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OBJECTIVE: Experimental research and clinical trials have reported a positive effect of regional anesthesia (RA) on prognosis of cancers. We systematically reviewed the efficacy of RA on recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) after oncology surgeries. METHODS: PubMed, Cochrane library, and Embase were searched from inception to June 20, 2022 for RCTs in which any form of RA was initiated perioperatively. Time-to-event data (hazard ratio (HR)) were extracted independently and in duplicate. The primary outcome was the association of RA with RFS and OS, while the secondary outcomes included time to tumor progression, 5-year RFS, and 5-year OS. RESULTS: Fifteen RCTs with 5981 participants were included. Compared to GA, RA has no positive effect on RFS (HR, - 0.02; 95% CI, - 0.11 to 0.07), OS (HR, - 0.03; 95% CI, - 0.28 to 0.23), time to tumor progression (0.11; 95% CI, - 0.33 to 0.55), 5-year RFS (risk ratio (RR), 1.24; 95% CI, 0.88 to 1.76)), and 5-year OS (RR, 1.11; 95% CI, 0.85 to 1.44). Subgroup analysis based on study design, patient characteristics and tumor types also showed no effect of RA on RFS or OS. CONCLUSIONS: Our results demonstrated that there is no significant evidence supporting the role of RA in improving long-term survival after oncology surgeries.
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Anestesia por Condução , Neoplasias , Humanos , Ensaios Clínicos Controlados Aleatórios como Assunto , Neoplasias/cirurgia , Razão de Chances , Período Pós-OperatórioRESUMO
Neuropathic pain is a somatosensory nervous system dysfunction that remains a threatening health problem globally. Recent studies have highlighted the involvement of C-C motif chemokine receptor 1 (CCR1) in neuropathic pain. Herein, the current study set out to explore the modulatory role of CCR1 in spinal nerve ligation (SNL)-induced neuropathic pain and its underlying molecular mechanism. First, it was found that CCR1 was highly expressed in spinal cord tissues and microglial cells of SNL rats. On the other hand, CCR1 knockdown attenuated nerve pain in SNL rats and repressed microglial cell activation in SNL rats and also in the LPS-induced microglial cell model of nerve injury, as evidenced by elevated microglial cell markers OX-42 and IL-1ß, IL-6 and TNF-α. Mechanistically, CCR1 enhanced small ubiquitin-like modifier 1 (SUMO1) modification of DiGeorge syndrome critical region gene 8 (DGCR8) in LPS-treated microglial cells by phosphorylating ERK. Moreover, CCR1 silencing brought about elevations in mechanical withdrawal threshold and thermal withdrawal latency. To conclude, our findings indicated that CCR1 enhanced the modification of DGCR8 by SUMO1 through phosphorylation of ERK, thereby promoting the activation and inflammatory response of spinal cord microglial cells and increasing the sensitivity of SNL rats to pain. Thus, this study offers a promising therapeutic target for the management of neuropathic pain.
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Neuralgia , Proteínas de Ligação a RNA , Receptores de Quimiocinas , Animais , Modelos Animais de Doenças , MAP Quinases Reguladas por Sinal Extracelular , Lipopolissacarídeos , Neuralgia/terapia , Fosforilação , Proteínas de Ligação a RNA/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Receptores CCR1 , Receptores de Quimiocinas/metabolismo , Medula Espinal , Nervos Espinhais , SumoilaçãoRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programme on postoperative rehabilitation in children with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) during the perioperative period of adenotonsillectomy. DESIGN: A retrospective historical control study. SETTING: Service improvement project. PARTICIPANTS: The study included 394 children with OSA (207 males, 187 females; age range, 2.5 years to 14 years) who underwent adenotonsillectomy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The children who had undergone adenoidal ablation and bilateral tonsillectomy were divided into an ERAS group (208 patients) treated with the combined optimisation measures and a control group (186 patients) treated with traditional measures during the perioperative period. The postoperative incidence of complications, pain scores, anxiety scores and postoperative diets in the two groups were assessed. RESULTS: Patients in the ERAS group had significantly a lower overall complication rate and incidence of fever for 2 weeks of follow-up when compared to patients in the control group through the application of perioperative optimisation measures. Furthermore, patients in the ERAS group had less post-surgical pain, had better dietary intake at days 1, 3 and 7 after surgery and had lower preoperative anxiety scores after admission education and while waiting in the operation room. CONCLUSION: The ERAS programme consisting of combined optimisation measures can reduce physical and psychological trauma during the perioperative period of adenotonsillectomy performed for children with OSA.
