1.Extraction and purification of Jo-1 antigen
Caizhong ZHU ; Hua CHEN ; Xuexin DENG ; Fulin TANG ; Zhijian YAO
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2006;0(10):-
Objective To improve the purifying method of Jo-1 antigen from rabbit thymus used for detection of anti-Jo-1 antibody by dot-blotting immunoassay(DB).Methods The rabbit thymus glands were cut into pieces,homogenized and extracted by PBS.Total protein was precipitated by acetone to get acetone powder(RTAP).The RTAP was solved in PBS and separated by an by anti-Jo-1 IgG affinity column.Results 5~7 g RTAP was obtained from 100g rabbit thymus glands.There was 19%~24% of protein in RTAP.Jo-1 antigen was enriched around 1900 folds through affinity chromatography,with 2.5% recovery of antigenic activity.In this preparation,there were several bands on SDS-PAGE,but only one band about 50 ku,reacted with anti-Jo-1 antisera on immunoblotting.Dot-blotting also showed that the antigen only reacted with Jo-1 antisera.The purified Jo-1 antigen was not stable for long time,but the antigenic activity could maintain for a long time when there was MgCl2 in the solution.Conclusion Affinity chromatography was a simple and easy method for purifying Jo-1 antigen from rabbit thymus.The antigen purified by affinity chromatography could meet the requirement for detecting Jo-1 antibody bydot-blotting.
2.Influence of monoamine oxidase A gene and brain function in the dynamic facial expression recognition in depressed patients
Yong TANG ; Jing ZHANG ; Zhijian YAO ; Haiyan LIU ; Qing LU
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2011;20(2):125-127
Objective To explore the impact of the variable number of tandem repeats of monoamine oxidase A gene (MAOA-uVNTR) on the intensity of brain activation during the recognition of facial expression in patients with depression and healthy controls.Methods 28 cases of depression,as well as 33 healthy controls who were matched in gender, age and years of education were divided into different genotypes with the methods of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and 1.5% agarose gel electrophoresis separation.61 cases were scanned to compare the intensity of brain activation in the recognition of happy, sad and neutral facial expression.Results In healthy controls,cases with high-activity genotype showed increased activation in left cuneus,left inferior frontal gyrus, right medial frontal gyrus and left inferior parietal lobule in comparision with carriers of low-activity genotype.In the depressed, compared with patients with low-activity genotype, cases with high-activity genotype decreased activation in bilateral putamen, left postcentral gyrus, left fusiform gyrus, right superior temporal gyrus and right thalamus.Conclusion Healthy controls with high-activity genotype shows the trend of priority for the identification of negative emotion,this genotype may be one of the risk factors for normal people suffering from depression.Patients with high-activity genotype is associated with the inhibitory of positive emotional state, this may attribute partly to the emotional symptoms in such kind of patients more serious.
3.Changes of cortical-limbic pathways in male recurrent unipolar major depressive disorder during attention control dysfunction
Li HAN ; Hao TANG ; Qing LU ; Haiteng JIANG ; Zhijian YAO
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2012;21(5):417-420
ObjectiveTo study information transmission circumstances within the neural circuits related to the attentional controls of the mate depression patients.MethodsTwelve unipolar depression patients and twelve age- and education- matched healthy controls were involved in the Stroop word-color interference test to detect the variation of brain inhibitory function by Magnetoencephalography scanning.ResultsCompared with the healthy controls,the abnormally activities in depressed patients during in chronological order were separately as follow:decreased activation in the left postcentral gyrus ( t =3.10 ),the right superior frontal gyrus ( t =2.16 ),the left middle frontal gyrus (t=2.64),the left parietal lobe (t=2.89),the right middle temporal grus( t=1.92),the right superior temporal gyrus(t=2.84),the right insula(t=3.03),the right precuneus(t=2.98),the bilateral middle frontal gyros ( t =3.64,t =2.25 ),the right postcentral gyrus ( t =2.20),the right cingulate gyrus ( t =4.04 ),the bilateral precuneus ( t =2.79,t =1.87 ) ;increased activation in the left caudate body ( t =1.91 ),the left pulvinar ( t =2.56),the left middle temporal gyrus( t =1.89),the left precentral gyrus( t =2.02) (P < 0.05,uncorrected).ConclusionThe abnormal activation in the brain regions related with attentional control processing is detected in the male recurrent unipolar recurrent major depression,performances of limbic system increased and.cortex declined more in the recurrent depressed.
