1.Mitochondrial Quality Control Regulating Pathogenesis of Sarcopenia and Its Intervention by Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Review
Ting DAI ; Yan CHEN ; Changsheng GUO ; Jing GAO ; Xiaodong FENG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2025;31(8):279-286
Sarcopenia is a clinical syndrome characterized by a decrease in skeletal muscle strength and quality, often accompanied by adverse outcomes such as falls, loss of function and weakness. The pathogenesis of sarcopenia is complex, and studies have shown that dysfunction due to impaired mitochondrial quality control is an important pathological factor in the occurrence and development. Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) has been widely favoured for regulating mitochondrial homeostasis and preventing sarcopenia by virtue of its multi-target and multi-pathway advantages. They can play a role in the prevention and treatment of sarcopenia by regulating the mitochondrial quality control system to inhibit the occurrence of mitochondrial oxidative stress, regulate the balance of mitochondrial dynamics, inhibit mitochondrial autophagy, promote mitochondrial biosynthesis, resist the occurrence of mitochondrial apoptosis, and maintain the mitochondrial calcium and protein homeostasis. Based on this, the paper reviewed the relationship between mitochondrial quality control and sarcopenia, as well as the mechanism of TCM in intervening the mitochondrial quality control system to treat sarcopenia, in order to provide a new idea for the prevention and treatment of sarcopenia by TCM and to a theoretical basis for the clinical research on TCM intervention in sarcopenia.
2. Effect of miR-141-5p/ZNF705A on adhesion of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in chronic myeloid leukemia cell-derived exosomes
Jing BAO ; Han XU ; Wan-Jie WANG ; Ting-Ting XU ; Ji-Fei DAI ; Rui-Xiang XIA
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2024;40(3):506-514
Aim To investigate the effect of miR-141-5p/ZNF705A in chronic myeloid leukemia(CML)cell-derived exosome(Exo)on the adhesion of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells(BMSCs). Methods The morphology and size of Exo in peripheral blood from CML patients and K562 cells were examined by electron microscopy and NTA particle size analysis. The expressions of Exo and BMSCs marker molecules and adhesion proteins in K562 cells were detected by qRT-PCR and Western blot before and after transfection. The adhesion ability of BMSCs was detected by cell adhesion assay, and the cellular activity of BMSCs was examined using CCK-8. miR-141-5p binding to ZNF705A was detected by luciferase assay. Results qRT-PCR results showed that miR-141-5p expression was significantly reduced in both CML patients and K562 cell-derived Exo. qRT-PCR, Western blot and other results showed that BMSCs in CML patients had significantly reduced the expression of adhesion proteins CD44 and CXCL12, and were able to phagocytose K562 cell-derived Exo. Further, K562-derived Exo was found to reduce CD44 and CXCL12 expression and adhesion in Exo-promoted BMSCs compared with CD34+ cells. Meanwhile, the results of dual luciferase reporter assay verified that miR-141-5p targeted binding to ZNF705A. Finally, we found ZNF705A could be targeted by up-regulating miR-141-5p expression in Exo of K562 cells, which in turn inhibited the adhesion of BMSCs. Conclusions K562 cells down-regulate miR-141-5p expression in Exo and inhibit the adhesion function of BMSCs by targeting ZNF705A, thus regulating the bone marrow hematopoietic function in CML patients.
