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Cell Mol Life Sci ; 81(1): 92, 2024 Feb 16.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38363375

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The maintenance of genome integrity in the germline is crucial for mammalian development. Long interspersed element type 1 (LINE-1, L1) is a mobile genetic element that makes up about 17% of the human genome and poses a threat to genome integrity. N6-methyl-adenosine (m6A) plays an essential role in regulating various biological processes. However, the function of m6A modification in L1 retrotransposons and human germline development remains largely unknown. Here we knocked out the m6A methyltransferase METTL3 or the m6A reader YTHDF2 in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and discovered that METTL3 and YTHDF2 are crucial for inducing human spermatogonial stem cells (hSSCs) from hESCs in vitro. The removal of METTL3 or YTHDF2 resulted in increased L1 retrotransposition and reduced the efficiency of SSC differentiation in vitro. Further analysis showed that YTHDF2 recognizes the METTL3-catalyzed m6A modification of L1 retrotransposons and degrades L1 mRNA through autophagy, thereby blocking L1 retrotransposition. Moreover, the study confirmed that m6A modification in human fetal germ cells promotes the degradation of L1 retrotransposon RNA, preventing the insertion of new L1 retrotransposons into the genome. Interestingly, L1 retrotransposon RNA was highly expressed while METTL3 was significantly downregulated in the seminal plasma of azoospermic patients with meiotic arrest compared to males with normal fertility. Additionally, we identified some potentially pathogenic variants in m6A-related genes in azoospermic men with meiotic arrest. In summary, our study suggests that m6A modification serves as a guardian of genome stability during human germline development and provides novel insights into the function and regulatory mechanisms of m6A modification in restricting L1 retrotransposition.


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Azoospermia , Retroelementos , Masculino , Animales , Humanos , Retroelementos/genética , ARN , Azoospermia/genética , Diferenciación Celular/genética , Metiltransferasas/genética , Metiltransferasas/metabolismo , ARN Mensajero/genética , Mamíferos/metabolismo
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Vet Ophthalmol ; 2024 Feb 27.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38413368

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OBJECTIVE: This study documented the application of porcine small intestinal submucosa (SIS) as a stand-alone scaffold for treating deep corneal defects in cats. METHODS: Medical records of 20 cats with deep stromal ulcers, perforations, or corneal sequestra that underwent surgical treatment with SIS grafts between 2021 and 2022 were retrospectively reviewed. Data on re-epithelialization time, corneal transparency score, and complications were collected to analyze the reconstruction of deep corneal defects after SIS biomaterial implantation. RESULTS: All cats were unilaterally affected. The corneal defects varied in size, with a median diameter of 8.3 mm (range: 3-15 mm). Re-epithelialization of the SIS graft was completed 16-32 days after surgery (median, 22.3 days). No, mild, or moderate corneal transparency was detected in 90% of the cases. Complications were observed in eight cases (40%), including aqueous leakage (10%), partial SIS malacia (25%), and persistent bullous keratopathy (5%). The follow-up period ranged 90-725 days, with a median duration of 255 days. The SIS graft was successfully applied as a single scaffold in 17 of 20 cases (85%). CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that the application of commercial SIS is an effective surgical technique for managing deep corneal defects in cats.

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J Clin Anesth ; 92: 111301, 2024 02.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37865021

