2.Minor new constituents from Heteroplexis micocephala.
Xiaona FAN ; Sheng LIN ; Chenggen ZHU ; Yongchun YANG ; Jiangong SHI
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2010;45(1):82-6
By using a combination of various chromatographic techniques including column chromatography over silica gel and Pharmadex LH-20 and reversed-phase HPLC, two minor new compounds, labda-12, 14-dien-6beta, 7alpha, 8beta, 17-tetraol (1), 2, 3-cis-6-acetyl-5-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethylvinyl)-2, 3-dihydrobenzofuran-3-ol angelate (2), and a minor new natural product 6-methoxy-4-methyl-3, 4-dihydro-2H-naphthalen-1-one (3) have been isolated from an ethanolic extract of Heteroplexis micocephala. Their structures were elucidated with spectroscopic data analysis including 2D NMR experiments.
3.The relationship between behavior and social ability development of urban 2~3 years old toddlers
Guoyan LIU ; Huishan WANG ; Jianduan ZHANG ; Guangli LIAN ; Xiaona HUANG ; Shuhua SHI
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2010;19(5):451-452
Objective To explore the relationship between the behavior and social ability development of Chinese urban 2 ~ 3 years old toddlers. Methods The number of 2601 toddlers aged 2~3 years old were involved by random cluster sampling under the cross-sectional study from 14 large-media cities in China and surveyed by Child Behavior Checklist(CBCL 2/3) and Chinese Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment CTSEA) Questionnaire. The multiple stepwise regression analysis was used to analyze the surveyed results. Results In 2601 toddlers,there were 194 toddlers detected positive about the behavior, the rate was 7. 5% , including boys 107 (4.11%) and girls 87 (3. 34%),and there was gender differences in positive rates of the behavior(t = 2.36,P< 0.05). Otherwise,268 toddlers were detected positive about social-emotional ability,the rate was 10.3% .including boys 139 (5.34%) and girls 129 (4.96%), there also was gender differences in suspected positive rates of social-emotional ability(t = 3.60, P<0.01). The multiple stepwise regression analysis results indicated that attacks, damage,depression,withdrawal were correspond correlated with compliance,empathy,prosocial-peer-relations and imitation. Conclusion Cultivating good habits would promote the development of children' s social ability.
4.Studv on the role of renin angiotensin system in pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Xiaona HU ; Dongmei SHI ; Fang LIU ; Zhanjuan GAO ; Haifen MA ; Yiqin HUANG ; Shuming YIN ; Zhijun BAO
Chinese Journal of Digestion 2012;32(6):395-399
Objective To investigate the role of renin angiotensin system (RAS) in pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).Methods Twenty-four Wistar rats were evenly divided into control group and model group.The rats of control group were fed with normal diet,and model group were with high-fat diet.Rats were killed at the eighth week and serum liver function,blood lipid,glucose and insulin were tested.The liver tissues were stained with HE and Picro acid-Sirius red for pathological observation.The liver tissue concentration of angiotensin Ⅱ was determined by ELISA method and the expression of TGF-β1 in liver tissue was examined by immunohistochemistry.Results After eight weeks high fat feeding,weight,liver index,liver function,blood lipids and serum insulin of model group were significantly higher than those of control group (weight:(463.50±22.72) g vs.(404.29±10.32) g; liver index:(3.75±0.21) g vs.(2.66±0.15) g; ALT:(79.8±8.6) U/L vs.(58.8±11.6) U/L; AST:(200.01±51.72) U/L vs.(150.30±37.27) U/L; total cholesterol:(3.67±0.48) mmol/L vs.(1.50±0.23) mmol/L; triglycerides:(2.06±0.40) mmol/L vs.(0.71±0.34) mmol/L; insulin:(17.37±2.89) pmol/L vs.(11.08±2.12) pmol/L),and all the differences were statistically significant (P<0.01).The histopathological results of model group indicated liver steatosis,inflammatory reaction in part of lobule and portal area and significant fibrosis in part of liver tissue.The liver tissue angiotonin Ⅱ concentration of model group [(32.80 ± 2.81)pg/ml] was higher than that of control group [(22.83 ± 1.75) pg/ml,t =9.559,P<0.01].The immunohistochemistry results showed that the expression of TGF-β1 of model group was obviously higher than that of control group (Z=-2.540,P =0.011 ).Spearman correlation analysis revealed that the increasing degree of angiotensin Ⅱ concentration was positively correlated with liver steatosis scores (r=0.644,P=0.002) and the expression of TGF-β1 (r=0.470,P=0.037).Conclusion The concentration of angiotensin Ⅱ and TGF-β1 increased in the livers of model rats,which indicated that RAS may participate in the pathogenesis and progress of NAFLD.
