1.Study on the Mechanism of Anti-Colorectal Cancer Effects of Anzheng Kangliu Decoction by Inhibiting Glycolysis via PI3K/Akt/mTOR Pathway
Yuwei LIANG ; Hongli ZHOU ; Yupei ZHUANG ; Weichen YUAN ; Mingjun TANG ; Wenting LI ; Li LI ; Mianhua WU
Journal of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;41(6):730-741
OBJECTIVE To investigate the inhibitory effect mechanism of Anzheng Kangliu Decoction against colorectal cancer by suppressing glycolysis through regulation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase(PI3K)/protein kinase B(Akt)/mammalian target of rapamycin(mTOR)signaling pathway.METHODS Human colorectal cancer SW620 cells were treated with Anzheng Kangliu De-coction,and cell proliferation and migration abilities were assessed.Forty-two BALB/c nude mice were randomly divided into a blank control group,model group,5-fluorouracil(5-FU)group(0.025 g·kg-1),Anzheng Kangliu Decoction low-dose group(7.67 g·kg-1),medium-dose group(15.34 g·kg-1),and high-dose group(30.68 g·kg-1).The inhibitory effect of Anzheng Kan-gliu Decoction on subcutaneous xenograft tumors was evaluated by observing body weight,tumor volume,tumor mass,HE staining,im-munohistochemical staining of Ki67 and other indicators.High-throughput transcriptome sequencing was performed to identify differen-tially expressed genes and pathways in tumor tissues between the model group and the Anzheng Kangliu Decoction medium-dose group,elucidating the potential mechanism of Anzheng Kangliu Decoction against colorectal cancer.Glucose and lactate assay kits were used to measure glucose consumption and lactate production in SW620 cells and tumor tissues after Anzheng Kangliu Decoction intervention.Western blot was employed to detect the expression levels of p-PI3K/PI3K,p-Akt/Akt,p-mTOR/mTOR,hexokinase 2(HK2),and lactate dehydrogenase A(LDHA)in SW620 cells and tumor tissues following Anzheng Kangliu Decoction treatment.RE-SULTS In vitro cell experiments demonstrated that,compared with the blank control group,Anzheng Kangliu Decoction intervention significantly inhibited the proliferation and migration of SW620 cells(P<0.01),reduced glucose consumption and lactate production(P<0.05,P<0.01),and downregulated the protein expression levels of p-PI3K/PI3K,p-Akt/Akt,p-mTOR/mTOR,HK2,and LDHA(P<0.05,P<0.01).In vivo animal experiments revealed that,compared with the model group,Anzheng Kangliu Decoction suppressed the growth of subcutaneous xenograft tumors in nude mice(P<0.01),increased tumor tissue necrosis,decreased glucose consumption and lactate production in tumor tissues(P<0.05,P<0.01),and reduced the protein expression levels of p-PI3K/PI3K,p-Akt/Akt,p-mTOR/mTOR,HK2,and LDHA(P<0.05,P<0.01).CONCLUSION Anzheng Kangliu Decoction exerts an in-hibitory effect on colorectal cancer,and its mechanism may be associated with the suppression of glycolysis through regulation of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway.
