高效液相色谱法测定大鼠血浆中来那度胺的浓度及其药动学(英文)

目的:建立高效液相色谱法测定大鼠血浆中来那度胺的浓度。方法:色谱柱采用VenusilASBC18column(4.6 mm×250mm,5μm)购自于博纳艾杰尔科技有限公司。样品采用梯度洗脱,流动相为乙腈和0.05%甲酸溶液,流速为1.0 mL/min,检测波长为254 nm,以沙利度胺为内标。结果:来那度胺血药浓度的线性范围为0.1-5μg/mL,最低检测限为0.1μg/mL,三个浓度的QC样品(0.2,1 and 5μg/mL)的提取回收率分别为78.8±3.8,80.1±3.2 and 79.1±7.6%。结论:此方法准确、简便、灵敏度高,对来那度胺的血药浓度测定和药物代谢动力学研究极具价值。     

Prevalence of zinc deficiency in junior high school students of Tehran City

Zinc deficiency is a health problem in many communities especially among adolescents because of pubertal growth sprout. This investigation was carried out to determine the epidemiology of zinc deficiency in junior high school students in Tehran City in 1997. This cross-sectional study was performed on 881 students (452 males and 429 females) with the mean age of 13.2±1.0 yr, who were selected by multistage random sampling method. Plasma, erythrocyte, and hair zinc levels were assayed by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Anthropometric and demographic characteristics were measured and recorded on a questionnaire. Dietary intakes were evaluated by a 24-h recall method. Zinc deficiency was defined as having at least two indices from indices of erythrocyte, plasma, and hair zinc below 10 μg/mL, 100 μg/dL, and 125 μg/g of hair, respectively. The results showed that zinc deficiency prevalence was 31.1% (confidence interval: 28–34.4%). Zinc deficiency was 65%, 49%, and 1.3% based on plasma, erythrocyte, and hair zinc levels, respectively. The mean ± SD for plasma, erythrocyte, and hair zinc concentration, height-for-age, as well as weight-for-age Z scores were 95.2±17.7 μg/dL, 10.3±2.3 μg/mL, 239.4±54.4 μg/g, −0.40±0.92, and 0.12±0.91, respectively. As for dietary intake compared with the RDA, 50% of the subjects consumed less than 50% of their requirement for zinc RDA based on a 24-h dietary recall. Zinc intake in subjects was 7.5±3.7 μg, that in boys was higher than in girls. Correlation coefficients between zinc status indices were very weak. There was neither a linear nor nonlinear relationship between biochemical parameters and nutritional zinc intake. It is concluded that almost one-third to one-half of the subjects would be considered zinc deficient.     

Determination of total aluminum, chromium, copper, iron, manganese, and nickel and their fractions leached to the infusions of black tea, green tea, Hibiscus sabdariffa, and Ilex paraguariensis (mate) by ETA-AAS

Total aluminum, chromium, copper, iron, manganese, and nickel were determined in black tea, green tea, Hibiscus sabdariffa, and Ilex paraguariensis (mate) by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry after nitric/perchloric acid digestion. In each case, one ground sample of commercially available leafy material was prepared and three 0.5-g subsamples were run in parallel. The infusions were also analyzed and the percentage of each element leached into the liquor was evaluated. The obtained results indicated that hibiscus and mate contained lower levels of aluminum (272±19 μg/g and 369±22 μg/g, respectively) as referred to black tea (759±31 μg/g) or green tea (919±29 μg/g) and suggested that mate drinking could be a good dietary source of essential micronutrient manganese (total content 2223±110 μg/g, 48.1% leached to the infusion). It was also found that the infusion of hibiscus could supply greater amounts of iron (111±5 μg/g total, 40.5% leached) and copper (5.9±0.3 μg/g total, 93.4% leached) as compared to other infusions. Moreover, it was found that the percentage of element leached to the infusion was strongly related to the tannins content in the beverage (correlation coefficients >0.82 with the exception for nickel); for lower tannins level, better leaching was observed.     

