1.Mechanism of Acanthopanacis Senticosi Radix et Rhizoma seu Caulis Extract in Treating Parkinson's Disease Based on Lipidomics
Ningxia LU ; Ao GAO ; Yehao WANG ; Jinjin YANG ; Yi LU ; Fang LU ; Shumin LIU
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2026;32(6):91-99
ObjectiveAbnormal lipids in neurons can cause the accumulation of α-synuclein(α-syn). This study aimed to explore the mechanism of Acanthopanacis Senticosi Radix et Rhizoma seu Caulis extract (ASH) in treating Parkinson's disease (PD) mice using lipidomics combined with network pharmacology. MethodsMice were divided into the blank group, model group and ASH (45.5 mg·kg-1) group. Motor ability was evaluated by pole climbing time and autonomous activity count; The oxidative stress indicators were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Lipid biomarkers in brain tissues were screened and identified by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS), and metabolic pathway analysis was conducted. The key targets of ASH for PD treatment were explored using network pharmacology. The Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) database was used for pathway enrichment analysis, and the "compound-reaction-enzyme-gene" network was constructed using the MetScape plugin. The protein expression levels of glutathione S-transferase P1 (GSTP1), glutathione S-transferase Mu 2 (GSTM2), prostaglandin peroxide synthase 1 (PTGS1), prostaglandin peroxide synthase 2 (PTGS2), and prostaglandin E synthase (PTGES) were validated by Western blot. ResultsCompared with the blank group, the model group showed significantly prolonged pole climbing time and reduced autonomous activity count (P<0.01). Compared with the model group, the ASH group demonstrated significantly faster pole climbing and increased autonomous activity count (P<0.01). The model group exhibited significantly decreased superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) levels, and increased malondialdehyde (MDA) level in brain tissues compared with the blank group (P<0.01). The ASH group showed increased SOD and GSH-Px levels and decreased MDA level compared with the model group (P<0.05, P<0.01). Lipidomics analysis identified 10 differential metabolites and 8 differential metabolic pathways. Network pharmacological analysis revealed 213 intersection targets between ASH components and PD, with KEGG enrichment involving the sphingolipid signaling pathway, lipid arteriosclerosis, phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B(PI3K/Akt) signaling pathway, mitogen-activated protein kinase(MAPK) signaling pathway, and hypoxia inducible factor-1(HIF-1) signaling pathway. Integrated lipidomics and network pharmacology analysis highlighted the central role of the arachidonic acid metabolic pathway. The Western blot results showed that ASH effectively up-regulated GSTP1, GSTM2, and PTGS1 protein expression, and down-regulated PTGS2 and PTGES protein expression. ConclusionASH can ameliorate behavioral deficits, exert antioxidant effects, regulate lipid differential metabolites and the arachidonic acid metabolic pathway, thereby exerting therapeutic effects in PD model mice.
2.HMMR promotes the progression of 4NQO-induced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by mediating FAM83D
TIAN Jianbing ; QIN Zhiruo ; LI Jinjin ; LIU Kailiao ; YANG Xingxiao
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 2025;32(10):1019-1026
[摘 要] 目的:探讨透明质酸介导运动受体(HMMR)在食管鳞状细胞癌(ESCC)细胞恶性进展中的作用及其潜在的分子机制。方法:收集2018年1月至2020年12月期间在河北医科大学第四医院手术切除的8例ESCC组织及癌旁组织标本,以及ESCC细胞KYSE-30和KYSE-150。利用WB法和免疫组化(IHC)法检测HMMR在ESCC组织中的表达情况。采用RNA干扰技术,在KYSE-30和KYSE-150细胞中敲低HMMR表达,qPCR法和WB法检测敲低效果,通过CCK-8实验和Transwell实验分别检测敲低HMMR对ESCC细胞增殖和侵袭能力的影响。4-硝基喹啉1-氧化物(4NQO)诱导小鼠致癌建立ESCC模型,H-E染色观察食管的形态变化,IHC法分析HMMR、序列相似性家族83成员D(FAM83D)、上皮钙黏素(E-cadherin)和神经钙黏素(N-cadherin)在小鼠不同癌变程度组织中的表达情况。结果:人ESCC组织中HMMR表达水平显著高于癌旁组织(均P < 0.05)。敲低HMMR后,KYSE-30和KYSE-150细胞的增殖和侵袭能力均显著降低(P < 0.05或P < 0.01),同时降低了FAM83D的表达水平(均P < 0.01)。裸鼠成瘤实验中,4NQO组小鼠体质量均低于对照组(均P < 0.05);IHC法染色结果显示,肿瘤组织中HMMR呈高表达(P < 0.05),其中在高级别上皮内瘤变(HGIN)组织中的表达显著高于低级别上皮内瘤变(LGIN)组织(P < 0.001)。HMMR与FAM83D、N-cadherin表达呈显著正相关(r = 0.724、0.870,均P < 0.001),与E-cadherin表达呈显著负相关(r = -0.714,P < 0.001)。结论:HMMR在ESCC组织中呈高表达,其可能通过上调FAM83D表达水平促进ESCC的进展。
3.Locally producing antibacterial peptide to deplete intratumoral pathogen for preventing metastatic breast cancer.
