BACKGROUND: It has beenshown that ginsenoside, the effective component of ginseng, can enhance expression of choline acetyl transferase, as well as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and its receptor tyrosine...BACKGROUND: It has beenshown that ginsenoside, the effective component of ginseng, can enhance expression of choline acetyl transferase, as well as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and its receptor tyrosine kinase B (TrkB), in cholinergic neurons of the basal forebrain. OBJECTIVE: To qualitatively and quantitatively verify the influence of ginsenoside on expression of BDNF and its receptor, TrkB, in the medial septum of aged rats, and to provide a molecular basis for clinical application. DESIGN~ TIME AND SETTING: A contrast study, which was performed in the Department of Anatomy, China Medical University, and the Department of Anatomy, Shenyang Medical College between December 2005 and May 2007. MATERIALS: Thirty-five, healthy, female, Sprague Dawley rats were selected for this study. Ginsenoside (81% purity) was provided by Jilin Ji'an Wantai Chinese Medicine Factory; anti-BDNF antibody, anti-TrkB antibody, and their kits were provided by Wuhan Boster Company. METHODS: A total of 35 rats were divided into three groups: young (four months old), aging (26 months old), and ginsenoside. Rats in the ginsenoside group were administered ginsenoside (25 mg/kg/d) between 17 months and 26 months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization were used to measure expression of BDNF and TrkB in the medial septum of aged rats, and the detected results were expressed as gray values. RESULTS: (1) Qualitative detection: using microscopy, degenerative neurons were visible in the medial septum in the aging group. However, neuronal morphology in the ginsenoside group was similar to neurons in the young group. (2) Quantitative detection: the mean gray value of BDNF-positive and TrkB-positive products in the aging group were significantly higher than in the young group (t = 3.346, 4.169, P 〈 0.01); however, the mean gray value in the ginsenoside group was significantly lower than in the aging group (t = 2.432, 2.651, P 〈 0.01). CONCLUSION: Ginsenoside can increase expression of BDNF and TrkB in the medial septum and delay the natural degeneration in aged rats.展开更多
Organic room-temperature phosphorescence(RTP)materials have attracted immense attention in bioimaging due to their long emission lifetime and large Stokes shift.RTP materials with long emission wavelength can improve ...Organic room-temperature phosphorescence(RTP)materials have attracted immense attention in bioimaging due to their long emission lifetime and large Stokes shift.RTP materials with long emission wavelength can improve the penetration depth for bioimaging.However,the design of red persistent RTP materials is still challenging.In this study,a fused-ring structure has been proposed to effectively decrease the triplet energy level,thus extending the emission wavelength of phosphorescence.In addition,the fused-ring structure exhibits a high molar extinction coefficient(ɛ)and high luminescence efficiency due to the rigid structure.A new class of crystalline hosts(iminodibenzyl,IDB)are developed to stabilize the triplet excitons that are generated from the fused-ring molecules.The maximum RTP wavelength of doping materials can reach 635 nm with a lifetime of 9.35 ms.Water-disperse nanoparticles are successfully prepared for in vivo time-resolved bioimaging,which eliminates the background fluorescence interference from biological tissues.These reveal a delicate design strategy for the construction of long-wavelength emissive RTP materials for high-resolution bioimaging.展开更多
Buckybowl structures as non-uniform electrostatic potential distributions of poly-cyclic aromatic materials show a unique photoelectric performance.In this work,OTC was utilized for dynamic modulation of triplet excit...Buckybowl structures as non-uniform electrostatic potential distributions of poly-cyclic aromatic materials show a unique photoelectric performance.In this work,OTC was utilized for dynamic modulation of triplet exciton transition processes.Five host molecules with different functional units were selected,thus providing dif-ferent intermolecular interactions in the host/guest systems.Therefore,the delayed emissions were regulated from 536 to 624 nm via the tuning of the triplet exciton transition processes of OTC in different hosts.Experimental data and theoretical calculations revealed that the varied triplet transition behaviors resulted from the competition between the intersystem crossing(ISC)process of OTC-monomer and the reverse intersystem crossing(RISC)process of OTC-aggregates.This work proves the superior structure of buckybowl-based luminophore for controlling triplet exciton transition processes and supplies a new perspective for persistent afterglow luminophore design.展开更多