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Adenoidectomia , Recuperação Pós-Cirúrgica Melhorada , Apneia Obstrutiva do Sono/cirurgia , Tonsilectomia , Adolescente , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Estudo Historicamente Controlado , Humanos , Masculino , Conforto do Paciente , Estudos Retrospectivos , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
Dexmedetomidine (DEX) induces a dose dependent sedation and has been widely used as an adjuvant sedative during regional anesthesia recently. We aimed to investigate the effective dose of intravenous single-dose DEX to induce consciousness inhibition in patients of different ages undergoing lower limb surgery with epidural anesthesia. Ninety-two patients were divided into three groups according to their ages. Patients aged 18-45 years, 46-64 years and 65-85 years in group Y, group M and group O, respectively. With the accomplishment of epidural anesthesia, a pre-calculated dose of DEX was infused for more than 10 minutes and the sedative state was assessed by Observer's Assessment of Alertness/Sedation (OAA/S) scale 30 minutes after the infusion. A modified Dixon's up-and-down method was applied to decided the dose of DEX for each sequential patient. The 50% effective dose (ED50) of DEX in the three groups were 0.40, 0.76 and 1.03 µg/kg, respectively. The 95% effective dose (ED95) in group O (0.54 µg/kg) was 45% of group Y (1.21µg/kg) and 64% of group M (0.84µg/kg). Besides, the incidence of bradycardia was more frequent with the increase of age. The present study indicated that the appropriate single-dose of DEX to induce consciousness inhibition should reduce with the increase of age in patients undering lower limb surgery with epidural anesthesia, especially in patients over 64 years old. This result may protect the old patients from excessive sedation and dose-dependent adverse reactions.
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Estado de Consciência/efeitos dos fármacos , Dexmedetomidina/farmacologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Anestesia Epidural , Dexmedetomidina/administração & dosagem , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Feminino , Humanos , Hipnóticos e Sedativos/farmacologia , Infusões Intravenosas , Extremidade Inferior/cirurgia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Adulto JovemRESUMO
This work involves the comparison of the fluorescence excitation - emission matrices of different low-molecular-weight carbonyl compounds and natural organic matter (NOM). The aim is to determine if quinone or aromatic ketone groups are more responsible for the reduction-induced fluorescence enhancement of NOM. After reduction, the aromatic ketones showed a significantly greater fluorescence change than the quinones, proving that the former play a more important role. Further analysis of the fluorescence of the NOM samples after re-oxidization by oxygen with a Cu2+ catalyst, provided additional reliable evidence in support of the dominant role of aromatic ketones in the fluorescence change. This work demonstrates that aromatic ketone moieties should be given more attention when considering the physicochemical properties of NOM and related environmental processes.
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Produtos Biológicos/química , Fluorescência , Cetonas/química , Quinonas/química , Estrutura Molecular , Peso Molecular , Fenômenos Ópticos , Oxirredução , Espectrometria de FluorescênciaRESUMO
This study aims to evaluate the association of E-cadherin expression with the prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Literature retrieval, selection and assessment, data extraction, and meta-analyses were performed according to the Revman 5.0 guidelines. In the meta-analysis, we utilized either fixed effects or random effects model to pool the HR according to the test of heterogeneity. A total of nine eligible studies included 973 OSCC patients were analyzed. Of the patients, 76.3 % had low expression of E-cadherin according to the cutoff value defined by the authors. The pooled hazard ratio (HR) of low expression of E-cadherin for overall survival (OS) was 0.65 (95 % CI 0.52 to 0.80, P<0.001); in Asian population, the HR for overall survival of the patients with reduced expression of E-cadherin was 0.84 (95 % CI 0.75 to 0.95, P=0.006), and in non-Asian population, the HR for overall survival of the patients with reduced expression of E-cadherin was 0.54 (95 % CI 0.41 to 0.69, P<0.001). Patients with reduced expression of E-cadherin appear to have a poorer OS compared with those with normal or higher expression of E-cadherin.
