1.Rapid health technology assessment of toripalimab combined with chemotherapy in the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
Yuping YANG ; Yuan ZHOU ; Qirui TAI ; Mili SHI ; Yijie SHI ; Jieya WANG ; Huan HU ; Yuan ZHANG ; Yi LIU ; Yue WANG
China Pharmacy 2025;36(20):2593-2598
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness of toripalimab (Tor) combined with chemotherapy (CT) in the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of Science, CBM, CNKI, Wanfang Data, and Health Technology Assessment (HTA) related websites were searched to collect the HTA reports, systematic reviews/meta-analyses and pharmacoeconomic studies of Tor+CT in the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC from database/website inception to March 31, 2025. After data extraction and quality evaluation, the results of the included studies were analyzed descriptively. RESULTS A total of eleven studies were included, involving five systematic reviews/meta-analyses, and six pharmacoeconomic studies. Among the five systematic reviews/ meta-analyses, two were of high quality, while there was one each of moderate, low, and very low quality. All six pharmacoeconomic studies were of good quality. In terms of efficacy, compared with CT, Tor+CT significantly improved patients’ progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (P<0.05). In addition, compared with ipilimumab+CT, durvalumab, durvalumab+tremelimumab and sugemalimab+CT, Tor+CT could also improve the PFS (P<0.05). In terms of safety, there was no significant difference in the incidence of grade≥3 adverse events between patients receiving Tor+CT and CT (P>0.05); while Tor+CT had a lower incidence of grade≥3 adverse E-mail: events, compared with camrelizumab+CT, pembrolizumab+ 3233255290@qq.com ipilimumab, nivolumab+CT and atezolizumab+CT (P<0.05).In terms of cost-effectiveness, Tor+CT treatment had certain cost-effectiveness advantages, compared with CT. CONCLUSIONS Compared with CT, other programmed death-1/programmed death-ligand 1 inhibitors alone, or their combination with CT, Tor+CT for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC has good efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness.
2.Differences in clinical-pathological-ultrasound features among hepatocellular carcinoma with different des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin status
Feihang WANG ; Yadan XU ; Yanni CHEN ; Kai YUAN ; Wentao KONG ; Yi DONG ; Yijie QIU ; Wenping WANG
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2025;34(8):662-669
Objective:To explore the differences between clinical-pathological-ultrasound features in hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)with negative and positive des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin(DCP).Methods:A retrospective analysis was conducted on 649 patients with pathologically confirmed HCC at Zhongshan Hospital,Fudan University from April 2020 to May 2024. Patients were stratified into DCP-negative(177 cases,<40 mAU/ml)and DCP-positive(472 cases,≥40 mAU/ml)groups. Clinical data,pathological features,and ultrasound findings were collected. Conventional ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound(CEUS)imaging characteristics were analyzed and compared between the two groups,and the correlation between ultrasound features and pathological characteristics were analyzed.Results:The DCP-negative group exhibited a lower incidence of microvascular invasion(10.17% vs. 34.75%, P<0.001)and smaller median tumor diameter(23 mm vs. 40 mm, P<0.001). Heterogeneous internal echogenicity was less frequent in DCP-negative tumors[48.59%(86/177) vs. 74.58%(352/472), P<0.001]. CEUS revealed higher rates of arterial-phase iso-enhancement(6.78% vs. 1.69%)and absence of washout(13.56% vs. 4.45%)in DCP-negative HCC(both P<0.001). CEUS LI-RADS classification showed fewer LR-5 lesions[50.85%(90/177) vs. 59.53%(281/472)]in DCP-negative group( P<0.001). Conclusions:HCC with different DCP states has different clinical-pathological-ultrasound features. DCP-negative HCCs are more likely to show atypical enhancement patterns characteristic of HCC.
