Aim To evaluate the effect of expression inhibition of spermine oxidase(SMO)on the actitumor activity of polyamine analogue CPENSpm (N~1-cyclopropylmethyl-N~(11)-ethylnorspermine).Methods siRNA technique was used to inhibit expression of SMO in human lung cancer line A549.QT-RT-PCR and enzyme activity assay was performed to determine the expression level of SMO.The cell proliferation was detected by MTT assay.The apoptosis of A549 cells were evaluated by DNA degradation and Sub-G_1/flow cytometry assay.Results The A549 cell line with silenced SMO expression was successfully obtained.Basic SMO mRNA and enzyme activity levels in the SMO-siRNA plasmid transfected cells were 0.53% and 14% lower than that in the control cells respectively. Treating A549 control cells by 10 μmol·L~(-1) CPENSpm for 24 hours resulted in a 10-folds up-regulation of SMO in mRNA level and 20-fold increase in enzyme activity,but this drug-induced SMO expression was obviously prevented in SMO-siRNA plasmid transfected cells.MTT assay demonstrated that SMO expression inhibition decreased the sensitivity of A549 cells to CPENSpm exposure(0～20 μmol·L~(-1)).DNA degradation and sub-G_1 assay proved a deceased ability of CPENSpm to induce apoptosis in SMO-siRNA plasmid transfected cells.Conclusion Up-regulation of SMO by CPENSpm is possibly one of the molecular basics for its antitumor activity.

Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is known as an endogenous immunosuppressive enzyme which plays a significant role in the process of tumor.IDO is not only found in tumor cells but also detected in dendritic cell (DC) in tumor microenvironment,which participates in the formation of tumor immune tolerance through expressing IDO enzyme.Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) is the main signal protein family which participates in the IDO transcriptional regulation of DC.It is necessary to detail the signaling pathway in regulating IDO expression,which will help us develop high specific and more active IDO inhibitors and provide new options for anti-cancer targeted therapy.

60yr, weighting 50-80kg undergoing general thoracic surgery (lung resection and esophagus cancer resection) were enrolled in this study. Their preoperative hepatic and renal function were normal (blood creatinine

Objective To introduce a telerehabilitation software system based on the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Rose.MethodsTeleassesment subsystem was taken as a sample to described case diagram, the collaboration diagram and the class diagram of the system in detail.Results and Conclusion A model of the telerehabilitation software system based on UML is given.

Objective To quantify the right ventricular (RV) function in patients with left heart disease (LHD) related pulmonary hypertension (PH) by two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (2D-STI),and explore its potential value in diagnosis of reactive PH.Methods Forty healthy volunteers and 65 patients with LHD related PH were enrolled.PH patients were further divided into two subgroups according to pulmonary vascular resistance(PVR):passive PH group and reactive PH group.A complete 2D-STI derived longitudinal strain of RV free wall was performed,and the basal,middle,apical longitudinal peak systolic strain (LS) and RV free wall global LS (RVLSbas,RVLSmid,RVLSapi and RVLSfw) were measured.Results Compared to control group,RVLSbas and RVLSfw in reactive PH group decreased significantly (all P ＜0.05).Compared to passive PH group,RVLSbas and RVLSfw in patients with reactive PH decreased significantly (all P ＜0.05).The differences of RVLSbas and RVLSfw between control group and passive PH group had no statistical significance (all P ＞0.05).No significant differences in etiology and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) were observed between PH subgroups (all P ＞0.05).The area under the ROC curve of RVLSbas in predicting reactive PH was 0.93,the cut-off value was-21.86,and the sensitivity and specificity were 83 ％ and 89 ％,respectively.The area under the ROC curve of RVLSfw was 0.79,the cut-off value was-13.84,and the sensitivity and specificity were 59％ and 89％,respectively.Conclusions 2D-STI can realize quantitative assessment of RV function in patients with LHD related PH.RVLSbas and RVLSfw may have important clinical value in diagnosing patients with reactive PH,and differential diagnosis value between patients with passive PH and patients with reactive PH.

Objective To observe CT characteristics of primary retroperitoneal malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH). Methods CT images and clinical data of 25 patients with primary retroperitoneal MFH proved pathologically were reviewed and analyzed retrospectively. Results A total of 37 lesions were identified in 25 patients, in which 17 had single lesion and 8 had multiple lesions, with mean diameter of the tumor of 12.85 cm, including 32 light lobulated and 5 round-shaped lesions. Among all 37 lesions, 28 were well-defined and the others had unclear border, while 7 masses were homogenous in density and the other 30 were inhomogenous with necrosis, cysts, bleeding or calcification. All lesions enhanced in various degrees with slight enhancement in arterial phase and moderate enhancement in venous phase. All the patients underwent immunohistochemistry examination, and the positive rate of Vimentin, CD68, AACT, S-100, CKpan and EMA were 94.74%, 90.48%, 88.24%, 0, 0 and 15.00%, respectively. Conclusion Primary retroperitoneal MFH have some specific CT manifestations that being helpful to the diagnosis, but final diagnosis depends on the cytopathology and immunohistochemistry.

