1.Mechanism of Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Alleviating Tripterygium wilfordii Polyglycoside Tablets-induced Liver Injury
Minghong ZHAO ; Tianming LU ; Li LIU ; Qixin WANG ; Tong YANG ; Na LIN ; Chong QIU ; Tianyu ZHONG ; Qiuyan GUO ; Jigang WANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2023;29(5):24-31
ObjectiveTo investigate the protective effect of cytochrome P4502D6 (CYP2D6) and cytochrome P4503A4 (CYP3A4), key enzymes of drug metabolism in liver, on acute liver injury in water extract of Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (WEOGRR). MethodHealthy male Kunming mice were divided into normal group, model group, WEOGRR low-, medium- and high-dose groups (5, 10, 15 g·kg-1·d-1) and positive drug group (diammonium glycyrrhizinate, 75 mg·kg-1·d-1), with 10 in each group. One week after preventive administration, acute liver injury model was induced by single intragastric administration of 270 mg·kg-1 Tripterygium Glycosides tablets, and samples were collected after 18 h. The pathological changes of liver were observed by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining. Serum liver function indexes including alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), γ-glutamyl transpeptadase (γ-GT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and total bilirubin (TBIL) as well as the levels of oxidative stress indexes including malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in hepatocytes were determined by biochemical method. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (Real-time PCR) and Western blot were performed to detect the mRNA and protein expression levels of CYP2D6 and CYP3A4, respectively. ResultCompared with normal group, model group had significant hepatocyte swelling and inflammatory cell infiltration (P<0.01), increased AST, ALT, γ-GT, ALP and TBIL (P<0.05), elevated MDA and decreased SOD (P<0.01) as well as down-regulated mRNA and protein expression levels of CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 (P<0.05). Compared with the model group, the normal group had intact liver structure without obvious abnormality, and the WEOGRR groups and positive drug group presented alleviated hepatocyte swelling and inflammatory cell infiltration (P<0.01), reduced AST, ALT, γ-GT, ALP and TBIL (P<0.01), lowered MDA and increased SOD (P<0.01) as well as up-regulated expression levels of CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 (P<0.01). ConclusionThe protective effect of WEOGRR on acute liver injury induced by Tripterygium glycosides tablets may be related to reducing the contents of AST, ALT, γ-GT, ALP and TBIL in serum, inhibiting MDA and increasing the activity of SOD in liver cells, and enhancing the activities of CYP2D6 and CYP3A4, thus accelerating the metabolism of toxic substances.
2.Genotyping identification and sequence analysis of ABO ambiguous blood group in 20 cases
Qiuyan LIN ; Jinping ZHANG ; Zhenyu HUANG ; Qinghua HUANG ; Liping FAN ; Danhui FU ; Haobo HUANG
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2023;36(1):8-10
【Objective】 To study the genotypes of ABO ambiguous blood group samples(n=20) and identify their molecular biological characteristics. 【Methods】 The serological phenotype of the samples was analyzed by serological techniques. Seven exons of ABO gene were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the PCR products were directly sequenced; the genotypes and sequences of ABO subtypes were analyzed. 【Results】 The serological phenotypes of 20 samples presenting ABO ambiguous blood group were as follows: weak A antigen (n=5), weak A antigen combined with anti-A1 antibody (n=5), normal A antigen combined with anti-A1 antibody (n=2), weak B antigen (n=8). The genotypes of them were as follows: Ax02/O01 (n=3), Ael07/O01 (n=2), B313/O01 (n=2), A204/O02 (n=1), A220/O01 (n=1), Ael07/O02 (n=1), Ael02/O01 (n=1), Ael02/O02 (n=1), Ax03/O01 (n=1), Ax03/O02 (n=1), B313/O02 (n=1), B302/O01 (n=1), B302/O02 (n=1), Bw19/O02 (n=1), A102/B313 (n=1) and A101/Bw37 (n=1). 【Conclusion】 ABO genotyping technology can accurately identify the ambiguous blood group of samples, provide definite genetic information of blood group and ensure the safety of clinical transfusion.
