Construction of an evaluation index system for the response capacity of universities to public health emergencies / 中国学校卫生

Objective@#To construct an evaluation index system to assess the response capacity of universities to public health emergencies, so as to provide a basis for improvements the response capacity.@*Methods@#In November 2019, in order to develop an evaluation system based on literature review and expert discussions, 15 experts were invited to conduct a subjective evaluation used hierarchical analysis. The objective evaluation was conducted in 120 universities in Jiangsu Province used the inverse entropy weighting method, and the final evaluation employed the joint subjective and objective weighting method.@*Results@#The indicator system consisted of four primary indicators, nine secondary indicators, 32 tertiary indicators and 67 quaternary indicators. The analysis of the combined weighting method showed that the primary indicators, in descending order, included incident handling capability ( 0.666 ), incident detection capability (0.203), prior preparation capability (0.101) and post event recovery capability ( 0.031 ). The top three secondary indicator weights were emergency response (0.480), monitoring and reporting (0.203) and command and coordination (0.151). The results of the evaluation of the consistency indicators showed that the expert authority coefficient was 0.909 and the Kendall s W coordination coefficient was 0.836 ( P <0.01), with all consistency scale values < 0.1.@*Conclusion@#The evaluation system is highly scientific and credible, and provides basis for evaluating the response capability of universities to public health emergencies.

The associations of muscle size and density with handgrip strength and timed up and go test / 中华老年医学杂志

Objective:The aim of this study was to explore the associations of muscle size and density with handgrip strength(HGS)and the Timed Up and Go(TUG)test.Methods:Totally 301 participants living in the Xinjiekou community near Beijing Jishuitan Hospital were recruited for CT imaging of the hip and a 1-cm slice of the mid-thigh.The cross-sectional area and density of the gluteus maximus and the mid-thigh muscles were estimated by the Osirix viewer based on CT images.HGS and TUG were also performed in these subjects.Logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the correlations of muscle density and size with TUG and grip strength.Results:In women, after adjustment for age and BMI, the density of the gluteus maximus was negatively correlated with TUG( P trend=0.0366), while the size of the gluteus maximus and the mid-thigh muscles was not correlated with TUG.In men, the density or size of these muscles was not correlated with TUG.After adjustment for age and BMI, the density of the gluteus maximus was positively correlated with grip strength( P trend=0.0334)and the size of the mid-thigh muscles was also positively correlated with grip strength( P trend=0.0155)in men, but they were not correlated with grip strength in women. Conclusions:There were sex differences in the relationship between muscle size or density and grip strength or timed up and go.The density of the gluteus maximus is associated with muscle strength and physical performance while the size of the mid-thigh muscles is correlated with muscle strength.

Sphingosine kinase 1 promotes glioma cell proliferation under hypoxia via calcium signaling / 南方医科大学学报

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the role of sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1) in regulating the proliferation of hypoxia-exposed glioma cells in vitro and explore the possible molecular mechanisms.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Human glioblastoma U87MG cells was transfected with specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) constructs targeting SphK1, and the efficiency of SphK1 knockdown was validated by real-time PCR and Western blotting. The cells transfected with SphK1 siRNA and with a negative control siRNA were then exposed to 3% oxygen or 150 µmol/L CoCl2 to induce hypoxia. The cell proliferation and cell cycle changes following the exposure were evaluated with the Cell Counting Kit-8 and flow cytometry, respectively, and the intracellular Ca(2+) changes were monitored using Flou-4/AM under an inverted laser scanning confocal microscope.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>SphK1 knockdown significantly reduced hypoxia-induced calcium reflux and suppressed the cell proliferation. Application of OAG, an activator of calcium channels, however, obviously enhanced the cell proliferation under hypoxia.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>SphK1 promotes the proliferation of glioma cells under hypoxia via regulating calcium signaling.</p>

Action potential and L-type calcium channel currents in myocardial cells of rat models of heroin addiction / 中国组织工程研究

BACKGROUND:Calcium channel abnormalities can damage myocardium. Heroin can directly affect calcium ion channel, and alter myocardial structure. OBJECTIVE:To study the changes of heroin-induced myocardial ultrastructure, L-type calcium channel current and action potential of myocardial cel s after rat cardiac arrhythmia. METHODS:Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into control group and model group. In the model group, rats were administered heroin at initial dose of 5 mg/kg?d. The daily dose escalation method was used (increasing dose:2.5 mg/kg?d) to replicate rat models of heroin addiction. At 20 days, models of heroin addiction were successful y established. At 30 days after increasing the dose, rat models of heroin addiction-induced arrhythmias were further established. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Compared with the control group, the electron microscopy demonstrated that myocardial structure changes mainly presented nuclear membrane shrinkage, nuclear condensation, nuclei became smal , chromatin assembled into blocks, mitochondria disordered and disappeared, sarcomeres disordered, focal fracture, and unclear myofilament in rat models of heroin addiction. Electric current-voltage curve of myocardial cel L-type calcium channel current showed the increasing trends. The 90%repolarization action potential was significantly shortened. These data indicated that heroin can directly lead to the pathological change of myocardial structure. Calcium channel current change is one of the main reasons for myocardial injury.

