1.Experimental Studies on Cell Wall Polysaccharide of Thallus Laminariae In Inhibiting Thrombosis and Blood Coagulation
Lu XIE ; Menghua CHEN ; Jing LI
Traditional Chinese Drug Research & Clinical Pharmacology 1993;0(02):-
Objective To study the effect of cell wall polysaccharide (CWP) of Thallus Laminariae (TL) on thrombosis and blood coagulation.Methods Thrombosis was induced by arteriovenous shunt,ligation of inferior vena cava and electric stimulation of common carotid artery,after intraperitoneal injection of CWP or nomal saline for 3 days.The weight of thrombus and the occlusion time were examined in the normal saline group and high-dose (100 mg/kg) and low-dose (20 mg/kg) groups of CWP of TL.Blood coagulation time (CT),plasma prothrombin time (PT) and partial thromboplastin time (APTT) were measured to observe the effect of CWP on blood coagulation.Results Compared with the control group,both high-dose CWP of TL and low-dose CWP can obviously decrease the weight of thrombus and prolong the occlusion time,CT and APTT.High-dose CWP could also prolong PT obviously,the differences being significant.Low-dosa CWP also prolong PT,but the difference was not significant statistically.Conclusion CWP of TL can inhibit the thrombus formation and blood coagulation in rats.
2.Effect of Chinese herbs on muscle protein metabolism in nephrotic rats
Menghua CHEN ; Liying LI ; Jisheng PAN
Chinese Journal of Nephrology 1997;0(03):-
To investigate the effect of Chinese herbs (Astragalus-As,Angelica-An,AG-a composition of Astragalus) on muscle protein metabolism in nephrotic rats. Methods The method of incorporation of [3 H-phenylalanine ] ([3 H-phe]) into the muscle was used. Results (l)The incorporation of [3 H-phe] into the muscle of untreated nephrotic rats (1.12 ? 0.37) was significantly lower than ihe normal control rats (2.25?0.47) ( P
3.Equity analysis of the implementation of the essential medicine system
Menghua LI ; Xin CAO ; Yan CAO
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration 2015;31(6):453-455
Equity of the essential medicine system involves social justice,being important in health services availability equity.The essential medicine system,in practice in China,has to a certain extent improved the equity of health service availability,yet found with poor equity in the process due to differences in insurance,regional diversity,pricing of essential medicine,and poor implementation of the system at primary medical institutions.Such equity needs to be further improved in the future in such aspects,consistence of different insurance reimbursement percentages,further support to underdeveloped areas,encouragement of market competition,and better compliance of primary medical institutions in implementing the system.
4.A three-dimensional positioning guide for accurate mini-screw insertion Design and clinical application
Jiayan WANG ; Dongliang ZHANG ; Menghua LI
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2009;13(13):2593-2596
BACKGROUND: Mini-screw anchorage is an innovation technique applied in the orthodontic field, expanding the treatment ability of orthodontic appliance. Accurate of mini-screw insertion in the target position is a clinical problem which making orthodontist trouble in this technique application. OBJECTIVE: To introduce a kind of three dimensional guide of mini-screw used as anchorage in orthodontic treatment and to evaluate the positioning accuracy. DESIGN, TIME AND SE'I-rlNG: A contrast study was performed at the Department of Orthodontics, Capital Medical University from April to October 2005. PARTICIPANTS: Twenty cases (40 mini-screws) of maxillary critical anchorage requisition were considered as the experimental group, and 15 cases (30 mini-screws) who were not treated with surgical guide were considered as the control group. METHODS: Self-made stent was used as a positioning guide for implantation of mini-screw anchorage between the roots of upper second bicuspid and first molar. Thereafter, the position was measured. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The vertical distance from measure points to the reference middle line were measured. RESULTS: In 40 mini-screws inserted with the aid of surgical guide, the average survival time of mini-screw as anchorage was 10.3 months, 2 were lost, and the success rate was 95%. The average survival time of 30 mini-screws in the control group was 9 months, 9 were loss, and the success rate was 70%. The positioning measurement showed that deviation of mini-screw was not found in the experimental group, but it was found in the control group. CONCLUSION: By aid of surgical guide splint, mini-scraw can be inserted correctly into the target region.
