AIM To explore gallbladder circadian rhythm (GCR) and the cholagogic action of Yin Chen Hao Ta(YCHT).METHODS Ultrasonography of rabbit gallbladder at 17:00 to 19:00, 23:00 to 01:00, 05:00 to 07:00 m11:00 to 13:00 showed its maximum area (MA), dilatation rate (GDR) and systole rate. Its movemecircadian rhythm (MCR) and the effect of YCHT on gallbladder and the relationship with time weobserved and evaluated.RESULTS The results showed that gallbladder area changed with time, which varied from 11:00 to 13:1>23:00 to 01:00 and 05:00 to 07:00> 17:00 to 19:00 (P<0.01, F=9.13 vs. control by analysisvariance). The cholagogic action at 23:00 to 01:00 and 17:00 to 19:00 was better than that at 11:00 to 13:and 05:00 to 07:00.CONCLUSION The gallbladder movement action (GMA) showed markedly circadian rhythm. Tcholagogic action of YCHT at 23:00 to 01:00 and 17:00 to 19:00 is better.

作者： 刊期： 2000年第03期

AIM To find out if there is any difference in human primary liver carcinogenesis between Han and minorityethnic patients in Xinjiang.METHODS Expression of p53, c-erbB-2, H-rasp21 protein and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)in tumor tissues of 50 patients (Hah 38, minorities 12) with primary hepatic carcinoma (HCC) was detectedby immunohistochemistry (LSAB).RESULTS The positive frequency of p53, c-erbB-2, H-rasp21 and PCNA expression was 46.0% (23/50,70.0% (35/50), 68.0% (34/50) and 82.0% (41/50) in tumor tissues; 4.0% (2/50), 22.0% (11/50),64.0% (32/50) and 52.0% (26/50) in peritumor respectively with a significant difference, except for H-rasp21 (P<0.05) between tumor and non-tumor tissues. Combined the three oncogenes alteration, 26%(13/50) tumor tissues had positive immunoreactivity, but peritumor and normal liver were negative. Thepositive p53, c-erbB-2, H-rasp21 protein expression was 39.5 % ( 15 / 38), 60.5 % (23 / 38) and 39.5 % ( 15 /38) in tumors of Han patients; 66.7% (8/12), 100% (12/12) and 75.0% (9/12) in minority patientsrespectively. A statistical difference between Han and minority cancer samples was observed (P< 0.05).CONCLUSION Overexpression of p53, c-erbB-2 and H-rasp21 in human primary liver carcinoma is animportant biomarker of genetic alteration. The different frequency of these oncogenetic changes may reflectsome environmental factors or/and ethnic hereditary affecting the liver carcinogenesis. The special life styleof Han, Uygur, Kazak and Mongolia nationalities in Xinjiang may also involve the etiopathogenesis of thisdisease.

作者： 刊期： 2000年第03期

AIM To study the relationship among typing of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Helicobacterpylori infection, expression of oncogene and tumor suppresser genes in gastric cancer and precancerouslessions.METHODS According to TCM typing, 120 patients with chronic superficial gastritis, intestinal metaplasia,atypical hyperplasia and gastric cancer were divided into 4 groups: 21 patients with coexistence of cold andheat syndrome (group R), 22 patients with in coordination between the liver and the spleen (group U), 29patients with deficiency of the spleen-yin (group I) and 48 patients with insufficiency of the spleen-yang(group H). Protein expression of c-myc, p21 and p53 were detected immunohistochemically, and Hp wereconfirmed by modified Giemsa method.RESULTS The Hp infection of the group H was significantly higher (72.9%) than that of group R(38.1%, P<0.01) and group U (40.9%, P<0.01). Expression of c-myc, p21 and p53 were significantlyrelated to Hp infection and severity of gastric mucosa lesions (group H>group I>group U>group R).CONCLUSION Hp infection, expression of oncogene and tumor suppresser genes were related to TCMtyping. These parameters were helpful in identification of symptoms and signs and TCM differentiationdiagnosis.

