1.Isorhamnetin Alleviates Inflammation-Induced Crosstalk between Kynurenine Pathway and Gut Microbiota in Depressed Mice
Mengjie XU ; Wei HE ; Ke YAN ; Xinru GAO ; Jun LI ; Dongyue XU ; Jiao XIAO ; Tingxu YAN
Biomolecules & Therapeutics 2025;33(2):297-310
Depression is a widespread psychiatric disorder with complex pathogenesis and unsatisfactory therapeutic effects. As a native flavonoid, Isorhamnetin (ISO) has been deemed to exert neuroprotective effects by antioxidation and regulation of immunity. However, no reports of anti-depressed effect of ISO have yet been found. The present study was conducted to clarify the mechanism basis of anti-depressed effect of ISO utilizing behavioral, biochemical, molecular approaches in vitro and in vivo and bio-informatics analysis. The effects of ISO on depressed mice was investigated through the SPT and FST, and the lesions were examined by H&E staining. Besides, the inflammatory factor and indicator in kynurenine pathway were assessed through detection kits, and the microbiota were checked by 16sRNA. Molecular docking study was performed to investigate the target of ISO. Additionally, Western blot was used to test the activation of PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. The results indicated that ISO could enhance the sugar water preference of mice in SPT and reduce immobility time in FST. Further more, ISO suppressed peripheral and central inflammation, regulated the changes in kynurenine pathway and gut microbiota, inhibited activation of PI3K/AKT pathway, and presented good binding patterns with target proteins on PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that ISO alleviated depression-like behaviour by normalizing inflammation-induced dysregulation of the crosstalk between KP and gut microbiota disorder through regulated PI3K/AKT/NF-κB pathway.
2.Research progress on risk factors and prevention of extubation failure in intensive care unit patients with tracheal intubation
Yuhua RAN ; Xiaoming XU ; Wei LU ; Hongtao ZHANG ; Lulu QIU ; Xinru YAN
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2025;41(4):316-321
Tracheal intubation is the most commonly used way to establish artificial airway in intensive care unit patients, and it is the premise of respiratory support and treatment, the success of extubation is an important basis to measure the prognosis of patients. Influenced by many factors, extubation of patients may fail, resulting in prolonged hospitalization, increased medical expenses and increased incidence of complications. This article reviews the literature at home and abroad, and summarizes the main mechanism, risk factors and prevention strategies of extubation failure in intensive care unit patients, aiming at improving the recognition ability of clinical medical staff for extubation failure and providing reference for clinical management and follow-up research.
3.Overview of Chemical Imaging Guidelines in the Chinese,United States and European Pharmacopoeias
Shifeng WEI ; Xinru QIAO ; Linghui QIAN ; Xinyi XU
Drug Standards of China 2025;26(4):345-348
In recent years,chemical imaging technology has found increasingly broad applications in pharmaceuti-cal analysis,encompassing component distribution analysis,assessment of mixing uniformity,content uniformity e-valuation,polymorphism identification,and studies of drug delivery mechanisms.Chemical imaging has been pro-gressively recognized as an efficient tool for real-time quality control and online analysis.This article provides an o-verview of the chemical imaging guidelines in the Chinese,United States,European pharmacopoeias.The discus-sion aims to promote the application of multi-information fusion technologies in pharmaceutical analysis,enhance regulatory efficiency,and further advance the high-quality development of the pharmaceutical industry in China.
4.Overview of Chemical Imaging Guidelines in the Chinese,United States and European Pharmacopoeias
Shifeng WEI ; Xinru QIAO ; Linghui QIAN ; Xinyi XU
Drug Standards of China 2025;26(4):345-348
In recent years,chemical imaging technology has found increasingly broad applications in pharmaceuti-cal analysis,encompassing component distribution analysis,assessment of mixing uniformity,content uniformity e-valuation,polymorphism identification,and studies of drug delivery mechanisms.Chemical imaging has been pro-gressively recognized as an efficient tool for real-time quality control and online analysis.This article provides an o-verview of the chemical imaging guidelines in the Chinese,United States,European pharmacopoeias.The discus-sion aims to promote the application of multi-information fusion technologies in pharmaceutical analysis,enhance regulatory efficiency,and further advance the high-quality development of the pharmaceutical industry in China.
