Sustained Release of Minocycline From Minocycline-Calcium-Dextran Sulfate Complex Microparticles for Periodontitis Treatment

It is important to address the periodontitis-associated bacteria in the residual subgingival plaque after scaling and root planing to successfully treat periodontitis. In this study, we explored the possibility of exploiting the ion pairing/complexation of minocycline, Ca²⁺, and sulfate/sulfonate-bearing biopolymers to develop an intrapocket delivery system of minocycline as an adjunct to scaling and root planing. Minocycline-calcium-dextran sulfate complex microparticles were synthesized from minocycline, CaCl₂, and dextran sulfate. They were characterized using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. An in vitro release study was conducted to evaluate the release kinetics of minocycline from these microparticles. Agar disk diffusion assays and biofilm-grown bacteria assays were used to assess antibacterial capability. High loading efficiency (96.98% ± 0.12%) and high loading content (44.69% ± 0.03%) for minocycline were observed for these complex microparticles. Mino-Ca-DS microparticles achieved sustained release of minocycline for at least 9 days at pH 7.4 and 18 days at pH 6.4 in phosphate-buffered saline, respectively. They also demonstrated potent antimicrobial effects against Streptococcus mutans and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans in agar disk diffusion and biofilm assays. These results suggested that the ion pairing/complexation of minocycline, Ca²⁺, and sulfonate/sulfate-bearing biopolymers can be exploited to develop complex microparticles as local delivery systems for periodontitis treatment.     

基于抗菌药物分级管理的我院抗菌药物医嘱评价

摘 要 目的：明确我院三级抗菌药物（非限制使用级、限制使用级、特殊使用级）不合理使用情况的特点及差异,为临床规范使用抗菌药物提供理论依据。 方法：对我院736份出院病历的1 228条抗菌药物医嘱逐条进行合理性点评,并对三级抗菌药物医嘱不合理使用率、分布特点、类型进行比较。 结果：我院三级抗菌药物不合理使用率差异不全相同,以限制使用级为最高（25.0%）,特殊使用级最低（9.8%）,两者比较差异有统计学意义（P<0.01）。以头孢菌素为主的β内酰胺类抗菌药物的不合理医嘱最多。三级抗菌药物不合理用药类型差异有统计学意义（P<0.05）。“抗菌药物用法用量不适宜”、“围手术期预防性使用抗菌药物不合理”为非限制使用级及限制使用级抗菌药物的主要不合理医嘱构成。而“遴选抗菌药物不适宜”则为特殊使用级抗菌药物的主要不合理医嘱构成。结论：我院抗菌药物不合理使用情况较普遍。医院需针对各级抗菌药物使用中存在的主要问题加强抗菌药物的管理。     

芍药苷对大鼠术后肠粘连影响及其作用机制探讨

目的 探讨芍药苷对SD大鼠术后肠粘连的作用效果。方法 选取40只雄性SD大鼠,采用电脑抽号随机分配成4组：空白对照组（Sham组）、对照组（Control组）、透明质酸钠盐阳性对照组（hyaluronate,HA组）以及芍药苷（paeoniflorin）组,每组10只大鼠。Sham组正常开腹后找到盲肠向外拉出然后放回;其余各组均采用盲肠摩擦+对应腹壁损伤模型进行肠粘连造模。芍药苷组术后给予芍药苷灌胃;透明质酸钠组术中腹腔放置透明质酸钠。造模成功后第10天处死所有动物,评估并比较4组大鼠形成粘连的程度及范围,进而进行粘连评分;病理学分析炎症渗出;取粘连组织进行蛋白质印迹（Western blot）分析肿瘤生长因子β（TGF-β）、白细胞介素8（IL-8）的表达;通过ELISA试剂盒检测各组血TGF-β、IL-8的表达水平。结果 术后第10天开腹后肉眼宏观评估粘连程度及范围,与对照组比较,芍药苷组中粘连等级及评分均降低,差异有统计学意义（P<0.50）;HE病理学分析显示芍药苷组炎症渗出显著降低;ELISA检测结果显示,芍药苷组TGF-β、IL-8低于Control组,差异有统计学（P<0.05）;进一步Western blot定量分析检测TGF-β、IL-8的表达在芍药苷组中显著降低（P<0.05）。结论 芍药苷可显著降低术后TGF-β、IL-8的表达,较临床常用的透明质酸钠效果更显著,有望成为术后用于预防肠粘连的药之一。     