作者： 刊期： 2000年第03期

AIM To study the relationship between nitric oxide (NO), nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and humanhepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).METHODS Plsama NO2-/NO3- was measured by Griess reaction in 122 patients with chronic hepatitis(CH) and compensated liver cirrhosis (LC), among which 62 patients were complicated with HCC(CH = 28, LC = 34), and the rest 60 patients were not (CH = 29, LC = 31). Thirty healthy persons served asnormal controls (NC). There were no prominent differences among the groups in sex, age and the ratio ofCH to LC. The expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in HCC (n = 40), CH (n = 30) and LC(n = 30) samples obtained from liver biopsy or operation was compared with that in normal liver tissues byusing immunohistochemistry. Ten normal liver tissue samples obtained from liver operation served as normalcontrols. The samples were fixed in formalin and embeded in paraffin. Anti-iNOS antibody (Santacruzcompany) was served as antibody-Ⅰ in immunohistochemical assay of iNOS in tissue.RESULTS Plasma NO2-/NO3- level in normal was 11.5 μmol/L±4.2μmol/L. The plasma level ofNO2 /NO3- in CH (58.6±17.4 μmol/L) and LC (38.7±10.6μmol/L) accompanied with HCC wasnotably higher than in those patients without HCC (CH: 24.8±9.4 μmol/L; LC: 22.3±8.7μmol/L,t=2.901, 2.756, P<0.01). Plasma NO2-/NO3- level in HCC accompanied with CH was significantlyhigher than in those accompanied with LC ( t = 2.216, P<0.05). Positive rate of iNOS in HCC, CH and LCwas 95%, 93% and 57% respectively. iNOS was not expressed in normal liver tissues. The expression level ofiNOS in HCC (χ2=17.4, P<0.001) and CH (χ2=11.64, P<0.025) was much higher than in LC.CONCLUSION Plasma NO2 / NO3- level significantly increased in patients with HCC and theimmunohistochemical staining of iNOS was positive. This suggests that the liver secrets NO in the higherlevel may participate in the carcinogenesis and progression of HCC.

作者： 刊期： 2000年第03期

Advances in molecular biology made possible the discovery of the virus that causes hepatitis C. However,little is known about the fundamental aspects of hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication, primarily because arobust cell culture has not been established. As a result, the currently available drugs for the treatment ofhepatitis C are not specifically directed against HCV. Based on what is known about the molecular biology ofHCV, however, drugs can now be developed against specific viral and cellular targets. The next generationof drugs for the treatment of hepatitis C will likely be directed against non-structural HCV proteins withknown enzymatic activities, such as the proteases, RNA helicase and RNA polymerase. Others agentstargeted against the viral RNA, core protein that assembles into the virion capsid and putative cellular“receptors” that bind HCV envelope proteins are also being developed. These drugs should have fewer sideeffects than those currently available and be much more effective for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C.

作者： 刊期： 2000年第03期

AIM To prepare 5-fluorouracil solid lipid nanoparticles (5-FuE-SLN) with liver targeting.METHODS 5-Fu was employed as model drug to acylate with stearyl chloride and obtain 5-Fu precurser N1-stearyl-5-Fu (5-FuE). The precurser was determined by nuclear magnetic resonance and infraredspectrometry and used to prepare 5-FuE-SLN by the method of physical agglomeration. TransmissionElectron Microscopy (TEM) was employed to study the shape, mean size and particle distribution of 5-FuE-SLN. The drug loading, and releasing characteristics in vitro, the drug distribution and pharmacokinetics invivo were also investigated by HPLC method.RESULTS The average diameter was 240.19nm, and the drug loading was 20.53%. The releasingcharacteristics in vitro was fitted to first-order pharmacokinetic model. The distribution of 5-FuE-SLN inmice showed that 5-FuE-SLN had significant liver targeting being compared with 5-Fu injection. Theconcentration of 5-FuE-SLN group in mice liver was double over that of control group. The mainpharmacokinetics parameters in rabbits were as follows: Vc = 0.04336 L·kg-1, T1/2β- 1.2834 h, CL =0.1632 L·h-1CONCLUSION 5-FuE-SLN has the characteristic of liver targeting. Using 5-Fu precurser to enhance itsliposoluble properties and the method of preparation presented in this paper seems to have significantadvantages and important reference value.

