[Treatment of Simulated Saline Wastewater from the Coal Chemical Industry Using Ecological Floating Beds Enhanced with Arbuscular Mycorrhiza].

For the problem that few technologies can be directly used to treat wastewater with middle and low salt, in this study, arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi were used to enhance the tolerance of wetland plants to salt stress. Ecological floating beds (EFBs) enhanced with AM fungi were constructed to explore a new technology as well as to treat wastewater with low and medium salt content, but also to overcome the low tolerance to salt stress and low salt removal by EFB plants. Results showed that canna plants (Canna indica L.) were well colonized by AM fungi (Glomus etunicatum) and the mycorrhizal colonization rate was not affected by salt stress. Inoculation with AM fungi enhanced the ability of the EFBs to treat saline wastewater. After treatment by EFB with AM for 21 d, removal rates of total dissolved solids (TDS), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total nitrogen (TN), and total phosphorus (TP) were 36.1%, 74.4%, 57.6%, and 59.1%, respectively, which were higher by 79.2%, 36.4%, 32.7%, and 37.6% over those with treatment by EFB without AM, respectively. Removal rates of Na, K, Ca, and Mg were 34.4%, 61.3%, 57.4%, and 51.9% after 21 d of treatment by EFB with AM, which were higher by 11.4%, 37.1%, 18.3%, and 24.6%, respectively, than removal rates with treatment by EFB without AM, respectively. Plant sample analysis showed that AM increased the Na uptake of plants and Na transportation from root to shoot, and this may be the reason that AM enhanced the ability of the EFBs to treat saline wastewater. This study indicated that AM fungi can be used to improve the ability of EFB to remedy water pollution and increase salt removal efficiency.

Decreased miR-106a inhibits glioma cell glucose uptake and proliferation by targeting SLC2A3 in GBM.

BACKGROUND: MiR-106a is frequently down-regulated in various types of human cancer. However the underlying mechanism of miR-106a involved in glioma remains elusive. METHODS: The association of miR-106a with glioma grade and patient survival was analyzed. The biological function and target of miR-106a were determined by bioinformatic analysis and cell experiments (Western blot, luciferase reporter, cell cycle, ntracellular ATP production and glucose uptake assay). Finally, rescue expression of its target SLC2A3 was used to test the role of SLC2A3 in miR-106a-mediated cell glycolysis and proliferation. RESULTS: Here we showed that miR-106a was a tumor suppressor miRNA was involved in GBM cell glucose uptake and proliferation. Decreased miR-106a in GBM tissues and conferred a poor survival of GBM patients. SLC2A3 was identified as a core target of miR-106a in GBM cells. Inhibition of SLC2A3 by miR-106a attenuated cell proliferation and inhibited glucose uptake. In addition, for each biological process we identified ontology-associated transcripts that significantly correlated with SLC2A3 expression. Finally, the expression of SLC2A3 largely abrogated miR-106a-mediated cell proliferation and glucose uptake in GBM cells. CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, miR-106a and SLC2A3 could be potential therapeutic approaches for GBM.

Role of CT perfusion imaging in evaluating the effects of multiple burr hole surgery on adult ischemic Moyamoya disease.

INTRODUCTION: To evaluate the effects of the multiple burr hole (MBH) revascularization on ischemic type adult Moyamoya disease (MMD) by computed tomography perfusion (CTP). METHODS: Eighty-six ischemic MMD patients received CTP 1 week before and 3 weeks after MBH operation. Fifty-seven patients received it again at 6 month and underwent digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and mRS follow-up. Cerebral blood flow (CBF), cerebral blood volume (CBV), mean transit time (MTT), time to peak (TTP), and relative values of ischemic symptomatic hemispheres were measured. Differences in pre- and post-surgery perfusion CT values were assessed. RESULTS: There were significant differences of CBF, TTP, and relative time to peak (rTTP) in ischemic hemisphere between 1 week before and 3 weeks after surgery, and no significant difference in relative cerebral blood flow (rCBF), CBV, relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV), MTT, relative mean transit time (rMTT). According to whether there was symptom improvement or not on 3 weeks after MBH, the rTTP value was not statistically significant in the patients whose symptoms were not improved at all on 3 weeks after operation. Six-month follow-up showed that CBF, rCBF, and rCBV values were significantly higher than those before operation. Postoperative MTT, TTP, rMTT, and rTTP values were significantly lower than those before operation. CONCLUSION: CTP is a sensitive method to obtain functional imaging of cerebral microcirculation, which can be a noninvasive assessment of the abnormalities of intracranial arteries and cerebral perfusion changes in MMD before and after surgery. CBF and TTP map, especially the relative values of TTP, seems to have the capability of being quite sensitive to the presence of altered brain perfusion at early time after indirect revascularization.