A simple, sensitive and selective method of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) has been successfully developed for separation of bavachinin enantiomers in Fructus Psoraleae and rat plasma. The separation and detection conditions of HPLC were optimized. Chiral bavachinin were separated with the mobile phase of methanol and water (70:30, v/v) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The linear ranges were in the range of 20-1000 mg/mL. The detection limits were tested as 4 ng/mL and 6 ng/mL for (t)-bavachinin and (à)-bavachinin, respectively. The method has been applied to analyze chiral bavachinin in rat plasma. HPLC-MS method was used to test the accuracy.

Objective To study the promoting effects and mechanisms of interleukin-22 on liver regeneration in GCl4-induced liver fibrosis mice after partial hepatectomy.Methods One hundred and fortyfour C57/BL6 mice were randomly divided into four groups:PHX group,CCl4 group,CCl4 + PHX group,and CCl4 + IL22 + PHX group.The blood samples were taken to measure serum ALT and AST levels.ALT /AST was calculated to observe the liver injury at 3 h,6 h,12 h,24 h,48 h and 72 h after hepatectomy.The liver tissue specimens were collected at each time point after hepatectomy.We measured the hepatic lobe to calculate the liver weight ratio and conducted pathological examinations to observe the degree of fibrosis and pathological changes at each time point.The positive expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in liver tissue was tested by immunohistochemistry.The level of CyclinD1 and STAT3 (Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3) signaling pathway was detected by Western blot.Results (1) Compared with CCl4 + PHX group,the ALT/AST ratio of CCl4 + IL22 + PHX group was significantly higher at 24 h,48 h and 72 h,and the level of ALB of CCl4 + IL22 + PHX group was obviously increased at 48 h and 72 h (P ＜ 0.05).(2) The liver regeneration was significantly increased in CCl4 + IL22 + PHX group.Compared with CCl4 + PHX group (2.08 ± 0.16,2.77 ± 0.07,2.97 ± 0.14),the liver weight ratio of CCl4 + IL22 + PHX group(2.34 ± 0.07,3.23 ± 0.09,3.55 ± 0.09) dramatically increased at 24 h,48 h and 72 h.Moreover,the pathological sections displayed that the disease was alleviated (P ＜ 0.05).(3) Immunohistochemical assay and western blot revealed that compared with other three groups,the level of PCNA,STAT3 and Cyclin D1 was significantly lower in the CCl4 + PHX group.However,the level of PCNA,STAT3 and Cyclin D1 apparently increased in CCl4 + IL22 + PHX group at 24 h,48 h and 72 h (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Interleukin-22 may significantly promote liver regeneration and reduce liver pathological injury in liver fibrosis mice induced by administration of CCl4 after hepatectomy,which plays a positive role in the recovery of liver function.

Objective To explore the clinical value of CT-guided 125I radioactive seeds implantation and chemical ablation for malignant retroperitoneal tumors.Methods Because of the rejection of the second surgery resection and insensitivity of chemotherapy and radiotherapy,nineteen patients with recurrent or metastasis malignant retroperitoneal tumors were treated by CT-guided125I radioactive seeds implantation according to TPS or Halarism's experienced function,and percutaneous ethanol injection was performed if the way of punctuation Was limited.The extent of pain relief was assessed one month later after therapy.All the patients received enhanced CT scan 6 months after the first treatment,and imaging evaluation wag performed according to WHO criteria.Results For the 19 patients.pain relief Was achieved more or less in all patients.Imaging evaluation revealed complete relief,partial relief,no change in 10,7,2 cases respectively.All patients are still alive now.The longest followed span is 31 months.and the shortest is 7 months,the average followed span is 13.5 months.Conclusion CT-guided 125I radioactive seeds implantation and chemical ablation ore effective for malignant retropefitoneal tumors.

