1.The gut microbial metabolite, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylpropionic acid, alleviates hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury via mitigation of macrophage pro-inflammatory activity in mice.
Rui LI ; Li XIE ; Lei LI ; Xiaojiao CHEN ; Tong YAO ; Yuanxin TIAN ; Qingping LI ; Kai WANG ; Chenyang HUANG ; Cui LI ; Yifan LI ; Hongwei ZHOU ; Neil KAPLOWITZ ; Yong JIANG ; Peng CHEN
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2022;12(1):182-196
Hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury (HIRI) is a serious complication that occurs following shock and/or liver surgery. Gut microbiota and their metabolites are key upstream modulators of development of liver injury. Herein, we investigated the potential contribution of gut microbes to HIRI. Ischemia/reperfusion surgery was performed to establish a murine model of HIRI. 16S rRNA gene sequencing and metabolomics were used for microbial analysis. Transcriptomics and proteomics analysis were employed to study the host cell responses. Our results establish HIRI was significantly increased when surgery occurred in the evening (ZT12, 20:00) when compared with the morning (ZT0, 08:00); however, antibiotic pretreatment reduced this diurnal variation. The abundance of a microbial metabolite 3,4-dihydroxyphenylpropionic acid was significantly higher in ZT0 when compared with ZT12 in the gut and this compound significantly protected mice against HIRI. Furthermore, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylpropionic acid suppressed the macrophage pro-inflammatory response in vivo and in vitro. This metabolite inhibits histone deacetylase activity by reducing its phosphorylation. Histone deacetylase inhibition suppressed macrophage pro-inflammatory activation and diminished the diurnal variation of HIRI. Our findings revealed a novel protective microbial metabolite against HIRI in mice. The potential underlying mechanism was at least in part, via 3,4-dihydroxyphenylpropionic acid-dependent immune regulation and histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibition in macrophages.
2.Correlation between the polymorphism of erythrocyte membrane blood group glycoprotein A (GPA) related gene GYPA and clonorchis sinensis infection
Xiongchi TANG ; Qingping XU ; Xiaorong WEI ; Lewen ZHANG ; Zhiyong JIANG ; Yong LU ; Jianfeng SU ; Yanlian LIANG
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2021;34(3):223-226
【Objective】 To analyze the polymorphism of erythrocyte membrane blood group glycoprotein A (GPA) related gene GYPA in high and low endemic population for clonidia sinensis infection, aimed at investigating the correlation between erythrocyte transmembrane glycoproteins and clonorchis sinensis infection. 【Methods】 From Dec 2019 to Jun 2020, anticoagulant blood samples were randomly collected in WuMing district (n=700) and GuiGang district (n=500 ) of Nanning city, and the IgG antibody to clonorchis sinensis in plasma was detected, and the DNA of leukocyte was extracted. The full-length exon and partial intron of GYPA gene were sequenced, mutations were characterized by gene cloning, and the risk of infection was calculated by chi-square test. 【Results】 The yield rate of IgG antibody was 62.7% (439/700) in WuMing district and 3.4% (17/500) in GuiGang district(P<0.05). The insertion of base C at the 54th position of intron-2 in GYPA gene caused the reading frame shift. The mutation was presented in 23.9% (105/439) and 17.6% (3/17) of the population with clonorchis sinensis exposure in WuMing and GuiGang area, respectively, while 49.4% (129/261) and 54.7% (264/483) in the negative population, respectively (P<0.05). 【Conclusion】 The infection rate of clonorchis sinensis in WuMing district was higher than that in GuiGang district. The mutation rate of reading frame shift caused by the insertion of base C at the 54th position of GYPA intron-2 was much lower in the positive population of clonorchis sinensis infection than the negative population, suggesting that the mutation is a protective gene in the negative population of clonorchis sinensis infection. It is necessary to study the mechanism of clonorchis sinensis infection and the mutation point of this gene in order to facilitate the early diagnosis of disease, blood transfusion management, treatment and prevention.
