1.The Effects of Qufeng Tongqiao Cough-Relieving Decoction (祛风通窍止咳方) on Cough Sensitivity,TRPV4 in Lung and Nasal Mucosal Tissues,and Neurogenic Inflammation in a Guinea Pig Model of Upper Airway Cough Syndrome
Jingshu LUO ; Jianling MA ; Liqing SHI ; Kun JI ; Song LIU ; Yuhan FAN ; Xianli LI ; Zhaodi GUO
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;66(5):518-525
ObjectiveTo investigate the potential mechanism of action of the Qufeng Tongqiao Cough-relieving Decoction (祛风通窍止咳方, QTCD) in the treatment of upper airway cough syndrome (UACS). MethodsTwenty-four guinea pigs were randomly divided into blank group, model group, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) group, and inhibitor group, with six guinea pigs in each group. Except for the blank group, guinea pigs were sensitized with ovalbumin and aluminum hydroxide via intraperitoneal injection, followed by ovalbumin nasal drops combined with smoke exposure to establish the UACS model. After modeling, the TCM group was administered QTCD 0.9 g/(100 g·d) by gavage, the inhibitor group received the transient receptor potential vanilloid receptor 4 (TRPV4) inhibitor GSK2193874 1 mmol/L, 5 min by nebulisation, and the blank group and model group were given 2 ml/(100 g·d) normal saline by gavage once daily. After 7 days of treatment, a cough provocation test was performed using 0.4 mol/L citric acid. The levels of IgE in serum and inflammatory cytokines, including interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8) in serum, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), and nasal lavage fluid (NLF) were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Histopathological changes in lung and nasal mucosal tissues were observed by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining. Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the protein levels of TRPV4, substance P (SP), and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in lung and nasal mucosal tissues. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (Real-time PCR) was used to detect the mRNA expression of TRPV4, SP, and CGRP in lung tissues. ResultsHE staining showed significant structural damage and infiltration of inflammatory cells in the lung and nasal mucosal tissues in the model group, while the TCM group and inhibitor group showed improved pathological changes. Compared with the blank group, the model group showed increased cough frequency, serum IgE level, and IL-6 and IL-8 levels in serum, BALF, and NLF. The protein levels of TRPV4, SP, and CGRP in lung and nasal mucosal tissues and their mRNA expression were elevated (P<0.05 or P<0.01). Compared with the model group, the TCM group and inhibitor group showed reduced cough frequency, serum IgE level, and TRPV4 and SP mRNA expression in lung tissues. The TCM group showed reduced IL-6 and IL-8 levels in serum, BALF, and NLF, and reduced TRPV4 and CGRP protein levels in lung and nasal mucosal tissues. The inhibitor group showed reduced IL-6 and IL-8 levels in serum, BALF, and NLF, reduced IL-6 in BALF, reduced IL-8 in NLF, and decreased TRPV4, SP, and CGRP protein levels in lung tissues and SP and CGRP protein levels in nasal mucosal tissues (P<0.05 or P<0.01). Compared with the TCM group, the inhibitor group had increased serum IgE, IL-6, and IL-8 levels, increased IL-6 level in BALF, and increased IL-8 levle in NLF, but decreased SP protein level in lung tissues and increased TRPV4 and SP mRNA expression in lung tissues (P<0.01). ConclusionQTCD effectively reduces cough frequency in the UACS guinea pig model. Its mechanism may involve inhibiting the activation of the TRPV4 pathway, improving airway neurogenic inflammation, alleviating inflammatory responses, and reducing cough hypersensitivity.
