miR-638 Serves as a Biomarker of 5-Fluorouracil Sensitivity to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer

Bin Wang,Kun Wang,Jian Yu,Xiao-meng Hao,Yu-lu Liu,Ai-Yan Xing 한국유방암학회 2022 Journal of breast cancer Vol.25 No.3

Purpose: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is widely used to treat breast cancer (BC). The prediction and evaluation of chemotherapy responses remains a significant challenge. Methods: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a crucial role in cancer drug resistance. We used a miRNA microarray and identified that miR-638 is downregulated in chemoresistant cases. However, the exact role of miR-638 and the underlying mechanisms of chemoresistance remain unclear. Using real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, we found significant downregulation of miR-638 in chemoresistant patients compared with chemosensitive patients. To explore the function of miR-638, we overexpressed and inhibited miR-638 expression in MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 cells by transfecting them with miR-638 mimics and miR-638 inhibitor, respectively. Cell proliferation and apoptosis were measured using MTS and flow cytometry, respectively. A minimal patient-derived xenograft (MiniPDX™) model was established to evaluate the chemosensitivity to different drugs. Results: The results showed that cell proliferation decreased and cell apoptosis increased in cells transfected with the miR-638 mimic, and cell proliferation and apoptosis were reversed with transfection of miR-638 inhibitor compared with the control group. Among patients who received 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), miR-638 expression levels were lower in the chemoresistant group than in the chemosensitive group. The MiniPDX™ model showed that MDA-MB-231 cells overexpressing miR-638 were more susceptible to 5-FU treatment in vivo. Conclusion: We provided evidence of acquired resistance to 5-FU caused by miR-638 deficiency. Alterations in miR-638 may be used with 5-FU chemotherapy during NAC for BC.

The role of protein arginine-methyltransferase 1 in gliomagenesis

( Shan Wang ),( Xiao Chao Tan ),( Bin Yang ),( Bin Yin ),( Jian Gang Yuan ),( Bo Qin Qiang ),( Xiao Zhong Peng ) 생화학분자생물학회(구 한국생화학분자생물학회) 2012 BMB Reports Vol.45 No.8

Protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1), a type-I arginine methyltransferase, has been implicated in diverse cellular events. We have focused on the role of PRMT1 in gliomagenesis. In this study, we showed that PRMT1 expression was up-regulated in glioma tissues and cell lines compared with normal brain tissues. The knock-down of PRMT1 resulted in an arrest in the G1-S phase of the cell cycle, proliferation inhibition and apoptosis induction in four glioma cell lines (T98G, U87MG, U251, and A172). Moreover, an in vivo study confirmed that the tumor growth in nude mouse xenografts was significantly decreased in the RNAi-PRMT1 group. Additionally, we found that the level of the asymmetric dimethylated modification of H4R3, a substrate of PRMT1, was higher in glioma cells than in normal brain tissues and decreased after PRMT1 knock-down. Our data suggest a potential role for PRMT1 as a novel biomarker of and therapeutic target in gliomas. [BMB Reports 2012; 45(8): 470-475]

Effect of B-complex vitamins on the antifatigue activity and bioavailability of ginsenoside Re after oral administration

Yin Bin Chen,Yu Fang Wang,Wei Hou,Ying-Ping Wang,Sheng-Yuan Xiao,Yang Yang Fu,Jia Wang,Si Wen Zheng,Pei-He Zheng 고려인삼학회 2017 Journal of Ginseng Research Vol.41 No.2

Background: Both ginsenoside Re and B-complex vitamins are widely used as nutritional supplements. They are often taken together so as to fully utilize their antifatigue and refreshing effects, respectively. Whether actually a drugenutrient interaction exists between ginsenoside Re and B-complex vitamins is still unknown. The objective of this study was to simultaneously investigate the effect of B-complex vitamins on the antifatigue activity and bioavailability of ginsenoside Re after their oral administration. The study results will provide valuable theoretical guidance for the combined utilization of ginseng and B-complex vitamins. Methods: Ginsenoside Re with or without B-complex vitamins was orally administered to mice to evaluate its antifatigue effects and to rats to evaluate its bioavailability. The antifatigue activity was evaluated by the weight-loaded swimming test and biochemical parameters, including hepatic glycogen, plasma urea nitrogen, and blood lactic acid. The concentration of ginsenoside Re in plasma was determined by liquid chromatographyetandem mass spectrometry. Results: No antifatigue effect of ginsenoside Re was noted when ginsenoside Re in combination with Bcomplex vitamins was orally administered to mice. B-complex vitamins caused to a reduction in the bioavailability of ginsenoside Re with the area under the concentrationetime curve from zero to infinity markedly decreasing from 11,830.85 2,366.47 h$ng/mL to 890.55 372.94 h$ng/mL. Conclusion: The results suggested that there were pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic drugenutrient interactions between ginsenoside Re and B-complex vitamins. B-complex vitamins can significantly weaken the antifatigue effect and decrease the bioavailability of ginsenoside Re when simultaneously administered orally.

