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Front Med (Lausanne) ; 11: 1398024, 2024.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39021820

ABSTRACT

Sepsis is a intricate pathological process characterized by life-threatening organ dysfunction resulting from a dysregulated host response to infection. It stands as a prominent cause of mortality among critically ill patients globally. The pivotal focus in sepsis management lies in the early identification and prompt administration of antimicrobial agents. Owing to the constraints of current diagnostic methodologies, marked by insufficient sensitivity and delayed outcomes, extensive research has been undertaken to ascertain novel biomarkers for sepsis. In this review, we provide an overview discussing the latest advancements in the study of PTX-3 as a biomarker for sepsis. We acknowledge pivotal discoveries from preceding research and engage in discourse regarding the challenges and limitations confronted by PTX-3 as a sepsis biomarker.

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Life Sci ; 351: 122812, 2024 Aug 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38862063

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AIMS: Despite islet transplantation has proved a great potential to become the standard therapy for type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), this approach remains limited by ischemia, hypoxia, and poor revascularization in early post-transplant period as well as inflammation and life-long host immune rejection. Here, we investigate the potential and mechanism of human amniotic mesenchymal stem cells (hAMSCs)-islet organoid to improve the efficiency of islet engraftment in immunocompetent T1DM mice. MAIN METHODS: We generated the hAMSC-islet organoid structure through culturing the mixture of hAMSCs and islets on 3-dimensional-agarose microwells. Flow cytometry, whole-body fluorescent imaging, immunofluorescence, Calcein-AM/PI staining, ELISA, and qPCR were used to assess the potential and mechanism of shielding hAMSCs to improve the efficiency of islet transplantation. KEY FINDINGS: Transplant of hAMSC-islet organoids results in remarkably better glycemic control, an enhanced glucose tolerance, and a higher ß cell mass in vivo compared with control islets. Our results show that hAMSCs shielding provides an immune privileged microenvironment for islets and promotes graft revascularization in vivo. In addition, hAMSC-islet organoids show higher viability and reduced dysfunction after exposure to hypoxia and inflammatory cytokines in vitro. Finally, our results show that shielding with hAMSCs leads to the activation of PKA-CREB-IRS2-PI3K and PKA-PDX1 signaling pathways, up-regulation of SIL1 mRNA levels, and down-regulation of MT1 mRNA levels in ß cells, which ultimately promotes the synthesis, folding and secretion of insulin, respectively. SIGNIFICANCE: hAMSC-islet organoids can evidently increase the efficiency of islet engraftment and might develop into a promising alternative for the clinical treatment of T1DM.


Subject(s)
Amnion , Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental , Islets of Langerhans Transplantation , Islets of Langerhans , Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation , Mesenchymal Stem Cells , Organoids , Animals , Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology , Mice , Humans , Islets of Langerhans Transplantation/methods , Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/therapy , Islets of Langerhans/metabolism , Islets of Langerhans/cytology , Amnion/cytology , Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation/methods , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/therapy , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Male
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Am J Transl Res ; 16(4): 1165-1176, 2024.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38715828

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OBJECTIVES: This study aims to investigate the potential therapeutic role of Elabela (ELA) in mitigating the sepsis-induced inflammatory storm, a phenomenon commonly associated with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) and increased mortality. Our findings show the pathogenesis of sepsis, identifying ELA as a promising therapeutic target. METHODS: We conducted a comprehensive analysis of electronic medical records and blood samples from septic patients to assess the incidence of severe organ complication and characterize the inflammatory response. Subsequently, we measured the expression levels of ELA and various inflammatory factors in serum, and performed correlation analysis to explore the relationship between them, aiming to identify the cells and inflammatory pathways targeted by ELA. Furthermore, animal and cellular experiments were conducted to investigate the molecular mechanism underlying the therapeutic effect of ELA. RESULTS: Our findings revealed a higher prevalence of severe organ complications among septic patients, contributing to adverse prognoses and increased mortality. Notably, these patients exhibited significantly elevated levels of inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-1ß (IL-1ß) in their sera, indicating a robust inflammatory response. Correlation analysis revealed a negative correlation between ELA and IL-1ß in septic patients. Through animal and cellular experiments, we demonstrated that ELA inhibits the cleavage of caspase-1 and gasdermin D (GSDMD), thereby attenuating pyroptosis and the inflammatory response. CONCLUSIONS: ELA is a promising therapeutic agent for mitigating the deleterious effects of sepsis. Its ability to inhibit macrophage pyroptosis and suppress the inflammatory response offers a novel approach.