2.Analysis of utilization and influencing factors of preconception healthcare services among women expecting additional childbirth in Jiading District, Shanghai
Li CHENG ; Lifeng ZHANG ; Liandi SHEN ; Haiqi WANG ; Xianli GUO ; Bing LIU ; Shengrong FAN ; Hong JIANG
Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine 2024;36(8):783-788
ObjectiveTo understand the utilization of preconception healthcare services and the influencing factors among the women expecting additional childbirth in Jiading District, Shanghai, and to provide references for promoting the utilization of preconception healthcare services under the new population policy. MethodsA questionnaire survey on the utilization of preconception healthcare services and related influencing factors was carried out among 682 women expecting additional childbirth across six subdistricts in Jiading District, Shanghai. The results were statistically analyzed. ResultsThe average age of the women was (31.7±4.5) years, 30.2% of whom were ≥35 years old. The proportion of women having their third or subsequent children was low, at 16.4%. A significant majority, 92.4%, were found to have various risk factors during initial pregnancy screening. The utilization rate of preconception healthcare services among women seeking additional childbirth was relatively low at 26.7%. Awareness of the free preconception check-up program in Jiading District was also low at 28.6%, and the utilization rate for these services was even lower at 7.69%. Unplanned pregnancies were the primary reason for not utilizing preconception healthcare services, accounting for 63.6%. The results of multifactorial binary logistic regression analysis showed that the utilization rate of preconception healthcare services before the current pregnancy was higher for women aged between 35 and 39 compared to women aged ≤29 years old (OR=1.789, 95%CI: 1.033‒3.099). Women with planned pregnancies had a higher utilization of preconception healthcare services prior to this pregnancy (OR=4.164, 95%CI: 2.627‒6.602). Women who had received preconception care prior to their first birth had a higher utilization rate of preconception care prior to the current pregnancy (OR=7.534, 95%CI: 4.954‒11.456). Women without a family history of chronic diseases had a higher utilization rate of preconception healthcare services (OR=1.903, 95%CI: 1.083‒3.345). ConclusionUnder the context of three-child policy, the proportion of women seeking three or more children in Jiading District is low. Most of these women have risk factors identified during initial pregnancy screenings. The utilization rate of preconception healthcare services and the awareness of the free preconception screening program in Jiading District are both low. Unplanned pregnancies remain the primary reason for failing to receive timely preconception healthcare services. Age, whether the pregnancy was planned, whether the women had received preconception healthcare services before their first baby and family history of chronic diseases are the main factors affecting the utilization of preconception healthcare services. Relevant departments should enhance the promotion of preconception healthcare service programs, especially for women of childbearing age who have not yet given birth, so as to improve the utilization rate of preconception health care services.
3.The potential of herbal drugs to treat heart failure:The roles of Sirt1/AMPK
Zhang TAO ; Xu LEI ; Guo XIAOWEI ; Tao HONGLIN ; Liu YUE ; Liu XIANFENG ; Zhang YI ; Meng XIANLI
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis 2024;14(2):157-176
Heart failure(HF)is a highly morbid syndrome that seriously affects the physical and mental health of patients and generates an enormous socio-economic burden.In addition to cardiac myocyte oxidative stress and apoptosis,which are considered mechanisms for the development of HF,alterations in cardiac energy metabolism and pathological autophagy also contribute to cardiac abnormalities and ultimately HF.Silent information regulator 1(Sirt1)and adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase(AMPK)are nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide(NAD+)-dependent deacetylases and phosphorylated kinases,respectively.They play similar roles in regulating some pathological processes of the heart through regulating targets such as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator 1α(PGC-1α),protein 38 mitogen-activated protein kinase(p38 MAPK),peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors(PPARs),and mammalian target of rapamycin(mTOR).We summarized the synergistic effects of Sirt1 and AMPK in the heart,and listed the traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)that exhibit cardioprotective properties by modulating the Sirt1/AMPK pathway,to provide a basis for the development of Sirt1/AMPK activators or inhibitors for the treatment of HF and other cardiovascular diseases(CVDs).