4.Clinical characteristics of 42 cases of malignant endometrial polyps
Zhijian TANG ; Rong ZHOU ; Dongmei BAO ; Chen LIU ; Lihui WEI
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2014;49(3):204-207
Objective To investigate the clinicopathologic characteristics of premalignant and malignant endometrial polyps (EP) in premenopausal and postmenopausal women.Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted in 42 cases of premalignant and malignant EP from 1993 to 2012.Polyps were classified into premenopausal (group A,10 cases) and menopausal (group B,32 cases),including 26 cases of endometrioid adenocarcinoma,4 of clear cell carcinoma,9 of serous adenocarcinoma,and 3 of atypical hyperplasia.Results The prevalence rate of premalignant and malignant EP was 1.42% (42/2 965),the prevalence rate of malignancy in postmenopausal and postmenopausal women was 0.48% (10/2 064) and 3.55% (32/901),respectively.The mean size of EP was (1.6 ± 0.8) cm,abnormal uterine bleeding was positive in 90% (38/42) of cases.The EP pathological diagnosis showed all were endometrioid adenocarcinoma in group A,while there were 4 of clear cell carcinoma,9 of serous adenocarcinoma in group B.The mean size of EP was (1.1 ± 0.6) and (1.7 ± 0.9) cm in group A and B respectively (P <0.05).According to immunohistochemistry,all cases of group A were ER positive,but 41% (11/27) of group B were ER negative (P =0.059).The PR positive rate was 8/9 and 56% (15/27) in group A and B,respectively (P =0.169).Conclusions The risk of the EP malignancy rate is higher,while ER,PR positive rate are lower in postmenopausal womcn.Postmenopausal EP,especially accompanied by abnormal uterine bleeding and large polyps should be removed as soon as possible.
5.Effects of nerve growth factor on the nerve function and nitric oxide synthase to acute cerebral embolism in rats
Yiguang WANG ; Zhijian LI ; Yuliang WANG ; Kexin TANG
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2005;11(8):597-598
ObjectiveTo observe the curative effects of nerve growth factor (NGF) on experimental acute cerebral thromboemblia rats and study the mechanisms preliminarily.Methods24 model rats were randomly divided into three groups treated respectively with NGF, citicoline sodium (CS) and normal saline (NS) for 20 days, and the neurological grades of animals were observed before and after treatment. Then, 55 rats were randomly divided into three groups: the treated group (25 model rats, treated with NGF), control group (25 model rats, treated with NS) and normal group (5 normal rats, without treatment), the levels of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) of all animals were measured at 1 h, 3 h, 6 h, 12 h and 24 h after acute cerebral thromboemblia established.ResultsThe neurological grades of both NGF and CS treated groups were significantly lowered after treatment compared with NS control group ( P<0.05). NOS levels of cerebral thromboemblia areas were higher than that in the control group 1 hour, 3 hours after acute cerebral thromboemblia, the levels of NOS in NGF treatment group were obviously lower than that in the control group post-traumatic 1 hour, 3 hours and 6 hours.ConclusionNGF can accelerate the nervous function recovery of the rat with acute cerebral thromboemblia, the mechanisms is that NGF prohibits neurotoxicity of NOS.
