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Cell ; 185(1): 95-112.e18, 2022 01 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34995520

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Fingerprints are of long-standing practical and cultural interest, but little is known about the mechanisms that underlie their variation. Using genome-wide scans in Han Chinese cohorts, we identified 18 loci associated with fingerprint type across the digits, including a genetic basis for the long-recognized "pattern-block" correlations among the middle three digits. In particular, we identified a variant near EVI1 that alters regulatory activity and established a role for EVI1 in dermatoglyph patterning in mice. Dynamic EVI1 expression during human development supports its role in shaping the limbs and digits, rather than influencing skin patterning directly. Trans-ethnic meta-analysis identified 43 fingerprint-associated loci, with nearby genes being strongly enriched for general limb development pathways. We also found that fingerprint patterns were genetically correlated with hand proportions. Taken together, these findings support the key role of limb development genes in influencing the outcome of fingerprint patterning.


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Dermatoglifia , Dedos/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Organogênese/genética , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Dedos do Pé/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Animais , Povo Asiático/genética , Padronização Corporal/genética , Criança , Estudos de Coortes , Feminino , Membro Anterior/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Loci Gênicos , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Humanos , Proteína do Locus do Complexo MDS1 e EVI1/genética , Masculino , Camundongos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Adulto Jovem
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Plant J ; 117(1): 107-120, 2024 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37753665

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Black pepper (Piper nigrum L.), the world renown as the King of Spices, is not only a flavorsome spice but also a traditional herb. Piperine, a species-specific piper amide, is responsible for the major bioactivity and pungent flavor of black pepper. However, several key steps for the biosynthesis of piperoyl-CoA (acyl-donor) and piperidine (acyl-acceptor), two direct precursors for piperine, remain unknown. In this study, we used guilt-by-association analysis of the combined metabolome and transcriptome, to identify two feruloyldiketide-CoA synthases responsible for the production of the C5 side chain scaffold feruloyldiketide-CoA intermediate, which is considered the first and important step to branch metabolic fluxes from phenylpropanoid pathway to piperine biosynthesis. In addition, we also identified the first two key enzymes for piperidine biosynthesis derived from lysine in P. nigrum, namely a lysine decarboxylase and a copper amine oxidase. These enzymes catalyze the production of cadaverine and 1-piperideine, the precursors of piperidine. In vivo and in vitro experiments verified the catalytic capability of them. In conclusion, our findings revealed enigmatic key steps of piperine biosynthetic pathway and thus provide a powerful reference for dissecting the biosynthetic logic of other piper amides.


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Piper nigrum , Piper nigrum/genética , Alcamidas Poli-Insaturadas , Piperidinas , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Metaboloma
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Microb Pathog ; 188: 106570, 2024 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38341108

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High-concentrate diet induce subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) and cause liver damage in ruminants. It has been reported that forkhead box protein A2 (FOXA2) can enhance mitochondrial membrane potential but its function in mitochondrial dysfunction induced by high concentrate diets is still unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study was to elucidate the effect of high-concentrate (HC) diet on hepatic FOXA2 expression, mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPRmt), mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress. A total of 12 healthy mid-lactation Holstein cows were selected and randomized into 2 groups: the low concentrate (LC) diet group (concentrate:forage = 4:6) and HC diet group (concentrate:forage = 6:4). The trial lasted 21 d. The rumen fluid, blood and liver tissue were collected at the end of the experiment. The results showed that the rumen fluid pH level was reduced in the HC group and the pH was lower than 5.6 for more than 4 h/d, indicating that feeding HC diets successfully induced SARA in dairy cows. Both FOXA2 mRNA and protein abundance were significantly reduced in the liver of the HC group compared with the LC group. The activity of antioxidant enzymes (CAT, G6PDH, T-SOD, Cu/Zn SOD, Mn SOD) and mtDNA copy number in the liver tissue of the HC group decreased, while the level of H2O2 significantly increased, this increase was accompanied by a decrease in oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). The balance of mitochondrial division and fusion was disrupted in the HC group, as evidenced by the decreased mRNA level of OPA1, MFN1, and MFN2 and increased mRNA level of Drp1, Fis1, and MFF. At the same time, HC diet downregulated the expression level of SIRT1, SIRT3, PGC-1α, TFAM, and Nrf 1 to inhibit mitochondrial biogenesis. The HC group induced UPRmt in liver tissue by upregulating the mRNA and protein levels of CLPP, LONP1, CHOP, Hsp10, and Hsp60. In addition, HC diet could increase the protein abundance of Bax, CytoC, Caspase 3 and Cleaved-Caspase 3, while decrease the protein abundance of Bcl-2 and the Bcl-2/Bax ratio. Overall, our study suggests that the decreased expression of FOXA2 may be related to UPRmt, mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and apoptosis in the liver of dairy cows fed a high concentrate diet.


