Behind what is called "Needham's Grand Question" (why was China overshot by the West in science and technology?) lies a deeper question of how China came to lose the capacity of deeply reflective thought clearly...Behind what is called "Needham's Grand Question" (why was China overshot by the West in science and technology?) lies a deeper question of how China came to lose the capacity of deeply reflective thought clearly present in the ancient Chinese philosophers. This is a loss felt by all Chinese as a psychological sense of hollowness, a loss of identity, made worse by the seeming inaccessibility of the ancient Chinese wisdom to the modern Chinese mind. It is clear that at some historical point China suffered an extreme psychological blow sufficient to traumatise it at the threshold of reflective thought, unable to look inwards any more. The paper identifies that point as the utter devastation wrought by Kublai Khan and the Mongols 750 years ago. What devastates reflective thought is wilfulness, the insistent focusing of all attention and energy on external, material things, and Kublai Khan was wilful in the extreme. What confirms this as the crippling point is that, in response to Kublai Khan's Mongol invasion the Chinese, over time, not only completely altered the geography of China itself, moving their capital to the North (Beijing), but have ever since fought to establish as "China" all the territory over which Kublai Khan ruled. China is clearly not free of Kublai Khan's shadow. But even more precisely, in the process of doing this--and showing their own wilfulness--in building the Forbidden City in Beijing they built it in the shape of the Chinese metaphysical model of the universe, the Chinese version of the Tree of Life metaphysical glyph But it has an error in it. And the error is precisely that in where it places things, it makes what would have been the attributes of reflective thought subservient to wilfulness. The model itself thus shows the hollowness of the Chinese mind from that moment on. The outer form--the "appearance"---of the ancient wisdom was still there. But the content--the "substance"--of it was not. And with no reflective thought, true creativity disappears.展开更多
Sinomenine,a major active ingredient from traditional Chinese medicine Qingfengteng(Sinomenium acutum(Thunb.)Rehd.et Wils.),has been proven to have anti-inflammatory,analgesic,anti-tumor,immunomodulatory and other pha...Sinomenine,a major active ingredient from traditional Chinese medicine Qingfengteng(Sinomenium acutum(Thunb.)Rehd.et Wils.),has been proven to have anti-inflammatory,analgesic,anti-tumor,immunomodulatory and other pharmacological effects,and is clinically used for various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.However,due to complex molecular mechanisms and pathological characteristics in inflammatory and immune responses,the precise anti-inflammatory and immunological mechanisms of sinomenine are still unclear.This review summarizes the anti-inflammatory and immunoregulatory mechanisms of sinomenine during recent years in rheumatoid arthritis,respiratory system,nervous system,digestive system and organ transplant rejection.The molecular pharmacological mechanisms of sinomenine responsible for anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects were in detail introduced based on 3 aspects including cytokines induction,signal pathways modulation and immune cells function regulation.Moreover,this review also raises some concerns and challenges in future sinomenine study,which will contribute to crucial theoretical and practical significance for in-depth development and utilization of sinomenine as medicinal resource.展开更多
Win4Lin 可将 Windows 作为 Linux下的应用程序来运行,而且性能优异。本文介绍使用 Win4Lin 的一些经验,以及如何提高其工作效率。Win4Lin 可在 Linux 下将 Windows 95/98作为应用程序来安装。启动 Windows 时,桌面上将显示一个窗口,提...Win4Lin 可将 Windows 作为 Linux下的应用程序来运行,而且性能优异。本文介绍使用 Win4Lin 的一些经验,以及如何提高其工作效率。Win4Lin 可在 Linux 下将 Windows 95/98作为应用程序来安装。启动 Windows 时,桌面上将显示一个窗口,提示安装并运行Windows 应用程序(大多数游戏不能在 Win4Lin 上运行,因为Win4Lin 不支持 DirectX)。笔者在 Caldera eDesktop 2.4和 Debian 2.展开更多
