Research progress of artificial intelligence in 3D printed drugs / 药学学报

In 2015, the United States put forward the concept of precision medicine, which changed medical treatment from "one size fits all" to personalization, and paid more attention to personalization and drug customization. In the same year, Spritam®, the world's first 3D printed tablet, was in the market, marking the emerging pharmaceutical 3D printing technology was recognized by regulatory authorities, and it also provided a new way for drug customization. 3D printing technology has strong interdisciplinary and high flexibility, which puts forward higher requirements for pharmaceutical staffs. With the development of artificial intelligence (AI), modern society can perform various tasks, such as disease diagnosis and robotic surgery, with superhuman speed and intelligence. As a major AI technology, machine learning (ML) has been widely used in many aspects of 3D printing drug, accelerating the research and development, production, and clinical application, and promoting the new process of global personalized medicine and industry 4.0. This paper introduces the basic concepts and main classifications of 3D printing drug, non-AI drug optimization technology and ML. It focuses on the analysis of the research progress of ML in 3D printing drug, and elucidates how AI can empower the intelligent level of 3D printing drug in pre-processing, printing, and post-processing process. It provides a new idea for accelerating the development of 3D printed drug.

Bombyx Batryticatus extract promotes microglia polarization to improve neuron injury and behaviors of cerebral ischemia/reperfusion rats / 中国中药杂志

This study aims to investigate the effect of Bombyx Batryticatus extract(BBE) on behaviors of rats with global cerebral ischemia reperfusion(I/R) and the underlying mechanism. The automatic coagulometer was used to detect the four indices of human plasma coagulation after BBE intervention for quality control of the extract. Sixty 4-week-old male SD rats were randomized into sham operation group(equivalent volume of normal saline, ip), model group(equivalent volume of normal saline, ip), positive drug group(900 IU·kg~(-1) heparin, ip), and low-, medium-, and high-dose BBE groups(0.45, 0.9, and 1.8 mg·g~(-1)·d~(-1) BBE, ip). Except the sham operation group, rats were subjected to bilateral common carotid artery occlusion followed by reperfusion(BCCAO/R) to induce I/R. The administration lasted 7 days for all the groups. The behaviors of rats were examined by beam balance test(BBT). Morphological changes of brain tissue were observed based on hematoxylin-eosin(HE) staining. Immunofluorescence method was used to detect common leukocyte antigen(CD45), leukocyte differentiation antigen(CD11b), and arginase-1(Arg-1) in cerebral cortex(CC). The protein expression of interleukin-1β(IL-1β), interleukin-4(IL-4), interleukin-6(IL-6), and interleukin-10(IL-10) was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA). The non-targeted metabonomics was employed to detect the levels of metabolites in plasma and CC of rats after BBE intervention. The results of quality control showed that the BBE prolonged the activated partial thromboplastin time(APTT), prothrombin time(PT), and thrombin time(TT) of human plasma, which was similar to the anticoagulation effect of BBE obtained previously. The results of behavioral test showed that the BBT score of the model group increased compared with that of the sham operation group. Compared with the model group, BBE reduced the BBT score. As for the histomorphological examination, compared with the sham operation group, the model group showed morphological changes of a lot of nerve cells in CC. The nerve cells with abnormal morphology in CC decreased after the intervention of BBE compared with those in the model group. Compared with the sham operation group, the model group had high average fluorescence intensity of CD45 and CD11b in the CC. The average fluorescence intensity of CD11b decreased and the average fluorescence intensity of Arg-1 increased in CC in the low-dose BBE group compared with those in the model group. The average fluorescence intensity of CD45 and CD11b decreased and the average fluorescence intensity of Arg-1 increased in medium-and high-dose BBE groups compared with those in the model group. The expression of IL-1β and IL-6 was higher and the expression of IL-4 and IL-10 was lower in the model group than in the sham operation group. The expression of IL-1β and IL-6 was lower and the expression of IL-4 and IL-10 was higher in the low-dose, medium-dose, and high-dose BBE groups than in the model group. The results of non-targeted metabonomics showed that 809 metabolites of BBE were identified, and 57 new metabolites in rat plasma and 45 new metabolites in rat CC were found. BBE with anticoagulant effect can improve the behaviors of I/R rats, and the mechanism is that it promotes the polarization of microglia to M2 type, enhances its anti-inflammatory and phagocytic functions, and thus alleviates the damage of nerve cells in CC.

