1.ABCF2 positive expression and its relationship with chemotherapy resistance in ovarian carcinoma
Xuwei CHEN ; Tao ZHU ; Huaqing LI
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2017;37(3):285-287
Objective To investigate the positive expression of ATP binding cassette transporter protein F2 (ABCF2) in ovarian cancer tissue and its relationship with chemotherapy resistance.Methods 91 patients with ovarian cancer specimens were selected and 42 cases from the tumor 5cm adjacent tissues as normal controls, ABCF2 expression in each sample was detected by immunohistochemical staining , the relationship between ABCF2 expression and clinicopathological features of patients with ovarian cancer were analyzed .Results The positive expression rate of ABCF2 in ovarian cancer tissue was 68.13%, which was significantly higher than that in normal ovarian tissue (9.52%), and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).The positive expression of ABCF2 was not related to the age and organization type of ovarian cancer patients.The positive expression rate of ABCF2 in stage III~IV was 86.54%, which was significantly higher than that of phase I~II (43.59%), the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The positive expression rate of ABCF2 in patients with chemotherapy resistance was 88.89%, which was significantly higher than that in patients with chemotherapy sensitivity ( 59.38%) , and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05 ) .The results of Logistic regression analysis showed that ABCF2 positive expression was the independent influencing factor of ovarian cancer drug resistance (OR =4.586,95% CI:1.121 ~3.392,P<0.05). Conclusion ABCF2 is highly expressed in ovarian cancer, which may be associated with chemotherapy resistance in patients with ovarian cancer .
2.Effect of Vit E on myosin light chain kinase activity and expression in the liver of atherosclerosis model rabbit
Huaqing ZHU ; Bin REN ; Zhikui JIANG ; Qing ZHOU ; Shuyu GUI ; Yuan WANG
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2003;0(11):-
AIM To study the effect of Vit E on the MLCK activity and expression in the liver of atherosclerosis model rabbits. METHODS The MLCK activity of rabbit liver was measured by the method of ?- 32P incorporated and its expression was detected by immunofluorescent. RESULTS The model of atherosclerosis was estabilished. After rabbits were fed with cholesterol for four weeks and twelve weeks, the activity of MLCK increased markedly, and there was significantly statistical difference compared with the normal control (P0.05). MLCK expression increased after the rabbits was fed with cholesterol for four weeks, and this increase became more obvious had been the rabbits was fed with cholesterol for twelve weeks. The expression decreased when vitamin E had been added into the cholesterol fed. CONCLUSION The pathology of liver may be associated with the increase of the activity of MLCK. Vit E may reduce MLCK activity and protect hepatocyte from injury.
3.Effect of melatonin on expression and activity of myosin light chain kinase in the artery wall of atherosclerotic rabbits
Huaqing ZHU ; Xiaowen CHENG ; Zhikui JIANG ; Linlin XIAO ; Li ZUO ; Ruolei HU ; Sumei ZHANG ; Qing ZHOU ; Shuyu GUI ; Yuan WANG
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 1986;0(05):-
Aim To study the effect of melatonin on expression and activity of myosin light chain kinase in the artery wall of atherosclerotic rabbits.Methods The rabbit model of atherosclerosis was induced by a high-cholesterol diet.The blood lipid levels were assayed in the serum of each group.MLCK expression was detected by Western blot and immunohistochemical method.MLCK activity was measured by ?-32P-ATP incorporation into myosin light chain.Results The atherosclerosis model was established successfully.The levels of lipids decreased after MLT treatment.After fed with cholesterol for twelve weeks,the expression and activity of MLCK in the artery of atherosclerotic rabbits increased markedly,whereas there was no obvious difference in expression of MLCK in the artery of atherosclerotic rabbits fed with cholesterol and melatonin for twelve weeks compared with that of control.Conclusions It was suggest that high expression and activity of MLCK in the artery might be closely correlated with the development of atherosclerosis.Melatonin played an important role in inhibiting the development of atherosclerosis by decreasing the expression and activity of MLCK.
