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Objective To investigate the lead and cadmium contents in different sampling sites from full term neonatal placenta and to explore the role of placental sample in the evaluation of intrauterine heavy metals exposure.Methods The placentas from 30 healthy full term neonates were collected from the West China Second Hospital of Sichuan University during May and June 2016.Each placenta fetal side was divided into the left and right parts with the umbilical vein in the umbilical cord cross-section as the 12 o'clock direction.The villus lobular tissue samples were taken from the 1/4 radius in left part (site A) and 3/4 radius in the right part (site B).The graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry was used to detect the lead and cadmium contents in the samples.The elements contents in the site A and B were performed the paired t-test and correlation analysis.Results The mean contents of lead and cadmium in dry weight sample at placental site A were 91.8 and 66.7μg/kg which at the site B were 88.9 and 64.8 μg/kg respectively.The lead and cadmium contents at these two sites presented the positive correlation,the coefficients were 0.98 and 0.97 respectively,whereas the difference in contents between the tissues from different placental sites had no statistical significance.Conclusion The lead and cadmium contents of villus lobular tissue in the central part of placenta fetal side (1/4-3/4 radius area) are basically consistent,which is a reliable indicator for evaluating the intrauterine heavy metals exposure.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To identify novel common mutations among patients with non-syndromic hearing loss (NSHL).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>High-throughput gene capture technology was used to analyze 18 patients with NSHL in whom common mutations of deafness genes including GJB2, SLC26A4, GJB3, and mtDNA were excluded. Suspected mutation was verified with Sanger sequencing.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Next generation sequencing has identified 62 mutations in 29 genes associated with hearing loss, which included 54 missense mutations, 4 splicing mutations, 3 deletional mutations, and 1 nonsense mutation. Mutations occurring more than twice in the 18 patients were verified by Sanger sequencing. This has confirmed 15 mutations in 8 genes, including 3 missense mutations (p.C2184G, p.L2825P, p.H1888Y) which have not been reported previously. Meanwhile, p.L445W, p.D866N, and IVS919-2A>G were common causative mutations.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>A number of common causative mutations, e.g., p.L445W, p.D866N, IVS919-2A>G, have been identified by high-throughput capture technology, which may facilitate the research and genetic diagnosis for hearing loss.</p>
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Female , Humans , Male , DNA, Mitochondrial , Genetics , Deafness , Genetics , Hearing Loss , Genetics , High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing , Methods , Mutation , GeneticsABSTRACT
Objective To explore the function of 5-Aza-CdR in B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia cell line NALM-6 and its influence on the expression of microRNA (miRNA) in the cells. Methods NALM-6 was treated with different concentrations of 5-Aza-CdR. Cell proliferation was detected by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) test, and DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) mRNA expression level was detected by reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR). The expression changes of miRNA were detected by miScript miRNA PCR Array chip in cells after methylation. Results NALM-6 cell growth was inhibited by different concentrations of 5-Aza-CdR processing time, reaching to the maximum inhibitory rate was (74.163 ±0.381) %. 5-Aza-CdR affected concentrations was inversely proportional with expression level of DNMT mRNA. After 1 000 μmol/L of 5-Aza-CdR was dealed with cell 72 h, the relative expression of DNMT-1 was reduced to 0.453 ±0.021, DNMT-3L was 0.003±0.001, DNMT-3B was 0.395±0.019. MiScript miRNA PCR array sieved out 3 miRNA (miR-184, miR-23a-3p, miR-34a-5p) associated with DNA methylation. Conclusions 5-Aza-CdR down regulates the expression of DNMT gene in NALM-6 cells, and inhibits the proliferation of cells. MiR-184, miR-23a-3p and miR-34a-5p are related to DNA methylation in the occurrence and development of B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia.
