1.Research on the relationship of interpersonal acceptance and loneliness of college students
Yaoyang WEI ; Meng XIONG ; Rensheng HAN
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2008;17(5):455-456
Objective To investigate the relationship between interpersonal acceptance and loneliness of college students.Methods 510 college students were administered by interpersonal acceptance scale(IASCS)and UCLA loneliness scale.Results (1)As a whole,there exists great capable difference of interpersonal acceptance according their genders,grades(t=5.37,P<0.01,t=12.56,P<0.01).(2)Significant negative correlation exist great capable difference about the scores of loneliness between the higher and lower acceptance of college students(P<0.01).(4)Analysis of regression indicates that interpersonal acceptance has significant predictable effects on loneliness.Conclusion Interpersonal acceptance is the important factor influencing loneliness in college students.
2.Role of ferroptosis in coal dust induced mouse models of coal workers' pneumoconiosis
Taiyang LIU ; Yue SUN ; Rui BAO ; Wei HAO ; Qiushi WANG ; Yaoyang LIU ; Meng WANG ; Sirong CHANG ; Yuanyuan LI ; Zhihong LIU
Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine 2021;38(11):1258-1262
Background Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) is a serious occupational disease. Whether ferroptosis, a form of necrotic regulated cell death, is involved in coal dust induced mouse models of CWP needs further survey. Objective This experiment is designed to elucidate the role of ferroptosis in the formation of CWP induced by coal dust in mice. Methods C57BL/6J mice were randomly assigned to a saline group or a CWP group, with eight mice in each group. The mice were treated with 0.1 mL normal saline or 0.1 mL coal dust suspensions (50g·L-1) via intra-tracheal instillation. HE staining and Masson staining were used to show lung injury and lung fibrosis. Iron concentration in mouse lung tissues was measured using iron assay kit. Lipid peroxidation was estimated in lung tissues by malondialdehyde (MDA) concentration and immunofluorescence intensity, and the ratio of glutathione (GSH) to L-glutathione oxidized (GSSG). Western blotting and real-time fluorescence-based quantitative PCR were used to test protein and mRNA expression levels of glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) and ferritin in mice. Results Coal dust injured pulmonary structure, thickened alveolar wall, and caused collagen deposition and infiltration of inflammatory cells in the CWP group. The iron concentration in the CWP group [(10.75 ± 5.42) mg·L−1] was higher than that in the saline group [(1.14 ± 0.37) mg·L−1] (P < 0.01). The MDA concentration in the CWP group [(37.32 ± 12.18) μmol·L−1] was higher than that in the saline group [(18.70 ± 8.22) μmol·L−1] (P <0.01). The immunofluorescence intensity of MDA in the CWP group was stronger than that in the saline group. The GSH/GSSG ratio decreased in CWP treated mice (1.50 ± 1.70) compared with the normal saline treated ones (4.95 ± 2.86) (P < 0.01). Compared with the saline group (38.84 ± 15.61 for GPX4, 225.90 ± 54.34 for ferritin), the relative expression levels of GPX4 and ferritin mRNA in the CWP group were downregulated (14.29 ± 7.21 for GPX4, 106.70 ± 36.70 for ferritin) (P < 0.01). Compared with the saline group (1.47 ± 0.54 for GPX4, 1.73 ± 0.34 for ferritin), the relative expression levels of GPX4 and ferritin protein in the CWP group were also downregulated (0.92 ± 0.22 for GPX4, 0.97 ± 0.09 for ferritin) (P < 0.05). Conclusion Ferroptosis may be involved in the formation of coal workers' pneumoconiosis induced by coal dust in mice.