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RSC Adv ; 14(18): 12407-12415, 2024 Apr 16.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38633503

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Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) was used as a solid proton donor to improve the photocatalytic performance of graphitic carbon nitride (CN) for hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production. The modified CN (CN/PVA) was prepared by mixing CN and PVA at room temperature. The H2O2 production efficiency of CN/PVA was 5.65 times higher than that of CN in pure water. Photocurrent measurement, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and photoluminescence (PL) analysis proved that PVA increased charge separation of CN. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) analyses further suggested that PVA acted as the proton donor during H2O2 production by interacting with CN via hydrogen bonds. The combination of the charge separation enhancer and proton donor from PVA promoted the sequential two-step single-electron reduction of O2 for H2O2 production. This study paves the way for the modification of g-C3N4 with hydroxyl-containing materials as solid proton donors for photocatalytic H2O2 production.

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Sci Rep ; 14(1): 9543, 2024 04 25.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38664511

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Depression, a pervasive global mental disorder, profoundly impacts daily lives. Despite numerous deep learning studies focused on depression detection through speech analysis, the shortage of annotated bulk samples hampers the development of effective models. In response to this challenge, our research introduces a transfer learning approach for detecting depression in speech, aiming to overcome constraints imposed by limited resources. In the context of feature representation, we obtain depression-related features by fine-tuning wav2vec 2.0. By integrating 1D-CNN and attention pooling structures, we generate advanced features at the segment level, thereby enhancing the model's capability to capture temporal relationships within audio frames. In the realm of prediction results, we integrate LSTM and self-attention mechanisms. This incorporation assigns greater weights to segments associated with depression, thereby augmenting the model's discernment of depression-related information. The experimental results indicate that our model has achieved impressive F1 scores, reaching 79% on the DAIC-WOZ dataset and 90.53% on the CMDC dataset. It outperforms recent baseline models in the field of speech-based depression detection. This provides a promising solution for effective depression detection in low-resource environments.


Subject(s)
Deep Learning , Depression , Speech , Humans , Depression/diagnosis , Neural Networks, Computer
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Nat Commun ; 15(1): 2649, 2024 Mar 26.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38531862

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Hydrogen peroxide photosynthesis suffers from insufficient catalytic activity due to the high energy barrier of hydrogen extraction from H2O. Herein, we report that mechanochemically synthesized keto-form anthraquinone covalent organic framework which is able to directly synthesize H2O2 (4784 µmol h-1 g-1 at λ > 400 nm) from oxygen and alkaline water (pH = 13) in the absence of any sacrificial reagents. The strong alkalinity resulted in the formation of OH-(H2O)n clusters in water, which were adsorbed on keto moieties within the framework and then dissociated into O2 and active hydrogen, because the energy barrier of hydrogen extraction was largely lowered. The produced hydrogen reacted with anthraquinone to generate anthrahydroquinone, which was subsequently oxidized by O2 to produce H2O2. This study ultimately sheds light on the importance of hydrogen extraction from H2O for H2O2 photosynthesis and demonstrates that H2O2 synthesis is achievable under alkaline conditions.

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Front Physiol ; 15: 1329644, 2024.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38312312

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Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury presents as a critical condition characterized by prolonged hospital stays, elevated mortality rates, and an increased likelihood of transition to chronic kidney disease. Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury suppresses fatty acid oxidation and oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondria of renal tubular epithelial cells, thus favoring a metabolic shift towards glycolysis for energy production. This shift acts as a protective mechanism for the kidneys. However, an extended reliance on glycolysis may contribute to tubular atrophy, fibrosis, and subsequent chronic kidney disease progression. Metabolic reprogramming interventions have emerged as prospective strategies to counteract sepsis-associated acute kidney injury by restoring normal metabolic function, offering potential therapeutic and preventive modalities. This review delves into the metabolic alterations of tubular epithelial cells associated with sepsis-associated acute kidney injury, stressing the importance of metabolic reprogramming for the immune response and the urgency of metabolic normalization. We present various intervention targets that could facilitate the recovery of oxidative phosphorylation-centric metabolism. These novel insights and strategies aim to transform the clinical prevention and treatment landscape of sepsis-associated acute kidney injury, with a focus on metabolic mechanisms. This investigation could provide valuable insights for clinicians aiming to enhance patient outcomes in the context of sepsis-associated acute kidney injury.