3.Study on consistency of traditional decoction and formula granules of Sangju Decoction based on fingerprint printing and chemical pattern recognition
Yuechen FAN ; Ting CHEN ; Meizhen LI ; Wei DAI ; Yuyu HUANG
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;46(1):69-75
Objective:To compare the chemical composition of decoction and granules of Sangju Decoction; To provide a method for quality evaluation of Sangju Decoction.Methods:HPLC was used to establish fingerprints, and a comprehensive comparative study was conducted on the traditional decoction and formula granules of Sangju Decoction from four aspects: chemical composition type, fingerprint similarity, chemical pattern recognition analysis, and representative index component content.Results:The fingerprint similarity of the 10 batches of traditional decoction was >0.988. 35 peaks were identified and 12 peaks were identified as common peaks (neochlorogenic acid for peak 7, chlorogenic acid for peak 10, cryptochlorogenic acid for peak 11, 1,3-dicaffeoylquinic acid for peak 13, rutin for peak 17, lenoside A for peak 19, lignan for peak 20, isochlorogenic acid B for peak 24, ammonium glycyrrhizate for peak 25). The fingerprint similarity of the formulation pellets was >0.983, and 29 characteristic peaks were identified. Compared with the traditional decoction, some batches of the granules lacked peaks 14, 26, 27, 30, 32 and 34, and clustering analysis (CA), principal component analysis (PCA), and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) could distinguish between the two. The contents of the 10 index components neochlorogenic acid, chlorogenic acid, cryptochlorogenic acid, 1,3-dicaffeoylquinic acid, forsythia ester glycoside A, grass glycosides, isochlorogenic acid B, 3,5-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid, forsythia glycosides, monkshood glycosides in the traditional soup were higher than that in the granules, and the contents of rutin and ammonium glycyrrhizate in the granules were higher than that in traditional decoction.Conclusions:The content and composition of traditional decoction and formula granules of Sangju Decoction are significantly different. The combination of fingerprinting and chemical pattern identification effectively can effectively evaluate the difference between traditional decoction and formula granules of Sangju Decoction, which can lay a foundation for the quality control and rational clinical application of formula granules of Sangju Decoction.
4. Analysis of cerebral gray matter structure in multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica
Xiao-Li LIU ; Ai-Xue WU ; Ru-Hua LI ; An-Ting WU ; Cheng-Chun CHEN ; Lin XU ; Cai-Yun WEN ; Dai-Qian CHEN
Acta Anatomica Sinica 2024;55(1):17-24
Objective The volume and cortical thickness of gray matter in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica (NMO) were compared and analyzed by voxel⁃based morphometry (VBM) and surface⁃based morphometry (SBM), and the differences in the structural changes of gray matter in the two diseases were discussed. Methods A total of 21 MS patients, 16 NMO patients and 19 healthy controls were scanned by routine MRI sequence. The data were processed and analyzed by VBM and SBM method based on the statistical parameter tool SPM12 of Matlab2014a platform and the small tool CAT12 under SPM12. Results Compared with the normal control group (NC), after Gaussian random field (GRF) correction, the gray matter volume in MS group was significantly reduced in left superior occipital, left cuneus, left calcarine, left precuneus, left postcentral, left central paracentral lobule, right cuneus, left middle frontal, left superior frontal and left superior medial frontal (P<0. 05). After family wise error (FWE) correction, the thickness of left paracentral, left superiorfrontal and left precuneus cortex in MS group was significantly reduced (P<0. 05). Compared with the NC group, after GRF correction, the gray matter volume in the left postcentral, left precentral, left inferior parietal, right precentral and right middle frontal in NMO group was significantly increased (P<0. 05). In NMO group, the volume of gray matter in left middle occipital, left superior occipital, left inferior temporal, right middle occipital, left superior frontal orbital, right middle cingulum, left anterior cingulum, right angular and left precuneus were significantly decreased (P<0. 05). Brain regions showed no significant differences in cortical thickness between NMO groups after FWE correction. Compared with the NMO group, after GRF correction, the gray matter volume in the right fusiform and right middle frontal in MS group was increased significantly(P<0. 05). In MS group, the gray matter volume of left thalamus, left pallidum, left precentral, left middle frontal, left middle temporal, right pallidum, left inferior parietal and right superior parietal were significantly decreased (P<0. 05). After FWE correction, the thickness of left inferiorparietal, left superiorparietal, left supramarginal, left paracentral, left superiorfrontal and left precuneus cortex in MS group decreased significantly (P<0. 05). Conclusion The atrophy of brain gray matter structure in MS patients mainly involves the left parietal region, while NMO patients are not sensitive to the change of brain gray matter structure. The significant difference in brain gray matter volume between MS patients and NMO patients is mainly located in the deep cerebral nucleus mass.
