Effect of deuteration on the single dose pharmacokinetic properties and postoperative analgesic activity of methadone

Although methadone is effective in the management of acute pain, the complexity of its absorption-distribution-metabolism-excretion profile limits its use as an opioid of choice for perioperative analgesia. Because deuteration is known to improve the pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic and toxicological properties of some drugs, here we characterized the single dose pharmacokinetic properties and post-operative analgesic efficacy of d₉-methadone.The pharmacokinetic profiles of d₉-methadone and methadone administered intravenously to CD-1 male mice revealed that deuteration leads to a 5.7- and 4.4-fold increase in the area under the time-concentration curve and maximum concentration in plasma, respectively, as well as reduction in clearance (0.9 ± 0.3 L/h/kg vs 4.7 ± 0.8 L/h/kg). The lower brain-to-plasma ratio of d₉-methadone compared to that of methadone (0.35 ± 0.12 vs 2.05 ± 0.62) suggested that deuteration decreases the transfer of the drug across the blood-brain barrier. The estimated LD₅₀ value for a single intravenous dose of d₉-methadone was 2.1-fold higher than that for methadone. Moreover, d₉-methadone outperformed methadone in the efficacy against postoperative pain by primarily activating peripheral opioid receptors. Collectively, these data suggest that the replacement of three hydrogen atoms in three methyl groups of methadone altered its pharmacokinetic properties, improved safety, and enhanced its analgesic efficacy.     

TOPSIS法和秩和比法模糊联合在基本公共卫生服务质量综合评价中的应用研究

背景国家基本公共卫生服务项目的开展是我国新医改的重要举措，自2009年国家基本公共卫生服务项目开展后，其服务经费与服务项目不断扩增，由于涉及指标较多，覆盖面较广，探寻科学、客观、全面的基本公共卫生服务综合评价方法十分必要。目的探索适宜的基本公共卫生服务质量综合评价方法，通过质量评价为调整相关政策和提高服务质量提供依据。方法2019年2—4月，采用多阶段立意抽样方式从Z省南部、中部和北部地区共选取24家社区卫生服务中心（乡镇卫生院）作为评价对象，记为机构A~X。采用逼近理想解排序法（TOPSIS法）、秩和比法及二者模糊联合的方法对24家社区卫生服务中心（乡镇卫生院）2018年基层医疗卫生机构基本公共卫生服务质量进行综合评价（参考2018年国家基本公共卫生服务项目选取12项评价指标）。结果在TOPSIS法评价中，Ci值排名前三名的为A（0.917 4）、C（0.875 9）和G（0.787 9），Ci值排名后三名的为I（0.414 2）、W（0.413 7）和N（0.407 7）。在秩和比法评价中，RSR值排名前三名的为A（0.890 6）、G（0.765 6）和C（0.711 8），RSR值排名后三名的为V（0.381 9）、W（0.362 8）和K（0.357 6）。根据模糊集理论，将W1Ci+W2RSR值进行排序，依据"择多原则"，排名前三名的分别为A、C和G，排名后三名的分别为I、K和W，这与TOPSIS法和秩和比法的评价结果基本一致。结论TOPSIS法和秩和比法模糊联合得到的评价结果及影响因素与其他研究结果相一致，并且两者联用能克服单一使用TOPSIS法或秩和比法的局限性，适宜在基本公共卫生服务质量评价中推广应用。     

Cervical cancer in Morocco: A systematic review

BackgroundThis systematic review aims to determine the epidemiological profile, etiology and risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, cost-effectiveness, survival, and quality of life related to cervical cancer in Morocco.MethodsThis study was conducted according to the recommendations of the "preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis." The PubMed, ScienceDirect, Springer, Web of Science data bases were used, as was Google Scholar for the grey literature. The review protocol was registered in the PROSPERO register (CRD42021235241).ResultsFifty studies were selected. The mean age was 49.31 ±6.3 years. HPV infection prevalence ranged from 13.30% to 76%, with a peak in HIV-positive women. Acceptability of the HPV vaccine was higher among parents (35% and 82%) than among adolescents (16.9% to 46.6%). Knowledge of the vaccine and its price are two key factors related to vaccine acceptability among parents. This systematic review highlights that the fact that few eligible women (not more than 11%) were participating in the cervical cancer screening program. Moroccan women's level of knowledge and awareness regarding cervical cancer screening was low, negatively impacting their use of such screening tools, as illustrated by the high percentage (mean 76.32% ± 17.21) of women who had never been screened for cervical cancer. Treatment was the most significant component of the global care budget (95.87%), with an annual cost of $13,027,609. Five-year overall survival ranged from 41.3% to 73.6%, with higher survival rates for patients diagnosed at an earlier stage (77.3–85% for stage I). Lastly, low quality of life was observed in women with tumors at an advanced stage who had received brachytherapy and lacked social support.ConclusionsSubjects that require further investigation include Moroccan women's knowledge, attitudes, and awareness, especially among those at high risk of developing cervical cancer, and its impact on their quality of life and survival.     