Advances in analytical methods of relationship between exposome and health outcomes / 中华预防医学杂志

The research on the relationship between single exposure and health outcomes is not comprehensive without a capability of systematically revealing the cause. At present, some studies have explored the relationship between exposome and health outcomes. However, due to the large data of exposome and the correlation among exposure factors, there is still a lack of effective methods to analyze the relationship between exposome and health outcomes. This study reviews the previous literature, combs the analysis methods of the relationship between exposome and health outcomes, and points out that agnosticism combined with middle-level information can significantly reduce the false positive rate, so as to provide a reference for accurately identifying the influencing factors of health outcomes in extensive exposome.

Effect of vitamin E on retinal pigment epithelial cells injured by high dose blue light / 国际眼科杂志(Guoji Yanke Zazhi)

@#AIM:To study the effect of vitamin E on the injury of human retinal pigment epithelial(hRPE)cells induced by high-dose blue light, and provide experimental evidence for intercepting blue light damaged hRPE cells. <p>METHODS: The hRPE cell injury model was established with 3000±150Lx blue light. The apoptosis rate and reactive oxygen species(ROS)of the six groups of hRPE cells were detected by flow cytometry at 0, 3, 6, 9, 12 and 24h respectively. Apoptosis and ROS in hRPE cells were detected by cytometry in 0h-irradiation group, 6h-irradiation group, and vitamin E added groups(vitamin E concentration 10, 50, 100μmol/L)before or after 6h-irradiation. The fluorescence intensity of hRPE cells was observed under a fluorescence microscope using Hoechst 33258 staining reagent.<p>RESULTS: Compared with the 0h-irradiation group, the relative amount of reactive oxygen species increased significantly in 3, 6, 9, 12 and 24h groups(all <i>P</i><0.01), the apoptosis rate of hRPE cells increased significantly in 6, 9, 12 and 24h groups(all <i>P</i><0.01), the apoptosis rate of the 3h-irradiation group was not statistically significantly increased(<i>P</i>=0.46). Compared with the 6h-irradiation group, the relative amounts of ROS and apoptotic rate of the six groups of hRPE cells added vitamin E were significantly decreased, and the blue fluorescence of Hoechst 33258 released in the cells gradually decreased, which was concentration dependent(all <i>P</i><0.01),except for apoptosis rate of hRPE cells in the 10 μmol/L vitamin E group before irradiation(<i>P</i>=0.66). Compared with the 0h-irradiation group, the difference in the relative amount of ROS and apoptosis rate of hRPE cells in added groups were statistically significant(all <i>P</i><0.01). At the same concentration of vitamin E, the relative amount of ROS and apoptosis rate of hRPE cells added vitamin E after irradiation were significantly lower than those added vitamin E before irradiation(all <i>P</i><0.01), except for apoptosis rate of hRPE cells in the 10 μmol/L vitamin E group, which had no difference between added before and after irradiation(<i>P</i>=0.08).<p>CONCLUSION: After hRPE cells had been irradiated by blue light, the increase in the relative amount of intracellular ROS was earlier than that of apoptosis. Elimination of intracellular ROS is the idea of intercepting high doses of blue light induced hRPE cell injury. Vitamin E protects RPE cell against damage induced by high doses of blue light, and the effect becomes stronger as the concentration of vitamin E increases, which is better when added after irradiating. However, it doesn't take effect until the concentration reaches a certain level. And the damage can't be completely repaired.

