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OBJECTIVE To study the effects of Tongxie yaofang reducing colon hypermotility in irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS-D) rats by regulating gut microbiota-enteric nervous system (ENS)-muscularis macrophages (MM) crosstalk. METHODS Forty newborn male SD rats were randomly divided into control group, model group, TCM group [Tongxie yaofang 2.68 g/(kg·d), calculated by raw material], and positive control group [Live combined bifidobacterium and lactobacillus tablets 0.27 g/(kg·d)], with 10 rats in each group. Except for the control group, the IBS-D model of liver stagnation and spleen deficiency syndrome was induced in the other 3 groups with the method of mother-child separation+chronic restraint+Folium Sennae- induced diarrhea. After modeling, the administration groups were given relevant drug liquid intragastrically, once a day, for consecutive 2 weeks. At the end of modeling and after administration, the fecal properties (the incidence and the rate of loose stools), colonic motility (colon emptying time), and visceral sensitivity [abdominal withdrawal reflex (AWR) scores under different pressures] of rats were observed in each group. The concentration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in serum was detected after medication, and the expressions and distribution of bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2), colony stimulating factor 1 (CSF1) and Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) in colon tissue were detected; the diversity, species composition and differences of gut microbiota were also determined. RESULTS At the end of modeling, compared with the control group, all rats of the other three groups suffered from loose stools (100%), the rate of loose stools and AWR scores at different pressures increased significantly, and colon emptying time was shortened significantly (P<0.01 or P<0.05). The incidences of loose stools were 20% in TCM group and 80% in the positive control group; the rate of loose stools and AWR scores at different pressures, serum concentration of LPS and protein expressions of CSF1 and TLR4 in muscle layer of colon tissue in TCM group significantly decreased, compared with the model group; colon emptying time, the average optical density of BMP2 protein in muscle layer of colon tissue, and the indexes of Chao 1, Shannon and Faith’s PD and Simpson E-mail:772699670@qq.com index of rats in TCM group were all prolonged or increased significantly, compared with the model group (P<0.01 or P< E-mail:aiwangzi312@163.com 0.05). The relative abundance ratio of Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes, from low to high, was in the order of TCM group, control group, positive control group and model group; the species composition of gut microbiota in TCM group was closer to control group, with dominant bacterial genera including Prevotella and Blautia. CONCLUSIONS Tongxie yaofang can regulate the expressions of BMP2 and CSF1, the key proteins of gut microbiota-ENS-MM crosstalk, by changing the gut microbiota, thus alleviating the abnormal hyperfunction of colon motility in IBS-D rats.
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Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common malignant tumors in the digestive system, with high morbidity and mortality. Early clinical symptoms of GC are not obvious, and most of them have entered the advanced stage after discovery, which greatly reduces the clinical cure rate and affects the quality of life of patients, and the prognosis is very poor. In recent years, with the continuous exploration in the field of bioinformatics, it has been found that micro-RNA (miRNA) and long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) exist as non-coding RNA (ncRNA) without translation ability, and regulate the expression levels of related signal proteins by acting on a certain target, thereby activating or inhibiting a certain signaling pathway, which plays an important role in assisting diagnosis, guiding clinical medication, and judging prognosis in the progress of GC. Chinese medicine is easily accepted by patients because of its good curative effect and less side effects. In the present basic studies, with the interaction mechanism between miRNA, lncRNA and signaling pathways as the breakthrough point, various studies on the regulation of related signaling molecules and signaling pathways by Chinese medicine have been carried out. A large number of experimental data have proved that the development of GC is closely related to the interaction of miRNA, lncRNA, and related signaling pathways, and Chinese medicine, with multi-target, multi-mechanism, and multi-pathway characteristics, affects various signaling molecules and signaling pathways and intervenes in the progress of GC cells. This paper reviewed the basic research on lncRNA, miRNA molecules, and main signaling pathways involved in the occurrence and development of GC, and summarized specific molecular mechanisms of Chinese medicine in the regulation of each signaling pathway, hoping to provide references for modern research of Chinese medicine in the intervention of GC progress at the molecular level.
