1. Study on intervention of triptolide on metabolism of LC/IT-TOF-MS in ulcerative colitis
Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs 2020;51(13):3493-3500
Objective: The effect of triptolide (TP) on endogenous metabolites in mice with ulcerative colitis (UC) was analyzed by means of metabolomics, and the metabolic pathway and possible mechanism of TP in UC were discussed. Methods: C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into blank control group, model group, and triptolide group. Dextran sulfate (DSS) was used to induce UC mice model. The serum samples of mice were detected by high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and characterized by principal component analysis (PCA) and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) to identify the potential biomarkers and possible metabolic pathways. Results: Compared with the blank control group, a total of 15 potential biomarkers, such as cholic acid, bezoar cholic acid, goose-deoxycholic acid, citrulline, guanidine butyric acid, aminoacetic acid, and cis-aconitic acid, were found and identified in serum. Compared with the model group, the potential biomarkers showed a tendency of callback to normal level after TP intervention. Conclusion: Metabolomics analysis reveals that TP had certain therapeutic effects on UC mice, and its mechanism may be related to regulating primary bile acid biosynthesis, arginine, and proline metabolism.
2.Research progress on the relationship between the photobiomodulation and amblyopia
Shuxian HU ; Mei LIU ; Jingjing DONG ; Yang YANG ; Li LIU ; Xuan MA ; Liyun GUO
International Eye Science 2025;25(9):1431-1435
Amblyopia is a common visual development disorder and is the main cause of monocular vision impairment in children and adults. Photobiomodulation(PBM), a non-invasive treatment method, has gradually gained attention in the field of ophthalmology. This paper begins with the macroscopic manifestation of light on the animal model of amblyopia. Additionally, it discusses the pathological changes of the amblyopic retina and the human eye's central nervous system, as well as the influence and mechanism of PBM on the visual perception and processing system and its chemical effect on the visual system through dopamine and melatonin. It examines its mechanism of action, current clinical application status, and future development direction in order to provide new ideas and theoretical foundation for amblyopia treatment.
3.Comparison of Catalpol and Aucubin Contents in Different Parts of Wild Centranthera grandiflora
Chuanli ZHANG ; Weifeng LI ; Xiao MA ; Chunmei ZHU ; Xiu ZHAO ; Huabo DU ; Zhihua CHEN ; Suming HE
China Pharmacy 2019;30(19):2623-2627
OBJECTIVE: To determine and compare the contents of catalpol and aucubin in different parts (root, stem, leaf and flower) of wild Centranthera grandiflora, and to provide reference for the selection of medicinal parts and source development. METHODS: HPLC method was used to determine the contents of catalpol and aucubin in root, stem, leaf and flower of wild C. grandiflora, and the contents of different parts were analyzed comparatively. The determination of catalpol was performed on Agilent TC-C18 column with mobile phase consisted of methanol-0.1% phosphoric acid (1 ∶ 99, V/V) at the flow rate of 1 mL/min; the detection wavelength was set at 210 nm, and sample size was 20 μL. The column temperature was 35 ℃; the determination of aucubin was performed on SPHERI-5RP-C18 column with mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile-water (3 ∶ 97, V/V) at the flow rate of 1 mL/min; the detection wavelength was set at 205 nm, and sample size was 20 μL; the column temperature was 25 ℃. RESULTS: The linear range of catalpol and aucubin were 0.061 5-3.321 and 0.000 36-0.216 mg/mL (all r=0.999 9). The limits of detection were 0.016 and 0.007 μg/mL. The limits of quantitation were 0.052 and 0.023 μg/mL. RSDs of precision, stability (24 h) and reproducibility tests were all lower than 2.00% (n=6). The average recoveries were 99.34% and 99.61%, and RSDs were 1.06% and 1.12%, respectively (n=6). The average content of catalpol in root, stem, leaf and flower wild C. grandiflora were 1.609, 3.030, 11.095 and 1.921 mg/g, respectively. The contents of aucubin in different parts were 0.441, 0.020, 0.005 and 0.006 mg/g,respectively. CONCLUSIONS:The established HPLC method meets the requirements of quantitative analysis. Catalpol is mainly distributed in the leaves of wild C. grandiflora, and aucubin is mainly distributed in the roots of wild C. grandiflora. The experimental conclusion provides a reference for the reasonable selection of different medicinal parts as raw materials to develop medicine with different efficacy.
4.Analysis of sentinel HIV-1 prevalences and incidences among pregnant women in Yunnan province during 2001-2010.
