Biomedical subjects

Zhi-ying Wang

Publications and source records attributed to Zhi-ying Wang.

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PubMed2006

[Development of a novel in-vitro culture device simulating distraction osteogenesis and expression of osteoblast cytoskeleton].

OBJECTIVE: To establish a novel in-vitro culture device simulating distraction osteogenesis, and to understand the the changes of cytoskeleton of osteoblasts under different magnitudes of mechanical distraction. METHODS: A novel in-vitro culture device simulating distraction osteogenesis was developed with titanium and silicon membrane. The expressions of F-actin cytoskeleton subjected to different magnitudes of distraction were observed in situ under a confocal laser scanning microscope, and protein levels of actin and tubulin alpha were analyzed by electrophoresis of Western blot. RESULTS: The mode of culture device simulating distraction osteogenesis was similar to that of distraction osteogenesis used in clinic. After 24 h mechanical distraction with physiological magnitude, F-actin of osteoblasts was organized and paralleled to the direction of distraction forces. After 24 h mechanical distraction with hyperphysiological magnitude, however, F-actin of osteoblasts became reorganized and disrupted, and protein levels of actin and tubulin alpha decreased. CONCLUSIONS: The novel in vitro culture device simulating distraction osteogenesis is suitable for the study of distraction osteogenesis in vitro. Physiological mechanical distraction causes organization and rearrangement of actin cytoskeleton. However, hyperphysiological mechanical distraction results in reorganization and disruption of actin cytoskeleton.

Actins↗

PubMed2006

[Experiment study on anoxic phosphate accumulation with nitrite].

Biological phosphorus removal with nitrite was studied in an Sequencing Batch Reactor. The results showed that nitrite can be used as electron acceptor in denitrifying phosphorus removal. Feed mode of nitrite had significant influence on denitrifying phosphorus removal. Anoxic phosphorus assimilation rate could be reached 10.44 mg/(g x h) and percentage of anoxic phosphorus assimilation amount was more than 97%. Granular sludge with denitrifying phosphorus removal activity was cultivated in an SBR. The effects of different operational conditions on formation of granular were studied such as COD loading, settling time, HRT and so on. The average dimension of granular was 315 microm. Its water content was at 96.78%-98.14%, specific gravity 1.0064-1.016 , SVI of sludge 25 40 mL/g, COD removal loading could be reached to 1 5 kg/(m3 x d), nitrogen and phosphorus removal efficiency was more than 90%.

Bacteria, Aerobic↗

PubMed2004

[Transport of proteins and peptides across human cultured alveolar A549 cell monolayers].

AIM: An in vitro cultured monolayer system of alveolar epithelial cells was used as a model to investigate the transport pathway peptides or proteins, salmon calcitonin (sCT), insulin (INS), recombinant hirudin (rHAV2), and recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH), in pulmonary epithelium in vivo. METHODS: Human lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells formed continuous monolayers with growing polycarbonate filters of Transwell plate. Transport studies of macromolecules in the monolayer system were carried out after 6 days in culture. The transport of peptides or proteins with MW 3,400 - 22,000 was studied in cultured human lung adenocarcinoma A549 cell monolayers at different conditions. RESULTS: The results showed that the apparent permeability coefficients (Papp) of these macromolecules across A549 cell monolayers ranged from 2 x 10(-6) to 5 x 10(-6) cm x s(-1) and exhibited good inverse correlation with molecule weight. No concentration, direction and temperature dependence were observed in the permeation of sCT, INS and rHAV2. While the Papp of rhGH in the BA direction (2.25 x 10(-6) cm x s(-1)) was significantly less than that in the reverse direction. The Papp values of rhGH were concentration and temperature independent in the AB direction. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that the hydrophilic peptides and proteins, salmon calcitonin, insulin, recombinant hirudin, and recombinant human growth hormone used in this study, appeared to penetrate the A549 cell monolayers via a paracellular pathway by passive diffusion mechanism.

Adenocarcinoma↗

PubMed2004

[Experiment of simultaneous denitrifying phosphorus accumulation].

Denitrifying phosphorus accumulation (DNPA) and the factors affecting it were studied in a SBR with synthetic wastewater. The results showed that the sludge acclimatized under anaerobic/aerobic operation with good phosphorus removal ability, showed DNPA soon when fed nitrate instead of aeration following the anaerobic stage. Anaerobic stage was a vital premise to DNPA. If DNPA sludge was fed with nitrate prior to anaerobic stage, the DNPA would weaken even disappear. When acetate was used as sole carbon resource in the influent and nitrate did not exist in anaerobic, 1 hour of anaerobic time was optimal. NO3- -concentration in the anoxic was one of the factors affecting DNPA. When nitrate concentration was advanced from 5mg/L to 20mg/L, the percentage of DNPA increased from 11.9% to 48.7% under the condition of anaerobic(2h)-anoxic(1h)-aerobic(2h). But when the NO3- -concentration was enhanced upwards of 20mg/L, the efficiency cannot be improved. Induced DNPA did not disappear even though there was aerobic stage following anoxic stage, but the shorter the aerobic stage lasted the higher proportions of phosphorus removal via DNPA to total removal.

Bacteria, Aerobic↗