AIM: To study the activation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) against gastric cancer cells induced by FasL/B7-1 (FB-11) gene-modified tumor cells, and to explore whether co-expression of FasL and B7-1 in SGC-7901 tum...AIM: To study the activation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) against gastric cancer cells induced by FasL/B7-1 (FB-11) gene-modified tumor cells, and to explore whether co-expression of FasL and B7-1 in SGC-7901 tumor cells could initiate synergistic antitumor effect. METHODS: FasL and B7-1 genes were transfected into human SGC-7901 gastric cancer cells with adenovirus vectors. The positive clones were selected by G418. FasL and B7-1 genes were detected by flow cytometry and RT-PCR. Abdominal infiltrating lymphocytes and sensitized spleen cells were obtained from mice that were immunized with SGC-7901/FB-11 or wild type SGC-7901 cells intraperitoneally, and cytotoxicity of these CTLs against tumor cells was determined by MTT assay. RESULTS: Flow cytometry and RT-PCR showed that FasL and B7-1 genes were highly expressed. FasL and B7-1 transfected cancer cells had a high apoptosis index. DNA laddering suggested that FasL and B7-1 genes induced gastric cancer cell apoptosis. FasL+/B7-1+SGC-7901 cells (SGC-7901/FB-11) were inoculated subcutaneously in the dorsal skin of C57BL/6 mice and then decreased their tumorigenicity greatly (z = 2.15-46.10, P＜0.01). SGC- 7901/FB-11 cell-sensitized mice obtained protective immune activity against the rechallenge of wild type SGC 7901 cells (z = 2.06-44.30, P＜0.05). The cytotoxicity of CTLs induced by SGC-7901/FB-11 cells against SGC-7901 was significantly higher than that of CTLs activated by wild-type SGC-7901 cells (84.1±2.4% vs30.5±2.3%,P＜0.05).CONCLUSION: FasL and B7-1 genes can effectively promote the activity of CTLs against gastric cancer cells. FasL/B7-1 molecules play an important role in CTL cytotoxicity.展开更多
Objective: There is a remarkable lack of scientific evidence to support the option to use alpha-stat or pH-stat management, as to which is more beneficial to brain protection during deep hypothermic CPB. This study ex...Objective: There is a remarkable lack of scientific evidence to support the option to use alpha-stat or pH-stat management, as to which is more beneficial to brain protection during deep hypothermic CPB. This study examined cortical blood flow (CBF), cerebral oxygenation, and brain oxygen consumption in relation to deep hypothermic CPB with alpha-stat or pH-stat management. Methods: Twenty-two pigs were cooled with alpha-stat or pH-stat during CPB to 15℃ esophageal temperature. CBF and cerebral oxygenation were measured continuously with a laser flowmeter and near-infrared spec-troscopy, respectively. Brain oxygen consumption was measured with standard laboratory techniques. Results: During CPB cooling, CBF was significantly decreased, about 52,2%±6.3% (P<0.01 vs 92.6%±6.5% of pH-stat) at 15℃ in alpha-stat, whereas there were no significant changes in CBF in pH-stat. While cooling down, brain oxygen extraction (OER) progressively decreased, about 9.5%±0.9% and 10.9%±1.5% at 15℃ in alpha-stat and pH-stat, respectively. At 31℃ the decreased value in pH-stat was lower than in alpha-stat (29.9%±2.7% vs 22.5%±1.9%; P<0.05). The ratio of CBF/OER were 2.0±0.3 in alpha-stat and pH-stat, respectively; it was kept in constant level in alpha-stat, and significantly increased by 19 ℃ to 15℃ in pH-stat (4.9±0.9 vs 2.3±0.4; P<0.01). In mild hypothermia, cerebral oxyhemoglobin and oxygen saturation in alpha-stat were greater than that in pH-stat (102.5%±1.4% vs 99.1%±0.7%; P<0.05). In deep hypothermia, brain oxygen saturation in pH-stat was greater than that in alpha-stat (99.2%±1.0% vs 93.8%±1.0%; P<0.01), and deoxyhemoglobin in pH-stat decreased more greatly than that in alpha-stat (28.7%±6.8% vs 54.1%±4.7%; P<0.05). Conclusions: In mild hypothermic CPB, brain tissue oxygen saturation was greater in alpha-stat than in pH-stat. However, cerebral oxygenation and brain tissue oxygen saturation were better in pH-stat than in alpha-stat during profound hypothermia. PH-stat strategy provided much more oxygen to brain tissue before deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.展开更多
