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Diabetes Metab Res Rev ; 40(3): e3789, 2024 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38501707

ABSTRACT

AIMS: Diabetic Kidney Disease (DKD), one of the major complications of diabetes, is also a major cause of end-stage renal disease. Metabolomics can provide a unique metabolic profile of the disease and thus predict or diagnose the development of the disease. Therefore, this study summarises a more comprehensive set of clinical biomarkers related to DKD to identify functional metabolites significantly associated with the development of DKD and reveal their driving mechanisms for DKD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We searched PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library and Web of Science databases through October 2022. A meta-analysis was conducted on untargeted or targeted metabolomics research data based on the strategy of standardized mean differences and the process of ratio of means as the effect size, respectively. We compared the changes in metabolite levels between the DKD patients and the controls and explored the source of heterogeneity through subgroup analyses, sensitivity analysis and meta-regression analysis. RESULTS: The 34 clinical-based metabolomics studies clarified the differential metabolites between DKD and controls, containing 4503 control subjects and 1875 patients with DKD. The results showed that a total of 60 common differential metabolites were found in both meta-analyses, of which 5 metabolites (p < 0.05) were identified as essential metabolites. Compared with the control group, metabolites glycine, aconitic acid, glycolic acid and uracil decreased significantly in DKD patients; cysteine was significantly higher. This indicates that amino acid metabolism, lipid metabolism and pyrimidine metabolism in DKD patients are disordered. CONCLUSIONS: We have identified 5 metabolites and metabolic pathways related to DKD which can serve as biomarkers or targets for disease prevention and drug therapy.


Subject(s)
Diabetes Mellitus , Diabetic Nephropathies , Kidney Failure, Chronic , Humans , Diabetic Nephropathies/diagnosis , Diabetic Nephropathies/etiology , Diabetic Nephropathies/metabolism , Metabolomics/methods , Metabolome , Biomarkers/metabolism
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Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom ; 38(16): e9833, 2024 Aug 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38837482

ABSTRACT

RATIONALE: This study developed a method for the rapid classification and identification of the chemical composition of Qingyan dropping pills (QDP) to provide the theoretical basis and data foundation for further in-depth research on the pharmacological substance basis of the formula and the selection of quality control indexes. METHODS: Ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-Q-TOF-MS) and data postprocessing technology were used to analyze the chemical composition of QDP. The fragmentation information on possible characteristic fragments and related neutral losses was summarized based on the literature and was compared with the MS data obtained from the assay, and thus a rapid classification and identification of chemical components in QDP could be achieved. RESULTS: A total of 73 compounds were identified, namely 24 flavonoids, 14 terpenoids, 30 organic acids and their esters, 3 alkaloids, and 2 phenylpropanoids. CONCLUSIONS: In this study, UHPLC-Q-TOF-MS and data postprocessing technology were used to realize the rapid classification and identification of the chemical constituents of QDP, which provided a comprehensive, efficient, and fast qualitative analysis method, a basis for further quality control and safe medication of QDP.


Subject(s)
Drugs, Chinese Herbal , Mass Spectrometry , Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/methods , Drugs, Chinese Herbal/chemistry , Drugs, Chinese Herbal/analysis , Mass Spectrometry/methods , Flavonoids/analysis , Flavonoids/chemistry , Alkaloids/analysis , Alkaloids/chemistry , Terpenes/analysis , Terpenes/chemistry
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Environ Res ; 243: 117806, 2024 Feb 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38043899

