{"title":"[Protection effects of schizandrin B against liver injury induced by clozapine in mice].","authors":"Hui-yuan Bai, Shan Feng","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study was conducted to test the effects of schizandrin B (Sch B) on clozapine (CLZ) induced\u0000chronic liver injury in mice and the mechanism of action, and this may provide a new approach for clinical\u0000prevention of CLZ-induced side effects. The CLZ was given to mice for three weeks alone or co-administration\u0000with Sch B. The changes of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), alkaline phosphatase\u0000(ALP) and antioxidation indexes superoxide dismutase (SOD), malonic dialdehyde (MDA), glutathione (GSH)\u0000and liver histological evaluation were determined. Expression of Nrf2 was assayed in hepatic cells by immunohistochemical\u0000staining and Western blotting. The changes of relative gene expression of NAD(P)H: quinone\u0000oxidoreductase l (NQO1) and heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1) were assayed by real-time Q-PCR. The results showed\u0000that pretreatment with a lower dosage of Sch B (25, 50 mg·kg−1) prevented CLZ-induced liver injury as indicated\u0000by the reduced levels of ALT, AST and ALP, and the preserved activities of SOD, GSH and inhibiting MDA. It\u0000was shown that Sch B could up-regulate Nrf2 expression leading to nuclear accumulation of Nrf2 to induce\u0000oxidative response genes such as NQO1 and HO-1. These results suggest that Sch B could protect against liver\u0000injury induced by CLZ via the activation of the Nrf2/ARE signal pathway in a dose-dependent manner.</p>","PeriodicalId":35924,"journal":{"name":"Yaoxue Xuebao","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36288710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Current status of ion channels as drug targets for diabetic neuropathic pain].","authors":"Yu Zhou, Xiao-liang Wang, Hai-bo Yu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Diabetic neuropathic pain (DNP) is the most common chronic complication of diabetes mellitus,\u0000significantly affecting people’s quality of life. Studies have indicated that ion channels play a very important role\u0000in the occurrence of DNP. This review provides a summary in the role of ion channels in diabetic neuropathic\u0000pain and treatment strategies for diabetic neuropathy targeting ion channels.</p>","PeriodicalId":35924,"journal":{"name":"Yaoxue Xuebao","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36290160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Application of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in magnetic resonance / photothermal dual-modal imaging].","authors":"Dan-hua Huang, Xue-yong Qi, Yan-ru Ge, Song Shen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, water-dispersible magnetic iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticles were synthesized with\u0000solvothermal method. The nanoparticles were characterized with a transmission electron microscopy (TEM)\u0000and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The in vitro magnetic resonance response and photothermal\u0000conversion characteristics of the nanoparticles were evaluated. In addition, the cellular uptake, cytotoxicity\u0000and biodistribution were studied. Finally, magnetic resonance/photothermal dual-modal imaging effect of\u0000the as-synthesized Fe3O4 nanoparticles was investigated in the tumor-bearing mice. The results showed that\u0000the obtained magnetic nanoparticles were uniform with a mean diameter of about 125 nm. Moreover, the\u0000superparamagnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles showed remarkable magnetic resonance response and photothermal\u0000conversion properties. The results of cellular experiments showed that the cell viability was nearly 85% even the\u0000concentration of the nanoparticles was up to 1 000 μg·mL−1, an indicator of good biocompatibility. In addition,\u0000the nanoparticles could be taken up by the tumor cells and then located in the cytoplasm. After intravenous\u0000injection, the nanoparticles were tended to enrich in the tumor over time, which is helpful in achieving\u0000dual-modal magnetic resonance/photothermal imaging. In sum, the obtained Fe 3O4 nanoparticles showed great\u0000potential to be applied for multi-modal bio-imaging which may play an important role in the diagnosis of tumors.</p>","PeriodicalId":35924,"journal":{"name":"Yaoxue Xuebao","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36290579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Advances and challenges in preclinical evaluation of therapeutic drugs for treating ischemic stroke].","authors":"Ying Feng, Fei Ma, Ting-ting Xu, Shan Wang, Long-jian Huang, Xiao-ying Wang, Yong-jun Wang, Xiao-liang Wang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Translating of scientific advances into clinical practice is a major challenge in the stroke research\u0000field in the past decades. There were many reasons involved: animal models might not accurately capture all\u0000aspects of clinical stroke in humans, the blind and randomized design principle was not closely followed, the\u0000inclusion and exclusion criteria was not previously established, sample