1.Experimental study of the improved preparative method of chemically extracted acelluar nerve allograft
Guanjun WANG ; Mingxue SUN ; Shibi LU
Orthopedic Journal of China 2006;0(12):-
0.05).There were better effect of removal of myelin(P2
2.Cellular and Molecular Biological Mechanisms of Peripheral Nerve Selective Regeneration (review)
Guanjun WANG ; Shibi LU ; Mingxue SUN
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2007;13(3):258-260
: The management of peripheral nerve injury is a tough problem clinically.Intensive studies in the past were focused on the bridging of nerve defects and the improvement of regeneration rate.But actually the clinical results of functional recovery after peripheral nerve lesion is mainly decided by the accurate regeneration of axons to their original target tissues and structures.Therefore,better clinical results could be obtained by a greater understanding of the cellular and molecular biology of selective nerve regeneration and the application of this theory clinically.This paper summarized recent studies on the cellular and molecular biology mechanisms of peripheral nerve selective regeneration.
3.Endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated high-fat diet, palmitic acid-induced insulin resistance in skeletal muscle and interventional effects of fenofibrate
Yingying BAO ; Yunxia LU ; Guanjun CHEN ; Jingjing CHENG ; Qiu ZHANG
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2014;(11):1557-1563
Aim To investigate endoplasmic reticulum stress ( ERS)-mediated high-fat diet and palmitic acid-induced insulin resistance ( IR) in skeletal muscle and interventional effects of fenofibrate both in vivo and in vitro tests. Methods Female SD rats were randomly subjected to a standard control diet ( SCD) or high-fat diet ( HFD) for 20 weeks, then the HFD group was di-vided into high-fat-diet group and high-fat-diet group treated with fenofibrate ( HFD +FF, 30 mg · kg-1 · d-1 ) for another 8 weeks. The changes of IR and ex-pression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α( PPARα) , glucose regulated protein 78 ( GRP78 ) and transcription factors GADD153 ( CHOP ) were as-sessed respectively. C2C12 myotubes were divided into normal control group ( NC ) , model group ( palmitic acid, PA) , postive control drug group ( tunicamycin, TM) and treatment group ( fenofibric acid, FA+PA) , the expressions of GRP78 and CHOP were assessed re-spectively. Insulin-stimulated phosphorylation of Akt was also analyzed to detect changes of insulin sensitivi-ty in C2 C12 . Results The high-fat diet induced obvi-ous IR and upregulated ERS markers GRP78 and CHOP in skeletal muscle of rats, and these responses were attenuated by treatment with fenofibrate. Incuba-tion of myotubes with palmitic acid or tunicamycin sig-nificantly increased expression of ERS markers GRP78 and CHOP. Meanwhile, insulin-stimulated phosphoryl-ation of Akt was inhibited obviously. Pre-incubation with FA markedly inverted PA-induced ERS and insu-lin-stimulated phosphorylation of Akt. Conclusion Fenofibrate ( fenofibric acid) has obvious effects of IR on skeletal muscle tissues and cells, which may be re-lated with reduced expression of GRP78 and CHOP in ERS.
4.PTEN silencing effects on biological properties of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
Yi CHEN ; Xiaodong LU ; Danping LIU ; Guanjun TU
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2015;(41):6590-6594
BACKGROUND:The self-renew and regeneration capacity of the injured spinal cord is thought to be limited. Accordingly, cel transplantation is one potential strategy for promoting functional recovery after spinal cord injury. OBJECTIVE:To explore the effects ofPTEN silencing on the biological properties of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels, hoping to offer better seed cels for tissue engineering. METHODS:Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels were transfected with specific siRNA-silencedPTEN gene using the liposome method, and then RT-PCR was used to detect the mRNA expression ofPTEN. Variation of biological properties ofPTEN-transfected cels were detected by the way of MTT assay, cel cycle analysis, and Transwel assay. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:PTEN is expressed highly in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels, which is successfuly interfered by siRNA.PTEN-silenced cels have stronger survival, proliferation and migration abilities, which become a kind of better seed cels for tissue engineering.
