Type 1 diabetes mellitus(T1DM)is associated with an increased risk of diabetic cardiomyopathy(DCM).Nuclear factor kappa B(NF-kB)and Wnt/β-catenin/GSK3p have been demonstrated to play pathogenic roles in diabetes.In t...Type 1 diabetes mellitus(T1DM)is associated with an increased risk of diabetic cardiomyopathy(DCM).Nuclear factor kappa B(NF-kB)and Wnt/β-catenin/GSK3p have been demonstrated to play pathogenic roles in diabetes.In this study,we evaluated the roles of these two pathways in T1 DM-induced cardiomyopathy in rats.Streptozotocin(STZ)-induced type 1 diabetic rats were treated with pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate(PDTC)or meisoindigo(Me)to inhibit NF-kB and Wnt/β-catenin/GSK3P respectively for 4 or 8 weeks.As compared with untreated diabetic rats,treatment with either PDTC or Me partly attenuated the myocardial hypertrophy and interstitial fibrosis,improved cardiac function,and exhibited reduction in inflammatory reaction.In addition,we found that inhibiting NF-κB and Wnt/β-catenin/GSK3β pathways could regulate glucose and lipid metabolism.The effects were associated with the decrease of NF-κB activity and the downregulation of some proinflammatory cytokines,including tumor necrosis factor-alpha(TNF-α)and interleukin(IL)-2.Our data suggested that the activities of NF-κB and Wnt/β-catenin/GSK3β pathways were both increased and inhibiting NF-κB and Wnt/β-catenin/GSK3β signaling pathways might improve myocardial injury in T1DM rats.展开更多
Genetic linkage analyses, genome-wide association studies of single nucleotide polymorphisms, copy number variation surveys, and mutation screenings found the human chromosomal 12q24 locus, with the genes SH2B3 and AT...Genetic linkage analyses, genome-wide association studies of single nucleotide polymorphisms, copy number variation surveys, and mutation screenings found the human chromosomal 12q24 locus, with the genes SH2B3 and ATXN2 in its core, to be associated with an exceptionally wide spectrum of disease susceptibilities. Hematopoietic traits of red and white blood cells(like erythrocytosis and myeloproliferative disease), autoimmune disorders(like type 1 diabetes, coeliac disease, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, thrombotic antiphospholipid syndrome, lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, hypothyroidism and vitiligo), also vascular pathology(like kidney glomerular filtration rate deficits, serum urate levels, plasma beta-2-microglobulin levels, retinal microcirculation problems, diastolic and systolic blood pressure and hypertension, cardiovascular infarction), furthermore obesity, neurodegenerative conditions(like the polyglutamine-expansion disorder spinocerebellar ataxia type 2, Parkinson's disease, the motor-neuron disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and progressive supranuclear palsy), andfinally longevity were reported. Now it is important to clarify, in which ways the loss or gain of function of the locally encoded proteins SH2B3/LNK and ataxin-2, respectively, contribute to these polygenic health problems. SH2B3/LNK is known to repress the JAK2/ABL1 dependent proliferation of white blood cells. Its null mutations in human and mouse are triggers of autoimmune traits and leukemia(acute lymphoblastic leukemia or chronic myeloid leukemia-like), while missense mutations were found in erythrocytosis-1 patients. Ataxin-2 is known to act on RNA-processing and trophic receptor internalization. While its polyglutamine-expansion mediated gain-of-function causes neuronal atrophy in human and mouse, its deletion leads to obesity and insulin resistance in mice. Thus, it is conceivable that the polygenic pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes is enhanced by an SH2B3-dysregulation-mediated predisposition to autoimmune diseases that conspires with an ATXN2-deficiency-mediated predisposition to lipid and glucose metabolism pathology.展开更多
