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Yang HB, Gan ZG, Li YJ, Liu ML, Xu SY, Liu C, Zhang MM, Zhang ZY, Huang MH, Yuan CX, Wang SY, Ma L, Wang JG, Han XC, Rohilla A, Zuo SQ, Xiao X, Zhang XB, Zhu L, Yue ZF, Tian YL, Wang YS, Yang CL, Zhao Z, Huang XY, Li ZC, Sun LC, Wang JY, Yang HR, Lu ZW, Yang WQ, Zhou XH, Huang WX, Wang N, Zhou SG, Ren ZZ, Xu HS. Discovery of New Isotopes ^{160}Os and ^{156}W: Revealing Enhanced Stability of the N=82 Shell Closure on the Neutron-Deficient Side. Phys Rev Lett 2024; 132:072502. [PMID: 38427897 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.072502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
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Using the fusion-evaporation reaction ^{106}Cd(^{58}Ni,4n)^{160}Os and the gas-filled recoil separator SHANS, two new isotopes _{76}^{160}Os and _{74}^{156}W have been identified. The α decay of ^{160}Os, measured with an α-particle energy of 7080(26) keV and a half-life of 201_{-37}^{+58} μs, is assigned to originate from the ground state. The daughter nucleus ^{156}W is a β^{+} emitter with a half-life of 291_{-61}^{+86} ms. The newly measured α-decay data allow us to derive α-decay reduced widths (δ^{2}) for the N=84 isotones up to osmium (Z=76), which are found to decrease with increasing atomic number above Z=68. The reduction of δ^{2} is interpreted as evidence for the strengthening of the N=82 shell closure toward the proton drip line, supported by the increase of the neutron-shell gaps predicted in theoretical models.
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- H B Yang
- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou 516007, China
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- School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou 516007, China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou 516007, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou 516007, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou 516007, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou 516007, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou 516007, China
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Qin YP, Yang WQ, Liu KD, Xu Y, Dong YY, Fu J, Qu J, Yu SS. A new cytotoxic disaccharide glycoside from the tubers of Arisaema franchetianum. J Asian Nat Prod Res 2024; 26:130-138. [PMID: 38217315 DOI: 10.1080/10286020.2023.2293080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/01/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
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A new disaccharide glycoside, franchoside A (1), and 17 known compounds were isolated from the tubers of Arisaema franchetianum Engler. The chemical structure of the previously undescribed compound 1 was elucidated on the basis of detailed spectroscopic analyses. Compounds 1, 2, 6, 10, 14 and 18 showed significant cytotoxic activities at varying IC50 values in the range of 4.0-10.6 μM against five cancer cell lines. Compounds 8, 10, 13 and 17 (10 μM) exhibited moderate anti-inflammatory activities by inhibiting the NF-κB signaling pathway and the release of NO from RAW264.7 macrophages induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS), while compounds 1, 9, 14, 15 and 16 showed weak anti-inflammatory activities.
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- Yun-Peng Qin
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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Han QT, Yang WQ, Zang C, Zhou L, Zhang CJ, Bao X, Cai J, Li F, Shi Q, Wang XL, Qu J, Zhang D, Yu SS. The toxic natural product tutin causes epileptic seizures in mice by activating calcineurin. Signal Transduct Target Ther 2023; 8:101. [PMID: 36894540 PMCID: PMC9998865 DOI: 10.1038/s41392-023-01312-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Revised: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023] Open
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Tutin, an established toxic natural product that causes epilepsy in rodents, is often used as a tool to develop animal model of acute epileptic seizures. However, the molecular target and toxic mechanism of tutin were unclear. In this study, for the first time, we conducted experiments to clarify the targets in tutin-induced epilepsy using thermal proteome profiling. Our studies showed that calcineurin (CN) was a target of tutin, and that tutin activated CN, leading to seizures. Binding site studies further established that tutin bound within the active site of CN catalytic subunit. CN inhibitor and calcineurin A (CNA) knockdown experiments in vivo proved that tutin induced epilepsy by activating CN, and produced obvious nerve damage. Together, these findings revealed that tutin caused epileptic seizures by activating CN. Moreover, further mechanism studies found that N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors and voltage- and Ca2+- activated K+ (BK) channels might be involved in related signaling pathways. Our study fully explains the convulsive mechanism of tutin, which provides new ideas for epilepsy treatment and drug development.
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- Qing-Tong Han
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100050, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100050, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100050, China.
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Wang M, Wang YN, Wang HQ, Yang WQ, Ma SG, Li Y, Qu J, Liu YB, Yu SS. [Chemical constituents from leaves of Craibiodendron yunnanense]. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 2023; 48:978-984. [PMID: 36872268 DOI: 10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20220608.201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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The present study investigated the chemical constituents from the leaves of Craibiodendron yunnanense. The compounds were isolated and purified from the leaves of C. yunnanense by a combination of various chromatographic techniques including column chromatography over polyamide, silica gel, Sephadex LH-20, and reversed-phase HPLC. Their structures were identified by extensive spectroscopic analyses including MS and NMR data. As a result, 10 compounds, including melionoside F(1), meliosmaionol D(2), naringenin(3), quercetin-3-O-α-L-arabinopyranoside(4), epicatechin(5), quercetin-3'-glucoside(6), corbulain Ib(7), loliolide(8), asiatic acid(9), and ursolic acid(10), were isolated. Compounds 1 and 2 were two new compounds, and compound 7 was isolated from this genus for the first time. All compounds showed no significant cytotoxic activity by MTT assay.
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- Man Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100050, China
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Chen HD, Jiang MZ, Zhao YY, Li X, Lan H, Yang WQ, Lai Y. Effects of breviscapine on cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury and intestinal flora imbalance by regulating the TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB signaling pathway in rats. J Ethnopharmacol 2023; 300:115691. [PMID: 36087844 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2022.115691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The plant Erigeron breviscapus (Vant.) Hand.-Mazz.,a Chinese herbal medicine with multiple pharmacological effects and clinical applications, has been traditionally used in the treatment of paralysis caused by stroke and joint pain from rheumatism by the Yi minority people of Southwest China for generations.However, its mechanism involves many factors and has not been fully clarified. AIM OF THE STUDY Taking intestinal flora as the target, the protective effect of extract(breviscapine) of E. breviscapus on cerebral ischemia and its possible mechanism were discussed from the perspective of brain inflammatory pathway and intestinal CYP3A4, which depends on intestinal flora. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study, we first verified the binding ability between major active ingredient of Erigeron breviscapus and the core target TLR4 protein by molecular docking using Vina software.We established a rat model of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury in vivo.The neurological function of rats was scored by Bederson score table, the cerebral infarction volume was detected by TTC staining, and the serum NSE level was detected by ELASA. 16S rRNA sequencing was used to detect the intestinal flora of rats in each group.The expression levels of cerebral TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB and CYP3A4 mRNA and protein in different intestinal segments were detected by qRT-PCR and Western blot. RESULTS Compared with the model group, the neurological injury score, infarct volume and serum NSE concentration of breviscapine low, medium and high dose groups and nimodipine groups decreased significantly. Meanwhile, breviscapine could significantly reduce the expression level of the TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB in brain tissue and CYP3A4 in different intestinal segments of rats with cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. In addition, breviscapine also significantly ameliorated intestinal flora dysbiosis of rats with cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. CONCLUSIONS Breviscapine can protect rats from cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury by regulating intestinal flora, inhibiting brain TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB inflammatory pathway and intestinal CYP3A4 expression.
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- Hai-Dong Chen
- College of Pharmacy, Dali University, Dali, 671000, Yunnan, People's Republic of China; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Screening and Research on Anti-pathogenic Plant Resources from Western Yunnan (Cultivation), Dali, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy, Dali University, Dali, 671000, Yunnan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy, Dali University, Dali, 671000, Yunnan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy, Dali University, Dali, 671000, Yunnan, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy, Dali University, Dali, 671000, Yunnan, People's Republic of China; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Screening and Research on Anti-pathogenic Plant Resources from Western Yunnan (Cultivation), Dali, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy, Dali University, Dali, 671000, Yunnan, People's Republic of China; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Screening and Research on Anti-pathogenic Plant Resources from Western Yunnan (Cultivation), Dali, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Pharmacy, Dali University, Dali, 671000, Yunnan, People's Republic of China; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Screening and Research on Anti-pathogenic Plant Resources from Western Yunnan (Cultivation), Dali, People's Republic of China.
