1.Investigation of Environmental Hormone Level in Lanzhou Reach of Yellow River
Jingping NIU ; Yaping LIU ; Ye RUAN
Journal of Environment and Health 1989;0(06):-
Objective To assess the level of environmental hormone (EH) in Lanzhou reach of the Yellow River and to find the pollutant sources and pollution routes. Methods Solid phase extraction (SPE), gas chromatography-mass spectrophotometry (GC-MS) and gas chromatography (GC-FID) were employed to determine EH in the water samples. Results 10 kinds of EH were detected, of which 6 were the priority control pollutants determined by the American EPA and 6 were predominant pollutants in China. 10 EH detected in Lanzhou reach of the Yellow River included naphthalene, phenanthrene, DBP, DEHP and benzothiazole and the detection rates of the five EH were 40%, 60%, 100%, 100% and 20% respectively. Conclusion The predominant environmental hormone pollutants in Lanzhou reach of the Yellow River are PAEs, PAHs, heterocycles, phenols and the main source of these pollutants is the waste water of petroleum chemical industry.
2.The function of miR-30b in colorectal cancer metastasis
Ping WU ; Yaping YE ; Yanqing DING ; Wenting LIAO
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2014;45(11):679-683
Objective:To determine the function of miR-30b in the metastasis of colorectal cancer cells. Methods:RT-qPCR was performed to test miR-30b expression in 20 fresh primary colorectal cancer tissues and their corresponding adjacent tissues. Transwell and wound healing assays were performed to test the invasion and migration of colorectal cancer cells after miR-30b overexpression or inhibition. Bioinformatics assay was performed to predict miR-30b targets. Western Blot and Dual Luciferase reporter assay were per-formed to test the expressions of Snail and downstream target genes in colorectal cancer cells. Results:The results reveal that miR-30b expression decreased in cancer tissues compared with normal tissues. Transwell and wound healing assays reveal that miR-30b overex-pression inhibited cell invasion and migration, whereas miR-30b inhibition promoted the invasion and migration of colorectal cancer cells. Bioinformatics analyses reveal that miR-30b targets the 3'-UTR of Snail. Dual Luciferase reporter assay confirms that miR-30b af-fects the 3'-UTR of Snail. Western Blot analyses show that Snail and Vimentin expressions were significantly downregulated, whereas E-cadherin expression obviously increased after miR-30b overexpression. However, Snail and Vimentin expressions increased, but E-cadherin expression decreased after miR-30b inhibition. Conclusion:The miR-30b gene is downregulated in colorectal cancer tis-sues. The miR-30b protein may be important in the regulation of cell invasion and migration by targeting Snail in colorectal cancer cells.
3.Increased ICAM-1 expression on bronchial epithelial cells induced by eosinophils
Chengbin WANG ; Zhenguo HUANG ; Weiji YE ; Yaping TIAN ; Weiji LIN
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2000;0(06):-
Objective To study the effects of human bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS-2B cells ) coculture together with human eosinophils on intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM-1) expression on BEAS-2B cell surface.Methods BEAS-2B cells cocultured contact with eosinophils for 4 h and 12 h,total RNA was extracted and ICAM-1 gene in BEAS-2B cells were analyzed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR); ICAM-1 protein on BEAS-2B cell surface was assayed by fluorescent antibody in flow cytometry.Results ICAM-1 gene expression in BEAS-2B cells was upregulated and ICAM-1 protein on BEAS-2B cell surface increased by coculture with eosinophils.Conclusion Coculture of BEAS-2B cells and eosinophils might induce BEAS-2B cells to express ICAM-1.