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STUDY OBJECTIVE: The incidence of pruritus from neuraxial opioids is about 60%. Pruritus causes discomfort and decreases the quality of recovery. This randomized double-blinded clinical trial was aimed to evaluate the prophylactic effects of a single dose IV nalmefene on the incidence and severity of epidural opioid-induced pruritus within 24 h after surgeries. DESIGN: A two-center, randomized, double blinded, controlled clinical trial. SETTING: The study was conducted from March 2022 to February 2023 at two tertiary care hospitals in China. PATIENTS: Patients aged between 18 and 80 years-old who underwent elective surgeries and received epidural analgesia intra- and post-operatively were screened for study enrollment. A total of 306 patients were enrolled, 302 patients underwent randomization and 296 patients were included in the final analysis. INTERVENTIONS: The nalmefene group was prophylactically given 0.5 µg/kg nalmefene intravenously while the control group was given the same volume of saline. MEASUREMENTS: The primary endpoint was the incidence of pruritus within 24 h after surgeries. The secondary endpoints included time of the first patient-reported pruritus, severity of pruritus after surgeries, severity of acute pain scores after surgeries and other anesthesia/analgesia related side effects. MAIN RESULTS: Pruritus occurred in 51 of the 147 (34.69%) patients in the control group and 35 of the 149 (23.49%) patients in the nalmefene group (odds ratio, 0.58; 95% CI, 0.35 to 0.96; P = 0.034) within 24 h postoperatively. Nalmefene group demonstrated delayed onset of pruritus, reduced severity of pruritus and decreased vomiting within 24 h after surgery. There were no significant differences in postoperative analgesia and the incidence of other anesthesia/analgesia associated side effects. CONCLUSIONS: A single dose of 0.5 µg/kg nalmefene intravenously significantly reduced the incidence and severity of epidural-opioid induced pruritus within 24 h after surgery without affecting the efficacy of epidural analgesia. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (www.chictr.org.cn) and the registration number is ChiCTR2100050463. Registered on August 27th, 2021.


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Analgesia Epidural , Analgésicos Opioides , Humanos , Adolescente , Adulto Joven , Adulto , Persona de Mediana Edad , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Morfina , Dolor Postoperatorio/tratamiento farmacológico , Dolor Postoperatorio/prevención & control , Prurito/inducido químicamente , Prurito/epidemiología , Prurito/prevención & control , Analgesia Epidural/efectos adversos , Método Doble Ciego
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iScience ; 26(12): 108340, 2023 Dec 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38053637

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Sorafenib induces ferroptosis, making it a useful treatment against advanced liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC). However, sorafenib resistance is extremely common among LIHC patients. Here, we used a comprehensive approach to investigate the effects of ABHD12, which regulates tumorigenesis and sorafenib resistance in LIHC. We validated ABHD12 expression was upregulated in LIHC tissue, which correlated with worse overall survival and related to tumor size or stage. ABHD12 facilitated a pro-tumorigenic phenotype involving increased cell proliferation, migration, and clonogenicity as well as sorafenib resistance. Knockout of ABHD12 sensitized liver cancer cells to sorafenib-induced ferroptosis. Co-delivery of sorafenib and ABHD12 inhibitor into a nude mouse model enhanced therapeutic efficacy for LIHC. Our study demonstrates that ABHD12 contributes to tumor growth and sorafenib resistance in liver cancer, which indicate the promising potential of ABHD12 in diagnosis and prognosis as well as highlight the potential therapeutic applications for co-delivery of sorafenib and ABHD12 inhibitor.

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Biomimetics (Basel) ; 8(4)2023 Aug 16.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37622976

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Dynamic objects bring about a large number of error accumulations in pose estimation of mobile robots in dynamic scenes, and result in the failure to build a map that is consistent with the surrounding environment. Along these lines, this paper presents a robust semi-direct 3D simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithm for mobile robots based on dense optical flow. First, a preliminary estimation of the robot's pose is conducted using the sparse direct method and the homography matrix is utilized to compensate for the current frame image to reduce the image deformation caused by rotation during the robot's motion. Then, by calculating the dense optical flow field of two adjacent frames and segmenting the dynamic region in the scene based on the dynamic threshold, the local map points projected within the dynamic regions are eliminated. On this basis, the robot's pose is optimized by minimizing the reprojection error. Moreover, a high-performance keyframe selection strategy is developed, and keyframes are inserted when the robot's pose is successfully tracked. Meanwhile, feature points are extracted and matched to the keyframes for subsequent optimization and mapping. Considering that the direct method is subject to tracking failure in practical application scenarios, the feature points and map points of keyframes are employed in robot relocation. Finally, all keyframes and map points are used as optimization variables for global bundle adjustment (BA) optimization, so as to construct a globally consistent 3D dense octree map. A series of simulations and experiments demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed algorithm.

