Adenocarcinoma, Sebaceous ; pathology ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Parotid Neoplasms ; pathology

Objective: To explore the active components with toxic effects in five Aconitum L. herbal medicines on Tetrahymena thermophila. Methods: The fingerprints of five Aconitum L. herbal medicines were established by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) and the toxicity was evaluated by using a TAM Air Isothermal Calorimeter on Tetrahymena thermophila SB110. Results: By analyzing the spectrum-effect relationships between UPLC fingerprints and toxic effects, the active components which had the toxic effects were obtained. Conclusion: This work provides a general model of the combination of UPLC and microcalorimetry to study the spectrum-effect relationships of the five Aconitum L. herbal medicines, which could be used to evaluate the toxic effects and analyze the principal toxic components of the five Aconitum L. herbal medicines. On the whole, this result provides the experimental basis for the safe use of the five Aconitum L. herbal medicines in clinic. © 2014 Tianjin Press of Chinese Herbal Medicines.

OBJECTIVETo explore the alterations of after depolarization and triggered activity in myocardiac muscle during progression of mouse aortic stenosis.

METHODSAfter the establishment of mouse aortic stenosis model, the heart was collected and intracellular potential was recorded using standard glass microelectrode. After the recording, the action potential (AP), early after depolarization (EAD), delayed after depolarization (DAD) in papillary muscles were analysed.

RESULTS(1) Compared with that of time-matched control mice, there were no changes of the action potoutial duration at 90% repolarization(APD90) in model mice at 2 and 5 weeks, whereas the APD90 was progressively prolonged at 9 and 13 weeks. (2) During the 30 minites of the experiment, spontaneous EADs and DADs were frequently present in medel mice at 9 and 13 weeks, were not in control and model mice at 2 and 5 weeks. (3) Compared with those of control group, EADs and DADs triggered by hypokalaemia or isoproterenol were increased significantly. The incidence rate of triggering EADs and DADs was progressively increased over time.

CONCLUSIONEAD, DAD and trigger activities increase gradually during the process of aortic stenosis, and it suggests that the myocardium electrical-instability is markedly increased in the insult hearts.

Action Potentials ; physiology ; Animals ; Aortic Valve Stenosis ; physiopathology ; Disease Models, Animal ; Male ; Mice ; Myocytes, Cardiac ; physiology

OBJECTIVETo find the characteristic parameters from electrocardiogram (ECG) which is most related to pathological progress, surface ECG was performed in mice at 2, 5, 9 and 13 week post surgery.

METHODSElectrocardiogram recordings: The mice were anaesthetized with tribromoethanol (250 mg/kg, i.p.). Lead II surface ECG were acquired by using the Biopac System MP150 at a rate of 5 kHz.

RESULTS(1) No arrhythmia was observed in Sham and 2-week Band mice. Spontaneous arrhythmias were observed in ECG recordings, with an incidence of 15%, 28% and 63% in 5-, 9- and 13-week Band mice, respectively. Tachyarrhythmias, such as frequent premature ventricular extrasystole, bigeminy, trigeminy, and paroxysmal tachycardia were found. (2) Analysis of ECG recordings revealed a significant prolongation of QT and QTc intervals. Compared with age-matched Sham mice, the increment in QT and QTc intervals was 20.4%, 32.7%, 49.7%, 61.0% and 27.1%, 32.1%, 43.9%, 59.1% at 2, 5, 9 and 13 week, respectively (P < 0.01). (3) The characteristic change in electrocardiogram was on the J wave. The amplitude of J wave was upward in Sham mice, and it was significantly flattened or inverted in Band mice. (4) Except that RR interval at 2 week showed a slight decrease, there was no significant change in PR interval and RR interval in Band mice.

CONCLUSIONIn the present study, we found that the increase incidence of spontaneous arrhythmias, prologation of QT interval and changes in the amplitude of the J wave in the surface ECG during progression of mouse cardiac hypertrophy and failure, and the progressive pattern indicated that a gradual aggravation of the ventricular repolarization delay in this mouse model.

Animals ; Cardiomegaly ; physiopathology ; Disease Models, Animal ; Electrocardiography ; Male ; Mice

Objective To investigate the residual functions in the hepatic lobe with deprivation of bile duct by observation of histomorphological and functional changes in the hepatic cells in a rat model. Methods The right hepatic bile ducts of rats were obstructed with cyanoacrylate and then ligated two weeks after the left and caudate lobes were removed. The lobus quadratus hepatis served as self-control with or without portal vein ligation. The venous blood from individualized liver lobe was examined and histological observation was done to examine the histomorphological and functional changes in the hepatic cells. Results Compared to the controls of both sham operation and untreated lobe, the hepatic lobe with bile ducts deprived did not undergo atrophy significantly with few ultrastructural changes. The hepatocytes of the hepatic lobe with bile duct deprived contained plenty of mitochondria, ribosomes and rough endoplasmic reticulum when observed under transmission electron microscope (TEM). The results of periodic acid-Schiff staining revealed normal glycogen metabolism in the hepatic cells. No significant decrease was detected in the serum albumin and fibrinogen concentrations by examination of blood collected from vein of this liver lobe with deprivation of bile ducts. Conclusions The liver lobes with bile ducts deprived retain most of the liver functions such as protein synthesis and nutrition metabolism, and show no atrophy during the observation period. It is suggested that the hepatic lobes with bile duct deprived still possess the value of preservation. The present study has founded a theoretic basis for remaining the remaining liver lobes with bile duct deprived or ligated in some emergency and specific clinical situations.