3.Robotic-assisted left thoracic small-incision minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting:a case series report
Peiling HE ; Yi SONG ; Ye YUAN ; Wenjun WU ; Changming ZHONG ; Chang LIU ; Jianming CHEN ; Yijie HU
Journal of Army Medical University 2025;47(2):161-167
Objective To summarize the clinical efficacy of robotic-assisted left thoracic small-incision minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting(MIDCAB).Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on the procedures and treatment outcomes of robotic-assisted MIDCAB in the Army Medical Center of PLA from October 2016 to June 2023.Baseline clinical information,MIDCAB-related data,perioperative conditions and data during follow-up were collected and analyzed.Results There were 23 patients subjected,including 21 males and 2 females,with a mean age of 58.17±7.49 years,and a body mass index(BMI)of 23.99±3.25 kg/m2.All of them experienced angina pectoris,and 1 had a history of myocardial infarction,1 had dilated cardiomyopathy,2 patients had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD),and 10 had a history of percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI).Robotic-assisted MIDCAB procedure was successfully completed.No internal mammary artery injury or transformation of the procedure occurred in these cases,and excellent bridging vessel flow was achieved after anastomosis of the internal mammary artery to left anterior descending branch.The incision length in the left chest was 8(8,8)cm,the operation time was 380(300,465)min,the intraoperative bleeding volume was 300(100,400)mL,the length of ICU stay was 3(2,3)d,the amount of thoracic drainage was 780(525,1 040)mL,and the postoperative length from surgery to discharge was 11.17±2.38 d.No mortality was observed during or within 30 d of hospitalization,and 1 patient was readmitted due to pericardial effusion within 30 d,and was discharged after symptomatic treatment including pericardiocentesis and drainage.No deaths,major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events(MACCE),or re-revascularization occurred in all patients during outpatient and telephone follow-up.Conclusion Robotic-assisted internal mammary artery dissection is a delicate and safe technique,and coronary artery bypass grafting in minimally invasive small-incision off-pump is effective,safe and feasible,with satisfactory short-and mid-term outcomes.The technique is suitable for minimally invasive coronary artery disease surgery and is worthy of popularization and application.
4.Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on sleep disorder and examination results of recruits
Yanbin ZHAN ; Yijie ZHAO ; Hui YUAN ; Longjuan YU ; Lei CHEN ; Benqiang DENG ; Wei WANG ; Shudan LUO ; Ping ZHANG
Journal of Navy Medicine 2025;46(5):440-445
Objective To explore the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation(rTMS)on the sleep disorder and examination results of recruits.Methods At a training base,the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI)was used to screen the recruits with sleep disorders(total score of PSQI>7).The recruits were randomly assigned to rTMS group or sham rTMS group.Both groups received cognitive and behavioral intervention therapy,including sleep health education and relaxation training.Moreover,the rTMS group was treated with rTMS at the right posterior parietal lobe by continuous theta burst stimulation(cTBS)twice a day at an interval of at least 50 min for 5 consecutive days as a course of treatment with an interval of 2 days for a total of 2 courses of treatment.The coil position and stimulus intensity of sham rTMS group were consistent with the rTMS group,but the head of subjects was perpendicular to the coil plane and there was no effective stimulation.Before and after treatment,PSQI,self-rating depression scale,generalized anxiety disorder-7 and health questionnaire-15 were used to evaluate the sleep,mood and physical state of the recruits.The training result was assessed one month after treatment.The total effective rate of PSQI improvement and examination results were compared between the two groups.The independent influencing factors of excellent examination result were analyzed.Results Among 351 recruits,83 with sleep disorders completed treatment and follow-up.There were 40 patients in the rTMS group and 43 patients in the sham rTMS group.There was no significant difference between the two groups at baseline.After treatment,the total effective rate of PSQI improvement in the rTMS group was higher than that in the sham rTMS group(77.50%vs 53.49%,P=0.022).The average examination score and excellent rate of the rTMS group were higher than those of the sham rTMS group(91.58±3.19 vs 89.47±4.67,P=0.020;85%vs 65.12%,P=0.037).Logistic regression analysis showed that the treatment mode(rTMS group)was the independent influencing factor of excellent examination results(P=0.032).Conclusion rTMS can effectively and safely improve the sleep disorders and examination results of recruits.rTMS may play a positive role in improving the learning and training effect of recruits,which needs to be further proved.