Organic room-temperature phosphorescence(RTP)materials have been used in high-resolution imaging.However,the development of long-wavelength-emis sion RTP materials in aqueous solution remains a challenge.Here,we repor...Organic room-temperature phosphorescence(RTP)materials have been used in high-resolution imaging.However,the development of long-wavelength-emis sion RTP materials in aqueous solution remains a challenge.Here,we report red-emissive RTP materials via integration of the ring-fusing effect and host–guest interaction.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND: It has beenshown that ginsenoside, the effective component of ginseng, can enhance expression of choline acetyl transferase, as well as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and its receptor tyrosine kinase B (TrkB), in cholinergic neurons of the basal forebrain. OBJECTIVE: To qualitatively and quantitatively verify the influence of ginsenoside on expression of BDNF and its receptor, TrkB, in the medial septum of aged rats, and to provide a molecular basis for clinical application. DESIGN~ TIME AND SETTING: A contrast study, which was performed in the Department of Anatomy, China Medical University, and the Department of Anatomy, Shenyang Medical College between December 2005 and May 2007. MATERIALS: Thirty-five, healthy, female, Sprague Dawley rats were selected for this study. Ginsenoside (81% purity) was provided by Jilin Ji'an Wantai Chinese Medicine Factory; anti-BDNF antibody, anti-TrkB antibody, and their kits were provided by Wuhan Boster Company. METHODS: A total of 35 rats were divided into three groups: young (four months old), aging (26 months old), and ginsenoside. Rats in the ginsenoside group were administered ginsenoside (25 mg/kg/d) between 17 months and 26 months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization were used to measure expression of BDNF and TrkB in the medial septum of aged rats, and the detected results were expressed as gray values. RESULTS: (1) Qualitative detection: using microscopy, degenerative neurons were visible in the medial septum in the aging group. However, neuronal morphology in the ginsenoside group was similar to neurons in the young group. (2) Quantitative detection: the mean gray value of BDNF-positive and TrkB-positive products in the aging group were significantly higher than in the young group (t = 3.346, 4.169, P 〈 0.01); however, the mean gray value in the ginsenoside group was significantly lower than in the aging group (t = 2.432, 2.651, P 〈 0.01). CONCLUSION: Ginsenoside can increase expression of BDNF and TrkB in the medial septum and delay the natural degeneration in aged rats.
基金the National Natural Scientific Foundation of China(Grant Nos.22222501,21975021,21975020,21875019,22105019,and 22175023)supported by Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences(BNLMS202007)the BIT Research and Innovation Promoting Project(2022YCXZ035).
文摘Organic room-temperature phosphorescence(RTP)materials have attracted immense attention in bioimaging due to their long emission lifetime and large Stokes shift.RTP materials with long emission wavelength can improve the penetration depth for bioimaging.However,the design of red persistent RTP materials is still challenging.In this study,a fused-ring structure has been proposed to effectively decrease the triplet energy level,thus extending the emission wavelength of phosphorescence.In addition,the fused-ring structure exhibits a high molar extinction coefficient(ɛ)and high luminescence efficiency due to the rigid structure.A new class of crystalline hosts(iminodibenzyl,IDB)are developed to stabilize the triplet excitons that are generated from the fused-ring molecules.The maximum RTP wavelength of doping materials can reach 635 nm with a lifetime of 9.35 ms.Water-disperse nanoparticles are successfully prepared for in vivo time-resolved bioimaging,which eliminates the background fluorescence interference from biological tissues.These reveal a delicate design strategy for the construction of long-wavelength emissive RTP materials for high-resolution bioimaging.
基金National Natural Scientific Foundation of China,Grant/Award Numbers:21975021,21975020,21875019,21871119,22105019,22175023Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences,Grant/Award Number:BNLMS192007BIT Research and Innovation Promoting Project,Grant/Award Number:2022YCXZ035。
文摘Buckybowl structures as non-uniform electrostatic potential distributions of poly-cyclic aromatic materials show a unique photoelectric performance.In this work,OTC was utilized for dynamic modulation of triplet exciton transition processes.Five host molecules with different functional units were selected,thus providing dif-ferent intermolecular interactions in the host/guest systems.Therefore,the delayed emissions were regulated from 536 to 624 nm via the tuning of the triplet exciton transition processes of OTC in different hosts.Experimental data and theoretical calculations revealed that the varied triplet transition behaviors resulted from the competition between the intersystem crossing(ISC)process of OTC-monomer and the reverse intersystem crossing(RISC)process of OTC-aggregates.This work proves the superior structure of buckybowl-based luminophore for controlling triplet exciton transition processes and supplies a new perspective for persistent afterglow luminophore design.
基金supported by the National Natural Scientific Foundation of China(grant nos.21975021,51803009,21905021,51673024,21975020,and 21875019)supported by Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences(no.BNLMS202007),China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2019TQ0034.
文摘Organic room-temperature phosphorescence(RTP)materials have been used in high-resolution imaging.However,the development of long-wavelength-emis sion RTP materials in aqueous solution remains a challenge.Here,we report red-emissive RTP materials via integration of the ring-fusing effect and host–guest interaction.