Carboxylesterase-2 plays a critical role in dabigatran etexilate active metabolite formation

Dabigatran etexilate (DABE), an oral anticoagulant prodrug, is nearly completely metabolized to the dabigatran (DAB) active metabolite by carboxylesterase-1 (CES1) and carboxylesterase-2 (CES2). The high interpatient variation in DAB plasma concentrations, coupled with its low therapeutic index, emphasizes the need to understand how CES1 and CES2 impact active metabolite formation. Previous work focused on CES1 enzyme activity but the contributions of CES2 remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine how CES2 activity influences DAB active metabolite formation. We compared the efficiency of DAB formation from DABE when exposed sequentially to human intestinal and then human hepatic microsomes (mimicking the normal metabolic sequence) with the reverse metabolic sequence in which DABE is exposed to hepatic and then intestinal microsomes. The poor efficiency of DAB formation with reverse sequential hydrolysis indicates that CES2 activity is crucial for active metabolite formation. Thus, the decrease in DAB formation with normal sequential hydrolysis was more sensitive to CES2 inhibition by verapamil (CES2 IC50 = 3.4 μM) than CES1 inhibition by diltiazem (CES2 IC50 = 9.1 μM). These results show CES2 activity plays a crucial role in DAB formation and that variability in its activity is an important determinant of therapeutic response.     

Enhanced protection against Q fever in BALB/c mice elicited by immunization of chloroform-methanol residue of Coxiella burnetii via intratracheal inoculation

Human Q fever is recognized as a worldwide public health problem. It often occurs by inhalation of airborne aerosols contaminated with Coxiella burnetii, a gram-negative intracellular bacterium, mainly from domestic livestock. In this study, we analyzed the possibility to establish mucosal and systemic immunity against C. burnetii infection using a pulmonary delivery of chloroform-methanol residue of C. burnetii (CMR) vaccine. Mice were immunized by the intratracheal inoculation of CMR (IT-CMR) or the subcutaneous injection of CMR (SC-CMR), and the immunized mice were challenged with C. burnetii by the intratracheal route. The levels of IFN-γ, IL-12p70, IL-5, and IL-4 in the IT-CMR group in splenic T cells stimulated ex vivo were significantly higher than in the SC-CMR group. Significantly elevated sIgA to C. burnetii was detected in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of mice immunized by IT-CMR but not by SC-CMR, which might have contributed to the significant reduction in C. burnetii load and pathological lesions in the lungs of the mice after the challenge of C. burnetii. These results suggest that compared with SC-CMR in mice, IT-CMR was more efficient to elicit cellular and lung mucosal immune responses against aerosol infection of C. burnetii.     

自回归求和滑动平均(ARIMA)模型在全球新型冠状病毒肺炎发病人数预测中的应用

  目的   应用自回归求和滑动平均(autoregressive integrated moving average, ARIMA)模型对全球新型冠状病毒肺炎(coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19)发病人数进行预测, 为各国提出的防控策略与措施提供参考和评价依据。   方法   收集2020年2月22日-3月19日各国(意大利、西班牙、德国、法国等)COVID-19每日累计确诊人数, 用SPSS 17.0和R 3.6.1软件拟合ARIMA模型, 对5日前数据进行回带评价拟合效果, 同时利用该模型预测各国后10日数据。   结果   ARIMA模型预测值和实际值动态趋势基本一致, 实际值在预测值的95% CI内。   结论   ARIMA模型能够较好的对全球COVID-19发病人数进行预测, 在指导疫情防控方面有实际意义。     

