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Objective:To make an assessment on the genotoxicity caused by black carbon ( BC ) and ozonized black carbon (O3-BC).Methods: In this study, 74 healthy male ICR mice [weighed (28 ± 1.5) g] were randomly divided into 7 groups, including one phosphate buffer solution ( PBS) control group and six particles exposed groups by intratracheal instillation with either BC or O 3-BC at the doses of 50, 100, 200 μg/mouse, respectively.There were 12 mice in the groups of 200μg/mouse and 10 mice in others.The mice were sacrificed 24 h after four intratrachealinstillations .The activities of catalase ( CAT) in serum and the levels of malondialdehyde ( MDA) in lung tissue homogenate were measured . As the DNA damage mark , 8-hydroxyguanosine ( 8-OHdG ) in urine and serum were quantified with ELISA method.Micronucleus test was used for potential genotoxicity of BC and O 3-BC.Hematoxylin and eosin staining was used to stain lung paraffin section .Results:The mice were in good condition during instillation , and the liver coefficient of the test groups was significantly lower than that of the control group (P<0.05).The activities of CAT in serum significantly increased in the 100 μg/mouse and 200μg/mouse groups after being exposed to these two kinds of particles .The micronucleus rate in allthe BC and O3-BC exposed groups increased ( P <0.05), but there was no statistically significant difference among the groups in the levels of 8-OHdG in serum and urine and MDA in lung tissue homogenate .In-flammatory response was found in the lung tissue under the microscope after exposure to BC and O 3-BC. Conclusion:Intratracheal instillation of BC and O 3-BC induced increasing of oxidative stress and genetic damage in mice .But there was no significant difference between these two particles in toxicity .Whether the genotoxicity of O 3-BC is higher than that of BC or not is uncertain .Further research is needed .
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To explore the relationship between the activity of polyol pathway and diabetic microangiopathy, the level of red blood cell sorbitol(RBCS)in 106 patients with NIDDMwas determined. The results indicated that the level of RBCS in diabetic patients was significantly increased, and was positively correlated with 24-h urinary albumin excretion rate(UAER)and the degree of diabetic retinopathy(DR). Besides,the value of RBCS in patients with both pro-teinuris and DR or proteinuria was markedly higher as compared with that in patients with either proteinuria or DR,and the concentration of RBCS in the patients with DR of proteinuria was also significantly higher than those wth neither proteinuria nor DR. In addition.it was also found that the value of RBCS gradually elevated with the aggravation of UAERand DR. These findings suggest that the elevation of RBCS level plays an important role in the formation and development of diabetic microangiopathy.