1.The complexes of adenovirus and anionic liposomes: preparation and in vitro characterization.
Zhirong ZHONG ; Yu WAN ; Sanjun SHI ; Zhirong ZHANG ; Xun SUN
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2012;47(1):116-23
This study is to report the preparation of complexes of Ad5 and anionic liposomes (AL-Ad5), the amplification of adenoviruses with enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) reporter gene performed by HEK 293 cells, the adenoviral vectors purified by cesium chloride gradient centrifugation, and the titer of adenovirus determined by cytopathic effect (CPE) method, hexon capsid immunoassay and quantitative-PCR (Q-PCR), separately. The prescription and experiment conditions were optimized by central composite design (CCD). The complexes of Ad5 and AL-Ad5 were formulated by the calcium-induced phase change method. The morpholopy, particle size and zeta potential were detected by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), respectively. Additionally, the bicolourable fluoresce-labeled complexes (F(labeled)-AL-Ad5) were prepared and their intracellular location in MDCK cells was detected by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). The results indicate that the complexes of AL-Ad5 exhibited a uniform distribution with a particle size of 211 +/- 10 nm and a zeta potential of -41.2 +/- 2.2 mV. The result of CLSM demonstrates that the intracellular location of red fluoresce-labeled adenovirus was consistent with that of green fluoresce-labeled liposomes suggesting that the naked adenovirus was well encapsulated by the anionic liposomes in complexes of AL-Ad5.
2.A clinical study on dystonia manifested as parkinsonism( report of 1 next-generation sequencing attached case)
Zhirong WAN ; Mengqing SHANG ; Tao FENG
Journal of Clinical Neurology 2017;30(1):50-53
Objective To discuss the clinical features of dystonia manifested as Parkinsonism ( PKS) . Methods Clinical materials of a patient with dystonia manifested as PKS were analyzed retrospectively. Results The onset age of the young women was 31 years old, who was started asymmetrically with symptoms of claudication and tremor of the right foot. Levodopa had a short-term effect. The results of dopamine transporter ( DAT) PET showed that DAT in retrolentiform part were decreased significantly. Atypical Parkinson's disease was considered and she was treated as PKS long-termly. Subsequently, heterozygous mutation of c. 268-4T>A (NM_018105) in DYT6 gene was found through the next-generation sequencing, which was a kind of splicing mutation and confirmed by the first-generation sequencing. Conclusions Patients with dystonia might share similar clinical manifestations with PKS. Particularly, they should be differentiated with young-onset Parkinson's disease combined with focal dystonia. Clinical observation and genetic testing are important approaches to differentiate them.
3.Clinical significance of serum level of transforming growth factor-beta 1 in patients with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Zhenghua ZHANG ; Zhiguo LONG ; Zhirong LI ; Chucheng WAN ; Hua JIANG ; Yunjin XIA
Clinical Medicine of China 2009;25(10):1059-1060
Objective To investigate clinical significance of transforming growth factor-beta 1 ( TGF-β1 ) in patients with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura(CITP). Methods The serum level of TGF-β1 in 38 pa-tients with initial CITP were detected using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA). Results The serum level of TGF-β1 in initial patients with CITP was significantly higher than that of the controls [( 132.57±5.17) μg/L vs ( 76.81±4.42) μ/L] ( P <0.01 ). The serum level of TGF-β1 in those having good response after therapy was sig-nificantly lower than before treatment[(81.26±3.78)μg/L] (P <0.01 ). There was no difference in TGF-β1 be-tween nonremission [(123.49 ± 4.31 ) μg/L] and initial patients (P > 0.05 ). There was negative correlation between TGF-β1 and platelet count(r = -0. 342 ,P < 0.05 ) ,there was positive correlation between TGF-β1 and megakaryo-cyte count (r = 0.409, P < 0.01 ). Conclusions TGF-β1 partakes in the pathogenesis of CITP, the determination of which in patients with CITP is useful to judge the state of illness, which can be regarded as an assistant index of cur-ative effect.
4.Advances in clinical diagnosis and treatment of tremor
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2019;38(4):468-472
Tremor is a common movement disorder,but its etiological identification and clinical diagnosis pose a certain difficulty due to its complex clinical manifestations,various types,requirement of multidisciplinary knowledge,and similar symptoms shared by many other causes and diseases.In recent years,many advances in the clinical classification,diagnosis and treatment of tremor have been published and will help us better understand tremor and improve the diagnosis and treatment of tremor.
5.How to better identify multiple system atrophy
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2017;36(12):1381-1385
Multiple system atrophy(MSA) can be easily misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease (PD) or other forms of atypical Parkinsonism,because they not only share similar pathological changes but also present many common clinical manifestations,which make early diagnosis difficult.How to better identify MSA plays a decisive role in subsequent treatment and should concern physicians.The aim of this review is to examine the autonomic nervous dysfunction and its early clinical manifestations,detection methods,and imaging characteristics of MSA,and thus to provide helpful guidelines for the early diagnosis of MSA.
