1.Cistanoside A mediates p38/MAPK pathway to inhibit osteoclast activity
Yueyao LI ; Min ZHANG ; Jiaju YANG
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2025;29(6):1144-1151
BACKGROUND:Cistanoside A has the effects of anti-inflammation,antioxidation,antioxidation,reducing renal damage and anti-osteoporosis,but its effect on osteoclast differentiation,function and its underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of Cistanoside A on osteoclast differentiation and bone resorption induced by receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand(RANKL)in vitro and its mechanism. METHODS:Bone marrow macrophages were obtained from the femur and tibia of 4-6-week-old C57BL/6 mice.The cytotoxic effect of Cistanoside A(5,10,20,40,80,and 160 μmol/L)on bone marrow macrophage viability was examined using the cell counting kit-8 assay kit.Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase staining was performed to observe the effect of different concentrations of Cistanoside A on osteoblast differentiation and its effective intervention concentration was determined.There was positive control group,Cistanoside A low,medium,and high dose groups(40,80,and 160 μmol/L).After cell attachment,50 ng/mL RANKL was added to induce osteoblast differentiation,and the corresponding dose of Cistanoside A was added to the Cistanoside A low,medium,and high dose groups,respectively.F-actin ring and 2-(4-Amidinophenyl)-6-indolecarbamidine dihydrochloride staining were performed to detect the effects of Cistanoside A on the formation of osteoclasts.Toluidine blue staining of bone abrasion slices was used to observe the effects of Cistanoside A on bone resorption function of osteoclasts.The expression of upstream and downstream proteins of the JNK/MAPK pathway was detected by Western blot.The expression of genes related to osteoclast differentiation and bone resorption function such as tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase,DC-STAMP,Nfatc-1,Ctsk and c-Fos was detected by RT-qPCR. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase staining,F-actin ring staining and resorption pit assay showed that Cistanoside A significantly inhibited RANKL-induced osteoclast differentiation and bone resorption in a dose-dependent manner compared with the positive control group.The results of RT-qPCR showed that compared with the positive control group,both high and low dose groups of Cistanoside A could significantly downregulate the mRNA expression of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase,DC-STAMP,Nfatc-1,Ctsk and c-Fos in a dose-dependent manner.The results of western blot assay showed that the high dose group of Cistanoside A significantly inhibited the expression of p-JNK protein at 10,20,30 and 60 minutes of intervention;compared with the positive control group,Cistanoside A significantly inhibited the expression of Nfatc1 and c-Fos proteins in a dose-dependent manner.To conclude,Cistanoside A could inhibit the formation and bone resorption of osteoclasts by reducing the level of p-JNK protein,inhibiting the activation of MAPK pathway and the expression of key genes in osteoclasts.
2.MRI and diffusion-weighted imaging in the diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis
Yuexi CHEN ; Guozhao LI ; Xiang ZHANG ; Xiaohui DUAN ; Fang ZHANG ; Liejing LU ; Meiwei CHEN ; Kun ZHAO ; Yueyao CHEN ; Jun SHEN
Chinese Journal of Hepatic Surgery(Electronic Edition) 2015;(1):42-45
Objective To investigate the value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in the diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP). Methods Clinical data of 11 patients pathologically diagnosed with AIP in Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University from January 2013 to June 2014 were analyzed retrospectively. There were 7 males and 4 females with a mean age of (54±15) years old. The informed consents of all patients were obtained and local ethical committee approval had been received. Apparent diffusion coefifcient (ADC) of the pancreatic lesions was measured by MRI scan, multiphase dynamic enhanced scan and DWI. The imaging features of AIP by MRI and DWI were observed. Results The AIP lesions displayed iso-or slightly hypo-intense signal on T1WI and slightly hyper-intense signal on T2WI by MRI and continuous gradual enhancement by multiphase dynamic enhanced scan. The average ADC of the lesions by DWI was (1.09±0.09)×10-3 mm2/s and the pancreatic lesions displayed high signal. Diffusely swelling pancreas with plump shape, sausage-like appearance was observed in 7 cases. Local mass were observed at the pancreatic head in 3 cases. Mass in the pancreatic body and tail was observed in 1 case. Capsule-like ring-like shadow was observed around the pancreas in 6 cases by MRI and iso-or slightly hypo-intense signal on T1WI and slightly lower-or hyper-intense signal on T2WI were observed. No enhancement or hypo-enhancement was observed in arterial phase by multiphase dynamic enhanced scan. Delayed enhancement was observed in delayed phase. The enhancement degree was mildly lower than that of pancreatic parenchyma. Multiple enlarged lymph nodes were observed around the pancreas and at the retroperitoneum in 4 cases. Conclusions MRI is useful for the diagnosis of AIP. The dynamic enhanced scan and DWI ifndings can be used as the direct images for diagnosing AIP and have a high clinical reference value.
