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Acta Pharmacol Sin ; 44(10): 1989-2003, 2023 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37268711

RESUMO

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a much higher incidence of cardiac dysfunction, which contributes to the high mortality rate of RA despite anti-arthritic drug therapy. In this study, we investigated dynamic changes in cardiac function in classic animal models of RA and examined the potential effectors of RA-induced heart failure (HF). Collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) models were established in rats and mice. The cardiac function of CIA animals was dynamically monitored using echocardiography and haemodynamics. We showed that cardiac diastolic and systolic dysfunction occurred in CIA animals and persisted after joint inflammation and that serum proinflammatory cytokine (IL-1ß, TNF-α) levels were decreased. We did not find evidence of atherosclerosis (AS) in arthritic animals even though cardiomyopathy was significant. We observed that an impaired cardiac ß1AR-excitation contraction coupling signal was accompanied by sustained increases in blood epinephrine levels in CIA rats. Furthermore, serum epinephrine concentrations were positively correlated with the heart failure biomarker NT-proBNP in RA patients (r2 = +0.53, P < 0.0001). In CIA mice, treatment with the nonselective ßAR blocker carvedilol (2.5 mg·kg-1·d-1, for 4 weeks) or the specific GRK2 inhibitor paroxetine (2.5 mg·kg-1·d-1, for 4 weeks) effectively rescued heart function. We conclude that chronic and persistent ß-adrenergic stress in CIA animals is a significant contributor to cardiomyopathy, which may be a potential target for protecting RA patients against HF.


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Artrite Experimental , Artrite Reumatoide , Cardiomiopatias , Insuficiência Cardíaca , Humanos , Camundongos , Ratos , Animais , Artrite Experimental/tratamento farmacológico , Artrite Experimental/induzido quimicamente , Roedores , Adrenérgicos/efeitos adversos , Artrite Reumatoide/tratamento farmacológico , Citocinas , Insuficiência Cardíaca/tratamento farmacológico , Epinefrina/efeitos adversos
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Sci Total Environ ; 771: 144828, 2021 Jun 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33545481

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Overuse of antibiotics in animal husbandry has led to an increase of antibiotic resistance microorganisms as well as antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs). Duck farming in China is practiced on a large and diverse scale and the overuse of antibiotics in this field is gaining attention recently. We evaluated the diversity of ARGs from five duck farms using a functional metagenomic approach and constructed five libraries. A total of seventy-six resistant determinants were identified, of which sixty-one were gene variants or novel genes. The novel genes contained five ß-lactamase-encoding genes designated as blaDWA1, blaDWA2, blaDWA3, blaDWA4 and blaDWB1, respectively, and two genes conferring resistance to fosfomycin designated as fosA-like1 and fosA-like2. Three of the five ß-lactamase-encoding genes were further identified as extended-spectrum ß-lactamases (ESBL) that can hydrolyze both penicillins and cephalosporins. Besides, two of the five ß-lactamase-encoding genes were associated with mobile genetic elements, indicating a high potential for transfer of the genes to other bacterial hosts. The two novel fosA-like genes were able to increase the MICs of the test Escherichia coli strain from 2 µg/mL to as high as 256 µg/mL(up to 128-fold increase). Our study provides a reference for ARGs prevalence in duck farm wastes and implies that they are an important resistome reservoir, especially for novel ARGs with high spread potential.


Assuntos
Antibacterianos , Patos , Animais , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , China , Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos/genética , Genes Bacterianos , beta-Lactamases/genética
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Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi ; 40(22): 4324-32, 2015 Nov.
Artigo em Chinês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27097401

RESUMO

Advance on chemical constituents and pharmacological activities of Stellera plants have been conducted. The chemical constituents include terpenes, coumarins, flavonoids, lignans, volatile oils, and other compounds. Pharmacological studies showed that diterpenoids and biflavones showed strong activities, such as antitumor, anti-HIV, and immune regulations. This review hopes to provide a scientific basis for further research and explorations of the medicinal values of the genus.


Assuntos
Medicamentos de Ervas Chinesas/química , Medicamentos de Ervas Chinesas/farmacologia , Thymelaeaceae/química , Animais , Humanos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Estrutura Molecular , Thymelaeaceae/classificação
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