2.Study on in vitro release consistency between self-prepared Torasemide Sustained-Release Tablet and original preparation
Yan HAN ; Chao MA ; Dan YANG ; Ce MENG ; Xiaowen REN
Drug Evaluation Research 2017;40(2):174-178
Objective To establish a method for determining the dissolution oftorasemide sustained-release tablet in vitro and study the methodology of the determination.The consistency of the in vitro release behavior between self-prepared torasemide sustained-release tablet and original preparation were evaluated by constructed method.Methods HPLC method was applied to detect the cumulative release percentage of self-prepared torasemide sustained-release tablet and original preparation in five kinds of release media (water,0.1 mol/L hydrochloric acid solution,pH 4.5 acetate buffer,pH 6.8 phosphate buffer,and 0.1 mol/L hydrochloric acid solution turn to pH 6.8 phosphate buffer).Similarity factor (f2) was used to evaluate the similarity of release curves.Results There was a good linear relationship between the quality concentration of torasemide and peak area in the range of 1.0-12.0 μg/mL (r =0.9995).Results of precision and stability tests were good,and the RSDs for probational liquid were all lower than 2.0%.The average recovery of accuracy test was 100.04%,and RSD was 0.54% (n =12).The homogeneity of within group of self-prepared preparation met the technical requirement,RSDs of each sampling points in six Dissolution Vessels were lower than 10.0%.The f2 factors of self-prepared torasemide sustained-release tablet and original preparation were 72,60,77,66,and 60 in five kinds of release media.Conclusion The method in the paper is suitable for the release test of torasemide,meanwhile,the self-prepared tablet shows consistent in vitro release behavior with that of the original preparation.
3.Principles of biowaiver about consistency evaluation of generic drug products and varieties of biowaiver in countries and international organizations
Dan YANG ; Chao MA ; Xinyi CHEN ; Boying CHEN ; Xiaowen REN
Drug Evaluation Research 2017;40(2):157-163
Objective For bioequivalence test of the consistency evaluation of generic drug products,providing a reference of varieties of biowaiver.Methods Based on Human bioequivalence test waiver guidelines (draft),on condition that first drug of the consistency evaluation,to introduce and conclude briefly the standards of biowaiver and varieties of biowaiver in FDA,WHO and EMA.Results Contrast to FDA,there are 59 varieties applied for the waiver and 19 varieties not applied for the waiver in the 289 varietie;compared to WHO,10 drugs are exempted and 1 grug is exempted in EMA.Conclusion At present,the specific list of drugs are not published of biowaiver in our country,the pharmaceutical companies should compare and consult revelant standards and specific drugs in China and abroad,to speed up the progress of the consistency evaluation.
4.The impact of nurses′job involvement on work performance in 3A military hospital
Xiaowen MA ; Chunyan REN ; Jiamin DU ; Hong XIE
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2016;32(35):2768-2770
Objective To investigate the current status of nurses′ work performance and job involvement, and to analyze the impact of nurses′job involvement on work performance. Methods Self-made questionnaires were used to investigate 309 nurses in a 3A military hospital in Beijing. The military hospital is in a high standardization level, which may be properly representative of both military hospitals and 3A hospitals. Results The total score of nurses′work performance was 192.04 ± 31.25. The total score of nurses′ job involvement was 55.48 ± 9.94. The multiple regression analysis showed that the nurses′ work performance would be influenced by staff type, vigor and absorption. Conclusions The nurses′work performance and job involvement were at a high level. Managers should take methods to keep a high level of nurses′job involvement, which may improve work performance.
5.Protection of the lung function in liver transplantation for the liver failure patients with hepatopulmonary syndrome
Ning LI ; Ren LANG ; Xiaowen WANG ; Al ET
Chinese Journal of Organ Transplantation 1996;0(02):-
Objective To investigate the protection of the lung function in liver transplantation for the liver failure patients with hepatopulmonary syndrome. Methods Clinical data of 8 liver transplanted patients with hepatopulmonary syndrome from 52 cases of liver transplantation were retrospectively analyzed to summarize the protection of the lung function in liver transplantation for the liver failure patients with hepatopulmonary syndrome. The protection of liver and renal function, the effect of microbes ferments for enhancing immunologic function of mucosal system, and the proper application of oxygen treatment was observed. Results The lung function of 8 cases has been all reversed in 2~6 weeks and recovered in 2 months after operation. One year person/liver survival rate was 75% . Conclusions The liver transplantation was an effective therapy for the liver failure patients with hepatopulmonary syndrome. The lung function of patients can be reversed and recovered through a comprehensive therapy of lung function.
