1.Recent advance in epoxyeicosatrienoic acids in intracerebral hemorrhage
Hongmin WEI ; Jixu YU ; Zhenchuan LIU ; Yushuang WANG ; Huimin ZHU ; Fengyuan CHE
Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine 2020;19(1):93-97
Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) are mainly from intracellular arachidonic acids catalyzed by cytochrome P450 cyctooxygenase and degraded to lower active dihydroxyeicosapentaenoic acids by soluble epoxide hydrolase.In recent years,EETs have been found to be a new target for prevention and treatment of various nervous system diseases,such as anti-inflammatory reaction,anti-atherosclerosis,anti-cell apoptosis and angiogenesis.Intracerebral hemorrhage is a kind of serious acute cerebrovascular disease.Cerebral hemorrhage is a kind of acute cerebrovascular disease;secondary injury is one of the important mechanisms of cerebral hemorrhage;the present studies have confirmed that EETs have protective role in brain tissues after cerebral hemorrhage,thus,become new hotspot in the research of cerebral hemorrhage.This review focuses on the role and mechanism of EETs in intracerebral hemorrhage,hoping to provide some references for exploration of new research directions and therapeutic targets in the treatment ofintracerebral hemorrhage.
2.Influences of hSOD1 Gene with G93A Mutation on Nrf2/ARE Signaling Pathway
Faying QI ; Fumin NG WA ; Jixu YU ; Fengyuan CHE ; Kongbo ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Clinical Medicine 2015;(1):19-24
Objective:To investigate the effect of human Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (hSOD1) gene with G93A mutation on Nrf2/ARE signaling pathway in NSC‐34 cell ,the transgenic cell model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) .Methods :The established plasmids ,hSOD1‐pcDNA3 .1(‐) ,hSOD1‐G93A‐pcDNA3 .1(‐) ,and pcDNA3 .1(‐) were transfected into NSC‐34 cells ,the transgenic cell model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis .The models were divided into four groups according to different transfected plasmids .They were normal group ,empty group ,wild group and mutation group .The oxidative‐stress injury was evaluated by detecting the content of intracellular malondialdehyde (MDA) ,a lipid peroxidation product .The permeability of mitochondrial membrane was detected .Western blotting was used to determine the intracellular protein expression level of Nrf 2 and antioxidase ,so as to reveal the activation level of the Nrf2/‐ARE signaling pathway in each group .Results:The level of oxidative stress and the mitochondrial permeability increased in the NSC‐34 cells transfected with human hSOD1‐G93A‐pcDNA3 .1(‐) gene(mutation group ,P<0 .05) ,which implied impairment of mitochondrias .The protein expression level of Nrf2 ,significantly decreased in NSC‐34 cells transfected with hSOD1‐G93A gene(P< 0 .05) .So were heme oxygenase‐1 (HO‐1) and NAD(P)H :quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) ,downstream effector molecules of Nrf2‐ARE signaling pathway . The expression of Nrf 2 in cytoplasm significantly decreased in mutation group , while Nrf2 expression in cell nucleus significantly increased (P<0 .05) in mutation group and wild group ,especially in mutation group (P<0 .05) .Conclusions :The G93A mutation of hSOD1 gene impairs Nrf2/ARE signaling pathway in ALS cell models ,reduces the antioxidant ability of cells ,and increase the impairment of mitochondrias .
3.Recent advance in protective mechanism of regulatory T cells in secondary injury of intracerebral hemorrhage
Huimin ZHU ; Jixu YU ; Nian WANG ; Lijuan WANG ; Fengyuan CHE
Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine 2019;18(5):501-506
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a serious acute cerebrovascular disease,and secondary injury is one of the important mechanisms of injury after ICH.Studies have confirmed that regulatory T cells (Tregs) play important protective roles after ICH by modulating microglial phenotype and inhibiting inflammation,and other pathways.This article reviews the protective mechanism of Tregs in the secondary injury,in order to provide a new therapeutic target for ICH.