1.Clinical study on echocardiography combined with end-tidal CO2 monitoring in preventing the venous air embolism during operative hysteroscopy
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2013;48(11):828-832
Objective To explore the value of transthoracic echocardiography(TTE) combined with partial pressure of end-tidal CO2 (PETCO2) monitoring in preventing venous air embolism (VAE) during hysteroscopy operation.Methods From August 2010 to August 2012,300 cases undergoing hysteroscopic surgery under general anaesthesia were enrolled in this study.With the echocardiography combined with PETCO2 monitoring during hysteroscopic surgery,the time of VAE appearing in the right atrium,the extent of air embolism(grade 0-4),the changes of PET CO2,peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2),blood pressure (Bp),the amount of fluid intravasation and the blood loss were recorded in detail.Take the 24 cases that the grades of VAE in grade 3 or above and a decrease in PETCO2 ≥5 mm Hg (1 mm Hg =0.133 kPa) as intervention group.Stop operation immediately,the left side and raise your right shoulder,oxygen inhalation and dexamethasone 10 mg intravenous drip were given to the intervention group; the control group (5 cases in grade 3 or above and a decrease in PETCO2 < 5 mm Hg) only stop operation immediately,observation patient's condition closely.Results (1) The occurrence of VAE:air embolism occurred in 34 patients among all 300 patients,all of 34 patients had evidence of gas embolism in the inferior vena cava,right atrium(RA) and right ventricle chamber,and 29 patients had evidence of continuous groups of gas emboli.There were 32 cases with the decrease in PETCO2 > 2 mm Hg,14 cases with SpO2 less than 95%,and 4 cases with a drop in Bp ≥ 20%.(2) The change of the decrease of PET CO2 and the grades of VAE:the decrease of PETCO2 and the grades of VAE were positively correlated (r =0.601,P < 0.01),continuous groups of gas emboli signal in RA,when the drop of PETCO2 ≥5 mm Hg,8 of the 34 cases whose drop of PETCO2 ≥ 10 mm Hg,7 cases in grades 4.The decrease of PET CO2 [(7.5 ± 2.4) mm Hg versus (11.1 ±4.1)mm Hg],the amount of fluid intravasation[(688 ± 150) ml versus (925 ±268) ml] and the blood loss [(71 ± 36) ml versus (127 ± 56) ml] all had statistical difference in grade 3 and 4 (P < 0.05).The sensitivity of PETCO2 was better than SpO2 and Bp in detecting of VAE.(3)The cases of PETCO2 continue to decline and recovery time between the two groups:2 cases' PETCO2 continued to decline in the intervention group,but 4 cases in the control group.The recovery time of the two groups was(4.8 ± 1.6) and (8.3 ±1.9) min,respectively,which reached statistical difference between (P < 0.05).Conclusions TTE combined with PET CO2 monitoring can effectivelv predict the occurrence of air embolism in hysteroscopic surgery; Continuous groups of gas emboli signal in RA accompanied by a decrease in PETCO2 ≥5 mm Hgindicates that the occuTence of air embolism ; the more the amount of intravasation of distension fluid and the blood loss,the more the air into the body.Timely intewention can effectively prevent the development of air embolism when the VAE in grade 3 or above accompanied by a decrease in PETC02 ≥5 mm Hg.
2.Relationship between structure of β-D-glucan derivatives from Poria cocos sclerotium and anti-gastric cancer activities of elderly rats
Yunqiao LI ; Xiaohua HOU ; Yifeng WANG ; Lina ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2012;31(9):810-813
Objective To study the correlation between structure of b D -glucan derivatives from Poria cocos sclerotiuma and anti gastric cancer activities of elderly rats.Methods A water insoluble (1→3)-β-D-glucan (PCS3-Ⅱ ) isolated from fresh sclerotium of Poria cocos was sulfated,carboxymethylated,methylated,hydroxyethylated and hydroxypropylated,respectively,to prepare five water-soluble derivatives.Their activities of the native β-glucan and five derivatives against gastric cancer cell strains of MKN-45,SGC 7901and MKN-28 were tested in vitro and in vivo.Results The native β-glucan did not show any anti-gastric cancer activity,while the sulfated and carboxymethylated derivatives significantly exhibited the anti gastric cancer activity against MKN-45,SGC-7901 and MKN-28 cells in vitro,and elderly rats with MKN-45 transplanted tumor,especially.The gastric cancer inhibition rates of elderly rats were 32.7% and 36.4% for the 100 mg/kg sulfated and carboxymethylated derivatives,respectively.Conclusions The fresh sclerotium of Poria cocos polysaccharides can not show any anti gastric cancer activity in vitro,but the sulfated and carboxymethylated derivatives may increase the inhibition effect.Water-solubility,higher chain stiffness and relatively molecular weight would be benefit to increase anti-elderly gastric cancer activity of polysaccharides from Poria cocos sclerotiuma.
