1.Effects of Microfiltration Membrane Adsorption on Detection of Pesticides in Water by Direct Injection Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Wei LI ; Yucan LIU ; Jinming DUAN
Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry 2015;(11):1761-1765
Effects of microfiltration membrane adsorption for eight types of pesticides with diverse physicochemical properties on direct injection liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric method ( DI-LC-MS/MS) were investigated. The results showed that the adsorption effects ( AE,%) on the loss of signal detection at concentration of 2. 5 μg/L ranged from 8%-92%, 0%-81% and 2%-59% for nylon (NYL), polyethersulfone ( PES) and hydrophilic polypropylene ( GHP) membrane, respectively ( accumulated volume of feed is 1 mL). The pesticides with higher octanol-water partition coefficient (lgKow) values appeared to adsorb onto the membrane surface more readily than those with lower lgKow. The AE was found to be alleviated as the feed volume of samples increased to 10 mL, except the case of profenofos adsorption on PES membrane ( AE=9%) . The effects of PES membrane on the eight pesticides at initial individual concentration of 0 . 25 , 2. 5 and 25 μg/L were also studied. The results showed that, the lower the initial concentration of pesticides, the stronger adsorption effect under the same filtration conditions was obtained. Besides, it was effective in eliminating the membrane adsorption effects by adding 40% methanol ( V/V) into water samples as a modifier, which could consequently improve the accuracy of DI-LC-MS/MS.
2.Effects of serum triglyceride level within 48 hours after hospitalization on the complications of acute pancreatitis
Dandan YANG ; Chuan LIU ; Yucan CHEN ; Qiaojun HU
Chinese Journal of Digestion 2021;41(10):692-698
Objective:To explore the effects of serum triglyceride (STAG) level within 48 hours after hospitalization on the complications of acute pancreatitis (AP).Methods:From January 2012 to June 2016, 1 006 hospitalized patients diagnosed with AP at the Third People′s Hospital of Chengdu were collected. According to the STAG level within 48 hours after hospitalization, AP patients were divided into normal to mild hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) group(STAG <2.3 mmol/L, 877 cases), moderate HTG group(STAG: 2.3 to <8.5 mmol/L, 82 cases) and severe HTG group (≥8.5 mmol/L, 47 cases). The general clinical data and the incidence of local complications of AP including acute necrotizing pancreatitis, pancreatic necrosis, acute peripancreatic fluid collection (APFC) and acute necrotic collection (ANC) and AP-associated gastrointestinal abnormal changes were compared in the three groups. The severity of the complications of AP was scored by modified-magnetic resonance severity index (M-MRSI). Wilcoxon rank sum test and chi-square test were used for statistical analysis, and multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the correlation between STAG level and persistent organ failure (POF).Results:Compared with that of the normal to mild HTG group and moderate HTG group, the age of the patients of the severe HTG group was the youngest (52 years old, 19 to 82 years old and 47 years old, 21 to 62 years old vs. 35 years old, 18 to 43 years old), the proportion of male was the highest (46.3%, 406/877 and 64.6%, 53/82 vs. 85.1%, 40/47), and the differences were statistically significant( Z=3.943, 2.841, χ2=26.912, 6.224, all P<0.017). The proportion of body mass index (BMI)≥30 kg/m 2 in severe HTG group was higher than that in normal to mild HTG group (38.3%, 18/47 vs. 20.2%, 177/877), and the difference was statistically significant ( χ2=8.792, P=0.003). The proportions of patients with history of diabetes and severe alcohol intake of moderate HTG group and severe HTG group were all higher than those of normal to mild HTG group (31.7%, 26/82 and 29.8%, 14/47 vs. 15.4%, 135/877; 37.8%, 31/82 and 46.8%, 22/47 vs. 