1.Inhibitory effect of recombinant mutant human tumor necrosis factor combined with cisplatin on transplanted Lewis lung carcinoma in mice
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 1996;0(04):-
Objective:To investigate the inhibitory effect of recombinant mutant human tumor necrosis factor(rmhTNF-?)combined with cisplatin(DDP)against transplanted Lewis lung carcinoma(LLC)in mice,and to explore the related mechanism.Methods:LLC cells were subcutaneously inoculated into C57BL/6 mice at the right axilla and the mice were randomly divided into 4 groups:sodium chloride(control group),DDP group,rmhTNF-? group,rmhTNF-? plus DDP group.On the 7th day after inoculation the diameter of the tumor reached 0.6 cm;the corresponding agents were intratumorally injected for 3 d.All mice were sacrificed 1 d later and the tumors were obtained,weighed,and the tumor inhibitory rate was calculated.Flow cytometric analysis was used to examine cells apoptosis and cell cycle.Expression of survivin mRNA was examined by RT-PCR.Results:(1)The tumor inhibitory rates of the DDP plus rmhTNF-? group(36.61%)was significantly higher than those of the DDP group(17.12%)and rmhTNF-? group(15.83%,P
2.Analysis of a survey results of iodine deficiency disorders in Sanmenxia city of Henan province in 2008
Yi-li, WEI ; Cheng, WEI ; Nan, LIU ; Hai-bo, ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Endemiology 2011;30(4):430-433
Objective To investigate the current situation of iodine deficiency disorders and the effect of control measures in Sanmenxia city of Henan province, and to formulate targeted control measures for iodine deficiency disorders. Methods In 2008, five villages(offices) were selected according to the east, west, south,north and center position in each county in 6 counties(cities, districts) of Lingbao, Shan, Hubin, Yima, Mianchi,and Lushi in Sanmenxia city. One primary school was selected in each village(office), fifty students aged 8 - 10 in each primary school were randomly selected to check thyroid and their urine and edible salt were collected to detect iodine. Thirty 5th-grade students in each school were selected to carry out the questionnaire survey of health education about iodine deficiency disorders. According to the east, west, south, north and center position, five potable water samples were selected to detect iodine in the village where the primary school was in. Questionnaire survey was also carried out among ten housewives in the village. Thyroid was examined by palpation;ammonium persulfate digestion-arsenic cerium catalytic spectrophotometry(WS/T 107-2006) was used to detect urinary iodine;direct titration(GB/T 13025-1999 ) was used to detect salt iodine;arsenic cerium catalytic spectrophotometry (GB/T 5750.5-2006) was used to detect water iodine. Results One thousand and five hundreds children aged 8 - 10 were analyzed in 6 counties(cities, districts), the rate of goiter was 3.30%(50/1500), the median of urinary iodine was 273.15 μg/L. One thousand and five hundreds salt samples were detected, the coverage rate of iodized salt was 99.93% (1499/1500), the qualified rate of iodized salt was 98.00% (1469/1499), the edible rate of qualified iodized salt was 97.93% (1469/1500), the coverage rate of non-iodized salt was 0.07% (1/1500), the median of salt iodine was 28.9 mg/kg. One hundred and fifty water samples were collected, the median of water iodine was 2.76 μg/L. The pass rate of the questionnaire survey of health education about iodine deficiency disorders was 97.11% (874/900) in students and 98.67% (296/300) in housewives, respectively. Conclusions The prevention and control of iodine deficiency disorders has achieved significant results and the monitoring indicators have reached the national standard for eliminating iodine deficiency disorders in Sanmenxia city.