Shizhen GENG ; Tingting XIANG ; Yaru SHI ; Mengnian CAO ; Danyu WANG ; Jing WANG ; Xinling LI ; Haiwei SONG ; Zhenzhong ZHANG ; Jinjin SHI ; Junjie LIU ; Airong LI ; Ke SUN
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2025;15(2):1084-1097
Metastatic dissemination is the major cause of death from breast-cancer (BC). Fusobacterium nucleatum (F.n) is widely enriched in BC and has recently been identified as one of the high-risk factors for promoting BC metastasis. Here, with an experimental model, we demonstrated that intratumoral F.n induced BC aggressiveness by transcriptionally activating Epithelial-mesenchymal transition-associated genes. Therefore, the F.n may be a potential target to prevent metastasis. Given the fact that cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are abundant in BC and located near blood vessels, we report an optogenetic system that drives CAF to in situ produce human antibacterial peptide LL37, with the characteristics of biosafety and freely intercellular trafficking, for depleting intratumoral F.n, leading to a 72.1% reduction in lung metastatic nodules number without affecting the balance of the systemic flora. Notably, mild photothermal treatment was found that could normalize CAF, contributing to synergistically inhibiting BC metastasis. In addition, the system can also simultaneously encode a gene of TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand to suppress the primary tumor. Together, our study highlights the potential of local elimination of tumor pathogenic bacteria to prevent BC metastasis.
4.Circadian disruption by simulated shift work aggravates periodontitis via orchestrating BMAL1 and GSDMD-mediated pyroptosis.
Yazheng WANG ; Rui LI ; Qingyuan YE ; Dongdong FEI ; Xige ZHANG ; Junling HUANG ; Tingjie LIU ; Jinjin WANG ; Qintao WANG
International Journal of Oral Science 2025;17(1):14-14
Approximately 20% to 30% of the global workforce is engaged in shift work. As a significant cause of circadian disruption, shift work is closely associated with an increased risk for periodontitis. Nevertheless, how shift work-related circadian disruption functions in periodontitis remains unknown. Herein, we employed a simulated shift work model constructed by controlling the environmental light-dark cycles and revealed that shift work-related circadian disruption exacerbated the progression of experimental periodontitis. RNA sequencing and in vitro experiments indicated that downregulation of the core circadian protein brain and muscle ARNT-like protein 1 (BMAL1) and activation of the Gasdermin D (GSDMD)-mediated pyroptosis were involved in the pathogenesis of that. Mechanically, BMAL1 regulated GSDMD-mediated pyroptosis by suppressing NOD-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome signaling through modulating nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group D member 1 (NR1D1), and inhibiting Gsdmd transcription via directly binding to the E-box elements in its promoter. GSDMD-mediated pyroptosis accelerated periodontitis progression, whereas downregulated BMAL1 under circadian disruption further aggravated periodontal destruction by increasing GSDMD activity. And restoring the level of BMAL1 by circadian recovery and SR8278 injection alleviated simulated shift work-exacerbated periodontitis via lessening GSDMD-mediated pyroptosis. These findings provide new evidence and potential interventional targets for circadian disruption-accelerated periodontitis.