Objective: Rosa odorata var. gigantea is a popular medicinal plant. Some studies have demonstrated that ethanolic extract of the fruits of R. odorata var. gigantea(FOE) has gastroprotective properties. The aim of this...Objective: Rosa odorata var. gigantea is a popular medicinal plant. Some studies have demonstrated that ethanolic extract of the fruits of R. odorata var. gigantea(FOE) has gastroprotective properties. The aim of this study was to investigate the gastroprotective activity of FOE on water immersion restrained stress(WIRS)-induced gastric mucosal injury in a rat model and elucidate the possible molecular mechanisms involved.Methods: A rat stress ulcer model was established in this study using WIRS. After rats were treated with FOE orally for 7 d, the effect of FOE treatment was analyzed by hematoxylin and eosin(H&E) staining, and the changes of inflammatory factors, oxidative stress factors, and gastric-specific regulatory factors and pepsin in the blood and gastric tissues of rats were examined by ELISA assay. Molecular mechanism of FOE was investigated by immunohistochemical assay and Western blot.Results: Compared with the WIRS group, FOE could diminish both the macroscopic and microscopic pathological morphology of gastric mucosa. FOE significantly preserved the antioxidants glutathione peroxidase(GSH-PX), superoxide dismutase(SOD) and catalase(CAT) contents;anti-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-10(IL-10) and prostaglandin E2(PGE2) levels as well as regulatory factors tumor necrosis factor-a(TGF-a) and somatostatin(SS) contents, while decreasing malondialdehyde(MDA), nitric oxide synthase(i NOS), tumor necrosis factor(TNF-a), interleukin-1β(IL-1β), interleukin-6(IL-6), gastrin(GAS)and endothelin(ET) levels. Moreover, FOE distinctly upregulated the expression of Nrf2, HO-1, Bcl2 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen(PCNA). In addition, FOE activated the expression of p-EGFR and downregulated the expression of NF-ΚB, Bax, Cleaved-caspase-3, Cyto-C and Cleaved-PARP1, thus promoting gastric mucosal cell survival.Conclusion: The current work demonstrated that FOE exerted a gastroprotective activity against gastric mucosal injury induced by WIRS. The underlying mechanism might be associated with the improvement of anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidation and anti-apoptosis systems.展开更多
Objective:Acetaminophen(APAP)overdose is a common cause of liver injury.This study aimed to investigate the protective effect of honokiol(Hon)against APAP-induced hepatotoxicity and its potential mechanism.Methods:C57...Objective:Acetaminophen(APAP)overdose is a common cause of liver injury.This study aimed to investigate the protective effect of honokiol(Hon)against APAP-induced hepatotoxicity and its potential mechanism.Methods:C57BL/6 mice were administrated with Hon(10 and 30 mg/kg)after APAP(300 mg/kg)treatment.On 1.5 h and 5 h after Hon treatment,mice were sacrificed.Serum and liver were collected.And then,liver injury-related indexes,APAP metabolism-related indexes,mitochondrial respiratory chain function-related indexes,and mitochondrial membrane function-related protein expression were evaluated.Results:It was found that Hon significantly decreased serum alanine aminotransferase(ALT)/aspartate aminotransferase(AST)activity and glutathione(GSH)depletion,increased hepatic catalase(CAT)and GSH peroxidase(GSH-Px)activities,reduced hepatic MDA and 3-nitrotyrosine contents,inhibited hepatic CYP1A2 activity and APAP protein adducts(APAP-CYS)formation.Meanwhile,oxidative phosphorylation capacity of complex I and electron transfer capacity of complex IV in mitochondrial respiratory chain was increased,whereas the release of H2O2 in the mitochondria was decreased following Hon treatment.Furthermore,Hon markedly down-regulated p-JNK in both cytosol and mitochondria,and obviously inhibited the release of apoptosis inducing factor(AIF)and endonuclease G(EndoG)from mitochondria to cytosol.Conclusion:Hon alleviated APAP-induced liver injury through the following pathways:Reducing the production of APAP-CYS by inhibiting CYP1A2 activity;Ameliorating hepatic oxidative stress by increasing the levels of hepatic CAT,GSH-Px and GSH;Improving mitochondrial respiratory chain function by promoting oxidative phosphorylation capacity of complex I and electron transfer capacity of complex IV;Improving the function of mitochondrial membrane by inhibiting p-JNK and its translocation to mitochondria,thereby reducing the release of AIF and EndoG.展开更多