作者： 刊期： 2000年第03期

AIM To explore the method to prolong the survival of patients with postoperative rectal cancer and toprevent its recurrence.METHODS To analyze the reasons of recurrence after curative resections for rectal cancer of 399 patients.RESULTS Ninety out of 399 patients who received curative excision died of relapse of the tumor. Pelvicrecurrence was found in most of the patients followed by liver and pulmonany metastasis. The survival timein Dukes A was the longest and in Dukes C the shortest. The survival period was 12 months longer, in thepatients receiving pre-operative radiotherapy than that did not. Inadequate excision of the primary tumor orthe draining lymph nodes was the main cause for local recurrence.CONCLUSION Adequate surgery and adjuvant therapy are the most effective methods to prolong thesurvival of patients with postoperative rectal cancer and to prevent its recurrence.

作者： 刊期： 2000年第03期

AIM To provide evidence that UBT is the most cost-effective tool for evaluation of H. pylori eradication.METHODS Data on twenty-six consecutive patients at Atlanta VA Hospital who underwent UBT wereretrospectively reviewed. All patients had endoscopic diagnosis of peptic ulcers and biopsy proven H. pyloriinfection. Eight to ten weeks after completion of triple therapy (amoxicillin, biaxin and prilosec), allpatients had C14 UBT (PY test kit, Charlottesville, Virginia). Ten patients had repeated endoscopicexaminations and gastric biopsies. Twelve patients had serology tests for H. pylori.RESULTS UBT was negative in all patients (two patients had indeterminate result on the first time, butshown to be negative on the second UBT). Biopsies from all ten patients who were re-endoscoped werenegative for H. pylori. Serology tests on all the twelve patients were positive. Cure of H. Pylori could notbe determined on the titer change. All patients spent about 30 minutes in nuclear medicine laboratory, theendoscopic patients spent 2 hours to 4 hours in endoscopic laboratory; the cost for a UBT was about 50, thecost for an endoscopy with biopsy was above 200.CONCLUSION The 04 UBT is a rapid, economic and accurate test to monitor H. pylori eradication. Thetest should be considered a gold standard test for evaluating the effectiveness of treatment of H. pyloriinfection, unless patients need repeated endoscopy to rule out gastric cancer.

作者： 刊期： 2000年第03期

AIM To study the relationship between the lipid peroxide (LPO) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) and thepathogenesis of gastrointestinal cancers.METHODS We investigated the SOD activity and LPO levels in blood and mucosa of patients withesophageal (EC), gastric (GC) and colorectal cancer (CC), gastric ulcer (GU) and compared with normalesophagus (NE), stomach (NS) and colon (NC). respectively, 287 patients who underwent endoscopy werestudied. SOD activity of the tissue and blood was determined using SUN's adrenaline auto oxidation method.LPO levels were determined according to YU's method.RESULTS The SOD activity and LPO level in blood and mucosa are shown in the Table 1 (x±Sx).Table 1 SOD and LPO in blood and tissues of patients with gastrointestinal cancers SOD(U／mg protein) LPO(U／mg)Groups n Tissue blood Tissue BloodNormal stomachGastric ulcerGastric cancerNormal esophagusEsophageal cancerNormal colonColon cancer 60 42 43 32 52 28 30 1.90±0.18 0.64±0.40a 0.37±0.24a 1.17±0.70 0.39±0.30a 0.81±0.36 0.31±0.17b 33.70±1.73 25.50±0.67b 27.86±1.02b 30.80±3.78 28.23±10.63 20.97±4.77 19.35±7.32 0.01±0.004 0.05±0.010b 0.06±0.021b 0.014±0.005 0.061±0.033b 0.012±0.003 0.069±0.015b 0.83±0.01 0.11±0.02 0.12±0.03 0.08±0.02 0.11±0.02 0.08±0.03 0.11±0.02aP<0.001, bp<0.01 vs corresponding normal controls, respectively.CONCLUSION SOD activity of the tissue is significantly decreased in EC. GC and CC. LPO levels weresignificantly higher than those of corresponding normal tissue. These results suggest that mucosal SOD andLPO levels are closely related to the pathogenesis of the gastrointestinal cancers.