Follicular Helper T Cells， Psoriasis， and Chinese Medicine Intervention： A Review / 中国实验方剂学杂志

Follicular helper T （Tfh） cells are a newly discovered subset of CD4+ T cells. As reported， abnormalities in their development， differentiation， and function are closely related to the occurrence of autoimmune diseases. Psoriasis is an autoimmune skin disease and it is intractable with a prolonged course. At present， it is generally believed that immune imbalance mediated by T cells is the core mechanism of the pathogenesis of psoriasis. In the context of this mechanism， Tfh cells are associated with psoriasis， and their cellular level and abnormal expression of related candidates can promote the occurrence of psoriasis. In terms of treatment， Chinese medicine， by virtue of the characteristics of wide application and low price， serves as a good complementary and alternative treatment option for psoriasis. As confirmed by previous findings， some active ingredients or preparations of Chinese medicine used in the treatment of psoriasis can also intervene in and regulate the immune response mediated by Tfh cells and the related candidates. Based on the research reports and experimental data， the present study reviewed the research progress from the differentiation of Tfh cells， the relationship between Tfh cells and psoriasis， and the intervention and regulation of Tfh cells and related molecules by Chinese medicine， which is expected to provide certain theoretical support and references for the determination of new strategies for psoriasis treatment and research in related fields.

Chemical Composition Analysis and Characterization of Reference Sample of Huangqi Guizhi Wuwutang Based on UPLC-Q-TOF-MS / 中国实验方剂学杂志

ObjectiveTo analyze the chemical composition of the reference sample of Huangqi Guizhi Wuwutang （lyophilized powder）， and to provide quality markers for the formulation of quality standards of this formula. MethodUltra performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry （UPLC-Q-TOF-MS） was performed on a Waters ACQUITY UPLC™ HSS T3 column （2.1 mm×100 mm， 1.8 μm）， the mobile phase was methanol （A） -0.1% formic acid aqueous solution （B） for gradient elution （0-8 min， 1%-20%A； 8-10 min， 20%-30%A； 10-12 min， 30%-35%A； 12-14 min， 35%-40%A， 14-23 min， 40%-55%A， 23-27 min， 55%-99%A； 27-28 min， 99%A； 28-28.5 min， 99%-1%A； 28.5-30 min， 1%A）， the column temperature was 40 ℃， the injection volume was 2 μL， and the flow rate was 0.3 mL·min-1. The mass spectrometry data of the reference sample of Huangqi Guizhi Wuwutang （lyophilized powder） were collected under positive and negative ion modes. The conditions of mass spectrometry were electrospray ionization （ESI）， scanning range of m/z 50-1 200， and impact energy of 10-30 eV. UNIFI 1.8 and Progenesis QI 2.0 software were used to analyze and characterize the chemical constituents in reference sample of Huangqi Guizhi Wuwutang （lyophilized powder） combined with reference comparison and literature review. ResultA total of 123 chemical constituents were identified， including 33 flavonoids， 26 glycosides， 18 organic acids， 11 terpenoids， 7 phenylpropanoids， 4 gingerol， 3 alkaloids， 3 amino acids， 2 amides and 16 other compounds. ConclusionThe established method can quickly and accurately characterize the chemical components in the reference sample of Huangqi Guizhi Wuwutang （lyophilized powder）， which can provide a basis for the selection of quality evaluation indicators of this formula， and provide a reference for its preparation research.

Chinese Medicine Meets Conventional Medicine in Targeting COVID-19 Pathophysiology, Complications and Comorbidities / 中国结合医学杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To investigate how the National Health Commission of China (NHCC)-recommended Chinese medicines (CMs) modulate the major maladjustments of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), particularly the clinically observed complications and comorbidities.@*METHODS@#By focusing on the potent targets in common with the conventional medicines, we investigated the mechanisms of 11 NHCC-recommended CMs in the modulation of the major COVID-19 pathophysiology (hyperinflammations, viral replication), complications (pain, headache) and comorbidities (hypertension, obesity, diabetes). The constituent herbs of these CMs and their chemical ingredients were from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Information Database. The experimentally-determined targets and the activity values of the chemical ingredients of these CMs were from the Natural Product Activity and Species Source Database. The approved and clinical trial drugs against these targets were searched from the Therapeutic Target Database and DrugBank Database. Pathways of the targets was obtained from Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes and additional literature search.@*RESULTS@#Overall, 9 CMs modulated 6 targets discovered by the COVID-19 target discovery studies, 8 and 11 CMs modulated 8 and 6 targets of the approved or clinical trial drugs for the treatment of the major COVID-19 complications and comorbidities, respectively.@*CONCLUSION@#The coordinated actions of each NHCC-recommended CM against a few targets of the major COVID-19 pathophysiology, complications and comorbidities, partly have common mechanisms with the conventional medicines.