5.Study on Drug Pair of Cassia Twig and White Peony Root by HPLC/MS Analysis Based on Theory of“Xin-Gan Hua-Yang and Suan-Gan Hua-Yin”
Yanling PEI ; Zhisheng WU ; Xinyuan SHI ; Xiaoning PAN ; Xiaona LIU ; Yanjiang QIAO
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2014;(10):2180-2184
This article was aimed to study the different clinical characteristics using drug pair of Cassia twig and white peony root with the contents ratio of 1:1 and 1:2. Based on the different clinical treatment of drug pair of Cas-sia twig and white peony root, different compositional ingredients in ratio of 1:1 and 1:2 were illuminated by HPLC/MS method. The drug pair of Cassia twig and white peony roots in ratio of 1:1 and 1:2 and single herbs were ex-tracted for HPLC/MS analysis. A protocol was followed, including acetonitrile - 0.1% acetic acid with gradient elution, positive mode, 350℃ capillary temperature and 300℃ vaporization temperature. The results showed that Procyanidol B2 and 2-Hydroxy cinnamal dehyde can be extracted from single Cassia twig, but 2-Hydroxy cinna-mal dehyde cannot be detected in drug pair. It showed the contents of Procyanidol B2 in 1:1 ratio was more than 1:2 ratio. Simultaneously, Palbinone, paeoniflorin sulfonate, 1,2,3,6-Tetra-O-galloyl-β-D-glucose, Paeoniflorin, Pae-oniflorin isomers, Benzoylpaeo-niflorin, and Benzoyl Paeoniflorin isomers can also be dissolved in white peony root. In addition, the contents of 1,2,3,6-Tetra-O-galloyl-β-D-glucose, Paeoniflorin, Benzoylpaeo-niflorin, and Benzoyl Paeoniflorin isomers in 1:1 were more than 1:2. The contents of Palbinone, paeoniflorin sulfonate and Paeoniflorin isomers in 1:2 were more than 1:1. It was concluded that Procyanidol B2, 1,2,3,6-Tetra-O-galloyl-β-D-glucose, Paeoniflorin, Benzoylpaeo-niflorin and Benzoyl Paeoniflorin isomers in 1:1 were more than 1:2. The contents of Pal-binone, Paeoniflorin sulfonate and Paeoniflorin isomers in 1:2 were more than 1:1. It provided a scientific basis for traditional Chinese medicine treatment using rational drug pair.
6.Study on Rapid Elemental Analysis of Tibetan Medicine “GTso Thal” by LIBS Technique
Xiaona LIU ; Xinyuan SHI ; Shuaiyun JIA ; Na ZHAO ; Zhisheng WU ; Yanjiang QIAO
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2014;(12):2582-2585
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) was applied to perform qualitative research on Tibetan medicine “GTso Thal” in order to establish a rapid element analysis method . The Nd: YAG laser with the funda-mental frequency at 1064 nm was used. A high-power laser beam was focused on the surface of the sample. The spectrometer and CCD was used to detect its spectrum signals. Based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) database, emission spectrum characteristics were differentiated. The LIBS spectra of “GTso Thal”showed multi-elements including Hg, Ca, Na, As, Fe, Mg, Al, K, Li, Pb, Ag, Au and S. Among them, Hg, Pb, Ag and Au were heavy mental elements. The results demonstrated that LIBS was a viable technique for analysis of Ti-betan medicine “GTso Thal”. LIBS provided reliable elemental analysis on Tibetan medicine “GTso Thal”. The de-tection was real-time, rapid and in situ. It had prospects in the elemental analysis of ethnic medicine study. LIBS had broad application prospects.