6."""Logsplitter"" injury in clinical treatment and prognosis evaluation in ankle fractures"
Liangfeng GONG ; Shenglong LI ; Zhiming QI ; Qing LI ; Tao ZHONG ; Zhijian WANG ; Xin TANG
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics 2016;36(14):881-890
aration caused by varieties of violence does not catch the attention of domestic orthopedic surgeons enough in the past years.This passage is to discuss the damage mechanism,clinical treatment and prognosis evaluation of this kind of injury through the analysis of the case of Logsplitter injury.Methods Retrospective analysis 23 patients of Logsplitter injury from December 2006 to December 2014,male in 17 cases,female in 6 cases,average age (43.68±12.67) years (21-60 years).Hurt injury in 9 cases,sports injury in 1 case,falling injury in 2 cases,traffic injuries in 10 cases,crushing injury in 1 case.Open injures in 10 cases,of which the Gustilo Ⅱ type in 7 cases,Gustilo Ⅲ A type or above in 3 cases,closed injuries in 13 cases.According to the AO/OTA fracture classification,44c type in 19 cases,44b type in 3 cases,44a type in 1 case.Fibula fractures in 22 cases,19 cases of medial malleolus fracture.Results 23 patients received follow-up,with an average period was (0.91±0.26) years (0.4-2.37 years).21 cases underwent open reduction internal fixation (ORIF),2 cases underwent closed reduction external fixation and K-wire fixation.17 cases were fixed with the syndesmosis screws,among them,1 screw was used to fix 14 cases,two screws were used to fix 3 cases;the utilization rate of 3.5 mm screws is higher,at 94.1%,and all screws were entered through 3 layers of cortical;Combined with medial malleolus fracture cases were fixed with cannulated screws/K-wire internal fixation.Average healing time of the skin surrounding the ankle skin was (2.26±1.91) weeks;average healing time of fracture was (15.34±5.13) weeks;Joint pain ocurred combined with joint space narrowing after loading in 18 cases,at 78.3%;Postoperative infection,2 cases,the proportion was 8.7%;Fracture delayed union 1 case.Functional examination of the ankle joint (angle measurement method):Dorsiflexion average angle (23.9±2.21)degrees,Plantar flexion average angle (32.1 ±4.13) degrees.Average angle of introversion was (23.91 ±2.24) degrees.Hallux valgus average angle (27.6±3.81) degrees.75 points and over were got in AOFAS in 21 cases,the ratio of excellent was 91.3%.Conclusion Logsplitter injury represents a kind of important and unique ankle fracture,dislocation and the inferior tibiofibular syndesmosis separation caused by varieties of violence,accompany with potentially soft tissue injury and platford injury,according to existing treatment principle and treatment strategy summarizied by us,the clinical therapeutic effect of this damage is ideal,functional recovery is relatively satisfactory prognosis.
7.Changes of cortical thickness and cortical surface area in patients with bipolar depression
Ke ZHAO ; Haiyan LIU ; Rui YAN ; Hao TANG ; Yu CHEN ; Jiabo SHI ; Zhijian YAO
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2017;26(1):22-26
Objective To investigate the changes of cortical thickness and surface area in patients with bipolar depression(BD),and to explore the relationship between abnormal changes in gray matter and clinical symptoms.Methods 28 BD patients and 28 healthy controls underwent T1-weighted MRI.The Freesurfer software was used to process the T1 images,which used a set of automated sequences to analyze cortical thickness and surface area on 66 regions (33 regions of each hemisphere),and the correlation with clinical features was also calculated.Results Compared with controls,BD patients showed thinner cortical thickness in left medial orbitofrontal cortex((2.40±0.12) mm vs (2.55 ±0.18) mm,P=1.2× 10-3) and left rostral anterior cingulate((2.66±0.21) mm vs (2.88±0.27) mm,P=3.1 × 10-4),and smaller area of left cuneus((1 443.13± 131.00) mm2vs (6 634.70±600.16) mm2,P=2.7× 10-4) and right superior frontal gyrus ((6 634.70±600.16) mm2vs (7 300.50±653.39) mm2,P=1.3× 10-3).In addition,the negatively correlation was found between the cortical area of left cuneus and effective illness duration (r=-0.471,P=0.018),and the cortical thickness in left rostral anterior cingulate and total score of HAMD-17(17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression) (r=-0.508,P=0.009).Conclusion There are abnormal altertion of cortical thickness and cortical areas of emotional circuit in bipolar depression,but the brain areas are not completely overlapping.Correlation analysis suggests that cortical thickness and area is related to different clinical features.