5.Autophagy in paraventricular nucleus enhances sympathetic activity in chronic heart failure rats by CK2/CaM/SK2 signaling pathway
Yue YUAN ; Wei SUN ; Jingyan ZHAO ; Yi YANG ; Min ZHANG ; Yijie DENG ; Bo GU ; Renjun WANG ; Haifeng LIU
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 2025;41(7):1249-1258
AIM:To investigate whether casein kinase 2(CK2)/calmodulin(CaM)/small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+channel type 2(SK2)signaling pathway mediates autophagy-induced sympathoexcitation in the paraventricu-lar nucleus(PVN)of rats with chronic heart failure(CHF).METHODS:We randomly divided 180 Wistar rats,aged 6 to 8 weeks,into 10 groups:sham+dimethyl sulfoxide(DMSO),sham+artificial cerebrospinal(aCSF),CHF+DMSO,CHF+aCSF,CHF+rapamycin(RAPA),CHF+3-methyladenine(3-MA),CHF+5,6-dichlorobenzimidazole riboside(DRB),CHF+calmidazolium chloride(CMDZ),CHF+N-cyclohexyl-N-[2-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-6-methyl-pyrimidin-4-yl]-amine(CyPPA),and CHF+apamin groups.We measured cardiac function,hemodynamic parameters,anatomic indicators,and sympathetic drive indicators(n=18).Western blot was used to examine the protein levels of mi-crotubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3-II(LC3-II)/LC3-I,beclin-1,P62,CK2α,SK2,and phosphorylated CaM.The number of SK2-positive neurons was measured using immunofluorescence staining.The NG108 cells were randomly divided into 6 groups:DMSO,aCSF,RAPA,3-MA,RAPA+DRB,and RAPA+CMDZ groups.Radioisotope 32P-ATP pro-tein kinase activity assays were used to detect CK2 activity in cultured NG108 cells.We used Western blot to examine the protein levels of CK2α,SK2,and phosphorylated CaM.RESULTS:Compared with CHF rats treated with vehicle,CHF rats treated with RAPA or apamin exhibited increased sympathetic drive indicators,but decreased left ventricular ejection fraction and fractional shortening(P<0.01).However,CHF symptoms,including sympathoexcitation,were attenuated by 3-MA,DRB,CMDZ or CyPPA infusion into the PVN(P<0.01).In CHF rats,RAPA infusion into the PVN induced CK2 activity,up-regulated LC3-II/LC3-I,beclin-1,CK2α,and phosphorylated CaM levels,but down-regulated P62 and SK2 expression,as well as the number of SK2-positive neurons(P<0.05 or P<0.01).In CHF rats,infusion of 3-MA or DRB into the PVN decreased CK2 activity,and down-regulated phosphorylated CaM level(P<0.01).Infusion of 3-MA,DRB or CMDZ into the PVN up-regulated SK2 expression and the number of SK2-positive neurons(P<0.01).In cultured NG108 cells,RAPA induced CK2 activation and up-regulated the expression of CK2α and the phosphorylation of CaM,but down-regulated SK2 expression(P<0.01).Treatment with RAPA increased the level of phosphorylated CaM and down-regulated SK2 expression in cultured NG108 cells(P<0.01),which was inhibited by DRB and CMDZ(P<0.05 or P<0.01).CONCLUSION:In rats with CHF,the CK2/CaM/SK2 signaling pathway in the PVN contributes to autophagy-induced sympathoexcitation.
6.Effects of Buyang Huanwu Tang and its main components on pyroptosis in brain tissue of rats with middle cerebral artery occlusion and reperfusion
Ruikun WANG ; Weijuan GAO ; Haoran ZHANG ; Yijie LIU ; Jiaxin BU ; Mei YUAN ; Yuxin QIN ; Yi ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research 2025;29(18):3819-3825
BACKGROUND:Cellular pyroptosis is an important pathological mechanism of cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury.Buyang Huanwu Tang is a classic formula for the clinical treatment of ischemic stroke in traditional Chinese medicine,and cellular pyroptosis may be an effective target of Buyang Huanwu Tang in the treatment of cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury.OBJECTIVE:To observe the effect and mechanism of Buyang Huanwu Tang on pyroptosis in brain tissues of middle cerebral artery occlusion/reperfusion rats.METHODS:Forty-eight Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into sham operation group,model group,Astragalus membranaceus group and Buyang Huanwu Tang group.Except for the sham operation group,all groups were subjected to middle cerebral artery occlusion for ischemia for 2 hours and reperfusion for 72 hours.The rats in the Astragalus membranaceus group and Buyang Huanwu Tang group were continuously gavaged with the corresponding volume of drugs until ischemia and reperfusion for 72 hours after awakening from the modeling,once in the morning and once in the evening.Zea Longa score was used to observe the neurological deficits of rats.TTC staining was performed to observe cerebral infarct size in rats.Hematoxylin-eosin staining was used to observe the pathological changes of the brain tissue.Immunofluorescence was used to observe the co-expression of Tunel and Cleaved-Caspase-1 in the brain tissue and the expression of the junction protein ASC.Immunohistochemistry and western blot were used to detect the expression of pyroptosis-related proteins in rat brain tissues.