Application of QF-PCR in amniotic fluid rapid prenatal diagnosis / 中国基层医药

Objective:To assess the clinical value of quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction(QF-PCR) in rapid prenatal diagnosis.Methods:From May 2018 to May 2019, 1 190 amniotic fluid samples were detected by QF-PCR to check out aneuploidies of 13, 18, 21, X and Y, then the results were compared with those of traditional karyotype analysis.Results:The 33 abnormities including 20 cases with trisomy 21, 4 cases with trisomy 18 and 9 abnormities of sex chromosomes were checked out in 1190 amniotic fluid samples by rapid diagnosis.Conclusion:As a common rapid diagnostic method, QF-PCR has advantages of rapid and accurate, but still cannot completely replace the conventional karyotype analysis.

Interleukin 1β, 6 and 8 levels around miniscrews during orthodontic tooth movement / 实用口腔医学杂志

40 patients,20 males and 20 females,with 52 miniscrews were included.The concentration of IL-1β,IL-6 and IL-8 in the gingival crevicular fluid around the miniscrews were measured.The results showed that the concentrations of IL-1β,IL-6 and IL-8 increased during orthodintic tooth movement(P ＜0.05),indicating that orthodontic force had an effect on the cytokines around the miniscrews,which may be related to orthodontic bone resorption.

Memantine improves cognitive deficits by activiating NGF/TrkA signaling in APP/PS1 transgenic mice / 中国药理学通报

Aims To study the role of NGF/Trk A sig-naling pathway in Memantine ( MEM) improving APP/PS1 transgenic mice cognitive deficits and to explore its possible mechanisms. Methods Cognitive perform-ance was assessed by Morris water maze( MWM) , pas-sive avoidance test( PAT) and locomotivity test. Aβ1-42 protein levels were determined by immunohistochemis-try. The activities of AChE and ChAT were also exam-ined by ELISA and colorimetry. Western blot was used to detect the expression levels of NGF and its receptor TrkA and the downstream ERK pathway. Results MEM treatment significantly ameliorated the cognitive deficits, dramatically reduced the Aβ1-42 overexpres-sion. MEM increased the activity of choline acetyl-transferase( ChAT) , while decreased that of acetylcho-line esterase( AChE) . Moreover, MEM activiated NGF signaling by increasing the phosphorylation of TrkA fol-lowing the increased phosphorylation of c-Raf, ERK1/2 and downstream effector CREB after MEM treatment. Conclusion MEM treatment may activate the NGF/TrkA signaling in APP/PS1 mice to reduce amyloidosis and cognitive deficits.

Characteristics and significances of ECG and clinical laboratory examination results in 43 patients with acute aconitine poisoning / 国际检验医学杂志

Objective To study the characteristics and significances of electrocardiogram(ECG)in the patients with acute aconi-tine poisoning.Methods Collected and analysed the data of 43 aconitine poisoning patients,summarize their clinic feature,ECG changes,laboratory test and treatment methords.Results All 43 cases showed arrhythmia under their ECGs,most of which were ventricular premature beats.Frequent multifocal ventricular arrhythmia,torsade de pointes,ventricular fibrillation occurred in severe aconitine poisoning patients.2 severe cases were treated with blood perfusion and purification in emergency and their arrhythmias were corrected rapidly.Serum K+ ,Mg2 + coucentrations decreased while myocardial enzymes increased in patients with severe and moderate poisoning.After active treatment,the ECG,cardiac creatase and electrolytes in all cases turned to normal.All 43 patients were cured.Conclusion The study shows the diversity of arrhythmia in acute aconitine poisoning patients and the deadly arrhyth-mia occurred in severe patients.Actively support therapy,early use of anticholinergic and antiarrhythmic drug,blood perfusion and purification in severe poisoning patients can rapidly cure arrhythmia and improve the rescue success rate.

Comparative analysis on blood glucose results detected by portable glucose meter and Olympus AU2700 automatic biochemical analyzer / 国际检验医学杂志

Objective To perform the comparative analysis on the blood glucose results detected by the portable glucose meter and the Olympus AU2700 biochemical analyzer.Methods 20 fresh whole blood samples with sodium fluoride and potassium oxalate anticoagulation were the Olympus AU2700 biochemical analyzer biochemical analyzer.Results In these 27 portable glucose meters, the comparison results in only 1 portable glucose meter was unqualified,which in the other 26 portable glucose meters were passed, the passing rate was 96.3%,which in 2 glucose meters were clinically acceptable and which in the other 24 glucose meters were completely acceptable and the clinical completely acceptable rate was 88.9%.Conclusion There are some biases of blood glucose results detected by the portable glucose meter and the fully automatic biochemical analyzer,but the overall correlation is well.The comparison and calibration of the blood glucose meters should be performed at the regular intervals for improving the consistency and accuracy of blood glucose detection results.

EGCG ameliorating learning and memory impairment in APP/PS1 mice by inhibiting p75 NTR pathway / 中国药理学通报

Aim To investigate whether EGCG treat-ment ameliorates cognitive deficits in APP/PS1 trans-genic mice and, whether it has the ameliorating effect of p75 NTR signaling to neuronal apoptosis in the hippo-campus of APP/PS1 mice. Methods Morris water maze test and locomotivity test were used to predict be-havioral changes; further TUNEL staining and Fluoro-Jade B staining were applied to confirm the neuronal apoptosis and neuronal degeneration;Western blot was employed to detect protein expression levels of p75 NTR signaling in the hippocampus of APP/PS1 mice. Re-sults EGCG treatment dramatically ameliorated the cognitive impairments, and inhibited the neuronal ap-optosis in the APP/PS1 mice. Moreover, EGCG treat-ment dramatically inhibited the p75 NTR signaling by de-creasing the p75ICD expression, JNK2 phosphorylation, and cleaved-caspase 3 expression. Conclusion EGCG treatment dramatically ameliorates the cognitive impairments, and inhibits the neuronal apoptosis by in-hibiting the p75NTR signaling.

