1.Discussion on the pathological mechanism of atherosclerotic vulnerable plaque formation based on the theory of heart toxicity of heat diseases
Lele QIN ; Wenge SU ; Zhen HUA
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;46(11):1401-1405
Atherosclerotic plaque is an important cause of unstable angina pectoris, and its etiology and pathogenesis have always been a hot topic in cardiovascular field. The theory of heat toxicity of heart diseases is based on pathological factors "heat toxicity", which is the improvement of TCM pathogenesis of coronary atherosclerotic heart disease by modern TCM theory system, and provides a new theoretical basis for the TCM diagnosis and treatment of clinical coronary heart disease. As the TCM cause and pathological product of coronary heart disease, "heat toxicity" runs through the diagnosis and treatment process of coronary heart disease. In the pathophysiology of Western medicine, atherosclerotic plaque is the key cause of unstable angina pectoris and acute coronary syndrome, which involves inflammation, pyroptosis, apoptosis and cell burial. However, the theoretical discussion of acute cardiovascular events corresponding to TCM is limited to normal yang collapse, heart-yang outburst and so on. Therefore, starting from the theory of heat toxicity of heart diseases, this article aimed to explore the connection between the formation process of atherosclerotic vulnerable plaque in Western pathophysiology and the long-term fumigation of blood vessels by "heat toxicity" in the etiology and pathogenesis of TCM. On this basis, it proposed the diagnosis and treatment idea of treating clinically unstable angina pectoris with the method of clearing heat and detoxification, that is, stabilizing plaque by clearing heat and detoxification, in order to provide new methods and new ideas for clinical diagnosis and treatment.
2.Effect of virus inactivation on weak positive results of nucleic acid test for 2019 novel coronavirus
Xiuzhi DUAN ; Xuchu WANG ; Pan YU ; Weiwei LIU ; Xiang LI ; Lele ZHANG ; Gong ZHANG ; Huqiang TANG ; Qin CHEN ; Xianguo WU ; Zhihua TAO
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2020;43(4):358-363
Objective:To investigate the effect of virus inactivation on weak positive result of 2019 novel coronavirus(2019-nCoV) nucleic acid test.Methods:A retrospective study was conducted on the nasopharyngeal swabs of three patients with positive PCR nucleic acid test for 2019-nCoV at different concentrations in the Second affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University Medical College from January to February 2020.The virus in nasopharyngeal swab specimens were inactivated by water bath at 56 ℃ for 30 min, dry bath at 56 ℃ for 60 min and dry bath at 60 ℃ for 30 min respectively. After treatment, these samples RNA were extracted and then detected by three new commercial quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction reagent kits for 2019-nCoV.Cycle threshold (Ct) value was used to evaluate the effect of virus inactivation on nucleic acid detection of 2019-nCoV.Results:There was no significant difference between the groups before and after inactivation. Ct values of ORF1ab gene before inactivation were 23.28±0.28, 25.25±0.25, 28.93±0.44, 32.06±0.47, 35.20±0.38, 32.89±0.38, 36.24±0.23, 33.30±0.46, and those after inactivation were, group 1:23.60±0.20, 27.29±0.30, 31.83±0.51, 37.41±0.46, group 2: 24.25±0.34, 27.18±0.42, 31.84±0.61, 34.99±1.01, 34.89±0.45,group 3: 23.37±0.17, 26.89±0.52, 32.05±0.50.Ct value of N gene before inactivation were 24.38±0.09, 26.64±0.11, 30.35±0.12, 33.29±0.33, 36.93±0.11, 34.50±0.12, 35.63±0.12, those after inactivation were, group 1: 24.66±0.11, 28.52±0.14, 32.71±0.14, 37.00±0.13;group 2: 25.41±0.10, 28.79±0.15, 33.29±0.28; group 3: 23.37±0.11, 28.68±0.11, 33.54±0.13, 37.18±0.23(ORF1ab gene: t=-1.416; N gene: t=-1.379, P>0.05). There was no significant difference among the three inactivation groups, the specific Ct values are shown above(ORF1ab gene: t=-0.460; N gene: t=-0.132, P>0.05). However, the Ct values of the inactivated groups (1,2,3) and the non-inactivated group at different dilution times were different (10 ×:Ct value of ORF1ab was 25.25±0.25 in the non-inactivated group, and 27.29±0.30, 27.18±0.42 and 26.89±0.52 in the inactivated group1,2 and 3, t(ORF1ab)=-7.327, P<0.01.Ct value of N gene in the non-inactivated group was26.64±0.11, those in inactivated group 1, 2 and 3 were 28.52±0.14, 28.79±0.15 and 28.68±0.11, respectively, t (N)=-19.340, P<0.01. 100 ×:Ct value of ORF1ab was 28.93±0.44 in the non-inactivated group, and 31.83±0.51,31.84±0.61 and 32.05±0.50 in the inactivated group1,2 and 3, t (ORF1ab)=-9.462, P<0.01. Ct value of N gene in the non-inactivated group was 30.35±0.12, those in the inactivated group 1, 2 and 3 were 32.71±0.14, 33.29±0.28 and 33.54±0.13, respectively, t (N)=-18.583, P<0.01. The positive detection rate of the non-inactivated group (7/11, 8/11, 5/11) was significantly different from that of the inactivated group (inactivated group 1:4/11, 4/11, 3/11, inactivated group 2:3/11, 3/11, 3/11, and inactivated group 3:3/11, 3/11, 2/11) ( Z=-2.670, P<0.01). There were no significant difference among the inactivated groups(inactivated group 1:4/11, 4/11, 3/11, inactivated group 2:3/11, 3/11, 3/11, inactivated group 3:3/11, 3/11, 2/11) ( Z=4.413, P>0.05) and among the three reagents(reagent 1:7/11, 4/11, 3/11, 3/11, reagent 2:8/11, 4/11, 3/11, 3/11, reagent 3:5/11, 3/11, 3/11, 2/11)(χ 2=1.199, P>0.05). Conclusion:The virus inactivation can degrade the nucleic acid of the 2019-nCoV, resulting in the decrease of the Ct value and the false negative results of the low-concentration specimens.
