1.Expressions of ubiquitin and apotosis-related protein in diabetic rat brain
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2010;29(8):686-690
Objective To explore the effect of continuous hyperglycemia on learning and memory capacity in rats, and to observe the changes of expressions of ubiquitin and apotosis-related proteins, so as to provide a relative basis for diabetic encephalopathy. Methods The male SD rats were randomly divided into normal control group and diabetes mellitus (DM) group. The DM rats was made by intraperitoneal injection of streptozocin (STZ). The capacities of learning and memory were tested by Y-maze. The structure changes in frontal lobe cortex and hippocampus were observed by Nissl's staining and immunohistochemistry. The apoptosis cell count was measured by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL). The expressions of Bcl-2 and P53 were assessed by Western-blot analysis. The expression of ubiquitin mRNA was detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Results In DM rats, the learning and memory capacities were worse than in control rats (P<0. 05), and the apoptosis cell counts in frontal lobe cortex and hippocampus were higher than in control rats, the expression of Bcl-2 gene was reduced while the expressions of ubiquitin and P53 gene were increased (P<0. 05). Conclusions In the frontal lobe cortex and hippocampus, the expression of Bcl-2 gene is reduced while the apoptosis cell numbers and ubiquitin P53 gene expression are increased, which may contribute to neurodegeneration in DM rats.
2.Necessity of strengthening Medical Morality for Health Adiministratice Cadre
Chinese Medical Ethics 1994;0(05):-
At present, there are the pheuomena of asking sor maney fram patients, writing out unnecessary prescription,and getting medicaine without payment among physicians. It is mot accord with the humanitarianism for patients imim China As everyone knows, the medical moraiith of health adimin'strative cadre involve that whether of not the quality of health services correspond to need of patients so, in this paper, the author discusses that how to strengthen the medical morality for health adimin's trative cadres.
3.Advances of polypeptide fragment of rabiesvirus glycoprotein as a brain-targeting carrier
Ligang CHEN ; Jing WU ; Peng LUO ; Ailing FU
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2017;33(5):607-611
Polypeptide fragment of rabies virus glycoprotein(RVG)has become one of the most popular polypeptides in drug delivery field,because of its advantages of neurotropiam,penetration of blood-brain barrier and biosafety.Polypeptide fragment of RVG can directly deliver proteins and nucleic acids into brain.Additionally,when polypeptide fragment of RVG couples with drug-loading polymers,nanoparticles or liposomes,it can mediate the latters into brain.The application of the RVG polypeptide fragment provides a safe and effective approach for the treatment of brain diseases with biomolecules,such as chemicals,proteins.plasmids,siRNA,miRNA.
4.Identified and Etiological Study on Human Metapneumovirus in Children with Respiratory Tract Infection in Shenzhen and Shantou Area
Ailing LIU ; Huiyun TAN ; Min WU ; Xuedong LU
Journal of Modern Laboratory Medicine 2014;(6):32-34,40
Objective To analyze the status of human metapneumovirus in children with respiratory tract infection in Shenz-hen and Shantou and the clinical characteristics of the diseases with hMPV infection.Methods The viral nucleic acid of 1 217 samples were amplified by RT-PCR(1 137 from children with respiratory tract infection,80 from health children),and five positive PCR products were chosen randomly for sequencing.Nucleotide sequences alignment and phylogenetic analysis were performed with DNAstar software.The clinical data of the children with hMPV infection were analyzed.Results The positive rate of hMPV infection identified from 1 137 children wtith respiratory tract infection was 4.49% (51/1 137), hMPV was significantly prevalent in February,March and April.Most of the positive cases was under 3 years old.Five hMPV gene fragments of sequence were closely related to hMPV in the GenBank.Similarity of hMPV partial N gene with which published at nucleotide levels varied from 80.8%~98.4%.Phylogenetic tree of nucleotide revealed two different gen-otypes.All hMPV positive patients suffered from fever,cough and wheezing.The clinical diagnoses were wheezing pneumo-nia (17),bronchiolitis (9).None of the nasal swabs from 80 healty subjects were tested hMPV specific gene fragment.Con-clusion hMPV is an important viral pathogen in children with respiratory tract infection in Shenzhen and Shantou.Two genotypes may circurate in these areas.
