1.Analysis of Distribution Characteristics and Influencing Factors on Adults Abnormal Blood Pressure
Tong ZHOU ; Guangcai ZHAO ; Xiaowen ZHANG
Journal of Medical Research 2006;0(11):-
Objective To study the relationship between abnormal blood pressure distribution characteristics and the influencing factors for the prevention of hypertension and low blood pressure to provide reference. Methods Regarding the Guangzhou City adult group as the research object,we analyzed the distribution of the adults abnormal blood pressure in age, gender , urban and rural areas, as well as of occupations. Results The detection rate of blood pressure abnormalities was 15.9 % , which accounted for 12.4% of hypertension, 3.5% of hypotension. On the whole, the detection rate of hypertension was 18% in rural, higher than 9.8% in urban. The detection rate of hypotension in rural areas was 2.3% , 4.0% in urban. The detection rate of hypertension of men was high than that of women, and the detection rate of hypertension gradually increased by the age increased. At the same time, hypertension and hypotension was significantly affected with the factors of education, urban and rural areas, obesity and so on. Conclusion The detection rate of hypertension is high in rural areas than that in urban,and men than women, and the detection rate of low blood pressure is on the opposite. Both of them is significantly affected by the factors of education, urban and rural areas, obesity and so on.
2.A study on the quasispecies character of 3′untranlated region in hepatitis C virus
Zhaoxi QIN ; Guangcai ZHANG ; Lai WEI
Journal of Chinese Physician 2000;0(12):-
Objective To investigate the the quasispecies character of 3′ untranlated region(3′ UTR) in hepatitis C virus(HCV) by analysing the nucleotide sequence polymorphism and mutation features in 3′ UTR region.Methods Patients infected with genotype 1b HCV were identified by reverse transcription-nested polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism(RFLP) assay.Fragments of the cDNA of 3′ UTR were amplified using semi-nested RT-PCR,and subjected to cloning.The 12-15 clones that contained HCV 3′UTR gene fragments amplified from each patients were sequenced.Results The full-length sequence of 1b genotype HCV 3′UTR in cDNA were obtained.The 3′UTR region consists of four elements: the 5′ region,the poly(U),poly(U/C) and 98-base region.The nucleotide sequence diversity ranged from 0.2%~2.1% and the mutation points were almost distributed in the the 5′region and poly(U/C).Conclusions The HCV has complex quasispecies character in 3′ UTR.
3.Simultaneously determination of multi-target ingredients in Zuojin Pill by RP-HPLC
Shuo ZHANG ; Guangcai ZHANG ; Linlin WAN ; Zhenqiu ZHANG
Chinese Traditional Patent Medicine 1992;0(06):-
AIM:To simultaneously determine jatrorrhizine hydrochloride,palmatine hydrochloride,berberine hydrochloride、 evodiamine and rutaecarpine in Zuojin Pill(Rhizoma Coptidis,Fructus Evodiae).METHODS:A RP-HPLC method was established with gradient elution and an agilent C_ 18 column(250 mm?4.6 mm,5 ?m)was used.The mobile phase A was acetonitrile and the mobile phase B was water with 0.3% phosphoric acid-triethylamine.The detective wavelength was at 225 nm.RESULTS:Jatrorrhizine hydrochloride had a good linearity in the range of 0.013-0.065 ?g.The average recovery was 103.1% with RSD of 1.1%.Palmatine hydrochloride had a good linearity in the range of 0.013-0.102 ?g.The average recovery was 99.8% with RSD of 1.9%.Berberine hydrochloride had a good linearity in the range of 0.063-0.317 ?g.The average recovery was 99.8% with RSD of 1.4%.Evodiamine had a good linearity in the range of 0.001-0.007 ?g.The averoge recovery was 100.5% with RSD of 1.5%.Rutaecarpine had a good linearity in the range of 0.002-0.010 ?g.The average recovery was 98.9% with RSD of 1.9%.CONCLUSION:This method is simple,accurate and reproducible.It can be used to determine jatrorrhizine hydrochloride、 palmatine hydrochloride、 berberine hydrochloride、 evodiamine and rutaecarpine together with the same chromatogram condition.
