Objective:To separate chemical and active constituents from the stem bark of Albiza julibrissin . Methods:Chromatography and spectral methods were used. Results:3 O ? D xylopyranosyl (1→2) ? L arabinopyranosyl (1→6) ? D glucopyranosyl 21 O {(6 S) 2 trans 2 hydroxymethyl 6 methyl 6 O [3 O (6 S ) 2 trans 2 hydroxymethyl 6 methyl 6 hydroxy 2,7 octadienoyl) ? D xylopyranosyl] 2,7 octadienoyl} acacic acid 28 O ? D glucopyranosyl (1→3) [? L arabinofuranosyl (1→4)] ? L rhamnopyranosyl (1→2) ? D glucopyranosyl ester (1) was separated and identified. Conclusion: Compound 1 is a new saponin named as Julibroside J 24 .

Objective: To study the chemical constituents of the stem bark of Albizia julibrissin Durazz. Methods: Chemical constituents were isolated by the repeated chromatography methods and their structures were identified by spectral analysis. Results: Five compounds were obtained as follows: 3 O [? D xylopyranosyl (1→2) ? D fucopyranosyl (1→6) ? D glucopyranosyl] 21 O (6S) 2 trans 2 hydroxy methyl 6 methyl 6 O ? D quinovopyranosyl 2,7 octadienoyl acacic acid 28 O ? D glucopyran osyl (1→3) [? L arabinofuranosyl (1→4)] ? L rhamnopyranosyl (1→2) ] ? D glucopyranosyl ester (1). acacigenin B (2), julibrotriterpenoidal lactone A (3), machaerinic acid lactone (4), acacic acid methylester (5). Conclusion: Compound 1 was isolated directly from this plant for the first time.

BACKGROUND:Currently, one of common methods is discectomy, nerve root decompression and fusion rigid fixation from the midline approach for disc herniation which is inefficient by conservative treatments. Thus, it is causing degeneration and limiting lumbar physiological activity of adjacent segments. The treatment of non-fusion lumbar disc herniation with the traditional posterior midline incision approach has some disadvantages such as big incision, wide peeling, and back muscle denervation.
OBJECTIVE:To observe therapeutic effects of dynamic stabilization system through Wiltse approach on lumbar disc herniation, and to compare the outcomes with traditional posterior approach.
METHODA total of 46 patients, who had undergone discectomy and internal fixation using dynamic stabilization systems for lumbar disc herniation at the Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University from January 2011 to January 2013, were enrol ed in this study. The operation was performed through the traditional posterior approach in 25 patients and Wiltse approach in 21 patients.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Al 46 patients were fol owed up for 7 to 31 months (averagely, 13.8±2.4 months). The length of incision, intraoperative blood loss, and postoperative drainage amount were less in the Wiltse approach group than in the traditional posterior approach group (P<0.05). No significant difference in visual analog scale scores and operative time was detected between the two groups at 1 week and 6 months after fixation (P>0.05). Radiographs revealed that the position of implants was good in al patients, no loosing or breakage. These data verified that the early effect of dynamic stabilization system through Wiltse approach for lumbar disc herniation is similar to that of traditional posterior approach.

BACKGROUND:Because human cells for culturing alveolar bone cell line are from alveolar bone, which is in oral cavity,and easily polluted, so laboratory study is often unsuccessful. Because the samples are from adults, so cell division index and the successful rate of culture are low.OBJECTIVE: To compare the biological characteristics of survived cell line established through passage,cryopreservation and revitalization following in vitro culturing the alveolar bone tissue obtained from normal persons and patients with chronic periodontitis accompanied with osteoporosis in aseptic operation; To compare the biological characteristics of two kinds of cells so as to provide theoretical and related experimental evidence for defect, repair and treatment of alveolar bone.DESIGN: Controlled observation.SETTING: Department of Stomatology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University; Institute of Orthopaedics,General Hospital of Chinese PLA.MATERIALS: Alveolar bone tissue obtained from normal persons and patients with chronic periodontitis confirmed in clinic was used in aseptic operation.METHODS: Alveolar bone tissue from normal persons and chronic periodontitis accompanied with osteoporosis were cultured in vitro. In the four cell lines (H-171, H-258, 261, 262) cultured primarily, cell lines H-171 and H-258 were chosen from periodonitis patients group and normal group respectively, and stained with histochemical and immunohistochemical methods. Cell morphology was observed. Doubling time and division index of two kinds of cells were calculated with cytometry. After several circles of passage, cryopreservation and revitalization, growth and aging rule of cells were compared.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Passage and biological characteristics of two groups of cell lines.RESULTS: ①In the abnormal alveolar bone group, there was one successful primary culture and cells presented short-spindle shape. There were 3 times of cryopreservation and 3 times of revitalization. Its doubling time was 53.4 hours. The average division index was about 4‰. Cells well grew after 20 times of passages. ②In the normal alveolar bone group, there were 26 cases of cell lines cultured primarily, but passage was found in only 3 cases of cell lines due to various causes. There were 10 passages and the cells presented long-spindle shape. After two circles of cryopreservation and revitalization, the survival and growth rate of cells were inferior as compared with cell line H-171.Doubling time was 65.9 hours and the average division index was 3.5‰. ③Both two kinds of cells adhered the wall, with the characteristics of osteoblasts: AKP, toluidine blue, PAS, tetracycline-labeled mineralized nodus, type Ⅰ collagen and BMP-2 immunohistochemical staining all presented positive.CONCLUSION: Both two kinds of cultured cells have the characteristics of osteoblasts. The growth speed of cell line H-171 is faster than that of cell line H-258. No obvious mutation is found in 20 passages. In the 8th generation of H-258,aging appears and growth speed becomes slow.

