1.Role of NF-κB Signaling Pathway in "Reflux Esophagitis-esophageal Cancer" and Traditional Chinese Medicine Intervention:A Review
Mingyao XU ; Liqun LI ; Xin LIU ; Zhiwen SHEN ; Xiaoning ZHANG ; Jing HUANG ; Jiaqi YIN ; Zhu LIU ; Sheng XIE
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(2):221-233
Reflux esophagitis is an inflammatory disease of esophageal mucosa damage caused by the reflux of gastric contents into the esophagus. Its incidence is on the rise, and it has become an important precancerous disease of esophageal cancer. Studies have shown that the continuous inflammatory response stimulates the esophageal mucosa, causing abnormal proliferation of esophageal epithelial cells and damage to esophageal mucosal tissue, which eventually leads to the occurrence of heterogeneous hyperplasia and even carcinogenesis. The nuclear transcription factor-kappa B (NF-κB) signaling pathway is one of the most classical inflammatory and cancer signaling pathways. It has been found that abnormal activation of the NF-κB signaling pathway is crucial to the development and prognosis of reflux esophagitis and esophageal cancer. It is widely involved in the proliferation, autophagy, apoptosis, and inflammatory response of esophageal epithelial cells and tumor cells, accelerating the transformation of reflux esophagitis to esophageal cancer and making it a potential target for the treatment of reflux esophagitis and esophageal cancer. Currently, there is no specific treatment for reflux esophagitis and esophageal cancer, and large side effects often appear. Therefore, finding a promising and safe drug remains a top priority. In recent years, traditional Chinese medicine scholars have conducted a lot of research on NF-κB signaling pathway, and the results indicate that NF-κB signaling pathway is an important potential target for traditional Chinese medicine to prevent and treat reflux esophagitis and esophageal cancer, but there is a lack of comprehensive and systematic elaboration. Therefore, this paper summarized the relevant studies in recent years, analyzed the relationship among NF-κB signaling pathway, reflux esophagitis, esophageal cancer, and transformation from inflammation to cancer, and reviewed the research literature on the regulation of the NF-κB signaling pathway in traditional Chinese medicine to prevent and treat reflux esophagitis and esophageal cancer, so as to provide new ideas for the prevention and treatment of reflux esophagitis and esophageal cancer.
2.Research progress on the mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine intervening in esophageal cancer by microRNA regulation
Zhiwen SHEN ; Liqun LI ; Mingyao XU ; Xin LIU ; Jing HUANG ; Xiaoning ZHANG ; Jiaqi YIN ; Sheng XIE
China Pharmacy 2024;35(8):1016-1022
Esophageal cancer (EC) is a common malignant tumor of the digestive system with an extremely poor prognosis. MicroRNA (miRNA) is an important regulator in tumor occurrence and development, and can participate in malignant biological behaviors such as tumor cell proliferation, invasion, metastasis and apoptosis. Traditional Chinese medicine has the characteristics of accurate curative effects, wide range of effects, and few side effects. The review uses miRNA as the entry point to systematically elaborate on the mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine-mediated miRNA intervening in EC. The results showed that active ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine (including curcumin, Tussilago farfara polysaccharides, Atractylodes macrocephala polysaccharides and ophiopogonin B) and Dougen guanshitong oral liquid could up-regulate the expressions of miRNAs such as miRNA-532-3p (miR-532-3p), miR-551b-3p, miR-99a, miR-34a, miR-199a-3p and miR-377; and the active ingredients/parts of traditional Chinese medicine (including chrysin and Actinidia arguta extract), and Chinese herbal formulas (including Chaihu shugan san combined with Xuanfu daizhe decoction and Modified jupi zhuru decoction) could down-regulate the expressions of miRNAs such as miR-199a-3p, miR-451 and miR-21, which could regulate the expressions of signaling pathways (phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B, etc.) or their downstream protein(zinc-finger and homeobox protein 1, etc.) or enzymes(thymidine kinase-1, etc.), inhibit the proliferation, invasion and metastasis of EC cells and induce apoptosis, thereby ultimately achieving the purpose of preventing the disease from aggravating.