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Periodontitis/etiology*
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Mice, Inbred C57BL
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Gasdermins
5.Establishment of a model for distinguishing glandular prodromal lesions mixed with ground-glass nodules from micro-invasive adenocarcinoma on CT based on artificial intelligence
Yonghua CHEN ; Jian CHEN ; Liaoyi LIN ; Cong CHEN ; Jinjin LIU ; Houzhang SUN ; Yunjun YANG ; Gangze FU
Chongqing Medicine 2025;54(8):1848-1853
Objective To establish an effective model for distinguishing glandular prodromal lesions(PGL)mixed with ground-glass nodules(mGGN)from minimally invasive adenocarcinoma(MIA)on CT based on artificial intelligence.Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical and CT image data of 180 patients with lung adenocarcinoma confirmed by surgical pathology and with CT manifestations of mGGN in the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University from January 2017 to June 2023,inclu-ding 66 patients with PGL and 114 patients with MIA.Patients were divided into the training set(n=144)and the test set(n=36)in an 8∶2 ratio using a completely random method.The quantitative parameters and radiomics features of the lesions in CT images were automatically extracted using artificial intelligence soft-ware(United Imaging Research Platform uRP).By incorporating the most obvious correlation features of omics through dimensionality reduction,five machine learning classifiers were established,including logistic regression(LR),support vector machine(SVM),Random forest(RF),Gaussian process(GP),and Decision Tree(DT).The classifier with the training set highest area under the curve(AUC)was selected as the best radiomics model,and output the result as radiomics score(Rad-score).The clinical information,CT morpho-logical characteristics and quantitative data of the two groups were included in the multivariate logistic regres-sion analysis to screen the independent influencing factors for effectively differentiating PGL and MIA,and a clinical model was established.Finally,a comprehensive prediction model was constructed based on Rad-score and clinical risk factors.The diagnostic performance of the three models was evaluated by using the AUC,sen-sitivity,specificity and accuracy of receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve.Results Eleven radiomics features for distinguishing PGL from MIA were obtained through LASSO dimensionality reduction.Among the five machine learning classifiers,GP has the best diagnostic performance,with AUC of 0.865 in the train-ing set and 0.762 in the test set,respectively.Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used for clinical feature screening.The clinical model was constructed by using the average CT value,average long and short diameter,and solid partial long diameter of mGGN,and the AUCs of the training set and the test set were 0.870 and 0.794,respectively.The comprehensive prediction model demonstrated superior diag-nostic performance,with AUC,sensitivity,specificity,and accuracy in the training set being 0.948,81.1%,91.2%and 87.5%respectively,while 0.883,76.9%,91.3%and 86.1%respectively in the test set.Conclu-sion The comprehensive prediction model established based on the quantitative and omics feature analysis of pulmonary nodules by artificial intelligence can well distinguish mGGN mixed with PGL from MIA on CT,and can be used to guide clinical treatment decisions.
6.Application of multi-targeted CAR-T cell therapy in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Jinjin CAO ; Juan DU ; Shanna QU ; Mingyu ZHU ; Yang WANG ; Han HU ; Binlei LIU
Basic & Clinical Medicine 2025;45(5):675-680
Chimeric antigen receptor-modified T(CAR-T)cell therapy,as a new type of cellular immunotherapy,has shown good clinical efficacy in the treatment of malignant hematological tumors,especially B-cell acute lympho-blastic leukemia.However,there are problems such as antigen loss and immune evasion in single-target selection,so multi-target therapy strategies are gradually gaining attention.Multi-target CAR-T can effectively avoid antigen escape caused by a single target by targeting multiple tumor-associated antigens at the same time,reduce the risk of recurrence,and is expected to improve the therapeutic effect.This paper primarily discusses the structural types of multi-target CAR-T cell therapy and its clinical trial applications in the treatment of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leu-kemia(B-ALL),aiming to provide future references for the treatment of B-ALL.
7.Reflection and Exploration on Medical Equipment Sharing Operation Mechanisms in Large Public Hospitals
Wei QIAO ; Yingbo CHEN ; Dongqing ZHANG ; Di WU ; Xinyue LIU ; Zhuzi YUEGUANG ; Tian ZHANG ; Shuai JIANG ; Jinjin ZHAO
Chinese Health Economics 2024;43(7):69-71,92
The increasing operating pressure of large public hospitals has forced hospitals to focus on opening up income sources and reducing expenditure.The purchase and maintenance of medical equipment is one of the important economic activities of hospi-tals.However,there are problems in large public hospitals,such as the argumentation for equipment acquisition ignoring evaluation of operational efficiency,the costing model that leads to a lack of willingness of departments to purchase equipment,and the lack of standard processes and systems for renting medical equipment among departments.Based on this,it explores the establishment of a medical equipment sharing operation mechanism in large public hospitals,promotes the improvement of the efficiency of medical equipment use in large public hospitals by establishing a medical equipment sharing center,standardizing the purchase of shared equipment,entering shared equipment information,setting up shared equipment leasing specifications,and clarifying the equipment return process and maintenance,so as to effectively control hospital operating costs,and help the high-quality development of public hospitals.