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Caderinas/análise , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/mortalidade , Neoplasias Bucais/mortalidade , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/química , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/patologia , Transição Epitelial-Mesenquimal , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Neoplasias Bucais/química , Neoplasias Bucais/patologia , Prognóstico , Viés de PublicaçãoRESUMO
The Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions of potassium aryltrifluoroborates with aryl bromides in water are promoted by the addition of [bmim]PF6 using Pd(OAc)2 as a catalyst and Na2CO3 as a base under air. The quantity of [bmim]PF6 used is crucial to the efficiency of the catalytic system. A wide range of biaryls and polyaryls can be easily prepared in good to excellent yields.
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The kinetics, environmental influencing factors, products and reaction mechanism of aqueous phototransformation of bisphenol S (BPS), as an alternative to bisphenol A, which is of environmental concern, were investigated. p-Hydroxybenzenesulfonic acid, as the major transformation product was confirmed by gas chromatography - mass spectrometry, electrospray ionization, ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance and fluorescence spectrum analysis. A reaction pathway was proposed based on the reactive oxygen species related results by electron paramagnetic resonance and radical traps. The competition of the excited state of BPS between transferring electron to O2 to â¢O2(-) and directly oxidizing H2O to â¢OH was revealed.
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Benzenossulfonatos/química , Fenóis/química , Processos Fotoquímicos , Sulfonas/química , Poluentes Químicos da Água/química , Cromatografia Gasosa-Espectrometria de Massas , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização por Electrospray , Espectrofotometria UltravioletaRESUMO
Introduction: It remains controversial which frailty score correlates with adverse outcomes. Instead of these subjective and time consuming scores, we studied whether ultrasound guided lower extremity thickness measurements more closely are associated with adverse outcomes. Method: Patients undergoing gastrointestinal malignancy surgery were included as study subjects. Frailty was identified using the FRAIL scale assessment. Ultrasound measured the muscle thickness and echo intensity of the patient's upper and lower limbs. ANOVA was used to analyze the relationship between muscle data and frailty assessment. Significant indicators from the one-way analysis were included in the multivariate logistic regression equation. Results: A total of 160 study subjects were included, 52 in the normal group, 78 in the prefrailty group, and 30 in the frailty group. The ANOVA showed that there were significant differences in age, hemoglobin, albumin, history of hypertension, history of coronary artery disease, the history of cerebrovascular disease, rate of postoperative complications, rate of transferring to intensive care unit, time out of bed, length of hospitalization, thickness and echo intensity of quadriceps femoris the vastus lateralis and the tibialis anterior, echo intensity of the medial gastrocnemius among the three groups (P < 0.05). Pearson's correlation analysis showed FRAIL score was correlated with muscle thickness and echo intensity of the lower limbs. Multifactor logistic regression analysis showed that the prefrailty group was positively correlated with ageï¼ß = 0.146, P = 0.004ï¼, echo intensity of the medial gastrocnemius (ß = 0.055, P = 0.031), and rate of postoperative complicationsï¼ß = 1.439, P = 0.021ï¼, also negatively correlated with muscle thickness of the tibialis anteriorï¼ß = -2.124, P = 0.007ï¼. The frailty group was positively correlated with ageï¼ß = 0.22, P = 0.005ï¼, tibialis anterior echo intensity (ß = 0.082, P = 0.015), medial gastrocnemius echo intensity (ß = 0.089, P = 0.026), cerebrovascular disease history (ß = 2.311, P = 0.04), and postoperative complication rate (ß = 2.684, P = 0.003). It was negatively correlated with albumin (ß = -0.26, P = 0.017), quadriceps muscle thickness (ß = -2.257, P = 0.017), and tibialis anterior muscle thickness (ß = -5.408, P = 0.001). Conclusion: Ultrasound measurement of lower (not upper) extremity muscle thickness and echo intensity was significantly associated with discriminating severity of frailty and postoperative outcomes than frailty scores in elderly patients.
