1.The application of serum albumin and plasma von Willebrand factor in patients with stroke
Lingqin ZHOU ; Chaorong ZHAO ; Qingwen DONG ; Xiangyong HUANG ; Liqin SUN
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2006;0(06):-
Objective To evaluate the monitoring value of serum albumin and plasma von willebrand factor in patients with stroke.Methods Serum albumin and plasma von willebrand factor were measured from 145 patients with stroke(95 patients with nonpoor outcome and 50 patients with poor outcome) in two weeks and after six months from stroke onset to study the relationships with prognosis.Results Serum albumin level was significantly higher in patients with nonpoor outcome(mRS≤2) after six months stroke onset than those with poor outcome(mRS≥3) and was lower after six months stroke onset than in two weeks from stroke onset.On the other hand,plasma vWF level in patients with stroke was significantly higher than that in healthy controls and was higher in two weeks than after six months from stroke onset.Patients with poor outcome had higher plasma vWF level than patients with nonpoor outcome in two weeks and after six months from stroke onset,but had no significant difference.Conclusion The level of serum albumin and plasma von willebrand factor is related with nutritional status,active extent and prognosis in patients with stroke.
2.Altered expression of IL-1 β in peripheral blood from gout patients and its association with gouty arthritis
Lingqin LI ; Yufeng QING ; Quanbo ZHANG ; Jingguo ZHOU
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2015;14(1):29-32
Objective To explore the role of interleukin (IL)-1β in the pathogenesis of gout.Methods Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) were used to measure the expression of IL-1β mRNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and IL-1β in plasma samples from 120 acute gouty (AG) arthritis,70 chronic gouty (CG) arthritis,80 intercritical gouty (IG) arthritis patients and 96 healthy control subjects respectively.Results The expression of PBMCs IL-1β mRNA and plasma concentration of IL-1β were both much higher in gout patients than those in controls (P < 0.01,respectively).And the plasma levels of IL-1β mRNA and IL-1β significantly increased in the AG group compared with CG and IG groups (P < 0.01,respectively) and much higher in the CG group than those in the IG group.Positive correlations existed between plasma concentration of IL-1β and the levels of white blood cell,neutrophil,monocyte,erythrocyte sedimentation rate,blood uric acid,globulin and PBMCs IL-1β mRNA (P < 0.01,respectively) while negative correlation between plasma IL-1β and plasma level of apolipoprotein in gout patients (P < 0.05).Conclusion Elevated plasma level of IL-1β may be involved in the pathogenesis of acute and chronic gouty arthritis.
3.Altered expression of miR-223 might be involved in regulation of inflammation in primary gout patients
Dan ZHU ; Lingqin LI ; Quanbo ZHANG ; Yufeng QING ; Dongsheng WANG ; Yangyang XU ; Xiaowu ZHONG ; Jingguo ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Rheumatology 2017;21(3):167-171
Objective To investigate the role of miR-223 in the pathogenesis of acute gouty inflammation.Methods The subjects were divided into 3 groups:65 acute gout patients (AG),50 inter-critical gout patients (IG),and 45 healthy controls (HC).The peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and the clinical laboratory parameters were all collected.The expression of miR-223 in the PBMCs was detected using realtime fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) (TaqMan probe).The PBMCs of 5 healthy people were stimulated with monosodium urate (MSU) (100 μg/ml) for 12 h,and then,miR-223,NLRP3 mRNA and IL-1β production were all measured using RT-qPCR and ELISA respectively.All data were analyzed by SPSS 17.0 statistical software,Wilcoxon rank sum test,t test and Spearman's correlations analysis were used for statistical analysis.Results ① The expression of miR-223 in AG and IG groups was both significantly decreased than that in the HC group (8±17 vs 26±76,P<0.05;9±17 vs 26±76,P<0.05;respectively),AG group was significantly decreased than that in the IG group [8(17) vs 9(17),Z=11.387,P<0.01].② After stimulated with MSU in healthy controls,IL-1β production and NLRP3 mRNA were both significantly increased [(86±5) pg/ml vs (13±6) pg/ml,t=21.042,P<0.01;5.2±0.4 vs 1.2±0.4,t=14.640,P<0.01;respectively],while the expression of miR-223 was significantly decreased (0.34±0.20 vs 1.05±0.24,t=-5.164,P<0.01).Conclusion The data suggests that miR-223 might be involved in the patho-genesis of spontaneous regulation,but further study is needed to discover the exact mechanism.
