1.Effects of GanoExtra combined with CTX on lung metastasis and immune function in mice
Shu LIAN ; Ting-Jian WU ; Jie CHEN ; Chun-Lian ZHONG ; Yu-Sheng LU ; Ye LI ; Chang-Hui WU ; Kun ZHANG ; Li JIA ; Xiao-Dong XIE
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2024;40(7):1335-1342
Aim To investigate the enhanced efficacy and reduced toxicity of GanoExtra in combination with cyclophosphamide(CTX)on inhibiting lung metastasis and immune function in mice.Methods The CCK-8 method was used to verify the cytotoxic effects of Gano-Extra on MCF-7 and 4T1 tumor cells.In vivo experi-ment,a mouse model of lung metastasis of breast canc-er was established by injecting 4T1 tumor cells into the tail vein,which was divided into four groups including 4T1 model group,CTX group,GanoExtra group and GanoExtra+CTX group.The control group was set.After 21 days,the mice were euthanized under anes-thesia,and the body weight of the mice was recorded.Average lung index and spleen index were calculated.The mouse spleen lymphocyte transformation experi-ment was used to determine the activity of spleen cells.The NK cell activity assay was used to determine the activity of NK cells.Blood cells were determined in mouse blood samples.Flow cytometry was used to de-termine the levels of CD4+and CD8+T cells in blood samples.ELISA was used to measure the levels of TNF-α and IL-6 in serum.HE staining was used to ob-serve the pathological morphological changes in tumors and various tissues;and CFSE staining was used to de-termine the proliferative effect of GanoExtra on CD8+cells.Results In vitro GanoExtra at 50 mg·L-1 sig-nificantly inhibited the activity of MCF-7 and 4T1 tumor cells.In the breast cancer pulmonary metastasis model,compared with the model group,the spleen in-dex and blood WBCs content were significantly re-duced,while the activity of NK cells,spleen cells,and the proportion of RBCs,CD 3+and CD 8+T cells in the blood were significantly increased.At the end of the treatment,compared with the CTX group,the number of lung metastases and lung index of the Gano-Extra+CTX group were significantly reduced,and the levels of HGB,CD8+cells,IL-6,and TNF-α in the blood of mice were significantly increased.GanoExtra at 10 mg·L-1 significantly promoted the proliferation of CD8+T cells in vitro.Conclusions GanoExtra can enhance the inhibitory effect of CTX on tumor metasta-sis,alleviate adverse reactions such as splenomegaly and pulmonary enlargement caused by CTX,and have a health-promoting function of promoting the prolifera-tion of CD8+T cells to enhance the immune efficacy of the body.
2.Hydrogen sulfide and neuroinflammation-mediated neurodegenerative diseases
Yu-Lian SHUI ; Zhi-Qiong REN ; Yi-Jie HE ; Bin-Bin CHEN ; Jia HONG ; Ke-Ting LIU ; Li XIAO
Journal of Regional Anatomy and Operative Surgery 2024;33(6):551-554
Hydrogen sulfide,as a third gas signal molecule and neurotransmitter,can play a neuroprotective role by anti-oxidative stress,anti-inflammatory response,metabolic inhibition and other mechanisms.It is of great significance for the occurrence and development of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease(AD)and Parkinson's disease(PD)mediated by neuroinflammation.This article reviews the research progress of hydrogen sulfide and neuroinflammation and its mediated neurodegenerative diseases,so as to provide new ideas for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
3.Study on Down-regulation of Interleukin-1β Secretion by Inhibiting ABCC1/MRP1 Transporter
Yuan-Yuan CHEN ; Pei-Ting YING ; Wen-Wen WENG ; Mei-Xin FANG ; Jiang LI ; Ze-Bin LUO ; Ming JIA ; Xiao-Ping GUO ; Ling-Yan ZHANG ; Xiao-Jun XU ; Yong-Min TANG
Journal of Experimental Hematology 2024;32(3):911-919
Objective:To screen interleukin(IL)-1β secretion-related membrane transporters by macrophage experiment in vitro and conventional knockout mice.Methods:THP-1 cell line was differentiated to obtain human THP-1-derived macrophages,and the primary macrophages were obtained from human peripheral blood.FVB wild-type mice with the same sex and age were used as the controls of MRP1 knockout mice.The macrophages in abdominal cavity and bone marrow of mice were cultivated.The cells were treated with ABCC1/MRP1,ABCG2/BCRP,ABCB1/P-gp,OATP1B1,and MATE transporter inhibitors,then stimulated by lipopolysaccharide and adenosine triphosphate.The secretion level of IL-iβ was detected by ELISA,Western blot,and immunofluorescence.Results:After inhibiting ABCC1/MRP1 transporter,the secretion of IL-1β decreased significantly,while inhibition of the other 4 transporters had no effect.In animal experiment,the level of IL-1 β secreted by macrophages in bone marrow of MRP1 knockout mice was significantly lower than control group(P<0.05).Conclusion:ABCC1/MRP1 transporter is a newly discovered IL-1β secretion pathway,which is expected to become a new target for solving clinical problems such as cytokine release syndrome.