6.Effect of Clopidogrel on Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease Combining Chronic Kidney Disease
Yilun CHEN ; Jingjing LI ; Xiaowen GENG ; Jie GAO ; Yihong REN ; Guoshu LIU
Chinese Circulation Journal 2015;(7):647-649
Objective: To investigate the effect of clopidogrel on antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) combining chronic kidney disease (CKD) in order to provide a medication reference in clinical practice. Methods: We retrospectively investigated 423 CAD patients with coronary angiography (CAG) conifrmed diagnosis in our hospital from 2014-01 to 2014-09. According to the value of eGFR, the patients were classiifed into 2 groups:CAD+ CKD- group,n=257 patients with eGFR ≥ 90 ml/(min?1.73 m2), including 182 male and 75 female at the mean age of (60.39 ± 11.09) years, and CAD+CKD+ group,n=166 patients with eGFR < 90 ml/(min?1.73 m2), including 107 male and 59 female at the mean age of (65.80 ± 10.84) years. The patients were treated either by aspirin 0.1 g/d with clopidogrel 75 mg/d for at least 7 days, or by PCI operation with the load of aspirin 0.3g and clopidogrel 300 mg. The thrombelastography was conducted to examine and compare the inhibitory rates of ADP receptor and arachidonic acid (AA) pathway in platelet between 2 groups. Results: The inhibitory rate of platelet ADP receptor in CAD+CKD- group (64.9 ± 27.2) % was higher than that in CAD+CKD+ group (56.6 ± 27.4) %,P=0.039. Based on clinical standard of platelet’s ADP and AA inhibitory rates, in CAD+CKD- group, there were 24/257 (9.4%) of patients only insensitive to clopidogrel, in comparison with 25 (9.7%) of patients only insensitive to aspirin,P=0.99. While in CAD+CKD+ group, there were 21/166 (12.7%) of patients only insensitive to clopidogrel, in comparison with 11 (6.6%) of patients only insensitive to aspirin,P= 0.045. Conclusion: Clopidogrel has decreased effect on anti-platelet therapy in CAD patients combining with CKD, such patients have reduced sensitivity to relevant medication.
7.Suppression of epipolythiodioxopiperazine compound C87 on growth of tumor cells and its effect on production of reactive oxygen species
Yiyang GAO ; Xiaoli WEL ; Xiaowen YANG ; Fengxia REN ; Jianquan ZHENG ; Zhibing ZHENG ; Ruibin SU
Chinese Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology 2015;(2):253-259
OBJECTIVE To study the effect of epipolythiodioxopiperazine compound C87 on tumor cell proliferation and explore the potential mechanisms. METHODS Tumor cells were exposed to C87 0.05-1 μmol.L-1 for 24, 48 and 72 h, cell viability was determined by sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay and the half growth inhibition (Gl50 ) was calculated. After treatment with C87 0.1-2.5 μmol.L-1 for 6 h, or C87 2.5 μmol.L-1 for 0-6 h, the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was measured using the compound 2′,7′-dichlorofluoresceindiacetate and flow cytometry analysis. After treatment with C87 2.5 μmol.L-1 , either alone or with antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC), for 6 h, the generation of ROS was measured by flow cytometry analysis. Tumor cells were exposed to C87 0.05-1 μmol.L-1 , either alone or with NAC, for 24 and 48 h, while cell viability was determined by SRB assay. RESULTS The cell viability was significantly reduced following exposure to C87 0.05-1 μmol.L-1 for 24, 48 and 72 h in a concentration-dependent manner in A549, HCT116, HeLa and SMMC7721 cells(P<0.05). At 72 h, the value of r2 was 0.946, 0.989, 0.973 and 0.984(P<0.05), respectively. The cell viability was significantly reduced following exposure to C87 1 μmol.L-1 for 24 - 72 h in a time-dependent manner in A549, HCT116, HeLa and SMMC7721 cells(P<0.05). The value of r2 was 0.983, 0.956, 0.951 and 0.873(P<0.05), respectively. The generation of ROS was increased after exposure to C87 0.25-2.5 μmol.L-1 in a concentration-dependent manner in HCT116 and HeLa cells for 6 h (r2 = 0.760, P = 0.045: r2 = 0.987, P=0.001), and after exposure to C87 2.5 μmol.L-1 in a time-dependent manner in HCT116 and HeLa cells for 0.5-6 h (r2 = 0.886, P = 0.017: r2 = 0.994, P = 0.000).The C87-induced ROS generation could be blocked by NAC in HCT116 and HeLa cells(P<0.05). The C87 induced cell death could be blocked by NAC 5 and 10 mmol.L-1 , and the Gl50 value was 1.446 and 1.134 μmol.L-1 for 24 h (the Gl50 value of C87 group was 0.513 μmol.L-1 ), and 0.882 and 1.166 μmol.L-1 for 48 h (the Gl50 value of C87 group was 0.333 μmol.L-1 ). CONCLUSION The novel epipolythiodioxopiperazine derivative C87 exerts potent antitumor activity in vitro, possibly via triggering ROS production.
8.DNA double-strand breaks, potential targets for HBV integration.