2.Study on the Improvement Effect of Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum Cum Alumine and Its Active Components on Inflamma-tory Response in Acute Lung Injury
Yanqing XU ; Xinzhi WANG ; Xiaobing CUI ; Yuxin GU ; Qianlin CHEN ; Shengjun CHEN ; Song LI ; Hao WU ; Hongli YU
Journal of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;41(8):1055-1065
OBJECTIVE To investigate the ameliorative effect of Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum Cum Alumine and its effective components on inflammatory response in mice with acute lung injury(ALI).METHODS A mice model of acute lung injury induced by lipopolysaccharide(LPS)was used as the in vivo animal model.The levels of inflammatory factors TNF-α,IL-6,and IL-1β,the total protein concentration,the number of inflammatory cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid,the ratio of lung wet weight to dry weight,and the pathological damage of lung tissues were taken as the evaluation indexes.RAW264.7 macrophages induced by LPS were used as the in vitro experimental model,with the mRNA levels of intracellular inflammatory factors TNF-α,IL-1β,and IL-6 as indicators,systematic solvent extraction and silica gel column chromatography were used to separate and screen the effective parts and components of Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum Cum Alumine for treating acute lung injury.The component composition of the effective fractions was analyzed by mass spectrometry,the content of cyclic dipeptide components in the effective fraction was determined,and the anti-in-flammatory activity of cyclic dipeptides was verified in vitro.RESULTS The ethyl acetate extraction fraction obtained by extracting the supernatant of water extraction and ethanol precipitation of Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum Cum Alumine(referred to as the ethyl acetate fraction for short)significantly improved the inflammatory response in mice with acute lung injury and significantly reduced the mRNA levels of TNF-α,IL-1β,and IL-6 in RAW264.7 cells induced by LPS.The Fr.1 fraction isolated from the ethyl acetate frac-tion by silica gel column chromatography had anti-inflammatory effects in vitro.Mass spectrometry determined the content of two main cyclic dipeptide components,cyclo-(Pro-Phe)and cyclo-(Pro-Val),in the Fr.1 fraction.After mixing these two cyclic dipeptide components in the molar ratio in the Fr.1 fraction and administering them in vitro,the results showed that the combination of these two cyclic dipeptide components could significantly inhibit the mRNA expression levels of TNF-α,IL-1β,and IL-6 in RAW264.7 cells induced by LPS.CONCLUSION Cyclic dipeptide component is one of the main material basis categories for the anti-inflammatory effect of Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum Cum Alumine.
3.Study on the Improvement Effect of Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum Cum Alumine and Its Active Components on Inflamma-tory Response in Acute Lung Injury
Yanqing XU ; Xinzhi WANG ; Xiaobing CUI ; Yuxin GU ; Qianlin CHEN ; Shengjun CHEN ; Song LI ; Hao WU ; Hongli YU
Journal of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;41(8):1055-1065
OBJECTIVE To investigate the ameliorative effect of Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum Cum Alumine and its effective components on inflammatory response in mice with acute lung injury(ALI).METHODS A mice model of acute lung injury induced by lipopolysaccharide(LPS)was used as the in vivo animal model.The levels of inflammatory factors TNF-α,IL-6,and IL-1β,the total protein concentration,the number of inflammatory cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid,the ratio of lung wet weight to dry weight,and the pathological damage of lung tissues were taken as the evaluation indexes.RAW264.7 macrophages induced by LPS were used as the in vitro experimental model,with the mRNA levels of intracellular inflammatory factors TNF-α,IL-1β,and IL-6 as indicators,systematic solvent extraction and silica gel column chromatography were used to separate and screen the effective parts and components of Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum Cum Alumine for treating acute lung injury.The component composition of the effective fractions was analyzed by mass spectrometry,the content of cyclic dipeptide components in the effective fraction was determined,and the anti-in-flammatory activity of cyclic dipeptides was verified in vitro.RESULTS The ethyl acetate extraction fraction obtained by extracting the supernatant of water extraction and ethanol precipitation of Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum Cum Alumine(referred to as the ethyl acetate fraction for short)significantly improved the inflammatory response in mice with acute lung injury and significantly reduced the mRNA levels of TNF-α,IL-1β,and IL-6 in RAW264.7 cells induced by LPS.The Fr.1 fraction isolated from the ethyl acetate frac-tion by silica gel column chromatography had anti-inflammatory effects in vitro.Mass spectrometry determined the content of two main cyclic dipeptide components,cyclo-(Pro-Phe)and cyclo-(Pro-Val),in the Fr.1 fraction.After mixing these two cyclic dipeptide components in the molar ratio in the Fr.1 fraction and administering them in vitro,the results showed that the combination of these two cyclic dipeptide components could significantly inhibit the mRNA expression levels of TNF-α,IL-1β,and IL-6 in RAW264.7 cells induced by LPS.CONCLUSION Cyclic dipeptide component is one of the main material basis categories for the anti-inflammatory effect of Pinelliae Rhizoma Praeparatum Cum Alumine.
