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Objective To compare the clinical efficacy between absolute fixation and bridging fixation in plate osteosynthesis for simple distal tibia fracture.Methods A retrospective case control study was conducted to analyze 41 patients with simple distal tibia fracture admitted to the Chongqing People's Hospital from January 2013 to November 2016.There were 24 males and 17 females,aged 24-70 years [(46.3 ± 13.1)years].According to AO/OTA classification,fractures weres was AO/OTA type 42A1 in 29 cases,type 42A2 in nine cases,type 42A3 in two cases,and type 43A1 in one case.All patients were treated with plate and screw fixation.According to the method of plate fixation,the patients were divided into the locking compression plate (LCP) absolute fixation group (14 patients),the LCP bridge fixation group (12 patients) and the LCP + dynamic double thread locking screw (DDTL) bridge fixation group (15 patients).The patients were followed up by taking anteroposterior and lateral radiographs of tibia and fibula during outpatient visits 1,2,3,6 months and 1 year after operation.The operation time,time to radiological fracture union,time to full weight bearing,callus index and complications were analyzed.Results All the patients were followed up for 12-18 months [(14.5 ± 2.0)months].In the LCP absolute fixation,LCP and LCP + DDTL groups,the operation time was (74.3 ± 15.6) minutes,(78.6 ± 20.1) minutes and (82.5 ± 24.6) minutes,respectively;the time to radiological fracture union was (4.3 ± 1.5) months,(4.5 ± 1.3) months and (4.6 ± 1.4) months,respectively;the time to full weight bearing were (3.4 ± 0.7) months,(3.5 ± 0.6) months and (3.6 ±1.1) months,respectively (all P ＞ 0.05).There was no significant difference in complication incidence among the three groups (P ＞ 0.05).However,the callus index in the LCP + DDTL group (1.19 ±0.13) was significantly higher than that of the LCP absolute fixation group (1.08 ±0.06) and that of the LCP group (1.09 ± 0.09) (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion For simple distal tibia fracture,both absolute and bridging fixation can attain good fracture union,and LCP combined with DDTL can better promote the formation of callus and facilitate the union.
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Aim To investigate the effect of acacetin on cell proliferation and the influence of acacetin on estrogen receptor expression in vitro.Methods The proliferation rates and the cell cycle changes of acace-tin-treated T47D cells were measured by sulforhodam-ine B(SRB)assay and flow cytometry,respectively. Moreover,the mRNA expressions of estrogen receptor-alpha(ERα),estrogen receptor-beta(ERβ)and pro-liferating antigen(Ki67)were determined by quantita-tive real time PCR (qPCR).Western blot was em-ployed to detect the ERαand ERβprotein expression. Results Acacetin significantly promoted the prolifera-tion and increased the amount of cells arrested in S and G2 /M phase under the concentration of 0.001 ~1 0μmol·L -1 .Ki67 mRNA level and the ERαprotein level in T47D cells were remarkably upregulated after acacetin treatment.To clarify which estrogen receptors played a role in acacetin induced the proliferation of T47D cells,the combination treatment of acacetin and ERαinhibitor (MPP)/ERβ inhibitor (PHTPP) was employed.We found that MPP could reverse the cell proliferation,the cell arrested in S and G2 /M phase and the increased Ki67 mRNA level induced by acace-tin.PHTPP also alleviated the T47D cell proliferation induced by acacetin,whereas no significant changes were found in cell cycle and Ki67 mRNA level.Con-clusion Acacetin stimulates the cell proliferation of T47D cells in the concentration from 0.001 μmol · L -1 to 1 0 μmol·L -1 ,which is mainly mediated by ERα.
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Objective To investigate the relationship between edema and aquaporin 4 (AQP4) within traumatic penumbra (TP) of rats with brain trauma.Methods Eighty-eight healthy adult Wistar rats were randomly divided into control group (n =11) and trauma group (n =77),according to the random number table.Trauma group were further subdivided into seven time points (1 h,6 h,12 h,24 h,48 h,72 h and 7 d) of 11 animals each.Brain tissue samples from the moderate brain models were collected to evaluate brain edema with histological observation,blood brain barrier (BBB) permeability with semiquantitative immunohistohemical staining of IgG,and AQP4 expression with immunofluorescence and Western blotting.Results In control group pathology and IgG staining revealed no abnormalities and expression of AQP4 was few.In trauma group light edema zone was visualized at 1 h,began widening,reached the peak at 12 h [(1.589 ±0.020)mm],and then began narrowing.There were significances in width of the edematous band at each time point except for the comparison at 24 h vs.48 h and 72 h vs.7 d (P ＜ 0.05).After trauma,vasogenic edema was found in edema zone at 1 h,intracellular edema was found at 6 h,both aggravated at 12 h and alleviated slightly at 24 h,and intracellular edema predominated at 48 h.IgG showed intensively positive staining at 1,12 and 48 h,and weak staining at 6 h,24 h,72 h and 7 d.After trauma,expression of AQP4 decreased at 1 h (0.659 ± 0.021),returned slightly at 6 h (1.257 ±0.058),peaked at 12 h (2.499 ±0.136),declined again at 24 h (2.267 ± 0.068),re-raised at 72 h (2.078 ± 0.065),and returned to the baseline at 7 d (1.280 ± 0.065).There were significant differences in level of AQP4 at each time point except for the comparison at6h vs.7 d,24 h vs.72 h and 24 h vs.72 h (P＜0.05).Conclusions In the early phase vasogenic edema characterized by BBB damage is significant within TP,which leads to decreased expression of AQP4.However,the subsequent up-regulation of AQP4 results in intracellular edema,which accelerate the spreading of TP.AQP4 may involve in body's defense reaction.