4.Comparison of inhaled nitric oxide and Iloprost in infants with moderate or severe pulmonary hypertension af-ter cardiac surgery:a prospective randomized trial
Mengyu CHENG ; Yaping MI ; Yonghao GUI ; Bing JIA ; Ming YE
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2015;(13):1004-1007
Objective To compare the efficacy of inhaled Iloprost and nitric oxide( NO)in infants with moderate or severe pulmonary hypertension(PH)after congenital heart disease surgery. Methods This was a prospec-tive randomized study in Children's Hospital of Fudan University from January 2011 to January 2014,including 40 in-fants who suffered from moderate to severe PH after heart surgery. Their ages ranged from 1 to 24 months. Their weight ranged from 3. 2 to 11. 0 kg. They were randomly allocated to inhale NO( NO group,n = 20)or Iloprost( Iloprost group,n = 20). Iloprost group was given Iloprost with 50 ng/(kg·min)for 10 min and then combined with NO 20 × 10 - 6 for 10 min;NO group was first given 20 × 10 - 6 of NO for 10 min,then combined with Iloprost 50 ng/(kg·min) for 10 min. Heart rate,systolic blood pressure,pulmonary artery pressure(PAP)and central venous pressure were recor-ded continuously. At the same time,the concentration of nitrogen dioxide and methemoglobin after inhaling NO was de-tected. Results Inhaled Iloprost and NO caused significant reduction in PAP(t = 4. 670,P = 0. 009;t = 3. 762,P =0. 004)and pulmonary - to - systemic pressure ratio(Pp/ Ps)(t = 16. 974,P = 0. 000;t = 9. 682,P = 0. 000)but signifi-cant increase in oxygen index separately. The combination had no additional effect compared with single application. In term of the reduction of PAP,there was no significant difference between inhaled Iloprost and NO(F = 2. 742,P =0. 129). The levels of nitrogen dioxide and methemoglobin were not above the normal limits. Conclusions Moderate to severe PH after cardiac surgery was significantly reduced by inhaled NO and Iloprost. They had similar effects. However, the combination of both vasodilators failed to prove more potent than either substance alone. Compared with the potential toxicity of NO,the individual differences and the complex transmission,Iloprost may be more reasonable and feasible for the postoperative treatment of PH.
5.Early cardiopulmonary bypass surgery in critical low birth weight and premature infants with congenital heart defect
Yaping MI ; Bing JIA ; Xin LI ; Ming YE ; Zhanggen CHEN
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2008;17(8):817-820
Objective To evaluate early and mid-term results in infants,weighing less than 2 500 g,who underwent early cardiac surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).Method Since November 2003 to December 2007,28 consecutive infants of less than 2 500 g underwent early cardiac surgery on CPB in Children's Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University.Sixteen infants were male,and 12 infants were female.The mean pregnancy period was 34 weeks (30 to 41 weeks) ,and 14 patients were premature,and the mean birth weight was 2 010 g(1 370-2 500 g).Mean age at operation was 27.46 d (range 1~61 d),and mean weight was 2 391 g (range 1 500~2 500 g).Deep hypothermia circulatory arrest was used in 9.Indications for surgery were:ventricular septal defect (10 infants),transposition of great arteries (6 iofants),totally anomalous pulmonary venom return (5 infants),pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum(2 infants),coarctation of aorta (1 infants) ,interrupted aortic arch (1 infants),cortriatriatum(1 infants),abnormal original of fight pulmonary artery (1 infants).Resuits Two (7.14%) infants died after operation at early phase.Mean duration of mechanical ventilation and intensive care unit stay were 113.9 h and 14.4 d,respectively.During follow-up (mean 16.87 months),one died.Two patients needed reintervention.About 84.4% infants didn' t need reintervention at the end of 12-month followup.Conclusions If medicine is aseless,infants woth low birth weight and congenital heart defect can obtain satisfactory outcome after CPB.Perioperative proration for virtual organs should be payed attention to.
6.Membrane protein proteomic analysis of in vivo induced carbapenemases resistance Acinetobacter baumannii
Liulin LUO ; Chunmei YING ; Xiaofei JIANG ; Yangqin YE ; Yaping WANG ; Haomin ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2009;29(9):796-800
Objective To investigate the role of outer membrane protein in clinical isolated car-bapenem resistance Acinetobacter baumannii. Methods Carbapenem resistance and sensitive strains were collected from the same patient. After MIST and REP-PCR analysis, carbapenemases were detected by isoe-lectric focusing. Different expressed membrane proteins were identified by two-dimension electrophoresis and mass spectrometry analysis. We also used efflux pump inhibitor PAβN(Phe-Arg-β-naphthylamide) to con-firm the phenotype. Results Carbapenem resistance and sensitive strains were attributed to the same pat-tern. At positions of P17.6 and P19.0, two β-lactamases were expressed in two investigated strains, no cabapenemases were detected. Six differential expressed membrane proteins were identified, a 34 × 10~3 membrane protein that was confirmed by efflux pump inhibitor PAβN experiment (imiponem MIC decreased from far above 32 μg/ml to 8μ/ml) and OprD and CarO. Conclusion Up-regulation of exported protein accompanied with down-regulation of OprD and CarO other than carbaponemases are responsible for carbap-enem resistance in A. baumannii.