Objective To investigate the effects of hyperbaric oxygenation(HBO)therapy on serum con- centrations of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1(slCAM-1),soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1(sV- CAM-1),soluble E-selectin(sE-selectin)and matrix metalloproteinase-9(MMP-9)in patients with aeute cerebral infarction and their clinical implications.Methods One hundred and twelve cases of cerehral infarction in the ca- rotid artery system were assigned into two groups.Patients in the routine treatment group(RT group,n=62)were treated with routine clinical treatment regime,whereas those in the HBO group(n=50)were treated with H BO ther- apy in additioo to routine clinical treatment.Thirty age- and sex-matched normal subjects were recruited and served as controls.The serum concentrations of sICAM-1,sVCAM-1,sE-selectin and MMP-9 were measured hy using ELISA method before and 10 days after treatment.The assessment of neurological deficits using National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale(NIHSS)score was conducted before treatment,and at 10 and 30 days after treatment,and the therapeutic efficacy was evaluated.Results The concentrations of sICAM-1,sVCAM-1,sE-selectin and MMP-9 of the patients were significantly higher than those of the control subjects.These parameters were all decreased signifi- cantly after treatment in the two patient groups.Moreover,these parameters were lower in the HBO group than those in the RT group after treatment.The NIHSS scores of HBO group were significantly lower than that of the RT group at the 30th clay post-treatment.The effective rate of HBO group was higher than that of RT group.Conclusion HBO therapy can decrease the serum levels of sICAM-1,sVCAM-1,sE-seleetin and MMP-9,which might be one of the mechanisms of HBO in the treatment of cerebral infarction.

To investigate the influence of the difference enhancers on the transport mechanism of chlorogenic acid (CGA) across Caco-2 cells model, a RP-HPLC method was adopted to detect the concentrations of CGA. At the concentrations of 20 to 80 microg x mL(-1), the difference of absorption rate constants (K(a)) was not statistically significant. At the concentrations of 40 and 20 microg x mL(-1), the ratios of apparent permeability coefficients (P(app)) of the apical to basolateral and the basolateral to apical were 1.14 and 1.18, respectively. With the effect of enhancers K(a) and P(app) increased, the absorption half-life (T1/2) decreased. CGA passed through the Caco-2 cell membrane mainly by passive transport. It showed that monocarboxylic acid transporter (MCT) could be involved in the across membrane transport process of CGA. Borneol had no effect on the cell membrane transport processes. The order of increasing absorption of CGA caused by the enhancers was sodium lauryl sulphate > sodium taurocholate > carbomer.

Objective To explore the efficacy and safety of dexmedetomidine combined with propofol on double-balloon enteroscopy.Methods Forty cases of patients ASA Ⅰ-Ⅱ grade who underwent double-balloon enteroscopy were divided into dexmedetomidine combined with propofol group (combine group) and propofol group by random digits table with 20 cases each group.Combine group was given load 0.7 μg/kg (intravenous infusion for 10 min) before induction and 0.2 μg/ (kg·h) continuous infusion during the surgery.All the patients were used propofol by target concentration with 2.5-4.0 mg/L for target-controlled infusion heart rate (H R),mean arterial pressure (MAP),respiratory rate (RR),peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) were recorded before examination(T0),eye lash reflex time(T1),during the perform (T2),the end of check (T3),sedation score,induction time,recovery time,total propofol amount,rates of adverse reaction and satisfaition were recorded.Results The induction time,recovery time was no statistically significant difference between two groups (P ＞ 0.05).The RR,SpO2 was no statistically significant difference between two groups at different time points (P ＞0.05).The HR at T1,T2 in combine group was significantly lower than that at T0 and in propofol group same period[(65.8 ± 7.3),(68.6 ± 8.2) times/min vs.(84.6 ± 7.1) and (77.6 ± 7.2),(89.6 ± 8.4) times/min,P ＜ 0.05].The MAP at T1 in combine group was significantly higher than that at T0 and in propofol group same period [(88.9 ± 9.4) mm Hg (1 mm Hg =0.133 kPa) vs.(81.3 ± 4.5) and (73.5 ± 6.8) mm Hg,P ＜ 0.05],at T2 was significantly lower than that in propofol group [(80.6±6.6) mm Hgvs.(88.5 ±7.6) mm Hg,P＜0.05].Sedation score 1 score 18 cases,2 scores 2 cases in combine group; 1 score 3 cases,2 scores 17 cases in propofol group,the difference was statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05).Combine group apnea two cases,moving,choking three cases,propofol group were eight cases and seven cases,the difference was statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05).The total propofol amount in combine group was significantly lower than that in propofol group [(421 ± 76) mg vs.(638 ± 89) mg,P ＜ 0.05].Conclusion Dexmedetomidine composite target controlled infusion of propofol used for double-balloon enteroscopy can produce good narcotic analgesic which is safe and effective anesthesia.

Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography ; Humans ; Liver Neoplasms ; diagnostic imaging ; radiotherapy ; Lung Neoplasms ; diagnostic imaging ; radiotherapy ; Male ; Prostatic Neoplasms ; diagnostic imaging ; radiotherapy ; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted ; methods ; Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated ; methods