Objective This study aims to investigate the effect of berberine (Ber) on foam cell formation induced by oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) in macrophages and to explore the mechanism's association with the ACE2-Ang(1-7)-Mas axis. Methods They were randomly divided into blank group, model group (RAW264.7 cells induced with 60 μg/mL ox-LDL), and berberine group (the model treated with berberine interventions at 2.5, 5, and 10 μmol/L concentrations). Lipid accumulation within the cells was assessed by Oil Red O staining, and the content of lipid droplets in each group was quantitatively analyzed by enzymatic method. The content of total cholesterol (TC) and free cholesterol (FC) in foam cells were detected by enzymatic method. The levels of oxidative stress factors (malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione (GSH)), inflammatory factors such as tumor necrosis factor α(TNF-α), and nitric oxide (NO) were measured using corresponding relevant reagent kits. The mRNA and protein expressions of ACE2 and Mas were evaluated through quantitative real-time PCR and Western blot analysis, respectively. The levels of AngII and Ang(1-7) were detected by ELISA. Results Compared with the model group, the berberine groups exhibited reduced lipid droplet accumulation and a dose-dependent decrease in intracellular lipid content. Berberine significantly lowered TC and FC levels in foam cells and reduced the CE/TC ratio. The levels of the oxidative factor MDA were significantly reduced, while the levels of the antioxidant factors SOD and GSH were markedly increased. Inflammatory factors TNF-α and NO were significantly decreased. The expression of the ACE2-Ang(1-7)-Mas signaling pathway was significantly activated, and the effect was more pronounced in the Ber group with high-concentration compared to the group with low-concentration, demonstrating a dose-dependent response. Conclusion Berberine can inhibit macrophage foam cell formation, potentially through upregulation of the ACE2-Ang(1-7)-Mas signaling pathway, thereby contributing to the alleviation of atherosclerosis.
Berberine/pharmacology* ; Foam Cells/cytology* ; Animals ; Signal Transduction/drug effects* ; Mice ; Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 ; Angiotensin I/genetics* ; Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A/genetics* ; Peptide Fragments/genetics* ; Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/genetics* ; RAW 264.7 Cells ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics* ; Proto-Oncogene Mas ; Lipoproteins, LDL/pharmacology* ; Nitric Oxide/metabolism* ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism*

The pathogens were isolated and purified from the stomach,jejunum and rectum tissues of a Yunnan snub-nosed monkey who died of vomiting,oral and nasal chyme,and abdominal dis-tension,and the species and biological characteristics of the pathogens were studied by biochemical identification,PCR identification,drug susceptibility test,pathogenicity test,serotype identifica-tion,and drug resistance gene and virulence gene analysis.The results showed that the pathogens i-solated from stomach,jejunum and rectum were Escherichia coli(E.coli)serotype O127,belong-ing to enteropathogenic E.coli.They were resistant to cefoxitin and sensitive to gentamicin,gati-floxacin and ciprofloxacin.All the three strains carried drug resistance genes blaTEM and blaCTX-M and virulence genes opmA and opmC.This study provides reference and data support for the prevention and control of enteritis caused by E.coli in Yunnan snub-nosed monkey.

Objective:To evaluate the perioperative and follow-up data of carotid artery stenting (CAS)+ coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and CABG alone, and to assess the safety and efficacy of CAS in the treatment of severe stenosis of the carotid artery in combination with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis.Methods:A retrospective analysis of 700 CABG patients combined asymptomatic carotid artery severe stenosis at Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, and Beijing Tiantan Hospital from January 2018 to December 2022 was performed. According to whether or not underwent CAS treatment, they were divided into the CAS-CABG group(116 cases)and the CABG-only group(584 cases). The mean age of the CAS-CABG group was (64.8±7.3) years, and all of them underwent unilateral CAS surgery only; the mean age of the CABG only group was (65.5±7.6) years. The main results of the patients in the two groups were compared at 30 days after the operation and follow-up period.Results:The early postoperative stroke rate was significantly lower in the CAS-CABG group(2.6% vs. 9.1%, P=0.02), while the combined procedure did not increase the rates of mortality and adverse events during follow-up. Subgroup analysis revealed that there was no significant difference in stroke rates between the two procedures for asymptomatic unilateral carotid artery stenosis, advanced age, history of atrial fibrillation, and history of stroke were independent risk factors for early stroke in CABG for asymptomatic unilateral carotid artery stenosis. Conclusion:CAS-CABG is safe and effective in the treatment of coronary artery disease combined with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis, and can reduce the incidence of early postoperative stroke in patients. CABG patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis should be rationally screened for prophylactic CAS to reduce the risk of postoperative stroke in these patients.

Objective: To investigate the underlying influential factors related to emotional overeating behavior among college students,and to provide a reference for formulating intervention strategies for prevention of unhealthy eating behavior of college students. Methods: A questionnaire designed based on the social ecosystem theory was used to assess the potential influential factors of at personal, social, physical and macro level emotional overeating behavior of 2 045 college students. The Emotional Overeating Questionnaire was used to measure the frequency of emotional overeating behavior among normal weight college students. Binary Logistic regression analysis was performed to analyze the association between dietary norms and the influence emotional overeating behaviors. Results: In the full adjusted model, dietary norms (OR=1.28,95%CI=1.16-1.41)，emotion scale (OR=1.46, 95%CI=1.24-1.73) and close friends attitude(OR=0.75, 95%CI=0.59-0.95)were associated with emotional overeating behaviors. Sex, urban and rural origin, monthly living expenses, parental attitude, distance to frequent fast food restaurants outside the school, and the unmarked proportion of nutritional content and calorie information on food packaging were not associated with emotional overeating behaviors (P>0.05). Conclusion Dietary norms and emotion scale might increase the risk of motional overeating, close friends attitude might reduce the risk of emotional overeating. For reducing the frequency of unhealthy eating behavior, our results implied that 1) it s necessary to improve mental health of the college students; strengthening health education in order to make them distinguish the unhealthy dietary norms is important; peer education might be effective.

