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OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the effect of human placental hematopoietic stem cells (PHSCs) on hematopoietic reconstruction in non-lethally irradiated mice.@*METHODS@#Human placental HSCs were extracted by mechanical method combined with zymolysis and were identified by flow cytometry and colony formationtest. Twenty-five NOG mice were divided randomly into 4 groups: the blank control group (n=5), the irradiated group (n=4), the low dose PHSC group (n=8) and the high dose PHSC group (n=8). The mice in the irradiated, the low dose and the high dose PHSC groups were irradiated with X-rays at dose 1 Gy (100 cGy/min) under sterile condition. The mice in the low dose PHSC group and the high dose PHSC group were injected intravenously with 0.1 ml human placental HSC in dose of 2×10 and 1×10, respectively. The mice in the blank control and the irradiated group were injected with the same volume of saline. The mice were weighed weekly, and the changes of body weight were calculated. The peripheral blood was collected from each group at 4, 8 and 12 week for flow cytometrytic detection of human CD45 and myeloid and lymphoid cells.@*RESULTS@#The flow cytometry and cell-colong formation test showed that the human placental HSC accounted for more than 0.75% of total placental mononuclear cells, moreover possess the differentiation ability. Compared with the blank control group, the relative weight gain in the irradiated, the low dose PHSC, and the high dose PHSC groups decreased significantly, and the relative weight gain in the low dose PHSC and the high dose PHSC group increased significantly as compared with the irradiated group. Flow cytometry showed that at the tine-point of 12 weeks after transplantation, the human blood immune system in the high-dose PHSC mice began long-term reconstruction, while the ratio of human CD45 cells in the low-dose PHSC mice was very low.@*CONCLUSION@#After transplantation of human PHSC the non-lethally irradiated mice can obtain short-term and long-term reconstruetion of human blood cells, which demonstrated that human placental HSC can differentiate and reconstruct hematopoietic function in vivo of irradiated mice.
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Animals , Female , Humans , Mice , Pregnancy , Bone Marrow Cells , Flow Cytometry , Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation , Hematopoietic Stem Cells , Mice, Inbred C57BLABSTRACT
Objective To study the effect of Taoren Quyu Decoction (TQD) on endometrial cells in patients with endometriosis (EMs) and EMs in rats. Methods A total of 60 female Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups, namely, normal group, model group, positive group and TQD group, each group having 15 rats. Except the normal group, EMs model was established in the other three groups by transplanting the rat autologous endometrium. After 4 weeks of intragastric administration, blood, eutopic and ectopic endometrial tissues of rats in each group were collected to detect the serum levels of estrogen (E2), cancer antigen 125 (CA125), endometrial antibody (EMAb), and expressions of microvessel density (MVD), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and angiopoietin (Ang-2). The volume of endometriosis cyst was determined simultaneously. For the in vitro culture of human endometrial cells, 4 groups, namely, normal group, model group, positive group and TQD group were used. The positive group and TQD group were treated with danazol and TQD respectively. Then 24 h after the treatment, the expressions of survivin and tumor suppressor gene (p53) of each group were detected. Results The volumes of the endometriosis cysts in the positive group and the TQD group were significantly reduced compared with the model group (P 0.05). Conclusions TQD has a significant anti-EMs effect, and its mechanism of action may be related to anti-angiogenesis and promoting apoptosis of ectopic endometrial cell.
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OBJECTIVE@#To study the effect of Taoren Quyu Decoction (TQD) on endometrial cells in patients with endometriosis (EMs) and EMs in rats.@*METHODS@#A total of 60 female Wistar rats were randomly divided into 4 groups, namely, normal group, model group, positive group and TQD group, each group having 15 rats. Except the normal group, EMs model was established in the other three groups by transplanting the rat autologous endometrium. After 4 weeks of intragastric administration, blood, eutopic and ectopic endometrial tissues of rats in each group were collected to detect the serum levels of estrogen (E2), cancer antigen 125 (CA125), endometrial antibody (EMAb), and expressions of microvessel density (MVD), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and angiopoietin (Ang-2). The volume of endometriosis cyst was determined simultaneously. For the in vitro culture of human endometrial cells, 4 groups, namely, normal group, model group, positive group and TQD group were used. The positive group and TQD group were treated with danazol and TQD respectively. Then 24 h after the treatment, the expressions of survivin and tumor suppressor gene (p53) of each group were detected.@*RESULTS@#The volumes of the endometriosis cysts in the positive group and the TQD group were significantly reduced compared with the model group (P 0.05).@*CONCLUSIONS@#TQD has a significant anti-EMs effect, and its mechanism of action may be related to anti-angiogenesis and promoting apoptosis of ectopic endometrial cell.