1.ULTRASTRUCTURAL OBSERVATION OF PITUICYTES IN NEUROHYPOPHYSIS OF ADULT RATS
Huibin YANG ; Zhixian WANG ; Pinjin ZHU ;
Acta Anatomica Sinica 1955;0(03):-
Neurohypophyses of six adult rats were observed under electron microscope toinvestigate the morphological features of pituicytes and their possible functionalsignificance.The results of morphological observation showed that the pituicytesmay be divided into 4 types,the two of which,astral pituicytes and ependymalpituicytes,obviously resemble to the neurogliocytes of central nervous system intheir morphological features.The third,dark pituicytes,was rich in mitochondria.Little was known about secretory pituicytes other than their presumable secretoryfunction suggested by the secretory granules present in their cytoplasm.The interstitial cisternae were the sites where the neurosecretory activities carriedon.The dilations of nerve fiber around the interstitial cisternae were rich in vesi-cles.It was substantiated that the pituicytes can participate in supporting andnourishing the nerve fibers,removing cell debris and may also serve a function oftransferring excitation,because of the presence of gap junction between pituicytes andynapselike contact between pituicyte and the nerve fiber.
2.Research progress on the role of miRNAs in amphetamine-type stimulants addiction
Mingjin JIANG ; Chan LI ; Yingbo LIN ; Daoqi ZHU ; Zhixian MO
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2015;(10):1352-1355
Amphetamine-type stimulants ( ATS ) , a group of new-type synthetic drugs mainly in psychological dependence, are abused more and more severely in recent years. MicroRNAs ( MiRNAs ) are an important class of endogenous non-coding small RNAs that mediate posttranscriptional negatively regulation of gene expression by targeting specific mRNA sequences to in-hibit the translation of mRNAs or degrade the expression of mR-NAs. ATS can induce the changes in the expression of miRNAs in addiction-related brain regions which directly involve in the regulation of ATS-induced addictive behaviors. Therefore, to study the regulatory role of miRNAs in ATS-induced addiction has important implications for dependent mechanisms of new-type drugs and the discovery of the new targets of drug actions.
3.Cytoskeletal alterations in rat hippocampus following chronic unpredictable mild stress and re-exposure to acute and chronic unpredictable mild stress
Can YANG ; Gaohua WANG ; Huiling WANG ; Zhongchun LIU ; Xiaoping WANG ; Zhixian ZHU
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2011;20(9):796-799
Objective To investigate behavior and hippocampal cytoskeletal alterations following re-exposure to chronic unpredictable mild stress(CUMS) and acute swimming stress,and explore the possible mechanism.Methods 40 Male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were divided into five groups,with 8 exposed to 21 consecutive days of chronic unpredicted mild stresses (CUMS) and treated with vehicle,8 exposed to CUMS and treated with fluoxetine,8 exposed to CUMS and treated with fluoxetine and re-exposed to acute swimming stress after washout,8 exposed to CUMS and treated with fluoxetine and re-exposed to CUMS after washout,and 8 as normal controls treated with vehicle.Behavioral changes in these rats were analyzed.The expressions of hippocampal cytoskeletal microtubulin were analyzed using Western Blot.Results ( 1 ) Compared with the control and CUMS group,sucrose preference (43.38 ± 7.84 ) %,total traveling distance ( 859.21 ± 653.62 ) cm,velocity ( 2.05 ± 0.60 ) cm/s and frequencies of rearing(0.12 ±0.30) were reduced (P<0.01 ) in the re-exposure to CUMS group.After re-exposed to acute stress,these behaviors did not differ from control rats.(2)Compared with the control and CUMS group,the Acet-Tub expression (244.24 ± 8.90 )% of re-exposure to CUMS group showed a significant increase (P< 0.01 ) in rats submitted to re-exposure to CUMS and Tyr-Tub expression (30.92 ± 11.01 )% was significantly decreased following re-exposure to CUMS (P<0.01).At the same time,MAP-2 expression did not change while phospho-MAP-2 expression (24.75 ± 8.83 )% decreased significantly.After re-exposed to acute stress,these prorein expressions did not differ from control rats.Conclusion These findings provide evidence that rats re-exposed to CUMS showed more impairment of cytoskeletal microtubular dynamic and structural neuronal plasticity,this effect appears to be mediated by the degree of phosphorylation of MAP-2.