ABSTRACT

Non-targeted analysis (NTA) has great potential to screen emerging contaminants in the environment, and some studies have conducted in-depth investigation on environmental samples. Here, we used a NTA workflow to identify emerging contaminants in used tire particle (TP) leachates, followed by quantitative prediction and toxicity assessment based on hazard scores. Tire particles were obtained from four different types of automobiles, representing the most common tires during daily transportation. With the instrumental analysis of TP leachates, a total of 244 positive and 104 negative molecular features were extracted from the mass data. After filtering by a specialized emerging contaminants list and matching by spectral databases, a total of 51 molecular features were tentatively identified as contaminants, including benzothiazole, hexaethylene glycol, 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde, etc. Given that these contaminants have different mass spectral responses in the mass spectrometry, models for predicting the response of contaminants were constructed based on machine learning algorithms, in this case random forest and artificial neural networks. After five-fold cross-validation, the random forest algorithm model had better prediction performance (MAECV = 0.12, Q2 = 0.90), and thus it was chosen to predict the contaminant concentrations. The prediction results showed that the contaminant at the highest concentration was benzothiazole, with 4,875 µg/L in the winter tire sample. In addition, the joint toxicity assessment of four types of tires was conducted in this study. According to different hazard levels, hazard scores increasing by a factor 10 were developed, and hazard scores of all the contaminants identified in each TP leachate were summed to obtain the total hazard score. All four tires were calculated to have relatively high risks, with winter tires having the highest total hazard score of 40,751. This study extended the application of NTA research and led to the direction of subsequent targeting studies on highly concentrated and toxic contaminants.


Subject(s)
Automobiles , Rubber , Rubber/chemistry , Rubber/toxicity , Transportation , Benzothiazoles/toxicity
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J Sep Sci ; 47(3): e2300670, 2024 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38356230

ABSTRACT

Zanthoxylum, as a medicinal and edible herbal medicine, has a long history and complex chemical composition. There are many varieties of Zanthoxylum, and there are differences in composition between varieties. In this study, a rapid classification and identification method for the main components of Zanthoxylum was established using ultra-high-performance-liquid chromatography quadrupole-orbitrap-mass spectrometry. The components of Shandong Zanthoxylum bungeanum, Wudu Zanthoxylum bungeanum, and Zanthoxylum schinifolium were identified by studying the characteristic fragmentations and neutral losses of characteristic components. A total of 48 common components and 24 different components were identified and the fragmentation patterns of the main components, such as flavonoids, alkaloids, and organic acids were summarized. These findings provided a reference for the study of pharmacodynamic substance basis and quality control of different varieties of Zanthoxylum.


Subject(s)
Alkaloids , Drugs, Chinese Herbal , Plants, Medicinal , Zanthoxylum , Zanthoxylum/chemistry , Plants, Medicinal/chemistry , Drugs, Chinese Herbal/chemistry , Mass Spectrometry , Chromatography, Liquid , Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
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Ecotoxicol Environ Saf ; 276: 116277, 2024 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38604061

ABSTRACT

Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a common fungal toxin frequently detected in food and human plasma samples. Currently, the physiologically based toxicokinetic (PBTK) model plays an active role in dose translation and can improve and enhance the risk assessment of toxins. In this study, the PBTK model of OTA in rats and humans was established based on knowledge of OTA-specific absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) in order to better explain the disposition of OTA in humans and the discrepancies with other species. The models were calibrated and optimized using the available kinetic and toxicokinetic (TK) data, and independent test datasets were used for model evaluation. Subsequently, sensitivity analyses and population simulations were performed to characterize the extent to which variations in physiological and specific chemical parameters affected the model output. Finally, the constructed models were used for dose extrapolation of OTA, including the rat-to-human dose adjustment factor (DAF) and the human exposure conversion factor (ECF). The results showed that the unbound fraction (Fup) of OTA in plasma of rat and human was 0.02-0.04% and 0.13-4.21%, respectively. In vitro experiments, the maximum enzyme velocity (Vmax) and Michaelis-Menten constant (Km) of OTA in rat and human liver microsomes were 3.86 and 78.17 µg/g min-1, 0.46 and 4.108 µg/mL, respectively. The predicted results of the model were in good agreement with the observed data, and the models in rats and humans were verified. The PBTK model derived a DAF of 0.1081 between rats and humans, whereas the ECF was 2.03. The established PBTK model can be used to estimate short- or long-term OTA exposure levels in rats and humans, with the capacity for dose translation of OTA to provide the underlying data for risk assessment of OTA.


