OBJECTIVES: To explore the mechanisms of Qingre Lidan Jiedu Recipe (QLJR) for improving cognitive dysfunction in rats with high copper load. METHODS: Seventy-five male SD rats were randomized into normal control group, model group, QLJR group, penicillamine (PCA) group, and QLJR+ PCA group. Except for those in the control group, all the rats were fed a high-copper diet for 12 weeks. The effects of the treatments on cognitive function of the rats were assessed using the Barnes maze and passive avoidance tests. Hippocampal expressions of NIX, FUNDC1 and LC3 of the rats were detected using Western blotting and immunofluorescence staining, and changes in mitochondrial morphology were observed with transmission electron microscopy. RESULTS: Behavioral tests showed prolonged target hole latency, shortened latency to enter the dark chamber, and increased error counts of the rats in the model group, which were significantly improved in QLJR+PCA group; the error counts were significantly lower in QLJR+PCA group than in either QLJR or PCA group. Among all the groups, the hippocampal expressions of NIX and FUNDC1 were the lowest and LC3 I/II expression the highest in the model group; NIX and FUNDC1 expressions were significantly higher and LC3 I expression was lower in QLJR+PCA group than in QLJR group and PCA group. Immunofluorescence staining revealed weakened NIX and FUNDC1 expressions and enhanced LC3 expression in the hippocampus of the rats in the model group as compared with those in the normal control and QLJR+PCA groups, but their expressions did not differ significantly between QLJR and PCA groups. The rats in the model group showed obvious structural disarray of the mitochondria, which were improved in all the treatment groups. CONCLUSIONS QLJR improves cognitive dysfunction in rats with high copper load possibly by regulating mitophagy.
Animals ; Male ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Rats ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal/therapeutic use* ; Copper/toxicity* ; Mitophagy/drug effects* ; Hippocampus/drug effects* ; Cognition Disorders/drug therapy* ; Cognitive Dysfunction/chemically induced*

Objective:To investigate the application values of bone marrow morphology, bone marrow immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and cytogenetic testing in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.Methods:A total of 280 patients with multiple myeloma who were newly diagnosed in Tianjin KingMed Diagnosis Center from September 2018 to August 2019 were collected. The bone marrow biopsy was carried out according to the routine method, and bone marrow morphology, bone marrow immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry immunophenotyping, FISH and cytogenetic testing were performed. The detection results of each method were compared.Results:In 280 patients, the bone marrow immunohistochemistry results showed that the median ratio of plasma cells was higher than those of bone marrow morphology (20 cases, 0.675 vs. 0.300) and flow cytometry (47 cases, 0.650 vs. 0.147), and the differences were statistically significant ( Z = -3.883, P < 0.01; Z = -5.947, P < 0.01). Flow cytometry results showed that the positive rates of CD38, CD138, κ, λ, CD56 and CD19 were 100.0% (280/280), 100.0% (280/280), 57.5% (161/280), 42.5% (119/280), 62.1% (174/280) and 19.3% (54/280); bone marrow immunohistochemistry results showed that the positive rates of CD38, CD138, κ, λ and CD56 were 98.9% (277/280), 98.2% (275/280), 57.5% (161/280), 42.5% (119/280) and 62.1% (174/280); there was no statistical difference between the two detection methods in the detection coincidence rate of the same detection index (all P > 0.05). Among patients who underwent FISH detection, the detection rate of gene abnormalities was 69.9% (93/133); the detection rate of abnormalities by direct fluorescence in situ hybridization (D-FISH) was 42.9% (57/133); the detection rate of abnormalities by CD138 immunomagnetic sorting myeloma cells (MACS)-FISH was 82.7% (110/133). Among patients who underwent G-band karyotyping, the detection rate of abnormal karyotype was 38.5% (85/221). FSIH, especially MACS-FISH, had a higher detection rate of cytogenetic abnormalities than G-band karyotyping, and the difference was statistically significant ( χ2 = 65.697, P < 0.05). Conclusion:The comprehensive application of bone marrow morphology, bone marrow immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry, FISH (especially MACS-FISH), cytogenetic testing and other detection methods is more helpful for the diagnosis of multiple myeloma, and may be useful for prognostic judgment.

