Association of serum complement C3, C4 with renal pathological lesion degree in IgA nephropathy patients / 中华肾脏病杂志

Objective:To explore the relationship between the levels of serum complement C3 and C4 and the degree of renal pathological injury in patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN).Methods:It was a retrospective study. The clinical and pathological data of patients with primary IgAN diagnosed by renal biopsy in the Department of Nephrology of the Second People's Hospital of Qujing City, Yunnan Province from December 1, 2019 to December 31, 2022 were collected. According to the IgAN Oxford classification criteria, the patients were divided into mild renal pathological injury group (mild group, <3 pathologic types) and severe renal pathological injury group (severe group, ≥3 pathological types). The levels of serum C3 and C4 and other clinical data were compared between the two groups. Spearman correlation method was used to analyze the correlation between serum C3, C4 levels and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) during renal biopsy.Multivariate logistic regression model was used to analyze the influencing factors of the pathological injury degree in IgAN patients and the forest map depicted the effect of risk factors.Results:A total of 164 IgAN patients were included in the study, including 77 males (47.0%), aged (35.5±12.9) years old. There were 60 patients in the mild group and 104 patients in the severe group. Compared with the mild group, the patients in the severe group were older, had higher levels of serum C4, serum uric acid, low density lipoprotein cholesterol and 24 h urinary protein, higher proportions of hypertension, glucocorticoids/immunosuppressant therapy, C3 deposition in renal tissues and microscopic hematuria, and had lower hemoglobin and serum C3 level (all P<0.05). The results of Spearman correlation analysis showed that the level of serum C3 was positively correlated with eGFR ( r=0.303, P<0.001), and the level of serum C4 was negatively correlated with eGFR ( r=-0.238, P=0.002). Multivariate logistic regression analysis results showed that serum C3 (every 0.01 g/L increase, OR=0.976, 95% CI 0.957-0.996, P=0.018), serum C4 (every 0.01 g/L increase, OR=1.091, 95% CI 1.020-1.166, P=0.011), hemoglobin ( OR=0.969, 95% CI 0.950-0.988, P=0.002), and serum uric acid ( OR=1.005, 95% CI 1.001-1.009, P=0.012) were independent related factors of renal pathological damage (severe injury /mild injury) in IgAN patients. Conclusions:Serum C3 and C4 are independent related factors of the severity of renal pathological injury in IgAN patients.

Functional and morphological differences between rat alveolar and interstitial macrophages / 第三军医大学学报

Objective To observe the difference of morphology and phagocytosis between alveolar macrophages (AMs) and pulmonary interstitial macrophages (IMs). Methods AMs were collected by lung lavage and IMs by treatment of the lung tissue with DNAse and collagenase. The two cell populations were analyzed with respect to morphology by transmission electron microscopy, and the variation of these macrophages of phagocytosis were tested by malachite green colorimetry. Results There were great differences in morphology between AMs and IMs. The phagocytosis of AMs was much stronger than that of IMs. Conclusion There is functional and morphological heterogeneity between AMs and IMs. IMs should not be regarded as the precursors to AMs.

Effect of different isolations for nucleic acid and protein complex on affinity of enriched library in SELEX experiment / 第三军医大学学报

Objective To compare the effect of different partition of nucleic acid protein complex on the affinity of enriched library in systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX). Methods Two protocols were adopted to select the enriched library to transforming growth factor ? receptor Ⅱ(TGF ? RⅡ). Protocol 1: protein was absorbed on the surface of 96 well plate; then, selection was carried out; the binding nucleotide acids were eluted from the supporter directly. Protocol 2: selection was done in solution; nucleotide acid protein complex was captured in nitrocellulose membrane; the binding nucleotide acids were obtained from membrane. Filter biding assay and gel shift assay were performed to detect the affinity of the enriched ssDNA library from different protocols. Results After 4 rounds of selection, the affinity to TGF ? RⅡ was obviously improved in the enriched library from protocol 2 compared with the initial library, while no such improvement was found in the enriched library from protocol 1. Conclusion In the SELEX experiment, the way of selection in solution, then partition of the binding nucleotide acids in filter is easier to enrich the binding fragment from initial ssDNA random library, compared with the way of fixation of target protein to solid supporter, then selection between the solid phase and liquid phase and elution of the binding nucleotide acids from supporter.

Expression of positive and negative regulators of cell cycle during wound healing / 中华医学杂志(英文版)

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To detect the expression of cell cycle positive regulators cyclin D(1), cyclin E, CDK(2), CDK(4) and negative regulators p21(cip1), p27(kip1), p16(ink4a) and p15(ink4b) during wound healing in rats.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Open wounds of full-thickness skin, diameter 1.8 cm, on rat backs were used as the wound model. Wound tissues were harvested on postwounding days 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 21 and 30. Ki67 expression in granulation tissue was detected by immunohistochemical assay. The patterns of the expression of cyclin D(1), cyclin E, CDK(2), CDK(4) and p21(cip1), p27(kip1), p16(ink4a), p15(ink4b) were detected by Western blot.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Cell proliferation in granulation tissue took place predominantly within the first week after injury, with the proliferation peak occurring at postwounding day 5. There were no dramatic variations in the expression of cyclin D(1), CDK(2) and CDK(4) during wound healing. Up-regulated cyclin E was maintained from day 3 to 11 after injury, and then was down-regulated. No expression of p16(ink4a) and p15(ink4b) was found. p21(cip1) was expressed only from day 7 to 14, with peak expression observed on day 9. Constitutive p27(kip1) was expressed throughout wound healing with low levels in the proliferating period of day 3 to 5 and with increased levels in the post-mitotic and remodeling stage. The expression of p21(cip1) and p27(kip1) showed an inverse gradient to that of Ki67.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>p21(cip1) and p27(kip1) play a supervising role in preventing the hyperproliferative tendency in tissue repair.</p>