Chemical constituents of Cassia occidentalis / 中国中药杂志

Compounds(1-6) were isolated and identified from 90% ethanol extract of the stems and leaves of Cassia occidentalis through column chromatography with silica gel, ODS, and Sephadex LH-20. These compounds were identified as 7-hydroxy-5-(3-hydroxy-2-oxopropyl)-2-methyl-4H-chromen-4-one(1), saccharonol A(2), S-6-hydroxymullein(3), 2-methyl-5-acetonyl-7-hydroxy-chromone(4), 2-(2'-hydroxypropyl)-5-methyl-7-hydroxychromone(5) and 7,4'-dihydroxyflavone(6) based on their physicochemical and spectroscopic data. Among them, compound 1 was a new compound, and all the compounds were isolated from this plant for the first time. DPPH method was employed to determine the antioxidant activities of these compounds in vitro. Six compounds exhibited weak antioxidant activities.

Electroacupuncture at / 中国针灸

OBJECTIVE@#To evaluate the clinical therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture (EA) at @*METHODS@#The data of 318 patients undergoing anal fistula surgery were analyzed retrospectively. In accordance with whether accepted the combined treatment with EA at bilateral @*RESULTS@#For VAS score, there was an interaction between therapeutic method and treatment duration (@*CONCLUSION@#Electroacupuncture at

Correlation of Color Vision to Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Parkinson's Disease / 中国康复理论与实践

Objective:To investigate the correlation between the change of color vision and anxiety or depression in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods:From November, 2018 to November, 2019, 63 PD patients from the PD database of Department of Neurology, Dalian Friendship Hospital were selected, and they were tested with Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Test (FMT), Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA), Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD), Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Their age, gender, course of disease, education level, Hoehn-Yahr (H-Y) stage, Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale part III (UPDRSIII), levodopa dose, and scores of Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) were collected as related factors, and anlyzed with correlation analysis and multivariate regression. Results:The score of FMT was correlated with the scores of HAMA, SAS, HAMD, SDS, and both HADS anxiety and depression (r > 0.561,P < 0.001). Age, H-Y stage, course of disease, score of UPDRSIII, levodopa dose and scores of MMSE and MoCA were related with the score of FMT independently. Conclusion:Color vision dysfunction in PD patients is correlated to the severity of anxiety and depression, and it is affected with age, severity of PD and cognitive impairment.

Effect of Integrative Medicine on Infant with Congenital Muscular Torticollis / 中国康复理论与实践

Objective:To study the efficacy of integrative medicine on congenital muscular torticollis. Methods:From October, 2017 to September, 2019, 80 children with congenital muscular torticollis were divided into group 1 (n = 40) and group 2 (n = 40) according to different treatment schemes. Group 1 received comprehensive physiotherapy, including passive stretching, head control training, posture correction and family rehabilitation. Group 2 received Tuina in addition. Before and six months after treatment, the root mean square (RMS) of surface electromyography of bilateral sternocleidomastoid muscles in supine neutral position, neck rotation and stretch, and the range of motion of passive neck rotation and lateral flexion, and the angle of head deviation from the midline to the affected side were compared. Results:Before treatment, the RMS of sternocleidomastoid muscle in each position was lower in the affected side than in the healthy side (P < 0.01), and the range of motion of neck when lateral flexion to the healthy side and rotation to the affected side was less than that of the other side (P < 0.01) in both groups; however, no significant difference was found between two groups (P > 0.05). After treatment, the RMS of EMG of sternocleidomastoid muscle in each position, and the range of motion of neck when lateral flexion to the healthy side and rotation to the affected side improved (|t| > 3.290, P < 0.01) in both groups, and were better in group 2 than in group 1 (t > 2.401, P < 0.05); the angle of head deviation from the midline to the affected side significantly decreaed (t > 15.075, P < 0.001) in both groups, and was significantly less in group 2 than in group 1 (t = -4.971, P < 0.001). Conclusion:Integrative medicine is effective on infant with congenital muscular torticollis, which is superior to comprehensive physiotherapy only.