AIM: To evaluate the possible value of FasL in gastric cancer gene therapy by investigating the effects of FasL expression on human gastric cancer cell line. METHODS: An adenoviral vector encoding the full-length huma...AIM: To evaluate the possible value of FasL in gastric cancer gene therapy by investigating the effects of FasL expression on human gastric cancer cell line. METHODS: An adenoviral vector encoding the full-length human FasL cDNA was constructed and used to infect a human gastric cancer (SGC-7901) cell line. FasL expression was confirmed by X-gal staining, flow cytometric analysis and RT-PCR. The effect of FasL on cell proliferation was determined by clonogenic assay, cytotoxicity was detected by MTT assay, and cell viability was measured by trypan blue exclusion. The therapeutic efficiency of Ad-FasL in vivo was investigated with a xenograft tumor model in nude mice. RESULTS: SGC-7901 cells infected with Ad-FasL showed increased expression of FasL, resulting in significantly decreased cell growth and colony-forming activity when compared with control adenovirus-infected cells. The cytotoxicity of anti-Fas antibody (CH-11) in gastric cancer cells was stronger than that of ActD (91±8 vs60±5,P<0.01), and the cytotoxicity of Ad-FasL was stronger than that of CH-11 (60±5 vs50±2, P<0.05). In addition, G1-phase arrest (67.75±0.39 vs 58.03±2.16, P<0.05) and apoptosis were observed in Ad-FasL-infected SGC-7901 cells, and the growth of SGC-7901 xenografts in nude mice was retarded after intra-tumoral injection with Ad-FasL (54% vs 0%,P<0.0001). CONCLUSION: Infection of human gastric carcinoma cells with Ad-FasL induces apoptosis, indicating that this target gene might be of potential value in gene therapy for gastric cancer.展开更多
Objective: Summarizing the clinical experience of surgical treatment in 2 cases of blunt cardiac trauma and reviewing the relevant literatures. Methods : A 6-year-old girl was diagnosed muscular ventricular septal def...Objective: Summarizing the clinical experience of surgical treatment in 2 cases of blunt cardiac trauma and reviewing the relevant literatures. Methods : A 6-year-old girl was diagnosed muscular ventricular septal defect and left ventricular aneurysm 2d after automobile accident and underwent ventricular septal defect repair 2 weeks after injury. Another 9-year-old boy was diagnosed severe mitral regurgitation resulted from rupture of posterior papillary muscle 9d after automobile accident and underwent mitral valvuloplasty 2 weeks after injury. Results: Heart function of the first patient was in New York Heart Association (NYHA) class Ⅰ , echocardiography showed no residual septal defect and the size of left ventricular aneurysm reduced. Heart function of the second patient is in NYHA class Ⅱ , echocardiography showed mild mitral regurgitation. Conclusion: Blunt traumatic heart disease occurs either because of heart compression between sternum and the spine and/or because of myocardial contusion ; A more aggressive strategy with surgical treatment earlier before deterioration of heart function is advocated; Earlier surgical correction of anatomic deformity will achieve a good result and a long time follow-up is necessary.展开更多
Objective:To compare the long-term patency and longevity of the single and sequential ve-nous graft.Methods:The coronary arterial angiographic data for 300 redo coronary bypass grafting(CABG) were collected.Among them...Objective:To compare the long-term patency and longevity of the single and sequential ve-nous graft.Methods:The coronary arterial angiographic data for 300 redo coronary bypass grafting(CABG) were collected.Among them 106 cases had both single(159) and sequential(118) grafts.Results:The oc-clusive and narrowness rate for the single grafts versus sequential grafts were:1 year,2% vs 2%;5 years,3% vs 4%;10years,18% vs 19%;15 years,60% vs 68%;and 23 years,76% vs 81% ,respectively.The differences were not significant in general.Conclusion:Sequential anastomosis itself does not has any adverse affects on short-term and long-term patency of the venous graft and its longevity in CABG operations in general.展开更多