8.Expression of urotensinⅡ receptor GPR14 in aorta of apoE knockout mice
Zhijian WANG ; Wenhui DING ; Libin SHI ; Lei MENG ; Ziwen REN ; Dingfang PU ; Yonggang ZHANG ; Chaoshu TANG
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 2000;0(11):-
] AIM: To investigate the expression of the urotensin Ⅱ (UⅡ) receptor GPR14 in the aorta of apoE knockout mouse. METHODS: The expression of GPR14 in the aorta of apoE knockout C57BL/6J mice at various ages (18 weeks, 28 weeks, and 38 weeks old, respectively) was determined with competitive RT-PCR. A binding assay of [ 125 I]-UⅡ on the aortic tissue was also performed in 28 weeks group. RESULTS: We found significant upregulation of GPR14 mRNA at all three ages. Compared with wild type group at the same age, the GPR14 mRNA level in apoE knockout mice increased 54.2% in 18 week group (P
9.The fronto-cingulate executive function in recurrent depression revealed by the magnetic source imaging
Hao TANG ; Yinglin HAN ; Li HAN ; Haiteng JIANG ; Qing LU ; Zhijian YAO
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2011;20(11):1005-1007
ObjectiveTo investigate the variation of executive function of fronto-cingulate cortex in spatio-temporal sequence in recurrent depressed patients.MethodsEighteen recurrent depressed patients and twenty-one age-,gender- and education- matched healthy controls were involved in the Stroop word-color interference test to detect the executive function of anterior cingulate and prefrontal regions by magnetoencephaloraphy scanning.Results 1.Compared to healthy controls,the increased activation of brain regions in depressed patients during different time periods were separately shown as follows( t represents activation strength):( 1 ) 100 ~ 200 ms:the right anterior cingulate gyrus ( t =1.81,T value means activation strength),the bilateral medial frontal gyrus ( t =1.91,t =1.86),the left superior frontal gyms( t =1.79 ),the right middle frontal gyrus( t =1.82 ),the right inferior frontal gyrus ( t =1.82 ).( 2 ) 200 ~ 300 ms:the left anterior cingulate gyrus ( t =1.82 ).( 3 ) 250 ~ 350 ms:the left anterior cingulate gyrus ( t =2.67 ),the left medial frontal gyrus ( t =2.43 ),the left inferior frontal gyrus ( t=1.91 ).(4)300 ~400ms:the left anterior frontal gyrus(t=2.26),the bilateral inferior gyrus( t=1.97,t=2.66),the left medial frontal gyrus(t=2.35).(5)350 ~450ms:the left anterior cingulate gyrus(t=2.02),the left medial frontal gyrus ( t =2.00),the bilateral inferior frontal gyrus ( t =1.74,t =1.78 ).( 6 ) 400 ~ 500 ms:the left anterior cingulate gyrus( t=2.01 ),the left medial frontal gyrus( t =1.97).2.Compared to healthy controls,patients showed decreased activation in the left middle frontal gyms ( t =1.79) and the left superior gyrus(t =1.76) in 200 ~ 300 ms.ConclusionExecutive dysfunction is reflected in depressed patients with the activation inefficiency in anterior cingulate and prefrontal regions in spatio-temporal sequence.
10.Re-evaluation of interval debulking surgery in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer
Yu MA ; Yi LI ; Heng CUI ; Xudong LIANG ; Zhijian TANG ; Xiaoping LI ; Yan ZHAO ; Lihui WEI
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2012;47(5):355-360
Objective Previous study showed that interval debulking surgery (IDS) may improve the survival of patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC).The precise significance of IDS needs to be evaluated.Methods Totally 136 consecutive patients with stage Ⅲ c or Ⅳ EOC (including primary peritoneal carcinoma and primary fallopian tube carcinoma ) who completed primary debulking surgery (PDS) and platinum-based chemotherapy were enrolled from January 2000 to December 2009 in a retrospective cohort study.The study group was divided into three groups:65 cases underwent optimal PDS (Group A ),41 cases received chemotherapy alone after suboptimal PDS (Group B ),and 30 patients underwent IDS after suboptimal PDS (Group C).All patients received six to eight courses of platinum-based combination chemotherapy (paclitaxel plus carboplatin/cisplatin,cyclophosphamide plus epirubicin and cisplatin).Patients' clinical characteristics,perioperative situation and prognosis were compared. Results Sixty-five cases (47.8%,65/136) from 136 patients achieved optimal PDS.For Group C,77% (23/30)patients obtained optimal debulking surgery after IDS.Intraoperative injury rates were similar between Group B and Group C ( P > 0.05 ).Mild perioperative complications rate was also similar ( P >0.05 ).Median progression-free survival (PFS) of Group A was 26 months.Median overall survival (OS) of Group B and Group C were 3l months and 40 months,respectively (P =0.254).Median PFS of Group B and Group C were 13 months and 24 months,respectively (P =0.289).Although when it came to 20 months after PDS,patients who underwent IDS had a significantly lower progressive disease (PD) rate (Group B 33% versus Group C 61%,P =0.046 ),it still showed that there was no significant difference in either OS or PFS of these two groups.Those patients in Group C who obtained no visible residual got similar PFS (27 months) comparing to Group A (26 months,P =0.730),but OS was still shorter (P =0.010).Conclusions For advanced EOC patients,IDS has little effect on improving survival.While it is safe and acceptable,also may prolong PFS in those patients who got no visible residual after IDS.The results suggest that IDS might be used as an alternative treatment for advanced EOC patients who cannot obtain optimal PDS in certain local hospitals.