4.Family cumulative risk and depression in junior high school students: the mediating role of non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation and the moderating role of school climate
Ziwen WANG ; Liandi SHEN ; Lifeng ZHANG ; Haiqi WANG ; Xianli GUO
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2023;32(12):1111-1116
Objective:To explore the relationship between family cumulative risk, non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation, school climate and depression of junior high school students.Methods:From June to September 2022, a total of 1 136 junior high school students were surveyed by the family cumulative risk questionnaire, the cognitive emotion regulation strategy questionnaire, the self-rating depression scale for children and school climate scale.The mediating effect of non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation and the moderating effect of school climate were tested by the Macro program PROCESS of SPSS 25.0 software.Results:Family cumulative risk score was 1.00(2.00), non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation score was 21.00(8.00) and depression score was 7.00(9.00). (2) Family cumulative risk was significantly positively correlated with non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation( r=0.28, P<0.01) and depression( r=0.43, P<0.01). There was a significantly positive correlation between non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation and depression( r=0.41, P<0.01), and a significantly negative correlation between school climate and depression( r=-0.56, P<0.01). (3) Non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation played a partial mediating role between family cumulative risk and depression, and the direct effect and mediating effect accounted for 80.49%(0.33/0.41) and 19.51%(0.08/0.41)of the total effect respectively.(4) School climate played a moderating role in the influence of family cumulative risk on non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation. Under the condition of the level of school climate was high, the positive predicting effect of family cumulative risk on non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation was significantly enhanced( Bsimple=0.34, P<0.001). Conclusion:Family cumulative risk plays a certain role in depression through the mediation of non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and the regulation of school climate in junior high school students.
5.Expression of lncRNA LOC440173 in non-small cell lung cancer tissues and its influence on the maligant biological behaviors of cancer cells
LIANG Jia ; LIU Xinyan ; DAI Xianli ; SHEN Ting ; SHEN Supeng ; GUO Wei ; DONG Zhiming ; WU Shucai
Chinese Journal of Cancer Biotherapy 2021;28(8):775-782
[摘 要] 目的:检测lncRNA LOC440173在NSCLC组织和细胞中的表达及探讨其对癌细胞恶性生物学行为的影响。方法:选取河北医科大学第四医院生物标本库中2014至2017年手术切除的72例NSCLC患者的癌及癌旁组织标本,应用qPCR法检测NSCLC组织和癌旁组织中,以及6种NSCLC细胞株(H520、H358、A549、HCC827、H1703和H1299)中LOC440173的表达水平;构建LOC440173的敲低及过表达载体,分别转染H520和H1703细胞,应用MTS、克隆形成及Transwell小室迁移和侵袭实验分别检测敲低及过表达LOC440173对NSCLC细胞增殖、迁移及侵袭能力的影响,qPCR法检测LOC440173对于EMT过程相关标志物(E-cadherin、N-cadherin及vimentin)mRNA表达水平的影响,WB法检测其对E-cadherin、N-cadherin蛋白表达的影响。结果:LOC440173在NSCLC组织中的表达明显高于癌旁组织(P<0.01),并与淋巴结转移、组织学分化程度、TNM分期和肿瘤大小有关联(P<0.05或P<0.01)。敲低LOC440173可以抑制H520细胞的体外增殖、迁移和侵袭(P<0.05或P<0.01),过表达LOC440173可显著促进H1703细胞的增殖、迁移和侵袭(P<0.05或P<0.01)。在转录水平上,敲低LOC440173后,E-cadherin的表达水平升高,间充质相关标志物N-cadherin、vimentin的表达水平降低(P<0.05或P<0.01);而过表达LOC440173后,E-cadherin的表达水平降低,间充质相关标志物N-cadherin、vimentin的表达水平升高(P<0.05或P<0.01)。在转录后水平上,LOC440173负向调节E-cadherin蛋白的表达、正向调节N-cadherin的蛋白表达(均P<0.05)。结论:LOC440173在NSCLC组织中的异常高表达可能与NSCLC的发生发展有关,LOC440173可显著提高NCSCL细胞的体外增殖、迁移、侵袭能力,且其作用机制可能与调控EMT相关基因表达有关。
6.Analysis of influencing factors of screened myopia in primary school students in seven provinces
Chinese Journal of School Health 2020;41(12):1872-1875
Objective:
To understand the current situation and associated factors of myopia among primary school students, and to provide scientific basis for prevention and control of myopia among primary school students.
