1.LncRNA SNHG14 affects the malignant biological behaviors of hepatocellular carcinoma Huh7 cells via targeting the miR-579-3p/SPARC axis
CHEN Aifang ; TIAN Xia ; HAN Zheng ; YAN Juan ; TAN Jie
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 2025;32(9):920-926
[摘 要] 目的:探究长链非编码RNA(lncRNA)小核仁RNA宿主基因14(SNHG14)靶向miR-579-3p/富含半胱氨酸的酸性分泌蛋白(SPARC)对肝细胞癌(HCC)细胞恶性生物学行为的影响。方法:常规培养人正常肝细胞(LO2)和HCC细胞Huh7、Hep3B、HepG2,将Huh7细胞随机分为对照组、sh-NC组、sh-SNHG14组、sh-SNHG14 + anti-NC组和sh-SNHG14 + anti-miR-579-3p组,qPCR法检测细胞中SNHG14、miR-579-3p和SPARC mRNA的表达水平,双萤光素酶报告基因实验验证SNHG14与miR-579-3p及miR-579-3p与SPARC调控关系,MTT法、划痕愈合实验、Transwell实验、流式细胞术,以及WB法分别检测各组Huh7细胞的增殖、迁移、侵袭能力、凋亡,以及Huh7细胞中PCNA、E-cadherin、vimentin、SPARC蛋白的表达。结果:在HCC细胞中SNHG14、SPARC mRNA呈高表达、miR-579-3p呈低表达(均P < 0.05);SNHG14与miR-579-3p和miR-579-3p与SPARC mRNA间存在直接结合调控关系(均P < 0.05)。敲减SNHG14可明显抑制Huh7细胞的增殖、迁移、侵袭、PCNA、vimentin、SPARC mRNA及蛋白的表达(均P < 0.05),促进细胞凋亡、miR-579-3p和E-cadherin表达(均P < 0.05);抑制miR-579-3p则可部分逆转敲减SNHG14对Huh7细胞的作用(均P < 0.05)。结论:敲减SNHG14可通过靶向miR-579-3p/SPARC轴抑制Huh7细胞的恶性生物学行为,促进其凋亡;SNHG14和miR-579-3p/SPARC轴可能是HCC治疗的潜在靶点。
2.Tissue localization of insulin-like peptide in Haemonchus contortus and identifica-tion and expression of its encoding genes
Wei LIU ; Fei WU ; Xueqiu CHEN ; Zhendong DU ; Guangxu MA ; Aifang DU
Chinese Journal of Veterinary Science 2024;44(6):1184-1193
Insulin-like peptides(ILPs)play a crucial role in the biological processes of nematode metabolism,signal transduction,and developmental processes,representing potential therapeutic targets for nematode infections in animals.In order to explore the specific role of ILPs in nematode development and infection,genome-wide identification,sequence and evolution analysis of the ILPs coding genes were conducted on Haemonchus contortus(H.contortus);transcriptional levels of these ILPs coding genes among developmental stages were determined by a real-time quantitative PCR method;recombinant ILPs were produced in prokaryotic system for polyclonal antibody prep-aration and Western blot analysis;indirect immunofluorescence localization experiment was used to reveal the tissue distribution of ILPs at different developmental stages.It was showed that the number of ILPs coding genes in H.contortus were significantly reduced compared with that of Caenorhabditis elegans,namely three members of ILPs coding genes exhibiting antagonistic fea-tures;the highest transcriptional levels of ILPs coding genes was detected in the infective third stage larvae of H.contortus;ILPs were found dominant in the intestine and hypodermis of the in-fective larvae of this parasitic nematode.In this study,three genes encoding antagonistic ILPs were identified in H.contortus,they might play a role in regulating the development and infection processes.The finding lay a foundation for the study of nematode hypobiosis(larval diapause)in animals and the screening of potential intervention targets.
