Objective To investigate the intervention of Pixu Fang 1 (Spleen-deficiency Formula 1) to the protein and mRNA expressions of myosin light chain (MLC) in gastric tissue in rats with functional dyspepsia (FD)-spleen deficiency pattern(SDP).Methods SD rats (n =60,aged 7 d) were randomly divided into normal group (n =10) and FD-SDP model group (n =50).The normal group was orally given 2％ sugar solution and FD-SDP model group was given 0.1％ iodoacetamide sugar solution in a dose of O.2 mL each rat a day for 6 d.The FD-SDP model group was fed with normal forage until rats aged 6 weeks and additionally given modified multiple platform method (MMPM) continuously for 14 d.After modeling,FD-SDP model group was divided randomly into model group (distilled water,10 mL/kg · d),domperidone group (3.125 mg/kg · d),low-dose Pixu Fang 1 group (low-dose group,1.275 g/ kg · d),mid-dose Pixu Fang 1 group (mid-dose group,2.550 g/kg · d) and high-dose Pixu Fang 1 group (high-dose group,5.100 g/kg · d,each n =10),and all groups were given orally corresponding medicinal for 14 d.The protein and mRNA expressions of MLC in gastric tissue were detected by using immunohistochemistry technique,Western blotting and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).Results Compared with normal group,MLC protein expression decreased in model group detected by immunohistochemistry technique and Western blotting,and MLC mRNA expression decreased in model group detected by RT-PCR (P ＜0.01).Compared with model group,MLC protein expression increased in low-dose group,mid-dose group and high-dose group detected by immunohistochemistry technique (P ＜ 0.05,P ＜ 0.01).MLC protein expression increased in mid-dose group and high-dose group detected by Western blotting (P ＜ 0.O1).MLC mRNA expression increased in high-dose group detected RT-PCR (P ＜ 0.01).Conclusion There are decreases of protein and mRNA expressions of MLC in FD-SDP rats,and Pixu Fang 1 can up-regulate these expressions.

Objective To investigate the changes aad possible role of estrogen and its receptor ERα、ERβ、GPR30 in the pathogenesis of asymptomatic hyperuricemia.Methods The peripheral blood of 62 asymptomatic hyperuricemia patients (AH) and 68 healthy controls (HC) were collected.The expression of estradial (E2) in serum was detected by the chemilluminescent microparticle immunoassay (CMIA).The expression of ERα,ERβ,GPR30 mRNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) was measured using Real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR).Statistical Package form Soci-science (SPSS) 17.0 statistical software was used for data analysis.The measurement data were compared by t test,rank sum test or one factor analysis of variance test.The correlation between variables was used by Spearman correlation analysis.Results ① The expression of E2 in serum of the HC group was higher than that in the AH group [(38.7±10.2) pg/ml vs (33.7±8.6) pg/ml,Z=-0.356,P＜0.05].② The expression of ERα,GPR30 mRNA in PBMCs of HC group was increased,compared with that in the AH group (0.000 17±0.000 23 vs 0.000 12± 0.000 12,0.002 0±0.002 1 vs 0.001 5±0.000 8,Z=-2.112,-2.147,P＜0.05,respectively).No significant difference in PBMCs ERβ mRNA levels was found between HC group and AH group,while a slight but not significant increase was observed in HC group.③ The Spearman correlation analysis found that the expression of ERα and ERβ mRNA,E2 and GR,ERβ and GLU in the AH group were positively related (r=0.259,0.251,0.260,P＜0.05,respectively).Conclusion The expression of E2,ERα,ERβ,GPR30 mRNA in the peripheral blood of patients with AH is decreased,suggesting that the estrogen and its receptor may be involved in the patho-genesis of hyperuricemia.

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OBJECTIVE：To establish the HP LC fing erprints of Oxalis corniculata and to simultaneously determine the contents of isovitexin and swertisin. METHODS ：HPLC method was adopted. The determination was performed on ACE Excel- 5-C18column with mobile phase consisted of methanol- 0.1％ phosphoric acid water （gradient elution ）at the flow rate of 1 mL/min. The column temperature was 35 ℃，and detection wavelength was set at 280 nm. The sample size was 10 μL. Using isovitexin peak as reference，HPLC fingerprints of 12 batches of sample were drawn. The similarity evaluation was performed by using Similarity Evaluation System of Chromatogram Fingerprint of TCM （2012 edition）to determine common peaks. The contents of isovitexin and swertisin were determined by same method of above chromatogram. RESULTS ：There were 19 common peaks in HPLC chromatogram of 12 batches of O. corniculata ，with the similarity above 0.89. Two common peaks including isovitexin and swertisin were identified. The linear range of two components were 3.91-117.36 μg/mL（r＝0.999 4）and 9.88-118.56 μg/mL（r＝ 0.999 2），respectively. The limits of quantitation were 0.675 and 3.587 μg/mL；the limits of detection were 0.205 and 1.087 μg/mL， respectively. RSDs of precision ，stability and reproducibility tests were all lower than 2％. The recoveries were 95.46％-99.10％ （RSD＝1.23％ ，n＝6），95.34％ -101.23％（RSD＝2.74％ ，n＝6），respectively. The average contents were 0.227-1.654， 0.641-2.052 mg/g，respectively. CONCLUSIONS ：Established fingerprints can be used for the quality control of O. corniculata ； the content determination method is simple and accu rate，and can be used for simultaneous determination of two components.