5.Hcy promotes the formation of atherosclerotic and effect of liver lipid metabolism disorder in ApoE-/- mice
Guanjun LU ; Anning YANG ; Xin CAI ; Lina HA ; Xiaoling YANG ; Yideng JANG
Chongqing Medicine 2014;(30):4030-4033
Objective To study the effect of homocysteine(Hcy)on the formation of atherosclerotic and acceleration of ApoE-/-mice liver lipid metabolism disorder .Methods 12 normal 5 weeks old C57BL/6J mice served as control group ,and 36 5 weeks old C57BL/6J A poE-/- mice were randomly divided into 3 groups(n=12 for each group) ,the model control group ,the hyperhomocys-teinemia(HHcy)group and the intervention group(intervened by folate and vitamin B12 ) .18 weeks later ,the blood of the mice was gotten using a Unilateral enucleation method ,and the Serum Hcy and lipid changes were detected by Biochemical analyzer .And the changes of plaque size were measured by HE staining .The liver tissues of the 4 groups mice were taken and the changes in hepato-cyte lipid were detected by oil red O staining ,and the hepatic lipid levels were measured by enzymatic determination(by Semi-quan-titative image analysis) .Results The results showed that ,when compared with the control group ,the serum Hcy ,LDL ,TG and CHOL levels of the HHcy group significantly increased by 2 .3 ,2 .8 ,5 .0 ,10 .7 fold(P<0 .01)and the content of HDL decreased by 64% (P<0 .01) ,and the result showed that ,conpared with the HHcy group ,the seram Hcy ,LDL and CHOL levels of the interven-tion group were significantly decreased by 43% ,34% ,21% (P<0 .05) .Atherosclerotic fatty plaque could be seen in the hyperlipi-demic ,model and intervention group .Meanwhile ,there was a large number of scattered fat in A poE-/-mice liver by oil red O staining in the HHcy group ,and the CHOL and TG levels were 2 .2 fold and 2 .8 fold higher in the HHcy than that in the normal control group respectively(P<0 .01) .And compared with the HHcy group ,the serum CHOL and TG levels of the intervention group sig-nificantly decreased by 34% ,33% (P<0 .01) .Conclusion It is found that Hcy can induce the formation of As and accelerate liver lipid metabolism disorder .
6.Resveratrol improves vascular endothelial injury induced by high-calorie and high-cholestrol diet through reduced ERS and increased eNOS expression
Jingjing CHENG ; Li CHEN ; Chaofei LI ; Guanjun CHEN ; Yingying BAO ; Yunxia LU
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2014;(12):1756-1762
Aim To study whether the mechanisms in-volved in resveratrol′s protective effects on vascular en-dothelial injury induced by high-calorie and high-chol-estrol diet are concerned with ERS and the change of eNOS expression. Methods Twenty-four male C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into standard control diet (SCD),high-calorie and high-cholestrol diet(HCD)and HCD group treated with resveratrol (HCD +RES,400 mg·kg -1 ·d -1 ,1 2 weeks).Then the thoracic aorta was separated,embedded and sliced to analyze the pathological changes by HE and resor-cinol staining.The protein distribution of eNOS was measured with immunohistochemical analysis.The up-stream and downstream genes of ERS in thoracic aorta were detected by RT-PCR.After the pretreatment with different concentrations of resveratrol,the mouse aortic endothelial cells (MAECs)were treated with palmitic acid,then the changes of cell proliferation in each group were compared.Western blot,immunofluores-cence and immunohistochemistry were used to deter-mine the protein expressions of GRP78,CHOP and eNOS respectively.Results Mice fed with HCD showed thickening of thoracic aortic wall and disorgan-ized elastic fibers as compared with those in SCD group.The mRNA levels of ERS related genes were all increased obviously (P <0.05),while the protein expression of eNOS was decreased.Compared with HCDgroup,the thickened wall and the disorganized elasticfibers were improved significantly,the mRNA levels ofERS related genes were all decreased obviously (P <0.05)and the expression of eNOS protein was increased in HCD +RES group.Compared with NCgroup, the cell proliferation was significantly decreased,meanwhile GRP78 and CHOP was significantly increased (P <0.05)and the protein expression ofeNOS was decreased in PA group.The cell proliferation was increased significantly (P <0.05),the mRNA and protein expression of GRP78 and CHOP wasobviously decreased (P <0.05),meanwhile the protein expression of eNOS was increased in the mediumand large dose of RES pretreatment groups.Conclusion Resveratrol has obvious effects of improving endothelial damages induced by HCD and decreasing cellproliferateion of MAECs induced by PA, and themechanisms are possibly related with decreased ERSand increased level of eNOS protein.
