Quantification of Fat Concentration and Vascular Response in Brown and White Adipose Tissue of Rats by Spectral CT Imaging

Xin-Gui Peng,Zhen Zhao,Di Chang,Yingying Bai,Qiuzhen Xu,Shenghong Ju 대한영상의학회 2020 Korean Journal of Radiology Vol.21 No.2

Objective: The purpose of the study was to non-invasively characterize and discriminate brown adipose tissue (BAT) from white adipose tissue (WAT) in rats using spectral computed tomography (CT) with histological validation. Materials and Methods: A lipid-containing phantom (lipid fractions from 0% to 100%) was imaged with spectral CT. An in vivo, non-enhanced spectral CT scan was performed on 24 rats, and fat concentrations of BAT and WAT were measured. The rats were randomized to receive intraperitoneal treatment with norepinephrine (NE) (n = 12) or saline (n = 12). Non-enhanced and enhanced spectral CT scans were performed after treatment to measure the elevation of iodine in BAT and WAT. The BAT/ aorta and WAT/aorta ratios were calculated and compared, after which isolated BAT and WAT samples were subjected to histological and uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) analyses. Results: The ex-vivo phantom study showed excellent linear fit between measured fat concentration and the known gravimetric reference standard (r2 = 0.996). In vivo, BAT had significantly lower fat concentration than WAT (p < 0.001). Compared to the saline group, the iodine concentration of BAT increased significantly (p < 0.001) after injection of NE, while the iodine concentration of WAT only changed slightly. The BAT/aorta ratio also increased significantly after exposure to NE compared to the saline group (p < 0.001). Histological and UCP1 expression analyses supported the spectral CT imaging results. Conclusion: The study consolidates spectral CT as a new approach for non-invasive imaging of BAT and WAT. Quantitative analyses of BAT and WAT by spectral CT revealed different characteristics and pharmacologic activations in the two types of adipose tissue.

Preventive effect of Polysaccharide of Larimichthys Crocea Swimming Bladder on Activated Carbon- Induced Constipation in Mice

Gui-Jie Li,Yu Qian,Peng Sun,Xia Feng,Kai Zhu,Xin Zhao 한국응용생명화학회 2014 Applied Biological Chemistry (Appl Biol Chem) Vol.57 No.2

Effects of polysaccharide of Larimichthys croceaswimming bladder (PLCSB) on activated carbon-induced constipationin ICR mice were investigated. ICR mice were subjected to oraladministration with lactic acid bacteria for 9 days. Body weight,diet and drinking intake, defecation status, gastrointestinal transit,and defecation time, as well as motilin (MTL), gastrin (Gas),endothelin (ET), somatostatin (SS), acetylcholinesterase (AChE),substance P (SP), and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) levels inserum were used to evaluate the preventive effects of PLCSB onconstipation. Bisacodyl, a laxative drug, was used as a positivecontrol. The time to the first black stool defecation for normal,control, bisacodyl-treated (100 mg/kg), 50 and 100 mg/kg PLCSBtreatedmice were 88, 202, 126, 155, and 135 min, respectively. Following the consumption of oral administration of 50 and 100mg/kg PLCSB or bisacodyl (100 mg/kg), the gastrointestinaltransit was reduced to 62.6, 78.3, and 90.2%, respectively. Theserum levels of MTL, Gas, ET, AChE, SP, and VIP weresignificantly increased, and the serum levels of SS were reducedin the mice treated with PLCSB compared with those in theuntreated control mice (p <0.05). These results demonstrate thatPLCSB has preventive effects on mouse constipation and highconcentration of that demonstrated the better functional activity.

Preventive Effect of Polysaccharide of Larimichthys crocea Swim Bladder on Reserpine Induced Gastric Ulcer in ICR Mice

Gui-Jie Li,Peng Sun,Rui Wang,Yalin Zhou,Yu Qian,Xin Zhao 대한약리학회 2014 The Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology Vol.18 No.2

