1.Exploration of enzyme-MnO2 nanosheets hybridization probe for sensitively colorimetric self-indicating of glucose
Li LI ; Fengguo XU ; Jinlong CHEN
Journal of China Pharmaceutical University 2017;48(4):453-460
A colorimetric self-indicating probe for glucose was constructed by self-assembly of MnO2 nanosheets (MnO2 NSs) and glucose oxidase(GOD) in this paper.Under the weak acidic medium,glucose oxidase specifically catalyzes glucose into gluconic acid and hydrogen peroxide.The by-product of hydrogen peroxide could efficiently dissolve the MnO2 nanosheets,resulting into a significant decrease of the characteristic absorbance at 374 nm assigned to MnO2 NSs.Furthermore,the absorbance difference was linearly proportional to the concentration of glucose ranging from 1 to 20 μmol/L The fitted curve could be used for quantification of glucose with a correlation coefficient of 0.990 1.And the detection limit as low as 0.1 μmol/L could be reached based on the definition of three times of the deviation of the blank signal (3σ) and there was negligible interference with other co-existing amino acids,anions,cations and protein,which indicated high sensitivity and selectivity of the hybrid probe.The construction strategy of designated probe is readily generalized in principle for detection of numerous analytes in view of reactive property of MnO2 and the diversity of enzymes.
2.Metabolomics Research on Compound Danshen DrippingPills in Acute Myocardial Infarction Rat
Qinwei LU ; Ling TONG ; Dongxiang LI ; Fengguo XU
Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry 2017;45(6):791-798
An acute myocardial infarction rat model was established by ligation of the left ventricular coronary artery.Plasma samples of rats were collected and analyzed by ultra performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-QTOF/MS) to study the myocardial protection mechanism of compound Danshen dropping pill (CDDP).After principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), 22 metabolites were identified as potential biomarker of AMI.Furthermore, CDDP had remarkable effect on AMI rats.p-Tolyl sulfate, hippuric acid, equol 7-O-glucuronide, lysoPC(16∶0), cholic acid, oleamide, palmitic amide and SM(d18∶1/16∶0) were significantly changed in treatment group.The results showed that CDDP had a very good myocardial protection effect on AMI rats, and might influence the pathways of phenylalanine metabolism, glycerophospholipid metabolism, fatty acid metabolism, primary bile acid biosynthesis and Sphingolipid metabolism.
3.Establishing a macrophage-derived foam cell model using U937cell lines
Shiying TANG ; Guicai HU ; Fengguo YANG ; Dawei XU ; Chunhua LI
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2007;0(15):-
AIM: Stable human macrophage-derived foam cell model is significant for the study on artherosclerosis. This study investigated the feasibility of establishing macrophage-derived foam cell model using U937 cell lines. METHODS: The experiment was performed at Institute of Basic Medicine, Chengde Medical College from March to September 2006. ①U937 cell lines were purchased from Institute of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. ②Sixteen bottles of U937 cells (109 L-1) were incubated at 37 ℃ in saturated humidity containing 5% CO2 for 72 hours. Among them, eight bottles contained 100 ?g/L phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA) and 100 mg/L low-density lipoprotein (LDL) as experimental group, and the other eight bottles only 100 mg/L LDL as control group. ③Cell morphology was studied under light microscope by Wright's and Oil red O staining. Cell total cholesterol (TC) was measured after 72 hours of incubation. RESULTS: A large amount of lipid droplets were found in the cytoplasm by Oil red O staining in cells of the experimental group, but not found in control group cells. TC in cells of the experimental group was significantly higher than in control group [(520.13?37.52), (39.47?9.26) mg/g, t=35.18, P
4.Studies on HPLC Fingerprint of Danshen Glucose Injection
Qian LI ; Zunjian ZHANG ; Fengguo XU ; Qiaogen ZOU ; Luhua ZHAO ;
Traditional Chinese Drug Research & Clinical Pharmacology 2000;0(06):-
Objective: To establish the fingerprint of Danshen Glucose Injection by HPLC. Methods: Separation was performed on an Alltima C18(4.6mm?250mm,5?m) analytical column, with mobile phase consisting of 1 %acetic-water and 1 %acetic acid-methanol and with gradient elute at the flow rate of 1mL/min-1. The UV detection was set at 281nm. Results: Six peaks of Danshen Glucose Injection wre indicated, and the chief ingredients were determined by HPLC. Conclusion: This method is accurate and with good reproducibility and can be used for the quality control of Danshen Glucose Injection.