4.Clinical significance of serum leucine-rich α-2-glycoprotein 1,uncoupling protein 2 and sestrin2 in evaluating the cognitive status and prognosis of acute ischemic stroke patients
Hongxia WU ; Hongli YANG ; Feng CHEN
Journal of Clinical Neurology 2025;38(3):161-166
Objective To investigate the clinical value of serum leucine-rich α-2-glycoprotein 1(LRG1),uncoupling protein 2(UCP2)and sestrin2 in evaluating the cognitive status and prognosis of patients with acute ischemic stroke(AIS).Methods A total of 164 AIS patients who were treated and hospitalized in the Department of Neurology of our hospital from April 2020 to May 2023 were selected as the study subjects.According to the Chinese version of the Montreal cognitive assessment scale(MoCA),the patients were divided into cognitive impairment group and non-cognitive impairment group.The levels of serum LRG1,UCP2 and Sestrin2 were compared between the two groups.Pearson correlation analysis was used to test the correlation between serum LRG1,UCP2 and Sestrin2 and MoCA score.After discharge,the patients were followed up for 3 months.The mRS was used to divide the patients into poor prognosis group and good prognosis group.The data and serum levels of LRG1,UCP2 and Sestrin2 were compared between the two groups.Multivariate Logistic regression analysis was used to explore the prognostic factors of AIS patients.ROC curve was constructed to evaluate the predictive efficacy of serum LRG1,UCP2 and Sestrin2 alone and in combination on cognitive status and prognosis of AIS patients.Results There were 115 cases in the non-cognitive impairment group and 49 cases in the cognitive impairment group.The serum levels of LRG1 and UCP2 in the non-cognitive impairment group were significantly higher than those in the cognitive impairment group,while the Sestrin2 level was significantly lower than that in the cognitive impairment group(all P<0.05).Serum LRG1 and UCP2 levels were positively correlated with MoCA score,while Sestrin2 level was negatively correlated with MoCA score(all P<0.05).The area under the curve(AUC)of serum LRG1,UCP2 and Sestrin2 in cognitive status of AIS patients was 0.723,0.689 and 0.789,respectively,while the AUC of the combined detection of the three reached 0.892,and the 95%CI of the AUC of all indicators did not contain 0.5(all P<0.05).There were 134 cases in the good prognosis group and 30 cases in the poor prognosis group.The NIHSS score,mRS score and Sestrin2 level in the good prognosis group were significantly lower than those in the poor prognosis group,while the MoCA score,LRG1 and UCP2 levels were significantly higher than those in the poor prognosis group(all P<0.05).The increase of NIHSS score(OR=1.419),mRS score(OR=1.153)and serum Sestrin2 level(OR=1.462)were risk factors affecting the prognosis of AIS patients,while the increase of MoCA score(OR=0.657),serum LRG1 level(OR=0.756)and UCP2 level(OR=0.733)were protective factors affecting the prognosis of AIS patients(all P<0.05).From the AUC value,the combination of the three(0.899)was significantly higher than Sestrin2(0.755),LRG1(0.730)and UCP2(0.712).The combination of sensitivity,specificity and Youden index was also significantly higher than other single indicators(all P<0.05).Conclusion The combined detection of serum LRG1,UCP2 and Sestrin2 shows higher efficiency than single detection in the evaluation of cognitive status and prognosis of AIS patients,and its AUC,sensitivity,specificity and other indicators are better,providing more accurate and reliable evaluation basis for clinical practice.
5.Effects of family functioning,peer victimization and school connectedness on adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury:the mediating effect of psychache
Nan KANG ; Ruyun WU ; Hongli SUN ; Ruiqin XIE ; Dan ZHANG
Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences) 2025;46(4):580-585
Objective To explore the effects of family functioning,peer victimization and school connectedness on nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents,as well as the mediating effect of psychache in these relationships.Methods A total of 525 junior high school students in Foshan City were surveyed using the brief Family Function Scale,Peer Victimization Scale,School Connectedness Scale,Psychache Scale,and Nonsuicidal Self-injury Scale.Descriptive statistics and correlation analyses were performed using SPSS 23.0,and mediation analysis was conducted using Mplus 7.4.Results ① Family functioning could directly predict adolescent non-suicidal self-injury(β=-0.20,P<0.01),but did not exert an indirect effect through psychache(P=0.123).② Peer victimization could not directly predict adolescent non-suicidal self-injury(β=0.10,P=0.133),but had an indirect effect through psychache,with an indirect effect value of 0.142(P<0.001).③ School connectedness could not directly predict adolescent non-suicidal self-injury(β=0.13,P=0.053),but had an indirect effect through psychache,with an indirect effect value of-0.128(P<0.001).Conclusion Psychache fully mediates the relationship between peer victimization,school connectedness,and non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents,but it does not mediate the relationship between family functioning and adolescent non-suicidal self-injury.