7.Effect of preeclampsia and varying degrees proteinuria on perinatal outcome
Lihong ZHANG ; Yunjiao ZHOU ; Jun YE ; Yaping CHEN ; Yun WU ; Jianying NIU ; Yong GU
Chinese Journal of Nephrology 2014;30(3):177-181
Objective To explore the impacts of preeclampsia and the different extent of proteinuria on maternal and perinatal outcomes.Methods The retrospective analysis was conducted according to the perinatal clinical data of preelacmpsia,pregnancy-induced hypertension in pregnant women and normal pregnant women from the Fifth People's Hospital of Shanghai,excluding twins,diabetic mellitus and patients with chronic kidney disease previously.Patients were divided into three groups on the basis of their conditions:① preeclampsia patients (A group,220 cases); ② patients with gestational hypertension (B group,189 cases); ③ normal pregnant (C group,220 cases).Patients with pre-eclampsia according to the degree of proteinuria were further divided into three subgroups:A1:patients with mild proteinuria (n =109); A2:patients with moderate proteinuria (n =72); A3:patients with severe proteinuria (n =39).Results Compared with the other two groups,the patients in A group had higher blood pressure,serum creatinine,uric acid,cesarean section rate,perinatal prematurity,stillbirth,fetal distress and neonatal asphyxia in preeclampsia group.However,the serum albumin level,eGFR,neonatal birth weight,length and Apgar scores were lower in A group compared with B and C group (P < 0.05).In three subgroups,serum creatinine level,uric acid level,cesarean section rate,perinatal prematurity and fetal distress were significantly increased in A3 group compared with A1 group,while the serum albumin level,eGFR,gestational age and neonatal birth weight were obviously lower in A3 group than in A1 group (P < 0.05).In patients with preeclampsia,24 h urinary protein was negatively related with the levels of serum albumin and eGFR (P < 0.05),and positivly related with the blood pressure,serum creatinine and caesarean production rate (P < 0.05).Large amounts of proteinuria was a risk factor of adverse outcome for pregnant patients with preeclampsia (OR =2.899,P < 0.05).Conclusions Preeclampsia patients with large amount of proteinuria have poor maternal and perinatal outcomes.Massive proteinuria is a risk factor of adverse outcome for patients with pre-eclampsia.
8.Cyclic tensile strain combined with icariin promotes the osteogenic differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells
Yaping YE ; Na LI ; Wei XIANG ; Rui WANG ; Fengjing GUO ; Tao XU
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2017;39(1):5-10
Objective To study the roles of icariin and cyclic tensile strain (CTS) in promoting the osteogenic differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) and the molecular mechanisms involved.Methods ASCs were isolated from Sprague-Dawley rats and treated either with icariin (10-7 mol/L) or with 1000 μ,2000 μ or 3000 μ of CTS for 7 days,or with icariin plus CTS at 2000 μ for three days.Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity was detected after 3 and 7 days of intervention.Western blotting was performed to detect the expression of Runt-related transcriptional factor 2 (Runx2),Yes-associated protein (YAP) and connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) after the third day of the intervention.A reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction was performed at 7 days to detect the expression of osteopontin (OPN) and collagen la and after 3 days to detect the expression of the YAP target gene,CTGF and ankyrin repeating domain 1 (Ankrd1).Results Icariin and CTS at 1000 μ,2000 μ or 3000 μ could all significantly promote the expression of ALP protein.CTS at 2000 μ was the nost effective.The co-treatment with icariin and CTS significantly promoted ALP protein expression compared with icariin or CTS treatment alone.It also significantly promoted the expression of Runx2 and CTGF protein.Icariin or CTS (2000 μ) alone could not promote the expression of YAP protein,but icariin combined with CTS (2000 μ) promoted it significantly.Either icariin or CTS (2000 μ) could significantly promote ALP activity after 3 and 7 days,but icariin combined with CTS had the most obvious effect.Both icariin and CTS (2000 μ) could also significantly promote the expression of the osteogenesis-related genes OPN and collagen la,as well as the YAP targeted genes CTGF and Ankrdl.However,the combination of icariin and CTS had the greatest effect in promoting the expression of OPN mRNA,collagen la mRNA,CTGF mRNA and ankrdl mRNA.Conclusion Icariin and CTS co-treatment may promote osteogenic differentiation of ASCs via activating YAP expression.
