1.Forskolin promotes C2C12 myoblast differentiation via regulating the ERK and Akt signaling pathways
Liuyan HUANG ; Wenxi ZHANG ; Shuwen CHEN ; Shimei YU ; Zhong DAI ; Changqing ZUO
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2026;30(5):1114-1121
BACKGROUND:Forskolin,a diterpenoid natural compound extracted from Coleus forskohlii,has a crucial regulatory role in skeletal muscle repair.However,the regulatory role of forskolin on myogenic differentiation of C2C12 skeletal muscle cells has not been fully explored.OBJECTIVE:To explore the effects of forskolin on the differentiation of C2C12 myoblast cell line and probe into the underlying molecular mechanisms.METHODS:C2C12 cells were treated with 0,0.1,0.25,0.5,1,5,10 and 20 μmol/L forskolin during growth,and cell proliferation was detected by cell counting kit-8 and qRT-PCR.C2C12 cells were treated with 0,0.25,0.5 and 1 μmol/L forskolin during the induction of myogenic differentiation.Immunofluorescence staining and qRT-PCR were used to detect C2C12 cells differentiation.Western blot was used to detect the expression level of myogenic differentiation-related signaling pathway proteins.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1)The viability of C2C12 cells was decreased and cell proliferation was inhibited after treatment with high concentrations(>1 μmol/L)of forskolin.(2)The qRT-PCR results showed that forskolin up-regulated the expression of Myh2,Myh4,Myomaker,but down-regulated the expression of Myh7 compared with the 0 μmol/L group,when C2C12 cells were differentiated for 4 days.Immunofluorescence staining results showed that the fusion index and myotube diameter of C2C12 cells were increased after forskolin treatment,and the number of myotubes was also increased.(3)Western blot results showed that the phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 expression was inhibited;however,the phosphorylated protein kinase B was promoted after treatment with forskolin.The protein expression level of the myogenic differentiation transcription factor Myogenin was significantly up-regulated after treatment with forskolin.The above results demonstrate that forskolin may promote myogenic differentiation of C2C12 skeletal muscle cells through the extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 and protein kinase B signaling pathway.
2.Forskolin promotes C2C12 myoblast differentiation via regulating the ERK and Akt signaling pathways
Liuyan HUANG ; Wenxi ZHANG ; Shuwen CHEN ; Shimei YU ; Zhong DAI ; Changqing ZUO
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2026;30(5):1114-1121
BACKGROUND:Forskolin,a diterpenoid natural compound extracted from Coleus forskohlii,has a crucial regulatory role in skeletal muscle repair.However,the regulatory role of forskolin on myogenic differentiation of C2C12 skeletal muscle cells has not been fully explored.OBJECTIVE:To explore the effects of forskolin on the differentiation of C2C12 myoblast cell line and probe into the underlying molecular mechanisms.METHODS:C2C12 cells were treated with 0,0.1,0.25,0.5,1,5,10 and 20 μmol/L forskolin during growth,and cell proliferation was detected by cell counting kit-8 and qRT-PCR.C2C12 cells were treated with 0,0.25,0.5 and 1 μmol/L forskolin during the induction of myogenic differentiation.Immunofluorescence staining and qRT-PCR were used to detect C2C12 cells differentiation.Western blot was used to detect the expression level of myogenic differentiation-related signaling pathway proteins.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1)The viability of C2C12 cells was decreased and cell proliferation was inhibited after treatment with high concentrations(>1 μmol/L)of forskolin.(2)The qRT-PCR results showed that forskolin up-regulated the expression of Myh2,Myh4,Myomaker,but down-regulated the expression of Myh7 compared with the 0 μmol/L group,when C2C12 cells were differentiated for 4 days.Immunofluorescence staining results showed that the fusion index and myotube diameter of C2C12 cells were increased after forskolin treatment,and the number of myotubes was also increased.(3)Western blot results showed that the phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 expression was inhibited;however,the phosphorylated protein kinase B was promoted after treatment with forskolin.The protein expression level of the myogenic differentiation transcription factor Myogenin was significantly up-regulated after treatment with forskolin.The above results demonstrate that forskolin may promote myogenic differentiation of C2C12 skeletal muscle cells through the extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 and protein kinase B signaling pathway.