Objective To understand the status of post-traumatic growth of severe burn patients and analyze its influencing factors. Methods General information questionnaire and post-traumatic growth inventory (PTGI) were used to investigate thirty patients with severe burn. Multi-linear regression method was used to analyze the post-traumatic influencing factors. Results The average score of PTGI was (68.30 ± 10.90), which was in media level. The main influencing factors included burn area, active exercise, time and expense of treatment, marital status and sear proliferation. Conclusion In order to improve the post-traumatic growth,nurses should enhance psychological intervention, teach effective coping strategies and increase the social level to the burn patients.

Objective To determine the bacterial composition and resistance of wound infections in China. Methods Disc diffusion test,MIC test and E-test were used to detect the antimicrohial resistance of bacterial isolates from wound secretions.WHONET 5.4 was applied for analysis of the bacterial sensitive data from 86 domestic tertiary hospitals from June 1,2006 to May 31,2007. Results (1)2125 bacterial strains were coileeted in the survey period,which included 994 strains (46.8%) of Gram positive and 1131 strains (53.2%) of Gram negative bacteria,Staphylococcus(780 strains,36.7%),E.coli(338 strains,15.9%) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (231 strains,10.9%)were the most common isolates.(2)38.2% and 84.1% of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis were methicillin-resistant.respectively.No Staphylococcus strain was resistant to vancomycin or teicoplanin.(3)ESBLs positive rate of E.coli was about 60%,while the resistant rate to quinolones Was about 70%.(4)The resistant rates of Staphylococci and E.coli isolated from adults to aminoglyeoside and quinolones were higher than those from children.(5)The resistant rates of Staphylococei to cephalosporin,aminoglyeoside and quinolones from inpatients were higher than those from out-patients. Conclusion Staphylococci,E.coli and Pseudomonas aeriginoso were among the most common organisms isolated from wound infections.The ESBLs positive rate of E.coli from wound infections was higher than that from all specimen bacteria found in other surveys performed during the same period and the methicillin resistant Staphylococci were less than that.

OBJECTIVE:To reduce the types of drugs which was not consistent with the accounts in monthly checking of out-patient department,reduce the wastage of dismounted drugs and improve dismounted drug management. METHODS:Through qual-ity control circle(QCC),analyzing the reasons for inconformity of accounts and drugs,adopting relevant countermeasures of staff training,cipher prescription,counter storage,managed by designated person,expiry data management and so on,the process of dismounted drug management was formulated and implemented. The types of drugs which was not consistent with the accounts and activity growth value of circle members were analyzed statistically before,during and after QCC. RESULTS:The types of drugs which was not consistent with the accounts were 33.6,21.2 and 13.6 before,during and after QCC,decreasing by 59.5%. The ac-tivity growth value of circle members were all positive value. CONCLUSIONS:QCC of outpatient pharmacy can effectively reduce the types of drugs which is not consistent with the accounts in monthly checking,standardize dismounted drug management and im-prove pharmaceutical care quality.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the protection of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) on CML cell line K562 from apoptosis induced by etoposide (VP-16) and its molecular mechanism. METHODS: Quantitative and qualitative analyses on cell morphological change of apoptosis were performed through acridine orange (AO) staining and HE staining, and fluorescent flow cytometry.The test analyzes membrane on the surface of the PS evagination and integrity of cell membrane surface and mitochondrial membrane potential changes were performed through Annexin V-FITC/PI double dyeing and JC-1 cell dyeing tests, and apoptotic factors such as Bcl-2, Bax, Caspase-3 and Caspase-9 were measured by SYBR Green (Takara) qRT-PCR. RESULTS: The HE and AO staining revealed that apoptotic rates in HGF+VP-16 groups were significantly lower than those in VP-16 groups (P<0.05, P<0.05), HGF can inhibit the apoptosis of cells induced by VP-16; FCM (Annexin V-FITC/ PI and JC-1) tests showed that cells apoptotic rates in HGF+VP-16 groups were significantly lower than those in VP-16 groups (P<0.05, P<0.001), indicating that HGF has the anti-apoptosis function. Apoptosis related gene mRNA expression tests found that the Bcl-2 mRNA expression in HGF+VP group was obviously higher than that in the VP-16 group (P<0.001), while Bax mRNA, Caspase-3 mRNA, and Caspase-9 mRNA expressions were significantly lower than those in the VP-16 group (P<0.05, P<0.001, P<0.001), suggesting that HGF possesses antiapoptotic effect through inhibiting apoptosis gene expression and promoting the antiapoptotic gene expression simultaneously. CONCLUSION: HGF can significantly protect K562 cells from apoptosis induced by VP-16 through the HGF/c-Met way to regulate PI3K/AKT pathway.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Hydroa Vacciniforme ; Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous ; Male ; Skin Neoplasms