9.Surgical cardiac synchronization therapy for the cardiomyopathy heart failure with micro-invasive thoracoscopy techniques
Haibo ZHANG ; Xu MENG ; Ye ZHANG ; Zhian LI ; Yan LI ; Jie HAN ; Wen ZENG ; Yaping ZENG
Chinese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2011;27(3):162-164,157
Objective The cardiac synchronization therapy (CRT) was proven to have good treatment for the cardiac conduction disorders patients with serious heart failure. But many disadvantages were gradually be noticed, such as difficulty of sinus electrode implantation, coronary sinus injury and bleeding, still one third CRT cases remain unchanged cardiac function.Recently the epicardial lead CRT therapy by the cardiac surgeons appears promising to provide better clinic resynchronization.The aim of this research is to explore the clinical value of surgical epicardial lead CRT for the cardiomyopathy heart failure with micro-invasive thoracoscopy techniques. Methods During April 2007 to Sep 2009 eleven patients were diagnosed as advanced heart failure with cardiac dysynchronization proven by the ECG and tissue Doppler echo examination. The dysynchronization parameters of tissue Doppler echo includes left ventricle maximize delay time , the left dysynchronization index (Ts-SD), the inter-ventricle mechanical delay time (IVMD), left ventricle end-dilation diameters (LVEDD) and the left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF). All the patients got the consent agreement before the surgery. In the hybrid operation room the right atrial and ventricle endocardial electrodes were placed firs guided by X ray under the general anesthesia and double lumnen incubation. Then the thoracoscope techniques were used to explore the left ventricle lateral wall. The right atrial and ventricle electrodes were connected into the three chamber pacemaker. The Tissue Doppler Echo TEE technique was used to check which part of the left ventricle lateral wall is suitable for the idea CRT therapy. Usually the latest activated part of the left ventricle wall is the goal place. Then the epicardial electrode was fixed with 4-0 prolene suture at the idea place. All the cases were performed by the same surgeons group in the same medical center. The resynchronization features were examined after surgery and during the follow up. Results The endocardial and epicardial electrodes were implanted successfully without any serious complication. All patients were weaned and discharged without any adverse cardiac episodes. There is no mortality during the follow up period. All the patients received the β-blokers, diuretics, ACEI/ARB and other traditional medicine for the heart failure.The Tissue Doppler showed the E peak wave separated form the A peak which means the good resynchronization between the atrium and the ventricle. After surgery during the follow up the left ventricle maximize delay time decreased from (393.4 ±40.2 ) ms to ( 102.1 ± 34.6) ms, the left dysynchronization index (Ts-SD) decreased from (145.2±29.3)ms to(51.0±21.4) ms, the inter-ventricle mechanical delay time (IVMD) decreased from (59.1 ±23.4) ms to (31.2 ± 11.5 ) ms, left ventricle end-dilation diameters increased from (73.1 ± 13.4) mm to (63.2 ± 6.7) mn and the left ventricle ejection fraction increased from 0.32 ±0.04 to 0.41 ±0.07. Conclusion The micro-invasive surgical synchronization therapy could get good CRT result for the cardiomyopathy heart failure patients. Some patients traditionally in the waiting list for the heart transplant could be considered for the CRT therapy candidates.
10.Application value and quality control of immunocytochemical staining in diagnosis of breast cancer
Caibiao HE ; Tao WU ; Yaping ZHU ; Hong YE ; Zhiyong HU ; Lin WANG ; Yong CHEN ; Bei WEI
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2014;(14):1923-1924,1927
Objective To investigate the application value and quality control of breast cancer cells PR,ER C-erbB-2,P53,Ki67 expressions in the patients with breast cancer.Methods The specimens were obtained by the fine needle aspiration cytological smear or intraoperative imprint cytology.The biological expressions of ER,PR,C-erbB-2,P53,Ki67 were detected by the immuno-cytochemical staining,the detection results with those detected by the immunohistochemical staining were performed the compara-tive analysis.Results The biological expressions of ER,PR,C-erbB-2,P53,Ki67 in 53 cases of breast cancer were 73.56%, 58.49%,56.60%,68.63%,81.13% respectively;ER,PR,C-erbB-2,P53,Ki67 had no statistical significant differences in positive cases and positive intensity between the immunocytochemical staining and the immunohistochemical staining (P >0.05).Conclusion The immunocytochemical staining can replace the immunohistochemical staining and has the important significance in the preop-erative diagnosis of breast cancer,therapeutical scheme selection and prognosis judgment.The whole process quality control is the key to do the breast cancer immunocytochemical staining well.