1.Research progress on the anti-tumor effects of traditional Chinese medicine through intervention in the Nrf2/GPX4 signaling pathway
Jie HUANG ; Si LIN ; Chunjuan JIANG ; Ling WEI
China Pharmacy 2025;36(4):507-512
Nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)/glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) signaling pathway plays a key role in the occurrence and development of tumors, and is involved in tumor cell proliferation, apoptosis, ferroptosis, invasion, migration, and drug resistance. Based on the Nrf2/GPX4 signaling pathway, this paper summarizes the research progress of the anti- tumor effects of traditional Chinese medicine. It is found that flavonoids (ginkgetin, luteolin, etc.), terpenoids (atractylenolide, cucurbitacin B, etc.), saponins (polyphyllin Ⅰ, polyphyllin Ⅶ), ester (brusatol) and other effective components, and traditional Chinese medicine extracts (total coumarins in Pileostegia tomentella and total flavonoids of Pterocarya hupehensis Skan), traditional Chinese medicine compounds (Fushao diqin fang, Xiaoai jiedu fang, etc.) can promote ferroptosis in tumor cells by inhibiting Nrf2/GPX4 signaling pathway and the expressions of its upstream and downstream factor proteins, as well as by increasing Fe2+ levels and lipid peroxidation, thereby exerting an antitumor effect.
2.Exercise Regulates Structural Plasticity and Neurogenesis of Hippocampal Neurons and Improves Memory Impairment in High-fat Diet-induced Obese Mice
Meng-Si YAN ; Lin-Jie SHU ; Chao-Ge WANG ; Ran CHENG ; Lian-Wei MU ; Jing-Wen LIAO
Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics 2025;52(4):995-1007
ObjectiveObesity has been identified as one of the most important risk factors for cognitive dysfunction. Physical exercise can ameliorate learning and memory deficits by reversing synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus and cortex in diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. In this study, we aimed to determine whether 8 weeks of treadmill exercise could alleviate hippocampus-dependent memory impairment in high-fat diet-induced obese mice and investigate the potential mechanisms involved. MethodsA total of sixty 6-week-old male C57BL/6 mice, weighing between 20-30 g, were randomly assigned to 3 distinct groups, each consisting of 20 mice. The groups were designated as follows: control (CON), high-fat diet (HFD), and high-fat diet with exercise (HFD-Ex). Prior to the initiation of the treadmill exercise protocol, the HFD and HFD-Ex groups were fed a high-fat diet (60% fat by kcal) for 20 weeks. The mice in the HFD-Ex group underwent treadmill exercise at a speed of 8 m/min for the first 10 min, followed by 12 m/min for the subsequent 50 min, totally 60 min of exercise at a 0° slope, 5 d per week, for 8 weeks. We employed Y-maze and novel object recognition tests to assess hippocampus-dependent memory and utilized immunofluorescence, Western blot, Golgi staining, and ELISA to analyze axon length, dendritic complexity, number of spines, the expression of c-fos, doublecortin (DCX), postsynaptic density-95 (PSD95), synaptophysin (Syn), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), and the number of major histocompatibility complex II (MHC-II) positive cells. ResultsMice with HFD-induced obesity exhibit hippocampus-dependent memory impairment, and treadmill exercise can prevent memory decline in these mice. The expression of DCX was significantly decreased in the HFD-induced obese mice compared to the control group (P<0.001). Treadmill exercise increased the expression of c-fos (P<0.001) and DCX (P=0.001) in the hippocampus of the HFD-induced obese mice. The axon length (P<0.001), dendritic complexity (P<0.001), the number of spines (P<0.001) and the expression of PSD95 (P<0.001) in the hippocampus were significantly decreased in the HFD-induced obese mice compared to the control group. Treadmill exercise increased the axon length (P=0.002), dendritic complexity(P<0.001), the number of spines (P<0.001) and the expression of PSD95 (P=0.001) of the hippocampus in the HFD-induced obese mice. Our study found a significant increase in MHC-II positive cells (P<0.001) and the concentration of IL-1β (P<0.001) in the hippocampus of HFD-induced obese mice compared to the control group. Treadmill exercise was found to reduce the number of MHC-II positive cells (P<0.001) and the concentration of IL-1β (P<0.001) in the hippocampus of obese mice induced by a HFD. ConclusionTreadmill exercise led to enhanced neurogenesis and neuroplasticity by increasing the axon length, dendritic complexity, dendritic spine numbers, and the expression of PSD95 and DCX, decreasing the number of MHC-II positive cells and neuroinflammation in HFD-induced obese mice. Therefore, we speculate that exercise may serve as a non-pharmacologic method that protects against HFD-induced hippocampus-dependent memory dysfunction by enhancing neuroplasticity and neurogenesis in the hippocampus of obese mice.
