Effect of electro-acupuncture on metabolites in the cerebral cortex of ulcerative colitis rats based on Pi/Wei-brain related theory / 中国中西医结合杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the effect of electro-acupuncture (EA) at points along Foot Yangming Channel on metabolite of ulcerative colitis (UC) rats' cerebral cortex and to identify key metabolites by referring to Pi/Wei-brain related theory in Chinese medicine (CM).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The UC rat model was set up by dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) method. Male SD rats were randomly divided into the model group and the EA group, 13 in each group. Another 13 rats were recruited as the blank control group. Rats in the blank control group and the model group received no EA. EA was performed at Zusanli (ST36), Shangjuxu (ST37), and Tianshu (ST25) for 5 days by using disperse-dense wave. Then all rats were sacrificed. Their recto-colon and the ileocecal junction were pathomorphologically observed by light microscope and transmission electron microscope (TEM). Cerebral cortexes were extracted. Water-soluble and lipid-soluble brain tissue metabolites were respectively extracted for metabolic research using 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>EA could obviously improve the general condition of UC model rats, decrease the value of DAI, reduce the infiltration of inflammatory cells in the intestinal tract, stabilize structures such as mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum and so on (P <0.05). 1HNMR analysis showed that in the model group, contents of glutamic acid, cholesterol, very low density lipoproein (VLDL) in the pallium obviously decreased, while alanine and low density lipoprotein (LDL) significantly increased. After EA, levels of lactic acid, glutamic acid, total cholesterol (TC), and VLDL all increased, and levels of alanine and LDL decreased. All indices were approximate to those of the blank control group.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>EA at Foot Yangming channel was found to have some effect on metabolites in the brain tissue of UC model rats, which had specific metabonomic material basis and mechanism based on the Pi/Wei-brain related theory.</p>

Effect of vascular endothelial growth factor on bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell proliferation and the signaling mechanism / 南方医科大学学报

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the effect of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) on bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) proliferation and explore the signaling mechanism involved.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>MSC culture was performed following the classical whole bone marrow adhering method. The characteristics of MSC were identified by induction of multi-lineage differentiation and flow cytometry for surface marker analysis (CD34, CD45, CD29, and CD90). Following the addition of 50 nmol/L wortmannin, 50 µmol/L PD98059, 30 µmol/L SB203580, 10 µmol/L H89, 20 µmol/L Y27632, 1 µmol/L rapamycin, 10 µmol/L straurosporine, 6 nmol/L Go6976, or 50 µmol/L Pseudo Z inhibitors in the cell culture, the MSC were treated with 20 ng/ml VEGF and the changes of the cell proliferation rate was measured with MTT assay.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Cultured MSC were capable of multi-linage differentiation and did not express VEGF-R, CD29 or CD90. Treatment with 20 ng/ml VEGF obviously promoted MSC proliferation, and this effect was inhibited partially by p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitor rapamycin, PD98059, SB203580, Go6976, and straurosporine.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>VEGF promotes MSC proliferation in close relation to the AKT-PKC pathway, in which PKC signal pathway may play the central role.</p>

Electrochemical behavior of dopamine at dodecyl benzenesulfonate self-assembled monolayers modified electrode and its application / 药学学报

Sodium dodecyl benzenesulfonate (SDBS) self-assembled monolayers in situ modified electrode (SDBS/CPE) was prepared. The electrochemical behaviors of dopamine (DA) on SDBS/CPE were studied. Electrochemical behaviors and kinetic parameters of DA were investigated at SDBS/CPE by cyclic voltammetry (CV), chronoamperometry (CA) and chronocoulometry (CC). The changes of the oxidation peak currents with concentration of DA were examined by square wave voltametry (SWV). The difference of peak potential at CPB/CPE was less than 149 mV comparing with that at CPE. The charge transfer coefficient alpha, diffusion coefficient D and the apparent reaction rate constant k(f) are 0.61, 3.6 x 10(-5) cm2 x s(-1) and 4.2 x 10(-3) cm x s(-1), respectively. The oxidation peak currents of DA versus its concentration have a good linear relationship in the concentration range of 2.0 x 10(-6)-1.0 x 10(-3) mol x L(-1) with the correlation coefficient of 0.9979 and the detection limit of 9.0 x 10(-7) mol x L(-1) by square wave voltammetry (SWV) response. The modified electrode showed an excellent electrocatalytic activity for the DA electrochemical oxidation. The method can be applied in the determination of DA in injection samples with the satisfactory results.

Study on direct electrochemical behaviors and the electroanalytical method of matrine type alkaloids at glassy carbon electrode / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the direct electrochemical behaviors of matrine (MT), oxymatrine (OMT), sophoridine (SR) and oxysophoridine (OSR) at a glassy carbon electrode in a physiological medium, and to determine the contents of commercial MT and SR pharmaceutical products were determined.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Their electrochemical behaviors and contents in 0.15 mol x L(-1) NaCl aqueous solutions were obtained by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and square wave voltammetry (SWV) methods.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The electrochemical experimental results show that the two totally irreversible oxidation peaks for both MT and SR were observed, which potential values are 0.81 V and 0.92 V, and the electrode reaction processes were diffusion-controlled. But for both OMT and OSR, they have no oxidation peaks observed in the same condition as well. The linear range of the concentration of MT and SR and the contents in their products were obtained by SWV.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The research results can be applied in determination of the contents of commercial MT and SR pharmaceutical products.</p>

Study on electrochemical kinetics of matrine and sophoridine in a physiological medium / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the kinetic processes of direct electrooxidation for both matrine and sophoridine in a physiological medium.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Their direct electrooxidative behaviors and the parameters of electrochemical kinetics were obtained by cyclic voltammetry (CV), bulk electrolysis with coulometry, chronocoulometry (CC), chronoamperometry (CA).</p><p><b>RESULT AND CONCLUSION</b>The electrochemical experimental results show that the two totally irreversible oxidation peaks in the region of 0.3-1.2 V vs SCE for both MT and SR were observed, and the electrode reactions processes were diffusion-controlled. Their electron transfer number n and electron transfer coefficient alpha were obtained by CV and electrolysis with coulometry. The diffusion coefficient D and rate constant kf were also calculated by CC and CA.</p>