1.Mitophagy regulates bone metabolism
Hanmin ZHU ; Song WANG ; Wenlin XIAO ; Wenjing ZHANG ; Xi ZHOU ; Ye HE ; Wei LI
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2025;29(8):1676-1683
BACKGROUND:In recent years,numerous studies have shown that autophagy and mitophagy play an important role in the regulation of bone metabolism.Under non-physiological conditions,mitophagy breaks the balance of bone metabolism and triggers metabolism disorders,which affect osteoblasts,osteoclasts,osteocytes,chondrocytes,bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells,etc. OBJECTIVE:To summarize the mechanism of mitophagy in regulating bone metabolic diseases and its application in clinical treatment. METHODS:PubMed,Web of Science,CNKI,WanFang and VIP databases were searched by computer using the keywords of"mitophagy,bone metabolism,osteoblasts,osteoclasts,osteocytes,chondrocytes,bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells"in English and Chinese.The search time was from 2008 to 2023.According to the inclusion criteria,90 articles were finally included for review and analysis. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Mitophagy promotes the generation of osteoblasts through SIRT1,PINK1/Parkin,FOXO3 and PI3K signaling pathways,while inhibiting osteoclast function through PINK1/Parkin and SIRT1 signaling pathways.Mitophagy leads to bone loss by increasing calcium phosphate particles and tissue protein kinase K in bone tissue.Mitophagy improves the function of chondrocytes through PINK1/Parkin,PI3K/AKT/mTOR and AMPK signaling pathways.Modulation of mitophagy shows great potential in the treatment of bone diseases,but there are still some issues to be further explored,such as different stages of drug-activated mitophagy,and the regulatory mechanisms of different signaling pathways.
2.Clinical features,recurrence risk,and long-term prognosis of anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-IgG associated disorders: An analysis of 91 cases
Journal of Apoplexy and Nervous Diseases 2025;42(4):341-351
Objective To investigate the clinical features and treatment of anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-IgG associated disorders (MOGAD) and the risk factors for recurrence and poor long-term prognosis. Methods A total of 91 patients who were diagnosed with MOGAD in The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2018 to March 2023 were enrolled,and their clinical features and auxiliary examinations were analyzed,as well as the risk factors for recurrence and long-term prognosis. Results Among the 91 patients,69 experienced the first attack of MOGAD,and there were 39 female patients and 47 children (aged<18 years). The proportion of patients with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis among children was significantly higher than that among adults (42.6% vs 18.2%,P=0.012),while the proportion of patients with transverse myelitis among adults was significantly higher than that among children (29.5% vs 2.1%,P<0.001). The proportion of patients receiving hormones combined with immunoglobulins during hospitalization among children was significantly higher than that among adults (36.2% vs 11.4%,P=0.006),and the children had a significantly better Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score than the adults at discharge [1(0,1) vs 2(0,4.75),P=0.007]. Visual impairment was an independent risk factor for increased recurrence risk (OR=4.215,95%CI 1.236-14.377,P=0.022). A higher EDSS score at discharge (OR=5.05,95%CI 1.27-20.07,P=0.021) and a higher number of attacks (OR=9.235,95%CI 1.352-63.10,P=0.023) were independent factors for poor long-term prognosis,while a steroid maintenance time of >5 weeks at initial diagnosis (OR=0.001,95%CI 0.00-0.33,P=0.001) was an independent factor for improving long-term prognosis. Conclusion For patients newly diagnosed with MOGAD,especially those with a high EDSS score at discharge and features indicating a high risk of recurrence (such as visual impairment),it is recommended that they receive an appropriate course of steroid maintenance treatment after acute-stage treatment.