6.Practical research on the collaborative education of traditional Chinese medicine culture and red culture
Chinese Medical Ethics 2025;38(7):861-866
Practice-oriented education is an important link in cultivating qualified builders and reliable successors of socialism, and it is particularly important for cultivating high-quality talents in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Practice-oriented education is a vital part in improving college students’ ideological and political literacy, an important measure for TCM colleges and universities to promote the inheritance and innovation of TCM culture, and a significant pathway to cultivate high-quality TCM talents. The prominent issues of practice-oriented education in TCM colleges and universities are that the small ideological and political classroom is not closely integrated with the large classroom of society, the characteristics of TCM culture are not highlighted, and the current situation of practice-based construction does not match the needs of talent cultivation. Based on systematic thinking, the construction of a collaborative education of TCM culture and red culture should start from the following four aspects: cultural integration-cultivating ideological and political education and ideological and political theory courses of TCM culture; medical and educational collaboration-leveraging the synergistic educational effect of clinical practice; practice reinforcement-integrating the small classroom of ideological and political education into the big classroom of society; and “double innovation” promotion-creating an educational environment for innovation and entrepreneurship of TCM.
7.Prevention and Treatment Principles of Virus-Associated Malignant Tumors under the Guidance of the"Cancer Toxin"Pathogenesis Theory
Hongli ZHOU ; Luyu CHEN ; Yuanyuan QIN ; Wenting LI ; Hongguang ZHOU ; Mianhua WU
Journal of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;41(11):1414-1428
The development of malignant tumors is influenced by multiple factors,including genetics,environment,lifestyle,and pathogen infection.Viral infection plays a significant role in tumor development and progression.This article integrates the common pathways of seven oncogenic viruses(HPV,EBV,HBV,HCV,KSHV,HTLV-1,and HIV)based on the theory of cancer toxin pathomechanism.The findings reveal that cancer toxin formation is influenced by both internal factors(healthy qi deficiency,viscus dysfunction,and qi,blood,and body fluid stagnation)and external factors(viral infection,environmental factors,and the six exogenous pathogens),driving tumor development,metastasis,and recurrence.Viral infection not only provides the material foundation for cancer toxin but also accelerates its maturation and spread through chronic inflammation and immune imbalance,forming a complex pathogen-esis of"viral toxicity-endogenous cancer toxin",which translates into a three-stage strategy of"prevention,treatment,and post-recovery prevention".This article systematically discusses the pathogenesis of major cancer toxins and their associated tumors.Inte-grating the cancer toxin theory,the article explores preventive and therapeutic strategies for virus-associated malignancies,providing a theoretical basis and practical reference for the integrated prevention and treatment of tumors using traditional Chinese and Western medicine.
8.Analysis of the current status and countermeasures of safety content control of traditional Chinese medicine based on the revision announcement of the instruction and the national adverse drug reaction monitoring report
Jian ZHU ; Zhong WANG ; Hongli WU ; Zhiwei JING
China Pharmacy 2025;36(17):2092-2096
OBJECTIVE To provide a reference for revising the safety content of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) instructions. METHODS A systematic analysis was conducted on the relevant announcements on the revision of TCM instruction from 2013 to 2024, including the year of publication, drug name, drug formulation, announcement release time, and the average number of revisions made to three safety contents (contraindication, adverse drug reaction, and precaution). According to the report data of national adverse drug reaction monitoring from 2013 to 2024, analyze the proportion of TCM in all adverse drug reactions, the composition ratio of adverse drug reaction of different dosage forms of drugs [TCM injection, oral TCM, other (topical) TCM]. RESULTS From 2013 to 2024, the National Medical Products Administration issued a total of 101 notices on the revision of TCM instruction, involving 241 types of TCM. Among them, there were 163 types of oral TCM, 25 types of TCM injection, and 53 types of other (topical) TCM. There were 3, 10 and 0 types of TCM injection, oral TCM, and other (topical) TCM with missing safety content, respectively. The main source of adverse drug reaction data for TCM injections was post- marketing monitoring data (accounting for 48.00%); the main source of adverse drug reaction data for oral TCM was monitoring data (accounting for 71.17%); 73.58% of other (topical) TCM did not mention the source of adverse drug reaction data. The report on national adverse drug reaction monitoring showed that the proportion of all adverse drug reactions of TCM had decreased from 17.3% in 2013 to 12.1% in 2024. Among them, the proportion of adverse drug reaction of TCM injection in the three dosage forms of TCM had decreased from 61.3% in 2015 to 24.6% in 2024, while the proportion of adverse drug reaction of oral TCM in the three dosage forms of TCM had increased from 34.7% in 2015 to 64.0% in 2024. CONCLUSIONS The risk management of TCM safety content has achieved results in China, but still faces three major challenges: strongdependence on passive monitoring, insufficient data traceability, and missing key content. It is urgent to improve safety content by dosage form, optimize data sources, and fully utilize real-world evidence to supplement safety content.