高效液相色谱法同时测定儿童血清中视黄醇、25-OH-维生素D3和α-生育酚浓度

目的:建立能同时测定儿童血清中视黄醇、25-OH-维生素D3和a-生育酚的高效液相色谱(high performance liquid chromatography,HPLC)法.方法:以无水乙醇沉淀蛋白质后,血清中的脂溶性维生素用正己烷提取,吹氮气浓缩后用HPLC测定.结果:视黄醇、25-OH-维生素D3和a-生育酚的线性范围分别为0.015-500μg/mL、0.012-500μg/mL和0.1-500 μg/mL;检出限分别为0.015μg/mL、0.012μg/mL和0.1μg/mL;相对标准偏差分别为0.98%、2.09%和4.63%.三种脂溶性维生素各个浓度的提取回收率均大于80%,方法回收率均大于90%.结论:本法简便快速,适于血清样品中视黄醇、25-OH-维生素D3和a-生育酚三种脂溶性维生素的同时测定.     

山楂果肉原花青素的体外抗氧化活性和对DNA损伤的保护作用

研究了化学发光法测定山楂果肉原花青素(procyanidins of Hawthorn Sarcocarp 简称HSPC)的体外抗氧化活性及其对DNA损伤的保护作用.运用邻苯三酚-鲁米诺化学发光体系测定了HSPC对超氧阴离子的清除作用,硫酸铜-邻菲啰啉-抗坏血酸-双氧水体系测定了HSPC对羟基自由基的清除作用,双氧水-鲁米诺体系测定了HSPC对体外双氧水的清除作用,采用硫酸铜-邻菲啰啉-抗坏血酸-双氧水-脱氧核糖核酸测定了HSPC对体外DNA损伤的保护作用.结果表明:当HSPC浓度为1 mg/mL时,对超氧阴离子抑制率达87.7%,其半数抑制率浓度IC50值为130.8 μg/mL;100 μg/mL时对羟基自由基抑制率达91.7%,IC50值为61.73 μg/mL;8 μg/mL时对双氧水抑制率达91.6%,IC50值为0.19 μg/mL;40 μg/mL时对体外DNA损伤抑制率达80.7%,IC50值为22.16 μg/mL.表明HSPC具有很好的体外清除活性氧和保护DNA损伤的活性.     

Selenium status in psoriasis and its relationship with alcohol consumption

The aim of the study was to examine the influence of alcohol consumption on the severity of psoriasis and selenium (Se) concentration and Se-dependent gluathione peroxidase activity in plasma (pl-GSH-Px) and in erythrocytes (RBC-GSH-Px) in psoriatic patients. Thirty-five in-patients with psoriasis lasting <10 mo and 42 with psoriasis lasting >3 yr constituted groups 1 and 2, respectively. The severity of psoriasis was assessed using the PASI scoring system and the consumption of alcohol, using a structured questionnaire. The Se concentration was 47.11±11.61 μg/L in group 1 and 38.69±13.22 μg/L in group 2 (p<0.05), the pl-GSH-Px was 0.15±0.04 U/mL and 0.14±0.04 U/mL (p>0.05), and the RBC-GSH-Px was 13.97±4.27 U/g Hb and 13.16±3.85 U/g Hb (p>0.05), respectively. In excessive drinkers (<10% of patients, all males), the Se concentration was 32.84±10.88 μg/L, the pl-GSH-Px was 0.15±0.03 U/mL, and the RBC-GSH-Px was 11.64±3.32 U/g Hb. A low RBC-GSH-Px correlated to the consumption of high-grade alcoholic beverages (R=−0.45, p<0.05) and to the PASI value (R=−0.37, p<0.05) in group 2. Depressed Se concentration and Se-dependent GSH-Px can be related to the severity and a duration of psoriasis. The excessive consumption of alcohol is associated with severity of the disease and with low activity of GSH-Px in erythrocytes in patients with long-lasting psoriasis.     