3.Effects of low-carbohydrate diet versus low-fat diet on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Weiqi CAI ; Juan XIAO ; Qiuyan LIN ; Dan LI ; Ronghua LIU
Chinese Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2023;31(1):39-47
Objective:To compare the effects of low-carbohydrate diet (LCD) and low-fat diet (LFD) in the lifestyle intervention of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) through a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Methods:PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane, CNKI and Wanfang were searched for relevant studies and study references and conference proceedings were manually searched. Two authors independently screened the items retrieved, extracted the data and assessed the quality of included studies. Meta-analysis was performed using R4.4.1 and RevMan5.4.1. Data were pooled using random-effects models and potential sources of heterogeneity were investigated using stratified meta-analysis. Funnel plots and Peters' test were used to assess publication bias.Results:Nine studies with a total of 510 participants met our inclusion criteria. Meta-analysis results showed that LCD and LFD interventions had similar effects on the reduction of intrahepatic lipid content in NAFLD patients ( SMD: -0.31,95% CI: 0.97 to 0.35, P = 0.36). There were no significant differences in changes of alanine aminotransferase ( SMD: -0.25, 95%CI: 0.91 to 0.41, P = 0.45) and aspartate aminotransferase ( SMD: -0.45, 95%CI: 1.63 to 0.72, P = 0.45) levels, either. Subgroup analyses implied that the duration of different interventions might be the cause of heterogeneity across studies. No significant publication bias was showed in the meta-analysis. Conclusion:Current evidence from randomized controlled studies does not support the superiority of LCD over LFD in the treatment of NAFLD.
4.Research hotspots and frontiers of hospital scientific research management based on CiteSpace: a visualization analysis
Yijia CAI ; Minqiang LIN ; Qiuwan WU ; Wenting LUO ; Qiuyan LIU
Chinese Journal of Medical Science Research Management 2023;36(2):104-109
Objective:To analyze the research hotspots and frontiers of hospital research management research from 1981 to 2022.Methods:The relevant literature in the field of hospital scientific research management was retrieved from the CNKI database to explore the trends of publications in this research field. A scientific knowledge graph was drawn and a visualization analysis of the information of authors, issuing units, and research institutions were conducted by Cite Space.5.8.R3.Research hotspots were discussed based on keyword emergence, cluster analysis, and keyword time zone graph.Results:The publication trend in this field was generally policy-oriented, but the cooperation among authors and institutions was relatively loose, and the research hotspots were gradually shifting from scientific research funding management to discipline construction, talent training, translational medicine, and informatization. Cluster analysis found that the main content of hospital scientific research management was scientific research funding and clinical scientific research management and the main management objects were the medical and nursing staff.Conclusions:Hospital scientific research managers must adhere to the policy-oriented approach, strengthen the cooperation and exchanges in scientific research management, innovate the scientific research management mode around the research hotspots and development trends, and promote the quality and efficiency of scientific research management.
5.Single-cell transcriptome analysis uncovers underlying mechanisms of acute liver injury induced by tripterygium glycosides tablet in mice
Qiuyan GUO ; Jiangpeng WU ; Qixin WANG ; Yuwen HUANG ; Lin CHEN ; Jie GONG ; Maobo DU ; Guangqing CHENG ; Tianming LU ; Minghong ZHAO ; Yuan ZHAO ; Chong QIU ; Fei XIA ; Junzhe ZHANG ; Jiayun CHEN ; Feng QIU ; Jigang WANG
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis 2023;13(8):908-925
Tripterygium glycosides tablet(TGT),the classical commercial drug of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook.F.has been effectively used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis,nephrotic syndrome,leprosy,Behcet's syndrome,leprosy reaction and autoimmune hepatitis.However,due to its narrow and limited treatment window,TGT-induced organ toxicity(among which liver injury accounts for about 40%of clinical reports)has gained increasing attention.The present study aimed to clarify the cellular and molecular events underlying TGT-induced acute liver injury using single-cell RNA sequencing(scRNA-seq)technology.The TGT-induced acute liver injury mouse model was constructed through short-term TGT exposure and further verified by hematoxylin-eosin staining and liver function-related serum indicators,including alanine aminotransferase,aspartate aminotransferase,alkaline phosphatase and total bilirubin.Using the mouse model,we identified 15 specific subtypes of cells in the liver tissue,including endothelial cells,hepatocytes,cholangiocytes,and hepatic stellate cells.Further analysis indicated that TGT caused a significant inflammatory response in liver endothelial cells at different spatial locations;led to marked inflammatory response,apoptosis and fatty acid metabolism dysfunction in hepatocytes;activated he-patic stellate cells;brought about the activation,inflammation,and phagocytosis of liver capsular macrophages cells;resulted in immune dysfunction of liver lymphocytes;disturbed the intercellular crosstalk in liver microenvironment by regulating various signaling pathways.Thus,these findings elaborate the mechanism underlying TGT-induced acute liver injury,provide new insights into the safe and rational applications in the clinic,and complement the identification of new biomarkers and ther-apeutic targets for liver protection.
