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Objective:To explore the clinical characteristics of senile degenerative valvular heart disease (SDHVD)compli-cated heart failure (HF).Methods:A total of 68 SDHVD + HF patients were enrolled as SDHVD + HF group,another 62 aged HF patients without valvular calcification in the same period were enrolled as HF control group.Characteristics of two groups were analyzed.Results:Compared with HF control group,there were significant rise in percentages of severe cardiac dysfunction (NYHA class III:19.35% vs.38.24%,NYHA class IV:35.49% vs.55.88%),incidence rates of at-rial premature (17.74% vs.38.24%),sinoatrial block (22.58% vs.50.00%),atrial fibrillation (27.42% vs.52.94%), paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (30.65% vs.48.53%),atrioventricular block (33.87% vs.52.94%)and bundle branch block (25.81% vs.48.53%)in SDHVD + HF group,P <0.05 or <0.01. Conclusion:When SDHVD patients compli-cate with HF,the HF degree aggravates and incidence rate of arrhythmia rises.
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AIM: To study the effect of trichosanthin (TCS), a type I ribosome-inactivating protein, on the induction of apoptosis in human leukemic cell line HL-60 cells and the influence of cycloheximide (CHX) on TCS-induced apoptosis. METHODS: Flow cytometry together with fluorescent microscopy were adopted to investigate the apoptotic cell death in HL-60 cells treated with TCS. RESULTS: Flow cytometric analysis indicated that TCS was able to induce significant apoptosis in HL-60 cells. The rates of apoptotic cells in HL-60 cells treated with TCS (20 mg/L) for 48 h was 48.7%±2.3%(±s), which was significantly higher than that of control (6.3%±1.0%)(P＜0.05). Under the same condition, the rate of apoptosis caused by CHX (5 mg/L) was 65.3%±3.9%. TCS-induced apoptosis was further confirmed by fluorescent microscopy observation and DNA gel electrophoresis, in which typical nuclear morphological changes such as chromatin condensation, nuclear fragmentation, were observed in many of the cells treated with TCS， and DNA extracted from these cells displayed typical ladder pattern. Furthermore, the effect of TCS was significantly enhanced with the pretreatment of CHX (0.2 mg/L) which did not induce any significant apoptosis when used at 0.2 mg/L seperately. TCS-induced apoptosis was time- and dose-dependent. CONCLUSION: TCS was able to induce apoptosis in HL-60 cells, which was enhanced by CHX. It was suggested that TCS-induced apoptosis was independent of new protein synthesis.
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AIM: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were cultured in vitro to study the effect of gossypol, a polyphenolic antifertility agent, on the activation of normal human T cells. METHODS: Double fluorescent staining together with flow cytometry was adopted to analyze the influence of gossypol on expression of the early activation antigen CD69 on T-lymphocytes under stimulation of mitogen or phorbol ester. RESULTS: Analysis of T cell activation in vitro revealed that preincubation of PBMC with 100 μmol/L gossypol could completely inhibit the expression of early activation marker CD69 on CD3+ T cells in response to 10 mg/L PHA, and block T cell activation by 10-7 mol/L PDB as well. The suppression of CD69 expression was dose-dependent and IC50 of gossypol on PDB and PHA were (35.7±2.9) μmol/L and (32.8±1.5) μmol/L(眘), respectively. Besides, gossypol had similar inhibitory effect on CD69 expression of CD3- lymphocytes. However, it did not have any significant effect on T cell surface molecule CD3 down-regulation. CONCLUSION: Gossypol could inhibit T cell activation in vitro in response to polyclonal activators, both PHA and PDB, suggesting that its action site may be at PKC or its downstream and that gossypol possessed potential immuno-regulatory effect.
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Objective:To study the effect of isoflavone and genistein on activation of T lymphocytes in order to develope new immuno intervention reagent.Methods:Fluorescence conjugated monoclonal antibodies and flow cytometer were used to detect the expression rate of CD69 by activated T cells in vitro in response to Phytohemagglutinin(PHA) and Phorbol 12,13 dibutyrate(PDB),with some samples pre incubated with 10,50 or 100 ?mol/L of genistein,after 2 h and 6 h of incubation in whole blood culture system.Results:After 2 h of culture,the inhibitory effect in PHA group was stronger than PDB group(P
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AIM: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were cultured in vitro to study the effect of gossypol, a polyphenolic antifertility agent, on the activation of normal human T cells. METHODS: Double fluorescent staining together with flow cytometry was adopted to analyze the influence of gossypol on expression of the early activation antigen CD69 on T-lymphocytes under stimulation of mitogen or phorbol ester. RESULTS: Analysis of T cell activation in vitro revealed that preincubation of PBMC with 100 ?mol/L gossypol could completely inhibit the expression of early activation marker CD69 on CD3 + T cells in response to 10 mg/L PHA, and block T cell activation by 10 -7 mol/L PDB as well. The suppression of CD69 expression was dose-dependent and IC 50 of gossypol on PDB and PHA were (35 7?2 9) ?mol/L and (32 8?1.5) ?mol/L( ?s ), respectively. Besides, gossypol had similar inhibitory effect on CD69 expression of CD3 - lymphocytes. However, it did not have any significant effect on T cell surface molecule CD3 down-regulation. CONCLUSION: Gossypol could inhibit T cell activation in vitro in response to polyclonal activators, both PHA and PDB, suggesting that its action site may be at PKC or its downstream and that gossypol possessed potential immuno-regulatory effect. [
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AIM: To study cellular and molecular mechanism involved in increasing susceptibility of infection in psychological stress persons. METHODS: Comparative studies were performed with double staining and flow cytometry analysis on immunophenotyping and in vitro expression of early activating surface molecule CD69 in response to mitogens on T cells from peripheral blood of 20 healthy college student volunteers before and after psychological stress. A series of term final examinations was defined as psychological stress. RESULTS: Immunophenotyping analysis showed no statistically significant difference in the percentage of CD2, CD3, CD4, CD8, CD19, CD20, CD16 and CD56 positive lymphocyte populations before and after psychological stress. There was a statistically significant decrease in the in vitro expression of CD69 in response to polyclonal stimulators on the T cells from persons after psychological stress than those before psychological stress. The percentage of CD69 expression (CD69+CD3+/CD3+%) in response to PHA and PDB in the whole blood culture for 72 hours decreased respectively from 28.1?4.1 and 80.7?6.8 on the T cells obtained before psychological stress to 17.6?3.8 and 65.8?7.9 on those obtained after psychological stress, while there was no statistically significant difference between the CD69 expression rates without stimulators on the T cells obtained before and after psychological stress. CONCLUSIONS: The effects of psychological stress to immune system is not on the level of changing proportions of the sub-populations within peripheral blood lymphocytes. Psychological stress can decrease the activating response of T cells in healthy persons, which may be responsible for the increase of susceptibility to infection in the psychological stress persons.