5.Isorhamnetin Alleviates Inflammation-Induced Crosstalk between Kynurenine Pathway and Gut Microbiota in Depressed Mice
Mengjie XU ; Wei HE ; Ke YAN ; Xinru GAO ; Jun LI ; Dongyue XU ; Jiao XIAO ; Tingxu YAN
Biomolecules & Therapeutics 2025;33(2):297-310
Depression is a widespread psychiatric disorder with complex pathogenesis and unsatisfactory therapeutic effects. As a native flavonoid, Isorhamnetin (ISO) has been deemed to exert neuroprotective effects by antioxidation and regulation of immunity. However, no reports of anti-depressed effect of ISO have yet been found. The present study was conducted to clarify the mechanism basis of anti-depressed effect of ISO utilizing behavioral, biochemical, molecular approaches in vitro and in vivo and bio-informatics analysis. The effects of ISO on depressed mice was investigated through the SPT and FST, and the lesions were examined by H&E staining. Besides, the inflammatory factor and indicator in kynurenine pathway were assessed through detection kits, and the microbiota were checked by 16sRNA. Molecular docking study was performed to investigate the target of ISO. Additionally, Western blot was used to test the activation of PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. The results indicated that ISO could enhance the sugar water preference of mice in SPT and reduce immobility time in FST. Further more, ISO suppressed peripheral and central inflammation, regulated the changes in kynurenine pathway and gut microbiota, inhibited activation of PI3K/AKT pathway, and presented good binding patterns with target proteins on PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that ISO alleviated depression-like behaviour by normalizing inflammation-induced dysregulation of the crosstalk between KP and gut microbiota disorder through regulated PI3K/AKT/NF-κB pathway.
6.Isorhamnetin Alleviates Inflammation-Induced Crosstalk between Kynurenine Pathway and Gut Microbiota in Depressed Mice
Mengjie XU ; Wei HE ; Ke YAN ; Xinru GAO ; Jun LI ; Dongyue XU ; Jiao XIAO ; Tingxu YAN
Biomolecules & Therapeutics 2025;33(2):297-310
Depression is a widespread psychiatric disorder with complex pathogenesis and unsatisfactory therapeutic effects. As a native flavonoid, Isorhamnetin (ISO) has been deemed to exert neuroprotective effects by antioxidation and regulation of immunity. However, no reports of anti-depressed effect of ISO have yet been found. The present study was conducted to clarify the mechanism basis of anti-depressed effect of ISO utilizing behavioral, biochemical, molecular approaches in vitro and in vivo and bio-informatics analysis. The effects of ISO on depressed mice was investigated through the SPT and FST, and the lesions were examined by H&E staining. Besides, the inflammatory factor and indicator in kynurenine pathway were assessed through detection kits, and the microbiota were checked by 16sRNA. Molecular docking study was performed to investigate the target of ISO. Additionally, Western blot was used to test the activation of PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. The results indicated that ISO could enhance the sugar water preference of mice in SPT and reduce immobility time in FST. Further more, ISO suppressed peripheral and central inflammation, regulated the changes in kynurenine pathway and gut microbiota, inhibited activation of PI3K/AKT pathway, and presented good binding patterns with target proteins on PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that ISO alleviated depression-like behaviour by normalizing inflammation-induced dysregulation of the crosstalk between KP and gut microbiota disorder through regulated PI3K/AKT/NF-κB pathway.
