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Inorg Chem ; 63(19): 8782-8790, 2024 May 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38691448

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Potocatalytic hydrogen evolution represnets a promising way to achieve renewable energy sources. Dual heterojunctions with an inverse opal structure are proposed for addressing fundamental challenges (low surface area, inefficient light absorption, and poor charge separation) in photocatalytic water splitting. Inverse opal structure and Co3O4 were introduced to design and synthesize a ZnO/ZnS/Co3O4 (IO-ZnO/ZnS/Co3O4) photocatalyst. Morphology characterizations and photoelectric measurements reveal that the introduction of three-dimensional (3D) structures and dual heterojunctions improves light utilization efficiency and accelerates charge separation, greatly promoting photoelectric performance. The as-prepared IO-ZnO/ZnS/Co3O4 manifests superior photocurrent density (0.49 mA/cm2), which is 4 times higher than that of IO-ZnO/ZnS due to the existence of dual heterojunctions. The result is further confirmed by an enhanced H2 production rate (153.01 µmol/g/h) in pure water. Notably, excellent cycling stability is achieved in pure water because Co3O4 can rapidly capture photogenerated holes to inhibit severe photocorrosion of ZnO/ZnS. Therefore, this work presents a new insight into inhibiting photocorrosion of metal sulfides and promoting their photoelectric performance by combining 3D structures and dual heterojunctions.

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Bioorg Chem ; 133: 106409, 2023 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36753963

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Histone demethylation is a key post-translational modification of chromatin, and its dysregulation affects a wide array of nuclear activities including the maintenance of genome integrity, transcriptional regulation, and epigenetic inheritance. Lysine specific demethylase 6A (KDM6A, also known as UTX) is an Fe2+- and α-ketoglutarate- dependent oxidase which belongs to KDM6 Jumonji histone demethylase subfamily, and it can remove mono-, di- and tri-methyl groups from methylated lysine 27 of histone H3 (H3K27me1/2/3). Mounting studies indicate that KDM6A is responsible for driving multiple human diseases, particularly cancers and pharmacological inhibition of KDM6A is an effective strategy to treat varieties of KDM6A-amplified cancers in cellulo and in vivo. Although there are several reviews on the roles of KDM6 subfamily in cancer development and therapy, all of them only simply introduce the roles of KDM6A in cancer without systematically summarizing the specific mechanisms of KDM6A in tumorigenesis, which greatly limits the advances on the understanding of roles KDM6A in varieties of cancers, discovering targeting selective KDM6A inhibitors, and exploring the adaptive profiles of KDM6A antagonists. Herein, we present the structure and functions of KDM6A, simply outline the functions of KDM6A in homeostasis and non-cancer diseases, summarize the role of KDM6A and its distinct target genes/ligand proteins in development of varieties of cancers, systematically classify KDM6A inhibitors, sum up the difficulties encountered in the research of KDM6A and the discovery of related drugs, and provide the corresponding solutions, which will contribute to understanding the roles of KDM6A in carcinogenesis and advancing the progression of KDM6A as a drug target in cancer therapy.


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Histona Desmetilases , Neoplasias , Humanos , Carcinogênese/metabolismo , Histona Desmetilases/metabolismo , Histonas/química , Histonas/metabolismo , Lisina/metabolismo , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias/genética
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Appl Opt ; 61(13): 3819-3826, 2022 May 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36256425

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With the development of laser metrology, the dual-comb system has natural superiority in the measuring fields. Specifically, distance and velocity represent a basic state for the target in space. We propose an application mode of the dual-comb interferometry integrated into the field programmable gate array. A high-speed parallel processor truly gives full play to the benefit of the data processing rate. The algorithm of the peak extraction and the address matching also bring an efficient working mode into the whole scheme. To verify the performance of this system, we devise a series of experiments for distance and velocity, respectively. The data processing rate of the distance is 425 Hz and that of the corresponding average velocity is 0.425 Hz, which is flexible for different measuring conditions. The experimental results show that the difference can be well within 252.8 µm at 5 m range and 284.9 µm/s over 0.5 m/s.