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J Mol Recognit ; 36(8): e3044, 2023 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37322568

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Mitochondria are the main sites of oxidative metabolism and energy release of sugars, fats and amino acids in the body. According to studies, malignant tumor occurrence and development have been linked to abnormal mitochondrial energy metabolism (MEM). However, the feasible role of abnormal MEM in colon adenocarcinoma (COAD) is poorly understood. In this work, we obtained COAD patient data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) as the training set, and GSE103479 from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) as the validation set. Combined with the mitochondrial energy metabolic pathway (MEMP)-related genes in Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) database, a risk prognostic model was constructed by utilizing Cox regression analysis to identify 6 feature genes (CYP4A11, PGM2, PKLR, PPARGC1A, CPT2 and ACAT2) that were significantly associated with MEMP in COAD. By stratifying the samples based on riskscore, two distinct groups, namely the high- and low-risk groups, were identified. The model demonstrated accurate assessment of the prognosis risk in COAD patients and exhibited independent prognostic capability, as evidenced by the survival curve and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. A nomogram was plotted based on clinical information and riskscore. We proved it could predict the survival time of COAD patients effectively combined with the calibration curve of risk prediction. Subsequently, based on the immune evaluation and mutation frequency analysis performed on COAD patients, patients in high-risk group had observably higher immune scores, immune activity and PDCD1 expression level than low-risk group. In general, the prognostic model developed using MEMP-related genes served as a valuable biomarker for forecasting the prognosis of COAD patients, which offered a reference for the prognosis evaluation and clinical cure of COAD patients.


Subject(s)
Adenocarcinoma , Colonic Neoplasms , Humans , Colonic Neoplasms/genetics , Prognosis , Clinical Relevance , Adenocarcinoma/genetics , Mitochondria/genetics
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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ; 62(27): e202303267, 2023 Jul 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37099268

ABSTRACT

High-valent metal-oxo (HVMO) species are powerful non-radical reactive species that enhance advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) due to their long half-lives and high selectivity towards recalcitrant water pollutants with electron-donating groups. However, high-valent cobalt-oxo (CoIV =O) generation is challenging in peroxymonosulfate (PMS)-based AOPs because the high 3d-orbital occupancy of cobalt would disfavor its binding with a terminal oxygen ligand. Herein, we propose a strategy to construct isolated Co sites with unique N1 O2 coordination on the Mn3 O4 surface. The asymmetric N1 O2 configuration is able to accept electrons from the Co 3d-orbital, resulting in significant electronic delocalization at Co sites for promoted PMS adsorption, dissociation and subsequent generation of CoIV =O species. CoN1 O2 /Mn3 O4 exhibits high intrinsic activity in PMS activation and sulfamethoxazole (SMX) degradation, highly outperforming its counterpart with a CoO3 configuration, carbon-based single-atom catalysts with CoN4 configuration, and commercial cobalt oxides. CoIV =O species effectively oxidize the target contaminants via oxygen atom transfer to produce low-toxicity intermediates. These findings could advance the mechanistic understanding of PMS activation at the molecular level and guide the rational design of efficient environmental catalysts.

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J Gastroenterol Hepatol ; 38(7): 1158-1169, 2023 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36878870

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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Severe colitis is a common side effect of chemotherapy in cancer patients. In this study, we attempted to enhance the viability of probiotics in a gastric acid environment and improve the colitis induced by dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) and docetaxel. METHODS: We purified Lactobacillus from yogurt and estimated their growth at pH 6.8 and pH 2.0. In the further investigation, the bacterial biofilm formation was used to define the mechanism by which administration of Lactobacillus rhamnosus (LGG) via oral gavage alleviates the colitis and intestine permeability of the mice induced by DSS and docetaxel. The potential benefit of probiotics on the treatment of breast cancer metastasis has been assessed as well. RESULTS: Lactobacillus from yogurt growth was unexpectedly faster in the pH 2.0 than in the neutral pH medium during the first hour. LGG administered in the fasting state via oral gavage significantly improved the preventive effect in the colitis caused by DSS and docetaxel. LGG reduced the permeability of the intestine and decreased the expression of proinflammatory cytokines, TNF-α, IL-1ß, and IL-6, in colitis by biofilm formation. Increasing the docetaxel dose may reduce breast tumor growth and metastasis in the lung but did not benefit survival due to severe colitis. However, the LGG supplement significantly improved the survival of tumor-bearing mice following a high dose of docetaxel treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings provide new insights into the potential mechanism of probiotic protection of the intestine and provide a novel therapeutic strategy to augment the chemotherapeutic treatment of tumors.