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Liu JJ, Xu XX, Sun LJ, Yuan CX, Kaneko K, Sun Y, Liang PF, Wu HY, Shi GZ, Lin CJ, Lee J, Wang SM, Qi C, Li JG, Li HH, Xayavong L, Li ZH, Li PJ, Yang YY, Jian H, Gao YF, Fan R, Zha SX, Dai FC, Zhu HF, Li JH, Chang ZF, Qin SL, Zhang ZZ, Cai BS, Chen RF, Wang JS, Wang DX, Wang K, Duan FF, Lam YH, Ma P, Gao ZH, Hu Q, Bai Z, Ma JB, Wang JG, Wu CG, Luo DW, Jiang Y, Liu Y, Hou DS, Li R, Ma NR, Ma WH, Yu GM, Patel D, Jin SY, Wang YF, Yu YC, Hu LY, Wang X, Zang HL, Wang KL, Ding B, Zhao QQ, Yang L, Wen PW, Yang F, Jia HM, Zhang GL, Pan M, Wang XY, Sun HH, Xu HS, Zhou XH, Zhang YH, Hu ZG, Wang M, Liu ML, Ong HJ, Yang WQ. Observation of a Strongly Isospin-Mixed Doublet in ^{26}Si via β-Delayed Two-Proton Decay of ^{26}P. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 129:242502. [PMID: 36563237 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.242502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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β decay of proton-rich nuclei plays an important role in exploring isospin mixing. The β decay of ^{26}P at the proton drip line is studied using double-sided silicon strip detectors operating in conjunction with high-purity germanium detectors. The T=2 isobaric analog state (IAS) at 13 055 keV and two new high-lying states at 13 380 and 11 912 keV in ^{26}Si are unambiguously identified through β-delayed two-proton emission (β2p). Angular correlations of two protons emitted from ^{26}Si excited states populated by ^{26}P β decay are measured, which suggests that the two protons are emitted mainly sequentially. We report the first observation of a strongly isospin-mixed doublet that deexcites mainly via two-proton decay. The isospin mixing matrix element between the ^{26}Si IAS and the nearby 13 380-keV state is determined to be 130(21) keV, and this result represents the strongest mixing, highest excitation energy, and largest level spacing of a doublet ever observed in β-decay experiments.
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- J J Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou 516003, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- Department of Physics, Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka 813-8503, Japan
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China
- College of Physics and Technology & Guangxi Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- Shanghai Research Center for Theoretical Nuclear Physics, NSFC and Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, National University of Laos, Vientiane 01080, Laos
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- College of Science, Huzhou University, Huzhou 313000, China
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Fundamental Science on Nuclear Safety and Simulation Technology Laboratory, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Department of Physics, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat 395007, India
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China
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- Fundamental Science on Nuclear Safety and Simulation Technology Laboratory, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China
- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou 516003, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou 516003, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou 516003, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou 516003, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou 516003, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- RCNP, Osaka University, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Liu KD, Yang WQ, Dai MZ, Xu Y, Qin YP, Dong YY, Fu J, Qu J. Phenolic constituents with anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic activities from the rhizomes of Iris domestica. Phytochemistry 2022; 203:113370. [PMID: 35977602 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2022.113370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Four undescribed flavonoid glucosides (iridins B-C, tectoridin A and ampelopsinin A); one undescribed phenolic glucoside (diplostephioside B); one undescribed phenolic compound (phenanthrenetriol A); and seventeen known compounds were isolated from the rhizomes of Iris domestica. The chemical structures of the undescribed compounds were established by spectroscopic/spectrometric data interpretation using HRESIMS, NMR, and ECD. Tectoridin A, nigricin A and naringenin exhibited anti-inflammatory activities with inhibition rates of 53.71%, 57.68% and 88.71%, respectively, against the NF-κB signaling pathway at a concentration of 10 μM. 4'-O-methylnyasol (10 μM) exhibited 84.91% antiproliferative activity against the K562 human leukemia cell line with an IC50 value of 4.20 μM.
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- Kai-Dong Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, People's Republic of China.
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Wang M, Wang YN, Wang HQ, Yang WQ, Ma SG, Li Y, Qu J, Liu YB, Yu SS. Minor terpenoids from the leaves of Craibiodendron yunnanense. J Asian Nat Prod Res 2022:1-10. [PMID: 36300525 DOI: 10.1080/10286020.2022.2132482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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One new taraxastane-type triterpenoid, three new grayanane-type diterpenoids (2 - 4), and 12 known compounds (5 - 16) were isolated from the leaves of Craiobiodendron yunnanens W. W. Smith. The structures of these compounds were elucidated on the basis of their spectroscopic data and chemical evidence. Compounds 1 and 8 exhibited partly anti-inflammatory activity based on the inhibition of NF-κB activity in SW480 cells at 10 μM with inhibition ratios of 60.53 and 59.20%, respectively. Compounds 10 and 13 showed excellent cytotoxicity against human leukemia cell (MV4-11) at 10 μM with inhibition ratios of 43.02 and 49.11%, respectively.
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- Man Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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Liu KD, Yang WQ, Dai MZ, Sun SK, Fu J, Qu J. New stilbenes and phenolic constituents from the rhizomes of Belamcanda chinensis. J Asian Nat Prod Res 2022; 24:935-944. [PMID: 36000737 DOI: 10.1080/10286020.2022.2112573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Revised: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A pair of stilbenes with γ-lactam unit [(+)-1 and (-)-1], a new phenolic glucoside (2), and a new isoflavone glucoside (3), together with two known compounds (4-5) were isolated from the rhizomes of Belamcanda chinensis. The chemical structures of the undescribed compounds were elucidated on the basis of detailed spectroscopic analyses. Compounds 1, 4, and 5 (10 μM) exhibited anti-inflammatory activities with inhibition rates of 30.46%, 60.34%, and 37.91%, respectively, against the NF-κB signaling pathway.
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- Kai-Dong Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
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Quach D, Tang G, Anantharajan J, Baburajendran N, Poulsen A, Wee JLK, Retna P, Li R, Liu B, Tee DHY, Kwek PZ, Joy JK, Yang WQ, Zhang CJ, Foo K, Keller TH, Yao SQ. Strategic Design of Catalytic Lysine-Targeting Reversible Covalent BCR-ABL Inhibitors*. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:17131-17137. [PMID: 34008286 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202105383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Targeted covalent inhibitors have re-emerged as validated drugs to overcome acquired resistance in cancer treatment. Herein, by using a carbonyl boronic acid (CBA) warhead, we report the structure-based design of BCR-ABL inhibitors via reversible covalent targeting of the catalytic lysine with improved potency against both wild-type and mutant ABL kinases, especially ABLT315I bearing the gatekeeper residue mutation. We show the evolutionarily conserved lysine can be targeted selectively, and the selectivity depends largely on molecular recognition of the non-covalent pharmacophore in this class of inhibitors, probably due to the moderate reactivity of the warhead. We report the first co-crystal structures of covalent inhibitor-ABL kinase domain complexes, providing insights into the interaction of this warhead with the catalytic lysine. We also employed label-free mass spectrometry to evaluate off-targets of our compounds at proteome-wide level in different mammalian cells.
