1.Clinical study on severe acute pancreatitis treated with ginkgo biloba extract
Zhiqiang ZHANG ; Xiaoli CHEN ; Yunfen LU
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine 2012;21(8):878-882
ObjectiveTo investigate the therapeutic effect and function mechanism of ginkgo biloba extract (EGb) for severe acute pancreatitis.MethodsFifty - four patients,who were diagnozed according to the inclusion criteria,were divided into two groups at random.They were from the People's Hospital of Anyang City from November 2006 to December 2010.In treatment group,25 patients were treated with integrated EGb and other comprehensive treatment group,and 21 patients completed the treatment; in the the contrast group,the 29 patients were trested with simple comprehensive treatment group,and 23 patients completed the treatment. Comprehensive therapy included Somatostatin and antibiotic,ect. Besides the comprehensive therapy,patients in the treatment group were intra - venously infused with 87.5 mg EGbeveryday.Before the day of treatment,on the 3rd and 7th day after the treatment,blood TNF-α,IL-6 and amylase level were determined.Blood MDA level was measured and Balthazar CT grades was observed before the day of treatment and on the 7th day after the treatment.Abdominal pain,abdominal distension and tenderness were observed.Pancreatic infection incidence rate was compared between the two groups.All experimental data were processed with SPSS version 11. 0 statistical software. Quantitative data were analyzed byRepeated Measurement ANOVA or t - test.Count data were analyzed by x2 test.ResultsThe values of blood TNF-α,IL-6 and amylase level were significantly lower in treatment group than in contrast group on the 3rd and 7th day after the treatment ( P < 0.05 ).The values of blood MDA and Balthazar CT grades were significantly lower in treatment group than in the contrast group on the 7th day after the treatment (P < 0.05 ).There was a significantly shorter period of abdominal pain,abdominal distension and tenderness in treatment group than in contrast group.( P < 0.01 ).The pancreatic infection incidence rate of the treatment group was lower than that of the contrast group ( P < 0.05 ).ConclusionsEGb could alleviate notably the cytokine release,restrain oxidative stress and remove the free oxygen factor,prevent and treat Pancreatic infection and necrosis.
2.Correlation study on serum Ig levels and adult patients with immune thrombocytopenia
Jun SONG ; Yunfen CHEN ; Pengxiang GUO ; Hongqian ZHU ; Qing WANG ; Chi CHEN
Chongqing Medicine 2013;(31):3771-3772,3775
Objective To investigate whether the Serum Ig is help to choose the optimal treatment in patients with immune thrombocytopenia(ITP) .Methods 128 ITP patients were collected for 3 years .All of ITP patients were treated with the step-style protocol including glucocorticoid(CsA)lombied IVIG ,Ciclosporin A and TPO receptor agonist lombied rituximab .The treatment re-sponse were evaluated according the comparison between the two groups namely ≤IgG ,IGM ,IgA median and > median groups . Results There was no relationship between the bleeding and IgA 、IgM、IgG level .Low IgM level was associated with first line treatment resistance and showed the response to CsA and TPO receptor agonist lombied rituximab .High IgA level was associated with the resistance of first line and CsA treatment ,but showed no response to TPO receptor agonist lombied rituximab .Conclusion Serum Ig level is helpful for the choice of optimal treatment strategies in adult IT P patients .
