1.Morphological observation and changes of hydroxyproline content in hypertrophic scar of rabbits
Bin SHU ; Linlin HAO ; Zongyao WU ; Xiankai HUANG ; Yue SHEN ; Chun YUAN ; Qimin TANG
Journal of Third Military Medical University 2001;23(3):343-345
Objective To establish animal model for hypertrophic scar and study the characters of its morphology and collagen metabolism. Methods A total of 64 round wounds (diameter of 6 mm each) with total skin loss were made on the ventral side of rabbit ear using a trephine. Morphology and collagen metabolism of scar wounds were studied at 14,21,35,70 and 98 days after operation, respectively. Results There were 76% elevated scars developed (45/59 wounds) on the ventral side of rabbit ear at 21 days and 46% elevated scars disappeared (11/24) at 98 days after operation. There were numerous fibroblast proliferation and whorl-arranged collagen fibers at 21 and 35 days. The number of fibroblast decreased, but irregular-arranged fibers still presented in the elevated scars at 70 and 98 days after operation. Hydroxyproline content in elevated scars at 21 days was higher than that in normal skin (P<0.05), and at 35 days was 3 times as that in normal skin and at 98 days was also markedly higher than that in normal skin (P<0.05). Conclusion Excessive deposition of collagen is a characteristic of hypertrophic scar in rabbits. The conversion of normal scarring to hypertrophic scarring in rabbits occurs at 14~21 days after operation. Both development and regression of hypertrophic scar in rabbit are quicker than that in human.
2.Effect of Buzhong Yiqi decoction combined with low-frequency impulse feedback electrical stimulation and rehabilitation training on postpartum pelvic floor recovery
Jing HE ; Qimin QIU ; Yuan ZHANG
Journal of Clinical Medicine in Practice 2017;21(19):73-76
Objective To analyze the application effect of low-frequency impulse feedback electrical stimulation combined with Buzhong Yiqi decoction and rehabilitation training in promoting postpartum pelvic floor recovery.Methods A total of 90 women with vaginal delivery in our hospital were selected and were given routine pelvic floor rehabilitation training.According to the intervention method,they were divided into the Buzhong Yiqi decoction group,physical therapy group and combined group,with 30 cases in each group.The muscle strength of pelvic floor,muscle contractile function of pelvic floor and complications were compared among the three groups.Results After treatment,the proportion of muscle strength of pelvic floor with grade 4 and grade 5 in the combined group were higher than that in the Buzhong Yiqi decoction group and the physical therapy group (P <0.05).After treatment,the duration of pelvic floor muscle contraction and pelvic floor muscle contraction force of the combined group were significantly longer or larger than treatment before and the other two groups (P < 0.05).After 3 days of delivery,the maternal radial artery blood gas of the combined group was higher than that of the physical therapy group and the Buzhong Yiqi decoction group (P < 0.05).There was no significant difference in the incidence of pelvic organs prolapse and urinary incontinence among the three groups (P > 0.05).Conclusion The use of Buzhong Yiqi decoction and low-frequency impulse feedback electrical stimulation combined with rehabilitation training can improve the pelvic floor muscle strength,enhance pelvic floor function and reduce complications.
3.Effect of Buzhong Yiqi decoction combined with low-frequency impulse feedback electrical stimulation and rehabilitation training on postpartum pelvic floor recovery
Jing HE ; Qimin QIU ; Yuan ZHANG
Journal of Clinical Medicine in Practice 2017;21(19):73-76
Objective To analyze the application effect of low-frequency impulse feedback electrical stimulation combined with Buzhong Yiqi decoction and rehabilitation training in promoting postpartum pelvic floor recovery.Methods A total of 90 women with vaginal delivery in our hospital were selected and were given routine pelvic floor rehabilitation training.According to the intervention method,they were divided into the Buzhong Yiqi decoction group,physical therapy group and combined group,with 30 cases in each group.The muscle strength of pelvic floor,muscle contractile function of pelvic floor and complications were compared among the three groups.Results After treatment,the proportion of muscle strength of pelvic floor with grade 4 and grade 5 in the combined group were higher than that in the Buzhong Yiqi decoction group and the physical therapy group (P <0.05).After treatment,the duration of pelvic floor muscle contraction and pelvic floor muscle contraction force of the combined group were significantly longer or larger than treatment before and the other two groups (P < 0.05).After 3 days of delivery,the maternal radial artery blood gas of the combined group was higher than that of the physical therapy group and the Buzhong Yiqi decoction group (P < 0.05).There was no significant difference in the incidence of pelvic organs prolapse and urinary incontinence among the three groups (P > 0.05).Conclusion The use of Buzhong Yiqi decoction and low-frequency impulse feedback electrical stimulation combined with rehabilitation training can improve the pelvic floor muscle strength,enhance pelvic floor function and reduce complications.
4.Effects of RhoA gene silencing by RNA interference on invasion of tongue carcinoma.
Zhenggang CHEN ; Yong-ping TANG ; Lei TONG ; Ying WANG ; Yuan ZHOU ; Qimin WANG ; Jinhong HAN ; Zongxuan HE ; Yixiang LIAO ; Bing FAN ; Rong-hai ZOU ; Jian ZHANG ; Xiaofeng SUN ; Guoxin YAN
West China Journal of Stomatology 2016;34(2):183-188
OBJECTIVETo study the effects of RhoA down-regulation by RNA interference on the invasion of tongue carcinoma Tca8113 and SCC-4.