This project’s aim was to determine the reserpine-induced gastric ulcer preventive effect of polysaccharideof Larimichthys crocea swim bladder (PLCSB) in ICR mice. The anti-gastric ulcer effectsof polysaccharide of Larimichthys crocea swim bladder was evaluated in mice model using morphologicaltest, serum levels assay, cytokine levels assay, tissue contents analysis, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis and western bolt assay. High concentration (50mg/kg dose) of PLCSB reduced IFN-γ as compared to low concentration (25 mg/kg dose) and controlmice. SS and VIP serum levels of PLCSB treated mice were higher than those of control mice, andMOT and SP serum levels were lower than control mice. Gastric ulcer inhibitory index of PLCSBtreatment groups mice were much lower than control mice, and the high concentration treated micewere similar to the ranitidine treated mice. The SOD and GSH-Px activities of PLCSB treated micewere higher than control mice, close to normal mice and ranitidine treated mice. PLCSB treated micealso showed the similar contents of NO and MDA to normal group. By RT-PCR and western blot assay,PLCSB significantly induced inflammation in tissues of mice by downregulating NF-κ B, iNOS, andCOX-2, and upregulating IκB-α . These results suggest that PLCSB showed a good gastric ulcerpreventive effect as the gastric ulcer drug of ranitidine. Polysaccharide of Larimichthys crocea swimbladder may be used as a drug material from marine products.

Preventive Effect of Polysaccharide of Larimichthys crocea Swim Bladder on Reserpine Induced Gastric Ulcer in ICR Mice

Li, Gui-Jie,Sun, Peng,Wang, Rui,Zhou, Ya-Lin,Qian, Yu,Zhao, Xin The Korean Society of Pharmacology 2014 The Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology Vol.18 No.2

This project's aim was to determine the reserpine-induced gastric ulcer preventive effect of polysaccharide of Larimichthys crocea swim bladder (PLCSB) in ICR mice. The anti-gastric ulcer effects of polysaccharide of Larimichthys crocea swim bladder was evaluated in mice model using morphological test, serum levels assay, cytokine levels assay, tissue contents analysis, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis and western bolt assay. High concentration (50 mg/kg dose) of PLCSB reduced IFN-${\gamma}$ as compared to low concentration (25 mg/kg dose) and control mice. SS and VIP serum levels of PLCSB treated mice were higher than those of control mice, and MOT and SP serum levels were lower than control mice. Gastric ulcer inhibitory index of PLCSB treatment groups mice were much lower than control mice, and the high concentration treated mice were similar to the ranitidine treated mice. The SOD and GSH-Px activities of PLCSB treated mice were higher than control mice, close to normal mice and ranitidine treated mice. PLCSB treated mice also showed the similar contents of NO and MDA to normal group. By RT-PCR and western blot assay, PLCSB significantly induced inflammation in tissues of mice by downregulating NF-${\kappa}B$, iNOS, and COX-2, and upregulating $I{\kappa}B-{\alpha}$. These results suggest that PLCSB showed a good gastric ulcer preventive effect as the gastric ulcer drug of ranitidine. Polysaccharide of Larimichthys crocea swim bladder may be used as a drug material from marine products.

Preventive effect of Polysaccharide of Larimichthys Crocea Swimming Bladder on Activated Carbon-Induced Constipation in Mice

Li, Gui Jie,Qian, Yu,Sun, Peng,Feng, Xia,Zhu, Kai,Zhao, Xin The Korean Society for Applied Biological Chemistr 2014 Applied Biological Chemistry (Appl Biol Chem) Vol.57 No.2

Effects of polysaccharide of Larimichthys crocea swimming bladder (PLCSB) on activated carbon-induced constipation in ICR mice were investigated. ICR mice were subjected to oral administration with lactic acid bacteria for 9 days. Body weight, diet and drinking intake, defecation status, gastrointestinal transit, and defecation time, as well as motilin (MTL), gastrin (Gas), endothelin (ET), somatostatin (SS), acetylcholinesterase (AChE), substance P (SP), and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) levels in serum were used to evaluate the preventive effects of PLCSB on constipation. Bisacodyl, a laxative drug, was used as a positive control. The time to the first black stool defecation for normal, control, bisacodyl-treated (100 mg/kg), 50 and 100 mg/kg PLCSB-treated mice were 88, 202, 126, 155, and 135 min, respectively. Following the consumption of oral administration of 50 and 100 mg/kg PLCSB or bisacodyl (100 mg/kg), the gastrointestinal transit was reduced to 62.6, 78.3, and 90.2%, respectively. The serum levels of MTL, Gas, ET, AChE, SP, and VIP were significantly increased, and the serum levels of SS were reduced in the mice treated with PLCSB compared with those in the untreated control mice (p<0.05). These results demonstrate that PLCSB has preventive effects on mouse constipation and high concentration of that demonstrated the better functional activity.

