金纳米棒的表面修饰及其应用于肿瘤诊疗的研究进展

金纳米棒具有独特的光学性质、表面易修饰性、较低的生物毒性和良好的生物相容性,因而在成像、光热治疗和药物载带等方面具有极高的潜在应用价值.本文综述了典型的金纳米棒表面修饰方法及其在生物成像、光热治疗和药物治疗中的应用,重点阐述了通过金纳米棒同时实现肿瘤诊断和治疗相结合的研究进展.     

医用金属及金属氧化物纳米材料的毒性研究

随着纳米科技的发展,纳米材料在各领域的应用日益增多。金属及金属氧化物纳米材料因其独特的物化性质,为多种疾病的诊治提供了崭新的解决途径。其中,贵金属金、银及应用最为广泛的铁所形成的纳米材料在医学领域应用甚广。纳米金及纳米银具有优异的抗菌效能,广泛用于伤口敷料、化妆品、食品等的制造中。除此之外,纳米金、纳米银及含铁的磁性纳米颗粒也用于疾病诊治方面,如肿瘤的诊断和治疗、生物传感器、生物成像等。但是,大部分金属纳米材料可对机体产生不良作用,因而了解金属纳米材料的毒性显得非常重要。为了在医学应用中更有效地利用金属纳米材料,必须探究其大小、表面化学、特殊性质及毒性。本文总结了这几种金属纳米材料的医学用途,概述了它们的体内外毒性,并分析了可能的毒性作用机制。     

量子点光学成像技术在肿瘤诊断和治疗的应用

纳米技术在生物医学的进展使其在肿瘤的诊治中应用日益广泛。荧光纳米粒子中的量子点(Quantum Dots),具备光学成像特性在肿瘤中应用中显示出独特的优势。其作为一种荧光半导体纳米粒子,具有荧光强度高、稳定性强、激发波谱宽、发射波谱窄等光学特性。同时,它可以结合其他功能基团,包括靶向模式、治疗因素和成像探针,为临床肿瘤诊断和治疗提供了新的潜力。本文就量子点的类型和特点及量子点的肿瘤体外和体内成像进行综述。     

功能化量子点在肿瘤诊治中的应用

量子点是一种半导体纳米晶体,它可发出激发荧光,具有亮度高、稳定时间长和发射光谱可调节等特性,是同时检测多信号的良好材料.这些独特性质使得它们在肿瘤诊治领域中的应用日益受到人们的重视.对量子点进行功能化修饰,如偶联抗体等活性物质后,可以对肿瘤细胞进行特异性识别及示踪,以实现对肿瘤的诊断和治疗.文中分别从分子靶向识别、淋巴结定位和药物传递等方面探讨了功能化量子点在肿瘤诊断和治疗中的最新进展.此外,还讨论了量子点的毒性以及用于肿瘤检测和治疗的多功能量子点的设计方法,并提出了其实际应用的潜在方向.     

综述——基于纳米材料的生物检测与医学诊断技术：功能化量子点在肿瘤活体成像中的应用

量子点表面经生物分子或药物分子修饰而具有生物功能．功能化量子点具有独特的光学性质和生物相容性,在生物医学光学诊断和治疗领域具有广泛的应用．本文简要介绍了功能化量子点制备及修饰方法,综合评述了量子点在肿瘤活体诊断和治疗中的应用,包括活体淋巴结成像、血管动态成像、肿瘤成像和抗肿瘤药物示踪等,讨论了功能化量子点在肿瘤活体诊断和治疗中的应用前景以及面临的挑战．     

RGD/FA双靶纳米金棒的制备及其在肿瘤细胞协同靶向成像与光热治疗中的应用

目的:通过制备RGD/FA双靶纳米金考察其与高表达整合素与叶酸受体B16细胞的协同靶向成像与热疗作用;方法:采用功能化PEG分子将靶向小分子RGD与叶酸通过强健Au-S键连接至纳米金棒表面,利用激光共聚焦与808 nm近红外激光器评价修饰纳米金的协同靶向作用;结果:RGD与叶酸分子被成功连接于纳米金表面,且双靶纳米金对小鼠黑色素瘤细胞具有较好的协同靶向作用;结论:同时靶向同一肿瘤细胞的不同表位,可克服单一靶向功能化纳米粒子难以在肿瘤位点有效积累的问题,本研究为多功能纳米金棒在临床肿瘤早期诊断与光热治疗中的应用提供研究基础。     

纳米酶在肿瘤催化诊疗方面的应用（英文）

作为一个特殊的交叉学科前沿,纳米酶在近几年来引起了科学界的广泛关注.自2007年首次发现四氧化三铁纳米材料具有类似辣根过氧化物酶的催化特性以来,纳米酶的研究迅速兴起.纳米酶在纳米尺度的特殊理化性质赋予它们优越的催化性能,以应用于各方面,例如癌症的诊断和治疗.本文重点介绍近年来催化化学的发展所促进的纳米医学在肿瘤诊疗方面的应用,以及纳米酶的研究现状和未来的展望.通过合理地将催化化学与临床纳米诊疗医学相结合,这些新型的纳米酶及其在肿瘤成像和治疗方面优越的催化性能,将会极大地促进纳米医学新子学科的产生.     

几种先进的光学纳米探针在光学生物诊疗中的应用

先进的光学纳米探针对于生物组织的光学成像、疾病的诊断和治疗具有巨大的促进作用,尤其是对于生物体分子水平活动的动态信息的深入了解。新型的光学探针如纳米金棒、上转换纳米颗粒和氧化石墨烯等,能克服传统探针的一些不足,具有较高的对比度、稳定性和生物兼容性,而且还拥有深层组织成像和实时动态成像的能力。本文对这些纳米光学探针的光学性质和优点进行了简要的介绍,并通过综述作者及其他研究者在过去几年的研究成果,总结这些先进的纳米探针在生物成像和医学诊断、治疗方面的应用,并展望其应用前景。     

纳米金在抗肿瘤研究中的应用

肿瘤的早期诊断依然是目前需要攻克的难关,现有的抗肿瘤药物因具有较大毒性和缺乏特异性而存在很大的局限性。纳米金能够被多种基团修饰从而获得对肿瘤细胞的靶向性,已成为当前抗肿瘤研究的热点。研究发现纳米金可以通过抑制血管生成、携带抗肿瘤药物以及光热效应等达到肿瘤治疗的目的,同时由于修饰后的纳米金对肿瘤细胞具有靶向性,在肿瘤的早期诊断方面也具有重要的意义。纳米金在体内的分布和代谢与其大小、形态及所带电荷有关,有关纳米金毒性和生物相容性性的评价,还有待于进一步研究。     

刺激响应型纳米载体在肿瘤诊疗中的研究进展

刺激响应型纳米载体是通过对外界刺激响应而产生相应结构或理化性质变化的纳米智能载药体系,具有避免药物过早泄露,提高病灶药物浓度的特点,目前已成为肿瘤诊断和治疗领域的研究热点,广泛用于控制药物的呈递和释放.本文从温度、磁场、超声、光、pH等外源和内源刺激角度,阐述了智能响应型纳米载体近年来在肿瘤诊疗领域的研究进展.     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.