Lactate dehydrogenase inhibitor alleviates LPS/D-Gal-induced acute liver injury in mice / 中国药理学通报

Aim To investigate the effect of lactate dehydrogenase inhibitor on LPS/D-Gal-induced acute liver injury in mice. Methods BALB/ C mice were divided into four groups:solvent control group, lactate dehydrogenase inhibitor NHI-2 group, lipopolysaccharide(LPS)/ D-galactosamine(D-Gal)group and LPS/D-Gal+NHI-2 group. To induce acute liver injury, mice were injected intraperitoneally with LPS(10 μg·kg-1)and D-Gal(700 mg·kg-1), NHI-2 was intraperitoneally injected 30 min before LPS/D-Gal exposure. Liver tissue and serum were harvested 1.5 or 6 h after LPS/D-Gal exposure, serum lactate, serum aspartate aminotransferase(ALT), serum alanine aminotransferase(AST), serum tumor necrosis factor alpha(TNF-α)liver malondialdehyde(MDA)and liver caspase-3/8/9 levels were determined. HE staining was used to evaluate the degree of liver injury. TUNEL staining was used to evaluate hepatocyte apoptosis. Survival curve was used to record survival situation of tested mice. Results Serum lactate level of model mice was significantly reduced after treatment with NHI-2. Compared with LPS/D-Gal group, level of serum TNF-α showed no significant difference, but serum ALT and AST level of LPS/D-Gal+NHI-2 group significantly decreased, injury of liver structure was remarkably attenuated, level of MDA and activity of caspase-3/8/9 in liver were significantly down-regulated, and the number of TUNEL-positive cells was significantly reduced. Treatment with NHI-2 also significantly improved the survival rate of LPS/D-Gal-insulted mice. Conclusion Lactate dehydrogenase inhibitor alleviates LPS/D-Gal-induced acute liver injury in mice.

A Score for Predicting Acute Kidney Injury After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in an Asian Population.

OBJECTIVE: To develop a scoring system to predict acute kidney injury in Asian patients after coronary artery bypass grafting. DESIGN: A retrospective analysis of data collected in an institutional cardiac database. SETTING: A tertiary academic hospital in a large metropolitan city. PARTICIPANTS: The study comprised 954 patients with coronary artery disease. INTERVENTIONS: All patients underwent coronary artery bypass surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass but did not undergo any other concomitant procedures. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The main outcome measured was acute kidney injury as defined by the Acute Kidney Injury Network criteria. The following 6 clinical variables were independent predictors of kidney injury: age>60 years, diabetes requiring insulin, estimated glomerular filtration rate<60 mL/min/1.73 m(2), ejection fraction<40%, cardiopulmonary bypass time>140 minutes, and aortic cross-clamp time>100 minutes. These variables were used to develop the Singapore Acute Kidney Injury score. CONCLUSION: The Singapore Acute Kidney Injury score is a simple way to predict, at the time of admission to the intensive care unit, an Asian patient's risk of developing acute kidney injury after coronary artery bypass surgery.

Manipulating size of Li3V2(PO4)3 with reduced graphene oxide: towards high-performance composite cathode for lithium ion batteries.

Lithium vanadium phosphate (Li3V2(PO4)3, LVP)/reduced graphene oxide (rGO) composite is prepared with a rheological method followed by heat treatment. The size and interface of LVP particles, two important merits for a cathode material, can be effectively tuned by the rGO in the composite, which plays as surfactant to assist sol-gelation and simultaneously as conductive carbon coating. As a consequence, the composite with 7.0 ± 0.4 wt.% rGO shows a capacity of 141.6 mAh g(-1) at 0.075 C, and a rate capacity of 119.0 mAh g(-1) at 15 C with respect to the mass of LVP/rGO composite, and an excellent cycling stability that retains 98.7% of the initial discharge capacity after 50 cycles. The improved electrochemical performance is attributed to the well-controlled rGO content that yields synergic effects between LVP and rGO. Not only do the rGO sheets reduce the size of LVP particles that favor the Li(+) ion migration and the electron transfer during charging and discharging, but also contribute to the reversible lithium ions storage.