1.Obesity and cancer
Mingyue LIU ; Fucai ZANG ; Wei TANG
Journal of International Oncology 2013;40(7):501-503
In recent studies,obesity is a risk factor for a variety of cancers,including breast cancer and colorectal cancer.Obesity can regulate the tumorigenesis and development of cancer by some factors,such as insulin and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1),leptin,fat cytokines and hormones.Understanding the relationship between obesity and cancer can provide a new perspective for the prevention and treatment of cancer.
2.Diversity-oriented synthesis and its application in drug discovery.
Lei ZHANG ; Mingyue ZHENG ; Hong LIU
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2015;50(4):419-33
Diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS) aims to efficiently generate collections of small molecules with diverse appendages, functional groups, stereochemistry and skeletons, thus yielding diverse biological activities capable of modulating a wide variety of biological processes. In this review, we discussed the common strategies employed in DOS with specific examples from recent literature, including reagent-based approach, substrate-based approach, build-couple-pair strategy and privileged substructure-based DOS. The application of some DOS libraries in drug discovery is also presented.
3.Investigation and Analysis of Influential Factors on Junior Adolescent Depression
Mingyue SHU ; Jintao WANG ; Rengang LIU
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2002;0(07):-
Objective: To explore the prevalence of depression in junior school students and its relationship with potential psychological and environmental factors. Method:Depressive symptoms, self-esteem, life events, social support, family cohesion and conflict were investigated with self-report questionnaire in 300 junior school students, the relationship between depression and other psychological or environmental factors were analyzed through stepwise regression. Results:The prevalence of depression in junior high school students was 11%. Among the 5 investigated psychological and environmental factors, self-esteem and social support were negatively related with depression (standardized regression coefficient were -0.59 and -0.14), while life events positively related with it(standardized regression coefficient was 0.26). Only "academic pressure" and another factors covering the item "do not want to go to school" showed a negative association with the students' self-esteem among the 6 factors included in the life events questionnaire (standardized regression coefficient were -0.149 and -0.13).Conclusion: Depression is common among junior school students. Poor self-esteem, lack of social support and negative life events are currently related with the development of adolescent depression. The pressure and failing experiences coming from academic activities are the most influential life events to the development of adolescents' self-esteem.
4.Controlled Study on Behavior Problems,Family Factors and Parental Rearing Styles in Students with Poor Academic Achievement
Mingyue SHU ; Rengang LIU ; Jian WANG
Chinese Mental Health Journal 1988;0(06):-
Objective:To study behavior problems,family factors an d parental rearing styles in students with poor academic achievement.Meth od:Through stratified cluster sampling,488 primary or middle school studen t s were identified as study group(below 5th percentile in their classes),while th e controls were 599 students whose academic achievement were above 95th percent ile in their classes.All subjects completed EMBU,CBCL(children behavior checkli st).Results:Higher boy/girl ratio was pound in study group(326/162) than in control(291/308,? 2=36.4,p
5.Expression of HSP70 mRNA Induced by Chlorpyrifos in Rat Hepatic Tissue
Jing ZHANG ; Keming LIU ; Mingyue ZHANG
Journal of Environment and Health 1992;0(04):-
Objective To understand the expression of heat shock protein(HSP70)mRNA induced by chlorpyrifos in the hepatic tissue of rats.Methods Wistar rats aged 6 weeks were divided into 4 groups,12 in each including 6 male and 6 female,the rats in the experimental groups were treated with chlorpyrifos by gavage once a day at the doses of 17 mg/kg?bw,8.5 mg/kg?bw and 4.25 mg/kg?bw respectively for 14 consecutive days,one group was the negative control.After the exposure,the hepatic tissue was sampled to examine the expression of HSP70 mRNA by polymerase chain reaction(PCR).Results The expression of HSP70 mRNA in the hepatic tissue in the groups of 17 mg/kg?bw,8.5 mg/kg.bw was significantly up-regulated with a dose-response relationship compared with the negative control group.Conclusion The expression of HSP70 mRNA is a sensitive parameter for early exposure assessment of chlorpyrifos.
6.Ramus colli nervi facialis dissect in the surgical management of benign parotid tumor
Mingyue LI ; Wei ZHANG ; Ning LIU
Chinese Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2006;0(06):-
OBJECTIVE To study the feasibility and security of parotidectomy for parotid benign tumor by tracing cervical branch to expose facial nerve. METHODS Parotid benign tumor of 87 patients were studied.We exposed facial nerve by tracing main facial nerve branch、buccal branch、marginal mandibular branch and cervical branch in parotidectomy for parotid benign tumor and observed the function of facial nerve after operation.RESULTS The number of patients traced by main facial nerve branch- buccal branch、marginal mandibular branch and cervical branch group were 10、8、28 and 41 respctively,and the percentage of facial nerve injury after operation were 30%、37.5%、46.4%and 24.3%.The percentage of facial nerve injury was statistically different between the marginal mandibular branch group and the cervical branch group(P
7.Progress in the ligands and their complex structures of farnesoid X receptor.