Subject(s)
Models, Biological , Ochratoxins , Toxicokinetics , Ochratoxins/toxicity , Ochratoxins/pharmacokinetics , Animals , Rats , Humans , Risk Assessment , Male
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Phytochem Anal ; 35(2): 321-335, 2024 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37816590

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: Fructus Psoraleae (FP) is a well-known traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of osteoporosis. However, major quality differences were witnessed owing to its various origins, thus influencing its safety and efficacy. OBJECTIVES: The study aimed to evaluate the quality of FP from different origins and predict its quality evaluation markers. METHODS: Ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry was employed for tentative characterisation of the constituents in 10 batches of FP, followed by the utilisation of multivariate statistical analysis methods including principal component analysis and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis for quality evaluation. Network pharmacology approaches were utilised to explore the underlying mechanism of the screened chemotaxonomic markers in treating osteoporosis. RESULTS: Forty-one components in FP including, chalcones, coumarins, coumestans, flavonoids, iso-flavonoids, and phenolics, were characterised based on their fragmentation pathways. Ten batches of FP were basically divided into three categories, and eight chemotaxonomic markers including isopsoralen, calamenene, bakuchiol, psoralen, bavachinin, isoneobavaisoflavone, corylifol C, and neobavaisoflavone were screened. Network pharmacology revealed that the chemotaxonomic markers can act on targets such as AKT1, HSP90AA1, and EGFR and possess effects mainly through glycolysis and wnt/ß-catenin signalling to alleviate osteoporosis. Molecular docking and molecular dynamic simulation confirmed the good binding affinity and stability between proteins and selected markers. So, eight chemotaxonomic markers were all preferentially recommended as quality evaluation markers. CONCLUSION: The study not only provides a reference for the improvement of quality control of FP but also offers a theoretical basis for its further in-depth research in osteoporosis.


Subject(s)
Chemometrics , Osteoporosis , Molecular Docking Simulation , Network Pharmacology , Flavonoids/pharmacology , Osteoporosis/drug therapy
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J Infect Dis ; 228(9): 1154-1165, 2023 11 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37246562

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and lung cancer (LC) have similar clinical symptoms and atypical imaging findings, which are easily misdiagnosed. There is an urgent need for a noninvasive and accurate biomarker to distinguish LC from PTB. METHODS: A total of 694 subjects were enrolled and divided into discovery set (n = 122), identification set (n = 214), and validation set (n = 358). Metabolites were identified by multivariate and univariate analyses. Receiver operating characteristic curve were used to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of biomarkers. RESULTS: Seven metabolites were identified and validated. Phenylalanylphenylalanine for distinguishing LC from PTB yielded an area under the curve of 0.89, sensitivity of 71%, and specificity of 92%. It also showed good diagnostic abilities in discovery set and identification set. Compared with that in healthy volunteers (median [interquartile range], 1.57 [1.01, 2.34] µg/mL), it was elevated in LC (4.76 [2.74, 7.08] µg/mL; ratio of median, [ROM] = 3.03, P < .01) and reduced in PTB (1.06 [0.51, 2.09] µg/mL; ROM = 0.68, P < .05). CONCLUSIONS: The metabolomic profile of LC and PTB was described and a key biomarker identified. We produced a rapid and noninvasive method to supplement existing clinical diagnostic examinations for distinguishing LC from PTB.


Subject(s)
Lung Neoplasms , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary , Humans , Lung Neoplasms/diagnosis , Biomarkers , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/diagnosis , Metabolomics/methods , ROC Curve
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Opt Express ; 31(17): 28145-28160, 2023 Aug 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37710876

ABSTRACT

To improve the exposure contrast of the scanning beam interference lithography (SBIL) system, a mathematical model of scanning exposure that includes the direction error of the measurement mirror is established. The effect of the angle between the interference fringe direction and the X-axis measurement mirror direction on the exposure contrast is analyzed. An accurate method for interference fringe direction measurement based on the heterodyne interferometry measurement method of the metrology grating and phase shift interferometry is proposed. This method combines the diffraction characteristics of the metrology grating and the phase shift algorithm to calculate the angle between the interference fringe direction and the measurement mirror direction accurately and adjust it. Experiments show that this angle reaches 0.6777 µrad, which meets high-precision grating fabrication requirements. Exposure comparison experiments performed at various angles show that a smaller angle between the interference fringe direction and the measurement mirror direction leads to better grating groove production by scanning exposure, which is consistent with the theoretical analysis. The accuracy of the theoretical analysis and the feasibility of the interference fringe direction adjustment method are verified, laying a foundation for high-quality grating fabrication by the SBIL system.