Methods:
In Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanxi and other provinces, 1 prefecture was selected, and a number of primary schools were selected from each region. All the students in the class were selected as the object of this survey. A total of 8 365 middle school students were examined for their eyesight, and the data of general population economic indicators and natural environment indicators were obtained through the statistical yearbook of various provinces and cities. The influencing factors of primary school students myopia were analyzed by chi-square test and multivariate Logistic regression.
Results:
Univariate analysis showed that different provinces and different sex, different nationalities, different grade, parents average salary, sunshine duration, air temperature, altitude, longitude, latitude, different economic zone(χ2=116.22, 18.08, 26.33, 1 059.04, 14.86, 10.28, 16.95, 10.01, 23.15, 29.43, 88.14, P<0.05). Multivariate analysis results showed that gender, grade, sunshine duration, longitude were risk factor for poor vision(OR=1.31, 1.71, 1.45, 1.54, P<0.05); Economic zone and parents salary were protective factors for poor eyesight of students (OR=0.65, 0.86, P<0.05).
Conclusion
Myopia of primary school students is affected by a variety of factors, economic and social factors and natural environmental factors have an impact on the screening.
7.A qualitative study on the driving forces of postpartum health promotion in gestational diabetes
Weilian JIANG ; Saihua LI ; Meizhen YANG ; Xianli HUANG ; Yun GUO
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2020;36(26):2034-2039
Objective:To understand the driving factors of postpartum health promotion behaviors in pregnant women with gestational diabetes.Methods:From September to October 2019, the purpose of the sampling method was to select 14 cases of gestational diabetic gynaecologists who visited the outpatient department of diabetes care in our hospital as the research subjects. The phenomenological research method was used to conduct a semi-structured interview. Colaizzi′s 7-step analysis method was used to organize and analyze the data to refine the subject.Results:The driving force of postpartum health promotion behaviors of gestational diabetes mothers mainly came from the internal driving force and the external driving force. The internal driving force was mainly the uncertainty of gestational diabetes, the solution of the problem improves self-worth, and the post-traumatic growth made patients re-understand life. The external driving force was mainly family support, full mobilization of subjective initiative, quantitative diet intake and building of a healthy lifestyle.Conclusions:The driving factors for postpartum health promotion of gestational diabetic women are complex and diverse. Medical staff should timely grasp the post-natal health promotion status of gestational diabetic women, and promote their self-support and social support.
8.Associated factors of screened myopia of junior middle school students in six provinces of China
Chinese Journal of School Health 2020;41(11):1703-1706
Objective:
To understand the current situation and associated factors of myopia in junior middle school students, and to provide scientific basis for prevention and control of myopia in junior middle school students.
Methods:
A total of 5 393 junior middle school students were selected from middle schools in Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanxi provinces. The visual acuity of middle school students was examined, and the data of general population, economy, sociology and natural environment were obtained through statistical yearbook of each province. The influencing factors of myopia of middle school students were analyzed by univariate and multivariate Logistic regression.
Results:
The results of single factor analysis showed that the myopia rate of junior high school students was different by gender, grades, parents average wage, sunshine duration, temperature, altitude, longitude and latitude(χ2=47.76,59.05,10.79,106.19,53.56,85.02,76.23,107.07,P<0.05). The results of multi factor analysis showed that gender, grade, average wage, temperature and latitude was positively associated with myopia vision; sunshine duration and longitude were negatively associated with the risk for myopia(OR=1.54,1.34,1.62,7.58,27.10,0.42,0.39,P<0.05).
Conclusion
The myopia of junior high school students is affected by a variety of factors, economic and social factors and natural environmental factors have an impact on the screening of sexual myopia in junior high school students. Economic and social factors and natural environmental factors should be taken into account in the formulation of myopia prevention and control measures.
9.Chinese herbal medicine Euphorbia esula extract induces apoptosis and inhibits the proliferation, migration and invasion of multidrug resistant gastric carcinoma cells.