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- David Quach
- NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, 21 Lower Kent Ridge, University Hall, Tan China Tuan Wing, #04-02, Singapore, 119077, Singapore.,Experimental Drug Development Centre, 10 Biopolis Road, Chromos, #05-01, Singapore, 138670, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Experimental Drug Development Centre, 10 Biopolis Road, Chromos, #05-01, Singapore, 138670, Singapore
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- Experimental Drug Development Centre, 10 Biopolis Road, Chromos, #05-01, Singapore, 138670, Singapore
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- Experimental Drug Development Centre, 10 Biopolis Road, Chromos, #05-01, Singapore, 138670, Singapore
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- Experimental Drug Development Centre, 10 Biopolis Road, Chromos, #05-01, Singapore, 138670, Singapore
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- Experimental Drug Development Centre, 10 Biopolis Road, Chromos, #05-01, Singapore, 138670, Singapore
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- Experimental Drug Development Centre, 10 Biopolis Road, Chromos, #05-01, Singapore, 138670, Singapore
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- Experimental Drug Development Centre, 10 Biopolis Road, Chromos, #05-01, Singapore, 138670, Singapore
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- Experimental Drug Development Centre, 10 Biopolis Road, Chromos, #05-01, Singapore, 138670, Singapore
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- Experimental Drug Development Centre, 10 Biopolis Road, Chromos, #05-01, Singapore, 138670, Singapore
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- Experimental Drug Development Centre, 10 Biopolis Road, Chromos, #05-01, Singapore, 138670, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines and Beijing Key Laboratory of Active Substances Discovery and Druggability Evaluation, Institute of Materia Medica Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines and Beijing Key Laboratory of Active Substances Discovery and Druggability Evaluation, Institute of Materia Medica Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100050, China
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- Experimental Drug Development Centre, 10 Biopolis Road, Chromos, #05-01, Singapore, 138670, Singapore
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- Experimental Drug Development Centre, 10 Biopolis Road, Chromos, #05-01, Singapore, 138670, Singapore
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- NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, 21 Lower Kent Ridge, University Hall, Tan China Tuan Wing, #04-02, Singapore, 119077, Singapore.,Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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Wen W, Gu L, Zhao LW, Chen MY, Yang WQ, Liu W, Zhou X, Lai GX. [Diagnosis and treatment of Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia: experiences of 8 cases]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2021; 44:531-536. [PMID: 34102714 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20210205-00097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: In order to improve the understanding and clinical treatment of Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia, we analyzed the clinical manifestations, laboratory test results and imaging features of 8 patients. Methods: We collected the clinical data of 8 patients with Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation-sequencing (mNGS) from November 2018 to February 2020, including clinical features, chest CT scan, pathological features and antibiotic use. Results: A total of one male and 7 females, aged from 45 to 85 years(median 62 years), were included in this study. All the patients had high fever, cough and most had expectoration (6/8). The leukocyte count and PCT level were mostly normal (7/8). However, we observed decreased lymphocyte count(5/8), elevated C-reactive protein in all patients, and increased ESR in most patients (7/8). The chest CT of all the patients showed large patchy consolidation, with one case having pleural effusion. The pathological manifestations were nonspecific, showing infiltration of inflammatory cells and exudation. Moxifloxacin and/or doxycycline were administered after diagnosis, and the course of treatment lasted from 14 to 21 days.Chest CT showed absorption of lesions following treatment Conclusions: Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia showed certain characteristics, including high fever with pulmonary patchy consolidation, and normal white blood cell count. Molecular diagnostic methods such as mNGS could lead to rapid diagnosis and treatment which can shorten the course of hospitalization and thus improve prognosis.
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- W Wen
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Fuzhou General Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Dongfang Hospital of Xiamen University, the 900th Hospital of the Joint Logistic Support Force, PLA, Fuzhou 350025, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Fuzhou General Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Dongfang Hospital of Xiamen University, the 900th Hospital of the Joint Logistic Support Force, PLA, Fuzhou 350025, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Fuzhou General Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Dongfang Hospital of Xiamen University, the 900th Hospital of the Joint Logistic Support Force, PLA, Fuzhou 350025, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Fuzhou General Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Dongfang Hospital of Xiamen University, the 900th Hospital of the Joint Logistic Support Force, PLA, Fuzhou 350025, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Fuzhou General Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Dongfang Hospital of Xiamen University, the 900th Hospital of the Joint Logistic Support Force, PLA, Fuzhou 350025, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Fuzhou General Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Dongfang Hospital of Xiamen University, the 900th Hospital of the Joint Logistic Support Force, PLA, Fuzhou 350025, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Fuzhou General Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Dongfang Hospital of Xiamen University, the 900th Hospital of the Joint Logistic Support Force, PLA, Fuzhou 350025, China
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Zhang ZY, Yang HB, Huang MH, Gan ZG, Yuan CX, Qi C, Andreyev AN, Liu ML, Ma L, Zhang MM, Tian YL, Wang YS, Wang JG, Yang CL, Li GS, Qiang YH, Yang WQ, Chen RF, Zhang HB, Lu ZW, Xu XX, Duan LM, Yang HR, Huang WX, Liu Z, Zhou XH, Zhang YH, Xu HS, Wang N, Zhou HB, Wen XJ, Huang S, Hua W, Zhu L, Wang X, Mao YC, He XT, Wang SY, Xu WZ, Li HW, Ren ZZ, Zhou SG. New α-Emitting Isotope ^{214}U and Abnormal Enhancement of α-Particle Clustering in Lightest Uranium Isotopes. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:152502. [PMID: 33929212 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.152502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A new α-emitting isotope ^{214}U, produced by the fusion-evaporation reaction ^{182}W(^{36}Ar,4n)^{214}U, was identified by employing the gas-filled recoil separator SHANS and the recoil-α correlation technique. More precise α-decay properties of even-even nuclei ^{216,218}U were also measured in the reactions of ^{40}Ar, ^{40}Ca beams with ^{180,182,184}W targets. By combining the experimental data, improved α-decay reduced widths δ^{2} for the even-even Po-Pu nuclei in the vicinity of the magic neutron number N=126 are deduced. Their systematic trends are discussed in terms of the N_{p}N_{n} scheme in order to study the influence of proton-neutron interaction on α decay in this region of nuclei. It is strikingly found that the reduced widths of ^{214,216}U are significantly enhanced by a factor of two as compared with the N_{p}N_{n} systematics for the 84≤Z≤90 and N<126 even-even nuclei. The abnormal enhancement is interpreted by the strong monopole interaction between the valence protons and neutrons occupying the π1f_{7/2} and ν1f_{5/2} spin-orbit partner orbits, which is supported by the large-scale shell model calculation.
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- Z Y Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of High Precision Nuclear Spectroscopy, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Physics, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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- College of Material Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, School of Space Science and Physics, Institute of Space Sciences, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, School of Space Science and Physics, Institute of Space Sciences, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, School of Space Science and Physics, Institute of Space Sciences, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
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- School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Center of Theoretical Nuclear Physics, National Laboratory of Heavy-Ion Accelerator, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Lin H, Yang WQ, Ye Z, Zhang CJ. Identification of Potent Caspase-8 Inhibitors from a Library of Fluorescent Natural Products Screened by an AIEgen-Based Light-Up Probe. Chembiochem 2019; 20:1292-1296. [PMID: 30648790 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Fluorescent natural products are a rich source of drugs and chemical probes, but their innate fluorescence can interfere with fluorescence-based screening assays. Caspase-8 is a key player in apoptosis, its inhibition having been found to be beneficial for treatment of inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases. Small-molecular inhibitors of caspase-8 remain sparsely reported, however. In this study, we firstly developed a light-up probe based on an AIEgen and capable of targeting caspase-8. This fluorescent dye has a Stokes shift of 200 nm, which could allow the innate fluorescence signals of natural products to be avoided. On screening a library of 86 fluorescent natural products, we found for the first time that gossypol showed potent inhibition of caspase-8 in vitro and in situ. This unique light-up probe, coupled with colored natural products, could represent an efficient approach to hit discovery for druggable targets.
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- Hao Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and, Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing, 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and, Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing, 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and, Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing, 100050, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and, Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing, 100050, China
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Hu XH, Zhang SZ, Miao HR, Cui FG, Shen Y, Yang WQ, Xu TT, Chen N, Chi XY, Zhang ZM, Chen J. High-Density Genetic Map Construction and Identification of QTLs Controlling Oleic and Linoleic Acid in Peanut using SLAF-seq and SSRs. Sci Rep 2018; 8:5479. [PMID: 29615772 PMCID: PMC5883025 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-23873-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The cultivated peanut, A. hypogaea L., is an important oil and food crop globally.High-density genetic linkage mapping is a valuable and effective method for exploring complex quantitative traits. In this context, a recombinant inbred line (RIL) of 146 lines was developed by crossing Huayu28 and P76. We developed 433,679 high-quality SLAFs, of which 29,075 were polymorphic. 4,817 SLAFs were encoded and grouped into different segregation patterns. A high-resolution genetic map containing 2,334 markers (68 SSRs and 2,266 SNPs) on 20 linkage groups (LGs) spanning 2586.37 cM was constructed for peanut. The average distance between adjacent markers was 2.25 cM. Based on phenotyping in seven environments, QTLs for oleic acid (C18:1), linoleic acid (C18:2) and the ratio of oleic acid to linoleic acid (O/L) were identified and positioned on linkage groups A03, A04, A09, B09 and B10. Marker2575339 and Marker2379598 in B09 were associated with C18:1, C18:2 and O/L in seven environments, Marker4391589 and Marker4463600 in A09 were associated with C18:1, C18:2 and O/L in six environments. This map exhibits high resolution and accuracy, which will facilitate QTL discovery for essential agronomic traits in peanut.
