JOURNAL OF INFECTION
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2018
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Shuyi Wang,Juan Xue,Ping Lu,Chunshan Ni,Hao Cheng,Rui Han,Stijn van der Veen
Summary Objectives The rise in multidrug resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae poses a threat to healthcare, while the development of an effective vaccine has remained elusive due to antigenic and phase variability of surface-expressed proteins. In the current study, we identified a fully conserved surface expressed protein and characterized its suitability as a vaccine antigen. Methods An in silico approach was used to predict surface-expressed proteins and analyze sequence conservation and phase variability. The most conserved protein and its surface-exposed Loop 2, which was displayed as both a structural and linear epitope on the oligomerization domain of C4b binding protein, were used to immunize mice. Immunogenicity was subsequently analyzed by determination of antibody titers and serum bactericidal activity. Results MtrE was identified as one of the most conserved surface-expressed proteins. Furthermore, MtrE and both Loop 2-containing fusion proteins elicited high protein-specific antibody titers and particularly the two Loop 2 fusion proteins showed high anti-Loop 2 titers. In addition, antibodies raised against all three proteins were able to recognize MtrE expressed on the surface of N. gonorrhoeae and showed high MtrE-dependent bactericidal activity. Conclusions Our results show that MtrE and Loop 2 are promising novel conserved surface-expressed antigens for vaccine development against N. gonorrhoeae .
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2024
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Jiayun Guo,Shuyi Ma,Gege Fan,Ping Ni,Nina Ma,Yinyue Wang,Jiamin Zhu,Heng Wang
In this paper, NdFeO 3 nanofibers were synthesized by the electrospinning method for the first time and used for the detection of triethylamine. XRD, SEM, TEM, BET, XPS, and gas-sensitive test instruments were used to detect the morphology, structure, and gas-sensitive properties of the synthesized products. The results show that the average diameter of the nanorods is about 275 nm. The specific surface area is 10.298 m 2 /g, the total pore volume is 0.112 cm 3 /g, and the average pore diameter is 43.469 nm. Gas sensing tests were carried out on NdFeO 3 nanofibers. The gas-sensitized element was found to have a low optimal operating temperature of 190 °C. The response to 100 ppm triethylamine was 18.9. The response time and recovery time were 72 and 35 s, respectively. A series of test results showed that the sample had excellent selectivity, reproducible detection, long-term stability, and a low detection limit for triethylamine. It has a lot of potential for practical TEA monitoring and detection.
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材料科学
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Polymer Chemistry
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2021
·Vol. 12
·期 7
·1014-1022
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IF 5.582
Xuemin Li,Feng Ye,Jie Wang,Zhaobin Chen,Xiaoniu Yang
Whether running or driving, slippery surfaces have always been the enemy of speed and safety. In this work, water-retention-state-responsive polyurethane (WRSRPU) was synthesized via introducing zwitterionic sulfobetaine (SB) onto its polymer chains. With strongly hydrophilic properties, the SB segment, when its content is increased to a certain level, is able to significantly change the mechanical properties, e.g., the modulus and tribological behavior, of thus-obtained polyurethane upon exposure to wet conditions, and these properties are reversible via switching the water absorption and release behavior. Even at different humidity levels, the mechanical properties of polyurethane can change significantly with an increase in water absorption. This unique water-responsive behavior of thus-obtained polyurethane opens up a stable and proactive approach for solving the problem of skidding under wet conditions, which is a long-established troublesome issue in daily life, sports, and transportation.
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Food Bioscience
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2024
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Zhentao Yao,Ge Zhang,Xin Wang,Jinjun Li,Yuting Qi,Yuanrong Jiang,Jie Gu,Liying Zhu,Xianrong Xu,Xiaoqiong Li
Processing techniques have been shown to alter the nutritional composition of rice bran (RB) and wheat bran (WB), influencing their ability to modify microbiota, but a systematic comparison is currently lacking. This study aimed to comprehensively investigate the effects of various processing methods, including physical modifications (grinding, extrusion, and steam explosion), enzymolysis (amylase, hemicellulose, and xylanase), and their combinations, on the modification of gut microbiota by RB and WB. Processing methods significantly altered the nutrient components of RB and WB as well as their capacity for gas and SCFAs production during in vitro fermentation. The RB23 (amylase treatment), RB31 (extrusion and hemicellulose treatment), and RB33 (steam explosion and xylanase treatment) samples exhibited the highest production of total SCFAs and butyric acid during in vitro fermentation. Overall, the microbiota responses to brans were conserved within individuals and the processing methods explained 21.6% of the variance. Fermentation of RB23, RB31, and RB33 samples was observed to enhance the richness of gut microbiota, decrease the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio, and stimulate the growth of Butyricicoccus and Faecallbacterium, while inhibiting the growth of Bilophila , Fusobacterium , and Escherichia-shigella . These findings may provide valuable insights for the processing of RB and WB.