Double outlet ventricle (DOV) is defined as a congenital heart disease with: ( 1) both, great arteries arising completely, or almost completely (greater than or equal to 90%), from a single ventricle ( usually, right ...Double outlet ventricle (DOV) is defined as a congenital heart disease with: ( 1) both, great arteries arising completely, or almost completely (greater than or equal to 90%), from a single ventricle ( usually, right ventricle); ( 2) an aortic valve having no fibre connection with mitral valve; and (3) the only outlet of the other ventricle is a ventricular septal defect (VSD). The incidence of DOV accounts for 1% of all congenital heart disease.(1) Clinically there are three common types: Fallot type or double outlet right ventricle (DORV) with subaortic VSD with pulmonary stenosis; Eisenmenger type or DORV with subaortic VSD without pulmonary stenosis and Taussig-Bing type or DORV with subpulmonary VSD. Operative techniques are different according to the position of the VSD and great arteries and the presence or absence of ventricular outflow tract obstruction. The operative difficulty increases in the presence of coronary artery malformation. Recently, our research centre has treated 72 cases of patients suffering from double outlet ventricle. This article is the report of the operative methods and the outcomes.展开更多
Heart transplantation is now being accepted worldwide and has presented with good results. However,the shortage of donor hearts has become an obstacle of heart transplantation. To explore the donor heart sources and t...Heart transplantation is now being accepted worldwide and has presented with good results. However,the shortage of donor hearts has become an obstacle of heart transplantation. To explore the donor heart sources and to prolong the preservation time, we chose the adult porcine heart which is similar to human’s in size, weight, coronary architecture and conduction system for experiment. In part I, a simple cold flushing and storage method was used for preservation of 11 porcine hearts for 4-6 hours. Before a heart procurement, the carotid artery and the jugular vein were cut for bleeding and collecting a total amount of 2000ml of blood. A heart-lung machine was primed with diluted blood. Before resuscitation, the heart was reperfused with warm blood cardioplegic solution to reduce reperfusion injury, and then with the normal展开更多
The clinical experience in the colon replacement of the esophagus in 240 cases is reported. The overall operative morbidity was 17.5%; the incidence of the anastomotic leaks was 10.4%; and the mortality was 2.80%. The...The clinical experience in the colon replacement of the esophagus in 240 cases is reported. The overall operative morbidity was 17.5%; the incidence of the anastomotic leaks was 10.4%; and the mortality was 2.80%. The points in surgical technique were:1) utilizing the left colic artery as the supporting vessel if possible, based on the anatomy of the colon vessel;2) using the colon segment in an isoperistaltic position,which has been proved much physiological;3) single-layer anastomosis which is simple and reliable, with minimal inflammarion and quick healing; and 4) choosing the channel of the colon transplant according to the disease condition, the age,and the function of the heart and the lung of the patients.展开更多
基金Supported by the Medical Scientific Foundation of Jiangsu Province, No. H200147
文摘AIM: To study the activation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) against gastric cancer cells induced by FasL/B7-1 (FB-11) gene-modified tumor cells, and to explore whether co-expression of FasL and B7-1 in SGC-7901 tumor cells could initiate synergistic antitumor effect. METHODS: FasL and B7-1 genes were transfected into human SGC-7901 gastric cancer cells with adenovirus vectors. The positive clones were selected by G418. FasL and B7-1 genes were detected by flow cytometry and RT-PCR. Abdominal infiltrating lymphocytes and sensitized spleen cells were obtained from mice that were immunized with SGC-7901/FB-11 or wild type SGC-7901 cells intraperitoneally, and cytotoxicity of these CTLs against tumor cells was determined by MTT assay. RESULTS: Flow cytometry and RT-PCR showed that FasL and B7-1 genes were highly expressed. FasL and B7-1 transfected cancer cells had a high apoptosis index. DNA laddering suggested that FasL and B7-1 genes induced gastric cancer cell apoptosis. FasL+/B7-1+SGC-7901 cells (SGC-7901/FB-11) were inoculated subcutaneously in the dorsal skin of C57BL/6 mice and then decreased their tumorigenicity greatly (z = 2.15-46.10, P＜0.01). SGC- 7901/FB-11 cell-sensitized mice obtained protective immune activity against the rechallenge of wild type SGC 7901 cells (z = 2.06-44.30, P＜0.05). The cytotoxicity of CTLs induced by SGC-7901/FB-11 cells against SGC-7901 was significantly higher than that of CTLs activated by wild-type SGC-7901 cells (84.1±2.4% vs30.5±2.3%,P＜0.05).CONCLUSION: FasL and B7-1 genes can effectively promote the activity of CTLs against gastric cancer cells. FasL/B7-1 molecules play an important role in CTL cytotoxicity.
