Rapid screening of single guide RNA targeting pig genome and the harvesting of monoclonal cells by microarray seal / 生物医学工程学杂志

The emergence of regular short repetitive palindromic sequence clusters (CRISPR) and CRISPR- associated proteins 9 (Cas9) gene editing technology has greatly promoted the wide application of genetically modified pigs. Efficient single guide RNA (sgRNA) is the key to the success of gene editing using CRISPR/Cas9 technology. For large animals with a long reproductive cycle, such as pigs, it is necessary to screen out efficient sgRNA

Changes in coagulation activity and its clinical significance in elderly patients with primary microvascular angina pectoris / 中华老年医学杂志

Objective:To investigate plasma levels of fibrinopeptide A(FPA)and platelet alpha-granule membrane glycoprotein 140(GMP-140), and to analyze the changes of coagulation activity in elderly patients with primary microvascular angina(PMVA).Methods:In this prospective case-control study, a total of 45 elderly patients(aged 60-80 years, 27 males and 18 females)admitted to our hospital from Jan.2019 to Dec.2020 were diagnosed as PMVA(as microvascular angina group)by clinical symptoms, electrocardiogram, dynamic electrocardiogram and coronary angiography.Forty-three age-and sex-matched elderly subjects who took a medical check-up and had no primary microvascular angina were included as the control group.Plasma levels of FPA, GMP-140 and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein were determined.The levels of systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, platelet, fasting blood glucose, triglyceride, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein and low-density lipoprotein, uric acid, renal function and liver function were detected.Results:The FPA level was higher in the PMVA group than in the control group[(430.32±364.05)μg/L vs.(263.73± 118.29)μg/L, t=2.913, P<0.01]. There was no difference in GMP-140 level between the PMVA group and the control group[(5.78±3.92)μg/L vs.(6.95±1.91)μg/L, t=-1.790, P>0.05]. The high-sensitivity C-reactive protein level was higher in the PMVA group than in the control group[(3.33±5.70)mg/L vs.(0.81±0.86)mg/L, t=2.927, P<0.01]. Conclusions:Compared with the control group, the FPA level is significantly increased with elevated coagulation activity in patients with primary microvascular angina.The increased inflammatory state in the PMVA group might promote the occurrence and development of microvascular angina, but whether the inflammatory state promotes the enhancement of coagulation activity needs further study to confirm.

Investigation of the influence of different etiologies on serum level of carbohydrate antigen 125 in elderly patients with heart failure / 中华老年医学杂志

Objective To investigate the effect of different etiology on the serum level of carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125) in elderly patients with chronic congestive heart failure (CHF), and to assess any correlation of CA125 with serum level of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP). Methods The 155 aged patients with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class Ⅲ or Ⅳ were enrolled and grouped into four reasons of hypertension, coronary heart disease (CHD), cardiomyopathy and other reasons, and 25 healthy old persons as control.CA125 and BNP levels were measured by automatic chemiluminescent immunoassay and enzyme immunoradiometric assay, respectively. Results CA125 level in patients with CHF was (83.4±6.6)U/L for hypertension, (36.8±1.4)U/L for CHD, (38.1±1.6)U/L for cardiomyopathy and (38.4±1.4)U/L for other reasons, which significantly higher than for healthy controls [(14.3±1.15) U/L, P＜0.05].Especially, CA125 level in hypertension group was notable higher than in other reasons of group (P＜0.05), and was positively related to BNP level (r=0.67,P＜0.05). Conclusions Serum CA125 level is a predictor for clinical pathogen of CHF.Therefore, it may be a useful additional marker for the evaluation of clinical treatment of these patients

A new eudesmane sesquiterpene lactone from Curcuma wenyujin / 药学学报

The aim of the study was to investigate the sesquiterpene constituents from the rhizomes of Curcuma wenyujin Y．H．Chen et C．Ling．The isolation and purification of the constituents from the 50％ EtOH extracts of the rhizomes were performed with repeated column chromatography over sillica gel and macroporous resin．Eight sesquiterpenes were obtained and identified as wenyujinlactone A(1),neolitamone A(2),zedoarondiol(3),isozedoarondiol(4),aerugidiol(5),curcumol (6),curdione(7) and (1R,10R)-epoxy-(-)-1,10-dihydrocurdine (8) by means of spectral analysis．Among them,compound 1 was found to be a new eudesmane sesquiterpene lactone,whilst compounds 2-5 were obtained from this plant for the first time．

Antithrombotic effect of verussurinine from Veratrum nigrum var. ussuriense alkaloids / 中草药

Objective To study the effects of verussurinine (VSRN), an alkaloid isolated from Veratrum nigrum var. ussuriense alkaloids (VnA), against thrombosis and its platelet aggregation inhibitory activity in rats in order to find out whether VSRN is the antithrombotic active ingredient of VnA. Methods The electrically induced rat carotid artery thrombosis and stasis-induced rat inferior vena cava thrombosis models were used to evaluate the anti-arterial and anti-venous thrombosis effect of VSRN, respectively. Borns turbidimetric method was used to examine the in vivo and in vitro anti-platelet effect so as to investigate the antiplatelet aggregation of VSRN. Results In comparison with saline, VSRN in five different doses (1.25—20.00 ?g/kg) showed significantly and dose-dependently prolonged occlusion time (OT) of carotid artery injured by electrical stimulation and reduced thrombus dry weight of inferior vena cava ligated for 4 h to cause stasis. Platelet aggregation was found to be inhibited by VSRN in the doses of 1.25—5.00 ?g/kg and at the concentration of 6.25—50 ?g/L in both in vivo and in vitro test. Conclusion VSRN has powerful arteriovenous antithrombosis and antiplatelet aggregation of rats. The antithrombotic effect of VSRN is related to its platelet aggregation inhibitory activity. The above findings indicate that VSRN is an antithrombotic active ingredient of VnA.