7.Overexpression of Ptpn2 inhibits SiO2-mediated inflammatory response in alveolar type II epithelial cells
Mengfei FENG ; Yi WEI ; Xinru SUN ; Jingshuo GONG ; Xuemin GAO ; Hong XU ; Ying ZHU
Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine 2025;42(4):482-489
Background Protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type II (PTPN2) is essential for the regulation of inflammation and immunity, but the specific mechanism of action of Ptpn2 in silicosis is unknown. Objective To investigate the regulatory role of overexpression of Ptpn2 in SiO2-mediated inflammatory response in alveolar type II epithelial cells based on transcriptome sequencing. Methods This study was an in vitro study. A negative control group (vector transferred) and an overexpression of Ptpn2 group of mouse lung epithelial cell line MLE-12 cells were firstly constructed. Transcriptome sequencing was performed to detect differentially expressed genes (DEGs), differentially expressed mRNAs, and differentially expressed ncRNAs in the two groups of MLE-12 cells, and then the DEGs were analyzed by the Gene Ontology (GO) and the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG). Constructed MLE-12 cells and A549 cells were stimulated using SiO2 suspension, and divided into a negative control group (vector transferred), an overexpression of Ptpn2 group, a negative control + SiO2 group, and an overexpression of Ptpn2 + SiO2 group, respectively. Protein expressions of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin (IL)-17A, IL-2, IL-1β were detected by Western blot. Positive TNF-α expression was detected by immunofluorescence staining. Results The results of Western blot showed that the protein expression level of PTPN2 was up-regulated in the overexpressed Ptpn2 group compared with the negative control group (P < 0.05). The volcano plot and clustering heat map showed that there were
8.Clinical features and traditional Chinese medicine syndrome distribution of treatment-naïve patients with hepatitis B virus-related primary liver cancer: An analysis of 99 cases
Tao TIAN ; Kewei SUN ; Xiong WANG ; Xinru LIU ; Weitao ZENG ; Wei YUAN
Journal of Clinical Hepatology 2025;41(11):2336-2342
ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical features and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome distribution of treatment-naïve patients with hepatitis B virus-related primary liver cancer (HBV-PLC), and to provide a basis for integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in the prevention and treatment of HBV-PLC. MethodsA retrospective analysis was performed for the clinical data of 99 treatment-naïve HBV-PLC patients who were admitted to Department of Hepatology and Infectious Diseases in The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine from January 2019 to December 2024. According to whether the patient received standardized antiviral therapy (for ≥3 years), they were divided into antiviral group and non-antiviral group, and according to the status of HBeAg, they were divided into HBeAg-positive group and HBeAg-negative group. Demographic features, laboratory test results, imaging data, and TCM syndrome data were collected, and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), Child-Pugh score, and CNLC stage were calculated. The independent samples t-test was used for comparison of normally distributed continuous data between two groups, and the chi-square test was used for comparison of categorical data between groups. ResultsThe 99 treatment-naïve HBV-PLC patients had a mean age of 57.12±11.60 years, and the patients aged 50 — 75 years accounted for the highest proportion of 72.7%, with a male/female ratio of 5.2∶1. The patients with liver cirrhosis accounted for 81.8%, and 67.7% of the patients did not receive antiviral therapy in the past. The positive rates of HBV DNA, HBeAg, and alpha-fetoprotein were 80.8%, 18.2%, and 69.7%, respectively, and the patients with Child-Pugh class A/B disease accounted for 89.9%. Compared with the non-antiviral group, the antiviral group had a significantly smaller maximum tumor diameter (t=2.310, P=0.024), a significantly lower HBV DNA positive rate (χ2=14.006, P<0.001), and a significantly lower number of tumor thrombi (χ2=7.347, P=0.007). In addition, there were significant differences between the HBeAg-negative group and the HBeAg-positive group in Child-Pugh class (χ2=6.780, P=0.034) and CNLC stage (χ2=8.746, P=0.033). Among the 99 treatment-naïve HBV-PLC patients, 41.4% had liver depression and spleen deficiency with blood stasis, 22.2% had Qi deficiency and blood stasis syndrome, and 19.2% had damp-heat accumulation with blood stasis. ConclusionTreatment-naïve HBV-PLC patients are mainly middle-aged and elderly male individuals, and most of the patients are comorbid with liver cirrhosis. Standardized antiviral therapy can significantly reduce tumor burden and improve virologic response, with better hepatic compensation in HBeAg-negative patients, and hypoproteinemia is more common in patients with Qi deficiency and blood stasis syndrome.
