1.The application of small molecule bioactive probes in the identification of cellular targets.
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2012;47(3):299-306
Identification of the cellular targets of bioactive compounds is a major challenge and a key issue in chemical biology and drug discovery. As an important technology in functional proteomics, small molecule probes play a pivotal role in the identification of cellular targets of bioactive compounds. This review is intended to introduce the application principles and structural design philosophy of chemical probes for the purpose of mechanistic study. Recent cases of successful application were also discussed to further demonstrate the principles and significance ofbioactive small molecule-based probes.
2.Progress in pancreatic cancer neural invasion
International Journal of Surgery 2011;38(6):393-395
Neural invasion is an important invasion pathway of pancreatic cancer.New research shows that neural invasion of pancreatic cancer related genes in the sequential role effect,through the cell signal transduction,regulation of specific growth factors,adhesion molecules,matrix metallopmteinase and other related systems,then changed in the generation,resulting in the cancer cells invasion of the nerve tissue eventually.We reviewed the progress of neural invasion of pancreatic cancer in this paper.
3.Clinical analysis of 39 cases of pancreatic trauma
International Journal of Surgery 2013;(2):82-85
Objective To explore the key points of diagnosis,treatment and the reasonable surgical methods in 39 cases of pancreas trauma.Methods A retrospective review and analysis the cause and classification of injury,surgical methods of 39 cases of pancreatic trauma in the Department of General Surgery of Affiliated Provinical Hospital of Anhui Medical University during Jan.1990 to Dec.2011.Results In the 39 patients who underwent surgery,38 patients were cured,1 dead duing to craniocerebral injuries,3 patients with complications of pancreatic leakage cured after adequate drainage.Two patients with pancreatic pseudocyst pancreatic pseudocystcyst cured after pancreatic pseudocyst jejunum anastomosis.One patients with traumatic pancreatitis cured after conservative treatment.Conclusions Blunt injury is the most common cause of pancreas trauma.Imaging examination has high value in the early diagnosis of pancreas trauma.The reasonable surgical methods and careful examination during operation can improve the cure rate and reduce the mortality and incidence of complications of pancreatic trauma.If the patient's condition allowed,endoscopy not only contributes to the diagnosis of pancreatic trauma,but is an effective method for treatment of it.
4.Relationship between plasma homocysteine level and stroke
Jiong ZHOU ; Songzhao ZHANG ; Yun ZHANG ; Zhong CHEN ; Meiping DING
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2005;9(33):181-183
BACKGROUND: Hyperhomocysteinemia has been suggested to be a possible independent risk factor for stroke.OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between hyperhomocysteinemia and cerebral infarction and hemorrhage, and analyze the factors that affect plasma homocysteine level.DESIGN: Case-controlled clinical trial.SETTING: Department of Neurology, Second Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Zhejiang University.PARTICIPANTS: Totally 57 patients including 21 with cerebral hemorthage and 36 with brain infarction were treated in the Department of Neurology, Second Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Zhejiang University Between January and November 2003. Twenty-eight healthy volunteers were also recruited from the subjects coming for routine physical examination.METHODS: Two milliliters of fasting venous blood was collected from all subjects in the morning for detecting the contents of plasma homocysteine,vitamin B12, folic acid, creatinine and so on. All patients were scored for clinical neurological impairment, with the hematoma volume calculated in patients with brain hemorrhage determined on the basis of CT scanning.acid, vitamin B12, clinical neurological impairment score and hematoma volume.RESULTS: Valid results were obtained from all the 57 stroke patients and in male and female patients of both cerebral infarction group and cerebral hemorrhage group than that of the subjects of the same gender in the control group [(25.2±21.4), (18.3±10.9), (11.5±2.9) μmol/L for male subjects;(22.8±18.9), (14.7±7.4), (10.8±2.6) μmol/L for female subjects, P< 0.05-0.01].The level of homocysteine was similar between cerebral infarction group and cerebral hemorrhage group, homocysteic acid level showed obvious inverse correlation with folic acid level (r=-0.442, -0.531, P < 0.05), but without relation to vitamin B12 level (r=-0.086, -0.111, P > 0.05). Homocysteine level was not obviously correlated to the neurological impairment scores in cerebral infarction group (r=-0.139, P > 0.05), nor was it related to the scores or hematoma volume in cerebral hemorrhage group (r=0.225,0.425, P > 0.05).CONCLUSION: Hyperhomocysteinemia is risk factor for cerebral infarction and hemorrhage. Plasma homocysteine level is inversely correlated with folic acid level, but not obviously related to vitamin B12, clinical neurologicla impairment score or hematoma volume.