Relations of transcription expression of IL-2 with nuclear factor of activated T cells as well as changes of C-Fos and C-Jun after trauma / 中华创伤杂志(英文版)

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the relations among expression of interleukin-2 (IL-2) in spleen lymphocytes, DNA binding activity of nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) and expression of the partly family members C-Fos, C-Jun after trauma.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A murine closed trauma model was used, animals were sacrificed 6, 12 hours and 1, 4, 7, 10, 14 days, respectively after injury. Spleen lymphocytes were isolated from injured mice and stimulated with concanavalin-A. The culture supernatants were harvested and assayed for IL-2 activity. Total RNA was extracted from spleen lymphocytes and assayed for IL-2 mRNA. Nuclear protein was extracted, and the DNA binding activity of NFAT was measured using an electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA), the expressions of C-Fos, C-Jun protein determined by Western blot analysis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The expressions of IL-2 activity and IL-2 mRNA in spleen lymphocytes were decreased in injured mice compared with those in control mice, and the most obvious decrease appeared on the 4th day after injury. The DNA binding activity of NFAT decreased gradually and reached the minimum that was only 41% of the control on the 4th day after injury, which was closely associated with the decline of IL-2 activity and IL-2 mRNA. An decrease in the expression of C-Fos on the 1st and 4th day after injury, trauma had no significant effect on the C-Jun expression.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>These results suggest that the inhibition of IL-2 expression is partly due to the impairment in the activation of NFAT in injured mice; and the decline in the DNA binding activity of NFAT is partly due to trauma block in the C-Fos expression.</p>

The role of C5a in adhesion properties of polymorphonuclear leukocyte to pulmonary vascular endothelial cells in burn patients with acute lung injury / 中华烧伤杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the postburn adhesion properties of polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) onto pulmonary vascular endothelial cells (PVEC) in burn patients with acute lung injury (ALI), so as to determine the role of C5a on PVEC-PMN adhesion.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Microtubule sucking technique was employed to determine the PVEC-PMN adhesion. The myeloperoxidase (MPO) was also assayed to reflect the magnitude of PVEC-PMN adhesion.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The magnitude of PVEC-PMN adhesion increased and the adhesion force increased along with an increase in rh-C5a concentration. Simultaneously, the MPO activity was increased, which could be inhibited by anti-C5aR McAb in a concentration 1:104.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Both C5a and C5aR participated in PVEC-PMN adhesion, which might be important in the pathogenesis of ALI.</p>

Blocking effects of anti-sense peptide of C5a on the adhesion between pulmonary vascular endothelial cell and neutrophil / 中国免疫学杂志

Objective:To study the blocking effects of anti-sense peptide of C5a on the adhesion between pulmonary vascular endothelial cell(PVEC) and neutrophil resulting from C5a anaphylatoxin.Methods:It was determined by Flowcytometry that the change of adhesion molecule expression on PVEC and the activity of MPO in PMN was determined after adhesion.Results:In response to C5a after interactions with several concentrations of anti-sense peptide R4, the expression of P-Selectin on PVEC decreased significantly and reached the minimum at the concentration of 5 000 ng/ml, and the activity of MPO in PMN reduced by 40% at the concentration of 5 000 ng/ml of anti-sense peptide R4.Conclusion:The results suggested that anti-sense peptide of C5a has significant blocking effects on C5a anaphylatoxin.

THE EXPRESSION OF HUMAN MD-2/GST FUSION PROTEIN IN E. coli / 解放军医学杂志

To design and construct an expression vector,PGEX-4T-1/MD-2, and to express human myeloid differentiation protein-2(hMD-2) and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) fusion protein in E. coli, the EcoRI/SalI sites and stop code were incorporated into the hMD-2 encoding fragment by PCR. After digesting with EcoRI/SalI, the hMD-2 encoding fragment was cloned into the expression vector PGEX-4T-1 at the corresponding sites. The positive clones selected with PCR and restriction endonuclease digestion were sequenced and the expression of GST/hMD-2 fusion protein in E. coli BL21 was analyzed with SDS-PAGE after induced by 0.4mmol/L IPTG for 3 to 5 hours. The hMD-2 encoding fragment containing stop code was correctly inserted into the expression vector PGEX-4T-1 and this was confirmed by PCR, double-enzyme identification and sequencing. The SDS-PAGE analysis indicated that the GST/hMD-2 fusion protein was successfully expressed in E. coli and the yield of the fusion protein was 30 percent of bacterial total protein. The construction of the expression vector PGEX-4T-1/hMD-2 and the expression of fusion protein GST/hMD-2 in E. coli would be useful for further investigation of MD-2.