Ginsenoside Rk1 ameliorates paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity in mice through inhibition of inflammation, oxidative stress, nitrative stress and apoptosis

Hu, Jun-Nan,Xu, Xing-Yue,Li, Wei,Wang, Yi-Ming,Liu, Ying,Wang, Zi,Wang, Ying-Ping The Korean Society of Ginseng 2019 Journal of Ginseng Research Vol.43 No.1

Background: Frequent overdose of paracetamol (APAP) has become the major cause of acute liver injury. The present study was designed to evaluate the potential protective effects of ginsenoside Rk1 on APAP-induced hepatotoxicity and investigate the underlying mechanisms for the first time. Methods: Mice were treated with Rk1 (10 mg/kg or 20 mg/kg) by oral gavage once per d for 7 d. On the 7th d, allmice treated with 250mg/kg APAP exhibited severeliverinjury after 24 h, and hepatotoxicitywas assessed. Results: Our results showed that pretreatment with Rk1 significantly decreased the levels of serum alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, tumor necrosis factor, and interleukin-$1{\beta}$ compared with the APAP group. Meanwhile, hepatic antioxidants, including superoxide dismutase and glutathione, were elevated compared with the APAP group. In contrast, a significant decrease in levels of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde was observed in the ginsenoside Rk1-treated group compared with the APAP group. These effects were associated with a significant increase of cytochrome P450 E1 and 4-hydroxynonenal levels in liver tissues. Moreover, ginsenoside Rk1 supplementation suppressed activation of apoptotic pathways by increasing Bcl-2 and decreasing Bax protein expression levels, which was shown using western blotting analysis. Histopathological observation also revealed that ginsenoside Rk1 pretreatment significantly reversed APAP-induced necrosis and inflammatory infiltration in liver tissues. Biological indicators of nitrative stress, such as 3-nitrotyrosine, were also inhibited after pretreatment with Rk1 compared with the APAP group. Conclusion: The results clearly suggest that the underlying molecular mechanisms in the hepatoprotection of ginsenoside Rk1 in APAP-induced hepatotoxicity may be due to its antioxidation, antiapoptosis, anti-inflammation, and antinitrative effects.

Ginsenoside Rk1 ameliorates paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity in mice through inhibition of inflammation, oxidative stress, nitrative stress and apoptosis

Jun-Nan Hu,Xing-Yue Xu,Wei Li,Yi-Ming Wang,Ying Liu,Zi Wang,Ying-Ping Wang 고려인삼학회 2019 Journal of Ginseng Research Vol.43 No.1

Background: Frequent overdose of paracetamol (APAP) has become the major cause of acute liver injury. The present study was designed to evaluate the potential protective effects of ginsenoside Rk1 on APAPinduced hepatotoxicity and investigate the underlying mechanisms for the first time. Methods: Micewere treated with Rk1 (10 mg/kg or 20 mg/kg) by oral gavage once per d for 7 d. On the 7th d, all mice treatedwith250mg/kgAPAPexhibitedsevere liver injuryafter24h, andhepatotoxicitywas assessed. Results: Our results showed that pretreatment with Rk1 significantly decreased the levels of serum alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, tumor necrosis factor, and interleukin-1b compared with the APAPgroup.Meanwhile, hepatic antioxidants, including superoxide dismutase andglutathione,were elevated compared with the APAP group. In contrast, a significant decrease in levels of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde was observed in the ginsenoside Rk1-treated group compared with the APAP group. These effectswere associatedwith a significant increase of cytochromeP450 E1 and 4-hydroxynonenal levels in liver tissues. Moreover, ginsenoside Rk1 supplementation suppressed activation of apoptotic pathways by increasing Bcl-2 and decreasing Bax protein expression levels, which was shown using western blotting analysis.Histopathological observation also revealed that ginsenoside Rk1 pretreatment significantly reversed APAP-induced necrosis and inflammatory infiltration in liver tissues. Biological indicators of nitrative stress, such as 3-nitrotyrosine, were also inhibited after pretreatment with Rk1 compared with the APAP group. Conclusion: The results clearly suggest that the underlying molecular mechanisms in the hepatoprotection of ginsenoside Rk1 in APAP-induced hepatotoxicity may be due to its antioxidation, antiapoptosis, anti-inflammation, and antinitrative effects.

Genetic Polymorphism of Plasmodium vivax msp1p, a Paralog of Merozoite Surface Protein 1, from Worldwide Isolates.