5.Evaluation of the correlation between diabetic retinopathy and diabetic ne-phropathy by emission computed tomography and clinical testing data via convolutional neural network
Juan TANG ; Qinghua LI ; Xiuying DENG ; Ting LU ; Guoqiang TANG ; Zhiwu LIN ; Xingde LIU ; Xiaoli WU ; Qilin FANG ; Ying LI ; Xiao WANG ; Yan ZHOU ; Biao LI ; Chuanqiang DAI ; Tao LI
Recent Advances in Ophthalmology 2024;44(2):127-132
Objective To evaluate the relationship between diabetic nephropathy(DN)and diabetic retinopathy(DR)in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM)based on imaging and clinical testing data.Methods Totally 600 T2DM patients who visited the First People's Hospital of Ziyang from March 2021 to December 2022 were included.The fundus photography and fundus fluorescein angiography were performed on all these patients and their age,gender,T2DM duration,cardiovascular diseases,cerebrovascular disease,hypertension,smoking history,drinking history,body mass in-dex,systolic blood pressure,diastolic blood pressure and other clinical data were collected.The levels of fasting blood glu-cose(FPG),triglyceride(TG),total cholesterol(TC),high-density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C),low-density lipo-protein cholesterol(LDL-C),glycosylated hemoglobin(HbA1c),24 h urinary albumin(UAlb),urinary albumin to creati-nine ratio(ACR),serum creatinine(Scr)and blood urea nitrogen(BUN)were measured.Logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors associated with DR.DR staging was performed according to fundus images,and the convolutional neural network(CNN)algorithm was used as an image analysis method to explore the correlation between DR and DN based on emission computed tomography(ECT)and clinical testing data.Results The average lesion area rates of DR and DN detected by the CNN in the non-DR,mild-non-proliferative DR(NPDR),moderate-NPDR,severe-NPDR and pro-liferative DR(PDR)groups were higher than those obtained by the traditional algorithm(TCM).As DR worsened,the Scr,BUN,24 h UAlb and ACR gradually increased.Besides,the incidence of DN in the non-DR,mild-NPDR,moderate-NPDR,severe-NPDR and PDR groups was 1.67%,8.83%,16.16%,22.16%and 30.83%,respectively.Logistic regression analysis showed that the duration of T2DM,smoking history,HbA1c,TC,TG,HDL-C,LDL-C,24 h UAlb,Scr,BUN,ACR and glomerular filtration rate(GFR)were independent risk factors for DR.Renal dynamic ECT analysis demonstrated that with the aggravation of DR,renal blood flow perfusion gradually decreased,resulting in diminished renal filtration.Conclusion The application of CCN in the early stage DR and DN image analysis of T2DM patients will improve the diag-nosis accuracy of DR and DN lesion area.The DN is worsening as the aggravation of DR.
6.Comparing 11 early warning scores and three shock indices in early sepsis prediction in the emergency department
Rex Pui Kin Lam ; Dai ZONGLIN ; Eric Ho Yin Lau ; Carrie Yuen Ting Ip ; Chan Ching HO ; Zhao LINGYUN ; Tsang Chi TAT ; Matthew Sik Hon Tsui ; Rainer Hudson TIMOTHY
World Journal of Emergency Medicine 2024;15(4):273-282
BACKGROUND:This study aimed to evaluate the discriminatory performance of 11 vital sign-based early warning scores(EWSs)and three shock indices in early sepsis prediction in the emergency department(ED). METHODS:We performed a retrospective study on consecutive adult patients with an infection over 3 months in a public ED in Hong Kong.The primary outcome was sepsis(Sepsis-3 definition)within 48 h of ED presentation.Using c-statistics and the DeLong test,we compared 11 EWSs,including the National Early Warning Score 2(NEWS2),Modified Early Warning Score,and Worthing Physiological Scoring System(WPS),etc.,and three shock indices(the shock index[SI],modified shock index[MSI],and diastolic shock index[DSI]),with Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome(SIRS)and quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment(qSOFA)in predicting the primary outcome,intensive care unit admission,and mortality at different time points. RESULTS:We analyzed 601 patients,of whom 166(27.6%)developed sepsis.NEWS2 had the highest point estimate(area under the receiver operating characteristic curve[AUROC]0.75,95%CI 0.70-0.79)and was significantly better than SIRS,qSOFA,other EWSs and shock indices,except WPS,at predicting the primary outcome.However,the pooled sensitivity and specificity of NEWS2≥5 for the prediction of sepsis were 0.45(95%CI 0.37-0.52)and 0.88(95%CI 0.85-0.91),respectively.The discriminatory performance of all EWSs and shock indices declined when used to predict mortality at a more remote time point. CONCLUSION:NEWS2 compared favorably with other EWSs and shock indices in early sepsis prediction but its low sensitivity at the usual cut-off point requires further modification for sepsis screening.
