基于HS-GC-IMS技术分析六神曲炮制前后（炒、焦）挥发性物质的变化

目的 分析六神曲Massa Medicata Fermentata炮制前后（炒、焦）的挥发性有机物特征及其变化规律。方法 采用顶空-气相色谱-离子迁移质谱（headspace-gas chromatography-ion migration mass spectrometry,HS-GC-IMS）测定六神曲生品、炒品和焦品的挥发性有机物,构建HS-GC-IMS指纹图谱,采用VOCal软件对检测到的成分进行定性和定量分析,运用主成分分析（principal component analysis,PCA）、偏最小二乘-判别分析（partial least squares-discriminant analysis,PLS-DA）、t检验等对样品进行差异性分析。结果 基于HS-GC-IMS技术从六神曲生品、炒品和焦品中共获得了80种挥发性有机物,定性鉴别出60种;构建了六神曲生品、炒品和焦品的HS-GC-IMS指纹图谱,通过PCA、PLS-DA、t检验等分析方法可将三者进行区分,己醛-D(hexanal-D)、乙醇（ethanol）2种物质可作为六神曲生品的特征性成分;丁醛（butanal）...     

人脐血间质干细胞条件培养基在受损成骨细胞中的作用与机制

目的探讨线粒体活性在人脐带间充质干细胞(human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells,HUMSCs)条件培养基修复受损成骨细胞中的作用及其机制。方法提取、培养HUMSCs及制作其条件培养基,建立成骨细胞氧化损伤模型。实验分组:无血清DMEM培养基组、晚期氧化蛋白(advanced oxidation protein products,AOPPs)刺激组、常规培养基组、条件培养基组,培养1 h后用流式细胞仪以及Mito Tracker Red分析成骨细胞凋亡率、线粒体活性,并用蛋白-凝胶成像法(western-blot,WB)分析Caspase-3凋亡蛋白表达差异,从而评价HUMSCs条件培养基对遭受氧化损伤的成骨细胞的保护、修复、逆转作用,以及线粒体在其中发挥的作用及其机制。结果HUMSCs条件培养基可以增加氧化应激作用下成骨细胞内线粒体活性;HUMSCs条件培养基可降低成骨细胞凋亡率,减少Caspase-3凋亡蛋白表达。结论HUMSCs条件培养基通过缓解氧化应激(oxidative stress,OS)导致的线粒体功能与结构损伤,并下调Caspase-3凋亡蛋白的表达,抑制OB凋亡。     

“You Have to Die Not to Come to Work”: A Mixed Methods Study of Attitudes and Behaviors regarding Presenteeism,Absenteeism and Influenza Vaccination among Healthcare Personnel with Respiratory Illness in Israel, 2016–2019

IntroductionHealthcare personnel (HCP) have an increased risk of exposure to influenza and other respiratory pathogens. Increased presenteeism, decreased absenteeism, and low uptake of the influenza vaccine can contribute to the spread of influenza among HCP in healthcare settings. We used a mixed methods approach to investigate attitudes and behaviors of HCP in Israel towards influenza vaccination, presenteeism, and absenteeism.MethodsThe study took place over three influenza seasons (2016–2017, 2017–2018, 2018–2019) at the largest hospital in southern Israel. We administered a Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) questionnaire and conducted semi-structured interviews with HCP who had been recently ill with respiratory symptoms. The KAP questionnaire included closed-ended questions about attitudes and behaviors regarding influenza, working while sick, and influenza vaccination. The interviews investigated HCP’s perceptions of influenza infection and attitudes about absenteeism, presenteeism, and the influenza vaccine.ResultsWe conducted 74 semi-structured interviews over three influenza seasons. Four HCP were interviewed twice, in separate seasons for different illness episodes. The 70 individuals interviewed included 16 physicians, 45 nurses or technicians, and 9 administrative staff. The median age was 42.5 years (range: 25–60), and most (79%) were female. Half (50%) got vaccinated against influenza before their illness episode. In interviews, most HCP said they come to work while sick (presenteeism) due to a strong personal work ethic and an institutional culture that discourages taking sick leave (absenteeism). HCP expressed skepticism about the effectiveness of the influenza vaccine as well as concern that the influenza vaccine causes severe illness.DiscussionOver three influenza seasons in Israel, HCP cited a number of reasons for working while sick, and doubted the usefulness of influenza vaccine. Addressing reasons for presenteeism and vaccine hesitancy among HCP is crucial to protect HCP and patients from influenza virus infection and other viral respiratory illnesses, such as COVID-19.     

