Objective To investigate the effect of Reduning Injection on Vero cells and suckling mice infected by EV71 virus and its mechanism in vitro and in vivo. Methods The anti-virus ability was exhibited in Vero cells which were infected by 33 TCID50 and 25 TCID50 titers of EV71 in vitro. Meanwhile, the antiviral activity in vivo was evaluated on suckling mice model, in which suckling mice were intraperitoneal injected with EV71 at 100 μL. After 2 h infection, Reduning Injection 2.60, 1.30, and 0.65 g/kg and ribavirin 10 mg/kg were followed for treatment. To further understand the antiviral effects of Reduning Injection, weigh of suckling mice, clinical symptoms, expression of IL-1β, IL-6, MCP-1, and TNF-α in skeletal muscle were recorded. Moreover, histological examination of skeletal muscle was examined. Results The results demonstrated that Reduning Injection 5.0 mg/mL could obviously inhibit Vero cells lesion induced by EV71 in vitro. Compared with the model group, suckling mouse model results showed the high and middle dose of Reduning Injection could reduce clinical manifestations scores, increase the weight and improve living conditions of model mice, decrease the expression of IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, and MCP-1 in skeletal muscle of suckling mice (P<0.05, 0.01). Histological damages in skeletal muscle were also alleviated with Reduning Injection treatment. Conclusion In a suckling mouse model, Reduning Injection can reduce mortality and obviously prolong the survival time of suckling mice caused by EV71 infection. It can alleviate clinical symptoms and growth inhibition caused by the EV71 virus. Inhibition of IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, and MCP-1 levels may be the important mechanism of Reduning Injection in the treatment of hand-foot-and-mouth disease.

Objective: To investigate the effect and mechanism of Reduning Injection on the rats with acute lung injury (ALI) induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from cytokine storm. Methods: The model of ALI was established by instilling LPS (6 mg/kg) to SD rats. The effects of iv administration of Reduning Injection with three doses (10.16, 5.08, and 2.54 g/kg) and control drug Dexamethasone (0.5 mg/kg) on IL-1β, TNF-α, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, ICAM-1, and NF-KB in lung homogenate and lung tissue pathology were observed. Results: Reduning Injection could reduce the levels of IL-1β, TNF-α, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, ICAM-1, and NF-KB in lung tissue of rats, and improve the morphologic changes of lung tissue. Conclusion: Reduning Injection could improve the pathological changes of lung tissue, and the important curative mechanism may be reducing the production and release of inflammatory mediators in ALI process induced by LPS.

This study is to investigate the effect of artesunate on transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and its possible mechanism. After the in vitro cultured RLE-6TN cells were treated with TGF-beta1 then artesunate intervened on it, after 24 h, expression of the markers of mesenchymal cell was assayed using Western blotting and real-time PCR analysis. Western blotting was also used to detect the effect of TGF-beta1 on the Smad3 and Smad7 expressions of RLE-6TN cells. Morphological alterations were examined by phase-contrast microscope, and ultrastructure changes by electron microscope. Incubation of RLE-6TN cells with TGF-beta1 resulted in the up-regulation of the expression of the mesenchymal cell markers, after artesunate intervened on it, resulted in the down-regulation of the expression. Meanwhile, incubation with artesunate intervened on RLE-6TN cells could lead to the apparent down-regulation of the expression of Smad3 and up-regulation of Samd7 and the transition of RLE-6TN cells to mesenchymal-like by TGF-beta1 induction, after artesunate intervened on it, RLE-6TN cells to epithelial-like. TGF-beta1 induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition process; artesunate can inhibit TGF-beta1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition process, the possible mechanism is up-regulation of the expression of Smad7 and down-regulation of the expression of Smad3, meanwhile inhibits phosphorylation of Smad3.
Actins ; genetics ; metabolism ; Animals ; Artemisia ; chemistry ; Artemisinins ; isolation & purification ; pharmacology ; Cell Line ; Cell Proliferation ; drug effects ; Epithelial Cells ; cytology ; metabolism ; Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition ; drug effects ; Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis ; pathology ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry ; Pulmonary Alveoli ; cytology ; RNA, Messenger ; metabolism ; Rats ; Smad3 Protein ; genetics ; metabolism ; Smad7 Protein ; genetics ; metabolism ; Transforming Growth Factor beta1 ; pharmacology ; Vimentin ; genetics ; metabolism

The nitrite-reducing activity of aerobic denitrifying bacterial strain N6-1 was studied. It showed that the nitrite-reducing activity reached the highest at 30℃, 120 r/min, pH 8.5 and C/N ratio 12, using CH3COONa and NaNO2 as the sole carbon source and nitrogen source, respectively. When the initial NaNO2 concentration was 2 g/L, NO2--N was reduced completely after 20 hours cultivation with the reducing rate of 20.3 mg/L?h. There would be no effect on its nitrite-reducing activity in the present of 1.5% NaCl or 1% peptone. The cell concentration could reach 1.2?1011 CFU/mL after 24 hours cultivation in 10 L fermentor.

Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Lead ; toxicity ; MMPI ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Occupational Exposure ; Personality ; drug effects

OBJECTIVETo research the effects of Guizhi Fuling capsule on sex hormones levels in blood serum and breast issue morphology of hyperplasia of mammary glands model rats.

METHODThe unpregnancy SD rat models of hyperplasia of mammary glands were established by injecting 0.5 mg x kg(-1) benzoate estradiol. After five weeks doses,the effects of Guizhi Fuling capsule 2.0, 1.0, 0.5 g x kg(-1) and Rupixiao tablet 0.5 g x kg(-1) on the changes of papilla diameter, height and breast issue morphology of the naimal models were explored, and sex hormones levels in blood serum were measured.

RESULTGuizhi Fuling capsule can inhibitnipple swell, improve breast tissue morphology pathological profiles of the animal models, and decrease oestradiol (E2) level and increase progesterone (P) level in blood serum.

CONCLUSIONThese results suggested that Guizhi Fuling capsule could, improve mammary gland pathological profiles. Regulating sex hormone levels may be its important mechanism for treatment of hyperplasia of mammary glands.

Animals ; Capsules ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Female ; Gonadal Steroid Hormones ; blood ; Hyperplasia ; Mammary Glands, Animal ; drug effects ; pathology ; Rats

A quantitative real-time PCR assay was developed to measure the proviral load of human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in peripheral blood. The technology utilizes special primers and Taqman MGB fluorescence probe to measure amplification products from the gag-pro-pol polyprotein gene of HTLV-I. HTLV-I copy number was normalized to the amount of cellular DNA by quantitation of the beta-actin gene, The amplification system was sensitive to detect 5 copy/microL. The standard curve had a good linearity when the quantity for the gene was between 10(3) and 10(7) copy/microL (R2 = 0.999). Good reproducibility was observed in each intra- and inter-assay. We also measured proviral load in peripheral blood in 12 HTLV-I seropositive former blood donors. Proviral load for HTLV-I infected donors ranged from 0.015 to 12.819 copy/cell in WBC with the mean of 3.116 copy/cell.
Gene Products, gag ; genetics ; Gene Products, pol ; genetics ; Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 ; genetics ; isolation & purification ; Humans ; Molecular Probes ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; methods ; Viral Proteins ; genetics

OBJECTIVETo study the clinical feature and more reasonable diagnostic typing criteria for patients with liver failure.

METHODS13/21 cases of ALF, SALF with no past liver disease, 49/72 cases of with chronic hepatitis, and 23/73 cases ALF, SALF with liver cirrhosis, were analyzed respectively.

RESULTS1 ALF patients (1). There exist significant statistic differences in ALB, ALT, CHE in three ALF groups.(2). It had statistic differences in those patients with hepatic encephalopathy.(3). The prognosis of the patients with chronic hepatitis group (42.85 percent) was best than that of chronic cirrhosis (26.09 percent) and no past liver disease (15.38 percent). (2) In SALF patients (1). There exist significant statistic differences in ALB, GLO, ALT, AST, BDIL, GLU and CHE in three SALF groups.(2). It had statistic differences in those patients with hepatic encephalopathy in three SALF groups.(3). The prognosis of the patients with chronic hepatitis group (51.39 percent) was best than that of chronic cirrhosis (36.85 percent) and no past liver disease (33.33 percent).

CONCLUSIONThere are different clinic feature and prognosis in three ALF or SALF groups, so we suggest that it were clinic practicability and science in classify of liver failure at present.

Humans ; Liver Failure ; classification ; Liver Failure, Acute ; classification ; Prognosis

To study the dynamic change law of bioactive constituents from Polygonum multiflorum, and to explore the optimal harvest period of P. multiflorum. Determination of stilhene glucoside, anthraquinones and catechin from P. multiflorum in different harvest times by MEKC-DAD, and principal component analysis (PCA) was used to comprehensive evaluation for bioactive constituents. There are obvious differences among the contents of active ingredients in various collecting periods samples, the content of stilbene glucoside was the highest in November, the total content of combined anthraquinone was the highest in November and December, the content of catechin was the highest in September. The comprehensive evaluation index obtained with principal component analysis showed that the sample collected in November is significantly higher than those with other samples. The optimal harvest period of P. multiflorum is November.
Electrophoresis ; Fallopia multiflora ; chemistry ; growth & development ; metabolism ; Time Factors

To investigate the implementation effect of health education path in neo-natal disease screening , then promoting popularization and development of neonatal disease screening . [ Methods] The health education path was worked out for neonatal disease screening .A total of 986 cases of single birth mothers and their newborns were as the observation group , in which the path of health educa-tion was implemented for them .And 1 052 cases of single birth mothers and their newborns were as the con-trol group, in which the traditional method of health education was done .Comparison was made between the two groups in neonatal disease screening rate , positive recall rate , degree of parturient about understanding and mastering the knowledge of neonatal disease screening , parturient satisfaction and parental satisfaction . [ Results] The neonatal disease screening rate , positive recall rate , degree of parturient about under-standing and mastering the knowledge of neonatal disease screening , parturient satisfaction and parental satisfaction were all better in the observation group than those in the control group ( P <0.05 ). [ Conclusion] The health education path for neonatal disease screening can effectively promote its devel-opment and popularization .