4.A twin study of genetic effects on intelligence development of children and adolescents
Xiaomei HU ; Yixiao FU ; Xingshun MA ; Xiao HOU ; Yingqing ZHOU ; Wenfen ZHU ; Huaqing MENG ; Lu JIA ; Qing QING ; Wei DENG ; Tao LI ; Yingcheng WANG
Chongqing Medicine 2014;(4):394-395,398
Objective Using twins methods to explore the influence of genetic and environmental factor on Intelligence develop-ment of children and adolescent twins .Methods It was 190 pair of twins aged 6 to 18 who lived in Chongqing were recruited ,DNA were extracted from buccal mucosa and venous blood samples to identify zygosity .The intelligence was investigated by using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children(C-WISC) ,the intrapair correlation coefficients of twins were compared and calculate the genetic degrees .Results The total IQ of children aged 6 to 18 heritability were 0 .63 ,Verbal IQ were 0 .44 ,Performance IQ were 0 .57 .The total IQ heritability of children aged 10 to 14 and 15 to 18 years(0 .78 ,0 .79) were higher than that of those aged from 6 to 9 years(0 .018) .Conclusion This study suggested the intelligence of children aged 6 to 18 affected by genetic and environment , and the older ,the more influence of genetic on intelligence development .
5.Meta analysis of the effect of blunt separation in application of PICC
Guangju MO ; Erchang ZHU ; Tianjing GAO ; Min ZHANG ; Huaqing LIU
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2022;38(24):1908-1915
Objective:To evaluate the effect of blunt separation method on peripherally inserted central venous catheters.Methods:The randomized controlled trials regard to the effect of blunt separation method on peripheral central venous catheters were retrieved from CNKI, Wan fang Data Knowledge Service Platform, CQVIP, CBM, Cochrane, PubMed, EMBASE and Web of science from January 2010 to March 2021, two researchers performed quality assessments and extracted data according to Cochrane evaluation manual standards. RevMan 5. 4 software was used for statistical analysis.Results:A total of 11 randomized controlled trials were analyzed, including 1379 participants. The meta-analysis results showed that there was no statistical difference in the successful rate of one-time sheath delivery ( OR=1.62, 95% CI 0.92-2.86, P>0.05). However, patients in blunt separation group showed lower blood loss ( OR=0.24, 95% CI 0.11-0.50, P<0.05), lower the incidence of seepage at puncture site ( OR=0.18, 95% CI 0.09-0.37, P<0.05) than those in traditional skin expansion group at 24h after catheterization, and less the time of maintenance within 7 days after catheterization ( MD=-0.95, 95% CI-1.78--0.11, respectively, P<0.05). Conclusions:Blunt separation method can significantly reduce the incidence of complications and the time of catheter maintenance. Due to the limited quality of included studies, more high quality studies are needed to verify the conclusions.
6.Efficacy of bendamustine hydrochloride in patients with rituximab-refractory indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma:results from a phaseⅢmulticenter study
Teng SONG ; Huilai ZHANG ; Huaqing WANG ; Jingmin LI ; Xiaoyan KE ; Junning CAO ; Huiqiang HUANG ; Weijing ZHANG ; Jun ZHU ; Yun FAN ; Jifeng FENG
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2015;(20):1025-1030
Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of single-agent bendamustine in patients with indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) refractory to rituximab. Methods:Between April 2010 and April 2013, 100 patients with rituximab-refrac-tory indolent B-cell NHL from 8 institutions were enrolled. Bendamustine was administered at 120 mg/m2 on days 1 and 2 every 21 days for 6-8 cycles. The primary endpoint was the overall response rate (ORR). The secondary endpoints included disease control rate (DCR), progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and safety. Results:One hundred patients with a median age of 56 (rang-ing from 28 to 74) years were recruited in this clinical study. The total number of chemotherapy was 447 cycles, and the median number was 4 cycles. Ninety-three patients could be evaluated for efficacy. Fifteen patients (16.1%) had complete remission (CR), 52 (55.9%) had partial remission (PR), 22 (23.7%) had stable disease (SD), and 4 (4.3%) had progression disease (PD). The ORR and DCR were 72%and 95.7%, respectively. After a median follow-up of 26.6 months (ranging from 2 to 48.4 months), 59 patients (63.4%) had PD.The median PFS was 8.53 (95%CI:6.518-10.542) months, and PFS rate for 1 year was (40.6±5.3)%. Forty-eight patients (48%) had 3/4 grade adverse events, including leucopenia (26%), neutropenia (24%), and anemia (11%). Conclusion:Single-agent bendamustine produced a high rate of objective responses in patients with rituximab-refractory indolent B-cell NHL and could be one of the new op-tions for second-line treatment of these patients. The most common adverse event is hematologic toxicity.