Effect of B-complex vitamins on the antifatigue activity and bioavailability of ginsenoside Re after oral administration

Chen, Yin Bin,Wang, Yu Fang,Hou, Wei,Wang, Ying Ping,Xiao, Sheng Yuan,Fu, Yang Yang,Wang, Jia,Zheng, Si Wen,Zheng, Pei He The Korean Society of Ginseng 2017 Journal of Ginseng Research Vol.41 No.2

Background: Both ginsenoside Re and B-complex vitamins are widely used as nutritional supplements. They are often taken together so as to fully utilize their antifatigue and refreshing effects, respectively. Whether actually a drug-nutrient interaction exists between ginsenoside Re and B-complex vitamins is still unknown. The objective of this study was to simultaneously investigate the effect of B-complex vitamins on the antifatigue activity and bioavailability of ginsenoside Re after their oral administration. The study results will provide valuable theoretical guidance for the combined utilization of ginseng and B-complex vitamins. Methods: Ginsenoside Re with or without B-complex vitamins was orally administered to mice to evaluate its antifatigue effects and to rats to evaluate its bioavailability. The antifatigue activity was evaluated by the weight-loaded swimming test and biochemical parameters, including hepatic glycogen, plasma urea nitrogen, and blood lactic acid. The concentration of ginsenoside Re in plasma was determined by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Results: No antifatigue effect of ginsenoside Re was noted when ginsenoside Re in combination with B-complex vitamins was orally administered to mice. B-complex vitamins caused to a reduction in the bioavailability of ginsenoside Re with the area under the concentration-time curve from zero to infinity markedly decreasing from $11,830.85{\pm}2,366.47h{\cdot}ng/mL$ to $890.55{\pm}372.94h{\cdot}ng/mL$. Conclusion: The results suggested that there were pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic drug-nutrient interactions between ginsenoside Re and B-complex vitamins. B-complex vitamins can significantly weaken the antifatigue effect and decrease the bioavailability of ginsenoside Re when simultaneously administered orally.

Salivary Pepsin as an Intrinsic Marker for Diagnosis of Sub-types of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease-related Disorders

( Yan-jun Wang ),( Xiu-qiong Lang ),( Dan Wu ),( Yu-qin He ),( Chun-hui Lan ),( Xiao-xiao ),( Bin Wang ),( Duo-wu Zou ),( Ji-min Wu ),( Yong-bin Zhao ),( Peter W Dettmar ),( Dong-feng Chen ),( Min Yan 대한소화기 기능성질환·운동학회 2020 Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (JNM Vol.26 No.1

Background/Aims To determine the value of salivary pepsin in discriminating sub-types of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and GERD-related disorders. Methods Overall, 322 patients with different sub-types of GERD and 45 healthy controls (HC) were studied. All patients took Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Questionnaire (GerdQ) and underwent endoscopy and 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring and manometry. Salivary pepsin concentration (SPC) was detected by using colloidal gold double-antibody immunological sandwich assay. Oral esomeprazole treatment was administrated in the patients with non-erosive reflux disease (NERD) and extra-esophageal symptoms (EES). Results Compared to HC, patients with erosive esophagitis, NERD, EES, EES plus typical GERD symptoms, or Barrett’s esophagus had a higher prevalence of saliva and SPC (all P < 0.001). There was no significant difference in the positive rate for pepsin in patients with functional heartburn or GERD with anxiety and depression, compared to HC. After esomeprazole treatment, the positive rate and SPC were significantly reduced in NERD (both P < 0.001) and in EES (P = 0.001 and P = 0.002, respectively). Of the 64 NERD patients, 71.9% (n = 46) were positive for salivary pepsin, which was significantly higher than the rate (43.8%, n = 28) of pathological acid reflux as detected by 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring (P = 0.002). Conclusions Salivary pepsin has an important significance for the diagnosis of GERD and GERD-related disorders. Salivary pepsin and 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring may complement with each other to improve the diagnostic efficiency.