Xianli GUO ; Zhaoying FU ; Yun BI ; Jun ZHENG ; Lei WANG ; Xiaolong HE ; Fei LI ; Xing LEI ; Qingquan REN
Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2018;35(2):244-251
This paper aims to study the effects of traditional Chinese medicine on multidrug resistant human gastric cancer cells in the cell proliferation, migration, invasion and apoptosis, and to study the apoptosis-inducing pathway. Different dilutions of extract were used to process human multidrug resistant gastric cancer SGC7901/ADR cells. Cell proliferation inhibition phenomenon was determined by MTT experiment. Nuclear morphological changes of apoptotic cells and apoptotic indexes were observed and determined by Hochest33528 staining followed with fluorescence microscope observing. Flow cytometry was used to detect cell apoptosis rate. Cell migration and invasion ability were observed and determined by Transwell method. Spectrophotometry was used to detect caspase-3 and caspase-9 enzyme activity. Western blotting was used to detect subcellular distribution of cytochrome c. The results showed that extract had obvious inhibition effect on proliferation of gastric cancer multidrug resistant SGC7901/ADR cells, which was time- and concentration-dependent. After processing multidrug resistant gastric cancer SGC7901/ADR cells with extract, the apoptotic index and apoptosis rate were significantly increased than those in the control group, which showed a time- and dose-dependent mode; but if a caspase inhibitor was added, apoptosis index was not obviously increased. Transwell method showed that migration and invasion ability of the extract-processed SGC7901/ADR cells dropped significantly. Spectrophotometry showed that in extract-processed SGC7901/ADR cells, caspase-3 and caspase-9 expression were increased, which had significant differences with the control group. Western blotting test showed that the distribution of cytochrome c decreased in mitochondria, while increased in the cytoplasm (i.e., cytochrome c escaped from mitochondria to the cytoplasm). In conclusion, extract could inhibit the proliferation, migration and invasion, and induce apoptosis in human gastric cancer multidrug resistant SGC7901/ADR cells; and cytochrome c, caspase-9 and caspase-3 might be involved in cell apoptosis induced by extract, suggesting endogenous or mitochondrial apoptotic pathway.
10.Effects of Butylphthalide on Neurological Function and Prognosis of Elderly Patients with Hypertensive In-tracerebral Hemorrhage after Trepanation and Drainage Surgery
Yaohui JIA ; Huimin CHEN ; Xianli GUO ; Yongkai GAO ; Yongqing DAI
China Pharmacy 2017;28(26):3701-3704
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of Butylphthalide and sodium chloride injection on neurological function and prognosis of elderly patients with hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage(HICH)after trepanation and drainage surgery. METH-ODS:During Jan. 2015 to Jun. 2016,80 elderly HICH patients were selected from our hospital and then divided into control group and observation group according to random number table,with 40 cases in each group. Both group received trepanation and drain-age surgery. Control group was given routine treatment. Observation group was given Butylphthalide and sodium chloride injection 100 mL,ivgtt,bid,on the fifth day after surgery,on the basis of control group. Both groups received treatment for 14 d. Clinical efficacies of 2 groups were observed. CSS scores were compared between 2 groups before surgery and 28 d after operation;volume of encephaledema,serum levels of homocysteine(HCY)and substance P(SP)were compared between 2 groups before surgery and 14 d after operation. RESULTS:The total response rate of observation group was 87.5%,which was significantly higher than 67.5% of control group, with statistical significance (P<0.05). Before surgery, there was no statistical significance in CSS scores,volume of encephaledema or serum levels of HCY and SP between 2 groups(P>0.05). CSS scores 28 d after operation, SP levels 14 d after operation were significanthy increased,volume of encephaledema and serum levels of HCY in 2 groups were significantly decreased,and the observation group was significantly better than the control group,with statistical significance(P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Butylphthalide and sodium chloride injection can significantly improve clinical efficacy and hepatic func-tion damage,relieve postoperative encephaledema,reduce serum levels of HCY and increase SP levels in elderly HICH patients af-ter trepanation and drainage surgery.


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