5.Effect of bifunctional RDP-BDNF fusion protein on ability of learning and memory of cognitive dysfunction mice induced by scopolamine
Miaomiao ZHANG ; Enqi ZHANG ; Feiyan GAO ; Jing WU ; Songtao XIANG ; Ailing FU
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2014;(11):1569-1573,1574
Aim Through identification of the difunc-tionality of neuroprotection and passage of blood-brain barrier ( BBB) for RDP-BDNF fusion protein to offer a new strategy to treat brain diseases. Methods BDNF was conjugated to a novel cell penetrating peptide known as RDP which was derived from rabies virus gly-coprotein ( RVG) . The fusion protein RDP-BDNF was expressed in E. coli BL21 ( DE3 ) . After the intrave-nous injection of RDP-BDNF, the time effect curve of RDP-BDNF in the brains and serum was examined. Additionally , Morris water maze test was used to evalu-ate the effect of RDP-BDNF on scopolamine-induced amnesic mice, and the mechanism was also studied. Results RDP-BDNF could cross the BBB and exhibi-ted neuroprotective effects on the treatment of cognitive deficit induced by scopolamine in dementia model mice. Conclusions Delivery of protein therapeutics using RDP might offer a new and exciting strategy to treat brain diseases.
6.Effect of hydrogen sulfide on hepatic lipid accumulation in obese mice
Nairui ZHENG ; Youjing ZHANG ; Dongdong WU ; Bin LIU ; Ailing JI ; Yanzhang LI ; Chaoshen HUANGFU
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2015;(7):945-950,951
Aim To investigate the effect of hydrogen sulfide on hepatic lipid accumulation in obese mice. Methods C57 BL/6 J mice were randomly divided into control group, model group, and NaHS group. The mice of the control group were fed with normal diet. The mice of the model group and the NaHS group were fed with high-fat diet. From the thirteenth week, the mice of NaHS group were injected intraperitoneally with NaHS (H2S donor) in a dose of 50 μmol·kg-1 per day for 4 weeks and the mice of the model group were injected with the same volume of saline. All mice were sacrificed at the end of the 16th week. The tis-sues of liver were homogenized and centrifugated. The supernatants were used for the determination of triglyc-eride and cholesterol in liver. The morphology of liver was tested by H&E staining. Liver lipid accumulation was determined by oil red staining. Total RNA was ex-tracted from frozen tissue of liver. PCR was used to de-tect CPT-1 , FAS gene expression and ELISA method was used to detect CPT-1,FAS activity in mice liver. Results The body weight of the mice from NaHS group and model group was bigger than that of the mice from control group. Compared with the model group, the body weight of the mice from NaHS group was less;the content of triglyceride and cholesterol in liver was lower; the degree of liver tissue pathological changes and lipid accumulation were alleviated; CPT-1 expres-sion and activity were increased; FAS expression and activity were decreased. Conclusions These data in-dicate that hydrogen sulfide can reduce the lipid con-tent of liver tissue in obese mice and alleviate fatty liv-er. The mechanism may be associated with the in-creased expression of CPT-1 and the decreased expres-sion of FAS in liver.
