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Objective To investigate the effect of cardioplegia solution of autologous blood treated with ultraviolet irradiation and oxygenation (UBIO) on myocardial mitochondrion in mongrel dogs underwent open heart surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).Methods Twenty male mongrel dogs were randomly divided into a control group and a UBIO group, 10 dogs in each group.The UBIO group was infused with UBIO blood as the cardiac arresting solution via the ascending aorta, while the control group was given the same treatment except that the cardiac arresting solution was blood cardioplegia.Blood samples were taken from coronary venous sinus before cross-clamping and after aorta declamping to measure the levels of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and creatinine kinase MB isozyme (CK-MB).For both groups, right atrial myocardial tissue samples were taken to detect the activity of myocardial mitochondrion superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-PX) , and concentrations of malondialdehyde (MDA) when the right atrium was opened and closed.Results In both groups, the average levels of SOD and GSH-PX were decreased during CPB, and the decrease of SOD and GSH-PX were to a significantly larger extent in UBIO group (P ＜ 0.05).The concentrations of cTnI, CK-MB, and MDA in the control group were increased significantly higher than those in the UBIO group (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion The attenuated lipid peroxidation of myocardial mitochondria plays an important role in myocardial protection by UBIO as cardioplegia solution in open heart surgery under CPB.
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Objective To investigate the effects of ultraviolet blood irradiation and oxygenation(UBIO)on oxygen free radical metabolism(OFRM)in rabbits with acute soman intoxication.Methods One hundred rabbits were randomly divided into five groups:a control group,a soman intoxication group(I),a soman intoxication plus routine therapy group(TR),a soman intoxication plus UBIO therapy group(UBIO)and a soman intoxication plus complex therapy group(CT).All the rabbits were intervened accordingly.Then the concentrations of malondiade- hyde(MDA)and the activities of superoxide dismutase(SOD),glutathionperoxidase(GSH Px)and catalase (CAT)in serum were determined at 14 d after various treatments.Results Compared with the control group,the concentration of MDA and the activity of CAT in the 1 group were significantly increased(P＜0.01),while the activi- ties of SOD and GSH Px were obviously decreased(P＜0.05).After UBIO or complex therapy,the serum level of MDA was significantly decreased in comparison with that in the I group(P＜0.01),while the concentrations of SOD, GSH Px and CAT were enhanced(P＜0.05).Conclusion UBIO therapy can improve antioxidation activity against the injury caused by free radicals and could be used to treat acute soman intoxication,which causes injury from in- creased oxygen free radical concentrations.
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This paper primarily discusses the effects of ultraviolet blood irradiation(UBI) on sudden deafness and comparison is made between the group of UBI and control. The results showed that the effctive rates of UBI on hearing and tinnitus were 75.86% and 82.60% respectively. Whereas the effective rates in control group were 55.55% and 54.54%. Therefore UBI is effective in the treatment of sudden deafness, especially for tinnitus.