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ObjectiveRoot rot is one of the most serious diseases in the cultivation and production of Atractylodes lancea. Trichoderma spp. are effective in the biocontrol of root rot without causing environmental pollution. This study aims to isolate and study a Trichoderma strain capable preventing and controlling root rot from the rhizosphere of A. lancea and to solve the problem of disease prevention and control in the planting and production of A. lancea. MethodTrichoderma T2204 was isolated by the dilution-coating method and identified by ITS sequencing. The inhibitory activities of T2204 and its volatiles against two pathogenic fungal strains were examined by dual-culture and co-culture experiments. The biocontrol potential of T2204 on root rot of A. lancea and the effect of T2204 on the accumulation of medicinal compounds in the rhizosphere of A. lancea were investigated by pot experiments and GC-MS， respectively. In addition， the optimal medium， photoperiod， temperature， pH， and carbon and nitrogen sources for the culture of T2204 were explored. ResultThe Trichoderma isolate T2204 was identified as T. citrinoviride and had direct inhibitory effects on two highly pathogenic strains causing root rot. In the dual-culture experiments with the two pathogenic strains， T2204 showcased the inhibition rates of 77.90% and 76.80%， respectively. In the co-culture experiments with the two pathogenic strains， the volatile organic compounds produced by T2204 showed the inhibition rates of 57.11% and 81.11%， respectively. The pot experiments showed that the survival rate of A. lancea seedlings infected by root rot reached 100% after inoculation with T2204 and was only 50% in the case without inoculation of T2204. After 150 days of cultivation， the dry weight and atractylodin content of the rhizome of A. lancea plants treated with T2204 increased by 32% （P<0.05） and 11%， respectively， compared with the untreated group. The optimal conditions for the growth of T2204 were PDA or PSA medium， photoperiod of 12 h dark/12 h light， 25-30 °C， pH 5-6， carbon sources of glucose， D-fructose， soluble starch， and maltose， and the nitrogen sources of ammonium sulfate and ammonium dihydrogen phosphate. The optimal conditions for the sporulation of T2204 were PSA or CMA medium， photoperiod of 12 h dark/12 h light， 20-30 °C， pH 8， carbon source of sucrose， and nitrogen source of sodium nitrate. ConclusionT2204 could improve the growth and root rot resistance of A. lancea and promote the accumulation of medicinal compounds. The findings laid a foundation for the industrialized production and application of T2204 in the production of A. lancea in the future.
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Objective@#To compare the consistency of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) results from four chemiluminescence assays. @*Methods@#A total of 102 fresh serum samples from Peking Union Medical College Hospital during March 2018 and April 2018 were collected for precision evaluation and methodological comparison referring to CLSI EP15-A2 and EP9-A2 protocols. The levels of serum TSH were detected by Abbott i2000 (system A), Beckman DXI800 (system B), Siemens ADVIA Centaur XP (system C) and Roche e601 (system D) automatic chemiluminescence analyzers and their matching reagents, respectively. The obtained results were compared with the passing-bablok and Bland Altman methods. Taking 0.27 μIU/mL and 5.33 μIU/mL as the medical decision level, the expected bias of each detection system was compared. @*Results@#The precisions of systems A,B,C and D were 1.7%-3.3%， 2.3%- 3.9%，0.7%-2.3% and 0.6%-1.5%,respectively. The median (P 25,P 75) of TSH concentrations detected by systems A,B,C and D were 1.898 (0.518,4.809)μIU/mL, 2.819 (0.719,7.020)μIU/mL,2.502 (0.692,6.888)μIU/mL and 3.105 (0.886, 7.905)μIU/mL, respectively. The coefficients of determination (R 2 ) of regression equation were above 0.975 for 4 detection systems. The correlation coefficients (r), intercepts and slopes of 4 detection systems were 0.993 5-0.997 1, 0-0.06 and 0.59-1.15, respectively, and systems B and C had the best correlations with 1.02 of slope and 0 of intercept. The deviation plot showed that the bias% of 4 detection systems was between -48.1% and 17.3%. Among them, systems A and D had the largest bias, while systems B and C had the lowest bias. The expected bias of 4 detection systems at the medical decision level was -40.7%-37.2%. @*Conclusion@#The consistency between Beckman and Siemens TSH detection systems is good, while those of Roche and Abbott TSH detection systems are different from the other two.
