1.Effect of Supplement of BCAA on [~3H] Spiperone Binding to Serotonin_(2A) Receptors of Brain and Platelets in Training Rats
Zhuojun QIU ; Jianmin JI ; Yuan HUANG
Chinese Journal of Sports Medicine 2003;0(05):-
SD rats were sampled and spiperone binding to serotonin2A receptors on brain and platelets were tested before and after a section training or long-term(3 weeks) intensive training using radiolabeled receptor assay. Results showed that there were significant increment of concentration of 5-HT in brain and decrease of 5-HT 2A R density in specific binding sites(B max ) on membranes of brain and platelets post acute intensive exercise. The downregulation of B max of 5-HT 2A R could be prevented by the supplement of BCAA+CHO during 3 weeks' intensive training. There was a positive effect on the delay of central fatigue with the supplement of BCAA+CHO during long-term intensive exercise.
2.Approaches for developing a system model for health evaluation based on body constitutions of traditional Chinese medicine and order parameters.
Chong HUANG ; Yanbo ZHU ; Zhuojun LIU
Journal of Integrative Medicine 2012;10(4):375-9
From the point of view of systems science, human body can be considered as a complex system, and the human health system is a subsystem of it. Systems science conducts investigation in a holistic manner. As a theoretical method, it deals with the operation and evolution of systems from the macroscopic perspective, so this theory is similar to phenomenological theory of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in methodology. Naturally, numerous theories of systems science can be used in research of the human health systems of TCM. In this paper, the authors introduced synergetics, a theory of modern systems science, and its slaving principle, and in particular, analyzed the concept of order parameters related to the slaving principle and the relationship between body constitutions of TCM and order parameters. The body constitution of TCM can be treated as a slow variable in the human health systems. By using synergetics, the authors established a model of the human health system based on body constitutions of TCM. As an application of the model, the authors illustrated the argumentations in the theory of constitution being separable, the theory of a relationship between constitution and disease, and the theory of a recuperable constitution. To some extent, this work has made links between the TCM theory of body constitution and modern systems science, and it will offer a new thought for modeling the human health system.
3.Cardioprotection of ramipril and BQ-123 against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion oxidative injury in vivo in rats
Zhuojun HUANG ; Yao WANG ; Junqiu SONG ; Yanna WU ; Yanxia LIU
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2009;25(12):1645-1649
Aim To investigate the protection of ramipril,BQ-123 and their combination against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion(I/R)injury in vivo in anesthetized rats,and to explore the mechanism of action of drugs on myocardial oxidation-antioxidation system.Methods Healthy male Wistar rats were divided into 5 groups randomly,sham operated(Sham)group,I/R group,ramipril(RAM)group,BQ-123(BQ)group and ramipril and BQ-123(R&B)group.All groups but not sham were subjected to I/R procedure.Twenty four hours before ligation,ramipril(1 mg·kg~(-1))was intragastrically administered to rats in RAM and R&B groups.The equal volume of normal saline was given to rats in other groups.BQ-123(10 μg·kg~(-1)· min-1)was infused intravenously from 10 min before ligation to the end of 30 min ischemia to rats in BQ and R&B groups.The equal volume of normal saline was given to other groups.HR,MAP and the change of ST-segment were observed;ventricular arrhythmias were monitored during ischemia;the infarct size was examined by TTC staining;the activity of myocardial T-SOD,Mn-SOD,CAT and the content of MDA were detected by spectrophotometer.Results Compared with I/R group,the elevation of ST-segment was decreased,onset of VPC and VT was delayed,duration of VPC and VT was shortened,incidence of VPC,VT and VF was decreased,IS and IS/AAR were improved,activity of T-SOD,Mn-SOD and CAT was increased,the content of MDA was decreased in RAM,BQ and R&B groups.Compared with RAM and BQ alone group,onset of VPC and VT,duration of VPC and VT,size,activity of T-SOD and Mn-SOD and content of MDA were changed dramatically in R&B group.Conclusions Ramipril,BQ-123 and the combined use of these two agents protected myocardium from I/R injury in vivo.The protective effects of the combination on delaying onset of VA,shortening duration of VA,decreasing infarct size and content of MDA,and increasing activity of SOD are better than those of using ramipril or BQ-123 alone.