Weihu LI ; Jing FU ; Mingyue ZHENG ; Guixia LIU ; Yun TANG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2012;47(6):704-15
Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) belongs to the nuclear receptor superfamily. It is highly related to the formation of metabolic syndrome and the glucose homeostasis, and therefore represents an important drug target against metabolic diseases and diabetes. In recent years, great progress has been made in the agonists, antagonists, and crystal structures of FXR. The diverse FXR ligands and their structure-activity relationship are reviewed in this article. The advances in the crystal structures of FXR in complex with different ligands are also introduced.
8.Sensitive determination of 4-O-methylhonokiol in rabbit plasma by high performance liquid chromatography and application to its pharmacokinetic investigation
Mingyue LI ; Yuhai TANG ; Xia LIU ; Haiyan Lü ; Xiyan SHI
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis 2011;01(2):108-112
A novel high performance liquid chromatographic method was developed for the determination of 4-O-methylhonokiol in rabbit plasma and was applied to its pharmacokinetic investigation.Plasma samples were treated by one-fold volume of methanol and acetonitrile to remove the interference proteins.A reverse phase column of SHIMPACK VP-ODS (150 mm× 4.6 mm,5.0 μm) was used to separate 4-O-methylhonokiol in the plasma samples.The detection limit of 4-O-methylhonokiol was 0.2 μg/L and the linear range was 0.012- 1.536 mg/L.The good extraction recoveries were obtained for the spiked samples (84.7%,89.3% and 87.7% for low,middle and high concentrations of added standards,respectively).The relative standard deviation of intra-day and inter-day precisions was in the range from 0.6% to 13.5%.The pharmacokinetic study of 4-O-methylhonokiol was made and the results from the plasmaconcentration curve of 4-O-methylhonokiol showed a two-apartment open model.This work developed a sensitive,stable and rapid HPLC method for the determination of 4-O-methylhonokiol and the developed method has been successfully applied to a pharmacokinetic study of 4-O-methylhonokiol.
9.Comparison of osteopontin and mineralization culture medium in the induction of dental pulp stem cells into osteoblasts
Xin SHI ; Pengfei ZHANG ; Mengtong YUAN ; Mingyue LIU ; Weiping HU
Journal of Practical Stomatology 2015;(1):11-14
Objective:To compare the osteogenic differentiation of dental pulp stem cells(DPSCs)induced by osteopontin(OPN)and mineralizing culture medium(MCM).Methods:DPSCs were cultured with OPN(OPN group)and MCM(MCM group)respectively. The morphology of the DPSCs were observed under inverted microscope.The mineralize nodules were observed by alizarin red staining. RT-RCR was used to detect the mRNA expression of bone sialoprotein (BSP),Runt-related transcription factor 2(Runx-2),osteocal-cin(OCN)and collagen-1(Col-1).Results:Similar number of mineralized nodules was found in the 2 groups(P >0.05)after 28 day culture.The mRNA expression level of BSP gene in OPN group was higher than that in MCMgroup(0.864 ±0.112 and 0.514 ±0.068, P <0.05),while the expression level of Runx-2 gene in OPN group is lower than that in MCMgroup(0.186 ±0.017 and 0.324 ±0. 058,P <0.05).The expression level of Col-1 and OCN genes in both groups were similar(P >0.05).Conclusion:The capabilities of OPN and MCMin inducing osteogenic differentiation of DPSCs are similar.
10.Compare anti-tumor activity and antioxidant activity of F.velutipes and A.auricula
Lu WANG ; Mingyue LIU ; Kunpeng XIE ; Mingjie XIE
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2016;36(12):46-48
Objective To compare the anti-tumor activity and antioxidant activity of ethanol extracts of F.veluties and A.auricula.Methods Three human carcinoma cell lines, including MCF-7, HeLa and A375 were assessed by MTT assay to measure cell viability.The antioxidant activity was detected with a DPPH and RFAP assays.Results Two domestic fungus have different anti-tumor activity on the inhibition of MCF-7, HeLa and A375 cells at 25-400μg/mL concentration rage.F.velutipes was better than the A.auricula.The difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05 ).Compared with the control group, the inhibition of F.velutipes were 48.20%, 52.61%and 50.58%at the concentration of 400μg/mL, respectively (P<0.01).At the same concentration, the inhibition of A.auricula were 37.62%、50.21%and 41.59%, respectively (P<0.01).The ethanol extracts of two domestic fungus have significant antioxidant activity.F.velutipes was better than the A.auricula.The difference was statistically significant ( P<0.01 ).Compared with the control group, the scavenging radical capacities on DPPH of ethanol extracts of F.velutipes and A.auricula were 60.30%and 40.43%at the concentration of 1.6 mg/mL, respectively (P<0.01).At the same concentration FRAP value were 9.5 and 7.0 mmol/mL(P<0.01).Conclusion The F.velutipes and A.auricula both have strong anti-tumor and antioxidant activities, F.velutipes is better than A.auricula.