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Peróxido de Hidrogênio , Doenças Mitocondriais , Animais , Feminino , Bovinos , Caspase 3/metabolismo , Peróxido de Hidrogênio/metabolismo , Proteína X Associada a bcl-2/metabolismo , Dieta/veterinária , Fígado/metabolismo , Lactação , Estresse Oxidativo , Superóxido Dismutase/metabolismo , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Resposta a Proteínas não Dobradas , Doenças Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/metabolismo , Leite/metabolismo , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Ração Animal
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J Integr Plant Biol ; 65(11): 2505-2518, 2023 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37675654

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Specialized plant metabolism is a rich resource of compounds for drug discovery. The acylated flavonoid glycoside melitidin is being developed as an anti-cholesterol statin drug candidate, but its biosynthetic route in plants has not yet been fully characterized. Here, we describe the gene discovery and functional characterization of a new flavonoid gene cluster (UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (CgUGTs), 1,2 rhamnosyltransferase (Cg1,2RhaT), acyltransferases (CgATs)) that is responsible for melitidin biosynthesis in pummelo (Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck). Population variation analysis indicated that the tailoring of acyltransferases, specific for bitter substrates, mainly determine the natural abundance of melitidin. Moreover, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase enzyme inhibition assays showed that the product from this metabolic gene cluster, melitidin, may be an effective anti-cholesterol statin drug candidate. Co-expression of these clustered genes in Nicotiana benthamiana resulted in the formation of melitidin, demonstrating the potential for metabolic engineering of melitidin in a heterologous plant system. This study establishes a biosynthetic pathway for melitidin, which provides genetic resources for the breeding and genetic improvement of pummelo aimed at fortifying the content of biologically active metabolites.


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Citrus , Inibidores de Hidroximetilglutaril-CoA Redutases , Vias Biossintéticas/genética , Melhoramento Vegetal , Flavonoides/metabolismo , Citrus/genética , Aciltransferases/metabolismo
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J Am Chem Soc ; 144(19): 8605-8612, 2022 May 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35512343

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Manipulating quantum properties by electric fields using spin-electric coupling (SEC) effects promises spatial addressability. While several studies about inorganic materials showing the SEC functionality have been reported, the vastly tunable crystal structures of molecular ferroelectrics provide a range of rationally designable materials yet to be exploited. In this work, Mn2+-doped molecular ferroelectrics are chosen to experimentally demonstrate the feasibility of achieving the quantum coherent SEC effect in molecular ferroelectrics for the first time. The electric field pulse applied between Hahn-echo pulses in electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) experiments causes controllable phase shifts via manipulating of the zero-field splitting (ZFS) of the Mn(II) ions. Detailed investigations of the aMn crystal showed unexpected SEC vanishment and enhancement at different crystal orientations, which were elucidated by studying the spin Hamiltonian and magnetic anisotropy. With the enhanced SEC efficiency being achieved (0.68 Hz m/V), this work discovers an emerging material library of molecular ferroelectrics to implement coherent quantum control with selective and tunable SEC effects toward highly scalable quantum gates.