3.Correlation between metabolic syndrome and hyperuricemia in perimenopausal women
Huijie PU ; Shuangyan LU ; Yong MAO ; Jie CHEN ; Mei ZHANG ; Mengqi LI ; Jia ZHOU ; Songmei WANG ; Chenghuan SUN ; Aifang YE
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2023;39(4):305-309
Objective:To assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome(MS) and its relationship with hyperuricemia(HUA) in perimenopausal women in Anning city, Yunnan province.Methods:This is a cross-sectional survey. In May 2021, a multi-stage stratified sampling method was used to collect demographics and clinical data [ethnicity, living community, height, weight, waist circumference, blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose, triglycerides(TG), serum uric acid, high density lipoprotein-cholesterol(HDL-C), alanine transaminase(ALT), etc] in a total of 6 721 perimenopausal women aged 45-60 years.Results:A total of 6 721 perimenopausal women were included in this study. The prevalences of MS and HUA were 14.05%(95% CI 13.22%-14.88%) and 6.46%(95% CI 5.88%-7.07%), respectively. The average age, HDL-C, urea, direct bilirubin, and albumin levels in the perimenstrual HUA population were lower than those in the non-HUA population while the levels of TG, ALT, heart rate, body mass index(BMI), and creatinine were higher(all P<0.05). The prevalence of HUA in perimenopausal women with ethnic minorities and family history of chronic diseases was higher than that in Han nationality and without family history of chronic diseases. The prevalence of MS in perimenopausal women was increased with the increase of serum uric acid( Z=-15.313 8, P<0.001). Multivariate logistic regression model showed that HUA was positively correlated with MS( OR=1.526, 95% CI 1.192-1.954) after adjusting for covariates such as BMI and ethnicity, and the incidence of MS in perimenopausal women in HUA group was 1.526 folds higher than that in non-hyperuricemia group. Conclusion:HUA is highly positively correlated with MS in perimenopausal women. The management of uric acid level in perimenopausal women should be strengthened.
4.Clinical characteristics of 272 437 patients with different histopathological subtypes of primary esophageal malignant tumors
Lidong WANG ; Liuyu LI ; Xin SONG ; Xueke ZHAO ; Fuyou ZHOU ; Ruihua XU ; Zhicai LIU ; Aili LI ; Jilin LI ; Xianzeng WANG ; Liguo ZHANG ; Fangheng ZHU ; Xuemin LI ; Weixing ZHAO ; Guizhou GUO ; Wenjun GAO ; Xiumin LI ; Lixin WAN ; Jianwei KU ; Quanxiao XU ; Fuguo ZHU ; Aifang JI ; Huixiang LI ; Jingli REN ; Shengli ZHOU ; Peinan CHEN ; Qide BAO ; Shegan GAO ; Haijun YANG ; Jinchang WEI ; Weimin MAO ; Zhanqiang HAN ; Zhiwei CHANG ; Yingfa ZHOU ; Xuena HAN ; Wenli HAN ; Lingling LEI ; Zongmin FAN ; Ran WANG ; Yuanze YANG ; Jiajia JI ; Yao CHEN ; Zhiqiang LI ; Jingfeng HU ; Lin SUN ; Yajie CHEN ; Helin BAI ; Duo YOU
Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine 2022;61(9):1023-1030
Objective:To characterize the histopathological subtypes and their clinicopathological parameters of gender and onset age by common, rare and sparse primary esophageal malignant tumors (PEMT).Methods:A total of 272 437 patients with PEMT were enrolled in this study, and all of the patients were received radical surgery. The clinicopathological information of the patients was obtained from the database established by the State Key Laboratory of Esophageal Cancer Prevention & Treatment from September 1973 to December 2020, which included the clinical treatment, pathological diagnosis and follow-up information of esophagus and gastric cardia cancers. All patients were diagnosed and classified by the criteria of esophageal tumor histopathological diagnosis and classification (2019) of the World Health Organization (WHO). The esophageal tumors, which were not included in the WHO classification, were analyzed separately according to the postoperative pathological diagnosis. The χ 2 test was performed by the SPSS 25.0 software on count data, and the test standard α=0.05. Results:A total of 32 histopathological types were identified in the enrolled PEMT patients, of which 10 subtypes were not included in the WHO classification. According to the frequency, PEMT were divided into common (esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, ESCC, accounting for 97.1%), rare (esophageal adenocarcinoma, EAC, accounting for 2.3%) and sparse (mainly esophageal small cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma, etc., accounting for 0.6%). All the common, rare, and sparse types occurred predominantly in male patients, and the gender difference of rare type was most significant (EAC, male∶ female, 2.67∶1), followed with common type (ESCC, male∶ female, 1.78∶1) and sparse type (male∶ female, 1.71∶1). The common type (ESCC) mainly occurred in the middle thoracic segment (65.2%), while the rare type (EAC) mainly occurred in the lower thoracic segment (56.8%). Among the sparse type, malignant melanoma and malignant fibrous histiocytoma were both predominantly located in the lower thoracic segment (51.7%, 66.7%), and the others were mainly in the middle thoracic segment.Conclusion:ESCC is the most common type among the 32 histopathological types of PEMT, followed by EAC as the rare type, and esophageal small cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma as the major sparse type, and all of which are mainly occur in male patients. The common type of ESCC mainly occur in the middle thoracic segment, while the rare type of EAC mainly in the lower thoracic segment. The mainly sparse type of malignant melanoma and malignant fibrous histiocytoma predominately occur in the lower thoracic segment, and the remaining sparse types mainly occur in the middle thoracic segment.
