1.The Effect of Traditional Culture on the Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Measures of Strengthening the Cultivation of Humanistic Spirit
Pinghua SUN ; Lian LIU ; Zhixiong ZHAO ; Jing LIN ; Jialiang GUO
Chinese Medical Ethics 2017;30(6):697-700
Chinese traditional culture is the soil for the survival and development of traditional Chinese medi-cine,among them,the concept of A thing is valued if it is rare portal factions and master has influenced the development,communication and popularization of traditional Chinese medicine.But the spirit and thinking of harmony unity of heaven and man comparative state benevolence and self-cultivation and self-re-straint has played an active role in the development of traditional Chinese medicine.Thus this paper put forward the suggestions and opinions of strengthening the cultivation of humanistic spirit of higher traditional Chinese medi-cine talents:establishing a comprehensive evaluation standards of higher traditional Chinese medicine talents,es-tablishing scientific development concept to treat the inheritance and innovation of traditional Chinese medicine cul-ture,perfecting the curriculum provision of relevant professions,creating the conducive environment for the trans-mission of traditional Chinese medicine culture,hoping to provide a reference for the explanation of the relationship between traditional culture and traditional Chinese medicine.
2.HPLC Fingerprint Differentiation of Herba Selaginellae moellendorfii and Amentoflavone Determination
Pinghua LU ; Peishan XIE ; Runtao TIAN ; Yu ZHAO ; Dongmei SUN
Traditional Chinese Drug Research & Clinical Pharmacology 1993;0(01):-
Objective To establish the HPLC fingerprint of Herba Selaginellae moellendorfii for identification and comparison with other species of the same genus and to determine the content of amentoflavone.Method Separation was performed on ZORBAX SB-C18 chromatographic column,acetonitrile(A)-0.5 %solution of acetic acid in water(B)as mobile phase with gradient elution and the flow rate was 1.0 mL?min-1.The detection wavelength was at 270 nm.The content determination of amentoflavone carried out synchronously.Results The characteristic eighteen peaks in the chromatogram consisted of the common pattern of Herba Selaginellae moellendorfii.The fingerprint coupling with similarity and Principal Component Analysis differentiated and classified the various species of selaginella.Nine species could be divided into 3 classes.The content of amentoflavone in Herba Selaginellae moellendorfii was 0.8~1.0 %.Conclusions The weighted similarity coefficient was calculated from 13 batches of Herba Selaginellae moellendorfii samples as high as more than 0.98.Among 9 species of Selaginella,5 species(S.biformis,S.involvens,S.doederileinii,S.trachyphylla,S.tamariscina)were sorted out by means of Principal Component Analysis in the same class with S.moellendorfii.Which indicated the possibility of bio-equivalence among the herbs of these six species,while S.picta,S.uncinata and S.delicatula are considered as adulterants of S.moellendorfii as their dissimilar fingerprints.
3.Enhanced immune response of a novel T-cell immunogen in vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease.
Qing ZHAO ; Pu SUN ; Zaixin LIU ; Pinghua LI ; Huifang BAO ; Yimei CAO ; Xingwen BAI ; Yuanfang FU ; Zengjun LU ; Dong LI
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2011;27(9):1281-1291
We investigated the enhanced immune response of a recombinant T cell immunogen as an effective cellular immune adjuvant. The T cell immunogen named TI contained several T cell epitopes from the VP1, VP4, 3A and 3D proteins of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) and two pan-T helper (T(H)) cell sites to broaden the immunogenicity of the protein. Meanwhile, another fusion protein named OA-VP1 was expressed in bacteria, which contained two VP1 proteins of O and Asia1 type FMDV. Mice were vaccinated with commercially inactivated vaccine or OA-VP1 protein with or without the TI immunogen. The results show that mice inoculated with inactivated vaccine or OA-VP1 protein supplemented with TI immunogen produced significantly higher level of neutralizing antibodies (P < 0.01 or P < 0.05) than the mice only inoculated with inactivated vaccine or OA-VP1 protein by microneutralization assay. An obvious increase in T cell number by flow cytometric analysis and significantly higher concentration of IFN-gamma secreted in culture media of spleen lymphocytes were observed in groups supplemented with TI immunogen (P < 0.01). TI immunogen was an effective stimulator for humoral and cellular immunity and could help improve the immunogenicity of inactivated vaccine or protein subunit vaccine.
Adjuvants, Immunologic
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pharmacology
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Animals
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Capsid Proteins
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genetics
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immunology
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Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte
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genetics
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immunology
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Foot-and-Mouth Disease
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immunology
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prevention & control
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virology
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Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus
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immunology
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Immunization
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Mice
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Viral Vaccines
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genetics
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immunology
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pharmacology
4.Real-time SERS monitoring anticancer drug release along with SERS/MR imaging for pH-sensitive chemo-phototherapy.
Xueqin HUANG ; Bingbing SHENG ; Hemi TIAN ; Qiuxia CHEN ; Yingqi YANG ; Brian BUI ; Jiang PI ; Huaihong CAI ; Shanze CHEN ; Jianglin ZHANG ; Wei CHEN ; Haibo ZHOU ; Pinghua SUN
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2023;13(3):1303-1317
In situ and real-time monitoring of responsive drug release is critical for the assessment of pharmacodynamics in chemotherapy. In this study, a novel pH-responsive nanosystem is proposed for real-time monitoring of drug release and chemo-phototherapy by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). The Fe3O4@Au@Ag nanoparticles (NPs) deposited graphene oxide (GO) nanocomposites with a high SERS activity and stability are synthesized and labeled with a Raman reporter 4-mercaptophenylboronic acid (4-MPBA) to form SERS probes (GO-Fe3O4@Au@Ag-MPBA). Furthermore, doxorubicin (DOX) is attached to SERS probes through a pH-responsive linker boronic ester (GO-Fe3O4@Au@Ag-MPBA-DOX), accompanying the 4-MPBA signal change in SERS. After the entry into tumor, the breakage of boronic ester in the acidic environment gives rise to the release of DOX and the recovery of 4-MPBA SERS signal. Thus, the DOX dynamic release can be monitored by the real-time changes of 4-MPBA SERS spectra. Additionally, the strong T2 magnetic resonance (MR) signal and NIR photothermal transduction efficiency of the nanocomposites make it available for MR imaging and photothermal therapy (PTT). Altogether, this GO-Fe3O4@Au@Ag-MPBA-DOX can simultaneously fulfill the synergistic combination of cancer cell targeting, pH-sensitive drug release, SERS-traceable detection and MR imaging, endowing it great potential for SERS/MR imaging-guided efficient chemo-phototherapy on cancer treatment.