3.Clinical efficacy of laparoscopic surgery for infected pancreatic necrosis in subgastric approach
Feng FENG ; Chen XU ; Zhikai YANG ; Weihong ZHAO ; Ang LI ; Jingpo ZHANG ; Wei WANG ; Yueyao SUN ; Yong LI ; Fengshan LI ; Jianhua LIU
Chinese Journal of Pancreatology 2022;22(6):426-431
Objective:To investigate the technical key points and clinical effects of laparoscopic surgery using the subgastric approach for infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN).Methods:From October 2020 to October 2021, The clinical data of 6 patients with IPN after severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) undergoing laparoscopic surgery using the subgastric approach at First Hospital and Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University was retrospectively analyzed. Parameters in this report included the operation time, estimated blood loss, and the patient's vital signs, inflammatory marker CRP, and WBC before operation and postoperative 24 h, 3 d, and 1 w, and postoperative complications including pancreatic leakage, organ failure, bleeding, and abdominal infection and incision infection. Follow-up after surgery was completed in outpatient checkups and long-term complications were recorded.Results:There were 4 male and 2 female patients. The median age of the 6 patients was 50 (43.5, 56.5) years. Laparoscopic debridement surgery using the subgastric approach was successfully completed in all the patients and no reoperation was needed. The median operation time was 65 (52.5, 85) min; the median estimated blood loss was 20 (25, 37.5) ml. Median APACHEⅡ score one day before surgery was 11.5 (10.25, 12.75) and the median MCTSI score at initial admission was 8 (7, 8). The inflammatory parameters including CRP, WBC, and neutrophil count on postoperative day 3 and 1w were significantly lower than those before surgery, and all the differences were statistically significant (all P value <0.05). One patient had a postoperative pancreatic fistula and was alleviated after ERCP with pancreatic stent implantation. Another patient had a incision infection after surgery and recovered after complete surgical drainage of the abdominal wall incision. No patients had complications such as heart, lung, and kidney failure, abdominal hemorrhage and infection. During the follow-up, 5 of 6 patients had no newly-occurred diabetes, except one patient who had diabetes before the operation. None of the 6 patients had recurrent IPN. Conclusions:Laparoscopic surgery using the subgastric approach for infected IPN in lesser omental sac is safe and feasible.
4.The Emotion-Regulation Benefits of Implicit Reappraisal in Clinical Depression: Behavioral and Electrophysiological Evidence.
Jiajin YUAN ; Yueyao ZHANG ; Yanli ZHAO ; Kexiang GAO ; Shuping TAN ; Dandan ZHANG
Neuroscience Bulletin 2023;39(6):973-983
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by emotion dysregulation. Whether implicit emotion regulation can compensate for this deficit remains unknown. In this study, we recruited 159 subjects who were healthy controls, had subclinical depression, or had MDD, and examined them under baseline, implicit, and explicit reappraisal conditions. Explicit reappraisal led to the most negative feelings and the largest parietal late positive potential (parietal LPP, an index of emotion intensity) in the MDD group compared to the other two groups; the group difference was absent under the other two conditions. MDD patients showed larger regulatory effects in the LPP during implicit than explicit reappraisal, whereas healthy controls showed a reversed pattern. Furthermore, the frontal P3, an index of voluntary cognitive control, showed larger amplitudes in explicit reappraisal compared to baseline in the healthy and subclinical groups, but not in the MDD group, while implicit reappraisal did not increase P3 across groups. These findings suggest that implicit reappraisal is beneficial for clinical depression.
