1.Effect of Activating Blood to Resolve Stagnation on Cells Expressing CD34 and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Rats with Acute Myocardial Infarction
Wei SHI ; Yezi LI ; Haibin ZHAO ; Dandan YANG ; Tianyuan JIANG ; Dongfang LI ; Yaoyao ZHAI
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2015;21(8):894-899
Objective To explore the effect of Activating Blood to Resolve Stagnation on the expression of CD34 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in rats with acute myocardial infarction. Methods 32 Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into sham operation group (A, n=8), model group (B, n=8), Xuesaitong Injection + granulocyte colony- stimulating factor (G- CSF) group (C, n=8) and G-CSF group (D, n=8). Corresponding medicine was given to each group 3 hours after modeling, for 6 days. Pathomorphological changes were observed through HE staining, and the expression of CD34, VEGF and Ki-67 were observed through immunohistochemical staining. Results The expressions of CD34, VEGF and Ki-67 were higher in groups B, C and D than in group A (P<0.05), and were higher in group groups C and D than in group B (P<0.05). The expressions of CD34 and VEGF were higher in group C than in group D (P<0.05). However, there was no significant difference in the expression of Ki-67 between 2 groups (P>0.05). Conclusion The expression of CD34 and VEGF increases with Activating Blood to Resolve Stagnation method, which is superior to using G-CSF only. Activating Blood to Resolve Stagnation may play an important role in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction.
2.Analysis on correlation between systemic inflammatory indicators with severity of disease condition and cognitive dysfunction in patients with schizophrenia
Ping LI ; Xingxiao HUANG ; Yezi ZHANG ; Lingzhi WANG
Chongqing Medicine 2024;53(20):3120-3124
Objective To analyze the value of systemic inflammatory indicators in diagnosing schizo-phrenia and their correlation with disease condition severity and cognitive dysfunction.Methods A total of 47 patients with schizophrenia visited and treated in this hospital from October 2021 to March 2023 were selected as the study subjects,and 47 healthy volunteers during the same period served as the control group.The morn-ing fasting venous blood was collected in all research subjects,and the blood routine and biochemical indicators were measured.The SII,SIRI,NHR and LHR were calculated.The receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve was used to analyze the diagnostic value of SII,SIRI,NHR and LHR in the patients with schizophrenia.The correlation adopted the Pearson correlation analysis.Results The levels of SII,SIRI,NHR and LHR in the schizophrenia group were significantly increased compared with the control group,and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).The ROC curve analysis demonstrated that the area under the curve(AUC)of SII,SIRI,NHR and LHR detection alone in diagnosing schizophrenia were 0.683,0.686,0.774 and 0.766 respectively.AUC of their combination detection was 0.886.SII was positively correlated with the gen-eral symptoms and the positive and negative symptom scale(PANSS)total score,and negatively correlated with the spatial structure,linguistic function and delayed memory(P<0.05);SIRI was positively correlated with the negative symptoms,general symptom and PANSS total score,and negatively correlated with the im-mediate memory,spatial structure,linguistic function,attention;NHR was positively correlated with the nega-tive symptoms,positive symptoms,general symptoms and PANSS total score,and negatively correlated with immediate memory,linguistic function,attention and delayed memory(P<0.05).LHR was positively corre-lated with the positive symptoms,general symptoms and PANSS total score,and negatively correlated with the spatial structure,linguistic function,attention and delayed memory(P<0.05).Conclusion SII,SIRI,NHR and LHR combined detection has higher diagnostic value for the patients with schizophrenia.Further-more,the SII,SIRI,NHR and LHR levels are closely correlated with the disease condition severity and cogni-tive function impairment degree.
3.Molecular chaperones facilitate soluble expression of recombinant non-toxic mutant CRM197 of diphtheria toxin in Escherichia coli.
Mengting YANG ; Xiaoxiao LI ; Chen LIN ; Mingjing LIU ; Yezi CHEN ; Yun ZHAO ; Chaoqi LIU
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2021;37(4):1368-1375
Diphtheria toxin is an ADP-ribosyltransferase toxic to human cells. Mutation of the active site in its catalytic domain eliminates the toxicity, but retains its immunogenicity. A non-toxic mutant of diphtheria toxin known as CRM197 protein has become an ideal carrier protein for conjugate vaccines. CRM197 can further improve its immunogenicity by cross-linking with other antigens, so it has good potential to find broad applications. Unfortunately, inclusion bodies are easily formed during the expression of recombinant CRM197 protein in Escherichia coli, which greatly reduces its yield. In order to address this problem, pG-KJE8 vector carrying molecular chaperones and plasmid pET28a-CRM197, were co-expressed in Escherichia coli. The results showed that the recombinant CRM197 protein was successfully expressed and appeared largely in inclusion bodies. The molecular chaperones DnaK, DnaJ, GrpE, GroES and GroEL5 expressed can facilitate correct and rapid folding of CRM197. Furthermore, it can also improve the recovery rate of soluble CRM197 protein. The soluble expression of CRM197 was maximized upon addition of 1.0 mmol/L IPTG, 0.5 mg L-arabinose, 5.0 ng/mL tetracycline and induction at 20oC for 16 h. The soluble CRM197 protein shows good immunoreactivity, demonstrating the molecular chaperones expressed from pG-KJE8 facilitated the soluble expression of CRM197 protein in E. coli.
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