1.Effect of salidroside on brain edema and neurological function in global ischemia-reperfusion injuly in rats
Li ZHANG ; Tianhua YAN ; Ming YE ; Ning LIU ; Yisheng MAO
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2011;19(12):896-900
Objective To investigate the effect of salidroside on brain edema and neurological function in global cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats.Methods A total of 100 Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into sham operation,ischemia-reperfusion and salidroside 12,24 and 48 mg/kg groups (n =20 in each group),and than redivided into 6 h,24 h,72 h and 7 dsubgroups (n =5 in each subgroup).A rat model of global cerebral ischemia was established using the four-vessel occlusion method.Immediately after modeling,all groups were administered intragastrically for 7 days.The brain water content was quantitated by the wet-dry weight method.The neurological evaluation was performed using a neurological deficit score (NDS).Results After modeling both the ischemia-reperfusion group and all the salidroside groups had significant neurological deficit,and as time went by,it was improved gradually.Compared to the ischemia-reperfusion group at the corresponding time points,neurological deficit in all the salidroside groups was improved significantly (all P < 0.05),and showing a dose-dependent trend.Compared to the salidroside 12 mg/kg and 24 mg/kg groups,neurological deficit in the salidroside 48 mg/kg group was improved significantly at 72 hours and 7 days (all P < 0.05).The brain water contents began to increase at 6 hours after modeling in the the ischemia-reperfusion group and all the salidroside group.They reached the peak at 72 hours,and significantly higher than that in the sham operation group (all P < 0.05).The brain water contents in all the salidroside group were significantly lower than those in the ischemiareperfusion group at 24 and 72 hours after modeling (all P < 0.05) and showing a dosedependent trend.The brain water content in the salidroside 48 mg/kg group was close to that in the sham operation group at 7 days after modeling.Conclusions Salidroside may significantlydecrease brain edema and improve neurological function in global cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats,and it has a neuroprotective effect.
2.Effect of Nimodipine Liposomes for Injection on Focal Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rats
Tianhua YAN ; Juan YANG ; Qiujuan WANG ; Zhiwei PAN ; Jiabi ZHU
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2008;16(8):576-580
Objective:To investigate the effect of nimodipine liposomes for injection(NOLI)on focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion(I/R)injury in rats.Methods:Seventy SD rats were divided into NDLI 1.00 mg/kg,NDLI 0.50 mg/kg,NDLI 0.25 mg/kg,nimodipine 1.00mg/kg,solvent 10 mL/kg,sham-operation and ischemic model groups.The model of middle cerelral artery occlusion in rat was replicated.The behavioral scores in rats were assessed in all groups.The infarct volume,brain water content,biochemical indices of brain homogenate and histology were detected.Results:1he NDLI 1.00mg/kg,0.50 mg/kg and 0.25 mg/kg groups could significantly improve the behavior scores in focal cerebral ischemic rats,reduce the volume of cerebral infarction,decrease the brain water content,improve the activities of Na+,K+-ATPase,Ca2+-ATPase,glutathione(GSH)and superoxide dismutazse(SOD)in brain tissues,reduce conteras of malondialdehyde(MDA),lactic acid(LA)and nitric oxide(NO),and improve histo logical injury.Conclusions:NDLI has the protective effect on focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats.
3.Protective effects of on focal cerebral ischemic-reperfusion injury in rats
Tianhua YAN ; Ying JIA ; Wei YANG ; Qiujuan WANG
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2003;0(11):-
Aim To investigate the protective effects of on focal cerebral ischemic-reperfusion(I/R)injury in rats.Methods The model of rat middle cerebral artery occlusion(MCAO)was induced to observe the change of praxiology of rats,infarction percentage,water content,histology of the rat brains.The levels of superoxide dismutase(SOD),malondialdehyde(MDA),reduced glutathione hormone(GSH),Na+,K+-ATPase,Ca2+-ATPase,nitric oxide(NO)were also measured.Results Salidroside at different dosages(24,12,6 mg?kg-1)could obviously decrease cerebral function score,cerebral infarct size and water content,and repair pathological injury of focal cerebral I/R in rats.MDA,LD,NO contents in brain tissue were significantly decreased and activities of GSH,SOD were significantly improved.Na+,K+-ATPase,Ca2+-ATPase at dosages of 24,12 mg?kg-1 were also significantly improved.Conclusion Salidroside had protective effects on injuries of cerebral I/R.