Objective To explore a reliable method of 70% hepatectomy model in liver fibrosis mice. Methods Sixty-six C57BL6 mice were randomly devided into control group (n=6), the traditional group (n=30, ligation and removal liver lobe) and improved group (n=30, removal of liver lobe after blocking blood flow). Those 60 mice were induced liver fibrosis firstly, then randomly divided into six mice in each group, and were sacrificed at preoperative, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours after liver resection. Liver tissues and blood samples were collected. The survival rate and incidence of complications were recorded and compared between two groups. The serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) were measured to observe the liver injury after 70%hepatectomy. The ratio of liver weight to body weight and the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) were also measured to observe the difference of liver regeneration between the two groups. Results (1) Compared to the pathological control group, liver fibrosis model was established successfully in both traditional group and improved group, which can be used in 70%hepatectomy. So the follow-up experiment can be undertook timely. (2) Compared to traditional group, the survival rate was improved significantly in improved group (96.67%vs. 73.33%), and the incidence of complications was significantly lower (P<0.05). (3) The ALT and AST levels were higher 12 h and 24 h after operation in traditional group than those of improved group (P<0.05), while ALT and AST levels were increased first 12 h after operation and then decreased in both groups (P<0.05). (4) The liver/body weight ratio showed a decreasing trend 12 h after hepatectomy in two groups. The expression of PCNA increased at the beginning of postoperative, and reached its peak at 48 h (P<0.05). However, there was no significant difference at each time point between the two groups. Conclusion By blocking blood flow to establish 70% hepatectomy model in liver fibrosis mice, we can significantly improve the success rate of the model, and reduce the incidence of complications.

Objective To investigate the role of interferon regulatory factor-1 (IRF-1) in liver ischemia/reperfusion (IR) injury and its underlying mechanism,and identify effective managements in alleviating liver IR injury.Methods Three groups of mice models with liver IR injury were well established,including control group (S),warm liver IR injury group (IR) and recombinant IRF-1 group (IRF-1).The levels of mRNA and protein,liver function and pathological changes of liver tissue were detected in group S and group IR.Additionally,the marker of IRF-1,p-Stat1,p-P38,PARP1 and Caspase-3 were measured and PCNA expression was determined in group IR and group IRF-1 mice with 6-hour liver IR injury.Results IRF-1 mRNA and protein and the levels expression of proteins were significantly elevated with peak occurred after 6-hour IR injury,which was statistic difference compare to the group S (t2h =-3.512,t6h =-4.247,t12h =-4.088,t24h =-3.851;P ＜ 0.05).Serum ALT and AST of mice detected in group IR were higher than group S at all endpoints (tALT =4.931,4.592,4.277,4.809;tAST =4.980,4.617,4.336,4.915;P ＜ 0.05).Furthermore,pathological damage change was more distinct compared with group S.The elevated levels of IRF-1,p-Statl,p-P38,PARP1 and Caspase-3 and decreased PCNA expression were determined in mice models with recombinant IRF-1 intervention.Conclusion IRF-1 expression could be closely correlated with liver IR injury,and its underlying mechanism may be attributed to activation of JNK MAPK protein and inhibition of PCNA expression.

Objective To evaluate the clinical significance of simultaneous transurethral resection (TUR) of a bladder tumor and the prostate in the treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).Methods Patients were divided into two groups.Group A contained 46 male patients who accepted TUR for the treatment of both bladder cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia.Group B contained 69 male patients who accepted TURBt only.Clinical data were retrospectively collected and analyzed to compare clinical outcomes and safety in these two groups.Results The bladder cancer recurrence rates in group A and B were 50.0％ and 50.7％,the average recurrence free time was 20 and 18 months,and the progression rates were 6.5％ and 7.2％,respectively.There were no significant differences between the two groups for either average recurrence free time or progression rates (P ＞ 0.05).Recurrences in the prostatic urethra were found in two cases in group A and one case in group B and all three cases were in T1 G3.Conclusions Simultaneous TUR for bladder tumor and the prostate can be safely and effectively performed in terms of oncologica] control in patients who have non-muscle invasive and low grade bladder tumors ( T1G1 - G2 ) with lower urinary tract obstruction caused by BPH.But this procedure should be cautiously performed on patients with T1 G3 bladder tumors.

A simple and sensitive high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC–FD) has been developed for simultaneous quantification of doxorubicin (DOX) and its dipeptide conjugate prodrug (PDOX) in mice plasma. The chromatographic separation was carried out on an Amethyst C18–H column with gradient mobile phase of 0.1%formic acid and 0.1%formic acid in acetonitrile at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The excitation and emission wavelengths were set at 490 and 550 nm, respectively. The method was comprehensively validated. The limits of detection were low up to 5.0 ng/mL for DOX and 25.0 ng/mL for PDOX. And the limits of quantification were low up to 12.5 ng/mL for DOX and 50 ng/mL for PDOX, which were lower than those for most of the current methods. The calibration curves showed good linearity (R2 4 0.999) over the concentration ranges. The extraction recoveries ranged from 84.0%to 88.2% for DOX and from 85.4% to 89.2% for PDOX. Satisfactory intra-day and inter-day precisions were achieved with RSDs less than 9.1%. The results show that the developed HPLC–FD method is accurate, reliable and will be helpful for preclinical pharmacokinetic study of DOX and PDOX.

