1.Diagnosis and follow-up of patients with Kawasaki disease complicating coronary aneurysms by echocardiography: experience of 338 cases from a single center
Xuerui SUN ; Yan SUN ; Jiao YANG ; Xiaolin ZHANG ; Jingya LI ; Lanzhong JIN ; Fangyun WANG ; Li XUE ; Xin ZHANG ; Lin ZHENG ; Haiyan WEI ; Pei LI ; Ning MA
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2018;27(2):139-142
Objective To investigate the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with coronary artery aneurysm in Kawasaki disease.Methods The data of ultrasonic diagnosis and follow-up of 338 children with Kawasaki disease complicated with coronary artery aneurysms were analyzed.Results The incidence of coronary artery aneurysm in the acute stage of Kawasaki disease was 21.2% (338/1 594).Of all the 338 cases,small aneurysms was 66.6% (225 cases),medium aneurysms was 25.1% (85 cases),and giant aneurysms was 8.3% (28 cases).There were 719 branches involved in 338 cases,32.8% of them in left main coronary artery and 31.1% in right coronary artery;25.3% in left anterior descending branch,and 10.8% in left circumflex branch.A total of 382 branches were followed up,including 218 branches of small coronary aneurysm group and 82.1% of them were completely recovered to the normal diameter.The medium aneurysm group was 124 brunches,the proportion of no significant change,retraction,and normal were 23.4%,68.5% and 8.1%,respectively.There were 40 brunches in the giant anuerysm group,in which the proportion of no significant change,retraction,and normal were 70.0%,27.5% and 2.5%,respectively.A total of 30 thrombosiswere detected by echocardiography in the acute stage,20 thrombosis were regularly followed up,12 thrombosis gradually subsided,and the other remained persist.Five thrombosis were detected in the sequelae stage,and all located in the giant coronary aneurysm.Seven children were clinically diagnosed with ischemic heart disease,of them,acute myocardial infarction in 1 case,1 died of heart failure.Conclusions Kawasaki disease coronary artery disease are common in small coronary aneurysms,of which the left main artery and right coronary artery lesions are the most common,and the prognosis is better;medium and giant aneurysm need more time to recovery,and are easy to complicated with thrombosis.
2.Pharmacodynamic substances and mechanism of Chelidonii Herba-Corydalis Rhizoma against estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer
Xiang ZOU ; Qi SHU ; Shuang WU ; Jiahui YU ; Xuerui ZHANG ; Yuheng SUN ; Zhongyuan QU
China Pharmacy 2023;34(8):935-940
OBJECTIVE To analyze the main components of Chelidonii Herba-Corydalis Rhizoma (CHCR), and to predict pharmacodynamic substances against estrogen receptor (ER) -positive breast cancer and their potential targets and signaling pathways, followed by verifying experiments. METHODS The ethanol extract of CHCR was analyzed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS). The network pharmacology analysis was performed for the screened components. The network diagram of CHCR “active components-target-pathway” was constructed, and the enrichment pathway in vitro was validated. RESULTS A total of 58 chemical components were identified, including 57 alkaloids and 1 organic acid. A total of 38 active ingredients were screened from the network pharmacology, and 38 core targets were found in the protein-protein interaction network of “component-disease” intersection targets; 258 gene ontology entries and 137 Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomics pathways were obtained, mainly including estrogen signal pathway, phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase/protein kinase B (PI3K/Akt) signal pathway, etc. The results of validation test showed that the median inhibitory concentration of CHCR to MCF-7 cells was 693 μg/mL; 150, 300, 600 μg/mL CHCR could significantly reduce the expressions of phosphorylated PI3K, phosphorylated Akt, ERα protein and ESR1 mRNA (P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS The anti-ER-positive breast cancer effect of CHCR may be related to the regulation of ER and PI3K/Akt pathways, which has the characteristics of multi-component and multi-target effects.
3.Compound Danshen Dripping Pill inhibits hypercholesterolemia/atherosclerosis-induced heart failure in ApoE and LDLR dual deficient mice via multiple mechanisms.
Yanfang YANG ; Ke FENG ; Liying YUAN ; Yuxin LIU ; Mengying ZHANG ; Kaimin GUO ; Zequn YIN ; Wenjia WANG ; Shuiping ZHOU ; He SUN ; Kaijing YAN ; Xijun YAN ; Xuerui WANG ; Yajun DUAN ; Yunhui HU ; Jihong HAN
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2023;13(3):1036-1052
Heart failure is the leading cause of death worldwide. Compound Danshen Dripping Pill (CDDP) or CDDP combined with simvastatin has been widely used to treat patients with myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular diseases in China. However, the effect of CDDP on hypercholesterolemia/atherosclerosis-induced heart failure is unknown. We constructed a new model of heart failure induced by hypercholesterolemia/atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E (ApoE) and LDL receptor (LDLR) dual deficient (ApoE-/-LDLR-/-) mice and investigated the effect of CDDP or CDDP plus a low dose of simvastatin on the heart failure. CDDP or CDDP plus a low dose of simvastatin inhibited heart injury by multiple actions including anti-myocardial dysfunction and anti-fibrosis. Mechanistically, both Wnt and lysine-specific demethylase 4A (KDM4A) pathways were significantly activated in mice with heart injury. Conversely, CDDP or CDDP plus a low dose of simvastatin inhibited Wnt pathway by markedly up-regulating expression of Wnt inhibitors. While the anti-inflammation and anti-oxidative stress by CDDP were achieved by inhibiting KDM4A expression and activity. In addition, CDDP attenuated simvastatin-induced myolysis in skeletal muscle. Taken together, our study suggests that CDDP or CDDP plus a low dose of simvastatin can be an effective therapy to reduce hypercholesterolemia/atherosclerosis-induced heart failure.