6.Effect of sacubitril valsartan sodium tablets on serum tenascin-C level and myocardial remodeling in patients of chronic left heart failure complicated with renal failure
Yanping ZHANG ; Jiawei WANG ; Lin SHI ; Chunmei WANG ; Qiuyan YANG
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2022;45(6):545-548
Objective:To study the effect of sacubitril valsartan sodium tablets on serum tenascin-C (TN-C) level and myocardial remodeling in patients of chronic left heart failure (CHF) complicated with renal failure.Methods:A total of 84 patients with chronic left heart failure complicated with renal failure admitted to Qinhuangdao Jungong Hospital from October 2020 to October 2021 were included and divided into the observation group (treated with sacubitril valsartan sodium tablets) and the control group (treated with valsartan), with 42 cases in each group according to the random number table method. The clinical efficacy of the two groups was compared after 3 months of treatment. The TN-C level and cardiac function index left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), troponin T (cTnT) and other index before the treatment and after 3 months of treatment were compared between the two groups.Results:After 3 months of treatment, the total effective rate between the two groups had no significant difference ( P>0.05). After 3 months of treatment, the TN-C level in the observation group was lower than that in the control group: (32.42 ± 4.22) μg/L vs. (37.32 ± 4.86) μg/L; and the LVEF in the observation group was higher than that in the control group: (41.21 ± 5.39)% vs. (37.76 ± 5.45)%, the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05). The LVEDD and cTnT in the two groups had no significant differences ( P>0.05). After 3 months of treatment, neuroendocrine factors norepinephrine, aldosterone, angiotensin Ⅱlevels in the in the observation group were lower than those in the control group: (1 668.60 ± 251.19) pmol/L vs. (2 005.86 ± 280.91) pmol/L, (246.97 ± 13.99) ng/L vs. (275.41 ± 19.38) ng/L, (99.68 ± 8.57) ng/L vs. (112.20 ± 9.52) ng/L, the differences were statistically significant ( P<0.05). Conclusions:Sacubitril valsartan sodium tablets have a good effect in the treatment of CHF complicated with renal failure, which can improve the cardiac function and inhibit the over-activation of neuroendocrine hormones.
7.Construction of a stable target interfering long non-coding RNA LINC01224 colorectal cancer cell line and its effect on apoptosis
Guodan Li ; Qin Yang ; Qiuyan Li ; Xiaoyi Chen ; Weiyu Fu ; Liubo Lan ; Xiaocong Lin
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2022;57(6):908-914
Objective:
To establish colorectal cancer LoVo and SW620 cell lines that stably interfere with the expression of LINC01224, and to explore the effect of down-regulating the expression of LINC01224 on cell apoptosis.
Methods:
The GEPIA2 database was used to analyze the expression of LINC01224 in colorectal cancer tissues; qPCR method was used to detect the expression of LINC01224 in 10 human colorectal cancer cells. Three different LINC01224 siRNAs were respectively transfected into human colorectal cancer LoVo cells, and the LINC01224 shRNA lentiviral vector was constructed with the siRNA sequence with the most obvious inhibitory effect of LINC01224 expression. Recombinant lentiviral particles were packaged in HEK293 T cells and then infected with LoVo and SW620 cells. After selection by puromycin, the monoclonal cells that stably interfere with LINC01224 were obtained by limiting dilution method. MTS method detects cell proliferation ability, and flow cytometry detects cell apoptosis rate.
Results:
The expression of LINC01224 in colorectal cancer tissues was higher than that in normal colorectal tissues, and its expression in 10 types of colorectal cancer cells was also higher than that in normal colorectal epithelial cells HCOEPic. The inhibition rate of siRNA-3 on the expression of LINC01224 in LoVo cells was higher than that of siRNA-1 and siRNA-2. Therefore, siRNA-3 was chosen to design LINC01224 shRNA.Compared with the control group(sh-NC group), the expression level of LINC01224 in the LoVo and SW620 cells of the stable interference LINC01224 group(sh-LINC01224 group) was reduced(P<0.01), and the cell growth rate was slowed down(P<0.01), the rate of apoptosis also increased(P<0.01).
Conclusion
The shRNA lentiviral interference vector of LINC01224 is successfully constructed, which can stably infect LoVo and SW620 cells, down-regulate the expression of LINC01224 and induce cell apoptosis.
