1.Advances in the application of physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model in EGFR-TKI precision therapy
Yingying YANG ; Jiaqi SHAO ; Qiulin XIANG ; Guoxing LI ; Xian YU
China Pharmacy 2025;36(8):1013-1018
Epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) represent a class of small-molecule targeted therapeutics for oncology treatment, and serve as first-line therapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with EGFR- sensitive mutations, with representative agents including gefitinib, dacomitinib, and osimertinib. In clinical practice, dose adjustment of EGFR-TKI may be required for cancer patients under special circumstances such as drug combinations or hepatic/ renal impairment. Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model, capable of predicting pharmacokinetic (PK) processes in humans, has emerged as a vital tool for clinical dose optimization. This article sorts the modeling methodologies, workflows, and commonly used software tools for PBPK model, and summarizes the current applications of PBPK model in EGFR-TKI precision therapy as of June 30, 2024. Findings demonstrate that PBPK modeling methods commonly employ the “bottom-up” approach and the middle-out approach. The process typically involves four steps: parameter collection, compartment selection, model validation, and model application. Commonly used software for modeling includes Simcyp, GastroPlus, and open-source software such as PK- Sim. PBPK model can be utilized for predicting drug-drug interactions of EGFR-TKI co-administered with metabolic enzyme inducers or inhibitors, acid-suppressive drugs, or traditional Chinese and Western medicines. It can also adjust dosages in conjunction with genomics, predict PK processes in special populations (such as patients with liver or kidney dysfunction, pediatric patients), evaluate the efficacy and safety of drugs, and extrapolate PK predictions from animal models to humans.
2.Influencing factors of bone nonunion after intramedullary needle operation for tibial fracture
Shao-Wei CHEN ; Wen-Bo LI ; Jie SHI ; Wei-Duo YANG ; Yu-Xiang ZHANG ; Fu-Hui WANG ; Qiu-Ming GAO
Journal of Regional Anatomy and Operative Surgery 2024;33(10):927-930
Intramedullary needle(IMN)has the advantages of high healing rate and low incidence of complications in treatment of tibial fracture,and has become one of the most commonly used fixation methods for the treatment of tibial fracture.However,due to the patient's own factors,fracture location and fracture type,infection and surgical treatment,bone nonunion after IMN still occurs in clinic.Bone nonunion leads to the increase of medical cost and prolonged the hospitalization time of patients,which causes great pain to patients,and also brings great challenges to the treatment of orthopedic surgeons.Therefore,this paper reviews the influencing factors of bone nonunion after IMN for tibial fracture,in order to provide reference for clinical treatment.
3.Research progress in micro/nanobubbles for ultrasound diagnosis or treatment
Qing-qing AN ; Chen-xi LI ; Shao-kun YANG ; Xiao-ming HE ; Yue-heng WANG ; Chao-xing HE ; Bai XIANG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2024;59(3):581-590
In the past few decades, microbubbles were widely used as ultrasound contrast agents in the field of tumor imaging. With the development of research, ultrasound targeted microbubble destruction technology combined with drug-loaded microbubbles can achieve precise drug release and play a therapeutic role. As a micron-scale carrier, microbubbles are difficult to penetrate the endothelial cell space of tumors, and nano-scale drug delivery system—nanobubbles came into being. The structure of the two is similar, but the difference in size highlights the unique advantages of nanobubbles in drug delivery. Based on the classification principle of shell materials, this review summarized micro/nanobubbles used for ultrasound diagnosis or treatment and discussed the possible development directions, providing references for the subsequent development.