3.Research progress of traditional Chinese and Western medicine non-pharmacological prevention strategies for acute high altitude disease
Li LI ; Peipei LU ; Zhiwen CAO ; Bo WEN ; Shanshan SHEN ; Zirong WANG ; Yong TAN ; Cheng LYU
Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2024;36(6):669-672
Acute high altitude disease (AHAD) is a general term for a series of clinical reactions that occur when the body fails to adapt to the low-pressure hypoxic environment of high altitudes. Mild cases can cause symptoms such as headache, nausea and vomiting, while more severe cases can lead to life-threatening conditions such as pulmonary edema, cerebral edema and other critical conditions that can be fatal. With the increasing demand for high altitudes deployment, understanding the common preventive measures of AHAD can reduce its morbidity or mortality to a certain extent, which is of great benefit to those who reside temporarily at high altitudes. In recent years, as people's health awareness has improved, there has been a growing attention towards non-pharmacological methods of disease prevention. At the same time, non-pharmacological therapy has significant therapeutic effects in preventing and treating high-altitude diseases, which has attracted the attention of researchers in this field. This review summarizes the major non-pharmacological preventive components of modern medicine and outlines the current non-pharmacological approaches to AHAD from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, intending to serve clinical purposes and improve the onset and prognosis of AHAD.
4.Clinical study on patient-derived organoids as a predictive model for assessing treatment response in pancreatic cancer
Suya SHEN ; Jingjing LI ; Hao CHENG ; Wenyan GUAN ; Zhiwen LI ; Xiao FU ; Yingzhe HU ; Zhenghua CAI ; Yuqing HAN ; Yudong QIU
Chinese Journal of General Surgery 2023;38(9):655-661
Objective:To construct a biospecimen bank of patient derived organoids (PDOs) from pancreatic cancer tissues and to explore the feasibility of PDOs drug sensitivity assay technology to guide chemotherapy drug selection for pancreatic cancer.Methods:Pancreatic cancer tissue specimens obtained after surgical resection and puncture biopsy from Mar 2020 to Dec 2022 at Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine were collected. Pancreatic cancer PDOs were cultured in vitro and histologically identified; PDOs were treated with gemcitabine, Nab-paclitaxel, fluorouracil, Oxaliplatin, and Irinotecan and cell viability was measured to analyze the correlation between PDOs drug sensitivity and the actual clinical treatment response.Results:The PDOs can reproduce the pathological features of corresponding tumor tissues; the sensitivity of different PDOs to the same chemotherapeutic drug is significantly different; The sensitivity of PDOs was highly consistent with the actual treatment effect of the corresponding patients 75.76% (25/33); organoid organ-based susceptibility testing had predictive value for the treatment response of patients (AUC=0.733, 95% CI: 0.546-0.919, P<0.05). Conclusion:A biobank of pancreatic cancer PDOs was successfully constructed, and the drug susceptibility test results were significantly correlated with the actual medication response of patients, suggesting that the drug susceptibility test technology based on PDOs has the potential to guide individualized chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer.
5.Study progress on traditional Chinese medicine monomer intervening in pancreatic cancer by regulating PI3K/Akt signaling pathway
Mingyao XU ; Jing HUANG ; Zhiwen SHEN ; Xiaoning ZHANG ; Xin LIU ; Jiaqi YIN ; Zhu LIU ; Liqun LI ; Sheng XIE
China Pharmacy 2023;34(19):2427-2432
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most destructive malignant tumors; the pathogenesis of this disease is complex and is closely related to genetic susceptibility, chronic pancreatitis, and gene mutations in signaling pathways. The phosphoinositide 3- kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt) signaling pathway is a classical cancer signaling pathway that is aberrantly activated in pancreatic cancer cells. In recent years, it has been found that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) monomers show special activity in the treatment of pancreatic cancer and can be potential drug for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. Based on PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, this paper summarizes the mechanism of TCM monomer intervening in pancreatic cancer and finds that TCM monomer of alkaloids (sinomenine, dictamnine, dauricine, etc.), terpenoids (saikosaponin A, linderalactone, isoalantolactone, etc.), phenols (6-gingerol, curcumin, pterostilbene, etc.), flavonoids (fisetin, kaempferol, quercetin, etc.) and quinones (β-hydroxyisovaleryl shikonin, rhein, lucidone, etc.) can inhibit the proliferation, invasion and migration of pancreatic cancer cells, regulate autophagy and apoptosis, and then inhibit the pathological process of pancreatic cancer by inhibiting PI3K/Akt signaling pathway.
