Mechanism of Lingbao Huxin Dan in the treatment of bradyarrhythmia complicated with coronary heart disease: a network pharmacology analysis.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the mechanism of action of the Lingbao Huxin Dan in treating bradycardia arrhythmia with coronary heart disease (BA-CHD) by network pharmacology. METHODS: The active ingredients of the Lingbao Huxin Dan were screened on the Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology Database and Analysis Platform and Bioinformatics tools designed for the analysis of molecular mechanisms of Chinese medicine platform; target prediction was conducted with the SwissTargetPrediction database, and Cytoscape 3.8 was used to construct a drug ingredient-target network. The Genecards, Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, and DrugBank databases were searched for disease targets. Venn plots were used to display the common targets of BA-CHD and active ingredients. The STRING platform was used to construct a protein-protein interaction network. The Metascape data platform was used for Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis to construct a signaling pathway network of the active ingredients of the Lingbao Huxin Dan. RESULTS: There were 121 active ingredients, 899 related targets, 39 targets important in BA-CHD and 14 targets which intersected between the active ingredients and BA-CHD. There were 27 core therapeutic ingredients, 153 biological processes, 18 cell ingredients and 20 molecular functions obtained by GO enrichment analysis. The KEGG pathway analysis yielded 19 signaling pathways. CONCLUSION: RBA-CHD may treat BA-CHD by regulating adrenergic receptor beta-1, alpha 1-α adrenergic receptor, calcium voltage-gated channel subunit alpha1 C, alpha-1ß-adrenergic receptor, nitric oxide synthase 2, beta-2 adrenergic receptor, voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit alpha-2/delta-1, an- giotensin-converting enzyme, Raf-1 proto-oncogene serine/threonine-protein kinase, and other targets, potentially by affecting adrenergic receptor binding and calcium channel opening, to regulate the activity of cardiomyocytes.

Anatomical basis of the flap based on the perforator of the deep palmar arch / 中华整形外科杂志

Objective@#To investigate the morphological characters of the dorsal perforators originated from the deep palmar arch, so as to provide anatomic basis for V-Y advanced perforator flap.@*Methods@#The following contents were investigated in 30 adult hand specimens perfused with red latex under surgical magnifier: ①The origin, courses, branches and distribution of the dorsal perforators originatedd from the deep palmar arch. ②The characters of anastomosis among the dorsal perforators, the dorsal carpal and metacarpal arteries. Mimic operation was performed on another fresh specimens perfused with red latex.@*Results@#There were three perforators originated from the deep palmar arch, which passed through the 2nd-4th dorsal interossei and then divided into an ascending branch and a descending branch at the dorsum of hand. Then the ascending branch anastomosed with the dorsal carpal artery, and the descending branch stretched to the 2nd-4th dorsal metacarpal arteries. The originating outer diameters of the 1st-3rd perforators were (1.1±0.2) mm, (0.9±0.3) mm and (0.7±0.1) mm respectively, and the length of the stems were (1.1±0.3) cm, (1.0±0.2)cm and (0.9±0.1) cm respectively.@*Conclusions@#The V-Y advanced perforator flap with the dorsal perforator of the deep palmar arch as its vascular pedicle could be used to repair the dorsal carpal or dorsal metacarpal soft tissue defects.

Anatomical basis of the flap based on the perforator of plantar arch / 中华显微外科杂志

Objective To provide the anatomical basis for the flap based on the perforator of Plantar arch,through investigation of the morphological features of the perforator of the arch of the foot.Methods From November,2015 to March,2016,the first metatarsal base and the fifth metatarsal tuberosity were chosen as the observation point on 25 specimens of adult human feet perfused with red latex.The following contents were observed under surgical magnifier:①The origin,courses,branches and distribution of the perforator of Plantar arch.②The anastomoses among the perforator of Plantar arch and the fete arteriosum dorsale pedis.Mimic operation was performed on another fresh specimen perfused with red latex.Results There were 3 perforators in Plantar arch,which passed through the 2nd-4th metatarsal dorsal muscles to the dorsi pedis and then divided into an ascending branch and a descending branch.The ascending branch anastomosed with the rete arteriosum dorsale pedis,and the descending branch stretched to the 2nd-4th plantar arteries.The initiative outer diameters of the 1st-3rd dorsal perforators of Plantar arch were (1.5 ± 0.3)mm,(1.1 ± 0.4) mm and (0.9-± 0.3) mm respectively,and the lengths of the stem were (1.1 ± 0.2) cm,(1.5 ± 0.1) cm and (1.5 ± 0.5) cm respectively.Conclusion The flap can be used for repair of soft-tissue defects of dorsal and front foot through dorsal transposition or a V-Y advancing flap with the perforator of Plantar arch as its vascular pedicle.