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Viruses ; 15(3)2023 02 21.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36992305

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Parvovirus B19 (B19V) is pathogenic to humans and causes various human diseases. However, no antiviral agents or vaccines currently exist for the treatment or prevention of B19V infection. Therefore, developing sensitive and specific methods for B19V infection diagnosis is essential for accurate diagnoses. Previously, a Clustered Regularly Interspaced Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)-Cas12a (cpf1)-based electrochemical biosensor (E-CRISPR) with a picomole sensitivity for B19V detection was established. Herein, we set up a novel nucleic acid detection system based on Pyrococcus furiosus Argonaute (PfAgo)-mediated nucleic acid detection, targeting the nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) region of the B19V viral genome (abbreviated B19-NS1 PAND). Benefiting from independent protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) sequences, PfAgo can recognize their target with guide DNA (gDNA) that is easy to design and synthesize at a low cost. In contrast to E-CRISPR, without preamplification with Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), the Minimum Detectable Concentration (MDC) of three guide- or single guide-mediated B19-NS1 PAND was about 4 nM, approximately 6-fold more than E-CRISPR. However, when introducing an amplification step, the MDC can be dramatically decreased to the aM level (54 aM). In addition, the diagnostic results from clinical samples with B19-NS1 PAND revealed 100% consistency with PCR assays and subsequent Sanger sequencing tests, which may assist in molecular testing for clinical diagnosis and epidemiological investigations of B19V.


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Infecciones por Parvoviridae , Parvovirus B19 Humano , Pyrococcus furiosus , Humanos , Pyrococcus furiosus/genética , Pyrococcus furiosus/metabolismo , Proteínas Argonautas/genética , ADN/metabolismo , Reacción en Cadena en Tiempo Real de la Polimerasa/métodos , ADN Viral/genética , ADN Viral/metabolismo
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Neurosci Biobehav Rev ; 144: 104976, 2023 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36435393

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Mental illness is a significant global health issue with a steady prevalence. High heritability is suspected, but genome-wide association studies only identified a small number of risk genes associated with mental disorders. This 'missing inheritance' can be partially explained by epigenetic heredity. Evidence from numerous animal models and human studies supports the possibility that preconception paternal mental health influences their offspring's mental health via nongenetic means. Here, we review two potential pathways, including sperm epigenetics and seminal plasma components. The current review highlights the role of sperm epigenetics and explores epigenetic message origination and susceptibility to chronic stress. Meanwhile, possible spatiotemporal windows and events that induce sexually dimorphic modes and effects of paternal stress transmission are inferred in this review. Additionally, we discuss emerging interventions that could potentially block the intergenerational transmission of paternal psychiatric disorders and reduce the incidence of mental illness. Understanding the underlying mechanisms by which preconception paternal stress impacts offspring health is critical for identifying strategies supporting healthy development and successfully controlling the prevalence of mental illness.


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Salud Infantil , Trastornos Mentales , Niño , Animales , Humanos , Masculino , Estudio de Asociación del Genoma Completo , Semen , Padre , Epigénesis Genética , Trastornos Mentales/epidemiología , Trastornos Mentales/genética
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Chemistry ; 29(16): e202203142, 2023 Mar 16.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36565275

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Enhancing catalytic performance as well as reducing catalyst cost are the eternal pursuit for the catalysis community. Herein, a simple and effective palladium-doped cobalt (Pd/Co) catalyst with high Pd atom utilization efficiency was synthesized via galvanic replacement reaction for the selective hydrogenation of nitrobenzene with H2 at room temperature, delivering >99 % yield of aniline with up to 158 times higher catalytic activity than commercial palladium powder. Detailed characterizations and DFT calculations revealed that Co-Pd interaction leads to a decrease in electron density of Pd and the distance between Pd atoms that results in the enhanced catalytic performance. Further experiments indicated that the Pd/Co catalyst serves as a highly efficient, selective, and recyclable catalyst for a range of nitroarene substrates. This work might provide a green and sustainable methodology to design and synthesize highly active catalysts with high utilization efficiency of the noble metals in fundamental and applied research.