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Anal Bioanal Chem ; 415(9): 1589-1605, 2023 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36688984

ABSTRACT

Parkinson's disease is a health-threatening neurodegenerative disease of the elderly with clinical manifestations of motor and non-motor deficits such as tremor palsy and loss of smell. Alpha-synuclein (α-Syn) is the pathological basis of PD, it can abnormally aggregate into insoluble forms such as oligomers, fibrils, and plaques, causing degeneration of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra in the patient's brain and the formation of Lewy bodies (LBs) and Lewy neuritis (LN) inclusions. As a result, achieving α-Syn aggregate detection in the early stages of PD can effectively stop or delay the progression of the disease. In this paper, we provide a brief overview and analysis of the molecular structures and α-Syn in vivo and in vitro detection methods, such as mass spectrometry, antigen-antibody recognition, electrochemical sensors, and imaging techniques, intending to provide more technological support for detecting α-Syn early in the disease and intervening in the progression of Parkinson's disease.


Subject(s)
Neurodegenerative Diseases , Parkinson Disease , Aged , Humans , Parkinson Disease/diagnosis , alpha-Synuclein , Biomarkers , Tremor
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J Sep Sci ; 46(19): e2300302, 2023 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37568249

ABSTRACT

Hugan tablet is a Chinese medicine preparation. It is composed of Bupleuri Radix, Artemisiae Scopariae Herba, Isatidis Radix, Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus, Suis Fellis Pulvis, and Vigna radiata L. It has the effects of dispersing stagnated liver qi, strengthening the spleen and eliminating food to be used for the treatment of chronic hepatitis and early cirrhosis. However, the chemical composition of Hugan tablet is complex and not fully understood, which hampers the research in pharmacology. In this study, a reliable method for the rapid analysis and identification of the chemical components in Hugan tablet by their characteristic fragments and neutral losses using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-exactive orbitrap mass spectrometry was developed. A total of 144 chemical components were tentatively identified, including 57 organic acids, 19 flavonoids, 23 alkaloids, 18 lignans, 7 saponins, and 20 others. These components may be the active ingredients of Hugan tablet. The established method can systematically and rapidly analyze the chemical components in Hugan tablet, which provides a basis for the pharmacodynamic substance study and is meaningful for the quality control of Hugan tablet.

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J Sep Sci ; 46(20): e2300466, 2023 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37599277

ABSTRACT

Schisandra chinensis is a traditional Chinese medicine, which has played an important role in the field of medicine and food. In this study, ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography quadrupole-orbitrap-mass spectrometry was used to rapidly classify and identify the chemical compositions. Note that 32, 28, and 30 kinds of compounds were successfully identified from northern Schisandra chinensis, vinegar-processed Schisandra chinensis, and wine-processed Schisandra chinensis, respectively. The cleavage patterns of various components including lignans, organic acids, flavonoids, and terpenoids were summarized, and the effects of different processing methods on Schisandra chinensis were analyzed through chemical composition. This method realized the rapid classification and identification of raw Schisandra chinensis and two different processed products, and provided references for improving the traditional processing methods, strengthening quality control, and ensuring safe clinical application.


Subject(s)
Drugs, Chinese Herbal , Lignans , Schisandra , Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/methods , Schisandra/chemistry , Lignans/analysis , Drugs, Chinese Herbal/analysis , Tandem Mass Spectrometry/methods
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Appl Opt ; 62(18): 4891-4898, 2023 Jun 20.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37707265

ABSTRACT

The aero-optical effect of hypersonic flight vehicles creates serious distortion on the imaging system. In this paper, based on the 2D model of a typical optical seeker, flow field density data are obtained by numerical simulation with different optical seeker head radii, cone angles, and relative positions of incident rays reaching the window as variables. Through a series of evaluation parameters, the aero-optical effect under different conditions is quantitatively computed by a ray tracing method. The results show that with the increase of the line of sight (LOS) angle, image deviation decreases. When the optical seeker radius is 40 mm and the cone angle is more than 20°, image deviation will not change with the increase of the cone angle. In the case of a small cone angle, the bore sight error (BSE) decreases gradually with the increase of LOS angle. The BSE decreases with the increase of the cone angle, and tends to be stable when the cone angle is above 40°. The variation of the optical path difference with respect to the flow field density is more sensitive than the distance from the shock wave region to the optical seeker window. The Strehl ratio decreases with the increase of the optical seeker cone angle, indicating that the larger the cone angle, the worse the imaging quality.