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3.Association between cardiovascular autonomic function and voiding symptoms in Parkinson disease
Ziqi GAO ; Rui YANG ; Wenlin HUANG ; Mengfei CAI ; Yuhu ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases 2024;50(8):463-469
Objective To investigate the association between cardiovascular autonomic function and voiding symptoms in Parkinson disease(PD)patients.Methods We reviewed PD patients from the Department of Neurology of Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital(Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences)between November 2020 and July 2023.Patients with PD were diagnosed by movement disorder specialists and received motor symptoms assessment based on Movement Disorders Society-Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale part Ⅲ(MDS-UPDRS Ⅲ).We included those patients who underwent 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring(ABPM),ultrasound measured post void residual(PVR)and uroflowmetry.Subjects were divided into two groups:PD patients with nocturnal hypertension(PD-NH)group and PD patients without nocturnal hypertension(PD-nNH)group,according to the average nocturnal blood pressure.General clinical features,clinical assessments and urinary evaluations were compared between the two groups.We calculated average real variability(ARV)and examined its correlation factors using generalized linear models.Results Among the total of 87 PD patients,46(52.87% )were found to have nocturnal hypertension(NH).The PD-NH group exhibited more PVR[1.00(0.00,21.25)mL]compared to the PD-nNH group[0.00(0.00,5.50)mL](P<0.05).Additionally,generalized linear model analysis which scale response is Gamma with log link showed in PD patients,ARV of 24-hour diastolic blood pressure was correlated with PVR(OR=1.003,95% CI:1.001-1.005,P=0.008)and sex(male,OR=1.234,95% CI:1.050-1.451,P=0.011).Conclusion Our study demonstrates the association between cardiovascular autonomic function and voiding symptoms in PD.
4.The effects of adenoid hypertrophy on cranio-maxillofacial growth in children at different developmental stages studied by Bjork-Jarabak analysis
Chenghan LI ; Wenlin LIU ; Zengyan SHENG ; Siying LIU
Journal of Practical Stomatology 2024;40(3):385-389
Objective:To explore the effects of adenoid hypertrophy on the growth and development of cranio-maxillofacial hard tis-sues in children at different growth stages.Methods:The cephalic lateral images of 232 children aged 4 to 16 years were measured and analyzed by Bjork-Jarabak cephalometric analysis.The patients were divided into 3 groups:CVM 1-2(A),CVM 3-4(B)and CVM 5-6(C)according to cervical vertebral maturation(CVM).Adenoid hypertrophy group and normal group were set up by Adenoi-dal-Nasopharyngeal Ratio(A/N Ratio)of 0.61.A,B and C groups included 28,55 and 23 cases in the subjects with adenoid hyper-trophy,and 12,65 and 49 cases in those of normal controls respectively.T-test was used to explore the difference of growth and devel-opment measurements among different subgroups of the same CVM stage and the change trend of the difference in different CVM sta-ges.Results:Hypertrophic adenoid children's S-Ar,N-Me and S-Ar/Ar-Go were significantly larger in CVM 1-2 subjects(P<0.05);Ar-Go-Me,N-S-Ar and Ar-Go-N were significantly larger in CVM 5-6 subjects(P<0.05),while S-Ar-Go decreased significantly(P<0.05);S-N,Go-Me,S-Go,S-N/Go-Me and Ar-Go/N-Me had no significant differences in the whole stages(P<0.05).Conclu-sion:Adenoid hypertrophy has great effect on the cranio-maxillofacial growth trend.It induces more posterior position of condyle,tilt-ing back of mandibular ramus,vertical growth and clockwise rotation of the mandible and incline to form class Ⅱ malocclusion.The effects are more prominant in early and late growth and development stages of the children.
5.Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of acute symptomatic seizures secondary to autoimmune encephalitis and autoimmune-related epilepsy
Wenlin SUN ; Yinyin XIE ; Tingting PENG
Journal of Apoplexy and Nervous Diseases 2024;41(6):515-520
Acute symptomatic seizures secondary to autoimmune encephalitis refers to seizures that occur during the active stage of immune-mediated encephalitis,and autoimmune-related epilepsy refers to disorders with an immune etiol-ogy and a long-term predisposition to unprovoked seizures.Both diseases often have poor response to antiepileptic drugs,and early identification of immune etiology and initiation of immunotherapy may help patients achieve a good prognosis.However,there are no guidelines for the use of drugs in patients with different types of symptomatic seizures,and there is also a lack of diagnostic criteria and treatment principles for autoimmune-related epilepsy.This article reviews and dis-cusses the two diseases from the aspects of possible pathogenesis,clinical manifestations,and recommended treatment methods,so as to provide a theoretical basis for diagnosis and treatment and help to determine future research directions.