Subject(s)
Colitis , Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus , Probiotics , Mice , Animals , Docetaxel , Colitis/chemically induced , Colitis/drug therapy , Colitis/prevention & control , Lactobacillus , Probiotics/therapeutic use , Biofilms , Dextran Sulfate
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Mol Biotechnol ; 65(3): 394-400, 2023 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35960440

ABSTRACT

Apelin receptor (APJ) ligands elabela (ELA) and apelin have divergent distributions and function differently in vitro and in vivo. Whether differences exist in their capacity of recruitment of ß-arrestins (ARRBs) to APJ remains unknown. The aim of the current study was to investigate the different effects of ELA and apelin on the interaction between APJ and ARRBs in live cells by NanoBiT®. NanoBiT® system is a new technology for studying protein-protein interaction in real-time in live cells, based on the emission of luminescence when two split components of NanoLuc luciferase, large Bit (LgBit) and small Bit (SmBit), complement each other to form an enzymatically active entity. We tagged the APJ and ARRBs with LgBit or SmBit and then evaluated their interactions in transiently transfected HEK293T cells, and determined the signal strength yielded as a result of the interaction. We also investigated the concentration-dependent response of the APJ-ARRB interaction in response to ELA and apelin. Finally, we assessed the effect of F13A, an APJ antagonist which is structurally very similar to apelin-13, on ELA- and apelin-mediated APJ-ARRB interactions. The NanoLuc® luciferase signal was highest in the pair of APJ-LgBit with SmBit-ARRB1 or SmBit-ARRB2. NanoLuc® luciferase signal increased in a concentration-dependent manner from 0.1 nM to 10 µM in response to ELA or apelin. Interestingly, ELA elicited weaker APJ-ARRB interaction signals than apelin. Pre-treatment with F13A potently reduced the APJ-ARRB interaction in response to both ELA and apelin. Our results demonstrated that both ELA and apelin promoted the interaction of APJ and ARRBs in a concentration-dependent manner, and ELA is less efficacious than apelin in inducing the recruitment of ARRBs to APJ, providing a biased functional aspect of ELA vs. apelin at the receptor signaling level. Additionally, ELA and apelin may share the same binding site(s) or pocket(s) at the APJ level.


Subject(s)
Apelin Receptors , Humans , Apelin/metabolism , Apelin Receptors/metabolism , beta-Arrestins/metabolism , Binding Sites , HEK293 Cells
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Nanoscale ; 14(46): 17438-17446, 2022 Dec 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36385561

ABSTRACT

Porous CNT sponge (CNTS) and aligned CNT array (CNTA) were used as light absorbers to generate water vapor by harvesting solar energy. To improve the wettability of water on superhydrophobic CNTs and enhance water transport in porous CNT materials, CNTs were decorated with a hydrophilic silk fibroin (SF) protein coating. Water rapidly infiltrates the porous SF-modified CNT materials. Importantly, strong water-SF interactions via the hydrogen bonding between SF protein molecules and CNT sidewalls resulted in a reduction in the vaporization enthalpy of water in the SF-modified CNT materials, which facilitated vapor generation. Additionally, the SF-modified CNT light absorbers exhibit excellent vapor generation performance over a wide pH range of 2 to 12 and good stability. The SF-modified CNT materials thus have the advantage of being potentially applicable to the purification of wastewater and desalination of brackish water with high or low pH values. SF-CNTA light absorbers with vertically aligned CNTs, which are of great benefit in water transport and vapor escape, achieved a water evaporation rate of 3.2 kg m-2 h-1 under one sun irradiation with an energy transfer efficiency of 94%. After a desalination treatment, the concentrations of primary ions in seawater are greatly decreased and meet the requirements for drinking water.

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Cell Host Microbe ; 30(7): 944-960.e8, 2022 07 13.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35654045

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The intestinal microbiome releases a plethora of small molecules. Here, we show that the Ruminococcaceae metabolite isoamylamine (IAA) is enriched in aged mice and elderly people, whereas Ruminococcaceae phages, belonging to the Myoviridae family, are reduced. Young mice orally administered IAA show cognitive decline, whereas Myoviridae phage administration reduces IAA levels. Mechanistically, IAA promotes apoptosis of microglial cells by recruiting the transcriptional regulator p53 to the S100A8 promoter region. Specifically, IAA recognizes and binds the S100A8 promoter region to facilitate the unwinding of its self-complementary hairpin structure, thereby subsequently enabling p53 to access the S100A8 promoter and enhance S100A8 expression. Thus, our findings provide evidence that small molecules released from the gut microbiome can directly bind genomic DNA and act as transcriptional coregulators by recruiting transcription factors. These findings further unveil a molecular mechanism that connects gut metabolism to gene expression in the brain with implications for disease development.