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Objective To investigate the changes of prevalence of hyperuricemia ( HUA) and its correlations with blood glucose and lipid in healthy adults receiving physical examination at Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) from 2012 to 2017. Meth-ods An observational approach was adopted for the data analysis.The test results of uric acid (UA),fasting blood glucose (FBG),to-tal cholesterol (TC),triacylglycerol (TG),low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C),high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), creatinine (Cr) and Urea of 399 089 cases (206 881 males and 192 208 females) at PUMCH from January 2012 to December 2017 were collected and statistically analyzed.Results The total prevalence of HUA was 17.4% in which the prevalence of males was signif-icantly higher than that of females (25.6% vs 8.5%,χ2＝20 234.850,P＜0.01).During the years of 2012 to 2017,the prevalence of HUA was 26.5%,24.7%,28.6%,23.9%,24.8% and 24.5% in males,and 13.8%,6.3%,7.9%,6.1%,6.2% and 6.8% in females for each year respectively.The prevalence of HUA in males aged 18 to 64 years old was significantly higher than that in the age-matched fe-males (all P＜0.05).However, the prevalence of HUA in males aged≥65 years old was similar to the age-matched females.There was no statistically significant difference of HUA prevalence between males and females aged ≥65 in 2013,2015,2016 and 2017 ( χ2＝1.792,0.017,1.440 and 0.205 respectively;all P＞0.05).The percentages of hyperlipidemia in both males and females of HUA group were higher than those of non-HUA group respectively (all P＜0.01).The percentage of hyperglycemia in males of non-HUA group was higher than that of HUA group,but the percentage of hyperglycemia in females of non-HUA group was lower than that of HUA group ( all P＜0.01).High levels of TC,TG and FBG were risk factors of HUA with increased OR values in increased concentrations of TC,TG and FBG,respectively.Conclusion During the recent 6 years, in healthy adults receiving physiced examination at PVMCH, the preva-lence of male HUA diagnosed was at overall high level,but the prevalence of female HUA was in decreasing and relatively stable trend. Hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia should be the risk factors of HUA.
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Objective To evaluate the analytical performance of four lipoprotein associated phospholipase A2(Lp-PLA2)activity reagents on Beckman AU5800 automatic biochemical analyzer. Methods The remaining serum samples of 214 patients and 140 apparently healthy individuals were collected from March to July 2017 in Peking Union Medical College Hospital.These samples were used for method comparison and reference interval evaluation.According to the guidelines of EP15-A,EP6-A,EP-17 and EP7-P from Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute(CLSI)standards,the precision, linearity, sensitivity and common interferences(e.g free bilirubin, conjunct bilirubin, hemoglobin and chyle)were assessed.According to EP9-A2,method comparisons of differents regents(Evermed,DiaSys,Hengxiao and Zhongyuan were labeled as A,B,C and D,respectively)were conducted and the differences were estimated at medical decision levels(328U/L,391U/L and 485U/L).Results The precision of four reagents were acceptable.The repeatability(CV%)of A to D were 0.5%-1.7%, 0.7%-3.0%, 0.9%-2.0% and 0.5%-3.3%,respectively.The reproducibility(CV%)were 0.7%-2.9%, 1.4%-3.2%, 1.3%-1.9%and 0.8%-4.1%,respectively.Both of those achievedlaboratory defined quality objective(<5%).The linearity of A to D were 44 -1 992 U/L,39 -1 798 U/L,13 -540 U/L and 75-1 717U/L,respectively.The regression coefficient R2 was between 0.997 and 1.000, and the correlation coefficient(r)was between 0.998 and 1.000.The interference of chyle were acceptable among these four reagents andmet the manufacturer′s requirementsor clinical needs.In a low level of Lp-PLA2,bilirubin had an obvious interferenceonreagent C;B and C were negatively affected when the hemoglobin was 4.5 g/L; and D was positively affected when the hemoglobin was 2.45 g/L.The regression coefficients R2 of A,C,D compared with B were between 0.978 and 0.995,and the correlation coefficients(r)were between 0.989 and 0.998. The expected differences at medical decision levels ranged from -240 U/L to 113 U/L.For A to D,the Lp-PLA2 activity results of 131(93.6%), 140(100%), 82(58.6%), and 128(91.4%)cases were analysed within the manufacturer′s claimed reference intervals.Conclusion The precision and linearity of the four Lp-PLA2 activity detection reagents used in automatic biochemical analyzer are good, but the anti-interference ability needs to be improved.