4.Application of assessment-diagnosis-plan-implementation-evaluation teaching model based on skill competition in the teaching of "basic nursing" skills
Lingqin YAN ; Jiao XU ; Yue ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2023;39(15):1182-1187
Objective:To explore the application effect of Assessmen-Diagnosis-Plan-Implementation-Evaluation(ADPIE) teaching model based on skill competition in the teaching of "basic nursing" skills in higher vocational colleges.Methods:This was a quasi experimental study. Convenience sampling method was adopted to select students from two classes of 2021 vocational nursing major of Pingxiang Health Vocational College from February to July 2022 as the research objects, among which 53 nursing students from Class 9 were selected as the experimental group and 55 nursing students from Class 13 were selected as the control group. The experimental group was taught based on the ADPIE teaching mode of skill competition. The control group was taught according to the conventional teaching mode, and the academic record and humanistic care ability of the nursing students in the two groups were compared.Results:The three dimensions of humanistic care ability in experimental group were cognition (70.82 ± 9.20) points, courage (59.58 ± 6.04) points, patience (57.17 ± 5.26) points, total score (187.57 ± 20.50) points. They were higher than those in the control group,which were (67.40 ± 8.83), (55.98 ± 9.03), (54.37 ± 5.96) and (177.75 ± 20.82) points, and there were statistical differences between the groups (t values were 2.61 to 3.42, all P<0.05). In addition, the three dimensions of academic performance: ordinary score (6.10 ± 1.22)points, course score (57.10 ± 6.27) points, objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) score (27.09 ± 2.13)points, total score (90.29 ± 9.69) points, they were also higher than those of the control group (5.06 ± 1.33), (52.73 ± 5.44), (25.35 ± 3.29), and (83.14 ± 10.06), and the differences between groups were statistically significant ( t values were 2.52-3.34, All P<0.05). Conclusions:ADPIE teaching model based on skills competition can improve the course scores and humanistic care ability of nursing students, and the teaching effect is significant.
5.Drug resistance analysis and Staphylococcal cassette chromosome SCCmec genotypes of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Yuhan ZOU ; Qingzhong LIU ; Ji ZHANG ; Lingqin ZHOU ; Chao CHEN ; Peiyi YANG ; Shu JIN
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2018;39(2):159-162
Objective To investigate the drug resistance situation and Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec(SCCmec) genotypes of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (M RSA ) strains isolated from Shang-hai Putuo District People′s Hospital in order to provide a theoretical basis for predicting the trend of drug re-sistant bacterial strains and clinical treatment and prevention of MRSA .Methods Three hundreds and eighty clinically isolated MRSA strains in this hospital were collected from January 2012 to December 2016 .The in vitro drug susceptibility test was performed by adopting the broth microdilution method .The SCCmec geno-types were examined by adopting the multiplex polymerase chain reaction .Results All strains were sensitive to linezolid and vancomycin ,the sensitivity rate was 100 .0% ;the resistance rates to rifampicin and cotrimox-azole were lower ,which were 5 .0% and 7 .6% respectively ;but the strains were highly resistant to erythromy-cin ,levofloxacin and tetracycline ,with the resistance rate of 100 .0% ,94 .2% ,93 .4% and 90 .0% .The resist-ance rate to penicillin was 100 .0% .Among 380 strains of MRSA ,there were 281 strains(73 .9% ) of SCCmecⅡ ,59 strains (15 .5% ) of SCCmecⅢand 5 strains (1 .3% ) of SCCmecⅣa ,other 35 strains(9 .2% ) of MRSA could not be classified .Conclusion M RSA strains isolated in the Shanghai Putuo District People′s Hospital are mainly the type SCCmecⅡ ,w hich has the multi-drug resistant characteristics ,and the drug resistance spec-trum of different SCCmec genotypes is different .
