In this study, we constructed a GLP-2R-HEK293 cell line and established a method for the determination of the in vitro biological activity of teduglutide based on HTRF, after optimizing experimental conditions and methodological verification. We also carried out relative potency detection of teduglutide pharmaceutical products using this method. The result showed that there was a quantitative-efficient relationship between the teduglutide activity and cAMP contents in GLP-2R-HEK293 cells, which conformed to four-parameter model. Method verification results of five concentrations of teduglutide (64%, 80%, 100%, 125% and 156%) met the requirements of the General Rules of Chinese Pharmacopoeia, 2020 edition, Volume IV (9401). We then analyzed the relative potency of three batches of teduglutide drug substances and three batches of drug products. The linearity, regression and parallelism of the obtained curves all fit the system suitability requirements. The relative potency of six batches of teduglutide was from 83% to 105%. In summary, the biological activity detection method established in this study was accurate, precise, simple and time-saving, which can be used for quality control of teduglutide pharmaceutical products.

It is necessary to improve the stability of human serum albumin in response to the complex temperature, light and other conditions during the manufacture and storage. In this paper, the stabilization effect and simple stabilization mechanism of ligands on albumin were described from the perspective of ligand binding to albumin.Through review and comparison, it can be concluded that the common ligand sodium octanoate mainly plays a role in improving thermal stability, and the common ligand N-acetyl-L-tryptophan mainly plays a role in improving antioxidant activity, N-acetyl-L-methionine has better antioxidant and anti-photooxidation than N-acetyl-L-tryptophan.

Background: At the therapeutic doses, diclofenac sodium (DFS) has few toxic side effects on mammals. On the other hand, DFS exhibits potent toxicity against birds and the mechanisms remain ambiguous. Objectives: This paper was designed to probe the toxicity of DFS exposure on the hepatic proteome of broiler chickens. Methods: Twenty 30-day-old broiler chickens were randomized evenly into two groups (n = 10).DFS was administered orally at 10 mg/kg body weight in group A, while the chickens in group B were perfused with saline as a control. Histopathological observations, serum biochemical examinations, and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction were performed to assess the liver injury induced by DFS. Proteomics analysis of the liver samples was conducted using isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification (iTRAQ) technology. Results: Ultimately, 201 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were obtained, of which 47 were up regulated, and 154 were down regulated. The Gene Ontology classification and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway analysis were conducted to screen target DEPs associated with DFS hepatotoxicity. The regulatory relationships between DEPs and signaling pathways were embodied via a protein-protein interaction network. The results showed that the DEPs enriched in multiple pathways, which might be related to the hepatotoxicity of DFS, were “protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum,” “retinol metabolism,” and “glycine, serine, and threonine metabolism.” Conclusions The hepatotoxicity of DFS on broiler chickens might be achieved by inducing the apoptosis of hepatocytes and affecting the metabolism of retinol and purine. The present study could provide molecular insights into the hepatotoxicity of DFS on broiler chickens.

bjective To observe the changes of upper extremity sensory function in patients with radicular cervical spondylosis and evaluate the treatment effect, by using the method of suspension exercise therapy (SET) and soft tissue manipulation. Methods A total of 72 patients with cervical spondylosis were divided into observation group (treated by SET combined with manipulation)and control group (treated by purely cervical traction) by simple random method. Both groups received 4-week continuous treatment for 6 times per week. The somatosensory evoked potential(SEP), current perception threshold (CPT) before and after the treatment in two groups were separatedly tested, and changes in visual analogue scale (VAS) pain scores of the affected limbs were examined, so as to determine the effective rate of treatment. Results After treatment, the latency of SEP was shortened mainly in brachial plexus potential N9 and cervical spinal potential N13 in two groups (P<0.05). The CPT levels and the VAS pain scores of the affected limbs were reduced in two groups (P<0.01), and the treatment effect in observation group was better that in control group (P<0.01)．Conclusion SET combined with soft tissue manipulation can effectively promote the repair of nerve sense function of cervical spondylotic radiculopathy.

