A retrospective clinical study on autotransplantation of teeth with complete root formation / 中华口腔医学杂志

Objective@#To evaluate the 5-year survival and success rates of transplanted autologous teeth with complete root formation.@*Methods@#A total of 32 patients admitted to the hospital for 36 cases of tooth autotransplantation with complete root formation from November 2008 to October 2012 were enrolled in this study. Clinical and radiographic examinations were performed during the post-operative follow up periods of 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months, respectively. Survival analysis was then conducted and the predictive factors influencing prognosis from the aspects of age, sex and root canal treatment status were investigated. Kaplan-Meier survival curve was adopted for survival analysis and Log-Rank test was used to compare the survival rate and success rate of each single factor.@*Results@#According to each case′s last follow-up, the 5-year survival rate of autotransplanted teeth with complete root formation was 83%. Within these cases, the 5-year success rate of the autotransplanted teeth with no apparent periodontitis or apical periodontitis, and the crown to root ratio being less than 1 was 65%. Factors of age and sex of the patients showed no correlation with the prognosis of autotransplantation (P>0.05). Root canal treatment was crucial in preventing transplanted teeth from apical periodontitis and root resorption, and accordingly increased the success rate (P=0.028) of autotransplantation.@*Conclusions@#Autotransplantation with complete root formation has a high 5-year survival rate, and is a viable and alternative method for restoration of tooth loss. Post-operative follow-up should be thoroughly planned and root canal treatment should be performed in order to increase the survival rate and success rates of autotransplantation.

The pilot study on the expression of PHF8, H3K9me2, BDNF and LTP in the hippocampus of rats exposed to aluminum / 中华劳动卫生职业病杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>In this research, we have observed changes of PHF8、H3K9me2、BDNF, and their regulatory roles in changing the amplitude value of LTP in hippocampus due to aluminum exposure so that we can discuss the impact on the learning and memory that caused by chronic aluminum exposure.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Forty healthy SPF grade SD male rats were randomly divided into four groups by weight, including control group and low, medium, high dose aluminum exposed group, each group had 10 rats. The exposed rats drank water containing different doses of aluminum chloride (AlCl3) (2、12、72 mg/kg Al(3+)) for 90 d. We measured LTP in hippocampus by electrophysiological grapier and detected the expression of PHF8、H3K9me2、BDNF by western-blot.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Electrophysiological measurements shows that compared with that of control group, the average of fEPSPs was decreased at different time points in all exposed groups (P<0.01) . The results of western-bolt test demonstrated that the expression of PHF8 in the exposed groups were significantly lower than those of control group (P<0.01) . And the expression the of H3K9me2 of medium and high dose groups were significantly higher than control group (P<0.05) . While the expression of BDNF of medium and high dose groups were decreased compared with the control group (P<0.05) .</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Chronic aluminum exposure can reduce the LTP via the route of PHF8-H3K9me2-BDNF in the hippocampus of rats, which then may impair the ability of learning and memory.</p>

The study on the relationship between hippocampus neuronal apoptosis and hippocampus synaptic plasticity in rats exposed to aluminum / 中华劳动卫生职业病杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the effect of aluminum exposure on neuronal apoptosis of rats hippocampus and the correlation of and synaptic plasticity.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>There were 40 SPF grade SD rats which were randomly divided into four groups: the control group, the low dose group, the medium dose group and the high dose group, 10 rats in each group. The rats were daily gavaged with aluminum lactate for 30 days. The hippocampal fEPSPs in rat was measured by electrophysiological grapher and the neuronal apoptosis in hippocampus was detected by Flow cytometer. In addition, the relative expression of gene which includes caspase-3, 8, 9 was measured by Real-time PCR.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Compared to the control group, the average of fEPSPs which after HFS 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 min was decreased at different time point in the low dose group, the medium dose group and the high dose group (P < 0.05). Compared with the control group, the rate of apoptosis was significantly increased in the medium dose group and the high dose group (P < 0.05). Compared to the control group, the relative expression of caspase-3 in the medium dose group and the high dose group was significantly increased in Real-time PCR (P < 0.05), and the relative expression of caspase-8 in the high dose group was significantly increased (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Aluminum exposure may induced neuronal apoptosis in rats, and then affect hippocampal synaptic plasticity.</p>