Effect of Dietary Selenium Supplementation on Growth and Reproduction of Silkworm Bombyx mori L.

Biological Trace Element Research - The effects of selenium (Se) on the growth and reproduction of the Lepidoptera insect, the silkworm, Bombyx mori L were investigated. Initially, the silkworms...     

不同病理分期肺腺癌患者血清代谢组学研究

肺癌是当今世界最常见的恶性肿瘤之一,其新发率和死亡率多年来都居于各类癌症之首,其中85%的肺癌都是非小细胞癌,而腺癌又是最常见的非小细胞癌。肺癌的高隐匿性是造成其高死亡率的最主要原因,因此为肺癌的早期诊断和病理分期寻求高效可靠的方法是十分必要的。代谢组学揭示了小分子代谢物的一系列变化,反映了生命活动的最终状态,因此也能直接反映疾病不同发展阶段的病理生理变化。本研究利用核磁共振氢谱(1H-NMR),对在我院就诊的27例不同病理分期的肺腺癌患者和13例健康志愿者进行了血清代谢物分析,运用正交偏最小二乘判别分析(OPLS-DA)对1H-NMR数据进行建模,单变量统计分析对模型进行评价。结果表明肺腺癌患者组的血清中有14种代谢物出现明显差异,其中丙酮酸、丙氨酸、NAC1、乳酸、GPC和甘氨酸比起对照组来有显著上升,而葡萄糖、谷氨酰胺、亮氨酸、异亮氨酸、缬氨酸、丙酮、乙酰乙酸和苏氨酸则显著下降。而在不同分期肺腺癌患者间进行比较后发现,异亮氨酸、乙酰乙酸、NAC1和乳酸的变化与肺腺癌的发展有相关性,可能是肺腺癌早期诊断和分期的潜在生物标志物。     

Dampening HOTAIR sensitizes the gastric cancer cells to oxaliplatin through miR-195-5p and ABCG2 pathway

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNA) have an extensive role in the progression and chemoresistance of gastric cancer (GC). Deeply study the regulatory role of lncRNAs could provide potential therapeutic targets. The aim of this study is to explore the regulatory role of HOTAIR in the progression and oxaliplatin resistance of GC. The expression of HOTAIR in GC and cell lines were detected by using qRT-PCR. Cell proliferation and apoptosis were analysed by CCK-8, EdU incorporation and flow cytometry. Luciferase reporter assay was used to identify the interaction between HOTAIR and ABCG2 (ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily G member 2, ABCG2) via miR-195-5p. The regulatory functions were verified by using molecular biology experiments. HOTAIR was significantly overexpressed in GC and associated with poor prognosis. Knock-down of HOTAIR inhibited the GC cells proliferation and oxaliplatin resistance, while overexpression of HOTAIR showed opposite functions. Further studies found that HOTAIR acted as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) to absorb miR-195-5p and elevated the expression of ABCG2, which leads to resistance of GC cells to oxaliplatin. Taken together, our findings demonstrated that HOTAIR regulates ABCG2 induced resistance of GC to oxaliplatin through miR-195-5p signalling and illustrate the great potential of developing new therapeutic targets for GC patients.     

Efficient Organic Solar Cell with 16.88% Efficiency Enabled by Refined Acceptor Crystallization and Morphology with Improved Charge Transfer and Transport Properties

Single‐layered organic solar cells (OSCs) using nonfullerene acceptors have reached 16% efficiency. Such a breakthrough has inspired new sparks for the development of the next generation of OSC materials. In addition to the optimization of electronic structure, it is important to investigate the essential solid‐state structure that guides the high efficiency of bulk heterojunction blends, which provides insight in understanding how to pair an efficient donor–acceptor mixture and refine film morphology. In this study, a thorough analysis is executed to reveal morphology details, and the results demonstrate that Y6 can form a unique 2D packing with a polymer‐like conjugated backbone oriented normal to the substrate, controlled by the processing solvent and thermal annealing conditions. Such morphology provides improved carrier transport and ultrafast hole and electron transfer, leading to improved device performance, and the best optimized device shows a power conversion efficiency of 16.88% (16.4% certified). This work reveals the importance of film morphology and the mechanism by which it affects device performance. A full set of analytical methods and processing conditions are executed to achieve high efficiency solar cells from materials design to device optimization, which will be useful in future OSC technology development.     