Objective:The population density and diversity of Sinomenium acutum(Menispermaceae)have been greatly reduced recently by overharvesting for medicinal purposes in China.Therefore,it is urgent that the remaining populat...Objective:The population density and diversity of Sinomenium acutum(Menispermaceae)have been greatly reduced recently by overharvesting for medicinal purposes in China.Therefore,it is urgent that the remaining populations are investigated,and that strategies for the utilization and conservation of this species are developed.This study aimed to find the possible glacial refugia and define the genetic diversity of S.acutum for its proper utilization and conservation.Methods:A total of 77 S.acutum samples were collected from four locations,Qinling Mountains,Daba Mountains,Dalou Mountains,and Xuefeng Mountains,in subtropical China.Genetic diversity among and between these populations were phylogenetically analyzed using four chloroplast DNA molecular markers(atpI-atpH,trnQ-50 rps16,trnH-psbA and trnL-trnF).Results:A total of 14 haplotypes(C1 to C14)were found in collected samples.Haplotypes C1 and C3 were shared among all populations,with C3 as the ancestral haplotype.Haplotypes C11 and C12 diverged the most from C3 and other haplotypes.No obvious phylogeographic structure was found in four locations using the GST/NST test.There is no evidence of rapid demographic expansion in S.acutum based on the mismatch distribution,and the results of Tajima’s D test,and Fu’s FS test.Our analyses of molecular variance revealed a high level of genetic variation within populations.In contrast,the genetic differentiation among S.acutum populations was low,indicating frequent gene flow.Conclusion:Xuefeng,Dalou,and Daba Mountains were possible glacial refugia for the populations of S.acutum.C1,C3,C11 and C12 haplotypes of S.acutum should be carefully preserved and managed for their genetic value.展开更多
红豆树(Ormosia hosiei Hemsl. et Wils.)种子来源少,种苗紧缺,红豆树扦插繁殖还没有系统的研究,寻求最佳的内部控制因素,选择适宜的外部环境条件,提高扦插繁殖插穗的生根率,是扦插繁殖研究的焦点问题。另外现有扦插育苗技术生根慢、...红豆树(Ormosia hosiei Hemsl. et Wils.)种子来源少,种苗紧缺,红豆树扦插繁殖还没有系统的研究,寻求最佳的内部控制因素,选择适宜的外部环境条件,提高扦插繁殖插穗的生根率,是扦插繁殖研究的焦点问题。另外现有扦插育苗技术生根慢、培育周期长,成活率低也是红豆树扦插繁殖关注的问题。本文通过研究对红豆树扦插的研究,提出了一种新的红豆树扦插繁殖的方法。本扦插方法大大缩短了种苗培育周期,以扦插时间计算可缩短种苗培育周期35~100d,且扦插后的实际成活率达到90%以上,远远高于常规的红豆树扦插方式,提高了扦插育苗成活率,也降低了培育成本,提高了经济效益。本方法操作简单方便,成本低,容易实施和推广。展开更多
文摘Behind what is called "Needham's Grand Question" (why was China overshot by the West in science and technology?) lies a deeper question of how China came to lose the capacity of deeply reflective thought clearly present in the ancient Chinese philosophers. This is a loss felt by all Chinese as a psychological sense of hollowness, a loss of identity, made worse by the seeming inaccessibility of the ancient Chinese wisdom to the modern Chinese mind. It is clear that at some historical point China suffered an extreme psychological blow sufficient to traumatise it at the threshold of reflective thought, unable to look inwards any more. The paper identifies that point as the utter devastation wrought by Kublai Khan and the Mongols 750 years ago. What devastates reflective thought is wilfulness, the insistent focusing of all attention and energy on external, material things, and Kublai Khan was wilful in the extreme. What confirms this as the crippling point is that, in response to Kublai Khan's Mongol invasion the Chinese, over time, not only completely altered the geography of China itself, moving their capital to the North (Beijing), but have ever since fought to establish as "China" all the territory over which Kublai Khan ruled. China is clearly not free of Kublai Khan's shadow. But even more precisely, in the process of doing this--and showing their own wilfulness--in building the Forbidden City in Beijing they built it in the shape of the Chinese metaphysical model of the universe, the Chinese version of the Tree of Life metaphysical glyph But it has an error in it. And the error is precisely that in where it places things, it makes what would have been the attributes of reflective thought subservient to wilfulness. The model itself thus shows the hollowness of the Chinese mind from that moment on. The outer form--the "appearance"---of the ancient wisdom was still there. But the content--the "substance"--of it was not. And with no reflective thought, true creativity disappears.
