1.Blood lipid frofiling and management in clinical laboratory
Zheyi XIANG ; Jiali WU ; Min HU
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2017;40(6):421-424
High-fat diet has led to rapid increase in population withdyslipidemia due to the improvement of living standard, which has seriously endangished people′s health.Blood lipid examination is the an important method to diagnose and monitordyslipidemia.Precision detection and proper management can effectively help doctor to diagnose and treat dyslipidemia.This article mainly introduced international and domestic guidelines about dyslipidemia and related progress as well as highlightin this field.Meanwhile, we provided several advices on dyslipidemia from various perspectives.Clinical laboratory related personnel should analyze the influenced factors on blood lipid test examination at pre-test, on-test and post-test and providebetter detection and managementfor blood lipid.
2.Ageing study on expression of peroxisome proliferators activated receptor gamma in renal tissue of rats
Yingwei ZHANG ; Chengcheng JI ; Xishan XIONG ; Xiang GAO ; Zheyi DONG ; Huimin HU ; Changlin MEI
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2010;29(12):1029-1032
Objective To observe the month age distribution of peroxisome proliferators activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) expression in rat kedney. Methods Wistar rats aged 3 months,12 months and 24 months were made as models who represented young, middle-aged and old group respectively. Western blotting, immunohistochemical (IHC) and in-situ hybridization (ISH) were used to detect the expression and location of protein and mRNA of PPARγ in rat kidney. Results Western blotting results showed that the expression of PPARγ protein was higher in 3 months group than in 24 months group (0.94±0.05 vs. 0.78±0.02, P<0.01) and 12 months group (0.87±0.04, P>0.05), and it reduced in 24 months group than in 12 months group (P>0.05). By IHC,the PPARγ protein was localized predominantly in the nuclear of tubular epithelia and collecting duct cells in each group. In old age group, PPARγ protein was also detected little in the mesangial and Bowman's capsule epithelial cells. Meanwhile, the distribution of PPARγ mRNA with ISH was consistent with above findings. Additional, semi-quantitative analysis of ISH results verified that the level of PPARγ mRNA decreased with ageing. Conclusions As a nuclear transcription factor,PPARγ participates in the regulation of rat kidney aging.
3.Anti-oxidation effect of rosiglitazone in aging rat kidney
Yingwei ZHANG ; Xishan XIONG ; Xiang GAO ; Zheyi DONG ; Huimin HU ; Changlin MEI
Chinese Journal of Nephrology 2009;25(9):688-691
Objective To investigate the effect of rosiglitazone (RGTZ) on anti-oxidation in aging rat kidney. Methods Twenty-four-month-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups (n=10): control group (CON), rosiglitazone group (RGTZ) and caloric restriction group (CR). The CON rats were allowed ad libitum access to feed and tap water.The RGTZ rats received intragastric administration of RGTZ (4 mg·kg-1·d-1),and the CR rats were provided with a vitamin and mineral fortified version of the same diet at a level of 40% less food (by weight) than the CON rats. After 12 weeks all the animals were sacrificed by decapitation, and both the body weight and the percentage of kidney and heart in each group were measured.Western blot was performed to analyze the expression of PPARγ protein. The content of MDA and the activity of SOD and GSH-PX in kidney tissue were detected. Besides, frozen sections of kidney tissue were stained for senescence-associated-13 galactosidase (SA-β-Gal). Results The body weight of CR rats decreased obviously, in contrast, which did not change in CON and RGTZ group. Percentage of kidney and heart to body weight was normal in CR or RGTZ group after intervention. Western blot result showed that PPARγ protein expression in rat kidney was significantly higher in RGTZ and CR group as compared to CON group (P<0.05). Compared with RGTZ and CR rats, obviously lower activities of SOD and GSH-Px were noted in CON rats, however, the content of MDA was higher in CON rats. Additionally, the positive staining area of [3-Gal in CR and RGTZ group was significantly smaller than that in CON rats (P<0.05, P<0.01 ). Conclusion RGTZ can defer the kidney aging in senescence SD rat, and the mechanism may be related to amelioration of oxidative damage and enhancement of antioxidation.
4. Progress in diagnosis and treatment of DNA methylation and pulmonary fibrosis
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2020;43(1):91-95
Pulmonary fibrosis is the late stage of many lung diseases. It′s a pathological process with excessive deposition of extracellular matrix, tissue scar formation and lung tissue remodeling. Recently, DNA methylation has been demonstrated to involve in organ fibrosis, includingpulmonary, liver, renal fibrosis and so on. DNA methylation plays an important role in clinical diagnosis and treatment. This article reviews the role of DNA methylation in the development of pulmonary fibrosis and discusses thepathogenic mechanism of pulmonary fibrosis and new anti-fibrotic strategy.