4.The experience on the construction of the cluster prevention and control system for COVID-19 infection in designated hospitals during the period of "Category B infectious disease treated as Category A"
Wanjie YANG ; Xianduo LIU ; Ximo WANG ; Weiguo XU ; Lei ZHANG ; Qiang FU ; Jiming YANG ; Jing QIAN ; Fuyu ZHANG ; Li TIAN ; Wenlong ZHANG ; Yu ZHANG ; Zheng CHEN ; Shifeng SHAO ; Xiang WANG ; Li GENG ; Yi REN ; Ying WANG ; Lixia SHI ; Zhen WAN ; Yi XIE ; Yuanyuan LIU ; Weili YU ; Jing HAN ; Li LIU ; Huan ZHU ; Zijiang YU ; Hongyang LIU ; Shimei WANG
Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2024;36(2):195-201
The COVID-19 epidemic has spread to the whole world for three years and has had a serious impact on human life, health and economic activities. China's epidemic prevention and control has gone through the following stages: emergency unconventional stage, emergency normalization stage, and the transitional stage from the emergency normalization to the "Category B infectious disease treated as Category B" normalization, and achieved a major and decisive victory. The designated hospitals for prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic in Tianjin has successfully completed its tasks in all stages of epidemic prevention and control, and has accumulated valuable experience. This article summarizes the experience of constructing a hospital infection prevention and control system during the "Category B infectious disease treated as Category A" period in designated hospital. The experience is summarized as the "Cluster" hospital infection prevention and control system, namely "three rings" outside, middle and inside, "three districts" of green, orange and red, "three things" before, during and after the event, "two-day pre-purification" and "two-director system", and "one zone" management. In emergency situations, we adopt a simplified version of the cluster hospital infection prevention and control system. In emergency situations, a simplified version of the "Cluster" hospital infection prevention and control system can be adopted. This system has the following characteristics: firstly, the system emphasizes the characteristics of "cluster" and the overall management of key measures to avoid any shortcomings. The second, it emphasizes the transformation of infection control concepts to maximize the safety of medical services through infection control. The third, it emphasizes the optimization of the process. The prevention and control measures should be comprehensive and focused, while also preventing excessive use. The measures emphasize the use of the least resources to achieve the best infection control effect. The fourth, it emphasizes the quality control work of infection control, pays attention to the importance of the process, and advocates the concept of "system slimming, process fattening". Fifthly, it emphasizes that the future development depends on artificial intelligence, in order to improve the quality and efficiency of prevention and control to the greatest extent. Sixth, hospitals need to strengthen continuous training and retraining. We utilize diverse training methods, including artificial intelligence, to ensure that infection control policies and procedures are simple. We have established an evaluation and feedback mechanism to ensure that medical personnel are in an emergency state at all times.
5.Hypericin inhibits the expression of NLRP3 in microglia of Parkinson's disease mice and alleviates the damage of DA-ergic neurons
Li-Shan FAN ; Jia ZHANG ; Si-Xiang NIU ; Qi XIAO ; Hui-Jie FAN ; Lei XU ; Li-Xia YANG ; Lu JIA ; Shao-Chen QIN ; Bao-Guo XIAO ; Cun-Gen MA ; Zhi CHAI
The Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2024;40(17):2523-2527
Objective To observe the intervention effect of hypericin(HYP)on 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine(MPTP)-induced Parkinson's disease(PD)mice model and its mechanism.Methods Thirty C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into normal,model and experimental groups with 10 mice per group.PD mouse model was established after 7 days of intraperitoneal injection of MPTP,and drug intervention was carried out from the first day of modeling.Normal group and model group were intraperitoneally injected with 500 μL·kg·d-1 0.9%NaCl.The experimental group was intraperitoneally injected with 25 mg·kg·d-1 HYP.The three groups of rats were given the drug once each time for 14 days.The expression levels of tyrosine hydroxylase(TH),Nod-like receptor thermal protein domain protein 3(NLRP3)and ionized calcium binding adapter molecule 1(Iba1)in the striatum of nigra were detected by Western blot.Results The climbing time of normal,model and experimental groups was(5.35±0.43),(9.71±1.19)and(8.07±0.34)s;suspension scores were(2.92±0.15),(1.38±0.28)and(1.96±0.28)points;the relative expression levels of TH protein were 1.04±0.06,0.51±0.09 and 0.75±0.07;the relative expression levels of NLRP3 protein were 0.51±0.03,1.00±0.04 and 0.77±0.06;the relative expression levels of Iba1 protein were 0.68±0.10,1.30±0.28 and 0.89±0.05,respectively.The above indexes in the model group were statistically significant compared with the experimental group and the normal group(all P<0.01).Conclusion HYP plays a therapeutic role in PD by inhibiting the expression of NLRP3 inflammasome in PD mice.
