Caenorhabditis elegans (C.elegans), has developed into an useful model for biomedical research, particularly in the targets of novel drugs and the related mechanism.C.elegans, combining with cost-effective cultivation, simple biological structure, make for high-throughput screenings in vivo model.In this review, we explore the feasibility of C.elegans in drug activity evaluation of complex systems.Because of the body independence of C.elegans, it provided good platform for the efficacy and mechanism of research on new drugs as well as Chinese herbal extract in vivo, showing a good prospect.

Objective To discuss the mechanism of obesity related glomerularpathology,we detect the expression of Podocin in glomerular podocytes of obesity rats induced by high fat diet.Methods The rats were divided into 2 groups:normal control group(Con group) and obesity group(Ob group).At the 14th week of molding,the body weight,body long,tail long,kidney weight,uria microalbumin,RBP,uria Cre,blood glucose,cholesterol,triglyceride,HDL-C,UA,Cre,BUN,and insulin were measured.The Lee's index,insulin resistance index,insulin sensitive index,Ccr and relative kidney weight were calculated.The tissue structures of the kidney of both groups were studied under light microscope and transmission electro microscope.The expression of Podocin in podocyte of rats' kidney was measured by immunohistochemistry and western blot.Results ①The difference had no statistical significance between the 2 groups in gender,weight,body length,tail length and Lee's index at the beginning (P ＞ 0.05).But after 14 weeks,the weight,body length and Lee's index of Ob group were significantly higher than those of Con group(P ＜0.05).②At the 14th week,the fasting plasma glucose of Ob group was higher than that of Con group (P ＜ 0.05),and the high density lipoproteins (HDL) of Ob group was lower than that of Con group(P ＜ 0.05).However,the difference had no statistical significance in urine acid (UA),serum Cre and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) between the 2 groups (P ＞ 0.05).③The urine protein and endogenous creatinine clearance rate(Ccr) in Ob group were higher than those of Con group (P ＜ 0.05,P ＜0.01).④The relative kidney weight of Ob group was lower than that of Con group(P ＜ 0.05).⑤For rats in Ob group,glomerular hypertrophy,the Bowman' capsule stricture,abnormality in the segmental capillary wall and extraglomerular mesangial cell were observed under light microscope.The glomerular podocytes became broader and foot process of podocyte in Ob group became microvillus-like in Ob group under transmission electro microscope.⑥Immunohistochemistry and western blot showed that the expression of Podocin in podocyte of kidney decreased in Ob group.Conclusions The expression of Podocin decreased in podocyte of kidney in obesity rats.At the same time,the ultrastructure of podocytes was changed.Those may be one of the reasons for protein urine related to obesity.

Brazilein is one of the active ingredients of a Chinese medicine Caesalpinia sappan L. This study was aimed to test the vasodilator effect of brazilein on vascular smooth muscle cells in vitro from the perspective of molecular biology. The results showed that brazilein mainly acted through the influence of potassium ion channels, reducing membrane depolarization in order to affect the vessel relaxation. This effect can be influenced by blocking 5-HT receptor, and, simultaneously, correlating with the regulation of intracellular calcium ion concentration, affecting calmodulin and downregulating MLCP. In addition, the alterations of cAMP, PKA and PGI2 were involved in the pharmacological process of brazilein.

This article was aimed to study the antioxidant and antihyperlipidemic effect of total phenolic composition prepared from pineapple (A nanas comosus L.) leave. It had a rapid absorption after intragastric administration and the principle ingredient, p-coumaric acid, reached the peak concentration after 5 minutes of administration. The mice model with single intragastric administration of lipid and glucose were used in the observation of changes on postprandial glucose, lipid and intestinal lipase at different time points after drug administration. The results showed that phenols of pineapple leave can inhibit triglyceride and glucose absorption in certain extent. No significant effect was observed on inhibition at 30 minutes after the phenol administration. However, the intestinal lipase activity was obviously inhibited in normal mice and the intestinal lipase activity decline caused by acute lipid consumption can be reversed. It was concluded that the phenols pineapple leave may inhibit the absorption of lipids with correlation to lipase activity. It had certain regulation effect on the high postprandial glucose and fat absorption.

