Methylation of forkhead box protein 3 gene promoter in CD4+ T cells in patients with chronic hepatitis B / 中华实验和临床病毒学杂志

Objective@#To investigate the methylation status and expression of FOXP3 in CD4+ T cells of patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB).@*Methods@#Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from 59 CHB patients and 22 healthy controls (HC) were collected. The percentage of CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3+ Tregs in CD4+ T cells was estimated by flow cytometry. FOXP3 expression was measured by quantitative real time-polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and Western blotting. The methylation status of FOXP3 was determined by methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction.@*Results@#The percentage of CD4+ CD25+ pFoxp3+ Tregs in CD4+ T cells, FOXP3 mRNA and protein expression levels were significantly higher in patients with CHB than HCs (P<0.05). Meanwhile, the methylation frequency of FOXP3 was significantly lower in CHB patients than HCs (P<0.05). FOXP3 mRNA levels and the percentage of CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3+ Tregs were significantly lower (P<0.05) in patients with gene methylation than those without.@*Conclusions@#Aberrant demethylation of FOXP3 gene existed in CD4+ T cells of CHB, which contributed to an elevation in FOXP3 expression and percentage of CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3+ Tregs. It might provide a new target for prevention and treatment of CHB.

Determination of Three Neonicotinoid Pesticides Residues by High Performence Liquid Chromatography with Molecularly Imprinting Solid Phase Extraction / 分析化学

A molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) for the selective solid phase extraction of imidacloprid, imidaclothiz, thiacloprid was synthesized by polymerization for 24 h using thiacloprid as template. Dynamic adsorption and selective adsorption test showed that the MIP could quickly adsorb the imidacloprid, imidaclothiz, thiacloprid, with good selectivity for targets. The maximum static adsorption capacity of MIP was 31. 7, 36. 7 and 45. 3 mg / g, respectively. A molecularly imprinted solid phase extraction (MIP-SPE) was developed to separate, clean up and enrich the thiacloprid, imidacloprid and imidaclothiz residue in paddy water, soil, rice, tomato, cucumber. The average recoveries were 80. 2% -98. 8% , with relative standard deviation of 1. 4% -4. 5% . The MIP-SPE was used to analyses the real samples, the result was satisfied.