Spinal muscular atrophy （SMA） is an autosomal recessive neuromuscular disorder characterized by degeneration and loss of anterior horn cells in the spinal cord and brain stem nuclei, leading to progressive limb and ...Spinal muscular atrophy （SMA） is an autosomal recessive neuromuscular disorder characterized by degeneration and loss of anterior horn cells in the spinal cord and brain stem nuclei, leading to progressive limb and trunk paralysis and muscular atrophy. Depending on the age of onset and maximum muscular function achieved, SMA is recognized as SMA1, SMA2, SMA3 or SMA4, and most patients have a deletion or truncation of the survival motor neuron 1 （SMN1） gene. In this report, we present a patient with a mild SMA phenotype, SMA3, and define his genetic abnormality. Tetra-primer amplification refractory mutation system PCR combined with restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and array comparative genomic hybridization were used to determine the genetic variations in this patient. A 500 kb deletion in chromosome 5q13.2, including homozygous deletion of neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein, and heterozygous deletion of occludin and B-double prime 1 was identified. This SMA region deletion did not involve SMN, indicating that SMN was likely to function normally. The phenotype was dependent of the large deletion and neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein, occludin and B-double prime 1 may be candidate genes for SMA3.展开更多
There is quite abundant resource of ludwigite ore in Liaoning Province of China. Content of MgO in the slag of pyrometallurgical separation of boron from iron is much higher than that in the ordinary slags. Through th...There is quite abundant resource of ludwigite ore in Liaoning Province of China. Content of MgO in the slag of pyrometallurgical separation of boron from iron is much higher than that in the ordinary slags. Through the equilibrium partition ratio of sulfur L S between the metal and the slag in an atmosphere of CO N 2, the acidic coefficients for B 2O 3 and the basic coefficients for MgO were estimated. The basic formulae were given for the blast furnace type slag containing B 2O 3 and high MgO.展开更多
Background: Acute heart failure timely and effective diagnosis and treatment directly affects the prognosis of patients, so early diagnosis of acute heart failure treatment is very important. The current diagnosis of ...Background: Acute heart failure timely and effective diagnosis and treatment directly affects the prognosis of patients, so early diagnosis of acute heart failure treatment is very important. The current diagnosis of acute heart failure has yet to be further improved. To investigate the relationship between plasma levels of Galectin-3 and NT-proBNP in cardiac structure and function in patients with acute heart failure (AHF) Early detection of failure. Methods: The clinical data of 86 patients with acute heart failure in our hospital were analyzed and followed up. Twenty-six healthy subjects with normal cardiac function were used as control group. The plasma Galectin-3 and NT-proBNP levels were compared between the two groups to observe the value of plasma Galectin-3 combined with NT-proBNP in the diagnosis of acute heart failure. Results: There was no significant difference in the level of Galectin-3 and NT-proBNP between heart function group II and control group, and the levels of cardiac function III and IVG plasma Galectin-3 and NT-proBNP were significantly higher in patients with heart failure Compared with the healthy control group, the patients’ LVEF decreased and their cardiac function increased. The levels of plasma Galectin-3 and NT-proBNP increased significantly (P 0.01). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that plasma levels of Galectin-3 and NT-proBNP were independent of cardiac function. The area under the ROC curve for the combined detection of plasma Galectin-3 and NT-proBNP was greater than the area under the two alone tests. Conclusion: The combined detection of Galectin-3 and NT-proBNP has high sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of acute heart failure and can be used as a new detection mode.展开更多
目的:观察不同免疫途径和佐剂类型对柯萨奇病毒B组3型(Coxsackievirus group B type 3,CVB3)衣壳蛋白VP1免疫效果的影响。方法:将原核表达质粒pET-his/VP1转入E.coli BL21(DE3)pLysS中,用异丙基-1-硫代-β呋喃半乳糖苷(IPTG)诱导CVB3VP...目的:观察不同免疫途径和佐剂类型对柯萨奇病毒B组3型(Coxsackievirus group B type 3,CVB3)衣壳蛋白VP1免疫效果的影响。方法:将原核表达质粒pET-his/VP1转入E.coli BL21(DE3)pLysS中,用异丙基-1-硫代-β呋喃半乳糖苷(IPTG)诱导CVB3VP1蛋白的表达并进行纯化。首先采用不同的免疫途径(皮下,腹腔,肌肉)用VP1蛋白免疫小鼠,每组12只。然后另取小鼠分为PBS组和不同佐剂组(氢氧化铝、弗氏佐剂、Montanide ISA720),每组18只,采用肌肉注射途径免疫。每次每只小鼠注射50μg,共免疫3次,间隔3周。用ELISA和微量中和试验检测血清特异性IgG抗体和中和抗体。用CCK-8法检测淋巴细胞增殖活性和CTL杀伤活性。用致死量的CVB3攻击后,检测血中病毒的滴度并观察小鼠的存活状况。结果:在大肠杆菌中成功表达CVB3VP1蛋白。三种免疫途径比较,肌肉注射组血清中和抗体和特异性IgG抗体的水平明显高于其他组(P<0.01)。采用肌肉注射免疫时,弗氏佐剂组Montanide ISA 720佐剂组的体液免疫和细胞免疫应答的水平明显高于氢氧化铝组(P<0.05);但血中病毒的滴度低于氢氧化铝组(P<0.05)。弗氏佐剂组小鼠的生存率好于氢氧化铝组(P<0.05)。结论:采用肌肉注射途径,并联合弗氏佐剂或Montanide ISA 720佐剂可以使CVB3VP1免疫获得较好的免疫效果。展开更多
基金the Research Award Fund for Outstanding Young Scientists Plan in Shandong Province of China(No.BS2013SW008)the Innovation Project of Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences.