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BMC Surg ; 23(1): 211, 2023 Jul 26.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37496026

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Vacuum sealing drainage (VSD) is widely applied in complex wound repair. We aimed to compare traditional debridement and drainage and VSD in treating Fournier's gangrene (FG). METHODS: Data of patients surgically treated for FG were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS: Of the 36 patients (men: 31, women: 5; mean age: 53.5 ± 11.3 [range: 28-74] years) included in the study, no patients died. Between-group differences regarding sex, age, BMI, time from first debridement to wound healing, number of debridements, FGSI, and shock were not statistically significant (P > 0.05). However, lesion diameter, colostomy, VAS score, dressing changes, analgesic use, length of hospital stay, and wound reconstruction method (χ2 = 5.43, P = 0.04) exhibited statistically significant differences. Tension-relieving sutures (6 vs. 21) and flap transfer (4 vs. 2) were applied in Groups I and II, respectively. CONCLUSION: VSD can reduce postoperative dressing changes and analgesic use, and shrunk the wound area, thereby reducing flap transfer in wound reconstruction.


Subject(s)
Fournier Gangrene , Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy , Male , Humans , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Fournier Gangrene/surgery , Retrospective Studies , Debridement/methods , Drainage
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Phytochem Anal ; 34(3): 347-362, 2023 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36823393

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: Menispermi Rhizoma (MR), the dried rhizome of Menispermum dauricum DC. (Menispermaceae), has been used to treat sore throat, enteritis, dysentery, and rheumatic arthralgia. Despite extensive research on its pharmacological effects, the chemical components in vitro and in vivo have not been thoroughly studied. OBJECTIVE: To establish an efficient method for rapid classification and identification of alkaloids in MR and its preparations, as well as metabolites in vivo after oral administration of MR. METHODS: Rapid identification of alkaloids and absorbed components of MR was performed using ultra-performance liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF-MS) coupled with UNIFI software. Moreover, the characteristic fragmentations and neutral losses of different types of alkaloids in MR were summarised to realise the rapid classification of alkaloids. RESULTS: A total of 55 components were unambiguously or tentatively identified in MR. Among them, 37 and 31 components were found in MR capsules and tablets, respectively. Meanwhile, 109 compounds were tentatively identified in rat plasma, urine and faeces, including 55 prototypes and 54 metabolites. Hydrogenation, hydroxylation, methylation, glucuronic acid and sulphate conjugations were the dominating metabolic fates of alkaloids. CONCLUSION: The data post-processing strategy established could greatly enhance the structural identification efficiency. The results obtained might lay the foundation for further interpretation of clinical effects, mechanism of action and quality control of MR.


Subject(s)
Alkaloids , Drugs, Chinese Herbal , Rats , Animals , Tandem Mass Spectrometry/methods , Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/methods , Rhizome/chemistry , Drugs, Chinese Herbal/chemistry , Alkaloids/analysis
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Sensors (Basel) ; 23(15)2023 Jul 31.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37571601

ABSTRACT

Pain management is a crucial concern in medicine, particularly in the case of children who may struggle to effectively communicate their pain. Despite the longstanding reliance on various assessment scales by medical professionals, these tools have shown limitations and subjectivity. In this paper, we present a pain assessment scheme based on skin potential signals, aiming to convert subjective pain into objective indicators for pain identification using machine learning methods. We have designed and implemented a portable non-invasive measurement device to measure skin potential signals and conducted experiments involving 623 subjects. From the experimental data, we selected 358 valid records, which were then divided into 218 silent samples and 262 pain samples. A total of 38 features were extracted from each sample, with seven features displaying superior performance in pain identification. Employing three classification algorithms, we found that the random forest algorithm achieved the highest accuracy, reaching 70.63%. While this identification rate shows promise for clinical applications, it is important to note that our results differ from state-of-the-art research, which achieved a recognition rate of 81.5%. This discrepancy arises from the fact that our pain stimuli were induced by clinical operations, making it challenging to precisely control the stimulus intensity when compared to electrical or thermal stimuli. Despite this limitation, our pain assessment scheme demonstrates significant potential in providing objective pain identification in clinical settings. Further research and refinement of the proposed approach may lead to even more accurate and reliable pain management techniques in the future.


