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ABSTRACT: Tong Luo Jiu Nao injection (TLJN), a modern Chinese formula based on Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, has been used to treat ischemic stroke and vascular dementia. TLJN belongs to the ethnopharmacological family of medicines.
To investigate the protective effect of TLJN on oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) induced-injury of brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs).
The model of OGD was established in the primarily cultured BMECs. TLJN was added to the OGD-injured BMECs for 6h. A series of assays were used to detect the effects of TLJN on: (i) MIP-1β content in BMECs conditioned media (CM) by ELISA; (ii) MIP-1β protein expression in BMECs by western blotting and immunocytochemistry; (iii) the expression of CCR5, receptor of MIP-1β, in BMECs by western blotting; (iv) the proliferative activity of microglial cells via the Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8).
Our results showed that the OGD-injured BMECs presented with large amounts of secretion and expression of MIP-1β and up-regulation of CCR5. Also, the CM of OGD-injured BMECs remarkably increased the proliferative activity of microglial cells. The TLJN-treated BMECs exhibited a reduction of MIP-1β content in BMECs-CM and a down-regulation of MIP-1β and CCR5 expression. In addition, an inhibitory effect of CM of OGD-injured plus TLJN injection-treated BMECs on microglial proliferation was also found.
TLJN reduced the expression of MIP-1β and CCR5 in OGD-injured BMECs, and the CM of OGD-injured plus TLJN injection-treated BMECs inhibited the proliferative activity of microglial cells, suggesting the therapeutic potential of TLJN on ischemic cerebral vascular disease.
Journal of ethnopharmacology 02/2012; 141(1):151-7. · 2.32 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Neuronal survival can be influenced by activated microglia, but limited evidence exists on the effects of paracrine signaling from brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs) on microglial action. Therefore, we examined the effects of normal BMECs conditioned medium (BMECs-CM) on activated microglia induced by pro-inflammatory cytokine macrophage inflammatory protein-1beta (MIP-1β), a chemokine that released from ischemic BMECs and has been proved to stimulate microglial proliferation. Our results showed that BMECs-CM inhibited the proliferation and transmigration of microglia induced by MIP-1β. Moreover, BMECs-CM significantly suppressed the expression of the MIP-1β receptor, CCR5, and the phosphorylation of p38 and JNK (P<0.05). These findings suggest that BMECs-CM could inhibit MIP-1β-induced microglial activation. Future therapeutic strategies that prioritize the early recovery of BMECs could be beneficial for microglial inhibition and further increase neuronal survival.
Brain research bulletin 08/2011; 86(1-2):53-9. · 2.18 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The formation of W/O microemulsions in the extraction system TBP-Pd(II)-HCl was investigated. The solution structural evolution of the palladium loaded organic phases, with the variation in the content of acid into the organic phases, was characterized by various spectroscopic techniques such as DLS, FTIR and 31P-/1H NMR. The results indicated that (1) the extraction behaviors of palladium was related to the formation of W/O microemulsion structure in the loaded organic solutions. Because of the co-extraction of hydrochloric acid, there formed the microscopic aggregates in the loaded organic phases. (2) The variation in the HCl content in organic phase resulted in corresponding changes in solution structure. With the increase in the HCl content, the average radii of nanoscopic aggregates in the organic phases increased and then decreased. The extraction of HCl into the organic phase exhibited a distinct impact on the O-H stretching vibration and O-H-O bending vibration of water molecules in the microscopic W/O micelles. FTIR spectra of the organic phase saturated with acids show that the broad band of O-H stretching vibration of water extended to a very wide range and overlaped with the C-H stretching vibration bands. The higher the acid concentration in the organic phase was, the greater the overlapping. On the other hand, it was also observed that a remarkable change appeared in the O-H-O bending vibration of water and the stretching vibration of P=O in TBP molecules shifted to lower frequency. With the increase in acid content in the TBP organic phases, the observed 31P NMR chemical shifts decreased and varied to up-field; whereas the 1H NMR chemical shift of H+ increased and even became larger than that of deuterium chloride-d at a lower frequency field. The changes in delta 31P to opposite direction of delta H+ means that TBP molecules were associated with acid protons and water molecules in microemulsion pools to form RP=O x H+ or RP=O x H3O+, and then interacted with PdCl4(2-) complex ions, which finally led to the extraction of palladium into the organic phase. (3) When forming the W/O reversed micelles/microemulsions, the concentration of acid within the microscopic micelles was even higher than that of saturated concentrated hydrochloric acid. It was the microscopic structural changes in organic phase microemulsion "water pool" that resulted in the corresponding variations in the palladium extraction behaviors.
