1.Application of cerebral glucose metabolism in Parkinson's disease patients with cognitive impairment
Meichen LIU ; Jinghui XIE ; Hongbo FENG ; Lanlan PU ; Zhanhua LIANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2015;24(8):702-705
Objective To investigate the change of the cerebral glucose metabolism in Parkinson's disease(PD) with cognitive impairment.Methods Fifty patients with PD and twenty normal controls were enrolled in this study.Based on MMSE score,the PD patients were divided into PD-NC(n=25) and the PDD(n=25) group.Twenty age-and sex-matched physical health examinationer were colleted as control group.Using the SPM to analyze the characteristics of the metabolism in different cognitive level io PD patients.Results (1) Compared with control group,P D-NC group showed significant hypermetabolism in occipital (-24,-92,10),parietal (-48,12,-16) and temporal lobe(52,8,-32).(2)Compared with control group,the glucose metabolism of PDD group decreased in most cerebral cortex and subcortex.(3)Compared with PD-NC group,the metabolism of parietal lobe (-42,-48,40),occipital lobe (-22,-96,-6) and tetnporal lobe (-42,-58,16) reduced in PDD group.Conclusion Cortical brain metabolism decreases in PD-NC group.The degree and scope of glucose metabolism of PDD group will increase with the progress of cognitive dysfunction.These features could help with the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of cognitive dysfunction in Parkinson's disease.
2.Evaluation of metabolic changes in Parkinson's disease patients with different severities of cognitive impairments by 18F-FDG PET/CT brain imaging
Lanlan PU ; Jinghui XIE ; Hongbo FENG ; Meichen LIU ; Yanjun ZHANG ; Zhanhua LIANG
Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2016;36(2):146-150
Objective To investigate the characteristics of cerebral glucose metabolism (CGM) in PD patients with cognitive impairment (PD-CI) using 18F-FDG PET/CT,and to analyze the correlation between the progress of PD-CI and CGM changes.Methods A total of 31 idiopathic PD patients (14 males,17 females,aged 37-77 years) from May 2013 to February 2014 were divided into 3 groups based on Montreal cognitive assessment (MOCA):none CI in PD (PD-NC) group (MOCA>26 scores),mild CI in PD (PD-MCI) group (MOCA 21-26 scores),PD with dementia (PDD) group (MOCA<21 scores).The normal controls (NC) group included 12 age-and gender-matched healthy adults (7 males,5 females,aged 40-76 years).All subjects underwent PET/CT imaging after intravenous injection of 18F-FDG(5.55 MBq/kg).MIMneuro software was used to analyze the data.The correlation between the CGM and cognitive function was analyzed using Pearson or Spearman correlation analysis.Results (1) Compared with NC group,PDD group presented a widespread cortical metabolism decrease in frontal,parietal,temporal,occipital 19bes and the limbic lobe;PD-MCI group showed hypometabolic areas in the parietal and occipital lobes,and with less extent in the frontal and temporal lobes;PD-NC group showed no significant cerebral hypometabolism.(2) Compared with PD-NC group,PDD group showed widespread cortical metabolism decrease in occipital lobe,temporal lobe,partial parietal cortex and the posterior cingulated cortex.Compared with PD-MCI group,PDD group had lower metabolism,mainly in posterior brain areas (parietal,occipital and temporal lobes).Compared with PD-NC group,PD-MCI group showed hypometabolism in right supramarginal gyrus and the left parahippocampal gyrus.(3) There were positive correlations between visuospatiaL/executive function and visual cortex metabolism,angular gyrus metabolism or superior parietal lobule metabolism (r =0.535,0.443,0.395;all P<0.05).A positive correlation was also found between delayed memory and heschl's gyrus metabolism (r=0.337,P<0.05).Conclusions The cerebral glucose metabolism detected with 18F-FDG PET/CT is well correlated with MOCA assessments.Thus it may be helpful in evaluation of the progress of cognitive impairments in PD.
3.Practice and reflection about method of integrating four autonomies for organic chemistry experiment teaching in pharmacy specialty
Huawen ZHAO ; Weigang JI ; Huan LIU ; Wendan PU ; Lanlan LI ; Mian ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2014;13(10):1012-1015
Organic chemistry experiment is early and important practical course for pharmacy speciality after entering college,which is very important for training their practical abilities and spirit of innovation.The method of integrating four autonomies (self-designing,teaching,operating and summarizing) has been tried in organic chemistry experiment teaching,which completely takes the student as the center and puts emphasis on inquiry learning and ability training.The preliminary practice shows that it is of benefit to arousing students' enthusiasm for study,training their ability and developing their innovative consciousness and spirit.
4.Positron emission tomography study on Parkinson's disease symptom assessment
Meichen LIU ; Jinghui XIE ; Lanlan PU ; Zhanhua LIANG
Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine 2016;15(3):315-318
Parkinson's disease (PD),one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases,is characterized by motor symptoms,like static tremor,rigidity,bradykinesia and postural balance disorder,and some non-motor symptoms such as cognitive impairment,sleep disturbance,depression,emotional problems.The pathogenesis of PD is related to the synthesis and metabolism ofdopamine in the brain.In recent years,more and more studies have indicated that the non-dopaminergic nervous system plays an important role in the pathogenesis of PD.The EFNS and the MDS-ES refer that PET can assist the diagnosis of PD in clinical application,thus,PET provides powerful tools for PD.We reviewed the application for the progression of PET imaging in PD.
5.Pathologically triggered in situ aggregation of nanoparticles for inflammation-targeting amplification and therapeutic potentiation.
Qiang NIE ; Chenwen LI ; Yu WANG ; Yi HU ; Wendan PU ; Qixiong ZHANG ; Jiajun CAI ; Yongyao LIN ; Gang LI ; Chenping WANG ; Lanlan LI ; Yin DOU ; Jianxiang ZHANG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2023;13(1):390-409
Uncontrolled and persistent inflammation is closely related to numerous acute and chronic diseases. However, effective targeting delivery systems remain to be developed for precision therapy of inflammatory diseases. Herein we report a novel strategy for engineering inflammation-accumulation nanoparticles via phenolic functionalization. Different phenol-functionalized nanoparticles were first developed, which can undergo in situ aggregation upon triggering by the inflammatory/oxidative microenvironment. Phenolic compound-decorated poly (lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles, in particular tyramine (Tyr)-coated nanoparticles, showed significantly enhanced accumulation at inflammatory sites in mouse models of colitis, acute liver injury, and acute lung injury, mainly resulting from in situ cross-linking and tissue anchoring of nanoparticles triggered by local myeloperoxidase and reactive oxygen species. By combining a cyclodextrin-derived bioactive material with Tyr decoration, a multifunctional nanotherapy (TTN) was further developed, which displayed enhanced cellular uptake, anti-inflammatory activities, and inflammatory tissue accumulation, thereby affording amplified therapeutic effects in mice with colitis or acute liver injury. Moreover, TTN can serve as a bioactive and inflammation-targeting nanoplatform for site-specifically delivering a therapeutic peptide to the inflamed colon post oral administration, leading to considerably potentiated in vivo efficacies. Preliminary studies also revealed good safety of orally delivered TTN. Consequently, Tyr-based functionalization is promising for inflammation targeting amplification and therapeutic potentiation of nanotherapies.