1.Disrupting calcium homeostasis and glycometabolism in engineered lipid-based pharmaceuticals propel cancer immunogenic death.
Qiuxia PENG ; Xiaolong LI ; Chao FANG ; Chunyan ZHU ; Taixia WANG ; Binxu YIN ; Xiulin DONG ; Huaijuan GUO ; Yang LIU ; Kun ZHANG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2025;15(3):1255-1267
Homeostasis and energy and substance metabolism reprogramming shape various tumor microenvironment to sustain cancer stemness, self-plasticity and treatment resistance. Aiming at them, a lipid-based pharmaceutical loaded with CaO2 and glucose oxidase (GOx) (LipoCaO2/GOx, LCG) has been obtained to disrupt calcium homeostasis and interfere with glycometabolism. The loaded GOx can decompose glucose into H2O2 and gluconic acid, thus competing with anaerobic glycolysis to hamper lactic acid (LA) secretion. The obtained gluconic acid further deprives CaO2 to produce H2O2 and release Ca2+, disrupting Ca2+ homeostasis, which synergizes with GOx-mediated glycometabolism interference to deplete glutathione (GSH) and yield reactive oxygen species (ROS). Systematical experiments reveal that these sequential multifaceted events unlocked by Ca2+ homeostasis disruption and glycometabolism interference, ROS production and LA inhibition, successfully enhance cancer immunogenic deaths of breast cancer cells, hamper regulatory T cells (Tregs) infiltration and promote CD8+ T recruitment, which receives a considerably-inhibited outcome against breast cancer progression. Collectively, this calcium homeostasis disruption glycometabolism interference strategy effectively combines ion interference therapy with starvation therapy to eventually evoke an effective anti-tumor immune environment, which represents in the field of biomedical research.
2.Gene expression and immunolocalization of chitin deacetylase BmCDA2 in silkworm.
Yun HE ; Yifei CHEN ; Qinglang WANG ; Ziyu ZHANG ; Haonan DONG ; Taixia SHEN ; Yong HOU ; Jing GONG
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2023;39(4):1655-1669
Deacetylation of chitin is closely related to insect development and metamorphosis. Chitin deacetylase (CDA) is a key enzyme in the process. However, to date, the CDAs of Bombyx mori (BmCDAs), which is a model Lepidopteran insect, were not well studied. In order to better understand the role of BmCDAs in the metamorphosis and development of silkworm, the BmCDA2 which is highly expressed in epidermis was selected to study by bioinformatics methods, protein expression purification and immunofluorescence localization. The results showed that the two mRNA splicing forms of BmCDA2, namely BmCDA2a and BmCDA2b, were highly expressed in the larval and pupal epidermis, respectively. Both genes had chitin deacetylase catalytic domain, chitin binding domain and low density lipoprotein receptor domain. Western blot showed that the BmCDA2 protein was mainly expressed in the epidermis. Moreover, fluorescence immunolocalization showed that BmCDA2 protein gradually increased and accumulated with the formation of larval new epidermis, suggesting that BmCDA2 may be involved in the formation or assembly of larval new epidermis. The results increased our understandings to the biological functions of BmCDAs, and may facilitate the CDA study of other insects.
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Bombyx/metabolism*
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Metamorphosis, Biological/genetics*
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Larva/metabolism*
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Gene Expression
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Insect Proteins/metabolism*
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Chitin
3.Influence of comprehensive nursing intervention on the treatment effect of children aged 8 to 12 years with bronchial asthma
Wei CUI ; Faxiang ZHANG ; Taixia WANG
China Modern Doctor 2018;56(14):152-154
Objective To analyze the influence of comprehensive nursing intervention on the treatment effect of children aged 8-12 years with bronchial asthma. Methods A total of 110 asthmatic children admitted in our hospital from January 2016 to January 2017 were selected and randomly divided into two groups according to random number table method, with 55 cases in each group. The control group was given random symptomatic nursing, and the observation group was given comprehensive nursing. The clinical efficacy and treatment compliance between the two groups after treatment was compared. Results After treatment, the total effective rate in the observation group was 98. 2%, which was significantly higher than that in the control group (74. 5%). The difference between the two groups was statistically significant(P<0. 05). The compliance rate of the observation group was 98. 2% after treatment, which was significantly higher than that of the control group after treatment(74. 5%). There was significant difference between the two groups in treatment compliance(P<0. 05). Conclusion The comprehensive nursing intervention combined with treatment in chil dren aged 8-12 years old with bronchial asthma is conducive to the active treatment of children, improve treatment compliance, thereby significantly improve the therapeutic effect.
5.Studies on diversity of diosgenin in different part of rhizome of Dioscorea zingiberensis in various growing period
Yufang CAO ; Taixia WANG ; Zhengha HU
Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs 1994;0(05):-
ObjectTo study the accumulation and distribution of dioscin in the different part of rhizome of Dioscorea zingiberensis C. H. Wright and the differences of its diosgenin. Methods Histochemistry has been used to study the accumulation and distribution of dioscin in the different part of rhizome and diosgenin was determined by HPLC. Results Dioscin distributed mainly in ground tissue. The amount of dioscin accumulated in the plant part from the region distributed with small vascular bundle (SVB) is the most abundant, and the diosgenin is also the highest in the same region; both of them in the region with no vascular bundle (NVB) are next to that of SVB; the amount of dioscin accumulated in the region distributed with big vascular bundle (BVB) is the lowest, and the diosgenin is the lowest in the same region too. Conclusion Diosgenin in every region of the three of male rhizome is higher than that of female rhizome and diosgenin in every region of the three of monoecism is between those of male and female rhizome.
7.Structural analysis and aloin determination in leaves of Aloe arborescens at different leaf age
Jingyuan LI ; Taixia WANG ; Zhenghai HU ;
Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs 1994;0(07):-
Object To explore the content of aloin in the leaves of Aloe arborescens Mill at different leaf age and its difference reason Methods The aloin content was determined by HPLC and anatomical structure of the leaves was studied with semi thin section Results The aloin content declines and the volume of large parenchymatous cell in vascular bundle atrophies from top to bottom with leaf growth in the same plant Conclusion The above results may provide references of the best time for collecting the leaves of A arborescens

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