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- X H Hu
- Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Qingdao, 266100, P.R. China
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- Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Qingdao, 266100, P.R. China
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- Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Qingdao, 266100, P.R. China
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- Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Qingdao, 266100, P.R. China
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- Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, P.R. China
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- Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Qingdao, 266100, P.R. China
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- Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Qingdao, 266100, P.R. China
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- Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Qingdao, 266100, P.R. China
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- Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Qingdao, 266100, P.R. China
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- Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Qingdao, 266100, P.R. China
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- Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Qingdao, 266100, P.R. China.
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Yang WQ, Zhao F, Li L, Fang YJ. [Metabolomics study of tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate induced hepaotoxicity and nephrotoxicity in Sprague-Dawley rats]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2017; 51:1041-1047. [PMID: 29136753 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2017.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To discuss the potential toxic target organ and the toxic effects and mechanisms of tris (2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP) on SD rats. Methods: 40 female SD rats weaning from milk for 21 days, weighted (50±2.3)g were selected as subjects and marked by the weight. They were randomly divided into 4 groups, namely control group, 50 (L), 100 (M) and 250 (H) mg·kg(-1)·d(-1) dose of TCEP group. Each group has 10 rats, and administrated the corresponding dose of drug or vehicle by mouth, quaque die for 60 days. All rats were sacrificed after the last administration. The livers and kidneys were dyed by HE for pathological observation; and the blood samples were collected to analyze the biochemical index. H(1)-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ((1)H-NMR)-based metabolomics methods coupling with histopathogy examination were used to investigate the toxic effects of TCEP. Results: Inflammatory cell infiltration and hepatic necrosis were observed in the liver of TCEP-treated rats. Inflammatory cells invaded and calcification/ossification foci were also found in renal of TCEP-treated rats and tumor hyperplasia were existed in renal tubule in H group. The level of HDL-C in the L, M and H group were separately (1.7±0.09) , (1.5±0.07) and (1.3±0.1) µmol/L, which were all significantly lower than that of control group ( (1.9±0.2) µmol/L) (P<0.05) . The activity of cholinesterase (CHE) in the L, M and H group were separately (918±14.8) , (828±28.6) and (674±36.5) U/L, which were all significantly lower than that of control group ((1056±28.8) µmol/L) (P<0.05). Moreover, The level of creatinine (CRE) in the L, M and H group were separately (29.8±4.6) , (28.9±5.3) and (25.8±6.2) µmol/L, which were all significantly lower than that of control group ((30.2±3.9) µmol/L) (P<0.05). In the H group, the enzyme activities of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), creatine kinase (CK), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and the contents of total bilirubin (TBIL), glucose (GLU) and uric acid (UA) were all significantly higher than the results in control group. The results of (1)H-NMR metabolomics showed that the contents of lactate, glycine, high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein and phosphatidylcholine in blood of rats would decrease by TCEP exposure, while N-acetylglycoprotein, acetate, alanine, glucose, lipids, lipoproteins and fatty acids would increase. Conclusion: TCEP caused disorders in endogenous energy metabolism, leading to the pathological changes of inflammatory cells infiltration and necrosis in liver and kidney, caused enzyme activity changes of ALT, ALP and the content changes of other liver and kidney injury-related markers.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Ningbo Polytechnic, Ningbo 315800, China
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Zhang ZK, Lai SJ, Yu JX, Yang WQ, Wang X, Jing HQ, Li ZJ, Yang WZ. [Epidemiological characteristics of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli among diarrhea outpatients in China, 2012-2015]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2017; 38:419-423. [PMID: 28468055 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2017.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To understand the epidemiological characteristics of diarrheagenic Escherichia (E.) coli (DEC) among diarrhea outpatients in China. Methods: Diarrhea surveillance program was conducted in outpatient and emergency departments from 170 hospitals that under the sentinel programs in 27 provinces, from 2012-2015. Clinical and epidemiological data regarding diarrhea patients were collected, with fecal specimens sampled and tested for DEC in 92 network-connected laboratories. Results: Among all the 46 721 diarrhea cases, 7.7% of them appeared DEC positive in those with geographic heterogeneity. In 2 982 cases (6.4%) with available data on PCR subtypes of DEC, enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC, 1 205 cases, 40.4%) appeared the most commonly seen pathogens, followed by enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC, 815 cases, 27.3%), and enterotoxigenic E.coli (ETEC, 653 cases, 21.9%). The highest positive rate of DEC was observed in outpatients of 25-34 years old (10.1%), living in the warm temperate zones (11.1%), and with mucous-like stool (9.4%). The positive rate of DEC showed a strong seasonal pattern, with peaks in summer, for all the subtypes. Conclusions: DEC seemed easy to be detected among diarrhea outpatients in China, with EAEC, EPEC and ETEC the most commonly identified subtypes. Epidemiological characteristics regarding the heterogeneities of DEC appeared different, in regions, age groups and seasons. Long-term surveillance programs should be strengthened to better understand the epidemiology of DEC, in China.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Key Laboratory of Clinical in Vitro Diagnostic Techniques of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310003, China; Division of Infectious Disease, Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early-warning on Infectious Disease
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early-warning on Infectious Disease
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early-warning on Infectious Disease
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early-warning on Infectious Disease
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- Emergency Laboratory, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Emergency Laboratory, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early-warning on Infectious Disease
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early-warning on Infectious Disease
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Yao ST, Yao Y, Shi Y, Li PY, Xu YW, Yang WQ, Zhang YD, Yin CY, Cun LQ, Zhai ZJ, He N, Duan S. [Drug resistance and influencing factors in adult AIDS patients receiving antiretroviral treatment in Dehong, Yunnan province]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2017; 37:949-54. [PMID: 27453103 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2016.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the incidence of drug resistance in adult AIDS patients receiving antiretroviral treatment(ART)and influencing factors in Dehong prefecture, Yunnan province during 2012-2014. METHODS For this cohort study, all the AIDS patients aged over 15 and receiving ART in Dehong were screened for HIV drug resistance in 2012, and 3 715 patients who had received ART for more than 6 months were enrolled for 12 months and 24 months follow up. RESULTS Among the 3 715 patients, 56.6% were males, 72.6% were aged 26-45 years and 76.0% were married. The main treatment regimen was nevirapine(NVP)+ lamivudine(3TC)+ zidovudine(AZT)(38.2%). A total of 3 556 patients(95.7%)received at least one viral load testing during the two years follow-up, among them 253(7.1%)patients had VL≥1 000 copies/ml, in which 211(83.4%)received drug resistance related gene mutation testing, the results indicated that the drug resistance developed in 52 and 39 patients in 2013 and 2014(1.43 per 100 person years and 0.88 per 100 person years)respectively. The overall HIV drug incidence was 1.13 per 100 person years. Multivariate regression analysis indicated that age ≤25 years, to be infected through drug use, treatment regimen as D4T+ 3TC +NVP and baseline CD4(+) T cells ≤200 cells/μl were the risk factor of HIV drug resistance. Eleven HIV gene subtypes were detected in the 82 patients with newly developed drug resistance, CRF_BC was predominant(31.7%), followed by CRF01_AE(22.0%)and C(19.5%). Ten patients were infected with mixed subtypes of CRF_BC/B', CRF_BC/CRF_01B and CRF_BC/C. Most of the 82 patients were resistant to NRTIs and NNRTIs, the main mutation loci were M184V and K103N. CONCLUSIONS The incidence of drug resistance in adult AIDS patients receiving ART was relatively low in Dehong. However, it is necessary to conduct the health education in young people and drug users to improve the treatment compliance and strengthen the surveillance for HIV drug resistance.
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- Dehong Prefecture Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Mangshi 678400, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Ruili City People's Hospital, Ruili 678600, China
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- Mangshi City People's Hospital, Mangshi 678400, China
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- Longchuan County People's Hospital, Longchuan 678700, China
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- Yingjiang County People's Hospital, Yingjiang 679300, China
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- Dehong Prefecture People's Hospital, Mangshi 678400, China
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- Lianghe County People's Hospital, Lianghe 679200, China
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- Yingjiang County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yingjiang 678300, China
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- Wanding Hospital, Wanding 678500, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Dehong Prefecture Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Mangshi 678400, China
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Previous studies have shown that cytokines can affect serum lipoprotein concentrations. The aim of this study was to examine the association between IL-10 gene polymorphisms and serum lipoprotein levels of Han Chinese individuals. A total of 359 Han Chinese people were enrolled in this investigation. IL-10 -592, -819, and -1082 genotypes were established using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. An automatic biochemistry analyzer was used to determine serum concentrations of total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) in each individual. We observed that the three IL-10 polymorphisms did not significantly differ in terms of age or age of carrier (P > 0.05), and the -592 and -819 variants did not significantly affect serum lipoprotein levels (P > 0.05). HDL concentrations were higher and TG levels were lower in carriers of the -1082 GA genotype compared to those with the AA genotype, and these differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). However, TC, VLDL, and LDL levels were unaffected by this sequence variation (P > 0.05). Our results suggest that the polymorphism at position -1082 in the promoter region of IL-10 may affect serum HDL and TG concentrations, while other variants of this gene appear to have no relationship with serum lipoprotein levels.