size was inadequate, endpoint was not\u0000scientific nor blindly assessed, inadequate reporting of data and statistical flaws. To bridge the gap between\u0000experimental and clinical research, international consortia have attempted to establish standardized guidelines\u0000for study design and data report, which include optimizing animal models as well as experimental design, using\u0000innovative approaches to assess endpoint, making raw data and negative results available, establishing prior\u0000registration mechanism, conducting multicenter preclinical randomized controlled trials (pRCTs), systematic\u0000reviews and meta-analysis of preclinical studies, evolving the original focus on neuroprotection into a broader\u0000consideration of the role of neurovascular unit and ischemic cascade.</p>","PeriodicalId":35924,"journal":{"name":"Yaoxue Xuebao","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36290153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Activating blood biological potency assay and chemical fingerprint chromatogram applied to quality evaluation of rhubarb].","authors":"Hai-zhu Zhang, Peng Tan, Zhen-jie Liu, Jian Wang, Jia-bo Wang, Xiao-he Xiao","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The biological potency assay and chemical fingerprint chromatogram were applied to quality\u0000evaluation of rhubarb. Using the biological potency as indicators, we evaluated the differences in quality of\u0000multiple batches of rhubarbs and related products. Using the platelet aggregation analyzer, we determined\u0000platelet aggregation rate in the different rhubarbs preparations, and calculated the biological potency based on the\u0000simplified probit principle. UPLC was adopted to establish the fingerprint spectra for rhubarbs. The spectral\u0000efficiency correlation analysis between chromatograms and biological potencies were conducted using the double\u0000variables of SPSS 22.0 software. We used three chemical composition to verify the potency. The biological\u0000potency results suggest that Rheum palmatum has a more potent activity than Rheum tanguticum, and\u0000wine-treated rhubarb had a higher potentcy than charred. We identified 10 elements in the Fingerprint Spectrum.\u0000The relevant elements including rhein-8-O-β-D-glucoside, emodin-8-O-β-D-glucoside and rhein have the\u0000strongest activity in the inhibition of platelet aggregation. In conclusion, this study provides a analytical\u0000method for rhubarb biological potency based on determination of the maximum antagonism rate model. The\u0000rhein may be the effective substance. It may serve as a reference in the quality control of wine processed\u0000rhubarb products.</p>","PeriodicalId":35924,"journal":{"name":"Yaoxue Xuebao","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36290577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Advances in the research of inhibitors of enzymes of bacterial peptidoglycan biosynthesis].","authors":"Fan Liu, Hao-yi Meng, Zheng-yang Sun, Dan-yang Li, Yuan-yuan Jin, Zhao-yong Yang, Shao-jie Wu, Jing Chen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In recent years, owing to the abuse of antibiotics, the widespread of resistant bacterial strains\u0000became a serious threat to public health. This status demands development of new antibacterial agents with\u0000novel mechanisms of action. The reason for the limited new antibacterials is the small number of effective\u0000therapeutic targets, which cannot meet the current needs for the multiple drug-resistant treatment. Screening for\u0000new targets is the key step in the development of novel antibacterial agents. Peptidoglycan is the main component\u0000of the cell wall of bacteria, which is essential for survival of pathogenic bacteria. Within the biochemical\u0000pathway for peptidoglycan biosynthes is the Murligases, described in this review as highly potential targets for\u0000the development of new classes of antibacterial agents. This review provides an in-depth insight into the recent\u0000developments in the field of inhibitors of the Mur enzymes (MurA-F). Moreover, the reasons for the lack of\u0000candidate inhibitors and the challenges to overcome the hurdles are also discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":35924,"journal":{"name":"Yaoxue Xuebao","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36290546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[The protective effects of curcumin loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles on rat cardiomyocytes].","authors":"Hui-ni Fu, Li Wu, Lian-wen Duan, Shu-zhi Lü","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Inhibition of apoptosis induced by oxidative stress is an effective way to reduce myocardial injury.\u0000In this study, we used H2O2-stimulated rat cardiac myoblast cell line (H9c2) as an oxidative damage model.