Preparation of Mesoporous Nano-Hydroxyapatite Using a Surfactant Template Method for Protein Delivery

Mesoporous nano-hydroxyapatite (n-HA) has gained more and more attention as drug storage and release hosts.The aim of this study is to observe the effect of the ratio of surfactant to the theoretical yield of HA on the mesoporous n-HA,then to reveal the effect of the mesoporous nanostrueture on protein delivery.The mesoporous n-HA was synthesized using the wet precipitation in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) at ambient temperature and normal atmospheric pressure.The morphology,size,crystalline phase,chemical composition and textural characteristics of the product were well characterized by X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRD),Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR),Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM),Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM),Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and N2 adsorption/desorption,respectively.The protein adsorption/release studies were also carried out by using Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) as a model protein.The results reveal that the mesoporous n-HA synthesized with CTAB exhibits high pure phase,low crystallinity and the typical characteristics of the mesostructure.The BSA loading increases with the specific surface area and the pore volume of n-HA,and the release rates of BSA are different due to their different pore sizes and pore structures,n-HA synthesized with 0.5％ CTAB has the highest BSA loading and the slowest release rate because of its highest surface area and smaller pore size.These mesoporous n-HA materials demonstrate a potential application in the field of protein delivery due to their bioaetive,biocompatible and mesoporous properties.     

Aquaporin water channels and lung physiology

Fluid transport across epithelial and endothelial barriers occurs in the neonatal and adult lungs. Biophysical measurements in the intact lung and cell isolates have indicated that osmotic water permeability is exceptionally high across alveolar epithelia and endothelia and moderately high across airway epithelia. This review is focused on the role of membrane water-transporting proteins, the aquaporins (AQPs), in high lung water permeability and lung physiology. The lung expresses several AQPs: AQP1 in microvascular endothelia, AQP3 in large airways, AQP4 in large- and small-airway epithelia, and AQP5 in type I alveolar epithelial cells. Lung phenotype analysis of transgenic mice lacking each of these AQPs has been informative. Osmotically driven water permeability between the air space and capillary compartments is reduced approximately 10-fold by deletion of AQP1 or AQP5 and reduced even more by deletion of AQP1 and AQP4 or AQP1 and AQP5 together. AQP1 deletion greatly reduces osmotically driven water transport across alveolar capillaries but has only a minor effect on hydrostatic lung filtration, which primarily involves paracellular water movement. However, despite the major role of AQPs in lung osmotic water permeabilities, AQP deletion has little or no effect on physiologically important lung functions, such as alveolar fluid clearance in adult and neonatal lung, and edema accumulation after lung injury. Although AQPs play a major role in renal and central nervous system physiology, the data to date on AQP knockout mice do not support an important role of high lung water permeabilities or AQPs in lung physiology. However, there remain unresolved questions about possible non-water-transporting roles of AQPs and about the role of AQPs in airway physiology, pleural fluid dynamics, and edema after lung infection.     

三种几丁质合成抑制剂对意大利蝗的防治研究

本文用3种几丁质合成抑制剂卡死克、噻嗪酮和灭幼脲对意大利蝗Calliptatmnus italicus(L.)卵和3龄蝗蝻进行药剂试验.实验结果显示卡死克对意大利蝗药效最高:LC50、LC90分别为1.34、14.17 mg/L.灭幼脲次之LC50、LC90分别为2.09、45.22 mg/L.灭幼脲和卡死克在50 m...     

Iron metabolism in diabetes-induced Alzheimer’s disease: a focus on insulin resistance in the brain

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by an excessive accumulation of toxic amyloid beta (Aβ) plaques and memory dysfunction. The onset of AD is influenced by age, genetic background, and impaired glucose metabolism in the brain. Several studies have demonstrated that diabetes involving insulin resistance and glucose tolerance could lead to AD, ultimately resulting in cognitive dysfunction. Even though the relationship between diabetes and AD was indicated by significant evidences, the critical mechanisms and metabolic alterations in diabetes induced AD are not clear until now. Recently, iron metabolism has been shown to play multiple roles in the central nervous system (CNS). Iron deficiency and overload are associated with neurodegenerative diseases. Iron binds to Aβ and subsequently regulates Aβ toxicity in the CNS. In addition, previous studies have shown that iron is involved in the aggravation of insulin resistance. Considering these effects of iron metabolism in CNS, we expect that iron metabolism may play crucial roles in diabetic AD brain. Thus, we review the recent evidence regarding the relationship between diabetes-induced AD and iron metabolism.     

