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  • Feng-feng LI, Yi-hua GUO, Rong-dong LI
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(8): 817-825.

    2-anilinoquinoline is a characteristic structure of anticancer drugs, which can regulate various molecular targets related to tumor proliferation, differentiation, migration and apoptosis. Studies found that modifying the C-3, C-4, C-5 positions on the 2-anilinoquinoline ring and the aminobenzene ring to connect them with different groups, such as alkoxy, amide, carbonyl etc., can improve the targeting effect of drugs and enhance cytotoxicity. This review focuses on the structural modification and research progress of 2-anilinoquinoline derivatives as antitumor drugs in recent years to provide reference for future research.

  • Xin-yue LIU, Le-le CHEN, Peng SUN, Zhao-shuang ZHAN, Jia-feng WANG
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(8): 799-805.

    Dictamni cortex is the dried root bark of the Dictamnus L. in the Rutaceae family. It contains alkaloids, limonoids, phenylpropanoids, flavonoids, et al. Based on summarization of its chemical components, pharmacological effects and toxicity, and according to the concept of traditional Chinese medicine quality marker (Q-marker), the Q-markers of Dictamni cortex were predicted from the aspects of genetic relationship and measurability of components, traditional efficacy, traditional property, different producing areas and collecting periods, and component contents under different ultraviolet radiation intensities. γ-fagarine, limonin, dictamnine, obacunone and fraxinellone can be used as Q-markers of Dictamni cortex, which provide a scientific reference for the establishment of quality standards.

  • Yi-fang AN, Xin-chang SHI, Lei YU, Xiang LI, Yong ZHOU
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(8): 853-857.
    Objective:

    To analyze the monosaccharide composition of human erythropoietin by cIEF-MS.

    Methods:

    The cIEF peak was obtained after cIEF detection, and each peak was detected by MS to obtain the high resolution mass spectral molecular weight. After deducting the protein molecular weight, the redundant molecular weight was compared with the molecular weight combination database of monosaccharide residues (accuracy being about 0.01%) to obtain a series of monosaccharide combination manners with basically consistent mass, and the rationality of monosaccharide quantity and the relationship between monosaccharides were analyzed.

    Results:

    Ten cIEF peaks were obtained by cIEF detection, and no less than 32 peak mass numbers were obtained by MS detection. After comparison, a series of monosaccharide combination forms corresponding to each mass number were obtained. Only the combination form with the highest ion number P3 was listed in this paper. The effectiveness analysis results showed that the most extensible combination manners were 19 GlcNAc/GlaNAc residues, 22 Man/Gla residues, 12 Neu5Ac residues and 3 Fuc residues.

    Conclusion:

    The monosaccharide combination manner of human erythropoietin protein glycosylation chain was obtained, which laid a foundation for the further analysis and characterization of complete protein glycoforms.

  • Xiao-lin LIU, Ai YANG, Qian ZHANG, Piao LI, Wei-dong LU
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(8): 793-798.
    Objective:

    To investigate the physical and biological stability of PEG-modified liposome influenza vaccine lyophilized powder by influencing factor experiment and accelerated experiment and predict the validity period.

    Methods:

    High temperature influencing factor test was carried out at (40±2) ℃, and accelerated test was carried out at 4 ℃ and (25±2) ℃. Physical stability was evaluated by appearance, particle size, encapsulation rate and stability coefficient. Spleen lymphocyte proliferation test and hemagglutination inhibition test were used to evaluate the biological stability, in which the stimulation index (SI) and antibody titer ratio (HI) were used as indexes. The validity period was calculated by using the classical constant temperature method and Arrhenius formula.

    Results:

    In the influencing factor experiment, the particle size and stability coefficient increased and the encapsulation rate decreased gradually after placing PEG2000 (3000/6000)-modified liposome influenza vaccine freeze-dried powder at (40±2) ℃ for 20 days. On the 10th day, the SI value of each PEG group was significantly bigger than that of the original solution group (P<0.05). The titer ratio of antibody before and after immunization was >4 for all PEG groups; on the 20th day, the SI value of each PEG group was significantly smaller than that of the original solution group (P<0.05); the antibody titer ratio of each PEG group after and before immunization was less than 4. In the accelerated experiment, three batches of PEG6000-modified liposome influenza vaccine lyophilized powder were placed at 4 ℃ and (25±2) ℃ for 3 months, the sample was stable at 4 ℃ with minor changing in particle size, encapsulation rate and stability coefficient, while at (25±2) ℃ the particle size and stability coefficient gradually increased, the encapsulation rate gradually decreased. There was significant difference in SI value between PEG6000 group and stock solution group under 4 ℃ storage condition (P<0.05), and no significant difference under (25±2) ℃ storage condition. For PEG6000 group, the ratio of antibody titer after and before immunization were ≥4 under both storage condition of 4 ℃ and (25±2) ℃. For the validity period prediction, the values of decomposition velocity constants K at 25 ℃, 30 ℃, 35 ℃ and 40 ℃ were 1.039×10-3, 2.649×10-3, 3.574×10-3, and 4.868×10-3 d-1, respectively. The regression equation of lnK to 1/T was as following: lnK=20.195-8 148.5/T (r=0.917 9).

    Conclusion:

    PEG-modified liposome influenza vaccine freeze-dried powder has good stability at (40±2) ℃ for 10 days, PEG6000-modified liposome influenza vaccine freeze-dried powder has good stability at 4 ℃ and (25±2) ℃ for 3 months. It is estimated that PEG6000-modified liposome influenza vaccine can be stored for 2.2 years, 3.3 months and 24 days at 4 ℃, 25 ℃ and 37 ℃ respectively.

