1.Protective effects of Qiang Gu Kang Wei extraction against muscle atrophy induced by simulated microgravity in rats
Dan WU ; Leiyu TIAN ; Shuyu LI ; JiaPeng LIU ; Junlian LIU ; Yongzhi LI ; Qian WANG
Space Medicine & Medical Engineering 2025;36(4):367-371
Objective Observe the impact of Qang Gu Kang Wei extraction(KW)on skeletal muscle atrophy in simulated weightlessness rats by regulating endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial fusion.Methods SD rats were randomy divided the control group(Control),the simulated weightlessness group(TS),and the KW group(TS+KW).Rats were treated with KW with or without tail suspension(TS)for 28 days,and the cross-sectional areas of the gastrocnemius muscle were compared with a control group.The expression levels of endoplasmic reticulum stress(ERS)and key proteins involved in mitochondrial fusion were also analyzed.Results KW treatment reduced the loss of muscle cross-sectional area caused by TS.TS increased the protein expression of glucose-regulated Protein 78(GRP78)and components of the ERS signaling pathways,while KW treatment reduced this increase.TS also inhibited the expression of mitofusin 2(MFN2),which was increased by KW treatment.Additionally,KW treatment promoted the interaction between GRP78 and the endoplasmic reticulum protein sigma-1 receptor(Sig-1R).Conclusion KW may attenuate muscle atrophy caused by simulated weightlessness by regulating ERS and mitochondrial fusion fusion.
2.Olfactory diagnostic analysis system based on a low-pressure chamber,simulated weightless human bedridden volunteers,and general population oral odor mapping analysis
Quanchun FAN ; Chong XU ; Junlian LIU ; Xiaorui WU ; Yu LIU ; Jiaping WANG ; Shuang ZHAO ; Yongzhi LI
Space Medicine & Medical Engineering 2025;36(4):380-384
Objective Hypobaric chamber and simulated weightless bed are essential methods for aerospace medical research,and conducting state assessment of volunteers before and after hypobaric chamber and simulated weightless bed tests is an essential guideline for aerospace implementation medicine.To further improve the efficiency of human condition assessment,in addition to the conventional biochemical and physiological indicators,the human oral exhaled gas can be used for condition assessment,and the olfactometry acquisition equipment and analysis software can collect and detect most volatile gases to complete the human oral exhaled gas data acquisition.Conducting comparative analysis of olfactory mapping data from different populations may be a means to assess the status of the body.Methods The olfactometry acquisition equipment was used to collect the oral exhaled breath olfactometry profiles of the general population,hypobaric cabin volunteers,and ambulatory volunteers.The olfactometry analysis software was used to calculate the 12 eigenvalues of the olfactometry profiles and the t-SNE downscaling,and the radar plots were used to analyze the olfactometry profiles of the general population,low-pressure cabin volunteers,and ambulatory volunteers respectively.A comparative analysis of different populations was conducted.Results(1)The t-SNE mapping data of the general population and the ambulatory volunteers were almost indistinguishable;(2)the t-SNE mapping data of the hypobaric cabin volunteers and the general population had a slight overlap,but the distinguishability of the vast majority of the t-SNE mapping data was obvious;(3)the t-SNE mapping data of the hypobaric cabin volunteers and the ambulatory volunteers were distinguishable with no overlap,and the ambulatory t SNE data are highly aggregated,and the distribution of t-SNE data in low-pressure cabin is more discrete;(4)there are 2-3 sensors with large eigenvalues and a large range of variation for both low-pressure cabin volunteers and recumbent volunteers after training activities,and the common sensor with a large range of variation is S6.Conclusion Olfactory diagnostic analysis mapping may be a means to assess the health status of the body and may be useful for spaceflight health status assessment in the future.The analysis and application of flight health state assessment can be a reference in the future.