6.Mechanism of Sanguis draconis flavones in treatment of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury based on network pharmacology
Sheng LI ; Liudan LIANG ; Yan LIU ; Gencheng LIANG ; Wenlin LUO ; Zhaohe HUANG
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 2024;40(10):1864-1873
AIM:To predict the mechanism of Sanguis draconis flavones(SDF)in the prevention and treat-ment of myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury(MIRI)based on network pharmacology and molecular docking methods.METHODS:The main chemical constituents of SDF were collected through literature search,and the targets of key con-stituents were screened by using the SwissTargetPrediction and TargetNet databases.Disease targets were also screened based on GeneCards,OMIM,TTD and PharmGkb databases,then targets were intersected with Cytoscape to construct the"drug-key constituent-target"network diagram,and the core target was obtained through visualization and analysis by Cytoscape software.Gene Ontology(GO)functional enrichment and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes(KEGG)pathway enrichment analyses were analyzed by the Metascape platform.By utilizing AutoDock Vina software and Pymol,molecular docking between core compounds and core targets was carried out.Further,animal experiments were performed to explore the pharmacodynamic mechanism of SDF.RESULTS:The active constituents of SDF included loureirin B and loureirin A,which were mapped to 391 targets.A total of 3 096 MIRI disease targets were obtained from the database,af-ter intersection,172 intersection targets were obtained,and 56 core targets were acquired through analysis.The core relat-ed pathways included the cancer pathway and cell death signaling pathway.The results of molecular docking verified the strong binding activity between key constituents and key targets.Animal experiments demonstrated that SDF effectively prevented and treated MIRI,significantly inhibited the arachidonic acid 15-lipoxygenase(ALOX15)mRNA and protein expression,and reduced the myocardial infarction size after MIRI.CONCLUSION:SDF may play a positive role in the treatment of MIRI,which may be related to the regulation of the ALOX15 factor.
7.Chili-derived exosome-like nanovesicle antagonize the transformation of macrophages into foam cells through ERK1/2 pathway
Wenlin WANG ; Ye LUO ; Xiao KE
Chinese Journal of Arteriosclerosis 2024;32(6):503-513
Aim To investigate how chili-derived exosome-like nanovesicle(CDELN)inhibited ox-LDL uptake and reduced ox-LDL-induced intracellular cholesterol accumulation.Methods CDELN were isolated and purified using tissue crushing,differential centrifugation,ultracentrifugation and sucrose density gradient centrifugation.Ox-LDL was used to stimulate THP-1-derived macrophages for 24 hours to establish a foam cell model in vitro,and the effect of CDELN on macrophage foam and its mechanism were further studied.Confocal laser microscopy was used to detect the uptake of CDELN and DiL-acetylated low density lipoprotein(DiL-ac-LDL)by THP-1 macrophages.Oil red O staining was used to detect intracellular cholesterol content and the positive area of oil red 0 staining in cells was analyzed to evalu-ate the effect of intracellular lipid accumulation.RT-qPCR and Western blot were used to detect mRNA and protein levels of scavenger receptor A(SRA)and cluster of differentiation 36(CD36),lectin-like oxidized low density lipoprotein recep-tor-1(LOX-1),ATP-binding cassette transporter A1/G1(ABCA1/G1).The expression of mitogen-activated protein ki-nase(MAPK)pathway proteins including p-ERK,p-p38 MAPK and p-c-Jun,were also analyzed.Results CDELN were exosome-like nanovesicles with uniform size and double membrane,rich in protein and nucleic acids,which can be taken up by macrophages.The results of DiL-ac-LDL uptake showed that CDELN could inhibit cholesterol uptake of mac-rophages.Oil red 0 staining showed that CDELN could reduce ox-LDL-induced intracellular cholesterol accumulation.RT-qPCR and Western blot showed that CDELN could significantly reduce mRNA levels of matrix metalloprotein-9(MMP-9),SRA,CD36 and LOX-1 and protein levels of p-ERK,SRA,CD36 and LOX-1 in ox-LDL-induced THP-1-derived macro-phages.Treatment with the p-ERK agonist Yoda1 diminished the protective effect of CDELN.Conclusion CDELN can significantly inhibit macrophage foam cell formation,and this effect may be associated with the inhibition of phosphoryl-ation levels of ERK1/2 in the MAPK pathway.
