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Background Environmental pollutants can affect N6-methyladenosine (m6A) level in the body, but the change of m6A level in kidney after being exposed to cadmium (Cd) and the molecular mechanism of renal injury need to be further studied. Objective To analyze the associations of m6A modification and methyltransferases/demethylases with microRNA-21 (miR-21) and transforming growth factor- β1 (TGF - β1) in kidney of rats exposed to Cd. Methods Twenty-four SPF male SD rats were divided into 4 groups, with 6 rats in each group, and were exposed to Cd by subcutaneous injection of 2.0, 1.0, and 0.5 mg·kg−1 cadmium chloride (CdCl2) and equal volume of normal saline for 2 weeks, 7 d a week, respectively. The levels of N-acetyl-β-D-glucosidase (UNAG) and albumin (UALB) in urine, and the levels of m6A methylation and TGF-β1 in kidney were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The level of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) was measured by urease method. The levels of renal oxidative stress indicators such as malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) were detected by total bile acid method, water-soluble tetrazolium asssay, and colorimetric method respectively. The relative levels of TGF-β1, methyltransferases, and demethylases in kidney were measured by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. The expression of miR-21 in kidney was detected by fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Results After 2 weeks of exposure to Cd, the body weights of rats in the 2.0 and 1.0 mg·kg−1 cadmium chloride groups decreased, and the ratio of kidney/body weight and the levels of BUN, UNAG, and TGF-β1 mRNA and protein increased in the 2.0 mg·kg−1 cadmium chloride group (P<0.05). The expression levels of m6A modification, methyltransferases METTL3, METTL14, Wilms’ tumor 1-associated protein (WTAP), and miR-21 were increased both in the 2.0 and 1.0 mg·kg−1 cadmium chloride groups, with significant differences compared with the control group (P<0.05). The results of correlation analysis showed that the m6A modification level was negatively correlated with SOD (r=−0.4489, P<0.05) and GSH-Px (r=−0.4874, P<0.05), METTL3 was negatively correlated with MDA (r=−0.5158, P<0.05), while there was a positive correlation between FTO and GSH-Px (r=0.4802, P<0.05). In addition, miR-21 was positively correlated with METTL3 (r=0.7491), METTL14 (r=0.6157), and WTAP (r=0.6660) (P<0.05), TGF-β1 was positively correlated with METTL3 (r=0.5025, P<0.05) but negatively correlated with FTO (r=−0.5634, P<0.05) . Conclusion Cd can induce m6A methylation and up-regulation of METTL3, METTL14, WTAP, and miR-21 expression levels in rat kidney tissues, indicating that m6A and miR-21 may be associated with Cd-induced renal fibrosis.
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Objective:To explore the effect of negative affect on internet addiction among college students, and the mediating effect of fatigue.Methods:Totally 8 371 freshmen from North China University of Science and Technology were assessed with Chen Shuhui Chinese Network Scale, Fatigue Assessment Scale and Positive Negative Emotion Scale.SPSS 23.0 was used to analyze the data and test the intermediary effect.Results:Both of the total score of internet addiction scale and the scores of each factor were negatively correlated with positive emotions scores ( r=-0.337- -0.269, P<0.01). However, theose were positively correlated with the negative emotion scores( r=0.338-0.417, P<0.01), the fatigue severity scores( r=0.029-0.040, P<0.01), and the environment specific score and the result score of fatigue( r=0.021-0.028, P<0.05). The emotion and fatigue of college students could predict internet addiction, which could explain 36.9% variation of total score of internet addiction( F=979.336, P<0.01). Fatigue played a part in mediating between internet addiction and negative emotions. Conclusion:Negative emotions not only directly affect the degree of internet addiction of college students, but also indirectly affect the degree of internet addiction of college students through part of the intermediary role of fatigue.
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Objective To study the effect of evidence-based nursing on improving the nursing requirement of patients with ureter external drainage and inner stent drainage after urological operation. Methods 62 patients in department of urinary surgery from June 2009 to October 2011 were selected as research object,and they were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group with 31 cases in each group,the two groups adopted routine nursing mode and evidence-based nursing mode respectively.Then the nursing requirement and nursing effect before and three and five days after nursing were compared between two groups. Results All the patients existed needs of related knowledge guidance,unhealthy emotion adjustment and social support,and the needs of patients between ureter external drainage and inner stent drainage showed no significant differences,improvement level of each items of the observation group after nursing were all better than those of the control group. Conclusions The patients with ureter external drainage or inner stent drainage have needs of related knowledge guidance,unhealthy emotion adjustment and social support,and the evidence-based nursing mode can effectively improve the patients'demand situations of these items.