阿魏侧耳多糖的分离纯化与抗肿瘤活性的研究*

从阿魏侧耳 (Pleurotusferulae)子实体中用热水浸提出粗多糖PFW ,将PFW脱蛋白后 ,经DEAE—纤维素柱层析 ,得两种多糖PF1 和PF2 。用光散射和GPC联机测定 :PF1 含有两种组分其重均分子量分别为 7 875× 1 0 5 和 3 2 4 5× 1 0 4 ;PF2 重均分子量为 3 1 87× 1 0 6。用IR和GC分析它们组成和结构 ,结果表明 :PF1 由鼠李糖、葡萄糖、半乳糖和甘露糖组成 ,含有 β 糖苷键和甘露糖苷 ;PF2 由鼠李糖、木糖、葡萄糖、半乳糖和甘露糖组成 ,含有α 糖苷键。给小鼠腹腔注射多糖 ,对移植性肿瘤S 1 80均有一定的抑制作用     

安徽省农田水分利用效率时空特征及其与气候因子的关系

生态系统水分利用效率(Water Use Efficiency,WUE)是衡量碳水循环耦合程度的重要指标,估算安徽省农田生态系统的WUE并分析其时空变异规律,探究其影响因素,对该区域农田水资源的科学配置和合理利用有着重要的意义。基于MODIS遥感数据和气象数据,分析安徽省近15年农田WUE的年际、年内时空变化特征以及与气候因子的关系,研究表明:(1) 2000—2014年间安徽省农田WUE的变化范围为1.38—1.66 g C mm~(-1)m~(-2),多年均值为1.54 g C mm~(-1)m~(-2),整体上农田WUE年际呈现增长变化趋势,变化率为0.011 g C mm~(-1)m~(-2);具有较强的空间分异性规律,整体上呈现北高南低趋势,淮河以北各市的农田WUE较高,高于全省多年均值,淮河以南地区的农田WUE则低于全省水平。(2)安徽省农田WUE的年内变化呈现双峰型变化格局,具有明显的季节性差异,表现为春季秋季夏季冬季;以淮河为界,南北各市变化趋势略有不同,淮河以南地区的最大值在4月份,淮河以北则以3月份为最高。(3)安徽省农田WUE动态变化受到气候因子降雨影响的区域占比17.14%;气温影响的区域占比0.73%;降雨和气温综合影响所占0.71%,而农田WUE与气温和降雨影响均不显著的区域占比为81.42%;因此,气候因素中降雨在安徽省农田WUE的变化中起主导作用,由于人为因素的干预,非气候因素对农田WUE变化的影响更大。     

普伐他汀对泡沫细胞内胆固醇酯的影响及与小凹蛋白-1的关系

本文旨在观察普伐他汀对鼠源巨噬细胞性泡沫细胞内胆固醇酯含量的影响,探讨此作用与小凹蛋白一l的关系。采用体外培养的鼠源性巨噬细胞株作为研究对象,加入氧化低密度脂蛋白（oxidized low density lipoprotein,OX-LDL）使其形成泡沫细胞,运用高效液相色谱测定细胞内胆固醇酯的改变,同时运用Western blot检测细胞中小凹蛋白-1的表达,并观察普伐他汀对细胞内胆固醇酯和小凹蛋白-1影响的量效和时效关系。结果显示：普伐他汀可明显降低泡沫细胞内的胆固醇酯与总胆固醇的比值,且在一定范围内呈剂量依赖性和时间依赖性。在泡沫细胞中加入普伐他汀后能够促进小凹蛋白-1的表达,呈剂量依赖性和时间依赖性。上述结果提示普伐他汀通过降低细胞内胆固醇酯的含量,减轻细胞泡沫化程度。普伐他汀的这一作用可能与促进小凹蛋白-1表达上调有关。     

Double the Capacity of Manganese Spinel for Lithium‐Ion Storage by Suppression of Cooperative Jahn–Teller Distortion

The relatively low capacity and capacity fade of spinel LiMn₂O₄ (LMO) limit its application as a cathode material for lithium‐ion batteries. Extending the potential window of LMO below 3 V to access double capacity would be fantastic but hard to be realized, as it will lead to fast capacity loss due to the serious Jahn–Teller distortion. Here using experiments combined with extensive ab initio calculations, it is proved that there is a cooperative effect among individual Jahn–Teller distortions of Mn³⁺O₆ octahedrons in LMO, named as cooperative Jahn–Teller distortion (CJTD) in the text, which is the difficulty to access the capacity beyond one lithium intercalation. It is further proposed that the cationic disordering (excess Li at Mn sites and Li/Mn exchange) can intrinsically suppress the CJTD of Mn³⁺O₆ octahedrons. The cationic disordering can break the symmetry of Mn³⁺ arrangements to disrupt the correlation of distortions arising from individual JT centers and prevent the Mn³⁺? O bonds distorting along one direction. Interestingly, with the suppressed CJTD, the original octahedral vacancies in spinel LMO are activated and can serve as extra Li‐ion storage sites to access the double capacity with good reversible cycling stability in microsized LMO.     

Correction to: Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

Virologica Sinica - The corrected legend is given below.     

DNA framework-engineered electrochemical biosensors

Self-assembled DNA nanostructures have shown remarkable potential in the engineering of biosensing interfaces, which can improve the performance of various biosensors. In particular, by exploiting the structural rigidity and programmability of the framework nucleic acids with high precision, molecular recognition on the electrochemical biosensing interface has been significantly enhanced, leading to the development of highly sensitive and specific biosensors for nucleic acids, small molecules,proteins, and cells. In this review, we summarize recent advances in DNA framework-engineered biosensing interfaces and the application of corresponding electrochemical biosensors.     

Tau inhibits PKA by nuclear proteasome‐dependent PKAR2α elevation with suppressed CREB/GluA1 phosphorylation

Intraneuronal accumulation of wild‐type tau plays a key role in Alzheimer's disease, while the mechanisms underlying tauopathy and memory impairment remain unclear. Here, we report that overexpressing full‐length wild‐type human tau (hTau) in mouse hippocampus induces learning and memory deficits with remarkably reduced levels of multiple synapse‐ and memory‐associated proteins. Overexpressing hTau inhibits the activity of protein kinase A (PKA) and decreases the phosphorylation level of cAMP‐response element binding protein (CREB), GluA1, and TrkB with reduced BDNF mRNA and protein levels both in vitro and in vivo. Simultaneously, overexpressing hTau increased PKAR2α (an inhibitory subunit of PKA) in nuclear fraction and inactivated proteasome activity. With an increased association of PKAR2α with PA28γ (a nuclear proteasome activator), the formation of PA28γ‐20S proteasome complex remarkably decreased in the nuclear fraction, followed by a reduced interaction of PKAR2α with 20S proteasome. Both downregulating PKAR2α by shRNA and upregulating proteasome by expressing PA28γ rescued hTau‐induced PKA inhibition and CREB dephosphorylation, and upregulating PKA improved hTau‐induced cognitive deficits in mice. Together, these data reveal that intracellular tau accumulation induces synapse and memory impairments by inhibiting PKA/CREB/BDNF/TrkB and PKA/GluA1 signaling, and deficit of PA28γ‐20S proteasome complex formation contributes to PKAR2α elevation and PKA inhibition.