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1)Compared with the sham operation group,the neurological deficit score of rats was significantly higher in the model group(P<0.01),and compared with the model group,the neurological deficit score of rats was significantly lower in the Buyang Huanwu Tang group and the Astragalus membranaceus group(P<0.01).(2)Compared with the model group,the volume ratio of cerebral infarction was lower in the Astragalus membranaceus group and Buyang Huanwu Tang group(P<0.01).(3)In the model group,the nuclei of neuronal cells in the brain tissue were deeply stained or lysed,and arrangement of the cells was disorganized.Compared with the model group,the pathologic damage of the brain was less severe in the Buyang Huanwu Tang group and the Astragalus membranaceus group.(4)Compared with the sham operation group,the number of Tunel and Cleaved-Caspase-1 double-positive cells and immunofluorescence intensity of ASC in the brain tissue was significantly increased in the model group,and the expression of Cleaved-Caspase-1,NLRP3,interleukin 18,and interleukin 1β was significantly elevated in the model group(P<0.01).Compared with the model group,the number of Cleaved-Caspase-1 and Tunel double-positive cells,immunofluorescence intensity of ASC,and the expression of Cleaved-Caspase-1,NLRP3,interleukin 18,and interleukin 1β were all significantly decreased in the Buyang Huanwu Tang group and the Astragalus membranaceus group(P<0.01).The results indicate that Buyang Huanwu Tang and its monarch drug Astragalus membranaceus can effectively alleviate brain tissue injury in rats with middle cerebral artery occlusion and reperfusion,and its mechanism may be related to the inhibition of neuronal cell pyroptosis.
7.Evaluation of injection point recognition and motion control accuracy of an intravitreal injection robot system guided by artificial intelligence
Jingwen CHEN ; Yijie PANG ; Jin YUAN ; Xiaoying TANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2025;43(11):991-1000
Objective:To develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-guided intravitreal injection robot system to accurately detect the injection point on the ocular surface and guide the robotic arm to complete the intravitreal injection positioning task through 3D position calculation.Methods:The Dikablis subset of the TEyeD dataset was used.Training set, testing set, and validation set were constructed by using equal interval sampling strategy.The system read the ocular surface color RGB image with an RGBD camera, then used a PatchCrop-Transformer-based injection point detection algorithm to detect and locate key points such as the pupil, iris, and eyelid in the image.Next, it extracted the local 3D point cloud data near the injection point based on the depth information obtained by the camera.Through principal component analysis (PCA) of the local area point cloud data, the injection point and injection direction were determined.The key information was then passed to the robotic arm system.The end of the robotic arm adopted a remote center of motion (RCM) mechanism.After solving the forward and inverse kinematics, the joint movement path was obtained, and the robotic arm was controlled to move to 2 cm above the injection point.After confirmation by the doctor, the insertion, injection, and withdrawal operations were completed to ensure the stability and repeatability of the injection process.The mean square error (MSE) of key points localization and the success detection rate (SDR) within different pixel error ranges (2, 5, and 10 pixels) of the study method were compared with those of the NFDP, SLPT, and StarLoss methods, and the effects of random weight enhancement, fixed weight enhancement, and no enhancement methods on the MSE of key points localization were evaluated.The repeatability and absolute positioning accuracy of the robotic arm system were also evaluated.Results:After adding random weight enhancement, the model of this study outperformed the fixed weight enhancement and no enhancement methods in both MSE and SDR.The MSEs of the model proposed in this study for overall eye, pupil, and iris localization were 4.25, 2.41, and 1.54, respectively, which were lower than those of the NFDP, StarLoss, and SLPT methods.Within the error ranges of 5 and 10 pixels, the SDRs of the model proposed in this study were 72.09% and 92.68%, respectively, which were higher than those of the NFDP, StarLoss, and SLPT methods.The single-axis repeatability errors and absolute positioning errors of the robotic arm were within ±5 μm.Conclusions:The AI-guided intravitreal injection robot system integrates RGBD images to achieve automatic recognition of the ocular injection point and high-precision motion control through RCM mechanism design and corresponding kinematic solution methods.
