1.Comparison of statistical methods of antimicrobial resistance based on clinically isolated bacteria and infection-related non-repetitive bacteria
Yanhong QIN ; Wenkai NIU ; Changqing BAI ; Boqiang SONG ; Liang WANG ; Jingya ZHAO ; Yong CHEN ; Li HAN
Chinese Journal of Infection Control 2015;(10):654-657
Objective To compare the differences between two statistical methods for evaluating non-sensitivity of pathogenic bacteria to antimicrobial agents,and explore effect of non-consideration of clinical background on evalua-ting extent of bacterial resistance.Methods Data of Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter spp .in a hospital in the first half year of 2008,2010 and 2013 were collected and conducted statistical analysis with two methods (me-thod 1 :based on all clinically isolated bacteria;method 2 :based on infection-related non-repetitive bacteria),two methods for evaluating bacterial non-sensitive rates to antimicrobial agents were compared.Results The non-sensi-tive rates of Acinetobacter spp .to various antimicrobial agents :statistical results by using method 1 were generally higher than those using method 2,absolute difference between two statistical methods was 10.46%-33.77%;the non-sensitive rates of Staphylococcus aureus to various antimicrobial agents :except compound sulfamethoxazole in 2010 and 2013(difference were 6.17% and 10.21 % respectively),penicillin G (difference was 3.86%),erythromy-cin (difference was 2.71 %),and azithromycin in 2013 (difference was 2.43%),statistical results by using method 1 were generally higher than those using method 2,absolute difference between two statistical methods was 0-18.04%.Conclusion There are deviation in the non-sensitive rates of bacterial strains to antimicrobial agents by using two different statistical methods,deviation is larger in Acinetobacter spp ..The resistance level might be incorrectly higher when evaluating the resistance status without considering clinical background of bacteria.
2.Expression of serum miR-145 and miR-195 in OSCC patients and their relationship with cervical lymph node metastasis
Lan LIU ; Xue YU ; Jingya CUI ; Song WEI ; Cheng ZHANG
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2024;45(4):452-456
Objective To analyze the expression of serum microRNA(miR)-145 and miR-195 in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma(OSCC)and their relationship with cervical lymph node metastasis.Methods A total of 102 patients diagnosed with OSCC in the hospital from January 2020 to June 2022 were selected as OSCC group.Clinicopathological parameters of OSCC patients were collected and sorted.According to whether cervical lymph node metastasis occurred,the patients were divided into a cervical lymph node me-tastasis group(43 cases)and a non-cervical lymph node metastasis group(59 cases).In the same period,79 patients with precancerous lesion were selected as the precancerous lesion group,and 86 healthy subjects with-out oral disease were selected as the healthy control group.Real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to detect the relative expression levels of serum miR-145 and miR-195.The evaluation value of relative expression levels of serum miR-145 and miR-195 in cervical lymph node metastasis in OSCC patients was examined by receiver operating characteristic curve analysis.Results The relative expression lev-els of serum miR-145 and miR-195 in OSCC group were lower than those in precancerous lesion group and healthy control group,and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).The relative expression levels of serum miR-145 and miR-195 in precancerous lesion group were lower than those in healthy control group,and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).The relative expression levels of serum miR-145 and miR-195 in OSCC patients with low tumor differentiation and TNM stage Ⅲ+Ⅳ were lower than those in OSCC patients with medium/high tumor differentiation and TNM stage Ⅰ+Ⅱ,with statistical significance(P<0.05).The relative expression levels of serum miR-145 and miR-195 in cervical lymph node metastasis group were lower than those in non-cervical lymph node metastasis group,and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).The relative expression levels of serum miR-145 and miR-195 were 0.840(95%CI:0.765-0.915),0.832(95%CI:0.754-0.910)and 0.898(95%CI:0.754-0.910)of cervical lymph node metastasis in OSCC patients respectively.The specificity was 79.1%,88.4%and 77.5%,and the sensitivity was 74.6%,67.8%and 87.4%,respectively.Conclusion Serum miR-145 and miR-195 are low expressed in OSCC patients,and are related to cervical lymph node metastasis,tumor differentiation,and TNM stage in OSCC patients,which can be used as an important indicator to evaluate cervical lymph node metastasis in OS-CC patients.