4.Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms of miRNA-146a, miRNA-196a2 and miRNA-499 with genetic susceptibility in hepatocellular carcinoma
Lihong ZHANG ; Guangcai XU ; Guodong ZHANG ; Peijian ZHANG ; Lide TAO
Cancer Research and Clinic 2021;33(2):93-98
Objective:To explore the association of miRNA-146a (miR-146a), miRNA-196a2 (miR-196a2), and miRNA-499 (miR-499) single nucleotide polymorphisms with genetic susceptibility in hepatocellular carcinoma.Methods:A case-control study was designed. A total of 175 patients (hepatocellular carcinoma group) in Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University from April 2015 to March 2019 and 302 healthy people undergoing physical examination during the same period (the control group) were selected. The genotype distribution of miR-146a, miR-196a2 and miR-499 in the peripheral blood of the two groups were detected by using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). Logistic regression model was used to analyze the association of 3 genotypes of miRNA, genotypes of hepatitis virus infectors with genetic susceptibility in hepatocellular carcinoma. The relationship between miR-146a gene polymorphism and demography factor as well as the clinical characteristics was also analyzed by using Spearman correlation analysis.Results:In hepatocellular carcinoma group, miR-146a single nucleotide polymorphism of CC, CG, GG site genotypes had 52 (29.7%) cases, 86 (49.1%) cases, 37 (21.1%) cases, respectively; in the control group, the corresponding genotypes had 137 (45.4%) cases, 135 (44.7%) cases and 30 (9.9%) cases, respectively, and the difference in genotype distribution of both groups was statistically significant ( χ2 = 17.23, P < 0.05). There were no statistical differences in genotype distribution of miR-196a2 and miR-499 ( χ2 = 0.51, P = 0.776; χ2 = 0.05, P = 0.976). Single factor logistic regression analysis showed that in the co-dominant model of miR-146a genotype, genotypes of CG ( OR = 1.96, 95% CI 1.13-3.41, P = 0.017) and GG ( OR = 3.30, 95% CI 1.85-5.89, P<0.01) had elevated risk of hepatocellular carcinoma compared with CC genotype. In the dominant model, the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in CG+GG genotypes was increased compared with that in CC genotype ( OR=1.97, 95% CI 1.33-2.93, P = 0.001); in the recessive model, the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in GG genotype was increased compared with that in CG+ GG genotype ( OR=2.43, 95% CI 1.44-4.11, P = 0.001). Single factor logistic regression analysis showed that there was no significant difference in the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in the co-dominant, dominant and recessive models between miR-196a2 and miR-499 genotypes (all P > 0.05). For hepatocellular carcinoma patients with positive hepatitis B virus (HBV), CG genotype had a 2.02-fold (95% CI 1.06-5.07) risk of hepatocellular carcinoma compared with CC genotype, and GG genotype had a 3.12-fold (95% CI 1.66-10.07) risk of hepatocellular carcinoma compared with CC genotype; CG+GG genotype had a 1.91-fold (95% CI 1.85-3.38) compared with CC genotype, GG genotype had a 1.54-fold (95% CI 1.15-6.08) compared with CG+GG genotype. The increasing risk of hepatocellular carcinoma by miR-146a gene polymorphisms was not found in hepatocellular carcinoma patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection or without HBV and HCV infection. Spearman correlation analysis showed that miR-146a gene polymorphisms was not related with age, gender, smoking, drinking, family history of cancer, alanine transaminase and aspartate aminotransferase (all P>0.05). Conclusions:GG and CG genotypes of miR-146a increase the risk of genetic susceptibility in hepatocellular carcinoma, especially for patients with HBV infection. miR-196a2 and miR-499 single nucleotide polymorphisms don't increase the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma.
5.The Interaction Between the Symbiotic Genes pJB5JI of Rhizobium Leguminosarum bv. Viciae and the Symbiotic Plasmid of Mesorhizobium huakuii 7653R
Chengyun YANG ; Junchu ZHOU ; Guangcai DUAN ; Weitao ZHANG
Microbiology 2008;0(11):-
Mesorhizobium huakuii strain 7653R,isolated from nodules of A.sinicus L,contains two indige-nous plasmids,p7653Ra and p7653Rb,the latter being the symbiotic plasmid.We eliminated the plasmids via Tn5-sacB insertion and obtained its symbiotic plasmid-cured derivative 7653RD.Then,we transferred the symbiotic plasmid pJB5JI of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv.Viciae T83K3 into 7653R and 7653RD.The pot plant test showed an increase in competitive ability and symbiotic nitrogen fixation of transconjugant 7653R-197(pJB5JI) compared to 7653R.pJB5JI could not restore the ability of 7653RD to nodulate Astra-galus sinicus.7653RD(pJB5JI) could form ineffective nodules on peas,implying that the symbiotic plasmid pJB5JI could express its function at the chromosomal background of Mesorhizobium huakuii 7653R.We checked the stability of plasmid in transconjugants under free-living and during symbiosis.The results indi-cated pJB5JI could not be detected in some nodule isolates.We amplified kan resistance gene from all transconjugants and nodule isolates which suggested that pJB5JI might fully or partially integrated into the chromosome of recipients.
