1.Study of Waternut Herb Extract on Aβ SAMP8 Damage of Mouse Hippocampal neurons and the Protective Effect of Metabolomic Study
Xiaohong DONG ; Bin LIU ; Zhuang YAO ; Haiyang LIU ; Yan ZHANG ; Zhongguang ZHOU
Progress in Modern Biomedicine 2017;17(22):4213-4216,4284
Objective:To study the metabolic mechanism of protective effect of waternut herb extract on primary Aβ SAMP8 damage of mouse hippocampal neurons by metabolic footprinting.Methods:MTT assay was used to determine the proliferation of primary hippocampal neurons in SAMP8 mice with Aβ damage,the effect for the first time on the basis of metabolic footprinting evaluation waternut herb extract.Focus on key metabolic pathways and related metabolic targets,mechanism of primary Aβ SAMP8 damage of mouse hippocampal neurons and pathogenesis of watemut herb extract.Results:MTT assay was used to measure the rate of cell proliferation.The results showed that the cell viability of the primary hippocampal neurons was significantly decreased in the Aβ SAMP8 mice.The study found that metabolic footprinting,compared with littermate wild-type mice,neuronal cell metabolism Aβ SAMP8 damage of mouse anomalies mainly concentrated in the metabolism of folic acid and taufine metabolism associated with nerve cells,by high-throughput mass spectrometric analysis and literature database retrieval to determine the 3 differential metabolites,respectively is L-disodoum alanine (L-Cysteic acid),dihydrofolate (Dihydrofolate),acid (Chorismate),the branch of small molecule metabolites through extract intervention after Amakusa callback trend obviously.Conclusion:the therapeutic effect of watemut herb extract on Aβ SAMP8 damage of mouse primary hippocampal neurons to a certain extent,3 biomarkers of this discovery may be a potential target of Aβ SAMP8 damage of mouse primary hippocampal neurons in the pathogenesis of waternut herb extract,given after these markers were callback trend in different degree,suggesting that watemut herb extract could regulate metabolism related enzymes and metabolic pathways to protect the purpose,to provide the experimental basis for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease watemut herb extract.
2.Radiographical diagnosis of posttraumatic knee joints hemarthrosis and lipohemarthrosis
Shuling LI ; Xulin LIU ; Qingju SUN ; Heng MA ; Guanghui ZHANG ; Chengtao ZHOU ; Xiaofeng TANG ; Wenle LI ; Zhongguang LIU ; Baozheng ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2008;42(7):692-696
Objective To explore the imaging findings and diagnostic values of X-ray, CT, MR,and ultrasonography in traumatic knee joints hemarthrosis and lipohemarthrosis. Methods Traumatic knee joints hemarthrosis (12 knees) and lipohemarthrosis (18 knees) proved by operation (27 knees) or puncturation (3 knees) were included in the study. Horizontal-beam plain radiographs (16 knees), CT (30 knees), MRI (30 knees) and ultrasonography (24 knees) in supine position were investigated. Results (1)supine position horizontal-beam plain radiographs: Fat-liquid layer was found in 8 cases of lipohemarthrosis. Dense supragenual bursa was found in 1 case of lipohemarthrosis and 7 cases of hemarthrosis. Fracture (13 knees) was diagnosed correctly. (2) CT findings: double fluid-fluid layer was found in 11 of all 18 cases, and single fluid-fluid layer was found in 7 of 11 cases of lipohemarthrosis. Single fluid-fluid layer was found in 3 of 12 cases of hemarthrosis. Isodensity was detected in 9 cases, and high-density blood clot was found in 4 cases. Fracture (30 knees) was diagnosed correctly. (3) MRI findings: in 12 of 18 cases of lipohemarthrosis, double fluid-fluid layer was shown including supernatant layer as short T1, long T2signal and low signal after fat-suppression, middle layer as long T1, long T2 signal and high signal after fat-suppression, and dependent layer as iso-T1, iso-T2 and slight high signal after fat-suppression. Single fluid-fluid layer was seen in 6 cases, only had aforementioned upper and under layer.Only aforementioned supernatant layer and dependent layer were seen in 12 cases of hemarthrosis. 4 cases showed entire blood clot in fluid, T1WI showed middle signal or center iso-signal accompanied with peripheral high signal ring, and fat-suppression imaging showed high signal. T2WI and fat-suppressionimaging showed middling or high signal accompanied with peripheral low signal ring. Fracture (30 knees) was diagnosed correctly. (4) Ultrasound findings: In 10 of 14 cases of lipohemarthrosis, double fluid-fluid level was shown, supernatant layer as equal echo, middle layer as echoless, and dependent layer as cloudy echo. Four cases with single fluid-fluid level only showed aforementioned upper and under layer. Three of 10 cases of hemarthrosis showed single fluid-fluid level, only showing aforementioned upper and under layer,and 7 cases showed cloudy echo and float. In 3 cases the fluid blood clot showed irregular shape low-equal echo bolus. No fracture hne was found. Conclusions CT can clearly detect fracture line, hemarthrosis and lipohemarthresis, and can substitute plain radiography. MRI is the best way to diagnose hemarthresis and lipohemarthrosis. Ultrasonography can be used in diagnosing hemarthresis and lipohemarthrosis but not helpful in the diagnosis of fracture.
3. Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and low-grade systemic inflammation in 50 patients with irritable bowel syndrome
Jian CHEN ; Zhibing QIU ; Zhongguang LUO ; Huilu ZHANG ; Jie LIU
Chinese Journal of Digestion 2018;38(11):769-773
Objective:
To investigate the incidence of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and systemic low-grade inflammation in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Methods:
From June to October in 2017, 50 cases of IBS patients who met Rome Ⅳ criteria were consecutively collected at Outpatient Department of Gastroenterology of Shanghai Huashan Hospital. The incidence of SIBO was detected by hydrogen lactulose breath test (LBT) and methane LBT. The incidence of systemic low-grade inflammation in IBS patients was determined by fractional exhaled nitric oxide(FeNO) breath test. Chi-square test was used for statistical analysis.
Results:
Among 50 IBS patients, the positive rate of FeNO was 70%(35/50), and the number of FeNO positive cases in diarrhea-predominant (
4.Relationship between serum lncRNA MEG3 and miR-195-5p expression and disease severity and prognosis in patients with severe necrotizing pancreatitis
Fenghao LIU ; Zhenzhen ZHOU ; Xuefeng LI ; Xudong ZHANG ; Zhongguang MA
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2023;44(24):3021-3026
Objective To investigate the expression of serum long non-coding RNA MEG3 and microRNA(miR)-195-5p in patients with severe necrotizing pancreatitis and their relationship with the severity and prognosis of severe necrotizing pancreatitis.Methods A total of 122 patients with acute pancreatitis admitted to Cangzhou Central Hospital from October 2020 to January 2023 were selected as the research objects.Ac-cording to the severity of the disease,the patients were divided into severe necrotizing pancreatitis(severe group,53 cases)and non-severe necrotizing pancreatitis(non-severe group,69 cases).According to the prog-nosis of alternate ending with severe necrotizing pancreatitis can be divided into good prognosis group(38 ca-ses)and poor prognosis group(15 cases).At the same time,50 healthy people who underwent physical exami-nation in the hospital during the same period were selected as the control group.The clinical data and serum levels of lncRNA MEG3 and miR-195-5p in each group were compared.Spearman correlation analysis was used to analyze the relationship between serum levels of lncRNA MEG3,miR-195-5p and acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ(APACHE Ⅱ)and Ranson scores.Multivariate Logistic regression was used to analyze the influencing factors of poor prognosis in patients with severe necrotizing pancreatitis.The receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve was used to analyze the value of lncRNA MEG3 and miR-195-5p in eval-uating the prognosis of patients with severe necrotizing pancreatitis.Results There was no significant differ-ence in age,gender,body mass index,underlying disease and etiology between severe group and non-severe group(P>0.05).Compared with the non-severe group,APACHEⅡ and Ranson scores were significantly in-creased in the severe group(P<0.05).Compared with the control group,the serum levels of lncRNA MEG3 and miR-195-5p in the non-severe group and the severe group were decreased(P<0.05),and the serum levels of lncRNA MEG3 and miR-195-5p in the severe group were lower than those in the non-severe group(P<0.05).Spearman correlation analysis showed that serum levels of lncRNA MEG3 and miR-195-5p in AP pa-tients were negatively correlated with APACHEⅡ and Ranson scores(P<0.05).Multivariate Logistic re-gression analysis showed that APACHEⅡ and Ranson scores and serum levels of lncRNA MEG3 and miR-195-5p were independent risk factors for poor prognosis in patients with severe necrotizing pancreatitis(P<0.05).ROC curve results showed that the area under the curve(AUC)of lncRNA MEG3 and miR-195-5p for evaluating the poor prognosis of patients with severe necrotizing pancreatitis was 0.767 and 0.777,respectively,the sensitivity was 86.7%and 80.0%,and the specificity was 49.9%and 45.8%,respectively.The AUC of combined e-valuation was 0.982,and the sensitivity and specificity were 86.7%and 78.8%,respectively.Conclusion The serum levels of lncRNA MEG3 and miR-195-5p are related to the severity and prognosis of severe necrotizing pancreatitis,which can evaluate the severity and predict the prognosis of severe necrotizing pancreatitis.
