1.Antibacterial Performance of Silicone Quaternary Ammonium Microemulsion in Cosmetics
Lutian MAO ; Shaofen WANG ; Yuhua ZHONG
Journal of Environment and Health 1992;0(04):-
Objective To investigate the antibacterial performance of silicone quaternary ammonium microemulsion in cosmetics.Methods The bacteriostatic effects of three preservatives(0.10% silicone quaternary ammonium microemulsion,silicone quaternary ammonium emulsion and silicone quaternary microemulsion) were compared in terms of plate culture count.Three preservatives were diluted to 0.1,0.2,0.4,0.6,0.8,1.0,1.5,2.0,2.5,3.0,3.5,5.0 g/L respectively,and the minimal inhibitory concentration was explored.The antibacterial and anti-fungi ability of the three preservatives was compared based on the microbial challenge test of 28 days.The bacteriostasis kinetics of the Escherichia coli(E.coli) was studied with the turbidimetry.Results The bacteriostasis rate of 1.0 g/L silicone quaternary ammonium microemulsion,silicone quaternary ammonium emulsion and silicone quaternary microemulsion were 100.00%,91.16% and 84.66%,respectively.The minimum bacteriostasis concentration of silicone quaternary ammonium microemulsion was 1.0 g/L for E.coli and was 0.8 g/L for Staphylococcus aureus,respectively.The results of microbial challenge experiments indicated that silicone quaternary ammonium microemulsion could pass both the antibacterial and the anti-fungi tests.Silicone quaternary ammonium emulsion could also pass the antibacterial test but failed in the anti-fungi test.However,silicone quaternary microemulsion failed in the both tests.The growth rate of E.coli was inhibited in a low level by silicone quaternary ammonium microemulsion.Conclusion Silicone quaternary ammonium microemulsion can effectively inhibit the common bacteria in cosmetics.
2.Modified primary culture and identification of human retinal Müller cells
Shaofen, LIN ; Yuxiang, MAO ; Manyun, XIE ; Shibo, TANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2017;35(1):22-25
Background Retinal Müller cells are important gliocytcs and the source of retinal stem cells.Researching the biological behavior of Müller cells is of important significance to the study on retinal physiopathological process and stem cell therapy of retinal diseases.To establish a stable culture method of Müller cells is a solid basis of relative basic research.Objective This study was to establish a simple and stable method of isolation and culture of human retinal Müller cells and provide sufficient and high-quality Müller cell source.Methods Human retinal Müller cells were isolated from healthy human donor eyes.The mixture solution of hyaluronidase (100 U) and 0.25% trypsin were used to digest chopped retinal tissue.The DMEM/F12 medium with 20% fetal bovine serum (FBS) was added to stop the digestion process.RPMI1640 medium with 20% FBS was used to culture the cell for 72 hours and then replaced the half medium.The cells were passaged by the RPMI1640 medium with 20% FBS.The morphology of the cells were examied under the optical microscope,and the expressions of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP),a marker of gliocytes,and glutamine synthetase (GS),a special marker of retinal Müller cells,were detected by immunochemistry and immunofluorescence technology.Results Human retinal Müller cells were successfully isolated by enzyme mixture solution of hyaluronidase (100 U) and O.25% trypsin.The cells were adherent to walls 24 hours after primary culture and completely merged 9-10 days after culture.The cells showed oval in shape with abundant cytoplasm,and a part of cells presented with cone-shaped bulge bilaterally and ectasia in the posterior containing large nuclei.After cells passage,the cells were enlarged and grew toward polygonal shape.The positive expression of GFAP was observed in more than 95% cells and strongly positive expression of GS was observed in more than 90% cells by immunohistochemstry and immunofluorescent staining.Conclusions Human retinal Müller cells can be successfully isolated by hyaluronidase combined with trypsin digestion.Abundent and pure human retinal Müller cells can be obtained by successively using RPMI1640 medium with 20% FBS and 10% FBS.
3.Relationship between serum PAPP-A expression and gene polymorphism with severity of coronary lesions in patients with coronary heart disease
Hui LIU ; Haijian LI ; Chuanyu GAO ; Shaofen MAO ; Yafei TAO ; Dongsheng REN
Chongqing Medicine 2016;45(18):2488-2490,2493
Objective To investigate the relationship between serum pregnancy associated plasma protein A (PAAA‐A) ex‐pression and gene polymorphism with the severity of coronary lesions in the patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) .Methods Ninety‐eight patients with CHD in the Nanyang Municipal Central Hospital were selected as the observation group and divided into single vessel lesion group and multiple vessel lesion group according to coronary angiographic results .Ninety‐eight individuals un‐dergoing healthy physical examination were selected as the control group .The venous blood was collected at the visiting hospital in the observation group and at the physical examination in the control group for detecting the serum PAPP‐A protein level by ELISA .PAPP‐A gene and IVS6+ 95 polymorphism were analyzed by adopting polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism(PCR‐RELP) .Results Compared with the control group ,peripheral blood PAPP‐A protein level in the obser‐vation group was significantly increased(P<0 .05) ,moreover the PAPP‐A protein level in the multiple vessel lesion group was sig‐nificantly higher than that of the single vessel lesion group (P<0 .05) .The peripheral blood PAPP‐A level was positively correlated with the severity of CHD .Three genotypes existed in PAPP‐A gene IVS6+95 locus ,including CG heterozygous ,homozygous CC and GG homozygous type .The CC homozygous allele frequency in the patients with multiple vessel lesion was higher than that in the patients with single vessel lesion (P<0 .05) .Conclusion The PAPP‐A protein level and IVS6+95 polymorphism have a close relation with the severity of coronary lesions in patients with CHD .CC genotype may be one of genetic susceptibility gene markers in the patients with CHD .