3.Effect of practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine guidance on health status in weightless conditions
Xiaorui WU ; Haijun HAN ; Junlian LIU ; Quanchun FAN ; Liguo GUO ; Yu LIU ; Jiaping WANG ; Jihong SHEN ; Xining CHEN
Space Medicine & Medical Engineering 2025;36(4):385-388
Objective To study the effect of practicing traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)guidance on the health in weightless conditions based on the examination results of the TCM diagnostic instrument.Methods 6 subjects in weightless conditions practiced TCM guidance for 14 consecutive days,once a day for 8 minutes each time.The Digital TCM Diagnostic Instrument and TCM Syndrome Diagnosis Scale were used to collect information before and after their practice of TCM guidance through diagnostic methods of observation,palpation and inquiry according to TCM theory.The data such as the degree of virtual-reality,pulse rate,and characteristic parameters of pulse diagrams h3/h1,h4/h1,t1,h1/t1 were processed and analyzed,and the changes before and after the practice were compared.Results Compared with before the practice,the degree of deficiency syndrome was significantly reduced after practicing TCM guidance(P<0.05),the pulse rate was significantly decreased(P<0.01),and the pulse diagnosis parameters h3/h1 and t1 were significantly decreased(P<0.05),while h4/h1 and h1/t1 showed no significant changes.Conclusion Practicing TCM guidance in weightless conditions is helpful for enhance cardiovascular regulatory function,correcting symptom bias,adjusting the body's balance state,and has a positive effect on health.
4.Altered gut microbiota and their metabolites in patients with myasthenia gravis
Qian WU ; Junlian LI ; Haiyan LI ; Wanzhen HU ; Xiaoyan ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases 2024;50(6):325-331
Objective This study investigated whether gut microbiota and its metabolites are altered in myasthenia gravis(MG)patients.Methods We collected fresh stool specimens from MG patients and healthy controls.16S rRNA gene sequencing and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry were used to measure abundance of gut microbiota and metabolite levels in two groups,respectively.Clinical data of the subjects were also collected including quantitative MG score(QMGS),MG-activities of daily living(MG-ADL),MG-specific quality-of-life 15(MG-QOL15),manual muscle testing(MMT),and the acetylcholine receptor antibody(AchR-Ab)titers.The correlation between the differential microbiota and the clinical characteristics was investigated.Results A total of 50 MG patients and 15 healthy controls were recruited.Simpson's index was significantly higher in the MG group(0.936±0.041)than in the control group(0.888±0.123).Alpha diversity was significantly decreased in the MG group(t=2.349,P=0.022).There was a significant difference in microbial phenotype between the two groups(R=0.966,P=0.001,Adonis).The results of LEfSe showed that the abundance of Esherichia-Shigella,Succinivibrio,Fusobacterium,and Ruminococcus-gnavus-group were up-regulated while the abundance of Lachnospira,Roseburia,Desulfovibrio,and Coprococcus were down-regulated.The results showed that the metabolites of the MG group were significantly different from those of the control group.There were 28 metabolites up-regulated and 71 metabolites down-regulated in the MG patient group.Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analyses demonstrated that the majority of metabolic pathways in which differential metabolites were involved were related to amino acid metabolism and nucleotide metabolism.61.2% (30/49)of bacterial amplicon sequence variant(ASV)were significantly associated with multiple metabolites(P<0.001).The relative abundance of Lachnospiraceae in the group with MG was negatively correlated with the QMGS(r=-0.496,P<0.001),MG-ADL(r=-0.542,P<0.001),MG-QOL15(r=-0.464,P=0.007),and the AchR-Ab(r=-0.315,P=0.026).The relative abundance of Lachnospiraceae in the group with MG was positively correlated with the MMT(r=0.374,P=0.008).Conclusion The intestinal flora of MG patients is down-regulated in the abundance of beneficial bacteria and up-regulated in the abundances of harmful bacteria.Disturbance of metabolites are also present in MG patients.Regulating gut microbiota in MG patients may be a new target for treating the disease.
