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Due to persistent inflammation and oxidative stress reactions, achieving drug absorption in diabetic wounds is challenging. To overcome this problem, our article presents a composite hydrogel, GelMA-GA/DMOG@GDNP, which consists of gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) treated with gallic acid (GA) and encapsulating ginseng-derived nanoparticles (GDNPs) loaded with dimethyloxallyl glycine (DMOG). The composite hydrogel demonstrates excellent biocompatibility. In laboratory settings, the hydrogel inhibits the production of nitric oxide synthase 2 (iNOS) in mouse immune cells (RAW264.7 cells), enhances the growth and migration of mouse connective tissue cells (L929 cells) and human endothelial cells (HUVECs), and promotes tube formation in HUVECs. In a rat model of type 1 diabetes-induced wounds, the composite hydrogel attenuates inflammatory reactions, facilitates the formation of fibres and blood vessels, accelerates wound healing, and elucidates specific pathway mechanisms through transcriptome sequencing. Therefore, the GelMA-GA/DMOG@GDNP hydrogel can serve as a safe and efficient wound dressing to regulate the inflammatory response, promote collagen fiber and blood vessel formation, and accelerate wound healing. These findings suggest that utilizing this multifunctional engineered nanoparticle-loaded hydrogel in a clinical setting may be a promising strategy for diabetic wound healing.
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Diabetes Mellitus Experimental , Ácido Gálico , Gelatina , Nanopartículas , Panax , Cicatrização , Animais , Gelatina/química , Cicatrização/efeitos dos fármacos , Ácido Gálico/química , Ácido Gálico/farmacologia , Ratos , Nanopartículas/química , Diabetes Mellitus Experimental/tratamento farmacológico , Humanos , Camundongos , Panax/química , Células RAW 264.7 , Masculino , Células Endoteliais da Veia Umbilical Humana/efeitos dos fármacos , Hidrogéis/química , Hidrogéis/farmacologia , Metacrilatos/química , Metacrilatos/farmacologia , Ratos Sprague-DawleyRESUMO
We aimed to investigate the mechanism underlying the roles of miRNA-377, Cystathionine-ß-synthase (CBS), and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in the development of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). We investigated the relationship between CBS, H2S, and miR-377 in both humans with HIE and animals with hypoxic-ischemic insult. An animal model of fetal rats with hypoxic-ischemic brain injury was established, and the fetal rats were randomly assigned to control and hypoxic-ischemic groups for 15 min (mild) and 30 min (moderate) groups. Human samples were collected from children diagnosed with HIE. Healthy or non-neurological disease children were selected as the control group. Hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and western blot were used to conduct this study. Hypoxia-ischemia induced pathological alterations in brain tissue changes were more severe in groups with severe hypoxic insult. miRNA-377 expression levels were upregulated in brain tissue and serum of fetal rats and human samples with HIE compared to controls. Conversely, CBS and H2S expression levels were significantly decreased in both human and animal samples compared to controls. Our findings suggest that CBS is a target gene of miR-377 which may contribute to the development of HIE by regulating CBS/H2S. H2S has a protective effect against hypoxic damage in brain tissue. The study provides new insights into the potential mechanisms underlying the protective role of H2S in hypoxic brain damage and may contribute to the development of novel therapies for HIE.
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Sulfeto de Hidrogênio , Hipóxia-Isquemia Encefálica , MicroRNAs , Criança , Humanos , Ratos , Animais , MicroRNAs/genética , MicroRNAs/metabolismo , Hipóxia-Isquemia Encefálica/genética , Cistationina , Cistationina beta-Sintase/genética , Cistationina beta-Sintase/metabolismo , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Sulfeto de Hidrogênio/metabolismoRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: Microribonucleic acids (miRNAs) have short (approximately 18 to 25) nucleotides and are evolutionarily conserved and endogenously expressed RNAs belonging to a family of noncoding RNA molecules. miRNA-373 regulates cell proliferation, migration, apoptosis, invasion, and repairing damaged DNA after hypoxia stress. Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) refers to perinatal asphyxia caused by partial or complete hypoxia, reduced or suspended cerebral blood flow, and fetal or neonatal brain damage. We aim to investigate the relationship between miRNA-373 and HIF-1α, between miRNA-373 MMP-9, and between miRNA-373 VEGF in the occurrence and development of HIE. METHODS: Human (children) samples were divided into four groups (n = 15 in each group) according to HIE severity. The patient group was divided into middle, moderate, and severe HIE groups. The control group included healthy children or children with nonneurological diseases. The expressions of miRNA-373, HIF-1α, MMP-9, and VEGF were assayed in the serum samples. RESULTS: Our study showed a strong relationship between miRNA-373 and HIF-1α, between miRNA-373 and MMP-9, and between miRNA-373 and VEGF. The expression levels of miRNA-373, HIF-1α, MMP-9, and VEGF in the HIE groups were much higher than those of the control group. CONCLUSION: The increased change in miRNA-373 expression has a certain diagnostic significance on neonatal HIE. In the occurrence and development of HIE, miRNA-373 is positively correlated with HIF-1α, MMP-9, and VEGF.
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Subunidade alfa do Fator 1 Induzível por Hipóxia/metabolismo , Hipóxia-Isquemia Encefálica , Doenças do Recém-Nascido , Metaloproteinase 9 da Matriz/metabolismo , MicroRNAs/metabolismo , Biologia Computacional , Humanos , Subunidade alfa do Fator 1 Induzível por Hipóxia/sangue , Subunidade alfa do Fator 1 Induzível por Hipóxia/genética , Hipóxia-Isquemia Encefálica/genética , Hipóxia-Isquemia Encefálica/metabolismo , Hipóxia-Isquemia Encefálica/fisiopatologia , Recém-Nascido , Doenças do Recém-Nascido/genética , Doenças do Recém-Nascido/metabolismo , Doenças do Recém-Nascido/fisiopatologia , Metaloproteinase 9 da Matriz/sangue , Metaloproteinase 9 da Matriz/genética , MicroRNAs/sangue , MicroRNAs/genética , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/sangue , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/genética , Fator A de Crescimento do Endotélio Vascular/metabolismoRESUMO
Spinal biomechanics, especially the range of spine motion,has close connection with spinal surgery. The change of the range of motion (ROM) is an important indicator of diseases and injuries of spine, and the essential evaluating standards of effect of surgeries and therapies to spine. The analysis of ROM can be dated to the time of the invention of X-ray and even that before it. With the development of science and technology as well as the optimization of various types of calculation methods, diverse measuring methods have emerged, from imaging methods to non-imaging methods, from two-dimensional to three-dimensional, from measuring directly on the X-ray films to calculating automatically by computer. Analysis of ROM has made great progress, but there are some older methods cannot meet the needs of the times and disappear, some classical methods such as X-ray still have vitality. Combining different methods, three dimensions and more vivo spine research are the trend of analysis of ROM. And more and more researchers began to focus on vivo spine research. In this paper, the advantages and disadvantages of the methods utilized recently are presented through viewing recent literatures, providing reference and help for the movement analysis of spine.