  • Yong-yi WANG, Lu HUANG, Cheng JIANG
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(7): 657-661.

    Daridorexant is a dual orexin receptor antagonist (DORA), which was approved by the U.S. FDA on January 10, 2022 (trade name: Quviviq) for the treatment of adults with insomnia, characterized by diffculties with sleep onset and/or sleep maintenance. Unlike traditional sedative-hypnotic drugs, daridorexant inhibits the actions of the wake-promoting orexin neuropeptides, by specific binding to both orexin receptor.In this paper, the mechanism of action, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, safety, and clinical research of daridorexant are reviewed.

  • Hui-ying WANG, Ai-nan ZHOU, Jian-wei WU, Peng XIE, Jian-qi LI
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(7): 676-686.

    At present, the listed antidepressants have certain limitations, and the different mechanisms of which are closely related to their efficacy and safety. Therefore, the discovery of antidepressants with novel mechanisms is an important research direction in the field of antidepressants. This paper reviews some major antidepressants currently under clinical research stage, and analyzes their mechanisms of action, so as to provide reference for the development of antidepressants with new mechanisms of action.

  • Shuo QIN, Xiao-li DU
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(7): 662-665.

    Lonapegsomatropin-tcgd (tradename: SkytrofaTM) is the first long-acting new drug approved by FDA for the treatment of growth hormone deficiency in children. It can continuously release growth hormone and needs to be injected for only once a week. Lonapegsomatropin-tcpd improves patient compliance by reducing dosing frequency compared to traditional daily somatropin injection therapy. Clinical studies confirmed that weekly treatment of lonapegsomatropin-tcpd showed a higher annual growth velocity at week 52 compared with somatropin. In this article, the mechanism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, clinical evaluation, safety, drug interaction and storage of lonapegsomatropin-tcpd are reviewed.

  • Jue WU, Xu DU, Jing LIU, Hui JIANG, Yun SUN
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(7): 724-727.

    In the ethical review of the qualification of principal investigators, some problems such as insufficient certification materials to fully reflect the qualification of principal investigator, lack of qualification standard system of principal investigator, simple review method and single form, insufficient attention, weak awareness and low degree of independence were found. To further standardize the operation of the ethics committee and to improve the comprehensive review capacity, it is suggested to clearly specify the certification materials for qualification submission, building a comprehensive evaluation index system of qualification, taking a variety of review forms and strengthening the capacity-building of the ethics committee, so as to provide experience and reference.

  • Hai-wei HUANG, Song YUAN, Long-hao ZHANG, Lan HE, Qing-sheng ZHANG
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(7): 742-746.

    Objective: To eatablish a UPLC-MS/MS method for determination of three azide-type genotoxics, 5-(4′-(azidomethyl)-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl)-1H-tetrazole (MB-X), 4′-(azidomethyl)-[1,1′-bihenyl]-2-carbonitrile (AZBC), and 5-(4′-((5-azido-2-butyl-4-chloro-1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl)-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl)-1H-tetrazole (LADX), in active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) of irbesartan and losartan potassium.Methods:The separation was performed on a ACQUITY UPLC HSS T3 column(100 mm×2.1 mm, 1.8 μm) with the mobile phases consisting of 0.1% formic acid aqueous solution (mobile phase A) and 0.1% formic acid methanol solution (mobile phase B) using a gradient elution at a flow rate of 0.35 mL·min-1. The column temperature was set at 50 ℃. Multiplereaction monitoring (MRM) was performed on a triple quadripole mass spectrometer equipped with a APCI source in positive/negative mode.Results:the calibration curve was linear for three compounds in the range of 0.5~100 ng·mL-1. The recoveries (n=3) in irbesartan of low, middle, high concentration-spiked samples are 94.5%~103.5% with RSD<3.88%. The recoveries (n=3) in losartan potassium of low, middle, high concentration-spiked samples are 93.8%~100.9% with RSD<4.25%. The limits of detection are 0.05, 0.03, 0.02 ng·mL-1 and the limits of quantification are 0.15, 0.11, 0.08 ng·mL-1, respectively.Conclusion:The method is sensitive and accurate, which is applicable for quantification of three azide-type genotoxic impurities in irbesartan API and losartan potassium API. The method can provide reference for quality control of irbesartan and losartan potassium.

  • Ye CAO, Ying-qiu YING, Ming LU, Jia-jia ZHENG, Li YANG, Suo-di ZHAI
    Chinese Journal of New Drugs. 2023, 32(7): 670-675.

    Objective: To systematic review the efficacy and safety of ceftazidime avibactam (CAZ/AVI) and colistin/polymyxin B in the treatment of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli infection.Methods: Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, CNKI and Wanfang data were searched to collect randomized controlled or cohort studies of ceftazidime avibactam and colistin/polymyxin B in the treatment of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli infection. The retrieval time was from the establishment of each database to May 2022. After literature screening and data extraction, NOS was used to evaluate the quality of literature.Results: Totally 7 studies were finally enrolled, with a total of 801 patients. The results of Meta-analysis showed that the mortality rate and incidence of kidney injury in CAZ/AVI group were lower than those in colistin/polymyxin B group (P<0.005), while the clinical cure rate and bacterial clearance rate were higher than those in colistin/polymyxin B group (P<0.005).Conclusion: The clinical efficacy and safety of CAZ/AVI in the treatment of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli infection showed better efficacy and lower incidence of kidney injury compared with the control group.