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- W Q Yang
- Intracardiac Second Division, North China University of Science and Technology Affiliated Hospital, Tangshan, China
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Liu X, Du YR, Li XH, Li XL, Yang WQ, Wang Y. Breeding of a target genotype variety based on identified chalkiness marker-QTL associations in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Genet Mol Res 2015; 14:12894-902. [PMID: 26505442 DOI: 10.4238/2015.october.21.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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 aim of this study was to breed a target genotype variety based on the identified chalkiness marker-QTL (quantitative trait locus) associations in rice. First, a permanent mapping population of rice that consisted of 525 recombinant inbred lines (RILs), which were derived from Zhenshan 97/Minghui 63, was used to identify QTLs with additive effects for rice quantitative traits and percentage of grain chalkiness (PGC). Subsequently, based on the identified QTLs in rice, the molecular marker 68923-PGC was selected to screen the low chalkiness rice line. Then, using the integration of molecular marker breeding and traditional breeding, we analyzed the genotype and phenotype of inbred lines from 525 RILs; we identified one rice variety with particularly high yields, good taste, and broad adaptability. The new variety was temporarily named RIL10, which was a high quality, high yield, and broadly adaptable variety, and it is predominantly a feature that has contributed to its geographical adaptability, which would be planted from 35°E to 18°E in Chinain China, where 2/3 of rice production occurs. RIL10 was a marker-assisted selection breeding achievement for producing a high quality, high yield, and broadly adaptable rice variety.
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- Key laboratory of Food Nutrition and safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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- Key laboratory of Food Nutrition and safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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- Key laboratory of Food Nutrition and safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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- National Engineering and Technology Research Center for Preservation of Agricultural Products, Tianjin, China
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- Key laboratory of Food Nutrition and safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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Liu J, Zeng T, Su G, Lin LY, Zhao Y, Yang WQ, Xie WX, Zhao ZG, Li GM. The dissemination mode of drug-resistant genes in Enterobacter cloacae. Indian J Med Microbiol 2015; 33 Suppl:87-92. [PMID: 25657163 DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.150899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Enterobacter cloacae (E. cloacae) infection has the highest mortality rate among Enterobacter infections. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and the transmission route of the class I integron, qnr genes, and CTX-M ESBLs genes in clinical isolates and to analyse the association between the prevalence of MDR genes and the antibiotic resistance of E. cloacae. MATERIALS AND METHODS The antibiotic susceptibility was tested the agar dilution method. The class I integron, qnr genes, and CTX-M ESBLs genes were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The prevalence data were analysed with the Chi-square test. RESULTS In the 100 clinical isolates, the class I integron-positive rate was 65%, with 12% on chromosome, 15% on plasmids and 38% on both. The positive rate of qnr genes was 37% with plasmid location. The positive rates for qnrA, qnrB and qnrS were 6%, 23% and 8%, respectively. The CTX-M ESBLs-positive rate was 34%. For CTX-M-1 ESBLs, 15% were on chromosome, 6% on plasmids and 4% on both; for CTX-M-9 ESBLs, 1% was on chromosome and 7% on plasmid; for CTX-M-25 ESBLs, 3% were on chromosome and 1% on plasmid. CONCLUSION Antibiotic resistance genes may be horizontally and vertically disseminated among E. cloacae, which helps multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains of E. cloacae to be successful nosocomial agents.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, China
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Klick J, Yang WQ, Bruck DJ. Marking Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) With Rubidium or 15N. J Econ Entomol 2015; 108:1447-1451. [PMID: 26470275 DOI: 10.1093/jee/tov007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (Diptera: Drosophilidae) has caused significant economic damage to berry and stone fruit production regions. Markers that are systemic in plants and easily transferred to target organisms are needed to track D. suzukii exploitation of host resources and trophic interactions. High and low concentrations of the trace element, rubidium (Rb), and the stable isotope, 15N, were tested to mark D. suzukii larvae feeding on fruits of enriched strawberry plants grown in containers under greenhouse conditions. Fly marker content and proportion of flies marked 1, 7, and 14 d after emergence from enriched fruits and fly dry mass were analyzed. Nearly 100% of the flies analyzed 14 d after emerging from 15N-enriched plants were marked, whereas only 30-75% and 0-3% were marked 14 d after emerging from high and low Rb concentration plants, respectively. Rapid Rb decay, strong 15N persistence, and the economics of using these markers in the field to elucidate D. suzukii pest ecology are discussed.
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- J Klick
- Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, 4017 Ag. and Life Sciences Bldg., Corvallis, OR 97331.
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- Department of Horticulture, North Willamette Research and Extension Center, Oregon State University, 15210 NE Miley Rd., Aurora, OR 97002
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- USDA-ARS, Horticultural Crops Research Unit, 3420 NW Orchard Ave., Corvallis, OR 97330. Current address: DuPont Pioneer, 7300 NW 62nd Ave., PO Box 1004, Johnston, IA 50131
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Zhang Y, Yang WQ, Zhu H, Qian YY, Zhou L, Ren YJ, Ren XC, Zhang L, Liu XP, Liu CG, Ming ZJ, Li B, Chen B, Wang JR, Liu YB, Yang JM. Regulation of autophagy by miR-30d impacts sensitivity of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma to cisplatin. Biochem Pharmacol 2013; 87:562-70. [PMID: 24345332 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2013.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2013] [Revised: 11/29/2013] [Accepted: 12/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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miR-30d has been observed to be significantly down-regulated in human anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC), and is believed to be an important event in thyroid cell transformation. In this study, we found that miR-30d has a critical role in modulating sensitivity of ATC cells to cisplatin, a commonly used chemotherapeutic drug for treatment of this neoplasm. Using a mimic of miR-30d, we demonstrated that miR-30d could negatively regulate the expression of beclin 1, a key autophagy gene, leading to suppression of the cisplatin-activated autophagic response that protects ATC cells from apoptosis. A reporter gene assay demonstrated that the binding sequences of miR-30d in the beclin 1-3' UTR was the region required for the inhibition of beclin 1 expression by this miRNA. We further showed that inhibition of the beclin 1-mediated autophagy by the miR-30d mimic sensitized ATC cells to cisplatin both in vitro (cell culture) and in vivo (animal xenograft model). These results suggest that dysregulation of miR-30d in ATC cells is responsible for the insensitivity to cisplatin by promoting autophagic survival. Thus, miR-30d may be exploited as a potential target for therapeutic intervention in the treatment of ATC.
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hematology Center of Cyrus Tang Medical Institute, Affiliated Changshu Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hematology Center of Cyrus Tang Medical Institute, Affiliated Changshu Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Ohio State University, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hematology Center of Cyrus Tang Medical Institute, Affiliated Changshu Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hematology Center of Cyrus Tang Medical Institute, Affiliated Changshu Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hematology Center of Cyrus Tang Medical Institute, Affiliated Changshu Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Pharmacology and The Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hematology Center of Cyrus Tang Medical Institute, Affiliated Changshu Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hematology Center of Cyrus Tang Medical Institute, Affiliated Changshu Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Ohio State University, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hematology Center of Cyrus Tang Medical Institute, Affiliated Changshu Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hematology Center of Cyrus Tang Medical Institute, Affiliated Changshu Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hematology Center of Cyrus Tang Medical Institute, Affiliated Changshu Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Pharmacology and The Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
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Shen JZ, Ma LN, Han Y, Liu JX, Yang WQ, Chen L, Liu Y, Hu Y, Jin MW. Pentamethylquercetin generates beneficial effects in monosodium glutamate-induced obese mice and C2C12 myotubes by activating AMP-activated protein kinase. Diabetologia 2012; 55:1836-46. [PMID: 22415589 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-012-2519-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2012] [Accepted: 02/14/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Pentamethylquercetin (PMQ) has recently been shown to have glucose-lowering properties. Here, we aimed to characterise the effectiveness and underlying mechanisms of PMQ for ameliorating metabolic disorders in vivo and vitro. METHODS We generated a mouse model of obesity by neonatal administration of monosodium glutamate (MSG) and used it to assess the properties of PMQ as a treatment for metabolic disorders. We also investigated the possible underlying mechanisms of PMQ in the prevention of metabolic disorders. RESULTS Compared with normal mice, MSG mice had metabolic disorders, including central obesity, hyperinsulinaemia, insulin resistance, hyperglycaemia, hyperlipidaemia, decreased phosphorylation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC), and downregulated levels of GLUT4 in gastrocnemius muscles. In MSG mice, PMQ treatment (5, 10, 20 mg/kg daily) reduced body weight gain, waist circumference, adipose tissue mass, serum glucose, triacylglycerol and total cholesterol, while improving insulin resistance, activating AMPK and increasing ACC phosphorylation and GLUT4 abundance. In C2C12 myotubes, PMQ (10 μmol/l) increased glucose consumption by ∼65%. PMQ treatment (1-10 μmol/l) also activated AMPK, increased ACC phosphorylation and GLUT4 abundance, and upregulated the expression of some key genes involved in fatty acid oxidation. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION These findings suggest that PMQ can ameliorate metabolic disorders at least in part via stimulation of AMPK activity.