基金This research was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81973505)The National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2019YFC1708902,2019YFC1711000).
文摘Sinomenine,a major active ingredient from traditional Chinese medicine Qingfengteng(Sinomenium acutum(Thunb.)Rehd.et Wils.),has been proven to have anti-inflammatory,analgesic,anti-tumor,immunomodulatory and other pharmacological effects,and is clinically used for various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.However,due to complex molecular mechanisms and pathological characteristics in inflammatory and immune responses,the precise anti-inflammatory and immunological mechanisms of sinomenine are still unclear.This review summarizes the anti-inflammatory and immunoregulatory mechanisms of sinomenine during recent years in rheumatoid arthritis,respiratory system,nervous system,digestive system and organ transplant rejection.The molecular pharmacological mechanisms of sinomenine responsible for anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects were in detail introduced based on 3 aspects including cytokines induction,signal pathways modulation and immune cells function regulation.Moreover,this review also raises some concerns and challenges in future sinomenine study,which will contribute to crucial theoretical and practical significance for in-depth development and utilization of sinomenine as medicinal resource.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81673693)the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2017YFD0201402)for financial support.
文摘Objective: Rosa odorata var. gigantea is a popular medicinal plant. Some studies have demonstrated that ethanolic extract of the fruits of R. odorata var. gigantea(FOE) has gastroprotective properties. The aim of this study was to investigate the gastroprotective activity of FOE on water immersion restrained stress(WIRS)-induced gastric mucosal injury in a rat model and elucidate the possible molecular mechanisms involved.Methods: A rat stress ulcer model was established in this study using WIRS. After rats were treated with FOE orally for 7 d, the effect of FOE treatment was analyzed by hematoxylin and eosin(H&E) staining, and the changes of inflammatory factors, oxidative stress factors, and gastric-specific regulatory factors and pepsin in the blood and gastric tissues of rats were examined by ELISA assay. Molecular mechanism of FOE was investigated by immunohistochemical assay and Western blot.Results: Compared with the WIRS group, FOE could diminish both the macroscopic and microscopic pathological morphology of gastric mucosa. FOE significantly preserved the antioxidants glutathione peroxidase(GSH-PX), superoxide dismutase(SOD) and catalase(CAT) contents;anti-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-10(IL-10) and prostaglandin E2(PGE2) levels as well as regulatory factors tumor necrosis factor-a(TGF-a) and somatostatin(SS) contents, while decreasing malondialdehyde(MDA), nitric oxide synthase(i NOS), tumor necrosis factor(TNF-a), interleukin-1β(IL-1β), interleukin-6(IL-6), gastrin(GAS)and endothelin(ET) levels. Moreover, FOE distinctly upregulated the expression of Nrf2, HO-1, Bcl2 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen(PCNA). In addition, FOE activated the expression of p-EGFR and downregulated the expression of NF-ΚB, Bax, Cleaved-caspase-3, Cyto-C and Cleaved-PARP1, thus promoting gastric mucosal cell survival.Conclusion: The current work demonstrated that FOE exerted a gastroprotective activity against gastric mucosal injury induced by WIRS. The underlying mechanism might be associated with the improvement of anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidation and anti-apoptosis systems.
基金supported by the Department of Education of Hubei Province,China(No.Q20181004).