4.Effect of Exendin-4 on the glucose tolerance and serum glucose level in normal animals
Lin YUAN ; Tianhua YAN ; Qiujuan WANG ; Qinglong GUO
Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2000;0(03):-
AIM:To study the effect of Exendin-4 on the glucose tolerance and serum glucose level in normal animals. METHODS: The fasting blood glucose concentration was tested at 0,1,2,3,4 h and 2,4 week after the first administration of Exendin-4 (0.1, 0.3, 0.9 g/kg, 4 weeks, qd) in Wistar rats ,taking insulin as positive control. Before intragastric administration 2.5 g/kg glucose, Exendin-4 (0.2, 0.6, 1.8 g/kg) were subcutaneously injected, then the fasting blood glucose concentration was tested at 0.5, 1, 2 h after the glucose loading. After hypodermic administration of Exendin-4 (0.2, 0.6, 1.8 g/kg), half of the mice were subcutaneously administrated 2.5 g/kg glucose 15 min later, and the insulin was tested at the end of the experiment. RESULTS:Exendin-4 could not significantly change the fasting blood glucose concentration at different times. The fasting blood glucose concentration was significantly decreased after glucose loading by administration Exendin-4. Exendin-4 could increase the serum insulin concentration remarkably after glucose loading and could not change much without glucose loading. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that the blood glucose regulation of Exendin-4 was related to the concentration of glucose.
5.Efficacy of ablative fractionated Er:YAG laser in facial acne scars and enlarged pores
Yan WU ; Yuanhong LI ; Xia ZHU ; Lili JIA ; Tianhua XU ; Li ZHANG ; Honghui XU ; Hongduo CHEN
Chinese Journal of Dermatology 2010;43(2):105-107
Objective To investigate the efficacy of ablative fractionated erbium: yttrium aluminum garnet (Er: YAG) laser in facial acne scars and enlarged pores. Methods Forty-one patients with mild to moderate pitted acne scars and 23 patients with enlarged pores were treated with 81 (9 × 9) bits of facula for 3 to 5 sessions at an interval of 1 month. For acne scars, the pulse duration was medium to long, energy at 800 to 1200 mJ, and number of stacking passes 4 to 8; for enlarged pores, the pulse duration was medium, energy at 800 to 1000 mJ and number of stacking passes 2 to 4. The clinical improvement was evaluated by 2 blinded dermatologists. Meanwhile, the satisfaction rate was self-assessed by patients. Three-dimensional (3D) micro-topography imaging system was used to evaluate the improvement in surface roughness. Results The efficacy reached 82.93% and 86.96% for ache scars and enlarged pores, respectively. The satisfaction rate was 88.80% and 91.30% in patients with ache scars and those with enlarged pores, respectively. After treatment, the Ra and Rz values, as the indicators of roughness, decreased by 18.74% and 21.01%, individually (P < 0.001) in 11 patients including 6 with acne scars and 5 with enlarged pores. Conclusion Ablative fractionated Er:YAG laser can efficiently resurface pitted ache scars and shrink enlarged pores.
6.Analgesic effects of new triazole compounds Ⅱ_3 and their effects on the activity of cycloxygenase
Yongna ZHANG ; Tianhua YAN ; Qiujuan WANG ; Bo JIANG ; Jinyi XU ; Xiaoming WU
Journal of China Pharmaceutical University 2009;40(6):539-543
Aim: To investigate the analgesic effect of the new triazole compounds Ⅱ_3 and effects on cycloxygen-ase-1(COX-1) as well as cycloxygenase-2( COX-2). Methods: The hot plate and the stretching settings in mice were utilized to study the effects of compounds Ⅱ_3 on acute pain. Radioimmunologic kits were used to assay the contents of PGE_2 in macrophage and 6-keto-PGF_(1α) in endodermis, which represents the activities of COX-2 and COX-1, respectively. Results: CompoundsⅡ_3( 15,30,60 mg/kg) prolonged the pain liminal value and the writ-hing response time in the initial appearance, and reduced the frequency of the writhing response in 15 min after exposure of the mice to glacial acetic acid( P < 0. 05, P < 0. 01). CompoundsⅡ_3, at the concentrations of 1×10 ~(-5),1×10 ~(-6), and 1×10 ~(-7) mol/L, markedly inhibited the production of PGE_2 in macrophage, and also impeded the activity of COX-2 at 1×10 ~(-6) mol/L But the inhibition of 6-keto-PGFla in endodermis using the same settings of compounds Ⅱ_3 was found to be limited. Conclusion: CompoundsⅡ_3 has analgesic effects on the acute pain and selective inhibition on COX-2.