6.Role of Autophagy-apoptosis Balance in Colorectal Cancer and Traditional Chinese Medicine Intervention: A Review
Mingyao XU ; Sheng XIE ; Liqun LI ; Xin LIU ; Xiaoning ZHANG ; Zhiwen SHEN ; Chengning YANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2023;29(23):207-217
Colorectal cancer (CRC), a malignant tumor of the digestive system, originates from the colorectal mucosa epithelium and is usually asymptomatic until it progresses to an advanced stage. With high incidence around the globe and the increasingly younger patients, this disease poses a serious threat to the health and lives of the patients. Although the pathogenesis of this disease is not fully understood, it is generally believed that it is associated with autophagy, apoptosis, and inflammation. Autophagy and apoptosis as two types of programmed cell death are subject to complex interactive regulation, and the imbalance between them is closely related to the occurrence, development, and prognosis of a variety of diseases. Studies have shown that autophagy-apoptosis balance plays a key role in CRC. On the one hand, autophagy and apoptosis coordinate with each other to inhibit CRC cell growth. On the other hand, autophagy can antagonize apoptosis to promote CRC cell growth. In clinical practice, surgery is often combined with radiotherapy and chemotherapy to treat CRC, which can control the progression of CRC to a certain extent but has serious adverse effects and poor long-term results. In recent years, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been proved to be effective in the treatment of CRC. Studies have shown that numerous herbal active components can promote CRC cell death by regulating the autophagy-apoptosis balance, thereby blocking the progression of this disease. The process of autophagy-apoptosis balance in regulating cell activities has similar theoretical connotations with the Yin and Yang theory of TCM. Applying TCM in regulating autophagy-apoptosis balance at various stages of CRC has become a frontier, while the comprehensive elaboration remains to be conducted. By reviewing the relevant studies in recent years, this paper introduces the correlation between the Yin and Yang theory and the autophagy-apoptosis balance, the role of autophagy-apoptosis balance in CRC, and the research progress in the application of 27 Chinese herbal active components such as flavonoids, terpenoids, glycosides, and phenols capable of regulating autophagy-apoptosis balance in the treatment of CRC. The active components in Chinese medicines can recover the autophagy-apoptosis balance in CRC by acting on microtuble-associated protein 1 light chain 3(LC3), Beclin-1, and B-cell lymphoma-2(Bcl-2)to regulate multiple signaling pathways such as protein kinase B(Akt)/mammalian target of rapamycin(mTOR)and reavtive oxygen species(ROS)/ c-Jun N-terminal kinase(JNK), thus balancing Yin and Yang. This review aims to provide a reference for the treatment of CRC and the development of new drugs.
7.Traditional Chinese Medicine Intervention in Colorectal Cancer Based on NF-κB Signaling Pathway: A Review
Mingyao XU ; Liqun LI ; Xin LIU ; Zhiwen SHEN ; Xiaoning ZHANG ; Jing HUANG ; Jiaqi YIN ; Zhu LIU ; Sheng XIE
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2023;29(19):243-256
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with increasing incidence and mortality rates. The disease often develops covertly and lacks specific symptoms in its early stages, leading to late-stage diagnoses in most patients. It has become a prominent research topic in the field of digestive system tumors. The exact mechanisms underlying CRC are not yet clear and involve factors such as genetics, gene mutations, inflammatory responses, and aberrant activation of tumor-related signaling pathways. Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) is a crucial transcription factor that participates in various biological processes, including inflammatory responses, immune responses, cell proliferation, and apoptosis. Research suggests that NF-κB, serving as a molecular link between inflammation and cancer, is highly expressed in CRC. It promotes the occurrence and development of CRC by regulating the activity of target genes such as cell pro-inflammatory factors, chemokines, angiogenic factors, metastasis factors, and anti-apoptotic proteins. Currently, common treatments for CRC include surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy drugs like 5-fluorouracil. However, these treatments have limitations such as significant adverse reactions, high metastasis rates, and the development of drug resistance. Therefore, the search for effective, low-adverse-reaction drugs to replace or supplement current treatments is essential. In recent years, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has shown some effectiveness in preventing and treating CRC. TCM has been found to inhibit the growth of CRC cells by modulating the NF-κB signaling pathway, playing a positive role in the occurrence and progression of CRC. Based on the asthenia in origin and sthenia in superficiality and deficiency-excess in complexity in CRC, this article summarized and analyzed the mechanisms and effects of TCM interventions targeting the NF-κB signaling pathway in CRC, and reviewed advances of 10 Chinese medicinal compound formulas and 37 Chinese medicinal monomer components of different types, including flavonoids, phenols, alkaloids, glycosides, and terpenoids with the effects of dispelling pathogenic factors, reinforcing healthy qi, and removing toxins in the prevention and treatment of CRC by targeting the NF-κB pathway. It is found that Chinese medicine can inhibit CRC cell proliferation, invasion, metastasis, angiogenesis, and inflammation by modulating the NF-κB signaling pathway, induce cell apoptosis, restore drug and radiation sensitivity, and counteract CRC. This article is expected to provide insights and references for the in-depth exploration and treatment of CRC mechanisms.
