1.Detection analysis of blood and inflammatory factors in 137 children with acute fever
Fengjun LIU ; Zhengli HAN ; Lili LIU ; wei LU ; Liyan MIAO ; Shinan ZHENG ; Shan JIANG
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2017;38(18):2546-2548
Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of blood routine and inflammatory factors in children with acute fever.Methods 137 children of acute fever were divided into infection group(including bacterial infection and non bacterial infection) and non infection group.And 50 healthy children(control group) were collected.Results were compared with blood routineand inflammatory factor.Results White blood cell(WBC),platelet(PLT) and neutrophil percentage(N%) were significantly increased in the bacterial infection group(P<0.05),and there was significant difference between the control group,the non-infection group and the non-bacterial infection group(P<0.05),and the percentage of PLT and N% was statistically significant(P<0.05) compared with non-infected group.The levels of interleukin(IL)-2 in the bacterial infection group were significantly lower than those in the nonbacterial infection group,the non-infection group and the control group(P<0.05).The levels of IL-6,IL-10 and TNF-α in bacterial infection group were significantly higher than those in control group and non-infected group(P<0.05).Misdiagnosis rate of inflammatory factors is the highest (18.25 %),followed by blood 14.60%,and blood combined with inflammatory factors is the lowest (8.76 %).Conclusion Blood combined with inflammatory factors can effectively reduce the misdiagnosis rate,the children with the blood unclear caused of should be combined with inflammatory factors detection in order to further clarify the cause and early treatment.
2.Jinyinqingre Oral Liquid alleviates LPS-induced acute lung injury by inhibiting the NF-κB/NLRP3/GSDMD pathway.
Shuhui WANG ; Pan LEI ; Ying FENG ; Mingzhu JIANG ; Zegan LIU ; Ting SHEN ; Shinan MA ; Libo WANG ; Xingrong GUO ; Shiming DU
Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines (English Ed.) 2023;21(6):423-435
Acute lung injury (ALI) is a prevalent and severe clinical condition characterized by inflammatory damage to the lung endothelial and epithelial barriers, resulting in high incidence and mortality rates. Currently, there is a lack of safe and effective drugs for the treatment of ALI. In a previous clinical study, we observed that Jinyinqingre oral liquid (JYQR), a Traditional Chinese Medicine formulation prepared by the Taihe Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Hubei University of Medicine, exhibited notable efficacy in treating inflammation-related hepatitis and cholecystitis in clinical settings. However, the potential role of JYQR in ALI/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and its anti-inflammatory mechanism remains unexplored. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effects and underlying molecular mechanisms of JYQR in ALI using a mouse model of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced ALI and an in vitro RAW264.7 cell model. JYQR yielded substantial improvements in LPS-induced histological alterations in lung tissues. Additionally, JYQR administration led to a noteworthy reduction in total protein levels within the BALF, a decrease in MPAP, and attenuation of pleural thickness. These findings collectively highlight the remarkable efficacy of JYQR in mitigating the deleterious effects of LPS-induced ALI. Mechanistic investigations revealed that JYQR pretreatment significantly inhibited NF-κB activation and downregulated the expressions of the downstream proteins, namely NLRP3 and GSDMD, as well as proinflammatory cytokine levels in mice and RAW2647 cells. Consequently, JYQR alleviated LPS-induced ALI by inhibiting the NF-κB/NLRP3/GSDMD pathway. JYQR exerts a protective effect against LPS-induced ALI in mice, and its mechanism of action involves the downregulation of the NF-κB/NLRP3/GSDMD inflammatory pathway.
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NF-kappa B/metabolism*
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Lipopolysaccharides/metabolism*
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NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein/metabolism*
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Acute Lung Injury/metabolism*
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Phosphate-Binding Proteins/therapeutic use*
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Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins/therapeutic use*
3.GSH-sensitive polymeric prodrug: Synthesis and loading with photosensitizers as nanoscale chemo-photodynamic anti-cancer nanomedicine.
Lei LUO ; Yiming QI ; Hong ZHONG ; Shinan JIANG ; Hu ZHANG ; Hao CAI ; Yahui WU ; Zhongwei GU ; Qiyong GONG ; Kui LUO
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2022;12(1):424-436
Precisely delivering combinational therapeutic agents has become a crucial challenge for anti-tumor treatment. In this study, a novel redox-responsive polymeric prodrug (molecular weight, MW: 93.5 kDa) was produced by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. The amphiphilic block polymer-doxorubicin (DOX) prodrug was employed to deliver a hydrophobic photosensitizer (PS), chlorin e6 (Ce6), and the as-prepared nanoscale system [NPs(Ce6)] was investigated as a chemo-photodynamic anti-cancer agent. The glutathione (GSH)-cleavable disulfide bond was inserted into the backbone of the polymer for biodegradation inside tumor cells, and DOX conjugated onto the polymer with a disulfide bond was successfully released intracellularly. NPs(Ce6) released DOX and Ce6 with their original molecular structures and degraded into segments with low MWs of 41.2 kDa in the presence of GSH. NPs(Ce6) showed a chemo-photodynamic therapeutic effect to kill 4T1 murine breast cancer cells, which was confirmed from a collapsed cell morphology, a lifted level in the intracellular reactive oxygen species, a reduced viability and induced apoptosis. Moreover, ex vivo fluorescence images indicated that NPs(Ce6) retained in the tumor, and exhibited a remarkable in vivo anticancer efficacy. The combinational therapy showed a significantly increased tumor growth inhibition (TGI, 58.53%). Therefore, the redox-responsive, amphiphilic block polymeric prodrug could have a great potential as a chemo-photodynamic anti-cancer agent.
4.Discovery of a highly selective VEGFR2 kinase inhibitor CHMFL-VEGFR2-002 as a novel anti-angiogenesis agent.
Zongru JIANG ; Li WANG ; Xuesong LIU ; Cheng CHEN ; Beilei WANG ; Wenliang WANG ; Chen HU ; Kailin YU ; Ziping QI ; Qingwang LIU ; Aoli WANG ; Jing LIU ; Guangchen HONG ; Wenchao WANG ; Qingsong LIU
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2020;10(3):488-497
Angiogenesis is an essential process in tumor growth, invasion and metastasis. VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2) inhibitors targeting tumor angiogenic pathway have been widely used in the clinical cancer treatment. However, most of currently used VEGFR2 kinase inhibitors are multi-target inhibitors which might result in target-associated side effects and therefore limited clinical toleration. Highly selective VEGFR inhibitors are still highly demanded from both basic research and clinical application point of view. Here we report the discovery and characterization of a novel VEGFR2 inhibitor (CHMFL-VEGFR2-002), which exhibited high selectivity among structurally closed kinases including PDGFRs, FGFRs, CSF1R, etc. CHMFL-VEGFR2-002 displayed potent inhibitory activity against VEGFR2 kinase in the biochemical assay (IC = 66 nmol/L) and VEGFR2 autophosphorylation in cells (ECs ∼100 nmol/L) as well as potent anti-proliferation effect against VEGFR2 transformed BaF3 cells (GI = 150 nmol/L). In addition, CHMFL-VEGFR2-002 also displayed good anti-angiogenesis efficacy and exhibited good PK (pharmacokinetics) profile with bioavailability over 49% and anti-angiogenesis efficacy in both zebrafish and mouse models without apparent toxicity. These results suggest that CHMFL-VEGFR2-002 might be a useful research tool for dissecting new functions of VEGFR2 kinase as well as a potential anti-angiogenetic agent for the cancer therapy.