OBJECTIVETo explore the acupoint electrosensitivity and regularity for assisting the clinical diagnosis and treatment so as to improve the clinical therapeutic effects.

METHODSBy means of the computer retrieval (CBMdisc, CNKI, VIP, WanFang, PubMed and EMBASE) and manual retrieval, the relevant literature on acupoint electrosensitivity was reviewed and the modern literature database of acupoint electrosensitivity was established. Using bibliometric, the relations were analyzed among the detected indexes, acupoints, meridians and disorders in the conditions of acupoint electrosensitivity, and the potential regularity was explored.

RESULTSThe general detection indexes of acupoint electrosensitivity were resistance, inertia area, volt-ampere area, electric conduction quantity, electric potential, electric current and capacitance. The electrosensitive points included meridian points, auricular points and extraordinary points. Among those points, the electrosensitivity easily occurred at the special points.

CONCLUSIONThe acupoint electrosensitivity is mainly reflected on the electrical impedance and volt-ampere characteristics. The relative specificity exists between acupoint electrosensitivity and disorders. In clinical practice, detecting acupoint electrosensitivity may assist the diagnosis and instruct acupoint selection to improve the clinical therapeutic effects.

Objective To explore the effects of dexmedetomidine on peripheral blood T lymphocyte proliferation and T lymphocyte subsets of juvenile rats with splenectomy.Methods Twenty-four healthy male Sprague-Dawley rats,weighing 130-150 g,aged six weeks were enrolled in this study.Half of the rats received splenectomy to make an immunosuppressive model,then they were randomly divided into 2 groups (n=6 each): splenectomy+normal saline group (group SN) and splenectomy+dexmedetomidine group(group SD).The another half of the rats without splenectomy were randomly divided into 2 groups: normal saline group(group S) and dexmedetomidine group(group D).After one week of normal feeding,normal saline 10 ml/kg was injected intraperitoneally (ip) in groups S and SN,dexmedetomidine 50 μg/kg was injected ip in groups D and SD respectively.Two hours after the injection,blood samples were collected.MTT was utilized to examine the peripheral blood T lymphocyte proliferative capability.T lymphocyte subsets CD4+,CD8+ were determined by flow cytometry.CD4+/CD8+ was calculated.Results Compared with group S,T lymphocyte proliferative capability,the percentages CD4+,CD8+ and CD4+/CD8+ ratio were significantly decreased in group SN (P<0.05);T lymphocyte proliferative capability in group D was decreased (P<0.05),but no significant changes was found in the percentages CD4+,CD8+ and CD4+/CD8+ ratio.Compared with the group D,T lymphocyte proliferative capability,the percentages CD4+,CD8+ and CD4+/CD8+ ratio in group SD were significantly decreased (P<0.05).Compared with the group SN,T lymphocyte proliferative capability in group SD was significantly decreased (P<0.05).Conclusion Cellular immune function of juvenile rats with or without splenectomy is suppressed by dexmedetomidine,and the suppressive function is more severe in splenectomy rats than that in normal juvenile rats.

