1.Establishment of a TaqMan probe real-time quantitative PCRfor detection of rat Theiler's-like virus
Xiaoyao CAI ; Xiaofeng WEI ; Wei XIONG ; Yifei CHEN ; Yingzheng LIN ; Quan ZHANG ; Hongjun CHEN
Acta Laboratorium Animalis Scientia Sinica 2017;25(4):433-437
Objective To establish an accurate TaqMan probe real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR)method for detection of Theiler''s-like virus of rats (TLV).Methods Primers and TaqMan probes specific to 3622~3729 nt region were designed according to the whole genomic sequence of TLV representative strain.Using a synthesized plasmid as DNA standard template, the stability, specificity, and sensitivity of the qPCR method were determined.Results In the standard curve, R2 value was 0.99 with a high specificity.The sensitivity of the real-time PCR was less than 10 copies/μL, which was 100 times higher than the ordinary PCR method.No cross reactions appeared to the other rat viruses.Conclusions The TaqMan probe qPCR method established in this study has advantages such as simple to use, high sensitivity and specificity.
2.CiteSpace-based analysis of hot spots and frontiers in domestic and foreign precision medicine
Ami DAI ; Qingyun CHANG ; Ranran DU ; Xiaobei SUN ; Xiaoyao WEI ; Dongping GAO
Chinese Journal of Medical Library and Information Science 2017;26(2):14-17
Objective To analyze the hot spots and frontiers in domestic and foreign precision medicine with CiteSpace. Methods The CNKI and WOS-covered papers on precision medicine were analyzed by bibliometrics combined with CiteSpace. Results Domestic precision medicine got off in 1992 and scholars became interested in it from 2010 . Foreign precision medicine started in 1985 and studies on it increased rapidly from 2006 . The node of precision medicine was the largest in China with a rather high value of gene mutation, US president Barack Obama ( precision medicine program) , personalized medicine, gene chip, genomics and pharmacogenomics whereas the node of personalized medicine, cancer and breast cancer was the largest with a rather high value of precision medi-cine, pharmacogenomics and pharmacogenetics. Conclusion The number of domestic and foreign papers on US president Barack Obama ( precision medicine program) is rapidly increased and pharmacogenomics is their common frontier. However, cancer is highly concerned in foreign countries.
3.Expression of SARS-CoV nucleocapsid protein in Bac-to-Bac Baculovirus System and antigenic analysis
Li HUANG ; Zhiwu YU ; Yuxian PAN ; Liwen QIU ; Wei HAO ; Xixia DING ; Xiaoyao CHE ; Nan YU
Chinese Journal of Immunology 2014;(6):721-725
Objective:To express SARS-CoV nucleocapsid protein in Bac-to-Bac Baculovirus Expression System and analyze the antigenicity of the recombinant protein.Methods: The SARS-CoV nucleocapsid gene was amplified by PCR.The PCR product digested with BamHⅠand SalⅠrestriction endonucleases was cloned into vector pFastBac HTC of Bac-to-Bac Baculovirus expression system.Recombinant plasmid was transformed DH 10Bac cells to obtain the recombinant Bacmid DNA.Recombinant Bacmid DNA was transferred into Sf9 cells which were inducted to express the recombinant protein in High Five cells.After purified by Ni affinity chroma-tography ,the antigenicity of the recombinant protein was analyzed by Western blot and ELISA.Results:Recombinant plasmid was con-structed successfully.The recombinant protein with the relative molecular mass of 48 kD was efficiently expressed in High Five cells and purified successfully by Ni affinity chromatography.Western blot and ELISA analysis showed that the recombinant protein could be spe -cifically recognized by the monoclonal antibody to SARS-CoV N protein and immune serum from rabbits ,respectively.The recombinant protein can specifically reacted with serum from SARS patients ,not with serum from healthy persons and patients infected with hCoV-229 E and hCoV-OC43.Conclusion: SARS-CoV nucleocapsid protein has been expressed successfully in the Bac-to-Bac Baculovirus Expression System ,and obtained good antigenicity.It is preliminary deemed that it can't reacted with serum from patients infected with hCoV-229E and hCoV-OC43.
4.Research on the development of health personnel in China
Ranran DU ; Yaoyao JIA ; Dongping GAO ; Xiaoyao WEI ; Hui CHI
Chinese Journal of Medical Science Research Management 2019;32(1):47-51
Objective The paper aims to analyze the effectiveness and problems of health personnel construction in China since 2012,provide reference for promoting the construction of health professionals.Methods Using national data from China health statistics yearbook,adopted the methods of descriptive statistics and literature research and so forth.Results The construction of health personnel has been continuously strengthened in China,the structure and distribution of health personnel have been further optimized,the medical service capabilities have been improved.However,there are still inappropriate or imbalanced situations.Conclusions The construction of key personnel such as primary health personnel and urgently needed personnel need to be further strengthened;promote the construction of health service personnel to meet new health needs;continue to improve the construction of high-level and management personnel to play a leading role.
