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Objective To investigate the effect and mechanisms of pioglitazone on post operative cognitive function induced by surgery in elderly rats.Methods Elderly SD rats,male and weighing 220-250 g,were randomly divided into control group (group Con),surgery group (group S),pioglitazone group (group P)and pioglitazone/surgery group (group PS).The level of glycemia was measured by glucometer after completing the surgical model.The expression of advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs)in hippocampal tissues was detected by western blot and reactive oxy-gen species (ROS)and IL-6 by ELISA 1 2 h after surgery.Morris water maze was used for evaluation of cognitive function 4 days after surgery.Results Compared with group Con,group S showed a sig-nificant increase in the expression of AGEs and IL-6 and the level of ROS (P<0.05);Compared with group S,the expression of AGEs and IL-6 and the level of ROS decreased significantly in group PS (P<0.05).Compared to group Con,the surgery increased the average time of escape latencies on the 8th days and 10th days after surgery and reduced the platform-crossing times in the Morris water maze test (P<0.05).Compared with group S,group PS showed a significant decrease in the average time of escaping latencies on the 10th day after surgery (P<0.05),and an increased platform-cross-ing times in the Morris water maze test (P<0.05).Conclusion These results suggest that pioglita-zone attenuates postoperative cognitive function and its mechanism may be related to the decrease of the expression of AGEs and IL-6 and the level of ROS.
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Objective To study antimicrobial resistance of clinically isolated Escherichia coli (E.coli),the preva-lence of integrons in E.coli,and relation of integron with antimicrobial resistance of E.coli.Methods E.coli isola-ted from three hospitals of Guangdong Province from 2010 to 2012 were collected,and antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by Kirby-Bauer method;integrons were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR),and gene cassette was analyzed by sequencing.Results A total of 156 E.coli isolates were collected,antimicrobial sus-ceptibility testing showed that resistance rate of E.coli to most penicillins,cephalosporins,fluoroquinolones,amin-oglycosides and sulfonamides were over 50%;the resistance rate to antimicrobials 0.05),but compared with sensitive E.coli (9.09%,2/22),the difference was statisti-cally different (P<0.01 ).There were nine types of integron-drug resistant gene cassettes in the variable regions, most of which contained aadA and dfrA.Conclusion Antimicrobial resistance of E.coli is serious;high incidence of class I integrons are widely found in E.coli,and is closely related with drug resistance of E.coli,class I integrons mainly mediated aminoglycosides,sulfonamides and beta-lactams resistance.