Guang pu xue yu guang pu fen xi = Guang pu 10/2008; 28(9):2038-43. · 0.84 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The complexes of DL-homocysteic acid (DLH) with Na+, Cu2+, Zn2+ and Ni2+ were synthesized and elemental analyses were used to detect the compositions of these complexes. FTIR spectroscopy was employed to study these coordination structures. The results indicated that all the amino, carboxyl and sulfonate groups of DLH may have direct or indirect interactions with Na+, Cu2+, Zn2+ and Ni2+. The bond strength between metal ions and oxygen of the carboxyl as well as that between metal ions and the amino group are in the order of Cu2+ > Zn2+ > Ni2+, where carboxyl with different ions may take different coordination modes in these complexes, as indicated from the difference between its asymmetric and symmetric stretching vibration.
Guang pu xue yu guang pu fen xi = Guang pu 08/2007; 27(7):1291-4. · 0.84 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Using the method of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assay, to observe the activities of rat cerebral microvascular endothelial cells (CMECs) intervened by Tongluo Jiunao Injection (TLJNI), a traditional Chinese compound drug removing toxin to dredge brain collaterals, and then further study the effects of different kinds of conditioned mediums (CMECs-CM) of cerebral microvascular endothelial cells on ischemia and ischemia/reperfusion cerebral cortex cells, and to probe into the drug pharmacological mechanisms of CMECs in modulating the neurons.
Three kinds of CMECs (normal, ischemic and ischemic/reperfusional) were all treated by TLJNI previously, and then the three pairs of CMECs-CM without serum were collected respectively for LDH assay. Rat cerebral cortex neurons were also primarily cultured and then divided into similar three groups (normal, ischemic and ischemic/reperfusional). The neuron responses caused by CMECs-CM at different concentrations were observed by using LDH transudation rate assay.
The LDH release values of ischemic and ischemic/reperfusional CMECs with TLJNI treatment were obviously reduced (P<0.01) compared with the same kinds of CMECs untreated. For ischemic neurons, both conditioned medium of ischemic CMECs (Is-CM) and conditioned medium of ischemic CMECs with drug treatment (IsT-CM) in high concentration of 100% increased the LDH transudation rate (P<0.01), while in low concentration of 10%, IsT-CM reduced the transudation rate (P<0.05). For ischemia/reperfusion neurons, all kinds of CMECs-CM reduced the transudation rate respectively (P<0.05 or P<0.01). As far as each group concentration was concerned, 10% or 50% showed relatively stronger effects, and both conditioned medium of normal CMECs (N-CM) group and conditioned medium of ischemic/reperfusional CMECs (Rp-CM) group had statistical significance (P<0.05 or P<0.01). For normal neurons, all kinds of CMECs-CM increased the transudation rate respectively (P<0.05 or P<0.01). As far as each group concentration was concerned, only conditioned medium of normal CMECs (N-CM) had statistical significance (P<0.05 or P<0.01).
The study shows that TLJNI is capable of preventing the damage of CMECs from both ischemia and ischemia/reperfusion states. Chinese drug can restrain the brain ischemia and ischemia/reperfusion damage by the media that CMECs modulate the neurons, demonstrating the pharmacological mechanisms of TLJNI. This work also indicates that there exist some active substances against ischemia/reperfusion injury secreted from CMECs-CM with TLJNI treatment.
Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine 03/2007; 5(2):183-8.
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ABSTRACT: To study the influence of conditioned medium of rat brain microvascular endothelial cells on mitochondrial function of cortical neurons and the protective effect of Tongluo Jiunao Injection (TJI) on it.
Four kinds of conditioned endothelial cell (EC) cultured medium were prepared, i.e. the N-CM medium prepared by EC cultured in the normal conditioned medium without any treatment; the NT-CM prepared by EC cultured in N-CM and treated with TJI 1 microl/ml for 10 h; the I-CM prepared by EC cultured in the non-glucose kreb medium under hypoxia condition; and the IT-CM by EC pre-treatce with TJI 1 microl/ml for 4 h and cultured as that of I-CM. The levels of neuronic mitochondrial activity, membrane potential (MMP) and cytochrome C (Cyt C) were determined before and after the glucose-oxygen deprived model neurons of brain cortex being cultured with different kinds of conditioned EC cultured medium for assessing the effects of these media on mitochondria of injured neuron.
As compared with those of the normal neuron, the mitochondrial activity and MMP of all injured neurons decreased and Cyt C level increased significantly. But comparison of these indexes among neurons cultured with different conditioned EC culture media showed that the greatest extent abnormality revealed in the N-CM cultured neurons, which even greater than that in the model neuron; while that was less in the N-CM cutured neuron than in model neuron; as for those cultured in the NT-CM and IT-CM, i.e. the TJI treated cuture medium, the abnormal changes were reduced significantly when compared with those cultured in medium untreated with TJI (N-CM and I-CM), respectively (all P < 0.05).