7.Optimization and application of an automatic monitoring module for drug-induced arrhythmias based on population characteristics
Peng LI ; Dai-Hong GUO ; Man ZHU ; Ao GAO ; Hai-Li GUO ; An FU ; An-Qi ZHAO ; Ting-Yong SHI
The Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2024;40(9):1345-1349
Objective To develop the functions and optimize the automatic monitoring module for arrhythmias of the adverse drug event active surveillance and assessment system-Ⅱ,in order to continuously improve the performance,enhance the monitoring efficiency,and explore the ways to optimize the module.Methods Expand and optimize the functions of the module,increase the customized configuration,and determine the optimal setting conditions;compare the optimized test data with the results of the evaluation studies on the automatic monitoring of drug-induced arrhythmias in large samples of medicated population previously,and verify the optimization extent as well as the accuracy of the module.Results In the new module optimized according to the characteristics of the monitoring population,the function of"mandatory medical order keywords"was added,and it was determined that the inclusion of 6 electrocardiogram examination-related medical order keywords with a frequency of not less than 2 occurrences was the optimal configuration condition for the optimization of the module;combining the results of the previous automatic monitoring and evaluation researches,the system functions were verified and compared under the conditions of using the whole drugs and 2 kinds of single drug.While there was no loss of true positive cases,the number of cases with system alarms decreased by 30.75%,80.13%and 90.82%,respectively,compared with that before the optimization of the module,and the positive predictive value was significantly improved.Conclusion After the function expansion and optimization,the automatic monitoring module of drug-induced arrhythmias significantly reduces the labor cost of case evaluation and keeps the accuracy of monitoring results constant;the new module can better adapt to the demands of different automatic monitoring modes and operates stably,which is more generalizable and flexible,and provides a new way of considering for the research and development of automatic monitoring modules.
8.The effect of progressive rehabilitation intervention based on FITT principle on the rehabilitation of elderly STEMI patients after PCI
Ting ZOU ; Changlin ZHOU ; Feng DAI ; Changyun CHEN
Chinese Journal of Geriatric Heart Brain and Vessel Diseases 2024;26(10):1152-1157
Objective To determine the impact of progressive rehabilitation intervention based on the FITT principle on the recovery of elderly patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardi-al infarction(STEMI)after percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI).Methods A total of 184 STEMI patients admitted to our hospital between December 2021 and June 2023 were enrolled and randomly divided into a study group(n=92)and a control group(n=92).Routine rehabilita-tion intervention was given to the control group,and progressive rehabilitation intervention based on the FITT principle was given to the study group.Both groups were intervened for 12 weeks.Metabolite equivalents(MET)of the two groups were evaluated before and at 4,8 and 12 weeks after intervention.Their cardiopulmonary reserve function and quality of life were evaluated with cardiopulmonary exercise testing and myocardial infarction multidimensional assessment scale(MIDAS)before and at 12 weeks after intervention.The incidence of adverse cardiovascular events such as ventricular arrhythmia and heart failure(HF)during 6 months of follow-up was recorded.Results There were significant differences in two sets of MET value groups,time points,and group time point interactions(P<0.01).No statistical difference was found in MET values be-tween the two groups before intervention(P>0.05).The MET values were increased in both groups at 4,8 and 12 weeks after intervention than before intervention,and those in the study group were higher than those in the control group at above three time points(P<0.05).Com-pared with before intervention,the peak oxygen uptake and anaerobic threshold oxygen uptake in 2 groups increased after intervention(P<0.05).The peak oxygen uptake and anaerobic threshold oxygen uptake in the study group were higher than those in the control group[(23.52±1.86)ml/(min·kg)vs(21.36±2.60)ml/(min·kg),P<0.01;(14.33±2.02)ml/(min·kg)vs(12.08±1.76)ml/(min·kg),P<0.01];Compared with before intervention,the carbon dioxide ventilation equivalent slope of 2 groups decreased after intervention(P<0.05).The carbon dioxide equivalent slope of the study group was lower than that of the control group(26.12±2.34 vs 28.10±2.52,P<0.01).Compared with before intervention,the MIDAS score was decreased in both groups af-ter intervention(65.30±5.20 vs 96.64±7.33,P<0.01;70.46±5.87 vs 95.80±7.26,P<0.01),and the score of the study group was lower than that of the control group(65.30±5.20 vs 70.46±5.87,P<0.01).After a 6-month follow-up,there was no significant difference in the incidence of adverse cardiovascular events between the two groups(P>0.05).Conclusion Progressive reha-bilitation interventions based on the FITT principle can promote exercise tolerance,improve car-diopulmonary reserve function,and enhance the quality of life of elderly STEMI patients after PCI.