5.Comparison of Suspension Array and EnzymE-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Methods for Detection of Three Kinds of Veterinary Drug Residues
Nan LIU ; Pu SU ; Zhixian GAO ; Maoxiang ZHU ; Zhihua YANG ; Xiujie PAN ; Fuhuan CHAO
Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry 2009;37(7):960-964
A novel suspension array technology was established for the detection of three kinds of veterinary drug residues: chloramphenicol, clenbuterol and 17-β-estradiol. The three conjugates in which veterinary drugs coupled with BSA were immobilized on the solid carrier of the suspension microarray-polystyrene fluorescent microspheres/beads as detective probes. Indirect competitive technology was employed. Competitive reactions between the veterinary drugs in the aqueous phase and the veterinary drugs-BSA conjugates on the beads for coupling with their complimentary specific biotinylated monoclonal antibodies were carried out. And then, straptavidin-phycoerythrin was added for coupling and the fluorescent signals were captured. Afterwards the detective standard curves were plotted. The regular ELISA standard curves of the three veterinary drugs were also plotted. Comparison between suspension array and regular enzymE-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) was in the respects of the detective technology, the detection limits, the detective ranges, the samples detection and the multi-analysis. Suspension array technology is distinct advantageous except for specificity. There was well consistent performance between the two methods. The high-throughput suspension array provides a novel method for multi-analysis of veterinary drugs with simple operation, sensitive, rapid and low costing.
6.Application of ANAs protein chip in autoantibodies profile detection
Yongzhe LI ; Zhixian ZHAO ; Dawei TONG ; Shulan ZHANG ; Chaojun HU ; Yang GAO ; Weiping YANG ; Mengxue YU ; Liping ZHU ; Jing CHENG
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2003;0(12):-
Objective To establish and apply the protein chip to detect eleven autoantibodies profile, and evaluate the authenticity and reliability with ANAs protein chip in clinical autoantibodies profile detection.Methods By comparing the results of IIF and ELISA , validation the sensitivity and specificity of ANAs protein chip in clinical autoantibodies profile detection. The autoantibodies detected were anti-SSA-52,anti-SSA-60,anti-SSB,anti-Sm,anti-RNP,anti-Scl-70,anti-Jo-1,anti-dsDNA,anti-rRNP,anti-centromere antibodies and antinuclear antibodies (ANA). To each autoantibody, we have selected 70 positive and 294 negative samples except the 32 rare samples that contain anti-Jo-1 antibody.Results The sensitivity to all the autoantibodies was 100% except anti-SSA52 and anti-SSB antibodies was 95.7%and 98.6% respectively. The specificity to all the autoanbodies was 100% except anti-SSB, anti-RNP-68, anti-Scl-70, anti-dsDNA, anti-CENP-B and ANA was 98.0%, 98.0%, 99.7%, 99.7%, 99.7% and 98.3% respectively. Conclusions To all the eleven antinuclear autoantibodies , the sensitivity is all above 95.0% and specificity is all above 98.0%, which indicate that there is high concordances between the ANAs protein chip and the methods used in clinical screening and confirmation,and it could meet the requirement of clinical autoantibodies profile detection. The protein chip method is fast, easy for detection with the characteristic of high-throughput,high sensitivity and specificity,it is hence recommended to apply ANAs protein chip to detect autoantibodies profile in clinical detection.
7.Screening and identification of B cell epitopes of Toxoplasma gondii
Limin CAO ; Yuhong PAN ; Zhixian LU ; Jiang CHEN ; Rongfang CHEN ; Huali CHENG ; Donglin JIANG ; Jin SI ; Hui ZHANG ; Yinchang ZHU
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control 1989;0(01):-
Objective To screen and identify B cell epitopes in SAG1, SAG2, SAG3, GRA1, GRA6 and P35 antigens of Toxoplasma gondii. Methods The indexes such as hydrophilicity, accessibility, flexibility, secondary structure and polarity of the 6 antigen moleculars above mentioned were analyzed by BioSun system. Two B cell epitopes with high antigenicity from each antigen molecular were selected, and the total twelve pairs of oligonucleotide chains were designed according to the 12 B cell epitopes’ sequence and synthesized, then cloned into plasmid pET-32c. The 12 fragment B cell epitopes were expressed and the expressed fusion proteins were identified with Western blot. Results Twelve B cell epitopes from 6 Toxoplasma antigens (two from each antigen) were predicted and selected. The epitope genes were successfully cloned into pET-32c and expressed. Western blot results showed that 3 of 12 expressed fusion proteins could be recognized by the immunized rabbit sera with soluble antigen of Toxoplasma gondii, but not by the unimmunized rabbit sera Conclusion Three B cell epitopes of Toxoplasma[with potential diagnostic value are obtained.