3.Food Addiction and Its Neural Circuitry Regulation Mechanism
Lian-Wei MU ; Ya-Rong WANG ; Meng-Si YAN ; Lin-Jie SHU
Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics 2024;51(4):881-889
Food addiction refers to the individual dependence on certain specific foods (high-calorie foods) to the extent that it becomes difficult to control and manifests a series of addictive-like behavioral changes. Food addiction is an important factor in the development of human obesity and is also a core factor that most people cannot maintain weight loss or adhere to restrictive diets to maintain a healthy weight. A deeper understanding of food addiction and its neurobiological mechanisms will provide accurate targets for intervening in food addiction to improve obesity. Food addiction is characterized by compulsive, chronic and repetitive nature. The Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS), a scale specifically designed to assess food addiction, was developed in 2009 by modeling all the DSM-IV for substance dependence to be applicable to eating behavior. In 2016, Gearhardt developed the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0, which contains 35 survey questions, to align the YFAS scale with the diagnostic criteria for addictive disorders in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. One of the most valid and used animal models for food addiction is the mouse food self-administration model. The mouse food self-administration model was modified according to the rat cocaine addiction model, and the food addiction status of the animals was evaluated based on three behaviors: persistence of feeding response, feeding motivation, and compulsive feeding. Studies have shown that the neural circuits of the lateral hypothalamus-ventral tegmental area-nucleus accumbens and ventral tegmental area-prelimbic-nucleus accumbens are key neurobiological mechanisms that regulate food addiction. Dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area project to the nucleus accumbens (NAc) to facilitate food reinforcement, food reward, and food addiction. The corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) secreted by the hypothalamus may mediate chronic stress-induced VTA-nucleus accumbens reward system dysfunction and promote food addiction in mice. Meanwhile, the nucleus accumbens receives glutamatergic projections from the prelimbic cortex, an integral part of the reward system. Specific inhibition of the PL-NAc neural circuit develops a food addiction-susceptible phenotype in mice. Furthermore, dopaminergic projections from the ventral tegmental area to the prelimbic cortex specifically inhibited the PL-NAc neural circuit to promote a food-addicted phenotype in mice. Additionally, neurotensin-positive neurons in the lateral septum (LSNts) project to the tuberal nucleus (TU) via GABA signaling to suppress hedonic feeding.
4.Journey and Significance of Quality Control in Medical Safety for China's Plastic Surgery and Aesthetic Medicine Professions
Jiaojie ZHENG ; Mingzi ZHANG ; Loubin SI ; Jie CHEN ; Xiaojun WANG ; Xiao LONG ; Wei XIONG
Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital 2024;15(6):1233-1237
Medical quality and safety are essential safeguards for the harmonious society in China, directly affecting people's sense of security and happiness. Continuously improving medical quality and ensuring medical safety are fundamental and essential to implementing the strategies of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and promoting the construction of a healthy China. In recent years, with the rapid development of China's economy and the people's increasing emphasis on their own health and safety, China's plastic surgery industry has achieved significant progress and yielded outstanding results. However, along with the rapid growth of the industry, medical quality issues and safety accidents have occurred frequently, attracting widespread attention from all sectors of society. This article briefly outlines the history of quality management and quality control for medical quality and safety in China's plastic surgery specialty. It explores the development of quality management from its origin to medical quality management, as well as the responsibilities and contributions of the National Plastic Surgery Quality Control Center in improving industry standards and ensuring patient safety. It aims to provide support for the standardized management of the plastic surgery industry in the future, so as to promote its healthy and sustainable development.
5.Construction of Medical Quality Control Indicators System for Chinese Plastic and Aesthetic Major
Mingzi ZHANG ; Loubin SI ; Jiuzuo HUANG ; Nanze YU ; Jiaojie ZHENG ; Jie CHEN ; Xiaojun WANG ; Xiao LONG ; Wei XIONG
Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital 2024;15(6):1318-1324
To construct a quality control indicators system for Chinese plastic and aesthetic major and lay foundation for medical quality control. National Quality Control Center of Plastic and Aesthetic Major established a working group in February 2023. Guided by the "structure-process-outcome" theory, the working group formulated medical quality control indicators for Plastic and Aesthetic major by learning from relevant indicators of other majors, reviewing literature, discussing in meetings, and combining opinions from quality control experts. The quality control indicators system was finally established by Delphi expert consultation. Delphi survey was 100% of 2 rounds. The authorities of 2 rounds of expert consultation were 0.854 and 0.857. The harmonious coefficients were 0.387 of primary indicators and 0.425 of secondary indicators( The quality control indicators system established in this study for Plastic and Aesthetic major in China has a certain degree of scientificity and rationality, which offers reference for medical quality control of Plastic and Aesthetic major in China. However, this system should be improved and ameliorated in practical application.