3.Pharmacodynamic Substances in Promoting Osteogenic Differentiation of Epimedii Folium and Epimedii Wushanensis Folium Based on Chemical Fingerprint-cell Metabolomics Correlation Analysis
Yunfen HUANG ; Linchao ZHAO ; Songnan WU ; Fangzhu XU ; Hui GAO ; Xuelian CHEN ; Zimin YUAN ; Jing WANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(17):155-163
ObjectiveTo determine the pharmacodynamic substance basis of Epimedii Folium(EF) and Epimedii Wushanensis Folium(EWF) in promoting osteogenic differentiation, and to establish a method to analyze the material basis of Chinese materia medica based on the correlation between chemical fingerprint and cellular metabolomics. MethodThe chemical fingerprints of 15 batches of EF with 4 species and 3 batches of EWF were analyzed by ultra performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-electrostatic field orbitrap high-resolution mass spectrometry(UPLC-Q-Exactive Orbitrap-MS), and partial least squares-discriminant analysis(PLS-DA) was used to analyze the peak areas of chemical fingerprints of samples. The effects of different samples on proliferative activity of MC3T3-E1 osteoblast precursors, as well as the activity of alkaline phosphatase(ALP) in osteoblasts were detected by cell counting kit-8(CCK-8) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA). At the same time, UPLC-quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry(UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS) was used to analyze the effects of different samples on the metabolomics of MC3T3-E1 cells, then metabolic peak table of osteogenic differentiation cells was constructed, and pharmacodynamic index mean Y0 was introduced into the peak table. PLS was used to calculate mean Y0 of each group, and the mean Y0 was added to the peak table of chemical fingerprint to construct the correlation between chemical fingerprint and cell metabolome, the pharmacodynamic components of EF and EWF that promote bone differentiation were screened according to variable importance in the projection(VIP) value>1. The pharmacodynamic effects of EF and EWF were evaluated according to the mean Y0 of each group. ResultThe chemical fingerprints of EF with different origins and EWF were completely separated. Compared with the blank group, the activity of MC3T3-E1 cells in EF and EWF groups was significantly increased, the activity of ALP in the Epimedium brevicornu(Gansu province), E. koreanum and E. pubescens groups was significantly increased(P<0.05). The results of cell metabolomics showed that the blank group and the model group had an obvious trend of separation. EF with different origins and EWF had different distance from the model group, indicating that EF with different origins and EWF had different effect on promoting osteogenic differentiation. Chemical fingerprint-cell metabolomics integration analysis screened 9 components closely related to the efficacy of EF and EWF, including diphylloside B, epimedin C, icariin, baohuoside Ⅰ, yinyanghuo B, β-anhydroicaritin, magnoflorine, cryptochlorogenic acid and quercetin. E. koreanum had the strongest effect on promoting osteogenic differentiation. ConclusionThis study determined that the material basis of EF and EWF promoting osteogenic differentiation were mostly flavonoids, alkaloids and organic acids, which provided ideas and methods for the screening of pharmacodynamic components and the prediction of therapeutic effect of Chinese materia medica.
4.Study on extraction and enrichment technology of 2 active components in Tibetan medicine Chrysosplenium axillare
Yunfen LI ; Si CHEN ; NIZHEN ; Jiamei XIANG ; Zejing MU ; Yuye ZHU ; Shufang GONG ; Gang REN
China Pharmacy 2023;34(5):544-547
OBJECTIVE To study the extraction and enrichment technology of chrysosplenides A (CA) and I (CI) in Tibetan medicine Chrysosplenium axillare. METHODS HPLC method was used to determine the contents of CA and CI. The orthogonal experiment was used to optimize the extraction technology of CA and CI in C. axillare using total transfer rate of CA and CI as evaluation indexes, with volume fraction of ethanol, extraction temperature, extraction times and solid-liquid ratio as factors. The validation test was also performed. The enrichment technology of CA and CI in C. axillare was optimized using D101 macroporous adsorption resin as adsorbent, total contents of CA and CI as evaluation indexes, with the volume fraction and dosage of eluent for impurities and target components. The validation test was also performed. RESULTS The optimum extraction conditions of CA and CI from C. axillare were as follows: the medicinal powder of C. axillare was extracted by ultrasound at room temperature for 45 min at one time with 8 times of 50% ethanol. Results of validation tests showed that total transfer rate of CA and CI in C. axillare was 95.43% in average (RSD=1.02%, n=3). The optimal enrichment technology was as follows: the sample solution was added into D101 macroporous adsorption resin column and stood for 1 hour; the impurities were eluted with 20% ethanol 4 BV (column volume), and CA and CI were eluted with 50% ethanol 4 BV. The results of validation tests showed that total content of CA and CI was 322.7 mg/g in average (RSD=1.05%, n=3), with average enrichment multiple of 11.61 times. CONCLUSIONS The study has successfully optimized the extraction and enrichment technology of CA and CI from C. axillare, and can provide reference for the development and utilization of CA and CI.