5.Subgroup analysis of respiratory syncytial virus in nasopharyngeal secretion of children with acute respiratory infection
Jian JI ; Xuejun SHAO ; Xuelan ZHANG ; Zhenghua JI ; Jun XU ; Fengguo WAN
Journal of Clinical Pediatrics 2014;(4):375-378
Objective To explore the epidemiology of different subgroups of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in hospi-talized children with acute respiratory infections in Suzhou. Methods RSV antigen in nasopharyngeal secretions specimens ob-tained from 42 208 hospitalized children with acute respiratory infections from January 2006 to December 2012 were detected using direct immunofluorescence assay. RT-PCR was used to differentiate subgroups A and B of RSV from the positive samples which were randomly selected in the epidemic season of different years. Results RSV infection had a seasonal trend. The peak season of RSV occurred between November and following year’s March and the detection rate of RSV was low between May and September. There was difference in RSV positive rates of peak seasons among different years from 2006 to 2012 (χ2=280.09,P<0.01). In 398 RSV antigen positive samples obtained from peak seasons of different years, 80.15%(319/398) were differentiated as subgroup A and 15.83%(63/398) were subgroup B except 16 samples (4.02%). There was significant difference in distribution of RSV subgroups in peak seasons among different years (P<0.01). Subgroup A of RSV was prevalent in most years. Both subgroup A and B were prevalent in peak season of 2008~2009 with lowest positive rate of RSV. In 2009~2010, subgroup B was prevalent. Conclusions From 2006 to 2012 in Suzhou area, the RSV detection rates in the first four prevalent seasons present an increase trend every other year and then sustain a high prevalence in the following two prevalent seasons. Subgroup A of RSV was the predominant pathogen in hospitalized children with acute respiratory infections.
6.Rapid quantification of tiopronin in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
Na LIU ; Beibei ZHANG ; Zunjian ZHANG ; Yuan TIAN ; Fengguo XU ; Yun CHEN
Journal of China Pharmaceutical University 2008;(1):46-51
Aim:To develop a rapid high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS) method for the quantification of tiopronin in human plasma.Methods:Cysteine was chosen as antioxidant and firstly added into the whole blood firstly.After adding mycophenolic acid as internal standard (IS) and 1 mol/L HCl into the plasma,the samples were extracted with acetic ether and then determined by HPLC-MS.The chromatographic separation was performed on a Shim-pack VP-ODS C18 column (250 mm×2.0 mm,5 μm) using methanol-0.1% acetic acid (70∶30) as mobile phase with a flow rate of 0.2 mL/min.Results:The assay exhibited a linear range of tiopronin between 30~4 000 ng/mL.The precisions for intra- and inter-batch were all within 8.5%.The extraction recoveries were more than 70%.The total HPLC-MS analysis time was within 7.5 min per a run.The fully validated method was successfully applied to quantify tiopronin in human plasma for a bioavailability study.Conclusion:The assay proved to be accurate,sensitive,selective and convenient.The fully validated method can be applied to study the pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of tiopronin and tiopronin formulations in human.
7.Progress in Pharmacodynamic Material Basis and Treatment for Gastrointestinal Diseases of Huangqin Decoction
Yiran YAO ; Hongyan FAN ; Jing WANG ; Zunjian ZHANG ; Wei ZHANG ; Fengguo XU
Progress in Modern Biomedicine 2017;17(27):5380-5384
Huangqin Decoction is a classic recipe for treatment of diarrhea from Treatise on Exogenous Febrile Disease,and consists of Scutellaria baicalensis,Paeonia lactiflora,Glycyrrhiza uralensis and Ziziphus jujuba.Huangqin Decoction has been used for nearly 1800 years for the treatment of gastrointestinal ailments,including dysentery,diarrhea and so on.Treatment of gastrointestinal disease by traditional Chinese medicine is considered to be safer than western medicine.This paper presented a review ofpharmacodynamic material basis of Huangqin Decoction,its advances in treating ulcerative colitis and reduction of the gastrointestinal side effects arising from chemotherapy drugs according to related literature.It also reviewed the deficiencies in present research,outlined the future direction and provided reference for further study.