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Opt Express ; 28(4): 4398-4411, 2020 Feb 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32121677

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In this paper, we propose a method aiming to measure the absolute distance via the slope of the inter-mode beat phase by sweeping the repetition frequency of the frequency comb. The presented approach breaks the inertial thinking of the extremely stable comb spacing, and the bulky phase-locking circuit of the repetition frequency is not required. In particular, the non-ambiguity range can be expanded to be infinite. To verify the performance of presented method, a series of distance experiments have been devised in different scenarios. Compared with the reference values, the experimental results show the differences within 25 µm at 65 m range in the laboratory, and within 100 µm at 219 m range out of the lab.

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Ecotoxicol Environ Saf ; 191: 110185, 2020 Mar 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31986455

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Landscaping of sludge is a kind of recycling disposal, but the potential heavy metal risks limit its application. In this paper, the sludge soil was remediated by ryegrass, and the effect of ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) was studied through pot experiments. Italian ryegrass was planted in the sludge soil treated with six gradients concentrations of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 mmol kg-1 of EDTA, and the planting conditions were kept the same. After 45 days of planting, compared with the control group (without EDTA treated), the application of 1-5 mmol kg-1 EDTA decreased ryegrass biomass by 2-43%, reduced soil pH value by 0.21-0.34 unit, and reduced 4.1-9.7% capacity of exchange cation, but increased 1.4-8.6% soil organic matter. After growing ryegrass, the contents of heavy metals decreased by 10% for Cu, 15% for Zn, 6% for Ni, 14% for Cd and 44% for Pb; and after spraying EDTA decreased again by 33% for Cu, 31% for Zn, 56% for Ni, 24% for Cd, and 68% for Pb. In ryegrass, the uptake heavy metals were enhanced, and bio-concentration factor of Cu, Zn, Ni, Cd, and Pb of EDTA treated groups were 1.9, 1.6, 4.1, 2.7, and 4.8 times of the control group, respectively. However, EDTA only significantly increased transfer factor values of Cu and Zn, and made bio-extraction factor value of Cu greater than 1. The remediation factor values were used to comprehensive assess accumulation capacity of heavy metals by ryegrass under EDTA treating, and they ordered in Zn > Cu > Ni > Cd > Pb, and the best dose was 2 mmol kg-1 EDTA. Prediction models for bio-concentration factor were established by using stepwise multiple linear regression, explaining 94.9-99.3% of the corresponding elements with soil organic matter, EDTA dosage, and/or pH value (p < 0.005). This paper provided effective heavy metals remediation data for municipal sludge landscape and the prediction models.


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Ácido Edético/química , Lolium/metabolismo , Metais Pesados/metabolismo , Poluentes do Solo/metabolismo , Eliminação de Resíduos Líquidos/métodos , Biodegradação Ambiental , Biomassa , Itália , Lolium/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Metais Pesados/análise , Metais Pesados/química , Esgotos/química , Solo/química , Poluentes do Solo/análise , Poluentes do Solo/química
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Sensors (Basel) ; 20(6)2020 Mar 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32245038

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In this paper, we demonstrate a three-dimensional imaging system based on the laser frequency comb. We develop a compact, all-fiber mode-locked laser at 1 µm, whose repetition frequency can be tightly synchronized to the external frequency reference. The mode-locked state is achieved via the saturable absorber mirror in a linear cavity, and the laser output power can be amplified from 4 mW to 150 mW after a Yb-doped fiber amplifier. Three-dimensional imaging is realized via the spectral interferometry with the aid of an equal-arm Michelson interferometer. Compared with the reference values, the measurement results show the difference can be below 4 µm. Our system could provide a pathway to the real industry applications in future.

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BMC Genomics ; 20(1): 285, 2019 Apr 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30975097