Efficacy and mechanism of acupuncture combined with for diarrhea-type irritable bowel syndrome of liver depression and spleen deficiency / 中国针灸

OBJECTIVE@#To observe the clinical effect of acupuncture at lower- acupoints and front- acupoints combined with (TXYF) for diarrhea-type irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) of liver depression and spleen deficiency, and to explore its possible mechanism.@*METHODS@#A total of 123 IBS-D patients with syndrome of liver depression and spleen deficiency were randomly divided into an acupuncture+TXYF group, a TXYF group and a medication group, 41 cases in each group. The patients in TXYF group were treated with oral administration of TXYF, three times a day. The patients in acupuncture+TXYF group were treated with oral administration of TXYF and routine acupuncture at Shangjuxu (ST 37), Tianshu (ST 25), Taichong (LR 3), Sanyinjiao (SP 6) and Zusanli (ST 36), once a day. The patients in medication group were treated with oral administration of pinaverium bromide, 50 mg, three times a day. All the treatment was given for four weeks. The total score of TCM syndrome scale, self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), self-rating depression scale (SDS) scores as well as the expression of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), vasoactive peptide (VIP) and MAPK signal pathway indicators of ERK1 mRNA and ERK2 mRNA were compared before and after treatment; the clinical effect was also compared.@*RESULTS@#After treatment, the total score of TCM syndrome scale and SAS and SDS scores in each group were significantly reduced (<0.05), and the scores in the acupuncture+TXYF group were lower than those in TXYF group and medication group (<0.05). The total effective rate was 87.8% (36/41) in the acupuncture+TXYF group, which was higher than 78.0% (32/41) in the TXYF group and 68.3% (28/41) in the medication group (<0.05). After treatment, the levels of CGRP and VIP in each group were decreased (<0.05), and the levels in the acupuncture+TXYF group were lower than those in the TXYF group and the medication group (<0.05). After treatment, the levels of ERK1 mRNA and ERK2 mRNA in each group were decreased (<0.05), and the levels in acupuncture+TXYF group were lower than those in medication group (<0.05).@*CONCLUSION@#The acupuncture at lower- acupoints and front- acupoints combined with TXYF could effectively alleviate the clinical symptoms, improve anxiety and depression in IBS-D patients with syndrome of liver depression and spleen deficiency, and its mechanism may be related to regulating the expression of ERK1 mRNA and ERK2 mRNA in MAPK signaling pathway, and reducing the serum levels of CGRP and VIP.

Interaction of health literacy and second-hand smoke exposure on psychopathological symptoms of middle school students / 中华预防医学杂志

To explore the interaction of health literacy and second-hand smoke exposure on psychopathological symptoms of middle school students. From November 2015 to January 2016, 22 628 middle school students from Shenyang of Liaoning Province, Bengbu of Anhui Province, Xinxiang of Henan Province, Ulanqab of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Chongqing Municipality, and Yangjiang of Guangdong Province were enrolled by using the multi-stage cluster convenience sampling method. A questionnaire was used to collect the data including demographic information, health literacy, second-hand smoke exposure, and psychopathological symptoms. A multivariate logistic regression model was used to analyze the interaction of health literacy and second-hand smoke exposure on psychopathological symptoms of middle school students. The age of students was (15.36±1.79) years old, of which 10 990 were boys, accounting for 48.6% of total students. The detection rate of psychopathological symptoms was 29.1% (6 581/22 628). The detection rate of psychopathological symptoms in those who were exposed to second-hand smoke was 38.1% (2 401/6 304), which was higher than that in the non-second-hand smoke exposure group [25.6% (4 180/16 324)] (0.001). The (95) of the interaction between medium and low levels of overall health literacy, low level of interpersonal dimension of health literacy and second-hand smoke exposure was 1.19 (1.15-1.24), 2.00 (1.92-2.10) and 1.59 (1.52-1.66), respectively. There was a positive interaction between middle and low levels of overall health literacy, low level of interpersonal dimension of health literacy and second-hand smoke exposure on psychopathological symptoms of middle school students.

