Objective To investigate the effect of ketamine pretreatment on acute tolerance to morphine in rats with chronic inflammatory pain.Methods Twenty-four adult male SD rats weighing 180-200 g were randomly divided into 3 groups (n=8 each): group Ⅰ morphine (M) ,group Ⅱ ketamine (K) and group Ⅲ ketamine + morphine (KM). Chronic inflammatory pain was induced by subcutaneous injection of Freund's adjuvant 0.125 ml into the plantar surface of left hindpaw. Three days after Freund's adjuvant injection, the animals received intraperitoneal (IP) morphine 5 mg/kg in group M, IP ketamine 10 mg/kg in group K or IP ketamine 10 mg/kg 10 min before IP morphine 5 mg/kg in group KM once a day for 3 consecutive days respectively. The paw withdrawal threshold to yon Frey hair stimulation (PWT) and paw withdrawal latency to noxious thermal stimulation(PWLT) using the hot plate test were measured before Freund's adjuvant injection (T0, baseline), and every day before (T1) and at 15 (T2), 30 (T3), 60 (T4) and 120 min (T5) after medication for 3 days (D1,2,3).Results PWT was significantly increased after medication on D1,2,3 in group KM but only on D1,2 in group M. PWLT was significantly prolonged after medication on D1,2,3 in group KM but only on D1 in group M. Conclusion Ketamine 10 mg/kg pretreatment can decrease the acute tolerance to morphine in rats with chronic inflammatory pain.

The bioactivity tests showed that the induce resistance of oligochitosan was close relation with its degree of polymerization (DP) and its degree of deacetylation (DDA), the oligochitosan with low DP and high DDA has high induce resistance. In this paper, we used HPLC method and TOF-MS method detecting the DP and DDA of oligochitosan.

AIM: To investigate if pregabalin could depress the acute tolerance induced by morphine when curing the chronic inflammatory pain of rats.METHODS: 24 adult male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 180-200 g were randomly divided into three groups(8 in each group).Freund's adjuvant was injected subcutaneously in left hind-paw of the rat to establish the chronic inflammatory pain model.3 days later,rats received 3 daily intragastrical(p.o.) morphine 8 mg/kg(M group),pregabalin 3 mg/kg(P group) or morphine 8 mg/kg+pregabalin 3 mg/kg(MP group) administrations respectively.The rats' pressure-withdrawal threshold(PWT) and paw withdrawal thermal latency(PWTL) were determined with Von-Frey hair test and rat hot-plate test respectively.The results of PWT and PWTL before and 15,30,60,120 min after medication were recorded.RESULTS: PWT and PWTL of the rats in M group increased after medication on all the time points of the first day and 15 min of the second day(P

Objective To investigate the effects of oligochitosan on the humoral and cellular immunity in mice.Methods Divided the mice into four groups,test groups were given ip oligochitosan at doses of 60,120,240 mg?kg~(-1) for 14 days and the control group was given(0.9%) NS. The number of haemolytic empty spots,the level of serum hemolysin,the transform rate of T lymphocytes induced by ConA,delayed hypersensitivity were measured.Results Compared with the control group,indices including the number of haemolytic empty spots,the level of serum hemolysin,the transform rate of T lymphocytes induced by ConA,spleen ratio,ears swelling degree increased obviously in the dose of 120mg?kg~(-1) after two weeks of treatment.Conclusion Proper dose of oligochitosan can enhance the specific humoral and cellular immunity in mice.

Objective To investigate the role of calpain in the spinal dorsal horn in development of paw inflammatory pain in rats.Methods Forty-eight male SD rats,aged 6 weeks,weighing 160-200 g,were randomly divided into three groups:normal control group(group C,n =8),PBS group( n =16),zymosan-induced paw inflammatory pain group (group Z,n =24).Inflammatory pain was induced by injection of zymosan 1.25 mg into the plantar surface of left hindpaw.Group PBS received the equal volume of PBS 100 μl.The mechanical paw withdrawal threshold (MWT),paw withdrawal thermal latency (PWTL) and maximum thickness of the plantar surface of left hindpaw were measured before (T0 ) and at 30 min,1,2,4,8,24 and 48 h(T1-7 ) after zymosan or PBS injection.Eight rats were sacrificed at T4 in group PBS and at T4.6,7 in group Z respectively.The left lumbar segment (L4-6) was removed to determination of spectrin α Ⅱ breakdown products,IκBα,cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)expression and NF-κB activity in the spinal dorsal horn by Western blot.Results Compared with group C,MWT and PWTL were significantly decreased,maximum thickness of paw and NF-κB activity in the spinal dorsal horn were significantly increased,spectrin α Ⅱ breakdown products and COX-2 expression in the spinal dorsal horn were upregulated,while IκBα expression was down-regulated in group Z( P ＜ 0.05 or 0.01 ),but no significant change was found in group PBS( P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion The activation of calpain in the spinal dorsal horn is involved in the development of paw inflammatory pain in rats through activating NF-κB and up-regulating the expression of COX-2.