5.Research progress on the effect evaluation of artificial intelligence voice technology in medical services
Ran HUO ; Fei OUYANG ; Jinyang ZHOU ; Chang LIU ; Aifang LI ; Qiuli CHEN
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2022;28(8):1110-1115
At present, artificial intelligence voice technology is widely used in medical care services. This paper summarizes the functional evaluation indicators of the technology from perspectives of intelligence and technology. This paper reviews the user experience evaluation indicators of the technology from the perspectives of user usability, user satisfaction, patient acceptance, and medical and nursing staff acceptance, so as to provide a reference for nursing workers to establish an objective multi-dimensional evaluation standard, and also for the application and development of artificial intelligence voice technology in the field of medical and health care.
6.Relationship between preoperative frailty and postoperative cognitive dysfunction in elderly patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery
Zhengwen CHEN ; Yanping WANG ; Aifang CHEN ; Ling ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Anesthesiology 2021;41(5):542-545
Objective:To evaluate the relationship between preoperative frailty and postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) in elderly patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery.Methods:A total of 336 elderly patients of both sexes, aged≥65 yr, of American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status Ⅱ or Ⅲ, with body mass index of 18.6-25.1 kg/m 2, undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery under general anesthesia, were enrolled in the study.Faltering status was assessed with the Clinical Faltering Scale at 1 day before surgery.Mini-Mental State Examination score, Digital Span Test, Digit Symbol Substitution Test, Stroop Color and Word Test, Visual Word Learning Test and Trail Making Test were performed at 1 day before surgery and at 1, 7 and 30 days after surgery.The Z score was used to identify POCD.The patients was divided into non-POCD group and POCD group according to the occurrence of POCD within 30 days after surgery.Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the risk factors for POCD in elderly patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery. Results:The results of logistic regression analysis showed that preoperative frailty and diabetes mellitus were independent risk factors for POCD in elderly patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery ( P<0.05). Conclusion:Preoperative frailty is an independent risk factor for POCD in elderly patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery.
7.Comorbidity of schizophrenia and depression disorder based upon differential expression of microRNA
Kunhong JIANG ; Wei NIU ; Lingming KONG ; Shuyou ZHANG ; Mingjun HE ; Shengdong CHEN ; Aifang ZHONG ; Wanshuai LI ; Liyi ZHANG
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army 2017;42(4):336-341
Objective To investigate the differential expression of microRNA (miRNA) in schizophrenia (SZ) patients,and explore the comorbidity of SZ and depression disorder based upon miRNA expression.Methods Affymetrix array analysis was used to investigate the differentially expressed miRNA in SZ patients firstly,and then quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was further carried out to confirm the selected miRNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 40 SZ patients,whom were administered by Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and the selected miRNAs in depression disorder patients has also been confirmed by Affymetrix array analysis and qRT-PCR in our previous studies.Results Affymetrix array analysis indicated that there existed 33 miRNAs which differentially expressed (32 up-regulated and 1 down-regulated) compared with normal controls.qRT-PCR results suggested that the expression of 8 miRNAs (miR-1273d,miR-1303,miR-3064-5p,miR3131,miR-3687,miR-4428,miR-4725-3p and miR-5096) were significantly up-regulated in SZ;the miRNA differentially expressed in depression disorder patients also had differential expression in SZ patients (P<0.05).There were significant correlation between the miRNAs differentially expressed in depression disorder patients and in SZ patients (P<0.01).MiR-1972 differentially expressed in depression disorder patients had significant positive correlation with the positive symptoms of PANSS (P<0.05),and miR-26b was positively correlated with composite factor (P<0.05).Conclusion Comorbidity of SZ and depression disorder is observed not only on the clinical symptoms,but on the molecular genetic basis.
8.Advances of febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome
Jingshi CHEN ; Yan DONG ; Runchun ZHANG ; Lili WANG ; Aifang GUO
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2016;31(24):1917-1920
Febrile infection -related epilepsy syndrome(FIRES)is a newly named entity of epileptic encepha-lopathy in recent years.As one of the hot spots studied by domestic and foreign scholars,the etiology and pathogenesis of FIRES,which has a poor treatment and outcome,are undefined.It manifests with refractory seizures and status epilep-ticus in previously healthy school -aged children after banal febrile illness.In addition,with the negative response to currently available treatments,there are a poor prognosis and a high mortality rate in FIRES.Survivors are typically left with refractory partial epilepsy and severe cognitive impairment.Through domestic and foreign literature,this article re-views the potential pathogenesis,clinical features,treatment and prognosis of the syndrome,and provides theoretical ba-sis and new ideas for clinical diagnosis and treatment.