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- J Z Shen
- Department of Pharmacology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 13 Hangkong Road, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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The capacitance of a single electrode is usually measured by injecting a current to the electrode and measuring the resultant voltage on the electrode. In this case, a voltage-controlled current source with a high bandwidth is needed because the impedance is inversely proportional to the excitation frequency. In this design note, three different current sources are discussed: (1) the Howland current source, (2) a modified Howland current source, and (3) a dual op-amp current source. The principle and dynamic performances are presented and compared. Simulation and experimental results show that although the Howland current source has the lowest (i.e., worst) output impedance, its output is the most stable among the three current sources when the frequency changes. Therefore, it is suitable for single-electrode capacitance measurement. Initial tests have proven the feasibility of single-electrode capacitance sensor with the Howland current source.
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- D X Chen
- School of Mechatronics Engineering and Automation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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Wang H, Yang WQ, Ma CB, Lu YF. Design of two-dimensional tunable photonic crystals with multiple functionalities. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2010; 10:1656-1662. [PMID: 20355553 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2010.2041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Negative refraction is an interesting phenomenon which can provide sub-wavelength imaging and a novel way to control the propagation path of photons. Photonic crystals have been intensively researched to achieve negative refraction. In this article, we present design and simulations of a new two-dimensional tunable photonic crystal obtained using the plane wave expansion method. The newly designed photonic crystals exhibit tunability among positive, zero, and negative refractions, when liquid crystals infiltrated in the structures are electrically tuned. The equifrequency surface diagrams of the designed photonic crystal unveil the refraction direction of photons in the structures. The tunability is further confirmed using the finite-difference time-domain simulation.
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- H Wang
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0511, USA
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Xiong W, Zhou YS, Mahjouri-Samani M, Yang WQ, Yi KJ, He XN, Liou SH, Lu YF. Self-aligned growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes using optical near-field effects. Nanotechnology 2009; 20:025601. [PMID: 19417270 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/2/025601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Self-aligned growth of ultra-short single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) was realized by utilizing optical near-field effects in a laser-assisted chemical vapor deposition (LCVD) process. By introducing the optical near-field effects, bridge structures containing single suspended SWNT channels were successfully fabricated through the LCVD process at a relatively low substrate temperature. Raman spectroscopy and I-V analyses have been carried out to characterize the SWNT-bridge structures. Numerical simulations using a high-frequency structure simulator revealed that significant enhancement of local heating occurs at metallic electrode tips under laser irradiation; it is about one order of magnitude higher than that in the rest of the electrodes. This technique suggests a novel approach to in situ low-temperature fabrication of SWNT-based devices in a precisely controlled manner, based on the nanoscale heating enhancement induced by the optical near-field effects.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0511, USA
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Yang WQ, Dai L, You LP, Zhang BR, Shen B, Qin GG. Catalyst-free synthesis of well-aligned ZnO nanowires on In0.2Ga0.8N, GaN, and Al0.25Ga0.75N substrates. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2006; 6:3780-3. [PMID: 17256330 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2006.623] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Well-aligned ZnO nanowires have been synthesized vertically on In0.2Ga0.8N, GaN, and Al0.25Ga0.75N substrates, using a catalyst-free carbon thermal-reduction vapor phase deposition method for the first time. The as-synthesized nanowires are single crystalline wurtzite structure, and have a growth direction of [0001]. Each nanowire has a smooth surface, and uniform diameter along the growth direction. The average diameter and length of these nanowires are 120-150 nm, and 3-10 )m, respectively. We suggest that the growth mechanism follow a self-catalyzing growth model. Excitonic emission peaked around 385 nm dominates the room-temperature photoluminescence spectra of these nanowires. The room-temperature photoluminescence and Raman scattering spectra show that these nanowires have good optical quality with very less structural defects.
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- W Q Yang
- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, PR China
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Yang WQ, Senger DL, Lun XQ, Muzik H, Shi ZQ, Dyck RH, Norman K, Brasher PMA, Rewcastle NB, George D, Stewart D, Lee PWK, Forsyth PA. Reovirus as an experimental therapeutic for brain and leptomeningeal metastases from breast cancer. Gene Ther 2005; 11:1579-89. [PMID: 15372068 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Brain and leptomeningeal metastases are common in breast cancer patients and our current treatments are ineffective. Reovirus type 3 is a replication competent, naturally occurring virus that usurps the activated Ras-signaling pathway (or an element thereof) of tumor cells and lyses them but leaves normal cells relatively unaffected. In this study we evaluated reovirus as an experimental therapeutic in models of central nervous system (CNS) metastasis from breast cancer. We found all breast cancer cell lines tested were susceptible to reovirus, with > 50% of these cells lysed within 72 h of infection. In vivo neurotoxicity studies showed only mild local inflammation at the injection site and mild communicating hydrocephalus with neither diffuse encephalitis nor behavioral abnormalities at the therapeutically effective dose of reovirus (intracranial) (ie 10(7) plaque-forming units) or one dose level higher. In vivo, a single intratumoral administration of reovirus significantly reduced the size of tumors established from two human breast cancer cell lines and significantly prolonged survival. Intrathecal administration of reovirus also remarkably prolonged survival in an immunocompetent racine model of leptomeningeal metastases. These data suggest that the evaluation of reovirus as an experimental therapeutic for CNS metastases from breast cancer is warranted.
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- W Q Yang
- Department of Oncology, University of Calgary, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Alberta, Canada
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Yang WQ, Murthy R, King P, Topa MA. Diurnal changes in gas exchange and carbon partitioning in needles of fast- and slow-growing families of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda). Tree Physiol 2002; 22:489-498. [PMID: 11986052 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/22.7.489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We investigated diurnal and seasonal changes in carbon acquisition and partitioning of recently assimilated carbon in fast- and slow-growing families of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) to determine whether fast-growing families exhibited greater carbon gain at the leaf level. Since planting on a xeric infertile site in Scotland County, NC, USA in 1993, five Atlantic Coastal Plain (ACP) and five "Lost Pines" Texas (TX) families have been grown with either optimal nutrition or without fertilization (control). In 1998 and 1999, gas exchange parameters were monitored bimonthly in four families and needles were analyzed bimonthly for starch and soluble sugar concentrations. Although diurnal and seasonal effects on net photosynthesis (A(net)) and maximum rate of light-saturated photosynthesis (A(max)) were significant, few family or treatment differences in gas exchange characteristics were observed. The A(net) peaked at different times during the day over the season, and A(max) was generally highest in May. Instantaneous water-use efficiency (WUE(i)), derived from gas exchange parameters, did not differ among families, whereas foliage stable isotope composition (delta(13)C) values suggested that TX families exhibited lower WUE than more mesic ACP families. Although there were no diurnal effects on foliar starch concentrations, needles exhibited pronounced seasonal changes in absolute concentrations of total nonstructural carbohydrates (TNC), starch and soluble sugars, and in partitioning of TNC to starch and sugars, mirroring seasonal changes in photosynthesis and shoot and root growth. In all families, foliar starch concentrations peaked in May and decreased to a minimum in winter, whereas reducing sugar concentrations were highest in winter. Some family and treatment differences in partitioning of recently assimilated carbon in needles were observed, with the two TX families exhibiting higher concentrations of TNC and starch and enhanced starch partitioning compared with the ACP families. We conclude that growth differences among the four families are not a function of differences in carbon acquisition or partitioning at the leaf level.
