Objective To detect whether there is neurotropism following end-to-side neurorrhaphy by means of the neuron retrograde tracing technique. Methods Forty female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: tracing main branch of musculcutaneous nerve(MC) of end-to-side group, tracing MC main branch of normal group, tracing MC motor branch of end-to-side group and tracing MC motor branch of normal group.In two end-to-side groups, the MC was transeeted, then an 1 mm epineukral window was created on the ulnar nerve. Distal end of MC nerve was sutured to the windowed ulnar nerve by means of end-to-side neurorrhaphy.In two normal control groups, MC and ulnar nerves were just exposed. Five months post operation, by means of retrograde Fluoro-Gold neuron tracing technique,the number of C5～ T1 anterior horn motoneurons and dorsal root ganglion sensory neurons of all groups were counted. Results In two tracing MC main branch groups: the motor neuron counts in end-to-side group was 245.2 ± 93.8, the motor neuron counts in normal group was 846.7 ± 264.8, and counts of end-to-side group was 30.0% of the normal control group (P＜ 0.01). The sensory neuron counts in end-to-side was 434.7 ± 160.4, the sensory neuron counts in normal group was 1545.2 ± 287.4, and counts of end-to-side group was 28.1% of the normal control group (P ＜ 0.01). The per-centage of motor neuron in end-to-side group was 0.36 ± 0.09, there was no difference between end-to-side group and normal control group(P＞ 0.05). In two tracing MC motor branch groups: the motor neuron counts in end-to-side group was 72.3 ± 35.3, the motor neuron counts in normal group was 189.7 ± 57.0, and counts of end-to-side group was 38.1% of the normal control group (P ＜ 0.01). The sensory neuron counts in end-to-side was 110.8 ± 52.5, the sensory neuron counts in normal group was 157.9 ± 50.0, and counts of end-to-side group was 70.2% of the normal control group (P ＞ 0.05). The percentage of motor neuron in end-to-side group was 0.40 ± 0.14, the difference between end-to-side group and normal control group was signifieant(P ＜ 0.01 ). Conclusion Neurotropism in collateral spouting after end-to-side neurorrhaphy is not significant.

Objective To investigate spiral CT,PET/CT and clinical manifestations in non-HIV infectious penicilliposis marneffei lung disease, to improve diagnostic level of this disease.Methods Imaging manifestations of 6 cases of non-HIV infectious penicilliposis marneffei confirmed by bronchofiberscope lung biopsy and/or pus culture were analyzed retrospectively All cases underwent chest CT,two had brain MRI,and two had PET/CT scan before treatment.Imaging appearances were observed and combined with clinical dates and literatures.Results Unilateral lung lesion was detected in 1 case,bilateral lungs lesions in 5 cases.Multiple patchy consolidation,stripe shadow in bilateral lungs or right lung were found in 3 cases, multiple nodes in 2 cases, mass with nodes in 1 case.Among 6 cases, 2 had septa interlobulare thickness,1 had tracheal fistula,2 had pericardium and pleura involvement,4 had bone destruction,1 had the brainand liver involvement.6 cases showed multiple lymphadenectasis,amalgamation and necrosis in bilateral hilar,mediastinaand the neck.2 had abdominal cavity and or retroperitoneal lymphadenectasis.On PET/CT,2 cases showed high uptake,and the range of SUV value were 1.4-13.9.Initial misdiagnosis by imaging was found in 5 cases.6 patients recovered after anti fungus treatment.Conclusion Imaging appearances of non-HIV infectious penicilliposis marneffei mainly reveals as multiple patchy consolidation,nodes and mass in bilateral lungs, all accompany with lymphadenectasis, many with bone destruction,lack of specificity, which needs lesion biopsy and pus culture to make confirmed diagnosis.