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Objective To investigate the prevalence and possible factors of hypouricemia in Peking Union Medical College Hospital.Methods A retrospective investigation.Serum uric acid, lipids, glucose and other chemistry tests were analyzed among 83176 outpatients(Male:30795,Female:52381), 15849 inpatients(Male:7402,Female:8447)and 24081 healthy subjects(Male:11859,Female:12222)in Peking Union Medical College Hospital from December 2015 to April 2016.Grouped by gender and age, the prevalence of hypouricemiawas analyzed in all subjects and the etiology and possible risk factors of hypouricemia were explored among all patients.Results The serum uric acid of outpatients,inpatients and healthy subjects were 286(235-348)μmol/L, 282(226-348)μmol/L and 298(244-358)μmol/L, respectively.And the prevalence were 0.6%(499/83176),2.5%(390/15849)and 0.2%(39/24081), respectively.The prevalence of hypouricemia ofwomen was significantly higher than that ofmen(outpatients:0.7%vs 0.4%,P<0.001;inpatients:2.8%vs 2.1%,P=0.004;healthy subjects:0.30%vs 0.04%, P<0.001).After analyzing 507 hypouricemia patients, the top three clinical diagnoses that related with hypouricemia were kidney diseases, tumor and rheumatic diseases.Compared with the control group, the prevalence of hypouricemia in hypertriglyceridemia group and group with eGFR higher than 90 ml/(min· 1.73 m2)were lower(OR:0.33, 95% CI:0.21-0.50; OR:0.16, 95% CI:0.09-0.29), and the prevalence of hypouricemia in hyperglycemia group was higher(OR:1.62, 95% CI:1.12-2.35). Conclusion The prevalence of hypouricemia of Chinese women was higher than that of men and may be related with TG,Glu and eGFR.
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Objective To validate the performance of six enzymatic glycated albumin reagents and evaluate their clinical application.Methods The performance of six enzymatic glycated albumin reagents(labled as A,B,C,D,E,F) from Beijing Jiuqiang Co, Beijing Lideman Co,Ningbomeikang Co, Beijing Haomai Co, Sichuan Maike Co and Asahi Kasei Co were assessed on Olympus AU5800 automatic biochemistry analyzer.According to the standard of CLSI,the precision,interference and linear correlation of these reagents were assessed.To assess the accuracy of GA% ,we used GA standard material whose value had been assigned using ID-LC/MS method provided by ReCCS.To do the method comparison and determine the consistency of assay, 50 fresh serum samples of T2DM outpatient and 80 fresh serum samples of apparently healthy people in Jan 2016 were tested using six kits.According to the EP28-A3C protocol, the reference range for GA%was validated in 122 apparently healthy individuals undertaking medical examination from January to February 2016 in PUMC.Results The precision,and the ability of anti-interference of the six reagents were good.The accuracy percentage deviation of six reagents was-19.3%-9.2%.The correlation coefficient of domestic reagents A to E and imported reagents F in the determination of GA% was 0.966-0.999, the average absolute bias was 7.0%-10.4%.The coincidence rate of A-E and F in determining abnormal GA% was between 88.5% and 96.9%.The coincidence rate was increased after switching to the reference range for preliminary clinical evaluation.Conclusion Six GA enzymatic kits used in automatic biochemical analyzer have high precision and strong anti-interference ability.Accuracy still needs to be improved.
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[ ABSTRACT] AIM:To investigate the role of hydrogen sulfide ( H2 S) on impaired wound healing in ob/ob mice and the underlying mechanism.METHODS:The ob/ob mice were randomly divided into 3 groups, including vehicle, in-sulin and NaHS for treatment.C57BL/6 mice were treated with vehicle as control.Full-thickness punch biopsy wounds were created on the mice.Firstly, H2 S concentrations in the skins and granulation tissues were measured.The mRNA ex-pression of cystathionineγ-lyase ( CSE) was detected by RT-qPCR.The protein expression of CSE and MMP-9 were deter-mined by Western blot.The neutrophil and monocyte/macrophage infiltration was analyzed by immunohistochemistry me-thod.The levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-αand interleukin (IL)-6 were measured by ELISA.Collagen formation was measured by Masson staining.RESULTS:The H2 S levels in the skin and granulation were significantly decreased in ob/ob mice and increased in the NaHS-treated mice ( P to impaired wound healing in diabetes, which is alleviated by exogenous H2 S possibly through anti-inflammation.
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Objective To explore achieving the consistent method of blood lipid examination by comparing the results of 5 dif-ferent blood lipid detection system commonly used in the use of refernce method to assign freach blood serum before and af-ter calibration.Methods Used the indoor quality control total variation (CV%)to evaluate the 5 blood lipid examination system of the imprecision.Referenced the United States Clinical and Laboratory Standardization Institution (CLSI)9A2 EP program,compared with 54 fresh blood serum in 5 commonly used examination system of Total Cholesterol (TC)and Tri-glyceride (TG),and then estimated the bias between the different detection systems and mean value.8 of the samples were determined by the reference method and estimate the bias of different system.The fresh frozen serum samples assigned by reference method were used to evaluate the above examination system,then compare and estimate the bias again with the same 54 fresh serum samples.Compared the variation of 54 samples in different detection system before and after calibra-tion.Results The TG imprecision of 5 examination system were between 3.76%~23.65%,the TC imprecision between 2.19%~23.43%,that mean the results were good,the r value of TG were between 0.996 7~0.999 6 and the TC were 0.956 2~0.996 7.But there were obvious differences between the results of the systems,and the biggest difference were 14.72%~34.21% in TG and 3.11%~14.57% in TC.After use the serum assignment by reference method,the variation of the systems has been significantly decreased.Conclusion Using the reference method to assign the fresh serum of different blood lipid detection system can effectively improve the consistency of the results.