5.Changes and distribution of antibodies in plasma before and after infection of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron strain
Zhijun ZHOU ; Shenglan YUE ; Yan PENG ; Jun LIU ; Yunfen WU ; Kun DENG ; Yun ZHANG ; Juan LI ; Kejin CHEN ; Cesheng LI ; Shuangying ZENG ; Yong HU ; Jin ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2023;36(7):578-583
【Objective】 To determine the best collection time period of plasma which can be used for human COVID-19 immunoglobulin for intravenous injection through SARS-CoV-2-IgG change and neutralizing antibody distribution against different virus strain in representative mixed plasma before and after Omicron strain infection by ELISA and pseudovirus neutralization test. 【Methods】 An ELISA method for quantitative detection of SARS-CoV-2-IgG was established and its linear range,accuracy and precision was verified. SARS-CoV-2-IgG potency was detected in 25 convalescent plasma which were collected 20-40 days after confirmed Omicron infection, two groups of mixed plasma samples WP1 and WP2 were prepared according to the SARS-CoV-2-IgG results, and pseudovirus neutralization experiments with different virus strain (prototype strain, BA. 1,BA.2, BA.4/5, BF.7, BQ.1.1) were carried out to determine the distribution of neutralizing antibodies against different virus strain. SARS-CoV-2-IgG potency of representative mixed plasma collected from 14 plasma stations subordinate to the company before and after Omicron strain infection was detected, including Omicron convalescent plasma (OP) collected from different plasma stations from December 2022 to May 2023 and normal pool plasma (VN) feed in March 2023 which collected from March 2022 to December 2022. According to the results, the difference and the change rule with time of SARS-CoV-2-IgG before and after Omicron strain infection were analyzed. 【Results】 The linearity of SARS-CoV-2-IgG ranged from 6.25 to 200 EIU/mL, the accuracy in-batch ranged from 81.793% to 106.985%, the precision in-batch ranged from 1. 100% to 13.000%, and the total error in-batch ranged from 2.988% to 22.679%. The accuracy between batches ranged from 90.788%to 96.893%, the precision between batches ranged from 4.870% to 6.272%, and the total error between batches ranged from 9.192% to 15.399%. The results of pseudovirus neutralizing antibody showed that the potency of different virus strain neutralizing antibodies were in the order of prototype strain>BA.2>BA.4/5>BF.7≈ BQ.1.1>BA.1 and the correlation between WP1 and WP2 was high (Pearson r=0. 931 1, P=0.002 3) which indicated that the potency distribution of neutralizing antibodies of different virus strain in Omicron convalescent plasma was basically stable. Compared with the mixed convalescent plasma sample G128 collected in June 2022, the potency of Omicron neutralizing antibodies of WP series were significantly higher, the ratio of BA.2 antibody to prototype antibody increased from 26.9% (before infection) to 82.6%-87.5% (after infection). The results of VN series before Omicron infection were < 100 EIU/mL, and the results of OP series after Omicron infection showed that the plasma collected from the beginning of December 2022 was the peak of antibody in the same month,and then dropped sharply, entering a short plateau in February-March 2023 (potency was about 40% of the peak value),and then dropped sharply again in April (potency was about 20% of the peak value). 【Conclusion】 The potency and proportion of neutralizing antibody against Omicron subtype in convalescent plasma after COVID-19 Omicron strain infection increased significantly. IgG antibody of plasma donors in different regions reached its peak in the month of infection, then continued to dropped sharply. The best collection period of plasma that can be used for human COVID-19 immunoglobulin for intravenous injection was 1 to 2 months after infection.