Effects of diacetylmorphine on caspase-8 gene in apoptosis of cerebellar granule neurons / 中国组织工程研究

Abstract BACKGROUND:Caspase-8 plays an important role in starting the process of cel apoptosis, and diacetylmorphine can induce neuronal apoptosis. The relationship between the apoptosis of cerebelar granule neurons cels induced by diacetylmorphine and caspase-8 has not been reported. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of caspase-8 on diacetylmorphine-induced neuronal apoptosis. METHODS:Cerebelar granule neurons from Sprague-Dawley rats aged 7 days were culturedin vitro. At 7 days, the cels were cultured with different dosage of diacetylmorphine (10, 40, 80, 100, 120 mg/L) and SP600125 for 24 hours, and were divided into control group, 80 mg/L diacetylmorphine group, diacetylmorphine+SP600125 group. Cel morphology was observed by Hoechst 33258 fluorescent staining, and cel apoptosis rate was measured by flow cytometry. Immunofluorescence staining, RT-PCR and western blot assay were used to detect caspase-8 mRNA and protein expression. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1) After different dosage of diacetylmorphine was used to induce neuronal apoptosis, dark blue translucent apoptotic bodies were found in apoptotic cels, appearing with nucleus condensation, cohesion and fracture, and the apoptosis rate presented an increasing trend with increasing of drug dosage (P < 0.05). (2) Compared with the control group, caspase-8 mRNA and protein expression was remarkable under the intervention of 80 mg/L diacetylmorphine(P < 0.05); caspase-8 mRNA expression exhibited an increasing trend with increasing dosage of diacetylmorphine (P < 0.05), while caspase-8 mRNA and protein expression in the diacetylmorphine+SP600125 group was significantly lower than that in the 80 mg/L diacetylmorphine group (P < 0.05). These findings indicate that caspase-8 is involved in the process of diacetylmorphine-induced neuronal apoptosis, and meanwhile, it is also an important candidate of pro-apoptotic factors in the c-jun N-terminal kinase signaling pathway.

Pentamidine sensitizes leukemia K562 cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis / 中国癌症杂志

Background and purpose:Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis inducing ligand(TRAIL)is a successful clinical anti-tumor agent.However,not all tumor cells are sensitive to TRAIL-mediated apoptosis.In this study,we examined the TRAIL-induced apoptosis after pretreatment with pentamidine in K562 cells.Methods:When K562 cells were pretreated with pentamidine followed by TRAIL,apoptosis of cells was analyzed by cellular morphology via viewing live cells under a light microscope and annexin V-FITC/propidium iodine FACS.Western blot was performed to examine the cleavage of caspase-3,-8 and poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase(PARR)and protein levels of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein(XIAP).Results:Apoptotic cell death occurred and cleavage of caspase-3,-8 and PARR appeared when K562 cells were pretreated with 10?g/ml of pentamidine followed by 200 ng/ml of TRAIL.In addition,pentamidine decreased protein levels of XIAP.Conclusions:Combined treatment with pentamidine and TRAIL may become a new strategy for cancer therapy.

Effects of matrine on structure and function of K562 cells / 中国组织工程研究

Aim To investigate the effect of matrine on cytoskeletonof K562 cells. Methods Micropipette aspiration technique was adoptedto investigate the viscoelasticity of K562 cells, while the different ex-pression of cytoskeletal protein gene was analyzed by DNA microar-ray. Results In matrine-treated K562 cells, the viscoelastic propertiesKI, K2 and were decreased significantly from 726 ± 215 to 432 ±67,433 ±119 to 242±31, 72±38 to 50±15 respectively, and the geneexpression of prefoldin and ezrin was much stronger than that of controlcells. Conclusion The strueture and function can be changed in ma-trine-treated K562 cells.

Immunohistochemical study on ANP in the atria of sudden manhood death syndrome / 中国法医学杂志

For the purpose of diagnosis of sudden manhood death syndrome, immu- nohistochemical study of ANP was performed in right atria of 10 cases of sudden manhood death syndrome (SMDS) and 10 cases of noncardiac death controls with LSAB-method. It was found that the ANP granulus in right atria of SMDS were obviously depleted, compared with that in the control groups. The results showed that depletion of ANP granules in atria plays an important role in the causes of death of SMDS. This experiment also provides a new approach for studying the causes of SMDS.

Prediction of chemotherapeutic response by determining telomerase activity and serum CA125 expression in patients with ovarian epithelial carcinoma / 中国病理生理杂志

AIM: To investigate significance of the telomerase activity and serum CA125(cancer antigen 125) expression in the predicting chemotherapeutic response in human ovarian epithelial carcinoma(hOEC).METHODS: The expressive levels of telomerase activity in ascites exfoliative cells or peritoneal washing fluids and the serum CA125 were detected by TRAP-PCR-ELISA and ELISA in 35 hOEC patients.RESULTS:(1) Telomerase activity was detected in 30 out of 35(85.7%) patients(P