文摘Type 1 diabetes mellitus(T1DM)is associated with an increased risk of diabetic cardiomyopathy(DCM).Nuclear factor kappa B(NF-kB)and Wnt/β-catenin/GSK3p have been demonstrated to play pathogenic roles in diabetes.In this study,we evaluated the roles of these two pathways in T1 DM-induced cardiomyopathy in rats.Streptozotocin(STZ)-induced type 1 diabetic rats were treated with pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate(PDTC)or meisoindigo(Me)to inhibit NF-kB and Wnt/β-catenin/GSK3P respectively for 4 or 8 weeks.As compared with untreated diabetic rats,treatment with either PDTC or Me partly attenuated the myocardial hypertrophy and interstitial fibrosis,improved cardiac function,and exhibited reduction in inflammatory reaction.In addition,we found that inhibiting NF-κB and Wnt/β-catenin/GSK3β pathways could regulate glucose and lipid metabolism.The effects were associated with the decrease of NF-κB activity and the downregulation of some proinflammatory cytokines,including tumor necrosis factor-alpha(TNF-α)and interleukin(IL)-2.Our data suggested that the activities of NF-κB and Wnt/β-catenin/GSK3β pathways were both increased and inhibiting NF-κB and Wnt/β-catenin/GSK3β signaling pathways might improve myocardial injury in T1DM rats.
文摘Genetic linkage analyses, genome-wide association studies of single nucleotide polymorphisms, copy number variation surveys, and mutation screenings found the human chromosomal 12q24 locus, with the genes SH2B3 and ATXN2 in its core, to be associated with an exceptionally wide spectrum of disease susceptibilities. Hematopoietic traits of red and white blood cells(like erythrocytosis and myeloproliferative disease), autoimmune disorders(like type 1 diabetes, coeliac disease, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, thrombotic antiphospholipid syndrome, lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, hypothyroidism and vitiligo), also vascular pathology(like kidney glomerular filtration rate deficits, serum urate levels, plasma beta-2-microglobulin levels, retinal microcirculation problems, diastolic and systolic blood pressure and hypertension, cardiovascular infarction), furthermore obesity, neurodegenerative conditions(like the polyglutamine-expansion disorder spinocerebellar ataxia type 2, Parkinson's disease, the motor-neuron disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and progressive supranuclear palsy), andfinally longevity were reported. Now it is important to clarify, in which ways the loss or gain of function of the locally encoded proteins SH2B3/LNK and ataxin-2, respectively, contribute to these polygenic health problems. SH2B3/LNK is known to repress the JAK2/ABL1 dependent proliferation of white blood cells. Its null mutations in human and mouse are triggers of autoimmune traits and leukemia(acute lymphoblastic leukemia or chronic myeloid leukemia-like), while missense mutations were found in erythrocytosis-1 patients. Ataxin-2 is known to act on RNA-processing and trophic receptor internalization. While its polyglutamine-expansion mediated gain-of-function causes neuronal atrophy in human and mouse, its deletion leads to obesity and insulin resistance in mice. Thus, it is conceivable that the polygenic pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes is enhanced by an SH2B3-dysregulation-mediated predisposition to autoimmune diseases that conspires with an ATXN2-deficiency-mediated predisposition to lipid and glucose metabolism pathology.