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BACKGROUND: Two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) are widely used in plant proteomics research. However, these two techniques cannot be simultaneously satisfied by traditional protein extraction methods when investigate cotton leaf proteome. RESULTS: Here, we evaluated the efficiency of three different protein extraction methods for 2-DE and LC-MS/MS analyses of total proteins obtained from cotton leaves. The protein yield of the borax/PVPP/phenol (BPP) method (0.14%) was significantly lower than the yields of the trichloroacetic acid/acetone (TCA) precipitation method (1.42%) and optimized TCA combined with BPP (TCA-B) method (0.47%). The BPP method was failed to get a clear 2-DE electrophoretogram. Fifty pairs of protein spots were randomly selected from the 2-DE gels of TCA- and TCA-B-extracted proteins for identification by MALDI TOF/TOF, and the results of 42 pairs were consistent. High-throughput proteomic analysis showed that 6339, 9282 and 9697 unique proteins were identified from the total cotton leaf proteins extracted by the TCA, BPP and TCA-B methods, respectively. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis revealed that the proteins specifically identified by TCA method were primarily distributed in the plasma membrane, while BPP and TCA-B methods specific proteins distributed in the cytosol, indicating the sub-cellular preference of different protein extraction methods. Further, ATP-dependent zinc metalloprotease FTSH 8 could be observed in the 2-DE gels of TCA and TCA-B methods, and could only be detected in the LC-MS/MS results of the BPP and TCA-B methods, showing that TCA-B method might be the optimized choice for both 2-DE and LC-MS/MS. CONCLUSION: Our data provided an improved TCA-B method for protein extraction that is compatible with 2-DE and LC-MS/MS for cotton leaves and similar plant tissues which is rich in polysaccharides and polyphenols.


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Fracionamento Químico/métodos , Gossypium/metabolismo , Folhas de Planta/metabolismo , Proteínas de Plantas/isolamento & purificação , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Cromatografia Líquida , Eletroforese em Gel Bidimensional , Proteínas de Plantas/química , Proteômica , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem
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Opt Express ; 27(5): 6757-6769, 2019 Mar 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30876255

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In this paper, we theoretically and experimentally analyze the frequency-comb interferometry at 518 nm in the underwater environment, which we use to measure the underwater distance with high accuracy and precision. In the time domain, we analyze the principle of pulse cross correlation. The interferograms can be obtained in the vicinity of N∙lpp, where N is an integer and lpp is the pulse-to-pulse length. Due to the strong dispersion of water, the pulse can be broadened as the distance increases. The distance can be measured via the peak position of the interferograms. The experimental results show a difference within 100 µm at 8 m range, compared with the reference values. In the frequency domain, we analyze the principle of dispersive interferometry. The spectrograms can be observed near the location of N∙lpp, due to the low resolution of the optical spectrum analyzer. Because of the strong dispersion of water, the modulation frequency of the spectrogram is not constant. A balanced wavelength will exist with the widest fringe, at which the group optical path difference between the reference and measurement arm is equal to N∙lpp. The position of the widest fringe can be used to measure the distance. Compared with the reference values, the experimental results indicate a difference within 100 µm at 8 m range.

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Plant Cell Rep ; 38(10): 1273-1290, 2019 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31321495

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KEY MESSAGE: OsVIN2, a vacuolar invertase, affects grain size and yield by altering sugar composition, transport, and starch accumulation in rice. Grain size, a major determinant of rice yield, is influenced by many developmental and environmental factors. Sugar metabolism plays vital roles in plant development. However, the way in which sugar metabolism affects rice grain size remains largely elusive. In this study, we characterized the small grain-size rice mutant sgs1. Histological analyses showed that reduced spikelet hull and endosperm size results from decreased cell size rather than cell number. Map-based cloning and complementation tests revealed that a DaiZ7 transposon insertion in a vacuolar invertase gene OsVIN2 is responsible for the mutant phenotype. Subcellular distribution and biochemical analysis indicated that OsVIN2 is located in the vacuolar lumen, and that its sucrose hydrolysis activity is maintained under acidic conditions. Furthermore, an altered sugar content with increased sucrose and decreased hexose levels, as well as changes in invertase and sucrose synthase activities, sugar transport gene expression, and starch constitution in sgs1 implies that OsVIN2 affects sucrose metabolism, including sugar composition, transport, and conversion from the source to the sink organs. Collectively, OsVIN2 is involved in sugar metabolism, and thus regulates grain size; our findings provide insights into grain development and also suggest a potential strategy to improve grain quality and yield in rice.