作者： 刊期： 2000年第03期

AIM To investigate the diagnostic significance of cytology and telomerase activity in the exfoliated cells ofcardia obtained from endoscopic brushing in the cardiac cancer.METHODS The techniques of the qualitative TRAP-silver staining and quantitative TRAP-PCR-ELISAwere employed to detect telomerase activity in the exfoliated cells of cardia obtained from endoscopicbrushing in 72 cases with cardial lesions, cytological diagnosis was made at the same time.RESULTS Telomerase activity with cardiac cancer group (1.521 ± 0. 192) was significantly higher than thatwith cardialitis group (0.065± 0.014). Positive rate of telomerase activity detected in cardiac cancer group(88.89%) was significantly higher than that with cardialitis group (11.11%), the former was significantlyhiger than cytological examination (77.78%). The diagnostic rate of cardiac cancer reached 93.33% iftelomerase activity and cytology were examined at the same time.CONCLUSION Cytology and telomerase activity in the exfoliated cardiac cells may be an effective andsensitive methods in the diagnosis of cardiac cancer. This research can be a basis for the mass screening ofcardiac cancer.

作者： 刊期： 2000年第03期

AIM To probe into the effect of abnormal protection on coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients withliver cirrhosis (LC).METHODS Fifty-two cases of LC associated with diabetes mellitus (DM) and 63 cases of simple DM werecompared prospectively. Blood biochemistry, blood viscosity and ECG were examined carefully every threemonths, and the three-year morbidities CAD in both groups were monitored dynamically.RESULTS There were significant decreases in blood biochemistry and viscosity in LC group as comparedwith those in control (P<0.05 or 0.01), and there was a more significant decrease in ST-T abnormality ratein LC group than in the simple DM group (P<0.05). As a result, the three-year morbidity of CAD in LCgroup was 64% lower than in the control 1group.CONCLUSION There is truly an abnormal protection against CAD in patients with LC.

作者： 刊期： 2000年第03期

AIM To study the development of D (somatostatin-secreting) and P (bombesin-secreting) cells ofproventriculus from Shao ducks at different ages.METHODS Ninety Shao ducks were divided into nine groups, 10 ducks per group. The ducks were slayedgroupby group at the nine time points of week 0 (after hatching), 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 14, 18 and 22.Proventriculus samples from each duck were collected, fixed by Bouin solution and embedded with paraffin.gections were made and stained with an avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex kit (Dako Co., Ltd. ) to visualizeD and P cells of each proventriculus. Thirty glandular lobes per duck were observed for enumeration of Dand P cells.RESULTS ① Both D and P cells were mostly oval or polygonal shape with dumpy cytoplasmic processesand located in the inner and central area of the glandular lobe. ② The D and P cells peaked at wk 18 and 6respectively. ③ There was no apparent correlation between D cells and the body weight until wk 4. Negativecorrelation was observed from wk 6 and reached a marked level at 18wk (r = -0.829, P<0.05).Individuals with maximum body weight had less D cells than those with minimum body weight from wk 10-wk 18.CONCLUSION The morphology and distribution of D and P cells in the proventriculus of Shao ducks weresimilar to Peking ducks, gooses and chickens. Both D and P cells had continuing development during thepostnatal period, though the rates of their development were different. If appeared that beyond a definitenumber of D cells, they were negatively correlated with the body weight.