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Objective To assess the interference by calcium dobesilatein 7 peroxidase-baseduric acid assays and to determine its clinical significance.Methods In the in vitro experiments, uric acid in pooled serum with final concentrations of calcium dobesilate additions (0, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64μg/ml) were measured by 7 peroxidase-based assays.Percent Bias (%) was calculated relative to the drug-free specimen.In the in vivo experiments, changes in serum uric acid and calcium dobesilate concentrations were observed before and after calcium dobesilate administration ( baseline, 0 h, 1 h, 2 h, 3 h, 4 h, 6 h ) involunteers.The interference in different assays was assessed compared with LC-IDMS/MS method. Calcium dobesilate levels in 40 specimens from those taking calcium dobesilate were measured by HPLC method.Of the 40 specimens, 10 were selected to analyse the levels of uric acid by both peroxidase and UV measurement method to assess the impact in clinical status.Results In the in vitro study, concentrations of uric acid measured by 7 peroxidase-based assays were reduced by -6.3%to -21.2%compared with drug-free serum, when theconcentration of calcium dobesilate was16μg/ml.In the in vivo study, comparedto UA levels at 0 h, the biasesof serum uric acid determined by peroxidase method after calcium dobesilate administration(1 h, 2 h, 3 h, 4 h, 6 h) were of -3.33%, -6.79%, -7.49%, -6.07%, -4.09%, respectively.The observed uric acid concentrations for 8 participants measured by enzymatic assays were inhibited by -3.75% to -6.89% at 0 hour and by -16.9% to-22.22% at 2 hours relative to the concentrations measured by the LC-IDMS/MS method. Conclusions Calcium dobesilate produced a clinically significant negative interference with uric acid in all peroxidase-based uric acid assays,which may result in false evaluation of uric acid level in clinical status.Significant differences in the degree of interference were observed among the assays.
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Objective To assess the consistency of four standardized cystatin C particle-enhanced turbidimetric assay (PETIA) and one particle-enhanced nephelometric immunoassay (PENIA) measurement systems Methods Performance verification test was conducted according to CLSI EP 15-A2 and EP9-A2. Fourty serum samples in comparative test were obtained from the remaining serum samples of outpatients in Peking Union Medical College Hospital in March 2013.Fourty serum samples were tested on Olympus AU5400 automatic biochemical analyzer ( four PETIA Cys C reagents:Shanghai Jingyuan Co ., Ltd, Beijing Leadman Biochemistry Co ., Ltd, Beijing Strong Biotechnologies , Maker Biotechnology in Sichuan , and labelled as A, B, C, D respectively) and PENIA N Latex Cys C measurement system on Siemens BNⅡ(labelled as E).Correlation analysis were performed among four PETIA methods one PENIA method Differences of each detection system were compared in the medical decision level 1,2,3,4 mg/L.The reference material ERM-DA471/IFCC was measured by five systems and bias ( percentage bias ) was calculate for each system.Results Results of systems A, B, C, D, E were 1.29(0.89-2.43), 1.30 (0.96-2.59), 1.22(0.90-2.44), 1.27(0.96-2.47), 1.14(0.82-2.05)mg/L.Chart shows bias among these five systems was small when Cys C concentration was less than 4mg/L.PETIA method A, B, C, D correlated with their mean value well , with the average deviation from their mean value ( percent deviation) at -0.017 -0.031 mg/L ( -3.1%-2.1%), and all were less than allowed bias from the biological variation (3.4%).The deviation of PETIA method A, B, C, D with their mean value in medical decision level at -0.176 -0.178 mg/L.Systems A, B, C, D correlated well with the result of PENIA method system E , and the mean deviation ( percent deviation ) was at 0.278 -0.326 mg/L ( 12.6%-18.5%) , and the deviation ( percent deviation ) in the medical decision level 0.055 -1.079 mg/L (5.51%-26.98%).Bias of PETIA method A, B, C, D Cys C system measuringERM -DA471/IFCC ranged from 0.22 to 0.39 mg/L ( 3.9%-7.0%) , which exceeded the allowable range of the reference material target value, and were larger than the allowable bias from biological variation (3.4%).Bias ( percent ) of PENIA method system E was -0.1 mg/L ( -1.7%) , within the allowable range of ERM-DA471/IFCC target value .Conclusions The consistency of four assesed PETIA Cys C reagents was relatively ideal, and improved markably after being traced to ERM-DA471/IFCC.Besides, the results of PETIA were higher than those of PENIA .Bias among these five systems was small when Cys C concentration was less than 4 mg/L, and the bias became larger in higher Cys C concentration.