8.Effect of curcumin on radiosensitization of radioresistantnasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line CNE-2R and its mechanism
Daoqi ZHU ; Mu HUANG ; Zhaoru LIU ; Aiwu LI ; Meng SHAO ; Yuanliang LIU ; Miao FANG ; Jiabin YANG ; Ying LYU ; Zhixian MO ; Qin FAN
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2017;33(8):1086-1091
Aim To investigate the effect of curcumin on radiosensitivity of radioresistant nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line CNE-2R and its mechanism.Methods The concentration of curcumin was screened by MTT assay.Dose-survival curves were obtained according to the colony forming test for L-Q matching and multitarget-single hitting matching,while SF2 and the correlation parameters of radiation biology were calculated.The changes of cell cycle in CNE-2R cells caused by curcumin were also tested by flow cytometry(FCM).The differential expression of genes related to cell cycle and DNA damage repair were detected by RT-qPCR.Results CNE-2R cells could not be inhibited by 10 μmol·L-1 curcumin.Dealt with 10 μmol·L-1 curcumin for 24 h,the value of α/β increased to 1 596 from 6.56;the value of SF2 decreased to 0.361 Gy from 1.93 Gy;the value of N decreased to 1.06 from 1.60;the value of D0 decreased to 2.12 from 3.27;the value of Dq decreased to 0.12 from 1.53.FCM showed that the cells in G2 phase had a significant increase and the cells in S phase had a significant decrease after dealt with 10 μmol·L-1 curcumin for 24 h.The expression of CDK4 was significantly up-regulated and GADD45g,BRCA1 were significantly down-regulated.Conclusion Curcumin radiosensitizes nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line CNE-2R by changing cell cycle and affecting DNA damage repair through regulating the expression of CDK4,GADD45 g and BRCA1.
9.Application effects of pressure brake pants in patients with liver cancer after TACE
Hui SHEN ; Mengchao ZHU ; Zhixian SUN ; Lingling LI ; Ling CHENG
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2017;23(7):999-1001
Objective To explore the application effects of pressure brake pants on patients with liver cancer after transarterial chemoembolization (TACE).Methods The study recruited 50 liver cancer patients who were admitted to Lianyungang No.2 people's hospital from May 2015 to May 2016 to receive TACE. The participants were randomly divided into the intervention group (n=25) and the control group (n=25). Based on the routine nursing care,patients in the intervention group also had to wear the pressure brake pants. The general comfort questionnaire (GCQ) was applied to assess the comfort level. Comparing the comfort and satisfaction between the two groups.Results The intervention group had higher GCQ score six hours after the operation compared with the control group (P<0.05). Besides,patients of the intervention group were much more satisfied with the nursing care compared with the patients in control group (92% vs. 64%,P<0.05).Conclusions The pressure brake pants can effectively improve patients' comfort level and prevent the incidence of pressure sores. Moreover,they are good for privacy protection and high quality of nursing care.
10.Application effect of psychological intervention based on narrative medicine in geriatric inpatients
Yazhen ZHU ; Xiaofang QIAN ; Zhixian TANG
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2022;28(16):2225-2229
Objective:To analyze the clinical application effect of psychological intervention based on narrative medicine in geriatric inpatients.Methods:Using the convenient sampling method, a total of 120 inpatients who were admitted to Department of Geriatrics in Shaoxing Seventh People's Hospital from January 2018 to December 2020 were selected as the research objects. According to the block random method, the patients were divided into the control group and the observation group, with 60 cases in each group. The patients in the control group were given routine nursing, while patients in the observation group were given psychological intervention based on narrative medicine on the basis of the control group. The Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) , Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and Exercise of Self-Care Agency (ESCA) were used to investigate the patients, and the nursing satisfaction of the two groups was calculated.Results:Before nursing, there were no statistically significant differences in SAS, SDS and ESCA scores between two groups ( P>0.05) . After nursing, the SAS and SDS scores of the observation group were lower than those of the control group, and scores of self-concept, self-care responsibility and the total score of ESCA were higher than those of the control group, and the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05) . The nursing satisfaction of the observation group was higher than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05) . Conclusions:Psychological intervention based on narrative medicine can improve the self-care ability and nursing satisfaction of inpatients in the geriatric department and improve the adverse emotional state of patients, which is worthy of clinical application.