Lina Yang

Publications (3)9.78 Total impact

• Article: Zinc Inhibits High Glucose-Induced Apoptosis in Peritoneal Mesothelial Cells.

  Xiuli Zhang, Dan Liang, Baolei Guo, Lina Yang, Lining Wang, Jianfei Ma
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  ABSTRACT: Zinc (Zn) plays an important role in influencing many types of apoptosis. However, its function in apoptosis in peritoneal mesothelial cells (PMCs) remains unknown. Here, we studied the effects of Zn on high glucose (HG)-induced apoptosis in rat PMCs (RPMCs) and examined the underlying molecular mechanisms. We found that Zn supplementation inhibited HG-induced RPMC apoptosis significantly, by attenuating reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, inhibiting HG-induced sFasR and sFasL over-expression, caspase-8 and caspase-3 activation, and inhibiting release of cytochrome c from mitochondria to the cytosol. Further analysis revealed that Zn supplementation facilitated cell survival through activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt signaling pathway and MAPK/ERK pathways. These results indicate that Zn can inhibit apoptosis in HG-induced RPMCs by several independent mechanisms, including an indirect antioxidative effect and probably by inhibition of caspase-8 and caspase-3 activation.
  Biological trace element research 07/2012; · 1.92 Impact Factor
• Article: Immunohistochemical evidence for the presence of tryptophan hydroxylase in the brains of insects as revealed by sheep anti-tryptophan hydroxylase polyclonal antibody.

  Xuexiang Bao, Ximei Tian, Zhifu Zhao, Yutang Qu, Bin Wang, Jinbei Zhang, Tianyi Liu, Lina Yang, Jiye Lv, Chuantao Song
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  ABSTRACT: Immediately following the discovery of tryptophan hydroxylase in Drosophila, we demonstrated the presence of tryptophan hydroxylase in the brain of the beetle Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). However, whether tryptophan hydroxylase is present in the brains of other insects is still a matter of discussion. In the current study, sheep anti-tryptophan hydroxylase polyclonal antibody has been applied to test for tryptophan hydroxylase immunoreactivity in a broader taxonomic range of insect brains, including holometabolous and hemimetabolous insects: one species each of Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Blattaria, and two species of Lepidoptera. All species show consistent tryptophan hydroxylase immunoreactivity with distribution patterns matching that of serotonin. The immuno-positive results of such an antibody in brains from diverse orders of insects suggest that specific tryptophan hydroxylase responsible for central serotonin synthesis is probably present in the brains of all insects.
  Cell and Tissue Research 07/2008; 332(3):555-63. · 3.11 Impact Factor
• Article: Polymorphisms in metallothionein-1 and -2 genes associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its complications.

  Lina Yang, Hongyan Li, Ting Yu, Haijun Zhao, M George Cherian, Lu Cai, Ya Liu
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  ABSTRACT: Metallothionein (MT) as a potent antioxidant can affect energy metabolism. The present study was undertaken to investigate the association between MT gene polymorphism and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Using the PCR-based restriction fragment length polymorphism method, seven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in MT genes (rs8052394 and rs11076161 in MT1A gene, rs8052334, rs964372, and rs7191779 in MT1B gene, rs708274 in MT1E gene, and rs10636 in MT2A gene) were detected in 851 Chinese people of Han descent (397 diabetes and 454 controls). Several serum measurements were also examined randomly for 43 diabetic patients and 41 controls. The frequency distributions of the G allele in SNP rs8052394 of MT1A gene were significantly associated with the incidence of type 2 diabetes. There was no difference between patients and controls for the rest of six SNPs. Serum levels of interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha were higher, and serum superoxide dismutase activity was significantly lower in the diabetic group than those in the control group. For diabetic patients, serum superoxide dismutase activity was significantly lower in GG or GA carriers than those of AA carriers of rs8052394 SNP. Increased serum levels in diabetic patients were positively associated with rs964372 SNP, and type 2 diabetes with neuropathy was positively associated with rs10636 and rs11076161. These results suggest that multiple SNPs in MT genes are associated with diabetes and its clinical symptoms. Furthermore, MT1A gene in rs8052394 SNP is most likely the predisposition gene locus for diabetes or changes of serum superoxide dismutase activity.
  AJP Endocrinology and Metabolism 06/2008; 294(5):E987-92. · 4.75 Impact Factor