5.Effects of Dihydroquercetin on Hemorheology and Other Relevant Indexes in Local Cerebral Ischemic Injury Model Rats
Yuanyuan GU ; Bo JIANG ; Ming TIAN ; Yusheng HAN ; Xu LIU ; Yanqi SHANG ; Hui LIANG ; Xiaohong DONG ; Qiaomei DAI ; Zhongguang ZHOU
China Pharmacy 2019;30(6):765-769
OBJECTIVE: To observe the effects of dihydroquercetin (DHQ) on hemorheology and other relevant related indexes in local cerebral ischemic injury model rats. METHODS: SD rats were randomly divided into sham operation group, model group, nimodipine group (positive control, 20 mg/kg) and DHQ low-dose, medium-dose and high-dose groups (15, 30, 60 mg/kg), with 10 rats in each group. Administration groups were given relevant medicine intragastrically, sham operation group and model group were given constant volume of 0.4% Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose solution, once a day, for consecutive 14 d. After last administration, local cerebral ischemic injury model was induced by bilateral common carotid artery ligation in other groups except for sham operation group. After 24 h of cerebral ischemia, histopathological changes of brain tissue in rats of each group were observed; the levels of hemorheology indexes [whole blood viscosity (low, medium and high shear), whole blood reduced viscosity (low, medium and high shear), plasma viscosity], erythrocyte parameters (hematocrit, EAI, DI, IR), coagulation function indexes (APTT, PT, TT, FIB) were detected. RESULTS: Compared with sham operation group, the cells in the brain tissue of model group were loose, the gap was obvious, and the neurons around the ischemic area were damaged obviously; the levels of whole blood viscosity, whole blood reduced viscosity, plasma viscosity, hematocrit, EAI, IR and FIB were increased significantly, while the levels of DI, APTT, PT and TT were decreased or shortened significantly (P<0.05 or P<0.01). Compared with model group, above symptoms of administration groups were improved to different extents, whole blood viscosity, plasma viscosity, EAI and IR of nimodipine group, whole blood viscosity and hematocrit of DHQ high-dose group, plasma viscosity and EAI of DHQ groups, and IR of DHQ medium-dose and high-dose groups were decreased significantly; DI, APTT, PT and TT of nimodipine group, DI, APTT and TT of DHQ groups and PT of DHQ high-dose group were increased or prolonged significantly (P<0.05 or P<0.01). There was no statistical significance in other indexes among those groups (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS: DHQ can protect against local cerebral ischemic injury model rats, the mechanism of which may be associated with improving hemorheology indexes and coagulation function disorder.
6.Guidelines for Ethical Review Entrustment Contract of Life Science and Medical Research Involving Humans
Aijuan SHENG ; Meixia WANG ; Qiang LIU ; Zhongguang YU ; Hu CHEN ; Hui JIANG ; Jiyin ZHOU ; Xiaoqi WANG ; Haibin YU ; Mingjie ZI ; Yifeng JIANG ; Lei XU ; Tao SHI ; Guizhen SUN ; Dongxiang ZHENG
Chinese Medical Ethics 2023;36(5):492-498
The passing of ethical review is a necessary conditions and prerequisite for the development of life science and medical research involving humans. At present, some medical and health institutions have no or insufficient ethical review capabilities. The lack of ethical review ability has become a bottleneck restricting the development of life science and medical research involving humans. According to documents such as Opinions on Deepening the Reform of the Review and Approval System and Encouraging the Innovation of Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices, Opinions on Strengthening the Ethical Governance of Science and Technology, institutions can entrust competent institutional ethics review committees or regional ethics review committees in writing to conduct ethical review. Entrustment ethical review provides a viable solution for institutions that need to carry out life science and medical research involving humans but do not have an ethics (review) committee or the ethics (review) committee is not competent to review. To conduct the entrustment ethical review, the entrustment between the principal and the trustee is required. According to The Measures for Ethical Review of Life Sciences and Medical Research Involving Humans, if medical and health institutions and their ethical review committees do not accept the formal entrustment to provide the ethical review opinions for other institutions, the local health authorities at or above the county level will impose administrative penalties and sanctions on the relevant institutions and personnel in accordance with the law. Signing the entrustment ethical review contract, implementing legal compliance entrusted ethical review to protect the rights and interests of the trustee and the principal, and protect the research participants.
7.Eligibility of C-BIOPRED severe asthma cohort for type-2 biologic therapies.
Zhenan DENG ; Meiling JIN ; Changxing OU ; Wei JIANG ; Jianping ZHAO ; Xiaoxia LIU ; Shenghua SUN ; Huaping TANG ; Bei HE ; Shaoxi CAI ; Ping CHEN ; Penghui WU ; Yujing LIU ; Jian KANG ; Yunhui ZHANG ; Mao HUANG ; Jinfu XU ; Kewu HUANG ; Qiang LI ; Xiangyan ZHANG ; Xiuhua FU ; Changzheng WANG ; Huahao SHEN ; Lei ZHU ; Guochao SHI ; Zhongmin QIU ; Zhongguang WEN ; Xiaoyang WEI ; Wei GU ; Chunhua WEI ; Guangfa WANG ; Ping CHEN ; Lixin XIE ; Jiangtao LIN ; Yuling TANG ; Zhihai HAN ; Kian Fan CHUNG ; Qingling ZHANG ; Nanshan ZHONG
Chinese Medical Journal 2023;136(2):230-232