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Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and natural organic matter (NOM) are widely present in the environment. While the molecular basis of NOM's optical properties and reactivity after treatment with sodium borohydride (NaBH4) has been successfully explained by the charge transfer (CT) model, the corresponding structure basis and properties of EPS remain poorly understood. In this work, we investigated the reactivity and optical properties of EPS after NaBH4 treatment, comparing them to the corresponding changes in NOM. After reduction, EPS exhibited optical properties and a reactivity with Au3+ similar to NOM, manifesting an irreversible loss of visible absorption (≥70%) associated with blue-shifted fluorescence emission (8-11 nm) and a lower rate of gold nanoparticles formation (decreasing by ≥ 32%), which can be readily explained by the CT model as well. Furthermore, the absorbance and fluorescence spectra of EPS were solvent polarity dependent, contrary to the superposition model. These findings contribute to an original understanding of the reactivity and optical properties of EPS and facilitate further cross-disciplinary studies.
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Matriz Extracelular de Substâncias Poliméricas , Nanopartículas Metálicas , OuroRESUMO
Periodate (PI)-photoactivated advanced oxidation process (AOP) has recently received increasing attention for the removal of micropollutants from water. However, periodate is mainly driven by high-energy ultraviolet light (UV) in most cases, and few studies have extended it to the visible range. Herein, we proposed a new PI visible light activation system employing α-Fe2O3 as catalyst. It is completely different from traditional PI-AOP based on hydroxyl radicals (â¢OH) and iodine radical (â¢IO3). The vis-α-Fe2O3/PI system can selectively degrade the phenolic compounds via non-radical pathway under the visible range. Notably, the designed system not only shows a well pH tolerance and environmental stability, but also exhibits a strong substrate-dependent reactivity. Both quenching experiments and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) experiments demonstrate that photogenerated holes are the main active species in this system. Moreover, a series of photoelectrochemical experiments reveal that PI can effectively inhibit the carrier recombination on the α-Fe2O3 surface, thereby improving the utilization of photogenerated charges and increasing the number of photogenerated holes, which effectively reacts with 4-CP through electron transfer way. In a word, this work proposes a cost-effective, green and mild mean to activate PI, and provides a facile way to solve the fatal shortcomings (i.e., inappropriate band edge position, rapid charge recombination and short hole diffusion length) of traditional iron oxide semiconductor photocatalysts.
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Study objective: Antithrombin (AT) activity is reduced during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery. Guidelines has demonstrated that perioperative AT supplementation contributed to blood conservation and prevent perioperative thrombotic complications and target organ injury owing to its role in reducing thrombin generation. But these recommends is lack of support of meta-analysis in the guidelines. This meta-analysis aims to include all the relevant randomized controlled trails (RCT) on patients who experienced cardiac surgeries with CPB and investigate the effect of perioperative AT on blood conservation and complications after cardiac surgery. Methods: Standard published RCTs were searched from bibliographic databases to identify all evidence reporting perioperative AT supplementation for patients undergoing cardiovascular surgeries. The primary outcome was postoperative blood loss, the secondary outcomes were blood component transfusion (red blood cell (RBC), fresh frozen plasma (FFP), platelet and autologous blood), postoperative morbidity and in hospital mortality. The relative risk (RR) for dichotomous outcomes and the standardized mean difference (SMD) for continuous outcomes were estimated using a random-effects model. Trial sequential analysis (TSA) was performed using TSA software 0.9.5.10. Results: 13 RCTs with 996 participants undergoing different cardiovascular surgeries were included. Meta-analysis showed AT did not decrease postoperative blood loss (SMD -0.01, 95%CI -0.2 to 0.19). Subgroup analysis showed the effect of AT on postoperative blood loss was not associated with age, RCT type, surgery type, injection time of AT and AT deficiency. TSA further suggested that no additional studies were required for the stable result. Perioperative AT also did not reduce RBC ((SMD 0.10, 95%CI -0.66 to 0.85), (RR 0.99, 95%CI 0.83 to 1.19)), FFP ((SMD 0.11, 95%CI -0.19 to 0.41), (RR 1.30, 95%CI 0.90 to 1.87)), platelet (RR 1.10, 95%CI 0.83 to 1.46) and autologous blood (SMD 0.46, 95%CI -0.12 to 1.8504) transfusions. Perioperative AT significantly increased in hospital mortality (RR 2.53, 95%CI 1.02 to 6.28) and acute kidney injury (AKI) (RR 3.72, 95%CI 1.73 to 8.04) incidence. There was no significant difference in postoperative reexploration, thromboembolism, ECMO/IABP support, and stroke incidence between AT and non-AT group. Conclusions: With the improvement of AT level and heparin sensitivity, perioperative AT has no significant effect on blood conservation. And it is noteworthy that the treatment increased in hospital mortality and the incidence of AKI after cardiac surgery.