Ecological analysis of college women’s physical activity and health-related quality of life

ABSTRACT

Despite significant health benefits of regular physical activity, over 60 percent of college women do not meet recommended physical activity guidelines to promote their health and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), a comprehensive construct including physical and psychosocial health functioning. The major purpose of this study was to examine the influences of individual (e.g., self-efficacy, enjoyment), social (e.g., family and friend support), and physical environmental factors (e.g., crime safety) on college women’s physical activity and HRQoL. Participants were 235 (Mean age = 21.0 years) college women from a public research university located in the southwest region of the United States. They completed validated surveys assessing their perceptions of physical activity, HRQoL, and social ecological factors during the spring semester of 2012. The findings of three multiple linear regressions, entering individual factors first, followed by social and physical environmental factors, revealed that self-efficacy and crime safety were significantly related to physical activity. For HRQoL-physical functioning, significant factors were self-efficacy, enjoyment, and crime safety. Enjoyment was the only factor related to HRQoL-psychosocial functioning. These findings indicated that physical activity professionals need to foster safe environments, enhance self-efficacy, and provide enjoyable activities to promote college women’s physical activity and HRQoL.     

锁阳抑制良性前列腺增生的作用机制研究

目的研究锁阳对大鼠前列腺增生(BPH)模型的作用及相关机制研究。方法用雌/雄激素诱导大鼠前列腺增生。按体重将去势3周后大鼠随机分为3组:模型组,锁阳组(3 g·kg^-1·d^-1),氟他胺组(30 mg·kg^-1·d^-1),每组10只。另外取10只健康大鼠作为假手术组,模型组和假手术组给等量0. 9%Na Cl,均灌胃给药,每天1次,连续给药45 d。以蛋白免疫印迹检测增殖细胞核抗原(PCNA)蛋白变化;用Cyto Scape3. 5. 1软件构建和分析锁阳"化合物-靶点-前列腺增生"复杂网络。结果给药后,假手术组、模型组、锁阳组的PCNA蛋白表达灰度比值分别是0. 58±0. 11,1. 37±0. 21,0. 94±0. 31,模型组与假手术比较,差异有统计学意义(P <0. 05);锁阳组与模型组比较,差异有统计学意义(P <0. 05)。网络药理学揭示,锁阳直接作用于BPH疾病的靶点有7个,4个新发现的靶点分别为细胞周期素D1(CCND1)、磷脂酰基醇(PIK3CA)、氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体(PPARG)和过氧化物合成酶(PTGS2)。结论锁阳抑制大鼠前列腺增生可能与细胞增殖等通路以及调节细胞周期素D1(CCND1)与磷脂酰基醇(PIK3CA)等蛋白表达相关。     

Protective effect of MOTILIPERM in varicocele-induced oxidative injury in rat testis by activating phosphorylated inositol requiring kinase 1α (p-IRE1α) and phosphorylated c-Jun N-terminal kinase (p-JNK) pathways

Context: MOTILIPERM was prepared as a mixture of extracts of three medicinal herbs [roots of Morinda officinalis How (Rubiaceae), outer scales of Allium cepa L. (Liliaceae) and seeds of Cuscuta chinensis Lamark (Convolvulaceae)].

Objective: To investigate the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS)-based endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in a rat model of varicocele and the therapeutic efficacy of MOTILIPERM in this model.