Objective:To evaluate the feasibility and safety of total aortic arch surgery under mild hypothermicvia single upper hemisternotomy approach.Methods:From January 2019 to July 2019, 35 patients(31 male and 4 female) with Stanford A type aortic dissection were diagnosed, who were(43.7±5.7)years old. Aortic arch surgeries were carried out under mild hypothermic via single upper hemisternotomy approach and the perioperative mortality, time of cardiopulmonary bypass(CPB), aortic cross clamp(ACC), circulation arrest(CA) and morbidity of neurological dysfunction were respectively were recorded.Results:All patients were finished aortic arch surgery under mild hypothermic single upper hemisternotomy approach, with 8.6% of mortality(3 patients died perioperation). The time of CPB, ACC and CA were respectively(202±53)min, (128±28)min and(8±3)min. There were 6 cases of transient neurological dysfunction(17.1%) and 1 case of permanent neurological dysfunction(2.9%).Conclusion:Aortic arch surgery under mild hypothermic for Standford A dissectionvia single upper hemisternotomy approach is safe and feasible.

Objective To review the experience and early clinical results of eversion carotid endartotectomy (eCEA) in treatment of patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis. Methods eCEA were performed on 32 patients who suffered from the extracranial carotid stonosis. The treatment results were retrospectively reviewed. Results Thirty-two patients were successfully treated with eCEA. The symptom in 17 patients with transient ischemia attach (TIA) admitted to hospital did not recurrence, the other original symptoms of the patients had different degrees of improvement or disappeared. Two patients had TIA during 72 h after surgery, but 24 h repeatedly CTA examination without infarcts oecurring, and recovered after the treatment of small doses of urokinase. Two cases of severe swelling appeared tracheal shift incision, and went smoothly through edema by treatment of tracheal intubatian. In 4 patients headache reliefed in 2-3 d after medical treatment of the dehydration. Seven patients appeared different degree of hoarseness, and got recovery through neurotrophic medication for 1 month. No other serious complication occurred. Follow-up by 6 months, no CTA carotid artery stenosis appeared again. Conclusion eCEA is an effective method to treat symptomatic carotid stenosis.

The inhibitory effect of NACOS on dyslipidemia and potential molecular mechanisms by in vitro and in vivo experiments were investigated. For in vitro study, four experimental groups were designed by using HepG2 cells, including the control group, palmitic acid (PA) treatment alone group, NACOS treatment alone group and NACOS + PA treatment group. For in vivo study, male C57BL/6 mice were divided into four groups (n=5) at random including the normal control group (NCD), high fat diet (HFD) group, NACOS treatment alone group, NACOS+HFD group, which were treated for 20 weeks. The used methods in this study were as follows: the observation of lipid droplet deposition in HepG2 cells by oil red O staining, the detection of mRNA levels of lipid metabolism-related regulators and inflammatory cytokine by RT-PCR method, the monitoring of MAPKs and PI3K/Akt pathway activation by Western blotting method. The in vitro study shows that, NACOS had no toxicity on the viability of HepG2 cells at 25-100 μg/mL and significantly reduced the deposition of lipid droplet. Also, based on both in vitro and in vivo investigation, NACOS evidently down-regulated the expression of lipid metabolism-related regulators (PGC1α, Cox5b, Mcad) and inflammatory cytokine (IL-1β) at mRNA level (P<0.05 or 0.01), and suppressed the activation of p38, ERK1/2 and Akt in HepG2 cells and lever tissues from HFD-fed mice (P<0.05 or 0.01). Based on the above, NACOS may inhibit the oxidation of liver mitochondrial fatty acid and the lipid biosynthesis, block the inflammatory responses and prevent the HepG2 cells and C57BL/6 mice from lipidemia.

COVID-19 represents the most serious public health event in the past few decades of the 21^st century. The development of vaccines, neutralizing antibodies, and small molecule chemical agents have effectively prevented the rapid spread of COVID-19. However, the continued emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants have weakened the efficiency of these vaccines and antibodies, which brought new challenges for searching novel anti-SARS-CoV-2 drugs and methods. In the process of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus firstly attaches to heparan sulphate on the cell surface of respiratory tract, then specifically binds to hACE2. The S protein of SARS-CoV-2 is a highly glycosylated protein, and glycosylation is also important for the binding of hACE2 to S protein. Furthermore, the S protein is recognized by a series of lectin receptors in host cells. These finding implies that glycosylation plays important roles in the invasion and infection of SARS-CoV-2. Based on the glycosylation pattern and glycan recognition mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2, it is possible to develop glycan inhibitors against COVID-19. Recent studies have shown that sulfated polysaccharides originated from marine sources, heparin and some other glycans display anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity. This review summarized the function of glycosylation of SARS-CoV-2, discoveries of glycan inhibitors and the underpinning molecular mechanisms, which will provide guidelines to develop glycan-based new drugs against SARS-CoV-2.
Antibodies, Neutralizing ; Glycosylation ; Heparin ; Heparitin Sulfate ; Humans ; Polysaccharides/chemistry* ; Receptors, Mitogen/metabolism* ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/metabolism* ; COVID-19 Drug Treatment

Humans ; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ; diagnosis ; therapy