OsRacD belonging to rice Rho family of the small GTP binding proteins,is a pivotal gene involved in rice photoperiod fertility conversion of photoperiod sensitive genic male sterile rice,which influences rice fertility via controlling the pollen tube growth.T20N site-directed mutation was introduced into its highly conserved G1 motif by PCR-mediated method to mimic its GDP-binding state based on the sequences alignment and conserved domains analysis.The prokaryotic expression vector of OsRacD and T20N-OsRacD were constructed,and the His6 tag fused proteins were expressed and purified from E.coli.After identified by Western blot,the GTP hydrolysis activities were detected.The results showed that the GTPase activities of T20N-OsRacD were significantly reduced comparing with that of OsRacD,suggested that OsRacD and T20N-OsRacD have different biochemical characteristics.

ObjectiveTo observe the spinal cord pathological change and hindlimbs motor function of rats after decompression on chronic spinal cord injury.Methods 30 Wistar rats were divided randomly into conrol group ( n =5 ),compression group ( n =5 ) and decompression group ( n =20 ),then the decompression group was subdivided into 4 parts as 1 week,2 weeks,4 weeks,6 weeks after decompression.Decompression was made after 30 days of chronic spinal cord copression injury,rats'motor function was detected by inclined plate experiment,the histopathological change,Nissl body and neural cells apoptosis in different spinal cord sections were assessed by the stainings of HE,Nissl and TUNEL.ResultsCompared with control group,the behavior testing showed all rats in compression group presented with weakness of muscle power in their hindlimbs (P ＜ 0.01 ),but the hindlimbs motor functions recovered from the first week after decompression and the difference had statistical significance compared with the compression group(P＜ 0.01 ).Then the rats hindlimbs functions recovered gradually later on.The staining of HE,Nissl and TUNEL showed that the injured spinal cord section performed no improvement at the first 2 weeks after decompression,the neural apoptosis index(24.31 ± 4.73 )％ decreased until the forth week after decompression(P＜0.05).The spinal cord segments closed to the injured part recovered in early stage.At 1 week after decompression,lots of Nissl bodys were observed in spinal anterior horn,the neural apoptosis index in the 2 sections closed to the injured part were ( 15.21 ± 4.81 ) ％ and ( 16.21 ± 3.98 ) ％,which declined observably compared with compression group(P ＜ 0.05 ).ConclusionAfter decompression on chronic spinal cord injury,the recovery of rats'hindlimbs motor function in early stage is probably benefited by the functional compensation of the spinal cord segments closed to the injured section.

Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)has high incidence rate,recurrence rate after surgecal treat-ment,as well as fatality rate in China .HCC is not sensitive to radiotherapy or chemotherapy and no effective treat-ment is available for HCC patients at advanced stage .Sorafenib is the first effective molecularly targeted drug for the treatment of HCC,which represents a milestone in the treatment of HCC .However,it also shows drug resist-ance during clinical application .Therefore,it is important to investigate the mechanism of drug resistance and its molecular markers for HCC .In this review ,we summarize the current status of the studies in these fields .

The methods of diagnostic imaging for pulmonary embolism is diversified. However, the different characteristic features of diagnostic imaging and diagnostic accuracy impressive influenced the choice of selection by clinicians. Furthermore, the principle and indication of interventional therapy would have great impending force on the outcomings. This article presents a comprehension of diagnostic imagings and interventional therapy for pulmonary embolization.

Based on the significance of the innovative experiment program for college students and the experience at home and abroad,this paper analyzes the current situation of the implementation of this plan by School of Medicine of Shanghai Jiaotong University.It summarizes the beneficial experience of training students' scientific research thinking in the implementation of the course plan,through literature reading,project design and so on.Practice has proved that,with rigorous and reasonable protection system and the scientific implementation of the process and the quality control system,the program can play a role in improving the students' ability of innovation and practice,stimulate their interest in scientific research,and excavate their research potential.

