1.Enzyme-directed Immobilization Strategies for Biosensor Applications
Xing-Bao WANG ; Yao-Hong MA ; Yun-Long XUE ; Xiao-Zhen HUANG ; Yue SHAO ; Yi YU ; Bing-Lian WANG ; Qing-Ai LIU ; Li-He ZHANG ; Wei-Li GONG
Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics 2025;52(2):374-394
Immobilized enzyme-based enzyme electrode biosensors, characterized by high sensitivity and efficiency, strong specificity, and compact size, demonstrate broad application prospects in life science research, disease diagnosis and monitoring, etc. Immobilization of enzyme is a critical step in determining the performance (stability, sensitivity, and reproducibility) of the biosensors. Random immobilization (physical adsorption, covalent cross-linking, etc.) can easily bring about problems, such as decreased enzyme activity and relatively unstable immobilization. Whereas, directional immobilization utilizing amino acid residue mutation, affinity peptide fusion, or nucleotide-specific binding to restrict the orientation of the enzymes provides new possibilities to solve the problems caused by random immobilization. In this paper, the principles, advantages and disadvantages and the application progress of enzyme electrode biosensors of different directional immobilization strategies for enzyme molecular sensing elements by specific amino acids (lysine, histidine, cysteine, unnatural amino acid) with functional groups introduced based on site-specific mutation, affinity peptides (gold binding peptides, carbon binding peptides, carbohydrate binding domains) fused through genetic engineering, and specific binding between nucleotides and target enzymes (proteins) were reviewed, and the application fields, advantages and limitations of various immobilized enzyme interface characterization techniques were discussed, hoping to provide theoretical and technical guidance for the creation of high-performance enzyme sensing elements and the manufacture of enzyme electrode sensors.
2.Analysis of phenotype formation mechanism of a new variety of Lonicera japonica Flos "Huajin 6" at long bud stage
Run-zhu LI ; Cong-lian LIANG ; Zhen-hua LIU ; Jia LI ; Yong-qing ZHANG ; Hai-yan LIU ; Gao-bin PU
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 2024;59(2):476-481
Based on the long bud stage phenotype of a new
3.RNA SNP Detection Method With Improved Specificity Based on Dual-competitive-padlock-probe
Qin-Qin ZHANG ; Jin-Ze LI ; Wei ZHANG ; Chuan-Yu LI ; Zhi-Qi ZHANG ; Jia YAO ; Hong DU ; Lian-Qun ZHOU ; Zhen GUO
Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics 2024;51(11):3021-3033
ObjectiveThe detection of RNA single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) is of great importance due to their association with protein expression related to various diseases and drug responses. At present, splintR ligase-assisted methods are important approaches for RNA direct detection, but its specificity will be limited when the fidelity of ligases is not ideal. The aim of this study was to create a method to improve the specificity of splintR ligase for RNA detection. MethodsIn this study, a dual-competitive-padlock-probe (DCPLP) assay without the need for additional enzymes or reactions is proposed to improve specificity of splintR ligase ligation. To verify the method, we employed dual competitive padlock probe-mediated rolling circle amplification (DCPLP-RCA) to genotype the CYP2C9 gene. ResultsThe specificity was well improved through the competition and strand displacement of dual padlock probe, with an 83.26% reduction in nonspecific signal. By detecting synthetic RNA samples, the method demonstrated a dynamic detection range of 10 pmol/L-1 nmol/L. Furthermore, clinical samples were applied to the method to evaluate its performance, and the genotyping results were consistent with those obtained using the qPCR method. ConclusionThis study has successfully established a highly specific direct RNA SNP detection method, and provided a novel avenue for accurate identification of various types of RNAs.
4.Clinical study of sacubitril valsartan sodium combined with Wenxin granule in the treatment of hyper-tension complicated with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Yong HOU ; Lian-Fa WANG ; Hong-Tao LU ; Zhen CHEN ; Meng-Xun HUANG ; Chen CHEN ; Bang-Zhu ZHANG ; Quan-Xiu TONG ; Yun-Fei WANG
Chinese Journal of cardiovascular Rehabilitation Medicine 2024;33(1):40-44
Objective:To explore therapeutic effect of sacubitril valsartan sodium combined with Wenxin granule in the treatment of hypertension complicated with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation(AF)and its effect on cardiac electro-physiological structure.Methods:A total of 116 patients with hypertension and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation treated in our hospital from Oct 2021 to Nov 2022 were consecutively selected.According to random number table,they were divided into Wenxin granule group(received Wenxin granule treatment based on routine antihypertensive ther-apy)and combined treatment group(received sacubitril valsartan sodium combined Wenxin granule therapy based on routine antihypertensive therapy)with 58 cases in each group,and both groups were consecutively treated for six months.Clinical symptom score,AF burden,P wave duration,P wave dispersion,left atrial diameter(LAD),left ventricular end-diastolic diameter(LVEDd)and left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF)were compared between two groups before and after treatment.Results:After treatment,compared with Wenxin granule group,there were significant reductions in clinical symptom score[(1.66±0.69)scores vs.(1.40±0.53)scores],AF burden[4.43(1.65)%vs.1.62(3.50)%],P wave duration[(112.17±6.46)ms vs.(109.29±8.59)ms],P wave dispersion[(32.47±8.11)ms vs.(29.02±7.49)ms]and LAD[(34.83±3.41)mm vs.(33.40±3.74)mm]in combined treatment group(P<0.05 or<0.01).There were no significant difference in LVEDd and LVEF between two groups,P>0.05 both.Conclusion:Sacubitril valsartan sodium combined with Wenxin granule can significantly im-prove clinical symptoms and atrial fibrillation burden,reduce the susceptibility to atrial fibrillation,and inhibit atrial electrical remodeling and structural remodeling in patients with hypertension complicated with paroxysmal atrial fi-brillation.