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Background: Pain management, as a key component of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS), can effectively relieve perioperative pain and anxiety. However, there are few studies on the application of pain management based on ERAS in pediatric surgery patients. We aimed to examine the effect of ERAS-based perioperative pain management in children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) undergoing adenotonsillectomy. Methods: From March 2021 to July 2021, a randomized controlled single-blind study was conducted on children with OSA and scheduled to undergo adenotonsillectomy. The children were randomly assigned to either control group (n = 60) or ERAS group (n = 60). Traditional analgesia measures were provided to children in the control group, whereas ERAS-based optimized analgesia measures were provided to children in the ERAS group. The pain scores, anxiety scores and diet quality scores were compared between the two groups. Results: The pain scores after surgery in the ERAS group were significantly lower than those in the control group at 6 h, 1 day, 3 days, and 5 days after surgery. Furthermore, the diet quality scores in the ERAS group were significantly higher than those in the control group at 6 h, 1 day, 3 days, and 5 days after surgery. The anxiety scores after surgery in the ERAS group were significantly lower than those in the control group. Conclusions: Perioperative pain management based on ERAS can significantly alleviate postoperative pain, improve quality of life, and promote the accelerated rehabilitation of children with OSA undergoing adenotonsillectomy. Level of evidence: 1.
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Specific protein 1 (Sp1) is a member of the Sp/Kruppel-like factor family, which regulates cellular processes of neurons in the nervous system. This study was performed to examine the regulatory role and the underlying mechanism of transcription factor Sp1 in neuropathic pain (NP)-like behaviors after spinal nerve ligation (SNL). Sp1 and histone deacetylase 1(HDAC1) expressions were determined in the C57BL6 mouse model with NP-like behaviors after SNL, which demonstrated that Sp1 and HDAC1 elevation occurred in neurons in the spinal dorsal horn of SNL mice. The chromatin immunoprecipitation assay verified that Sp1 was bound to the HDAC1 promoter region and HDAC1 to the SRY-box-containing gene 10 (SOX10) promoter region in the spinal dorsal horn. Immunofluorescence was performed to determine Sp1, HDAC1, and SOX10 in the spinal dorsal horn neurons as well as the neuronal marker (NeuN), microglial marker (Iba-1), and astrocyte marker (GFAP). The nociceptive test was performed to characterize the hindlimb paw withdrawal threshold (PWT) and paw withdrawal latency (PWL) of mice 0-10 days after model establishment. Loss- and gain-of-function assays revealed that Sp1 promoted HDAC1 expression, and HDAC1 in turn promoted SOX10 expression. HDAC1 elevation reversed the effects of Sp1 silencing, and the increased PWT and PWL of SNL mice were negated after SOX10 overexpression. Meanwhile, SOX10 also restored the results by Sp1 knockdown. Collectively, downregulating Sp1 alleviates NP-like behaviors after SNL via the HDAC1/SOX10 axis.
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Neuralgia , Nervos Espinhais , Animais , Regulação para Baixo , Hiperalgesia/metabolismo , Ligadura , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Neuralgia/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição SOXE/genética , Fatores de Transcrição SOXE/metabolismo , Corno Dorsal da Medula Espinal/metabolismo , Nervos Espinhais/metabolismo , Sinapsinas/metabolismoRESUMO
[This retracts the article DOI: 10.3892/etm.2020.8479.].
