furthermore, the effects of the central HA on CBR might be related to a histaminergic descending pathway from the hypothalamus to NTS.

Animals ; Baroreflex ; drug effects ; Carotid Sinus ; drug effects ; Cerebral Ventricles ; Histamine ; pharmacology ; Male ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Receptors, Histamine ; metabolism ; Solitary Nucleus ; drug effects

OBJECTIVETo clone and screen genes related to multidrug resistance (MDR) in leukemia.

METHODSSuppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) was performed to profile differentially expressed genes between a MDR leukemia cell line (K562/DOX, as tester) and its parent cell line (K562, as driver). Reverse Northern dot blot was carried out to further screen the subtracted cDNA library. The overexpressed cDNA fragments in K562/DOX cells were sequenced and compared with known genes in Genbank. RT-PCR and Northern blot were employed to confirm the differential expression of some identified genes.

RESULTSEleven genes were identified being overexpressed in K562/DOX, including S3 ribosomal protein (S3rp) gene, NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 (ND2) gene and My023 gene, which have not been reported to be related to MDR in cancer.

CONCLUSIONSeveral genes, which might be involved in MDR were identified, indicating novel mechanisms of MDR in leukemia.

Blotting, Northern ; Drug Resistance, Multiple ; genetics ; Drug Resistance, Neoplasm ; genetics ; Gene Library ; Genes, MDR ; genetics ; Humans ; K562 Cells ; Leukemia ; genetics ; NADH Dehydrogenase ; genetics ; Nucleic Acid Hybridization ; methods ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Ribosomal Proteins ; genetics