文摘Objective: There is a remarkable lack of scientific evidence to support the option to use alpha-stat or pH-stat management, as to which is more beneficial to brain protection during deep hypothermic CPB. This study examined cortical blood flow (CBF), cerebral oxygenation, and brain oxygen consumption in relation to deep hypothermic CPB with alpha-stat or pH-stat management. Methods: Twenty-two pigs were cooled with alpha-stat or pH-stat during CPB to 15℃ esophageal temperature. CBF and cerebral oxygenation were measured continuously with a laser flowmeter and near-infrared spec-troscopy, respectively. Brain oxygen consumption was measured with standard laboratory techniques. Results: During CPB cooling, CBF was significantly decreased, about 52,2%±6.3% (P<0.01 vs 92.6%±6.5% of pH-stat) at 15℃ in alpha-stat, whereas there were no significant changes in CBF in pH-stat. While cooling down, brain oxygen extraction (OER) progressively decreased, about 9.5%±0.9% and 10.9%±1.5% at 15℃ in alpha-stat and pH-stat, respectively. At 31℃ the decreased value in pH-stat was lower than in alpha-stat (29.9%±2.7% vs 22.5%±1.9%; P<0.05). The ratio of CBF/OER were 2.0±0.3 in alpha-stat and pH-stat, respectively; it was kept in constant level in alpha-stat, and significantly increased by 19 ℃ to 15℃ in pH-stat (4.9±0.9 vs 2.3±0.4; P<0.01). In mild hypothermia, cerebral oxyhemoglobin and oxygen saturation in alpha-stat were greater than that in pH-stat (102.5%±1.4% vs 99.1%±0.7%; P<0.05). In deep hypothermia, brain oxygen saturation in pH-stat was greater than that in alpha-stat (99.2%±1.0% vs 93.8%±1.0%; P<0.01), and deoxyhemoglobin in pH-stat decreased more greatly than that in alpha-stat (28.7%±6.8% vs 54.1%±4.7%; P<0.05). Conclusions: In mild hypothermic CPB, brain tissue oxygen saturation was greater in alpha-stat than in pH-stat. However, cerebral oxygenation and brain tissue oxygen saturation were better in pH-stat than in alpha-stat during profound hypothermia. PH-stat strategy provided much more oxygen to brain tissue before deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.
基金Supported by the Medical Scientific Foundation of Jiangsu Province, No. H200147
文摘AIM: To evaluate the possible value of FasL in gastric cancer gene therapy by investigating the effects of FasL expression on human gastric cancer cell line. METHODS: An adenoviral vector encoding the full-length human FasL cDNA was constructed and used to infect a human gastric cancer (SGC-7901) cell line. FasL expression was confirmed by X-gal staining, flow cytometric analysis and RT-PCR. The effect of FasL on cell proliferation was determined by clonogenic assay, cytotoxicity was detected by MTT assay, and cell viability was measured by trypan blue exclusion. The therapeutic efficiency of Ad-FasL in vivo was investigated with a xenograft tumor model in nude mice. RESULTS: SGC-7901 cells infected with Ad-FasL showed increased expression of FasL, resulting in significantly decreased cell growth and colony-forming activity when compared with control adenovirus-infected cells. The cytotoxicity of anti-Fas antibody (CH-11) in gastric cancer cells was stronger than that of ActD (91±8 vs60±5,P<0.01), and the cytotoxicity of Ad-FasL was stronger than that of CH-11 (60±5 vs50±2, P<0.05). In addition, G1-phase arrest (67.75±0.39 vs 58.03±2.16, P<0.05) and apoptosis were observed in Ad-FasL-infected SGC-7901 cells, and the growth of SGC-7901 xenografts in nude mice was retarded after intra-tumoral injection with Ad-FasL (54% vs 0%,P<0.0001). CONCLUSION: Infection of human gastric carcinoma cells with Ad-FasL induces apoptosis, indicating that this target gene might be of potential value in gene therapy for gastric cancer.