3.Awareness of pubertal knowledge and its influencing factors among primary school students in Chinese rural areas
JIANG Xuewen, YUN Qingping, JI Ying, HE Huan, CHANG Chun
Chinese Journal of School Health 2019;40(3):347-349
Objective:
To investigate the awareness of pubertal knowledge and its influencing factors among primary school students in Chinese rural areas, and to provide evidences for improving awareness level and popularizing scientific, reasonable, and suitable sex education.
Methods:
Sixteen primary schools consisting of rural registered students in Guizhou and Anhui Province were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method, and a questionnaire survey for 2 506 senior students (grade five and six) was conducted to explore the awareness of pubertal knowledge and its influencing factors among primary school students in Chinese rural areas.
Results:
The total awareness rate of pubertal knowledge was 62.7% among primary school students in Guizhou and Anhui rural areas, and the awareness rates were relatively low for the questions about the difference between male and female pubertal development and understanding of sexual attitude; female students, only-child students and grade six students got a bit better awareness of pubertal knowledge than male students, non-only-child students and grade five students respectively; grade[OR=0.72(0.61-0.86)], peer acceptance [OR=0.70(0.53-0.96)], family intimacy [OR=0.75(0.63-0.88)] had effect on awareness of pubertal knowledge.
Conclusion
The awareness of pubertal knowledge among primary school students in Guizhou and Anhui rural areas need further improvement, especially for male students, non-only-child students and grade five students in the questions about the difference between male and female pubertal development and understanding of sexual attitude. It is necessary to improve the awareness of pubertal knowledge by enhancing peer acceptance, promoting family intimacy, and popularizing scientific, reasonable, and suitable sex education.
4.Research progress on moxibustion therapy for pressure ulcers
Yanhong JIANG ; Genlian FU ; Linghua WANG ; Qingping WANG ; Fangying CHEN
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2018;24(13):1602-1605
This paper summarized the etiology of pressure ulcers in traditional Chinese medicine, the stages of pressure ulcers, the mechanism of action of moxibustion therapy in treating pressure ulcers as well as the status quo of the application of moxibustion therapy in patients with pressure ulcers and looked into its deficiencies, so as to provide a reference for improving the moxibustion therapy for patients with pressure ulcers.
5.Clinical Study of Shuangyi Qushi Tongluo Capsules in Treating Knee Osteoarthritis
Weidong LIU ; Nan LI ; Qingping LIU ; Yubao JIANG ; Changsong LIN
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2017;34(2):196-200
Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Shuangyi Qushi Tongluo Capsules (SQTC) for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA).Methods A multi-center,randomized,parallel-controlled trial was carried out in 240 cases of KOA patients.The patients were divided into trial group (N =120) and control group (N =120),which was given SQTC,Xianlinggubao capsules respectively for 8 weeks.Before treatment,and 2,4 and 8 weeks after treatment,we recorded the scores of clinical symptoms and traditional Chinese medical syndromes,Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) scores and knee function scores.After treatment,the clinical efficacy and adverse reaction were observed.Results (1) After treatment for 8 weeks,the clinical efficacy of the trial group was superior to that of the control group (P < 0.05).(2) The trial group had better effect on improving the visual analogue scale (VAS) scores of knee pain,VAS scores of limitation of motion and time for morning stiffness than the control group after treatment for 8 weeks(P < 0.05 or P < 0.01).(3) After treatment for 4 and 8 weeks,the trial group had better effect on improving scores of traditional Chinese medical syndromes,WOMAC scores and Japanese Orthopedic Association(JOA) scores than the control group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01).(4) Before and after treatment,the results of blood,urine and stool routine examination,liver and kidney function,and electrocardiography showed no significant changes.Conclusion SQTC are effective and safe in treating KOA,and can start an effect shortly.
