Progress of mesoporous silica nanoparticles in targeting drug delivery system of antitumor drug / 中国中药杂志

Currently, chemotherapy is one of the main therapy for cancer. But the traditional antitumor drugs are systemic distribution in vivo, they are difficult to achieve an effective drug concentration in the tumor tissue and don't have the ability to distinguish normal cells and tumor cells by themselves, that cause systemic toxicity easily and can not meet the clinical needs. With the research on mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) deepening, more and more attention in the drug delivery system have been payed to in recent years, because of its unique physicochemical structure characteristics, it has the effect on specific targets, directly inhibits the tumor cell growth, reduces the side effects to normal cells, tissues and organs and can be long-term medication, etc. It is expected to be excellent carriers of antitumor drugs. MSNs application in the field of cancer treatment has now become a hot research field of medicine. In this paper, the latest research about MSNs in antitumor drugs targeting delivery system from 2008 to 2015 is summarized, including the application of MSNs separately in antitumor drug targeting, passive targeting, active targeting, physical or chemical conditions response targeting and other compound targeting drug delivery system. We expect it to provide a reference to the toxicity reducing and efficacy enhancing and further development of chemical medicine, natural medicine and monomeric compound of chinese herbal medicine.

Absorption of aqueous extracts from Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma by everted intestinal sac method / 中国中药杂志

To study the absorptive characteristics of aqueous extracts from Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizoma by in vitro rat everted intestinal sac model. Three representative ingredients in aqueous extracts from Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et Rhizome--protocatechuic aldehyde (PAL), posmarinic acid (RA) and salvianolic acid B (SAB), were selected as the study objects. An UPLC method was established to determine and measure their cumulative absorption amount, in order to explain the absorption characteristics of ingredients in different intestinal sections. According to the experimental result, RA and SAB showed the passive absorption in ileum, which conformed to the first-order absorption rate; with low and medium doses, they showed a zero-order absorption rate in jejunum, which was reflected in the coexistence of both positive and passive absorptions; PAL showed a passive absorption manner both in ileum and jejunum. According to the experiment for absorption in different intestinal sections, RA and SAB were mainly absorbed in jejunum, while PAL was absorbed mainly in ileum. All of the three ingredients in aqueous extracts from Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et rhizome--PAL, RA and SAB could be absorbed in intestines, but with differences in the absorption rate and mechanism, which indicated that the intestinal absorption of aqueous extracts from Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix et rhizome was selectivity, instead of a simple semi-permeable membrane penetration process.

Indirect and direct effects of absorption components of composite for activating blood and removing stasis on coronary microvascular dysfunction and myocardial cell apoptosis / 中国中西医结合杂志

It has been found that in case of targeted for coronary microvascular dysfunction and myocardial cell apoptosis, the anti-apoptosis effect of Guanxin No. 2, a Chinese herbal composite for activating blood and removing stasis (ABRS), is identical to that of its three absorption components (ferulic acid, Danshensu and hydroxylcarthamin yellow), and there exists a dose/myocardial flow-dependent direct or indirect acting path. Based on which, a hypothesis regarding the dose/myocardial flow related direct/indirect action of Chinese ABRS composite, with the same targets as before, was put forward by the authors in this paper, that is, the myocardial protective effect of acute high dose administration of the composite is acted through indirectly path by increasing the myocardial flow (MF); while that of chronic low dose administration is realized directly without change of MF. The evidence and significance of this hypothesis were discussed.

Analysis of prescription for special disease/syndrome--compatibility of absorbed/metabolized components from original formula--a thinking of research / 中国中西医结合杂志

What is the pharmacodynamic active components in Chinese medical prescription is a key problem in urgent need to solve for the development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). A new thinking of TCM research, "analysis of prescription for special disease/syndrome--compatibility of absorbed/metabolized components from original prescription", was proposed firstly, to analyze and seek out the components or metabolites originated from the administered prescription in blood serum of the organisms with special disease and syndrome. Secondly, to study the compatibility of these absorbed/metabolized components. Then, using a homogeneous design to find out the contribution of each component to the effectiveness of the prescription, eliminate the irrespective or contra-orientation effected components, so as to form the best combination of various components for the prescription with the optimal therapeutic efficacy. By this way, the validity of the prescription with new formed combination could be ensured, not only the predominance and characteristic of combined utilization of traditional Chinese drugs be retained, but also the pharmacodynamic components of the refined prescription be identified, a new prescription with clear pharmacodynamic constitution be obtained and the dispensing relation among various components be explained clearly and quantitatively.

Mechanism of Shenqi compound recipe anti-earlier diabetic artherosclerosis in GK rats / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the mechanism of Shenqi compound recipe (SQCR) anti-earlier diabetic artherosclerosis in GK rats.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Four-month specefic pathogen free (SPF) GK rats were divided randomly according to blood glucose level into four groups: model group (5 mL x kg(-1) x d(-1) sterile water), ramipril group (positive control, 1 mg x kg(-1) x d(-1)), SQCR low dosage (0.72 g x kg(-1) x d(-1)) and SQCR high dosage group (2.88 g x kg(-1) x d(-1)) and Wistar rats as normal control group(5 mL x kg(-1) x d(-1) sterile water). GK rats took high-fat diet freely and meanwile were injected N-omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-N-AME) intra-peritoneally with the dose of 10 mg x kg(-1) x d(-1) in order to induce earlier diabetic artherosclerosis, while normal control group took regular diet and were injected normal saline intra-peritoneally. In the experiment periods, each group was administrated correspondent substance respectively for 32 d. At the end, sampling blood by abdominal aorta and picking aorta on ice. Determined monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) concentration by ELISA, messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) expression of MCP-1 and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) in aorta by reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR).</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Concentrations of MCP-1 in serum in SQCR low and high dosage groups and the mRNA expression of MCP-1 in SQCR high dosage group were all decreased significantly compared with model group (P < 0.05). The mRNA expression of PPARgamma in SQCR low and high dosage groups all increased compared with model group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Inhibiting the mRNA and protein expression of MCP-1 and upregulating the mRNA expression of PPARgamma in aorta might be contribute to SQCR anti-earlier diabetic artherosclerosis in GK rats partly.</p>

Effects of bushen huoxue recipe on proliferation, differentiation and mineralization of osteoblasts in rats / 中国中西医结合杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the effects of bushen huoxue recipe (BHR) on cell proliferation, differentiation, maturation and mineralization in osteoblasts of rats cultured in vitro.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Osteoblasts from cranium of newborn SD rats were cultured by collagenase method. MTT, PNPP and ARS were used to observe the proliferation, activity of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and the formation of mineral node of cultured osteoblasts effected by different concentrations of BHR at different time points (24, 48, 72 hrs after medication).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Different concentrations of BHR could enhance the cell proliferation rate and ALP activity, the effects of BHR in high and moderate concentration were more significant in enhancing the cell proliferation rate (P < 0.01). And the number of mineral node of cultured osteoblasts treated by high and moderate concentration BHR was much more than that of the untreated osteoblasts (P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>BHR could promote the proliferation, differentiation, and mineralization of the osteoblasts.</p>