Chemical constituents of Cassia siamea / 中国中药杂志

A total of ten compounds were isolated from the 90% Et OH extract of Cassia siamea by using various chormatographic techniques,and their structures were established as( 2' S)-2-( propan-2'-ol)-5,7-dihydroxy-benzopyran-4-one( 1),chrobisiamone( 2), 2-( 2'-hydroxypropyl)-5-methyl-7-hydroxychromone( 3), 2,5-dimethyl-7-hydroxychromone( 4), 2-methyl-5-acetonyl-7-hydroxychromone( 5),3-O-methylquercetin( 6),3,5,7,3',4'-pentahydroxyflavonone( 7),luteolin-5,3'-dimethylether( 8),4-( trans)-acetul-3,6,8-trihydroxy-3-methyl-dihydronapht halenone( 9) and 6-hydroxymellein( 10) based on the spectroscopic data.Compound 1 was a new compound,and 3,4,6,8 were isolated from this plant for the first time.

Fast Identification of Cyathula officinalis and Its Adulterant and Doped Adulterant Based on Properties and Foam Test / 中国实验方剂学杂志

Objective: To rapidly identify Cyathula officinalis and its adulterant C. capitata and C. officinalis*C. capitata and doped adulterant. Method: Properties combined with foam test method were used for identifying C.officinalis, its adulterant and doped adulterant. In the aspect of properties,6 aspects including shape,size,texture,color,smell and taste,were observed, smelled and tasted. In the aspect of foam test,the volume of foam produced was used as the determination index to investigate the sample amount,water amount, shaking time,particle size,water temperature,repeatability,adulteration ratio and its stability. Result: In the aspect of properties,C. officinalis and its adulterant showed obvious difference in the shape,size,color,texture,smell and taste,especially the red color and bitter taste of its adulterant. In the aspect of foam test,the optimum parameters were as follows:sample particle (screened with 3 sieves) 0.3 g,a test tube with plug and scale,water 10 mL and airtight,forced shaking up and down for 1 min,settling for 5 min. Such method can be used to identify C. officinalis, its adulterant and doped adulterant. The volume of foams produced by C. officinalis and its adulterant and different ratio of doped adulterant showed no change within 5-30 min,slightly decreases after 9 h; the higher adulteration ratio; the larger volume of foam and better stability. The 8 batches of C. officinalis and 8 batch of adulterants proved that the volume of the foams produced was all less than 2 mL in the C. officinalis,more than 13 mL in the adulterant is,and more than 5 mL in 5% doped adulterant, showing statistical difference. From the properties combined with foam test,5 specific identification elements were obtained for identifying C. officinalis, its adulterant and doped adulterant. Conclusion: Through the 5 specific identification elements,the properties combined with foam test can be used to distinguish the C. officinalis from its adulterant C. officinalis and C. officinalis*C. capitata and doped adulterant,characterized by accuracy,simpleness,short time,low cost and feasibility. It can provide a new method and reference for identifying C.officinalis from its adulterant and doped adulterant.

Complete genome sequence of a rodent polyomaviruses in Hainan Island, China

Objective: Polyomavirus infection is reported in a wide range of mammalian and avian hosts, including asymptomatic infection, acute systemic disease, and tumor induction.This study aims to obtain and characterize the complete genome of rodent polyomaviruses, PyVs-HMU. The host of virus was a Rattus norvegicus in the residential areas of Hainan Island, China. Methods: The liver samples of Rattus norvegicus were collected from the residential areas of Hainan Island, and then processed with a viral particle-protected, nucleic acid purification method. The extracted RNA and DNA were amplified by sequence-independent PCR. The amplified viral nucleic acid libraries for the samples of Rattus norvegicus were then sequenced using an Illumina GAII sequencer for a single read of 100 bp in length. The raw sequence reads were then filtered using previously described criteria to obtain valid sequences. Results: We obtained the complete genome of a novel polyomaviruses, PyVs-HMU. The genomic sequence of PyVs-HMU has been submitted in GenBank under accession number MK372231. The complete genome of PyVs-HMU is 5318 nucleotides (nt) in length with a G+C content of 45.36%. The complete PyV-HMU sequences display the representative genome organization of polyomaviruses. The genome contain antigens of spliced small T (STAg), middle T (MTAg) and large T(LTAg), and a noncoding control region (NCCR) separate the late region of structural VP1, VP2, and VP3 proteins. The STAg, LTAg, VP1, VP2, VP3 and MTAg encoded proteins of 194, 776, 384, 347, 228 and 414 amino acids (aa) respectively. Phylogenetic analyses depend on LTAg amino acid sequence revealed that the PyV-HMU to be a relative lineage beside a cluster comprising RnorPyV1(KR065723). Conclusions: The discovery of PyV-HMU expands the geographic range of polyomavirus and will provide further insights into the ecology and evolution of PyVs in rodents and humans. The identification of the novel rodent PyVs will provide basic data for the control of emerging zoonotic infectious diseases.