8.Serotyping,virulence factors and drug resistance analysis of Pasteurella multocida of porcine origin of Zhejiang Province
Yizhen XU ; Xiufang YUAN ; Lihua XU ; Bin YU ; Fei SU ; Shiyi YE ; Hongchao SUN ; Yijie CHEN ; Qiaodan CHEN ; Hui ZHANG ; Junxing LI
Chinese Journal of Veterinary Science 2025;45(7):1378-1387
The aim of this paper was to investigate the serotypes,virulence factors and drug resist-ance of clinical isolates of Pasteurella rnultocida of porcine origin in recent years.Morphological screening and polymerase chain reaction(PCR)were used to isolate and identify 119 isolates from nasal swabs and lung tissue samples sent from swine farms in Zhejiang Province from 2010 to 2024.The isolates of Pasteurella multocida were subjected to capsular polysaccharide serotyping,lipopolysaccharide serotyping,virulence factor detection and drug resistance analysis by PCR and Kirby-Bauer disc agar diffusion method(K-B).The results showed that there were 64 strains(53.7%)of A-type,54 strains(45.3%)of D-type and 1 strain(0.9%)of F-type among the capsu-lar polysaccharide serotypes,and 10 strains(8.4%)of L1-type,20 strains(16.8%)of L3-type,86 strains(72.2%)of L6-type,and 3 strains(2.6%)of undetermined type among the lipopolysaccha-ride serotypes.The amplification results of 10 virulence genes showed that the detection rate of virulence genes hgbA,higbB and fimA was over 86.0%,the detection rate of toxA was 8.4%,while the virulence gene tbpA was not detected.There were also differences in the distribution vir-ulence genes in different capsular polysaccharide serotypes.Virulence factor pfhA was detected in type A and F but not in type D.The detection rate of adhesin gene tadD in serotype A(92.2%)was significantly higher than that of type D(9.3%),and,on the contrary,the detection rate of ad-hesin gene hsf-l in serotype D(90.7%)was significantly higher than that of type A(20.3%).Drug resistance analysis revealed that Pasteurella multocida showed high susceptibility to antimi-crobial drugs such as amoxicillin,ampicillin,cephalosporins,doxycycline,fosfenicol and ciprofloxa-cin,and showed strong resistance to antimicrobial drugs such as lincomycin,cotrimoxazole,genta-micin and amikacin,and there were 54 multi-drug resistant strains(78.3%).In summary,capsular polysaccharide serotypes were dominated by type A and D,lipopolysaccharide serotypes were dom-inated by L6,the distribution of some virulence genes varied greatly among different serotypes,and the proportion of multi-resistant strains was high,which provide reference for the prevention and control of this disease.
9.Evaluation of injection point recognition and motion control accuracy of an intravitreal injection robot system guided by artificial intelligence
Jingwen CHEN ; Yijie PANG ; Jin YUAN ; Xiaoying TANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology 2025;43(11):991-1000
Objective:To develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-guided intravitreal injection robot system to accurately detect the injection point on the ocular surface and guide the robotic arm to complete the intravitreal injection positioning task through 3D position calculation.Methods:The Dikablis subset of the TEyeD dataset was used.Training set, testing set, and validation set were constructed by using equal interval sampling strategy.The system read the ocular surface color RGB image with an RGBD camera, then used a PatchCrop-Transformer-based injection point detection algorithm to detect and locate key points such as the pupil, iris, and eyelid in the image.Next, it extracted the local 3D point cloud data near the injection point based on the depth information obtained by the camera.Through principal component analysis (PCA) of the local area point cloud data, the injection point and injection direction were determined.The key information was then passed to the robotic arm system.The end of the robotic arm adopted a remote center of motion (RCM) mechanism.After solving the forward and inverse kinematics, the joint movement path was obtained, and the robotic arm was controlled to move to 2 cm above the injection point.After confirmation by the doctor, the insertion, injection, and withdrawal operations were completed to ensure the stability and repeatability of the injection process.The mean square error (MSE) of key points localization and the success detection rate (SDR) within different pixel error ranges (2, 5, and 10 pixels) of the study method were compared with those of the NFDP, SLPT, and StarLoss methods, and the effects of random weight enhancement, fixed weight enhancement, and no enhancement methods on the MSE of key points localization were evaluated.The repeatability and absolute positioning accuracy of the robotic arm system were also evaluated.Results:After adding random weight enhancement, the model of this study outperformed the fixed weight enhancement and no enhancement methods in both MSE and SDR.The MSEs of the model proposed in this study for overall eye, pupil, and iris localization were 4.25, 2.41, and 1.54, respectively, which were lower than those of the NFDP, StarLoss, and SLPT methods.Within the error ranges of 5 and 10 pixels, the SDRs of the model proposed in this study were 72.09% and 92.68%, respectively, which were higher than those of the NFDP, StarLoss, and SLPT methods.The single-axis repeatability errors and absolute positioning errors of the robotic arm were within ±5 μm.Conclusions:The AI-guided intravitreal injection robot system integrates RGBD images to achieve automatic recognition of the ocular injection point and high-precision motion control through RCM mechanism design and corresponding kinematic solution methods.