Objective: To investigate the distribution of polymorphisms of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor gene (GLP-1R) rs10305420 and rs3765467 in Chinese Han type 2 diabetic patients, and the effects on body weight, blood glucose and serum lipid levels. Methods: Two SNPs of GLP-1R rs3765467 and rs10305420 were genotyped by Sanger dideoxy termination sequencing method. The racial difference and the association between the gene polymorphisms and the metabolic markers including BMI, serum lipids and blood glucose were analyzed. Results: The distribution of gene polymorphisms was consistent with the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. High-density lipoprotein (HDL-C) levels were significantly lower in the rs10305420 T allele carriers than in the CC genotype (1.00±0.18 vs 1.09±0.22, P=0.02). The triglyceride (TG) level of the rs3765467 A allele carrier was higher than that of the GG type (2.75±2.19 vs 2.07±1.36, P=0.03). The allele frequency of rs10305420 C/T was highly statistically significant compared with European population (P=0.000 3). The allele frequency of rs3765467 G/A was statistically different from that of European and African populations (P<0.01). Conclusions The two genetic polymorphisms were significantly associated with lipid levels in patients with type 2 diabetes, and there was a significant racial difference in the frequency distribution of the two variants.

Objective To reveal the biomechanical mechanism of suspension exercise therapy (SET) for treating cervical spondylosis. Methods From August 2015 to December 2016, 72 patients with cervical spondylosis were divided into experimental group (SET treatment group) and control group (traction treatment group) based on simple random sampling methods. For experimental group: 9 males and 27 females, the average age (45.19±10.09) years old, the average disease course (24.94±18.07) months. For control group: 11 males and 25 females, the average age (44.08±8.88) years old, the average disease course (22.17±14.96) months. The mechanical properties of neck muscles before treatment and at the end of disease course were tested by Biodex Ⅲ Isokinetic Testing System. Results Before treatment, there were no significant differences in the peak torque (PT), average power (AP), peak torque of flexor/extensor peak torque ratio (F/E) for both groups; after treatment, PT, AP, F/E in experimental group was improved compared with those in control group (P<0.05). Significant differences in PT, AP, F/E were found for experimental group before and after SET treatment(P<0.05). There were no significant differences in visual analogue scale (VAS) of neck pain for both groups before treatment (P＞0.05)，while the VAS of experimental group was better than that of control group(P<0.05). Significant differences in the VAS were found for experimental group before and after SET treatment(P<0.05). Conclusion sSET can improve the contraction forces and work efficiency of neck muscles for patients with cervical spondylosis, as well as the coordination ability of flexors and extensors muscles, which will contribute to restoring biomechanical properties of the patients with cervical spodylosis.

Objective: To investigate the therapeutic effect and the related mechanism of oridonin on mice with prostate cancer. Methods: Sixty BALB/C male nude mice were selected. A model of RM-1 cell transplantation tumor of prostate cancer was built by the subcutaneous inoculation of RM-1 cells. After that, those 60 experimental mice were randomly divided into groups A, B and C. Each group had 20 mice. Mice in group A were treated with 0.2 mL of normal saline (0.9%) by intraperitoneal injection once a day; mice in group B received intraperitoneal injection of 1.875 mg/mL of oridonin once a day; and mice in group C received intraperitoneal injection of 7.5 mg/mL of oridonin once a day. Mice in the three groups were treated uninterruptedly for 5 weeks and were all killed. Then, tumors were excised and weighed to calculate their growth inhibitory rate, volume increment and anti-tumor rate. Thymus and spleen of mice in the three groups were collected to calculate the thymus and spleen index. Immunohistochemical staining was applied to observe the expression of caspase-3 in prostate cancer tissue of mice of the three groups. Results: The qualities and volume increment of tumors in groups B and C were significantly lower than those of group A (P < 0.05); the qualities and volume increment of tumors in groups C were evidently lower than those of group B (P < 0.05); the tumor volume increment and anti-tumor rate in group C were obviously higher than those of group B (P < 0.05); the thymus and spleen indexes of groups B and C were distinctly higher than those of group A (P < 0.05); comparison of the thymus and spleen indexes between group B and group C showed no statistical differences (P > 0.05). Immumohistochemical staining revealed that the caspase-3 protein in prostate cancer tissue of mice of group A expressed negatively with colorless or light-colored karyon; while the caspase-3 protein in prostate cancer tissue of mice of group B expressed positively with dark-colored karyon, centralized distribution and granular sensation; and the caspase-3 in prostate cancer tissue of mice of group C showed strong positive expression with big and darker colored karyon and dense distribution. Conclusions: Oridonin can inhibit the growth of RM-1 prostate cancer cells effectively and have great therapeutic effects on RM-1 cell transplantation tumor of prostate cancer.