3.Determination of Entrapment Efficiency of Levodopa-loaded PEGylated-Solid Lipid Nanoparticles by Mini-Column Centrifugation-HPLC
Man WEI ; Yujia ZHANG ; Yuyuan CHEN ; Nan ZHANG ; Wensheng ZHENG
Herald of Medicine 2017;36(7):797-800
Objective To establish a mini-column centrifugation-HPLC method to determine the entrapment efficiency of levodopa-loaded PEGylated-solid lipid nanoparticles.Methods A dextran gel(Sephadex G-50) mini-column centrifugation was employed to separate the free drug from solid lipid nanoparticles.The content of levodopa was qualified by HPLC.Results Under the applied chromatographic condition,the excipients had no influence on the determination of levodopa.A calibrated linear of levodopa concentration was within 10.54-527.00 μg·mL-1.The recoveries of high,medium and low concentrations of levodopa were 99.13%,99.51% and 99.04%(RSD were 1.25%,1.91% and 1.71%), respectively.The free levodopa was well separated from solid lipid nanoparticles by using mini-column centrifugation.The addition of blank solid lipid nanoparticles recovery was 98.84% with RSD of 0.80%(n=3).The average adsorption rates of the three concentrations of free levodopa were 100.00%,98.75% and 98.56%(RSD were 0.00%,0.19% and 0.18%,n=3),respectively.The adsorption rate of the physical mixtures of three different concentrations of drugs and empty PEGylated solid lipid nanoparticles were 99.68%,98.46% and 99.21%(RSD were 1.52%,0.23% and 0.21%),respectively.Conclusion The method was simple,accurate and reproducible,which can be used for determination of the entrapment efficiency of levodopa-loaded PEGylated-solid lipid nanoparticles.
4.Diagnosis and treatment characteristics of radioactive optic neuropathy
Yan, ZHANG ; Hong-Yang, LI ; Chun-Xia, PENG ; Nan-Nan, GUO ; Shi-Hui, WEI
International Eye Science 2014;(6):1095-1099
AIM:To explore the diagnosis and treatment methods of radioaction-induced optic neuritis ( RION) through the clinical dates of 17 patients.
METHODS: It was a retrospective case series study. From August 2008 to October 2013, 17 cases (24 eyes) of Rion clinical dates from Chinese PLA General Hospital were studied. The diagnosis methods including visual acuity, pupil, fundus, visual field, fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA), visual electrophysiological testing, and head MRI. To analysis the clinical date of patients with diagnosis of RION by statistical description.
RESULTS: The deterioration degree of vision: 13 eyes were classified as Ⅳ, 9 eyes as Ⅲ, 2 eyes as II. Ten eyes RAPD ( + ) , visual electrophysiology is extinguished. The retina of 5 eyes showed flame hemorrhages and cotton wool spots exudation. Optic nerve head edema in one eye. T1 - weighted MRI enhanced in 19 eyes which showed optic nerve of the intracranial and intratubal segments abnormal changed, optic chiasm and pituitary stalk signal abnormalities and enhancement of the optic nerve. Tortuous optic nerves and rough edges were observed in 5 eyes. Treatment effect: 4 eyes of visual acuity improved, 1 eye from blindness to light perception,1 eye from 0. 08 to 0. 2, 1 eye from 0. 4 to 0. 6,1 eye from 0. 04 to 0. 15, the rest of the cases did not see any improvement.
CONCLUSION: The unique clinical manifestation of RION can provide objective basis for clinical diagnosis in time, but there have not been proven any effective treatments.
5.Phage Display Technology and Its Applications for Tumor Research
Rong-Bing QIANG ; Nan-Nan ZHANG ; Li-Li WEI ; Ying-Chun HOU ;
China Biotechnology 2006;0(09):-
Phage display technology has been developed as a powerful tool for selecting polypeptides or proteins with desired biological and physicochemical properties from huge random peptide libraries.Fragments of foreign peptides or proteins that are expressed as fused proteins displayed on the phage surface can keep their relatively independent spatial structure and biological activity,so that they can interact with their ligands to mimic selection of specific molecular epitopes,thus providing an efficient high-throughput screening system.Phage display has been used to allow rapid identification of peptide ligands for a variety of target molecules by an in vitro selection process called "panning".Phage display techniques can be widely exploited to construct tumor-associated antibody libraries,select polypeptides tumor-associated antigen,investigate antigen epitope and design vaccines and medicine,and are used especially as a tool for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor,gene therapy and tumor cell signal transduction research.Recent applications and advanced developments of phage display in cancer research are discussed in this article for the further reference to investigators.