8.Influence of social cognition and interaction training on social function and life quality of patients with schizophrenia in remission
Bianhong SHEN ; Yongping WANG ; Jianping TANG ; Yunhai TAO ; Chunyan ZHU ; Zhiwen ZHANG
China Modern Doctor 2018;56(14):100-103,107
Objective To investigate the influence of social cognition and interaction training(SCIT) on psychiatric symptoms, social function and life quality of patients with schizophrenia in remission. Methods 90 patients with schizophrenia were randomized into intervention group and control group. Combined with primary medication, patients in intervention group were treated with SCIT for 10 weeks while patients in control group were treated with routine mental supportive treatment. Patients' psychiatric symptoms, social function and life quality after treatment were observed. Results Scores of positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS), social disability screening schedule(SDSS), family assessment device (FAD) and general quality of life inventory (GQOLI) in two groups before intervention were not significantly different(P>0. 05). Compared with those before intervention, scores of positive syndrome, negative syndrome and total score of PANSS decreased significantly in two groups respectively (P<0. 05) and these indicators in intervention group improved more significantly when compared with control group (P<0. 05). Scores of SDSS and FAD in intervention group decreased when compare with those before intervention and were lower than those in control group(P<0. 05). After intervention, scores of body function, physiological function, social function and quality of life in intervention group increased significantly (P<0. 05) and were higher than those in control group after intervention (P<0. 05). There were no significant differences of scores of material life satisfaction between before and after intervention or be tween groups (P>0. 05). Conclusion SCIT could improve the social function and quality of life in patients with schizophrenia in remission significantly and could relieve the clinical symptoms of patients with schizophrenia in remission to some extent.
9.Study on the toxicokinetics of cymermethrin and its metabolites in dog bile
Feng ZHENG ; Yanan SHEN ; Aiai FAN ; Juan JIA ; Zhiwen WEI ; Yao LIU ; Bin CONG ; Keming YUN
Chinese Journal of Forensic Medicine 2017;32(6):557-562
Objective To study the toxicokinetics of Cymermethrin and its metabolites in dog bile and provide evidence for forensic cases of identification of Cymermethrin poisoning. Methods 1/4LD50 doses of Cymermethrin were given to 6 male dogs by oral perfusion after the gallbladder fistula surgery on them,and their bile were collected at different time, in which Cymermethrin and its metabolites were extracted by Liquid-liquid extraction with dichloromethane and detected by HPLC-MS-MS. The qualitative analysis was based on retention time and MRM ions. The quantitative analysis was based on an internal standard method and calibration curve. Toxicokinetics equations of Cymermethrin and its metabolites in the bile were established from the c-t curves which were fitted by the WinNonlin toxicokinetics software meanwhie toxicokinetics parameters were obtained. Results The toxicokinetics of Cymermethrin met first-order dynamic equation. The Tmax of Cymermethrin(CYM), 3-phenoxybenzoic acid (3-PBA), 3-(2,2-Dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethyl-cyclopropanecarboxylate (DCVA) respectively were 1.52±0.30,1.29±0.04,0.93±0.41 h ; The Cmax of CYM, 3-PBA, DCVA respectively were 0.38±0.03,7.9±1.32,30.9±16.24 μg/mL ; The T1/2 of CYM, 3-PBA, DCVA respectively were3.93±0.71,1.36±0.11,4.49±2.81 h; Conclusion The toxicokinetics of Cymermethrin in dog bile met first-order dynamic equation ; The toxicokinetics model and parameters of Cymermethrin can provide evidence for forensic identification of Cymermethrin poisoning cases.
10.Study on the stability of carbofuran and its metabolites in blood preserved at different conditions
Aiai FAN ; Yanan SHEN ; Feng ZHENG ; Zhiwen WEI ; Yao LIU ; Shanlin FU ; Keming YUN
Chinese Journal of Forensic Medicine 2017;32(6):578-582,587
Objective Study on the stability of carbofuran and its metabolite carbofuran phenol in blood preserved at different conditions,in order to provide a scientific evidence for forensic identification of carbofuran poisoning death. Methods The dogs were given intragastric administration with 4LD50(13.5mg/kg) of carbofuran, the blood were collected and divided into five equally groups preserved at 20℃(NC2.5mg/mL), 20℃(1%NaF), 20℃, 4℃ and -20℃, respectively. The concentrations of carbofuran and carbofuran phenol in above samples were detected by GC-MS/MS with MRM at 0d、5d、7d、15d、40d、83d and 150d. Results The concentration of carbofuran in preserved blood were found to be significant decrease at 7d(P < 0.05), then a steady decline. In each condition, the concentration of carbofuran phenol in preserved blood showed an increasing trend firstly, then a declined tendency. The concentration of carbofuran and carbofuran phenol descending fast in blood at 20 ℃ (NC) and 20 ℃ (1%NaF).Conclusion Carbofuran and carbofuran phenol in preserved specimens are found to be decomposed. The decomposition is quick at 20℃ and slow at -20℃. Citrate sodium and sodium fluoride are not suit for anticoagulation and antiputrefactiva. Biological specimens used for forensic identification of the carbofuran poisoning should be stored at refriferated or freezed, and be analyzed as soon as possible.

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