Wang, Yue,Kaneko, Osamu,Sattabongkot, Jetsumon,Chen, Jun-Hu,Lu, Feng,Chai, Jong-Yil,Takeo, Satoru,Tsuboi, Takafumi,Ayala, Francisco J,Chen, Yong,Lim, Chae Seung,Han, Eun-Taek Allen Press, etc.] 2011 The American journal of tropical medicine and hygi Vol.84 No.2

<P>Abstract. Plasmodium vivax msp1p, a paralog of the candidate vaccine antigen P. vivax merozoite surface protein 1, possesses a signal peptide at its N-terminus and two epidermal growth factor-like domains at its C-terminus with a glycosylphosphatidylinositol attachment site. The msp1p gene locus may have originated by a duplication of the msp1 gene locus in a common ancestor of the analyzed Plasmodium species and lost from P. yoelii, P. berghei, and P. falciparum during their evolutionary history. Full-length sequences of the msp1p gene were generally highly conserved; they had a few amino acid substitutions, one highly polymorphic E/Q-rich region, and a single-to-triple hepta-peptide repeat motif. Twenty-one distinguishable allelic types (A1-A21) of the E/Q-rich region were identified from worldwide isolates. Among them, four types were detected in isolates from South Korea. The length polymorphism of the E/Q-rich region might be useful as a genetic marker for population structure studies in malaria-endemic areas.</P>

Robotic versus Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Gastric Carcinoma: a Meta-Analysis of Efficacy and Safety

Hu, Li-Dong,Li, Xiao-Fei,Wang, Xiu-Yue,Guo, Tian-Kang Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2016 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.17 No.9

Purpose: To systematically review efficacyand safety of robotic gastrectomy (RG) compared with conventional laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) for gastric carcinoma. Materials and Methods: A systematic literature search was carried out using PubMed, Cochrane Library, CBM, CNKI, WanFang, VIP and other sources like relevant references to obtain comparative studies assessing the effectiveness and safety between RG and LG published between 2013 and 2016. Then the literature was screened and the data were extracted by 2 independent reviewers. The quality of the literature was assessed, and the data analyzed using Stata/SE 14 software. Fixed effects or random effects models wereapplied according to heterogeneity. Results: A total of 12 non-randomized observational clinical studies involving 3,580 patients were included, of which 1,096 had undergone RG and 2,484 had received LG. The results of the meta-analysis showed in terms of effectiveness, RG was associated with less blood loss, less time to first flatus and greater number of harvested lymph nodes, but there were no significant differences in proximal and distal resection margins, compared with LG. In terms of efficiency, RG was associated with shorter hospital stay, but longer operative time. In terms of safety, there were no statistically significant differences in complications, mortality and conversions between RG and LG. Conclusions: RG can achieve comparable or better short-term and radical effects than LG, with respect to effectiveness, efficiency and safety in treatment of gastric carcinoma. Future studies involving RG should focus on decreasing operative time and reducing cost. Moreover, there is a need for randomized controlled trials comparing the two techniques with long-term follow-up.

Efficient removal of Cr(VI) by spent coffee grounds: Molecular adsorption and reduction mechanism

Yue Hu,Meiting Zhi,Shilin Chen,Wenguan Lu,Yinlong Lai,Xiaobing Wang 한국화학공학회 2022 Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering Vol.39 No.7

Spent coffee ground (SCG), a byproduct from the soluble coffee industry, is usually discarded as waste. Thereutilization of SCG for the removal of toxic heavy metal ions is a novel research direction. Until recently, the molecularadsorption and reduction mechanism of Cr(VI) on SCG was barely investigated. In this study, SCG was used forthe efficient removal of Cr(VI) at a concentration range of 2-100mg/L, with a maximum Cr(VI) uptake up to 36.2mg/g. Structural characterization and ATR-FTIR analysis indicated that SCG possessed abundant surface O and N- containingfunctional groups. The corresponding adsorption and reduction effects on the Cr(VI) removal were investigatedby the carboxyl and hydroxyl groups elimination experiments and ATR-FTIR characterization, respectively. Theresults revealed that HCrO4 ions were preliminarily adsorbed on SCG surfaced-COOH/-OH/-NH by the formation ofhydrogen bond (SCG surfaced-COOH/-OH/-NH···HCrO4), and quickly reduced to Cr(III) by the electron denoted byphenolic compounds, and then in-situ immobilized on the surface of SCG. The effect of Cr(VI) concentration, coexistingions, and humic acid was systematically studied to optimize the removal of Cr(VI) wastewater. Column experimentsprovided a new substitution to restore the Cr(VI)-containing groundwater for the permeable reactive barrierapplication. Thus, the proposed study uncovered the intrinsic Cr(VI) removal mechanism at the molecular level andexplored the application of SCG for the efficient removal of Cr(VI).

Optimizing opportunistic preventive maintenance strategy for multi-unit system of CNC lathe

Yue Wu,Zhaojun Yang,Jili Wang,Xiaojuan Chen,Wei Hu 대한기계학회 2022 JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Vol.36 No.1

Due to the many components in the multi-unit system (i.e., CNC machine tools), the existing preventive maintenance (PM) strategies conducting independent PM for every component are time-consuming and waste unnecessary maintenance and downtime costs. Hence, this paper introduces the idea of opportunistic maintenance into the PM and proposes an opportunistic imperfect PM approach, which is a more realistic PM policy for a multi-unit system. In this approach, the effect of PM is assumed to be imperfect to correct the failure rate of each unit. According to the corrected failure rate function, the imperfect PM strategy of a single unit is optimized by minimizing the proposed unit maintenance cost rate under the limitation of minimum reliability. Then, these independent imperfect PM strategies for units are rescheduled by the proposed opportunistic PM strategy under the condition of judging the reliability OM threshold of units. We further optimize the opportunistic PM strategy by minimizing the total maintenance cost. Finally, the advantage of our approach is verified by the case study of 18 CNC lathes.