4.Analysis of Morphologic Classification System for Acute Promyelo-cytic Leukemia and Its Correlation with Laboratory Tests and FLT3-ITD Mutation
Wan-Ting HE ; Jia-Qi CHEN ; Yu-Yue REN ; Yu-Juan GAO ; Hong-Xing LIU ; Wei WANG
Journal of Experimental Hematology 2024;32(5):1334-1342
Objective:To establish a morphologic classification system for characterizing blast cells in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia(APL)and analyze the correlation of different APL morphologic characteristics with conventional tests and genetic variants.Methods:Based on the morphological characteristics of APL blast cells,a classification system of 14 categories was established to characterize the inter-and intra-individual cellular morphological heterogeneity of patients.The classification system was used for the morphological analysis of 40 APL patients,and the classification results were statistically analyzed with the patients'conventional test indexes and gene variant characteristics to analyze the correlation of different APL blast cell morphological features with conventional test indexes and gene variants.Results:In the FLT3-ITD mutation-positive group,there were significantly fewer cells with regular nuclear shape,hyper granularity,and missing Auer rods(category 1)than in the FLT3 mutation-negative group(P<0.05).The activated partial thromboplastin(APTT)was significantly longer in the group with regular nucleus compared to the group with irregular nucleus(P<0.05).In the hypo-granular group,the APTT was also significantly longer compared to the hyper-granular group(P<0.01),and the proportion of myeloid blast cells was relatively lower(P<0.05).The peripheral blood white blood cell counts,D-dimer,lactate dehydrogenase and proportion of bone marrow blast cells were significantly higher in the Auer rods(-)group than Auer rods increasing group(all P<0.05).Conclusion:The newly established morphologic classification system in this study can objectively characterize different types of APL blast cells,which helps to better assess the intra-and inter-individual heterogeneity of APL blast cells,and further use in accurately analyzing the correlation of morphological phenotypes with biological properties of APL.
5.Genetic analysis of a family with posterior segment microphthalmia-retinoschisis and drusen syndrome
Ting XIE ; Qingshan CHEN ; Jia LIANG ; Dong FANG ; Lu CHEN ; Shaochong ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2024;42(10):919-925
Objective:To analyze the clinical phenotypes and genotypes of a family with posterior segment microphthalmia-retinoschisis and drusen syndrome.Methods:A pedigree investigation study was conducted.A family with four members across two generations treated at Shenzhen Eye Hospital in July 2021 was enrolled.Detailed ophthalmic examinations, including best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), intraocular pressure, slit-lamp microscopy, color fundus photography, optical coherence tomography (OCT), anterior segment OCT, fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA), and visual field tests were performed in the four members.Peripheral venous blood samples were collected from members for whole exome sequencing and data analysis.The pathogenicity of novel variant sites was assessed according to the ACMG guidelines.This study adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki.The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Shenzhen Eye Hospital (No.22KYPJ018).Written informed consent was obtained from each subject or the guardian.Results:The proband is a 14-year-old female with high hyperopia since childhood, BCVA of + 9.75 DS-0.75 DC×150°=0.9 and + 11.75 DS-1.25 DC×30°=0.7, corneal transverse diameters of 12.1 and 12.2 mm, anterior chamber depths of 2.56 and 2.92 mm, lens thicknesses of 3.92 and 3.94 mm, and axial lengths of 17.47 and 17.01 mm in the right and left eyes, respectively.Fundus photography revealed diffuse yellow-white drusen-like lesions with unclear borders in the mid-peripheral retina, while OCT showed retinoschisis in the inner nuclear layer and homogeneous mound-like elevations with hyperreflective dense spots under the retinal pigment epithelium.FFA demonstrated diffuse punctate transilllumination of the mid-peripheral retina in both eyes, and visual field tests revealed a general decrease in visual acuity.The proband's 8-year-old brother exhibited similar signs to the proband.The consanguineously married parents were phenotypically normal.Whole exome sequencing identified compound heterozygous mutations in the membrane frizzled-related protein ( MFRP) gene in the proband and her brother, c.1150_1151insC (p.His384Profs*8) in exon 5 and c. 498_499insC (p.Asn167Glnfs*34) in exon 10.The father carried the c. 498_499insC mutation, while the mother carried the c.1150_1151insC mutation.Both were frameshift mutations predicted to alter gene function.These novel mutations had not been reported in the ESP, 1 000 Genomes (Phase 3), or ExAC databases, indicating they are novel variants.The variants co-segregated with the disease and both were classified as pathogenic according to ACMG guidelines.Based on the clinical and genetic findings, the family was diagnosed with posterior segment microphthalmia-retinoschisis and drusen syndrome, inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. Conclusions:The MFRP gene mutations c. 1150_1151insC and c. 498_499insC are the pathogenic variants for the posterior segment microphthalmia-retinoschisis and drusen syndrome in this family, and these compound heterozygous mutations are reported for the first time.