Association Between Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Subsequent Risk of Cancer: a Systematic Review of Epidemiological Studies

Tong, Gui-Xian,Cheng, Jing,Chai, Jing,Geng, Qing-Qing,Chen, Peng-Lai,Shen, Xin-Rong,Liang, Han,Wang, De-Bin Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2014 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.15 No.10

Purpose: This study aimed at summarizing epidemiological evidence of the association between gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and subsequent risk of cancer. Materials and Methods: We searched Medline, Embase, Cancer Lit and CINAHL for epidemiological studies published by February 1, 2014 examining the risk of cancer in patients with history of GDM using highly inclusive algorithms. Information about first author, year of publication, country of study, study design, cancer sites, sample sizes, attained age of subjects and methods used for determining GDM status were extracted by two researchers and Stata version 11.0 was used to perform the meta-analysis and estimate the pooled effects. Results: A total of 9 articles documented 5 cohort and 4 case-control studies containing 10,630 cancer cases and 14,608 women with a history of GDM were included in this review. Taken together, the pooled odds ratio (OR) between GDM and breast cancer risk was 1.01 (0.87-1.17); yet the same pooled ORs of case-control and cohort studies were 0.87 (0.71-1.06) and 1.25 (1.00-1.56) respectively. There are indications that GDM is strongly associated with higher risk of pancreatic cancer (HR=8.68) and hematologic malignancies (HR=4.53), but no relationships were detected between GDM and other types of cancer. Conclusions: Although GDM increases the risk of certain types of cancer, these results should be interpreted with caution becuase of some methodological flaws. The issue merits added investigation and coordinated efforts between researchers, antenatal clinics and cancer treatment and registration agencies to help attain better understanding.

Effect of Resistant Starch on HCl/ethanol-induced Gastric Injury in Rats

Yu Qian,Xin Zhao,Gui-Jie Li,Kai Zhu,Peng Sun,Xia Feng 한국응용생명화학회 2013 Applied Biological Chemistry (Appl Biol Chem) Vol.56 No.5

Three types of resistant starch (RS) products were purchased for the evaluation of gastric injury preventive effect in Sprague-Dawley rats. We used an animal model to check for gastric injury preventive activities of these RS products in vivo. RS3 reduced the levels of serum proinflammatory cytokines of IL-6 and TNF-α as compared to those of RS2 and RS4. The gastric secretion volumes from high to low order were control rats, RS2-treated rats, RS4-treated rats, RS3-treated rats, and normal rats, whereas pH levels of gastric juice showed the opposite trend. The gastric injury level was significantly decreased by RS, demonstrating its anti-inflammatory properties, with RS3showing the best anti-inflammatory effect. Gastric tissues of RS3group rats showed significantly decreased mRNA and protein expression levels of inflammation-related genes of iNOS, COX-2,TNF-α, and IL-1β compared with the control group, as shown by RT-PCR and Western blot analyses. These results suggest that RS shows a gastric injury preventive effect, with RS3 showing the best inhibitory effect on gastric injury.

Effects of Three Types of Resistant Starch on Intestine and Their Gastric Ulcer Preventive Activities in vivo

Yu Qian,Xin Zhao,Gui-Jie Li,Kai Zhu,Huayi Suo,Peng Sun 한국응용생명화학회 2013 Applied Biological Chemistry (Appl Biol Chem) Vol.56 No.6

