1.Relationship between sleep quality and risk of complicated vulvovaginal candidiasis in women
Wei ZHOU ; Songbai ZENG ; Min LIU ; Li ZHU ; Nianchun SHAN
Chinese Journal of Health Management 2022;16(4):246-252
Objective:To investigate the correlation between sleep quality and risk of female complicated vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC).Methods:From January 2021 to June 2021, patients in the gynecological clinic of Xiangya Hospital of Central South University were continuously enrolled as the research objects using a cross-sectional survey. A self-made questionnaire was used to collect the age, marital status, education level, family monthly income, place of residence in the past two years, maternity history, number of births, intrauterine device, number of abortions, frequency of sex life, use of contraceptives within two months, use of antibacterial drugs within two weeks. Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, Patient Health Questionnaire, Health Questionnaire Somatic Symptom Group Scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index were used to collect patients′ anxiety, depression, somatization symptoms, and sleep quality conditions. The total scores of sleep quality and the scores of each dimension were used as observation indicators. Three logistic regression analysis models were constructed to explore the relationship between sleep quality and complicated VVC groups.Results:Patients in the complex VVC group were significantly higher in age, married, middle school education, rural area of residence in the last two years, birth history, number of births ≥3, sexual frequency≥1/week, and no antibiotic use within two weeks compared to those in the control group (all P<0.05). Without adjusting for confounding factors, women with poor subjective sleep quality had a 6.73-fold increased risk ( OR=7.73, 95% CI: 3.22-18.55) of complex VVC compared with those with good subjective sleep quality. After adjusting for confounding factors, the risk was further increased to 9.08 fold ( OR=10.08, 95% CI: 3.47-29.33)(all P<0.05). Compared with women without sleep disorders, women with mild sleep disorders had a 97% increased risk of complex VVC ( OR=1.97, 95% CI: 1.15-3.37). After adjusting for confounders, the risk remained 97% higher ( OR=1.97, 95% CI: 1.10-3.55)(all P<0.05). Conclusion:Poor subjective sleep quality and mild sleep disorder may be associated with the risk of complex VVC.
2.The mechanism of Belamcanda chinensis in the treatment of glioma based on network pharmacology and molecular simulation
Yang ZHOU ; Dongjing JIANG ; Songbai LIU ; Haifeng LU ; Feng ZENG ; Qixin ZHONG ; Xiaorong DAI
Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences) 2022;43(5):769-778
【Objective】 To explore the potential molecular biological mechanism of Belamcanda chinensis in the treatment of glioma based on network pharmacology, molecular docking technology and in vitro cell experiments. 【Methods】 ① The active components, targets of Belamcanda chinensis and targets of glioma were obtained by database search. String database was used to analyze protein-protein interaction relationship, R project was used to analyze gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway, Cytoscape software was used to build "compound-target-disease" network and PPI network, and AutoDock software was used to verify molecular docking. ② Western blotting, qRT-PCT and apoptosis assay were used to verify the enrichment results of network pharmacology targets and protein pathway. 【Results】 ① We screened out 32 types of active components, 484 types of targets and 464 types of glioma targets, and obtained 62 kinds of therapeutic targets after mapping. We obtained 12 kinds of key pharmacodynamic molecules such as Isoiridogermanal, Iridobelamal A and Rhamnazinand and other key pharmacodynamic molecules, as well as AKT1, STAT3, HRAS and other core targets by network topology analysis. Enrichment analysis results demonstrated that they were mainly involved in biological processes such as peptide serine phosphorylation, protein kinase B signal transduction, peptide serine modification, and pathways including PI3K/AKT signal pathway and Rap1 signal pathway. The results of molecular docking verified the good binding activity of the key pharmacodynamic molecules with the core targets. ② The results of Western blotting showed that the protein expressions of VEGF and MMP9 of Belamcanda chinensis extracts in 8 mg/mL and 16 mg/mL groups were significantly lower than those in the blank control group (P<0.01 or P<0.001). Compared with the blank control group, the early apoptosis rate of Belamcanda chinensis extracts at 8 mg/mL and 16 mg/mL were significantly decreased (P<0.001 or P<0.000 1). qRT-PCR results showed that the mRNA expression levels of VEGF and MMP9 in Belamcanda chinensis extracts at 8 mg/mL and 16 mg/mL were significantly decreased (P<0.001 or P<0.0001). 【Conclusion】 The treatment of glioma with Belamcanda chinensis is the result of multi-component, multi-target and multi-channel interactions. The results of cell experiments confirmed that Belamcanda chinensis extracts can affect the expressions of related target proteins of PI3K/AKT signal pathway and VEGF and MMP9, which verified the results of network pharmacology. The results provide a theoretical basis for the clinical application of Belamcanda chinensis and studies on glioma.