6.Post-transcriptional regulation mechanism and antiviral strategy of hepatitis B virus RNA
Deyao LI ; Danjuan LU ; Chenxiao QU ; Ting ZHANG ; Jia LIU ; Fengmin LU ; Xiangmei CHEN
Chinese Journal of Hepatology 2024;32(5):474-480
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is one of the major public health issues of ongoing global concern. Due to inadequate understanding of the HBV life cycle, there is a lack of effective drugs to cure chronic hepatitis B. During HBV replication, covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) serves as the template for viral replication and can be transcribed to produce five viral RNAs of 3.5, 2.4, 2.1 kb and 0.7 kb in length, which are translated to produce HBeAg, core protein, polymerase (P) protein, HBsAg and HBx proteins, respectively. Among them, the 3.5 kb pregenomic RNA (pgRNA) is also the template for viral reverse transcription. Polymerase protein recognizes and binds to the capsid assembly signal on the pgRNA to initiate capsid assembly and reverse transcription. Recent studies have revealed that the processes of splicing, nuclear export, stability, translation, and pgRNA encapsidation of HBV RNAs are regulated by a post-transcriptional regulatory network within the host cell and depend on unique post-transcriptional regulatory elements in the HBV RNA structure. The aim of this review is to overview the post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms of HBV RNA and their applications in the study of HBV antiviral therapeutics, with the aim of providing new ideas for the development of new drugs targeting HBV RNA.
7.Roles of intestinal mucosa,intestinal immunity and microbiota in entero-genic Candida albicans infection
Hui-Ting CHEN ; Jia-Sheng LI ; Zhi-Chang XU ; Ding-Mei QIN ; Yi ZHANG ; Rui-Rui WANG
Chinese Journal of Infection Control 2024;23(5):631-637
Enterogenic Candida albicans(C.albicans)infection refers to the translocation of intestinal colonized C.albicans under certain conditions,breaking through the intestinal tract,causing tissue infection or even invasive C.albicans infection.As the first contact point of Candida,the intestinal mucosa is the first line defending coloni-zation or invasion of C.albicans,often inhibiting infection by physical barrier and activating host immunity.As an-other defense mechanism,the intestinal microbiota jointly resists the invasive infection of C.albican through regula-ting pH,secreting antimicrobial peptides,and competing for adhesion points.This review summarizes the roles of three key factors,namely intestinal mucosa,intestinal immunity and microbiota,in enterogenic C.albicans infec-tion,providing new ideas for scientific research on invasive candidiasis caused by intestinal colonization.
8.Effect of eccentric training combined with different frequency whole body vibration training on patellar tendinopathy
Zihao JIANG ; Guanglan WANG ; Peng CHEN ; Xianghong SUN ; Ting WANG ; Shaohui JIA ; Cheng ZHENG
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2024;28(4):493-498
BACKGROUND:A large number of studies have investigated the effects of whole body vibration training at different frequencies on muscle strength,but less is reported on the differences in the efficacy of vibration training at different frequencies on patellar tendinopathy. OBJECTIVE:To explore the effect of eccentric training of quadriceps combined with different frequency of whole body vibration training on patellar tendinopathy. METHODS:From April to June 2022,48 patients with patellar tendinopathy were recruited from Wuhan Sports University and randomly divided into eccentric training group(n=12),30 Hz group(n=12),40 Hz group(n=12),and 50 Hz group(n=12).The eccentric training group only completed eccentric training of the quadriceps.The 30 Hz,40 Hz and 50 Hz groups performed the whole body vibration training with the amplitude of 2 mm and frequencies of 30 Hz,40 Hz and 50 Hz respectively on the basis of the eccentric training of the quadriceps.The intervention lasted for 8 weeks,three times a week.Before and after the intervention,the patients'surface electromyography signals of the quadriceps,kinematics and dynamics data of knee joint at the time of landing in deep jump and the time of peak vertical ground reaction,Visual Analogue Scale score,Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment-Patellar score were evaluated. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:After 8 weeks of intervention,compared with the eccentric training group,the median frequency of the lateral and medial femoris muscles were significantly higher in the 40 Hz and 50 Hz groups(P<0.05).At the time of landing,the knee joint flexion angle and external rotation moment in the 40 Hz and 50 Hz groups were significantly lower than those in the eccentric training group(P<0.05),while the knee joint flexion angle in the 50 Hz group was significantly lower than that in the 30 Hz group(P<0.05).At the peak moment of vertical ground reaction,the knee extension torque in the 40 Hz group was significantly lower than that in the eccectric training group(P<0.05);the knee flexion angle and knee extension torque in the 50 Hz group were significantly lower than those in the eccentric training group(P<0.05).The Visual Analogue Scale scores in the 50 Hz and 40 Hz groups were significantly lower than those in the eccentric training group(P<0.05).The Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment-Patellar score in the 50 Hz group was significantly higher than that in the eccentric training group and 30 Hz group(P<0.05).To conclude,eccentric training of the quadriceps combined with 50 Hz whole body vibration training can significantly improve quadriceps'strength,endurance and activation rate of the vastus lateralis muscle,reduce the pain of knee joint,and improve the function of the knee joint in patients with patellar tendinopathy.