7.Genetic and environmental influences on emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents
Xiaomei HU ; Xingshun MA ; Yixiao FU ; Yingqing ZHOU ; Wenfen ZHU ; Xiao HOU ; Huaqing MENG ; Lu JIA ; Qing QIN ; Tian QIU ; Yang LIU ; Xiao LI ; Yingcheng WANG ; Wei DENG ; Tao LI
Chinese Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases 2013;(12):739-743
Objective To explore the influence of genetic and environmental factors on emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents using twins quantitative method. Methods One hundred fifty-six twins pairs, aged from 6 to 18, were included in the present study. The parental version of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ)was used to evaluate their emotional and behavioral problems. The DNA test of twin zygosity was conducted using DNA extracted from buccal mucosa or venous blood samples. The influence of genetic and environmental factors on emo-tional and behavioral problems was analyzed using structural equation modeling(SEM). Results Shared environment and special environment had impact on emotional symptoms and their contribution to the total variance of emotional symp- tom was 0.42 and 0.58, respectively. Prosocial behavior was mainly affected by shared environment and the contribution of shared environment to the total variance of prosocial behavior was 0.89. Genetic factors had greater influence on hyperac-tivity/attention deficit and the contribution of genetic factors to the total variance was 0.62. Shared environment had more influence on conduct disorder and the contribution of shared environment to total variance was 0.56. Heredity, shared envi-ronment and special environment had impact on peer problems and their contribution to the total variance was 0.24, 0.33 and 0.43, respectively. Conclusion In child and adolescent period, emotional symptoms are only affected by environ-ment, while behavior problems are affected by the combination of heredity and environment. Different behavior problems are affected by different genetic and environmental factors.
8.ATPR alleviates lipopolysaccharide-induced acute liver injury in mice by promoting autophagy
Chuanlin SHU ; Xiaorui SHI ; Rumeng ZHU ; Qing ZHOU ; Yuan WANG ; Yi WANG ; Huaqing ZHU
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2024;59(2):200-206
Objective To investigate the effect of4-amino-2-trifluoromethyl-phenyl retinate(ATPR)on acute liver injury induced by lipopolysaccharide(LPS)in C57BL/6 mice and its related mechanism.Methods Fifteen 6-week-old male C57BL/6 strain mice were randomly divided into normal group,model group and ATPR group,with 5 mice in each group.Mice in the ATPR group were intraperitoneally injected with ATPR(15 mg/kg·d),and normal group and model group were given solvent.After continuous administration for one week,model group and ATPR group were intraperitoneally injected with LPS(6 mg/kg),and all mice were sacrificed 6 hours later.The contents of Alanine aminotransferase(ALT)and Aspartate aminotransferase(AST)in serum of mice were detec-ted.The mRNA levels of Interleukin-6(IL-6)and Tumor necrosis factor-alpha(TNF-α)were detected by qPCR.Hematoxylin-eosin(H&E)staining was used to observe the histopathological changes of liver in mice.The ultra-structural changes of mouse hepatocytes were observed by Transmission electron microscope(TEM).The expres-sion levels of mitochondrial damage-related proteins FUNDC1 and OPA1 and autophagy related proteins LC3B,P62,Beclin1 and ATG5 were detected by Western blot.Results Compared with the normal group,the content of ALT and AST in serum and the mRNA levels of IL-6 and TNF-α in liver tissue increased in the model group,and the changes were reversed in the ATPR group.H&E staining showed that the hepatic lobule structure was normal in the normal group,the hepatic cords were arranged radially,there was no hyperemia and inflammatory cell infiltra-tion,and the hepatocyte boundary was clear.In the model group,the intercellular space of liver was enlarged,the arrangement of hepatic cords was disordered,and inflammatory cells infiltrated.In the ATPR group,the intercellu-lar space of liver and the structure of hepatic cords were restored,and the inflammatory cell infiltration was less.TEM showed that the damaged mitochondria and lipid droplet accumulation in the hepatocytes of mice in the model group were compared with that in the normal group,and the morphology and quantity of mitochondria and lipid droplet in the hepatocytes of mice in the ATPR group tended to be normal.Western blot showed that compared with the normal group,the expression of FUNDC1 protein in the liver tissues of mice in the model group increased,the expression of OPA1 protein decreased,the ratio of LC3B Ⅱ to LC3B Ⅰ decreased,the expression of P62 protein in-creased,the expression of Beclin1 and ATG5 protein decreased,and the above changes were reversed in the ATPR group.Conclusion ATPR alleviates acute liver injury induced by lipopolysaccharide in mice by promoting autoph-agy.