6.Expression of the Four Mismatch Repair Genes Protein of Patients with Colorectal Cancer and Its Clinical Significance
Xuexian TAN ; Yuexin YANG ; Qiuping LUO ; Wen YANG ; Qingping JIANG
Progress in Modern Biomedicine 2017;17(23):4514-4517
Objective:To analyze the expression of the four mismatch repair genes protein (hMLH1,hMSH2,hMSH6 and hPMS2) of patients with colorectal cancer and its clinical significance.Methods:177 cases of patients with colorectal caner in the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University from January 2013 to December 2015 were randomly selected.Tested the expression of the hMLH1,hMSH2,hMSH6 and hPMS2 by immunohistochemistry,the relationship between protein expression and clinical parameters was analyzed.Results:Among 177 cases ofcolorectal cancer tissue,the deletion rate ofhMLH1 protein was 6.2% (11/177),the deletion rate of hMLH2 protein was 4.0%(7/177),the deletion rate of hMSH6 protein was 1.7%(3/177),the deletion rate of hPMS2 protein was 8.0%(14/177),the sum of the four values accounted for 19.8%(35/177) of all cases of colorectal cancer.The loss of expression of the four mismatch repair genes protein were correlated to tumor location (P<0.05),besides,the loss of expression of the hMLH1 and hPMS2 protein were correlated to degree of tumor differentiation (P<0.05),he loss of expression of the hMSH6 protein were correlated to depth of tumor invasion(P<0.05);But the loss was not correlated to age,sexes,lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis(P>0.05).Conclusion:The expression of loss phenomenon with mismatch repair protein appears in part of colorectal cancer,the loss phenomenon with mis match repair protein were correlated to tumor location and degree of tumor differentiation.Mutations of four genes in hMLH1,hPMS2,hMSH6 and bMSH2,to provide a reference value for the clinical judgment of prognosis and to develop a treatment plan.
7.Patient safety culture assessment outcomes of medical workers in China:a systematic review
Qingping XIAO ; Yan ZHANG ; Sha WEI ; Ying JIANG ; Qinghua ZHAO ; Mingzhao XIAO
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration 2016;32(5):375-379
Objective To systematically describe and analyze the patient safety culture assessment outcomes of medical workers in China,so as to provide scientific evidence for developing corresponding intervention measures.Methods Such databases as Web of Science,PubMed,Ovid,EBSCO,Google Scholar,CBM,VIP,CNKi and WanFang Data were used to collect studies published before December 2014,on patient safety culture assessment of medical workers in mainland China.Two reviewers independently screened,extracted and cross-checked the data,and the disagreements were resolved by discussion or by consulting a third reviewer.The qualitative synthesis method was used to analyze the study results.Results Of the total 1 721 records,65 studies were included,and most of them were cross-sectional studies.The patient safety culture assessment instruments were foreign scales by the translation and revision for the Chinese version for 52 studies,and self-made questionnaire for the other 13 studies.The main factors influencing the patient safety culture of Chinese medical workers included seniority,department,educational background,experience of patient safety training and so on.Conclusions Many studies have been carried out for patient safety culture,but the research obj ects mostly are nursing staffs,without extensive research on other professional medical workers.Hospitals should strengthen the teams,the patient safety training,and build patient safety culture that is fair and open to safeguard patient safety.
8.Effect of Nrf2 signal pathway on acute hepatotoxicity induced by CCl4 in rat
Qingping ZHOU ; Xiaohua JIANG ; Xiaobo FU
Chinese Journal of Comparative Medicine 2016;26(3):52-57
Objective To determine the effect of Nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor 2 ( Nrf2 ) on acute hephrotoxicity induced by CCl4 in male rat.Methods 20 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into control group and CCl4 group, 10 rats in each group, another 10 male Wistar rats were transgenic rats microinjection through the carrier, obtained the Nrf2-tk gene integration and specific transgenic rats, as the CCl4 +Nrf2 integration group.The groups was given 1%polysorbate 80 for 4 days,Then the CCl4 and CCl4 +Nrf2 integration group were intraperitoneally injected with a single dose of CCl47.5 mg· kg-1 and were killed 24 h after CCl4 injection.The serum chemical parameters including asparate aminotransferase ( AST) ,alanine aminotransferase ( ALT) and lactate dehydrogenase ( LDH) were measured.Also malonaldehyde ( MDA) ,glutathione ( GSH) ,oxidized glutathione ( GSSG) levels in the liver as well as glutathione ( GSH)/oxidized glutathione ( GSSG ) ratios were detected. Histopathologic changes in the liver were examined. Results F1generation TK transgenic rats in liver and testis and other tissues and organs were not detected the transcription of Nrf2-tk, indicating that Nrf2-tk expression in tissues is specific good.Nrf2 significantly reduced serum AST, ALT and LDH levels in a dose-dependent manner.The results of MDA levels and GSH/GSSG ratios in liver and kidney showed that Nrf2 reduced CCl4-induced hepatic lipid peroxidation,and ameliorated glutathione depletion.The histopathologic results showed that Nrf2 restrained liver and kidney damage induced by CCl4 .Conclusion Nrf2 can effectively protect male rat from acute hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity induced by CCl4 .