超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法同时检测消毒产品中13种抗生素

目的采用超高效液相色谱-串联质谱技术,建立消毒产品中8类13种抗生素的检测方法。方法样品经甲醇或乙腈提取后,经Waters HSS T3色谱柱(100 mm×2.1 mm,1.8μm)分离,三重四级杆串联质谱仪检测。结果13种选定的抗生素在4~100μg/L范围内线性关系良好,相关系数均大于0.991,检出限为2~25μg/kg。在3种不同剂型的消毒产品中,低、中、高3个浓度加标水平的回收率为71.2%~130.4%,相对标准偏差均小于11.3%,满足消毒产品中抗生素违法添加的检测要求。运用建立的方法,在一份膏霜剂型的消毒产品中检测出氧氟沙星,含量为21.1 mg/kg,其余样品中均未检出相关物质。结论该方法简单、可靠、重现性好,覆盖的抗生素种类多。     

Unusual distribution pattern of telomeric repeats in the shrews <Emphasis Type="Italic">Sorex araneus</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Sorex granarius</Emphasis>

Sorex araneus and Sorex granarius are sibling species within the Sorex araneus group with karyotypes composed of almost identical chromosome arms. S. granarius has a largely acrocentric karyotype, while, in S. araneus, various of these acrocentrics have combined together by Robertsonian (Rb) fusions to form metacentrics, with the numbers and types of metacentrics differing between chromosomal races. Our studies on telomeric sequences in S. araneus and S. granarius revealed differences between chromosomes and between species. In S. araneus (the Novosibirsk race), hybridization signals were present on the telomeres of all the chromosomes after FISH with a PCR-generated telomeric probe. In addition, hybridization signals were observed at high frequencies in the pericentric regions of some but not all metacentrics formed by Rb fusion. There were fewer signals on those metacentrics formed earlier in the evolution of S. araneus. This suggests that S. araneus chromosomes retain at least some telomeric repeats during Rb fusion, but that these repeats are lost or modified over time. These results are critical for the interpretation of the well-studied hybrid zones between chromosomal races of S. araneus, given that Rb fission has been postulated in such hybrid zones and that the likelihood of Rb fission will relate to presence/absence of telomeric sequences at the centromeres of metacentrics. In S. granarius, there were strong signals at the proximal (centromeric) telomeres of the acrocentrics after FISH with a DNA telomeric probe. FISH with a PNA telomeric probe on S. granarius acrocentrics showed that the proximal telomeres were 213 kb on average, while the length of the distal telomeres was 3.8 kb on average. Two-colour FISH, using a telomeric DNA probe and a microdissected probe generated from the pericentric regions of the S. granarius chromosomes a and b, revealed regions on distinct chromatin fibres where telomeric and microdissected probes were colocalized or localized sequentially. The proximal telomeres of S. granarius are highly unusual both in their large size and their heterogeneous structure relative to the telomeres of other mammals.     

一种基于稀疏分解去除EEG信号中MRI伪迹的新方法

在脑电图(Electroencephalography,EEG)和功能磁共振成像(Functional magnetic resonance imaging, FMRI)同时记录时,如何有效的去除混入EEG信号中的强磁共振(Magnetic resonance imaging,MRI)伪迹干扰信号是当前在EEG和FMRI的联合研究中面临的一个信号前期处理难点。主要从MRI干扰信号和EEG信号在时空上的差别出发,提出了一种基于混合过完备库的稀疏成分分析的分解方法,实现了强MRI干扰下的EEG信号的估计。在方法实现中,首先利用小波和离散余弦构造能体现MRI干扰和EEG时空特性差别的混合过完备库,然后通过匹配追踪(Matching pursuit,MP)方法在混合过完备库中的学习,实现MRI伪迹的消除。对模拟数据以及真实记录的混入了MRI干扰的EEG信号的估计实验结果,证实了该方法的有效性。     