RP-HPLC法测定盾叶薯蓣细胞中薯蓣皂甙元的含量

本文采用KromasilC - 18柱 (2 5 0× 4 6mm ,5 μm ) ,甲醇∶水 =95∶5流动相 ,流速 1 0mL/min ,UV检测器 ,检测波长 2 0 8nm ,对培养的盾叶薯蓣细胞中的薯蓣皂甙元含量进行测定 ,能将薯蓣皂甙元与杂质分离开 ,薯蓣皂甙元在 3 876～ 19 38μg范围内峰面积与其浓度线性关系良好 (R =0 9993) ,样品平均回收率为97 83% ,精密度RSD为 0 2 1% (n =4 )。该法测定样品快速准确 ,重复性好     

不同菌株白僵菌代谢产物对大鼠肝线粒体单胺氧化酶的抑制作用研究

对8株白僵菌[Beauveriasp.]代谢产物的抑制单胺氧化酶的活性进行测定,发现菌株Ba02和Ba05的乙酸乙酯提取物在终浓度为55μg/mL时,对单胺氧化酶A型(MAO＿＿A)有较强的抑制活性,其抑制率分别为95.9%和83.4%;Ba02及Ba03菌株脂溶性成分在终浓度为55μg/mL时对单胺氧化酶B型(MAO＿B)有较强的抑制活性,其抑制率分别为94.8%和84.1%。浓度和抑制活性关系研究表明在一定浓度范围内Ba02菌株脂溶性成分对MAO的抑制活性呈量效关系,经计算得出其对MAO＿A、MAO＿B抑制的IC50分别为18.3μg/mL、28.2μg/mL;抑制特征曲线表明Ba02菌株脂溶性成分对MAO＿A呈竞争型抑制,对MAO＿B为混合型抑制,Km值分别为0.47×10-5mol/L,0.11×10-5mol/L。     

METTL3介导EZH2 m6A修饰在结直肠癌5-氟尿嘧啶耐药中的作用机制研究

摘要 目的：探讨甲基转移酶样蛋白3（METTL3）在5-氟尿嘧啶耐药中的作用机制。方法：大剂量间歇诱导法建立5-FU耐药细胞株。在耐药组细胞中分别敲减METTL3及EZH2抑制GSK343处理。qPCR及Western blot检测METTL3和EZH2表达。CCK-8检测各组细胞增殖情况。m6A甲基化RNA免疫沉淀技术分析EZH2 mRNA m6A修饰修饰情况。结果：各药物浓度处理下的耐药组细胞增殖活性与未处理细胞无显著差异（P>0.05）而原代细胞组肠癌细胞较未处理细胞在0.5-10 μg/mL处理下细胞增殖活性显著减低（P<0.01）。耐药组细胞与原代细胞组相比,METTL3及EZH2表达水平显著升高（P<0.01）。耐药组细胞METTL3敲减后或GSK343处理后,在0.5 μg/mL-10 μg/mL浓度间下的细胞增殖活性与0 μg/mL处理细胞增殖活性相比显著减低（P<0.05）。耐药组细胞METTL3敲减细胞的EZH2表达与对照细胞比,显著下调（P<0.01）。m6A甲基化RNA免疫沉淀实验显示耐药组细胞METTL3敲减细胞的EZH2 mRNA m6A修饰水平（m6A富集度为6361.95±67.47%）,较未敲减细胞修饰水平（396.30±57.74）显著减低（P<0.01）。结论：METTL3在肠癌细胞5-FU耐药抵抗中起到关键作用,靶向抑制METTL3有望成为缓解肠癌耐药的重要分子靶点。     

Determination of selenium in serum by FI-HG-AAS and calculation of dietary intake

A method was developed for the determination of selenium concentration in serum by flow injection-hydride generation-atomic absorption spectrometry (FI-HG-AAS) following microwave digestion of serum samples and reduction of selenate to selenite. The detection limit of the method was 0.3 μg Se/L and the characteristic concentration, corresponding to the 0.0044 absorbance signal, was 0.12 μg Se/L. The results from the analysis of two Seronorm standard reference materials showed good agreement with the certified values. The method was then used to analyze selenium in sera of Austrian and Slovenian people for the calculation of dietary intakes. The selenium concentrations in sera of mothers at delivery, their neonates, and the male and female adults were 71 ± 14, 42 ± 6, 75 ± 21, and 65 ± 16 μg/L for the Austrians and 62 ± 15, 34 ± 7, 70 ± 12, and 66 ± 15 μg/L for the Slovenians. The dietary intakes of selenium of the mothers and the male and the female adults were calculated as 52, 37, and 46 μg/d for the Austrians and 45, 38, and 32 μg/d for the Slovenians.     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.