5.Risk factors for poor prognosis in patients with tuberculous meningitis and establishment of their nomogram predictive models
Haiyan LI ; Junlian LI ; Qian WU ; Liping DONG ; Si CHEN ; Xiaoyan ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine 2023;22(9):891-898
Objective:To explore the risk factors for poor prognosis in patients with tuberculous meningitis (TBM), and establish their nomogram predictive models.Methods:Three hundred and fifty-eight patients with TBM, admitted to Department of Neurology, 940 th Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army Joint Logistic Support Force from January 2010 to February 2022, were chosen and divided into model group ( n=287) and validation group ( n=71) according to the simple random sampling at a ratio of 8:2. Their clinical data were retrospectively analyzed. Independent risk factors for poor prognosis of TBM were analyzed by least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) and Logistic regression, and the risk factors were visualized by nomogram. Bootstrap method was used for 1 000 repeated samples for internal verification, and data from validation group were used for external verification. The discrimination and calibration of the models were evaluated by area under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, calibration curve and Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit test. Results:Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that mental symptoms ( OR=3.593, 95% CI: 1.790-7.211, P<0.001), limb weakness ( OR=3.087, 95% CI: 1.551-6.144, P=0.001), pulmonary infection ( OR=5.162, 95% CI: 2.373-11.227, P<0.001), improved British Medical Research Council (mBMRC) staging II ( OR=4.291, 95% CI: 2.037-9.039, P<0.001), mBMRC staging III ( OR=13.073, 95% CI: 3.352-50.975, P<0.001) were independent risk factors for poor prognosis in TBM patients. Consistency indexes indicated by area under ROC curves by internal verification and external verification were 0.880 and 0.823, respectively; the calibration curve coincided with the ideal curve, enjoying good Hosmer-Lemeshow fit ( P=0.546, P=0.401). Conclusion:Based on these 4 prognostic factors (mental symptoms, limb weakness, lung infection and mBMRC stages), the nomogram is helpful in predicting the risk of poor prognosis in TBM patients.
6.Preparation of posaconazole solid dispersion via hot-melt extrusion and preliminary evaluation in vitro
Li ZHU ; Miao YANG ; Qiang ZHANG ; Xue KE ; Junlian WU
Journal of China Pharmaceutical University 2015;46(3):309-315
Hot-melt extrusion technology was used to prepare solid dispersion of posaconazole for improving its dissolution. Solubility parameter, glass transition temperature and melting method were utilized to screen polymers. Using KollidonVA64, Soluplus, Eudragit L100 and combined carrier KollidonVA64-Eudragit L100 as polymer carrier, solid dispersion was prepared by hot-melt extrusion technology and characterized by drug dissolution. The formulation and process factor affecting dissolution were studied. The state of posaconazole in solid dispersion was characterized by differential scanning calorimetry and preliminary analysis of the stability was studied by influencing factors experiments. When using KollidonVA64-Eudragit L100(2 ∶8)as the carrier, 10 % triethyl citrate as the plasticizer and extrusion temperature of 150 °C, the dissolution of posaconazole was improved significantly. Drug was molecular or amorphous form in the carrier. Proportion of Eudragit L100 and KollidonVA64, temperature, drug loading and plasticizer influenced dissolution of posaconazole. Solid dispersion was stable for high temperature and strong light but sensitive to high humidity. Solid dispersion using hot-melt extrusion technology can significantly improve the dissolution of posaconazole.
7.Relationship between plasma protein expression profiles and states of Zang-Fu organs in patients with phlegm or blood stagnation syndromes due to hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis.
Jiannan SONG ; Junlian LIU ; Xiangzhong FANG ; Yuanhui HU ; Yan LEI ; Xiaohong NIU ; Gang WU ; Baosheng CHEN ; Yaluan MA ; Bing CHEN ; Hong JIN
Journal of Integrative Medicine 2008;6(12):1233-7
To investigate the relationship between the plasma biomarker proteins and the states of Zang-Fu organs in patients with phlegm or blood stagnation syndromes due to hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis.

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