几个生态因子对黄盖鲽的影响

黄盖鲽(Psuedopleuronectes yokohameGünther)是鲽科中的冷温性鱼类,广泛分布在日本、朝鲜及我国的东海、黄海和渤海。地方种群多,洄游范尉小,适应能力强,既是底栖生物食性,又可耐较低的温度,虽非名贵鱼种,却具有一定的经济价值,在开展近海增殖时,不存在越冬和效益外流问题。因此,早在60年代,日本山口县和大分县的学者们,便开始着手该品种的人工孵化和增殖放流试验。80年代初已达年放流2—3cm的稚鱼苗7.0×10~6尾的水平。为了在渤海开展增殖工作,建立综     

冬眠周期长短不同的蒙古黄鼠（Citellus dauricus）...

Adult Mongolian ground squirrels (Citellus dauricus) were kept at 5 degrees C in winter and divided into four experimental groups according to the bout length. The first group was not hibernating until decapitation. The bout length of the second group was between 4-10 days, the third group 11-17 days and the fourth group longer than 20 days. All pineals were sampled at the end of January. Morphometric analytical procedures were used to study the ultrastructure of the distal part of the pineal gland. The statistical results demonstrated that 1) the euthermic animals have larger cross areas of pinealocyte, longer and narrower Golgi apparatus and more number of saccules of each Golgi apparatus (P less than 0.01). But they also have smaller volume density of vaculoes, less lipid droplets and associated vesicles around Golgi apparatus (P less than 0.01). 2) the hibernating animals with variety of bout length had no significant differences in the number of mitochondria, lipid droplets, lysosomes, the size of Golgi apparatus and the cross areas of nucleus and cytoplasm (P greater than 0.05). However, the number and the cross areas of vacuoles were significantly increased with the bout length (P less than 0.01). This might suggest that the bout length was not related to the metabolic activity of pinealocytes in Citellus dauricus and vacuoles might play some important roles in maintenance of individual bout of hibernation in this species.     

黄芩配伍川贝母后黄芩中主要化学成分含量变化及抗肺炎作用研究

本文旨在探究黄芩川贝母不同比例配伍后对黄芩中主要化学成分含量影响及等比配伍后抗肺炎作用.将黄芩川贝母按3∶0、3∶1、3∶2、3∶3、2∶3、1∶3、0∶3比例配伍后,水提取,高效液相色谱法测定黄芩苷、汉黄芩苷、黄芩素、汉黄芩素含量.选择健康ICR小鼠36只,随机分为6组,分别为空白组、LPS组、阳性药组、黄芩组、川贝...     

双效表达载体的构建及其U6启动子的功能效率鉴定

利用pBudcE4.1双表达载体构建shRNA与蛋白共表达载体,为双效疫苗的研制提供新的研究思路.以含U6启动子的载体为模板,PCR扩增得到U6启动子,用其置换载体pBudcE4.1内的CMV启动子的核心部分构建shRNA与蛋白共表达载体.用干扰绿色荧光蛋白表达的方法鉴定重组载体中的U6启动子能否启动shRNA的表达.经PCR扩增、双酶切鉴定及DNA测序证明成功构建了载体pBudcE4.1-U6.用干扰载体pBudcE4.1-U6-eGFPshRNA与含eGFP的载体共转染293T细胞后,荧光显微镜观察显示eGFP的表达量下降;流式细胞仪检测细胞的转染效率降低.研究结果证明U6启动子正常发挥作用. 成功构建RNAi与蛋白共表达载体,为利用该载体研制动物双效疫苗奠定了基础.