6.Data Development Trend of Public/Private Medical Institutions in Chinese Plastic and Aesthetic Major
Mingzi ZHANG ; Loubin SI ; Jiaojie ZHENG ; Jie CHEN ; Xiaojun WANG ; Xiao LONG ; Wei XIONG
Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital 2024;15(6):1325-1333
To compare and understand the trends in quality control data changes in public and private medical institutions specializing in plastic and aesthetic major in China over the past three years. The national quality control center of plastic and aesthetic major formulated quality control indicators, collected indicator data through the National Clinical Improvement System, conducted feedback verification on the data, organized and summarized the final data, and convened expert committees to analyze the data change trends. In the past three years, the number of both public and private medical institutions specializing in plastic and aesthetic major has shown an upward trend. The number of doctors increased significantly in 2022, with over 90% of doctors in public institutions (about 70% in private institutions) receiving higher education. In recent years, the proportion of doctors from other specialties engaging in plastic and aesthetic activities has increased. The proportion of inpatients seeking aesthetic treatments has also increased. Among outpatient patients, the proportion of injection procedures was relatively low. About one-third of private medical institutions have not yet adopted an electronic medical record system. Data feedback is the cornerstone of medical quality control in Chinese plastic and aesthetic major. Existing data indicates that the related industry is developing steadily, but there is still room for improvement in terms of some indicator data. However, due to the limited data from private medical institutions, it is still necessary to encourage them to improve their reporting enthusiasm in order to conduct a more comprehensive assessment in the future.
7.Development of biological safety protection third-level laboratory based on folding-modular shelters
Si-Qing ZHAO ; Jian-Qiao XIA ; Zhong-Jie SUN ; Kang OUYANG ; Xiao-Jun JIN ; Kang-Li ZHOU ; Wei XIE ; Hai-Yang LI ; Da-Peng JIANG ; Yan-Yan GAO ; Bei SUN
Chinese Medical Equipment Journal 2024;45(3):41-46
Objective To develop a biological safety protection third-level(BSL-3)laboratory based on folding-modular shelters to solve the problems of the existing laboratories in space and function expansion,large-scale deployment and low-cost transportation.Methods The BSL-3 laboratory was composed of a folding combined shelter module,a ventilation and purification module,a power supply and distribution module,a monitoring and communication module,a control system module and an equipment module.The folding combined shelter module used a leveling base frame as the foundation and a lightweight panel as the enclosure mechanism,and was divided into an auxiliary area and a protection protected area;the ventilation and purification module was made up of an air supply unit and an air exhaust unit,the air supply unit was integrated with a fresh-air air conditioner and the exhaust unit was equipped with a main fan,a standby fan and a bag in/bag out filter;the control system module adopted a supervision mode of decentralized control and centralized management,which executed communication with the data server as the center and Profinet protocol and MODBUS-TCP.Results The BSL-3 laboratory proved to meet the requirements of relevant standards in internal microenvironment,airflow direction,airtightness,working condition and disinfection effect.Conclusion The BSL-3 laboratory is compatible with large-scale transport and deployment and facilitates reliable and safe experiments for epidemic prevention and control and cross-regional support.[Chinese Medical Equipment Journal,2024,45(3):41-46]
8.Application and evaluation of modified"double U-stitch pancreaticojejunostomy"in pancreaticoduodenectomy
Jie HUA ; Si SHI ; Qingcai MENG ; Hang XU ; Jiang LIU ; Chen LIANG ; Wei WANG
Journal of Surgery Concepts & Practice 2024;29(1):34-39
Objective To evaluate the efficacy of double U-stitch and modified"double U-stitch pancreaticojejunostomy"in pancreaticoduodenectomy.Methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical information of 150 patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy between January 2022 and September 2023 in Wang Wei's team in department of pancreatic surgery,Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center.The patients were divided into two groups according to the pancreaticojejunostomy method:the double U-stitch 1.0 group(70 cases before modification)and the double U-stitch 2.0 group(80 cases after modification).The postoperative complications of the two groups were compared.Results The overall postoperative complications were significantly lower in the double U-stitch 2.0 group as compared with the double U-stitch 1.0 group(13.8%vs.38.6%,P=0.001).The incidence of clinically relevant pancreatic fistula was 18.6%in the double U-stitch 1.0 group,while this was significantly decreased in the double U-stitch 2.0 group(6.3%)(P=0.021).Postoperative extraluminal hemorrhage occurred in 5 patients in the double U-stitch 1.0 group,while in the double U-stitch 2.0 group,only one patient experienced postoperative intraluminal hemorrhage,the difference was statistically significant between two groups(P=0.007).The median postoperative length of hospital stay was significantly shorter in the double U-stitch 2.0 group than that in the double U-stitch 1.0 group(11d vs.14 d,P=0.001).Conclusions The modified"double U-stitch pancreaticojejunostomy"can significantly reduce the incidence of clinically relevant pancreatic fistula and other relevant severe complications,which helps improve the safety of the procedure.