5.Exposure to specific far-infrared ray based on gra-phene film promotes exercise capacity and glucose metabolism via AMPK
Shuo LI ; Xiaoyao MIAO ; Jinshui ZHANG ; Dongdong WEI ; Huajin DONG ; Rui XUE ; Jincao LI ; Yang ZHANG ; Xiaoxing FENG ; Jin LI ; Youzhi ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology 2023;37(7):556-557
OBJECTIVE AMPK activator,act as exer-cise mimetics,effective in preventing or ameliorating met-abolic diseases,including obesity and diabetes.Systemic activating of AMPK represents an important therapeutic strategy to treat metabolic diseases.However,whether far-infrared(FIR)hyperthermia therapy could be used as exercise mimetic to realize wide-ranging metabolic regu-lation,and its underling mechanisms remain unclear.METHODS The mice were subjected to hyperthermia in the FIR chamber(30±1)℃for 14 d.Exercise endurance was determined using a treadmill.Blood flow were mea-sured by the laser speckle contrast imaging.Combina-tion of microbiomic and metabolomic analysis,diversity of microbiota and metabolic profiling in muscle were detected.The microbiota disorder model via treatment with different cocktails of antibiotics(ABX).RESULTS The material characterization shows that the graphene synthesized by chemical vapour deposition(CVD)is dif-ferent from carbon fi ber,with single-layer structure and high electrothermal transform efficiency.The emission spectra generated by graphene-FIR device would maxi-mize matching those adsorbed by tissues(≈8.0 μm).Gra-phene-FIR improves core and epidermal temperature,and increases blood flow in femoral muscle and abdo-men.The diversity of gut microbiota was increased by graphene-FIR exposure.Graphene-FIR reduced the bac-teroidetes/firmicutes(B/F)ratio and increased the abun-dance of short-chain fatty acids(SCFA)-producing bac-teria,including Allobaculum,Blautia and Anaerostipes.Additionally,graphene-FIR stimulated the expression of SCFAs-sensing receptor(GPR 43),p-AMPK Thr172 and GLUT4,and increased the AMP/ATP ratio,thus enhanc-ing muscle glucose uptake.Metabolomic analyses revealed the significant changes in 25 metabolites,with twenty increased(eg.creatinine and phosphate)and five decreased(eg.lactic acid),and the marked impact of five metabolic pathways,including galactose metabo-lism,glycolysis,gluconeogenesis,fatty acid biosynthesis,butanoate metabolism,pyruvate metabolism.Further-more,a microbiota disorder model also demonstrates that the graphene-FIR effectively restore the exercise endurance with enhanced p-AMPK and GLUT4.CON-CLUSION Our results provide convincing evidence that graphene-based FIR therapy promoted exercise capacity and glucose metabolism via AMPK in gut-muscle axis.These novel insights into graphene-FIR therapy suggest a potential as an exercise mimetic for the treatment of metabolic disease in clinical.
6.Small interfering RNA delivery to the neurons near the amyloid plaques for improved treatment of Alzheimer׳s disease.
Qian GUO ; Xiaoyao ZHENG ; Peng YANG ; Xiaoying PANG ; Kang QIAN ; Pengzhen WANG ; Shuting XU ; Dongyu SHENG ; Liuchang WANG ; Jinxu CAO ; Wei LU ; Qizhi ZHANG ; Xinguo JIANG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2019;9(3):590-603
Gene therapy represents a promising treatment for the Alzheimer׳s disease (AD). However, gene delivery specific to brain lesions through systemic administration remains big challenge. In our previous work, we have developed an siRNA nanocomplex able to be specifically delivered to the amyloid plaques through surface modification with both CGN peptide for the blood-brain barrier (BBB) penetration and QSH peptide for -amyloid binding. But, whether the as-designed nanocomplex could indeed improve the gene accumulation in the impaired neuron cells and ameliorate AD-associated symptoms remains further study. Herein, we prepared the nanocomplexes with an siRNA against -site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1), the rate-limiting enzyme of A production, as the therapeutic siRNA of AD. The nanocomplexes exhibited high distribution in the A deposits-enriched hippocampus, especially in the neurons near the amyloid plaques after intravenous administration. In APP/PS1 transgenic mice, the nanocomplexes down-regulated BACE1 in both mRNA and protein levels, as well as A and amyloid plaques to the level of wild-type mice. Moreover, the nanocomplexes significantly increased the level of synaptophysin and rescued memory loss of the AD transgenic mice without hematological or histological toxicity. Taken together, this work presented direct evidences that the design of precise gene delivery to the AD lesions markedly improves the therapeutic outcome.