9.Discrete element modeling and breakage behavior analysis of oral solid dosage form particles
Lin-xiu LUO ; Tian-bing GUAN ; An-qi LUO ; Zeng LIU ; Yu-ting WANG ; Yan-ling JIANG ; Zheng LU ; Jing-cao TANG ; Shuang-kou CHEN ; Hui-min SUN ; Chuan-yun DAI
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2024;59(4):1057-1066
The breakage pattern of unit particles during the production of oral solid dosage forms (OSD) is closely related to the quality of intermediate or final products. To accurately characterize the particles and study the evolution law of particle breakage, the Bonding model of the discrete element method (DEM) was used to investigate the breakage patterns of model parameters, particle shape and process conditions (loading mode and loading rate) on the dynamic breakage, force-time curve, breakage rate, maximum breakage size ratio and fracture strength of particles. The results showed that the particle breakage force was positively correlated with normal strength and bonded disk scale, negatively correlated with normal stiffness per unit area and tangential stiffness per unit area, and weakly correlated with tangential strength. The particle breakage rate was negatively correlated with the aspect ratio of the particles, and the maximum breakage size ratio was positively correlated with the aspect ratio of the particles; among the three loading modes, the breakage rate of compression breakage model was the largest, the breakage rate of shear breakage model was the second largest, and the breakage rate of wear breakage model was the smallest; the maximum breakage size ratio was positively correlated with the loading rate, the loading mode and the loading rate had no mutual influence on particle breakage rate, but had mutual influence on the maximum breakage size ratio. The research results will provide a theoretical basis for the shift of OSD from batch manufacturing to advanced manufacturing.
10.Meta-analysis on the effects of exercise training-based respiratory rehabilitation therapy in pneumoconiosis patients
Jianwen GE ; Ting XUE ; Zhimin LI ; Xingxing MA ; Yan DONG ; Wenjuan DAI ; Dongyan LI
China Occupational Medicine 2024;51(3):285-291
Objective To comprehensively analyze the effectiveness of exercise training-based respiratory rehabilitation therapy on patients with occupational pneumoconiosis (hereinafter referred to as "pneumoconiosis"). MethodsLiterature on randomized controlled trials of exercise training-based respiratory rehabilitation therapy for pneumoconiosis patients published from the establishment of the database to July 2023 was retrieved from academic systems such as the China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform, VIP Database, and China Biology Medicine using bibliometrics method. The RevMan 5.4 software was used for meta-analysis of the selected literatures. Subgroup analysis was conducted to explore the source of study heterogeneity. The funnel plot method was used to test publication bias. Results A total of 55 articles were included, involving 2 436 pneumoconiosis patients in the experimental group and 2 405 pneumoconiosis patients in the control group. The result of random or fixed effect model showed that the six minutes walking distance, the total score of Short from Health Survey-36, forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), FEV1/FVC, arterial partial pressure of oxygen of pneumoconiosis patients increased after respiratory rehabilitation therapy (all P<0.05), while the total score of the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire and arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide decreased compared with the conventional treatment (all P<0.05). The result of subgroup analysis showed that the total score of the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire, FEV1, and the index of arterial partial pressure of oxygen of pneumoconiosis patients was better in the rehabilitation treatment for ≥six months compared with those

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