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Objective To investigate the impacts of c.388A ＞ G polymorphism of the solute carrier organic anion transporter 1B1 (SLCO1B1) gene on lipid-lowering and anti-atherosclerosis effects of atorvastatin in Chinese patients with ischemic stroke.Methods The patients with ischemic stroke whose baseline low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) ＞ 1.8 mmol/L were enrolled prospectively.They received atorvastatin (20 mg/d) for 12 months.The lipid and bilateral carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) were measured respectively before and after treatment.The CIMT differences between SLCO1B1 c.388A＞G genotype groups were compared.Results A total of 71 patients with ischemic stroke were enrolled,including 5 AA genotype,31 AG genotype,and 35 GG genotype.The A allele frequency was 28.9％ and the G allele frequency was 71.1％.After treatment,the total cholesterol (TC),triglyceride (TG),and LDL-C in all patients were significantly lower than those before treatment,and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) was significantly increase (all P＜0.001),but CIMT did not have significant change (P=0.475).The proportion of patients whose LDL-C ＜ 1.8 mmol/L or LDL-C decreased ≥50％ in the GG genotype group was significantly higher than the AG + AA genotypes group (74.29％ vs.44.44％;x2 =6.540,P =0.011).Conclusions SLCO1B1 gene c.388A ＞ G polymorphism could influence the lipidlowering effect of atorvastatin,lipid-lowering effect in the GG genotype group was better than that in the AG+ AA genotype group.SLCO1B1 gene c.388A ＞ G polymorphism did not have effect on the antiatherosclerosis effect of atorvastatin,but it might be associated with too short follow-up time.
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@#Objective To observe the effect of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) on magnetic resonance spectroscopy of vascular dementia (VD) rats.Methods After the VD model was reproduced, the 12 rats were randomly divided into the therapy group and dementia group with 6 animals in each group. Another 6 rats were selected as sham operation group. The VD rats in therapy group were treated with bFGF by hypodermic injection. After 5 weeks, abilities of learning and memory of three groups' rats were tested by Morris water maze. The changes of magnetic resonance spectroscopy and N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), NAA/（Cr＋Cho） in lobus temporalis of VD rats were also observed.Results Abilities of learning and memory of rats significantly improved in the therapy group than that in the dementia group (P<0.01). The values of NAA, NAA/（Cr＋Cho） in lobus temporalis of VD rats significantly increased in the therapy group than that in the dementia group (P<0.01).Conclusion bFGF by hypodermic injection can obviously elevate abilities of learning and memory and the values of NAA, NAA/（Cr＋Cho） in lobus temporalis of VD rats.
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@#Objective To observe the effect of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) on magnetic resonance spectroscopy of vascular dementia (VD) rats.Methods After the VD model was reproduced, the 12 rats were randomly divided into the therapy group and dementia group with 6 animals in each group. Another 6 rats were selected as sham operation group. The VD rats in therapy group were treated with bFGF by hypodermic injection. After 5 weeks, abilities of learning and memory of three groups' rats were tested by Morris water maze. The changes of magnetic resonance spectroscopy and N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), NAA/（Cr＋Cho） in lobus temporalis of VD rats were also observed.Results Abilities of learning and memory of rats significantly improved in the therapy group than that in the dementia group (P<0.01). The values of NAA, NAA/（Cr＋Cho） in lobus temporalis of VD rats significantly increased in the therapy group than that in the dementia group (P<0.01).Conclusion bFGF by hypodermic injection can obviously elevate abilities of learning and memory and the values of NAA, NAA/（Cr＋Cho） in lobus temporalis of VD rats.