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Objective To investigate the express of collagen fibers ,NCAM11 and RUNX1 in blood-supply myocardium of myo-cardial bridge(MB) .Methods The Massion′s staining were conducted to reveal the morphology of collagen fibers in blood-supply myocardium among MB without artherosclerosis(group A) ,MB with artherosclerosis(group B) ,coronary artery disease(group C) , and non-cardiogenic instantly death(group D) .The expression level of NCAM1 and RUNX1 were detected among four groups using immunohistochemistry(IHC) and Western bolt ,respectively .Results There were a lot of collagen fibers in myocardium interstitial substance and/or heart muscle necrosis between group B and C ,but not almost collagen fibers between group A and D .The expres-sion of NCAM1 was positive in group B ,and mainly expressed on the cytoplasm and membranes of cardiac myocytes by IHC .group C was similar to results in vicinal myocardium with myocardial scar .However ,there was quite lowness or negative expression of NCAM1 in group A and D .Significant difference was found between group B as well as C and group A as well as D (P<0 .05) .The expression level of RUNX1 in blood-supply myocardium was almost like to the results of NCAM 1 .Conclusion MB with arthero-sclerosis might be lead to chronic myocardial ischemia .
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Objective To study the effect of anti-epileptic,nootropic drugs on the expression of NCAM and ERK2 in the hippocampus changes on the epileptic rats with cognitive dysfunction.Methods A total of 120Wistar rats were used.20 controls and 100 in which epilepticus with cognitive dysfunction were randomly assigned to 5 groups (n =20/group) that received daily treatments for 30 days with either (1) saline (epilepsy),(2) carbamazine (traditional anti-epileptic),(3) oxcarbazine (new anti-epileptic),(4) aniracetam (brain protective),or (5) donepezil (nootopic).Spatial learning and memory were assessed with a Morris Water Maze (MWM).Hippocampus tissue was assessed for NCAM1 and ERK-2 mRNAs by RT-PCR and proteins by immunochemistry.Results The mean escape latency of the place navigation test:EP group ((67.14 ± 7.37)s)was all higher than NS group (35.78 ± 4.84 s)and there was statistical significance (P ＜ 0.01),carbamazepine group ((81.23 ± 9.46)s) ＞ EP group((67.14 ±7.37)s) ＞ donepezi group((53.75 ±6.74) s) (P＜0.01).Immunohistochemical and RT-PCR result:carbamazepine ＜ oxcarbazepine ＜ epilepsy ＜ aniracetam ＜ donepezi group.Compared with control group,donepezil group ＞ control group (P ＜ 0.01),aniracetam group ＞ control group (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion ERK-2 expression is decreased and NCAM 1 expression is increased in the hippocampus in the epileptic rats.Thus,both are involved in cognitive dysfunction.Carbamazepine aggravates cognitive dysfunction,whereas donepezil improves cognitive dysfunction associated with epilepsy.