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Grão Comestível/metabolismo , Oryza/metabolismo , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Grão Comestível/genética , Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas/genética , Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas/fisiologia , Glucosiltransferases/genética , Glucosiltransferases/metabolismo , Oryza/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , beta-Frutofuranosidase/genética , beta-Frutofuranosidase/metabolismo
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Plant Cell Rep ; 38(5): 521-532, 2019 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30790011

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KEY MESSAGE: EH7/Ghd7 interacts with DTH8, and regulates heading date by controlling the expression of Ehd1 in rice. Heading date, or flowering time, an important agronomic trait, influences regional adaptability and yield of crops. Many genes related to heading date in rice have been identified, and a preliminary regulatory network has been established, but the relationships between proteins involved are poorly understood. We identified a flowering suppressor EH7 (Early heading 7) that represses flowering under long-day (LD) conditions. The eh7 allele caused earlier heading, shorter plant height and less grain per main panicle than did the wild type (WT), but the tiller number and 1000-grain weight were not significantly affected under natural long-day conditions. Biochemical assays showed that EH7 interacts with DTH8. Quantitative PCR showed that EH7 inhibited heading date by downregulating the expression of Ehd1, Hd3a and RFT1. We propose that EH7 interacts with DTH8 to control flowering time by regulating the expression of Ehd1, Hd3a and RFT1.


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Flores/metabolismo , Flores/fisiologia , Oryza/metabolismo , Oryza/fisiologia , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Flores/genética , Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas/genética , Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas/fisiologia , Oryza/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo
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J Neurosci ; 36(32): 8516-32, 2016 08 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27511021

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UNLABELLED: Axon regeneration after spinal cord injury (SCI) fails due to neuron-intrinsic mechanisms and extracellular barriers including inflammation. microRNA (miR)-155-5p is a small, noncoding RNA that negatively regulates mRNA translation. In macrophages, miR-155-5p is induced by inflammatory stimuli and elicits a response that could be toxic after SCI. miR-155 may also independently alter expression of genes that regulate axon growth in neurons. Here, we hypothesized that miR-155 deletion would simultaneously improve axon growth and reduce neuroinflammation after SCI by acting on both neurons and macrophages. New data show that miR-155 deletion attenuates inflammatory signaling in macrophages, reduces macrophage-mediated neuron toxicity, and increases macrophage-elicited axon growth by ∼40% relative to control conditions. In addition, miR-155 deletion increases spontaneous axon growth from neurons; adult miR-155 KO dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons extend 44% longer neurites than WT neurons. In vivo, miR-155 deletion augments conditioning lesion-induced intraneuronal expression of SPRR1A, a regeneration-associated gene; ∼50% more injured KO DRG neurons expressed SPRR1A versus WT neurons. After dorsal column SCI, miR-155 KO mouse spinal cord has reduced neuroinflammation and increased peripheral conditioning-lesion-enhanced axon regeneration beyond the epicenter. Finally, in a model of spinal contusion injury, miR-155 deletion improves locomotor function at postinjury times corresponding with the arrival and maximal appearance of activated intraspinal macrophages. In miR-155 KO mice, improved locomotor function is associated with smaller contusion lesions and decreased accumulation of inflammatory macrophages. Collectively, these data indicate that miR-155 is a novel therapeutic target capable of simultaneously overcoming neuron-intrinsic and neuron-extrinsic barriers to repair after SCI. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Axon regeneration after spinal cord injury (SCI) fails due to neuron-intrinsic mechanisms and extracellular barriers, including inflammation. Here, new data show that deleting microRNA-155 (miR-155) affects both mechanisms and improves repair and functional recovery after SCI. Macrophages lacking miR-155 have altered inflammatory capacity, which enhances neuron survival and axon growth of cocultured neurons. In addition, independent of macrophages, adult miR-155 KO neurons show enhanced spontaneous axon growth. Using either spinal cord dorsal column crush or contusion injury models, miR-155 deletion improves indices of repair and recovery. Therefore, miR-155 has a dual role in regulating spinal cord repair and may be a novel therapeutic target for SCI and other CNS pathologies.


