Objective To explore the effects of an acute exercise on the contractile protein degradation and 26S proteasome activity in skeletal muscle.Methods Thirty-six male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 6 groups,each group consisted of 6 rats.They were killed respectively at rest,immediately after half an hour of exercise(running on the treadmill at 25m/min,5% grade),and 1 hour,2h and 6h after one hour exercise.The 3-methylhistidine(3-MH)content,26S proteasome activity and C2 subunit mRNA expression in rat gastrocnemius muscle were detected.Resuits(1)3-MH content increased immediately and 6 hours after exercise,and reached its peak level immediately after half an hour of exercise(P<0.01).(2)26S proteasome activity increased immediately after half an hour of exercise and 6 hours after exercise(P<0.05).(3)Expression of 26S proteasome C2 subunit mRNA Was lower than baseline during and after exercise,but increased sharply 6 hours after exercise(P<0.01).Conclusion The increase in 26S proteasome activity regulated by subunits gene after exercise could enhance skeletal muscle contractile protein degradation

Objective To find biological markers to predict the mathematical cognitive ability in order to set patients free from the pain and time-consuming behavioral tests. Methods 86 patients with stroke or brain traumatic injuries were recruited and acquired T1 and rest-ing-state functional MRI imaging data. And a mathematical task (7 calculation items, 2 counting items) and a word-reading task (140 items) was also finished. The partial correlative analysis was made between the score of mathematical task and the amplitude of low frequency fluc-tuation of each voxel of the whole brain with the word-reading performance as controlling task, and AlphaSim correction method was used with corrected P<0.05 (single voxel level:P<0.05;cluster size:>110 voxels). Results There were 5 cerebral regions whose amplitude of low frequency fluctuation significantly correlated with mathematical performance:left inferior parietal lobule (161 voxels, rpeak=0.34), left precu-neus/superior parietal lobule (141 voxels, rpeak=0.31), left middle temporal gyrus (359 voxels, rpeak=0.34), left middle frontal gyrus (491 vox-els, rpeak=0.36), and right middle frontal gyrus (156 voxels, rpeak=0.32). Conclusion The amplitude of low frequency fluctuation of left inferior parietal lobule, precuneus/superior parietal lobule, middle temporal gyrus, middle frontal gyrus, and right middle frontal gyrus could be used as predictors of mathematical cognitive ability for brain-damaged patients.

Objective To investigate the epidemiology of viral infection in elderly patients to contract acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD)in Minhang district of Shanghai from 2010 to 2012,and to study the relationships between viral infection and clinical features.Methods The elderly patients (age >70 year old)with AECOPD admitted from September 2010 to November 2012 were enrolled for study.The patients who couldn't complete lung function test were excluded.The pharyngeal swabs (PS)were taken from each patient within the first 24 h after admission.Nine respiratory viruses and their subtypes from pharyngeal swabs were detected by the nested multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR)method,including influenza virus A (FluA),2009 influenza A (H1N1 )virus (09FluH1 ), influenza virus B (FluB),respiratory syncytial virus A (RSVA)and B (RSVB),human coronavirus-229E (hCOV-229E),human coronavirus-NL63 (hCOV-NL63 ),human coronavirus-OC43 (hCOV-OC43 ), human coronavirus-HKU1 (hCOV-HKU1),human parainfluenza virus 1-4 (hPIV1-4),human adenovirus (hAdV),human boca virus (hBoV),human metapneumo-virus (hMPV)and human rhinovirus (hRV). According to the PCR results,all patients were divided into positive viral infection group and negative viral infection group.The relationships between viral infection and clinical features were analyzed.Results Sixty patients were eligible for study.Of them,14 patients were found to be positive for virus infection including a triple infected patient (FluB,hRV and hROV)and 46 patients were negative for virus infection.The viral pathogens detected in the positive viral group were:9 cases of hRV (15.00%),2 cases of hPIV (3.33%),2 cases of hCOV (3.33%),2 cases of FluB (3.33%)and 1 cases of RSV (1.67%).The mortality in the positive viral group was higher than that in the negative viral group.However,the other clinical characteristics between the two groups had no significant differences. Conclusions Human rhinovirus was the most common viral pathogen in elderly patients with AECOPD.Viral infection might be associated with the prognosis.However,the patients with viral infection are lack of specific clinical characteristics,therefore,the prompt diagnosis before careful study would be difficult.