METHODSDetermination of the human RhoA sequence as well as the design and constructionof a short specific small interfering RNAs (siRNA) were performed. The siRNA of RhoA gene was transfected into humantongue squamous cell carcinoma Tca8113 and SCC-4 cells line by Lipofectamine 2000. Quantitative real-time polymerasechain reaction was used to examine the mRNA expressionlevels of RhoA. Protein expressions of mRNA, galectin-3,and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 were evaluated byWestern blot. Transwell invasion assay was performed toassess the invasion ability of tongue carcinoma.
RESULTSRhoA expressions in Tca8113 and SCC-4 cells were reducedsignificantly after transfection of RhoA-siRNA. Protein levels f galectin-3 and MVP-9 were also down-regulated significantly. Invasion ability was inhibited as well.
CONCLUSIONRhoA-siRNA can effectively inhibit RhoA expression in Tca8113 and SCC-4 cells. The invasion ability of tongue carcinoma cells decreased with down-regulation of the protein expressions of galectin-3 and MMP-9, indicating that RhoA-siRNA can inhibit invasion of tongue carcinoma. Results show that RhoA may play an important role in the processes of invasion and metastasis of tongue carcinoma.
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Down-Regulation ; Galectin 3 ; metabolism ; Gene Silencing ; Humans ; Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 ; metabolism ; RNA Interference ; RNA, Messenger ; metabolism ; RNA, Small Interfering ; genetics ; Tongue Neoplasms ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; Transfection
5.Discussion on the undergraduate education mode of critical care medicine majoring in clinical medicine
Difen WANG ; Di LIU ; Ying LIU ; Xu LIU ; Jiangquan FU ; Ying WANG ; Feng SHEN ; Yan TANG ; Yuanyi LIU ; Yumei CHENG ; Liang LI ; Ming LIU ; Qimin CHEN ; Jia YUAN ; Xianjun CHEN ; Hongying BI ; Jianyu FU ; Lulu XIE ; Wei LI
Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2020;32(3):367-370
Objective:To discuss the feasibility of offering specialized courses of critical care medicine in undergraduate clinical medicine education, so as to alleviate the shortage of critical care medicine staffs and lay a foundation for improving the success rate for the treatment of critical cases.Methods:The undergraduates majoring in clinical medicine from 2008 to 2011 in Guizhou Medical University (the former Guiyang Medical College) were enrolled. After they had been enrolled in the undergraduate education for 3 years and were ready for Grade four, which meant basic medicine teaching had been completed and clinical medicine teaching was about to start, they were introduced and preached to each discipline, including critical care medicine. The undergraduates were free to choose professional direction of clinical training in Grade four. Students majoring in clinical medicine from 2012 to 2014 were free to choose their major direction when they entered the school.Results:From September 2011 to July 2019, the university had cultivated 246 undergraduates majoring in clinical critical care medicine from 2008 to 2014, and the critical care medicine professional team of affiliated hospital had undertaken 540 teaching hours. By July 2019, all students had graduated on time, with an employment rate of 100%. Forty students took postgraduate programs in our school and other schools, accounting for 16.3%.Conclusions:Professional education of critical care medicine in the undergraduate course of clinical medicine can mobilize students' interest in learning and subjective initiative, which is conducive to career selection. During the clinical training, the students can identify and timely cure critical care cases in the early stage, and partly alleviate the current shortage of critical care medical staffs.
7.Long non-coding RNA colon cancer-associated transcript 1-Vimentin axis promoting the migration and invasion of HeLa cells.
Zhangfu LI ; Jiangbei YUAN ; Qingen DA ; Zilong YAN ; Jianhua QU ; Dan LI ; Xu LIU ; Qimin ZHAN ; Jikui LIU
Chinese Medical Journal 2023;136(19):2351-2361
BACKGROUND:
Long non-coding RNA colon cancer-associated transcript 1 (CCAT1) is involved in transforming multiple cancers into malignant cancer types. Previous studies underlining the mechanisms of the functions of CCAT1 primarily focused on its decoy for miRNAs (micro RNAs). However, the regulatory mechanism of CCAT1-protein interaction associated with tumor metastasis is still largely unknown. The present study aimed to identify proteome-wide CCAT1 partners and explored the CCAT1-protein interaction mediated tumor metastasis.
METHODS:
CCAT1-proteins complexes were purified and identified using RNA antisense purification coupled with the mass spectrometry (RAP-MS) method. The database for annotation, visualization, and integrated discovery and database for eukaryotic RNA binding proteins (EuRBPDB) websites were used to bioinformatic analyzing CCAT1 binding proteins. RNA pull-down and RNA immunoprecipitation were used to validate CCAT1-Vimentin interaction. Transwell assay was used to evaluate the migration and invasion abilities of HeLa cells.
RESULTS:
RAP-MS method worked well by culturing cells with nucleoside analog 4-thiouridine, and cross-linking was performed using 365 nm wavelength ultraviolet. There were 631 proteins identified, out of which about 60% were RNA binding proteins recorded by the EuRBPDB database. Vimentin was one of the CCAT1 binding proteins and participated in the tumor metastasis pathway. Knocked down vimetin ( VIM ) and rescued the downregulation by overexpressing CCAT1 demonstrated that CCAT1 could enhance tumor migration and invasion abilities by stabilizing Vimentin protein.
CONCLUSION
CCAT1 may bind with and stabilize Vimentin protein, thus enhancing cancer cell migration and invasion abilities.
Humans
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HeLa Cells
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RNA, Long Noncoding/metabolism*
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Cell Line, Tumor
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Cell Proliferation/genetics*
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Vimentin/metabolism*
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MicroRNAs/metabolism*
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Colonic Neoplasms/genetics*
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RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism*
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Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/genetics*
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Cell Movement/genetics*