9.Risk factors and prognostic analysis of bacterial liver abscess complicated with myocardial injury
Lan WU ; Hongli XIAO ; Guoxing WANG
Journal of Chinese Physician 2025;27(8):1222-1227
Objective:To analyze the risk factors and prognosis of pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) complicated with myocardial injury.Methods:A retrospective selection was made of 108 PLA patients treated in Beijing Friendship Hospital from January 2016 to June 2022 as the research subjects. Patients were divided into the myocardial injury group and non-myocardial injury group according to the occurrence of myocardial injury. Baseline characteristics, laboratory test data, imaging and etiological examination results, echocardiographic indicators, and prognosis were compared between the two groups. A logistic regression model was used to identify the risk factors for PLA complicated with myocardial injury.Results:Among the 108 PLA patients, 24 cases (22.2%) were complicated with myocardial injury. The age of the myocardial injury group was (71±13)years, which was significantly higher than that of the non-myocardial injury group [(59±14)years, P<0.05]. The levels of neutrophil ratio, C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), aspartate transaminase (AST), and D-dimer in the myocardial injury group were significantly higher than those in the non-myocardial injury group, while the levels of platelet count (PLT) and albumin (ALB) were significantly lower, with statistically significant differences (all P<0.05). In terms of blood culture, the positive detection rate in the myocardial injury group was as high as 54.2%(13/24), among which the detection rate of Klebsiella pneumoniae was 41.7%(10/24); the positive rate of blood culture in the non-myocardial injury group was only 17.9%(15/84), and the detection rate of Klebsiella pneumoniae was 14.3%(12/84), with statistically significant differences (all P<0.05). The left ventricular ejection fraction in the myocardial injury group was lower than that in the non-myocardial injury group, and the brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) level, the incidence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, the proportion of transfer to emergency intensive care unit (EICU), shock, and death were significantly higher than those in the non-myocardial injury group (all P<0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that age was an independent risk factor for myocardial injury in PLA patients ( P<0.05), and for each 1-year increase in age, the risk of myocardial injury increased by 11.9%. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to evaluate the diagnostic value of age for myocardial injury, with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.729( P<0.05), and the cut-off value calculated by Youden index was 64.5 years. Conclusions:Age is an independent risk factor for myocardial injury in PLA patients. PLA patients complicated with myocardial injury have poor cardiac function, higher incidence of transfer to EICU, shock, and death, and poor prognosis.
10.Effects of family functioning,peer victimization and school connectedness on adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury:the mediating effect of psychache
Nan KANG ; Ruyun WU ; Hongli SUN ; Ruiqin XIE ; Dan ZHANG
Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences) 2025;46(4):580-585
Objective To explore the effects of family functioning,peer victimization and school connectedness on nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents,as well as the mediating effect of psychache in these relationships.Methods A total of 525 junior high school students in Foshan City were surveyed using the brief Family Function Scale,Peer Victimization Scale,School Connectedness Scale,Psychache Scale,and Nonsuicidal Self-injury Scale.Descriptive statistics and correlation analyses were performed using SPSS 23.0,and mediation analysis was conducted using Mplus 7.4.Results ① Family functioning could directly predict adolescent non-suicidal self-injury(β=-0.20,P<0.01),but did not exert an indirect effect through psychache(P=0.123).② Peer victimization could not directly predict adolescent non-suicidal self-injury(β=0.10,P=0.133),but had an indirect effect through psychache,with an indirect effect value of 0.142(P<0.001).③ School connectedness could not directly predict adolescent non-suicidal self-injury(β=0.13,P=0.053),but had an indirect effect through psychache,with an indirect effect value of-0.128(P<0.001).Conclusion Psychache fully mediates the relationship between peer victimization,school connectedness,and non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents,but it does not mediate the relationship between family functioning and adolescent non-suicidal self-injury.

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