1.Determination of naphthopyrone glycosides and anthraquinone aglycone in Cassia tora L by quantitative analysis of multi-components by single marker
Xiqin WEI ; Shijie WEI ; Yanni MA
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2016;36(4):189-192
Objective To develop a method of quantitative analysis of multi-components by single marker(QAMS) for determination of effective components of naphthopyrone glycosides and anthraquinone aglycone in Cassia tora L.Methods The separation was performed on a Sunfire C18 column (4.6 mm ×250 mm,5 μm), and column temperature 30 ℃.Aetonitrile-0.1% H3PO4 was used as the mobile phase with gradient elution.The detection wavelength was at 278 nm and 284 nm.Relative correction factor by determination of Between aurantio-obtusin and rubrofusarin-gentiobioside or chrysophanol or physcion.the method was evaluated for reproducibility, and the difference between calculated and measured values was compared. Results Rubrofusarin-gentiobioside, aurantio-obtusin, chrysophanol and physcion respectively 0.0503-1.5078, 0.3197-9.5899, 0.5070-15.2108, 0.4027-12.0814μg showed a good linear relationship, and the regression equation is Y =4.95X +2.01(R2 =0.9998),Y =1.03X +0.03(R2 =0.9999),Y=3.98X-0.12(R2 =0.9993),Y =4.81X +0.26(R2 =0.9996).The quantitative results of six batches of Cassia tora L by QAMS was basically consistent with that by external standard method.Conclusion The QAMS method was reliable and accurate, which might be used for the quality control of Cassia tora L.
2.Study on the demand of general practitioners'professional skills in Guangxi
Xiaoyan PAN ; Shiyi WANG ; Qiuhua LI ; Yanni WEI
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2016;23(17):2588-2591,2592
Objective To study the demand of general doctors'professional skill in Guangxi Zhuang autonomaus region,and to enhance the professional skills and overall quality of general practitioners in Guangxi,thus to improve grassroots'health service capacity.Methods Through self -designed questionnaires and personal interviews,the author investigated the professional skills of general practitioners in rural township hospitals and urban community health service centers in Guangxi.Results The characteristics of the general practitioners in Guangxi were junior college degree,junior titles,youth and middle -aged.Part of the general practitioners thought that working with the guide of community health informationteaching abilityand the corresponding scientific research capabilitiesdid not belong to the scope of the general practitioners'professional skills demand,the percentage of these were 2%, 22%,26%.The teaching ability and the corresponding scientific ability of the general practitioner who were greater than 30 years,junior college degree and middle grade title and above,were better than the practitioners who were 20 -30 years,technical secondary degree,primary title(χ2 =12.886,1.945,57.473,53.276,30.458,29.141,all P <0.05).The general practitioners in Guangxi had a light awareness of teaching,scientific researching and other aspects.Conclusion We must emphasis on continuous medical education;establish and improve the system of general practitioners;establish and improve the two -way referral system.General practitioners must pay more attention on teaching and scientific researching.
3.The Economic Operation and Developing Trend of County-Level Public Hospitals of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in Guangxi Province
Shiyi WANG ; Xiaoyan PAN ; Qiuhua LI ; Jun YU ; Yanni WEI
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2017;19(1):184-189
This study aimed at exploring the economic operation and developing trend of county-level public TCM hospitals in Guangxi Province,promoting the comprehensive reform of county-level public hospitals with feasible countermeasures and suggestions.In this study,forty-seven county-level public TCM hospitals were involved in the analysis of their economic operations and benefits by constituent ratio analysis,ratio analysis and trend analysis.As a result,the average gross income of the hospitals exceeded the total expenditure with a slight surplus.Drug income contributed the biggest share of the medical income,while the ratio of Chinese drug income to the medical income was increasing year by year.The debt ratio increased from 38.7% in 2009 up to 44.6% in 2013,being over 30% in this period.In conclusion,it was demonstrated that problems were found in the lack of financial assistance,the low efficiency of economic management and the increasing average medical charges,which should be addressed by increasing investments to TCM hospitals,strengthening the performance appraisal and adjusting the charges of TCM medical services.