\u0000Curcumin (Cur) was chosen as a model drug and mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) were chosen as the\u0000carrier to construct a Cur-loaded delivery system (Cur@MSNs) and to examine its protective effects against\u0000oxidative damage. The MSNs guaranteed efficient loading and controlled release of Cur. Besides, the\u0000hydrophilicsilanol groups on the surface of MSNs promoted the Cur solubility in water and increased its\u0000cellular uptake amount, which improved the bioavailability of Cur. The results suggest that the Cur@MSNs\u0000was pharmacologically active in the reduction of the oxidative damage of H9c2 cells. It was verified that a\u0000great decrease of reactive oxygen species was inducted by Cur@MSNs, which led to the protective effects\u0000against oxidative damage.</p>","PeriodicalId":35924,"journal":{"name":"Yaoxue Xuebao","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36290578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Identification of water buffalo horn and its adulterants using COI barcode].","authors":"Xu-zhao Liu, Li-si Zhou, Jin-xin Liu, Jing Jia, Jing-yuan Song, Lin-chun Shi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bubali cornu (water buffalo horn) has been used as the substitute for Cornu rhinoceri asiatici\u0000(rhino horn) in clinical applications, and is the essential ingredient of Angong Niuhuang Wan. In recent years,\u0000there are a number of adulterants on the commercial herbal medicine markets. An efficient tool is required\u0000for species identification. In this study, 155 Bubali cornu samples have been taken from original animals and\u0000collected from commercial herbal medicine markets. 153 COI sequences have been successfully obtained\u0000from 155 samples through DNA extraction, PCR amplification, bidirectional sequencing and assembly. 93\u0000COI sequences have been added to the DNA barcoding database of traditional Chinese animal medicine after\u0000validation using DNA barcoding GAP and tree-based methods. The species identification of the 62 commercial\u0000Bubali cornu medicines has been accomplished on the DNA barcoding system for identifying herbal medicine\u0000using the updated animal medicine database (www.tcmbarcode.cn). Except two samples failed to obtain COI\u0000sequences, 54.8% of the commercial Bubali cornu medicines were water buffalo horns and 29% were yak horns.\u0000Our results showed that yak horn was the major adulterant of Bubali cornu and the DNA barcoding method may\u0000accurately discriminate Bubali cornu and their adulterants. Therefore, we recommend that supervision on the\u0000herbal medicine markets should be strengthened with this new method to warren the effectiveness of herbal\u0000medicines.</p>","PeriodicalId":35924,"journal":{"name":"Yaoxue Xuebao","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36290580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhao-xiong Ma, Yao Xu, Hong Zhao, Fu-mou Sun, Xin-rong Zhang, Min Wang, Juan Zhang
{"title":"[Transglutaminase-based antibody-drug conjugation: antibody site-specific mutation and identification].","authors":"Zhao-xiong Ma, Yao Xu, Hong Zhao, Fu-mou Sun, Xin-rong Zhang, Min Wang, Juan Zhang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transglutaminase (TG) posttranslational modification of antibody permits more precisely\u0000conjugating. Based on the amino acid sequence of an anti-CD24 antibody (cG7), this article is aimed to\u0000generate a deglycosylated cG7 mutant (cG7Q). Firstly, we introduced additional glutamines at position 297\u0000(N297Q) by site-directed mutagenesis, and then transfected the recombinant plasmids into CHO-s cells via\u0000electroporation method and screened by Dot blot assay. Subsequently, cG7Q was expressed and purified\u0000through Protein A affinity chromatography, further identified by SDS-PAGE electrophoresis and Western blot.\u0000Its affinity was detected with surface plasmon resonance and flow cytometry assay, and ADCC effect was\u0000determined by lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release. Eventually, a cG7 mutant, cG7Q was successfully\u0000expressed with sequence-specific conjugation sites for further study.</p>","PeriodicalId":35924,"journal":{"name":"Yaoxue Xuebao","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36290607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bin-bin Song, Zi-kuo Zhang, Qing-feng Zhu, Gu He, Ju-zheng Fan
{"title":"[Design, synthesis and evaluation of a novel MEK protein inhibitors].","authors":"Bin-bin Song, Zi-kuo Zhang, Qing-feng Zhu, Gu He, Ju-zheng Fan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study was conducted to design and synthetize highly efficient, specific, non-resistant\u0000small MEK inhibitors. Based on active small molecules which have been reported, we studied the action\u0000mode with MEK protein using Autodock 4.2, generated innovative and feasible design method, designed\u0000novel small MEK protein inhibitors with a reference to molecular modeling and docking. The anti-tumor\u0000activities of four kinds of cells including MCF-7, PANC-1, SY5Y, A549 were tested with MTT method\u0000in vitro. The structure of 10 new small molecules has been determined with 1H NMR and 13C NMR. The\u0000compounds 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 had high antitumor activities, the compounds 1, 3, 5 also showed good activity,\u0000and the compounds 2, 9 showed cell selectivity in killing tumor.</p>","PeriodicalId":35924,"journal":{"name":"Yaoxue Xuebao","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36290613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}