BACKGROUND Liver injury is common in severe acute pancreatitis(SAP).Excessive autophagy often leads to an imbalance of homeostasis in hepatocytes,which induces lipid peroxidation and mitochondrial iron deposition and ...BACKGROUND Liver injury is common in severe acute pancreatitis(SAP).Excessive autophagy often leads to an imbalance of homeostasis in hepatocytes,which induces lipid peroxidation and mitochondrial iron deposition and ultimately leads to ferroptosis.Our previous study found that milk fat globule epidermal growth factor 8(MFG-E8)alleviates acinar cell damage during SAP via binding toαvβ3/5 integrins.MFG-E8 also seems to mitigate pancreatic fibrosis via inhibiting chaperone-mediated autophagy.AIM To speculate whether MFG-E8 could also alleviate SAP induced liver injury by restoring the abnormal autophagy flux.METHODS SAP was induced in mice by 2 hly intraperitoneal injections of 4.0 g/kg L-arginine or 7 hly injections of 50μg/kg cerulein plus lipopolysaccharide.mfge8-knockout mice were used to study the effect of MFG-E8 deficiency on SAPinduced liver injury.Cilengitide,a specificαvβ3/5 integrin inhibitor,was used to investigate the possible mechanism of MFG-E8.RESULTS The results showed that MFG-E8 deficiency aggravated SAP-induced liver injury in mice,enhanced autophagy flux in hepatocyte,and worsened the degree of ferroptosis.Exogenous MFG-E8 reduced SAP-induced liver injury in a dose-dependent manner.Mechanistically,MFG-E8 mitigated excessive autophagy and inhibited ferroptosis in liver cells.Cilengitide abolished MFG-E8’s beneficial effects in SAP-induced liver injury.CONCLUSION MFG-E8 acts as an endogenous protective mediator in SAP-induced liver injury.MFG-E8 alleviates the excessive autophagy and inhibits ferroptosis in hepatocytes by binding to integrinαVβ3/5.展开更多
This paper studies non-convex programming problems. It is known that, in statistical inference, many constrained estimation problems may be expressed as convex programming problems. However, in many practical problems...This paper studies non-convex programming problems. It is known that, in statistical inference, many constrained estimation problems may be expressed as convex programming problems. However, in many practical problems, the objective functions are not convex. In this paper, we give a definition of a semi-convex objective function and discuss the corresponding non-convex programming problems. A two-step iterative algorithm called the alternating iterative method is proposed for finding solutions for such problems. The method is illustrated by three examples in constrained estimation problems given in Sasabuchi et al. （Biometrika, 72, 465472 （1983））, Shi N. Z. （J. Multivariate Anal., 50, 282-293 （1994）） and El Barmi H. and Dykstra R. （Ann. Statist., 26, 1878 1893 （1998））.展开更多
A self-assembling bis-pyrene （BP） molecule with π-π interactions was designed and synthesized. In condensed state, the BP self-assembled into highly-ordered mesophase at room temperature, which was characterized b...A self-assembling bis-pyrene （BP） molecule with π-π interactions was designed and synthesized. In condensed state, the BP self-assembled into highly-ordered mesophase at room temperature, which was characterized by using differential scanning calorimetry （DSC）, polarized optical microscope （POM）, and 1 D wide angle X-ray diffraction （WAXD） techniques. In solution, the BP self-assembled into nanoflbers in the mixed dichloromethane and hexane （1：1 volume ratio） solvent. Interestingly, the BP was not fluorescent when dissolved in dichloromethane solution. However, the self-assembled nanostructures of BP in the mixed solvent showed high intensity of green fluorescence. The advantages of self-assembly and fluorescence feature exhibited that BP could be promising fluorescence nanoprobes or nanosensors for various applications.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.82100685the Scientific Research Fund of Xi’an Health Commission,No.2021yb08+1 种基金Scientific Research Fund of Xi’an Central Hospital,No.2022QN07Innovation Capability Support Plan of Xi’an Science and Technology Bureau,No.23YXYJ0097.
文摘BACKGROUND Liver injury is common in severe acute pancreatitis(SAP).Excessive autophagy often leads to an imbalance of homeostasis in hepatocytes,which induces lipid peroxidation and mitochondrial iron deposition and ultimately leads to ferroptosis.Our previous study found that milk fat globule epidermal growth factor 8(MFG-E8)alleviates acinar cell damage during SAP via binding toαvβ3/5 integrins.MFG-E8 also seems to mitigate pancreatic fibrosis via inhibiting chaperone-mediated autophagy.AIM To speculate whether MFG-E8 could also alleviate SAP induced liver injury by restoring the abnormal autophagy flux.METHODS SAP was induced in mice by 2 hly intraperitoneal injections of 4.0 g/kg L-arginine or 7 hly injections of 50μg/kg cerulein plus lipopolysaccharide.mfge8-knockout mice were used to study the effect of MFG-E8 deficiency on SAPinduced liver injury.Cilengitide,a specificαvβ3/5 integrin inhibitor,was used to investigate the possible mechanism of MFG-E8.RESULTS The results showed that MFG-E8 deficiency aggravated SAP-induced liver injury in mice,enhanced autophagy flux in hepatocyte,and worsened the degree of ferroptosis.Exogenous MFG-E8 reduced SAP-induced liver injury in a dose-dependent manner.Mechanistically,MFG-E8 mitigated excessive autophagy and inhibited ferroptosis in liver cells.Cilengitide abolished MFG-E8’s beneficial effects in SAP-induced liver injury.CONCLUSION MFG-E8 acts as an endogenous protective mediator in SAP-induced liver injury.MFG-E8 alleviates the excessive autophagy and inhibits ferroptosis in hepatocytes by binding to integrinαVβ3/5.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.10431010,10501005)Science Foundation for Young Teachers of NENU (No.20070103)
文摘This paper studies non-convex programming problems. It is known that, in statistical inference, many constrained estimation problems may be expressed as convex programming problems. However, in many practical problems, the objective functions are not convex. In this paper, we give a definition of a semi-convex objective function and discuss the corresponding non-convex programming problems. A two-step iterative algorithm called the alternating iterative method is proposed for finding solutions for such problems. The method is illustrated by three examples in constrained estimation problems given in Sasabuchi et al. （Biometrika, 72, 465472 （1983））, Shi N. Z. （J. Multivariate Anal., 50, 282-293 （1994）） and El Barmi H. and Dykstra R. （Ann. Statist., 26, 1878 1893 （1998））.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos. 51573031 and 51473188)
文摘A self-assembling bis-pyrene （BP） molecule with π-π interactions was designed and synthesized. In condensed state, the BP self-assembled into highly-ordered mesophase at room temperature, which was characterized by using differential scanning calorimetry （DSC）, polarized optical microscope （POM）, and 1 D wide angle X-ray diffraction （WAXD） techniques. In solution, the BP self-assembled into nanoflbers in the mixed dichloromethane and hexane （1：1 volume ratio） solvent. Interestingly, the BP was not fluorescent when dissolved in dichloromethane solution. However, the self-assembled nanostructures of BP in the mixed solvent showed high intensity of green fluorescence. The advantages of self-assembly and fluorescence feature exhibited that BP could be promising fluorescence nanoprobes or nanosensors for various applications.