作者： 刊期： 2000年第03期

AIM To observe the therapeutic effect of colloidal bismuth tartrate in an animal colitis model.METHODS Immune-complex colitis was induced in groups of rabbits by formalin, and two hours later0.85 mL heat-aggregated rabbit IgG was given intravenously through the ear cannula. Animals wereintracolonically treated with colloidal bismuth tartrate (BITNAL), and its effect was compared withsulfasalazine (SASP), indomethacin (IND) and bifidobiogen (BIFG). Animals were killed, the mucosalappearance was scored (0-4), and tissue saved for histological studies, the number of neutrophils present ininflamed colonic tissue was quantitated by the myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity assay, the production oflipoxygenase and cyclo-oxygenase products was monitored and eicosanoid production were assayed byincubation colonic specimens and the media for prostaglandin E2(PGE2), leukotriene (LTB4), thromboxaneB2(TXPe) were examined by radiommunoassay.RESULTS Immune-complex colitis was induced by formalin and IgG, colonic damage persisted for at least1 wk by macrography. Histologically, the inflammatory response included mucosal and submucosalinfiltration by polymorphonuclear leukocytes, macrophages, lymphocytes and fibroblasts, the macroscopic,persent 2 wk after IgG, was correlated with greatly increased PGE2, LTB4 and TXB2 compared with levels incontrols. Treatment with BITNAL (500 mg/kg) resulted in a lowered inflammation index, lowered MPOactivity and inhibited the increased formation of PGF-2, LTB4 and TXB2 by the inflamed colon, and IND(500 mg/kg) markedly inhibited prostanoid formation in both inflamed and control colon but did not reducetissue damage, SASP (500 mg/kg) also inhibited the formation of PGE2, LTB4 and TXB2 but the effectswere less marked. BIFG (400 mg/kg) did not significantly reduce the colonic injury and the media sythesizedby the rabbit colon.CONCLUSION BITAL provides better therapeutic effects in experimental colitis than anti-inflammatorydrug IND or SASP.

作者： 刊期： 2000年第03期

AIM To incorporate p12 in a plasmid under the control of the CMV promotor and test for the ability of theconstruct to produce specific immune responses in DNA-immunized mice.METHODS A His-tag fusion of the protein p12, was expressed in the prokaryotic expression vector (pQE)and the recombinant protein purified using nickel-chelate chromatography. His-tagged p12 was sub-clonedinto the pBK-CMV vector for expression in eukaryotic systems. Groups of six female balb/c mice werevaccinated with either 50μg im of the DNA pBK-CMV-p12 or pBK-CMV vector alone at week 0, andboosted at 2 and 4 weeks. ELISPOT assays (detection of p12 T-cell dependant IF-γ release) on mouse spleniccells were used to measure cell mediated immune responses and anti-mouse IgG ELISAs to detect antibodyresponse.RESULTS Significant CMI and humoral immune responses to recombinant p12 were detected in micevaccinated with pBK-CMV-p12 vector compared to mice vaccinated with pBK-CMV vector alone. The miceremained well throughout the development of immunity to p12.CONCLUSION A DNA vaccine coding for a specific MAP protein will stimulate humoral and cell mediatedimmune responses in mice.

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作者： 刊期： 2000年第03期

AIM To investigate the therapeutic effect of TNF gene transfected LAK cells on ascitic liver carcinoma-bearing mice.METHODS TNF gene was transfected into murine LAK cells by retrovirus. Low dose TNF gene-transfectcdLAK cells and IL-2 were i.p. injected into murine model. Cytotoxicity of gene transfected LAK cells wasstudied in vitro growth and the survival time of murine model was observed.RESULTS TNF gene-transfected LAK cells secreted higher level of TNF than that of normal LAK cells orcontrol gene-transfected LAK ceils. The in vitro growth ability and cytotoxicity of TNF gene-transfectedLAK cells were markedly inhibited by anti-TNF monoclonal antibodies. Significant therapeutic effect onascitic liver carcinoma-bearing mice was achieved.CONCLUSION TNF gene-transfected LAK cells have therapeutic effect on ascitic liver carcinoma-bearingmice.

作者： 刊期： 2000年第03期

AIM To observe the therapeutic effect of weile jiaonang (WLJN) for peptic ulcer (PU) and its toxicity toanimals, and to find out the nontoxic Chinese medicines in replacing those chemical medicines with sideeffect.METHODS Five hundred and forty patients with PU were divided into three groups, therapeutic group byWLJN, control group taking famotidine and combined group with WLJN and famotidine. One hundred andeighty patients in each group were studied. The diagnosis of 540 patients with PU is in accordance with thebasis provided by the National Scientific Congress of Digestive System Disease convened in Hangzhou, 1978.The study followed the criterion provided by this Congress.RESULTS Total effective rate in therapeutic group was 93.3%, and 93.3% in control group. Combinedgroup achieved a total effective rate of 100%. For all three groups, there was no significant differencestatistically, but the control group appeared obvious side effects. The result of acute toxic experiments onwhite mice showed that there no death and toxic side effect even the highest dosage was given, which wasequivalant to 120 times to the dosage of patients. The result of chronic toxic experiment showed there was noobvious pathologic change in three dosed groups. The tails of mice in dosed groups were more smooth delicateand cleaner than those in control group.CONCLUSION Through observation in clinic and exprimental animal, it is proved that weilejiaonang isparticularly effective and safe Chinese patent drug against PU.

