Four triterpenoids were isolated and purified from the 95% ethanol extract of Maytenus guangxiensis by silica gel column chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography, MCI column chromatography and preparative RP-HPLC. Their structures were determined from their physicochemical properties and spectral data. They were identified as maytguanone A (1), maytguanone B (2), 11α-methoxyurs-12-ene-1β,3β-diol (3), lup-20(29)-ene-3β,11α-diol (4). Compounds 1 and 2 are new triterpenoids, along with compounds 3 and 4 were isolated from M. guangxiensis for the first time. The cytotoxicity of compounds 1, 3 and 4 was evaluated using the MTT procedure with three cancer cell lines. The results show that compound 3 displayed good inhibitory effects against HeLa, with an IC₅₀ of 10.68 μmol·L^-1.

Abstrate:Aim To construct HEK293 cell line with stable and high expression of sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (NTCP ) efficiently and rapidly.Method Vector expressing EGFP-NTCP fusion protein was constructed and verified by DNA sequencing.The pEGFP-NTCP expression vector was transfected into HEK293 cells by FuGENE 6 transfection reagent. The transfected cells with high expression of green fluorescent protein were selected using fluorescence microscope for screening of G418 for 14 days to obtain cell lines stably and highly expressing NTCP.NTCP expression was detected by RT-PCR,qRT-PCR, Western-blot and the uptake experiment of taurocholic acid.Re-sult RT-PCR,qRT-PCR,Western-blot and the uptake experi-ment revealed that compared to the control cells,the expression of NTCP was significantly positive (P<0.01)in stable trans-fected cells showing green fluorescence (P<0.05 ).Conclusion The HEK293 cell line with stable and high expression of NTCP has been established efficiently and rapidly,which provides a cellular model for the study of the mechanism of the uptake of bile acid derivatives.

Aim To screen a more suitable transfection recep-tor,and improve the efficiency of constructing cell lines highly expressing human peptide transporters 1 (hPepT1 ).Methods The recombinant plasmid pcDNA3.1 (+)-hPepT1 was transfect-ed into MDCK cells and HeLa cells by LipofectamineTM 2000 transfection reagent,respectively.The monoclonal cells were se-lected and cultured.Expression of hPepT1 mRNA and protein were determined by qRT-PCR and Western blot,respectively. The uptake capacity of Glysar in transfected cells was examined. Results Compared with wild type cells,the expression of hPepT1 and the uptake of Glysar in transfected MDCK cells and HeLa cells significantly increased (P <0.05).Although the up-take of Glysar in HeLa cells was higher than that of MDCK cells,on the contrary,the expression of hPepT1 and the uptake of Glysar in MDCK-hPepT1 cells was higher than that of HeLa-hPepT1 cells.Conclusion MDCK cells may serve as a more suitable transfected receptor for the construction of a cellular model with high expression of hPepT1 ,which would make the construction of a cell model highly expressing hPepT1 more effi-cient.

0.05).(2)Whereas there was a significant difference in cardiac func- tion in patients received atorvastatin(P

Animals ; Chromatography, Thin Layer ; Dichlorvos ; blood ; Dimethoate ; blood ; Insecticides ; blood ; Methyl Parathion ; blood ; Mice ; Organothiophosphorus Compounds ; blood

Objective To investigate the intelligence standard for diagnose the sub-cretin children and children with mental retardation of socio-cultural type.Methods The full intelligence quotient(IQ),verbal intelligence quotient(VIQ)and performance intelligence quotient(PIQ)was tested by Wechsler scale(C-WISC)for mild iodine deficiency disordem children,children living in abnormal socio-cultural condition and normal children aged 7～14 years old in Qinba mountain area.The test results had been compared between the groups.Results There were no significant difference between psychomotor functioning well children and children living normal sociocuhural condition in VIQ,PIQ and full IQ(89.24±18.44 vs 90.75±17.58,87.58±15.78 vs 88.95±15.56,87.42±17.84 vs 89.02±17.18,t=1.14,1.19 and 1.24,respectively,all P＞O.05).PIQ and full IQ were significantly lower in mild iodine deficiency disorders children than in children with abnormal socio-cultural background (65.81±10.22 vs 72.33±13.23,62.42±12.31 vs 68.13±14.54,t=3.26,2.55,P＜0.01 or＜0.05,respectively).But the VIQ was not significantly different between these two groups.The average difference of VIQ and PIQ among mild iodine deficiency disorders children wag-0.32 without significant difierence(t=0.28,P＞0.05),however it was-2.91 among children under abnormal socio-cultural condition with significant difierenee(t=-3.59,P＜0.01).Conclusions IQ for iodine deficiency disorders children is characterized by that VIQ is damaged in parallel with PIQ,while that in children under abnormal soeio-cuhural condition is marked by that VIQ is retarded more severely than PIQ,which ean be used as an intelligence standard for differentiating the sub-cretin children from children wjth socio-cuhural mental retardation.

