1.Effect of chronic stress on expression of uncoupling protein 4 and Bcl-2 protein of rat hippocampal mitochondria
Geng CHANG ; Jing XU ; Wendi ZHANG ; Zhen MU ; Yi CHANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2014;23(2):101-103
Objective To investigate the effect of chronic stress on the expression of uncoupling protein 4 (UCP4) and Bcl-2 protein in hippocampal neurons of rat depression model.Methods Rat depression models were established by chronic unpredicted mild stress.All rats were randomly assigned to 2 groups:control group and model group.Flow cytometry was applied to detect the apoptosis rate and mitochondrial membrane potential.The level of LDH was measured by enzymes labelling instrument.The number of neurons was measured by immunohistochemistry.The expression of UCP4 and Bcl-2 protein was measured by Western blotting.Results After chronic stress,the apoptosis rate((4.35±0.19) %)and LDH activity ((445.50±91.70) U/mg) in hippocampal tissue in the model group was significantly higher than the control group((0.34±0.06) %,(167.20±63.40)U/mg).Compared to control group,the number of hippocampal neurons ((72.50±4.25) vs (45.30±2.54)) and the mitochon drial membrane potential decreased in the model group.The expressions of UCP4 and Bcl-2 protein in hippocampal tissue were significantly lower than the control group.Conclusion Chronic unpredicted mild stress can lead to apoptosis in rat hippocampal neurons,which is related with decline of mitochondrial membrane potential and low expression of UCP4 and Bcl-2 protein.
2.Advances in application of metal-organic framework material composite electrochemical biosensors for detection of myocardial injury markers
Chunyan WU ; Wendi MU ; Hongzhi PAN
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2024;47(2):180-187
Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are one of the diseases with the highest mortality rate in the world, seriously affecting human health. Clinically, the abnormal values of myocardial injury markers are often detected to reflect the severity of myocardial injury and used as a reference index for screening, diagnosis, and prognosis of myocardial injury (abnormality). In this paper, the classification of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their composites were introduced, and the research progress of electrochemical protein sensors, electrochemical immunosensors, and electrochemical aptamer sensors based on MOF composites for the detection of markers of myocardial injury was reviewed.