8.The dignostic value of serum vitamin B12 in predicting rebleeding in patients with liver cirrhosis of esophagogastric varices
Siyu JIANG ; Qiuyan LIN ; Yingjie AI ; Ling WU ; Xiaoquan HUANG ; Shiyao CHEN
Journal of Chinese Physician 2021;23(3):343-346
Objective:The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of vitamin B12 as the non-invasive biomarker to predict long-term rebleeding rate in cirrhotic patients with esophagogastric varices.Methods:From Dec 1, 2016 to Dec 31, 2017, cirrhotic patients with esophagogastric varices who had been admitted to Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University were enrolled. All these patients received endoscopic treatment to prevent variceal rebleeding. The serum vitamin B12 and folic acid levels were measured in all of them. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, Kaplan-Meier analysis, univariate and multivariate cox regression analysis were conducted to explore the value of vitamin B12 in predicting 3-year variceal rebleeding in cirrhotic patients with esophagogastric varices after endoscopic treatment.Results:115 patients were included. The ROC curve analysis indicated that the optimal cutoff value of vitamin B12 for 3-year variceal rebleeding was 567.25 pg/ml. According to the cut-off value, the patients were divided into high-level vitamin B12 group ( n=49) and low-level vitamin B12 group ( n=66). Compared with the low vitamin B12 group, the high vitamin B12 group had lower albumin level, less male (63.3% vs 80.3%), and higher 3-year rebleeding rate ( P<0.05). Cox analysis showed that vitamin B12 and platelet were independent prognostic factors for 3-year rebleeding in patients with variceal bleeding. Conclusions:Elevated peripheral blood vitamin B12 predicts a higher risk of long-term rebleeding in patients with liver cirrhosis and esophagogastric varices.
9.A qualitative research on demand for contracted family doctor services in middle-aged and elderly patients with chronic diseases in Dongguan
Qiuyan XING ; Fengyun LI ; Hong ZHANG ; Lin LIN
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2020;26(26):3614-3619
Objective:To explore demand for contracted family doctor services in middle-aged and elderly patients with chronic diseases in Dongguan so as to provide a basis for further improving the contracted family doctor service items of chronic disease.Methods:From August to December 2018, a total of 20 middle-aged and elderly patients with chronic diseases who signed up for family doctor service in Dongguan city were selected for semi-structured interviews using the objective sampling method, and the data were analyzed with the Colaizzi analysis method.Results:By analyzing and categorizing the interview data, six themes were extracted, namely, policy and service cognitive needs, disease knowledge and skills needs, drug treatment needs, rehabilitation care needs, psychosocial support and network service needs.Conclusions:Middle-aged and elderly patients with chronic diseases have a high demand for family doctor team services. Medical staff should strengthen multidisciplinary collaboration, strengthen chronic disease health education, pay attention to mental health of patients and use the network management platform of family doctors for elderly patients with chronic diseases to maximize the needs of patients for medical care services.
10.Influence of two training methods on hand hygiene compliance of health care workers
Wei LIN ; Qiuyan ZHANG ; Hui JI ; Xiaoqin JIN ; Xueqin CHEN ; Biliang HAN ; Shaoyou YANG
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine in Intensive and Critical Care 2019;26(1):97-100
Objective To evaluate the effects of the two methods of propaganda and education, conventional training method and that combined with hand contamination survey method, on the medical and nursing staffs' hand hygiene compliance. Methods From October 2017 to April 2018, all medical and nursing staffs in 6 Departments:General Surgery Ⅰ, General Surgery Ⅱ, Orthopedics Ⅰ, Orthopedics Ⅱ, Internal Medicine Ⅰ and Internal Medicine Ⅲin Cangnan Second People's Hospital receiving health education were divided into two groups; both groups received routine training, while in the observation group, on the basis of routine training, the hand hygiene pollution investigation training mode was added, In the combined training method, when the wrong hand hygiene mode occurred, the hand specimens were collected and the correct hand washing method was instructed on the spot, and then the following hand specimens were taken to investigate the contaminated condition. One month before the training, the real situations of hand hygiene compliance in the two groups were investigated. In the 1st month after the beginning of training, both groups were cultivated by conventional propaganda and training methods. From the second month to the sixth month, the observation group was additionally trained to investigate hand hygiene pollution situation on the basis of conventional propaganda and training methods. After 6 months, the compliance rates of hand hygiene in the two groups were observed. Results Before training, there was no significant differences in the compliance rate of hand hygiene in the observation group and the routine trainning group [37.14% (52/140) vs. 36.36% (48/132), P > 0.05]. The compliance rates of hand hygiene after 1, 2, 3 months of training in the observation group were 56.61% (77/136), 60.61% (80/132) and 61.20% (82/134), respectively, and those in the routine trainning group were 56.25% (72/128), 59.26% (80/135) and 58.70% (81/138), which were all significantly higher than those before the training (all P < 0.05), but there were no statistical significant differences between the two groups (all P > 0.05). From the 4th month to the 6th month after training, the compliance rates of hand hygiene in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the observation group [61.97% (88/142) vs. 49.23% (64/130), 62.50% (80/128) vs. 47.73% (63/132), 62.31% (81/130) vs. 46.03% (58/126)], the differences between the two groups being statistically significant (all P < 0.05). Conclusion The routine training combined with hand contamination investigation survey training for consecutive 3 months can nicely promote the improvement of hand hygiene compliance of medical and nursing staffs.


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