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Environ Res ; 216(Pt 2): 114601, 2023 01 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36265601

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Bisphenol A (BPA), one of the widely known endocrine-disrupting chemicals, can be effectively degraded by advanced oxidation processes in water because of the powerful reactive oxygen species. In this study, Fenton, UV/Fenton, and metal ion/peroxymonosulfate (PMS) processes were compared to investigate BPA degradation efficiency and pathways initiated by hydroxyl radicals and sulfate radicals. In contrast to the Fenton system, which only degraded 60% of BPA within 15 min, the UV/Fenton system could degrade greater than 80% of BPA, because more hydroxyl radicals (•OH) were generated under the reduction of Fe3+ to Fe2+. The optimized parameters of the UV/Fenton system were as follows: 8 µmol/L of Fe2+, 80 µmol/L of H2O2, and a pH value of 3.0. As for the metal ion/PMS system, the BPA degradation efficiency was closely associated with the applied metal ions, and the order was as follows: Co2+/PMS (∼100%) > Fe2+/PMS (∼80%) > Cu2+/PMS (∼79%). The degradation pathways of BPA were theoretically interpreted through density functional theory prediction and degradation products during various processes. Two major initial reaction sites (4C and 6C) for •OH initiated using the UV/Fenton system and one initial reaction site (4C) for sulfate radicals (SO4•-) using the metal ion/PMS system were recognized for BPA degradation processes. The degradation products by •OH showed a larger average molecular weight than those by SO4•-. These studies are instructive for the application of different advanced oxidation systems in the treatment process of BPA in wastewater.


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Radical Hidroxilo , Contaminantes Químicos del Agua , Peróxido de Hidrógeno/química , Agua , Compuestos de Bencidrilo , Sulfatos/química , Oxidación-Reducción , Contaminantes Químicos del Agua/análisis
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BMC Med ; 20(1): 411, 2022 10 28.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36303207

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BACKGROUND: The application of combination therapy for cancer treatment is limited due to poor tumor-specific drug delivery and the abscopal effect. METHODS: Here, PD-L1- and CD44-responsive multifunctional nanoparticles were developed using a polymer complex of polyethyleneimine and oleic acid (PEI-OA) and loaded with two chemotherapeutic drugs (paclitaxel and chloroquine), an antigen (ovalbumin), an immunopotentiator (CpG), and an immune checkpoint inhibitor (anti-PD-L1 antibody). RESULTS: PEI-OA greatly improved the drug loading capacity and encapsulation efficiency of the nanoplatform, while the anti-PD-L1 antibody significantly increased its cellular uptake compared to other treatment formulations. Pharmacodynamic experiments confirmed that the anti-PD-L1 antibody can strongly inhibit primary breast cancer and increase levels of CD4+ and CD8+ T cell at the tumor site. In addition, chloroquine reversed the "immune-cold" environment and improved the anti-tumor effect of both chemotherapeutics and immune checkpoint inhibitors, while it induced strong immune memory and prevented lung metastasis. CONCLUSIONS: Our strategy serves as a promising approach to the rational design of nanodelivery systems for simultaneous active targeting, autophagy inhibition, and chemotherapy that can be combined with immune-checkpoint inhibitors for enhanced breast cancer treatment.


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Neoplasias de la Mama , Nanopartículas Multifuncionales , Nanopartículas , Humanos , Femenino , Neoplasias de la Mama/tratamiento farmacológico , Adyuvantes Inmunológicos , Línea Celular Tumoral , Inmunoterapia , Autofagia , Cloroquina/farmacología , Nanopartículas/uso terapéutico
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Int J Mol Sci ; 23(18)2022 Sep 16.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36142765

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Much progress has been made in determining that paternal environmental exposures can remodel their spermatozoa small noncoding RNAs (sncRANs) and, in turn, affect the phenotypes of their offspring. Studies have shown that changes in the spermatozoa sncRNAs profile occur during passing through the epididymis. Due to the absence of transcription and translation in the epididymis, spermatozoa remodel their sncRNAs profile through communication with the epididymal microenvironment. Since epididymosomes contribute to the process of spermatozoa maturation by mediating the crosstalk between the epididymis and the passing spermatozoa, they are considered to be the leading candidate to mediate these changes. Previous studies and reviews on the role of epididymal transfer proteins in sperm maturation and function are myriad. This review focuses on the role and mechanisms of epididymosome-mediated transfer of sncRNAs cargoes onembryonic development and offspring health.


