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We analyzed the flow dynamics of urine on this particular component of the urethra in terms of shape and structural properties. Because of its wider caliber than the proximal urethra, the glanular urethra (fossa navicularis) should cause an increase in pressure and a decrease in velocity of the urine flow. The navicular shape of the fossa and its elliptical external opening (the meatus) should allow urine to be expelled at higher flow rates and at opposite angles at the upper and lower corners which make the wave-like shape of the urine. It can be said that the changes in the volumetric form, pressure and velocity, as well as the wave-like shape of the urine flow are caused by the "fossa navicularis" covered by the "septum glandis". We propose that the "fossa navicularis" and "septum glandis" play a role as 'flow control chamber" in controlling the flow of the urine exiting the urethra, which must be taken into account for successful functional reconstruction of hypospadias. In this work, we have developed a novel series of multi-target-directed ligands to address low levels of acetylcholine (ACh), oxidative stress, metal ion dysregulation, and the misfolded proteins. Novel apigenin-donepezil derivatives, naringenin-donepezil derivatives, genistein-donepezil derivatives and chalcone-donepezil derivatives have been synthesized, in vitro results showed that TM-4 was a reversible and potent huAChE (IC50 = 0.36 μM) and huBChE (IC50 = 15.3 μM) inhibitor, and showed potent antioxidant activity (ORAC = 1.2 eq). TM-4 could significantly inhibit self-induced Aβ1-42 aggregation (IC50 = 3.7 μM). TM-4 was also an ideal neuroprotectant, potential metal chelation agent, and it could inhibit and disaggregate huAChE-induced and Cu2+-induced Aβ aggregation. Moreover, TM-4 could activate UPS degradation pathway in HT22 cells and induce autophagy on U87 cells to clear abnormal proteins associated with AD. More importantly, TM-4 could cross BBB in vitro assay. In addition, in vivo assay revealed that TM-4 exhibited remarkable dyskinesia recovery rate and response efficiency on AlCl3-induced zebrafish AD model, and TM-4 indicated surprising protective effect on Aβ1-40-induced vascular injury. TM-4 presented precognitive effect on scopolamine-induced memory impairment. And the regulation of multi-targets for TM-4 were further conformed through transcriptome sequencing. More interesting, the blood, urine and feces metabolism in rat and rat/human liver microsome metabolism towards TM-4 were also investigated. Overall, TM-4 is a promising multi-function candidate for the development of drugs to Alzheimer's disease. According to the latest Global Burden of Disease Study data, non-communicable diseases in general and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in particular are the leading cause of premature death and reduced quality of life. Demographic shifts, unhealthy lifestyles and a higher burden of adverse environmental factors provide an explanation for these findings. The expected growing prevalence of CVD requires enhanced research efforts for identification and characterisation of novel therapeutic targets and strategies. Cardiovascular risk factors including classical (e.g. hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolaemia) and non-classical (e.g. environmental stress) factors induce the development of endothelial dysfunction, which is closely associated with oxidant stress and vascular inflammation and results in CVD, particularly in older adults. Most classically successful therapies for CVD display vasoprotective, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, but were originally designed with other therapeutic aims. So far, only a few 'redox drugs' are in clinical use and many antioxidant strategies have not met expectations. With the present review, we summarise the actual knowledge on CVD pathomechanisms, with special emphasis on endothelial dysfunction, adverse redox signalling and oxidative stress, highlighting the preclinical and clinical evidence. In addition, we provide a brief overview of established CVD therapies and their relation to endothelial dysfunction and oxidative stress. Finally, we discuss novel strategies for redox-based CVD therapies trying to explain why, despite a clear link between endothelial dysfunction and adverse redox signalling and oxidative stress, redox- and oxidative stress-based therapies have not yet provided a breakthrough in the treatment of endothelial dysfunction and CVD. Although Tanshinone IIA (Tan IIA) has been associated with inflammation, oxidative stress and apoptosis, the effects of Tan IIA on lung blast injury remain uncertain. In this study, we explored the effects of Tan IIA on lung blast injury, studied its possible molecular mechanisms. Fifty C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into the control, blast, blast + Tan IIA, blast + LY294002 (a PI3K inhibitor), or blast + Tan IIA + LY294002 groups. Serum and lung samples were collected 48 h after blast injury. The data showed that Tan IIA significantly inhibited blast-induced increases in the lung weight/body weight and wet/dry (W/D) weight ratios, decreased the CD44-and CD163-positive inflammatory cell infiltration in the lungs, reduced the IL-1β, TNF-α and IL-6 expression, and enhanced IL-10 expression. Tan IIA also significantly alleviated the increases in MDA5 and IRE-a and the decrease in SOD-1 and reversed the low Bcl-2 expression and the high Bax and Caspase-3 expressions. H-His-OH.HCl.H2O Additionally, Tan IIA significantly decreased p-PI3K and p-Akt expression and increased p-FoxO1 expression. More importantly, both LY294002 and Tan IIA pretreatment markedly protected against blast-induced inflammation, oxidative stress and apoptosis in lung blast injury. These results suggest that Tan IIA protects against lung blast injury, which may be partly mediated by inhibiting the PI3K/Akt/FoxO1 signaling pathway. There has been a renewed interest in the enzyme arginase for its role in various physiological and pathological processes that go beyond the urea cycle. One such role