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食品科学
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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
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2024
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Jinglin Shen,Fengjie Zhou,You Yu,Ensheng Zhang,Wei Qi,Yongjie Zhang
Graphical The Gold nanoclusters (DPT-AuNCs) could self-assembles into two distinct aggregation structures in MeOH/water mixed solvent, exhibiting pathway complexity with different photoluminescent property. DPT-AuNCs firstly assembles into non-luminescent nanofibers (kinetically controlled), which further transforms into strongly luminescent microflowers (thermodynamically controlled). Modulating the assembly pathway is an indispensable strategy for optimizing the performance of optical materials. However, implementing this strategy is nontrivial for metal nanocluster building blocks, due to the limited functional modification of nanoclusters and complexity of their emission mechanism. In this report, we demonstrate that a gold nanocluster modified by 4,6-diamino-2-pyrimidinethiol (DPT-AuNCs) self-assembles into two distinct aggregation structures in methanol (MeOH)/water mixed solvent, thus exhibiting pathway complexity. Kinetic studies show that DPT-AuNCs firstly assembles into non-luminescent nanofibers (kinetically controlled), which further transforms into strongly luminescent microflowers (thermodynamically controlled). In-depth analysis of the assembly mechanism reveals that the transformation of aggregation structures involves the disassembly of nanofibers and a subsequent nucleation-growth process. Temperature-dependent photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy and infrared (IR) measurements reveal that inter-cluster hydrogen bonding bridged by solvent molecules and C−H⋅⋅⋅π interaction are the key factors for emission enhancement. The photoluminescent property of DPT-AuNCs can be controlled by varying the cosolvent in water, enabling DPT-AuNCs to distinguish different kind of alcohols, particularly the isomerism n-propanol (NPA) and isopropanol (IPA). Additionally, the addition of seeds effectively regulate the assembly kinetics of DPT-AuNCs. This study advances our understanding of assembly pathways and improves the luminescent performance of nanoclusters (NCs).
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光学
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RSC Advances
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2019
·Vol. 9
·期 37
·21566-21571
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IF 3.049
Weihua Zou,Delin Sun,Zhangheng Wang,Ruoyao Li,Wenxuan Yu,Pingfang Zhang
Farmed poplar could meet the human demand for transparent wood-based composites to replace glass, avoiding the consumption of natural forest resources. We removed the lignin of poplar using a potassium hydroxide (KOH) and deionized water solution, the waste black liquor could be converted into compound potassium fertilizer after being neutralized by phosphoric acid. Polyurethane (PU) was then added to the lignin-stripped poplar and hardened, the transparent poplar-based composite (TPC) has stable transparency at high temperatures, and flexibility – it elongates (about 15%) before breaking. These properties could provide more uses in hot environments requiring a flexible shape. The TPC PU provides transmittance of 85%, haze of 83%, and anisotropic light diffraction.
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林业工程
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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
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2020
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IF 2.274
Lei-Lei Zhu,Ji-Duo Shen,Bao-Ying Wang,Shuai-Fei Lu,Bai Ming,Er-Ping Xu,Yu-Cheng Li,Xiao-Yan Fang
Depression is a highly prevalent mental disease and increasingly become a global public health problem. Recent studies have shown that the dysfunction of liver was associated with depression. However, the previous studies have not been fully explained the relationship between depression and liver injury. The present study was aimed to investigate whether chronic liver injury could induce depressive-like behavior. Chronic liver injury was induced by intraperitoneal injection of carbon (CCl 4 ), D-galactosamine (D-GalN) and thioacetamide (TAA), respectively. And the results showed that the serum activities of ALT in CCl 4 , D-GalN and TAA groups were significantly increased in both male and female mice compared with the control group, while the activities of AST increased only in CCl 4 group. Meanwhile, H&E staining showed that CCl 4 , D-GalN and TAA induced hepatocytes injury in both male and female mice. Moreover, the sucrose preference was significantly decreased and the immobility time in forced swimming test and tail suspension test were significantly prolonged in CCl 4 and D-GalN group compared with control group. Our findings demonstrated that chronic liver injury induced by CCl 4 and D-GalN could induce depressive-like behaviors in mice.