7.Treatment of hematomas in operation area after anterior approach surgery for cervical spondylosis
Fatai LU ; Yue ZHU ; Ying JIAO ; Feng WANG ; Guanjun TU ; Chu CHANG ; Deyong LIANG
Chinese Journal of Trauma 2014;30(2):103-107
Objective To investigate the treatment and prevention strategies of hematomas in operation area after anterior approach surgery for cervical spondylosis.Methods A retrospective review was conducted on 12 with hematoma compression in operation area out of 785 patients managed by anterior cervical surgery from January 2007 to July 2013,including 10 males and 2 females at age ranging from 40-71 years (mean 56.8 years).Surgery method was anterior cervical corpectomy and interbody fusion using titanium mesh cage plus plate and intraoperative blood loss was 300-1 200 ml.Primary clinical manifestations were neurological dysfunction in 5 patients,dyspnea in 6,and both neurological dysfunction and dyspnea in 1.There were 10 patients with the presence of symptoms at postoperative 0.5-22 hours,1 at postoperative 73 hours,and 1 at postoperative 74 hours.All the 12 patients underwent a second anterior cervical exploration.Results There were 5 patients with epidural hematoma,6 with subcutaneous hematoma,and 1 with both hematomas.After surgical interventions,the patients presented improvement in respiratory and neurological function,with inapparent respiratory abnormality and improved neurological function at discharge.One patient was died of cardiovascular-associated disease after being discharged from hospital.The left 11 patients were followed up for mean 19.8 months (range,6-43 months),with improved Japanese Orthopedic Association (JOA) score at final follow-up.Conclusions Hematoma took place frequently in the early period,especially within 24 hours in operation area after anterior approach to cervical disorders and close attention should be paid to respiratory and limb sensation and motion functions.Early detection and early surgical interventions are the key countermeasures to avoiding the severe results.
8.Spiral CT evaluation of the alveolar cortical bone mineral density and bone cortex thickness of teenagers and adults
Hui XI ; Wenjuan WANG ; Shifeng FAN ; Guanjun ZHOU ; Chenxi LI ; Lin LU ; Lihua SHAN
Journal of Practical Stomatology 2017;33(5):665-668
Objective:To compare the alveolar cortical bone density and thickness of jaw bones between teenagers (12-18 years of age) and adults(19-48 years of age).Methods:Spiral computed tomographic images of 60 cases were obtained from the subjects with the ages of 12 to 48 years(27 Males and 33 females,35 teenagers and 25 adults).Buccal cortical bone thickness and density in Hounsfield units were measured at 12 interradicular sites and to a depth of 14 mm.Results:The alveolar cortical bone thicknesses and densities of the jaw bones significantly increased from the crest to base of alveolar crest.The average cortical bone thicknesses rangedfrom 1.0 to 1.5 mm in the anterior part of the jaw bones,1.1 to 1.8 mm in maxillary posterior area and 1.5 to 2.8 mm in the mandible posterior areas.The cortical bone thickness and density were greater in the mandible than in the maxilla(P < 0.05).The thickness values did not show difference between males and females,between adolescents and adults.Higher values of bone density were found in the adults than in the teenagers(P <0.05).The highest bone density in the mandible posterior area of adults was observed,and the lowest bone density in the maxillary posterior area of adolescents.Conclusion:Alveolar cortical bone density of adolescents is lower than that of adults,especially in the maxilla posterior region.
