1. VIGS Silencing SlWRKY53b Gene Inhibits Tomato Fruit Ripening
Yue YU ; Si-Yue WANG ; Wen-Tong GUO ; Gai-Fang YAO ; Hua ZHANG ; Kang-Di HU
Chinese Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2023;39(11):1598-1605
Tomato (Solarium lycopersicum) is one of the most popular vegetables worldwide and is a classic model plant for studying fruit development and ripening due to its short growth cycle, clear genetic background and ease of molecular manipulation. This paper used virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) to construct SlWRKY53b gene-silenced tomato fruits and analyzed the effect of SIWRKY531) gene silencing in the tomato fruit ripening process. We found that transient silencing of SIWRKY531) resulted indelayed in-broken color, higher chlorophyll contents (P<0.05) and reduced carotenoid contents (P<0.05) in tomato fruits, and color difference results indicated that the differences in L *, a * and b * values were consistent with fruit color changes. Further studies showed that genes significantly down-regulated (P<0.01) in SIWRKY531) gene-silenced tomato fruits include the chlorophyll degradation-related genes (AFCl, PAO, PPH, SGR1), carotenoid synthesis-related genes (PSYl, PDS, ZDS), ethylene synthesis pathway-related genes (ACOl, ACS2, NOR, AC03, EA, RIN), and cell wall degradation-related genes (PG, EXP, CELT.). Correlation analysis showed that the expression of SlWRKY53b was negatively correlated with chlorophyll contents and positively correlated with carotenoid contents and the expression of maturation-related genes. These results suggest that inhibition of SIWRKY531) expression at the transcrip-tional level can achieve the effect of delaying tomato fruit ripening, indicating that S1WRKY531) plays arole as a facilitator in the tomato fruit ripening process.
2.Analysis of the incidence and risk factors of adhesive intestinal obstruction after colon cancer resection
Yonghai QIAO ; Junjie GAI ; Fang YAO ; Ke CAI
International Journal of Surgery 2021;48(11):755-759
Objective:To investigate the incidence of adhesive intestinal obstruction after resection of colon cancer and analyze its risk factors.Methods:Three hundred and sixty-three colon cancer patients who underwent colon cancer resection in Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University from March 2016 to September 2019 were selected as the research objects, including 189 male and 174 female, aged from 45 to 75 years old, with the average of (62.36±10.69) years. Postoperative outpatient follow-up for 6 months to record the incidence of adhesive intestinal obstruction in patients after colon cancer resection. According to the occurrence of adhesive intestinal obstruction, they were divided into occurrence group and non-occurring group. The general data, laboratory data and pathological data of the two groups of patients were compared. Logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors of adhesive intestinal obstruction after colon cancer resection.Results:As of the last follow-up time on March 23, 2020, a total of 13 patients were lost to follow-up due to different reasons. A total of 350 patients completed the follow-up, and 350 patients were finally included. The incidence of adhesive intestinal obstruction after colon cancer resection was 22.29% (78/350), these 78 patients were defined as the occurrence group, and the other 272 patients without adhesive intestinal obstruction were regarded as the non-occurrence group. There were statistically significant differences in age, comorbid diabetes, surgical methods, operation time, tumor differentiation, and lymphatic metastasis between the occurrence group and the non-occurring group ( χ2=275.397, P<0.001; χ2=52.574, P<0.001; χ2=137.931, P<0.001; χ2=48.419, P<0.001; χ2=2.099, P=0.036; χ2=36.073, P<0.001); multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that age>60 years old ( OR=41.113), complicated with diabetes ( OR=0.055), open surgery ( OR=21.913), long operation time ( OR=25.069), high degree of tumor differentiation ( OR=0.109), lymphatic metastasis ( OR=0.068) are the adhesive bowel after colon cancer resection Risk factors for obstruction. Conclusions:The incidence of bowel function after colon cancer resection was 22.29%. Age, operation method, operation time, comorbidities, tumor differentiation degree, and lymphatic metastasis are the influencing factors of adhesive intestinal obstruction after colon cancer resection, and should be treated in the treatment process. Focus on preventing the occurrence of adhesive intestinal obstruction after colon cancer resection.
3.Analysis of colonoscopy examination in 529 healthy adults
Jun WU ; Jiaming QIAN ; Xiaorong GAI ; Fang YAO ; Zhenjie WANG ; Li ZHAO ; Jingnan LI
Chinese Journal of Digestive Endoscopy 2012;29(5):272-275
ObjectiveTo explore the significance of colonoscopy examination in healthy subjects.MethodsA total of 537 health examination cases who underwent colonoscopy from January 2010 to June 2011 in Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) health examination center were enrolled,in which 529 cases underwent total colonoscopy.Detection of colorectal lesion,polyp types and pathology were recorded and the correlation between detection rate of polyps,lesion sites and ages as well as gender were analyzed.ResultsThere were 315 male and 214 female,with a mean age of 48.3 ± 9.3 years.A total of 158 colorectal polyps were detected in 104 cases ( 19.7% ),including 84 ( 15.9% ) adenomas,17 (3.2% ) advanced polyps and 1 (0.2% ) rectal cancer.Other abnormalities were hemorrhoids in 61 cases ( 11.5% )and inflammation in 22 (4.2% ).Colorectal polyps were more frequent in men (P <0.001 ).Adults older than 50 had higher rates of colorectal polyps (P <0.001 ) and advanced polyps ( P <0.05).The proportion of patients with proximal polyps increased with age,whereas that of patients with distal polyps decreased with age ( P <0.05).ConclusionColonoscopy is an effective screening modality for colorectal lesions and the importance of colonoscopy on health examination population to prevent colorectal cancer should be stressed.

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