Subject(s)
Pain , Skin , Humans , Child , Pain/diagnosis , Algorithms , Machine Learning , Random Forest
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Int J Mol Sci ; 24(3)2023 Feb 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36769267

ABSTRACT

As an emerging sequencing technology, single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-Seq) has become a powerful tool for describing cell subpopulation classification and cell heterogeneity by achieving high-throughput and multidimensional analysis of individual cells and circumventing the shortcomings of traditional sequencing for detecting the average transcript level of cell populations. It has been applied to life science and medicine research fields such as tracking dynamic cell differentiation, revealing sensitive effector cells, and key molecular events of diseases. This review focuses on the recent technological innovations in scRNA-Seq, highlighting the latest research results with scRNA-Seq as the core technology in frontier research areas such as embryology, histology, oncology, and immunology. In addition, this review outlines the prospects for its innovative application in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) research and discusses the key issues currently being addressed by scRNA-Seq and its great potential for exploring disease diagnostic targets and uncovering drug therapeutic targets in combination with multiomics technologies.


Subject(s)
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing , Single-Cell Analysis , Single-Cell Analysis/methods , Sequence Analysis, RNA/methods , High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing/methods , Multiomics , Technology , Gene Expression Profiling/methods
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J Integr Plant Biol ; 65(5): 1153-1169, 2023 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36573424

ABSTRACT

For adaptation to ever-changing environments, plants have evolved elaborate metabolic systems coupled to a regulatory network for optimal growth and defense. Regulation of plant secondary metabolic pathways such as glucosinolates (GSLs) by defense phytohormones in response to different stresses and nutrient deficiency has been intensively investigated, while how growth-promoting hormone balances plant secondary and primary metabolism has been largely unexplored. Here, we found that growth-promoting hormone brassinosteroid (BR) inhibits GSLs accumulation while enhancing biosynthesis of primary sulfur metabolites, including cysteine (Cys) and glutathione (GSH) both in Arabidopsis and Brassica crops, fine-tuning secondary and primary sulfur metabolism to promote plant growth. Furthermore, we demonstrate that of BRASSINAZOLE RESISTANT 1 (BZR1), the central component of BR signaling, exerts distinct transcriptional inhibition regulation on indolic and aliphatic GSL via direct MYB51 dependent repression of indolic GSL biosynthesis, while exerting partial MYB29 dependent repression of aliphatic GSL biosynthesis. Additionally, BZR1 directly activates the transcription of APR1 and APR2 which encodes rate-limiting enzyme adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate reductases in the primary sulfur metabolic pathway. In summary, our findings indicate that BR inhibits the biosynthesis of GSLs to prioritize sulfur usage for primary metabolites under normal growth conditions. These findings expand our understanding of BR promoting plant growth from a metabolism perspective.


Subject(s)
Arabidopsis Proteins , Arabidopsis , Arabidopsis/metabolism , Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics , Arabidopsis Proteins/metabolism , Brassinosteroids/metabolism , DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism , Gene Expression Regulation, Plant , Oxidoreductases Acting on Sulfur Group Donors/metabolism , Sulfur/metabolism , Transcription Factors/genetics , Transcription Factors/metabolism
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Int J Cancer ; 150(9): 1549-1559, 2022 05 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35076938

