1.Early management of severe chest trauma with multiple organ injury
Yueming XU ; Huping CHEN ; Xianjue ZHANG ;
Journal of Third Military Medical University 2003;0(18):-
Objective To investigate the effective methods for treatment of severe chest trauma with multiple organ injury. Methods The injury conditions and the early treatment measures in 87 cases of severe chest trauma with multiple organ injury (especially within 48 h after injury) were analyzed retrospectively. Results Of the 78 patients, 61 patients survived, and 26 died (including 2 patients who abandoned treatment). The total mortality was 29 89%. Primary operation was performed on 37 patients with multiple organ injury, but 7 died (18 92%). Conclusion Diagnosis while rescuing, effective countershock treatment, early operation, protection of visceral functions, and preventive mechanical ventilation may be the important measures to guarantee the success of treatment of severe chest trauma with multiple organ injury.
2.Determination of sarsasapogenin in crude Anemarrhena asphodeloides and its preparation by RP-HPLC-ELSD
Lan SHEN ; Huping ZHU ; Qi SONG ; Ming CHEN ; Guangping FAN ;
Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs 1994;0(10):-
Object To show that ELSD is an excellent detector for the detection of chemical compounds devoid of chromophore, such as sarsasapogenin Methods Sarsasapogenin in crude Anemar rhena asphodeloides Bunge and its preparation was determinated by RP HPLC ELSD Results The well separated chromatographic peaks show linearity with recovery of the added sample of 100 5% in crude medicinal material and 91 38% in its preparation, r= 0 999 0 Conclusion The method was advanced, reliable, simple and can be used for quality control of crude A asphodeloides and its preparations
3.Therapeutic value of endoscopic metal stent implantation for left-sided malignant colorectal obstruction
Jie ZHANG ; Jing CHEN ; Jinfen ZHANG ; Huping WU ; Jianyu HAO
Chinese Journal of Digestive Endoscopy 2012;29(2):85-87
Objective To investigate the therapeutic value of endoscopic implantation of metal stents for obstruction caused by left-sided malignant colorectal tumor.Methods Data of 29 patients with left-sided malignant colonic obstruction who underwent stenting from May 2007 to May 2011 were retrospectively analyzed.Results Self-expanding metal stents were successfully implanted in 27 patients.Symptoms of abdominal distention and vomiting subsided in these patients.The procedure failed in 2 patients (2/29,6.9% ),because the guidewire failed to pass the colonic stricture due to edema and the length of the diseased colon.Technical success was achieved in 27 of total 29 patients (27/29,92.6% ).Out of the 27 patients,stage Ⅰ primary left-sided colonic resection and anastomosis were successfully performed in 24 patients.Colonic perforation was found intraoperatively in 1 patient ( 1/27,3.7% ) who subsequently recovered after operation.There was no death during the perioperative period with the average hospital stay of 11.7 days.A mean colonic stent patency for 5 months was observed in 3 patients who underwent palliative stenting only.Conclusion Endoscopic implantation of metal stents is effective for left-sided malignant colorectal obstruction.As a bridge to surgery,it facilitates sufficient bowel preparation for elective radical operation.
4.Expression of EphB4 and VEGF in esophageal cancer tissues and their relationship with microvessel density and the curative effect under thoracoscope
Mingcan ZHANG ; Kai YOU ; Yi HUANG ; Mingjing ZHANG ; Huping CHEN ; Jiaqiang PEI ; Wenqing GONG ; Zhenfei YOU
Chongqing Medicine 2014;(20):2600-2602
Objective To explore the expression of EphB4 and VEGF in esophageal cancer tissues and their relationship with microvessel density (MVD ) ,and analysis the curative effect of postoperative esophageal cancer radical under thoracoscope . Methods Theexpression of EphB4 and VEGF was detected by immunohistochemistry in tumor specimens from 76 cases of esopha-geal squamous cell carcinoma and paratumor normal specimens ,used CD34 as marker to count MVD .According to the situation of expression of EphB4 and VEGF ,we analysis their relationship with lymph node metastasis rate ,recurrence and 5-year survival rate . Results The positive expression rate of EphB4 and VEGF in cancerous tissue (57 .89% and 61 .84% ) ,were significantly higher than that in tissue adjacent to carcinoma(0 and 7 .89% )(P<0 .05) .The positive expression rate ofEphB4 and VEGF in high MVD values of patients (67 .44% and 76 .19% ) ,were significantly higher than thatin low MVD values of patients (45 .45% and 44 .11% )(P<0 .05) .The positive expression rate ofEphB4 and VEGF in the patientswith lymph node metastasis group and associ-ated with recurrence ,were significantly higher than that of group without lymph node metastasis and group without recurrence (P<0 .05) .The positive expression rate of EphB4 and VEGF in patients of greater than or equal to 5 years of survival rate(45 .00% and 45 .45% ) ,were significantly lower than in patientsof Less than 5 years of survival rate (80 .36% and 85 .19% )(P<0 .05) .Conclu-sion EphB4 and VEGF are highly expressed in esophageal cancer tissue ,which may be closely associated withmicrovessel density , and lymph node metastasis ,recurrence and 5 years survival rate ;the curative effect of positive expression rate of EphB 4 and VEGF is poor .