7.Correlation between Plasma-soluble Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor(suPAR) Levels and Disease Severity in Psoriasis Patients
Xiaona MA ; Hui ZHANG ; Hongdong WANG ; Xiaohong HAN ; Longquan SHI ; Xin MU
Journal of Modern Laboratory Medicine 2017;32(2):41-44
Objective To investigate the correlation between plasma-soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) levels and disease severity in psoriasis patients.Method 60 psoriasis patients and 60 healthy controls were enrolled from Jan.2013 to Dec.2015 in the hospital.The plasma suPAR of all objects were measured by ELISA.Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U test were used to compared plasma suPAR in the difference groups.Correlation between clinical data and plasma suPAR were analyzed by Spearmans's rho method.Result The plasma suPAR of psoriasis patients (3.92± 1.74 ng/ml) were higher than controls (3.03 ± 1.08 ng/ml,Z=13.05,P=0.009).The plasma suPAR of mild patients (PASI< 10) were lower than moderate patients (10≤ PASI≤ 20,3.90 ± 1.67 ng/ml,Z =8.00,P =0.035) and severity patients (PASI>20,4.55 ± 1.88 ng/ml,Z=48.5,P=0.031).Positive correlation were found between plasma suPAR and psoriasis area and severity dndex (PASI) score (r=0.264,P=0.041).The plasma suPAR of the patients with disease duration>10years (n=35,4.43 ± 1.98 ng/ml) were higher than the patients with disease duration<10 years (n=25,3.41 ± 0.69 ng/ ml,Z=-2.064,P=0.035).Conclusion There was a positive correlation between the plasma suPAR and psoriasis disease severity.The Plasma suPAR can be the biomarker of psoriasis disease severity.It facilitate the clinical diagnosis of psoriasis.
8.MR diffusion tensor imaging of optic radiation in chronic Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
Ling WANG ; Yanqiu ZHANG ; Ke FAN ; Qin TIAN ; Xiaona XU ; Dapeng SHI
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2017;51(6):407-411
Objective To observe quantitatively the optic radiation alterations in chronic Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) using MR diffusion tensor imaging at 3.0 T.Methods Twenty-five patients with chronic LHON and twenty-eight sex-and age-matched disease-free control subjects wereenrolled from March 2011 to December 2014.The whole brain DTI examination and retinal opticalcoherence tomography were performed in all the subjects.The parameters values of optic radiation includingfractional anisotropy(FA),mean diffusivity(MD),principal eigenvalue(λ//),orthogonal eigenvalue(λ⊥) and average retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and temporal retinal nerve fiber layer(RNFL) thickness were measured.For DTI and OCT parameters,differences between patients and controls and differences right and left of the patient group were evaluated using independent-samples t test and paired t test respectively.Results In LHON patients,the DEC maps showed that the bilateral optic radiation fibers were obviously sparse and slender.The values of FA,MD,λ// and λ⊥ in the right optic radiation were 0.523±0.050,(0.903±0.061) × 10-9 mm2/s,(4.999 ±-0.097) × 10-9 mm2/s and (4.126-± 0.065) × 10-9 mm2/s respectively,and the corresponding values of left optic radiation were 0.537±0.041,(1.057±0.573)× 10-9 mm2/s,(5.052±0.119)×10-9 mm2/s and (4.138±0.072)×1009 mm2/s.Compared with optic radiation in the control group,the bilateral FA was significant reduced,the bilateral λ⊥ value and right MD value were significant increased (t=-6.524,-6.045,6.932,6.454,3.471,P<0.05).However,there were no significant difference of the bilateral λ〃 and left MD (t=-0.457,1.221,1.833,P>0.05).There were no significant differences in FA,MD,λ//and λ⊥ between the left and right eyes in LHON patients(P>0.05).The values of average RNFL thickness and temporal RNFL thickness in right eyes were (59.36± 10.94) and (41.72±9.43) μm respectively,and the corresponding values of left eyes were (60.12±9.81),(44.72±9.43) μm.The average and temporal RNFL thickness were significantly thinned in LHON patients compared with the control group(t=-16.357,-10.398,-17.169,-9.672,P<0.05).There was no significant difference in average RNFL thickness between the left and right eyes (t=0.959,P>0.05),temporal RNFL thickness between the left and right eyes was statistically significant (t=2.645,P<0.05).Conclusion The bilateral optic radiation had significant degeneration and atrophy in chronic LHON.