Objective To investigate the relationship and mechanism between the serum level of high mobility group box protein-1(HMGB1)and the mortality rate in patients with sepsis.Methods The serum levels of HMGB1,superoxide dismutase(SOD)and malondialdehyde(MDA)in 48 patients with sepsis were determined.The clinical outcomes in those patients were recorded and anlyzed.Results After the onset of sepsis,the serum HMGB1 levels of both death group and survival group were increased gradually and peaked at 72h after the onset of the disease.The semm HMGB1 levels of death group were much higher than those of survival group except at 24h(t=6.07,6.20,24.43,all P＜0.05).The activity of serum SOD of death group was markedly lower than that of survival group at 12h,24h,48h and 72h(t=10.24,20.61,11.67,33.33,all P＜0.05),and the level of serum MDA of death group was significantly higher than those of survival group at all time points(t=26.06,22.17,23.86,9.49,5.95,all P＜0.05).There was a significantly positive correlation between the serum HMGB1 and MDA level.Conlusioa The increase in serum HMGB1 level may be the important reasoll for the increased mortality rate in patients with sepsis;Oxidant/antioxidant imbalance may be olle reason for the increase in serum HMGB1 level.

To produce specific antibodies against malachite green ( MG) , one special hapten was synthesized and characterized, and conjugated to carrier protein as immunogen. The immunogen showed excellent reactogenicity and immunogenicity. One specific monoclonal antibody (mAb, named MG-DA4-C7) with high sensitivity and specificity for MG in indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunoassay ( icELISA ) was screened. The isotype was IgG1 and the light chain was κ type. After optimization of ELISA conditions, the proposed icELISA showed a 50% inhibition value ( IC50 ) of 0. 96 μg/L, a linear range ( IC20-IC80 ) of 0. 1-8. 1 μg/L and a limit of detection ( LOD, IC10 ) of 0. 05 μg/L for determination of MG. The assay showed cross-reactivity of 18. 1%, 26. 5% with crystal violet and brilliant green, respectively, and negligible cross-reactivity with other metabolites of MG (<0 . 1%) . The average recoveries of MG from spiked fish samples were from 87. 3% to 107. 3%. Good correlation (R2=0. 999) was obtained between the results of icELISA and those of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis. The proposed icELISA is suitable for the determination of MG in fish samples in a simple and sensitive manner.

Objective To detect the doubling time of airway smooth muscle cells of human and rat by the xCELLigence in-strument,a real time cellular analyzer.Methods The airway smooth muscle cells were separated by collagenase-pancreatin digestion from the rat airway.Then,added to the different holes of E-plate of xCELLigence instrument with the planting destiny of 3 000 cells/well.and so were the human airway smooth muscle cells.The E-plate was then placed on the xCELLi-gence instrument to monitor cell proliferation for 100 hours to calculate the doubling time by using the RTCA Software Package 2.0 software.Results The doubling time of human airway smooth muscle cell calculated by the real time cellular analyzer was 23.96±0.47 h,which was consistent with the data provided by the reference.The doubling time of rat airway smooth muscle cell was 18.62±0.15 h,and the computational process was simple,time-saving and also effective.Conclusion The xCELLigence instrument can be used to calculate doubling time of airway smooth muscle cells of human and rat, which provides experimental methods and reference data for the basic respiratory disease research.

BACKGROUND:Currently, the enzymatic digestion combined with magnetic activated cel sorting for isolating microvascular endothelial cel s are cumbersome and do harm to cel s. Therefore, how to simplify the isolation and culture of human dermal microvascular endothelial cel s to obtain highly purified endothelial cel s in vitro becomes a hotspot.
OBJECTIVE:To explore a simple and effective cultivation method of microvascular endothelial cel s from diabetic patient skins in vitro, and to detect the cel growth.
METHODS:Diabetic patients with chronic foot wounds after amputation were enrol ed to col ect the limb proximal skin and topical skin around the wound superficial dermal tissue. Human dermal microvascular endothelial cel s were obtained using adherent method and trypsin method, fol oewd by purified utilizing trypsin digestion and repeated attachment method when passage culture.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Human dermal microvascular endothelial cells were obtained successfully, Primary cultured endothelial cells completely adhered to the wall at 24 hours, entered the logarithmic phase at the 10th day, and the cell concentration reached 80%at the 12th-13th day. While the passage cells grew more actively than primary cells, and fully covered the bottom in a“cobblestone”arrangement after 5-7 days of culture. Immunohistochemical staining showed that cultured cells were positive for FVIII and CD31-associated antigens with 100%positive rate. MTT assay showed that cell growth curves of 2, 4, and 5 generations of dermal microvascular endothelial presented the invertedSshape. These results suggest that abundant highly purified human dermal microvascular endothelial cells can be obtained through the adherent method and a small amount of short-term trypsin method.

