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Objective In this study, electroacupuncture (EA) was used to analyze the expression changes of related proteins in neuroglobin (NGB), PI3K/AKT and apoptotic pathways in the temporal cortex of bilirubin encephalopathy (BE) rats, so as to investigate the therapeutic effect of EA on BE and the relevant mechanism of NGB in this process. Totally 39 seven-day-old SD rats were divided into Sham, BE model and BE+EA groups. The neonatal BE model was established by injecting bilirubin solution (10 μg UCB/g Weight) into the cerebellomedullary cistern, Sham group was injected with the same amount of normal saline. BE rats were treated with EA at Baihui (GV20) and Quchi (LI11) acupoints with the frequency of 2/15 Hz for 15 min. Treatment was performed 12 h before modeling, followed by treatment every 12 h, in a total of three times. HE, Nissl staining and electron microscopy (TEM) were used to observe the pathological and ultrastructural changes of nerve cells in each group. Results showed that EA treatment reduced the damage of cortical neurons of BE rats and increase the number of Nissl bodies. TEM confirmed that EA treatment could alleviate the degree of mitochondria edema. Immunofluorescence staining was used to detect the expression sites and cell types of NGB. Results showed that NGB was mainly expressed in cortical neurons. Western blotting showed that EA treatment increased the expression of NGB, PI3K (p110 alpha), pAKT (Ser473) (P< 0. 05, P< 0. 05 and P< 0. 01, respectively) and the ratio of apoptosis-related protein Bcl-2/Bax (P < 0. 001), decreased the expression of Cleaved Caspase-3 (P< 0. 05) in the temporal cortex of rats. TUNEL staining showed that EA reduced the number of apoptotic cells (BE group 186. 00±13. 86 vs BE+EA group 78. 67±11. 85, P< 0. 01) . This study confirms that EA can promote the expression of NGB in the temporal cortex of BE rats, then activate the PI3K/AKT pathway to exert its neuroprotective function and inhibit the occurrence of apoptosis. EA may become a potential treatment method for BE.
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Objective To establish a method to rapidly remove glycerol in frozen red blood cells(RBC).Methods The glycerol in frozen RBC was removed by using three-step method as following:the frozen RBC were diluted by adding salt solution with high concentration.The salt solution was removed through centrifugation.The RBC were resuspended in normal saline of corresponding volume.Three-step method could acbieve the quick removal of glycerol by controlling tbe concentration salt water and action time.The indexes of hemoglobin,free hemoglobin,glycerol residue,residual white blood cell(WBC) and hematocrit of frozen-deglycerolized RBC were compared between conventional and improved methods.Results The traditional method to remove glycerol needed 1h approximately,while the three step method only needed 15 mins approximately,greatly shortening the time and improving the efficiency.The related tests for removing glycerol RBC,except hemoglobin content was slightly lower than the "The quality requirements for whole blood and blood components (2012 edition)",the rest of them all meeted the requirements.Conclusion The three-step method has the advantages of short time and high cfficiency.However,it still needs to be further improved and optimized to make the quality of product meet the national standard.
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Aim To observe the preventive protection of Yingxindan on acute myocardial ischemia induced by sublingual injection of pituitrin ( pit) in rats.Methods Sixty rats were randomly divided into saline group , model group, nifedipine 12.6 mg · kg -1 group, and Yingxindan 25.2, 12.6, 6.3 mg · kg -1 groups.The saline group and model group were given the same vol-ume of water.After administration for 7 d, an acute myocardial ischemia model was induced by sublingual intravenous injection of pit 1 U · kg -1 in the rats 1 h after last administration .The changes of the II electro-cardiogram(ECG) ST segment at different time points , as well as the positive rate of myocardial ischemia and arrhythmia were observed .Meanwhile , the levels of serum creatine kinase ( CK ) , creatine kinase isoenzyme ( CK-MB ) , glycogen phosphorylase isoenzyme BB ( GPBB ) , cardiac troponin I ( cTnI ) and cardiac troponin T ( cTnT ) were observed .Re-sults Yingxindan could suppress the changes of ST segment of electrocardiogram in rats with acute myocar-dial ischemia induced by pit and reduce the positive rate of myocardial ischemia and arrhythmia .The con-tents of myocardial injury markers CK , CK-MB, GPBB, cTnI and cTnT in serum significantly de-creased, and the corresponding relationship existed . The greater the dose of Yingxindan , the smaller the content of myocardial injuried markers in serum .Con-clusion Yingxindan has significant preventive protec-tion effect on acute myocardial ischemia by pit .
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore effect of acupuncture at Shaoze (SI 1) for treatment of postpartum hypolactation.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Multicentral randomized controlled and single blind clinical trial was adopted, and 276 cases were divided into a treatment group and a control group, 138 cases in each group. The treatment group were treated with electroacupuncture (EA) at Shaoze (SI 1) and the control group with EA at Shangyang (LI 1). After treatment of 2 courses, the therapeutic effects and changes of cumulative score of TCM symptoms, mammary filling degree, lactation amount, prolactin level were evaluated and investigated.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The cured and markedly effective rate was 97.8% in the treatment group and 24.3% in the control group with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05). The treatment group in improvement of the cumulative score of TCM symptoms and the mammary filling degree, and increasing the lactation amount and the prolactin level were better than the control group (P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Acupuncture at Shaoze (SI 1) has obvious therapeutic effect on hypolactation.</p>