3.Evidence- based nursing of cabbage leaves treatment for postpartum women with breast engorgement
Lele XIAO ; Lingfen XU ; Guodong FU ; Shuwen CHEN ; Caixia WEN ; Hui QIN ; Ning RONG ; Shanshan LIU
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2018;34(31):2430-2435
Objective To choose a reasonable non-drug treatment program for women with postpartum breast pain. Methods Based on an adequate assessment of the patients′ condition, the clinical questions were proposed and the references were searched in a series of databases, such as Cochrane Library, PubMed, Ovid, CINAHL, CNKI, Wanfang, Weipu, CBM. Results A preliminary search of 484 articles on cabbage therapy for postpartum breast pain was carried. Through rigorous preliminary screening and screening, 11 articles were finally included, including 2 systematic reviews, 2 randomized controlled trials and 7 quasi-experiment. Through the analysis of the inclusion literature, the data was extracted, and the evidence and summary evidence were strictly evaluated.According to the results of evidence, based on the patients′ condition and the wishes of the family, the cold and hot cabbage leaves were alternately applied to the breast of 10 postpartum women with breast engorgement, the breast distended pain were improved. Conclusions The method of evidence-based nursing can provide safe and effective treatment for postpartum women with breast engorgement.
5.Research Progresses in Single Molecule Enzymology
Yan XU ; Lele SUN ; Yanjing GAO ; Weiwei QIN ; Tianhuan PENG ; Di LI
Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry 2016;44(9):1437-1446
The single molecule imaging and technologies that developed in 1990 s have successfully probed the dynamics of single molecule enzyme catalysis in real time in vitro. Ever since then, single molecule enzymology has entered the golden age of rapid developing. Individual features of each enzyme hidden in the overall average have been discovered, and many new catalytic mechanisms have been proposed. Single molecule enzymology sheds light on the dynamic interactions between enzymes and substrates or products, deepening the understanding of biochemical reactions. This review described the recent research progresses of single molecule protease and ribozyme.
6.Structural insight into substrate specificity of human intestinal maltase-glucoamylase.
Limei REN ; Xiaohong QIN ; Xiaofang CAO ; Lele WANG ; Fang BAI ; Gang BAI ; Yuequan SHEN
Protein & Cell 2011;2(10):827-836
Human maltase-glucoamylase (MGAM) hydrolyzes linear alpha-1,4-linked oligosaccharide substrates, playing a crucial role in the production of glucose in the human lumen and acting as an efficient drug target for type 2 diabetes and obesity. The amino- and carboxyl-terminal portions of MGAM (MGAM-N and MGAM-C) carry out the same catalytic reaction but have different substrate specificities. In this study, we report crystal structures of MGAM-C alone at a resolution of 3.1 Å, and in complex with its inhibitor acarbose at a resolution of 2.9 Å. Structural studies, combined with biochemical analysis, revealed that a segment of 21 amino acids in the active site of MGAM-C forms additional sugar subsites (+ 2 and + 3 subsites), accounting for the preference for longer substrates of MAGM-C compared with that of MGAM-N. Moreover, we discovered that a single mutation of Trp1251 to tyrosine in MGAM-C imparts a novel catalytic ability to digest branched alpha-1,6-linked oligosaccharides. These results provide important information for understanding the substrate specificity of alpha-glucosidases during the process of terminal starch digestion, and for designing more efficient drugs to control type 2 diabetes or obesity.
Acarbose
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chemistry
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Catalytic Domain
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Crystallography, X-Ray
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Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors
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Humans
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Hydrogen Bonding
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Intestines
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enzymology
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Kinetics
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Maltose
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chemistry
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
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Mutation, Missense
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Oligosaccharides
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chemistry
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Pichia
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Protein Binding
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Recombinant Proteins
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antagonists & inhibitors
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chemistry
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genetics
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Substrate Specificity
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Surface Properties
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alpha-Glucosidases
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chemistry
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genetics

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