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Statins can bring some benefits to the treatment of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM), but the specific molecular pathway of their action is still unclear. Recent studies have shown that abnormal expression of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) is closely related to the pathological development of DCM. To compare the degree of myocardial injury between diabetic rats treated with rosuvastatin and rats treated with conventional therapy, the therapeutic pathway and potential target of rosuvastatin on DCM was investigated. Total RNA of DCM rats was extracted and 1ncRNA microarray was prepared to screen out differentially expressed 1ncRNA and bioinformatics analysis was carried out. The results showed that 770 target genes were up-regulated and 884 were down-regulated in the treatment group compared with the model group, which were mainly related to improvement of metabolic disorder, regulation of the ratio of myocardial cells to collagen fibers, reduction of myocardial injury and exercise burden, prevention of autonomic nervous system and microcirculation diseases and change of eating habits. The signaling pathways involved are mainly concentrated in sensory pathways, signal transduction, lipid metabolism and so on. It is suggested that rosuvastatin may play a role in the treatment of DCM by regulating the participation of 1ncRNA in glucose and lipid energy metabolism and ion balance, inhibiting the process of myocardial fibrosis and improving the effect of high glucose toxicity on autonomic nervous function.
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This study aimed to assess the measurement uncertainty of a new method for determination of allura redin food by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).The uncertainty of mathematical model of allura red is based on Europe for Analytical Chemistry(EURACHEM) guidelines.The sources and components of uncertainty were calculated,including recovery,working solution,sample mass,final volume,response of standard solution,response of sample solution.The expanded uncertainty was 0.0024 (k=2).Uncertainty of working solution was the most significant factor contributing to the total uncertainty,accounting for 86.2％.The uncertainty of volume accounted for the minimum at 0.025％.The developed method is simple and accurate,which can be used for the determination of allura redin puffed samples.
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This study aimed to assess the measurement uncertainty of a new method for determination of allura redin food by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).The uncertainty of mathematical model of allura red is based on Europe for Analytical Chemistry(EURACHEM) guidelines.The sources and components of uncertainty were calculated,including recovery,working solution,sample mass,final volume,response of standard solution,response of sample solution.The expanded uncertainty was 0.0024 (k=2).Uncertainty of working solution was the most significant factor contributing to the total uncertainty,accounting for 86.2％.The uncertainty of volume accounted for the minimum at 0.025％.The developed method is simple and accurate,which can be used for the determination of allura redin puffed samples.
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<p><b>BACKGROUND</b>Solar ultraviolet (UV) irradiation induces the production of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) by activating cellular signalling transduction pathways. MMPs are responsible for the degradation and/or inhibition of synthesis of collagenous extracellular matrix in connective tissues. We mimicked the action of environmental ultraviolet on skin and investigated the effects of UVB-irradiated human keratinocytes HaCaT and IL-1alpha on mitogen activated protein (MAP) kinase activation, c-Jun and c-Fos (AP-1 is composed of Jun and Fos proteins) mRNA expression and MMP-1 production in UVA-irradiated dermal fibroblasts.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Following UVA irradiation, the culture medium of fibroblasts was replaced by culture medium from UVB-irradiated HaCaT, or replaced by the complete culture medium with interleukin (IL)-1alpha. MAP kinase activity expression in fibroblasts was detected by Western blot. c-Jun and c-Fos mRNA expressions were determined by reverse transcriptional polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR); MMP-1 production in culture medium was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Culture medium from UVB-irradiated keratinocytes increased MAP kinase activity and c-Jun mRNA expression in UVA-irradiated fibroblasts. IL-1alpha increased MAP kinase activity and c-Jun mRNA expression, IL-1alpha also increased c-Fos mRNA expression. Both culture media from UVB-irradiated human keratinocytes and externally applied IL-1alpha increased MMP-1 production in UVA-irradiated fibroblasts.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>UVB-irradiated keratinocytes and IL-1alpha indirectly promote MMP-1 production in UVA-irradiated fibroblasts by increasing MAP kinase/AP-1 activity. IL-1 may play an important role in the paracrine activation and dermal collagen excessive degradation leading to skin photoaging.</p>