10.Autophagy in paraventricular nucleus enhances sympathetic activity in chronic heart failure rats by CK2/CaM/SK2 signaling pathway
Yue YUAN ; Wei SUN ; Jingyan ZHAO ; Yi YANG ; Min ZHANG ; Yijie DENG ; Bo GU ; Renjun WANG ; Haifeng LIU
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 2025;41(7):1249-1258
AIM:To investigate whether casein kinase 2(CK2)/calmodulin(CaM)/small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+channel type 2(SK2)signaling pathway mediates autophagy-induced sympathoexcitation in the paraventricu-lar nucleus(PVN)of rats with chronic heart failure(CHF).METHODS:We randomly divided 180 Wistar rats,aged 6 to 8 weeks,into 10 groups:sham+dimethyl sulfoxide(DMSO),sham+artificial cerebrospinal(aCSF),CHF+DMSO,CHF+aCSF,CHF+rapamycin(RAPA),CHF+3-methyladenine(3-MA),CHF+5,6-dichlorobenzimidazole riboside(DRB),CHF+calmidazolium chloride(CMDZ),CHF+N-cyclohexyl-N-[2-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-6-methyl-pyrimidin-4-yl]-amine(CyPPA),and CHF+apamin groups.We measured cardiac function,hemodynamic parameters,anatomic indicators,and sympathetic drive indicators(n=18).Western blot was used to examine the protein levels of mi-crotubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3-II(LC3-II)/LC3-I,beclin-1,P62,CK2α,SK2,and phosphorylated CaM.The number of SK2-positive neurons was measured using immunofluorescence staining.The NG108 cells were randomly divided into 6 groups:DMSO,aCSF,RAPA,3-MA,RAPA+DRB,and RAPA+CMDZ groups.Radioisotope 32P-ATP pro-tein kinase activity assays were used to detect CK2 activity in cultured NG108 cells.We used Western blot to examine the protein levels of CK2α,SK2,and phosphorylated CaM.RESULTS:Compared with CHF rats treated with vehicle,CHF rats treated with RAPA or apamin exhibited increased sympathetic drive indicators,but decreased left ventricular ejection fraction and fractional shortening(P<0.01).However,CHF symptoms,including sympathoexcitation,were attenuated by 3-MA,DRB,CMDZ or CyPPA infusion into the PVN(P<0.01).In CHF rats,RAPA infusion into the PVN induced CK2 activity,up-regulated LC3-II/LC3-I,beclin-1,CK2α,and phosphorylated CaM levels,but down-regulated P62 and SK2 expression,as well as the number of SK2-positive neurons(P<0.05 or P<0.01).In CHF rats,infusion of 3-MA or DRB into the PVN decreased CK2 activity,and down-regulated phosphorylated CaM level(P<0.01).Infusion of 3-MA,DRB or CMDZ into the PVN up-regulated SK2 expression and the number of SK2-positive neurons(P<0.01).In cultured NG108 cells,RAPA induced CK2 activation and up-regulated the expression of CK2α and the phosphorylation of CaM,but down-regulated SK2 expression(P<0.01).Treatment with RAPA increased the level of phosphorylated CaM and down-regulated SK2 expression in cultured NG108 cells(P<0.01),which was inhibited by DRB and CMDZ(P<0.05 or P<0.01).CONCLUSION:In rats with CHF,the CK2/CaM/SK2 signaling pathway in the PVN contributes to autophagy-induced sympathoexcitation.

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