To examine the effects of three types of resistant starch (RS) on intestinal metabolites, structure and their gastric injury preventive activities, Sprague-Dawley mice were fed diet containing 15% RS for 4 weeks. Response relationships among three types of RS (RS2, RS3, and RS4) food intake, body weight gain, food efficiency, wet weight of cecum (with or not with contents), pH, ammonia production, and short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) concentration of cecal contents as well as intestinal structure were investigated. All three types of RS had effects on food intake, weight control, lowering of pH, ammonia production in cecal contents, increasing the wet weight of cecum (with or without contents), changes in SCFAs concentration of cecal contents, and physiological structure of small intestine and cecum compared to the control group (common starch-fed rats). RS3group showed minimum weight gain and food efficiency,compared to both the control group and the other two types of RS diet. RS3 group showed more significant lowering of pH,ammonia production, and SCFAs of cecal contents. In addition, all three types of RS shortened villous height, and muscle and mucosal thickening in small intestine, resulting in significantly decreased villous height and mucosal thickness, whereas significantly increased muscle thickness in the cecum. However,they did not cause detectable pathological changes in the small intestine and cecum. Animal model was also used to check its gastric ulcer preventive effects. The gastric ulcer level was significantly down-regulated by RS3, demonstrating its antiinflammatory properties. RS3 reduced the levels of serum proinflammatory cytokines of IL-6, IL-12, TNF-α, and IFN-γcompared to RS2 and RS4. RS3 increased the somatostatin (SS)and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), decreased the motillin (MOT) and substance P (SP) serum levels. These results suggest that RS3 shows the best gastric ulcer preventive effect.

Effects of Three Types of Resistant Starch on Intestine and Their Gastric Ulcer Preventive Activities in vivo

Qian, Yu,Li, Gui Jie,Zhu, Kai,Suo, Hua Yi,Sun, Peng,Zhao, Xin The Korean Society for Applied Biological Chemistr 2013 Applied Biological Chemistry (Appl Biol Chem) Vol.56 No.6

To examine the effects of three types of resistant starch (RS) on intestinal metabolites, structure and their gastric injury preventive activities, Sprague-Dawley mice were fed diet containing 15% RS for 4 weeks. Response relationships among three types of RS (RS2, RS3, and RS4) food intake, body weight gain, food efficiency, wet weight of cecum (with or not with contents), pH, ammonia production, and short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) concentration of cecal contents as well as intestinal structure were investigated. All three types of RS had effects on food intake, weight control, lowering of pH, ammonia production in cecal contents, increasing the wet weight of cecum (with or without contents), changes in SCFAs concentration of cecal contents, and physiological structure of small intestine and cecum compared to the control group (common starch-fed rats). RS3 group showed minimum weight gain and food efficiency, compared to both the control group and the other two types of RS diet. RS3 group showed more significant lowering of pH, ammonia production, and SCFAs of cecal contents. In addition, all three types of RS shortened villous height, and muscle and mucosal thickening in small intestine, resulting in significantly decreased villous height and mucosal thickness, whereas significantly increased muscle thickness in the cecum. However, they did not cause detectable pathological changes in the small intestine and cecum. Animal model was also used to check its gastric ulcer preventive effects. The gastric ulcer level was significantly down-regulated by RS3, demonstrating its anti-inflammatory properties. RS3 reduced the levels of serum proinflammatory cytokines of IL-6, IL-12, TNF-${\alpha}$, and IFN-${\gamma}$ compared to RS2 and RS4. RS3 increased the somatostatin (SS) and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), decreased the motillin (MOT) and substance P (SP) serum levels. These results suggest that RS3 shows the best gastric ulcer preventive effect.

The mechanism of enhanced photocatalytic activity of SnO2 through fullerene modification

Shuang-Shuang Ding,Wei-Qing Huang,Bing-Xin Zhou,Ping Peng,Wangyu Hu,Meng-Qiu Long,Gui-Fang Huang 한국물리학회 2017 Current Applied Physics Vol.17 No.11

Carbon nanomaterials are prominent building blocks in the synthetic van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures with desired properties. Scientific understanding of their interfacial interactions is the premise to design this kind of vdW heterostructures with optimal performance.We here study the mechanism of enhanced photocatalytic activity of SnO2 by fullerene modification at electronic level, to explore the interfacial interaction and its correlation with photocatalytic activity. The results show that the interfacial interaction increases with the number of C atom of fullerene, and leads to some of C atoms be positively/ negatively charged, making the fullerene a highly active co-catalyst in heterostructures. Compared to pristine SnO2, the band gap of the heterostructures is much smaller, leading to their absorption wavelength extending the entire visible region. Interestingly, a staggered type-II band alignment in the C20 (C60)/SnO2 (101) heterostructures results into the robust separation of photoexcited charge carriers between the two constituents, indicating that the fullerene is an effective sensitizer, and thus enhanced photocatalytic activity. These findings can rationalize the available experiment and will be of broad interest in developing the highly efficient semiconductor photocatalysts via fullerene modification.