6.Simultaneous Determination of Three Kinds of Components in Compound Xiaozhi Suppository by HPLC
Guangcai QI ; Jiangrui WU ; Mimi ZHANG ; Shengfei CUI ; Zhenye LIU
China Pharmacy 2016;27(15):2138-2140
OBJECTIVE:To establish a method for the simultaneous determination of gallic acid,rhein and emodin in Com-pound xiaozhi suppository. METHODS:HPLC was performed on the column of Kromasil C18 with mobile phase of 0.5% phosphor-ic acid-Acetonitrile solution(gradient elution)at a flow rate of 1.0 ml/min,the detection wavelength was 273 nm for gallic acid and 254 nm for rhein and emodin,the column temperature was 28 ℃,and the injection volume was 20 μl. RESULTS:The linear range was 0.296 4-14.82 μg/ml for gallic acid(r=0.999 6),0.215 0-10.75 μg/ml for rhein(r=0.999 9)and 0.307 2-15.36 μg/ml for emo-din(r=0.999 9);RSDs of precision,stability and reroducibility tests were lower than 3.0%;recoveries were 95.1%-97.2%(RSD=0.64%,n=6),95.4%-97.2%(RSD=0.42%,n=6) and 96.5%-99.4%(RSD=1.10%,n=6),respectively. CONCLU-SIONS:The method is simple and accurate,and can be used for the contents determination of gallic acid,rhein and emodin in Compound xiaozhi suppository.
7.The gene characterization of VP1 and 2A of Enterovirus type 71
Zhangjie FAN ; Guangcai DUAN ; Weidong ZHANG ; Yuanlin XI
Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2011;(3):234-240
Objective To detect VP1 and 2A genes of Enterovirus type 71 (EV71) isolated from clinical specimens of patients with light or heavy symptoms and analyze the homogeneity and phylogenetic tree. Methods Fifty clinical specimens of children with hand-foot-and-mouth disease ( HFMD) were dealed with, which were tested by RT-PCR assay with specific primer pairs for EV71. EV71 isolates from patients with light or heavy clinical symptoms were tested by RT-PCR assay with two specific primer pairs for VP1 and 2A genes of EV71 respectively. All of the PCR products were sequenced and compared with that of previously isolated EV71 isolates available from GenBank by homogeneity and phylogenetic tree analyses. Results The RT-PCR results indicated that 30 isolates were EV71, 13 of 30 isolates were from clinical specimens of patients with light symptoms of hand-foot and mouth, the other were from clinical specimens of patients with heavy symptoms of complications. VP1 genes and 2A genes of 10 EV71 isolated strains including 5 light strains and 5 heavy strains were sequenced and compared with that of previously isolated 5 EV71 Chinese isolates available from GenBank (fuyangEU703814.1, xi_anHM003207. 1, shandongEU753418.1, shenzhenFJ607337.1, henanGU366191. 1) by homogeneity and phylogenetic tree analyses. The homogeneity of VP1 and 2A genes of the 10 EV71 isolated strains and 5 previously isolated strains were between 94.7% -99.4% and 93.6% -99.3% respectively, with the representative isolates of A and B genotypes was between 81.0%-84. 6% and 78. 4%-82. 2% respectively. The data suggested that all of the 10 Chinese isolates belong to EV71 genotype C. There were only 87.8% -90.2% homology among these 10 strains and the representative strains of C1, C2, C3 sub-genotypes of EV71 but 96. 8% -99.6% homology among these 10 strains and the representative strains of C4 sub-genotypes of EV71, this suggested that these 10 Chinese isolates composed the C4 sub-genotype, of the C genotype, that formed a single branch in the phylogenetic tree. Conclusion EV71 of sub-genotype C4 distributed in Mainland China, and VP1 genes have close genetic relationship between isolated strains. There is no obvious difference in 2A genes between clinical specimens of patients with light or heavy symptoms by homogeneity and phylogenetic tree analyses.