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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ; 61(8): e202115263, 2022 Feb 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34913233

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Endohedral nitrogen fullerenes have been proposed as building blocks for quantum information processing due to their long spin coherence time. However, addressability of the individual electron spin levels in such a multiplet system of 4 S3/2 has never been achieved because of the molecular isotropy and transition degeneracy among the Zeeman levels. Herein, by molecular engineering, we lifted the degeneracy by zero-field splitting effects and made the multiple transitions addressable by a liquid-crystal-assisted method. The endohedral nitrogen fullerene derivatives with rigid addends of spiro structure and large aspect ratios of regioselective bis-addition improve the ordering of the spin ensemble. These samples empower endohedral-fullerene-based qudits, in which the transitions between the 4 electron spin levels were respectively addressed and coherently manipulated. The quantum geometric phase manipulation, which has long been proposed for the advantages in error tolerance and gating speed, was implemented in a pure electron spin system using molecules for the first time.

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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ; 61(52): e202212939, 2022 Dec 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36310119

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Magnetic molecules have shown great potential in quantum information processing due to the chemical tunablity of their quantum behaviors. Chemical derivatives of endohedral nitrogen fullerenes with long coherence time and rich energy levels were synthesized and studied to demonstrate the ability of multiprocessing in quantum information using electron magnetic resonance. After initialization of the 12-levelled spin system, subgroups of spin energy levels coursed by the hyperfine couplings can be selectively manipulated. The cooperatively combining of the parallel calculations enabled quantum error correction, increasing the correct rate by up to 17.82 %. Also, different subgroups of transitions divided by hyperfine coupling can be treated as independent qubits, and multi-task quantum computing were realized by performing Z-gate and X-gate simultaneously, which accelerates the overall gating speed.

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Surg Endosc ; 35(3): 1442-1452, 2021 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32989549

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Although endoscopic resection (ER) is already established as a minimally invasive technique for small (< 4.0 cm) upper gastrointestinal subepithelial tumors originating from the muscularis propria layer (MP-SETs), published data of ER for large (≥ 4.0 cm) upper gastrointestinal MP-SETs are extremely rare and limited to case reports. This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and safety of ER for large (≥ 4.0 cm) upper gastrointestinal MP-SETs in a large case series. METHODS: Between June 2012 and December 2018, 101 patients with large (≥ 4 cm) upper gastrointestinal MP-SETs were enrolled in this study. The main outcome measures included complete resection, total complications, and local residual or recurrent tumor. RESULTS: The rate of complete resection was 86.1%. Thirteen patients (12.9%) experienced complications including gas-related complications (6/101, 5.9%), localized peritonitis (4/101, 4.0%), esophageal/cardiac mucosal laceration (2/101, 2.0%), and delayed bleeding (1/101, 1.0%). These 13 patients recovered after endoscopic and conservative treatment. The independent risk factor for incomplete resection was tumor size (P = 0.005), and the independent risk factors for total complications were tumor size (P = 0.011) and tumor extraluminal growth (P = 0.037). During the median follow-up of 36 months, local residual tumor was detected in 1 patient. No local recurrence occurred in any patient. CONCLUSIONS: Despite being associated with a relatively low complete resection rate, ER is an alternative therapeutic method for large (≥ 4.0 cm) upper gastrointestinal MP-SETs when performed by an experienced endoscopist. This method is especially valuable for patients who are unwilling to undergo surgery.


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Mucosa Gástrica/cirurgia , Gastroscopia , Neoplasias Gástricas/cirurgia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Procedimentos Clínicos , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Modelos Logísticos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/patologia , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/etiologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de Risco , Resultado do Tratamento , Adulto Jovem
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Opt Express ; 28(4): 5648-5657, 2020 Feb 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32121781

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An innovative trace gas-sensing technique utilizing a single quartz crystal tuning fork (QCTF) based on a photoelectric detector and dual-frequency modulation technique was demonstrated for the first time for simultaneous multi-species detection. Instead of traditional semiconductor detectors and lock-in amplifier, we utilized the piezoelectric effect and resonant effect of the QCTF to measure the light intensity. A fast signal analysis method based on fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithm is proposed for overlapping signal extraction. To explore the capabilities of this technique, a gas-sensing system based on two lasers having center emission wavelength of 1.653 µm (a DFB laser diode in the near-IR) and 7.66 µm (an EC QCL in the mid-IR) is successfully demonstrated for simultaneous CH4 spectroscopy measurements. The results indicate a normalized noise equivalent absorption (NNEA) coefficients of 1.33×10-9 cm-1W·Hz-1/2 at 1.653 µm and 2.20×10-10 cm-1W·Hz-1/2 at 7.66 µm, were achieved. This proposed sensor architecture has the advantages of easier optical alignment, lower cost, and a compactness compared to the design of a conventional TDLAS sensor using multiple semiconductor detectors for laser signal collection. The proposed technique can also be expanded to common QEPAS technique with multi-frequency modulation for multiple species detection simultaneously.

