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Wei J, Tang H, Xu ZQ, Li B, Xie LQ, Xu GX. Expression and function of PDGF-α in columnar epithelial cells of age-related cataracts patients. Genet Mol Res 2015; 14:13320-7. [PMID: 26535645 DOI: 10.4238/2015.october.26.28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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We studied the expression and function of platelet-derived growth factor A (PDGF-α) in the lens epithelial cells of cataracts patients. Ninety age-related cataracts patients were recruited in our hospital between January 2012 and January 2014. The expression levels of platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) in the anterior capsule of the lens at different degrees of turbidity, and PDGF-α in the aqueous humor were detected. A human lens epithelium cell line was also cultured and studied. To investigate its function, PDGF-α was used to treat a PDGFR-silenced human lens epithelium cell line to observe changes in the proliferation, transfer, and epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT). The expression of PDGF-α and its receptor increased in patients with more serious cataracts. Lens epithelium cells stimulated by PDGF-α showed greater proliferation and migration. The degree of EMT was also upregulated in cells stimulated by PDGF-α. However, silencing the expression of PDGFR inhibited the effects. The development and severity of age-related cataracts was related to the secretion and expression of PDGF-α. This may be a new therapeutic target for cataracts treatment.
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- J Wei
- Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Hospital of Suzhou University, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Hospital of Suzhou University, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital Affiliated Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Hospital of Suzhou University, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Hospital of Suzhou University, Jiangsu, China
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Yu G, Xie LQ, Li JT, Sun XH, Zhang H, Du Q, Li QY, Zhang SH, Pan HY. Isolation, partial characterization, and cloning of an extracellular chitinase from the entomopathogenic fungus Verticillium lecanii. Genet Mol Res 2015; 14:2275-89. [PMID: 25867374 DOI: 10.4238/2015.march.27.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The entomopathogenic fungus Verticillium lecanii is a well-known biocontrol agent of fungal phytopathogens, as well as insect pests. A 42-kDa chitinase belonging to family 18 of the glycosyl hydrolases was isolated and partially characterized. Chitinase was purified using successive column chromatography on phenyl-sepharose, DEAE-sepharose, and CM-sepharose. The enzyme showed the highest activity at 40°C and pH 4.6. Enzyme activity was strongly activated in the presence of Mg(2+). The purified enzyme showed inhibitory activity of spore germination against several plant pathogens, particularly Fusarium moniliforme. The genomic DNA and cDNA sequences were resolved by polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing. Protein modeling and comparative investigation of different chitinase amino acids showed that chitinases are conserved in parasitic fungi.
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- G Yu
- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- College of Resource and Environment, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Jilin Academy of Agricultural Science, Changchun, China
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- Jilin Academy of Agricultural Science, Changchun, China
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Xie LQ, Xie P, Tang HJ. Enhancement of dissolved phosphorus release from sediment to lake water by Microcystis blooms--an enclosure experiment in a hyper-eutrophic, subtropical Chinese lake. Environ Pollut 2003; 122:391-399. [PMID: 12547528 DOI: 10.1016/s0269-7491(02)00305-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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To clarify the possible influence of Microcystis blooms on the exchange of phosphorus (P) between sediment and lake water, an enclosure experiment was conducted in the hypereutrophic subtropical Lake Donghu during July-September 2000. Eight enclosures were used: six received sediment while two were sediment-free. In mid-August, Microcystis blooms developed in all the enclosures. There was a persistent coincidence between the occurrence of Microcystis blooms and the increase of both total P (TP) and soluble reactive P (SRP) concentrations in the water of the enclosures with sediments. In sediment-free enclosures, TP and SRP concentrations remained rather stable throughout the experiment, in spite of the appearance of Microcystis blooms. The results indicate that Microcystis blooms induced massive release of P from the sediment, perhaps mediated by high pH caused by intense algal photosynthesis, and/or depressed concentrations of nitrate nitrogen (NO3-N).