Objective To explore the common genetic abnormalities in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia(ALL) and their responses to early treatment response.Methods From December of 2010 to December of 2011,169 newly diagnosed ALL patients at the Department of Hematology,Beijing Children's Hospital Capital Medical University,were detected by karyotype analysis,reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH),and the relationship between early treatment responses and genetic abnormalities was observed.Results Of the 169 cases,bone marrow cell specimens from 162 cases were successfully cultured,with the success rate reached to 95.9％,and 88 cases (52.1％) had chromosomal abnormalities.Fifty-five cases carried 8 types of fusion genes among the 153 patients who received RT-PCR examination,and the abnormal rate was 35.9％.Forty cases applied for the detection of mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) gene rearrangement by FISH,and 6 cases of them were positive.One hundred and five cases had genetic abnormalities and the detection rate reached to 62.1％ by using three combined methods.The genetic abnormalities were classified into 6 groups,they were t(12;21),t(1;19),t(9;22),MLL rearrangement,hyperdiploid and-6/6q-,-7/7q-respectively,and early therapy response in each group was compared,and statistically significant differences were found among 6 groups (x2 =22.954,19.432,14.045,P =0.001,0.001,0.016).Conclusions Conventional cytogenetics combined with RT-PCR and FISH can enhance the detection rate of genetic abnormalities in childhood ALL.Genetic abnormalities combined with early treatment response in ALL can better guide the clinical treatment and prognosis assessment.

Objective To study the correlation between blood glucose variability and TOAST type of patients with acute ischemic stroke and provide new evidence which can improve the prognosis of ischemic stroke.Methods One hundred and forty-three hospitalized patients with acute ischemic stroke from August 2013 to August 2014 were included.All patients were estimated about the general state of health and performed laboratory examinations and other auxiliary examinations.Then the TOAST type of all cases was classified.The 24-hour blood glucose monitoring was done to the patients to calculate the blood glucose variability.One hundred and forty-three cases were divided into blood glucose variability group ( standard deviation of glucose ( GluSD )≥1.4 mmol/L, 85 cases ) and control group ( GluSD <1.4 mmol/L, 58 cases) according to glucose variability.We estimated the neurologic impairment of the patients with the US National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale ( NIHSS) and the activities of daily living with Barthel index.The relation between blood glucose variability and the prognosis of ischemic stroke was analysed with multivariate analysis.Results Differences were significant in age, history of diabetes and NIHSS score between blood glucose variability group and control group.The degree of neurologic impairment of large artery atherosclerosis (LAA) group (moderate and severe neurologic impairment:43/53(81.0%)) and cardio-aortic embolism ( CE) group ( moderate and severe neurologic impairment:15/17 ) was more serious than that in small artery occlusion ( SAO) group ( moderate and severe neurologic impairment:6/71 ( 8.5%) ) , especially in CE group.The differences were significant (χ2 =7.043,P<0.05).Blood glucose variability in patients with LAA was more obviously than that in other patients.NIHSS score and activities of daily living of the patients estimated on admission and after 2 weeks were not different in the blood glucose variability group, but the difference was significant in control group.The poor prognosis in blood glucose variability group was 2.821 times that in control group ( 95% CI 1.880 -4.233 ).Conclusions The people sufferd ischemic stroke with old age, diabetes or severe case are more vulnerable to abnormal blood glucose variability.Abnormal blood glucose variability is an independent risk factor for acute ischemic stroke and induces difficulty to recovery and poor prognosis.