6.Research on Curative Effect of Liuwei Dihuang Pill Combined with Metformin on Type 2 Diabetes and Serum Apolipoprotein Level
Huiqin ZHANG ; Zhiyong FAN ; Nan ZHOU ; Wei WANG ; Xiaoyan LI
Progress in Modern Biomedicine 2017;17(23):4545-4548
Objective:To research the curative effect of liuwei dihuang pill and metformin on the serum levels of apolipoprotein of patients with type 2 diabetes.Methods:106 cases with type 2 diabetes were selected and randomly divided into the control group and the observation group,with 53 cases in each group.The patients in the control group were treated with metformin,and the patients in the observation group were treated with liuwei dihuang capsules on the basis of the control group.Then the serum levels of apolipoprotein A and B (ApoA,ApoB),ApoA/ApoB,fasting plasma glucose (FPG),2 h postprandial blood glucose (2 HPG),fasting insulin (FINS),in sulin resistance index (HOMA IR),interleukin 6 (IL-6),hypersensitive c-reactive protein (hs-CRP),endothelin-1 (ET-1) and nitric oxide (NO),the curative effect and safety in the two groups were observed and compared before and after the treatment.Results:After treatment,the serum levels of ApoA,ApoA/ApoB and NO of the both groups were higher than those before,treatment,which were higher in the observation group than those of the control group (P<0.05).After treatment,the serum levels ofFPG,2hPG,FINS,HOMA IR,IL-6,hs CRP and ET-1 of both groups were lower than before treatment,which were lower in the observation group than those of the control group(P<0.05).The total effective rate of observation group was higher than that of the control group(P<0.05).There was no statistically significant difference in the drug safety between the two groups (P>0.05).Conclusion:Liuwei dihuang capsules and metformin had reliable curative effect on the treatment type 2 diabetes,which could regulate the serum levels of apolipoprotein,and improve the blood glucose,inflammatory factors and endothelial function.
7.Comparison of transthoracic contrast echocardiography and transesophageal contrast echocardiography for detecting right to left shunt in patients with petent foramen ovale
Yue, LI ; Ya-nan, ZHAI ; Li-qun, WEI ; Li, ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Ultrasound (Electronic Edition) 2013;(11):916-921
Objective To compare the effect of transthoracic contrast echocardiography (cTTE) with transesophageal contrast echocardiography (cTEE) for detecting right to left shunt (RLS) in patients with patent foramen ovale (PFO). Methods The prospective study was conducted in 29 consecutive patients with PFO who suffered from cryptogenic stroke and/or migraine. Contrast echocardiography was performed in all 29 patients. The cTTE was performed using transducer with second harmonic imaging modality (transmitting frequency 1.7 MHz, receiving frequency 3.4 MHz). The cTEE was performed using transducer with frequency 7 MHz. Ten milliliter saline solution of contrast were rapidly administrated through an antecubital vein. According to whether microbubble (MB) appearing in left atrium after complete opaciifcation of right atrium within the ifrst 3 circles, the results were classiifed by a four-level semi-quantitative categorization:Level 1 (no PFO-RSL), no MB in left atrium; Level 2 (small PFO-RSL) 1-10 MBs; Level 3 (medium PFO-RSL) 10-30 MBs;Level 4 (large PFO-RSL)>30 MBs. Results The total detection rate of PFO-RSL was signiifcant different between cTTE and cTEE (86.2%vs 55.2%,χ2=5.711, P=0.017). In cTTE there were 4 cases at level 1, 1 case at level 2, 5 cases at level 3 and 19 cases at level 4. In cTEE there were 13 cases at leverl 1, 2 cases at level 2, 6 cases at level 3 and 7 cases at level 4. The comparison of semi-quantitative grading derived from cTTE and cTEE was also signiifcant different (Wilcoxon signed ranks test showed Z=-3.789, P=0.000). Conclusions The efifciency in detection of PFO-RLS with cTTE was better than with cTEE. Compared with cTEE, cTTE was easier in practice and brought less discomfort and complications to patients.