9.Ethical Issues and Countermeasures for Clinical Gene Diagnosis
Hanzhen XIONG ; Hui CHEN ; Jinshan ZHANG ; Qingping JIANG
Chinese Medical Ethics 2015;(4):652-654
With the roaring development of bioscience and its application in medicine, molecular diagnosis specially gene diagnosis shows striking advantages in disease diagnosis, treatment and prognostic assessment.Mo-lecular diagnosis mainly includes prenatal genes diagnosis the children of gene diagnosis and adult genetic diagno-sis.Molecular diagnosis is expounded from the aspects of medical practice in the field of medical ethics problem and how to correct the medical practice of molecular diagnosis of work, designed to guide all the medical workers to form the correct ethics in the field of molecular diagnostics.
10.Comparison of diagnostic values of Clusterin, CXCL13, Podoplanin, CD21 and CD35 in foll-cular dendritic cell sarcoma
Jian LI ; Guangyin YU ; Min ZUO ; Xingen WANG ; Qingping JIANG
Chinese Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology 2015;(2):145-150
Purpose To evaluate the diagnostic values of Clusterin, CXCL13, Podoplanin (D2-40), CD21 and CD35 in follcular den-dritic cell sarcoma. Methods The expression levels of 10 cases of follcular dendritic cell sarcoma ( FDCS) and 12 types of FDCS mimics (83 cases in total) were investigated by immunohistochemical methods, the latter including solitary fibrous tumor, leiomyosar-coma, gastrointestinal stromal tumor and others. The diagnostic validities of the five biomarkers were compared. Results ( 1 ) The positive rates of Clusterin, CXCL13, D2-40, CD21 and CD35 in the FDCS group were 100%, 70%, 60%, 90% and 80%, respec-tively, the corresponding rates in the control group were 30%, 4%, 11%, 2% and 0 in turn. (2) The five biomarkers could be cate-gorized into 3 groups, according to their diagnostic values in FDCS. The first group included CD21 and CD35, which had much higher sensitivities (90%, 80%), specificities (100%, 98%) and accuracies (98%, 96%), compared with the other biomarkers. The second group included CXCL13 and D2-40, which had a relatively lower sensitivities (70%, 60%), specificities (96%, 89%) and accuracies (94%, 86%), compared with CD21 and CD35. The third group included Clusterin, which had the highest sensitivity (100%), while the specificity (70%)and accuracy (73%) were inferior to the first and second groups. (3) The diagnostic values of CD21 and CD35 combination were 100%, 98%, 98%, 83% and 100%, respectively. Conclusions (1) CD21 and CD35 are the most valuable biomarkers for FDCS. The combined diagnostic effect of the two markers is generally superior to that of single marker. (2) Clusterin has the highest sensitivity for FDCS. However, the frequent expression in FDCS mimickers restricts its diagnostic values for FDCS. (3) CXCL13 and D2-40 may be used as a marker for FDCS, but are not recommended as the first selection based on their diagnostic performance. (4) On the reasons that FDCS mimickers may not uncommonly express Clusterin and D2-40, and rarely show positivity for CD21 or CXCL13, more attention should be paid to the phenomenon to avoid misdiagnosis.


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