Manganese complexes and manganese-based metal-organic frameworks as contrast agents in MRI and chemotherapeutics agents: Applications and prospects.

Manganese-based Metal-organic Frameworks (Mn-MOFs) represents a unique sub-class of MOFs with low toxicity, oxidative ability, and biocompatibility, which plays vital role in the application of this class of MOFs in medical field. Mn-MOFs show great potential in biomedical applications, and has been extensively studied as compared to other MOFs in transition metal series. They are important in medical applications because Mn(II) possess large electron spin number and longer electron relaxation time. They display fast water exchange rate and could be employed as a potential MRI contrast agent because of their strong targeting ability. Manganese complexes with different ligands also display prospective applications in area such as carrier for drug targeting in anti-tumor and antimicrobial therapy. In the review presented herewith, the application of Mn-based complexes and Mn-MOFs have been emphasized in the area such as imaging viz. MRI, multimodal imaging, antitumor activities such as chemodynamic therapy, photodynamic therapy, sonodynamic therapy and antimicrobial applications. Also, how rational designing and syntheses of targeted Mn-based complexes and Mn-MOFs can engender desired applications.

[Influence of immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy on postoperative survival].

Objective: To compare over survival(OS),recurrence free survival(RFS) of 5 years and survival quality between patients with immediate breast reconstruction and patients without breast reconstruction after mastectomy. Methods: From January 2009 to December 2010,156 patients were diagnosed as breast cancer. Among them,56 patients, aged 30-55 years old, were treated with mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction as rec onstruction group.100 patients, aged 30-55 years old, were treated with mastectomy without breast reconstruction as control group. The last follow-up time was June 2015.Patients' age, pathological type, clinical stage, lymph node metastasis were analyzed retrospectively. RFS and OS of 5 years and survival was compared by Kaplan Meier method. Survival quality of 1 year and 2 years after operation was compared between them. Results: Pathologic classification, clinical staging, sentinel lymph node positive rate, axillary lymph node positive rate and triple negative breast cancer had no difference between two groups(P ＞0.05).The median follow-up time was 56.3±13.7 (23-78) and 57.9 ± 14.1(27-78) months in the reconstruction group and control group respectively at end of the June of 2015.RFS 5 years was 75.2％ and 63.3％ respectively in the reconstruction group and control group, showing significant difference between them (P < 0.05).OS 5 years was 81.7％ and 83.3％ respectively in the reconstruction group and control group, with no statistical difference (P ＞ 0.05).Five aspects of physiological status, social/family status, emotion, functional status,additional focus in the reconstruction group 1 year postoperative were higher than those in control group (P ＜ 0.05).Physiology, social/family situation, emotion, functional status of the reconstruction group 2 years after operation were higher than that in control group (P ＜ 0.05).Scores of physiologic al status, social/family status, emotion, functional status and addition of 2 years in the reconstruction group were higher than those in 1 year after operation, with significant difference (P ＜ 0.05).The score improvement in control group was not obvious. Conclusions: Immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy of breast improve the survival quality and postoperative RFS, but has no obvious effect on overall survival.

Construction of tissue-engineered corpus cavernosum with muscle-derived stem cells and transplantation in vivo.

OBJECTIVE: • To investigate the feasibility of tissue-engineered corpus cavernosum (TECC) with muscle-derived stem cells (MDSCs) as seed cells and determine the growth potential in vivo. MATERIALS AND METHODS: • Acellular corporal collagen matrices (ACCMs) were obtained from adult rabbit penis by a cell removal procedure. MDSCs were separated and purified using a digestion method and Preplate technique, then seeded on ACCMs at a concentration of 30 × 10(6) cells/mL to construct TECCs. After 5 days of culture, seeded ACCMs were implanted with albuginea of rabbits. The implants were retrieved at 2, 4 and 6 months after implantation. • Histochemistry, immunohistochemisry and scanning electron microscopy were performed to analyse the morphological characteristics of the TECCs. RESULTS: • The decellularization process successfully extracted all cellular components while preserving the original collagen fibres. • Histological analyses of the explants at all time points in the experimental group had more cells and better arranged growth than the control group. α-Smooth muscle actin and endothelial nitric oxide synthase-positive cells were more prevalent in the experimental group. CONCLUSION: • Our study showed that MDSCs can be seeded on three-dimensional ACCM scaffolds and develop tissues that are similar to native normal corpus cavernosum.