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ARN Pequeño no Traducido , Animales , Desarrollo Embrionario , Epidídimo/metabolismo , Masculino , ARN Pequeño no Traducido/genética , Semen , Maduración del Esperma , Espermatozoides/metabolismo
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Bioresour Technol ; 359: 127438, 2022 Sep.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35700901

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Prolonged starved anammox sludge (SAS) obtained during initial rejuvenation was inoculated into a reactor together with activated sludge (AS), anaerobic granular sludge (AGS) and modified carriers consisting of honeycomb carrier with high biological interception and activated carbon carrier with high adsorption performance. SAS accounted for 5% of the inoculated sludge. The anammox process was started and operated at around 25℃. After 160 days, the nitrogen loading rate and nitrogen removal rate reached 1.12 kgN·m-3·d-1 and 0.97 kgN·m-3·d-1, respectively. Obvious red anammox biofilms were observed on the modified carriers. Microbial community analysis showed that the relative abundance of anammox bacteria increased from < 0.1% to 22.96%. Candidatus Jettenia and Candidatus Brocadia were the dominating anammox species. This work demonstrates the potential to reuse SAS to improve the start-up efficiency of anammox reactors, which makes good economic sense.


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Compuestos de Amonio , Aguas del Alcantarillado , Anaerobiosis , Reactores Biológicos/microbiología , Nitrógeno , Oxidación-Reducción , Aguas del Alcantarillado/microbiología
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Chemosphere ; 304: 135285, 2022 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35714956

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A novel Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) composite membrane involving ZIF-8 nanoparticles, named as ZIF-8/PAN membrane, was obtained via electrospinning to remove the Congo red (CR), Pb(II) and Cu(II) ions in industrial wastewaters, during which the adsorption mechanisms were examined in this study. The adsorption efficiency of the electrospun ZIF-8/PAN membrane was as high as 89%, 92% and 76% for CR, Pb(II) and Cu(II), respectively. Comparative analysis showed that ZIF-8 nanoparticles embedded in the ZIF-8/PAN membrane accounted for these enhanced adsorption capabilities. The adsorption behaviors of the ZIF-8 nanoparticles were investigated through experiments and theoretical analysis, and the results unraveled that the adsorption for CR by the ZIF-8 was mainly including electrostatic interaction, hydrogen bonding and π-π interaction, while those for Pb(II) and Cu(II) were mainly caused by ion-exchange and chemical adsorption. Parametric studies were conducted to optimize the conditions for removing CR, Pb(II), and Cu(II) by ZIF-8 nanoparticles, during which all of pollutants showed different reactions to the solution pH. This work not only develops a novel ZIF-8/PAN composite membrane for effective removals of pollutants, but also reveals the underlying mechanisms of pollutants adsorption in terms of molecular interactions, providing important understandings on fibrous materials design for efficient heavy metals and dyes removals in industrial wastewater treatment.


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Nanofibras , Nanopartículas , Contaminantes Químicos del Agua , Purificación del Agua , Resinas Acrílicas , Adsorción , Rojo Congo , Concentración de Iones de Hidrógeno , Cinética , Plomo , Ultrafiltración , Contaminantes Químicos del Agua/química
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Acta Biomater ; 146: 357-369, 2022 07 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35577045