Humans
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Depressive Disorder, Major/psychology*
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Emotional Regulation
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5.Implicit, But Not Explicit, Emotion Regulation Relieves Unpleasant Neural Responses Evoked by High-Intensity Negative Images.
Yueyao ZHANG ; Sijin LI ; Kexiang GAO ; Yiwei LI ; Jiajin YUAN ; Dandan ZHANG
Neuroscience Bulletin 2023;39(8):1278-1288
Evidence suggests that explicit reappraisal has limited regulatory effects on high-intensity emotions, mainly due to the depletion of cognitive resources occupied by the high-intensity emotional stimulus itself. The implicit form of reappraisal has proved to be resource-saving and therefore might be an ideal strategy to achieve the desired regulatory effect in high-intensity situations. In this study, we explored the regulatory effect of explicit and implicit reappraisal when participants encountered low- and high-intensity negative images. The subjective emotional rating indicated that both explicit and implicit reappraisal down-regulated negative experiences, irrespective of intensity. However, the amplitude of the parietal late positive potential (LPP; a neural index of experienced emotional intensity) showed that only implicit reappraisal had significant regulatory effects in the high-intensity context, though both explicit and implicit reappraisal successfully reduced the emotional neural responses elicited by low-intensity negative images. Meanwhile, implicit reappraisal led to a smaller frontal LPP amplitude (an index of cognitive cost) compared to explicit reappraisal, indicating that the implementation of implicit reappraisal consumes limited cognitive control resources. Furthermore, we found a prolonged effect of implicit emotion regulation introduced by training procedures. Taken together, these findings not only reveal that implicit reappraisal is suitable to relieve high-intensity negative experiences as well as neural responses, but also highlight the potential benefit of trained implicit regulation in clinical populations whose frontal control resources are limited.
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Emotional Regulation
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Electroencephalography
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6.Meta-analysis of Therapeutic Efficacy of Yixinshu Preparation Combined with Conventional Therapy in the Trea- tment of Angina Pectoris of Coronary Heart Disease
Yingjie HUANG ; Lei HUANG ; Yuxuan TAO ; Haiyi LI ; Yueyao ZHANG ; Junmao WEN ; Wei WU
China Pharmacy 2021;32(3):339-345
OBJECTIVE:To systematically evaluate therape utic efficacy of Yixinshu preparation combined with conventional treatment plan for angina pectoris of coronary heart disease (CHD)vs. conventional treatment plan ,and to provide evidence-based reference for clinical drug use. METHODS :Retrieved from Cochrane library ,PubMed,Embase,CBM,CNKI,Wanfang database and VIP ,randomized controlled trials (RCTs)about Yixinshu preparation combined with conventional treatment plan (trial group ) versus conventional treatment plan (control group )for angina pectoris of coronary heart disease were collected during Jan. 1st in 2012 to Oct. 1st in 2020. After extracting the data ,the quality of included studies were evaluated with Cochrane System Evaluator Handbook 5.3;Meta-analysis was performed by using Stata 15.0 software. RESULTS :A total of 23 RCTs involving 2 853 subjects were included. The results of Meta-analysis showed that the efficacy of angina pectoris [RR =0.92,95%CI(0.87,0.97),P<0.05], the times of angina pectoris attack [SMD =-0.98,95%CI(-1.09,-0.87),P<0.05],the duration of angina pectoris [SMD = -0.77,95%CI(-0.88,-0.67),P<0.05],ECG curative effect [RR =0.91,95%CI(0.84,0.98),P<0.05] and the improve rate of TCM syndromes [RR =0.89,95%CI(0.85,0.94),P<0.05] in trial group were all better than control group ,with statistical significance. CONCLUSIONS :Yixinshu preparation combined with conventional treatment plan is better than conventional treatment plan in terms of improving therapeutic efficacy of angina pectoris and ECG ,TCM syndrome improvement rate ,as well as reducing the frequency of angina pectoris attack ,angina pectoris attack duration.