9.A case of mental retardation caused by a frameshift variant of SYNGAP1 gene.
Yue SHEN ; Guanjun LUO ; Chao LU ; Yuan TAN ; Tingting CHENG ; Xuguang QIAN ; Nuo LI ; Minna LUO ; Zongfu CAO ; Xu MA ; Yong ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2023;40(1):57-61
OBJECTIVE:
To explore the genetic basis for a child with mental retardation.
METHODS:
Whole exome sequencing was carried out for the child. Candidate variant was screened based on his clinical features and verified by Sanger sequencing.
RESULTS:
The child was found to harbor a c.995_1002delAGACAAAA(p.Asp332AlafsTer84) frameshift variant in the SYNGAP1 gene. Bioinformatic analysis suggested it to be pathogenic. The same variant was not detected in either parent.
CONCLUSION
The c.995_1002delAGACAAAA(p.Asp332AlafsTer84) frameshift variant of the SYNGAP1 gene probably underlay the mental retardation in this child. Above finding has expanded the spectrum of SYNGAP1 gene variants and provided a basis for the diagnosis and treatment for this child.
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10.Mechanism of iron death induced by high homocysteine via TRPC6/NF-κb in glomerular podiatocytes
Xiaoqin LI ; Lexin WANG ; Xiaojun MA ; Na LI ; Guanjun LU ; Zhihan ZHANG ; Pengcheng ZHANG
The Journal of Practical Medicine 2024;40(2):174-181
Objective To investigate the mechanism of iron death induced by TRPC6/NF-κB in glomerular podiocytes mediated by high homocysteine(Hcy).Methods Mouse glomerulopocytes were cultured in vitro and divided into Control group(0 μmol/L Hcy)and Hcy group(80 μmol/L Hcy).After 48h of intervention,Western blot was used to detect the expression levels of iron death related proteins GPX4 and SLC7A11 and TRPC6 and NF-κ B.Real-time quantitative fluorescence PCR(qRT-PCR)and immunofluorescence were used to detect the expression of TRPC6.The level of podocyte apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry.Malondialdehyde(MDA)assay kit was used to determine intracellular MDA levels.After transfection of TRPC6 interference fragment and TRPC6 negative control(NC),qRT-PCR was divided into Control,si-NC and si-TRPC6(Si-TRPC6-1,Si-TRPC6-2,Si-TRPC6-3).Western Blot was divided into Control,Hcy,si-NC+Hcy,si-TRPC6+Hcy.The expression of TRPC6 mRNA was detected by qRT-PCR.The expression levels of GPX4,SLC7A11,NF-κB and TRPC6 were detected by Western Blot.The level of podocyte apoptosis after interference was detected by flow cytometry.Results(1)Compared with Control group,the expression levels of iron death related proteins GPX4 and SLC7A11 in Hcy group were decreased,and the apoptosis rate was increased(P<0.05).(2)Compared with Control group,TRPC6 protein,mRNA levels and immunofluorescence expression were increased in Hcy group.The level of MDA and the expression of NF-κB signaling pathway protein increased in Hcy group,and the comparison between the two groups had statistical significance(P<0.05).(3)Compared with the si-NC group,the mRNA expression level of TRPC6 in si-TRPC6(Si-TRPC6-1,Si-TRPC6-2,Si-TRPC6-3)group was decreased,and the interference effect of Si-TRPC6-3 was the best(P<0.05).After transfecting TRPC6 NC and TRPC6 interference fragment and administering Hcy,there was no difference in GPX4,SLC7A11,NF-κB and TRPC6 expression in si-NC+Hcy group compared with Hcy group.Compared with the si-NC+Hcy group,the si-TRPC6+Hcy group had higher expression of iron death related proteins,GPX4 and SLC7A11,lower expression of NF-κB and TRPC6,and decreased apoptosis rate(P<0.05).Conclusion This study confirmed that TRPC6/NF-κB can regulate iron death of renal podocytes under the induc-tion of Hcy,which is one of the mechanisms leading to kidney injury.