Background:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)is a group of chronic gastrointestinal inflammatory disease and its diagnosis depends on analysis of clinical,endoscopic and pathological characteristics. Aims:To analyze the clinical, endoscopic and pathological characteristics of IBD. Methods:Clinical,endoscopic and pathological characteristics of 99 patients with IBD [including 61 ulcerative colitis (UC)and 38 Crohn's disease (CD)]from January 2010 to April 2017 at Yijishan Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. Results:Compared with CD patients,age in UC patients was significantly increased,incidences of diarrhea,bloody stool were significantly increased while incidence of abdominal mass was significantly decreased (P < 0. 05). Extensive type UC and ileocolonic type CD were common. Proportion of patients received 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA)was significantly higher in UC than in CD (90. 2% vs. 71. 1%,P = 0. 014). Two UC patients achieved remission shown by endoscopy,and endoscopic remission achieved in 3 CD patients. The main pathological features of UC were cryptic branching (57. 1%),cryptic twisting (76. 2%),cryptic atrophy (54. 8%)and cryptic irregularity (28. 6%). Ulcer was seen in 78. 9% of CD patients with active chronic inflammation (mainly lymphocyte and plasmocyte infiltration),and the detection rate of non-caseating granuloma was 15. 8% . Conclusions:UC patients are characterized with older age,diarrhea,bloody stool and higher administration rate of 5-ASA,and the endoscopic features were mucosal bleeding and ulcers. Pathological characteristics of UC were mainly cryptic architectural change and inflammatory infiltration,while those of CD were mainly segmental lesions and chronic inflammation with lymphocyte and plasmocyte infiltration and some with non-caseating granuloma.

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of coenzyme Q10 in preventing propofol infusion syndrome in rats.Methods Thirty pathogen-free healthy male Sprague-Dawley rats,aged 8-10 weeks,weighing 250-280 g,were randomly divided into 3 groups (n=10 each) using a random number table:control group (group C),propofol group (group P) and coenzyme Q10 group (group CoQ10).Normal saline was infused intravenously in group C.In group P,1％ propofol in medium-and long-chain triglyceride emulsion injection was infused intravenously.In group CoQ10,CoQ10 100 mg/kg was administrated by intragastric gavage,and 1 h later propofol was infused intravenously.The infusion rate was 20mg·kg-1 ·h-1 within the first6hand40mg· kg-1 · h-1fortherest6h,and the total time was 12hin the three groups.Immediately after the start of administration (To),and at 6 and 12 h after the start of administration (T1,2),blood samples 2 ml were taken from the common carotid artery,with 0.5 ml for blood gas analysis and 1.5 ml for determination of the levels of serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST),alanine aminotransferase (ALT),creatine kinase (CK),creatine kinase isoenzyme-MB (CK-MB),cardiac troponin Ⅰ (cTnⅠ),blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine (Cr).After blood sampling,the rats were sacrificed,and myocardial tissues were obtained for pathological examination.Results Compared with group C,the serum AST,ALT,CK,CK-MB and cTnⅠ levels were significantly increased at T1,2 (P＜0.05),no significant changes were found in serum BUN and Cr levels (P＞0.05),the pathological changes of myocardium were aggravated in P and CoQ10 groups.Compared with group P,the serum AST,ALT,CK,CK-MB and cTnⅠ levels were significantly decreased at T1,2 (P＜0.05),no significant changes were found in serum BUN and Cr levels (P＞0.05),and the pathological changes of myocardium were significantly attenuated in group CoQ10.Conclusion Coenzyme Q10 can effectively prevent the development of propofol infusion syndrome in rats.

