Hepatic carcinomas were induced with the administration of diethyl-nitrosamine (DEN) in rats. The morphological changes of the liver tissues in the course of carcinogenesis could be divided into 3 successive stages: the nonspecific changes reacting to the drug toxicity, non-cancerous hyperplastic nodules of hepatocytes and ductular cystadenomatous lesions,and the lesions of genuine malignancy including hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma.The ultrastructural alterations of hepatocellular carcinoma showed a complicate picture and were related to the differentiation of the tumor cells. In one case of cholangiocarcinoma, numerous cytoplasmic dense-core granules similar to the neurosecretary granules seen in apudoma were found in some of the tumor cells, which is postulated to be a special type of cholangiocarcinoma. On the basis of the results, Ihe histogenesis of the neoplasms after DEN administration is considered to originate from hyperplastic nodules of hepatic cells and ductular hyperplasia.

Objective To compare the difference of serum heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) and carbon monoxide(CO) levels between the patients with coronary heart disease(CHD) caused chronic heart failure(CHF) and CHD patients with normal cardiac function,and further to explore the protective mechanism of HO-1/CO system during the pathogenesis process of CHF.Methods Ninety-one patients with CHF were selected as the observation group and 72 CHD cases with normal cardiac function were taken as the control group.The concentration of HO-1 was determined by ELISA arid the Chalmer S method was used to detect serum CO concentration.The general clinical data of the two groups were recorded by the using the heart failure questionnaire.And the liver and kidney functions,blood lipids,NT-proBNP,BNP and cardiac echocardiography examination were performed.Results The serum HO-1 level in the observation group was (8.13±0.27)ng/mL,which was higher than (2.80±0.52)ng/mL in the control group;the CO level in the observation group was (0.35±0.06)mg/L,which was lower than(0.59±0.07)mg/L in the control group,the difference was statistically significant(P＜0.01);the HO-1 level in the observation group was gradually increased with the increase of cardiac function grade (P＜0.01);while the CO level was decreased with the increase of cardiac function grade (P＜0.01).Conclusion The serum HO-11evel in the patients with CHF is highly expressed with the heart failure aggravation;endogenous CO is gradually decreased due to consumption after cardiac failure aggravation.

Objective To understand the current situation about flexible position switch of non-licensed nurses in Chongqing, to discuss the cause of the flexible position switch, and to provide basic information for constructing scientific managerial measure. Methods Using the stratified clustering method to sample the nurses from 18 hospitals of different ranks in Chongqing and investigated them with self-designed questionnaire. Results Among the 1145 non- licensed nurses joining the investigation, 42.53%and 52.49% of them showed the will to switch their positions or occupations, 84.89% of them objected their children to occupy themselves with nursing service. 68.56% non-licensed nurses believed that flexible position switching had influence on themselves, while 74.50% of them believed that flexible position switching had impacts on hospitals. The main cause of the flexible position switching of non-licensed nurses included: feeling their work not beyond exceptions、 not enough respect in hospital 、lack of further development, and so on. Conclusions The high rate of will for flexible position switch cause great influences on the development of hospitals and non-licensed nurses themselves. Better treatment and raising respect should be given to them in order to stabilize nursing team.

Objective To explore the differential proteins between livers of control and brain dead grups,and to provide an experimental basis for the assessment of liver quality in brain dead rabbits.Methods 60 healthy male New Zealand rabbits were divided into two groups.The brain dead group (n=30) contained rabbits 2 hours (B1),6 hours (B2),and 8 hours(B3) after brain death.The sham group (n=30) contained groups of 2 hours (C1),6 hours (C2),and 8 hours (C3).At the end of the relevant experiments,blood samples and liver tissues were collected.The level of ALT and AST were determined by an automatic biochemistry analyzer and the morphologic changes of the livers were detected by HE staining.The differentially expressed proteins were screened and identified by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis,PDQuest software,matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry,and the NCBI database.Results In 8 hour brain dead group,the level of ALT increased comparing with 6 h (P＜0.05),but there was no significant statistical difference in the other groups.Under real time observation with the light microscope,the livers of the brain dead groups had increased edema and infiltration of lymphocytes in the portal area,especially in the 8 hour group.However,infiltration of neutrophils also appeared in the 8 hour control group and all groups had no damage in the liver cell.There were 10 kinds of differentially expressed proteins through the two-dimensional gel electrophoresis,mass spectrometry analysis,and database query.One protein of interest was ALDH2,which showed a gradually decreasing expression in the liver when the braid dead time increased.Conclusion Brain death could lead to no damage of liver function and little damage to liver morphology.The identified protein ALDH2 may be related with liver injury after brain death and could be a new indicator in the assessment of liver quality in brain dead rabbits.