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- L Q Xie
- Donghu Experimental Station of Lake Ecosystems, State Key Laboratory for Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology of China, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, PR China
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Zhang S, Wu XY, Li YH, Xie LQ. [Mechanotransduction in bone]. Space Med Med Eng (Beijing) 2001; 14:465-8. [PMID: 11887901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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This article reviewed the progresses in the research of mechanisms of bone adaptation. The process of mechanotransduction can be divided into four distinct steps: mechanocoupling; biochemical coupling; transmission of signal; effector cell response. Through these four steps, the loads acting on the bones are transduced into biochemical signals, and then change the function of bone cells, finally induce the changes of bone structures to adapt the mechanical environment.
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- S Zhang
- Department of Aerospace Medicine, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Huang DW, Wan YM, Xie LQ, Ma YJ, Liang WB, Shi ZZ. [Effects of vitamin K on bone metabolism in tail-suspended rats]. Space Med Med Eng (Beijing) 2001; 14:346-9. [PMID: 11842850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Objective. To study the effects of vitamin K on bone metabolize in simulated weightlessness rats. Method. Male SD rats were divided into three groups (n = 9): the free active control (FAC), the tail-suspended control (SC), and the tail-suspended group treated with vitamin K (SVK) (50 mg/kg weight/d). The experiment lasted for 3 weeks. Bone biomechanical properties, bone mineral contents (BMC) and bone biochemical markers of bone metabolism were determined. Result. Compared with SC, total and bound bone gla protein (BGP) of serum, BMC of the femur and tibia, femoral mechanical properties, ALP activity of tibia all increased significantly; while NO content of femoral trunk decreased significantly. Conclusion. Vitamin K improved the bone metabolism and bone structure, decreased bone loss, increased bone biomechanical properties, decreased catagmatic fatalness. It proved that vitamin K prevented bone loss of simulated weightlessness rats.
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- D W Huang
- Institute of Space Medico-Engineering, Beijing, China
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Xie LQ, Liu CL. [Developments of the theory of skeletal adaptation to mechanical loading]. Space Med Med Eng (Beijing) 1999; 12:226-30. [PMID: 11766714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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The primary mechanical function of bone is to provide rigid levers for limbs to act against mechanical loading and gravity, and to remain as light as possible to allow efficient locomotion. There are increasing evidence that mechanical loading is an important, if not the most important, factor influences bone mass and architecture. Many bones are exposed to thousands of repetitive loads every day, which always cause strains. Unusual strain distributions, high strains, and high strain rates seem to be particularly osteogenic. Bone modeling can increase bone strength and mass, bone remodeling can conserve or reduce them, and each can be turned ON or OFF in response to its own threshold range of bone strains. During growth and development, the skeleton optimizes its architecture and strength by (re)modeling to adapt to the largest voluntary loads on bones. The loads come from muscles, not body weight. A new standard of defining osteoporosis might relate bone strength to muscle strength that concerns the osteopenias pathogenesis and its severity, and it would be useful for prevention and cure of osteoporosis.
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- L Q Xie
- Institute of Space Medico-Engineering, Beijing, China
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Xie LQ, Markides KE, Lee ML, Hollenberg NK, Williams GH, Graves SW. Bioanalytical application of multidimensional open tubular column supercritical fluid chromatography. Chromatographia 1993. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02278586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Affiliation(s)
- L Q Xie
- Department of Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602
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Xie LQ, Juvancz Z, Markides KE, Lee ML. On-line multidimensional open tubular column supercritical fluid chromatography using a valve-switching interface. Chromatographia 1991. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02275742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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An indirect method for the determination of trace bound selenomethionine (SeMet) has been developed. SeMet reacts with cyanogen bromide (CNBr) quantitatively in the presence of SnCl2 to form CH3SeCN, and after extraction with CHCl3 is acid-digested to form Se(IV). Selenium(IV) reacts with 4-nitro-o-phenylenediamine reagent to form 5-NO2-piazselenol which is then determined by gas chromatography equipped with electron capture detector. The sensitivity of this method (CNBr-piazselenol-GC method) is 6 ng SeMet/g of sample. Trace-bound SeMet in plants and some biological materials has been successfully determined by this method and its content has been compared with the total selenium in the sample.
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- Z Ouyang
- Department of Chemistry, Jinan University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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