1.Effect of catalpol on senile plaques and spatial learning and memory ability in amyloid-β protein precursor/presenilin 1 double transgenic mice
Chong SONG ; Yanan CHU ; Guiqiong HE ; Gang LIU ; Lingxi WANG ; Zefen ZHOU ; Qiuhui YAO
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2013;(4):265-268
Objective To investigate whether catalpol affects senile plaque formation and spatial learning and memory ability in the amyloid-β protein precursor/presenilin 1 (APP/PSI) double transgenic mice.Methods Three month-old APP/PS1 double transgenic mice were randomly divided into catalpoltreated and saline-treated groups (n =10),with C57 mice of the same age and genetic background as normal control group (n =10).The catalpol (in a dose of 5 mg · kg-1 · d-1) and the same amount of saline were peritoneally injected into Alzheimer' s disease (AD) model mice for 3 weeks.Immunohistochemical staining was performed to examine senile plaques in the brain of AD model mice,and Morris water maze was used to assess the spatial learning and memory abilities of the mice.Results Compared with the saline-treated AD model mice (6.0 ±0.6),the number of senile plaques of catalpol treated AD mice significantly decreased (2.3± 0.7; t =3.500,P =0.025); Mice in each groups had similar latency and path length to reach platform in visible platform test; In hidden platform test,catalpol-treated mice had a significant lesser latency and path length compared with saline-treated mice,furthermore,catalpol-treated mice had much more platform-crossing times (6.4 ± 0.8) than saline-treated mice (2.9 ± 0.4 ; t =5.592,P =0.001).Conclusion Catalpol can significantly decrease the senile plaque formation and improve the spatial learning and memory abilities of APP/PS1 double transgenic mice.
2.Expression of miRNA-22 in ovarian cancer and effect of miRNA-22 over-expression on SKOV-3 ovarian cancer cell proliferation, migration and in-vasion
Feng LI ; Li YAO ; Xihong ZHANG ; Yuhong XIA ; Jie CHENG ; Xueling LOU ; Qiuhui JIANG
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 2016;32(12):2251-2255
AIM: To examine the expression of miRNA-22 in the ovarian tissues and the effect of miRNA-22 over-expression on the proliferation, migration and invasion in SKOV-3 cells.METHODS: The expression levels of miRNA-22 in different ovarian tissues and SKOV-3 cells were determined by qPCR .miRNA-22 was over-expressed by trans-fection of miRNA-22 mimic.The cell viability was examined by CCK-8 assay.The cell migration was measured by wound healing test .The cell invasion was analyzed by Transwell assay .The protein expression levels of VEGF and P 53 were deter-mined by Western blot .RESULTS: Compared with the normal ovarian tissue , the expression level of miRNA-22 was remarkably decreased in the ovarian tumor tissues .After transfection with miRNA-22 mimic, the expression level of miRNA-22 in the SKOV-3 cells was significantly increased , while the cell viability , migration and invasion were obviously decreased .Moreover , the protein expression of VEGF and P 53 was dramatically inhibited after over-expression of miRNA-22.CONCLUSION:The decreased miRNA-22 expression may be correlated with the development of ovarian can-cer.Over-expression of miRNA-22 decreases the cell viability , migration and invasion by reducing the protein expression of VEGF and P53.
3.Study on flipped classroom and formative assessment
Qiuhui YAO ; Zongtao WANG ; Zhan CHEN
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2021;20(11):1292-1294
Teaching evaluation is an important part of the whole teaching process. In view of the shortcomings of the traditional final assessment, formative assessment has received wide attention from the education community with its characteristics of diverse assessing subjects, diverse assessment contents and diverse assessment tools. This paper introduces formative assessment into flipped classroom, and tries to construct formative assessment index system, which may provide the theoretical basis for the implementation of formative assessment in flipped classroom.