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Journal of Advanced Research
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2020
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IF 6.992
Xiaolong Hao,Zhongqiang Pu,Gang Cao,Dawei You,Yang Zhou,Changping Deng,Min Shi,Shivraj Hariram Nile,Yao Wang,Wei Zhou,Guoyin Kai
Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge is an herb rich in bioactive tanshinone and salvianolic acid compounds. It is primarily used as an effective medicine for treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Liposoluble tanshinones and water-soluble phenolic acids are a series of terpenoids and phenolic compounds, respectively. However, the regulation mechanism for the simultaneous promotion of tanshinone and salvianolic acid biosynthesis remains unclear. This study identified a R2R3-MYB subgroup 20 transcription factor (TF), SmMYB98 , which was predominantly expressed in S. miltiorrhiza lateral roots. The accumulation of major bioactive metabolites, tanshinones, and salvianolic acids, was improved in SmMYB98 overexpression (OE) hairy root lines, but reduced in SmMYB98 knockout (KO) lines. The qRT-PCR analysis revealed that the transcriptional expression levels of tanshinone and salvianolic acid biosynthesis genes were upregulated by SmMYB98-OE and downregulated by SmMYB98-KO . Dual-Luciferase (Dual-LUC) assays demonstrated that SmMYB98 significantly activated the transcription of SmGGPPS1 , SmPAL1 , and SmRAS1 . These results suggest that SmMYB98-OE can promote tanshinone and salvianolic acid production. The present findings illustrate the exploitation of R2R3-MYB in terpenoid and phenolic biosynthesis, as well as provide a feasible strategy for improving tanshinone and salvianolic acid contents by MYB proteins in S. miltiorrhiza .
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生药学
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分子生物学
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转录调控
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CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS
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2021
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Yilong Cui,Miao Song,Bonan Xiao,Menglin Liu,Pengli Liu,Yanfei Han,Bing Shao,Yanfei Li
The problem of excessive aluminum (Al) content in food is widespread. After Al enters the body, it can cause mineral metabolism imbalance and reactive oxygen species (ROS) overproduction, which ultimately leads to bone impairment. ROS is mainly produced in mitochondria and acts on mitochondria. Mitochondrial damage is closely related to mitophagy and apoptosis . In order to clarify whether ROS-mediated mitophagy and apoptosis are involved in Al-induced femoral impairment, forty-eight male C57BL/6 N mice were exposed to AlCl 3 (179.3 mg/kg) and/or NAC (100 mg/kg) for 90 days. Our results showed that NAC inhibited the mitophagy and apoptosis, and alleviated growth inhibition, mineral metabolism imbalance, structural damage, decreased bone mineral density and decreased bone formation factor expressions in the femora of Al-treated mice. These results suggest that ROS-mediated mitophagy and apoptosis are involved in Al-induced femoral impairment in mice, exogenous ROS clearance is a potential strategy for the treatment of Al-induced bone impairment.
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毒理学
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骨骼生物学
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药理学
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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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2021
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IF 10.588
Bin Xia,Qi Sui,Yushan Du,Liang Wang,Jing Jing,Lin Zhu,Xinguo Zhao,Xuemei Sun,Andy M. Booth,Bijuan Chen,Keming Qu,Baoshan Xing
Irregular-shaped and partially degraded secondary microplastics (SMP) account for the majority of MPs in marine environments, yet little is known about their effects on marine organisms. In this study, we investigated the embryotoxicity of polyvinyl chloride SMP and primary microplastics (PMP) to the marine medaka Oryzias melastigma . This study aimed to determine the physical impacts of MPs and, for the first time, elucidate the underlying mechanisms of physical toxicity. SMP shortened hatching time and induced higher teratogenic effects on larvae relative to PMP, indicating a higher toxicity from SMP. Physical damage from SMP to the chorion surface appears to be the main toxicity mechanism, caused by their irregular shape and reduced aggregation relative to PMP. In contrast, real-time changes in oxygen demonstrated that hypoxia caused by greater PMP adsorption to the chorion surface contributes to the toxicological responses of this material relative to SMP. Modulation of genes involved in hypoxia-response, cardiac development and hatching confirmed the toxicity mechanisms of PMP and SMP. The chemical contribution to observed toxicity was negligible, confirming impacts derived from physical toxicity. Our findings highlight the negative effects of environmentally relevant SMP on the marine ecosystems .