作者： 刊期： 2000年第03期

AIM To study the clinical effect and mechanism of retention enema with quick-acting Kuijie powder(QAKJP) in treating chronic non-specific ulcerative colitis (CUC).METHODS A treatment group of 156 patients treated with QAKJP and a control group of 78 patientstreated with sulfasalazine orally were established randomly and their scores of main symptoms and signs weremeasured and compared before and after treatment. Animal experiments were conducted at the same time.RESULTS The total effective rate in the treatment and control group was 98.7% and 70.5% respectively,the clinical cure rate was 78.2% and 6.4% and the recurrence rate 5.3% and 20.0% respectively. Theeffectiveness of the treatment group was markedly superior to that of the control group, P<0.01.Experimental study showed QAKJB could rapidly alleviate the congestion and edema of intestinal mucosa,promote the healing of ulcer, inhibit spasm of colon and had significant antidiarrheal action and antagonisticeffect against allergic mediator histamine.CONCLUSION Retention enema with QAKJP has good effect on CUC, with low recurrence rate and notoxic or side effect.

作者： 刊期： 2000年第03期

AIM To summarize the experience of surgical treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma and the results of aseries of experiments.METHODS AND RESULTS Personal perspectives of surgical treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma werebased on the experience of a series of patients with hilar bile duct cancer treated in the General Hospital ofPLA, Beijing from 1986 to 1999. A total of 157 cases were treated surgically, with 106 (67.5%) resections ofthe tumor , 37.6% of the resections was proved to be radical. The 1-, 2-, 3-, and 5-year survival rate of theradical resection group was 96.7%, 40.0%, 23.3% and 13.3%, respectively. No patient of the palliativeresection group lived beyond 3 years postoperatively. The recent trends of surgical management of hilar bileduct cancer were discussed. Experiments were carried out for cooperative clinicopathological study toevaluate the perineural space involvement, the neural cell adhesion molecule expression, p16 geneexpression, and the 3-dimensional reconstruction of the bile duct cancer specimens. The pathogeneticrelationship of HBV and HCV with extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma was evaluated by histochemical and IS-PCR methods. And an inquiry into the possibility of gene therapy was made.CONCLUSION Hilar bile duct cancer rarely runs a “benign” course. It is a regional disease rather than alocal affection and may be related to HBV and HCV infection in China. It possesses the metastasing abilityalong the perineural space by a “jumping” fashion, therefore, in most cases, conventional surgical excision isbound to be unradical in the region of the porta hepatis for anatomical reasons.

作者： 刊期： 2000年第03期

AIM To determine the function and cellular localization of GS-encoded proteins and to assess their potentialas drug targets and vaccine components.METHODS Bioinformatics software was used to predict the function of GS-encoded proteins and theirlocation within MAP. Protein modelling software was used to build protein structures.RESULTS The gene gsa is a truncated glycosyl transferase and probably non-functional. gsbA and gsbBproduce GDP-fucose which is methylated by gsc and acetylated by mpa. gsd is a fucosyl transferase whichattaches fucose to subterminal rhamnose on cell surface glycopeptidolipid. gsa, gsbA and gsbB and gsc arelocated within the cytoplasm. mpa is embedded in the plasma membrane with 10 transmembrane regions anda conspicuous extracellular loop. gsd is lipid-linked and predicted to localize to the microbial cell surface.CONCLUSION GS encodes the biosynthetic machinery to give MAP a surface coat of methylated andacetylated fucose which may contribute to its protease-resistant nature and ability to minimize immunerecognition. The gsbA/gsbB operon and gsd are promising drug targets and gsd is a good candidatecomponent of a new class of anti-MAP vaccines.

作者： 刊期： 2000年第03期