外源氮输入对黄河口新生湿地植物-土壤系统硫分布特征的影响

选择黄河口北部滨岸高潮滩的碱蓬湿地为研究对象,基于野外原位氮(N)输入模拟试验,研究了不同氮输入梯度下(N0,无氮输入;N1,低氮输入,9.0 gN m~(-2)a~(-1);N2,中氮输入,12.0 gN m~(-2)a~(-1);N3,高氮输入,18.0 gN m~(-2)a~(-1))碱蓬湿地植物-土壤系统全硫(TS)分布特征的差异。结果表明,外源N输入明显改变了湿地土壤TS含量的分布状况。随着N输入量的增加,除表层TS含量变化不明显外,其他土层均呈增加趋势。不同氮输入处理下植物各器官的TS含量整体均表现为叶茎根,叶是硫的主要累积器官。尽管氮输入处理并未改变植被的硫分配格局以及其地上与地下之间的硫养分供给关系,但其为适应不同养分环境可进行自身生长特性及养分分配的调整,且这种调整在N2处理下表现的尤为明显。随氮输入量的增加,不同氮处理下植物-土壤系统的S储量整体呈增加趋势,但土壤S储量的增幅远低于植物亚系统S储量的增幅以及N供给的增幅,说明N、S之间的养分供给存在不同步性。研究发现,未来黄河口N养分负荷增加情况下,碱蓬湿地植物-土壤系统的S生物循环速率不但可能会加速,而且N、S养分之间也可能形成一个正反馈机制,并将有利于维持新生湿地的稳定与健康。     

西南山区人口空间重组及其对植被的影响——以河流沿线为例

随着城市化的快速推进,山区人口迁出及空间重组成为影响中国山区人地关系的重要因素,这可能对山区植被恢复和生态改善产生巨大影响。基于人口空间数据、河流分布数据和MODIS数据,本文分析了河流沿线人口空间重组情况,以生长季EVI值为表征植被绿度的指标,采用基于像元的趋势分析方法和基于样本的相关分析模型,对2000—2010年间中国西南山区不同级别河流沿线的人口空间变化和植被变化作了系统性分析,并定量研究了人口空间重组与植被变化之间的关系。结果表明:(1)三级及以上河流出现人口往河流沿线聚集的趋势,人口在河流的影响区聚集程度大于对比区。其中,一级和二级河流沿线影响区人口密度增加量比对比区分别高75.9%和42.1%。(2)三级及以上各河流沿线影响区和对比区EVI均呈现出增加的趋势,且影响区增加趋势低于对比区。(3)植被EVI变化趋势与人口密度变化呈负相关关系,河流沿线人口密度增加不利于植被的恢复;河流级别越高,植被EVI变化趋势与人口密度变化的相关性越强。     

二代测序法深度分析水痘疫苗Oka株病毒基因特征

采用二代测序(next-generation sequencing,NGS)技术,对上海生物制品研究所有限责任公司(简称SIBP)2015-2017这3个年度生产的Oka株水痘疫苗进行深度测序,从分子水平分析疫苗质量的一致性,并与不同厂家疫苗/毒种进行比较,分析它们之间的遗传特征相关性。结果显示,3个年度生产的水痘疫苗中平均有77个位点的疫苗型位点检出频率(proportion of vaccine-type allele,Pv)≥10%,至少在两批疫苗中出现Pv≥10%的位点数共76个,两两之间Pv最大差值<10%,与平均值的最大差值为<5%。共有40个位点的Pv均值≥30%,其中19个位点导致氨基酸残基变异;15个位于ORF62区域。筛选出35个位点,比较5个公司水痘疫苗/毒种的Oka株病毒基因序列,结果显示它们之间存在相关性,同时存在一定的差异。研究表明,SIBP不同年度生产的水痘疫苗Oka株病毒具有良好的分子水平上的一致性,为疫苗质量管理与市场监督提供了方法和基础数据。     

白花蛇舌草对Ⅱ型胶原蛋白诱导的大鼠类风湿性关节炎的治疗作用

目的：探讨白花蛇舌草（HD）对Ⅱ型胶原蛋白诱导的大鼠类风湿性关节炎（CIA）的治疗作用。方法：取SD大鼠60只随机分为对照组10只、造模组50只,造模组于背部皮内注射Ⅱ型胶原乳剂建立CIA大鼠模型,采用大鼠关节炎评分法评价其模型是否复制成功。造模组再随机分为模型组、雷公藤多苷（GTW）6 mg/kg组、白花蛇舌草3、6、12 g/kg组,每组10只,每天灌胃给予相应的试剂。每周观察关节炎指数和痛阈,于连续干预28 d后,各组大鼠眼眶静脉取血,观察白细胞介素1β（IL-lβ）、肿瘤坏死因子-α（TNF-α）、前列腺素E₂（PGE₂）、核因子κB受体活化因子配体（RANKL）及护骨素（OPG）水平。结果：与对照组比较,模型组大鼠关节炎指数,血清IL-lβ、TNF-α、PGE₂、RANKL、OPG及RANKL/OPG水平均明显升高（P<0.05）,光照阈值明显降低（P<0.05）;与模型组比较,雷公藤多苷组、白花蛇舌草低、中、高剂量组关节炎指数,血清IL-lβ、TNF-α、PGE₂、RANKL、OPG及RANKL/OPG水平均明显降低（P<0.05）,光照阈值明显升高（P<0.05）。结论：白花蛇舌草可明显降低CIA模型大鼠关节炎指数,升高痛域阈值,下调IL-lβ、TNF-α、PGE₂、RANKL、OPG水平,从而有效的防治CIA。