1.Research Progress in Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Therapy for Treatment of Chronic Rhiosinusitis in Perioperation
Yan JIANG ; Hui WANG ; Yinhui QI ; Zhongxia WANG ; Jie YU ; Huijuan HU
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine 2016;23(7):125-127
For the perioperation of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), the local corticosteroid nasal spray, hormone and antibiotics oral treatment are mainly used in modern medicine. Oral treatment decoction, nasal spray and traditional Chinese medicine lavage and so on which are the combinations of internal and external treatment are used in TCM therapy. This article reviewed the use of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in the perioperation of CRS, and provided references for standardization of integrated traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine therapy for treating CRS.
2.Isolation,identification and treatment effectiveness evaluation of resistant Acinetobacter baumannii phage Abgy202162
Xun TIAN ; Wencai TAN ; Bi YANG ; Xiang LIU ; Wenfeng YU ; Xiaolan QI ; Yinhui JIANG
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2024;59(10):1742-1751
Objective To isolate a Acinetobacter baumannii(Ab)phage from underground sewage,study its prop-erties,and to provide a theoretical basis for phage treatment of Ab infection.Methods Double-layer agar tech-nique was used to isolate phages by using Ab GY-6 as the host strain.Biological characterization and therapeutic effect of the phage was tested.Genetic information of the phage was analyzed.Results Ab phage Abgy202162 was isolated.Transmission electron microscopy(TEM)analysis showed that the morphology of Abgy202162 exhibited an icosahedral structure.Biological characteristic analysis showed that the optimal multiplicity of infection was 1,the latent period was 5 min,and the burst size was approximately 520 PFU per cell.In addition,Abgy202162 re-mained stable at different concentrations of chloroform,pH,and temperatures.Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacryl-amide gel electrophoresis(SDS-PAGE)analysis showed that it contained 10 proteins with molecular weights ran-ging from 15 to 100 ku.The double-stranded(ds)DNA genome of Abgy202162 consisted of 40 889 bp and its G+C content was 38.85%.It contained 47 open reading frames(ORFs),of which 26 had specific functions,but no virulence related genes or antibiotic resistance genes were found.Phylogenetic analysis showed that Abgy202162 was a new phage in the Autographiviridae family,Beijerinkvirinae subfamily,and Friunavirus genus.Abgy202162 showed the ability to prevent Ab infection in the Galleria mellonella in vivo model.Conclusion The phage Ab-gy202162 has strong environmental tolerance and high safety,indicating its potential as an antibiotic alternative used in the treatment of infections caused by Ab.
3.AGO and RDRP genes are involved in the stress response of Aspergillus flavus
Xiang Liu ; Bi Yang ; Xun Tian ; Jianhong Zhou ; Yonghui Liao ; Lingling Liu ; Wenfeng Yu ; Xiaolan Qi ; Yinhui Jiang
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2023;58(9):1442-1449
Objective :
To explore the role of Argonaute ( Ago) gene and RNA⁃Dependent RNA Polymerase (RDRP) gene of Aspergillus flavus in the growth and development about the RNAi mechanism .
Methods :
A. flavus Ago1 , Ago2 , RDRP1 , RDRP3 gene mutant strains were constructed by homologous recombination . The growth and development of the mutant strains were observed on potato dextrose agar(PDA) + uracil uridine (UU) medium inoculated with 3 μl 106 CFU/mL spores . 200 , 400 μg cell wall pressure agent conidored ( CR) , 0. 8 mol/L , 1 . 6 mol/L osmotic pressure agent NaCl , 2 mmol/L , 4 mmol/L oxidative pressure agent hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ) and 0. 01% , 0. 02% genomic damage agent methyl mesylate (MMS) were added to the Yeast extract Glucose Minimum (YGM) + UU medium to analyze the stress response of the mutant strains .
Results :
A. flavus mutant strains about ΔAgo1 , ΔAgo2 , ΔRDRP1 , ΔRDRP3 were successfully constructed and its growth and development were normal . The ΔAgo1 and ΔAgo2 strains reduced the stress effects on cell wall and osmotic pressure compared to the control . Ago1 gene deletion reduced the effect of H2 O2 , and conversely RDRP3 gene deletion increased the inhibition of H2 O2 . The Ago2 and RDRP1 strains reduced the effect on genetic damage agent . In addition , ΔRDRP1 increased the effect of osmotic stress .
Conclusion
The Ago1 , Ago2 , RDRP1 and RDRP3 genes of A. flavus are not in⁃ volved in the regulation of growth rate and asexual reproduction and can participate in the regulating of the host stress response to the environment .