3.Based on Oxidative Stress/NF-κB Exploration of Mechanism of Modified Zhenwutang in Delaying Progression of Chronic Renal Failure Complicated with Cardiac Disease by Inflammatory Factors
Yuanyuan ZHANG ; Peipei JIN ; Jingya SONG ; Dengzhou GUO
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2023;29(16):100-113
ObjectiveBy observing the effect of modified Zhenwutang on the expression of superoxide dismutase 1(SOD1), malondialdehyde(MDA), advanced oxidation protein product(AOPP), nuclear factor kappa-B(NF-κB) p65,p-p65,IL-1β, TNF-α in serum and renal tissue of adenine-induced chronic renal failure rats and the pathology of heart and kidney tissue, the possible mechanism of modified Zhenwutang delaying the progression of chronic renal failure complicated with heart disease was discussed. MethodFifty SPF male SD rats were divided into normal group 10 and model group 40 according to the random number table method. After one week of adaptive feeding, the experimental chronic renal failure complicated with cardiovascular disease rat model was established by intragastric administration of adenine 150 mg·kg-1·d-1. After the model was completed, 3 rats in the normal group and the model group were randomly selected to detect whether the model was successful. After successful modeling, the rats in the model group were divided into model group , modified Zhenwutang low-dose group , modified Zhenwutang medium-dose group, modified Zhenwutang high-dose group and Benazepril hydrochloride group according to the random number table method, with 6 rats in each group. Drugs were administered once a day for 4 weeks. At the end of the 17th week of the experiment, 24-hour urinary total protein(24 h-UTP) and urine creatinine(UCr)were detected. At the end of the 17th week, the rats in each group were anesthetized and the abdominal aorta was taken. After centrifugation, the supernatant was taken to detect triglyceride(TG), total cholesterol(TC), serum calcium(Ca), serum potassium, serum phosphate, serum creatinine(Scr), blood urea nitrogen(BUN); the expression levels of serum AOPP, IL-1β and TNF-α were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA). The pathological changes of heart and kidney tissues were observed by hematoxylin-eosin(HE)/Masson method. The ultrastructural changes of proximal renal tubules were observed by transmission electron microscopy . The kidney tissue expressions of SOD1, MDA, AOPP, NF-κB p65,p-p65,IL-1β and TNF-α were observed by immunohistochemistry. The kidney tissue expression levels of SOD1, NF-κB p65, IL-1β and TNF-α mRNA were observed by real-time polymerase chain reaction(Real-time PCR). The kidney tissue expression levels of SOD1, MDA, NF-κB p65 and p-p65 were detected by Western blot. Result①Compared with the normal group, the experimental rats in the model group showed an increase in 24-hour UTP (P<0.01)and a decrease in UCr(P<0.01). The experimental rats in the model group showed an increase in Cr, BUN, TG, TC, serum phosphate, and serum potassium(P<0.01).The levels of AOPP, IL-1β and TNF-α in serum of rats in the model group were significantly increased(P<0.01). In the model group, the glomerular balloon space was significantly widened, the renal interstitium was significantly widened with a large number of inflammatory cell infiltration, a large number of renal tubular lumens were blocked by brown deposits, and there were a large number of collagen fiber deposition in the renal interstitium. The collagen fibers around the renal vessels, outside the capsule wall of the renal capsule wall, glomerular basement membrane and renal tubular basement membrane were significantly increased, and the cardiac muscle fibers were significantly thickened. There was a small amount of inflammatory cell infiltration around the blood vessels, and a large number of collagen fibers around the cardiac vessels and between the myocardial cells. In the model group, high-density diamond-shaped needle-like crystals were observed in the proximal renal tubular epithelial cells of rats, with increased lysosomes, mitochondrial proliferation, mitochondrial cristae and dense mitochondrial outer membrane. The left ventricular diastolic wall thickness and systolic