5.Renoprotective action by erythropoietin via BMP/SMAD signaling pathway in renal anemia in rats and its mechanism
Yan ZHANG ; Yinlan LI ; Menghua CHEN
Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences) 2015;(6):765-769,800
Objective To investigate the protective effect of erythropoietin (EPO)on the kidney of renal anemia rats and further explore the renoprotective action and possible mechanisms.Methods A total of 90 SD rats were randomly divided into 5 groups:normal control rats (NC),simple anemia group (SA),iron + EPO group (IR+EPO),erythropoietin group (EPO),and iron group (IR)with 18 in each.The rats were sacrificed after 4 weeks’ treatment with intragastrically-injected adenine.Serum creatinine (Scr),blood urea nitrogen (Bun),hemoglobin (Hb),hematocrit (Hct),and hepcidin were measured with automated hematology analyzer.The expressions of bone morphogenetic protein-6 (BMP-6 ),a serine/threonine kinase receptor-1 (SMAD-1 )and serine/threonine kinase receptor-4 (SMAD-4)in the kidney were detected by immunohistochemistry and Western blot.Results ①The results of general indicators:BUN and Scr in IR + EPO group and EPO group were lower than those in SA group (P <0.01).Hb and Hct in IR + EPO group and EPO group were increased significantly compared with those in SA group (P <0.01).Hepcidin was significantly increased in simple anemia group (P <0.01).② ELISA results showed that Hepcidin was lower in IR + EPO group and EPO group than in SA group (P <0.01).③ The results of pathological observation indicated that EPO could reduce rat renal pathology and function.④ Immunohistochemistry revealed that SMAD-4,SMAD-1 and BMP-6 were expressed in the rat glomerular cells and renal tubular epithelial cells.⑤ Western blot further indicated that the expression of SMAD-4 was significantly decreased in IR + EPO group and EPO group (P < 0.01 ).The expression of SMAD-1 in IR+EPO group and EPO group was decreased (P <0.05)while that of BMP-6 was elevated in IR+EPO group and EPO group (P <0.01 ).Conclusion The expression and secretion of hepcidin were inhibited by EPO via the BMP/SMAD pathway,which further corrects anemia and exerts a renal protective effect.
6.Synthesis of novel acacetin derivatives and evaluation of their activities
Yanjie LI ; Jing LI ; Shiyong FAN ; Menghua LI ; Yuanyuan ZHOU ; Bohua ZHONG ; Weiguo SHI
Journal of International Pharmaceutical Research 2017;44(6):580-584
Objective To improve the in vivo analgesic activity of acacetin and find leads for the development of new drugs, novel acacetin derivatives containing alkyl amide groups with different length of carbon chain were designed and synthesized according to the molecular structure of the active hit compound found in our previous work. Methods Using apigenin as the initial chemical ma-terial,the acacetin was synthesized through 3 steps,then the target compounds were prepared by conjugating hydroxy group of acace-tin at position 7 with bromoalkyl amides. The analgesic activity of the target compounds was evaluated by acetic acid writhing model of mice. Results and Conclusion Novel acacetin alkyl amide derivatives showed more potent analgesic activities than that of clinical medicine diclofenac,which could be used as leads for further development of new drugs.
7.Effect of different storage temperatures on immunofluorescence results in frozen sections of kidney biopsies
Li ZHAO ; Menghua ZHU ; Juan JIN ; Jianguang GONG ; Yiwen LI ; Qiang HE
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 2016;32(7):1342-1344
[ ABSTRACT] AIM:To investigate the effect of storage temperature in renal biopsy tissue frozen section on immu-nofluorescence results.METHODS:One hundred renal biopsy samples of Zhejiang Province People’ s Hospital from Janu-ary to June, 2015 were enrolled.Two sets of cutting slices were stored in -70 ℃ low temperature refrigerator as experi-mental group and in -12 ℃ freezing cryostat as control group.The immunoglobulins ( IgG, IgA and IgM) and comple-ments (C3, C4 and C1q) as well as fibrinogen were detected with direct immunofluorescence in the next day.The typeⅣcollagen a3 and a5 chains were also detected by indirect immunofluorescence, and the qualitative and semi-quantitative re-sults were observed under the fluorescence microscope.RESULTS:There were 16 cases of 3+~4+IgG in the experi-mental group, while the corresponding IgG was all 1+~2+in control group, significantly weaker than that in experimen-tal group.There were 99 cases of 3+~4+a3 and 3+~4+a5 in experimental group, white there were 92 cases of 1+~2+a3/a5 and 8 cases negative in control group.The positive intensity was decreased in control group with statistical difference between the 2 groups ( P<0.05) .There were 15 cases of 4+IgA, 19 cases of 3+IgA, 15 cases of 3+IgM, 11 cases of 2+IgM, 13 cases of 4+C3, and 12 cases of 3+C3 in experimental group.The control group were similar to the results of experimental group, and no difference between the 2 groups was observed.CONCLUSION:The immunoflu-orescence results of renal biopsy frozen sections are highly affected by the section storage temperature, which has greater in-fluence on the immunofluorescence positive intensity of IgG and typeⅣcollagen.The renal biopsy frozen section should be stored in -70 ℃low temperature refrigerator.
