Simultaneous Determination of Six Compounds in Rat Plasma by Ultra‑Performance Liquid Chromatography with Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Application in the Pharmacokinetic Study of Qing Gan‑Shu Yu‑Fang

A rapid and high selective ultra?performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) with tandem mass spectrometry method for simultaneous determination of six compounds including albiflorin, paeoniflorin, picroside I, picroside II, saikosaponin A, and saikosaponin D in rat plasma was developed and validated using butyl p-hydroxybenzoate as an internal standard. One-step direct protein precipitation with acetonitrile was used to extract the compounds from the rat plasma samples. Chromatographic separation was achieved using an ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 column (100 mm × 2.1 mm, 1.7 µm) at a flow rate of 0.4 mL/min, using gradient mode containing 0.1% formic acid in water and acetonitrile were used as the Mobile phase A and B. Electrospray ionization in negative ion mode and multiple reaction monitoring were used to identify and quantify active components. Calibration curves showed good linearity (R2 > 0.9908) over a wide concentration range for all compounds. The intra- and interday precision (relative standard deviation) ranged 2.4%–7.0% and 2.6%–8.0%, respectively. The accuracy (relative error) was from ?13.0% to 13.2% at all quality control levels. The recovery ranged from 81.1% to 92.5%. The validated method was successfully applied to pharmacokinetic study in rats after oral administration of Qing Gan?Shu Yu?Fang. The results show that one can draw a conclusion that these six active ingredients can be quickly absorbed and play a pharmacodynamic role rapidly in vivo.     

新型肝炎病毒研究进展

继人类发现甲、乙、丙、丁、戊(A、B、C、D、E)5型致肝炎病毒后,仍有一些输血后或散发的肝炎不属于上述5型肝炎病毒感染,此类不明原因的非甲-戊型肝炎约占肝炎发病的10～20％,不少临床研究表明可能存在另外的致肝炎病毒,这些临床指征包括血清转氨酶(ALT)升高,无原因的急、慢性肝炎和暴发性肝炎等。 1995年初,美国Genelabs的Kim等首先报道发现了一种输血后肝炎致病病毒,称之为     

Teacher＇s Adjustable Function on the Basis of Learner＇s Needs＇ Analysis

There are the problems that influence English teaching, because the learners have the wrong understandings about the target needs and learning needs. The article analyses and discusses the teaching methods on dealing with the matter. The author thinks the teachers＇ adjustable function counting for much more.     

四川省地方病的流行概况及其对策

建国前,四川省碘缺乏病仅有零散的记载,地方病的资料绝大部份是解放后的。如克山病、地方性氟中毒(简称地氟病)、大骨节病、跁子病,病区分布在19个市、地、州的169个县,受威胁的人口达8000余万。通过对地方病的全面调查和防治工作,我省基本弄清了全省地方病的分布、流行特征、流行因素,并采取相应的措施,使这些病的发病率和患病率都有大幅度下降,有的病区已达到或接近国家的基本控制标准。现将各病的流行及防制情况分述如下。     

Changes in hippocampal neurons and memory function during the developmental stage of newborn rats with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

