MRI evaluating changes of pelvic fascia after high intensity focused ultrasound ablation of uterine fibroids / 中国医学影像技术

Objective To explore the value of pelvic fascia changes after high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation of uterine fibroids patients with MRI.Methods The pelvic MRI and clinical data of 283 patients with uterine fibroids after treatment of HIFU were analyzed retrospectively.The total power and irradiation time of HIFU,and the degree of pelvic fascia edema changes were observed.The correlation between age,fibroids location,type,number,volume,total energy,irradiation time of HIFU and the degree of pelvic fascia edema were analyzed.Results Totally 201 patients (201/283,71.02％) had pelvic fascia edema and 59.71％ (169/283) were degree 1 and 2.There was significant difference in the degree of pelvic fascia edema in patients with different fibroids (x2 =27.50,P=0.007).There was no correlation between patients age,number,volume,type of fibroids,nor pelvic fascia edema (all P＞0.05).HIFU energy and irradiation time were positively correlated with the degree of pelvic fascia edema (rs =0.288,0.317,both P＜0.001).Conclusion MRI can observe pelvic fascia edema caused by HIFU treatment of uterine fibroids.HIFU irradiation time,total energy,and location of uterine fibroids location are the main influencing factors.

MRI evaluating changes of pelvic fascia after high intensity focused ultrasound ablation of uterine fibroids / 中国医学影像技术

Objective To explore the value of pelvic fascia changes after high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation of uterine fibroids patients with MRI.Methods The pelvic MRI and clinical data of 283 patients with uterine fibroids after treatment of HIFU were analyzed retrospectively.The total power and irradiation time of HIFU,and the degree of pelvic fascia edema changes were observed.The correlation between age,fibroids location,type,number,volume,total energy,irradiation time of HIFU and the degree of pelvic fascia edema were analyzed.Results Totally 201 patients (201/283,71.02％) had pelvic fascia edema and 59.71％ (169/283) were degree 1 and 2.There was significant difference in the degree of pelvic fascia edema in patients with different fibroids (x2 =27.50,P=0.007).There was no correlation between patients age,number,volume,type of fibroids,nor pelvic fascia edema (all P＞0.05).HIFU energy and irradiation time were positively correlated with the degree of pelvic fascia edema (rs =0.288,0.317,both P＜0.001).Conclusion MRI can observe pelvic fascia edema caused by HIFU treatment of uterine fibroids.HIFU irradiation time,total energy,and location of uterine fibroids location are the main influencing factors.

Effects of the human 21 .5 kDa MBP gene silencing on the proliferation and apoptosis of glioma cells / 重庆医学

Objective To investigate the effects of silencing of the human cerebral 21 .5 kDa myelin basic protein (MBP) gene on the proliferation and apoptosis of the glioma U251 cells .Methods The 21 .5 kDa MBP sequence‐specific short hair‐pin RNA (shR‐NA) recombinant plasmids pGenesil‐1‐MBP‐3 were transfected into the human glioma cell line(U251) ,the cells of U251 was used as MBP silencing group ,the cells transfected with negative control plasmids used as negative control group ,and the cells transfected with liposomes used as blank control group .Real‐time PCR and Westernblot were used to detect the expression levels of the 21 .5 kDa MBP mRNA and protein in each group ,and the cell proliferation curve was measured by CCK‐8 assay ,the apoptosis rate was a‐nalysised by Flow cytometry .Results Both the mRNA and the protein expression levels of the 21 .5 kDa MBP of MBP silencing group were significantly lower than those in the control groups (P<0 .05);the cellular proliferation activity of the MBP silencing group decreased significantly (P<0 .05)while the cellular apoptotic rate increased significantly (P<0 .05) .Conclusion Silencing of the human cerebral 21 .5 kDa MBP gene may playa dual role in the inhibition of proliferation and the promotion of apoptosis of the glioma U251 cells .

Effect of Small Interfering RNA Silencing the Fatty Acid Synthase Gene on Lipid Metabolism in Human Hepatic Cell Line HepG2 / 中国循环杂志

Objective: To investigate the effect of the gene interfering technology on fatty acid synthase (FAS) gene silencing for lipid contents in human hepatic cell line HepG2 and to study the lipid metabolism related gene expression in HepG2 cells. Methods: A total of 3 pairs of small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting different sequences of FAS mRNA were synthesized as FAS-siRNA-1, FAS-siRNA-2 and FAS-siRNA-3, meanwhile, 2 controls were established as Blank control group, in which HepG2 cells were not treated, and Negative control group, in which HepG2 cells were transfected by non-effective siRNA. The mRNA, and protein expression levels of FAS in HepG2 cells were examined by real-time lfuorescence quantitative RCR and Western blot analysis to screen the most effective pair of siRNA for FAS gene silencing; and that speciifc siRNA was transtected to HepG2 cells for 48 hours to detect the intra-/extra-cellular TG, TC levels and the mRNA expression related to lipid metabolism in HepG2 cells. Results: The screening experiment indicated that FAS-siRNA-3 was most effective for FAS gene silencing. Compared with Blank control group, the mRNA and protein expressions in FAS-siRNA-3 transfected HepG2 cells (Transfected group)decreased to (52.33 ± 3.07) % and (51.57 ± 3.14) % respectively. Compared with Blank control group, Transfected group had the reduced intra-/extra-cellular TG levels and reduced extracellular TC level; while increased mRNA expression of hepatic lipase,P<0.0001 and decreased mRNA expression of TG transfer protein in HepG2 microsome,P<0.05. Conclusion: FAS gene silencing could signiifcantly decrease the intra-/extra- cellular TG level and extracellular TC level in HepG2 cells, those ifndings need to be conifrmed by furtherin vivo andin vitro studies.