Objective To explore the regulatory role of calcium activated chloride channel (CaCC) in vascular structural remodeling in pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) induced by high pulmonary blood flow.Method An abdominal aorta and inferior vena cava shunting operation was used to induce high pulmonary blood flow and establish a PAH rat model.Seventy-five SD rats were randomly divided into normal,sham,shunt,niflumic acid (NFA) 1 (0.2 mg/(kg · d)) and NFA 2 (0.4 mg/(kg · d)) groups.There were 15 rats in each group.Pulmonary artery pressure and vascular structural remodeling were measured,arteriole contraction ratio among these groups were compared using vascular tone analysis system,and the electrophysiology of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell (PASMC) was recorded using patch clamp technology.Differences between multiple groups were compared through variance analysis and that between groups with q test.Result Compared with normal ((14.4 ± 1.3) mmHg,1 mmHg =0.133 kPa) and sham groups ((13.5 ± 2.3) mmHg),mean pulmonary artery pressure in shunt group ((27.4 ± 2.4) mmHg) increased significantly (P ＜ 0.05).Compared with shunt group,mean pulmonary artery pressure in NFA 1 group ((21.2 ± 2.0) mmHg) and NFA 2 group ((22.3 ± 2.0) mmHg) decreased significantly (P ＜ 0.05).Pulmonary vascular structural remodeling including pulmonary artery stenosis presented in shunt group.Compared with normal ((114.3 ± 1.2) ％) and sham ((115.5 ± 1.1) ％) groups,arteriole contraction ratio to 10-5 mol/L phenylephrine in shunt group ((132.6 ± 1.4) ％) increased significantly (P ＜ 0.05).Compared with shunt group,pulmonary vascular structural remodeling alleviated in NFA 1 and NFA 2 groups.Arteriole contraction ratio in NFA 1 group ((126.4 ± 1.3) ％) and NFA 2 group ((124.6 ± 1.0) ％) decreased significantly compared with shunt group (P ＜ 0.05).Patch clamp technique recorded typical CaCC currents.Compared with normal ((32.3 ±2.3) pA/pF) and sham groups ((35.3 ± 1.2) pA/pF),the CaCC current density of PASMC in shunt group ((51.3 ± 2.7) pA/pF) increased significantly (P ＜ 0.05).Compared with shunt group,the CaCC current density of PASMC in NFA 1 group ((40.2 ± 1.5) pA/pF) and NFA 2 group ((42.7 ± 2.2) pA/pF) decreased significantly (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion CaCC is involved in pulmonary arterial hypertension induced by high pulmonary blood flow through regulating membrane potential.NFA attenuate pulmonary vascular structural remodeling and pulmonarv pressure through decreasing CaCC current density of PASMC membrane.

Establish translational medicine platform,including consortium of clinical medical research platform,translational medicine center,and health services community etc.Focus on translational medicine sources; establish medical thinking to promote the translational medical personnel training.Promoting the basic medical research transform into clinical practice and health policy.

Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of compound azintamide on dyspepsia symptoms. Methods One hundred and eighty dyspepsia patients were divided into two groups according to dyspepsia symptom related with gastrointestinal disease ( group A) or biliary system disease (group B),whose dyspepsia symptom were not improved by the Domperidone 10 mg tid for 2 weeks. Two tablets of compound azintamide were administered orally following a meal, tid for 2 weeks. The changes of symptoms score of upper abdominal distention, upper abdominal pain or discomfort anorexia and effective rate as well as adverse events were recorded. Results Compound azintamide greatly improved the symptoms of upper abdominal distention, upper abdominal pain or discomfort and anorexia. All symptoms scores were significantly decreased after 2 weeks of compound azintamide (P < 0.01). The effective rate of each symptom and total symptoms score were more than 84.9% and 92.5%. One patient reported mild rash at the fourteenth days, which disappeared 3 days later. Conclusion Compound azintamide showed effective and safety in treatment of patient with dyspepsia symptoms when Domperidone therapy is not satisfactory.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the difficult point about the medical waste management at public region of outpatient service and to improve it.METHODS The form of questionnaire self-designed by the hospital about the medical waste related knowledge knowing rate among outpatients,the propaganda of medical waste related(knowledge) and the setting of special-purpose container for medical waste,was surveyed among 200 outpatients and 20 outpatient service medical personnel.RESULTS The medical waste related knowledge knowing rate was below 10% among outpatients,the medical waste related knowledge received ownself and from medical personnel was 13% and 2.5%,respectively.More than 35% of the medical personnel and 56% outpatients thought the setting of special-purpose container for medical waste was unreasonable.(CONCLUSIONS) The propaganda of medical waste related knowledge must strengthen,and the medical waste related knowledge knowing rate among outpatients must be higher.The improvement medical waste(special)-purpose facility at the public region of(outpatient) service is an important link for standardized management of medical waste.