Min CHEN ; Li YANG ; Chaojun YANG ; Huichao CHEN ; Yanling MA ; Hongbing LUO ; Yuhua SHI ; Jingyuan MEI ; Lijun SONG ; Manhong JIA ; Email: JIAMANHONG@HOTMAIL.COM.
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2015;49(6):574-575
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5.Cancer Screening Program in Urban Kunming of Yunnan: Evaluation of Lung Cancer Risk Assessment and Screening.
Yanping LIN ; Jie MA ; Meng WU ; Hai ZHOU ; Yanni LU ; Yongcun CEN ; Zhongqin YUAN ; Zechao MEI ; Yunchao HUANG ; Yongchun ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer 2020;23(7):541-546
BACKGROUND:
Lung cancer is the most common neoplasmas with a poor prognosis and a low 5-year survival rate. Early screening is an important measure for the prevention and treatment of lung cancer. At present, different countries have issued corresponding lung cancer screening guidelines, but China still lacks guidelines based on Chinese population research. Therefore, the National Cancer Center launched a Multi-center Cancer Screening Program in Urban China. This study analyzed the evaluation of lung cancer risk assessment model and screening effect in urban China of Yunnan, so as to explore the evaluation model of high-risk lung cancer population suitable for China's national conditions and develop lung cancer screening guidelines for Chinese.
METHODS:
A questionnaire survey and lung cancer risk assessment were conducted on 165,337 people in 36 street offices in 4 main urban areas of Kunming, Yunnan Province, using cluster sampling method from January 2015 to December 2019. People with high-risk of lung cancer conducted low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening of chest. What's more, all participants were followed up by active or passive follow-up.
RESULTS:
There were 264 patients were diagnosed lung cancer by pathology, and the overall incidence of lung cancer was 0.16% (264/165,337). The high-risk group (0.31%, 116/37,914) was higher than the non-high-risk group (0.12%, 148/127,423), and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.001). The incidence of lung cancer in the high-risk group was higher than the non-high-risk group among the male, female, and lower 50-year-old or more than 50-year-old subgroups, with statistical differences (P<0.001), but there was no statistical difference in the group without LDCT screening (P=0.73). The sensitivity of the lung cancer high-risk population assessment model was 43.94% (116/264) and the specificity was 77.10% (127,275/165,073). The early diagnosis rate of the screening group was 72.97% (54/74), which was significantly higher than that of the non-screening group [28.48% (43/151)].
CONCLUSIONS
The lung cancer high-risk population assessment model of National Key Public Health Program: Cancer Screening Program in Urban China can detect high-risk populations and improve the early diagnosis rate of lung cancer effectively.
6.Determination of the Concentration of Sinoacutine and Its Pharmacokinetic Study in Rabbits
Liyuan ZHU ; Chaorui PENG ; Yuancui ZHAO ; Yunkuan LIU ; Yunshu MA
China Pharmacy 2019;30(20):2767-2771
OBJECTIVE: To establish a method for concentration determination of sinoacutine in rabbit plasma, and to conduct its pharmacokinetic study. METHODS: The rabbits were grouped according to gender, 6 rabbits in each group. Rabbits were injected with sinoacutine solution (5 mg/kg) via ear vein. Each blood sample 1 mL was collected before medication and 5, 10, 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 180, 240 min after medcation. After the plasma isolated and extracted with ethyl acetate, HPLC method was adopted by using sinomenine as internal standard. The determination was performed on Agilent Zorbax Extend-C18 column with mobile phase consisted of methanol-2 mmol/L disodium hydrogen phosphate aqueous solution (containing 0.016% triethylamine, pH 9.8) (45 ∶ 55, V/V) at the flow rate of 1 mL/min. The detection wavelength was set at 262 nm, and column temperature was 30 ℃. The sample size was 20 μL. The pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated by using DAS 3.0 software. The difference of 2 groups were investigated by t-test. RESULTS: The linear range of sinoacutine were 0.1-5.0 mg/L; the limit of quantitation was 0.1 mg/L, and the lowest detection limit was 0.08 mg/L. RSDs of intra-day and inter-day were both less than 10%; the accuracy ranged from (99.80±8.21)%-(103.61±8.55)%. The extraction method did not affect the quantitative analysis of the substance to be measured. The average plasma-time curve of sinomenine with single intravenous injection in rabbits was in line with the two-compartment model. The distribution half-life of all rabbits was (10.99±2.52) min, and the elimination half-life was (147.08±32.41) min. AUC0-t was (190.82±30.82)mg·min/L, and AUC0-∞ was (289.82±73.27) mg·min/L. There was no statistical significance in pharmacokinetic parameters between female and male rabbits (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Established HPLC method is simple, specific and sensitive, and can be used for plasma content determination of sinoacutine. Pharmacokinetic study shows that the pharmacokinetic process of the compound is in line with two-compartment model in rabbits. The pharmacokinetic parameters of the compound have no sex difference, and the compound is distributed rapidly and eliminated fast.