Comparative study of the effect in the therapy of Hepatic Cysts by image-guided percutaneous catheter dralnage and sclerotherapy / 中国基层医药

Objective To compare the image guided effect between CT and Ultrasound for percutaneous catheter drainage and sclerotherapy in the treatment of hepatic cysts.Methods 26 patients with hepatic cysts underwent percutaneous catheter drainage and sclerotherapy by CT guided.87 cases underwent percutaneous catheter drainage and sclerotherapy by Ultrasound guided.Results 53 cysts underwent percutaneous puncture with 132 times by CT guided,and 5 cysts underwent sclerotherapy were failed(10.1％).231 cysts underwent percutaneous puncture with 267 times by Ultrasound guided,and 5 cysts underwent sclerotherapy were failed(2.1％).The failed rate of the two groups had statistifically significant difference(x2 =39.6875,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion In the image guided technique for percutaneous catheter drainage and sclerotherapy in the treatment of hepatic cysts,Ultrasound had more advantages,high accuracy,real time visual,high success rate,less damage,economy and convenience than CT.

Different roles of total flavonoids of astragalus on human normal mesenchymal stem cells and hepatoma cells in radiation protection / 中华放射医学与防护杂志

Objective To investigate the different radioprotective effects of total flavonoids of Astragalus (TFA) on human normal mesenchymal stem cells(hMSCs) and hepatoma cells injured by 60 Coγ-ray radiation.Methods hMSCs and HepG-2 cells were cultured and randomly divided into TFA-treated and untreated groups.The cells of different groups were irradiated with 60 Co γ-rays at the dose of 6 Gy.MTT method was utilized to detect the survival rates of the hMSCs and HepG-2 cells pretreated or untreated with TFA before irradiation.Cell clone formation test was used to measure the cellular radiosensitivity.The apoptosis rates of different groups were determined by flow cytometer assay.The expression rates of the apoptosis-promoting proteins Fas and Bax and the apoptosis-inhibiting protein Bcl-2 were analyzed by Western blotting.Results MTT showed that the survival rates of hMSCs pretreated by TFA were 1.15-1.95 times higher than that of the pure irradiation group.On the contrary,the survival rates of the TFA pretreated HepG-2 cells were only 0.53-0.23 times that of the pure irradiation group.There was a good dose-effect relationship between the cell survival rate and the TFA concentration.Cell clone formation rate indicated that combined treatment of TFA and radiation inhibited the cell proliferation more effectively than single TFA or pure radiation.Flow cytometry showed that 6,24 and,48 h post-irradiation to 6 Gy,the apoptosis rates of the hMSCs were 23.3% ,11.2% ,and 2.9% ,respectively in the TFA pretreated group and were 29.3% ,24.9% ,and 13.6% in the pure radiation group.However,the apoptosis rates of the HepG-2 cells at 6,24,and 48 h post-irradiation to 6 Gy were 11.6% ,17.3% ,and 20.1% ,respectively in the TFA pretreated group and were 6.9% ,9.3% ,and 15.8% ,respectively in the direct radiation group.Western blotting showed that the expression levels of Fas and Bax proteins in the HepG-2 cells were significantly higher in the TFA pretreated group than in the pure radiation group.On the contrary,the expression level of the apoptosis inhibiting protein Bcl-2 was significantly lower in the TFA pretreated group than in the pure radiation group.Conclusions TFA has obvious effects of radiological protection on human hMSCs and has no effects of radiological protection but effects of apoptosis enhancement on hepatoma cells.The promotion of apoptosis of TFA on hepatoma cells is primarily through increasing the expression of apoptotic proteins such as Fas and Bax and reducing the expression of anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2.

Recombinant human brain myelin basic protein and its antibody / 生物医学工程学杂志

We constructed the expression vector by inserting 21.5 KDa MBP human brain full-length cDNA coding sequence digested with restriction enzyme EcoR I and Sal I into downstream of pGEX-5T expression vector. The recombinant vector p5TMP was transformed into E. coli and the positive clonies were selected and incubated in LB medium induced by IPTG (isopropyl- -D-thiogalactoside). A new polypeptide band with apparent molecular weight 42 KDa was detected in transformed cell lysates by SDS-PAGE. Western blotting analysis confirmed that this fusion protein reacted specifically with antibodies to MBP, the expression level of MBP was about 414.6 mg/L medium estimated by immuno-dot blot, ELISA and absorbance scanning. Newzealand rabbits were immunized by subcutaneous injection of the purified recombinant MBP. The titer was obtained at 1:16 after 5 injections. The specificity of the antibody to MBP was confirmed by immuno-blot and Western blotting.