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环境科学
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毒理学
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生态学
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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2025
·Vol. 122
·期 44
·e2513015122
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IF 9.1
Anqi Li,Dong Tong,Benjamin Ohlstein,Zheng Guo
Recent work suggests that asymmetric segregation of preexisting and newly synthesized canonical histone 3.1 (H3.1), but not variant histone 3.3A (H3.3A), plays an important role in the asymmetric outcome of Drosophila germline stem cell (GSC) and intestinal stem cell (ISC) divisions. However, this finding relied on the Gal4/UAS system and Flp-out technology to swap expression of exogenous fluorescent proteins—an approach that decouples H3.1 expression from the cell cycle and may be prone to artifacts. Here, by photoswitching photoconvertible H3-Dendra2 proteins expressed under their native controls in living flies, we find that preexisting and newly synthesized H3.1 and H3.3A are symmetrically segregated in dividing ISCs and somatic cyst stem cells (CySCs) in male testes. While H3.3A was found to be symmetrically segregated during GSC divisions, analysis of the H3.1 segregation in GSCs was complicated by our unexpected finding that H3.1-Dendra2 expressed under its normal control within the context of a histone transgene is not detectable in GSCs, owing to regulatory elements in the 3’UTR that mediate translational repression by the RNA-binding proteins Nanos and Pumilio. Nevertheless, when this repression is obviated by using a 3’UTR devoid of such elements, H3.1-Dendra2 is expressed in GSCs and symmetrically segregated without affecting lineage outcomes. We obtained similar results when the coding sequence of H3.3A was edited to encode H3.1 in the context of an H3.3A-Dendra2 knock-in allele. Our findings thus challenge the prevailing model of asymmetric histone segregation and reveal an unexpected molecular mechanism of posttranscriptional repression of H3.1 in GSCs.
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Frontiers in Genetics
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2022
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IF 4.772
Shan Mengjie,Liu Hao,Hao Yan,Song Kexin,Meng Tian,Feng Cheng,Wang Youbin,Huang Yongsheng
Background: Keloid is a skin fibroproliferative disease with unknown pathogenesis. Metabolomics provides a new perspective for revealing biomarkers related to metabolites and their metabolic mechanisms.Method: Metabolomics and transcriptomics were used for data analysis. Quality control of the data was performed to standardize the data. Principal component analysis (PCA), PLS-DA, OPLS-DA, univariate analysis, CIBERSORT, neural network model, and machine learning correlation analysis were used to calculate differential metabolites. The molecular mechanisms of characteristic metabolites and differentially expressed genes were identified through enrichment analysis and topological analysis.Result: Compared with normal tissue, lipids have a tendency to decrease in keloids, while peptides have a tendency to increase in keloids. Significantly different metabolites between the two groups were identified by random forest analysis, including 1-methylnicotinamide, 4-hydroxyproline, 5-hydroxylysine, and l-prolinamide. The metabolic pathways which play important roles in the pathogenesis of keloids included arachidonic acid metabolism and d-arginine and d-ornithine metabolism. Metabolomic profiling reveals that 5-hydroxylysine and 1-methylnicotinamide are metabolic indicators of keloid severity. The high-risk early warning index for 5-hydroxylysine is 4 × 108-6.3×108 (p = 0.0008), and the high-risk predictive index for 1-methylnicotinamide is 0.95 × 107-1.6×107 (p = 0.0022).Conclusion: This study was the first to reveal the metabolome profile and transcriptome of keloids. Differential metabolites and metabolic pathways were calculated by machine learning. Metabolomic profiling reveals that 5-hydroxylysine and 1-methylnicotinamide may be metabolic indicators of keloid severity.
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