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- W Q Yang
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Tower Road, Ithaca, NY 14853-1801, USA.
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Paramecia are ciliated single-cell eukaryotic organisms that can respond to chemical cues in their environment. Glutamate is among those cues, which attract cells. We describe briefly here the following attributes of glutamate chemoresponse: 1) Cells are attracted to L-glutamate relative to KCl at high concentrations of glutamate. 2) There are at least two specific, relatively low affinity glutamate binding sites on the cell surface. Glutamate can be displaced from only one of the binding sites by inosine monophosphate (IMP), and quisqualate displaces glutamate from the second site, which is likely to be the glutamate receptor involved in attraction to glutamate. 3) IMP is a repellent and does not act synergistically with glutamate, whereas guanosine monophosphate (GMP) does. 4) Similarly, glutathione is an attractant, but glutamate and glutathione appear to use different transduction pathways. 5) Glutamate hyperpolarizes the cell. The ionic mechanism is not yet verified, but is likely to involve a K conductance. 6) Glutamate induces a rapid and robust increase in cAMP in the cell. Protein kinase A (PKA) is possibly involved in the transduction pathway because kinase inhibitors such as H7 and H8 inhibit glutamate response, but do not affect responses to other attractants, such as acetate and ammonium. Activation of PKA by the rapid rise in cAMP may sustain the hyperpolarization phosphorylation and activation of the plasma membrane calcium pump. 7) Candidate glutamate binding proteins are being identified among the cell surface proteins with the use of affinity chromatography.
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- J L Van Houten
- Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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Wang KC, Yang WQ, Wang ZY. [Chemical weed control of medicinal plant Bupleurum falcatum L]. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 2000; 25:210-3. [PMID: 12512434] [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: 02/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To select low-residue herbicide for cultivation of Bupleurum falcatum. METHOD Probing the effect of various kinds of herbicide on the budding, growth and yield of B. falcatum both in laboratory and in the fields. RESULT AND CONCLUSION Haloxyfop acts slightly on the growth of B. falcarum, but effectively kills weeds of many kinds. Butralin is a good herbicide for Gramineae.
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- K C Wang
- Department of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
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Wu KF, Zheng GG, Rao Q, Geng YQ, Yang WQ, Song YH. Cellular macrophage colony-stimulating factor and its role. Haematologica 1999; 84:951-2. [PMID: 10509046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023] Open
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Kang LY, Pan XZ, Yang WX, Pan QC, Weng XH, Yang WQ. Chinese herbal formula XQ-9302: pilot study of its clinical and in vitro activity against human immunodeficiency virus. Hong Kong Med J 1999; 5:135-139. [PMID: 11821581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effectiveness of XQ-9302--a purified, precise mixture of 20 Chinese herbs--against infection with human immunodeficiency virus in vitro and in the clinic. DESIGN: In vitro cell culture assay, heavy metal content analysis, and pilot non-randomised clinical trial. SETTING: Drug rehabilitation centre and municipal surveillance centre, Shanghai, China. PATIENTS: Forty-eight patients who had various clinical histories, such as drug abuse, cancer, and infection with human immunodeficiency virus, participated in the clinical study. INTERVENTION: During the clinical trial, multiple 15-day courses of XQ-9302 10.8 g/d were given to participants. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: CD4 count, P24 antigen level, level of antibody against human immunodeficiency virus, number of copies per millilitre of human immunodeficiency virus in the plasma (viral load), and any side effects. RESULTS: XQ-9302 protected cultured MT4 cells from infection with human immunodeficiency virus in vitro. Clinical tests showed that the herbal formula relieved the symptoms of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and enhanced CD4 counts in patients infected by the human immunodeficiency virus. There were no observable side effects, even after taking the drug for several months. In three patients who had acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, treatment with XQ-9302 reduced the magnitude of the viral load by more than 1 log. CONCLUSION: XQ-9302 not only improves the immune function of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, but also interrupts viral replication and slows the progression of the disease without detectable side effects. In addition, the heavy metal content of XQ-9302 is well within safety levels set by the Government of China.
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- L Y Kang
- Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control, 280 Chang Shu Road, Shanghai 200031, China
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Yang WQ, Song NG, Ying SS, Liang HQ, Zhang YJ, Wei MJ, Wu KF. Serum lipid concentrations correlate with the progression of chronic renal failure. Clin Lab Sci 1999; 12:104-8. [PMID: 10387487] [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: 02/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the distribution pattern for serum lipid concentrations among patients with different degrees of chronic renal failure; to study the characteristics of abnormal lipid metabolism for chronic renal failure patients when the disease progress further. SETTING No. 255 Hospital of PLA, Tangshan, Hebei, China; No. 281 Hospital of PLA, Beidanhe, Hebei, China; and the General Hospital of Beijing Military Region, Beijing, China. PRACTICE DESCRIPTION A total of 240 serum/urine samples from 50 healthy volunteers and from 190 patients with different degrees of chronic renal failure, which fall into four groups according to their glomerular filtration rates, were measured for serum levels of triglyceride, lipoprotein(a), lipoprotein(a) cholesterol, total cholesterol, apolipoprotein A1, apolipoprotein B100, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, and for urine albumin concentrations; the levels of these criteria were compared between the control group and diseased groups; the mean concentrations of different lipid variables were paired and subjected to linear regression analysis. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS Glomerular filtration rates were estimated by the iohexol clearance method, in which plasma content of iohexol was measured with high performance liquid chromatography; concentrations of triglyceride, lipoprotein(a), lipoprotein(a) cholesterol, total cholesterol, apolipoprotein A1, apolipoprotein B100, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, and albumin were assayed according to standard protocols. RESULTS Serum levels of triglyceride, lipoprotein(a), lipoprotein(a) cholesterol, total cholesterol, apolipoprotein A1, apolipoprotein B100, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, and urine albumin contents were significantly higher, whereas those of high density lipoprotein cholesterol were lower, in diseased groups than that of the control (p < 0.05, p < 0.01). When the disease progressed, concentrations of these criteria increased or decreased further (p < 0.01, p < 0.05). Significant correlations were found between a few lipid criteria for their mean concentrations in diseased groups. CONCLUSION The study demonstrates a correlation between abnormalities of lipid metabolism and the degrees of kidney insufficiency, and a correlation within certain kinds of lipid criteria in patients with different degrees of renal damage. The results suggest the existence of multi-correlations in vivo in catabolism and metabolism of lipid, lipoprotein, apolipoprotein, and protein in the patients. The exact mechanism responsible for the association and correlation remains to be clarified.
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- W Q Yang
- National Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Tianjin, China.
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Sabath DE, Koehler KM, Yang WQ, Phan V, Wilson J. DNA-protein interactions in the proximal zeta-globin promoter: identification of novel CCACCC- and CCAAT-binding proteins. Blood Cells Mol Dis 1998; 24:183-98. [PMID: 9642099 DOI: 10.1006/bcmd.1998.0185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The human zeta-globin gene is expressed in a tissue- and developmental-specific pattern, with expression confined to primitive erythroid cells of the embryonic yolk sac blood islands. Transgenic mouse studies have shown that the proximal zeta-globin promoter contains sequences that contribute to the stage-specificity of expression, but no systematic functional studies of the cis elements in the proximal zeta-globin promoter have been reported. In this paper, we show that a number of conserved sequence elements in the zeta-globin promoter are important for promoter activity in transiently transfected K562 erythroleukemia cells, which constitutively express zeta-globin. These include a GATA site at -105, a CCACC site at -93, a CCAAT box at -65, and a TATA box at -29. A highly conserved CCTCC sequence at -78 is not important for zeta-globin promoter activity in this system. Mutations at these sites do not result in increased promoter activity in OCIM1 cells, an erythroid line that does not express zeta-globin, suggesting none of these sites is a developmental silencer. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays show that K562 and OCIM1 nuclear extracts contain DNA-binding activities that interact with the -105 GATA, -65 CCAAT, and -29 TATA sites. In addition K562 cells, but not OCIM1 cells, have an activity that binds the -93 CCACC site. GATA-1 interacts with the GATA site. The K562 CCACC-binding protein is distinct from Sp1, Sp2, Sp3, Sp4, EKLF, and BKLF. A specific -65 CCAAT-binding activity is present in K562 and OCIM1 nuclear extracts that is distinct from other CCAAT-binding proteins including CBF/NF-Y, C/EBP, NF-1, and CP2. Thus, we have identified two novel factors that may contribute to the tissue or developmental stage-specific expression of zeta-globin.
