OBJECTIVE:To compare between the HPLC method and gravimetric analysis in the determination of the content of sodium new Houttuyfonte injection.METHODS:The content of sodium new Houttuyfonte injection was determined by HPLC and gravimetric analysis respectively.HPLC condition: Zorba extent-C18 column(250 mm?4.6 mm,5 ?m) detected by UV(286 nm),and the mobile phase consisted of methanol-water-tetrabutyl ammonium hydroxide(70:30:0.3).The procedure of gravimetric analysis was in line with state drug standard.RESULTS: The determination results were notably different between the two methods.CONCLUSION:Gravimetric analysis showed no specificity in the determination of sodium new Houttuyfonte injection.

Objective To study the changes of gastrin 17 (G17) and pepsinogen (PG) after gastric bypass surgery in gastric antrum resection, and the influences of different surgical methods on postoperative peptic ulcer. Methods Clinical data of 63 patients with gastric bypass surgery in our hospital from October 2013 to October 2015 were divided into resection of pyloric antrum group (n=33) and preserved pyloric antrum group (n=30). The values of G17, PGⅠ, PGⅡand PGⅠ/PGⅡwere detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay at 1 month, 6 months and 12 months after operation. The correlation between the different surgical methods and the incidence of peptic ulcer was analyzed between two groups. Results The G17 levels were significantly decreased in resection of pyloric antrum group 6 and 12 months after operation than those in preserved pyloric antrum group (P<0.05). Compared with preserved pyloric antrum group,PGⅠ and PGⅡ levels was significantly decreased 12 months after operation (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the ratio PGⅠ/PGⅡat 1 month, 6 months and 12 months after operation between two groups (P>0.05). There was no significant difference in postoperative peptic ulcer between two groups (P>0.05). Conclusion Gastric bypass after resection of the pyloric antrum can reduce the postoperative secretion of G17, PGⅠ and PGⅡ, but which can not reduce the incidence of postoperative anastomotic ulcer.

Thyroid function ultimately depends on appropriate iodine supply to the gland. Thyroid hormone deiodination is an intrinsic component of the thyroid hormone homeostasis. Type Ⅰ iodothyronine deiodinase (D1) plays an important role in thyroid hormone metabolism and has close relationship with thyroid function. Based on successfully establishing animal models of iodine deficiency and iodine excess in Babl/c mice (Babl/c mice were randomly divided into five groups: low iodine (LI), normal iodine (NI), five-fold iodine (5HI) , ten-fold iodine (10HI) and fifty-fold iodine (50HI) group. Three months and six months after admistration, they were sacrificed and thyroids were excised), the expression level of D1 mRNA were examined by using real time quantitative PCR method. D1 activity was analyzed by 125I-rT3 as substrate combined with ion-exchange chromatography. The thyroid hormone was measured with radioimmunoassay method. The data revealed that in the case of iodine deficiency, both D1 mRNA expression and D1 activity was greatly increased(compared with NI groups, P

Objective Construct the lentiviral AQP1 vector and explore whether it can transfect the myocyte or not,then test the law of the AQP1 expression and the edema in the successfully transducted myocytes after cardiopulmonary bypass in sheeps.Methods Design cleavage primer according to ovine AQP1mRNA,clone it into expressing vector and transducated into the 293T cells with other packing vectors to produce the lentiviral AQP1 vector,then test the virus titer.36 adult healthy sheeps are randomly divided into blank or AQP1-lentiviral transfected group,blank or AQP1-lentiviral vector suspension was injected in the ventricle tissue of healthy adult sheeps during cardiopulmonary bypass and take specimen in different time points (2,6,12,24,48,72 h)after extracorporeal circulation,3 in each group.Realtime-PCR WesternBlot ELISA FACS immumofluorescent and Dry/Wet methods are emploied to detect the expression of AQP1 and the according degree of edema.Results lentiviral AQP1 vector was successfully construced and transducated into the myocytes.The tranducated groups have the same trend of AQP1 of expression and cardiac edema after cardiopulmonary bypass compared to the blank vector group,but the degree is heavier(P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Lentivral AQP1 vector can successfully transfect the myoctyes,and the overexpressed myocardial tissue have the same trend of AQP1 expression and edema after cardiopulmonary bypass,but with a heaver degree.The expression of aquaporins was positively relevant to the edema.