6.Neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease: the clinical features and pathological findings of peripheral tissue biopsy in nine cases with genetic diagnosis
Muliang GU ; Jianwen DENG ; Jiaxi YU ; Jing BAI ; Fan LI ; Wei SUN ; Hong ZHOU ; Qun HU ; Zhirong WAN ; Yining HUANG ; Yun YUAN ; Zhaoxia WANG
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2021;54(3):219-227
Objective:To summarize the clinical features and pathological changes of peripheral tissues from patients with neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) diagnosed by genetic tests.Methods:Repeat-primed polymerase chain reaction was used to confirm the GGC repeated expansion in the 5′ untranslated region of the NOTCH2NLC gene in patients with suspected NIID who had visited the Department of Neurology of Peking University First Hospital from January 2018 to February 2020. The clinical data and pathological changes of peripheral tissues from patients with genetically diagnosed NIID were collected retrospectively and analysed. Immunostaining with anti-p62 and anti-ubiquitin antibody was performed on peripheral biopsy specimens.Results:Totally nine patients with NIID who had GGC repeated expansion in the NOTCH2NLC gene were found. Five patients were familial (from three faimilies), and four patients were sporadic. The age of onset was 36-61(51.33±7.12) years. The most common symptoms in this NIID group were episodic emotion and personality change (8/9), paroxysmal disturbance of consciousness (6/9) and intermitant head discomfort (6/9). Other symptoms included cognitive dysfunction, limb weakness, limb sensory disturbance, bladder dysfunction, ataxia, seizures and psychiatric symptoms. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed high signals along the corticomedullary junction on diffusion-weighted image in eight out of nine patients. Skin biopsied samples from nine patients demonstrated the presence of eosinophilic intranuclear inclusions (IIs), appearing in the nucleus of fibroblasts, fat cells and ductal epithelial cells of sweat glands on hematoxylin-eosin staining. IIs were positive on anti-p62 and anti-ubiquitin immunostaining. Electron microscopy indicated the IIs were composed of a pile of filament materials without membrane. Muscle biopsies from two patients showed no obvious neurogenic or myogenic pathologic changes, except in one patient several rimmed vacuoles fibers were found. In one patient sural nerve biopsy showed severe demyelinating pathological changes. No IIs were found in the muscles and peripheral nerve tissue either by histological examination or by immunohistochemical staining with anti-p62 or anti-ubiquitin, while IIs were found by immunofluorescence staining with both anti-p62 and anti-ubiquitin in three patient′s tissue. Conclusions:The phenotype of this NIID patient group is adult-onset NIID, with episodic encephalopathy as the main clinical manifestation. Skin biopsy has high pathological diagnostic value for NIID. The immunofluorescence staining with anti-p62 and anti-ubiquitin is easier to detect the presence of IIs than histological staining and immumohistochemical staining.
7.Genetic analysis in 331 cases of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia with unknown etiology
Ribao LI ; Xia GU ; Guohao WU ; Zhirong DENG ; Jianquan KANG ; Zao LIANG ; Taohan MIAO ; Liuhong QU ; Zhonghe WAN ; Yongxue LU ; Jinyou DENG ; Dongjun LIU ; Wangkai LIU ; Weiben HUANG ; Xin XIAO ; Hu HAO ; Sitao LI
Chinese Journal of Neonatology 2022;37(6):520-524
Objective:To study the genetic profile of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia with unknown etiology in Guangdong Province and the clinical significance of jaundice-related genetic screening.Methods:From July to September, 2021, neonates with hyperbilirubinemia of unknown etiology born in different hospitals in Guangdong Province were studied. 24 neonatal jaundice-related exons were sequenced using targeted capture and high-throughput sequencing technology. The pathogenic variants were analyzed.Results:A total of 331 cases, 139 (42.0%) cases showed positive screening results with five diseases, including 65 (19.6%) cases of Gilbert syndrome, 48 (14.5%) cases of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency,18 (5.4%) cases of sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide deficiency, 4 (1.2%) cases of Citrin deficiency and 4 (1.2%) cases of Dubin-Johnson syndrome. 149 (45.0%) cases carried one or more genetic variants and 43 (13.0%) cases showed no clinically significant variants. The 8 high-frequency mutation loci (carrier rate >1%) are UGT1A1 gene c.211G>A and c.1091C>T, G6PD gene c.1466G>T and c.1478G>A, SLC10A1 gene c.800C>T, SLC25A13 gene c.852_855del TATG, HBB gene c.126_129delCTTT and c.316-197C>T.Conclusions:Genetic factors are important for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia with unknown etiology in Guangdong. The common pathogenic genes are UGT1A1, G6PD, SLC10A1, and SLC25A13 and the population carries high-frequency mutation loci. Therefore, genetic screening in neonates with hyperbilirubinemia of unknown etiology has important clinical significance.