9.Near Infrared Spectral Analysis Based on Data Augmentation Strategy and Convolutional Neural Network
Yun ZHENG ; Si-Yu YANG ; Tao WANG ; Zhuo-Wen DENG ; Wei-Jie LAN ; Yong-Huan YUN ; Lei-Qing PAN
Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry 2024;52(9):1266-1276
Near infrared spectroscopy(NIRS)technology combined with chemometrics algorithms has been widely used in quantitative and qualitative analysis of food and medicine.However,traditional chemometrics methods,especially linear classification methods,often yield unsatisfactory results when addressing multi-class classification problems.Convolutional neural network(CNN)is adept at extracting deep-level features from data and suitable for handling non-linear relationships.The modeling performance of CNN depends on the size and diversity of sample,while the collection and preprocessing of NIRS sample data is often time-consuming and labor-intensive.This study proposed a NIRS qualitative analysis method based on data augmentation strategies and CNN.The data augmentation strategy included two steps.Firstly,applying Bootstrap resampling and generative adversarial network(GAN)methods to augment three NIRS datasets(Medicine,coffee and grape).Secondly,combining the original samples(Y)with the Bootstrap augmented samples(B)and GAN augmented samples(G)to obtain three augmented datasets(Y-B,Y-G and Y-B-G).Based on this,a CNN model structure suitable for these datasets was designed,consisting of 2 one-dimensional convolutional layers,1 max-pooling layer,and 1 fully connected layer.The results showed that compared to the optimal models of partial least squares discriminant analysis(PLS-DA),support vector machine(SVM),and back propagation neural network(BP),the CNN model based on Y-B dataset achieved average accuracy improvements of 3.998%,9.364%,and 4.689%for medicine(Binary classification);the CNN model based on the Y-B-G dataset achieved average accuracy improvements of 6.001%,2.004%,and 7.523%for coffee(7-class classification);and the CNN model based on the Y-B dataset achieved average accuracy improvements of 33.408%,51.994%,and 34.378%for grapes(20-class classification).It was evident that the models established based on data augmentation strategies and CNN demonstrated better classification accuracy and generalization performance with different datasets and classification categories.
10.Effects of different side tension pneumothorax on hemodynamic in pigs
He-Shan HUANG ; Peng-Fei LIU ; Meng-Jie DOU ; Si-Yu CHEN ; Fa-Qin LYU ; Wei CHEN
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army 2024;49(8):897-904
Objective To explore the effects of different side tension pneumothorax on hemodynamics in pigs,providing data support for the optimization of on-site first-aid procedures for pneumothorax.Methods Twelve Bama pigs were randomly divided into left-sided tension pneumothorax group and right-sided tension pneumothorax group(6 in each group).During the occurrence of pneumothorax and as the pleural pressure gradually increases by 1 mmHg increments,the key indicators were collected using pulse indicator continuous cardiac output(PICCO)technology:hemodynamic indicators[global ejection fraction(GEF),cardiac output(CO),global end-diastolic volume(GEDV),intrathoracic blood volume(ITBV),stroke volume(SV),mean arterial pressure(MAP)],basic vital signs[heart rate(HR),diastolic blood pressure(DBP),systolic blood pressure(SBP)],and arterial blood gas parameters[partial pressure of oxygen(PO2),partial pressure of carbon dioxide(PCO2)].Mediastinal localization was subsequently performed using radiographs.Differences were investigated through comparison between the two groups and within each group before and after the procedure.Results By comparing the hemodynamic changes and X-ray examination results,twelve Bama pigs tension pneumothorax models were successfully constructed.Hemodynamic analysis showed that in left-sided tension pneumothorax model when the pleural pressure reached 8 mmHg,SBP,DBP,MAP,CO,GEF,SV,GEDV and ITBV were significantly lower than those during the occurrence of ipsilateral pneumothorax(P<0.05).In right-sided tension pneumothorax model,when the pleural pressure reached about 3 mmHg,SBP,DBP,MAP,SV,GEDV,and ITBV were significantly lower than those during the occurrence of ipsilateral pneumothorax(P<0.05).Blood gas analysis showed that at 8 mmHg for left-sided and 3 mmHg for right-sided tension pneumothorax,compared with the occurrence of their respective ipsilateral pneumothorax,PO2 was significantly lower(P<0.05)and PCO2 was significantly higher(P<0.05).Conclusions There are different effects on hemodynamics in different side tension pneumothorax.Compared with left tension pneumothorax,right tension pneumothorax can lead to serious consequences under a smaller pleural pressure.Different side tension pneumothorax models can be constructed according to the actual situation when performing pneumothorax related experiments.

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