Objective:To investigate the expression and clinical significance of Nusap1 in hepatical carcinoma. Methods:The expression of Nusap1 protein in 61 specimens of hepatical carcinoma was examined by immunohistochemistry. Based on the levels of Nusap1 expression, the 61 specimens were divided into a high Nusap1 expression group and a low Nusap1 expression group. The correlation between Nusap1 expression with clinicopathologic features and prognosis of hepatical carcinoma was analyzed. Results:TherateofhighNusap1expressionwas54.1%inhepaticalcarcinoma.TherateofhighNusap1 expression was 21.3%in noncarcinoma, with signiifcant difference between the 2 groups (P<0.01).Nusap1 overexpression had signiifcant correlation with histological differentiation, tumor size, liver cirrhosis,lymphaticmetastasis,tumorthrombiandearlyrecurrence(P<0.05),butnotwithsex,age,AFP level,tumornumber,TNMclassificationandtumorencapsulation(P>0.05).Survivalanalysissuggested thatthe6monthand12monthnoncarcinomasurvivalratewassignificantlylowerinthehighNusap1 expression group [33.3%(11/33), 17.9%(5/33)] than that in the low Nusap1 expression group [89.3%(25/28), 53.6%(15/28);P<0.005]. Conclusion:Nusap1 is overexpressed in hepatical carcinoma and is a valuable prognostic factor for hepatical carcinoma.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the injury stress responses caused by ischemia reperfusion and its effects on the salivary secretory function of rat submandibular glands.

METHODSAn in situ ischemia reperfusion experimental model of rat submandibular glands was developed. The rat submandibular glands were subjected to 90 min of ischemia without denervation followed by reperfusion for 1, 12, 24, and 72 h. Salivary secretion, histological changes, reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, and cellular apoptosis of the involved submandibular glands were detected after reperfusion.

RESULTSThe secretory function of the glands decreased at 1 and 12 h, and the saliva secretion gradually had the same value as that of the control sample 72 h after reperfusion. Increasing inflammatory cells infiltration, cellular atrophy, and tissue edema were observed especially after reperfusion for 12 h. The level of ROS and the number of apoptotic cells exhibited the same tendency, and higher ROS levels and more apoptosis cells 1 and 12 h after reperfusion were observed.

CONCLUSIONOur study suggests that ischemia reperfusion can cause a series of injury stress responses in submandibular glands, which might have an important function in the early phase dysfunction of transplanted submandibular glands.

The Telomeric Repeat Amplification Protocol(TRAP)and its modified versions change the size and/or the ratio of the telomerase products in the amplification stage of the assay.Based on TRAP,a useful method was developed for detecting telomerase activity in rice.A special precursor primer and a special reverse primer and conducted two steps of PCR cycles were designed.GENE Genius? Bio-imaging System was applied for this quantitative analysis for exploring telomerase activity and its optimal reaction conditions.The method ensured that the optimal reaction conditions for the telomerase was 19℃,13minutes,at a concentration of 0.28 u g/? l.A quantitative analysis method was established for detecting telomerase activity in rice.With this method,we detected telomerase activity in roots,young leaves and young panicles of six parental lines of hybrid rice.The results show that young panicles have the highest telomerase activity,demonstrating that telomerase activity is closely related to the cell vitality in plants.

Objective To establish a model, fetal rat brain damage made by lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced intrauterine infection and explore content change and significance of malondialdehyde(MDA),myeloperoxidase(MPO),intracellular free calcium in the development of fetal brain damage.Methods Twenty-eight pregnant rats were injected with LPS(500 ?g/kg)on gestation d20 intraperitoneally in experimental group rats;the same volume of normal saline was injected to 28 rats as control group;there were 8 pregnant rats as blank control rat. Fetal brain water,MDA,MPO,Ca~(2+) contents were measured, fetal brain,placenta for pathological check after injection 2,6,12,24 hours,respectively.Results Brain water,MDA,MPO contents of LPS group were higher than those of controls at 2 h,and Ca~(2+) content of LPS group was higher than that of controls at 6 h,they were continued to be on high level until 24 h.There were histopathological inflammation changes of placenta, edema,inflammation in fetal brain at 6 h ,degeneration and necrosis of nerve cell at 12 h.Conclusions Fetal rat brain damage is made by LPS-induced intrauterine infection.MDA,MPO,Ca~(2+) content increasing in fetal brain tissue that indicates there is lipid peroxidation damage in fetal rat brain damage due to intrauterine infection; damage of free radical,persistent activation of polymorphonuclear,calcium overlord are mechanisms of fetal brain damage .