5.Correlation Analysis Between Anti-cerebral Ischemia Oxidative Damage and Contents of Active Components in Characteristic Processed Products with Porcine Cardiac Blood and Other Processed Products of Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma from Menghe Medical School
Zhen ZENG ; Yuanpei LIAN ; Jiali CAI ; Chunyan YIN ; Dijun WANG ; Li ZHU ; Chanming LIU ; Wei HUANG ; Xiaojing YAN
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(15):162-171
ObjectiveTo analyze the correlation between 11 small molecule active components and 1 protein component of characteristic processed products with porcine cardiac blood and other products of Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma(SMRR) from Menghe medical school and anti-cerebral ischemic oxidative damage, and to identify its key component markers of characteristic processed products with porcine cardiac blood for anti-cerebral ischemic oxidative damage. MethodHigh performance liquid chromatography(HPLC) was established to simultaneously determine the contents of 11 active ingredients in SMRR and its processed products[processed with porcine cardiac blood, porcine blood, wine and transferrin(Tf) in porcine cardiac blood], and the content of Tf in different processed products of SMRR was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA). Furthermore, A zebrafish ischemic stroke model was constructed to evaluate the effects of different processed products of SMRR on the behavioral trajectory of cerebral ischemic zebrafish, the neuronal damage of transgenic zebrafish Tg(elavl3:eGFP) brain, as well as the levels of malondialdehyde(MDA) and superoxide dismutase(SOD) in the brain tissues. The hippocampal neurons oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation(OGD/R)-induced ischemia-hypoxia model was constructed to evaluate the effects of different processed products of SMRR on oxidative damage of neuronal cells by taking lactate dehydrogenase(LDH), reactive oxygen species(ROS), MDA and SOD as indexes. Finally, principal component analysis(PCA), partial least squares-discriminant analysis(PLS-DA) and Spearman correlation analysis were used to analyze the 11 small molecule active components and 1 protein component with efficacy indicators, in order to screen the key components of the characteristic processed products with porcine cardiac blood for cerebral ischemic oxidative damage. ResultCompared with the raw products, the contents of water-soluble and fat-soluble components in processed products of SMRR increased to different degrees, while the content of salvianolic acid A decreased. Compared with the wine-processed products, the contents of salvianolic acid B, danshensu, rosmarinic acid and other components in the porcine cardiac blood-processed products, porcine blood-processed products, Tf-processed products were increased, while the content of salvianolic acid A was decreased. ELISA results showed that there was no significant difference in Tf content between the porcine cardiac blood-processed products, porcine blood-processed products, Tf-processed products. Pharmacological results showed that different processed products of SMRR could improve the behavioral deficits, brain neuronal injury and oxidative stress after ischemic stroke in zebrafish, and the effect of the porcine cardiac blood-processed products was most pronounced. PCA results showed that salvianolic acid B, salvianolic acid A, rosmarinic acid, lithospermic acid, danshensu, tanshinone ⅡA, caffeic acid, cryptotanshinone and tanshinone Ⅰ were the main contributing components of SMRR and its processed products. And the results of correlation analysis showed that the contents of cryptotanshinone, rosmarinic acid, caffeic acid, dihydrotanshinone Ⅰ, salvianolic acid B, tanshinone ⅡA and tanshinone Ⅰ were negatively correlated with MDA level in zebrafish brain tissue, while the contents of lithospermic acid, protocatechuic aldehyde, rosmarinic acid, dihydrotanshinone Ⅰ, salvianolic acid B and Tf were positively correlated with SOD level, and the contents of rosmarinic acid, caffeic acid, dihydrotanshinone Ⅰ, salvianolic acid B, tanshinone ⅡA, tanshinone Ⅰ, danshensu, Tf were positively correlated with neuronal fluorescence intensity in the zebrafish brain. And the contents of lithospermic acid, protocatechuic aldehyde, rosmarinic acid, dihydrotanshinone Ⅰ, salvianolic acid B, tanshinone ⅡA and Tf were negatively correlated with LDH, ROS and MDA levels and positively correlated with SOD level. ConclusionThere are differences in the anti-ischemic oxidative damage effects of SMRR and its different processed products, among which the porcine cardiac blood-processed products has the strongest effect on improving oxidative damage, which may be related to the content changes of salvianolic acid B, danshensu, rosmarinic acid and other components. This study can provide a basis for clarifying the quality markers of SMRR processed with porcine cardiac blood for cerebral ischemia and elucidating its processing mechanism.