农村青少年不同时期家庭逆境与精神病理症状的关联

目的探讨家庭逆境致精神病理症状结局的累积性与关键期效应,为预防与干预逆境伤害提供依据。方法2017年12月,采用方便抽样的方法选取安徽省阜阳地区2所农村学校的710名青少年。采用《童年期不良经历问卷》评估家庭逆境,《MacArthur健康与行为问卷》评价内化症状和外化症状。采用多元线性回归分析家庭逆境发生时间与数量和精神病理症状的关联。结果持续家庭逆境组与内化症状、外化症状增加均有相关性[β值(95%CI)分别为0.35(0.15~0.54),0.16(0.01~0.32)]。家庭逆境数量为2和≥3与内化症状[β值(95%CI)分别为0.20(0.04~0.36),0.42(0.24~0.60)]、外化症状[β值(95%CI)分别为0.14(0.01~0.26),0.23(0.09~0.37)]增加有关。在仅童年期家庭逆境中,家庭逆境数量为2和≥3的内化症状[β值(95%CI)分别为0.23(0.06~0.41),0.34(0.11~0.58)]、外化症状[β值(95%CI)分别为0.17(0.02~0.31),0.21(0.02~0.39)]的风险增高。在持续家庭逆境组中,逆境数量≥3与内化症状、外化症状相关[(β值(95%CI)分别为0.56(0.31~0.82),0.24(0.02~0.45)]。仅青春期家庭逆境与精神病理症状无关。结论家庭逆境的多次发生可增加精神病理症状风险,童年期可能是家庭逆境致精神病理症状的关键期。     

黄芪甲苷调节PI3K/Akt/FoxO1通路抑制糖尿病大鼠肝糖异生

目的:探讨黄芪甲苷对2型糖尿病(T2DM)大鼠肝损伤保护潜在机制及肝组织磷酯酰肌醇3-激酶(PI3K)/蛋白激酶B(Akt)/叉头框转录因子1(FoxO1),磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧基酶(PEPCK)和葡萄糖6-磷酸酶(G6Pase)蛋白表达的影响。方法:6周高糖高脂饮食后,链脲佐菌素(STZ)一次性腹腔注射(0.035 g·kg^-1)建立T2DM大鼠模型,随机分为正常组、模型组、黄芪甲苷低、中、高剂量组及二甲双胍组。黄芪甲苷低、中、高剂量组灌胃黄芪甲苷0.02,0.04,0.08 g·kg^-1·d^-1,二甲双胍组灌胃二甲双胍0.2 g·kg^-1·d^-1;给药8周后,于末次灌胃24 h禁食不禁水后处死,测血清肝生化指标,肝脏指数等;采用苏木素-伊红(HE)染色观察肝脏组织病理形态学变化;马松(Masson)染色观察纤维化程度;过碘酸希夫(PAS)染色反应观察细胞内糖原等变化;免疫组化及蛋白免疫印迹法(Western blot)检测各组肝中PI3K/Akt/FoxO1信号蛋白及PEPCK,G6Pase蛋白表达水平。结果:与正常组比较,模型组肝脏指数显著升高(P<0.01),肝功能指标丙氨酸氨基转移酶(ALT),天门冬氨酸氨基转移酶(AST),总胆固醇(TC),甘油三酯(TG)的含量显著升高(P<0.01),高密度脂蛋白胆固醇(HDL-C)显著降低(P<0.01),大鼠体质量显著减轻(P<0.01),PI3K/Akt/Fox O1信号减弱(P<0.01),PEPCK,G6Pase蛋白表达水平显著增强(P<0.01);与模型组比较,黄芪甲苷中、高剂量组及二甲双胍组肝功能指标ALT,AST,TC,TG的含量明显降低(P<0.05,P<0.01),大鼠体质量明显增加(P<0.05,P<0.01),肝组织Fox O1,PEPCK及G6Pase蛋白水平明显降低(P<0.05,P<0.01),Fox O1的磷酸化水平明显增强(P<0.05,P<0.01)。结论:黄芪甲苷可能通过调节PI3K/Akt/Fox O1信号通路抑制高脂高糖加小剂量STZ诱导T2DM肝糖异生,从而起到延缓T2DM大鼠肝脏损伤作用。