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Melanoma antigen-encoding gene 3 (MAGE-3) is an ideal candidate for a tumor vaccine although its potency need to be increased. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) represents a potential approach for increasing the potency of DNA vaccines. In the present study, a fusion DNA vaccine composed of Mycobacterium tuberculosis HSP70 and MAGE-3 was constructed and used to immunize C57BL/6 mice against B16 or B16-MAGE-3 tumor cells. The results show that the HSP70-MAGE-3 fusion DNA vaccine enhanced the frequency of MAGE-3-specific cytotoxic T-cells as compared to the MAGE-3 DNA vaccine or the HSP70/MAGE-3 cocktail DNA vaccine (P < 0.05). In conclusion, the results indicate that the HSP70-MAGE-3 fusion DNA vaccine can strongly activate MAGE-3 specific cellular immunological reactions and thus significantly inhibit the growth of B16-MAGE-3 tumors, improving the survival of tumor-bearing mice, and the HSP70-MAGE-3 fusion DNA vaccine has a significant therapeutic effect on the tumors that express MAGE-3 antigens.
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Antígenos de Neoplasias/imunologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/imunologia , Vacinas Anticâncer/imunologia , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP70/imunologia , Proteínas de Neoplasias/imunologia , Linfócitos T Citotóxicos/imunologia , Vacinas de DNA/imunologia , Animais , Anticorpos Antineoplásicos/biossíntese , Antígenos de Neoplasias/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Vacinas Anticâncer/administração & dosagem , Vacinas Anticâncer/uso terapêutico , Citotoxicidade Imunológica , Ensaios de Seleção de Medicamentos Antitumorais , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP70/genética , Humanos , Imunoterapia Ativa , Injeções Intramusculares , Interferon gama/metabolismo , Melanoma Experimental/terapia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Proteínas de Neoplasias/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/imunologia , Vacinas de DNA/administração & dosagem , Vacinas de DNA/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
Natural dissolved organic matter (DOM) is ubiquitous in environment and plays an important role in numerous environmental processes. Although the molecular basis of the reactivity of DOM remains poorly understood due to its extreme complexity, redox-active carbonyls (aromatic ketones/aldehydes and quinones) within DOM are believed vitally important. Except the rough determination of total carbonyls (including non-redox active -COOR) based on inflexible 13C chemical shift range by expensive and time-consuming solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), there is no ready method to quantify redox-active carbonyls in DOM. Here we show that after treatment with sodium borohydride (NaBH4) by selectively eliminating redox-active carbonyls, quenched fluorescence of carbon quantum dots (CD) by DOM recovered dramatically, and displayed a good linear relationship between redox-active carbonyls detected and DOM concentration (R2 ≥ 0.977), thus allowing first quantitative determination of the redox-active carbonyls of DOM. Eight DOM isolates present 0.59%-0.90% redox-active carbonyls by the current method. And this method is robust from coexisting proteins and salts. This method could provide better or equal instructive results compared with solid-state NMR for total carbonyls or electrochemical method for electron-accepting capacities (EAC). Our results provide the underlying structural basis of many important geochemical processes that mediated by DOM. We posit that this method could apply to other complex molecular systems such as the atmospheric aerosols and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), too.
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Técnicas Eletroquímicas , Elétrons , OxirreduçãoRESUMO
A novel catalyst which integrates heterogeneous and homogenous Fenton reactions is designed and fabricated by encapsulating 2,5-dihydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone (2,5-DBQ) in ECDP-Fe3O4, a composite of Fe3O4 nanoparticles immobilized on a ß-cyclodextrin polymer (ECDP) with ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) as cross-linking agent. The 2,5-DBQ@ECDP-Fe3O4 has superior catalytic performance for 4-nitrophenol and 2,4-dichlorophenol degradation compared with control systems. Mechanism study revealed that although the initial active site is Fe3O4 loaded on ECDP, the actually catalyst is the iron ions released from Fe3O4 but confined within the composite. EDTA in ß-cyclodextrin polymer can improve both the solubility and adsorption capacity to H2O2 of Fe3O4. The quinone molecules 2,5-DBQ in the ß-cyclodextrin cavity can accelerate Fe3+/Fe2+ cycle adjacent to the cavity, thus in favor of the decomposition of H2O2 into OH as main reactive oxidizing species. The current catalyst integrates the advantages of homogeneous and heterogeneous advanced oxidation processes and is promising in practical applications.