6.Evidence-Based Dampness-Heat ZHENG (Syndrome) in Cancer: Current Progress toward Establishing Relevant Animal Model with Pancreatic Tumor.
Ju-Ying JIAO ; Chien-Shan CHENG ; Zhang-Qi CAO ; Lian-Yu CHEN ; Zhen CHEN
Chinese journal of integrative medicine 2024;30(1):85-95
Cancer is one of the deadliest diseases affecting the health of human beings. With limited therapeutic options available, complementary and alternative medicine has been widely adopted in cancer management and is increasingly becoming accepted by both patients and healthcare workers alike. Chinese medicine characterized by its unique diagnostic and treatment system is the most widely applied complementary and alternative medicine. It emphasizes symptoms and ZHENG (syndrome)-based treatment combined with contemporary disease diagnosis and further stratifies patients into individualized medicine subgroups. As a representative cancer with the highest degree of malignancy, pancreatic cancer is traditionally classified into the "amassment and accumulation". Emerging perspectives define the core pathogenesis of pancreatic cancer as "dampness-heat" and the respective treatment "clearing heat and resolving dampness" has been demonstrated to prolong survival in pancreatic cancer patients, as has been observed in many other cancers. This clinical advantage encourages an exploration of the essence of dampness-heat ZHENG (DHZ) in cancer and investigation into underlying mechanisms of action of herbal formulations against dampness-heat. However, at present, there is a lack of understanding of the molecular characteristics of DHZ in cancer and no standardized and widely accepted animal model to study this core syndrome in vivo. The shortage of animal models limits the ability to uncover the antitumor mechanisms of herbal medicines and to assess the safety profile of the natural products derived from them. This review summarizes the current research on DHZ in cancer in terms of the clinical aspects, molecular landscape, and animal models. This study aims to provide comprehensive insight that can be used for the establishment of a future standardized ZHENG-based cancer animal model.
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7.Analysis of nasal soft tissue deformation and optimization of mechanical stretch therapy for nasal contracture deformity based on three-dimensional finite element model
Yiming WANG ; Yang AN ; Lian LIU ; Chong ZHANG ; Aoxuan ZHU ; Wei LIANG ; Meng HAN ; Guanhuier WANG ; Yonghuan ZHEN
Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery 2024;40(8):819-828
Objective:To establish a three-dimensional finite element model of the nose, simulate and analyze the deformation of nasal tissue caused by different focal points, traction directions, and modes, provide the theoretical basis for the effectiveness of physical traction therapy, and guide the clinical selection of more efficient physical traction therapy methods.Methods:A finite element model of the nose was established by ANSYS Workbench 19.2 software based on image data obtained from CT scans of a 29-year-old male volunteer with normal nasal appearance in Peking University Third Hospital. Two focal points, the nasal tip, and the nasal columella, were selected, and three force directions, parallel to the forward, forward and down 30°, forward and down 60°, were applied. The deformation caused by different traction conditions on the skin, lining, and soft bone parts, as well as the four anatomical landmarks of the nasal tip, nasal root, the midpoint of the nasal columella, and the nasal base, were compared. The deformation produced by 10 minutes of continuous pulling and 10 times 1-minute pulse pulling were compared under the same pulling conditions. The deformations generated by two types of pulling modes within a 24-hour cycle: a single 1-hour cycle and 6 intermittent 10-minute cycles, were compared.Results:All traction conditions resulted in deformation of the nasal model, with the maximum deformation of the nasal tissue obtained by pulling forward and downward at 60° (4.632 9 mm) which was greater than other traction conditions (0.825 0-3.105 0 mm). The maximum deformation value was located near the nasion of the model’s skin layer. The deformation obtained by 10 minutes of continuous pulling (0.176 6 mm) was slightly greater than that obtained by 10 times of 1-minute pulse pulling (0.176 5 mm). Within 24 hours, the final deformation of multiple intermittent pulling modes (0.019 0 mm) was greater than that of a single pulling mode (0.004 3 mm).Conclusion:Physical traction can effectively deform the skin and soft tissue of the nose, and the most efficient operation is to continuously pinch the tip of the nose for a short period and apply tension parallel to the back of the nose downwards, repeating every a few hours.