3.Current status of cleaning and disinfection of medical bedding items in public medical institutions of Liangshan ethnic minority area
Shixia WANG ; Xiaoli JI ; Juan WANG ; Yun CHEN ; Shimei WANG ; Fumei TU ; Kexin YANG ; Jiaguo CHENG
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology 2025;35(18):2837-2841
OBJECTIVE To investigate the current status of cleaning and disinfection of medical bedding items in public medical institutions of Liangshan ethnic minority area and analyze the risk of infections so as to provide ba-ses for optimizing the infection control strategies in the ethnic minority area.METHODS On the basis of question-naire survey,onsite sampling method and bacterial isolation and identification technique,a cross-sectional survey was conducted for the current status of cleaning and disinfection of medical bedding items in 15 different grades of public medical institutions of Liangshan ethnic minority area by stratified random sampling method from Sep.2021 to Sep.2023.RESULTS A total of 66 valid questionnaire were recycled,and 540 bedding item samples were col-lected.Totally 93.33%of the medical institutions relied on laundries for centralized cleaning of the medical bed-ding items.The implementation rates of management items such as policy formulation(100.00%)and pre-job training were remarkably higher in the tertiary hospitals than in the secondary and primary hospitals(allP<0.05).There were no significant differences in the qualified rates of surveillance of microbiological indexes for the medical bedding items among the medical institutions,the qualified rate of surveillance of microbiological inde-xes was highest(71.30%)in the general hospitals and was lowest(61.11%)in the infectious diseases specialized hospital.The qualified rate of surveillance of microbiological indexes was lowest(3.33%)in pediatrics department or internal medicine department,and it raised most remarkably(80.00%)after the disinfection,and there was significant difference(x2=36.274,P<0.001).CONCLUSIONS The current status of disinfection of the medical bedding items is not optimistic in the medical institutions of Liangshan ethnic minority area.There are the prob-lems such as imperfect system,insufficient equipment and absence of personnel training.It is necessary to com-plete the execution and supervision system for cleaning and disinfection standards,increase the cleaning facilities,promote the use of antibacterial textile and bring in smart management system so as to improve the cleaning and disinfection quality and reduce the risk of hospital-associated infections.
4.Current status of cleaning and disinfection of medical bedding items in public medical institutions of Liangshan ethnic minority area
Shixia WANG ; Xiaoli JI ; Juan WANG ; Yun CHEN ; Shimei WANG ; Fumei TU ; Kexin YANG ; Jiaguo CHENG
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology 2025;35(18):2837-2841
OBJECTIVE To investigate the current status of cleaning and disinfection of medical bedding items in public medical institutions of Liangshan ethnic minority area and analyze the risk of infections so as to provide ba-ses for optimizing the infection control strategies in the ethnic minority area.METHODS On the basis of question-naire survey,onsite sampling method and bacterial isolation and identification technique,a cross-sectional survey was conducted for the current status of cleaning and disinfection of medical bedding items in 15 different grades of public medical institutions of Liangshan ethnic minority area by stratified random sampling method from Sep.2021 to Sep.2023.RESULTS A total of 66 valid questionnaire were recycled,and 540 bedding item samples were col-lected.Totally 93.33%of the medical institutions relied on laundries for centralized cleaning of the medical bed-ding items.The implementation rates of management items such as policy formulation(100.00%)and pre-job training were remarkably higher in the tertiary hospitals than in the secondary and primary hospitals(allP<0.05).There were no significant differences in the qualified rates of surveillance of microbiological indexes for the medical bedding items among the medical institutions,the qualified rate of surveillance of microbiological inde-xes was highest(71.30%)in the general hospitals and was lowest(61.11%)in the infectious diseases specialized hospital.The qualified rate of surveillance of microbiological indexes was lowest(3.33%)in pediatrics department or internal medicine department,and it raised most remarkably(80.00%)after the disinfection,and there was significant difference(x2=36.274,P<0.001).CONCLUSIONS The current status of disinfection of the medical bedding items is not optimistic in the medical institutions of Liangshan ethnic minority area.There are the prob-lems such as imperfect system,insufficient equipment and absence of personnel training.It is necessary to com-plete the execution and supervision system for cleaning and disinfection standards,increase the cleaning facilities,promote the use of antibacterial textile and bring in smart management system so as to improve the cleaning and disinfection quality and reduce the risk of hospital-associated infections.