Objective To explore the way to establish the brain death model for rabbits and pathophysiological changes before and after brain death.Methods 80 healthy male New Zealand rabbits were divided into brain death group (n =60) and sham operation group (n =20),The 60 brain death rabbits were established by increasing intracranial pressure in a modified,slow,and intermittent way.The sham operation rabbits were only maintained with anesthesia.Results The 56 brain death rabbits were established successfully and maintained for 10 h with the respiration and circulation supports.2 rabbits died due to anesthetic accident,the other 2 died because of improper pressure.The surgical success rate is 93.3％ (56/60).The changes of mean artery pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) in brain death group were more significant than in sham operation group:MAP and HR fluctuated and showed the increased tendency.The mean MAP and HR during increasing intracranial pressure were (400.24±18.36) mm Hg (1 mm Hg=0.133 kPa) and (258.00 ± 25.70) beats/min respectively,which was significantly higher than before and after increasing intracranial pressure (P＜0.05).Conclusions The brain death model for rabbits could be established by increasing intracranial pressure in a modified,slow,and intermittent way successfully and maintained 10 h.the MAP and HR before and after brain death showed characteristic changes.The model is helpful to the further observation of organ changes in brain dead state.

Objective To investigate the status of hospitalized cancer patients sense of hopelessness.Methods 508 cancer patients in the Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University were recruited and divided into the youth group and the middle aged group.Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) was assessed to compare the depression degree between the youth group and the middle aged group.Results In general,without a sense of hopelessness in 182 patients (40.9％),mild hopelessness in 178 patients (40.0％),moderate hopelessness in 68 patients (15.3％),severe hopelessness in 17 patients (3.8％).However,no statistical difference was significantly different on the depression degree between the youth group and the middle aged group,while significat difference existed between patients with different dwelling places and treatment time.Conclusions Most cancer patients have different degree of hopelessness.Duration of treatment,dwelling conditions and other factors can affect the patients sense of hopelessness.

Filamentous fungi can secrete large amounts of proteins, glycosylate proteins and grow faster than plant, insect or mammalian cells. With the advances in fungal molecular genetics, strain improvement, and especially fungal genomics, filamentous fungi are developed as microbial cell factories for the production of heterologous proteins. This review focuses on recent developments of filamentous fungi as production hosts, such as protein quality control mechanisms, the secretion pathways, protein modification, strain stability, and most importantly the application of functional genomics in protein expression. At the same time, the strategies for improving heterologous protein production were also discussed in details.
Biotechnology ; methods ; trends ; Cloning, Molecular ; Fermentation ; genetics ; physiology ; Fungi ; genetics ; metabolism ; Genetic Engineering ; Protein Processing, Post-Translational ; Recombinant Proteins ; biosynthesis ; genetics

Objective To study the effect of Golgi protein 73(GP73) on inflammation, and to reveal the effect of GP73 on tumorigenesis and metastasis.Methods The transcriptional activity of NF-κB and the expression of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-αwith GP73 overexpression or knockdown were detected to illuminate the role of GP73 in inflammation.According to the TCGA database, the correlation between the transcriptional activity of GP73 and the expression of NF-κB, IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-αwas analyzed to determine the role of GP73 in tumor inflammation.Results Correlative analysis showed that there was a positive correlation between the expression of GP73 with NF-κB, IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α.The transcriptional activity of NF-κB was upregulated by GP73 overexpression, but downregulated by GP73 knockdown.The expression of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-αwas upregulated by GP73 overexpression.Ammonium pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate ( PDTC ) was in-volved in inflammation reaction induced by GP73.Conclusion GP73 is possibly involved in inflammation and promotes tu-morigenesis and metastasis.