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Mycorrhiza ; 29(5): 531-540, 2019 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31270609

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Orchid mycorrhizal fungi are essential for the seed germination and vegetative growth of orchids. The orchid Bletilla striata has great medical value in China because its tuber is rich in mannan. Some endophytic fungi were isolated from the roots of B. striata. The isolate KB-3 was selected for experiments because it could promote the germination of B. striata seeds. Based on morphological characters and phylogenetic analysis, the isolate KB-3 was identified as Fusarium oxysporum. Co-cultivation experiments of KB-3 with B. striata and Dendrobium candidum were performed to demonstrate orchid mycorrhizal structures. Microscopic examination showed that KB-3 established colonization and produced coiled hyphal structures known as pelotons within the cortical cells of both orchid roots. The results confirm that F. oxysporum KB-3 can behave as an orchid mycorrhizal fungus.


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Fusarium/fisiologia , Micorrizas/fisiologia , Orchidaceae/microbiologia , Fusarium/classificação , Germinação/fisiologia , Sementes/crescimento & desenvolvimento
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J Clin Lab Anal ; 32(7): e22443, 2018 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29667729

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BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer (GC) is a disease associated with a higher incidence and mortality, and some host genetic polymorphisms have been reported as potential factors contributing to the development of GC. In view of this, the study was conducted to investigate the effects of HLA-DQB1 gene polymorphisms and perioperative blood transfusion on prognosis of patients with gastric cancer (GC). METHODS: A total of 142 patients with GC (case group) and 150 healthy controls (control group) were enrolled. Relationship between HLA-DQB1 gene polymorphisms, perioperative blood transfusion, and clinical pathological parameters of patients with GC after operation was analyzed. Kaplan-Meier curve was applied for analyzing survival rate of patients with GC, and Cox multivariate regression analysis for prognostic factors of patients with GC. RESULTS: The frequency of HLA-DQB1*03 gene was increased in patients with GC. Patients with GC with HLA-DQB1*03 genotype had higher number of tumor size >6 cm, deeper depth of infiltration, higher LNM rate, and later stage of disease. Patients with HLA-DQB1*03 genotype had lower survival rate compared with other genotypes. Anemia before operation, depth of infiltration in T3 stage and T4 stage, LNM in N1 stage and N2 stage, and HLA-DQB1*03 genotype were regarded as independent risk factors for patients with GC. CONCLUSION: These results demonstrate that HLA-DQB1*03 genotype and perioperative blood transfusion are not conducive to the prognosis of patients with GC, which could provide a reference for the treatment of GC.


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Transfusão de Sangue/estatística & dados numéricos , Cadeias beta de HLA-DQ/genética , Neoplasias Gástricas , Anemia , Feminino , Seguimentos , Genótipo , Humanos , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Polimorfismo Genético , Prognóstico , Neoplasias Gástricas/epidemiologia , Neoplasias Gástricas/genética , Neoplasias Gástricas/mortalidade , Neoplasias Gástricas/cirurgia
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PLoS Genet ; 11(11): e1005651, 2015 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26544712