9.6%, 84/877), and the differences were statistically significant ( χ2=14.286, 6.833, 56.613 and 60.844, all P<0.017). Compared with those of the normal to mild HTG group and moderate HTG group, the incidences of pancreatic necrosis, APFC, and the M-MRSI score of the severe HTG group were all the highest (8.2%, 72/877 and 15.9%, 13/82 vs. 38.3%, 18/47; 17.8%, 156/877 and 36.6%, 30/82 vs. 59.6%, 28/47; 2, 0 to 10 and 3, 0 to 10 vs. 5, 0 to 10), and the differences were statistically significant( χ2=45.936, 8.244, 48.842 and 6.381, Z=2.711 and 3.049, all P<0.017). The incidence rates of acute necrotizing pancreatitis and ANC of moderate HTG group and severe HTG group were all higher than those of normal to mild HTG group(28.0%, 23/82 and 48.9%, 23/47 vs. 13.3%, 117/877; 26.8%, 22/82 and 42.6%, 20/47 vs. 13.3%, 117/877), and the differences were statistically significant ( χ2=13.011, 43.965, 11.008 and 30.144, all P<0.017). The incidence rate of POF of severe HTG group was higher than those of normal to mild HTG group and moderate HTG group (46.8%, 22/47 vs.14.8%, 130/877 and 24.4%, 20/82), and the differences were statistically significant ( χ2=33.205 and 6.838, both P<0.017). The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that age ≥ 60 years old (odds ratio ( OR)=1.84, 95% confidence interval ( CI) 1.26 to 3.03), BMI≥30 kg/m 2 ( OR=2.41, 95% CI 1.61 to 3.77), alcohol intake ( OR=3.81, 95% CI 2.09 to 5.47), moderate HTG( OR=1.89, 95% CI 1.78 to 5.23) and severe HTG ( OR=3.65, 95% CI 1.98 to 6.49) were independent risk factors of POF(all P<0.05). Conclusion:The STAG level is related to the complications of AP, and moderate HTG and severe HTG(STAG ≥2.3 mmol/L) are independently associated with the risk of POF.
3.UGT1A1 gene mutation spectrum with indirect hyperbilirubinemia in children
Ying SHEN ; Hongmei GUO ; Yucan ZHENG ; Bixia ZHENG ; Kunlong YAN ; Guiping KONG ; Qian LIN ; Yu JIN ; Zhifeng LIU ; Mei LI
Chinese Journal of Hepatology 2024;32(2):119-124
Objective:To explore the relevancy between the uridine diphosphate-glucuronylgly-cosyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) gene mutation and the phenotype of indirect hyperbilirubinemia in children.Methods:Sixteen cases with indirect hyperbilirubinemia who visited the Department of Gastroenterology, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from July 2013 to November 2019 were retrospectively analyzed and were divided into Gilbert syndrome (GS), Crigler-Najjar syndrome type II (CNS-II), and indirect hyperbilirubinemia groups unexplained by UGT1A1 gene mutations. The differences in gene mutation site information and general clinical data were compared. The association between gene mutation spectrum and bilirubin level was explored by t-test analysis.Results:Ten of the sixteen cases with indirect hyperbilirubinemia had GS, three had CNS-II, and three had indirect hyperbilirubinemia unexplained by UGT1A1 gene mutations. A total of six mutation types were detected, of which c.211G?>?A accounted for 37.5% (6/16), c.1456T?>?G accounted for 62.5% (10/16), and TATA accounted for 37.5% (6/16), respectively. Compared with the GS group, the CNS group had early disease onset incidence, high serum total bilirubin ( t ?=?5.539, P ?0.05), and indirect bilirubin ( t ?=?5.312, P ?0.05). However, there was no significant difference in direct bilirubin levels ( t ?=?1.223, P ?>?0.05) and age of onset ( t ?=?0.3611, P ?>?0.05) between the two groups. There was no significant correlation between the number of UGT1A1 gene mutations and serum bilirubin levels. Children with c.1456T?>?G homozygous mutations had the highest serum bilirubin levels. Conclusion:The common pathogenic variants of the UGT1A1 gene sequence are c.1456T?>?G, c.211G?>?A, and TATA, indicating that these site mutations are related to the occurrence of indirect hyperbilirubinemia and have important guiding significance for the etiological analysis of indirect hyperbilirubinemia in children.