wall thickness of the experimental rats in the model group was increased in proximal renal tubular epithelial cells and their nuclei.In the model group, the expression of MDA, AOPP, NF-κB p65,p-p65 IL-1β and TNF-α in proximal renal tubular epithelial cells was significantly increased(P<0.01), the expression of p-p65 in the nucleus of proximal renal tubular epithelial cells was significantly increased(P<0.01), and the expression of SOD1 in proximal renal tubular epithelial cells was significantly decreased(P<0.01). The kidney tissue expression of NF-κB p65, IL-1β and TNF-α mRNA in the model group was increased(P<0.01), and the expression of SOD1 mRNA was decreased(P<0.01). The kidney tissue expression of SOD1 protein in the model group was significantly decreased(P<0.01). The kidney tissue expression of MDA, NF-κB p65 and p-p65 protein was increased (P<0.01). ② Compared with the model group, after the intervention of modified Zhenwutang, 24 h-UTP was decreased (P<0.01)and UCr was increased(P<0.01). Cr, BUN, TG, TC, serum phosphate, serum potassium was decreased (P<0.01). Serum AOPP, IL-1β and TNF-α levels were decreased(P<0.01). Cardiac and Renal pathological damage was reduced; mitochondrial damage in proximal renal tubules was reduced; the expression of MDA, AOPP, NF-κB p65, IL-1β, TNF-α in proximal renal tubular epithelial cells was decreased (P<0.01), the expression of p-p65 in the nucleus of proximal renal tubular epithelial cells was significantly decreased (P<0.01), and the expression of SOD1 in proximal renal tubular epithelial cells was significantly increased (P<0.01). The kidney tissue expression of NF-κB p65, IL-1β, TNF-α mRNA was decreased (P<0.01), and the expression of SOD1 mRNA was increased(P<0.01). The kidney tissue expression of SOD1 protein was significantly increased (P<0.01), and the expression of MDA, NF-κB p65 and p-p65 protein was decreased (P<0.01). The Chinese medicine group showed a significant dose-effect trend. ConclusionModified Zhenwutang may reduce the production of oxidative stress and mitochondrial damage in proximal renal tubular epithelial cells, thereby reducing oxidative stress products and inhibiting the release of inflammatory factors caused by the activation of NF-κB signaling pathway, reducing the damage to heart and kidney tissues and functions, and delaying the progression of chronic renal failure complicated with heart disease, and the traditional Chinese medicine group has a dose-effect trend.
4.Development of the novel ACLY inhibitor 326E as a promising treatment for hypercholesterolemia.
Zhifu XIE ; Mei ZHANG ; Qian SONG ; Long CHENG ; Xinwen ZHANG ; Gaolei SONG ; Xinyu SUN ; Min GU ; Chendong ZHOU ; Yangming ZHANG ; Kexin ZHU ; Jianpeng YIN ; Xiaoyan CHEN ; Jingya LI ; Fajun NAN
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2023;13(2):739-753
Hepatic cholesterol accumulation is an important contributor to hypercholesterolemia, which results in atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD). ATP-citrate lyase (ACLY) is a key lipogenic enzyme that converts cytosolic citrate derived from tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle) to acetyl-CoA in the cytoplasm. Therefore, ACLY represents a link between mitochondria oxidative phosphorylation and cytosolic de novo lipogenesis. In this study, we developed the small molecule 326E with an enedioic acid structural moiety as a novel ACLY inhibitor, and its CoA-conjugated form 326E-CoA inhibited ACLY activity with an IC50 = 5.31 ± 1.2 μmol/L in vitro. 326E treatment reduced de novo lipogenesis, and increased cholesterol efflux in vitro and in vivo. 326E was rapidly absorbed after oral administration, exhibited a higher blood exposure than that of the approved ACLY inhibitor bempedoic acid (BA) used for hypercholesterolemia. Chronic 326E treatment in hamsters and rhesus monkeys resulted in remarkable improvement of hyperlipidemia. Once daily oral administration of 326E for 24 weeks prevented the occurrence of atherosclerosis in ApoE-/- mice to a greater extent than that of BA treatment. Taken together, our data suggest that inhibition of ACLY by 326E represents a promising strategy for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia.