1.A study on the chitosan-tripolyphosphate sodium complex matrix Pellets
Lihong YOU ; Yinghua ZUO ; Xinru LI ; Liangcai HU
Chinese Journal of Marine Drugs 1994;0(02):-
VE: Chitosan and sodium tripolyphosphate were used as Complex matrix material for preparing pellets loading sodium diclofenac and its properties were studied. METHODS Chitosantripolyphosphate sodium polyelectrolyte was prepared according to the principle of static electricity polymerization. Its properties and structure characteristics were further investigated. The preparation process, effective factors and the optimal condition for the pellets loading sodium diclofenac were studied. RESULTS IR indicated that the structure of compound contained -NH3+-O-P group. DTA demonstrated that polyelectrolyte had an exothermic peak. There was no interaction between the drug and expedient. SEM showed that the surface of the pellets was regular, dense and the structure of the surface wasn't consistent with the inner. The pellets prepared by this method were uniform, round, well-distributed, hardy, good-mobility and its average diameter was about 10mm. CONCLUSION Chitosan-tripolyphosphate sodium polyelectrolyte could be used as a good matrix material for preparing pellets.
2.Human bone morphogenetic protein 3(hBMP3) inhibits growth of human osteosarcoma cells MG63 and U2OS
Limei WU ; Huanling HE ; Xingxing LI ; Yinghua CHEN ; Jia WEI ; Guowei ZUO ; Jingkun MIAO ; Yan WANG ; Lan ZHOU
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2006;0(07):-
Objective The biological effects of BMP3 on osteosarcoma were investigated by treating human osteosarcoma cell lines MG63,and U2OS with human BMP3(hBMP3).Methods Osteosarcoma cells in experimental groups were respectively treated with AdBMP-3 and rhBMP3-CM,control groups with AdGFP and rGFP-CM,the blank group with neither.Their ability of proliferation,apoptosis,transmigration and differentiation were respectively detected by trypan blue exclusion test,terminal deoynucleotidyl transferase mediated dUTP nick end labeling(TUNEL) and acridine orange-ethidium bromide fluorescent stain(AO/EB),transwell-room and alkaline phosphatase(ALP) activity reagent kit.Results(1) All the indexes detected were not significantly different between two control groups.(2) Compared with control groups,the cell survival rate showed a significant decrease in experimental groups.(3) The apoptosis indexes increased.(4)The number of trans-membrane cell decreased.(5)The activity of alkaline phosphatase increased after treatment with AdBMP3 and rhBMP-3 for 3 days in MG63,5 days in U2OS.Conclusion hBMP3 inhibit osteosarcoma cells growth and promote bone formation.
3.Genetic analysis of a Chinese pedigree affected with Mucopolysaccharidosis type ⅢA.
Hanheng ZUO ; Yinping LI ; Yinghua CUI ; Jinguo ZHANG ; Caiyun SHEN ; Wenya ZHU ; Chunlei DU
Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2023;40(4):452-457
OBJECTIVE:
To explore the clinical and genetic characteristics of a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as the initial manifestation of Mucopolysaccharidosis type Ⅲ A (MPS Ⅲ A).
METHODS:
A female patient with MPS Ⅲ A who was admitted to the Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University in January 2022 and her family members (seven individuals from three generations) were selected as the study subjects. Clinical data of the proband were collected. Peripheral blood samples of the proband was collected and subjected to whole exome sequencing. Candidate variants were verified by Sanger sequencing. Heparan-N-sulfatase activity was determined for the disease associated with the variant site.
RESULTS:
The proband was a 49-year-old woman, for whom cardiac MRI has revealed significant thickening (up to 20 mm) of left ventricular wall and delayed gadolinium enhancement at the apical myocardium. Genetic testing revealed that she has harbored compound heterozygous variants in exon 17 of the SGSH gene, namely c.545G>A (p.Arg182His) and c.703G>A (p.Asp235Asn). Based on guidelines from the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG), both variants were predicted to be pathogenic (PM2_Supporting +PM3+PP1Strong+PP3+PP4; PS3+PM1+PM2_Supporting +PM3+PP3+PP4). Sanger sequencing confirmed that her mother was heterozygous for the c.545G>A (p.Arg182His) variant, whilst her father, sisters and her son were heterozygous for the c.703G>A (p.Asp235Asn) variant. Determination of blood leukocyte heparan-N-sulfatase activity suggested that the patient had a low level of 1.6 nmol/(g·h), whilst that of her father, elder and younger sisters and son were all in the normal range.
CONCLUSION
The compound heterozygous variants of the SGSH gene probably underlay the MPS ⅢA in this patient, for which hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an associated phenotype.
Female
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Humans
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Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
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Contrast Media
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East Asian People
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Gadolinium
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Mucopolysaccharidosis III
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Mutation
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Pedigree
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Male
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Middle Aged