Objective:To investigate the effects and mechanisms of allogeneic epidermal stem cells (ESCs) on the survival of allogeneic full-thickness skin grafts in nude mice with full-thickness skin defect wounds.Methods:Experimental research methods were applied. Primary ESCs that appeared paving stone-like after being cultured for 7 d were obtained by enzymatic digestion method from one 4-week-old male BALB/c-NU nude mouse (the same strain, age, and sex below). The cells of third passage were identified by flow cytometry to positively express ESC marker CD44 and negatively express CD45, meanwhile, the positive expression of ESC markers of p63 and integrin 6α, and negative expression of CD71 were identified by immunofluorescence method. The ESCs of third passage in the logarithmic growth phase were used for the following experiments. Twenty-six nude mice were equally divided into phosphate buffered saline (PBS) group and ESCs group according to the random number table. A full-thickness skin defect wound was made on the back of each nude mouse, and then the wounds of the two groups were sprayed with equal volumes of PBS and ESCs, respectively. The wounds were transplanted with full-thickness skin grafts cut from the backs of 4 other nude mice. Each ten nude mice from the two groups were selected, the wound healing and skin survival on post surgery day (PSD) 0 (immediately), 3, 7, 14, and 21 were observed, and the survival ratio and shrinkage rate of skin grafts on PSD 3, 7, 14, and 21 were calculated (the number of sample was the number of surviving skin grafts at each time point); the blood perfusion in the skin grafts on PSD 3, 7, and 14 was detected by the laser speckle blood flow imager, and the blood flow ratio of nude mice skin grafts in ESCs group to PBS group at each time point was calculated (the number of sample was the pair number of surviving skin grafts in group pairing at each time point). The skin graft tissue of each 3 nude mice remained in the two groups were collected on PSD 7, and the mRNA expressions and protein expressions of tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), interleukin 8 (IL-8), IL-10, type Ⅰ collagen, type Ⅲ collagen, and matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) in the tissue were detected by real-time fluorescent quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting, respectively. Data were statistically analyzed with Log-rank test, analysis of variance for repeated measurement, one-way analysis of variance, independent sample t test, and Bonferroni correction. Results:Taking the condition on PSD 0 as a reference, the wounds of nude mice in the two groups healed gradually on PSD 3, 7, 14, and 21, and the shrinkage of skin grafts was gradually obvious. Among them, the shrinkage healing of wound of nude mice in PBS group was more significant than that in ESCs group. On PSD 3, the skin graft of 1 nude mouse failed in ESCs group, while the skin graft of 3 nude mice failed in PBS group. On PSD 7, the skin graft of another nude mouse failed in PBS group. The survival ratio of skin grafts of nude mice in the two groups was similar on PSD 3, 7, 14, and 21 ( P>0.05). On PSD 3, 7, 14, and 21, the shrinkage rates of skin grafts of nude mice in ESCs group were (9.2±0.4)%, (19.7±1.2)%, (53.6±3.5)%, and (62.2±5.1)%, respectively, which was significantly lower than (11.0±0.9)%, (47.8±2.8)%, (86.1±7.1)%, and (89.7±9.0)% in PBS group ( t=5.719, 26.650, 11.940, 7.617, P<0.01). On PSD 3, 7, and 14, blood perfusion signals were observed in the skin grafts of nude mice in the two groups. The average blood perfusion ratios of the skin grafts of nude mice in ESCs group to PBS group were greater than 1, and there was no statistically significant difference in the overall comparison of 3 time points ( P>0.05). On PSD 7, compared with those of PBS group, the mRNA and protein expressions of TNF-α, IL-8, type Ⅰ collagen, and type Ⅲ collagen in the skin graft tissue of nude mice in ESCs group were significantly reduced, while the mRNA and protein expressions of IL-10 and MMP-9 in the skin graft tissue of nude mice in ESCs group were significantly increased (in mRNA comparison, t=2.823, 2.934, 2.845, 2.860, 3.877, 2.916, P<0.05). Conclusions:Allogeneic ESCs can reduce the shrinkage of allogeneic full-thickness skin grafts transplanted on full-thickness skin defect wounds in nude mice, promote the formation of new blood vessels between the skin graft and the wound, reduce inflammation and collagen protein expression, and promote the expression of MMP-9, thus improving the survival quality of skin grafts.