3.Expression and identification of ANO1 in mouse cardiomyocytes
Yiju HOU ; Huijing XU ; Yunqiao ZHANG ; Xihong HU ; Feng HAO
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 2015;(3):539-542
AIM:To explore the expression of anoctamin 1 (ANO1), one of calcium-activated chloride chan-nels ( CaCCs) , in mouse cardiomyocytes and its functional properties.METHODS:The cardiomyocytes from the myocar-dial tissues of C57BL/6 mice were isolated with enzyme and purified by the differential adherent method.The cells were stained with monoclonal anti-sarcomeric actin and Cy3 to evaluate the purity of the myocardial cells.RT-PCR was used to detect the mRNA expression of ANO1 in the mouse cardiomyocytes.The protein expression of ANO1 in the mouse cardio-myocytes was determined by Western blotting analysis.The fluorescence quenching kinetics experiment was used to identify the ion transport properties of ANO1 in the mouse cardiomyocytes.RESULTS: The results of RT-PCR confirmed that ANO1 was expressed in freshly isolated myocardial cells.The results of Western blotting clearly demonstrated the protein expression of ANO1 in primarily cultured myocardial cells.Fluorescence quenching kinetics experiment on freshly isolated single myocardial cell revealed a pronounced outward rectifying property of the ANO1.The functional properties were simi-lar to the classic CaCCs.CONCLUSION:ANO1 expression was identified in the mouse myocardial cells.The function of CaCCs was generated by ANO1, suggesting that ANO1 is the molecular basis of CaCCs.
4.Expression of anoctamin 1 in Chinese hamster ovary cells and properties of its ion channel
Feng HAO ; Hao WANG ; Huijing XU ; Qing FANG ; Li ZHANG ; Hangfei ZHU ; Yunqiao ZHANG ; Xiaohong JU
Journal of Jilin University(Medicine Edition) 2014;(6):1226-1231
Objective To investigate the expression of anoctamin 1 in Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO)and to analyze the functional properties of its ion channel,and to provide experimental basis for study on the physiological function of calcium-activated chloride channel.Methods The whole sequence of anoctamin 1 was obtained by PCR technique and was subcloned into pcDNA3.1 to construct the expression vector pcDNA3.1-anoctamin 1 was transfected into CHO by liposome-mediated transfection and the CHO stably expressing anoctamin 1 were aquired by selection with zeocin. The expression and distribution of anoctamin 1 in CHO were measured by RT-PCR technique and inverted fluorescence microscope.The functional properties of anoctamin 1 were measured with halide-sensitive fluorescence proteins YFP-H148Q/I152L.The PBS buffer solution with calcimycin and high concentration of iodine ion was used as experimental group,andthe PBS buffer solution without calcimycin and high concentration of iodine ion was used as control group.Results The results of digestion and sequencing confirmed that anoctamin 1 was cloned into pcDNA3.1 by electrophoresis and blast. The results of RT-PCR and inverted fluorescence microscope indicated that anoctamin 1 was expressed in CHO. The results of I- influx as measured by halide-sensitive fluorescence proteins YFP-H148Q/I152L showed that anoctamin 1 had the more functional properties of trans-epithelial transporting I-,and the transporting speed in experimental group was higher than that in control group (P<0.05).Conclusion Anoctamin 1 can be expressed highly in the CHO;Anoctamin 1 expressed in CHO has the characteristics of calcium-activated chloride channel.