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Elongating DNA polymerases frequently encounter lesions or structures that impede progress and require repair before DNA replication can be completed. Therefore, directing repair factors to a blocked fork, without interfering with normal replication, is important for proper cell function, and it is a process that is not well understood. To study this process, we have employed the chain-terminating nucleoside analog, 3' azidothymidine (AZT) and the E. coli genetic system, for which replication and repair factors have been well-defined. By using high-expression suppressor screens, we identified yoaA, encoding a putative helicase, and holC, encoding the Chi component of the replication clamp loader, as genes that promoted tolerance to AZT. YoaA is a putative Fe-S helicase in the XPD/RAD3 family for which orthologs can be found in most bacterial genomes; E. coli has a paralog to YoaA, DinG, which possesses 5' to 3' helicase activity and an Fe-S cluster essential to its activity. Mutants in yoaA are sensitive to AZT exposure; dinG mutations cause mild sensitivity to AZT and exacerbate the sensitivity of yoaA mutant strains. Suppression of AZT sensitivity by holC or yoaA was mutually codependent and we provide evidence here that YoaA and Chi physically interact. Interactions of Chi with single-strand DNA binding protein (SSB) and with Psi were required to aid AZT tolerance, as was the proofreading 3' exonuclease, DnaQ. Our studies suggest that repair is coupled to blocked replication through these interactions. We hypothesize that SSB, through Chi, recruits the YoaA helicase to replication gaps and that unwinding of the nascent strand promotes repair and AZT excision. This recruitment prevents the toxicity of helicase activity and aids the handoff of repair with replication factors, ensuring timely repair and resumption of replication.


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Reparo do DNA , DNA Bacteriano/biossíntese , DNA Polimerase Dirigida por DNA/metabolismo , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/fisiologia , Escherichia coli/efeitos dos fármacos , Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa/farmacologia , Zidovudina/farmacologia , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/fisiologia , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/genética , Mutação
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Luminescence ; 33(8): 1432-1437, 2018 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30402900

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BaGd2 O4 :Eu3+ scintillating phosphors by Pr3+ -codoping were synthesized at 1300°C in air using a solid-state reaction method. The as-synthesized phosphors were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), photoluminescence (PL) including excitation and emission spectra, radioluminescence (RL) spectra excited by X-ray and thermoluminescence (TL) spectra. Both the PL and RL spectra are composed of the featured trivalent europium (Eu3+ ) without any praseodymium (Pr3+ ) ions, and the PL and RL intensities as well as the lifetimes of BaGd2 O4 :Eu3+ scintillating phosphors decrease dramatically with an increasing concentration of Pr3+ ions. Finally, the TL spectra reveal the trap concentration of the existing defects decrease with an increasing concentration of Pr3+ ions, while the relative TL intensity ratio of the high temperature band to the low temperature one increases with an increasing concentration of Pr3+ ions, which results in the afterglow suppression of BaGd2 O4 :Eu3+ scintillating phosphors.


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Bário/química , Európio/química , Gadolínio/química , Substâncias Luminescentes/química , Óxidos/química , Praseodímio/química , Luminescência , Medições Luminescentes
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Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao ; 40(5): 603-609, 2018 Oct 30.
Artigo em Zh | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30404690

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Being the largest single component of the human body,water is essential for life. Disease can lead to salt and water imbalance, and it is particularly important to measure the content and distribution of water in body. The current body water measurement methods are still not mature,and it's even hard to measure extracellular and intracellular water. Isotope dilution method(ID),bioelectrical impedance analysis(BIA),skinfold thickness measurement,and resonant cavity perturbation(RCP)are the commonly used methods for measuring human body water composition. This paper analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of these methods and concludes that all these four methods can be used to measure total body water;more specifically,ID and BIA can measure extracellular water and intracellular water,whereas BIA is more suitable for clinical applications such as monitoring of fluid balance,guiding of fluid management,assessment of lymphedema and nutritional risk,and management of obesity. Body water measurement will play more important roles in diagnosis,prevention,treatment,and prognosis of diseases.


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Água Corporal/química , Impedância Elétrica , Humanos , Dobras Cutâneas
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Chemphyschem ; 18(24): 3540-3543, 2017 Dec 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29095560

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Fullerene dyads bridged with perfluorinated linking groups have been synthesized through a modified arc-discharge procedure. The addition of Teflon inside an arc-discharge reactor leads to the formation of dyads, consisting of two C60 fullerenes bridged by CF2 groups. The incorporation of bridging groups containing electronegative atoms lead to different energy levels and to new features in the photoluminescence spectrum. A suppression of the singlet oxygen photosensitization indicated that the radiative decay from singlet-to-singlet state is favoured against the intersystem crossing singlet-to-triplet transition.