Peptidoglycans Promotes Human Leukemic THP-1 Cell Apoptosis and Differentiation

Wang, Di,Xiao, Pei-Ling,Duan, Hua-Xin,Zhou, Ming,Liu, Jin,Li, Wei,Luo, Ke-Lin,Chen, Jian-Jun,Hu, Jin-Yue Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2012 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.13 No.12

The innate immune system coordinates the inflammatory response to pathogens. To do so, its cells must discriminate self from non-self utilizing receptors that identify molecules synthesized exclusively by microbes. Toll-like receptors have a crucial role in the detection of microbial infection in mammals and insects. In mammals, they have evolved to recognize conserved products unique to microbial metabolism. These include lipopolysaccharide (LPS), lipotechoic acids, and peptidoglycans (PGN). We show here that TLRs, including TLR2, are expressed on the THP-1 human leukemia cell line. Activation of TLR2 signaling in THP-1 by PGN induces the synthesis of various soluble factors and proteins including interleukin-$1{\beta}$, interleukin-8 and TNF-${\alpha}$ and apoptosis of THP-1 with PGN dose and time dependence. Moreover, in this study we show that PGN induces apoptosis of THP-1 cells in a TNF-${\alpha}$-dependent manner. These findings indicate that TLR2 signaling results in a cascade leading to tumor apoptosis and differentiation, which may suggest new clinical prospects using TLR2 agonists as cytotoxic agents in certain cancers.

Research on Phytotoxicity of Natural Colloids

Yue Wang,Xiangang Hu 대한환경공학회 2019 대한환경공학회 학술발표논문집 Vol.2019 No.-

Biotransformation of natural polyacetylene in red ginseng by Chaetomium globosum

Wang, Bang-Yan,Yang, Xue-Qiong,Hu, Ming,Shi, Li-Jiao,Yin, Hai-Yue,Wu, Ya-Mei,Yang, Ya-Bin,Zhou, Hao,Ding, Zhong-Tao The Korean Society of Ginseng 2020 Journal of Ginseng Research Vol.44 No.6

Background: Fermentation has been shown to improve the biological properties of plants and herbs. Specifically, fermentation causes decomposition and/or biotransformation of active metabolites into high-value products. Polyacetylenes are a class of polyketides with a pleiotropic profile of bioactivity. Methods: Column chromatography was used to isolate compounds, and extensive NMR experiments were used to determine their structures. The transformation of polyacetylene in red ginseng (RG) and the production of cazaldehyde B induced by the extract of RG were identified by TLC and HPLC analyses. Results: A new metabolite was isolated from RG fermented by Chaetomium globosum, and this new metabolite can be obtained by the biotransformation of polyacetylene in RG. Panaxytriol was found to exhibit the highest antifungal activity against C. globosum compared with other major ingredients in RG. The fungus C. globosum cultured in RG extract can metabolize panaxytriol to Metabolite A to survive, with no antifungal activity against itself. Metabolites A and B showed obvious inhibition against NO production, with ratios of 42.75 ± 1.60 and 63.95 ± 1.45% at 50 µM, respectively. A higher inhibitory rate on NO production was observed for Metabolite B than for a positive drug. Conclusion: Metabolite A is a rare example of natural polyacetylene biotransformation by microbial fermentation. This biotransformation only occurred in fermented RG. The extract of RG also stimulated the production of a new natural product, cazaldehyde B, from C. globosum. The lactone in Metabolite A can decrease the cytotoxicity, which was deemed to be the intrinsic activity of polyacetylene in ginseng.

A Novel Modulation Scheme and a DC-Link Voltage Balancing Control Strategy for T-Type H-Bridge Cascaded Multilevel Converters

Yue Wang,Yaowei Hu,Guozhu Chen 전력전자학회 2016 JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS Vol.16 No.6

The cascaded multilevel converter is widely adopted to medium/high voltage and high power electronic applications due to the small harmonic components of the output voltage and the facilitation of modularity. In this paper, the operation principle of a T-type H-bridge topology is investigated in detail, and a carrier phase shifted pulse width modulation (CPS-PWM) based control method is proposed for this topology. Taking a virtual five-level waveform achieved by a unipolar double frequency CPS-PWM as the output object, PWM signals of the T-type H-bridge can be obtained by reverse derivation according to its switching modes. In addition, a control method for the T-type H-bridge based cascaded multilevel converter is introduced. Then a single-phase T-type H-bridge cascaded multilevel static var generator (SVG) prototype is built, and a repetitive controller based compound current control strategy is designed with the DC-link voltage balancing control scheme analyzed. Finally, simulation and experimental results validate the correctness and feasibility of the proposed modulation method and control strategy for T-type H-bridge based cascaded multilevel converters.