Postprandial hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (PHH) is one of the serious complications after bariatric surgery, it can lead life-threatening neuroglycopenic symptoms, such as seizures, disorientation, impairment of version and loss of consciousness without any premonitory. The presentation, prevalence, diagnosis, pathology and treatment are reviewed in this summary.

Objective To investigate the effect of fatty acid binding protein 4(FABP4)DNA methylation on abnormal lipid metabolism in placental trophoblastic dyslipidemia. Methods Human placental trophoblast cell line(HTR-8)was treated with L-NAME of 100 μmol/L for 48 h. The lipid content in placental trophoblasts was detected by chemical enzyme-colorimetry. The FABP4 DNA methylation level in placenta trophoblasts was detected by nested-touch down methylation specific PCR (NT-MSP). the mRNA and protein expression of DNMT1 and FABP4 were detected by qRT-PCR and Western Blot,respectively,in trophoblast cells. Results The lipid content in trophoblasts significantly increased as compared with the control(P < 0.05). Expression of FABP4 mRNA and protein increased(P < 0.05),while FABP4 methylation level and expression of DNMT1 significantly decreased (P<0.05)after treatment with L-NAME. Conclusions FABP4 DNA methylation is involved in the regulation of lipid metabolism in placental trophoblastic cells of hypertensive disorder complicating pregnancy.

BACKGROUND: How to effectively and rapidly induce the osteogenic differentiation of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells is the focus of the current stem cell research. Increasing evidence has demonstrated some growth factors, such as bone morphogenetic protein-2, have important effects on the transdifferentiation of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cels into osteoblasts in vitro. However, widespread use of growth factors is limited because of high cost. Insulin is widely used in the cell culture and induction, but there is no report about the effect of insulin on the osteogenic differentiation of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells. OBJECTIVE:To observe the effect of insulin on osteogenic differentiation of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cels and to explore the feasibility of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in the treatment of diabetic delayed fracture healing. METHODS:The passage 3 human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells were inoculated in two flasks, denoted as experimental group and control group. The insulin (10-7mmol/L) was added to the experimental group but not to the control group. The proliferative capacity of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cels was evaluated by cell count kit-8 and alkaline phosphatase activity. The osteogenic differentiation capacity of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells was evaluated by measuring the protein and mRNA expressions of type I colagen as well as osteocalcin mRNA level. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: After 1-2 weeks of induction, compared with the control group, insulin could significantly increase the number of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in the experimental group, the activity of alkaline phosphatase and expressions of type I collagen osteocalcin mRNA (P< 0.05). These data indicate that insulin can promote the proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells.

To generate an epitope-mutated foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) as a marker vaccine, the infectious clone pAsia 1-FMDV containing the complete genomic cDNA of Asia 1 type FMDV was used as backbone, the residues at positions 27 and 31 in the 3D gene were mutated (H27Y and N31R). The resulting plasmid pAsia 1-FMDV-3DM encoding a mutated epitope was transfected into BHK-21 cells and the recombinant virus rAsia 1-3DM was rescued. The recombinant virus showed similar biological characteristics comparable with the parental virus. In serological neutralization test the antisera against recombine virus have a good reactivity with parental virus. The antisera against the mutant virus were shown to be reactive with the mutated epitope but not the wild-type one. The results indicated that the two virus strains could be distinguished by western blotting using synthetic peptides. This epitope-mutated FMDV strain will be evaluated as a potential marker vaccine against FMDV infections.
Animals ; Cell Line ; DNA, Complementary ; Epitopes ; genetics ; Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus ; genetics ; Immune Sera ; Neutralization Tests ; Transfection

Objective To study absorption of shegan heji marker components in blood and their excretion in urine and feces of rats, after intragastric administration of shegan heji. Methods LC-MS/MS was used for determination of marker compounds. Rat metabolic cage technology was employed. Results Excretion of marker components were completed 24 hours after administration. Conclusion Ephedrine can be excreted from rats within 24 hours. The possibility of mutual transformation of flavonoids exists in the body. Taking shegan heji will not cause accumulation of ephedrine and flavonoids in the body.

Objective: To determine the pharmacokinetics of ephedrine hydrochloride in rats after intragastric administration of Shegan mixtures. Methods:Shegan mixtures (1. 0 ml/100 g) were administered to each rat by gavage. Blood samples were collected after the administration. Plasma concentration of ephedrine hydrochloride was determined by LC-MS/MS. The pharmacokinetic parame-ters of ephedrine hydrochloride were obtained using the pharmacokinetic software. Urine and fecal samples were collected in 24 hours after the administration using metabolic cage to determine the recovery of ephedrine hydrochloride. Results: The pharmacokinetic pa-rameters of ephedrine hydrochloride were as follows:Tmax of (1. 30 ± 0. 23)h,T1/2 of (21. 17 ± 1. 35)h, Cmax of (278. 86 ± 46. 41)ng ·ml-1,AUC0~∞ of (1221.98 ±412.64)ng·ml-1 and Vc/F of (1.70 ±0.15)L. Totally 85.66% ephedrine hydrochloride could be recovered from urine in 24 hours after the administration;however, it was not detected in the fecal samples. Conclusion: Most of e-phedrine hydrochloride is excreted through kidney in 24h,therefore, Shegan mixtures can't cause the accumulation of ephedrine hydro-chloride in rats.