8.Analysis of reasons for failure in screening healthy menopausal female subjects in a bioequivalence trial
Zhen SHEN ; Lian-Lian FAN ; MU-Peng LI ; Chun-Yan GAN ; Jian-Zhong SHENTU
The Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2024;40(17):2572-2574
Objective To clarify and analyze the reasons for failure in screening healthy menopausal female in a bioequivalence trial.Methods To summarize and clarify the data of 185 healthy menopausal female subjects participating in a bioequivalence trial of estradiol valerate conducted,and summarize the reasons for screening failure.Results The main reasons for screening failure include laboratory tests(32.04%),gynecological transvaginal color Doppler ultrasound(16.57%),vital signs(14.36%),chest computed tomography(CT,11.60%),and medical history/medication history(7.73%).Conclusion Screening failures in healthy menopausal female subjects were characterized mainly by abnormal gynecological transvaginal color Doppler ultrasound and non-compliance with basal hormone levels compared to generally healthy subjects.
9.CEP192 overexpression is correlated with poor prognosis of gastric cancer and promotes gastric cancer cell proliferation by regulating PLK1/CDK1/Cyclin B1 signaling
Zhen ZHANG ; Hui LU ; Xiaohua CHEN ; Lian WANG ; Ziliang WANG ; Yueyue WANG ; Sitang GE ; Lugen ZUO
Journal of Southern Medical University 2024;44(11):2137-2145
Objective To investigate the correlation of CEP192 expression with prognosis of gastric cancer and biological behaviors of gastric cancer cells.Methods Public databases and clinical tissue samples were used to examine CEP192 expression level in gastric cancer.Kaplan-Meier survival curves,univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses,ROC curves and bioinformatics analyses were used to explore the risk factors affecting the 5-year postoperative survival,the correlation of CEP192 expression level with the patients'survival,and its biological role in gastric cancer development.In gastric cancer MGC-803 cells with lentivirus-mediated CEP192 interference or overexpression,cell proliferation and expressions of PLK1,CDK1 and Cyclin B1 were examined with CCK-8 assay and Western blotting.The effects of CEP192 knockdown or overexpression on tumorigenesis of MGC-803 cells was observed in nude mice,and the expressions of PLK1,CDK1 and Cyclin B1 in the xenografts were detected.Results CEP192 was highly expressed in gastric cancer and associated with poor prognosis of the patients(P<0.05).High expression of CEP192,CEA≥5 ng/mL,CA199≥37 IU/mL,T3-4 stage,and N2-3 stage were independent risk factors affecting the patients'5-year postoperative survival(P<0.05).Bioinformatics analyses suggested that CEP192 was involved in several vital biological processes and positively regulated cell cycle progression.In MGC-803 cells,CEP192 knockdown significantly inhibited cell proliferation and lowered the expression levels of PLK1,CDK1,and Cyclin B1,while its overexpression produced the opposite effects.In the nude mouse models,CEP192 knockdown resulted in lowered tumorigenic potential of MGC-803 cells and decreased protein levels of PLK1,CDK1,and Cyclin B1 in the xenografts,while CEP192 overexpression in MGC-803 cells caused the opposite changes.Conclusion CEP192 overexpression is correlated with unfavorable outcomes of gastric cancer patients and promotes gastric cell proliferation by regulating the key proteins during G2/M phase transition.
10.Establish and evaluate effectiveness of three-tier review rules for parenteral nutrition prescriptions
Peng XING ; Li-Li WANG ; Li-Yuan TAO ; Jian-Ping LIU ; Lian-Zhen CHEN
Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition 2024;31(5):275-279
Objective:To establish a three-tier review rule for parenteral nutrition orders by pharmacists,improve the qualification rate of parenteral nutrition orders,and promote the rational and standardized use of parenteral nutrition.Method:Pharmacists from different positions participate in a manual review intervention model for parenteral nutrition orders at three-tier review,establishing standardized and simplified parenteral nutrition review rules to reduce review difficulty and improve review efficiency.Result:After implementation,the qualified rate for parenteral nutrition orders increased from 71.09%to 95.59%,with a qualified rate of 100%for an industrial multi-cavity bag.The simplicity of parenteral nutrition components,cation concentration,carbohydrate-to-lipid ratio,non-protein calorie-to-nitrogen ratio and route of administration have been significantly improved.Conclusion:The involvement of pharmacists in the three-tier review of parenteral nutrition can reduce the risk of single-tier review,promote collaboration between pharmacists in different roles,improve the accuracy and efficiency of review,and reduce the risk of inappropriate use of parenteral nutrition.

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