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MicroRNAs/metabolismo , Traumatismos da Medula Espinal/patologia , Traumatismos da Medula Espinal/fisiopatologia , Regeneração da Medula Espinal/genética , Animais , Axônios , Proteínas de Ligação ao Cálcio/metabolismo , Células Cultivadas , Gânglios Espinais/citologia , Regulação da Expressão Gênica/genética , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/metabolismo , Lectinas Tipo C/metabolismo , Receptor de Manose , Lectinas de Ligação a Manose/metabolismo , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Transgênicos , MicroRNAs/genética , Proteínas dos Microfilamentos/metabolismo , Neuritos , Neurônios/fisiologia , Receptores de Superfície Celular/metabolismo , Neuropatia Ciática/genética , Medula Espinal/citologia , Fatores de Tempo , Transfecção
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Opt Express ; 25(21): 26296-26309, 2017 Oct 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29041288

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The paper presents a method aimed at accurately reconstructing transparent objects using the area source. The method called polarized light measurements (PLM) combines two reconstruction techniques: polarization analyses and light-path triangulation. The originality of this study relies on the PLM method that enables to extract the radiometric cues and geometric cues simultaneously during the surface reconstruction. To validate performance, a series of the comparison experiments are developed on different objects for the diverse thickness, material and curvature radius of unit under test. The subsequent error analyses are applied to evaluate the method, and the error distribution can be well observed in the results. The PLM performs an efficient process and a higher accuracy compared with traditional reconstruction on transparent objects made by the polarization analyses and triangulation method used alone.

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Water Sci Technol ; 76(7-8): 2158-2166, 2017 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29068345

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In this field study, the impacts of influent loadings and drying-wetting cycles on N2O emission in a subsurface wastewater infiltration (SWI) system were investigated. N2O emitted under different operation conditions were quantified using static chamber and gas chromatograph techniques. N2O conversion rate decreased from 6.6 ± 0.1% to 2.7 ± 0.1% with an increase in hydraulic loading (HL) from 0.08 to 0.24 m3/m2·d. By contrast, N2O conversion rate increased with increasing pollutant loading (PL) up to 8.2 ± 0.5% (PL 4.2 g N/m2·d) above which conversion rate decreased, confirming that N2O production was under the interaction of nitrification and denitrification. Taking into consideration the pollutants (chemical oxygen demand (COD), NH4+-N, NO3--N and total nitrogen (TN)) removal ratio and N2O emission, optimal loading ranges and drying-wetting modes were suggested as HL 0.08-0.12 m3/m2·d, PL 3.2-3.7 g N/m2·d and 12 h:12 h, respectively. The results revealed that in SWI systems, conversion ratio of influent nitrogen to N2O could be between 4.5% and a maximum of 7.0%.


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Filtração/métodos , Nitrogênio/química , Águas Residuárias/química , Poluentes Químicos da Água/química , Análise da Demanda Biológica de Oxigênio , Reatores Biológicos , Desnitrificação , Nitrificação , Dióxido de Nitrogênio , Eliminação de Resíduos Líquidos/instrumentação , Eliminação de Resíduos Líquidos/métodos
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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28541771

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During a 12-month study period, the levels, distributions, sources and ecological risk of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were investigated in subsurface water of Shenyang (the largest urban industrial relocation base in China). The results showed that ΣPAH concentration ranged from 0.21 to 1.07 µg/L, in descending order as follows, summer, autumn, spring and winter. Comparing with the situations before relocation, there was a significant decrease in Fluorene, Phenanthrene and Anthracene levels. The content of Banzo[a]pyrene was in high level. Relatively high 16 EPA-PAHs concentrations were observed at downstream sites suggesting that after the industrial relocation, residual 16 EPA-PAHs in soil and sediments could be desorbed and resuspended in water. From a global perspective, contamination of subsurface water PAHs can be categorized as moderate level. Source analysis suggested that without industrial waste input, pyrogenic soureces were the major contributors for PAHs pollution in winter. Petrogenic and pyrogenic inputs were equally important sources for PAHs pollution in other seasons. Due to incomplete combustion of wood and coal, ecological risk of Banzo[a]pyrene was high in the winter, indicating that to alleviate 16 EPA-PAH contamination, segmented remediation and energy structure adjustment would be equally important in urban industrial relocation areas.