This article was aimed to study the quality control of pineapple leaf in order to further develop the appli-cations of pineapple leave as medicinal resources. The tissue structure of pineapple leaf was observed by tissue biop-sy assay. Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) was employed on the qualitative identification of ananasate in the leave. The p-coumaric acid and ananasate were detected with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) assay in the content determination. The results showed that pineapple leaf can be divided into the upper and lower leaf epidermis with stoma under microscope observation. Ananasate of the leave can be indentified clearly by TLC. HPLC method can accurately detect the content of p-coumaric acid and ananasate of pineapple leave. There are different contents of p-coumaric acid and ananasate of pineapple leave in different origins. In Y unnan province, the contents of p-coumaric acid and ananasate of pineapple leave are the highest; while the contents of p-coumaric acid and ananasate in Guangxi province are the lowest. It was concluded that ananasate can be used in the quality identification. The p-coumaric acid and ananasate can be used in the quantitative determination in the better control of the quality of pineapple leaf.

AIM To determine the dynamic changes of monoamine neurotransmitters and their metabolites in various brain regions of cerebral ischemia reperfusion mice. METHODS Concentrations of monoamine neurotransmitters such as norepinephrine (NE), dopamine (DA), serotonin (5-HT) and metabolites were determined by HPLC-ECD on d 0,1,3,5 and d 20 after cerebral ischemia reperfusion by common carotid artery occlusion. RESULTS The cerebral ischemia reperfusion mice showed decreased concentrations of NE, MHPG, DA, DOPAC, 5-HT and 5-HIAA in various brain regions, especially in hippocampus. CONCLUSION Several neuron systems play an important role in neurons damage of cerebral ischemia reperfusion, especially the NE and DA in hippocampus which is sensitive to the ischemia damage. The data offer useful guides for clinical treatments of cerebral ischemia diseases.

This study was aimed to observe the effect ofpomegranate leaf tennis and Ananas coumosus leaf phenols on the growth of lactating mice through breast milk. Intragastric administration of different doses of drug was given to maternal mice. The general condition of newborn mice, body weight, tail length and organ coefficient of liver-related factors regulating the expression of lipid metabolism were observed. The results showed that both pomegranate leaf tennis and A. coumosus leaf phenols can obviously affect the growth and development of newborn mice through breast milk. And the effect of pomegranate leaf tennis was stronger than A. coumosus leaf phenols. Meanwhile, it obviously downregulated the expression of liver-related lipid metabolism enzymes in newborn mice. It was concluded that pomegranate leaf tennis and A. coumosus leaf phenols can affect the growth and development of newborn mice through breast milk. Its effect was related to the influence of lipid metabolism enzyme in the liver. Attention should be paid on taking this medication during lactation. Its clinical significance still required in-depth study.

This study was aimed to observe effect of pomegranate leaf tannin and ellagic acid on primary rat adipocyte differentiation and lipid metabolism-related factor expression. Primary rat preadipocyte was in vitro cultured to observe the effect of pomegranate leaf tannin and ellagic acid on lipid fat cells as well as mRNA expression of its related factor. The results showed that pomegranate leaf tannin and ellagic acid had obvious inhibition effect on fat formation in fat cells. It had certain inhibition effect on activities of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and glucose-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPDH). It promoted fat decomposition and reduced intracellular lipid content. It upregulated PPARγ and fatty acid-binding protein (aP2). It downregulated obese (ob) gene level. It was concluded that pomegranate leaf tannin can inhibit fat generation of fat cells and promote fat metabolism. Ellagic acid was its main active ingredient, which had the same effect as pomegranate leaf tannin.

AIM To explore pharmacokinetics of Berberine in YL2000 in normal and febrile rats. METHODS The levels of Berberine in plasma were measured through HPLC and secondary parameters were obtained by fitting the dose time data of Berberine making use of 3P87 programme. RESULTS In normal and febrile rats, the plasma concentration of Berberine was peaked at (3 4?0 3) h vs (0 3?2 1) h( P