5.Erratum: Author correction to 'Real-time SERS monitoring anticancer drug release along with SERS/MR imaging for pH-sensitive chemo-phototherapy' Acta Pharm Sin B 13 (2023) 1303-1317.
Xueqin HUANG ; Bingbing SHENG ; Hemi TIAN ; Qiuxia CHEN ; Yingqi YANG ; Brian BUI ; Jiang PI ; Huaihong CAI ; Shanze CHEN ; Jianglin ZHANG ; Wei CHEN ; Haibo ZHOU ; Pinghua SUN
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2023;13(10):4338-4340
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2022.08.024.].
6.A method for immortalizing swine monoclonal B cells secreting anti-PRRSV antibodies.
Jian WANG ; Jing ZHANG ; Kun LI ; Pu SUN ; Guoxiu LI ; Jiaoyang LI ; Yimei CAO ; Zhixun ZHAO ; Hong YUAN ; Yuanfang FU ; Pinghua LI ; Dong LI ; Zaixin LIU ; Zengjun LU
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2022;38(8):2872-2882
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is a highly contagious disease caused by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), which causes great economic losses. At the moment, no effective neutralizing antibody is available for scientific research and treatment. Therefore, developing a method for screening the neutralizing monoclonal antibodies is of great significance for the prevention and treatment of PRRSV and the screening of antigen sites. Monoclonal antibodies have been widely used in the treatment and diagnosis of many human and animal diseases. Therefore, screening effective neutralizing antibodies for different pathogens is an urgent task. Among the methods for monoclonal antibody screening, B cell immortalization is an effective method to obtain neutralizing monoclonal antibody. Specifically, in this study, the bcl-6 and bcl-xl genes were connected by f2a and then the yielded product was ligated to a vector for retrovirus packaging. The swine lymphocytes immunized with PRRSV were infected the yielded mature viruses and cultured in the complete medium containing CD40L and IL21 cytokines. Then, CD21 was used as the marker to screen B cells with the magnetic bead method. Finally, monoclonal B cells were obtained and the secretion of antibodies was tested. The results showed that the plasmid, either being transfected alone or with the packaged plasmids, could be expressed, and that the packaged retrovirus could infect the cells. Moreover, the infected lymphocytes secreted antibodies, so did the screened B cells. Therefore, the method for screening monoclonal antibody against PRRSV was successfully established.
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Antibodies, Monoclonal
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Antibodies, Neutralizing
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Antibodies, Viral
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Humans
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Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/prevention & control*
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Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/genetics*
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Swine
7.Development of a sandwich ELISA for detecting 3AB non-structural protein of foot-and-mouth disease virus.
Yuanfang FU ; Wei HE ; Pu SUN ; Lin YANG ; Huifang BAO ; Yimei CAO ; Xingwen BAI ; Pinghua LI ; Dong LI ; Yingli CHEN ; Lei LIU ; Zengjun LU ; Zaixin LIU
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2020;36(11):2357-2366
Antigenic purity is important for quality control of the foot-and-mouth (FMD) whole virus inactivated vaccine. The recommended method for evaluation the antigenic purity of FMD vaccine is to check the serum conversion to non-structural protein (NSP) 3AB antibody after 2 to 3 times inoculation of animals with inactivated vaccine. In this study, we developed a quantitative ELISA to detect the amount of residual 3AB in vaccine antigen, to provide a reference to evaluate the antigenic purity of FMD vaccine. Monoclonal antibody (Mab) of NSP 3A and HRP-conjugated Mab of NSP 3B were used to establish a sandwich ELISA to quantify the NSP 3AB in vaccine antigen of FMD. Purified NSP 3AB expressed in Escherichia coli was serially diluted and detected to draw the standard curve. The detectable limit was determined to be the lowest concentration of standard where the ratio of its OD value to OD blank well was not less than 2.0. Results: The OD value was linearly corelated with the concentration of 3AB protein within the range between 4.7 and 600 ng/mL. The correlation coefficient R² is greater than 0.99, and the lowest detectable limit is 4.7 ng/mL. The amount of 3AB protein in non-purified inactivated virus antigen was detected between 9.3 and 200 ng/mL depending on the 12 different virus strains, whereas the amount of 3AB in purified virus antigen was below the lowest detectable limit. The amount of 3AB in 9 batches of commercial FMD vaccine antigens was between 9.0 and 74 ng/mL, whereas it was below the detectable limit in other 24 batches of commercial vaccine antigens. Conclusion: the sandwich ELISA established in this study is specific and sensitive to detect the content of 3AB protein in vaccine antigen of FMD, which will be a useful method for evaluation of the antigenic purity and quality control of FMD inactivated vaccine.
Animals
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Antibodies, Viral
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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Foot-and-Mouth Disease/prevention & control*
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Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus
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Viral Nonstructural Proteins/genetics*
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Viral Vaccines