1.Effect of lentinan polysaccharides on hippocampus in Alzheimer 's disease rats
Liyuan DONG ; Feng LI ; Zhenkun REN ; Mengmeng WANG
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2017;37(3):48-51
Objective To evaluate the effect of lentinan polysaccharide (LPS) on Alzheimer's disease (AD) rats, and providing a new idea for prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD).Methods 96 SPF rats were randomly divided into control group, model group, LPS low dose-treated group, LPS middle dose-treated group, LPS high dose-treated group and positive control group(piracetam treated), each had 16 rats.The model of AD was induced by injection of Aβ25-35(80 pmol/μL), rats in four treatment groups were treated with LPS (200 mg/kg), LPS (400 mg/kg), LPS (600 mg/kg) and piracetam(600 mg/kg) orally once a day for 60 days while control group and model group were given equal-dose saline.After treatment, the ability of navigation and memory were evaluated by water maze test (MWM), and then rats in all groups were sacrificed to obtain the hippocampus.HE staining was used to observe the histopathological changes, the expressions of TACE,Aβ,BACE1 and PP2A protein in hippocampus were detected by Western blot.Results Compared with the model group, high dose LPS could significantly improve the ability of learning and memory (P<0.01) and improve the ability of locating navigation (P<0.01).HE staining results showed that LPS treatment could repair the rat hippocampus injury induced by Aβ25-35 .Western blot analysis showed that the levels of Aβ, and BACE1 were down-regulated in LPS group compared with the model group, while the protein level of PP2A and TACE was up-regulated.Conclusion LPS has a protective effect on Aβ25 -35 induced AD model, and it is expected to be a strategy for treatment of AD .
2.Demand for subject information resources
Mengmeng JIN ; Huiling REN ; Haixia CAO ; Qin ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Medical Library and Information Science 2015;(3):6-10
The problems in resources support in Library of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences were analyzed according to the investigation on the utilization of and demand for information resources in 23 scientific researchers and 37 students in Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.Certain suggestions were put forward for the solution of these problems in terms of adjustment and optimization of subject resources, in-formation organization and revealing, exchange and communication between users, recommendation and training of subject resources .
3.Neurotoxicity induced by multiple exposures to sevoflurane anesthesia in neonatal rats
Mengmeng WANG ; Juanjuan REN ; Yuhang ZHU ; Chao ZHANG ; Zhaoqiong ZHU
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2016;36(4):411-413
Objective To evaluate the neurotoxicity induced by multiple exposures to sevoflurane anesthesia in the neonatal rats.Methods Thirty-two healthy SPF Sprague-Dawley rats of both sexes,aged 7 days,weighing 15-20 g,were randomly divided into 2 groups (n=16 each) using a random number table:control group (group C) and multiple exposures to sevoflurane anesthesia group (group Sev).On postnatal day 7,14 and 21,2.6% sevoflurane was inhaled for 2 h in group Sev,while the mixed gas of oxygen and air was inhaled instead of sevoflurane in group C.Morris water maze test was carried out on postnatal day 32-36 to assess the cognitive function.On postnatal day 21 and 36,8 rats in each group were selected and anesthetized,and the cerebrospinal fluid was collected for determination of the concentrations of amyloid β-protein by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.Results Compared with group C,no significant change was found in the escape latency,movement time spent in the effective region of the platform,movement distance,the number of entries into the effective region,percentage of residence time,percentage of movement distance,and percentage of the number of entries (P>0.05),and the concentrations of amyloid β-protein in the cerebrospinal fluid were significantly increased on postnatal day 36 in group Sev (P<0.05).Conclusion Multiple exposures to sevoflurane anesthesia can induce central neurotoxicity,but do not induce changes in the cognitive function in the neonatal rats.
4.Clinical effect of Chinese compound medicine lotion in flat wart
Zhenkun REN ; Feng LI ; Mengmeng WANG ; Liyuan DONG
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2016;36(12):127-129
Objective To explore the effect of compound Chinese medicine lotion in the preparation room of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University on the patients with flat wart.Methods Confocal laser scanning microscopy and clinical diagnosis were used to collect 100 cases of flat warts from March 2013 to March 2015.The patients were randomly divided into the treatment group ( Chinese compound lotion) and the control group ( tretinoin cream) with 50 cases in each group.Self-made compound Chinese medicine lotion or Victoria A acid cream for 20 days, after the treatment, the curative effect and relapse rate of the two groups were compared.Results The total effective rate of the treatment group (94.0%) was significantly higher than the control group (76.0%), the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).The relapse rate in the treatment group was 4.3%, significantly lower than that in the control group the rate was 28.9%, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusions Self-made Chinese compound lotion on flat wart patients have a good effect, and its curative effect on verruca plana is better than tretinoin.