Materials and methods: Sixty male rats were divided into five experimental groups: a normal control group (CTR?+?vehicle), a control group administered MOTILIPERM 200?mg/kg (CTR?+?M 200), a varicocele-induced control group (VC?+?vehicle) and two varicocele-induced groups administered MOTILIPERM 100 (VC?+?M 100) or 200 (VC?+?M 200) mg/kg for 4 weeks. Testis weights were recorded and serums were assayed for hormone concentrations. Tissues were subjected to semen analysis, histopathology, analyses of ER response protein expression levels and oxidative stress were assessed by measuring ROS, reactive nitrogen species (RNS), malondialdehyde (MDA) level and ratios of total glutathione (GSH)/oxidized GSH (GSSG).

Results: MOTILIPERM treatment of varicocele-induced groups significantly increased left testis weight, testosterone level, sperm motility, count and spermatogenic cell density. ER-response protein expression levels were dose-dependently decreased in VC?+?M 200 group compared with VC?+?vehicle group. MOTILIPERM treatment also decreased MDA and ROS/RNS level but increased GSH/GSSG ratio.

Discussion and conclusions: This study suggests that ROS-related ER stress may play a major role in varicocele-induced infertility and MOTILIPERM, a novel compound targeting ROS-based ER stress, may be therapeutically useful in treatment of varicocele, or as a supplement for the treatment of infertility.     

Contact (kallikrein/kinin) system activation in whole human blood induced by low concentrations of α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles

Iron-oxide nanoparticles (NPs) generated by environmental events are likely to represent health problems. α-Fe₂O₃ NPs were synthesized, characterized and tested in a model for toxicity utilizing human whole blood without added anticoagulant. MALDI-TOF of the corona was performed and activation markers for plasma cascade systems (complement, contact and coagulation systems), platelet consumption and release of growth factors, MPO, and chemokine/cytokines from blood cells were analyzed. The coronas formed on the pristine α-Fe₂O₃ NPs contained contact system proteins and they induced massive activation of the contact (kinin/kallikrein) system, as well as thrombin generation, platelet activation, and release of two pro-angiogeneic growth factors: platelet-derived growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor, whereas complement activation was unaffected. The α-Fe₂O₃ NPs exhibited a noticeable toxicity, with kinin/kallikrein activation, which may be associated with hypotension and long-term angiogenesis in vivo, with implications for cancer, arteriosclerosis and pulmonary disease.     

带线锚钉在治疗肘关节“恐怖三联征”中的临床应用

目的探讨带线锚钉在手术治疗肘关节"恐怖三联征"中的临床效果。方法回顾性分析2010年1月至2017年6月期间本院手术治疗22例肘关节"恐怖三联征"患者的临床资料,根据桡骨头骨折Mason分型,Ⅰ型2例,Ⅱ型8例,Ⅲ型12例;根据尺骨冠状突骨折Regan-Morrey分型,Ⅰ型5例,Ⅱ型12例,Ⅲ型5例;22例患者均伴有内外侧副韧带损伤,并采用肘部外侧、前内侧联合入路进行手术治疗。15例患者手术后以长臂石膏托外固定1～2周,之后逐步进行肘关节被动、主动康复锻炼。7例使用可活动铰链式外固定架辅助固定的患者早期行肘关节康复锻炼。结果所有患者手术后随访6～18个月,平均12个月。末次随访时肘关节屈曲(110±10)°,伸直受限(10±4)°,前臂旋前(70±6)°,旋后(80±6)°,并对患者进行Mayo肘关节功能评分:优(≥90分)3例,良(75～89分)12例,可(60～74分)7例,优良率为68.2%。手术后2例出现异位骨化,1例出现一过性的正中神经症状,无感染、肘关节不稳定、骨折不愈合、脱位及肘关节僵硬等并发症。结论带线锚钉通过对肘关节内外侧副韧带、关节囊等软组织修复,既增加了肘关节的稳定性,同时也减少了相关并发症的发生,值得临床推广应用。