文摘Objective: Summarizing the clinical experience of surgical treatment in 2 cases of blunt cardiac trauma and reviewing the relevant literatures. Methods : A 6-year-old girl was diagnosed muscular ventricular septal defect and left ventricular aneurysm 2d after automobile accident and underwent ventricular septal defect repair 2 weeks after injury. Another 9-year-old boy was diagnosed severe mitral regurgitation resulted from rupture of posterior papillary muscle 9d after automobile accident and underwent mitral valvuloplasty 2 weeks after injury. Results: Heart function of the first patient was in New York Heart Association (NYHA) class Ⅰ , echocardiography showed no residual septal defect and the size of left ventricular aneurysm reduced. Heart function of the second patient is in NYHA class Ⅱ , echocardiography showed mild mitral regurgitation. Conclusion: Blunt traumatic heart disease occurs either because of heart compression between sternum and the spine and/or because of myocardial contusion ; A more aggressive strategy with surgical treatment earlier before deterioration of heart function is advocated; Earlier surgical correction of anatomic deformity will achieve a good result and a long time follow-up is necessary.
文摘Objective:To compare the long-term patency and longevity of the single and sequential ve-nous graft.Methods:The coronary arterial angiographic data for 300 redo coronary bypass grafting(CABG) were collected.Among them 106 cases had both single(159) and sequential(118) grafts.Results:The oc-clusive and narrowness rate for the single grafts versus sequential grafts were:1 year,2% vs 2%;5 years,3% vs 4%;10years,18% vs 19%;15 years,60% vs 68%;and 23 years,76% vs 81% ,respectively.The differences were not significant in general.Conclusion:Sequential anastomosis itself does not has any adverse affects on short-term and long-term patency of the venous graft and its longevity in CABG operations in general.
文摘Double outlet ventricle (DOV) is defined as a congenital heart disease with: ( 1) both, great arteries arising completely, or almost completely (greater than or equal to 90%), from a single ventricle ( usually, right ventricle); ( 2) an aortic valve having no fibre connection with mitral valve; and (3) the only outlet of the other ventricle is a ventricular septal defect (VSD). The incidence of DOV accounts for 1% of all congenital heart disease.(1) Clinically there are three common types: Fallot type or double outlet right ventricle (DORV) with subaortic VSD with pulmonary stenosis; Eisenmenger type or DORV with subaortic VSD without pulmonary stenosis and Taussig-Bing type or DORV with subpulmonary VSD. Operative techniques are different according to the position of the VSD and great arteries and the presence or absence of ventricular outflow tract obstruction. The operative difficulty increases in the presence of coronary artery malformation. Recently, our research centre has treated 72 cases of patients suffering from double outlet ventricle. This article is the report of the operative methods and the outcomes.
文摘Heart transplantation is now being accepted worldwide and has presented with good results. However,the shortage of donor hearts has become an obstacle of heart transplantation. To explore the donor heart sources and to prolong the preservation time, we chose the adult porcine heart which is similar to human’s in size, weight, coronary architecture and conduction system for experiment. In part I, a simple cold flushing and storage method was used for preservation of 11 porcine hearts for 4-6 hours. Before a heart procurement, the carotid artery and the jugular vein were cut for bleeding and collecting a total amount of 2000ml of blood. A heart-lung machine was primed with diluted blood. Before resuscitation, the heart was reperfused with warm blood cardioplegic solution to reduce reperfusion injury, and then with the normal
文摘The clinical experience in the colon replacement of the esophagus in 240 cases is reported. The overall operative morbidity was 17.5%; the incidence of the anastomotic leaks was 10.4%; and the mortality was 2.80%. The points in surgical technique were:1) utilizing the left colic artery as the supporting vessel if possible, based on the anatomy of the colon vessel;2) using the colon segment in an isoperistaltic position,which has been proved much physiological;3) single-layer anastomosis which is simple and reliable, with minimal inflammarion and quick healing; and 4) choosing the channel of the colon transplant according to the disease condition, the age,and the function of the heart and the lung of the patients.