8.Investigation on medical compliance in patients with chronic hepatitis B and an analysis of influence factors
Zhaoxi QIN ; Guangcai ZHANG ; Li WANG ; Sufang ZHU
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2009;8(10):751-752
As to evaluating the medical compliance of patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and the influence factors, information of 163 patients with CHB treated with lamivudine were collected by using the self-designed questionnaire, and the medical compliance and influencing factors of the patients were acquired by the research followed, and the prognosis and allocation were also observed. The results showed the medical compliance in 77.3% of patients with CHB was good, and in 22.7% patients was poor. After following-up for 2 years, the negative rates of HBV DNA and HBeAg shown in patients with good medical compliance were 78.6% and 46.0%, respectively,showing a significantly higher rate than in those with poor medical compliance, which having the rate of 37.8% and 21.6%, respectively (P<0.01). We suggested that there should be a correlation between the medical compliance of patients with CHB and the prognosis.
9.Localization diagnosis of lumbar intervertebral foramen stenosis from multi-dimensional MRI scans of lumbar nerve roots
Jingyuan ZHAO ; Xiaosui TANG ; Guangcai SUN ; Xiaojin ZHANG ; Haitao YU
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics 2014;(8):839-844
Objective To explore the localization diagnosis method of lumbar intervertebral foramen stenosis by multi-di-mensional MRI scans of lumbar nerve roots. Methods Twenty-one patients with lumbar intervertebral foramen stenosis were fol-lowed up from June 2006 to June 2011 postoperatively, 10 cases of male, 11 cases of female;36 to 65 years old, average 45.6 years. The medical history is six to thirty six months, an average of 9.4 years;5 cases have low back pain with unilateral leg pain and 16 cases showed unilateral leg pain only. The height of intervertebral space and foramen intervertebrale were measured on the X-rays of lumbar lateral position. Lumbar nerve roots MR imaging at the position of axial, coronal and sagittal scan were performed separately to the patients who were clinically suspected to suffer from lumbar intervertebral foramen stenosis. A definitive diagno-sis of the location of nerve root compression and structural changes surrounding the nerve root can be obtained. Surgical operation was performed to confirm the accuracy of the MRI imaging diagnosis. Results There were 9 cases of lumbar intervertebral fora-men stenosis caused by lumbar disc herniation. The other 12 cases are caused by zygapophyseal joint hyperplasia. All cases of lumbar intervertebral foramen stenosis located at the low back. By comparing MR images of lumbar intervertebral foramen stenosis with surgical procedure,the surgical observation of 21 patients completely coincided with the preoperative localization diagnosis, coincidence rate was 100%(21/21). After surgical treatment, 20 cases achieved a complete remission of leg pain and 1 case was not satisfactory. Conclusion MRI imaging at the position of axial, coronal and sagittal scan for lumbar nerve roots were useful to rigorous localization diagnosis of lumbar intervertebral foramen stenosis, and can provide accurate radiological evidence for sur-gery program.
10.Extraction Optimization by Response Surface Method and Content Determination by HPLC of Four Effec-tive Components in Fuke Yangkun Pills
Guangcai QI ; Shengfei CUI ; Jiangrui WU ; Mimi ZHANG ; Zhenye LIU
China Pharmacist 2016;19(6):1048-1051,1063
Objective: To develop an HPLC method for the simultaneous determination of paeoniflorin , liquiritin, baicalin and costunolide in Fuke Yangkun pills , and optimize the extraction technology by response surface methodology ( RSM).Methods: The separation of targeted compounds were performed on a Kromasil C 18 column (250 mm ×4.6 mm, 5 μm).The mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile (A) and 0.2%phosphoric acid (B) with gradient elution at a flow rate of 1.0 ml min-1.The detection wavelength was set at 230, 276, 280 and 225 nm, respectively.The column temperature was 28℃.Using the contents of the four components as the indices, the extraction process was optimized by a response surface method with methanol concentration , solid-liquid ratio and ex-traction time as the influencing factors .Results: The linear range of paeoniflorin , liquiritin, baicalin and costunolide was 1.616-161.600, 0.432-43.180, 2.045-204.500 and 0.518-51.840 μg ml-1, respectively.The average recovery (n=9) was 98.3%, 99.6%, 97.9%and 98.1%, respectively.The optimum conditions of extraction process were as follows:the methanol concentration was 64%, the solid-liquid ratio was 1 ∶51, and the extraction time was 25 min.Conclusion: The response surface methodology is convenient and highly predictive in optimizing the extraction process of the four effective components in Fuke Yangkun pills .The devel-oped content determination method is simple and accurate , which can be used for the quality control of Fuke Yangkun pills .