5.Influencing factors for the prognosis of patients with drug-induced liver injury and establishment of a nomogram model
Shimei WANG ; Shuai JIN ; Junru LI ; Na WANG ; Yan CHEN ; Ying CUI ; Mingming MA ; Xiaoli HU
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2024;40(3):562-567
ObjectiveTo investigate the influencing factors for the clinical outcome of patients with drug-induced liver injury (DILI), and to establish a nomogram prediction model for validation. MethodsA retrospective analysis was performed for the general information and laboratory data of 188 patients with DILI who were admitted to Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Harbin Institute of Technology from January 2017 to December 2022, and according to their clinical outcome, they were divided into good outcome group with 146 patients and poor outcome group with 42 patients. The independent-samples t test was used for comparison of normally distributed continuous data between two groups, and the Mann-Whitney U test was used for comparison of non-normally distributed continuous data between two groups; the chi-square test was used for comparison of categorical data between two groups. Univariate and multivariate Logistic regression analyses were used to investigate the independent influencing factors for the clinical outcome of DILI patients. R Studio 4.1.2 software was used to establish a nomogram model, and calibration curve, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, and decision curve analysis (DCA) were used to perform internal validation. ResultsThe univariate Logistic regression analysis showed that liver biopsy for the diagnosis of DILI, platelet count, cholinesterase, albumin, prothrombin time activity, IgM, and IgG were associated with adverse outcomes in patients with DILI. The multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that liver biopsy for the diagnosis of DILI (odds ratio [OR]=0.072, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.022 — 0.213, P<0.001), clinical classification (OR=0.463, 95%CI: 0.213 — 0.926, P=0.039), alanine aminotransferase (OR=0.999, 95%CI: 0.998 — 1.000, P=0.025), prothrombin time activity (OR=0.973, 95%CI: 0.952 — 0.993, P=0.011), and IgM (OR=1.456, 95%CI: 1.082 — 2.021, P=0.015) were independent influencing factors for clinical outcome in patients with DILI. The nomogram prediction model was established, and after validation, the calibration curve was close to the reference curve. The area under the ROC curve was 0.829, and the DCA curve showed that the model had good net clinical benefit. ConclusionThe nomogram prediction model established in this study has good clinical calibration, discriminative ability, and application value in evaluating the clinical outcome of patients with DILI.
6.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.
7.Structural equation modeling analysis of influencing factors of psychological distress in young and middle-aged patients with stroke
Fengjuan LEI ; Yannan CHEN ; Shimei JIN ; Shumei ZHUANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2024;33(3):271-277
Objective:To explore the influencing factors of psychological distress in middle-aged and young stroke patients to provide evidence for improving the mental health of the patients and guiding clinical psychological nursing interventions.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 447 middle-aged and young patients with stroke hospitalized in four hospitals in Tianjin from March 2022 to January 2023.Various assessment scales were employed, including a general data questionnaire, distress thermometer, numerical rating scale, family APGAR index, perceived social support scale, general self-efficacy scale, Herth hope index, self-rating anxiety scale and self-rating depression scale.Statistical analyses were performed using encompassing descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney test, Kruskal Wallis test, Spearman correlation analysis, and structural equation modeling of SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 24.0.Results:The psychological distress score of middle-aged and young stroke patients was 1(1, 2). Age( Z=-5.497), marital status( Z=-2.755), number of children( H=25.448), co-residents( H=14.389), occupation( H=34.889), per capita monthly family income( H=19.105), hospitalized caregivers( H=23.794), stroke type( H=23.308), course of disease( H=10.649), number of chronic diseases( H=8.021), daily self-care ability( H=128.439), eating status( H=41.904), physical status( H=49.786), excretion status( H=112.736), dressing ability( H=63.036), nutritional status( H=15.514), organ injury status ( H=23.797)and edema status( Z=-4.307)affected the psychological distress of middle-aged and young stroke patients, and the differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05). Correlation analysis showed that psychological distress were positively correlated with pain(1(1, 1)), anxiety(36(27, 53)) and depression(31(27, 58)) ( r=0.390, 0.525, 0.591, all P<0.001), while were negatively with family caring degree(10(10, 10)), perceptive social support(72(67, 74)), general self-efficacy(35(29, 38)) and hope level(41(36, 45)) ( r=-0.200, -0.464, -0.647, -0.675, all P<0.01). Results of the structural equation model of the influencing factors of psychological distress in middle-aged and young stroke patients showed that a total of 5 common factors were extracted, which were named support system, daily activities, disease condition, general condition and physical burden.Disease condition and physical burden had direct positive effects on psychological distress ( β=0.385, 0.204, both P<0.05). Support system, daily activities and general situation had direct negative effects on psychological distress ( β=-0.332, -0.262, -0.258, all P<0.05). Conclusions:The influencing factors of psychological distress in middle-aged and young stroke patients are disease status, support system, daily activities, general conditions and physical burden, which can provide theoretical basis for nurses to carry out active and effective prevention and nursing intervention on psychological distress in middle-aged and young stroke patients.
