Increased autophagy of peripheral blood neutrophils and neutrophils extracellular traps formation in systemic lupus erythematosus / 细胞与分子免疫学杂志

Objective To explore the role of autophagy, apoptosis of neutrophils and neutrophils extracellular traps (NET) formation in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods Thirty-six patients with SLE were recruited as research subjects, and 32 healthy controls matched accordingly were enrolled as control subjects. The expression levels of microtubule associated protein 1 light chain 3B (LC3B), autophagy-related gene5(ATG5), P62, B-cell lymphoma 2(Bcl2), Bcl2-related X protein (BAX) in neutrophils were detected by Western blot analysis. Flow cytometry was employed to analyze the expression of LC3B on neutrophils. The expression level of myeloperoxidase(MPO) in plasma was estimated by ELISA. Furthermore, neutrophils were cultured in vitro and stimulated by 100 nmol/L rapamycin and 10 μg/mL lipopolysaccharide (LPS) for 6 hours, respectively. And then, the expression levels of LC3B, ATG5, P62, Bcl2 and BAX in neutrophils were detected by Western blot analysis. The level of MPO in culture supernatant was detected by ELISA. The change of fluorescence intensity of NET in culture supernatant was assayed by SytoxTM Green staining combined with fluorescence spectrophotometry. Results Compared with healthy controls, the levels of autophagy and apoptosis of neutrophils and NET formation in SLE patients were increased. The level of apoptosis and NET formation was positively associated with neutrophil autophagy. The level of autophagy showed an increase but had no effect on apoptosis and NET formation for neutrophil stimulated by rapamycin. The levels of autophagy and NET formation also increased with no significant effect on apoptosis for neutrophil induced by LPS. Conclusion The autophagy, apoptosis and NET formation of neutrophils increase in SLE patients. The activation of autophagy and NET in neutrophils possibly result from the inflammatory internal environment in SLE patients.

Ginsenoside Rg1 ameliorates blood-brain barrier disruption and traumatic brain injury

During the traumatic brain injury (TBI), improved expression of circulatory miR-21 serves as a diagnostic feature. Low levels of exosome-miR-21 in the brain can effectively improve neuroinflammation and blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability, reduce nerve apoptosis, restore neural function and ameliorate TBI. We evaluated the role of macrophage derived exosomes-miR-21 (M-Exos-miR-21) in disrupting BBB, deteriorating TBI, and Rg1 interventions. IL-1

Expression and clinical significance of serum response factor and myosin heavy chain 9 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma / 中国综合临床

Objective:To investigate the expression and clinical significance of serum response factor (SRF) and myosin heavy chain 9 (MYH9) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC).Methods:The clinical data of 113 patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma treated in Tangshan people′s Hospital from January 2014 to December 2016 were retrospectively analyzed.Immunohistochemical staining was used to detect the expression of SRF and MYH9 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and corresponding adjacent tissues, and the correlation between the differential expression of SRF and MYH9 and clinicopathological features was analyzed.Results:Immunohistochemical staining showed that the positive expression rate of SRF in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma was 42.48% (48/113), which was significantly higher than that of 6.25% (2/32) in adjacent tissues (χ 2=14.487, P<0.05). The positive expression rate of MYH9 was 57.52% (65/113), which was significantly higher than that of 25.00% (8/32) in adjacent tissues (χ 2=10.551, P<0.05). The expression levels of SRF and MYH9 were closely related to the differentiation, lymph node metastasis and TMN stage of ESCC (all P<0.05). The positive expression of SRF had a correlation with positive expression of MYH9( r=0.521, P<0.05). The median survival time of SRF and MYH9 double negative expression group, SRF and MYH9 single positive expression group, SRF and MYH9 double positive expression group were 30, 20 and 12 months respectively.There were significant differences between the double negative, single positive expression groups and double positive expression groups (χ 2 values were 43.855, 17.799, all P<0.001), but there was no significant difference between the double negative and single positive expression groups (χ 2=2.787, P=0.095). Conclusion:SRF and MYH9 may be one of potential targets for diagnosis and treatment of esophagus cancer.

Extraction of Volatile Oil from Marchantia Convoluta by CO_2 Supercritical Fluid Extraction and Analysis by GC-MS / 中药新药与临床药理

Objective To optimize the experimental condition for CO 2 supercritical fluid extraction(SFE)of volatile oil from Marchantia convoluta andto analyse the extract.Methods Orthogonaltestwas applied.SFEtechnology was usedto optimize the extractionconditionfor volatile oilfrom Marchantia convoluta and the solventextractionwas useda s the control.The extract was analyzed by GC-MS and HPLC.Results The optimal extraction conditions f or the volatile oil were:pressure at15MPa,heatingtemperatureat50℃,addingt hemodifier ofalcohol30mLtoextractfor2h,flowingratebeing10L /hand theabsorbefa-cient solution being alcohol .Twent y -three peaks were isolated and 19components were identified,accounting 82.61%.Conclusion SFEmethodhas theadvantages of shorterextractiontimeandhighextractionefficiencyas comparedwiththet radi-tionalsolventextraction.