8.No Synergistic Effect of Combined Olmesartan and Temocapril on Reversal of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
Nan JIA ; Qiuping HUANG ; Wei JIN ; Jianjun ZHANG ; Baogui SUN
Chinese Journal of Hypertension 2007;0(04):-
Objective To explore whether combined olmesartan angiotensin Ⅱ receptor type 1 blocker(ARB) and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor(ACEI) temocapril have synergistic effect on reversal of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRsp). Methods Fourty-four SHRsps and 11 Wistar-Kyoto rats(WKY) were divided randomly into 5 groups:WKY-control group, SHRsp-control group, SHRsp-olmesartan 10 mg/(kg?d)group, SHRsp-temocapril 10 mg/(kg?d)group, and SHRsp-Olmesartan 3 mg/(kg?d)+temocapril 3 mg/(kg?d) group for 6 weeks. Hearts weight were measured and histologically studied. The mRNA expression of angiotensin Ⅱ receptor type 1(AT1R) and integrin ?1 in myocardium was detected by RT-PCR. Results Olmesartan, temocapril and the their combination significantly reduced systolic blood pressure in a similar magnitude. Combination therapy was shown not greater effect in reversal of LVH than by olmesartan alone, although the effect by both of them was greater than temocapril monotherapy. The mRNA levels of AT1R and integrin ?1 in SHRsp were significantly decreased by treatment with olmesartan, temocapril, or combination therapy. Olmesartan and combination therapy result in greater decreases in expression of AT1R and integrin ?1 mRNA in myocardium than that by temocapril. Conclusion Compared with olmesartan alone, the combination of ARS and ACEI didn't show synergistic effect on reversal of left ventricular hypertrophy as were down-regulation of AT1R and suppression of integrin ?1 mRNA in myocardium.
9.Biological toxicity of heavy metals to Caenorhabditis elegans
Yuee HUANG ; Nan ZHANG ; Yuxin JIANG ; Wei GUO ; Chaopin LI
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control 2015;(3):290-294
Objective To evaluate the biological toxicity of heavy metals by using Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods The C. elegans at L4 stage were exposed to CdCl2 CrCl3 As2O3 PbCl2 HgCl2 with low concentrations and M9 buffer the control group for 72 h respectively and the effects of heavy metals with different concentrations on the survival time and reproduction of C. elegans were evaluated. Results After exposure to 2.5 10μmol/L HgCl2 and PbCl2 10μmol/L CdCl2 and 50μmol/L CrCl3 for 72 h respectively the life spans and survival curves of the C. elegans were different from those in the control group the differences were statistically significant all P<0.05 . After exposure to CdCl2 CrCl3 As2O3 PbCl2 and HgCl2 with the con?centrations of 2.5 50 100μmol/L for 72 h respectively the generational time and brood size of C. elegans were all different from those in the control group all P<0.01 . Among the 5 heavy metals at low concentrations the reproduction toxicity of Hg was bigger than Pb Cd Cr and the toxicity of As was the weakest. Conclusion Heavy metal exposure can affect the life span and reproductive toxicity of C. elegans.
10.Preparation of mouse anti-recombinant SAG1 antigen monoclonal antibody of Toxoplasma gondii by intrasplenic immunization
Nan WU ; Danqiu ZHOU ; Wei RUAN ; Ligui WU ; Huizhang ZHANG
Fudan University Journal of Medical Sciences 2010;37(2):184-188
Objective To prepare monoclonal antibody in mice so as to develop an ELISA method for diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection during the initial stage. Methods The mice were immunized by combining routine and intrasplenic immunization with recombinant SGA1 antigen. B lymphocyte hybridization technique was applied to prepare the anti-SAG1 McAbs. Positive clones were screened using ELISA and subcloned to establish cell lines. Ascites was induced to produce the McAbs. Then the McAbs were purified by protein G chromatograph column. The specificity of McAbs was identified by Western blot and sandwich-ELISA. Sensitivity of the McAbs was determined using sandwich-ELISA. Comparasion was carried out between PCR and sandwich-ELISA method. Results Two positive clones were obtained and named as 3B6, 10C4, both could identify the native and recombinant SAG1 antigens. The sensitivity of 3B6, 10C4 was 31.3 ng and 62.5 ng, respectively. There was no cross reaction between the McAbs and positive sera from patients with schistosomiasis, ancylostomiasis or malaria. By using PCR and ELISA, the positive infection rate of T. gondii was 63.2% and 47.4%, respectively. Conclusions Therefore, mouse anti-rSAG1 antigen McAbs have been prepared successfully and primarily applied to early stage diagnosis of T. gondii infection.