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In this work, the pillaring of two layered niobium-based oxides (HNb3 O8 and HNbMoO6 ) with zirconia was investigated in detail. Two novel zirconia-pillared layered metal oxides, zirconia-pillared layered HNb3 O8 and zirconia-pillared layered HNbMoO6 , have been successfully prepared. Both pillared products exhibited a higher thermal stability exceeding 673â K. For the pillaring of layered HNb3 O8 , two different pre-expanding agents, 1-dodecanamine and 1,12-dodecanediamine, were alternatively used, and two kinds of zirconium-pillaring solutions containing zirconium(IV) polyoxocations obtained through two different ways were employed. The 1,12-dodecanediamine-pre-expanded layered intermediate was applicable and 1-dodecanamine-pre-expanded one was not applicable to the intercalation of zirconium(IV) polyoxocations in interlayer regions of the layered niobium-based oxides. More interestingly, the zirconium-pillaring solutions prepared by using an appropriate amount of diethylene glycol as stabilizing agent was advantage for constructing the ordered zirconia-pillared product, whereas the zirconium-pillaring solutions obtained in the case of absence of diethylene glycol seemed not to conduct well an ions-exchange reaction with the alkylamine-pre-expanded layered intermediates. The order degree of zirconia-pillared layered transition metal oxides was closely related to the host sheets. The zirconia-pillared layered HNb3 O8 contained more defects, while the zirconia-pillared layered HNbMoO6 had fewer defects.
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The nearly complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Lethe confuse was sequenced and analyzed. This mitogenome is 14,945 bp in size and encodes 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes. The most common start codon is ATN (ATA, ATG, and ATT), and the most common termination codon is TAA. In addition, three PCGs have incomplete termination codon T. The overall nucleotide composition is 38.0% of A, 7.8% of G, 42.4% of T, and 11.8% of C. The data will increase the basic information of Satyrinae phylogenetic research and can help to better understand the phylogenetic status of L. confuse in Nymphalidae.
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Emodin inhibited expression of both transforming growth factor beta1 (TGFbeta1)- and phorbol ester (PMA)-induced tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) in an immortalized rat hepatic stellate cell line, HSC-T6, by Western blot and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Reporter gene assays showed that emodin reduced both basal and PMA-induced activated protein-1 (AP-1) promoter activities. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay revealed that emodin reduced AP-1 DNA binding activities in HSC-T6 cells. AP-1 components analysis showed that emodin also attenuated JunD mRNA expression. Furthermore, emodin markedly inhibited TGFbeta1-induced p42/p44 mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphorylation but did not alter PMA induction. We conclude that emodin effectively inhibits PMA- and TGFbeta1-stimulated TIMP-1 expression in hepatic stellate cells by suppressing the AP-1 signaling pathway and extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation, respectively. These data provide new insight into the cellular and molecular mechanisms of emodin against liver fibrosis.