7.Advances in TOR pathway in Candida albicans
Huajun LIANG ; Lan YAN ; Yongbing CAO ; Yuanying JIANG ; Tianhua YAN
Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice 2014;(4):246-249,287
The target of rapamycin ( TOR) , a Ser/Thr protein kinase of PIKKs ( phosphatidylinositol kinase-related kinases ) , is the central factor of a highly conserved signaling pathway in eukaryotes , and regulates cell growth in response to nutrients , hor-mones, and stresses.It controls temporal growth by activating anabolic processes such as translation , ribosome biogenesis , protein syn-thesis, transportation of amino acid and metabolic enzymes .The advances in TOR pathway in the most pervasive human fungal patho-gen Candida albicans.
8.Electroencephalogram-functional magnetic resonance imaging study of the interictal epileptic activity in two patients with partial epilepsy
Yonghong LIU ; Xuhong YANG ; Wei LIAO ; Ling LIU ; Bo YAN ; Xu LIN ; Tianhua YANG ; Hongru XU ; Huafu CHEN ; Dong ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2008;41(5):313-315
Objective To investigate the map and pattern of blood oxygen level dependent(BOLD)signal changes correlated to interictal epileptiform discharges(IEDs)with EEG-fMRI in patients with partial epilepsy and then to explore the pathophysiological mechanisms of epileptic discharges and their effect on brain function in partial epilepsy.Methods Through the method of EEG-fMRI,2 patients with parial epilepsy were studied.The relationship between the regions of BOLD signal changes linked to IEDs and the electroelinical localization of epileptogenic zone in patients with partial epilepsy were investigated.Results The epileptogenic areas localized by electroclinical findings in the 2 patients all showed maximal activation and 2 sites of significant activation were found in 1 of the 2 patients;Weak activation were also manifested in the opposite side corresponding to lesions.Conclusions IED-linked BOLD response in patients with partial epilepsy is mainly in epileptogenic zones and weak activation can also be seen in the corresponding contralateral areas of epileptogenic zoiles.Activation areas ale well concordant with epileptogenie areas localized by electroclinical findings.
9.Research progress of inflammation reaction related to endoplasmic reticulum stress in ischemic endoplasmic reticulum stress
Zhiying HUANG ; Xiaoxu ZHANG ; Wenli SUN ; Chang CHEN ; Defeng LI ; Jing FANG ; Meihong FU ; Qingshan LIU ; Tianhua YAN ; Shaojing LI
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2015;(1):23-25,26
Endoplasmic reticulum plays a key role in both basic structure formation and function performance of microenviron-ment. Endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis unbalance caused by endoplasmic reticulum stress has become a hot research topic in recent years. This paper focuses on the role of endoplasmic retic-ulum stress in ischemic stroke. Research progress of related sig-naling pathways were reviewed, especially mechanisms through which endoplasmic reticulum stress trigger the inflammatory reac-tion, so as to provide a new research method for prevention of is-chemic stroke.
10.Research progress on chemical constituents and pharmacological activities of Rosa chinensis
Mouzhi LIU ; Xia SONG ; Yuanying JIANG ; Yongbing CAO ; Tianhua YAN
Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice 2015;(3):198-200,249
The chemical constituents of Rosa chinensis Jacq were diverse ,mainly including flavonoids ,flavonoid glyco-sides ,phenolic acids ,aromatic oils ,tannins and pigments .Its extract and some chemical constituents had shown multiple phar-macological activities ,such as antitumor ,antifungal ,anti-viral ,anti-oxidation etc ..The advances in the study on chemical com-ponents and pharmacological actions of Rosa chinensis Jacq were reviewed and its application prospect was prospected .