DNAJA1­knockout alleviates heat stroke­induced endothelial barrier disruption via improving thermal tolerance and suppressing the MLCK­MLC signaling pathway.

Endothelial barrier disruption plays a key role in the pathophysiology of heat stroke (HS). Knockout of DNAJA1 (DNAJA1­KO) is thought to be protective against HS based on a genome­wide CRISPR­Cas9 screen experiment. The present study aimed to illustrate the function of DNAJA1­KO against HS in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. DNAJA1­KO cells were infected using a lentivirus to investigate the role of DNAJA1­KO in HS­induced endothelial barrier disruption. It was shown that DNAJA1­KO could ameliorate decreased cell viability and increased cell injury, according to the results of Cell Counting Kit­8 and lactate dehydrogenase assays. Moreover, HS­induced endothelial cell apoptosis was inhibited by DNAJA1­KO, as indicated by Annexin V­FITC/PI staining and cleaved­caspase­3 expression using flow cytometry and western blotting, respectively. Furthermore, the endothelial barrier function, as measured by transepithelial electrical resistance and FITC­Dextran, was sustained during HS. DNAJA1­KO was not found to have a significant effect on the expression and distribution of cell junction proteins under normal conditions without HS. However, DNAJA1­KO could effectively protect the HS­induced decrease in the expression and distribution of cell junction proteins, including zonula occludens­1, claudin­5, junctional adhesion molecule A and occludin. A total of 4,394 proteins were identified using proteomic analysis, of which 102 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were activated in HS­induced wild­type cells and inhibited by DNAJA1­KO. DEPs were investigated by enrichment analysis, which demonstrated significant enrichment in the 'calcium signaling pathway' and associations with vascular­barrier regulation. Furthermore, the 'myosin light­chain kinase (MLCK)­MLC signaling pathway' was proven to be activated by HS and inhibited by DNAJA1­KO, as expected. Moreover, DNAJA1­KO mice and a HS mouse model were established to demonstrate the protective effects on endothelial barrier in vivo. In conclusion, the results of the present study suggested that DNAJA1­KO alleviates HS­induced endothelial barrier disruption by improving thermal tolerance and suppressing the MLCK­MLC signaling pathway.

Theoretical study on polynitro imidazo [4, 5-e] oxadiazolo [3, 4-b] pyrazine compounds.

The B3PW91/6-31G** theoretical method was carried out to optimize the structure of 12 polynitro imidazo [4,5-e] oxadiazolo [3,4-b] pyrazine compounds (two structural type). The influence of nitro groups on the structure, oxygen balance, density, heat of formation, detonation performances, and charge were investigated. The results showed that the oxygen balance, density, heat of formation, detonation velocity, detonation pressure, and detonation heat increased with different relationships when the number of nitro groups increased. The contribution of the dinitroethylene group to energy was greater than that of the nitroimino group. On the whole, the sensitivity of all compounds increased with the number of -NO2 groups, and the second type of compound is more sensitive because of more nitro groups. The alkaline of the amine will decrease with the increasing number of -NO2 groups, and nitrification action will become more difficult. Graphical abstract Polynitro imidazo [4, 5-e] oxadiazolo [3, 4-b] pyrazine compoundsᅟ.