7. Analysis of colorectal cancer screening results in Kunming from 2014 to 2017
Yanping LIN ; Tingfeng LONG ; Jie MA ; Hairong ZHOU ; Hai ZHOU ; Xuan ZHANG ; Qiang ZHANG ; Yunchao HUANG
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2019;53(11):1162-1165
This study analyzed the distribution of high-risk population, the compliance and detected lesions of colorectal cancer screening from the Cancer Screening Program in urban areas of Kunming,Yunnan Province from 2014 to 2017. A total of 127 960 residents were included,of which 14 791 (11.70%) cases were diagnosed with high risk of colorectal cancer by the National Cancer Center High Risk Population Assessment System. A total of 3 484 cases completed colonoscopy clinical screening and the rate of participation was 23.55%. The screening results showed that 592 positive cases were detected, and the positive rate was 17.17%. The detection rates of polyps,adenomas,advanced adenomas,precancerous lesions and colorectal cancer were 16.27%,13.12%,7.18%,7.63% and 0.26%, with 567, 457, 250, 266 and 9 cases, respectively.
8.Effects of arsenic and its metabolites on p53 gene expression in BEAS-2B cells
Na LIU ; Jinjun JIANG ; He MA ; Ruihuan ZHAO ; Yuefeng HE ; Weihua WEN
Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine 2024;41(4):431-436
Background Arsenic is a human carcinogen. Arsenic and its metabolites affect the expression of p53, but whether there are any changes of p53 phosphorylation and ubiquitination levels in human bronchial epithelium cells (BEAS-2B) are not clear after exposure to arsenic and its metabolites. Objective To study the effects of arsenic and its metabolites monomethylarsic acid (MMA) and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) on the expression of tumor suppressor gene p53 in BEAS-2B cells. Methods Different concentrations of sodium arsenite (NaAsO2) were used to infect BEAS-2B cells, and the cell viability was detected with CCK-8 reagent to determine the dose and time of NaAsO2 used for the following study. Based on the results of cell viability, the cells were divided into two panels: a sodium arsenide panel and an arsenic methylation metabolite penal. The doses of sodium arsenite were 0, 2, 4, and 6 μmol·L−1 NaAsO2; the arsenic methylation metabolite panel consisted of 0 μmol·L−1 NaAsO2 group (control), 6 μmol· L−1 MMA group, 6 μmol· L−1 DMA group, and 6 μmol· L−1 NaAsO2 group. The cells were collected after 48 h treatment, and the total protein and total RNA were extracted. The relative levels of p53 mRNA expression were determined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), the relative expression levels of p53 protein, p53 Ser9 and Ser15 phosphorylated proteins were determined by Western blot, and the level of p53 ubiquitination was detected by co-immunoprecipitation (CO-IP). Results Compared with the control group, the cell viability rates in all BEAS-2B cells treated by NaAsO2 were significantly reduced (P<0.05), and the 50% cell viability was observed at 6 μmol·L−1. Compared with the control group, the relative expression level of p53 mRNA gradually decreased after NaAsO2 (2, 4, 6 μmol·L−1) treatment (P<0.05), the relative expression levels of p53 protein and Ser9 phosphorylated protein induced by NaAsO2 also decreased gradually (P<0.05), and the relative expression level of p53 Ser15 phosphorylated protein induced by NaAsO2 followed the same pattern, but it was only lower than that of the control group in the 6 μmol·L−1 NaAsO2 group (P<0.05). Compared with the control group, there were no significant effects on the relative expression levels of p53 mRNA, p53 protein, Ser9 and Ser15 phosphorylated proteins in the MMA group and the DMA group. Compared with the control group, the expression level of p53 ubiquitination was significantly decreased and the expression of K48 ubiquitination decreased significantly after NaAsO2 infection. Conclusion Arsenic causes a decrease in the expression of the p53 protein in BEAS-2B cells, largely due to inhibition of the phosphorylated pathway and a decrease in mRNA expression, and protein changes caused by a decrease in p53 ubiquitination do not play a dominant role. MMA and DMA do not affect p53 gene expression.