Effect of Jiawei-Naotai formula on ATF4/CHOP/Puma pathway of ovariectomized rats with cerebral ischemia / 中国病理生理杂志

AIM:To investigate the effects of Jiawei-Naotai formula (JWNTF) on ATF4/CHOP/Puma pathway in hippocampal neurons of ovariectomized female rats with cerebral ischemia.METHODS:The female rats were randomly divided into sham group, model group, JWNTF group and positive control group.The rats, expect in the sham group, were ovariectomized.The rats in each group were intragastric administration 11 days after ovariectomy.The rats in sham group and model group were given a gavage of 0.9％Na Cl, while the rats in other groups were administrated by corresponding therapy intragastrically for 3 d.The regional cerebral ischemia model was established by middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) suture method 14 days after ovariectomy.The behaviors of the rats were evaluated 24 h after cerebral ischemia.The mRNA levels of Bax, Bcl-2 and caspase-3 were detected by RT-qPCR, and the protein expression of Bax, Bcl-2, caspase-3, ATF4, CHOP and Puma was determined by Western blot.RESULTS:Compared with sham group, the neurobehavioral scores significantly increased in other groups (P<0.05).Compared with model group, the neurobehavioral scores were significantly decreased in positive control group and JWNTF group (P<0.05).The protein expression of Bax, caspase-3, ATF4, CHOP and Puma, and the mRNA expression of Bax and caspase-3 in the hippocampus were much higher, and Bcl-2 was lower in model group than those in sham group (P<0.05).JWNTF significantly reduced the protein expression of Bax, caspase-3, ATF4 and CHOP, and the mRNA expression of Puma, Bax and caspase-3, and markedly increased the expression of Bcl-2 at mRNA and protein levels compared with model group.CONCLUSION:The JWNTF protects against brain damage induced by cerebral ischemia, which may be related to inhibitiing the expression of ATF4/CHOP/Puma pathway-related molecules at mRNA and protein levels.

Comparison of chemical constituents between Cyathula offinalis and adulterant and their admixture by HPLC characteristic chromatogram fingerprint combined with chemometrics / 中国中药杂志

Cyathula capitate is the main adulterant of C.offinalis. According to the literature reported, there are obvious differences in properties, taste and pharmacological activity between C. capitate and C.offinalis. Therefore, C. capitate can only be used as a local conventional medicine and can't be a substitute for C. offinalis. Since the appearance of C.capitata is very similar to the C.offinalis and the content of cyasterone also can reach the limit of the current pharmacopoeia standard, the C.capitata is mostly sold in the form of impersonation oradmixture, which seriously affected the safety of the clinical medication and the development of the genuine crude drugs. In view of this, HPLC characteristic fingerprint was used to reveal the difference of multi-ingredients of C. offinalis, C. capitata and their admixture. According to the HPLC chromatogram of C.offinalis, C. capitata. and their admixture, 65 different components were obtained to set up a peak area data matrix of 26×65, which was applied to perform the characteristic peak difference analysis, similarity analysis, hierarchical clustering analysis HCA and principal component analysis (PCA). Characteristic peak difference analysis showed that the characteristic peaks of C. capitata and their admixture are more and higher respond than those of C. offinalis. The 9 characteristic peaks were used to distinguish C. capitata, 2 of which were used to distinguish C. offinalis mixed with 5% C. capitata. UV spectra of 9 characteristic peaks are mostly similar to the end absorption spectra of saponins, indicating that C. capitata may contain a large amount of saponins. By the reference fingerprint of C.offinalis established, the similarity analysis showed that the similarity degree of C. offinalis are higher than 0.942, while the similarity degree of C. capitata, C.offinalis mixed with 5% C. capitata are less than 0.383 and 0.399. C.offinalis, C. capitata, C.offinalis mixed with 5% C. capitata could be obviously divided into 3 classes by HCA and PCA. These results showed that there are obvious difference in the chemical composition of C. offinalis, C. capitata and their admixture, which could provide evidence for their identification.