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There are many abnormal signaling pathways in the occurrence, development and microenvironment of liver cancer. The abnormal activation or inhibition of cell signaling pathway can regulate cell proliferation, apoptosis and migration, and then affect inflammation, angiogenesis and tumor migration. Experimental studies have shown that Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) can prevent and treat hepatocellular carcinoma by intervention with the transduction of related signaling pathways, which mainly includes hedgehog signaling pathway, IL-6/STAT3 signaling pathway, NF-κB signaling pathway, PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway, MAPK signaling pathway, toll-like receptor signaling pathway and Wnt signaling pathway. At present stage, TCM has a definite effect on the prevention and treatment of liver cancer, but the specific mechanism has not been fully elucidated, and the regulation of TCM on liver cancer related signaling pathways still needs further exploration.
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Objective To analyze the clinical efficacy,safety and influencing factors of decitabine (DAC)-based regimens in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome-refractory anemia with excess blasts (MDS-RAEB).Methods We performed a retrospective analysis of 63 patients with MDS-RAEB treated with DAC,evaluated the clinical efficacy and adverse reactions,and analyzed the influencing factors affecting survival.Results Among 63 patients,23 were RAEB-1 and 40 were RAEB-2.The median treatment was 4 (2-13) courses.The total effective rate of DAC for MDS-RAEB was 58.7% (37/63),and the complete response rate was 20.6% (13/63).Among 37 patients who were effective,20 (54.1%) patients performed efficacy after 2 courses.The median course of treatment to achieve the best effect was 3.5 (3-4) courses.With a median follow-up of 14 (2-68) months,63 patients had a overall survival rate (OS) of 84.2% and a 1-year progression-free survival rate (PFS) of 73%.In univariate analysis,the factors that prolonged OS were that the best effect after medication was stable disease (SD) (to achieve complete remission,partial remission,complete bone marrow remission,hematological improvement) (P =0.009) and no thrombocytopenia at first diagnosis (P =0.019),the factor that prolongs PFS is the best effect above SD (P =0.003).Multivariate analysis suggested that the factors affecting OS and PFS were the best curative effects above SD (P =0.015 vs P =0.008).The adverse effects of decitabine in the treatment of MDSRAEB were mainly bone marrow suppression and pulmonary infection.Conclusions Decitabine is an effective and well-tolerated drug in the treatment of MDS-RAEB.Response to decitabine treatment is one of the independent factors affecting the prognosis.
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Objective To investigate the efficacy of domestic porcine antihuman lymphocyte immunoglobulin (p-ALG) in the treatment of severe aplastic anemia (SAA) with allogeneic hemopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Methods The clinical data of 5 SAA patients who received allogeneic HSCT from January 2015 to May 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. The conditioning regimen included p-ALG + cyclophosphamide + fludarabine. The method of peripheral stem cell and bone marrow blood was used in allogeneic HSCT (the total amount of bone marrow blood was less than 400 ml and the puncture point was not replaced). The p-ALG related complications, post-transplantation hemopoietic stem cell reconstitution time and efficacy were recorded. Results Allergic reaction occurred in 1 patient when using p-ALG, and there was no serum reaction. Hemopoietic reconstitution was achieved in all the 5 patients. The time for neutrophilic granulocyte > 0.5 × 109/L was 11 to 17 d, and the time for platelet count > 20 × 109/L was 11 to 15 d after transplantation. The results of short-strand repeat polymerase chain reaction assays showed all complete donor chimera. Graft versus host disease occurred in 3 cases, and was successfully controlled by methylprednisolone and tacrolimus. The time for stopping red blood cell transfusion was 9 to 87 d. The patients were followed up for 1 to 37 months, and the patients all survived well. Conclusions The efficacy of p-ALG in SAA patients of allogeneic HSCT is affirmative, and the cost is obviously reduced. It is worthy of clinical use.