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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an emerging therapeutic approach that can inhibit tumor growth by destroying local tumors and activating systemic antitumor immune responses. However, PDT can be ineffective because of photosensitizer aggregation, tumor-induced dendritic cells (DCS) dysfunction and PDT-mediated immunosuppression. Therefore, we designed chondroitin sulfate-based prodrug nanoparticles for the co-delivery of the photosensitizer chlorin e6 (Ce6) and retinoic acid (RA), which can reduce PDT-mediated immunosuppression by disrupting the Golgi apparatus and blocking the production of immunosuppressive cytokines. Moreover, CpG oligodeoxynucleotide was combined as immunoadjuvant to promote the maturation of DCs. As expected, the strategy of Golgi apparatus targeting immunotherapy combined PDT was confirmed to relieve PDT-induced immunosuppression, showed excellent PDT antitumor efficacy in B16F10-subcutaneous bearing mice model. Thus, our finding offers a promising approach for photodynamic immunotherapy of advanced cancers. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Golgi apparatus has been shown to be a potential target of immunosuppression for producing several immunosuppressive cytokines. In this work, a Golgi apparatus-targeted prodrug nanoparticle was developed to enhance the immune response in photodynamic immunotherapy. The nanoparticle can target and disrupt the Golgi apparatus in tumor cells, which reduced PDT-mediated immunosuppression by blocking the production of immunosuppressive cytokines. This work provides an effective strategy of PDT in combination with the Golgi apparatus-targeted nanovesicle for enhanced cancer therapy.


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Nanopartículas , Fotoquimioterapia , Porfirinas , Profármacos , Animales , Línea Celular Tumoral , Sulfatos de Condroitina , Citocinas , Aparato de Golgi , Factores Inmunológicos , Inmunoterapia , Ratones , Nanopartículas/uso terapéutico , Fármacos Fotosensibilizantes/farmacología , Fármacos Fotosensibilizantes/uso terapéutico , Porfirinas/farmacología , Profármacos/farmacología
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Plant Sci ; 316: 111168, 2022 Mar.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35151452

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Cotton is one of the most important economic crops in the world, with over 90 % cellulose in the mature fiber. However, the cellulose synthesis mechanism in cotton fibers is poorly understood. Here, we identified four DUF288 domain containing proteins, which we designated GhSTL1-4. These four GhSTL genes are highly expressed in 6 days post anthesis (dpa) and 20 dpa cotton fibers. They are localized to the Golgi apparatus, and can rescue the growth defects in primary cell wall (PCW) and secondary cell wall (SCW) of cellulose synthesis of the Arabidopsis stl1stl2 double mutant at varying degrees. Silencing of GhSTLs resulted in reduced cellulose content and shorter fibers. In addition, split-ubiquitin membrane yeast two-hybrid analysis showed that GhSTL1 and GhSTL4 can interact with PCW-related GhCesA6-1/6-3 and SCW-associated GhCesA7-1/7-2. GhSTL3 can interact with SCW-related GhCesA4-3. These interactions are further confirmed by firefly luciferase complementation imaging assay. Together, we demonstrate that GhSTLs can selectively interact with both the PCW and SCW-associated GhCesAs and impact on cellulose synthesis and fiber development. Our findings provide insights into the mechanism underlying cellulose biosynthesis in cotton fibers, and offer potential candidate genes to coordinate PCW and SCW cellulose synthesis of cotton fibers for developing elite cotton varieties with enhanced fiber quality.


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Arabidopsis , Fibra de Algodón , Arabidopsis/genética , Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Pared Celular/metabolismo , Celulosa/metabolismo , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas , Gossypium/genética , Gossypium/metabolismo , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo
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Huan Jing Ke Xue ; 43(1): 424-431, 2022 Jan 08.
Artículo en Chino | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34989527