6.Role of decoy receptor 3 and its tumor necrosis factor ligand-related molecular 1A in the treatment of pancreatic cancer implantation with CD 4 and CD 8 double negative T cells in nude mice
Jiong CHEN ; Pibo HU ; Gaohua WU ; Haibo ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Pancreatology 2021;21(1):20-24
Objective:To explore the role of decoy receptor 3(DcR3) and its ligand tumor necrosis factor ligand-related molecule 1A(TL1A) in the treatment of pancreatic cancer implanted tumors in nude mice with CD 4 and CD 8 double negative T cells (DNT cells). Methods:DNT cells derived from peripheral blood of healthy volunteers were cultured in vitro by antibody adsorption method. A nude mouse model of pancreatic cancer implantation was established and randomly divided into DNT cell treatment group (tail vein injection of 1×10 8/ml DNT cell suspension), gemcitabine treatment group (tail vein injection of 50 mg/kg gemcitabine) and control group (no treatment). The tumor volume and weight in each group were measured after 50 days. Western blotting and qRT-PCR were used to detect the protein and mRNA expression of DcR3 and TL1A in nude mice implanted tumor tissues in each group, and TUNEL method was used to detect the apoptosis rate of nude mice implanted tumors in each group. Results:The tumor volume of the DNT cell treatment group, gemcitabine treatment group, and control group was (670.28±124.54), (604.60±179.16), (1738.80±391.39)mm 3, and the tumor weight was (225.60±8.12), (222.69±8.73), (265.07±10.76)mg, and the volume and weight of implanted tumors in the DNT cell treatment group and gemcitabine treatment group were significantly lower than those in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant (all P values <0.001). The expression levels of DcR3 protein and mRNA in the DNT cell treatment group and gemcitabine treatment group (0.56±0.02, 3.74±0.19; 0.57±0.03, 3.40±0.39) were significantly higher than those in the control group (0.39±0.04, 0.92±0.05), while the expression levels of TL1A protein and mRNA (0.41±0.03, 0.83±0.11; 0.40±0.05, 0.79±0.08) were significantly lower than those of the control group (0.81±0.05, 1.70±0.36), and the differences were statistically significant (all P values <0.001). The apoptotic rate of implanted tumors in the DNT cell treatment group was (53.2±11.2)%, and that in the gemcitabine treatment group was (56.2±8.6)%, which were significantly higher than the control group (10.3±3.2)%, and the differences were statistically significant ( all P values <0.001). Conclusions:DNT cells had a significant inhibitory effect on the growth of pancreatic cancer implanted tumors in nude mice. DcR3-TL1A may be involved in the anti-tumor mechanism of DNT cells.
7.Surgical treatment effects in cancer of the cardia and esophagogastric junction
Yumin ZHOU ; Jiong PAN ; Yuwei SHENG ; Hao LIU ; Ziping FAN
China Oncology 2006;0(08):-
0.05 ), the postoperative complication and mortality rate of PG group were 13.7% and 6.8%, of TG group was all 6%.Conclusions:Proximal and total gastrectomy treatment does not significantly influence the prognosis of patients with cardia and esophgogastric junction cancer in progressive stage.
8.Surgical treatment of chronic pancreatitis in young patients.
Feng, ZHOU ; Shan-Miao, GOU ; Jiong-Xin, XIONG ; He-Shui, WU ; Chun-You, WANG ; Tao, LIU
Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Medical Sciences) 2014;34(5):701-5
The main treatment strategies for chronic pancreatitis in young patients include therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP) intervention and surgical intervention. Therapeutic ERCP intervention is performed much more extensively for its minimally invasive nature, but a part of patients are referred to surgery at last. Historical and follow-up data of 21 young patients with chronic pancreatitis undergoing duodenum-preserving total pancreatic head resection were analyzed to evaluate the outcomes of therapeutic ERCP intervention and surgical intervention in this study. The surgical complications of repeated therapeutic ERCP intervention and surgical intervention were 38% and 19% respectively. During the first therapeutic ERCP intervention to surgical intervention, 2 patients developed diabetes, 5 patients developed steatorrhea, and 5 patients developed pancreatic type B pain. During the follow-up of surgical intervention, 1 new case of diabetes occurred, 1 case of steatorrhea recovered, and 4 cases of pancreatic type B pain were completely relieved. In a part of young patients with chronic pancreatitis, surgical intervention was more effective than therapeutic ERCP intervention on delaying the progression of the disease and relieving the symptoms.
9.Screening serum markers of pancreatic cancer by 2D differential gel electrophoresis and MALDI-TOF-MS
Yunlian XIA ; Jiong CHEN ; Yin LU ; Hangcheng ZHOU ; Renbao YANG ; Wen WU ; Longjiang CHEN ; Liwei HU
International Journal of Surgery 2012;39(5):313-317,封3
ObjectiveA comparative proteomic method was used to analyse serum proteins between pancreatic cancer patients and control group,and to find a new protential specific marker.MethodsComparative analysis on the pancreatic peripheral blood protein profiling from 40 pancreatic cancer patients,10 chronic pancreatitis patients,10 benign tumor patients and 40 cancer-free controls was carried out by 2D differential gel electrophoresis,and differentially expressed proteins were identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry.ResultsTwo differentially expressed proteins:transthyretin and apolipoprotein E were identified.Those proteins were highly expressed in pancreatic carcinoma group compared with normal control group,chronic pancreatitis group and benign tumor group.Conclusion2D differential gel electrophoresis and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry technology in screening specific serum biomarkers of pancreatic cancer has a well repeatability and stability.The identified protein transthyretin in this study may be as specific serum biomarkers of pancreatic carcinoma.
10.Clinical Application Value of the Result of the HCV RNA,FIB-4 and Levels of 2 5-Hydroxy Vitamin D for Patients with Hepatitis C
Yan ZHOU ; Wenhao WU ; Jiong WU ; Chunyan ZHANG ; Beili WANG ; Wei GUO ; Baishen PAN
Journal of Modern Laboratory Medicine 2017;32(1):30-33,37
Objective To analyze the effects of 25-hydroxyvitamin D[25(OH)D]on the result of the HCV RNA and the FIB-4 in the patients with hepatitis C.Methods 255 serum samples were random collected from the patients with hepatitis C and 218 serum samples were random collected from the healthy people.The 25(OH)D,HCV RNA,aspartate aminotransferase (AST),alanine aminotransferase (ALT)and blood platelet (PLT)were detected.Then,compared the results of the 25 (OH)D in the patients with hepatitis C and the healthy group.Analyzed the relevance between the concentration of 25(OH) D and HCV RNA.According to the quartile concentration of the 25(OH)D,the patients with hepatitis C were categorized to four groups.The relationship of FIB-4 between HCVRNA and 25(OH)D was analyzed.Results The average concentration of the 25(OH)D in the patients with hepatitis C and healthy people were 48.16±1.41 nmol/L vs 60.42±1.34 nmol/L, with a significant difference (t=4.682,P<0.01).There were 38 patients (14.90%)had severe deficiency of 25(OH)D (<25 nmol/L)in 255 patients with hepatitis C.And there were 8 patients (3.67%)had severe deficiency of 25(OH)D (<25 nmol/L)in 218 healthy people,with a significant difference (t=5.216,P<0.01).Then found no relevance between the log-arithmic of the HCV RNA and the concentration of the 25(OH)D (r2=0.018 8,P=0.412)and there was significant differ-ence between the proportion of FIB-4 in the highest quartile concentration of the 25(OH)D and the lowest quartile concen-tration of the 25(OH)D (χ2=8.190,P=0.042).Conclusion The patients with hepatitis C were easier to have a severe de-ficiency of 25(OH)D than the healthy people.The hepatitis C patients should been suggested to supply the vitamin D.FIB-4 has a significant difference with 25(OH)D and no great effects on the result of the HCV RNA.