6.Ropivacaine alleviates LPS-induced apoptosis of ulcerative colitis cell line NCM-460
Lingqin ZHOU ; Weijuan WANG ; Lingling REN ; Junlai ZHU ; Guanglan CHEN
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2024;44(10):1368-1375
Objective To investigate the impact of ropivacaine on apoptosis of lippolysaccharide(LPS)-induced ulcerative colitis cell line NCM-460 and on activity of nucleotide oligomerization domain(NOD)-like receptor protein-3(NLRP3)inflammatome.Methods Human colon epithelial cell line NCM-460 was cultured in vitro and divided into control group(no intervention),model group(10 μg/mL LPS treatment),low/medium/high concentration ropivacaine group(10 μg/mL LPS and 0.5,1,1.5 mmol/L ropivacaine co-treatment,respectiv-oly).Cell viability was determined by cell counting kit 8(CCK-8)and the appropriate concentration was selected.The cells were then divided into control group,model group,ropivacaine group(10 μg/mL LPS and 1.5 mmol/L ropivacaine treatment)and ropivacaine+inhibitor group(10 μg/mL LPS,1.5 mmol/L ropiva-caine and 1 μmol/L NF-κB pathway inhibitor BAY 11-7082 treatment),inhibitor group(10 μg/mL LPS+1 μmol/L NF-κB pathway inhibitor BAY 11-7082 treatment)and ropivacaine+activator group(10 μg/mL LPS,1.5 mmol/L ropivacaine and 1 μmol/L NF-κB pathway activator Prostratin),all groups were treated for 24 h.The level of IL-6,IL-8 and TNF-α were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA).The proliferation rate was detected by EdU incorporation.Hoechst 33258 staining microscopy was used to detect the apoptosis rate.Level of cyclinD1,caspase-3,NLRP3 and NF-κB pathway-related proteins were detected by Western blot.Results Compared with the control group,the cell viability of the model group was significantly decreased and the cell viability of high-concentration experimental group was increased after adding ropivacaine(P<0.05).So,1.5 mmol/L ropivacaine was selected for the follow-up experiment.Compared with the control group,the concentration of inflammatory cytokines IL-6,IL-8,TNF-α,apoptosis rate and the protein expression of caspase-3,NLRP3 and phosphorylated p-NF-κB in model group were all significantly increased(P<0.05),while the proliferation rate and cycilnD1 protein expression were decreased(P<0.05).Com-pared with model group,the concentrations of IL-6,IL-8,TNF-α,apoptosis rate and the expression of caspase-3,NLRP3 and p-NF-κB protein in ropivacaine group and inhibitor group were significantly decreased(P<0.05),while the proliferation and cycilnD1 protein expression were increased(P<0.05).Compared with ropivacaine group,the trend of the above indexes in ropivacaine+inhibitor group was more significant(P<0.05),and the trend of these indexes in ropivacaine+agonist group was significantly reversed(P<0.05).Conclusions Ropivacaine can inhibit the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome and block the signal transduction of NF-κB pathway,further inhibit LPS-induced apoptosis of NCM-460 cells and promote proliferation.
7.Study on immune biomarker of gout and screening of related target Chinese medicine based on the xCell algorithm
Lingqin LI ; Ruijiao ZHOU ; Yanni ZHANG ; Xinzhu YUAN
China Pharmacist 2024;27(6):1007-1018
Objective To study the key genes and immune biomarkers of gout and to explore potential target Chinese medicine,which can provide new directions for the clinical treatment of gout.Methods The gout microarray dataset was downloaded from the GEO database,the differential genes were screened using R software,and Gene Ontology(GO)and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes(KEGG)enrichment analyses were performed on these differential genes.The STRING database was applied to analyze the protein interaction network of the differential genes,and the Cytoscape was used to screen the key genes.The protein expression levels of key genes were validated using the ELISA method.Furthermore,the xCell was used to estimate the relative expression and correlation of immune cells in gout.Finally,the significantly enriched immune-related biological processes and key target genes of Chinese medicine were predicted by Coremine Medical database.Results A total of 852 differential gout genes were screened.GO enrichment analysis was mainly enriched in the leukocyte chemotaxis,interleukin-2 production,and regulation of vasculature development;KEGG pathway was mainly enriched in IL-17 signaling pathway,Chemokine signaling pathway,and TNF signaling pathway.Ten key genes,including TNF,IL-6,IL-1β,CXCL8,FOS,and VEGFA etc,were selected.The experimental validation showed that the protein expression levels of key genes were consistent with the expression trends of the chip data.Immune infiltration showed that monocytes,memory B cells,CD8+T-cells and IDC were closely associated with gout.Herbal predictions had identified Ginseng,Panax notoginseng,Scutellaria,Baicalensis,Saururus chinensis,and Salvia miltiorrhiza as potential drugs for the treatment of gout.Conclusion This study identified possible key genes and immune mechanisms contributing to the pathogenesis of gout,and discovered potential targetable traditional Chinese medicine.These key genes and herbs are expected to offer new insights and methods for the treatment of gout.