Overexpression of stromaI cell-derived factor-1 promotes the proIiferation and migration of bone marrowmesenchymaI stem cells in vitro / 中国组织工程研究

BACKGROUND: The stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1)/C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) signaling pathway cannot only improve the migration ability of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs), but also restrain BMSCs apoptosis, increase BMSCs survival and improve the proliferation activity of BMSCs. OBJECTIVE: To construct a rat BMSCs line with SDF-1α overexpression and to explore its influence on the proliferation and migration of BMSCs in vitro. METHODS: The SDF-1α overexpression vector (pNL-SDF-1α-IRES2-EGFP) was constructed. The lentivirus particles were packaged by transferring pNL-SDF-1α-IRES2-EGFP, pNL-IRES2-EGFP and GV-118-SDF-1α-siRNA into 293T cells. The BMSCs lines with SDF-1α overexpression in SDF-1α-BMSCs group, null-BMSCs group and siRNA-BMSCs group were established by transfecting SDF-1α-lentiviru, null-lentivirus and siRNA-lentivirus into BMSCs respectively. The expression of SDF-1α at mRNA and protein levels in BMSCs was evaluated by RT-PCR and western blot assay, respectively. The influence of SDF-1α on proliferation and migration of BMSCs were evaluated by MTT and Transwell migration experiment respectively. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The pNL-SDF-1α-IRES2-EGFP recombinant plasmid was successfully constructed, which was proved by sequencing results. EGFP was strongly expressed in 293T cells and BMSCs in all groups after 48 hours in lentivirus transfection. SDF-1α at mRNA and protein levels were highly expressed in the SDF-1α-BMSCs group, but the expression was significantly inhibited in the siRNA-BMSCs group. The proliferative ability of BMSCs was strengthened in the SDF-1α-BMSCs group, and SDF-1α was found to significantly promote the transmembrane migration of BMSCs. The migration index of BMSCs incubated with anti-SDF-1α multi-antibodies was restrained markedly. To conclude, the lentivirus vector cannot only infect BMSCs efficiently but also make SDF-1 expresse stably in BMSCs. The overexpression of SDF-1α can improve the proliferation and migration abilities of BMSCs.

Constructing powder dispersion of Tongmai Dasheng Tablets based on dissolution of effective components and dispersibility of medicinal powder / 中草药

Objective: To improve the dissolution of Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (SMRR) and Paeoniae Radix Alba (PRA) in Tongmai Dasheng Tablets (TDT), and to construct a good powder dispersion. Methods: SMRR, PRA, and Placenta Hominis (PH) were crushed by common method and ultramicro method using calgon as a dispersant to prepare 19 powder dispersion samples. The particle size distribution, infrared spectrum, dispersion, specific surface area, and porosity of the powder dispersions were investigated. The contents of salvianolic acid B and paeoniflorin were measured by HPLC, and the dissolution of salvianolic acid B and paeoniflorin in different powder dispersions was evaluated. Results: Infrared spectrum results showed that superfine pulverization, mixed comminution or adding the auxiliary pulverizing cannot produce new substances in medicinal powder. The dissolution rate of salvianolic acid B and paeoniflorin in the mixed ultramicro powder dispersions of SMRR and PRA was the highest, salvianolic acid B 83.57%, RSD 2.03%, paeoniflorin 80.75%, RSD 0.61%. Conclusion: The dissolution rate is affected not only by the specific surface area of the powder but also by the dispersity of the powder. In order to improve the dissolution rate of active ingredients in powder, it is important to increase the specific surface area of the powder and improve the dispersity of the powder. In the mixed powder of SMRR, PRA, and PH, the dissolution rate of salvianolic acid B and paeoniflorin was lower than that of the mixed powder of SMRR and PRA. Hence, PH was smashed alone, and then mixed with the other two kinds of medicinal powder.