5.A novel RET proto-oncogene mutation in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A
Mengmeng CAO ; Liangge SUN ; Yali ZHU ; Lei REN ; Mengyang ZHANG ; Xiaoya ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2013;(6):498-503
Objective To observe the mode of RET proto-oncogene mutation in a pedigree with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A (MEN2A).Methods Six members from a MEN2A family,including the proband,were enrolled.Genomic DNAs of these members were extracted from peripheral blood lymphocytes for polymerase chain reaction(PCR),PCR products of 21 exons of the RET proto-oncogene were purified and a direct gene sequence analysis was performed.DNA sequencing was performed on the related exon of the other family members after verifying the mutation site.Results The female proband sufferd from pheochromocytoma and medullary thyroid carcinoma since the age of 45,two missense mutations of TGC(Cys) to TCC(Ser) at codon 634 and CTG(Leu) to TTT(Phe) at codon 633 in exon 11 of the RET proto-oncogene were detected in the proband,while the other members remain unchanged.Conclusions Analysis of the RET proto-oncogene identifies a united mutation of TGC (Cys) to TCC (Ser) at codon 634 and CTG(Leu) to TTT(Phe) at codon 633 in the proband.The former is a proven mutation related to MEN2A,while the latter has never been reported before.
6.Effect of DA on insulin secretion fromrat pancreatic cells and possible mechanism
Xiangqin ZHONG ; Yaqin DING ; Lele REN ; Tao BAI ; Mengmeng LIU ; Yunfeng LIU ; Yi ZHANG
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2017;33(5):653-656
Aim To investigate the effects of dopamine(DA)on insulin secretion from rat islets and the possible mechanism.Methods Pancreatic islets were obtained from the pancreatic of male SD rats by collagenase P digestion and histopaque-1077 density gradient separation.Insulin secretion experiment was used to observe the change of insulin release after DA treatments.As to study the potential mechanisms of the effects of DA,patch-clamp experiment and calcuim image technique were applied to test the depolarization-evoked Ca2+ currents,action potential duration and intracellular Ca2+ concentration.Results In 2.8 mmol·L-1 glucose,DA had no effect on insulin secretion;in 16.7 mmol·L-1 glucose,dopamine inhibited insulin secretion in a dose-dependent manner.DA inhibited the inward calcium current,shorten the action potential duration,and reduced the intracellular Ca2+ concentration.Conclusion DA inhibits insulin secretion maybe by decreasing the inward calcium current leading to shorten the action potential duration and reduce the intracellular Ca2+ concentration.
7.Clinical Study of Self-made Hong-huang Antioxidant Inhibiting Oxidative Stress Reaction During Chemotherapy in Patients with Breast Cancer
Yinzi YUE ; Weihe BIAN ; Chang YAO ; Xiaomei REN ; Xiaoqing ZHANG ; Mengmeng GUO ; Yu YING ; Ling CHEN
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine 2014;(7):11-14
ObjectiveTo observe the hong-huang antioxidant on oxidative stress in patients with breast cancer during chemotherapy, including their related blood indexes, blood rheology changes, and the effects on TCM clinical symptoms and symptoms of stress.MethodsA total of 60 cases of breast cancer patients during chemotherapy from Jiangsu Province Hospital of TCM was randomly divided into treatment group and control group, 30 cases in each group. On the basis of conventional therapy, patients in treatment group were given hong-huang antioxidant (100 mL per bag) from the 1st day to the 14th day of chemotherapy, 2 bags for each day (morning and evening). Patients in control group were given foundation treatment the same as the treatment group. Patients in the two groups had their serum NO, the content of SOD, and blood rheology tested on the day before chemotherapy, and the 4th, 7th, 14th days during chemotherapy. Meanwhile, their symptom score and the integral of stress reaction and TCM symptoms were also assessed. ResultsOn the 4th day, serum NO of treatment group decreased, while SOD content increased,without statistical significance between the two groups (P>0.05). Serum NO on the 7th, 14th days was significantly lower than that in the control group, but the content of SOD was higher than that in the control group, with statistical significance between the two groups (P<0.05). Hemorheology on the 4th day significantly decreased after treatment (P<0.05), and was significantly better than that in the control group (P<0.05); Clinical symptoms and stress symptoms integral in the treatment group were significantly lower than those in the control group on the 4th, 7th, 14th days of chemotherapy, with statistical significance (P<0.05).Conclusion Hong-huang antioxidant can significantly improve the oxidative stress status, serological indexes, related blood rheology indexes, and clinical symptoms in patients with breast cancer.