8.Effect of potassium chloride on rat ventricular fibrillation model during cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Yegui YANG ; Nuo LI ; Jiaxin SHI ; Xiaofeng TAN ; Tao QIN ; Lu XIE ; Menghua CHEN
Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2016;28(12):1095-1098
Objective To investigate whether increasing the concentration of serum potassium facilitates the cardioversion to sinus rhythm during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in a rat ventricular fibrillation (VF) model. Methods Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats with sustained VF by electrical induction were randomized into two groups by random number table. Five minutes after onset of electrical induction, 2.5% potassium chloride solution at a dose of 0.8 mL/kg (KCl group, n = 9) or equivalent normal saline (NS group, n = 9) was given respectively via femoral vein followed by traditional CPR. The changes of electrocardiogram (ECG) and the effect of defibrillation were compared between the two groups. Results During the CPR, the number of animals with spontaneous cardioversion (2 vs. 1, P = 1.000) and successful defibrillation (7 vs. 3, P = 0.026) were both increasing in KCl group compare with those in the NS group, which required fewer defibrillation (1.60±0.79 vs. 2.70±0.58, P = 0.064), lower calculative defibrillation energy (J: 4.00±3.00 vs. 8.30±2.89, P = 0.068), more animals restore spontaneous circulation (ROSC, 9 vs. 4, P = 0.029) and shorter ROSC time (s: 265.10±134.58 vs. 421.30±162.06, P = 0.096). At the beginning of CPR, animals in two groups all presented the fine amplitude (amplitude < 0.5 mV). At CPR 3 minutes the KCl group presented significantly larger amplitude compared with NS group (mV: 0.92±0.16 vs. 0.67±0.23, P = 0.030); The amplitude decreased in the animals which did not attain cardioversion to sinus rhythm over time. The animal number of fine amplitude at CPR 7 minutes were 0 and 5, respectively, in the KCl group and the NS group. Conclusion Increasing serum potassium concentration facilitates the VF amplitude enlargement, promotes the spontaneous conversion, increases the successful rate of defibrillation and reduces the energy for defibrillation in a rat VF model.
9.Effect of Huangqifuzitang on immune function of red blood cell CD58 and CD59 in patients with hemodialysis
Menghua ZHU ; Yingling TANG ; Xu LI ; Ming ZOU ; Tie YU ; Bihu GAO
Clinical Medicine of China 2013;29(10):1043-1046
Objective The immune hypofunction of the red blood cell on maintenance hemodialysis patients is one main reason of tumor,and oxidative stress is proved to be involved in decrease of existence quality and the occurrence of various complications of patients with hemodialysis.To investigate the status of erythrocyte immune and high oxidative stress of the hemodialysis patients,as well as the effect of Huangqifuzitang on immune function of red blood cell and oxidative stress in patients with hemodialysis.Methods Twenty healthy people were chosen as control group,and 20 patients were selected as the treatment group.CD58,CD59,superoxide dismutase(SOD),malonaldehyde(MDA) were measured before hemodialysis and after 12 days administration of Huangqifuzitang in the treatment group,and compared with those of the control group.Results There was significant difference between before and after taking Huangqifuzitang in treatment group and control group in terms of CD58 ((38.02 ±8.98) vs.(47.39 ±7.78) vs.(59.10±4.59),F=4.506,P=0.000),CD59 ((62.69 ± 20.84) vs.(80.95 ± 20.42) vs.(193.86 ± 19.87) ; F =239.347,P =0.000),SOD ((68.09 ± 11.86) vs.(78.73±10.58) vs.(111.09±16.61) kU/L;F=21.318,P=0.000),MDA((5.98±2.06) vs.(4.54 ±0.62) vs.(3.03 ± 1.10) μmoL/L;F =55.359,P =0.000) levels.Before taking Huangqifuzitang,the concentration of CD58,CD59 and SOD in treatment group was significant decreased compared with control group,but MDA significant increased,and there was significant difference (P < 0.01).After 12 days administration of Huangqifuzitang in the treatment group,the concentration of CD58,CD59 and SOD was significant increased compared with before taking Huangqifuzitang,but MDA significant significant decreased,and there was significant difference (P < 0.01 or P < 0.05) Conclusion The red blood cell surface receptors CD58,CD59 decreased and oxidative stress index SOD decreased significantly,MDA increased significantly in hemodialysis patients.Huangqifuzitang was proved to be with the ability of enhancing the immune of red bloodCD58,CD59 and decreasing the oxidative stress level in patients with hemodialysis.
10.Transient Expression of Hantaan Virus S segment Gene Coding region in vitro of Vero-E6 cells
Menghua, ZHANG ; Hangyan, WANG ; Weisong, YANG ; Changxing, HUANG ; Guangyu, LI ; Yi, WANG ; Xuefan, BAI
Virologica Sinica 1999;14(2):181-
The coding region of S genome segment of Hantaan virus (76/118 strain) was inserted into the eukarytic expression plasmidpVR1012. The recombinant expression plasmid pVRS22 was constructed. Vero-E6 cells were transiently transfected in vitro with pVRS22 plasmid. The transient expression of Hantaan virus nucleocapsid proteins in Vero-E6 cells was detected by indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) with monoclonal antibody 5H5 against Hantaan virus.