4.Related research of male breast cancer and CAG repeat polymorphism of AR gene
Jialin CUI ; Rui HUANG ; Yongdong JIANG ; Jiguang HAN ; Ming NIU ; Wei WEI ; Wei ZHENG ; Yanni SONG
Practical Oncology Journal 2015;(6):492-496
Objectiv e To investigate the correlation between ( CAG) n repeat polymorphism of androgen receptor(AR)geneandmalebreastcancer.Methods 40casesofmalebreastcancerand40controlswerecol-lected.DNA was extracted from peripheral blood and the AR gene CAG coding exon sequences for PCR amplifica -tion,sequencing and calculated the number of CAG repeats frquency .χ2 test and Logistic regression analysis were used assess the AR gene CAG repeat length frequency affect the number of male breast cancer risk .Results There was statistically significant difference in male breast cancer cases and controls the number of CAG repeat length frequency.Man for whom the(CAG)n≥22 repeat sequence had 3.52 times risk of male breast compared (CAG)n≤22(OR=3.52,P=0.036).Conclusion AR gene CAG repeat length is a predictor of the frequency of male breast cancer risk .Longer CAG repeats can increase the risk of male breast cancer .
5.Study of mechanism of indirubin derivative PHⅡ-7 in augmenting TRAIL-induced cytotoxicity in breast cancer cell line as well as its chemo-resistant counterpart
Hongwei PENG ; Fei LI ; Xuelian ZHENG ; Yanni LYU ; Xiaochun SUN ; Zhouping DUAN ; Dongsheng XIONG ; Xiaohua WEI
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2015;(5):679-685
Aim To investigate the effect of indirubin derivative PHⅡ-7 and TRAIL on proliferation in breast cancer cell MCF-7 and its MDR counterpart MCF-7/ADR and the mechanism.Methods Growth inhibition rate was examined respectively by MTT assay under treatment with TRAIL or PHⅡ-7 or in combination. Cell apoptosis and ROS production were examined by flow cytometry.The change of TRAIL receptors(DR4/DR5 )in mRNA was analysed by realtime PCR.Re-sults IC50 of PHⅡ-7 on MCF-7 and MCF-7/ADR was (4.49 ±1.55 ),(3.44 ±0.90 )μmol · L-1 respec-tively;MDA-MB-231 was TRAIL sensitive cell line, and apparently TRAIL induced apoptosis in MDA-MB-23 1 .Low concentration of PHⅡ-7 in combination with TRAIL could augment TRAIL-induced cytotoxic effect including apoptosis while TRAIL or PHⅡ-7 treatment alone had limited cytotoxity to those cells.Besides, PHⅡ-7 at this concentration had little toxicity to hu-man peripheral blood mononuclear cells even if in com-bination with TRAIL.PHⅡ-7 generated ROS produc-tion inside MCF-7 and MCF-7/ADR cells and up-regu-lated DR4/DR5 expression concentration dependently. Once upon ROS scavenger NAC involved,the effect of TRAIL receptors up-regualtion by expression was abro-gated.Conclusions PHⅡ-7 at low concentration could improve the sensitivities of breast cancer cell MCF-7 and MCF-7/ADR to TRAIL,the mechanism of which may be the ability of ROS production by PHⅡ-7 help up-regulated TRAIL receptor DR4,DR5 .Our re-search set a solid foundation for PHⅡ-7 in combination with TRAIL in future clinical application.
