Hyperbaric oxygen protects against PC12 and H9C2 cell damage caused by oxygen-glucose deprivation/reperfusion via the inhibition of cell apoptosis and autophagy

In this study,we investigated the protective effect of hyperbaric oxygen(HBO)on PC12 and H9C2 cell damage caused by oxygen-glucose deprivation/reperfusion and its possible mechanism.PC12 and H9C2 cell oxygen-glucose deprivation/reperfusion model were established.Cells were divided into a control group,model group,hyperbaric air(HBA)group and HBO group.The cell viability was detected by the CCK8 assay.Hoechst 33342 and PI staining assays and mitochondrial membrane potential(MMP)assays were used to detect cell apoptosis.The ultrastructure of cells,including autophagosomes,lysosomes,and apoptosis,were examined using a transmission electron microscope.The expression of autophagy-related proteins was detected by cellular immunofluorescence and immunocytochemistry.Our results showed that HBO can significantly improve the vitality of damaged PC12 and H9C2 cells caused by oxygen–glucose deprivation/reperfusion.HBO can significantly inhibit apoptosis of PC12 and H9C2 cells caused by oxygenglucose deprivation/reperfusion.Importantly,we found that the protective mechanism of PC12 and H9C2 cell damage caused by oxygen-glucose deprivation/reperfusion may be related to the inhibition of the autophagy pathway.In this study,the results of cellular immunofluorescence and immunocytochemistry experiments showed that the 4E-BP1,p-AKt and mTOR levels of PC12 and H9C2 cells in the model group decreased,while the levels of LC3B,Atg5 and p53 increased.However,after HBO treatment,these autophagy-related indexes were reversed.In addition,observation of the cell ultrastructure with transmission electron microscopy found that in the model group,a significant increase in the number of autophagic vesicles was observed.In the HBO group,a decrease in autophagic vesicles was observed.The study demonstrated that hyperbaric oxygen protects against PC12 and H9C2 cell damage caused by oxygen-glucose deprivation/reperfusion via the inhibition of cell apoptosis and autophagy.

Helically Grooved Gold Nanoarrows: Controlled Fabrication, Superhelix, and Transcribed Chiroptical Switching

Plasmonic chiroptical materials,coupled by chirality and surface plasmons,have been attracting great interest due to their potential applications,such as photonics,chiral recognition,asymmetric catalysis and biosensing.Herein,we constructed a new chiral plasmonic nanostructure—helically grooved gold nanoarrows(HeliGNAs)by introducing L-/Dcysteine(L-/D-Cys)during the growth of the gold nanoarrows(GNAs).The variation of the concentration of L-/D-Cys leads to the HeliGNAs with a tunable plasmonic circular dichroism(PCD).

Seismic performance of prestressed concrete stand structure supporting retractable steel roof

The seismic behavior of a structural system composed of pre-stressed concrete stand supporting a retractable steel roof was studied,which is typically based on the prototype of engineering project of Shanghai Qizhong Tennis Center.By elasto-plastic finite element analysis and shaking table test,the following were investigated:the effects of roof configurations in opening and closing,the effect of pre-stress on the structural seismic response,and the failure mechanism of the spatial stand frame systems featured with circularly arranged columns and inverse-cone type stands.It was found thatthe roof status has great effect on the natural period,vibration modes,and seismic response of the whole structure,the stand response to horizontal seismic excitation is stronger in roof opening configuration than in closing state,and the response mode is dominantly translational rather than rotational,though the stand is characterized by its fundamentally torsional vibration mode.The study indicated that the pre-stressed inversecone stands can keep the system from global side-sway collapse under gravity loads,even in the case that most columns loose moment capacity.

Topological-skeleton controlled chirality expression of supramolecular hyperbranched and linear polymers

The topology of polymers plays an essential role in their chemical,physical and biological properties.However,their effects on chirality-related functions remain unclear.Here,we reported the topology-controlled chirality expression in the chiral supramolecular system for the first time.Two topological supramolecular polymers,hy-perbranched(HP)and linear(LP)supramolecular polymers produced by the host-guest interactions of branched and linear monomers,respectively,exhibited completely different chirality expressions despite the same molecu-lar chirality of their monomers.Significantly,due to the branch points and strong steric hindrance existing in HP,cis-HP showed an enhanced and sign-inverted Cotton effect in the n-π^(∗)bands compared with cis-LP,as a result that the distinctive chirality induction and transfer were controlled by the topological skeletons.This topology-controlled chirality induction and transfer in the photoswitchable supramolecular polymers not only enables us to elucidate the in-depth effects of topology on the chiral expression in biopolymers but also inspires the design of chiroptical and bioinspired materials.