9.Preparation of Cas9 - RNP cell membrane vesicle -loaded biomimetic nanoparticles and its efficacy on the NLRP3 gene
Dongqing Wu ; Zhangyong Dan ; Xiaoyan He ; Huaqing Zhu
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2023;58(3):347-351
Objective :
Cas9-RNP biomimetic nanoparticles cas9-RNP@ MMs were prepared by encapsulating the Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein complex (RNP) using mouse macrophage membranes,with the aim of utilizing this biomimetic nanoparticle to deliver the Cas9-RNP complex for gene editing ,and further study the endocytosis of Cas9- RNP@ MMs and its gene editing effect in mouse macrophage RAW264. 7 in vitro ,providing evidence for the development oflow-toxicity biomimetic nanoparticle carriers that inhibit NLRP3 therapeutic targets.
Methods :
The purified mouse macrophage membrane was mixed with the prepared cas9-RNP mixture,and after ultrasound,the CAS9- RNP@ MMS was obtained by liposome extrusion instrument ; The particle size of Cas9-RNP@ MMswas measured by nanoparticle tracking analysis,and the particle morphology of Cas9-RNP@ MMs was observed under transmission electron microscope.Laser confocal Fluorescence microscope imaging was used to analyze the endocytosis Cas9-RNP @ MMs.The Biocompatibility of Cas9-RNP@ MMs was measured by MTT assay.The expression of NLRP3 was detected by qPCR and Western blot to verify the knockdown effect of Cas9-RNP@ MMs on NLRP3 gene.
Results:
The average particle diameter of Cas9-RNP@ MMs prepared from macrophages was about 216 nm.Under laser confocal fluorescence microscope,the Cas9-RNP@ MMs could be successfully endocysed by Raw246. 7 cell.MTT assay indicated that the Cas9-RNP@ MMs-treated mouse macrophage RAW246. 7 had good biocompatibility.qPCR and Western blot showed that two NLRP3-specific guide RNA were mediated by Cas9-RNP@ MMs,with good effect of knockdown NLRP3 gene expression.
Conclusion
Nano-scale vesicles Cas9-RNP@ MMs loaded with Cas9-RNP complexes were successfully prepared by biomimetic nanoparticles. Cas9-RNP@ MMs have good biocompatibility and can be efficiently endocytosed by RAW246. 7 cells.Cas9-RNP@ MMs containing NLRP3-specific sgRNA can specifically knock down NLRP3 gene expression.
10.Effect of hereditary and environmental factors on the executive function of twin children.
Xiaomei HU ; Xingshun MA ; Wenfen ZHU ; Yixiao FU ; Yingqing ZHOU ; Huaqing MENG ; Xiao HOU ; Lu JIA ; Qing QIN ; Yingcheng WANG ; Wei DENG ; Tao LI
Journal of Southern Medical University 2014;34(9):1291-1294
OBJECTIVETo explore the influence of genetic and environmental factors on the executive function of twin children.
METHODSThe executive function of 122 twin pairs from Chongqing (aged from 6 to 18 years) were investigated with the perseverative errors of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. Structural equation modeling was performed to evaluate the effects of the additive genetic factors (A), dominance genetic latent factors (D) and individual specific environmental factors (E) on the executive functions.
RESULTSThe effects of D and E on perseverative errors were 0. 77 (95%CI: 0.65-0.84) and 0.23 (95%CI: 0.16-0.35), respectively. The probability of perseverative errors showed a significant negative correlation with family functioning and with the total GHQ-12 scores of the fathers and mothers (r:-0.335, -0.335, and -0.219, respectively, P<0.01). Perseverative errors were not significantly correlated with the parenting styles and stress life events.
CONCLUSIONPerseverative errors are influenced by a common dominance genetic latent factor and individual specific environmental factors, but the role of environmental factors such as family functioning and parental health can not be ignored.
Adolescent ; Child ; Environment ; Executive Function ; Genotype ; Humans ; Neuropsychological Tests ; Phenotype