7.Effect of Danshensu borneol esteron P-glycoprotein expression level in rat brain
Zheng ZHANG ; Li YANG ; Kaili ZHU ; An ZHOU ; Ailing HUI ; Wencheng ZHANG ; Zeyu WU
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2017;33(8):1114-1119
Aim To investigate the relationship between the brain targeting effect and P-glycoprotein(P-gp)expression level of Danshensu borneol ester(DBE)and the combination use of sodium Danshensu and borneol(SDSS-B).Methods The liquid chromatography mass spectrometry(LC-MS)method was applied to investigate the accumulation of Danshensu(DSS)in rat brain tissues after intravenous injection of DBE,SDSS-B and SDSS.Also their effect on regulating the expression level of P-gp in rat hippocampus was investigated using Western blot.Results The brain targeting effect of DBE,SDSS-B was qualitatively analyzed through the brain distribution of DSS,and the result was DBE(SDSS-B)>SDSS(P<0.01).Meanwhile,the brain distribution of DBE group was slightly lower than SDSS-B group at 15 min,while at 30 min DBE was higher than that of SDSS-B.DBE demonstrated a better slow release property compared to SDSS-B.Western blot analysis indicated that DBE,SDSS-B were more effective in inhibiting the expression of P-gp than SDSS in rat hippocampus(P<0.01 vs control or SDSS group),and the lowest P-gp expression was obtained with(47.58±2.28)%and(46.54±1.41)%at 45 min after administration of DBE or SDSS-B.Once the administration time was extended to 60 min,the inhibitory effect on P-gp expression of DBE was stronger than SDSS-B[(85.04±1.42)%vs(95.29±0.98)%].However,no significant inhibition of P-gp expression in rat hippocampus was found throughout the treatment of SDSS(P>0.05 at 5,15,45,60 min,vs control group).Conclusion An attenuated expression level of P-gp can be realized by DBE and SDSS-B,which is advantageous to their brain targeting.
8.Clinical Observation of Sitagliptin Combined with Benazepril in the Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy
Ailing LYU ; Minmin AN ; Aibing RUAN ; Zhao SHENG ; Yemei LIU ; Jun DING ; Xue WU
China Pharmacy 2017;28(5):646-648
OBJECTIVE:To observe the clinical efficacy of sitagliptin combined with benazepril in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy(DN). METHODS:Sixty DN patients admitted to our hospital during Sept. 2014-Jun. 2015 were divided into sitagliptin group,benazepril group,drug combination group according to random number table,with 20 cases in each group. Based on routine treatment,sitagliptin group was given sitagliptin 100 mg orally,qd;benazepril group was given Benazepril 10 mg orally,qd;drug combination group was given sitagliptin 100 mg+benazepril 10 mg orally,qd. The drug dosage would be doubled if the blood pressure of patients in 3 groups had not yet reached the standard. Treatment course of 3 groups lasted for 12 weeks. The levels of 24 h urine protein,IL-6 and Cys-C were measured in 3 groups before and after treatment. Clinical efficacies and the occurrence of ADR were observed. RESULTS:Total response rate of drug combination group(90.00%)was significantly higher than those of sitagliptin group (65.00%)and benazepril group(70.00%);there was statistically significance(P<0.05). After treatment,the levels of 24 h urine protein,IL-6 and Cys-C in 3 groups were significantly lowered,compared to before treatment;those of drug combination group was significantly lower than those of other 2 groups;there was statistically significance(P<0.05). There was no statistical significance in above indexes between sitagliptin group and benazepril group(P>0.05). No obvious ADR was found in 3 groups during treatment. CONCLUSIONS:Both sitagliptin and benazepril can decrease the levels of 24 h urine protein,IL-6 and Cys-C,while drug combination shows better effect and clinical response rate,and does not influence the safety of drug use.