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Monitoramento Ambiental/métodos , Resíduos Industriais/análise , Hidrocarbonetos Policíclicos Aromáticos/análise , Rios/química , Poluentes Químicos da Água/análise , China , Sedimentos Geológicos/química , Medição de Risco , Estações do Ano , Urbanização
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Cancer Lett ; 584: 216619, 2024 Mar 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38211651

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The cystine/glutamate antiporter SLC7A11, as the key regulator of ferroptosis, functions to transport cystine for glutathione biosynthesis and antioxidant defense. Accumulating evidence has shown that SLC7A11 is overexpressed in multiple human cancers and promotes tumor growth and progression. However, the exact mechanism underlying this key protein remains unclear. In this study, we confirmed that SLC7A11 is S-palmitoylated in glioblastoma, and this modification is required for SLC7A11 protein stability. Moreover, we revealed that ZDHHC8, a member of the protein palmitoyl transferases (PATs), catalyzes S-palmitoylation of SLC7A11 at Cys327, thereby decreasing the ubiquitination level of SLC7A11. Furthermore, AMPKα1 directly phosphorylates ZDHHC8 at S299, strengthening the interaction between ZDHHC8 and SLC7A11, leading to SLC7A11 S-palmitoylation and deubiquitination. Functional investigations showed that ZDHHC8 knockdown impairs glioblastoma (GBM) cell survival via promoting intracellular ferroptosis events, which could be largely rescued by ectopic expression of SLC7A11. Clinically, ZDHHC8 expression positively correlates with SLC7A11 and AMPKα1 expression in clinical glioma specimens. This study underscores that ZDHHC8-mediated SLC7A11 S-palmitoylation is critical for ferroptosis resistance during GBM tumorigenesis, indicating a novel treatment strategy for GBM.


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Ferroptose , Glioblastoma , Humanos , Sistema y+ de Transporte de Aminoácidos/genética , Sistema y+ de Transporte de Aminoácidos/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Cistina/metabolismo , Glioblastoma/metabolismo , Lipoilação , Fosforilação
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Eur J Pharmacol ; 968: 176423, 2024 Apr 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38365109

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Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is a progressive cardiovascular disorder involving multiple pathogenesis. Effective pharmacological therapies are currently unavailable. Sirtuin6 (SIRT6) has been shown to protect against aortic valve calcification in CAVD. The exact regulatory mechanism of SIRT6 in osteoblastic differentiation remains to be determined, although it inhibits osteogenic differentiation of aortic valve interstitial cells. We demonstrated that SIRT6 was markedly downregulated in calcific human aortic valves. Mechanistically, SIRT6 suppressed osteogenic differentiation in human aortic valve interstitial cells (HAVICs), as confirmed by loss- and gain-of-function experiments. SIRT6 directly interacted with Runx2, decreased Runx2 acetylation levels, and facilitated Runx2 nuclear export to inhibit the osteoblastic phenotype transition of HAVICs. In addition, the AKT signaling pathway acted upstream of SIRT6. Together, these findings elucidate that SIRT6-mediated Runx2 downregulation inhibits aortic valve calcification and provide novel insights into therapeutic strategies for CAVD.


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Estenose da Valva Aórtica , Valva Aórtica/patologia , Calcinose , Sirtuínas , Humanos , Valva Aórtica/metabolismo , Regulação para Baixo , Osteogênese/genética , Células Cultivadas , Estenose da Valva Aórtica/genética , Estenose da Valva Aórtica/metabolismo , Estenose da Valva Aórtica/patologia , Sirtuínas/genética , Sirtuínas/metabolismo
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Environ Technol ; 44(1): 82-92, 2023 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34346854

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To construct a simultaneous nitrification and denitrification-microbial fuel cell (SND-MFC) reactor for stable electricity generation, a heterotrophic nitrification-aerobic denitrification strain was isolated and purified from aerobic activated sludge from a sewage treatment plant. The strain with an optimal nitrogen removal performance, which was identified as Pseudomonas, was inoculated into the SND-MFC as a single strain. Different electrode materials and electrode distances (EDs) were investigated. The results showed that a maximum ammonium removal rate of 92.31% and a maximum power density of 134.28 mW/m3 were obtained by the SND-MFC using graphene film as the electrodes material. Decreasing the ED did not significantly improved the power generation performance of the pure strain SND-MFC at the initial stage. When the electrode distance of the SND-MFC was 4 cm, the best generation efficiency was achieved with a maximum power density of 151.84 mW/m3.