The effect and mechanism of Sorcin silencing on drug resistance of human ovarian cancer SKOV3/CDDP cell lines / 中国癌症杂志

Background and purpose:Multi-drug resistance is a major reason for the chemotherapy failure of human ovarian cancer. Sorcin was found overexpression in drug resistance tumors and it may be the target of multi-drug resistance reversal. The present article was aimed to study the effect and mechanism of Sorcin silencing on drug resistance of human ovarian cancer SKOV3/CDDP cell lines. Methods:The stable Sorcin silencing SKOV3/CDDP cell lines were established. MTS assay, flow cytometry was used to analyze the intra-cellular Rh-123 content, cells apoptosis and cycle. Real-time, Western blot and report gene assay were used to analyze the expression changes of genes, including MDR1, MPR1, Survivin, Bcl-2, p-Akt and NF-κB. Results:Sorcin inhibition enhanced the drug sensitivity of SKOV3/CDDP cells, increased the intra-cellular Rh-123 content and cell apoptosis, and arrested cell cycle in G2/M. The protein levels of MDR1, MPR1, Survivin, Bcl-2, p-Akt were down-regulated, the mRNA levels of MDR1 of Sh-Sorcin-1 and Sh-Corcin-2 group were decreased to 42.3%and 26.5%of untransfected control, MRP1 were decreased to 33.2%and 18.9%of untransfected control, Survivin were decreased to 36.2%and 29.6%of untransfected control, Bcl-2 were decreased to 54.6%and 46.7%of untransfected control, transcriptional activity of NF-κB were decreased to 56.3%and 38.4%of untransfected control respectively inSKOV3/CDDP cell lines after Sorcin silence. Conclusion: Sorcin silencing could reverse SKOV3/CDDP drug resistance and enhance drug sensitivity, which involves the decreased phosphorylation level of Akt and transcriptional activity of NF-κB.

Osteogenic differentiation and related gene expression mediated by mechanical strain / 中国组织工程研究

BACKGROUND:The regulatory role of extracellular signal regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) signal pathways in the osteogenic differentiation of MC3T3-E1 cells subjected to mechanical strain remains unclear. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of ERK1/2 and NF-kB signal pathway on alkaline phosphatase, type Ⅰcol agen, osteocalcin and interleukin-6 expression in osteoblasts in response to mechanical strain, and to explore the regulatory effects of ERK1/2 and NF-kB signal pathway on osteoblast differentiation. METHODS:MC3T3-E1 cells cultured in vitro were separately treated with ERK1/2 pathway specific inhibitor PD098059 and NF-kB pathway inhibitor PDTC for 30 minutes, and subjected to12%elongation for 24 hours. Normal cells and cells along loading 12%mechanical strain for 24 hours were considered as controls. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay and real-time PCR were utilized to detect alkaline phosphatase activities, type Ⅰcol agen, osteocalcin and interleukin-6 mRNA expression before and after cellloading. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Under 12%mechanical strain, alkaline phosphatase, type I col agen, and interleukin-6 expression was regulated by ERK1/2 signal pathway in MC3T3-E1 cells, but osteocalcin gene expression was not affected by ERK1/2 pathway. NF-kB signal pathway inhibitor PDTC significantly suppressed alkaline phosphatase activities in MC3T3-E1 cells under mechanical strain, and inhibited interleukin-6 gene expression. However, type I col agen and osteocalcin gene expression was not affected by NF-kB signal pathway. Results suggested that mechanical strain affected osteogenic differentiation and relevant gene expression in MC3T3-E1 cells by ERK1/2 and NF-kB signal pathway.

Purification and characterization of a chitinase from Bombyx mori / 生物工程学报

The importance of chitinases in the physiological and developmental processes of fungi and insects makes themselves and their inhibitors important targets for biological pesticides. A chitinase was isolated from Bombyx mori and purified to electrophoretic homogeneity by ammonium sulfate precipitation and Sephadex G-150 column chromatography. The molecular mass was estimated to be about 88 kDa by SDS-PAGE, while the K(m) was calculated to be 22.3 micromol/L. Moveover, the optimal reaction temperature was 45 degrees C, and the optimum pH was 6.0. The effect of metal ions and organic reagents on chitinase activity was investigated. The activity was enhanced by high concentration of Mn2+, while was strongly inhibited by Cu2+ and SDS. These results provide a basis for screening the chitinase-based biological pesticide.

Advances in new technologies applying to Chinese materia medica extraction / 中草药

The extraction is the key operation step in the production of Chinese materia medica or the natural products.On the basis of brief description of traditional extracting technologies,extracting techniques appeared in recent five years are particularly reviewed in the principles,features,latest research and application results,and existing problems as well.These new techniques include supercritical fluid extraction(SFE),continuous countercurrent extraction(CCE),microwave-assisted extraction(MAE),ultrasound-assisted extraction(UAE),enzymatic treatment extraction(ETE),semi-bionic extraction(SBE),flooding extraction(FE),press extraction(PE),smashing tissue extraction(STE),heating-free extraction(HFE),air explosion extraction(AEE),ultra-high pressure extraction(UHPE),etc.Further research topics and application prospects of these extracting techniques are also suggested.