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- D E Sabath
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195, USA.
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Song NG, Yang WQ, Wang CJ, Xu ZC, Guo BQ, Wei MJ. An alternative method for evaluating lipoprotein(a) excess in plasma. Clin Lab Sci 1997; 10:325-8. [PMID: 10175332] [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: 02/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the stability and reliability of lipoprotein(a) cholesterol measurement, and explore the possibility to evaluate lipoprotein(a) excess in plasma by using lipoprotein(a)-cholesterol assay alternatively to assay lipoprotein(a). SETTING Number 255 Hospital of PLA, Tangshan, Hebei, China. PRACTICE DESCRIPTION A total of 396 plasma samples from 100 healthy people (control), 107 chronic renal failure patients, 114 coronary heart disease patients, and 75 cerebral infarction patients, respectively, were measured for lipoprotein(a) cholesterol and lipoprotein(a) mass; lipoprotein(a) cholesterol and lipoprotein(a) mass levels among control and diseased groups were compared; and lipoprotein(a) cholesterol levels and lipoprotein(a) mass values from the control group were subjected to linear regression analysis. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS The affinity between oligosaccharide contained in lipoprotein(a) and lectin wheat germ agglutinin to isolate lipoprotein(a) from other lipoproteins; lipoprotein(a) cholesterol and lipoprotein(a) mass detected by total cholesterol kits and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay kits, respectively. RESULTS Both lipoprotein(a) cholesterol and lipoprotein(a) mass levels of the chronic renal failure, coronary heart disease, and cerebral infarction groups were significantly higher than those of the control (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01) whereas no difference was seen among the diseased groups at the 0.05 level. Regression analysis within the control group showed a very high correlation between lipoprotein(a) cholesterol and lipoprotein(a) (r = 0.9932). CONCLUSION The results suggest that lipoprotein(a) cholesterol assay may be used in the place of lipoprotein(a) measurement for evaluating lipoprotein(a) excess for chronic renal failure, coronary heart disease, and cerebral infarction patients. Further studies about the mechanism of this association between lipoprotein(a) cholesterol and lipoprotein(a) levels are needed.
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- N G Song
- Clinical Laboratory Department, No. 255 Hospital, PLA, Tangshan, Hebei, China
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Yang WQ, Braun C, Plattner H, Purvee J, Van Houten JL. Cyclic nucleotides in glutamate chemosensory signal transduction of Paramecium. J Cell Sci 1997; 110 ( Pt 20):2567-72. [PMID: 9372445 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.110.20.2567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Glutamate is an attractant stimulus to Paramecium tetraurelia. It causes a hyperpolarization of the cell and smooth, relatively fast swimming that is characteristic of hyperpolarizing stimuli. We show here that by 1–30 seconds of stimulation, glutamate increases intracellular cAMP. Interestingly, other attractant stimuli, such as acetate and NH4Cl, that similarly hyperpolarize the cell do not induce an increase in cyclic AMP observable at 30 seconds. In order to determine whether the changes in cyclic AMP could be rapid enough to participate in stimulation as compared to slower processes such as adaptation, rapid kinetic measurements of cyclic AMP were made on whole cells by quenched-flow. We found that, in cells stimulated with glutamate, intracellular cyclic AMP increases by 30 mseconds and peaks at about sevenfold over basal levels by 200 mseconds. Cyclic GMP does not change relative to basal levels over rapid or slower time courses of glutamate stimulation. An antagonist of glutamate, IMP, depolarizes the cells and decreases intracellular cyclic AMP by approx. 50% and slightly increases cyclic GMP. Results of behavioral tests of cells treated with protein kinase inhibitors also suggest that cyclic AMP is part of the signal transduction pathway for glutamate, but not for other attractant stimuli. These studies are the first demonstration of a possible role for cyclic nucleotide second messengers in an attractant chemosensory transduction pathway in Paramecium.
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- W Q Yang
- Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA
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The human zeta-globin promoter contains a strong positive regulatory element in the 5' flanking region, designated the zeta-globin upstream regulatory element (URE). In this study, we define the minimal sequences required for URE function and characterize the associated protein-DNA interactions. Deletion experiments show that the URE spans a 60 bp region located between 220 and 279 bp 5' to the transcription start site. Further subdivision of this region shows that multiple cis acting sequences are present. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays demonstrate that the erythroid transcription factor GATA-1 binds a site at -230, and Sp1 and an unidentified factor bind a CCACC site at -240. The unidentified CCACC factor is distinct from two other CCACC factors, EKLF and BKLF/TEF-2. A third complex contains a novel DNA-binding activity that interacts with a site in the -269 to -255 region, designated URE binding factor (URE-BF). This factor is present in K562 cells that express zeta-globin, but is absent in the OCIM1 cell line, a human erythroid cell line that does not express zeta-globin. URE-BF appears to interact with a GATA factor, since formation of the URE-BF complex can be prevented by the presence of unlabeled oligonucleotides containing GATA sites. Finally, increasing the distance from the -230 GATA site to the two upstream sites causes a progressive decrease in zeta-globin promoter activity. There is no indication of a requirement for GATA-1 to be on the same side of the DNA helix as the other upstream factors. These results show that zeta-globin promoter function is highly dependent on a 60 bp region to which at least three different factors bind. Two of these factors may represent DNA-binding proteins not previously identified as important for regulation of globin gene expression. It is likely that these factors interact physically to create a functional regulatory unit.
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- D E Sabath
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195-7110, USA.
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Sabath DE, Koehler KM, Yang WQ, Patton K, Stamatoyannopoulos G. Identification of a major positive regulatory element located 5' to the human zeta-globin gene. Blood 1995; 85:2587-97. [PMID: 7727787] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The function of the zeta-globin promoter was studied using a series of zeta-globin promoter deletion constructs to drive luciferase expression in transiently transfected human erythroleukemia cells. The promoters were used without enhancers, or with enhancers derived from the beta-globin locus control region and the alpha-globin HS-40 enhancer. When transfected into K562 cells, which express zeta-globin, comparable amounts of activity were obtained from the -557 and -417 zeta-luciferase constructs and the alpha-luciferase constructs when no enhancers or the alpha-globin locus enhancers were used. When the constructs were transfected into OCIM1 cells, which do not express zeta-globin, the zeta-globin promoters were at best 20% as active as the alpha-globin promoters. When sequences from -417 to -207 5' to the zeta-globin mRNA cap site were deleted, up to 95% of the zeta-globin promoter activity was lost in K562 cells. Reinsertion of these sequences into zeta-luciferase constructs missing the -417 to -207 region showed that the sequences lack classical enhancer activity. Point mutation of a GATA-1 site at -230 reduced promoter activity by 37%. Point mutation of a CCACC site at -240 had no effect. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays indicated that the -230 GATA-1 site has a relatively low affinity for GATA-1. These experiments show the presence of a strong positive-acting element, located between -417 and -207 bp 5' to the zeta-globin mRNA cap site, is necessary for high-level promoter activity in K562 cells. This element requires GATA-1 and additional unknown factors for maximal activity.
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- D E Sabath
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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The focus of this report is to describe a system for recording surface His-Purkinje and ventricular late potentials on a beat-by-beat basis outside of a shielded environment. An AC magnetic field monitoring device was designed for improved site selection, orientation, and quality control of the acquisition. His-Purkinje signals are detected utilizing spatial averaging and specific channel selection algorithms applied to discriminate random noise from signal. Beat-by-beat vectormagnitude complexes were generated from pairs of X, Y, and Z leads. Both infinite impulse response (IIR) filters, modified for beat-by-beat approaches, and finite impulse response (FIR) filters were utilized. Using the IIR filter, beat-by-beat recordings from test subjects were compared to the signal averaged electrocardiogram (SAECG). Measurement parameters from normal test subjects fell within the previously specified normal range for the SAECG. The IIR filter applied to beat-by-beat recordings exhibited sharp frequency response and a precisely defined cutoff frequency allowing maximal attenuation of the low frequency components in the ST segment. While filter ringing was eliminated, discontinuity and distortion of the filtered waveform resulted. The FIR filter with linear phase response retained the integrity and morphology of the complex but because of its flat frequency response, the ST segment was not as well attenuated and it was more difficult to isolate late potentials. A high order FIR filter should be used if the desire is to match the frequency response of the four-pole IIR filter, since the frequency response of the FIR filter is primarily determined by the order of the filter.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- N C Flowers
- Section of Cardiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-3105
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