BACKGROUND:Thoracolumbar spine as highly concentrated stress, often prone to vertebral fractures. With the further development of the biomechanics and anatomical structure of the spine, posterior open reduction and internal fixation with pedicle screw has been widely accepted by clinicians. OBJECTIVE:To explore the clinical results and safety of percutaneous pedicle screw fixation system (Viper system) used in thoracolumbar compression fractures. METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed 40 patients with thoracolumbar compression fractures from Department of Orthopedics, Changzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital and Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Area Command of Chinese PLA from January 2013 to February 2014. According to the type of graft, patients were randomly divided into experiment group and control group, with 20 patients in each group. They were respectively subjected to Viper percutaneous pedicle screw fixation system and open reduction and pedicle screw fixation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Al vertebra got bone unions. Operative time and time to bone union were shorter in the experiment group than in the control group. Moreover, intraoperative blood loss was less in the experiment group than in the control group. Cobb’s angle, height percentage of leading edge and wedge angle were similar between the two groups. However, at 12 months after internal fixation, height percentage of leading edge was lower in the experiment group than in the control group. Visual Analogue Scale scores and Oswestry Disability Index were noticeably improved after fixation in both groups. Visual Analogue Scale scores and Oswestry Disability Index were lower in the experiment group than in the control group immediately after fixation. These results suggest that compared with open reduction and pedicle screw fixation, Viper percutaneous pedicle screw fixation system for thoracolumbar compression fractures can stably restore the structure and function of spine, and does not increase perioperative complications.

OBJECTIVETo study on the drug release characteristics and mechanism of gastrodin ion-activated nasal in situ gel in vitro.

METHODRegularity and mechanism of the drug release of gastrodin nasal in situ gel were studied by using the diffusion cell model and the membrane-less dissolution model, respectively. A novel kinesis diffusion cell model was designed according to the characteristics of release environment of nasal cavity. It was used to investigate the effect of adhesiveness on the release of the in situ gel.

RESULTDrug release of gastrodin nasal in situ gel followed the one order release model. Erosion rate of the gel was low and not linearly correlated with the release rate. Compared with gastrodin solution, the nasal in situ gel could increase release time and release amount.

CONCLUSIONGastrodin in the nasal in situ gel is released mainly by diffusion rather than erosion. Release amount of the in situ gel in nasal cavity may be obviously increased because of its adhesiveness.

Adhesiveness ; Benzyl Alcohols ; chemistry ; metabolism ; Calibration ; Diffusion ; Gels ; Glucosides ; chemistry ; metabolism ; Kinetics ; Models, Chemical ; Nose ; metabolism ; Solubility

Carbon monoxide has been proved to be an important signal molecule in body. Transition metal carbonyl compounds are solidified form of carbon monoxide. Numerous studies have shown that Ruthenium carbonyl carbon monoxide releasing molecules have a strong pharmacological activity. In this paper, five Ruthenium (II) carbonyl CORMs 1-5 were synthesized and their toxicology, tissue distribution and interaction with blood endogenous substances were investigated. The results showed CORMs' IC50 to fibroblasts are ranged from 212.9 to 2089.2 micromol x L(-1). Their oral LD50 to mouse is between 800 to 1600 mg x kg(-1). After repeated administration, CORMs 1 and CORMs 5 haven't shown an obvious influence to rats' liver and kidney function, but caused the injury to liver and kidney cells. The in vivo distribution result revealed the majority of CORMs were distributed in blood, liver and kidney, only a small part of CORMs distributed in lung, heart and spleen. They could scarcely cross the blood-brain barrier and distribute to brain. The non-CO ligands in structure have an obvious relevance to their in vivo absorption and distribution. Interestingly, CORMs could enhance the fluorescence of bovine serum albumin, and this enhancement was in direct proportion with the concentration of CORMs. Under different conditions, interaction of CORMs with glutathione got different type of products, one is Ruthenium (II) tricarbonyl complexes, and Ruthenium (II) dicarbonyl complexes.

ObjectiveTo study the clinical efficacy and safety of Narcotrend (NT) monitor for the prevention of awareness during general anesthesia.MethodsFour hundred and thirty-two patients with elective extubation and general anesthesia (ASA Ⅰ-Ⅱ) were divided into observation group and control group with 216 cases each by random digits table.All patients were treated with total intravenous anesthesia.The patients were given anesthetics by NT monitor in observation group and detemined by the clinical experience of anesthesiologists in control group.The mean arterial pressure (MAP),heart rate (HR),respiratory rate(RR),pulse oxygen saturation(SpO2),NT stages (NTS),NT index (NTI),total sedatives,awaking time,extubation time,Ramsay score was recorded.All patients in the postoperative on the first day and the fourth day were followed-up two times to understand the perception and memory in patients undergoing the situation.ResultsThere was no know in operation in observation group,there was 1 case with suspectedknow and 1 case with definite know in control group.Compared with control group,the awaking time and extubation time was decreased in observation group [ ( 6.0 ± 2.8 ) min vs.( 10.0 ± 4.9 ) min,( 12.0 ± 5.5 ) min vs.( 19.0 ± 6.9) min] (P ＜ 0.05 ); MAP and HR was even more stable.In addition to midasolam,the remaining amount of the drug was less (P ＜ 0.05 ).Ramsay score at awaking,extubation and out of the operating room in observation group was lower than that in control group (P ＜ 0.05).ConclusionNT monitor for total intravenous anesthesia increases the safety of general anesthesia,and it can be reduced to some extent,intraoperative awareness.