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Celulose/química , Ciclodextrinas/química , Ferro/química , Modelos Químicos , Adsorção , Catálise , Ácido Edético , Peróxido de Hidrogênio/química , OxirreduçãoRESUMO
The present study aimed to investigate the effects of sevoflurane postconditioning in a rat brain cerebral ischemiareperfusion (I/R) model and examine its possible mechanism. Rats were randomly divided into six groups: Sham control group (Sham), I/R group, sevoflurane group (Se), Tolllike receptor4 (TLR4) inhibitor group (Tak242), nuclear factor (NF)κB inhibitor group (QNZ) and Sevoflurane postconditioning combined with TLR4NFκB signaling pathway inhibitor group (Se + Tak242). Morris water maze test and tetrazolium chloride staining were used to investigate the I/R injury. The nerve cell apoptosis and autophagy in cortical tissue were detected by TUNEL and transmission electron microscopy, respectively. The expression of TLR4 protein in cortical tissue was observed by immunohistochemical staining. The expression of autophagy and apoptotic associated proteins in cortical tissues and the activity of TLR4NFκB signaling pathway were assayed by western blot analysis. Sevoflurane postconditioning improved the learning and memory dysfunction caused by cerebral I/R injury. The cerebral infarction area, nerve cell apoptosis and formation of autophagic vacuoles were reduced after sevoflurane administration. The expression of light chain 3II/I, Beclin1, Bad and CleavedCaspase3 proteins were inhibited and the expression of Bcl2 protein was upregulated after sevoflurane administration. Sevoflurane postconditioning also inhibited the TLR4 protein and NFκB phosphorylation, and increased inhibitor of kBα phosphorylation. The treatment effect of Tak242 and QNZ groups were not significantly different compared with the Se group (P>0.05), and the Se + Tak242 group had the best results. The present study demonstrated that sevoflurane postconditioning could protect middle cerebral artery occlusioninduced brain injury rats by inhibiting autophagy and apoptosis, and that its mechanism is related to the TLR4NFκB signaling pathway.
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Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Córtex Cerebral/metabolismo , Neurônios/metabolismo , Traumatismo por Reperfusão/tratamento farmacológico , Sevoflurano/farmacologia , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Animais , Córtex Cerebral/patologia , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Masculino , Neurônios/patologia , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Traumatismo por Reperfusão/metabolismo , Traumatismo por Reperfusão/patologiaRESUMO
Influence of rosiglitazone on the myocardial apoptosis in rats with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) via the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)/nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signaling pathway was explored. A total of 30 healthy male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into group A (Sham group, n=10), group B (AMI model group, n=10) and group C (AMI model + rosiglitazone group, n=10) using a random number table. It was observed through H&E staining that group A had myocardial cells with normal morphology and infiltration of few inflammatory factors, while group B had swollen myocardial cells with disorderly and irregular morphology, large and dark-colored nuclei, infiltration of massive inflammatory factors, large amounts of fibrous tissue hyperplasia in the intercellular space, disorderly arranged, thickened and lengthened myocardial fibers with widened gaps. Moreover, group C exhibited infiltration of fewer inflammatory factors and more normal myocardial tissue structure compared with group B. According to the sirius-red staining results, group A had normally arranged myocardial cells with a small amount of collagen hyperplasia, while group B had collagen interstitial hyperplasia and higher content of myocardial collagen than group A. Compared with that in group B, the myocardial collagen deposit was substantially reduced in group C. TUNEL staining results showed that the apoptosis rate of rat myocardial cells in group B was obviously higher than that in group A (40.37 vs. 5.23%), and it was notably lower in group C than that in group B (24.82 vs. 40.37%). According to the western blot results, the protein expression levels of the inflammatory factors TLR-4 and NF-κB in rat myocardial tissues were notably raised in group B compared with those in group A, and they were evidently lower in group C than those in group B. Rosiglitazone inhibits the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway to produce a myocardioprotective effect.