Objective To investigate the clinical features of acute traumatic subdural hematomas (SDH) in infants and discuss the treatment methods. Methods The clinical features of 48 infants under three years old with acute traumatic SDH admitted from 2002 to 2008 were retrospectively analyzed.Results There were 31 infants under one year old (65%). The most popular injury cause was accidental fall in 37 patients (77%). Of all patients, 12 patients (25%) had disturbance of consciousness,eight ( 17% ) had convulsion and eight ( 17% ) were combined with skull fractures. The treatment methods included craniotomy and evacuation of the blood clot in 18 patients ( including 13 patients underwent instant operation after admission ), burr hole craniotomy and external drainage of the chronic subdural hematoma in seven and conservative management in 23 with small subdural hematomas. All patients obtained good outcome except that two patients had motor dysfunction and one death. Conclusions The incidence of acute traumatic SDH in infants is high, especially in infants under one year old. It is easy to be disregarded at early stage and may deteriorate to chronic subdural hematoma or hydropsy. Early diagnosis and active surgical treatment may attain sound prognosis.

Objective To investigate CT and MRI features of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP).Methods Totally 16 patients with DFSP confirmed by pathology were enrolled.Tumor morphology,CT and MRI imaging appearance (11 cases underwent plain and enhanced CT,5 cases underwent plain and enhanced MRI) were analyzed retrospectively.Results DFSP usually occurred in the skin of truck,head and neck,protruding from the skin surface in different extent.Some lesions even suspended out of the skin.The lesions were divided into nodular type (n=12) and diffuse type (n=4) according to their morphological appearance.The tumors usually demonstrated as iso-density or slightly low density solid mass compared to muscle on CT.On MRI,it usually demonstrated as low signal on T1WI and high signal on T2WI.Tumor blood supply was rich,and it usually showed progressively moderate to strong enhancement.The signs within DFSP include hanging sign (n=2),skin tail sign (n＝6),fascia tail sign (n=l),fat tail sign (n=4).Conclusion DFSP can be characterized by nodular or diffuse lesions,the manifestations of different form are slightly different,but still have a certain characteristic.

The hapten of Flumequine(FLU) with four carbon atoms spacer arm(FLUABA) was synthesized and coupled to bovine serum albumin(BSA) as immunogen using activated ester method. Balb/c mice were immunized by the artificial immunogen and the splenocytes of immunized mice were fused with Sp2/0 cells to obtain the monoclonal antibody(McAbs). A hybridoma cell line(DB6-E7) secreting anti-flumequine McAbs was obtained by limited dilution method and screened by indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) using heterogenous coating antigen. The results showed that the subtype of the McAb was IgG_1, and the affinity was 8.19×10~8 L/mol. The haptens of FLU, FLUABA and FLUACA, with different space arm, were separately linked to ovalbumin(OVA) for heterologous or homologous coating antigen. The results of indirect ELISA and indirect competitive ELISA(icELISA) indicated that the heterologous coating antigen could improve the sensitivity of ELISA significantly. By heterologous coating antigen(FLU-OVA), the icELISA showed an IC_(50) value of 26.33 μg/L, LOD of 4.0 μg/L, and the workable range of 8-114 μg/L (IC_(20)-IC_(80)). Cross-reactivity studies showed that the McAbs were quiet specific for FLU, no cross-reactivity(<0.1%) was detected between the obtained McAbs and the quinolones compounds or other structural similarity compounds. The developed icELISA for FLU can satisfy the detection criteria of flumequine in animal food-products.

The neuroanatomical basis of meridian effects is one of the focuses of acupuncture mechanism studies. Meridian effects depend mainly on the generation, conduction, integration and output of acupuncture information in the acupoint, spinal cord and brain.The neural tracer technique is a basic method in neurobiology. This article presents recent years' advances in the application of the neural tracer technique to acupuncture field and summarizes the types of neural tracer used in acupuncture studies and regularities in the distribution of neurons and their fibers related to labeled meridians and acupoints in spinal segments and brain regions to provide methodological reference for studies on neurobiological mechanism of acupuncture effects.