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J Am Chem Soc ; 138(4): 1313-9, 2016 Feb 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26745202

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Paramagnetic endohedral fullerenes and phthalocyanine (Pc) complexes are promising building blocks for molecular quantum information processing, for which tunable dipolar coupling is required. We have linked these two spin qubit candidates together and characterized the resulting electron paramagnetic resonance properties, including the spin dipolar coupling between the fullerene spin and the copper spin. Having interpreted the distance-dependent coupling strength quantitatively and further discussed the antiferromagnetic aggregation effect of the CuPc moieties, we demonstrate two ways of tuning the dipolar coupling in such dyad systems: changing the spacer group and adjusting the solution concentration.


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Fulerenos/química , Indóis/química , Compostos Organometálicos/química , Rutênio/química , Cobre/química , Espectroscopia de Ressonância de Spin Eletrônica , Isoindóis , Estrutura Molecular , Polimerização , Estereoisomerismo
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Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi ; 39(14): 2679-83, 2014 Jul.
Artigo em Zh | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25272495

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Ligustrazine, one of the major effective components of the Chinese traditional medicinal herb Ligusticum Chuanxiong Hort, has been reported plenty of biological activities, such as protect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, neuroprotection and anti-tumor, et al. Because of its remarkable effects, studies on structural modification of ligustrazine have attracted much attention. Ligustrazine synthetic derivatives reported in recent decades are mainly derived from four primary intermediates (TMP-COOH, TMP-OH, TMP-NH2, HO-TMP-OH). To explore the neuroprotection activitiy of ligustrazine intermediates, six ligustrazine intermediates (2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13) were synthesized and their protective effects against CoCl2-induced neurotoxicity in differentiated PC12 cells were studied. The target compounds were prepared via different chemical methods, including oxidation, substitution, esterification and amidation without changing the structure nucleus of ligustrazine. Compared with TMP (EC50 = 56.03 micromol x L(-1)), four compounds (2, 5, 12 and 13) exhibited higher activity (EC50 < 50 micromol x L(-1)) respectively, of which, compound 2 displayed the highest protective effect against the damaged PC12 cells (EC50 = 32.86 micromol x L(-1)), but target compounds 8 and 11 appeared lower activity (EC50 > 70 micromol x L(-1)). By structure-activity relationships analysis, the introduction of carboxyl, amino to the side chain of ligustrazine and appropriately increase the proportion of ligustrazine may contribute to enhance its neuroprotective activity, which provides a reference for the design, synthesis and activity screening of relevant series of ligustrazine derivatives in the future.


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Diferenciação Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Cobalto/toxicidade , Fármacos Neuroprotetores/síntese química , Fármacos Neuroprotetores/farmacologia , Neurotoxinas/toxicidade , Pirazinas/síntese química , Pirazinas/farmacologia , Animais , Técnicas de Química Sintética , Medicamentos de Ervas Chinesas/química , Fármacos Neuroprotetores/química , Células PC12 , Pirazinas/química , Ratos
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J Orthop Surg Res ; 19(1): 505, 2024 Aug 24.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39182115

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BACKGROUND: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of lower extremity is a common complications after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the risk factors for DVT after TKA and analyze the expression of miR-199b-5p and nitric oxide (NO) before and after TKA, as well as their predictive value for DVT. METHODS: Basic clinical information of 121 patients with TKA was analyzed retrospectively. RT-qPCR was used to detect the relative expression level of miR-199b-5p in patients before and after TKA treatment. Based on the occurrence of DVT, patients were divided into DVT and non-DVT groups. Logistic regression analysis evaluated the risk factors of DVT. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve assessed the predictive value of postoperative miR-199b-5p level, preoperative NO level, and their combination in DVT. The target genes of miR-199b-5p and their functions were predicted and annotated using bioinformatics analysis. RESULTS: The level of miR-199b-5p after TKA was upregulated compared with that before TKA (P < 0.001). DVT occurred in 20 of 121 patients after TKA, with an incidence of 16.53%. Multivariate analysis showed that age, family history of DVT, decrease of NO and increase of miR-199b-5p were risk factors for DVT after TKA (P < 0.05). The ROC curve showed that both miR-199b-5p and NO had certain diagnostic value for DVT, but the combination of miR-199b-5p and NO had the highest diagnostic accuracy (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: This study showed that the expression of miR-199b-5p was up-regulated after TKA, and miR-199b-5p levels were higher in DVT patients than in non-DVT patients. miR-199b-5p combined with NO is of great value in the diagnosis of DVT after TKA.