8.Relationship between umbilical cord blood cytokines and intrauterine HBV infection
Changjun REN ; Lijie WU ; Mengmeng WANG ; Ruihong XU ; Mingjing ZHANG ; Ling HAO
Clinical Medicine of China 2019;35(3):263-267
Objective To investigate the relationship between neonatal umbilical cord blood cytokine interferon-γ (IFN-γ),interleukin-4 (IL-4),interleukin-12 (IL-12),interleukin-18 (IL-18) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) intrauterine infection.Methods Seventy-five newborns delivered by HBsAg-positive pregnant women in the First Hospital of Hebei Medical University and the Fifth Hospital of Shijiazhuang from December 2017 to June 2018 were selected as observation group.According to the results of five items of hepatitis B and HBV DNA test in cord blood of newborns,17 of them were positive as intrauterine infection group,and 58 of them were negative as uninfection intrauterine group.Forty-three newborns delivered by healthy pregnant women with negative HBsAg were taken as control group.The levels of cytokines IFN-γ,IL-4,IL-12 and IL-18 in cord blood of neonates were detected by ELISA,Results The levels of IFN-γ,IL-4,IL-12 and IL-18 in the newborns of intrauterine infection group were (409.51 ±51.77),630.51(612.49,647.33),85.60(56.11,133.99),32.41 (23.04,87.53) ng/L.The levels in the uninfected intrauterine Group were (523.87 ± 38.45),573.33 (531.95,598.38),186.53 (77.77,302.66),125.99(63.32,202.73) ng/L.The levels in the control group were (509.39±73.02),565.83 (443.40,620.82),199.89 (128.92,289.30),152.98 (86.76,188.57) ng/L.There were significant differences in IFN-γ,IL-4,IL-12,IL-18 between the intrauterine infection group and the uninfected intrauterine group and the control group (all P<0.01).There was no significant difference between the uninfected group and the control group (all P>0.05).Conclusion The decrease of IFN-γ,IL-12,IL-18 and the increase of IL-4 in cord blood of neonates result in the decrease of viral clearance ability and the failure of HBV clearance,which leads to intrauterine infection of neonates with HBV.
9.Effect of low le vel laser treatment combined with periodontal initial therapy on IL-8, b-FGF and IL-1βcontent in gingival crevicular fluid on peri-implantitis
Yanjuan ZHAO ; Ronghua LI ; Gang REN ; Mengmeng LI ; Yi LIU
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2019;42(2):130-133
Objective To investigate the effect of low level laser treatment combined with periodontal therapy on interleukin-8 (IL-8), basic fibrobast growth factor (b-FGF) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) level in gingival crevicular fluid on peri-implantitis , so as to evaluate the curative effect . Methods A total of 38 patients (50 implants) with early peri-implantitis were randomly divided into experimental group and control group, with 19 patients (25 implants) in each group. The patients in the experimental group were underwent level laser treatment combined with periodontal initial, and in the control group were only treated with periodontal initial. The implant gingival crevicular fluid was collected before the treatment (baseline), and 4 weeks and 12 weeks after the treatment. The levels of IL-8, b-FGF and IL-1βwere determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The SPSS19.0 software was used for the statistically analysis. Results The levels of IL-8, b-FGF and IL-1β of the experimental group and the control group were both improved at 4 weeks and 12 weeks after treatment comparing with that at the baseline, and the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.01). The differences in IL-8 and b-FGF levels in the gingival crevicular fluid were statistically significant at different time points for each group (all P<0.01). For the two groups, the differences in IL-1βwere not statistically significant at 4 weeks and 12 weeks after the treatment (all P>0.05). The levels of IL-8 and IL-1βof the experimental group were lower than those of the control group at 4 weeks after treatment, and the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05). The level of b-FGF of the experimental group was higher than that of the control group at 12 weeks after the treatment, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusions Low-energy laser can affect the level of cytokines in the gingival crevicular fluid on peri-implantitis. The combination of low level laser treatment and periodontal initial therapy is effective for treating peri-implantitis.
10.Effect of low energy laser therapy on peri-implantitis in clinical patients
Gang REN ; Yi LIU ; Ronghua LI ; Mengmeng LI ; Yanjuan ZHAO
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2018;41(5):439-442
Objective To study the effectiveness of basic therapy combined with low energy laser irradiation therapy to the patients with peri-implantitis, and to clarify the effect of laser irradiation in the treatment process. Methods A total of 38 patients (50 implants) who were diagnosed with early peri-implantitis from September 2017 to March 2018 in the Department of Stomatology, Tianjin First Central Hospital were randomly divided into the laser treatment group (n=25) and the conventional treatment group (n=25). The control group received basic treatment, and the laser treatment group received basic treatment combined with low energy laser irradiation (808 nm GaAlAs semiconductor continuous laser, average output power 80 mw, energy density 4 J/cm2, facula area 0.28 cm2, 15 seconds irradiation for each implant bag). The GIgingival index (GI), plaque index (PLI), sulcus bleeding index (SBI) and probe depth (PD) were examined before and 2 weeks and 8 weeks after the treatment. Results At 2 weeks and 8 weeks after the treatments, the indexes of the two groups were both improved compared with the baseline, and the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05). Compared with the control group, the GI was significantly decreased (P=0.018) at 2 weeks after the treatment, and the GI, PD, and SBI were significantly decreased at 8 weeks after the treatment (P<0.001, P=0.018, and P<0.001, respectively). Conclusions At an energy density of 4 J/cm2, low energy laser irradiation at a wavelength of 808 nm can accelerate tissue healing of peri-implant inflammation after basic treatments.