Objective To compare the contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) manifestations of pNENs with the pathological changes and to explore the clinical value of CEUS in diagnosis of pNENs. Methods The CEUS of sixteen pathologically diagnosed pNENsfrom April,2012 to February,2014 were retrospectively observed.The CEUS of thirty pathologically diagnosed pancreatic carcinomas during the same period were taken as the control group.The enhancement extent and enhancement patterns of CEUS in pancreatic tumors were analyzed. The specimens of pNENs were stained with HE and CD34 immunochemistry.The grading of interstitial content and Ki-67 index were obtained on HE-stained slices and microvascular density(MVD) were obtained on CD34 immunochemistry stained slices.Spearman rank test analysis was employed to analyze the correlation.Results Among the 16 cases of pNENs,12 cases (75.0%) demonstrated hyper-or iso-enhancement,which included 6 cases (37.5%) showing homogeneous enhancement and 6 cases (37.5%) showing inhomogeneousen hancement,and the other 4 cases demonstrated hypo-enhancement. Among 30 cases of pancreatic carcinomas,25 cases (83.3%) demonstrated hypo-enhancement and 5 cases (16.7%) hyper- or iso-enhancement,and 21 cases (70.0%) demonstrated homogenous enhancement,and 9 cases(30.0%)inhomogeneous enhancement.Taking hyper-or iso-enhancement on CEUS as the diagnostic criteria,its diagnostic sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value,negative predictive value,and accuracy were 75.0%,83.3%,70.6%,86.2%,80.4%respectively.Negative and positive correlation of the enhancement extent of pNENs with the interstitial content(r =-0.880,P < 0.001) and MVD (r =0.658,P =0.003) were observed,respectively.Six tumors with inhomogeneous enhancement contained cystic degradation or necrosis under microscope. Conclusions CEUS is an effective and non-invasive diagnostic approach for pNENs and can reflect the pathological changes.Hyper-or iso-enhancement of CEUS is typical appearance of pNENs.

Objective To analyze the changes of celluar and humoral immunity in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis(JIA),as well as the changes in different subtypes,and to investigate the role of cellular and humoral immunity in the pathogenesis of JIA.Methods Ninety-two JIA subjects and 82 controls(healthy children) were included into this study.The levels of T lymphocyte subsets,natural killer (NK)cells,and B cells were analyzed by using flow cytometry.The serum interleukin-1 (IL-1),tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α),interleukin-l0 (IL-10),transforming growth factor-β(TGF-β) levels were detected by using enzyme-linked imnmunosorbent assay (ELISA).The serum IgG,IgM,IgA and C3,C4 levels were detected by using velocity scatter turbidimetry.Independent t-test,One-Way ANOVA test and Pearson analysis were adopted for data analysis.Results 1.In the group of JIA,the levels of CD3,CD4,IL-1,TNF-α,IgG,IgM,IgA and C3 were higher than those in the control group(all P ＜ 0.05),while the levels of CD4CD25,CD8,NK cells,IL-10 and TGF-β were lower than those in the control group(all P ＜0.05),and the ratio of CD4/CD8 was higher than that in the control group (P ＜ 0.05).2.In the group of systemic-onset JIA (so-JIA),the levels of CD4,IL-1,TGF-β,IgG,IgM,IgA,C3 and the ratio of CD4/CD8 were higher than those in the oligoarthritis JIA group(all P ＜ 0.05),while the levels of CD4CD25,CD8,IL-10 were lower than those in the oligoarthritis JIA group(all P ＜ 0.05).In the group of polyarthritis JIA,the levels of IL-1,TNF-α,IgG,IgM and IgA were higher than those in the oligoarthritis JIA group(all P ＜0.05),while the levels of CD4CD25,CD8,IL-10 were lower than those in the oligoarthritis JIA group (all P ＜ 0.05) ; In the group of so-JIA,the levels of CD4,TGF-β,C3 and C4 were higher than those in the polyarthritis JIA group (all P ＜ 0.05).3.The value of IL-1,TNF-α were positively correlated with that of C-reactive protein (CRP),erythrocyte sedimentation rate(ESR) in the JIA group(all P ＜ 0.05),while the value of IL-10,TGF-β was negatively correlated with that of CRP,ESR(all P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions There are cellular immunity and humoral immunity disorders in the JIA.Cellular immunity and humoral immunity are all involved in the pathogenesis of JIA.T helper cells are activated and Th1 cytokines increase,suppressive T cells,regulatory T cells impairment and suppressive cytokines decrease but immunoglobin increase,which involve in auto inflammation reaction and articular destruction in JIA.The immunity disturbances are more striking in so-JIA and polyarthritis JIA.IL-1,TNF-α,IL-10 and TGF-β are correlated with the disease activity.