Synchronous tele-ultrasonography is helpful for a naive operator to perform high-quality thyroid ultrasound examinations

Xiao-Long Li,Yi-Kang Sun,Qiao Wang,Zi-Tong Chen,Zhe-Bin Qian,Le-Hang Guo,Hui-Xiong Xu 대한초음파의학회 2022 ULTRASONOGRAPHY Vol.41 No.4

Purpose: This study investigated the value of synchronous tele-ultrasonography (TUS) for naive operators in thyroid ultrasonography (US) examinations.Methods: Ninety-seven patients were included in this prospective, parallel-controlled trial. Thyroid scanning and diagnosis were completed by resident A independently, resident B with guidance from a US expert through synchronous TUS, and an on-site US expert. The on-site expert’s findings constituted the reference standard. Two other off-site US experts analyzed all data in a blind manner. Inter-operator consistency between the two residents and the on-site US expert for thyroid size measurements, nodule measurements, nodule features, American College of Radiology (ACR) Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TI-RADS) categories, and image quality was compared. Two questionnaires were completed to evaluate the clinical benefit.Results: Resident B detected more nodules consistent with the on-site expert than resident A did (89.4% vs. 56.5%, P<0.001). Resident B achieved excellent consistency with the on-site expert in terms of ACR TI-RADS categories, nodule composition, shape, echogenic foci, and vascularity (all intra-class correlation coefficients [ICCs] >0.75), while resident A achieved lower consistency in ACR TI-RADS categories, composition, echogenicity, margin, echogenic foci, and vascularity (all ICCs 0.40-0.75). Residents A and B had excellent consistency in target nodule measurements (all ICCs >0.75). Resident B achieved better performance than resident A for gray values, time gain compensation, depth, color Doppler adjustment, and the visibility of key information (all P<0.05). Furthermore, 61.9% (60/97) of patients accepted synchronous TUS, and 59.8% (58/97) patients were willing to pay for it.Conclusion: Synchronous TUS can help inexperienced residents achieve comparable thyroid diagnostic capability to a US expert.

Labdane-type Diterpenoids from the Fruits of Vitex rotundifolia

Wang, Xiao-Qiang,Zhang, Teng,Zheng, Bin,Xie, Wei-Dong,Shen, Tong Korean Chemical Society 2014 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.35 No.2

Search more deeply or search more broadly? An empirical study of external knowledge search strategy in manufacturing SMEs

Bin Guo,Yueqi Wang,Xiao-Yun Xie,Yongyi Shou 기술경영경제학회 2015 ASIAN JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION Vol.23 No.1

Will small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging economies search more deeplyor search more broadly for product innovation at high levels of environmental turbulence? Inanswering this question, unlike prior studies that treat search depth and search breadth asseparate variables to measure firms’ external knowledge search strategy, this studyintroduces a new concept, external search towards depth-dominance, to capture the trade-offbetween search depth and search breadth for SMEs in a resource-constrained context. Usingdata on 491 Chinese manufacturing SMEs, we find that SMEs search more deeply at highlevels of technological and market turbulence. Moreover, the positive relationship betweenperceived technological turbulence (or perceived market turbulence) and external searchtowards depth-dominance is stronger when the differentiation propensity of a firm’scompetitive strategy is lower. The findings contribute to the understanding of innovationsearch in a resource-constrained context and the context specificity of innovation search.

Enhanced Antibacterial Effect of Polypyrazole-Graphene Oxide Composite

Bin Yang,Yufei Wang,Longqiang Xiao,Xiaowen Hu,Guofu Zhou 한국고분자학회 2017 Macromolecular Research Vol.25 No.1

Besides excellent physical performances, graphene oxide (GO) has been widely acknowledged as a potential antibacterial material. Chemical modification of GO was taken out with polypyrazole by facile amidation in the presence of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) and then generated polypyrazole-graphene oxide (FGO) nanohybrid. FGO nanohybrid showed smooth and multilayer structures by scanning electron microscopy. The value of static water contact angle of FGO is 103o, suggesting FGO was a hydrophobic material. Thermo gravimetric analysis of FGO showed a 65% mass loss up 50 to 600 oC, suggesting that FGO is a thermal stability material. Inactivation efficiency test of nominal Escherichia coli cells showed that the viability greatly decreased to 7% after 4 h incubation with FGO under 37 oC, indicating an outstanding antibacterial ability of FGO much better than that of polypyrazole and GO.

Stability Analysis for Time-delay Systems with Nonlinear Disturbances via New Generalized Integral Inequalities

Bin Wu,Chang-Long Wang,Yong-Jiang Hu,Xiao-Lin Ma 제어·로봇·시스템학회 2018 International Journal of Control, Automation, and Vol.16 No.6

This paper represents a novel less conservative stability criterion for time-delay systems with nonlinear disturbances. The main purpose is to obtain larger upper bound of the time-varying delay. A suitable Lyapunov- Krasovskii functional (LKF) with triple integral terms is constructed. Then, two new generalized double integral (GDI) inequalities are proposed which encompass Wirtinger-based double inequality as a special case. A simple case of the proposed GDI inequality is utilized to estimate double integral terms in the time derivative of the constructed LKF. Further, an improved delay-dependent stability criterion is derived in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Finally, some numerical examples are given to illustrate the improvement of the proposed criteria.