ascribed to arginase has been that of regulating nitric oxide (NO) production by a substrate (l-arginine) competition between arginase and nitric oxide synthase (NOS). Several arginase inhibitors have been developed to investigate the biological roles of arginase, of which Nω-hydroxy-l-norarginine (nor-NOHA) is commercially available and is used widely from cell culture models to clinical investigations in humans. Despite the prevalence of nor-NOHA to investigate the substrate competition between arginase and NOS, little is known regarding interferences that nor-NOHA could have on common methods to assess NO production. Therefore, we investigated if nor-NOHA has unintended consequences on common NO assessment methods. We show that nor-NOHA spontaneously releases biologically active NO-like molecule in cell culture media by reacting with riboflavin. This NO-like molecule is indistinguishable from an NO donor (NOR-3) using common methods to assess NO. Besides riboflavin, nor-NOHA spontaneously reacts with H2O2 to diminish H2O2 content and produce NO-like molecule in the process. Our investigation provides detailed evidence on unintended artefacts related to nor-NOHA that can limit its use in cell culture, as well as some ex vivo and in vivo models. Future studies on arginase should take into consideration the limitations presented here when using nor-NOHA as a research tool, not only in investigations related to arginase and NOS competition, but also for investigating other biological roles of arginase. Diabetes is a metabolic disorder associated with mitochondrial (mt) dysfunction and oxidative stress. The molecular mechanisms involved in diabetes-associated neurological complications remain elusive. This study aims to investigate the protective effect of metformin (MF) on regulatory networks and integrated stress responses in brain tissue of Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic mice. STZ-induced diabetic mice were treated with MF (20 mg/kg BW), and whole brain tissue was harvested for further analysis. Protein carbonylation was measured as a marker of neuronal oxidative stress. Protein expression of mt chaperones, maintenance proteins, and regulators of the unfolded protein response (UPR) were measured by Western blot. Transcript levels of antioxidant enzyme GSTA4; mt biogenesis markers, ER stress regulators, and miR-132 and miR-148a were analysed using qPCR. The results showed that MF efficiently reduced protein carbonylation and oxidation. Mt function was improved by MF-treatment through upregulation of chaperone proteins (HSP60, HSP70 and LonP1). MF elicits the UPR to attenuate ER stress through a miR-132 repression mechanism. Additionally, MF was found to elevate deacetylases- Sirt1, Sirt3; and mt biogenesis marker PGC-1α through miR-148a repression. This is the first study to demonstrate the epigenetic regulation of mt maintenance by MF in diabetic C57BL/6 mouse whole brain tissue. We thus conclude that MF, beyond its anti-hyperglycaemic role, mediates neuroprotection through epigenomic and integrated stress responses in diabetic mice. V.Multiple kinds of monoamine-based antidepressants have been shown prophylactic effects in experimentally induced gastric ulcer. The loss of redox homeostasis plays a principle role in the development of peptic mucosal damage. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidases are one of the most important sources of reactive oxygen species within the gastrointestinal tract. It is unclear whether there are some common NADPH oxidases modulated by monoamine-based antidepressants in different gastric mucosal damage models. We explored the effects of selective serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) duloxetine on the reactive oxygen species production and antioxidant capacity in the gastric mucosa of water immersion restraint (WIRS) or indomethacin treated rats, and examined the role of NADPH oxidases in the protective effects. Pretreated duloxetine prevented the increase of gastric mucosal NADPH oxidase activity and NADPH oxidase inhibitor apocynin dose-dependently protected gastric mucosa from damage by the two factors. Furthermore, dual oxidase 2 (DUOX2) and NADPH oxidase4 (NOX4) are involved in the protective effects of duloxetine in both models. We then examined NADPH oxidases expression modulated by the other monoamine-based antidepressants including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRIs) fluoxetine, tricyclic agent (TCAs) amitriptyline and monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOs) moclobemide in the two models, and all the three antidepressants reduced the DUOX2 expression in the gastric mucosa. So DUOX2 was a common modulator in the preventive effects of all the monoamine-based antidepressants on WIRS- and indomethacin-induced gastric lesion. Our work provided a peripheral joint molecular target for monoamine modulatory antidepressants, which may be helpful to reveal the mechanisms of this kind of drugs more than monoamine regulation. Talonavicular joint arthritis is a great concern after ankle fusion. Although arthrodesis is the gold standard treatment for this complication, it could initiate a vicious cycle of further adjacent joint arthritis. An alternative that may delay or eliminate the need for arthrodesis is excision arthroplasty; however, there are only a few reports on its application on a talonavicular joint. We report 3 cases of excision arthroplasty with interpositional Achilles tendon autograft for the treatment of end-stage talonavicular osteoarthritis in low-demand elderly patients. In 1 patient, excision arthroplasty was performed after tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis, and in 2 patients, it was performed after tibiotalar arthrodesis, in which the subtalar joints were also damaged and fused simultaneously on performance of the interpositional arthroplasty of the talonavicular joint. In all cases, pain relief and functional activities of daily living improvement were achieved with this procedure. At a minimum follow-up of 1 year, no patient reported adjacent joint symptoms or flatfoot progression.