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Artroplastia do Joelho , MicroRNAs , Óxido Nítrico , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Trombose Venosa , Humanos , Artroplastia do Joelho/efeitos adversos , Masculino , Feminino , MicroRNAs/genética , Óxido Nítrico/metabolismo , Idoso , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Trombose Venosa/etiologia , Trombose Venosa/genética , Estudos Retrospectivos , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/etiologia , Fatores de Risco
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Mol Biol Cell ; 35(8): ar108, 2024 Aug 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38959101

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Our recent work has uncovered a novel function of HSPA8 as an amyloidase, capable of dismantling the RHIM-containing protein fibrils to suppress necroptosis. However, the impact of HSPA8 inhibitors on cancer regression via necroptosis remains unexplored. In this study, we conducted a comprehensive investigation to assess the potential of HSPA8 inhibitors in enhancing necroptosis both in vitro and in vivo. Our findings indicate that pharmacologic inhibition of HSPA8, achieved either through VER (VER-155008) targeting the nucleotide binding domain or pifithrin-µ targeting the substrate binding domain of HSPA8, significantly potentiates necroptosis induced by diverse treatments in cellular assays. These inhibitors effectively disrupt the binding of HSPA8 to the RHIM protein, impeding its regulatory function on RHIM amyloid formation. Importantly, HSPA8 inhibitors significantly enhanced cancer cell sensitivity to microtubule-targeting agents (MTAs) in vitro, while reversing chemoresistance and facilitating tumor regression by augmenting necroptosis in vivo. Our findings suggest a promising therapeutic approach to cancer through necroptosis modulation via HSPA8 targeting, particularly in combination with MTA drugs for enhanced treatment efficacy.


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Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSC70 , Necroptose , Neoplasias , Necroptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Animais , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Camundongos , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias/metabolismo , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSC70/metabolismo , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de Xenoenxerto , Camundongos Nus , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos/efeitos dos fármacos , Nucleosídeos de Purina
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Biomaterials ; 309: 122606, 2024 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38776593

RESUMO

Carbon monoxide (CO) has emerged as a potential antitumor agent by inducing the dysfunction of mitochondria and the apoptosis of cancer cells. However, it remains challenging to deliver appropriate amount of CO into tumor to ensure efficient tumor growth suppression with minimum side effects. Herein we developed a CO prodrug-loaded nanomedicine based on the self-assembly of camptothecin (CPT) polyprodrug amphiphiles. The polyprodrug nanoparticles readily dissociate upon exposure to endogenous H2O2 in the tumor, resulting in rapid release of CPT and generation of high-energy intermediate dioxetanedione. The latter can transfer the energy to neighboring CO prodrugs to activate CO production by chemiexcitation, while CPT promotes the generation of H2O2 in tumors, which in turn facilitates cascade CPT and CO release. As a result, the polyprodrug nanoparticles display remarkable tumor suppression in both subcutaneous and orthotopic breast tumor-bearing mice owing to the self-augmented CPT release and CO generation. In addition, no obvious systemic toxicity was observed in mice treated with the metal-free CO prodrug-loaded nanomedicine, suggesting the good biocompatibility of the polyprodrug nanoparticles. Our work provides new insights into the design and construction of polyprodrug nanomedicines for synergistic chemo/gas therapy.


Assuntos
Camptotecina , Monóxido de Carbono , Nanomedicina , Nanopartículas , Pró-Fármacos , Animais , Pró-Fármacos/farmacologia , Pró-Fármacos/química , Pró-Fármacos/uso terapêutico , Nanomedicina/métodos , Camptotecina/farmacologia , Camptotecina/uso terapêutico , Camptotecina/administração & dosagem , Camptotecina/química , Feminino , Humanos , Monóxido de Carbono/química , Nanopartículas/química , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Camundongos , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Antineoplásicos/química , Antineoplásicos/administração & dosagem , Peróxido de Hidrogênio/química , Camundongos Nus
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