8.Connotation construction and development path of "pharmaceutical pedagogy"
Chenlin FAN ; Ziqiu SUN ; Fengguo XU ; Xiaoming WU ; Wenbing YAO
Journal of China Pharmaceutical University 2022;53(5):623-632
China Pharmaceutical University proposed and established the first second-level discipline of pharmaceutical pedagogy in China under the first-level discipline of pharmacy in 2021.Through exploring the value of pharmaceutical pedagogy and clarifying its connotation and development path, the construction of the discipline will be firmly pushed forward with a good start, laying a solid foundation for the connotative and high-quality development of pharmaceutical education in China.Using comparison, literature review and historical survey, iconic discipline factors in similar disciplines of pharmaceutical pedagogy, like medical pedagogy, nursing pedagogy, health education and social & administrative pharmacy were investigated.Our researches showed that pharmaceutical pedagogy in its narrow sense refers to the discipline of studying the phenomena and problems of pharmaceutical education with the cultivation of pharmaceutical talents as the core, and revealing the laws and characteristics of pharmaceutical education.The construction of pharmaceutical pedagogy should be further promoted with more academic achievements, stronger academic teams, organizations and journals with better and higher platforms of academic research.It was suggested that pharmaceutical pedagogy should be guided by Marxist philosophy in improving its academic system, academic institutions, academic teams and ability in participating in academic governance independently and openly.Pharmaceutical pedagogy is expected to accelerate the construction of theoretical system and discourse system of pharmaceutical education with Chinese characteristics, aiming to provide stronger intellectual support and knowledge contribution for pharmaceutical education in China and for China.
9.Role of fatty acid metabolism in kidney disease and therapeutic intervention by traditional Chinese medicine
Zhiru ZHENG ; Zunjian ZHANG ; Fengguo XU ; Pei ZHANG
Journal of China Pharmaceutical University 2023;54(5):527-535
Fatty acid metabolism, including fatty acid oxidation (FAO) and fatty acid synthesis, plays critical roles in signal transduction, energy production and inflammation regulation.Acute kidney injury (AKI), chronic kidney disease (CKD) and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are typical renal diseases with complex pathogenesis, susceptibility to multiple complications, and still no effective measure for clinical intervention.Current studies reveal that fatty acid metabolism is closely related to the occurrence and development of a variety of kidney diseases.This article reviews the metabolic characteristics of fatty acid in the kidney, the relationship between fatty acid metabolism disorder and renal diseases (i.e., AKI, CKD and RCC), and summarizes traditional Chinese medicines and related active ingredients targeting fatty acid metabolic pathway to alleviate renal diseases, aiming to provide theoretical reference for the in-depth study of mechanisms related to fatty acid metabolism in renal diseases as well as the development of effective interventions.
10.Metabolomic study on the effects of insulin and oleic acid on the development of colon cancer xenografts
Ying ZHANG ; Di WANG ; Pei ZHANG ; Zunjian ZHANG ; Fengguo XU
Journal of China Pharmaceutical University 2021;52(3):339-345
To investigate the regulatory effects of insulin and oleic acid on serum metabolites in colon cancer, subcutaneous transplantation tumor model of colon carcinoma cell HCT116 was established. Nude mice were randomly divided into 4 groups: control (CON, vehicle); insulin treatment (INS, sc, 2.5 U/kg); oleic acid treatment (OA, ig, 2.0 g/kg); and insulin (sc, 2.5 U/kg) plus oleic acid (ig, 2.0 g/kg) treatment (IO). Non-target metabolomic analysis on the blood samples was performed by GC/MS and LC-IT-TOF/MS. Data pre-processing, including peaking, spectral deconvolution and peak alignment, was performed before data were imported to SIMCA-P for multivariate statistical analysis. Results showed that body weight of individuals in IO group was the lowest, but the tumor weight was the heaviest. Metabolic profiles of IO group were also different compared with the CON group, and the contributing metabolites were urea, arabinose, cholesterol, L-acetylcarnitine and sphingosine. There was no significant difference between OA or INS and CON. This study showed that the combination of insulin and oleic acid promoted colon cancer deterioration and caused metabolic disturbance in blood.Our study may provide theoretical foundation for the discovery of colon cancer biomarker and its early diagnosis.