文摘Objective:Acetaminophen(APAP)overdose is a common cause of liver injury.This study aimed to investigate the protective effect of honokiol(Hon)against APAP-induced hepatotoxicity and its potential mechanism.Methods:C57BL/6 mice were administrated with Hon(10 and 30 mg/kg)after APAP(300 mg/kg)treatment.On 1.5 h and 5 h after Hon treatment,mice were sacrificed.Serum and liver were collected.And then,liver injury-related indexes,APAP metabolism-related indexes,mitochondrial respiratory chain function-related indexes,and mitochondrial membrane function-related protein expression were evaluated.Results:It was found that Hon significantly decreased serum alanine aminotransferase(ALT)/aspartate aminotransferase(AST)activity and glutathione(GSH)depletion,increased hepatic catalase(CAT)and GSH peroxidase(GSH-Px)activities,reduced hepatic MDA and 3-nitrotyrosine contents,inhibited hepatic CYP1A2 activity and APAP protein adducts(APAP-CYS)formation.Meanwhile,oxidative phosphorylation capacity of complex I and electron transfer capacity of complex IV in mitochondrial respiratory chain was increased,whereas the release of H2O2 in the mitochondria was decreased following Hon treatment.Furthermore,Hon markedly down-regulated p-JNK in both cytosol and mitochondria,and obviously inhibited the release of apoptosis inducing factor(AIF)and endonuclease G(EndoG)from mitochondria to cytosol.Conclusion:Hon alleviated APAP-induced liver injury through the following pathways:Reducing the production of APAP-CYS by inhibiting CYP1A2 activity;Ameliorating hepatic oxidative stress by increasing the levels of hepatic CAT,GSH-Px and GSH;Improving mitochondrial respiratory chain function by promoting oxidative phosphorylation capacity of complex I and electron transfer capacity of complex IV;Improving the function of mitochondrial membrane by inhibiting p-JNK and its translocation to mitochondria,thereby reducing the release of AIF and EndoG.
基金supported by the Hunan Provincial Major Science and Technology Project(2015SK1001)Changsha Science and Technology Plan(kq1801015)+1 种基金Project of Hunan Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine(2021212)Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Synthetic Biology of Traditional Chinese Medicine(HCSW2020-01).
文摘Objective:The population density and diversity of Sinomenium acutum(Menispermaceae)have been greatly reduced recently by overharvesting for medicinal purposes in China.Therefore,it is urgent that the remaining populations are investigated,and that strategies for the utilization and conservation of this species are developed.This study aimed to find the possible glacial refugia and define the genetic diversity of S.acutum for its proper utilization and conservation.Methods:A total of 77 S.acutum samples were collected from four locations,Qinling Mountains,Daba Mountains,Dalou Mountains,and Xuefeng Mountains,in subtropical China.Genetic diversity among and between these populations were phylogenetically analyzed using four chloroplast DNA molecular markers(atpI-atpH,trnQ-50 rps16,trnH-psbA and trnL-trnF).Results:A total of 14 haplotypes(C1 to C14)were found in collected samples.Haplotypes C1 and C3 were shared among all populations,with C3 as the ancestral haplotype.Haplotypes C11 and C12 diverged the most from C3 and other haplotypes.No obvious phylogeographic structure was found in four locations using the GST/NST test.There is no evidence of rapid demographic expansion in S.acutum based on the mismatch distribution,and the results of Tajima’s D test,and Fu’s FS test.Our analyses of molecular variance revealed a high level of genetic variation within populations.In contrast,the genetic differentiation among S.acutum populations was low,indicating frequent gene flow.Conclusion:Xuefeng,Dalou,and Daba Mountains were possible glacial refugia for the populations of S.acutum.C1,C3,C11 and C12 haplotypes of S.acutum should be carefully preserved and managed for their genetic value.
文摘红豆树(Ormosia hosiei Hemsl. et Wils.)种子来源少,种苗紧缺,红豆树扦插繁殖还没有系统的研究,寻求最佳的内部控制因素,选择适宜的外部环境条件,提高扦插繁殖插穗的生根率,是扦插繁殖研究的焦点问题。另外现有扦插育苗技术生根慢、培育周期长,成活率低也是红豆树扦插繁殖关注的问题。本文通过研究对红豆树扦插的研究,提出了一种新的红豆树扦插繁殖的方法。本扦插方法大大缩短了种苗培育周期,以扦插时间计算可缩短种苗培育周期35~100d,且扦插后的实际成活率达到90%以上,远远高于常规的红豆树扦插方式,提高了扦插育苗成活率,也降低了培育成本,提高了经济效益。本方法操作简单方便,成本低,容易实施和推广。