5.Expression of TMEM16 A as a calcium-activated chloride channel in Fis-cher rat thyroid follicular epithelial cells and its electrophysiologic pro-perties
Feng HAO ; Xuesong BAI ; Xiaohong JU ; Fang FANG ; Yuxuan ZANG ; Hangfei ZHU ; Guoyan XIANG ; Yunqiao ZHANG ; Zhonghai YUAN
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 2014;(9):1633-1639
AIM:To investigate the expression of transmembrane protein 16A(TMEM16A) in Fischer rat thy-roid follicular epithelial ( FRT) cells and its electrophysiologic properties .METHODS: The eukaryotic expression vector of pUB6/V5-TMEM16A was constructed and transfected into FRT cells by liposome-mediated transfection .In order to ob-tain the high efficiency of gene transfection and expression , the quantity and ratio of lipid/DNA complexes were optimized . The FRT cells stably expressing TMEM16A were gained by the selection with blasticidin and confirmed by the techniques of RT-PCR and immunofluorescence .The expression and location of TMEM 16A in the FRT cells were observed under an in-verted fluorescence microscope .TMEM16A protein was associated with calcium-dependent chloride current , as measured with halide-sensitive fluorescent protein and patch-clamp technique .RESULTS: The results of double digestion and se-quencing indicated that TMEM16A was cloned into pUB6/V5.The results of RT-PCR and immunofluorescence confirmed that TMEM16A was expressed in the FRT cells after transfection with TMEM16A.The classical calcium-activated chloride channel currents were recorded in the FRT cells stably expressing TMEM 16A by the technique of patch-clamp and halide-sensitive fluorescent protein YFP-H148Q/I152L.CONCLUSION:The protein expression of TMEM16A in the FRT cells was observed.TMEM16A is the molecular identity of calcium-activated chloride channels .
6.Brain Imaging Study on the Pathogenesis of Depression & Therapeutic Effect of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Qi MENG ; Aixia ZHANG ; Xiaohua CAO ; Ning SUN ; Xinrong LI ; YunQiao ZHANG ; Yanfang WANG
Psychiatry Investigation 2020;17(7):688-694
Objective:
Predefining the most effective treatment for patients with depressive disorders remains a problem. We will examine the differential brain regions of gray matter (GM) in major depressive disorder (MDD) patients and the relationship between changes in their volume and the efficacy of early antidepressant treatment using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Methods:
159 never-medicated patients with first-episode MDD and 53 normal control subjects (NCs) were enrolled. The brains were scanned by MRI and measured with the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD-17) at baseline and after 2 weeks of treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)s, and the non-responder group and responder group were obtained. The patients were analyzed by voxel-based morphological (VBM) and SPSS software. Receiver operator characteristics (ROC) analysis was performed for the difference between the responder group and the non-responder group in the differential brain regions, and Pearson correlations were computed between volume size and HAMD score reduction rate.
Results:
Smaller GM volume of the right superior temporal gyrus (STG), and the orbital parts of the right medial frontal gyrus and right inferior frontal gyrus were observed in MDD versus the NCs. The non-responder group demonstrated a significant volume reduction at the right STG compared with the responders, but no corresponding change in orbital part of right medial frontal gyrus and right inferior frontal gyrus. ROC analysis showed that Accuracy=71.2%. There was a positive correlation between the STG gray matter volume and the HAMD-17 score reduction rate (r=0.347, p=0.002).
Conclusion
The study results confirmed the local changes in brain structure in MDD and may initially predict the early treatment response produced by SSRIs as antidepressants.
7.Effects of Angong-niuhuang pill on expression of eNOSmRNA in spontaneously hypertensive rats after intracerebral hemorrhage
Yuanxin LIU ; Ting LIU ; Xiaoyan YANG ; Hui LI ; Yunqiao ZHANG ; Huiwu LI ; Jia LIU ; Xinling MENG ; Tao JIANG ; Feng LIU ; Xiaolu WANG
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2011;33(2):107-110
Objective To study the effect of Angong-niuhuang pill on expression of eNOSmRNA in spontaneously hypertensive rats after intracerebral hemorrhage and to explore it's protective mechanism.Methods 120 spontaneously hypertensive rats were randomly divided into four groups: model group, western medicine treated group. Angong-niuhuang pill treated group, combining traditional Chinese medicine western medicine group, expression of eNOSmRNA in rat brain tissue was detected by RT-PCR. Results Expression of BCL-2mRNA in combining traditional Chinese medicine western medicine group was significantly higer than other goups(P<0.01), Compared with model group, the expression of BCL-2mRNA in western medicine treated group and Angong-niuhuang pill treated group was markedly increased (P<0.01), the differences between Angong-niuhuang pill treated group and Western medicine treated group were not obvious (P>0.05).Conclusion Protective effect of Angong-niuhuang pill on spontaneously hypertensive rats after intracerebral hemorrhage is related to the the inducement of eNOS expression.