5.The safety among acute ischemic stroke patients with asymptomatic intracranial aneurysm after the administration of intravenous thrombolysis
Huping CHEN ; Xianrong ZENG ; Chun GAO ; Yuanyuan CHENG ; Sichang REN ; Qin ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2014;47(9):643-647
Objective To assess the safety among acute ischemic stroke patients with asymptomatic intracranial aneurysm after the administration of intravenous thrombolysis.Methods We searched database including Wanfang,CNKI,VIP,Pubmed,EMBASE,EBSCO HOST and Metstr data for all the cohort studies on the use of thrombolysis for acute ischemic patients with asymptomatic intracranial aneurysm,and ascended the correlated references listed on the articles.Meta-analysis was conducted based on the methods recommended by the Cochrane collaboration.The outcomes of the meta-analysis were intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH),symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH),subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).Results Four cohort studies included 707 patients,of whom 48 patients had asymptomatic cerebral aneurysms.The risk ratio prevalence of ICH among those patients did not differ statistically with those without aneurysms (RR =1.17,95% CI 0.69-1.99,P =0.56).No statistical differences were found in both odds ratio prevalence of sICH (OR =1.70,95% CI 0.44-6.59,P =0.45) and SAH (OR =1.13,95% CI 0.20-6.27,P =0.89) between the patients with asymptomatic cerebral aneurysms and those without.Conclusion Current evidence did not indicate that the risk of hemorrhage increased in acute ischemic stroke patients with asymptomatic intracranial aneurysm after the administration of intravenous thrombolysis.
7.A comparison of delayed discount and personality characteristics between male impulsive and premeditated prisoners
Lijuan HAN ; Xulai ZHANG ; Gang JIA ; Su YUAN ; Nani CHEN ; Huping LUO ; Liqian ZHENG ; Chunyan ZHU ; Kai WANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2018;27(12):1109-1113
Objective To explore the delayed discount and personality characteristics of impulsive and premeditated male prisoners and their correlation.Methods A total of 120 male prisoners with aggressive behaviors were tested by Self-made General Situation Questionnaire,Impulsive / Premeditated Aggression Scale (IPAS),NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI),Delay Discount Task (DDT).The effective participants were ninety,including 51 in impulsive group and 39 in premeditated group.Analyzed the difference of delayed discount and personality characteristics between the two group.Results (1) In the delayed discount task,the delay discount rat (K) of the impulsive violence group (0.0278 ± 0.0555) was significantly higher than that of the premeditated violence group (0.0042±0.0078).The difference was statistically significant (t=3.004,P =0.004).(2) The scores of agreeableness (35.84 ± 4.08) and conscientiousness (37.04±4.83) in impulsive violence group were lower than that in premeditated violence group(38.46±5.53,42.31±5.96),and the difference was statistically significant (t=-2.587,P=0.011;t =-4.634,P<0.01).(3) Correlation analysis showed that K value was not significantly correlated with all dimensions of the big five personality(P>0.05).Conclusion Male impulsive prisoners have faster tendency to delay discounting compared with male premeditated prisoners.Lower agreeableness and conscientiousness are the personality characteristics of male impulsive prisoners.