BACKGROUND: Under the normal circumstance, there exist some synapses with inactive functions in central nervous system (CNS), but these functions are activated following nerve injury. At the early stage of brain injury, the abnormal functions of brain are varied, and they have very strong plasticity and are corrected easily. OBJECTIVE: To observe the changes of neuronal morphology in hippocampal CA1 region and memory function in newborn rats with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy(HIE) from ischemia 6 hours to adult. DESIGN: Completely randomized grouping, controlled experiment. SETTING: Taian Health Center for Women and Children; Taishan Medical College. MATERIALS: Altogether 120 seven-day-old Wistar rats, of clean grade, were provided by the Experimental Animal Center, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Synaptophysin (SYN) polyclonal antibody was provided by Maixin Biological Company, Fuzhou. METHODS: This experiment was carried out in the Laboratory of Morphology, Taishan Medical College between October 2000 and December 2003. ① The newborn rats were randomly divided into 2 groups: model group and control group, 60 rats in each group. Five rats were chosen from each group at postoperative 6 hours, 24 hours, 72 hours, 7 days, 2 weeks and 3 weeks separately for immunohistochemical staining. Fifteen newborn rats were chosen from each group at postoperative 4 weeks and 2 months separately for testing memory ability (After test, 5 rats from each group were sacrificed and used for immunohistochemical staining)② The right common carotid artery of newborn rats of model group was ligated under the anesthetized status. After two hours of incubation, the rats were placed for 2 hours in a container filled with nitrogen oxygen atmosphere containing 0.08 volume fraction of oxygen, thus, HIE models were created; As for the newborn rats in the control group, only blood vessels were isolated, and they were not ligated and hypoxia-treated. ③ Thalamencephal tissue sections of newborn rats of two groups were performed DAB developing and haematoxylin slight staining. Cells with normal nucleous in 250 μm-long granular layer which started from hippocampal CA1 region were counted with image analysis system under high-fold optical microscope (×600), and the thickness of granular layer was measured. The absorbance (A) of positive reactant of SYN in immunohistochemically-stained CA1 region was measured. Learning and memory ability were measured with step through test 3 times successively. ④ t test and paired t test were used for comparing intergroup and intragroup difference of measurement data respectively, and Chi-square for comparing the difference of enumeration data. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Comparison of cytological changes in hippocampal CA1 region and memory ability at different postoperative time points between two groups. RESULTS: Totally 120 newborn rats were involved in the result analysis. ① Cell morphological changes in hippocampal CA1 region: In the control group, with aging, perikaryon, nucleus and nucleolus in cortex of parietal lobe were significantly increased, Nissl body was compacted, the amount of neurons was declined, but the A of SYN positive reactant was relatively increased. In the model group, at postoperative each time point, neurons were seriously shrunk and dark-stained, nucleus was contracted, chromatin was condensed, nucleolus was unclear, even cells disappeared, especially the cells in 6 hours and 24 hours groups. The amount of neurons with normal morphology in hippocampal CA1 region and granular layer thickness in the model group at postoperative each time point were significantly less or smaller than those in the control group at postoperative 6 hours respectively (t =3.002-1.254, P < 0.01). The A value of SYN positive reactant at postoperative 2, 3 and 4 weeks was significantly higher than that at previous time point (t =2.011－2.716,P < 0.05－0.01). ② Test results of learning and memory ability: In the first test, there was no significant difference in the ratio of rats which kept memory ability between two groups (P > 0.05); In the third test, the ratio of rats which kept memory ability in the model group was significantly lower than that in the control group at postoperative 4 weeks and 2 months[53%(8/15)，100%(15/15)；60%(9/15)，93%(14/15)，χ 2=2.863，2.901，P < 0.01]. CONCLUSION: The destroyed hippocampal structure induces the decrease of learning and memory ability of developmental rats. Early interference can increase the quality of neurons and also promote functional development of the nervous system.     

不同浓度邻苯二脓底物在ELISA检测HBsAg中的比较实验

在检测乙型肝炎 HBsAg 的 ELISA 试验中,底物 OPD 的浓度对其实验结果的影响因素尚未见详细报道.临检工作观察到不同浓度的 OPD 对实验结果有一定影响,尤其是OD 值在临界值附近影响会更大。为此,本文选择四种不同浓度的 OPD 进行一系列比较实验,为 OPD 浓度的优化提供数据,以此达到提高 ELISA 实验的灵敏度和准确性。实验材料:检测 HBsAg 用 ELISA 试剂盒由北京科卫试剂厂提供,HBsAg 临界值质控血清由卫生部临检中心提供,批号:952,底物 OPD 浓度设0.4mg/ml;0.8mg/ml;     

Impaired recognition of fear in a Chinese man with bilateral cingulate and unilateral amygdala damage