A develop of medical discharger of oxygen is presented in the paper. The medical discharge can control, display and print the output data including the time, oxygen discharge the total time and the total oxygen discharge of two channels oxygen synchronously or respectively, Results show that the device is of reasonable design, accurate, measurement simple operation, low cost, real-time display, alarm and controlling the channels oxygen automatically and can print data if necessary. It will be widely used in clinic.
Data Display ; Equipment Design ; Humans ; Oxygen ; analysis ; Oxygen Inhalation Therapy ; instrumentation ; Weights and Measures ; instrumentation

OBJECTIVETo observe the effect of hepatitis C virus (HCV) superinfection on the short-term and long-term hepatic pathological changes in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB).

METHODSHCV-RNA of twice corresponding period serum samples was detected via reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assay from 230 patients with CHB for whom liver biopsy was performed at an interval of 0.5-15 years, respectively. The hepatic pathological changes of the patients with CHB who were serum HCV-RNA positive at the beginning of observation and persistently positive between the starting and ending of observation were respectively compared with those of serum HCV-RNA negative and persistently negative patients.

RESULTS41 patients (17.83%) were positive for serum HCV-RNA at the beginning of observation. There were significant differences in the severity of hepatic inflammatory activity grade and fibrosis stage between serum HCV-RNA positive and negative patients with CHB (P < 0.05). Twenty-nine patients were persistently positive for serum HCV-RNA in the beginning and end of observation. Compared with persistently negative patients who were 116 patients selected from the above-mentioned 230 patients and they were comparable with HCV-RNA persistently positive patients in mean follow-up time, age and sex, the long-term progression of hepatic inflammatory activity grade and fibrosis stage in persistently positive patients were more speedy (P < 0.01).

CONCLUSIONHCV superinfection worsens the hepatic pathological changes of patients with CHB and speeds up its progression.

Adult ; Female ; Hepacivirus ; physiology ; Hepatitis B virus ; physiology ; Hepatitis B, Chronic ; blood ; pathology ; virology ; Host-Pathogen Interactions ; Humans ; Liver ; pathology ; virology ; Male ; RNA, Viral ; genetics ; Retrospective Studies ; Superinfection ; virology ; Time Factors ; Viral Load

BACKGROUNDTo study the correlativity between HBV-DNA and the markers of hepatitis B virus infection and different clinical types of hepatitis B.

METHODSThe fluorescence quantitation (FQ) of HBV-DNA of 105 patients with hepatitis B was performed by PCR, and the correlativity between the fluorescence quantitation of HBV-DNA and the markers of hepatitis B virus and different clinical types of hepatitis B was analyzed.

RESULTSNinety-seven percent of the patients were found HBsAg(+), HBeAg(+), HBcAb(+); 75% were HBsAg(+), HBeAb(+), HBcAb(+); 60% were HBsAg(+), HBcAb(+); 40% were HBsAg(+); in HBsAb(+), HBeAb(+), HBcAb(+) (or both HBsAb and HBcAb were positive) group the HBV DNA was undetectable. The analysis indicated that there was a significant difference among different groups (P less than 0.05).HBV-DNA was detected in 72.2% in acute hepatitis B group, in 75% of chronic hepatitis B group, and in 70% of cases of liver cirrhosis with hepatitis B group. The analysis indicated that there was no significant difference among the different clinical types of hepatitis (P greater than 0.05).

CONCLUSIONThe levels of viral replication were not correlated with different clinical types of hepatitis B; the concentration of HBV-DNA in serum was related to hepatitis B antigen.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Child ; DNA, Viral ; blood ; Female ; Fluorescence ; Hepatitis B ; virology ; Hepatitis B virus ; genetics ; physiology ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; methods ; Virus Replication