Effects of MEK on kinetics ofn-hexane metabolites in serum

The neurotoxicity ofn-hexane is thought to be caused ultimately by 2,5-hexanedione (2,5-HD), one of then-hexane metabolites. The potentiation ofn-hexane neurotoxicity by co-exposure with MEK, therefore, is suspected to be related to kinetics of 2,5-HD in blood. To clarify the kinetics ofn-hexane metabolites in the mixed exposure ofn-hexane and MEK, rats were exposed to 2000 ppmn-hexane or a mixture of 2000 ppmn-hexane and 2000 ppm MEK, and the time courses of serumn-hexane metabolites were determined. 2,5-HD in serum increased until 2 h after the end of exposure, when serum 2,5-HD concentration reached a peak of 16.35 g/ml in then-hexane-alone group. In contrast, 2,5-HD in the mixed exposure group increased much more slowly during and after exposure than in then-hexane-alone group. It reached a peak of 2.12 g/ml at 8 h after the end of exposure. Serum MBK, a precursor of 2,5-HD in the co-exposure group, was about half in then-hexane-alone group during exposure. However, MBK decreased more slowly in the co-exposure group than in then-hexane-alone group after the end of the exposure. The results suggest that co-exposed MEK might inhibit oxidation ofn-hexane and decrease clearance ofn-hexane metabolites. Co-exposed MEK did not increase serum 2,5-HD, which was considered a main neurotoxic metabolite. Therefore the enhancement of neurotoxicity could not be attributed to increased serum 2,5-HD in the co-exposed group. The mechanism of enhancement of neurotoxicity ofn-hexane by MEK should be studied further.     

Effect of advanced glycosylation end products on activity of protein kinase C in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Objectives To investigate the effect of advanced glycosylation end products (AGEs) on the a ctivity of protein kinase C (PKC) in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (P BMC) and to observe whether aminoguanidine (AG) can influence the effect of AGEs .Methods After PBMC were isolated from human peripheral blood and incubated with differen t concentrations of AGEs-BSA for various periods, total PKC activity in PBMC wa s determined by measuring the incorporation of (32)P from ［γ-(32) P］ ATP into a special substrate using Promega PKC assay kit.Results AGEs-BSA increased the total PKC activity in PBMC from 83.43±6.57 pmol/min/ mg protein to 116.8±13.82 pmol/min/mg protein with a peak at 15 min. AGEs -BSA also increased the total PKC activity in a concentration-dependent manner fro m 83.1±6.4 pmol/min/mg protein (control) to 119.1±13.3 pmol/min/mg prote in (control vs AGEs-BSA 400 mg/L, P&lt;0.01).Furthermore, AGEs-BSA induc ed an elevation of PKC activity in a glycosylating time-related manner, from 80 .9±8.2 (control) to 118.3±11.5 pmol/min/mg protein (glycosylation for 12 wk, P&lt;0.01).The total PKC activity stimulated by AGEs-BSA pretreated wi th AG (100, 200 mg/L) was markedly lower than that of AGEs-BSA group not pretr eated with AG (P&lt;0.05, P&lt;0.01).Conclusions AGEs-BSA increased the total PKC activity in PBMC in a concentration and incuba tion time dependent manner. The ability of AGEs-BSA to stimulate PKC activity was markedly decreased by pretreatment of AGEs-BSA with AG.     

Analytical Chiral Separation of the Stereoisomers of a Novel Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor and Its Deethylated Metabolite,and the Assignment of Absolute Configuration of the Human Metabolite and Chiral Degradation Products

Several approaches to the separation of four stereoisomers, 1–4, of a novel, topically active, carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, 1, with two chiral centers in the molecule and four isomers, 5–8, of its chiral metabolite, 5, were evaluated. These methods include nonchiral derivatization followed by separation on chiral stationary phases (CSPs) and chiral derivatization and separation on nonchiral columns and on CSPs. Baseline separation of stereoisomers 1–4 was achieved in less than 15 min after chiral derivatization with (S)-(+)-l-(l-naphthyl)ethyl isocyanate (NEIC) and chiral chromatography on a (R)-N-(3,5-dinitrobenzoyl)phenyl glycine (DNBPG) column under normal phase (NP) conditions. Similarly, isomers 5-8 were baseline separated in less than 20 min after derivatization with NEIC and chromatography on nonchiral (nitrophenyl) and chiral [(S)-(3,5-dinitrobenzoyl)leucine; DNBL] columns in series under the same NP chromatographic conditions. Only partial separation of the diastereomeric derivatives was observed on a variety of nonchiral columns. In addition, all other direct and indirect chiral separation approaches gave only partial separation of at least two stereoisomers within the group of 1–4 or 5–8. The details of chiral separations using various methods and separation () and capacity factors (k) of the derivatized isomers 1–8 on a series of chiral and nonchiral columns are presented. Using these methods, the absolute configuration of the human metabolite of 1 was established as S ₁ S ₂ (5), and the heat (HD) and light (LD) degradation products of 1 as R ₁ S ₂ (3) and S₁ S ₂ (5), respectively.