9.Clinical study on acupoint massage in improving cognitive function and sleep quality of elderly patients with hypertension
Xiaofang LEI ; Xiaoling CHEN ; Junxiang LIN ; Aifang BAO ; Xucai TAO
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science 2015;(3):175-179
Objective:To investigate the effects of acupoint massage on cognitive function and sleep quality in elderly patients with hypertension. Methods:A total of 68 elderly patients with hypertension were enrolled, and their ages were all over 60 years old. They were divided into a control group and a treatment group by simple random method, with 34 cases in each group. Patients in the control group were treated by routine psychological health guidance and sleep knowledge education, while patients in the treatment group were treated by acupoint massage on the base of the interventions given to the control group. Both of their treatment courses were 3 months. Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) scores and mini-mental state examination (MMSE) scores before and after treatment were recorded and compared. Results:Two groups’ PSQI scores before treatment had no significant difference (P>0.05). After 3 months of treatment, their PSQI scores were statistically different (P<0.05). There was also no between-group statistical difference in MMSE score before treatment (P>0.05), but there was a significant difference after treatment (P<0.05). Conclusion:Acupoint massage for elderly patients with primary hypertension can improve their sleep quality and enhance their cognitive function, thus it is worthy of being applied in clinical nursing work.
10.Changes of serum adiponectin levels in patients with essential hypertension and the correlation with carotid artery intima-media thickness
Yang LU ; Jiyin QIAN ; Aifang CHEN
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2012;(36):16-19
Objective To investigate the changes of serum adiponectin (APN) levels in patients with essential hypertension (EH) and the correlation with carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT).Methods Sixty patients with EH(EH group) and 30 healthy people (control group) were studied,the EH patients were divided into 3 subgroups with 20 cases each according to the standard of China guideline for hypertension prevention and control (2005).The serum APN level was detected by double antibody sandwich ABC enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay,the blood lipids levels [total cholesterol (TC),triglyeride (TG),low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) and highdensity lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C)]were detected by automatic biochemical analyzer,and the carotid artery IMT was detected by color Doppler ultrasonography.Results The serum APN levels and carotid artery IMT in EH group and 1,2,3 subgroup were significant differences compared with those in control group [(3.94 ± 1.28),(5.25 ± 1.69),(4.01 ±1.27),(2.56 ± 0.87) mg/L vs.(7.63 ± 2.50) mg/L; (1.30 ± 0.42),(0.94 ± 0.30),(1.32 ± 0.44),(1.65 ±0.51)mm vs.(0.69 ± 0.22) mm,P < 0.05].The comparison between two subgroups,along with elevated blood pressure levels,APN levels gradually decreased,and carotid artery IMT gradually increased (P <0.05).The serum TC,TG,LDL-C and HDL-C levels in EH group and 1,2,3 subgroup were significant differences compared with those in control group [TC:(6.53 ± 2.09),(5.14 ± 1.66),(6.59 ± 2.20),(7.86 ±2.42) mmol/L vs.(4.17 ± 1.32) mmool/L;TG:(2.15 ± 0.69),(1.72 ± 0.55),(2.07 ± 0.69),(2.65 ± 0.82)mmol/L vs.(1.38 ±0.44) mmol/L;LDL-C:(3.78 ± 1.21),(3.12 ± 1.01),(3.74 ± 1.25),(4.48 ± 1.38)mmol/L vs.(2.46 ±0.78) mmol/L;HDL-C:(0.96 ±0.31),(1.39 ±0.45),(0.85 ±0.28),(0.64 ±0.20)mmol/L vs.(1.69 ± 0.54) mmol/L,P < 0.05].The comparison between two subgroups,along with elevated blood pressure levels,TC,TG and LDL-C levels gradually increased,and HDL-C gradually decreased (P <0.05).There was negative correlation between the serum APN level and carotid artery IMT (r =-0.435,P<0.01),and there was correlation between the serum APN level and blood lipids levels (TC,TG,LDL-C and HDL-C) (P < 0.01).Conclusions The APN plays an important role in the occurrence and development of EH,it is closely related to the carotid artery IMT thickening and lipid metabolism disorders.Increasing the lipid-lowering drugs may improve the efficacy of antihypertensive therapy in patients with resistant EH.

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