BACKGROUND:Studies have shown that the reason of the slower liver regeneration in individuals of cirrhotic liver after partial hepatectomy compared with healthy liver may be related to the delayed synthesis and secretion of hepatocyte growth factor during liver regeneration, but the cause of this phenomenon is not clear. The hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor found in recent years can indirectly inhibit the activation of hepatocyte growth factor, but there is little research to explore the expression of hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor in the regeneration process after partial hepatectomy in cirrhotic liver and its relationship with the liver regeneration. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the expression of hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitors (HAI-1, HAI-2) during cirrhotic and normal liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy through establishing the cirrhotic rat model, and to explore the biological effects of HAI-1, HAI-2 in cirrhotic liver during the liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy. METHODS:We used 40%CCl4 subcutaneous injection to establish the cirrhotic rat model, then we performed 70%liver resection for the experimental group. The rats in the control group only received ordinary water feeding and 70%liver resection. Rats in each group were randomly sacrificed before surgery and at 3 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours and 48 hours after surgery, and samples were col ected. We used RT-PCR technology to detect the expression of HAI-1 mRNA, HAI-2 mRNA in splenic tissue. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The expression levels of HAI-1 mRNA of two groups after partial hepatectomy were increased firstly and then decreased. The expression of HAI-1 mRNA in cirrhotic rats was sustained higher than that of the control group (P<0.05), there was no significant difference between the two groups of the expression of HAI-2 mRNA (P>0.05). The expression of HAI-1 mRNA in liver cirrhosis rats after resection was consistently higher than that in healthy rats, which may lead to the insufficient synthesis and secretion of hepatocyte growth factor activator in cirrhotic rats, then hepatocyte growth factor precursor may not be activated enough, eventual y leading to slow liver regeneration. HAI-2 may not be involved in the wound repair process of liver.

Objective To investigate the differential expression of hepatocyte growth factor activator (HGFA) and its inhibitors (HAI-1,HAI-2) during cirrhotic and normal liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy,and to explore the causes of the delayed liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in cirrhotic rat model.Methods We used 40％ CCl4 subcutaneous injection to establish the cirrhotic rat model,and then performed 70％ liver resection for the experimental group together with no operation for the healthy rats as control group.Rats in each group after 3 hours,6 hours,12 hours,24 hours and 48 hours were randomly sacrificed and specimens were collected.The serum HGFA was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA),and we used RT-PCR to detect the mRNA expressions of HAI-1 and HAI-2 in splenic tissue.Results The serum HGFA level in cirrhotic rats at each time point was all significantly lower than that in the control group (P ＜0.05).The expression of HAI-1 mRNA in cirrhotic rats was sustained at a higher level than that in the control group (P ＜ 0.05),but there was no significant difference on the HAI-2 mRNA expression between the two groups (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions The synthesis of HGFA during the liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in cirrhosis rats is lower compared with healthy rats,which may lead to the insufficient activation of HGF precursor,eventually causing the slow liver regeneration.HAI-2 may not be involved in the healing process of liver.

Objective To summarize the experience in one case of adult-to-adult combined liver-kidney transplantation.Method In Sep.2007,one case of adult-to-adult liver-kidney transplantation from the same living donor was performed on a patient with liver cirrhosis (liver failure decompensation) and chronic renal failure (uremia).There was a donation of the right liver with the middle hepatic vein and right kidney in the same time from the living donor.The piggyback liver transplantation and ectopic kidney transplantation were performed for the recipient.Basiliximab and methylprednisolone were given for immune induction therapy in operation.Tacrolimus,MMF and prednisone were given for anti-rejection.There were hepatoprotective treatment,anti-infection treatment and nutritional support for the donor and recipient after operation.The follow-up period has now been more than five years.Result The donor and the patient were smooth in the perioperative period.The liver and kidney function of the donor is well so far.There was no significant influence on quality of life of the donor.The transplanted liver and kidney function of the recipient is well so far.There were no significant complications for the recipient.Conclusion The living liver-kidney transplantation is an effective means for the treatment of liver and kidney failure.The safety can be ensured for the donors that donate the right liver and one kidney simultaneously.