8.Exploring the miRNA-mRNA regulatory network in schizophrenia based on GEO database
Mei HE ; Xu YOU ; Yunbin YANG ; Yanping LI ; Lifen ZHANG ; Zixiang LU ; Yunqiao ZHANG ; Qing LONG ; Xiao MA ; Yong ZENG
Sichuan Mental Health 2022;35(2):120-125
ObjectiveTo provide a new idea for exploring the molecular genetic approach to the pathogenesis of schizophrenia via construction of microRNA-messenger RNA (miRNA-mRNA) regulatory network in schizophrenia. MethodsThe microarray datasets of GSE54578 miRNA expression profiles in peripheral blood and GSE145554 mRNA expression in the anterior cingulate in postmortem brain of schizophrenic subjects were downloaded from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database since July 2021. The GEO2R was used to identify the differentially expressed miRNAs and mRNAs, screen the miRNA with target differentially expressed mRNA, and predict their potential upstream transcription factors. The overlapping genes from the mRNA targeted by the differentially expressed miRNA and the mRNA differentially expressed in GSE145554 dataset were collected. Then the biological features of hub genes were analyzed via Gene Ontology (GO) analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis, and the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network and miRNA-mRNA regulatory network of hub genes were constructed. ResultsA total of 8 up-regulated differentially expressed miRNAs with targeted mRNA were screened out in GSE54578 datasets regarding schizophrenia, which involved in the regulation of 10 transcription factors, 247 down-regulated differentially expressed mRNAs were screened out in GSE145554 datasets, and 17 overlapping mRNAs were obtained. GO analysis showed that the target mRNAs were mainly involved in astrocyte differentiation and development. KEGG pathway enrichment analysis showed that the target mRNAs were mainly involved in Rap1 and Ras signaling pathways. PPI network analysis showed that the mRNAs (KRAS and CD28) might be key genes in schizophrenia. ConclusionThe integrated bioinformatics analysis based on GEO database can identify potential susceptibility genes in schizophrenia, and it also contributes to the construction of miRNA-mRNA regulatory network in schizophrenia.
9. Epidemiological features of rabies and molecular evolution characteristics of the rabies virus strains in Xishuangbanna prefecture of Yunnan province, China
Hongmei YANG ; Yun FENG ; Mingyue LAI ; Baohua LI ; Jianhua FAN ; Long MA ; Honghua WEN ; Yunqiao XU ; Yinghua DAO ; Meihui SU ; Huaxing LIU ; Yuzhen ZHANG ; Weihong YANG ; Hailin ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology 2019;33(2):113-120
Objective:
To understand the epidemiologic features of the rabies in Xishuang banna prefecture of Yunnan province, China in 2008-2017 and the viral molecular-evolution characteristics.
Methods:
The data of rabies case questionnaire were collected. The brain tissue samples from mad dogs, suspicious sick dogs and human brain tissue, saliva and cerebrospinal fluid samples from rabies patients were collected in Xishuangbanna. Coding region of nucleoprotein and glycoprotein genes were amplified by RT-PCR and sequenced. Homology and phylogenetic analysis were performed using the relevant bioinformatics software.
Results:
A total of 62 cases of human rabies were occurred in 28 districts of the 3 counties, Xishuangbanna prefecture in 2008-2017. Of them, 37 cases in Jinghong county, 15 in Menghai county and 10 in Mengla county. In which 48 cases were bitten by domestic dogs (77.42%), 11 cases were bitten by wild dogs (17.74%). Rabies case was occurred every year in the past decade. The seasonal incidence was not obvious. The majority of patients were aged from 30 to 59 years-old, with the youngest 1 year-old and the eldest 91 year-old. The male to female ratio was 1.70∶1, most cases were farmers. The nucleotide sequences of nucleoprotein gene of 9 virus strains (7 from Jinghong, 1 from Menghai and 1 from Mengla) were obtained from the samples of dogs and patients. Homology and phylogenetic analyses indicated that the 5 strains belonged to clade China-Ⅰ, 3 clade China-Ⅱ and 1 clade China-Ⅵ. The nucleotide sequences of glycoprotein gene of 5 virus strains (3 from Jinghong, 1 from Menghai and 1 from Mengla) were obtained from these positive samples, and all were clade China-Ⅰ, it is same with nucleoprotein genes analysis result from these 5 virus strains. These China-Ⅰ and China-Ⅱ strains from Xishuangbanna have a closer genetic relationship with same clade strains isolated from Pu’er and other prefectures of Yunnan province as well as Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi. The China-Ⅵ strain from Xishuangbanna share high homology and genetic relationship with China-Ⅵ strains isolated from southwestern Yunnan and neighbouring countries such as Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam in recent years.
Conclusions
In Xishuangbanna, rabies mainly occurred in rural area and domestic dog was the main source of transmission. These RABV clades China-Ⅰ, China-Ⅱ and China-Ⅵ were found in this region and the China-Ⅰ was principal clade. The transmission source of China-Ⅰ and China-Ⅱ were from adjacent areas in the province and China-Ⅵ was from Myanmar and Laos.