Xiaowen, HU ; Jusheng, LIN ; Qionghui, XIE ; Jinghua, REN ; Ying, CHANG ; Wenjie, WU ; Yujia, XIA
Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Medical Sciences) 2010;30(3):265-70
Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-induced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most frequently occurring cancers. Hepadnaviral DNA integrations are considered to be essential agents which can promote the process of the hepatocarcinogenesis. More and more researches were designed to find the relationship of the two. In this study, we investigated whether HBV DNA integration occurred at sites of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), one of the most detrimental DNA damage. An 18-bp I-SceI homing endonuclease recognition site was introduced into the DNA of HepG2 cell line by stable DNA transfection, then cells were incubated in patients' serum with high HBV DNA copies and at the same time, DSBs were induced by transient expression of I-SceI after transfection of an I-SceI expression vector. By using nest PCR, the viral DNA was detected at the sites of the break. It appeared that integration occurred between part of HBV x gene and the I-SceI induced breaks. The results suggested that DSBs, as the DNA damages, may serve as potential targets for hepadnaviral DNA insertion and the integrants would lead to widespread host genome changes necessarily. It provided a new site to investigate the integration.
9.DNA Double-Strand Breaks, Potential Targets for HBV Integration
HU XIAOWEN ; LIN JUSHENG ; XIE QIONGHUI ; REN JINGHUA ; CHANG YING ; WU WENJIE ; XIA YUJIA
Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Medical Sciences) 2010;30(3):265-270
Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-induced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most frequently occurring cancers. Hepadnaviral DNA integrations are considered to be essential agents which can promote the process of the hepatocarcinogenesis. More and more researches were designed to find the relationship of the two. In this study, we investigated whether HBV DNA integration occurred at sites of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), one of the most detrimental DNA damage. An 18-bp I-SceI homing endonuclease recognition site was introduced into the DNA of HepG2 cell line by stable DNA transfection, then cells were incubated in patients' serum with high HBV DNA copies and at the same time, DSBs were induced by transient expression of I-SceI after transfection of an I-SceI expression vector. By using nest PCR, the viral DNA was detected at the sites of the break. It appeared that integration occurred between part of HBV x gene and the I-Scel induced breaks. The results suggested that DSBs, as the DNA damages, may serve as potential targets for bepadnaviral DNA insertion and the integrants would lead to widespread host genome changes necessarily. It provided a new site to investigate the integration.
10.Application value of metagenomic next generation sequencing in diagnosis of osteoarticular infections
Bai XUE ; Sumin YANG ; Keyi ZHANG ; Weidong ZHOU ; Ran CHAI ; Xiaowen HU ; Yan LIU ; Zhisheng REN ; Mingwei ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021;14(2):127-132
Objective:To evaluate the application of metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) in the diagnosis of osteoarticular infection.Methods:The clinical data of 37 inpatients aged 32-90 year with osteoarticular infection admitted in the Department of Spine Surgery of Qingdao Chest Hospital from January to December 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. There were 31 cases of spine infection and 6 cases of other joint infection. The tissue samples were obtained from the infected sites through puncture or surgical approach in all patients. The tissue samples were subjected to routine culture of mycobacteria, aerobic bacteria and anaerobic bacteria, respectively. The gene amplification and mNGS were performed for detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA (MTB-DNA). The chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test were used to compare the detection rates of pathogen and simple bacterial infection between mNGS and conventional culture. The conventional culture, mNGS and MTB-DNA amplification detection were performed for all samples; with clinical diagnosis as the gold standard, the diagnostic values of 3 methods were evaluated with receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC). Paired sample t test was used to compare white blood cell(WBC) count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein of patients before and after treatment. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results:The pathogens were detected by mNGS for 42 times: bacteria for 39 times (92.8%), fungi for twice (4.8%) and Kirks body for once (2.4%). Among 37 patients there were 29 cases of pure bacterial infection (78.4%), 2 cases of pure fungi infection (5.4%), 1 case of pure Kirks body infection (2.7%), and 5 cases of mixed infection of two or more pathogens (13.5%). The detection rates of mNGS and conventional culture were 100.0% (37/37) and 67.6% (25/37), respectively ( χ2=13.987, P<0.05). The detection rates of mNGS and conventional culture in 29 patients with pure bacterial infection were 100.0% (29/29) and 69.0% (20/29), respectively ( χ2=16.913, P<0.05). The area under the ROC curve (AUC) of conventional culture, mNGS, and MTB-DNA in the diagnosis of osteoarticular tuberculosis infection was 0.958 (95% CI: 0.866-1.000, P<0.05), 1.000 (95% CI: 1.000-1.000, P<0.05) and 0.958 (95% CI: 0.866-1.000, P<0.05). All the 37 patients were treated with anti-infective drugs according to the results of mNGS and conventional culture. Among them, 28 patients received surgical intervention. The patients were followed up until April 30, 2020, 1 patient died. After 3 months of follow-up, the WBC count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein were (5.5±1.5)×10 9/L, (41±38)mm/h and (5.0±4.6) mg/L, respectively, which were lower than those before anti-infection treatment [(8.0±2.9)×10 9/L, (79±42)mm/h and(63±52)mg/L] ( t=6.536, 8.302 and 6.373, all P<0.05). Conclusion:The metagenomic next-generation sequencing may have important clinical value in the differential diagnosis of osteoarticular infection.