Irisquinone is extracted from marin son quinone compounds,it has the advantages of high efficiency low toxicity,such as lung cancer,head and neck cancer has good curative effect.Irisquinone is in view of the lack of oxygen to cells of radiotherapy sensitization agent,can also accelerate the lesions of narrow,increase the rate of tumor all disappear,reduce tumor recurrence rate,improve patient surial.This paper aims to research summary of the chemical components and pharmacological effects,to enlarge the indications of the drug,"old drugs with new" provided the scientific basis.

Objective To propose a random forest(RF)algorithm-based prediction method for diabetic retinopathy(DR)to solve the problems due to multi feature dimension for detecting diabetes follow-up data and outliers and noises in the values of some indicators in the disease samples.Methods Firstly,the feature selection of the follow-up dataset of diabetic patients from the endocrinology and metabolism departments of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital and Kobe University Hospital in Japan was carried out using the Weka tool to screen out the features or subsets that were hightly correlated with DR;secondly,a model for assisting clinical diagnosis of DR was constructed based on feature subsets and RF algorithm;finally,model comparison experiments and ablation experiments were performed to validate the model performance and to determine which feature contributed the most to the model.Results The feature subset containing disease duration,glycosylated hemoglobin(HbA1c),thyroid stimulating hormone(TSH),total bilirubin(T-bilirubin),low density lipoprotein(LDL),serum creatinine(sCr)and albumin(ALB)correlated the most with RF.A model was constructed based on the above findings with RF algorithm,which behaved better than other models in terms of precision(0.92),accuracy(0.91),F1 score(0.91)and AUC(0.95).The results of ablation experiments showed that the disease duration contributed the most to the model,followed by albumin and serum creatinine,and then by LDL,total bilirubin,glycosylated hemoglobin and thyroid stimulating hormone.Conclusion The RF algorithm-based prediction method with high accuracy can be used for assisted diagnosis of DR.[Chinese Medical Equipment Journal,2024,45(11):8-14]

BACKGROUNDThe elevated matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity is an important cause of chronic wound healing failure. Arsenolite, whose main component is arsenic trioxide (As2O3), is a common traditional Chinese medicine wildly used in treating chronic wounds; it can remove necrotic tissue and promote tissue regeneration. This research was designed to evaluate the effects of As2O3 on production and activities of MMP-1, MMP-2 and MMP-9, and on regulation of its signal transduction pathway in human skin fibroblasts (HSFb) and human monocyte line (THP-1 cells) that were in an inflammatory state.

METHODSWe established three cell models; HSFb activated by TNF-α, THP-1 cells activated by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and an HSFb-THP-1 co-culture system. Three cell models was cultured with As2O3 for 24 hours. The levels of MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-9, TNF-α and IL-1β in the cell culture supernatants were assayed by ELISA. The mRNA expressions of MMP-1, MMP-2 and MMP-9 were determined by RT-PCR. The activities of MMP-2 and MMP-9 were tested by Gelatin zymography assays. The phosphorylation levels of ERK1/2 and p38MAPK were assayed by Western blotting.

RESULTSAs2O3 inhibited the expression of MMP-1, MMP-2 and MMP-9 mRNA, the secretion and activity of MMP-1, MMP-2 and MMP-9 in HSFb and THP-1 cells in the inflammatory state (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01 respectively). It also inhibited the secretion of TNF-α and IL-1β in THP-1 cells and in the co-culture system (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively). It also decreased the phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK in HSFb and THP-1 cells (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively).

CONCLUSIONSAs2O3, as a main component of arsenolite, can inhibit the production of MMPs by HSFb and THP-1 cells in an inflammatory state through inhibiting the release of inflammatory factors and the activation of the MAPK cascade pathway. This may be a possible mechanism for arsenolite healing chronic wounds.

Arsenicals ; pharmacology ; Cell Line ; Cells, Cultured ; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel ; Fibroblasts ; drug effects ; enzymology ; Humans ; Interleukin-1 ; metabolism ; Matrix Metalloproteinase 1 ; metabolism ; Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 ; metabolism ; Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 ; metabolism ; Monocytes ; drug effects ; enzymology ; Oxides ; pharmacology ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ; metabolism

1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-D-glucose (PGG) is one of the main active compounds of Guizhi Fuling capsule. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP) have high affinity toward template molecules synthesized by molecularly imprinted technology for its specific combined sites, which can overcome the shortcoming of traditional separation methods, such as complex operation, low efficiency, using large quantity of solvent and environmental pollution. In this paper, surface molecularly imprinted polymer (SMIP) was prepared by surface imprinting with PGG as the template molecule. Its adsorption capacity was measured by the scatchard equation. The separation of PGG from Guizhi Fuling capsule at preparatived scale was achieved with molecularly imprinted polymer as stationary phase and the purity was 90.2% by HPLC. This method can be used to prepare PGG from Guizhi Fuling capsule with large capacity and is easy to operate. It provides a new method for efficient separation and purification for other natural products.
Adsorption ; Capsules ; chemistry ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; Hydrolyzable Tannins ; chemistry ; isolation & purification ; Molecular Imprinting ; Polymers ; chemical synthesis ; chemistry