8.Effect of bluetongue virusinfection on type Ⅰ interferon response in BHK-21 cells
Shimei LUO ; Yunyi CHEN ; Qisha LI ; Yanmei ZHOU ; Yifei WANG ; Xinyu LIAO ; Xuer-Ou HU ; Yuanjian WEI ; Mengqin LI ; Meng ZHU ; Xun ZHANG ; Beirui CHEN ; Xianping MA ; Jiarui XIE ; Meiling KOU ; Haisheng MIAO ; Fang LI ; Huashan YI
Chinese Journal of Veterinary Science 2024;44(8):1639-1644,1690
Bluetongue virus is an arbovirus that seriously harms ruminants such as sheep,this study aims to investigate the molecular mechanism of bluetongue virus infection and host cell interferon antiviral immune response.The study was conducted to characterize the mRNA expression of inter-feron pathway genes by real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR,as well as Western blot analysis of MDA5,TRAF3,RIG-Ⅰ,and TBK1 protein expression in BHK-21 cells induced by BTV with a multiplicity of infections(MOI)of 1 for 18,24,and 36 h.The results showed that the most pro-nounced changes in the expression of interferon signaling pathway genes were observed at 24 h of induction,the gene mRNA expression levels of the IFN-α,IFN-β,RIG-Ⅰ,TBK1,MDA5,VISA,and TRAF3 genes were upregulated.However,the mRNA expression levels of IKKε and TRAF6 genes were downregulated.At the protein level,MDA5 and TBK1 proteins were upregulated while RIG-1 and TRAF3 proteins were downregulated,which showed that BTV infection induces a typeⅠ interferon immune response in BHK-21 cells.This study lays the foundation for further exploring the antiviral immunity mechanism of IFN-Ⅰ signaling pathway regulatory genes in host cells infected with BTV infection.
9.Application effect of case-based collaborative learning based on data-information-knowledge-wisdom model in the training of the informatization teaching ability of clinical teachers
Shumei ZHUANG ; Xueying ZHOU ; Shimei JIN ; Yannan CHEN ; Xinran ZHU ; Yitong QU
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2024;23(10):1378-1383
Objective:To investigate the application effect of case-based collaborative learning (CBCL) based on data-information-knowledge-wisdom (DKIW) model in the training of the informatization teaching ability of clinical teachers.Methods:From March to August in 2022, 71 clinical teachers from four grade A tertiary hospitals in Tianjin, China, were selected as subjects and were randomly divided into control group with 35 patients and experimental group with 36 patients using a random number table. The teachers in the control group received blended teaching online and offline, and those in the experimental group received CBCL teaching based on DIKW model. The two groups were compared in terms of theoretical assessment score, informatization teaching demonstration score, and informatization teaching ability score before and after intervention. SPSS 27.0 was used for the t-test and the Mann-Whitney U rank sum test. Results:Compared with the control group after intervention, the experimental group had significantly higher scores of theoretical assessment (83.50±3.11) and informatization teaching demonstration (84.19±1.89) ( P<0.05). After intervention, the control group had significant increases in the total score of informatization teaching ability (74.34±4.08) and the scores of each dimension (15.40±1.19, 19.29±1.62, 28.54±1.67, and 11.11±1.79), and the experimental group also had significant increases in the total score of informatization teaching ability (83.64±5.25) and the scores of each dimension (16.53±1.21, 20.94±1.98, 33.03±2.10, and 13.14±1.48); the experimental group had significantly higher scores than the control group ( P<0.05). Conclusions:The CBCL teaching model based on DIKW model can help to improve the comprehensive informatization teaching ability of clinical teachers.
10.Advances in the anti-host interferon immune response of bluetongue virus.
Qisha LI ; Xuyan CAI ; Shimei LUO ; Yunyi CHEN ; Huashan YI ; Xianping MA
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2024;40(12):4439-4451
Bluetongue virus (BTV) usually infects sheep, cattle, deer and other domesticated and wild ruminants through the bite of the vector insects, Culicoide, causing bluetongue (BT). BT in subtropical and even temperate regions poses a serious threat to the development and international trade of the livestock industry. This article introduced the structure and cellular invasion, and summarized the mechanisms of anti-BTV immune response of host cells and antagonism of host cell innate immune response by the non-structural proteins (e.g., NS3 and NS4) and structural proteins (e.g., VP3 and VP4) of BTV. This review provided a basis for understanding the antagonism mechanisms of BTV against the interferon (IFN) immune response in the host cell and the pathogenesis of BTV as well as for developing novel vaccines against this virus.
Bluetongue virus/immunology*
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Animals
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Bluetongue/prevention & control*
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Immunity, Innate
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Interferons/immunology*
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Sheep
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Viral Nonstructural Proteins/immunology*
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Cattle

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