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In order to realize the rapid recovery of ANAMMOX sludge bacterial activity after long-term room temperature storage, three groups of reactors were added to ANAMMOX sludge that had been stored without substrate at room temperature (15-30℃) for 9 months. Among the three groups of reactors, comet fiber carrier and K3 carrier were added to R2 and R3 reactors, respectively, as biological carriers. The effects of different carriers on the recovery rate of ANAMMOX sludge bacterial activity were investigated. The results showed that ANAMMOX reactions in the R2 and R3 reactors began taking place on the 8th and 10th day, respectively, with respective TIN removal rates of 82.25% and 80.92%, which were significantly improved compared with that in the R1 reactor, in which no carrier was added (ANAMMOX reaction started occurring on the 15th day with a TIN removal rate of 80.26%). After 42 days with influent, ρ(NH4+-N) and ρ(NO2--N) respectively increased to 300 mg·L-1 and 396 mg·L-1, and the TIN removal rates of the three groups of reactors were respectively 78.96%, 84.92%, and 84.66%. Microbial community structure analysis showed that the relative abundances of ANAMMOX bacteria in the R2 and R3 reactor were respectively 6.85% and 6.06%, two to four times that in the R1 reactor. The predominant ANAMMOX bacteria in the sludge was Candidatus Jettenia, whose relative abundances in the three groups of reactors were respectively 1.62%, 5.74%, and 5.21%. The results show that ANAMMOX biofilm-granular sludge complex systems constructed by adding carriers can considerably shorten the time for recovering ANAMMOX sludge bacterial activity after long-term room temperature storage without substrate. The carriers effectively promoted the relative abundances of ANAMMOX bacteria in the reactors, whereas the promoting effect of comet fiber carrier was slightly more significant than that of the K3 carrier.


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Reactores Biológicos , Aguas del Alcantarillado , Oxidación Anaeróbica del Amoníaco , Anaerobiosis , Nitrógeno , Oxidación-Reducción
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Front Oncol ; 11: 606677, 2021.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34367940

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OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study aimed at investigating the reliability of radiomics features extracted from contrast-enhanced CT in differentiating pancreatic cystadenomas from pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) using machine-learning methods. METHODS: In this study, a total number of 120 patients, including 66 pancreatic cystadenomas patients and 54 PNETs patients were enrolled. Forty-eight radiomic features were extracted from contrast-enhanced CT images using LIFEx software. Five feature selection methods were adopted to determine the appropriate features for classifiers. Then, nine machine learning classifiers were employed to build predictive models. The performance of the forty-five models was evaluated with area under the curve (AUC), accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and F1 score in the testing group. RESULTS: The predictive models exhibited reliable ability of differentiating pancreatic cystadenomas from PNETs when combined with suitable selection methods. A combination of DC as the selection method and RF as the classifier, as well as Xgboost+RF, demonstrated the best discriminative ability, with the highest AUC of 0.997 in the testing group. CONCLUSIONS: Radiomics-based machine learning methods might be a noninvasive tool to assist in differentiating pancreatic cystadenomas and PNETs.

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J Food Sci ; 86(8): 3467-3479, 2021 Aug.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34190350

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Peony (Paeonia section Moutan DC.) seed oil is a novel vegetable oil with unique aromatic profile. The objectives of this study were to characterize the volatile compounds with optimized analysis conditions, and to study the effects of oxidation during storage. The Headspace Solid-phase Micro-extraction (HS-SPME) conditions were optimized with factors including extraction fiber, extraction time and temperature, as well as sample amount and desorption time. Then, the aromatic compounds extracted from peony seed oil were determined using the odor activity value (OAV) method coupled with the GC-olfactometry. Results found that the best HS-SPME conditions were DVB/CAR/PDMS fibers with magnetic stirring for 50 min of extraction at 60°C. The optimal sample amount was 4 g with 6 min of desorption. Forty-one volatile components were found, and 19 aromatic components were identified using GC-MS and GC-olfactometry. This is the first study to describe 4,7-dimethylbenzofuran in peony seed oil with a unique aroma of grass, light bitter, and fragrance. The stability of alcohol and terpenoids decreased as accelerated oxidation progresses. This study provides the theoretical basis for the sensory attributes, and shelf-life of peony seeds oil products for industry production and marketing.


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Paeonia , Aceites de Plantas , Semillas , Cromatografía de Gases y Espectrometría de Masas , Oxidación-Reducción , Paeonia/química , Aceites de Plantas/química , Semillas/química , Microextracción en Fase Sólida
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