9.Application of individualized nursing and double loop learning in early onset severe preeclampsia
Xinyu ZHANG ; Dan WANG ; Xiaona SHI ; Huan QIN ; Nan WANG ; Tingting SUN
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2017;33(32):2515-2518
Objective Combining the concept of double loop learning in enterprise management with individualized nursing practice,the application value of this method in nursing care of patients with early onset severe preeclampsia(ESPE)was analyzed. Methods Patients with ESPE were selected from January 2014 to December 2016, which were divided into observation group and control group by random digits table method. The patients in observation group were given individualized nursing care with the idea of double loop learning,while the patients in control group received routine nursing care. The hospital admission, maternal pregnancy outcome and nursing satisfaction of the patients were compared between two groups. Results The observation group included 96 cases and the control group included 101 cases. There was no significant difference between two groups in age, gestational age, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and 24 hours urine protein(P>0.05).There were 87 cases of cesarean section in the observation group,while 94 cases in the control group, and there was no significant difference(P>0.05). The gestational weeks,the incidence of neonatal asphyxia,the nursing satisfaction was(35.5±2.7)weeks,5.2%(5/96), 90.6%(87/96)in the observation group and(34.1±2.0)weeks, 15.8%(16/101),72.3%(73/101)in the control group, the difference was statistically significant(t=4.149, χ2=5.843, 10.862, P<0.05 or 0.01). Conclusions In the ESPE nursing management, the individualized nursing and double loop learning can improve the child pregnancy outcomes and nursing satisfaction.
10.Preliminary results of magnetic resonance angiography of ophthalmic artery in diabetic retinopathy
Qin TIAN ; Dapeng SHI ; Yanqiu ZHANG ; Huili GUO ; Xiaona XU
Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases 2018;34(4):343-347
Objective To observe the characteristics of magnetic resonance angiography of(MRA) ophthalmic artery in patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR).Methods A total of 36 eyes of DR patients (DR group) diagnosed by clinical examination were included in the study.Among them,there were 42 eyes in 21 males and 15 eyes in 15 females.The average age was 55.2 years old.The average duration of diabetes was 7.56 years.All eyes were examined by MRA and fluorescein fundus angiography (FFA) in the ophthalmic artery.At the same time,24 eyes of 12 patients were examined by computed tomography angiography (CTA).Twenty-two healthy volunteers with age and gender matching were selected as the control group.Among them,there were 13 males and 9 females.All patients underwent MRA examination of the ophthalmic artery;at the same time,5 eyes of 5 eyes were examined by CTA.MRA and CTA were classified into three grades according to the development condition and shape change of the ophthalmic artery.0 grade:no abnormality;grade Ⅰ:mild lesion;grade Ⅱ:obvious lesion.According to the results of FFA examination,it was divided into no obvious disease stage,background stage,proliferative stage,proliferative stage.The morphological features of the MRA of the ophthalmic artery in the DR group and the control group were compared.The relationship between the MRA grading of the ophthalmic artery and the FFA staging was observed in the DR group.The consistency analysis between the MRA and CTA grades of the ophthalmic artery in the DR group was performed by Kappa test;the relationship between the MRA grade and the FFA staging of the ophthalmic artery was analyzed by Spearson correlation analysis of the same data with two-way ordered attributes.Results In 44 eyes of the control group,the MRA in grade 0 and Ⅰ of the ophthalmic artery were 41 and 3 eyes,respectively;all eyes of the CTA examination of the ophthalmic artery were grade 0.In 72 eyes of the DR group,the MRA in grade 0,Ⅰ,and Ⅱ of the ophthalmic artery were 28,28,and 16 eyes,respectively.Among the 24 eyes examined by CTA,there were 13,6,and 5 eyes in grade 0,Ⅰ,and Ⅱ,respectively.In the DR group,the classification of MRA and CTA of the ophthalmic artery was highly consistent (Kappa value =0.86).There were significant differences in the number of eyes with different grades of MRA in the DR group and the control group (Z=-5.74,P=0.000).In 72 eyes of the DR group,there were 8,12,22,and 30 eyes in no obvious disease stage,background stage,proliferative stage,and proliferative stage,respectively.Correlation analysis showed that there was a significant correlation between MRA grading and FFA staging in the DR group (r=0.405,P=0.000).Conclusions MRA can show the changes of ophthalmic artery morphology and reflect DR staging to a certain extent.It has a high consistency with FFA vascular changes.