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Purpose The incidence of cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) shows a rising trend in recent years, and misdiagnosis or improper treatment of it can cause serious consequences. In this paper, we analyzed the characteristics of MRI and ultrasonography of CSP to provide a basis for choice of clinical imaging techniques. Materials and Methods Fifty-eight patients with cesarean scar pregnancy were studied retrospectively, all the cases underwent preoperative color Doppler ultrasound (trans-vaginal or together with trans-abdominal), and 31 cases were examined with MRI, the accurate imaging features and diagnosis rate of each was analyzed.Results 48 patients (82.8%) were diagnosed accurately by color Doppler ultrasound, including 20 cases of out-growth type (95.2%, 20/21), 18 cases of inner-growth type (90.0%, 18/20) and 10 cases of mass type (58.8%, 10/17); 27 cases (87.1%) were diagnosed accurately by MRI, including 8 cases of out-growth type (100.0%, 8/8), 4 cases of inner-growth type (66.7%, 4/6), and 15 cases of mass type (88.5%, 15/17).Conclusion The diagnostic accuracy of sonography for CSP is close to that of MRI, thus can act as the first choice; MRI can be chosen for combine examination to improve the accurate diagnostic rate when the CSP case is mass type detected by ultrasonic findings which is difficult to be diagnosed.
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In this study, the natural biological inducer, rat regenerating pancreatic extract (RPE), was used to induce human amniotic mesenchymal stem cells (hAMSCs) into insulin-secreting cells. We excised 60% of rat pancreas in order to stimulate pancreatic regeneration. RPE was extracted and used to induce hAMSCs at a final concentration of 20 microg/mL. The experiment methods used were as follows: morphological-identification, dithizone staining, immumofluorescence analysis, reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) and insulin secretion stimulated by high glucose. The results show that the cell morphology of passge3 hAMSCs changed significantly after the induction of RPE, resulting in cluster shape after induction for 15 days. Dithizone staining showed that there were scarlet cell masses in RPE-treated culture. Immumofluorescence analysis indicated that induced cells were insulin-positive expression. RT-PCR showed the positive expression of human islet-related genes Pdx1 and insulin in the induced cells. The result of insulin secretion stimulated by high glucose indicated that insulin increasingly secreted and then kept stable with prolongation of high glucose stimulation. In conclusion, hAMSCs had the potential to differentiate into insulin-secreting cells induced by RPE in vitro.
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Animals , Humans , Rats , Amnion , Cell Biology , Cell Differentiation , Physiology , Cells, Cultured , Insulin-Secreting Cells , Cell Biology , Mesenchymal Stem Cells , Cell Biology , Pancreas , Physiology , General Surgery , Pancreatic Extracts , Pharmacology , RegenerationABSTRACT
Objective To study the effect of Yiqimingmu pill on ATPase and LD of retinal ischemia rabbit, and probe into its mechanism. Methods Thirty-two Japanese large-ear white rabbits were divided into four groups, normal group (A group), model group (B group), comparison group (C group) and treated group (D group). Retinal ischemia was made in B, C and D group. After the treatment of one month, testing the correspondent indexes and studying with statistics. Results After the treatment of one month, in B and C group, the content of ATPse was lower, while the content of LD was higher compared with A group. Conclusion Yiqimingmu pill is reliable in the treatment of retinal ischemia, and superior to Buzhongyiqi wan.
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0.05).The major germ of subgingival flora of the patients with DM-2 was anaerobe. Amount of black germs and Capnocytophaga was positively correlated with the level of FPG or GHb in the patients with DM-2(P
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Objective: To explore the contents of hypericin from different parts of Hypericum sampsonii. Methods : The hypericin in Hypericum sampsonii and H. Officinalis were measured by HPLC with Novapak C 18 column, mobile phase(methanol∶ethanol∶0.1mol?L -1 NaH 2SO 4=200∶300∶100), flow rate 1.0mol?L -1 , column temperature at 30 ?C , wavelength at 588nm. Results:Contents of H. Sampsonii in flower and flower itself were equal content to H. officinalis. Conclusion:It is possible to sift out the plant of H. Sampsonii with more Hypericin.