9.Pharmacokinetics,Tissue Distribution and Target Evaluation of Hydroxycamptothecin Nanoparticles in Rats
Liuren LIN ; Chen DOU ; Yongren ZHENG ; Yunshu MA ; Yun SUN ; Xin CHENG
China Pharmacy 2021;32(2):164-170
OBJECTIVE:To study the pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution characteristics of Hydroxycamptothecin (HCPT) nanoparticles in rats ,and to investigate their targeting. METHODS :Male SD rats were randomly divided into 2 groups,with 6 rats in each group. They were given HCPT nanoparticles and HCPT injection (4 mg/kg based on HCPT )via tail vein respectively. 500 μL fundus venous plexus blood were sampled at 5,30,60,120,240,360,480,600 and 720 min after administration. The plasma concentration of HCPT in rats were measured by HPLC at different time points. The pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated by DAS 3.0 software. Male SD rats were randomly divided into two groups ,with 24 rats in each group. They were given HCPT nanoparticles and HCPT injection (0.6 mg/kg based on HCPT )via tail vein ,respectively. Blood was immediately taken from the abdominal aorta ,and heart ,liver,spleen,lung,kidney and brain were removed at 30,60,120,240 min after administration. The plasma and tissue concentration of HCPT in rats were measured by HPLC. The distribution of HCPT ineach tissue and targeting were investigated. RESULTS :HCPT nanoparticles and its injection conformed to a two-compartment model in rats. Compared with HCPT injection ,AUC0-720 min andAUC0- ∞ increased by 1.89 and 1.87 times respectively , MRT0-720 min and MRT 0- ∞ increased by 2.74 and 3.00 times respectively, t1/2 β increased by 2.75 times,with statistical significance(P<0.05). At 30 min after administration ,HCPT nanoparticles and HCPT injection had the highest concentration in lung;with the passage of time ,the drug gradually accumulated in the liver and reached the highest concentration at 60 min. The relative liver uptake rate of HCPT nanoparticles was the highest (6.28). Taking liver ad target organ ,and the targeting efficiencies of it in heart ,spleen,lung,kindey,brain and plasma were higher than those of HCPT injection. The selectivity index of HCPT nanoparticles in heart ,lung(except for 30 min after administration ),kidney,brain and plasma were significantly higher than those of HCPT injection at 30-120 min after administration. CONCLUSIONS :HCPT nanoparticles extend the half-life of the drug , increase its plasma concentration ,and prolong its action time in vivo ,with significant liver targeting.
10.Genotype and phenotype correlation analysis of retinitis pigmentosa-associated RHO gene mutation in a Yi pedigree
Yajuan ZHANG ; Hong YANG ; Hongchao ZHAO ; Dan MA ; Meiyu SHI ; Weiyi ZHENG ; Xiang WANG ; Jianping LIU
International Eye Science 2025;25(3):499-505
AIM: To delineate the specific mutation responsible for retinitis pigmentosa(RP)in a Yi pedigree, and to analyze the correlation of RHO gene mutation with clinical phenotype.METHODS:A comprehensive clinical evaluation was conducted on the proband diagnosed with RP and other familial members, complemented by a thorough ophthalmic examination. Peripheral blood samples were obtained from the proband and familial members, from which genomic DNA was extracte. Subsequent whole exome sequencing(WES)was employed to identify the variant genes in the proband. The identified variant gene was validated through Sanger sequencing, then an in-depth analysis of the mutation genes was carried out using genetic databases to ascertain the pathogenic mutation sites. Furthermore, an exhaustive analysis was performed to delineate the genotype and phenotype characteristics.RESULTS:The RP pedigree encompasses 5 generations with 42 members, including 19 males and 23 females. A total of 13 cases of RP were identified, consisting of 4 males and 9 females, which conforms to the autosomal dominant inheritance pattern. The clinical features of this family include an early onset age, rapid progression, and a more severe condition. The patients were found to have night blindness around 6 years old, representing the earliest reported case of night blindness in RP families. The retina was manifested by progressive osteocytoid pigmentation of the fundus, a reduced visual field, and significantly decreased or even vanished a and b amplitudes of ERG. The combined results of WES and Sanger sequencing indicated that the proband had a heterozygous missense mutation of the RHO gene c.1040C>T:p.P347L, where the 1 040 base C of cDNA was replaced by T, causing codon 347 to encode leucine instead of proline. Interestingly, this mutation has not been reported in the Chinese population.CONCLUSION:This study confirmed that the mutant gene of RP in a Yi nationality pedigree was RHO(c.1040C>T). This variant leads to the change of codon 347 from encoding proline to encoding leucine, resulting in a severe clinical phenotype among family members. This study provides a certain molecular, clinical, and genetic basis for genetic counseling and gene diagnosis of RHO.