8.Hei Xiaoyaosan Regulates Fas/FasL/Caspase-8/Caspase-3 Signaling Pathway to Inhibit Neuronal Apoptosis in AD Rats
Huping WANG ; Yiqin CHEN ; Jiao YANG ; Yunyun HU ; Yujie LYU ; Zhipeng MENG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(17):18-26
ObjectiveTo explore the effect and mechanism of Hei Xiaoyaosan in regulating the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 6 (Fas)/Fas ligand (FasL)/cysteine protease-8 (Caspase-8)/cysteine protease-3 (Caspase-3) signaling pathway to intervene in neuronal apoptosis and prevent Alzheimer's disease (AD). MethodNinety SPF-grade SD male rats of 4 months old were selected and randomly grouped as follows: 10 rats in the blank group, 10 rats in the sham group (bilateral hippocampus injected with 1 μL normal saline), and 70 rats in the modeling group [bilater hippocampus injected with 1 μL amyloid-beta protein 1-42 (Aβ1-42) solution for the modeling of AD]. Fifty successfully modeled rats were selected and randomly assigned into model, donepezil hydrochloride (0.45 mg·kg-1), and high-, medium-, and low-dose (15.30, 7.65, 3.82 g·kg-1) Hei Xiaoyaosan groups. Rats were administrated with corresponding agents by gavage once a day for 42 days. Terminal-deoxynucleoitidyl transferase-mediated nick end labeling (TUNEL) was employed to observe the apoptosis of neurons in the cortex and hippocampus, and immunohistochemistry (IHC) was used to detect the expression of B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2) and Bcl-2-associated X protein (Bax) in the hippocampus. Real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction(Real-time PCR) was employed to determine the mRNA levels of Fas, FasL, and Fas-associated protein with death domain (Fadd). Western blot was used to determine the protein levels of Fas, FasL, Fadd, Caspase-3, cleved Caspase-3, Caspase-8, and cleved Caspase-8. ResultCompared with the blank group and sham group, the model group showed increased apoptosis rate in the cortex and hippocampus (P<0.01), elevated Bax level (P<0.01), lowered Bcl-2 level (P<0.01), up-regulated mRNA levels of Fas, FasL, and Fadd in the hippocampus (P<0.01), and up-regulated protein levels of Fas, FasL, Fadd, cleaved Caspase-3, and cleaved Caspase-8 (P<0.01). Compared with the model group, donepezil hydrochloride and Hei Xiaoyaosan at high and medium doses decreased the apoptosis rate in the cortex and hippocampus (P<0.05, P<0.01), lowered the Bax level (P<0.01), elevated the Bcl-2 level (P<0.01), and down-regulated the mRNA levels of Fas, FasL, and Fadd and the protein levels of Fas, FasL, Fadd, cleaved Caspase-3, and cleaved Caspase-8 (P<0.05, P<0.01) in the hippocampus. Low-dose Hei Xiaoyaosan decreased the apoptosis rate in the cortex and hippocampus (P<0.05, P<0.01), lowered the Bcl-2 level (P<0.01), and down-regulated the mRNA levels of FasL and Fadd (P<0.05) and the protein levels of Fas, FasL, Fadd, cleaved Caspase-3, and cleaved Caspase-8 (P<0.05) in the hippocampus. ConclusionHei Xiaoyaosan can protect neurons in the cortex and hippocampus of AD rats by inhibiting the apoptosis mediated by the Fas/FasL/Caspase-8/Caspase-3 signaling pathway.
9.Hei Xiaoyaosan Affects Synaptic Plasticity of Hippocampal Neurons in APP/PS1 Double Transgenic Mice of AD via cAMP/PKA/NMDAR Signaling Pathway
Yunyun HU ; Yujie LYU ; Zhipeng MENG ; Jiao YANG ; Yiqin CHEN ; Huping WANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(17):27-34
ObjectiveTo explore the effect and mechanism of Hei Xiaoyaosan in modulating the synaptic plasticity in APP/PS1 mice by regulating the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)/protein kinase A (PKA)/N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) signaling pathway. MethodTwelve 4-month-old male C57BL/6J mice were selected as the blank control group, and 60 4-month-old male APP/PS1 double transgenic mice were randomized into model, KW-6002 (adenosine receptor antagonist, 3 mg·kg-1), and high-, medium-, and low-dose (22.10, 11.05, 5.53 g·kg-1, respectively) Hei Xiaoyaosan groups, with 12 mice in each group. Mice were administrated with corresponding drugs for 90 days. Transmission electron microscopy was employed to observe the synaptic ultrastructure of hippocampal neurons, and Golgi staining was used to observe the dendritic spine density of neurons in hippocampal CA1 region. Western blot was employed to measure the protein levels of cAMP, PKA, N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors 1, 2A, and 2B (NR1, NR2A, and NR2B, respectively), postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD95), and synapsin 1 (SYN1). Real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction(Real-time PCR) was performed to determine the mRNA levels of cAMP, PKA, and NR1. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was employed to determine the content of interleukin-12 (IL-12) and interleukin-4 (IL-4) in the hippocampus. ResultCompared with the blank group, the model group showed blurred boundaries between presynaptic membrane and postsynaptic membrane in hippocampal CA1 region, reduced and scattered synaptic vesicles, and decreased density of postsynaptic membrane, and irregular, disarranged, and loosened dendritic spines of neurons in hippocampal CA1 region (P<0.01). In addition, the model group presented down-regulated protein levels of cAMP, PKA, NR1, NR2A, NR2B, PSD95, and SYN1 and mRNA levels of cAMP, PKA, and NR1, elevated IL-12 level, and lowered IL-4 level in the hippocampus (P<0.01). Compared with the model group, the drug intervention groups showed clear and intact boundaries between presynaptic membrane and postsynaptic membrane in hippocampal CA1 region, increased synaptic vesicles with dense arrangement, increased density of postsynaptic membrane, and improved morphology, arrangement, and density of neuronal dendritic spines (P<0.05, P<0.01). In addition, the drug interventions up-regulated the protein levels of cAMP, PKA, NR1, NR2A, NR2B, PSD95, and SYN1 (P<0.05,P<0.01) and mRNA levels of cAMP, PKA, and NR1 (P<0.01), lowered the IL-12 level (P<0.01), and elevated the IL-4 level (P<0.01) in the hippocampus. ConclusionHei Xiaoyaosan can improve the structure and morphology of hippocampal neurons in APP/PS1 mice by activating the cAMP/PKA/NMDAR signaling pathway and repairing synaptic plasticity.
10.Hei Xiaoyaosan Regulates RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK Signaling Pathway to Ameliorate Oxidative Stress in Rat Model of AD
Huping WANG ; Yujie LYU ; Yunyun HU ; Zhipeng MENG ; Jiao YANG ; Yiqin CHEN
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(17):35-42
ObjectiveTo investigate the role and mechanism of Hei Xiaoyaosan in intervening in oxidative stress in the rat model of Alzheimer's disease (AD) via modulating the rat sarcoma (RAS)/rapidly accelerating fibrosarcoma (RAF)/mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK)/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathway. MethodOne hundred 4-month-old SPF-grade Wistar male rats were randomly grouped as follows: 10 in the blank group, 10 in the sham group (bilateral hippocampus injected with 1 μL normal saline), and 80 in the modeling group [bilateral hippocampus injected with 1 μL amyloid beta protein 1-42 (Aβ1-42) solution for the modeling of AD]. Fifty rats qualified for modeling were selected and randomized into the model, donepezil hydrochloride (0.5 mg·kg-1), and high-, medium-, and low-dose (15.30, 7.65, 3.82 g·kg-1, respectively) Hei Xiaoyaosan groups. The rats were administrated with corresponding drugs by gavage once a day for 42 consecutive days. At the end of gavage, Morris water maze test was performed to examine the learning and memory abilities of the rats, and Nissl staining was used to observe the pathological changes of neurons in CA3 region of the hippocampus. The immunofluorescence assay was used to observe Aβ deposition and tau phosphorylation. Western blot was employed to determine the protein levels of RAS, RAF, phosphorylated (p)-RAF, MEK, p-MEK, ERK, and p-ERK in the hippocampal tissue. Biochemical methods were used to determine the levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), malondialdehyde (MDA), and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in the hippocampal tissue. ResultCompared with the sham group, the model group showed prolonged escape latency (P<0.01), shortened swimming distance in the target quadrant (P<0.01), reduced and uneven stained Nissl bodies, enhanced fluorescence intensity of Aβ and p-tau (P<0.01), up-regulated protein levels of RAS, p-RAF, p-MEK, and p-ERK in the hippocampal tissue (P<0.01), increased ROS and MDA content (P<0.01), and decreased SOD activity (P<0.01) on day 5. Compared with the model group, donepezil hydrochloride and high-, medium-, and low-dose Hei Xiaoyaosan shortened the escape latency (P<0.01), increased the swimming distance in the target quadrant (P<0.01), improved the arrangement, morphology, and structures of neurons and the number and distribution of Nissl bodies, decreased the fluorescence intensity of Aβ and p-tau (P<0.01), up-regulated the protein levels of RAS, p-RAF, p-MEK, and p-ERK (P<0.05, P<0.01), decreased the ROS and MDA content (P<0.01), and increased the SOD activity (P<0.01) on day 5. ConclusionHei Xiaoyaosan may ameliorate oxidative stress, reduce Aβ and p-tau levels, and inhibit hippocampal neuronal damage by regulating the RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK signaling pathway, thus improving learning and memory abilities.