Subject(s)
Bacteriophages , Cognitive Dysfunction , Gastrointestinal Microbiome , Amines , Animals , Bacteria , Bacteriophages/genetics , Humans , Mice , Microglia , Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
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J Biomed Res ; 36(3): 181-194, 2022 May 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35578754

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The present study aims to investigate the therapeutic effect and mechanism of glycyrrhizic acid (GA) in diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). GA significantly mitigated nerve conduction velocity (NCV) deficit and morphological abnormality and reduced high-mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) expression in the sciatic nerves of diabetic rats independent of blood glucose and body weight. Notably, GA alleviated the increase of HMGB1 and the decrease of cell viability in high glucose-stimulated RSC96 cells. Furthermore, GA obviously reduced the concentration of inflammatory cytokines in the sciatic nerves of diabetic rats and supernatants of high glucose-exposed RSC96 cells, then restored the decreased expression levels of nerve growth factor (NGF) and neuritin-1, and the increased expression levels of cleaved caspase-3 and neuron-specific enolase. Additionally, GA markedly inhibited receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) expression, p38MAPK phosphorylation, and the nuclear translocation of NF-κBp65 in diabetic rats and high glucose-exposed RSC96 cells. The promotional effect of high glucose in RSC96 cells was diminished following Hmgb1 siRNA treatment. Our findings indicate that GA may exert neuroprotection on DPN by suppressing HMGB1, which lead to extenuation of inflammation response, balance of NGF, neuritin-1 and caspase-3, as well as inactivation of RAGE/p38MAPK/NF-κBp65 signaling pathway.

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Small ; 18(6): e2105385, 2022 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34897972

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Microglia modulate pro-inflammatory and neurotoxic activities. Edible plant-derived factors improve brain function. Current knowledge of the molecular interactions between edible plant-derived factors and the microglial cell is limited. Here an alcohol-induced chronic brain inflammation model is used to identify that the microglial cell is the novel target of oat nanoparticles (oatN). Oral administration of oatN inhibits brain inflammation and improves brain memory function of mice that are fed alcohol. Mechanistically, ethanol activates dectin-1 mediated inflammatory pathway. OatN is taken up by microglial cells via ß-glucan mediated binding to microglial hippocalcin (HPCA) whereas oatN digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG) prevents assess of oatN ß-glucan to dectin-1. Subsequently endocytosed ß-glucan/HPCA is recruited in an endosomal recycling compartment (ERC) via interaction with Rab11a. This complex then sequesters the dectin-1 in the ERC in an oatN ß-glucan dependent manner and alters the location of dectin-1 from Golgi to early endosomes and lysosomes and increases exportation of dectin-1 into exosomes in an Rab11a dependent manner. Collectively, these cascading actions lead to preventing the activation of the alcoholic induced brain inflammation signing pathway(s). This coordinated assembling of the HPCA/Rab11a/dectin-1 complex by oral administration of oatN may contribute to the prevention of brain inflammation.


Subject(s)
Exosomes , Lectins, C-Type , Memory , Microglia , Nanoparticles , Animals , Avena , Brain , Ethanol/administration & dosage , Lectins, C-Type/metabolism , Memory/physiology , Mice , Microglia/metabolism
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Biol Direct ; 16(1): 27, 2021 12 20.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34930406

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BACKGROUND: A variety of hematopoietic abnormalities are commonly seen in human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infected individuals despite antiviral therapy, but the underlying mechanism remains elusive. Nef plays an important role in HIV-1 induced T cell loss and disease progression, but it is not known whether Nef participates in other hematopoietic abnormalities associated with infection. RESULTS: In the current study we investigated the influence of HIV-1LAI Nef (LAI Nef) on the development of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) into myeloid-erythroid lineage cells, and found that nef expression in HSPCs blocked their differentiation both in vitro and in humanized mice reconstituted with nef-expressing HSPCs. CONCLUSIONS: Our novel findings demonstrate LAI Nef compromised the development of myeloid-erythroid lineage cells, and therapeutics targeting Nef would be promising in correcting HIV-1 associated hematopoietic abnormalities.