6.Application of high frequency ultrasonography in the diagnosis of irreducible radial head subluxation in children
Pengjie ZHANG ; Wei TAN ; Hongmei LIU ; Wenhong YI ; Sushu LI ; Yanni HE
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2014;23(10):893-896
Objective To explore the application of high frequency ultrasonography in the rapid diagnosis of irreducible radial head subluxation in children.Methods Twenty-three patients aged 1 to 5 with unilateral radial head subluxation in children were observed by high-frequency ultrasonography and radiography,and then compared the symptomatic to the contralateral side.Results No case of radial head subluxation was found by radiography.23 cases of radial head subluxation were found by high frequency ultrasonography,10 cases with articular cavity effusion.On the diagnosis of radial head subluxation in children,the sensitivity of high frequency ultrasonography was obviously higher than that of radiography.Conclusions The sensitivity of high frequency ultrasonography in the rapid diagnosis of the radial head subluxation in children is obviously higher than that of X ray film.High frequency ultrasonography through continuous scan can determine the continuity of anatomical structure and the relationship between some views to show the location of the specific structure relations.Specifically,it can be quickly and clearly diagnosed on anterior long-axis view and the lateral coronal view of radiohumeral joint.
7.Carotid intraplaque hemorrhage imaging using MRI: comparison of the diagnostic performance between multi-contrast atherosclerosis characterization and magnetization-prepared rapid acquisition gradient-echo with histology
Yanni DU ; Lixin YANG ; Yanyang WANG ; Yike ZHAO ; Debiao LI ; Wei YU
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2017;51(6):412-416
Objective To compare the diagnostic performance of multi-contrast atherosclerosis characterization (MATCH) and magnetization-prepared rapid acquisition gradient-echo (MPRAGE) for the detection of IPH with histologic analysis as the reference standard.Methods Thirty individuals were collected in this study.They were diagnosed to have carotid stenosis>50% by ultrasound and scheduled for carotid endarterectomy from 2014 to 2015.3 T carotid MR examinations using MPRAGE,MATCH and 3D TOF were performed in these patients.Axial images covered all plaques and centered at the bifurcation of the carotid artery.All image data sets were processed on a semi-automatic software (MRI-Plaque View,VPDiagnostics,US) to analyze the component of IPH for vulnerable plaques.The consistency between MATCH and MPRAGE was analyzed by using Cohen Kappa analysis.Comparison of the two sequences to the pathological results was performed in a similar manner.The sensitivity and specificity of the two sequences were obtained.The SNR,CNR and contrast ratio(CR) of the two regions of interest were calculated and Wilcoxon rank sum test was used to compare the difference between the two methods.Results Among 30 patients,a total of 602 available sections and 95 correponding histology specimens were included in the analysis.When all 602 available sections were included in the analysis,MATCH yielded good agreement with MPRAGE(Kappa=0.773) on the detection of IPH.With pathological specimens as the gold standard,moderate to good agreement was shown for both MATCH and MPRAGE (Kappa=0.778,0.685).The sensitivity and specificity for the detection of IPH was 93.2% (68/73) and 90.9% (20/22) for MATCH.For MPRAGE,the sensitivity and specificity was 87.7%(64/73) and 90.9%(20/22) respectively.The difference between MATCH and MPRAGE was statistically significant for SNR,CNR and CR.That is to say,SNR and CNR of MPRAGE were higher than those of MATCH(P<0.05),while CR of MATCH was higher than that of MPRAGE(P<0.05).Conclusion Compared to the MPRAGE sequence,MATCH technique demonstrates similar diagnostic performance for the detection of IPH.
8.MiR-124 involves in methamphetamineaddiction in PC12 cells by inhibiting GluR2
Mingjin JIANG ; Duanwen CAO ; Jian ZHOU ; Yanni LYU ; Yaling QIU ; Jinhua WEN ; Xiaohua WEI
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2017;33(7):982-986
Aim To investigate the change of miR-124 expression in methamphetamine-induced addiction in PC12 cells and the possible regulatory mechanism that it involves.Methods PC12 cells were randomly divided into 6 groups as follows: control group, methamphetamine group, agomir Negative Control group, miR-124 agomir group, agomir Negative Control+methamphetamine group and miR-124 agomir+methamphetamine group.After the treatment, the total RNA and protein were extracted in PC12 cells.The expression of miR-124 was measured by Real-time PCR and the expression of GluR2 was determined by Western blot in PC12 cells.Results Compared with those in the control group, the expression of miR-124 was remarkably decreased and the expression of GluR2 was significantly increased in the methamphetamine group in PC12 cells.Compared with those in the agomir Negative Control+methamphetamine group, the expression of miR-124 was remarkably increased and the expression of GluR2 was significantly decreased in the miR-124 agomir+methamphetamine group in PC12 cells.Conclusion MiR-124 might involve in methamphetamine-induced addiction in PC12 cells by inhibiting GluR2.