9.Inhitory effect of electroacupuncture on acetylcholine M1 receptor expression in visual cortex of guinea pigs with lens-induced myopia
Ling, WANG ; Fang, SHA ; Jianfeng, WU ; Xiang, YE ; Ailing, BI ; Hongsheng, BI
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2016;34(5):389-394
Background It has not been reported that if the visual cortex M receptor changed during the development of myopia and how it changed if given acupuncture treatment.Objective The aim of this study was to observe the effect of electroacupuncture stimulation on the expression of acetylcholine receptors M1 (AchRM1) in visual cortex of guinea with lens-induced myopia (LIM).Methods Forty-eight three-week-old healthy guinea pigs were randomized into the normal control group,the LIM model group and the LIM electroacupuncture group.The right eyes of the guinea pigs were selected as the experimental eyes.LIM was created by monocularly wearing of-10 D lens for 4 weeks in the right eyes in the LIM model group and LIM electroacupuncture group,and then the acupuncture at the temple and hegu point was performed for 30 minutes per day for consequent 4 weeks,in the LIM electroacupuncture group.The fellow eyes of the guinea pigs were used as the self-control eyes.The refractive power and axial length were examined with retinoscopy and A-type sonography before and 4 weeks after modeling,respectively.The animals were sacrificed by excessive anesthesia at the fourth week after acupuncture and visual vertex tissue was obtained.The expression of M1 receptor mRNA in visual vertex was detected by fluorescence quantitative PCR,and the content of M1 receptor protein in visual vertex was assyed by ELISA.The study protocal was approved by Animal Ethic Committee of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,and the use and care complied with Statement of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.Results At the fourth week after modeling,the mean diopters were (-3.24±0.28) D and (-3.30±0.45) D in the LIM model group and the LIM eleetroacupuncture group,which were significantly higher than (0.83 ±0.86)D in the normal control group (both at P=0.000),and there was no significant difference in the diopter between the LIM model group and the LIM electroacupuncture group (t =0.200,P =0.659).The mean axial lengths were (8.67 ±0.14) mm and (8.60±0.06) mm in the LIM model group and the LIM electroacupuncture group,which were considerably increased in comparison with (8.33±0.08)mm in the normal control group (both at P<0.05).The relative expression levels of AchRM1 mRNA in visual cortex were 0.79±0.18,1.36±0.23 and 1.13±0.13 in the normal control group,LIM model group and LIM electroacupuncture group,and the relative expression level of AchRM1 mRNA in the LIM electroacupuncture group was significantly higher than that of the normal control group and lower than that of the LIM model group (both at P<0.05).In addition,the contents of AchRM1 receptor protein in the visual cortex were 248.00±33.31,455.17±42.40 and 396.17±47.57 in the normal control group,LIM model group and the LIM electroacupuncture group,with a similar pattern among the groups (both at P<0.05).Conclusions A electroacupuncture stimmulation do not affect the myopic diopter and axial length in LIM model.The AchRM1 and AchRM1 receptor in the visual cortex up-regulate in LIM eyes,infering that electroacupuncture stimmulation can improve vision by decreasing the level of AchRM1 receptor in visual cortex in LIM eyes in guinea pigs.
10.Observation on curative effect of low-temperature plasma assisted uvulopalatopharyngoplasty in positional and non-positional OSAHS patients
Ailing KUANG ; Kang WU ; Xiaofen SU ; Riken CHEN ; Huizhi GUO ; Heng LIU ; Xiaowen ZHANG ; Nuofu ZHANG
Chongqing Medicine 2017;46(7):916-918,922
Objective To investigate the curative effect of low-temperature plasma-assisted uvulopalatopharyngoplasty(UP-PP)in the patients with positional and non-positional obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome(OSAHS).Methods Twenty-six patients with OSAHS diagnosed by polysomnography monitoring receiving the low-temperature plasma-assisted UPPP in our hospital from January 2014 to December 2015 were selected and divided into the positional OSAHS group(PPs) and non-positional OSAHS group(NPPs) according to the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) under different sleep positional status.The AHI change before and after operation and operation effective rate were compared between the two groups.Results Theoverall AHI,supine position AHI and lateral position AHI in the PPs group all were lower than those in the NPPs group(P<0.05),moreover the blood oxygen related indexes were higher than those in the NPPs group(P<0.05).The overall surgical effective rate in the OSAHS patients was 73.08% (19/26),in which the surgical effective rate was 100% (7/7) in the PPs group and 63.16% (12/19) in the NPPs group,the difference between the two groups had no statistical significance(P=0.13).The postoperative total AHI,supine position AHI and lateral position AHI in the two groups were decreased compared with before operation(P<0.05);the decrease range of lateral position AHI in the NPPs group was significantly higher than that in the supine position AHI[0.96(0.86,1.00)vs.0.53(0.34,0.77),P<0.01].78.95 % (15/19) postoperation patients in the NPPs group converted to PPs.Conclusion Low-temperature plasma-assisted UPPP has some effects on OSAHS patients,in which the benefit of NPPs are more apparent.