The role of α-synuclein ubiquitination in its selectivity of degradation pathway / 实用医学杂志

Objective To investigate SIAH′s role in α-synuclein degradation, formation of Lewy bodies and neuronal death. Methods Proliferative activity of PC12 cells was measures by MTT assay after treatment with MPP and Rapamycin. Western Blot was applied determine the protein expression of LC3-Ⅱ, E1, SIAH-1, P53 and α-synucleinto. PCR was applied to measure protein related mRNA levels. Immunofluorescent techniques were used to detect the distribution of α-synuclein, SIAH-1 and LC3 in cells after SIAH antibody processing. Results MPP+ treatment increased α-synuclein, E1 expression and SIAH-1 activity, however, LC3-Ⅱ, P53 and α-synuclein protein levels decreased significantly. Anti-SIAH-1 antibody treatment reversed this trend, with E1 significantly increased. Rapamycin treatment reduced SIAH-1 and α-synuclein levels in the MPP+ group. SIAH-1 antibody significantly decreased the positive immuno-stain of α-synuclein, SIAH-1 and LC3, suggesting loss of co-localization. Conclusions Anti-SIAH-1 supports the clearance of non-aggregated α-synuclein by the UPS. SIAH plays a key role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson′s disease and is a potential therapeutic target of neurodegenerative diseases.

Primary pharmacological studies on the saponins from the solid fermented roots of Radix Notoginseng produced in Yunnan province / 中华中医药杂志

Objective: To compare the pharmacodynamic action of Radix Notoginseng after fermented by different strains bioconversion.Methods:The models of cerebral ischemia and hypoxia were established,thrombosis in vivo were induced by collagen-Adr,ventricular fibrillation of mice by chloroform,and perfusion experiment of the ex vivo heart of cavia cobaya was used.Results:100,200mg/kg doses of all samples had protective effects on ischemia and hypoxia mice,1# sample can inhibit thrombosis induced by collagen-adrenaline obviously after intraperitoneal injection in dosage of 200mg?kg-1?d-1 for 5days.All groups significantly reduced the incidents of ventricullar fibrillation induced by chloroform in mice except 100mg/kg dose of 1#,furthermore,compared with control high dose group(5#),the incidents of high dose groups of 3、4# deceased significantly.All samples had the effect of dilating coronary artery,but there effects on myocardial contractile force and cardiac preload were different.Conclusion:The primary cardiovascular related pharmacological researches demonstrated the vary action changes of 1-4# samples compared with the sample 5#.This result has revealed that the chemical structure of Radix Notoginseng transformed and that is coincide with initial analysis of phytochemical analysis.

Chemical constituents of Dai ethno-medicine Rhinacanthus nasutus / 中草药

Objective To study the chemical constituents of the Dai ethno-medicine Rhinacanthus nasutus.Methods The chemical constituents had been spearated with chromatography and their structures were determined by spectral analyses.Results Nine compounds and two mixture were isolated and identified as C26—C32 alkyl mixture(Ⅰ),?-monopalmitin(Ⅱ),palmitic acid(Ⅲ),stearic acid(Ⅳ),lignoceric acid(Ⅴ),?-sitosterol(Ⅵ),lupeol(Ⅶ),p-hydroxy benzoic acid(Ⅷ),daucosterol(Ⅸ),?-ethyl-D-idosopyranoside(Ⅹ),and mixture of KNO3 and NaNO3(Ⅺ).Conclusion Compound Ⅹ is a new artificial compound during isolation and compounds Ⅰ—Ⅴ,Ⅷ—Ⅺ are isolated from R.nasutus for the first time.