8.Reflection and Exploration on Medical Equipment Sharing Operation Mechanisms in Large Public Hospitals
Wei QIAO ; Yingbo CHEN ; Dongqing ZHANG ; Di WU ; Xinyue LIU ; Zhuzi YUEGUANG ; Tian ZHANG ; Shuai JIANG ; Jinjin ZHAO
Chinese Health Economics 2024;43(7):69-71,92
The increasing operating pressure of large public hospitals has forced hospitals to focus on opening up income sources and reducing expenditure.The purchase and maintenance of medical equipment is one of the important economic activities of hospi-tals.However,there are problems in large public hospitals,such as the argumentation for equipment acquisition ignoring evaluation of operational efficiency,the costing model that leads to a lack of willingness of departments to purchase equipment,and the lack of standard processes and systems for renting medical equipment among departments.Based on this,it explores the establishment of a medical equipment sharing operation mechanism in large public hospitals,promotes the improvement of the efficiency of medical equipment use in large public hospitals by establishing a medical equipment sharing center,standardizing the purchase of shared equipment,entering shared equipment information,setting up shared equipment leasing specifications,and clarifying the equipment return process and maintenance,so as to effectively control hospital operating costs,and help the high-quality development of public hospitals.
9.Reflection and Exploration on Medical Equipment Sharing Operation Mechanisms in Large Public Hospitals
Wei QIAO ; Yingbo CHEN ; Dongqing ZHANG ; Di WU ; Xinyue LIU ; Zhuzi YUEGUANG ; Tian ZHANG ; Shuai JIANG ; Jinjin ZHAO
Chinese Health Economics 2024;43(7):69-71,92
The increasing operating pressure of large public hospitals has forced hospitals to focus on opening up income sources and reducing expenditure.The purchase and maintenance of medical equipment is one of the important economic activities of hospi-tals.However,there are problems in large public hospitals,such as the argumentation for equipment acquisition ignoring evaluation of operational efficiency,the costing model that leads to a lack of willingness of departments to purchase equipment,and the lack of standard processes and systems for renting medical equipment among departments.Based on this,it explores the establishment of a medical equipment sharing operation mechanism in large public hospitals,promotes the improvement of the efficiency of medical equipment use in large public hospitals by establishing a medical equipment sharing center,standardizing the purchase of shared equipment,entering shared equipment information,setting up shared equipment leasing specifications,and clarifying the equipment return process and maintenance,so as to effectively control hospital operating costs,and help the high-quality development of public hospitals.
10.Reflection and Exploration on Medical Equipment Sharing Operation Mechanisms in Large Public Hospitals
Wei QIAO ; Yingbo CHEN ; Dongqing ZHANG ; Di WU ; Xinyue LIU ; Zhuzi YUEGUANG ; Tian ZHANG ; Shuai JIANG ; Jinjin ZHAO
Chinese Health Economics 2024;43(7):69-71,92
The increasing operating pressure of large public hospitals has forced hospitals to focus on opening up income sources and reducing expenditure.The purchase and maintenance of medical equipment is one of the important economic activities of hospi-tals.However,there are problems in large public hospitals,such as the argumentation for equipment acquisition ignoring evaluation of operational efficiency,the costing model that leads to a lack of willingness of departments to purchase equipment,and the lack of standard processes and systems for renting medical equipment among departments.Based on this,it explores the establishment of a medical equipment sharing operation mechanism in large public hospitals,promotes the improvement of the efficiency of medical equipment use in large public hospitals by establishing a medical equipment sharing center,standardizing the purchase of shared equipment,entering shared equipment information,setting up shared equipment leasing specifications,and clarifying the equipment return process and maintenance,so as to effectively control hospital operating costs,and help the high-quality development of public hospitals.

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