9.Application effect of failure modes and effects analysis in reducing the incidence rate of catheter dislodgement in patients in the post-anesthesia care unit
Shijing WEI ; Xinru WANG ; Jiaxing WANG ; Jiaxing CHAI ; Xianchao SU ; Xiongtao SHANG ; Hongliang WU
Journal of Chongqing Medical University 2025;50(10):1442-1447
Objective:To investigate the application effect of medical failure modes and effects analysis(FMEA)in reducing the inci-dence rate of catheter dislodgement in patients in the post-anesthesia care unit(PACU).Methods:A retrospective study was con-ducted among 469 PACU patients in our hospital from January 2023 to June 2024.According to the application time of FMEA,the pa-tients were divided into routine group(234 PACU patients who did not receive FMEA from January to June 2023)and FMEA group(235 PACU patients who received FMEA from July 2023 to June 2024).The two groups were compared in terms of the incidence rate of catheter dislodgement,risk priority number(RPN)coefficients(including professional knowledge,risk awareness,and intervention guidance),the quality of recovery of consciousness(including the time to complete recovery of consciousness and the length of stay in the PACU),and the degree of satisfaction with nursing(including risk management,nursing services,and nursing techniques).Results:The FMEA group had a significantly lower incidence rate of catheter dislodgement than the routine group[0.43%(1/235)vs.2.99%(7/234),the difference was statistically significant(χ2=4.604,P=0.032)].Compared with the routine group,the FMEA group had significantly lower RPN coefficients of risk awareness t=52.518,professional knowledge t=49.641,and intervention guidancet=61.592(P<0.001).Compared with the routine group,the FMEA group had significantly shorter time to complete recovery t=18.087 of consciousness and length of stay in the PACUt=15.710(P<0.001).The FMEA group had a significantly higher degree of satisfaction with nursing than the routine group in terms of risk management t=19.794,nursing services t=10.825,and nursing techniques t=14.555(P<0.001).Conclusion:The application of FMEA manage-ment in PACU patients can reduce the incidence rates of catheter dislodgement and risk events and improve the quality of recovery of consciousness and the degree of satisfaction with nursing,and there-fore,it has important clinical significance.
10.Therapeutic effects of natural products on animal models of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Xinru FEI ; Guixian YANG ; Junnan LIU ; Tong LIU ; Wei GAO ; Dongkai ZHAO
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences) 2025;50(6):1067-1079
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) currently lacks effective treatments to halt disease progression, making the search for preventive and therapeutic drugs a pressing issue. Natural products, with their accessibility, affordability, and low toxicity, offer promising avenues. Investigating the pharmacological effects and related signaling mechanisms of active components from natural products on COPD animal models induced by various triggers has become an important focus. In animal models induced by cigarette smoke, cigarette smoke combined with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), air pollution, elastase, bacterial or viral infections, the active compounds of natural products, such as flavonoids, terpenoids, and phenolics, can exert anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, mucus-regulating, and airway remodeling-inhibiting effects through key signaling pathways including nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)/heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB), and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). These findings not only provide a theoretical basis for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of COPD but also point to new directions for future scientific research.
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NF-kappa B/metabolism*
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Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology*
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Heme Oxygenase-1/metabolism*
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Terpenes/pharmacology*
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Antioxidants/pharmacology*
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NF-E2-Related Factor 2/metabolism*
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Smoke/adverse effects*
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