9.Study on screening potential allergenic proteins from infant milk powders based on human mast cell membrane chromatography and histamine release assays
Ping ZHANG ; Yingdi SHI ; Xiaoshuang HE ; Wei SUN ; Yanni LV ; Xiaofang HOU
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis 2019;9(1):55-61
Cow's milk allergy is mainly observed in infants and young children. Most allergic reactions affect the skin, followed by the gastrointestinal and respiratory systems. Conventional diagnosis is based on po-sitive allergy studies and evaluation of parameters including IgE and IgG1 levels, acute allergic skin response and anaphylactic shock reactions. We developed a cell membrane chromatographic (CMC) method based on human mast cells (HMC-1) for screening potential allergens in infant formula milk powders (IFMP). HMC-1 cell membranes were extracted and mixed with silica to prepare cell membrane chromatography columns (10 mm × 2 mm i.d., 5 mm). Under the conditions of 0.2 mL/min flow rate and 214 nm detection wavelength, human breast milk showed no retention. However, IFMP showed clear retention. The retained fractions were collected and analyzed through matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS). Four major milk proteins, i.e., α-casein, β-casein, α-lactalbumin, and β-lactoglobulin A, were identified. Furthermore, these proteins and β-lacto-globulin B showed clear retention on HMC-1/CMC columns. To test the degranulation effects of the five proteins, histamine and β-hexosaminidase release assays were carried out. All five proteins induced HMC-1 cells to release histamine and β-hexosaminidase. Also, we established a reversed phase liquid chromatographic (RPLC) method for the determination of the five proteins in IFMP and the results showed that 90% proteins in IFMP were α-casein and β-casein. We concluded that cow's milk proteins may be potential allergens and caseins cause more β-casein allergic risk than other proteins. This con-clusion was consistent with other studies.
10.Determinations of mifepristone and its metabolites and their pharmacokinetics in healthy female Chinese subjects.
Yanni TENG ; Ruiqian DONG ; Benjie WANG ; Huanjun LIU ; Zhimei JIANG ; Chunmin WEI ; Rui ZHANG ; Guiyan YUAN ; Xiaoyan LIU ; Ruichen GUO
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2011;46(10):1241-5
The aim of this study is to establish an HPLC method for simultaneous determinations of mifepristone and its metabolites, mono-demethylated mifepristone, di-demethylated mifepristone and C-hydroxylated mifepristone in plasma and to evaluate the pharmacokinetic characteristics of mifepristone tablet. Twenty healthy female Chinese subjects were recruited and a series of blood samples were collected before and after 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 4.0, 8.0, 12.0, 24.0, 48.0, 72.0 and 96.0 hours administration by a single oral dose of 75 mg mifepristone tablet. Mifepristone and its three metabolites were extracted from plasma using ethyl acetate and determined by high performance liquid chromatography. The main pharmacokinetic parameters of mifepristone and its metabolites, including Cmax, tmax, MRT, t(1/2), V, CL, AUC(0-96 h) and AUC(0-infinity), were calculated by Drug and Statistical Software Version 2.0. The simple, accurate and stable method allows the sensitive determinations ofmifepristone and its metabolites in human plasma up to 4 days after oral administration of 75 mg mifepristone tablet and the clinical applications of their pharmacokinetic studies.