基金the Foundation of Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang Province,China,No. 2007C33049Fund for Fostering Talents in Basic Science of the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No. J0710043
文摘Spinal muscular atrophy （SMA） is an autosomal recessive neuromuscular disorder characterized by degeneration and loss of anterior horn cells in the spinal cord and brain stem nuclei, leading to progressive limb and trunk paralysis and muscular atrophy. Depending on the age of onset and maximum muscular function achieved, SMA is recognized as SMA1, SMA2, SMA3 or SMA4, and most patients have a deletion or truncation of the survival motor neuron 1 （SMN1） gene. In this report, we present a patient with a mild SMA phenotype, SMA3, and define his genetic abnormality. Tetra-primer amplification refractory mutation system PCR combined with restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and array comparative genomic hybridization were used to determine the genetic variations in this patient. A 500 kb deletion in chromosome 5q13.2, including homozygous deletion of neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein, and heterozygous deletion of occludin and B-double prime 1 was identified. This SMA region deletion did not involve SMN, indicating that SMN was likely to function normally. The phenotype was dependent of the large deletion and neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein, occludin and B-double prime 1 may be candidate genes for SMA3.
文摘There is quite abundant resource of ludwigite ore in Liaoning Province of China. Content of MgO in the slag of pyrometallurgical separation of boron from iron is much higher than that in the ordinary slags. Through the equilibrium partition ratio of sulfur L S between the metal and the slag in an atmosphere of CO N 2, the acidic coefficients for B 2O 3 and the basic coefficients for MgO were estimated. The basic formulae were given for the blast furnace type slag containing B 2O 3 and high MgO.
文摘Background: Acute heart failure timely and effective diagnosis and treatment directly affects the prognosis of patients, so early diagnosis of acute heart failure treatment is very important. The current diagnosis of acute heart failure has yet to be further improved. To investigate the relationship between plasma levels of Galectin-3 and NT-proBNP in cardiac structure and function in patients with acute heart failure (AHF) Early detection of failure. Methods: The clinical data of 86 patients with acute heart failure in our hospital were analyzed and followed up. Twenty-six healthy subjects with normal cardiac function were used as control group. The plasma Galectin-3 and NT-proBNP levels were compared between the two groups to observe the value of plasma Galectin-3 combined with NT-proBNP in the diagnosis of acute heart failure. Results: There was no significant difference in the level of Galectin-3 and NT-proBNP between heart function group II and control group, and the levels of cardiac function III and IVG plasma Galectin-3 and NT-proBNP were significantly higher in patients with heart failure Compared with the healthy control group, the patients’ LVEF decreased and their cardiac function increased. The levels of plasma Galectin-3 and NT-proBNP increased significantly (P 0.01). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that plasma levels of Galectin-3 and NT-proBNP were independent of cardiac function. The area under the ROC curve for the combined detection of plasma Galectin-3 and NT-proBNP was greater than the area under the two alone tests. Conclusion: The combined detection of Galectin-3 and NT-proBNP has high sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of acute heart failure and can be used as a new detection mode.
文摘目的:观察不同免疫途径和佐剂类型对柯萨奇病毒B组3型(Coxsackievirus group B type 3,CVB3)衣壳蛋白VP1免疫效果的影响。方法:将原核表达质粒pET-his/VP1转入E.coli BL21(DE3)pLysS中,用异丙基-1-硫代-β呋喃半乳糖苷(IPTG)诱导CVB3VP1蛋白的表达并进行纯化。首先采用不同的免疫途径(皮下,腹腔,肌肉)用VP1蛋白免疫小鼠,每组12只。然后另取小鼠分为PBS组和不同佐剂组(氢氧化铝、弗氏佐剂、Montanide ISA720),每组18只,采用肌肉注射途径免疫。每次每只小鼠注射50μg,共免疫3次,间隔3周。用ELISA和微量中和试验检测血清特异性IgG抗体和中和抗体。用CCK-8法检测淋巴细胞增殖活性和CTL杀伤活性。用致死量的CVB3攻击后,检测血中病毒的滴度并观察小鼠的存活状况。结果:在大肠杆菌中成功表达CVB3VP1蛋白。三种免疫途径比较,肌肉注射组血清中和抗体和特异性IgG抗体的水平明显高于其他组(P<0.01)。采用肌肉注射免疫时,弗氏佐剂组Montanide ISA 720佐剂组的体液免疫和细胞免疫应答的水平明显高于氢氧化铝组(P<0.05);但血中病毒的滴度低于氢氧化铝组(P<0.05)。弗氏佐剂组小鼠的生存率好于氢氧化铝组(P<0.05)。结论:采用肌肉注射途径,并联合弗氏佐剂或Montanide ISA 720佐剂可以使CVB3VP1免疫获得较好的免疫效果。