Objective To investigate the sodium iodide symporter (NIS) gene expression during different iodine intakes and its function in thyroid autoregulation. Methods BabL/c mice were randomly divided into five groups according to their different iodine intake levels : low iodine (LI), normal iodine (NI), five-fold iodine (5HI) ,ten-fold iodine (10 HI) and fifty-fold iodine (50 HI). After three months and six months administration, they were sacrificed and thyroids were excised. The mRNA and protein expression level were determined by real time quantitative PCR and immunohistochemistry respectively. Iodine content in thyroid tissue was measured with spectrophotometry and thyroid hormone level was measured with radioimmunoassay. Results Compared with NI group, NIS mRNA and protein expression was greatly increased in LI groups. Immunohistochemistry analysis indicated that NIS was mostly located at the basolateral membrane of thyrocyte,suggesting the improved activity in transporting iodine. But when faced with long-term and severe iodine deficiency, the iodine content in thyroid was finally decreased ,and hormone level lowered. On the other hand, in HI groups NIS mRNA and protein expression was greatly down-regulated. There was a tendency of decreasing NIS gene expression level with increasing doses of iodine intakes. In addition, NIS protein was found mainly in intracellular vesicles, rather than at the cell membrane,suggesting the loss of its activity. The iodine content in thyroid tissue was only slightly increased and was not consistent with the iodine intake levels. Conclusion These findings indicate that NIS may be. regulated at transcription, translation and post-translation levels. This phenomenon constitutes a highly specialized intrinsic autoregulatory system that protects thyroid from high doses of iodine, but at the same time ensures adequate iodine uptake for hormone biosynthesis. NIS plays a critical role in thyroid autoregulation mechanism.

OBJECTIVETo test expression level and glycosylation level of OPN in HCC cell lines with different metastatic potential and HCC tissues, and investigate the correlation between the glycosylation change and the liver cancer transporting as well as its significance.

METHODSThe level of OPN expression in liver cancer tissue(6 cases of non-metastasis and 7 cases of metastasis)as well as HCC cell lines with different metastatic potential (L02, Hep3B, MHCC97L, MHCC97H, HCCLM3, HCCLM6)was identified by immunohistochemistry and Western Blot, and then OPN was purified from HCC tissues by immunoprecipitation, followed by glycosylation detection of OPN from non-metastatic and metastatic HCC tissues by multiple lectin blot. Data were analyzed by t-test and variance analysis.

RESULTSDifferent levels of OPN expression were observed in HCC cell lines with different metastatic potential (F = 5.04, P = 0.008). Additionally, OPN expression level in HCC tissues with metastasis was higher than that in non-metastasis group (t = 2.447, P < 0.05). Relative optical density value was 0.69 ± 0.21 and 0.45 ± 0.14 respectively. OPN in liver cancer tissue was successfully purified using immunoprecipitation. Followed lectin blotting result showed that OPN protein in metastasis group showed lower affinity to MAL, PHAE, DSA, ConA as compared with that in non-metastasis group (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONSThe expression of OPN was positively correlated with the enhanced metastasis potential of HCC. OPN from metastasis HCC tissues presented lower level of some specific glycan structures such as a2, 3- sialic acid, bisecting GlcNAc, biantennary, muti-antennary and high mannose type N-glycan structure. This study not only indicates the role of OPN in HCC metastasis for the first time, but also provide experimental support for the mechanism of the function of OPN in the transportation of liver cancer cells as well as offer potential target for clinical treatment.

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; metabolism ; pathology ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Glycosylation ; Humans ; Liver Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Osteopontin ; metabolism

Quercetin and its glycosides are important flavonols in traditional herbal drugs and plant-derived food, and they have diverse hiological activities such as antioxidant, anticarcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic activities. Numerous studies have demonstrated that quercetin and its glycosides were effective in the prevention and treatment of non-infectious chronic disease such as diabetes, obesity, and hyperlipidemia. They can regulate glucose and lipid metaholism through different mechanisms. They can decrease blood glucose via protecting pancreatic/p cells or/and improving insulin sensitivity. Also, they have lipid-lowering effects, which may be the result of regulation of lipid catabolism or/and anabolism. Their distributions, as well as the hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effects are reviewed in this paper. In addition, further bioactivities as well as their dose-activity relationship, structure-activity relationship, bioavailability, and future clinical application of quercetin and its glycosides are discussed and proposed.
Animals ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; pharmacology ; Glycosides ; chemistry ; pharmacology ; Humans ; Hyperlipidemias ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; Hypoglycemia ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; Hypoglycemic Agents ; chemistry ; pharmacology ; Hypolipidemic Agents ; chemistry ; pharmacology ; Quercetin ; chemistry ; pharmacology

Objective To evaluate the correlation between postoperative complications and prognosis after radical hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastasis (CRLM).Methods We retrospectively summarized patients' clinicopathological data and postoperative complications.Postoperative complications were graded using Dindo-Clavien system of classification.Then we investigate the relation between these data and prognosis.Results One hundred and seventy-three patients were recruited.Postoperative complications developed in 59 (34.1％) cases.37 patients had minor complications and 22 patients had major complications.On univariate (x2 =8.106,P =0.004) and multivariate analysis (x2 =8.006,P =0.005),complication was an independent predictor of overall survival (OS).However,in a subgroup of patients with minor compications,morbidity was not associated with a significant reduction in both OS (x2 =3.199,P =0.074) and disease-free survival (x2 =1.313,P =0.252).Conclusions Postoperative complications are an independent factor for long-term outcomes after hepatic resection for CRLM.