9.Research status in immunotherapy of colitis-related cancer with MDSCs
Jia CHEN ; Qi XIA ; Yu-Jie HE ; Yue LI ; Ze-Ting YUAN ; Pei-Hao YIN
The Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2024;40(2):294-298
Colitis-associated cancer(CAC)is a specific type of colorectal cancer that develops from inflammatory bowel disease(IBD).Myeloid-derived suppressor cells(MDSCs)are a group of myeloid cells with immunosuppressive properties,and MDSCs in the tumor microenvironment proliferate and activate during the development of colitis-associated cancer,inhibiting T-cell production and impairing their function,which impedes the immunotherapeutic effect of colitis-associated cancer.In this paper,we review the immunosuppressive mechanisms of MDSCs in the development of inflammatory bowel disease to colitis-associated cancers and the current drugs targeting MDSCs for immunotherapy of inflammatory colorectal cancers,with a view to providing new strategies for the treatment of colitis-associated cancers.
10.Bioequivalence of amoxicillin clavulanate potassium tablet in healthy volunteers
Yi-Ting HU ; Yu-Fang XU ; Wan-Jun BAI ; Hao-Jing SONG ; Cai-Yun JIA ; Shao-Chun CHEN ; Zhan-Jun DONG
The Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2024;40(3):419-424
Objective To evaluate the bioequivalence of test product and reference product in a single dose of amoxicillin clavulanate potassium tablet under fasting and fed conditions in healthy volunteers.Methods An open label,randomized,single dose,four-period,crossover bioequivalence study was designed.Fasting and postprandial tests were randomly divided into 2 administration sequence groups according to 1:1 ratio,amoxicillin clavulanate potassium tablet test product or reference product 375 mg,oral administration separately,liquid chromatography tanden mass spectrometry was applied to determine the concentration of amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium in plasma of healthy subjects after fasting or fed administration,while Phoenix WinNonlin 8.2 software were used for pharmacokinetics(PK)parameters calculation and bioequivalence analysis.Results Healthy subjects took the test product and the reference product under fasting condition,the main PK parameters of amoxicillin are as follows:Cmax were(5 075.57±1 483.37)and(5 119.86±1 466.73)ng·mL-1,AUC0_twere(1.32 × 104±2 163.76)and(1.30 × 104±1 925.11)ng·mL-1,AUC0-∞were(1.32 × 104±2 175.40)and(1.31 ×104±1 935.86)ng·mL-1;the main PK parameters of clavulanic acid are as follows:Cmax were(3 298.27±1 315.23)and(3 264.06±1 492.82)ng·mL-1,AUC0-twere(7 690.06±3 053.40)and(7 538.39±3 155.89)ng·mL-1,AUC0-∞were(7 834.81±3 082.61)and(7 671.67±3 189.31)ng·mL-1;the 90%confidence intervals of Cmax,AUC0-tand AUC0-∞ after logarithmic conversion of amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium of the two products were all within 80.00%-125.00%.Healthy subjects took the test and reference product under fed condition,the main PK parameters of amoxicillin are as follows:Cmax were(4 514.08±1 324.18)and(4 602.82±1 366.48)ng·mL-1,AUC0-twere(1.15 × 104±1 637.95)and(1.15 × 104±1 665.69)ng·mL-1,AUC0-∞ were(1.16 × 104±1 646.26)and(1.15 × 104±1 607.20)ng·mL-1;the main PK parameters of clavulanic acid are as follows:Cmax were(2 654.75±1 358.29)and(2 850.51±1 526.31)ng·mL-1,AUC0-twere(5 882.82±2 930.06)and(6 161.28±3 263.20)ng·mL-1,AUC0-∞ were(6 022.70±2 965.05)and(6 298.31±3 287.63)ng·mL-1;the 90%confidence intervals of Cmax,AUC0-t and AUC0-∞ after logarithmic conversion of amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium of the two products were all within 80.00%-125.00%.Conclusion The two formulations were bioequivalent to healthy adult volunteers under fasting and fed conditions.

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