8.Non-contrast MRI for diagnosing cesarean scar pregnancy developed placental implantation in early pregnancy
Wenlin CHEN ; Bowen CUI ; Siqing CAI
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2024;40(9):1382-1385
Objective To explore the value of non-contrast MRI for diagnosing cesarean scar pregnancy(CSP)developed placental implantation(PI)in early pregnancy.Methods Totally 79 pregnant women with CSP in early pregnancy were retrospectively enrolled.According to postoperative pathology,PI was diagnosed when villi tissue or trophoblast cells were found in the scar muscle(PI group,n=23),while single CSP was diagnosed when no villi nor trophoblast cells were detected in the scar muscle(CSP group,n=56).Preoperative non-contrast pelvic MRI parameters were compared between groups,and the efficacy of MRI quantitative parameters for diagnosing CSP developed PI in early pregnancy was evaluated.Results Compared with those in CSP group,the largest area of the pregnancy sac,the length of the pregnancy sac close to the scar were both larger,the thickness of the thinnest scar was smaller,and the proportion of empty blood vessels shadow around the scar was higher in PI group(all P<0.01).The sensitivity of the largest area of the pregnancy sac,the length of the pregnancy sac close to the scar and the thickness of the thinnest scar for diagnosing CSP developed PI was 78.26%,82.61%and 91.07%,respectively,and the specificity was 67.86%,66.07%and 69.57%,respectively,with area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.76,0.79 and 0.82,respectively.The sensitivity,specificity and accuracy of empty blood vessels shadow around the scar for diagnosing CSP developed PI was 78.26%(18/23),85.71%(48/56)and 83.54%(66/79),respectively.Conclusion Non-contrast MRI had important clinical value for diagnosing CSP developed PI in early pregnancy.
9.Exploration on the Medication Law of National TCM Master Gan Zuwang in Treating Rhinitis Based on Multivariate Data Mining
Yue LI ; Hailan HONG ; Wenlin LI
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;31(12):49-56
Objective To analyze the medication law of national TCM master Gan Zuwang in the treatment of rhinitis using multivariate techniques.Methods The clinical cases of Professor Gan Zuwang's treatment of rhinitis from Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine from April 1984 to February 2001 were selected.Frequency statistics,co-occurrence frequency,association rules,dosage analysis and clustering analysis were used to reveal potential relationships between drugs from multiple perspectives,which were combined with the visual results of heat map,spectrogram,complex network,etc.,for intuitive presentation.Results Totally 1 080 medical cases were included,involving 1 044 prescriptions and 281 kinds of Chinese materia medica.The high-frequency drugs included Magnoliae Flos,Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma,Angelicae Dahuricae Radix,etc.;the tastes were mainly sweet,bitter and pungent,and their properties were mainly cold and warm,and most of them were classified into the lung meridian and the liver meridian.The top three drug efficacy classifications were antidepressants,purgatives and deficiency tonics.And substitute food for medicine,adding water chestnuts,jellyfish,kelp appeared in low-frequency drugs.In addition,Saposheikovize Radix-Astragali Radix-Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma,Xanthii Fructus-Menthae Haplocalycis Herba-Magnoliae Flos-Angelicae Dahuricae Radix were the core pairs,the dosage of Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma and Angelicae Dahuricae Radix was more discrete,and the dosage of Poria was lower than the latest standardized value.Four types of formulas were finally obtained through comprehensive analyses:Yupingfeng Powder and Tuomin Decoction were used for the treatment of allergic rhinitis,Cangerzi Powder and Biyuan Mixture were used for the treatment of nasosinusitis,Shengqing Liuqi Decoction was used for the treatment of tinnitus,and Sijunzi Decoction,Senling Baizhu Powder,Yigong Powder and Buzhong Yiqi Decoction were used to strengthen spleen and tonify qi.Conclusion This study delves into the potential association between drugs and comprehensively explores Professor Gan Zuwang's medication experience in the treatment of rhinitis,which compensates for the high-frequency limitation and data bias of a single study.
10.Current status of research on the genetic susceptibility of primary biliary cholangitis
Chunmei ZHAO ; Di MA ; Wenlin TAI
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2024;40(3):606-610
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a liver autoimmune disease with a strong genetic tendency characterized by the degeneration and necrosis of bile duct epithelial cells, and it is often observed in middle-aged and elderly women. With the continuous development of genome-wide association studies, the genetic susceptibility of PBC has attracted more and more attention. This article elaborates on the research advances in the genetic susceptibility genes closely associated with PBC, in order to provide effective targets for the treatment of PBC.

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