Subject(s)
HIV-1 , Animals , Cell Differentiation , Cell Lineage , Mice , Stem Cells , nef Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/genetics
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Bioengineered ; 12(1): 7849-7858, 2021 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34635014

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G protein γ subunit 7 (GNG7) is a subunit of heterotrimeric G protein. It has been demonstrated low expressed GNG7 in various cancers. Nevertheless, the role of GNG7 in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) remains unclear. In the present study, GNG7 expression in LUAD tissues and cell lines was analyzed by RT-qPCR, western blot and immunohistochemical. Kaplan-Meier analysis was performed for determining the prognostic value of GNG7 expression. Then, the function of GNG7 in LUAD progression was examined by cell proliferation, invasion and mouse xenograft assays. In addition, the underlying biological mechanisms of GNG7 in LUAD progression were explored via the bioinformatics analysis and experimental validation. We found GNG7 was markedly down-regulated in LUAD tissues and cell lines. Clinically, low expression of GNG7 was associated with the dismal prognosis of LUAD patients. Gain-of-function analysis showed that GNG7 overexpression inhibited proliferation and invasion of LUAD cell in vitro, and compromised tumor formation ability in vivo. Besides, mechanistic study revealed that overexpression of GNG7 affected the progression of LUAD via inhibiting activation of Hedgehog signaling. Moreover, bioinformatics prediction and experimental verification confirmed that GNG7 was targeted by miR-19b-3p, which was elevated expression in LUAD and promoting the progression of LUAD. Furthermore, rescue experiments demonstrated that GNG7 reintroduction weakened miR-19b-3p-mediated aggressive tumor phenotypes of LUAD cells. These findings suggested miR-19b-3p/GNG7 axis contributed to the progression of LUAD through Hedgehog signaling, which might be a potential therapeutic target for LUAD treatment.


Subject(s)
Adenocarcinoma of Lung , GTP-Binding Protein gamma Subunits/genetics , Hedgehog Proteins/genetics , Lung Neoplasms , MicroRNAs/genetics , Adenocarcinoma of Lung/genetics , Adenocarcinoma of Lung/metabolism , Adenocarcinoma of Lung/pathology , Animals , Cell Line, Tumor , Disease Progression , Female , GTP-Binding Protein gamma Subunits/metabolism , Hedgehog Proteins/metabolism , Humans , Lung/pathology , Lung Neoplasms/genetics , Lung Neoplasms/metabolism , Lung Neoplasms/pathology , Mice , Mice, Nude , MicroRNAs/metabolism , Signal Transduction/genetics
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Nanoscale ; 13(32): 13764-13775, 2021 Aug 28.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34477651

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The synthesis of highly dispersed low-valent copper catalysts is very challenging because they are prone to oxidation and sintering. Herein, scalable synthesis of ultrafine Cu(0)/Cu(i) catalysts supported on mesoporous titania microspheres is enabled by a one-step microdroplet confined assembly method. The extremely fast solute assembly in the microdroplet induces excellent metal precursor dispersion, reduces sol-gel crosslinking, and creates wrinkled microspheres with surface crusts and hollow cavities. This structural architecture allows the generation of an inner reductive gas environment during calcination in air to reduce Cu(ii) and create oxygen vacancy (OV) sites in titania. The obtained catalysts exhibit excellent performance in the photocatalytic activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for pollutant degradation. The Cu(0) species with a surface plasmon resonance effect and OV-rich anatase facilitate efficient solar light utilization and charge separation. The intimate interface between Cu(i)/Cu(0) and anatase enables fast electron transfer and timely copper redox cycling to promote the activation of PMS.

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Sensors (Basel) ; 21(16)2021 Aug 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34450777

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The DV-Hop algorithm is widely used because of its simplicity and low cost, but it has the disadvantage of a large positioning error. In recent years, although some improvement measures have been proposed, such as hop correction, distance-weighted correction, and improved coordinate solution, there is room for improvement in location accuracy, and the accuracy is affected in anisotropic networks. A location algorithm based on beacon filtering combining DV-Hop and multidimensional support vector regression (MSVR) is proposed in this paper. In the process of estimating the coordinates of unknown nodes, received signal strength indication (RSSI), MSVR, and weighted least squares method are combined. In addition, the verification error of beacon nodes is proposed, which can select the beacon nodes with smaller errors to reduce the location error. Simulation results show that in different distributions, the location accuracy of the proposed algorithm is at least 34% higher than that of the classical DV-Hop algorithm and at least 28% higher than that of the localization based on multidimensional support vector regression (LMSVR) algorithm. The proposed algorithm has the potential of application in small-scale anisotropic networks.

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