1.Spatiotemporally responsive cascade bilayer microneedles integrating local glucose depletion and sustained nitric oxide release for accelerated diabetic wound healing.
Yongnian ZENG ; Chenyuan WANG ; Jiapeng LEI ; Xue JIANG ; Kai LEI ; Yinli JIN ; Tianshu HAO ; Wen ZHANG ; Jianying HUANG ; Wei LI
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2024;14(11):5037-5052
High glucose level, bacterial infection, and persistent inflammation within the microenvironment are key factors contributing to the delay of diabetic ulcers healing, while traditional therapeutic methods generally fail to address these issues simultaneously. Here, we present a spatiotemporally responsive cascade bilayer microneedle (MN) patch for accelerating diabetic wound healing via local glucose depletion and sustained nitric oxide (NO) release for long-term antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. The MN patch (G/AZ-MNs) possesses a degradable tip layer loading glucose oxidase (GOx), as well as a dissolvable base layer encapsulating l-arginine (Arg)-loaded nanoparticles (NPs). After wound administration, the base part rapidly dissolved, resulting in prompt separation of the MN tip within the wound tissue, which subsequently responded to the overexpressed matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in diabetic lesions, leading to the responsive release of GOx. The released enzyme catalyzed glucose into gluconic acid and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), which not only reduced glucose level within the diabetic wound, but also initiated the cascade reaction between H2O2 with the Arg that was released from NPs, thereby achieving continuous production of NO for 7 days. Our findings demonstrate that a single administration of the MN patch could effectively heal non-infected or biofilm-infected diabetic wounds with the multifunctional properties.
2.Effect of aerobics exercise on myocardial fibrosis after acute myocardial infarction in rat
Daliang ZHOU ; Dan HAO ; Lin WEI ; Tianshu ZHANG ; Weimin LI ; Xin ZHANG ; Lifang YU
Journal of Chinese Physician 2017;19(6):852-854
Objective To observe the effect of aerobics exercise on myocardial fibrosis after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in rat.Methods Twenty-four AMI Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were randomly assigned to sham-operated group (Sham),AMI group and aerobics exercise treatment group (ET).Except Sham,other groups of rats were underwent anterior wall myocardial infarction.After ten weeks,the myocardial mRNA level of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF),collagen Ⅰ (COL1 a1),collagen Ⅲ (COL3a1) detected by real time-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis and myocardial collagen volume fraction (CVF) was determined on Masson stained sections.Results Campared to Sham-operated group,AMI group the level of CTGF,COL1a1,COL3a1,and CVF were increased (P <0.05,P < 0.01).Campared to AMI and ET groups,the levels of CTGF,COL1a1,COL3a1,and CVF were decreased (P < 0.05,P < 0.01).Conclusions Aerobics exercise can reduced the myocardial fibrosis after AMI in rat.

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