Serum hsCRP level and expression of CX3CR1 on peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with coronary heart disease and its clinical significance / 心血管康复医学杂志

Objective:To explore serum level of high sensitive C reactive protein(hsCRP)and expression of CX3C chemokine receptor 1(CX3CR1)on peripheral blood mononuclear cells(PBMC)in patients with coronary heart disease(CHD)and its clinical significance.Methods:A total of 153 CHD patients treated in our hospital from Mar 2016 to Mar 2017 were selected,including 50 cases with stable angina pectoris(SAP),52 cases with unstable angina pectoris(UAP)and 51 cases with acute myocardial infarction(AMI);according to coronary lesion degree assessed by Gensini score,153 CHD patients were divided into mild coronary disease group(n=43),moderate coronary dis-ease group(n=56)and severe coronary disease group(n=54).Another 45 healthy subjects were selected as healthy control group during the same period.Serum hsCRP level and CX3CR1 expression on PBMC were measured and compared among all groups,the correlation among serum hsCRP level,CX3CR1 expression and Gensini score were analyzed.Results:Compared with healthy control group,there were significant rise in serum hsCRP level[(2.36 ± 1.67)mg/L vs.(5.07 ± 2.16)mg/L vs.(13.59 ± 5.23)mg/L vs.(27.46 ± 8.24)mg/L]and CX3CR1 expression on PBMC[(0.48 ± 0.25)% vs.(11.13 ± 5.42)% vs.(20.56 ± 9.73)% vs.(37.49 ± 12.82)%]in SAP group,UAP group and AMI group,and AMI group> UAP group> SAP group,there was significant difference between any two groups,P=0.001 all.Compared with mild coronary disease group,there were significant rise in serum hsCRP level[(6.31 ± 1.83)mg/L vs.(17.42 ± 6.58)mg/L vs.(35.26 ± 9.74)mg/L]and CX3CR1 expression on PBMC [(6.59 ± 1.43)% vs.(25.86 ± 9.37)% vs.(42.57 ± 13.28)%]in moderate and severe coronary disease group,and those of severe coronary disease group were significantly higher than those of moderate coronary disease group,P=0.001 all.Linear correlation analysis indicated that serum hsCRP level and CX 3CR1 expression on PBMC were sig-nificantly correlated with Gensini score(r=0.768,0.897,P=0.001 both).Conclusion:Serum hsCRP level and CX3CR1 expression significantly rise in CHD patients along with the aggregation of coronary disease,which are ex-pected to be reference indexes predicting severity of CHD.

Study of three ciguatera fish poisoning cases in Xiamen city, in 2005 / 中华预防医学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To find out the reason of three ciguatera fish poisoning cases in Xiamen in 2005 and identify the fish species.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The grouper implicated in food poisoning and seven other coral reef fishes collected from market were tested by mice bioassay and ciguatoxin-test kit. The mtDNA was extracted from toxic grouper meat, and Cty b gene segment was amplified and the PCR products were sequenced. The sequences were compared with those in the GenBank.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The result turned out to be positive by the ciguatoxin-test kit, while the toxicity of the toxic grouper implicated in food poisoning was 0.11 mouse unit (MU)/g by mice bioassay. A 475 bp segments of Cty b gene was amplified by PCR and the sequence was 99% homologous with Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (GenBank: AY950695).No ciguatoxin in six grouper species collected from market was detected.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>All three food poisoning cases were caused by consumption of ciguatoxin-carrying groupers.</p>

Generation and characterization of antibody against paf1 complex in Drosophila melanogaster / 生理学报

Paf1 complex was identified in yeast and characterized to function in transcription and its related events. We identified the Drosophila homological components of paf1, CDC73 and RTF1 of paf1 complex. The genes encoding Drosophila paf1, CDC73 and RTF1 were cloned and expressed. With the purified recombinant proteins of truncated components of paf1 complex, antibodies against the Drosophila paf1, CDC73 and RTF1 were generated. These antibodies have been shown to be able to detect the endogenous paf1 subunits as well as their human counterparts in the HeLa extract. On Drosophila polytene chromosomes, these antibodies have been demonstrated to locate the paf1 complex at actively transcribing sites, which co-localized with phosphorylated RNA polymerase II, indicating that paf1 complex in Drosophila is involved in transcription or the events coupling with transcription.

Effect of anti-Helicobacter pylori ureB monoclonal antibody on platelet aggregation and activation, and its mechanism study / 中华血液学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVES</b>To study the effect of monoclonal antibody (McAb) against helicobacter pylori (Hp) ureB, 1F11 on platelet aggregation and activation, and its mechanism.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The relativity between human platelet glycoproteins (GPs) and Hp ureB was identified by Western blot and FCM. Platelet aggregation was measured by turbidimetry, and P-selectin and TXB2 assay by ELISA.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>1F11 could bind to platelet GPIIIa, and ADP-induced platelet aggregation was inhibited by 1F11 in a dose-dependent manner. However, 1F11 had no effect on plasma P-selectin and TXB2 induced by ADP. The FCM results show that the positive rates of platelet binding to FITC-SZ21 was decreased from 99.5% to 77.4% after addition of 1F11.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>McAb against Hp ureB 1F11 inhibits platelet aggregation through binding to platelet GPIIIa but does not block platelet activation. There might be crossed-epitopes on Hp ureB and platelet GPIIIa, and Hp infection might be involved in ITP immunopathology.</p>