6.Synergistic aspirin derivatives treat hypoxic injury of coronary heart diseases
Wen ZHOU ; Ping JIANG ; Wan-xiang YANG ; Shao-hua GOU
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2024;59(10):2800-2808
This study focuses on the microenvironment acidification caused by metabolic abnormalities and ion balance disturbances during cardiac ischemia, which can significantly trigger drug resistance and thus limit the therapeutic effect of coronary heart disease. To address this issue, we delve into the potential role of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors in enhancing drug efficacy through pH regulation. First, we evaluated the potential of the carbonic anhydrase inhibitor acetazolamide, in combination with aspirin, in alleviating myocardial hypoxic injury in a cellular model. Through high-throughput screening techniques, we systematically analyzed the synergistic effect of this drug combination and determined the optimal ratio. Next, we modified the structure of aspirin using acetazolamide as the structural basis, aiming to create novel derivatives with stronger myocardial protective activity. Using
7.Progress of biomacromolecule drug nanodelivery systems in the treatment of rare diseases
Shu-jie WEI ; Han-xing HE ; Jin-tao HAO ; Qian-qian LV ; Ding-yang LIU ; Shao-kun YANG ; Hui-feng ZHANG ; Chao-xing HE ; Bai XIANG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2024;59(7):1952-1961
Rare diseases still lack effective treatments, and the development of drugs for rare diseases (known as orphan drugs) is an urgent medical problem. As natural active ingredients in living organisms, some biomacromolecule drugs have good biocompatibility, low immunogenicity, and high targeting. They have become one of the most promising fields in drug research and development in the 21st century. However, there are still many obstacles in terms of
8.Synthesis of a Dual-Function Fluorescent Probe for Detection of Ferric Ions and Hydrazine
Ning DUAN ; Le-Yuan DING ; Bing DENG ; Shao-Xiang YANG
Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry 2024;52(6):809-817,中插1-中插10
A new Schiff base fluorescence probe (E)-3-(4-(E)-((4-hydroxyphenyl) imino) methyl) phenyl)-1-(6-methoxynaphthal-2-yl) isopropyl-2-en-1-one (DFFH) was synthesized by using 6-methoxy-2-acetylnaphthalene as raw material. The probe was characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR,13C NMR) and high-resolution mass spectroscopy (HRMS),etc. In the EtOH-H2O (1:4,V/V) system,the 4-hydroxyaniline portion of probe DFFH complexed with Fe3+to form a 1:1 metal complex,resulting in a significant decrease in fluorescence at 386 nm. In the DMSO-H2O (9:1,V/V,pH=5) system,N2H4 reacted with α,β-unsaturated carbonyl group and underwent cyclization addition reaction,and at the same time,the cleavage of the imine bond released aldehyde group from the probe,showing a ratio type fluorescence recognition characteristices. The luminescence intensity of the probe solution decreased slightly upon the additon of Fe3+,and the probe solution changed from colourless to yellowish-brown with the addition of different concentrations of N2H4. Whereas the detection of Fe3+and N2H4 did not interfere with each other. The experimental results showed that probe DFFH had high sensitivity and selectivity toward Fe3+and N2H4,with detection limit of 34.0 nmol/L for Fe3+and 30.0 nmol/L for N2H4,respectively. Moreover,probe DFFH was applied to detection of the contents of Fe3+and N2H4 in actual water samples with satisfactory results,and the spiking recoveries were 96.5%~102.3%and 98.1%~103.0%,respectively.
9.Research progress of intelligent reversible drug delivery system
Ke-xin CONG ; Xiao-dan SONG ; Ya-nan SUN ; Chao-xing HE ; Shao-kun YANG ; De-ying CAO ; Jing BAI ; Jia ZHANG ; Bai XIANG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2023;58(3):483-493
In the research on cancer theranostics, most environment-sensitive drug delivery systems can only achieve unidirectional and irreversible responsive changes under pathological conditions, thereby improving the targeting effect and drug release performance of the delivery system. However, such irreversible changes pose potential safety hazards when the dynamically distributed delivery system returns to the blood circulation or transports to the normal physiological environment. Intelligent reversible drug delivery systems can respond to normal physiological and pathological microenvironments to achieve bidirectional and reversible structural changes. This feature will help to precisely control the drug release of the delivery system, prolong the blood circulation time, improve the targeting efficiency, and avoid the potential safety hazards of the irreversible drug delivery system. In this review, we describe the research progress of intelligent reversible drug delivery system from two main aspects: controlled drug release and prolonged blood circulation time/enhanced cellular internalization of drug.
10.Application of PDX model in the evaluation of nano-delivery systems
Yu-meng XI ; Yu LU ; Xiao-ming HE ; Shao-kun YANG ; Jia ZHANG ; Jian-kai YANG ; Chao-xing HE ; Bai XIANG
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2023;58(2):330-338
Malignant tumor is a major disease affecting human health. The nano-delivery system itself has a unique size effect and it can achieve tumor-targeted distribution of drug molecules, improve the therapeutic effect, and reduce the toxic and side effects on normal tissues and cells after functional modification. Patient-derived xenografts (PDX) models can be established by transplanting patient-derived cancer cells or small tumor tissue into immunodeficient mice directly. Compared with the tumor cell line model, this model can preserve the key features of the primary tumor such as histomorphology, heterogeneity, and genetic abnormalities, and keep them stable between generations. PDX models are widely used in drug evaluation, target discovery and biomarker development, especially providing a reliable research platform for the diagnosis and treatment evaluation of nano-delivery systems. This review summarizes the application of several common cancer PDX models in the evaluation of nano-delivery systems, in order to provide references for researchers to perform related research.

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