4.Construction of a lentiviral low expression of miR-139-5 p vector and validation of its transduction efficiency in H9 c2 cells
Yuan JIANG ; Zhuojun HUANG ; Zhaoyan QIANG ; Yanna WU
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2015;(1):127-130
Aim To construct a lentiviral low expres-sion of miR-139-5 p vector and validate its expression efficiency in H9c2 cells. Method Target sequence was designed according to the sequence of rat miR-139-5p. Oligonucleotide duplex was synthesized and cloned into the lentiviral vector pGC-LV. The recombi-nant lentiviral vector, pHelper 1. 0, and pHelper 2. 0 were co-transfected into 293T cells, packaging virus. Then H9 c2 cells were infected with the supernatant containing lentiviral particles, and its infection effi-ciency and miR-139-5 p expression were determined by fluorescent microscope and real-time quantitative PCR, respectively. Results A lentiviral low expression of miR-139-5p vector was successfully constructed. The infection efficiency in H9c2 cells reached over 95%, and the relative expression of miR-139-5p was significantly down-regulated. Conclusion The lentiviral low expression of miR-139-5p vector is successfully constructed, and the expression of miR-139-5p in infected H9c2 cells is inhibited effectively.
5.Research on Mathematical Logic in Syndrome Theory of TCM and False Proposition Features of“Element of Syndrome”
Xiling SUN ; Qiusheng ZHENG ; Donglin YU ; Zhuojun LIU ; Chong HUANG ; Mengan LIU
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2015;(6):1274-1279
Through the study on mathematical logic relation in the syndrome theory of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), it revealed that the mathematical logic relation among three basic elements in the judgment of syndromes, which were the disease cause (a), disease location (b), disease nature (c) and syndrome (z), was f(z)=a+b+c. The mathematical logic relation between syndrome (z) and symptom (zi) was f(z)= z1+z2+z3+…+zi. The obvious feature reflected by the complexity of syndromes was the construction number of symptoms. During the syndrome differentiation process, the mathematical logic relation between symptom and disease cause, location, nature and syndrome was z1+z2+z3+…+zi =a+b+c= f(z). However, syndromes generally exhibited a nonlinear relationship of point-set topology. After calculation, 79 major single TCM syndromes had a total of more than 6.5×105 different forms. The number within a certain range of syndrome group was approximately 6.6×10100. The super huge data “Googol” may be the root of complex TCM syndromes. The results showed that the researches on “element of syndrome” using the bayesian networks, the neural network algorithm and the algorithm of double levels of frequency power were irrelevant to the mathematical logic relation of the intrinsic relations of syndrome theory. Therefore, “element of syndrome” was a false proposition feature in the study of TCM basic theory. The established syndrome differentiation method with“element of syndrome” as its core was not conformed to the inherent law of TCM theory and clinical practice.
6.Bibliometric Study on Health Utility Value Obtained by Mapping Method in Pharmacoeconomic Evaluation
Mengnan LI ; Hongyan WU ; Qin GOU ; Yifan CAI ; Yi XIAO ; Tangqin ZHANG ; Shenchao SONG ; Yan HUANG ; Zhuojun XIE ; Xiao LIN
China Pharmacy 2020;31(11):1358-1364
OBJECTIVE:To know about the research status of health utility value obtained by mapping method in pharmacoeconomic evaluation ,and to provide reference for bibliometric study in pharmacoeconomic evaluation . METHODS : Using“Mapping method ”“Health utility value ”“Cost-utility”“Utility point system ”as Chinese and English keywords ,retrieved from CNKI ,Wanfang database ,PubMed,Medline,Ebsco,Ovid and Wiley database ,empirical journal documents published from the inception to Dec. 31st,2018 about using mapping method to obtain health utility value were collected. The bibliometrics was used to statistically analyze basic information of included literature ,the construction and test of the model ,the type of the best model and so on. RESULTS :The 124 included documents were all published in English journal. In the construction and testing of the mapping model ,the most frequently used econometric methods ,performance evaluation indicators and model testing methods were ordinary least squares (OLS),mean absolute error (MAE)and residual normality test ,application frequency of which were 97 times(31.60%),89 times(24.93%)and 62 times(21.09%). There are 117 articles that define the best mapping model ,of which 101 articles(86.32%)have the best direct mapping effect. Most of the non-utility measurement scales adopted specific scales (92 articles,77.97%),and a few literatures adopted the universal scale (26 articles,22.03%). The most utility measurement scales were 3-level European 5-dimensional health scale (79 articles,66.95%). CONCLUSIONS :The domestic empirical researches that use the mapping method to obtain health utility values need to be developed yet. A series of mapping models successfully developed by foreign scholars not only provide the feasibility of using non-utility measurement scales for cost-utility analysis ,but also provide more ideas for China to choose the corresponding econometric methods ,evaluation indicators and mapping methods in the empirical research of the mapping method in the future.