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Fontes de Energia Bioelétrica , Nitrificação , Desnitrificação , Eletricidade , Esgotos , Processos Heterotróficos , Nitrogênio
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Environ Sci Pollut Res Int ; 30(12): 33598-33608, 2023 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36484942

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Land use is an effective way to reduce carbon emission in the recycling process of municipal sludge compost; meanwhile, heavy metals (HMs) in the sludge can be phytoextracted by ornamental plants. As an eco-friendly soil amendment, citric acid (CA) has been reported to be of great potential aid to phytoremediation, and its effect on ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) extraction of HMs (Zn, Ni, Pb, Cu, and Cd) from municipal sewage sludge compost-amended (MSSC) soils has been investigated through pot experiments in the study. The growth of ryegrass was significantly promoted under 2 and 4 mmol kg-1 CA treatments. The concentrations of HMs in MSSC soil after 45-day planting were significantly reduced ([Formula: see text]), and they were further reduced except for Cu while CA treated. The acid-extractable fraction of HMs in the soil was increased significantly as CA treated, and further improvement could be found when CA dose increased, which was due to the decreased soil pH and the complexation of CA with metal ions. The phytoremediation factor (PRF) was proposed to assess the phytoremediation efficiency, which was obtained as a ratio of the product of the biomass and metal concentration of plant shoot between the CA-treated group and the control group. When the CA dose was 6 mmol kg-1, the average PRF of five heavy metals reached 2.29, and Cd was the highest (3.72), demonstrating that CA had great promotion on phytoremediation of heavy metals. This study made a contribution to the research of phytoremediation in sludge land use by demonstrating ryegrass as an ideal bioaccumulator for heavy metals, especially for Cd.


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Compostagem , Lolium , Metais Pesados , Poluentes do Solo , Esgotos , Solo , Cádmio , Ácido Cítrico , Poluentes do Solo/análise , Metais Pesados/análise
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J Clin Med ; 12(8)2023 Apr 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37109163

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BACKGROUND: A patent false lumen (FL) in patients with thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR)-treated type B aortic dissection (TBAD) can cause a significant risk for late aortic expansion (LAE). We hypothesize that preoperative features can predict the occurrence of LAE. METHODS: Sufficient preoperative and postoperative follow-up clinical and imaging feature data for patients treated with TEVAR in the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from January 2018 to December 2020 were collected. A univariate analysis and multivariable logistic regression analysis were used to find potential risk factors of LAE. RESULTS: Ninety-six patients were finally included in this study. The mean age was 54.5 ± 11.7 years and 85 (88.5%) were male. LAE occurred in 15 (15.6%) of 96 patients after TEVAR. Two preoperative factors showed strong associations with LAE according to the multivariable logistic regression analysis: preoperative partial thrombosis of the FL (OR = 10.989 [2.295-48.403]; p = 0.002) and the maximum descending aortic diameter (OR = 1.385 [1.100-1.743] per mm increase; p = 0.006). CONCLUSIONS: Preoperative partial thrombosis of the FL and an increase in the maximum aortic diameter are strongly associated with late aortic expansion. Additional interventions of the FL may help to improve the prognosis of patients with the high risk of late aortic expansion.

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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35742611

RESUMO

The environmental pollution caused by logistics packaging in China has attracted increasing attention in recent years, and circular packaging is considered an effective means to solve the aforementioned problem. Therefore, this study considers the uncertainty of the external environment; constructs a stochastic game model of circular logistics-packaging promotion, which consists of environmental regulators, logistics enterprises, and consumers; collects data related to logistics packaging in China to describe the current circular-packaging promotion dilemma; and conducts a parameter-sensitivity analysis. The results show that (1) after a short period of fluctuation, the environmental regulator will lock in the "strong regulation" strategy, whereas logistics enterprises and consumers will quickly lock in the "no promotion" and "negative use" strategies. (2) The change in the initial probability will affect the rate of strategy evolution of the gaming system. (3) The "strong regulatory" strategy of environmental regulators and the increase in the number of circular-packaging cycles can help establish a logistics-recycling-packaging system. (4) The increase in recycling incentives can cause consumers to shift toward "active use" strategies, but this has accelerated the rate at which logistics companies lock into "no promotion" strategies. (5) The increase in the intensity of random interference will raise the fluctuation of the evolution of the game subject. For logistics enterprises, moderate random interference helps them evolve toward the "promotion" strategy.


Assuntos
Gerenciamento de Resíduos , China , Embalagem de Produtos , Reciclagem , Gerenciamento de Resíduos/métodos
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