LJM, a 41-year-old schizophrenic Chinese man with bilateral anterior cingulate gyrus (Brodmann's area 24) lesions and also a small lesion in right amygdala after an operation, was compared with normal as well as brain-damaged and schizophrenic controls in identification of morphed facial expressions of six basic emotions. In repeated administrations of the test for recognition of facial emotions, over a 1- year period, LJM performed significantly worse for expressions of fear compared with the three groups of controls. Recognition of other emotions was not significantly different from that of the controls, except that his recognition of disgust during the first session (but not in two subsequent sessions) was worse than normal and brain-damaged controls but not worse than schizophrenic controls. The dissociation between recognition of fear and other emotions supported the view that the brain has separable networks for processing different emotions, and that the right amygdala as well as the anterior part of bilateral cingulate gyrus are possible substrates involved in the special network for perception of fear. The results from the various groups of Chinese subjects indicate that they perceive emotions in a categorical manner, and that the six basic emotions are likely to be cross-cultural universals.     

双特异性抗体对LAK细胞增殖和细胞毒作用影响的体外研究

将抗ＣＤ３与抗ＨＢｓ的单克隆抗体经化学偶联得到双特异性抗体，观察该双特异性抗体对ＬＡＫ细胞增殖和增强细胞毒性的作用。结果显示双特异性抗体显著提高ＬＡＫ细胞与２．２．１５细胞结合率；促进淋巴细胞增殖。１２５Ｉ－ＵｄＲ释放试验检测发现双特异性抗体增强ＬＡＫ细胞对２．２．１５细胞的细胞毒性且与抗体浓度呈正相关。进一步对抗体的特异性研究表明，加入双特异性抗体后ＬＡＫ细胞对２．２．１５细胞毒性作用显著高于对照组。     

单克隆抗体在自身免疫和免疫缺陷中的应用

人类T细胞的基因编码相当复杂。不但包括识别特异性抗原和执行独特的效应功能,而且还有免疫调节功能。因此,在可溶性或细胞表面抗原及包括PHA和Con-A等多克隆激活剂的应答中T细胞得以增殖(Chess等,1974 a.b)。它们在细胞介导的淋巴细胞溶解作用中     

Experimental determination of the anisotropy function for the model 200 103Pd "light seed" and derivation of the anisotropy constant based upon the linear quadratic model

Since the publication of the AAPM Task Group 43 report in 1995, Model 200 103Pd seed, which has been widely used in prostate seed implants and other brachytherapy procedures, has undergone some changes in its internal geometry resulting from the manufacturer's transition from lower specific activity reactor-produced 103Pd ("heavy seeds") to higher specific activity accelerator-produced radioactive material ("light seeds"). Based on previously reported theoretical calculations and measurements, the dose rate constants and the radial dose functions of the two types of seeds are nearly the same and have already been reported. In this work, the anisotropy function of the "light seed" was experimentally measured and an averaging method for the determination of the anisotropy constant from distance-dependent values of anisotropy factors is presented based upon the continuous low dose rate irradiation linear quadratic model for cell killing. The anisotropy function of Model 200 103Pd "light seeds" was measured in a Solid Water phantom using 1 X 1 x 1 mm micro LiF TLD chips at radial distances of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 cm and at angles from 0 to 90 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis of the seeds. At a radial distance of 1 cm, the measured anisotropy function of the 103Pd "light seed" is considerably lower than that of the 103Pd "heavy seed" reported in the TG 43 report. Our measured values at all radial distances are in excellent agreement with the results of a Monte Carlo simulation reported by Weaver, except for points along and near the seed longitudinal axis. The anisotropy constant of the 103Pd "light seed" was calculated using the linear quadratic biological model for cell killing in 30 clinical implants. For the model 200 "light seed," it has a value of 0.865. However, our biological model calculations lead us to conclude that if the anisotropy factors of an interstitial brachytherapy seed vary significantly over radial distances anisotropy constant should not be used as an approximation for anisotropy characteristics of a brachytherapy seed.