Background and purpose:Lung adenocarcinoma has the characteristics of difficult early detection,rapid tumor progression and low surgical resection rate.Although studies on immunotherapy alone and immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy have shown initial success in improving prognosis and overcoming drug resistance,the majority of lung adenocarcinoma patients still receive limited benefits.Therefore,there is an urgent need to identify novel biomarkers with relatively high sensitivity and specificity to improve the prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma.Cell division cycle protein 20(CDC20)is involved in the occurrence and development of various tumors,but its biological role and mechanism in lung adenocarcinoma remain unclear.The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of CDC20 in lung adenocarcinoma and its predictive value for the prognosis of patients with lung adenocarcinoma,and to further explore the effects of CDC20 on the proliferation and invasion capabilities of lung adenocarcinoma cells.Methods:Utilizing immunohistochemistry(IHC)to detect the expression of CDC20 in lung adenocarcinoma tissues,we analyzed its correlation with poor prognosis in combination with bioinformatics and clinicopathological parameters.Kaplan-Meier survival curves were employed to illustrate the impact of CDC20 on postoperative survival rates in lung adenocarcinoma patients.COX multivariate regression analysis was conducted to identify independent prognostic factors influencing postoperative survival rates.Additionally,receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curves were applied to assess the diagnostic value of CDC20 expression in lung adenocarcinoma patients.Real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction(RTFQ-PCR)and Western blot were used to measure the expression levels of CDC20 in normal human lung epithelial cells(BEAS-2B)and human lung adenocarcinoma cells(A549 and H1299).In cellular experiments,CDC20 was knocked down in lung adenocarcinoma cells,which were divided into three groups:si-NC(control group),si-CDC20#1(knockdown group 1)and si-CDC20#2(knockdown group 2).Cell counting kit-8(CCK-8),colony formation,transwell and wound healing assays were conducted to assess cell proliferation,migration and invasion capabilities.Functional enrichment analysis using Geng Ontology(GO)and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes(KEGG)pathways was conducted to explore the biological roles of CDC20 in lung adenocarcinoma.Finally,gene set enrichment analysis(GSEA)was employed to investigate potential regulatory pathways of CDC20 in lung adenocarcinoma.This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Hebei Chest Hospital(Number:2022051).Results:The results of both bioinformatics analysis and IHC demonstrated a significantly high expression of CDC20 in lung adenocarcinoma tissues(P＜0.05).Both bioinformatics analysis and clinical parameter evaluation revealed a correlation between high CDC20 expression and poor patient prognosis.Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and COX regression analysis consistently indicated a significant negative correlation between CDC20 expression and postoperative survival rates in patients(P＜0.05).Additionally,the expression levels of CDC20 were higher in human lung adenocarcinoma cell lines A549 and H1299 compared with BEAS-2B(P＜0.05).Knockdown of CDC20 effectively inhibited the proliferation,migration and invasion of lung adenocarcinoma cells(P＜0.05).The results of GO,KEGG pathways and GSEA consistently pointed to a relationship between CDC20 and cell cycle regulation.Conclusion:CDC20 is highly expressed in lung adenocarcinoma.High expression of CDC20 is an independent risk factor for poor prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma patient.CDC20 can promote the proliferation,migration and invasion of lung adenocarcinoma cells.

Patients with severe trauma require an extremely timely treatment and transfusion plays an irreplaceable role in the emergency treatment of such patients. An increasing number of evidence-based medicinal evidences and clinical practices suggest that patients with severe traumatic bleeding benefit from early transfusion of low-titer group O whole blood or hemostatic resuscitation with red blood cells, plasma and platelet of a balanced ratio. However, the current domestic mode of blood supply cannot fully meet the requirements of timely and effective blood transfusion for emergency treatment of patients with severe trauma in clinical practice. In order to solve the key problems in blood supply and blood transfusion strategies for emergency treatment of severe trauma, Branch of Clinical Transfusion Medicine of Chinese Medical Association, Group for Trauma Emergency Care and Multiple Injuries of Trauma Branch of Chinese Medical Association, Young Scholar Group of Disaster Medicine Branch of Chinese Medical Association organized domestic experts of blood transfusion medicine and trauma treatment to jointly formulate Chinese expert consensus on blood support mode and blood transfusion strategies for emergency treatment of severe trauma patients ( version 2024). Based on the evidence-based medical evidence and Delphi method of expert consultation and voting, 10 recommendations were put forward from two aspects of blood support mode and transfusion strategies, aiming to provide a reference for transfusion resuscitation in the emergency treatment of severe trauma and further improve the success rate of treatment of patients with severe trauma.