The paracrine secretion of the brain microvascular endothelial cells has evident regulatory effect on survival of the injured neurons, which might possibly be related to its protective effect on neuron mitochondrial function, and TJI could enhance the protective effect.
Zhongguo Zhong xi yi jie he za zhi Zhongguo Zhongxiyi jiehe zazhi = Chinese journal of integrated traditional and Western medicine / Zhongguo Zhong xi yi jie he xue hui, Zhongguo Zhong yi yan jiu yuan zhu ban 02/2007; 27(2):131-4.
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ABSTRACT: DL-Homocysteic acid (DLH, (NH3 )-CH(COOH)-(CH2 )2-SO3-) is extensively in existence as free amino-acid in the central nervous system of mammal. The infrared (IR) and Raman spectra of DL-Homocysteic acid (DLH) and its La complex [La (DLH)2Cl3 . H2O = LaL2] were measured at high external pressure. The DLH has two pressure-induced phase transitions (near 17 kbar and 37 kbar) and three pressure-phase areas below 50 kbar for there are ten intermolecular hydrogen bonds between the DLH molecules. But there is only one pressure-induced phase transition (near 27 kbar) to be observed in the complex LaL2. These show that the ten intermolecular hydrogen bonds of the DLH molecules changed due to the formation of complex LaL2. In infrared spectra, the changing trend of the pressure sensitivities (dv/dp) of symmetry stretching of SO3- in DLH and asymmetry stretching of SO3- in LaL2 are very different from the other vibrational modes when both compounds undergo high external pressure. In infrared spectra, the average pressure sensitivities of symmetry stretching of SO3- are: low-pressure phase area (0.30 cm(-1) x (kbar)(-1)) < middle-pressure phase area (0.32 cmn(-1) (kbar) (-1)) < high-pressure phase area (0.41 cm(-1) x (kbar)(-1)), but 0.86 cm(-1) x (kbar)(-1) (low-pressure phase area) >0.64 cm(-1) x (kbar)(-1) (middle-pressure phase area) >0.26 cm(-1) x (kbar)(-1) (high-pressure phase area) to other vibrational modes in DLH. The average pressure sensitivities of asymmetry stretching of SO3- in LaL2 are lower in low-pressure phase area than in high-pressure phase area, but the average pressure sensitivities of other modes are higher in low-pressure phase area than in high-pressure phase area.
Guang pu xue yu guang pu fen xi = Guang pu 10/2005; 25(9):1388-92. · 0.84 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was used to study the normal and malignant tissues of rectum. The FTIR spectra of tissues were measured by Nicolet Magna IR-750 spectrometer equipped with mid-infrared fiber optics. The results show that the intensity ratios of five pairs of bands can be used to distinguish the normal and malignant tissues. In the spectra of malignant tissues the relative intensities ratios of I2,873/I2,852 and I1,312/I1,245 were higher than those of normal ones; however, the ratios of I1,745/I1,643, I1,458/I1,400 and I1,162/I1,082 were lower. These results, proved by data-analysis of spectra from 21 patients, were generally shown in the spectra of rectum tissues. The study of near-malignant tissues (one centimeter beside the malignant point) of rectum by FTIR shows that these ratios of bands were in a transient state between normal and malignant rectum tissues.
Guang pu xue yu guang pu fen xi = Guang pu 07/2003; 23(3):498-501. · 0.84 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: In this paper, stained and unstained samples of oral tissues have been investigated using FT-microspectroscopy. The experimental results demonstrated that staining did not influence the characteristic features of the FTIR spectra of the oral tissues, thereby providing abundant opportunity of further understanding of the structural-spectral relationship of normal and malignant tissues.
Guang pu xue yu guang pu fen xi = Guang pu 07/2002; 22(3):419-22. · 0.84 Impact Factor
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Wen-Xiu Sun, Wei-Hong Li,
Xian-Bo Hu,
Hai-Bo Zhou,
Shi-Fu Weng,
Fei Zhang,
Xin-Xiang Zhang,
Jin-Guang Wu,
Duan-Fu Xu,
Guang-Xian Xu
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ABSTRACT: FTIR spectroscopy and thermal analysis were applied to study the nylon 6–lithium salt systems. The DTA results show that lithium ions cause a significant reduction of the melting point of nylon–lithium salt samples. In addition, lithium salts can also prevent the crystallization of molten nylon in the cooling process. Temperature-variable FTIR spectroscopy demonstrates that stronger hydrogen bonds form when nylon–lithium halide is molten. Such stronger hydrogen bonds in molten nylon lithium systems may account for the reduction of the melting point and delaying the crystallization of the amorphous nylon. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 77: 2685–2690, 2000
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