Objective To explore the differential proteins in livers with the help of proteomics,which provide experimental basis for the study of influence factors of liver injury in the state of brain-death.Methods Slow intracranial pressure method was used to establish the rabbit brain death model.Each liver tissue from 6 h after brain death of rabbit was collected.Total proteins were extracted and separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis.The image was analyzed by PDQuest software.The differentially expressed proteins between the two groups in more than two-fold were identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry and retrieved in the NCBI database to identify the corresponding protein.And the different proteins were re-identified by western blot.Results Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis showed that there were about 973 ± 34 and 987 ± 38 protein spots in sham and brain death groups.A total of 52 differentially expressed protein spots between the two groups,29 were up-regulated,and 23 were down-regulated.10 different proteins were:DPYL4,ALDH2,PRDX6,PDK1,THTM,RUNX1,PPA1,ADH,GCLR,CYB5.RUNX1 is a protein of interest,so the expression of RUNX1 was detected by western blot and it showed that the expression of RUNX1 in liver decreased gradually in a time-dependent manner.Conclusions Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry identification is a reliable platform and powerful tool for differential proteomics studies.Identified protein RUNX1 may be related with liver injury after brain death,which is beneficial for the understanding of the mechanism of liver damage after brain death.

Objective To investigate the effects of transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) on the motor functioning and anti-oxidative capacity of mice with Parkinson's disease (PD).Methods Thirty-two inbred C57BL male mice were randomized into a normal control group,a model group,a sham TUS group and a TUS group (n =8 for each group) according to a random number table.A PD model was induced in the mice of the model,sham TUS and TUS groups by injecting 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) at 20 mg/kg intraperitoneally,while those in the normal control group were given saline.Low intensity (1 W) focused ultrasound (LIFU) at a frequency of 0.5 MHz was then applied to stimulate the nigra region,except for the mice in the sham TUS group,which were treated with the same procedure but with no ultrasound output.A pole climbing test was carried out before,2 weeks and 5 weeks after the injection of the MPTP.After 5 weeks the animals were sacrificed and the whole brain malondialdehyde (MDA) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) content were measured.Results No significant differences in in pole climbing scores were observed among the four groups before the MPTP injections.However,the average value decreased significantly to (4.30 ± 1.19),(4.40 ± 0.23) and (4.80 ± 0.23) for the model,sham TUS and TUS groups respectively 2 weeks after the injection.It then rose to (5.12 ±0.83) and (5.51 ± 1.21)for the first two groups 3 weeks later,but was still lower that before the injection.After 5 weeks the TUS group's average score was significantly higher than 3 weeks earlier and than that of the model group and the sham TUS group.Compared with the control group,the other groups' average scores were all lower 2 weeks after MPTP injection,and those of the model and the sham TUS groups remained so 5 weeks after the injection.Five weeks after the injection,the average MDA content of the model group (10.2 ± 1.1 nmol/ml) and the sham TUS group (9.4 ±1.3 nmol/ml) were significantly higher than the normal control group (4.5 ± 0.8 nmol/ml),as well as the TUS group (6.8 ± 0.9 nmol/ml).However,GSH-Px enzyme activity in the model group (100 ± 35.4 U/mgprot) and the sham US group (444 ± 24.9 U/mgprot) was significantly lower than that in the normal control group (1262.5 ± 53 U/mgprot),together with the TUS group (1047.3 ± 77.8 U/mgprot).Conclusion TUS can improve motor function in PD,at least in mice.This may be due to its anti-oxidative capacity.