ABSTRACT

Endometrial diseases, including endometrial polyps (EP), endometrial cancer (EC) and endometrial hyperplasia (EH), are common gynecological diseases that affect women of childbearing and perimenopausal age. Clinically, biopsy or imaging methods are usually used to screen and diagnose these diseases; however, due to the invasiveness and heterogeneity of these tests, a noninvasive, convenient, objective and accurate biomarker is needed for the differential diagnosis of EP, EC or EH. In the present study, serum samples from 326 patients with endometrial diseases and 225 healthy volunteers were analyzed using nontargeted lipidomics. A combination of multivariate and univariate analyses was used to identify and qualify six, eight and seven potential biomarkers in the sera from patients with EP, EC and EH, respectively. Using a logistic regression algorithm and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, a biomarker panel including four specific EP biomarkers, 6-keto-PGF1α, PA(37:4), LysoPC(20:1) and PS(36:0), showed good classification and diagnostic ability in distinguishing EP from EC or EH. The biomarker panel for distinguishing EP from EC yielded an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.915, sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 72.41%, while that for distinguishing EP from EH yielded an AUC of 1.000, sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 100%. The two diagnostic models also showed good diagnostic abilities in the validation set. Therefore, this biomarker panel can be used as a rapid diagnostic method to assist in imaging examinations and provide a reference for clinicians in the identification and diagnosis of endometrial diseases.


Subject(s)
Endometrial Hyperplasia , Endometrial Neoplasms , Uterine Diseases , Biomarkers , Biomarkers, Tumor , Endometrial Hyperplasia/diagnosis , Endometrial Hyperplasia/pathology , Endometrial Neoplasms/diagnosis , Endometrial Neoplasms/pathology , Female , Humans , Hyperplasia , Lipidomics
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 604: 116-122, 2022 05 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35303677

ABSTRACT

The present study aimed to explore whether creatine promotes the repair of peripheral nerve injury and its possible mechanism. In vitro: RAW264.7 cells were used to investigate the role of proteins related to the JAK2/STAT1 pathway in the polarization of macrophages treated with creatine. In vivo: A sciatic nerve crush model was used. After the injury, IL-4 or creatine was injected. The recovery of motor function was assessed by the rotarod test and sciatic function index at 2, 6, 10, and 16 days after injury. At 16 days after injury, the ultrastructure of the nerve tissue was observed under a transmission electron microscope. Immunostaining were performed at 4 and 16 days to investigate the expression levels of macrophage-related markers as well as the distribution of macrophages after injury. Compared with the IFN-γ group, the group pretreated with creatine showed a significant decrease in p-JAK2 and p-STAT1 in vitro. The motor function of mice in the creatine group (CR1) and creatine 4 days group (CR2) was significantly improved compared to the control group (CON). The improvement in the CR2 group was more significant. Immunostaining showed that infiltrating macrophages mainly comprised M1 macrophages in the CON group and M2 macrophages in the CR group. Our study shows that creatine promotes the repair of peripheral nerve injury by affecting macrophage polarization, possibly through decreasing M1 polarization by inhibiting the JAK2/STAT1 pathway.


Subject(s)
Peripheral Nerve Injuries , Animals , Creatine , Macrophage Activation , Macrophages/metabolism , Mice , Peripheral Nerve Injuries/drug therapy , Peripheral Nerve Injuries/metabolism , Sciatic Nerve/injuries
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Opt Express ; 30(22): 40842-40853, 2022 Oct 24.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36299010

ABSTRACT

The high-aspect-ratio silicon grating (HARSG) is an important X-ray optical device that is widely used in X-ray imaging and spectrum detection systems. In this paper, we propose a high-precision alignment method based on the scanning beam interference lithography (SBIL) system to realize precise alignment between the <111> orientation on the (110) wafer plane and the grating lines direction, which is an essential step in HARSG manufacture to obtain the high-aspect-ratio grating structure. After the location of the <111> orientation through fan-shaped mask etching and reference grating fabrication, a two-step method that combines static preliminary alignment and dynamic precision alignment is used to align the reference grating lines direction with the interference field fringes of the SBIL system through the interference of the diffracted light from the reference grating near the normal direction, which can realize a minimal alignment error of 0.001°. Through the overall alignment process, HARSGs with groove densities of 500 gr/mm, 1800 gr/mm, and 3600 gr/mm were fabricated through anisotropic wet etching in KOH solution, producing ultra-high aspect ratios and etch rate ratios greater than 200.

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