The associations of individual amino acid with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD)risk remained unclear.The present study aimed to investigate the associations between the two in the Chinese elderly.Methods:A com...The associations of individual amino acid with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD)risk remained unclear.The present study aimed to investigate the associations between the two in the Chinese elderly.Methods:A community-based health check-up program was conducted in Qingdao,China.NAFLD was diagnosed by ultrasonography accompanied by epidemiological investigation.The dietary intakes of amino acids were investigated with 3-day,24-h dietary records and calculated by Nutrition Calculator software.Restricted cubic spline model was used to evaluate a nonlinear relationship between amino acid intake and NAFLD risk.Results:400 NAFLD subjects were identified,and 400 participants were randomly selected as controls and matched by gender and age(±3 years)Dose-response analysis showed that 1000 mg increment of aromatic amino acids(AAAs)was associated with reduced 16%risk of NAFLD.Dietary increments of 750 mg/d threonine,950 mg/d valine,or 1700 mg/d lysine were associated with a 20%reduction in the NAFLD risk(all P for linearity<0.05).Conclusion:The present study demonstrated that the dietary increases in milk,eggs and deep-sea fish,which are rich in the amino acids,might contribute to protecting against NAFLD in the elderly.展开更多
Using biodegradable material derived from renewable resources as petroleum-based plastics replacement is a promising way towards sustainable development.However,the insufficient mechanical properties and complex manuf...Using biodegradable material derived from renewable resources as petroleum-based plastics replacement is a promising way towards sustainable development.However,the insufficient mechanical properties and complex manufacturing process of bioplastics still need to be improved for high-quality food packages.Herein,we report a top-down strategy to transform natural wood into a clear wood packaging film through scalable delignification and polyvinyl alcohol(PVA)infiltration.The wood packaging film demonstrates a laminated structure with completely collapsed cell walls and PVA intertwined together after energy-saving air drying,resulting in high light transmittance with low haze,good mechanical performance,and high barrier performance for oxygen and water vapor.Molecular dynamics simulations reveal the underlying fracture mechanism between cellulose and PVA,which effectively enhances the Young’s modulus and strength of the wood packaging film.These findings contribute to the development of biodegradable and strong packaging materials,as well as other food-related applications,using sustainable wood.展开更多
Streptococcus canis Cas9(ScCas9)is an RNAguided endonuclease with NNG protospacer adjacent motif(PAM)specificity whose genomeediting activity in rice is locus-dependent.Here we investigated the performance of a ScCas9...Streptococcus canis Cas9(ScCas9)is an RNAguided endonuclease with NNG protospacer adjacent motif(PAM)specificity whose genomeediting activity in rice is locus-dependent.Here we investigated the performance of a ScCas9 variant named Sc^(++)at different NNG PAM sites in the rice genome;Sc^(++)harbors a T1227K mutation and the substitution of a positively charged loop(residues 367-376).Sc^(++)nuclease achieved broader genome editing compared to the original ScCas9,and its nickase improved targeted base editing in transgenic rice plants.Using the high-efficiency adenine base editor rBE73b,we generated many new OsGS1 alleles suitable for screening of rice germplasm for potential herbicide resistance in the future.The CRISPR/Sc^(++)system expands the genomeediting toolkit for rice.展开更多
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR)technology emerges a remarkable potential for cure of refractory cancer like metastatic breast cancer.However,how to efficiently deliver the CRISPR syst...Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR)technology emerges a remarkable potential for cure of refractory cancer like metastatic breast cancer.However,how to efficiently deliver the CRISPR system with non-viral carrier remains a major issue to be solved.Here,we report a kind of targeted core-shell nanoparticles(NPs)carrying dual plasmids(pHR-pCas9)for precise CCCTC-binding factor(CTCF)gene insert to circumvent metastatic breast cancer.The targeted core-shell NPs carrying pHR-pCas9 can accomplishγGTP-mediated cellular uptake and endosomal escape,facilitate the precise insert and stable expression of CTCF gene,inhibit the migration,metastasis,and colonization of metastatic breast cancer cells.Besides,the finding further reveals that the inhibitory mechanism of metastasis could be associated with up-regulating CTCF protein,followed by down-regulating stomatin(STOM)protein.The study offers a universal nanostrategy enabling the robust non-viral delivery of gene-editing system for treatment of severe illness.展开更多
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC:82073538 and 81773433)by the 2018 Chinese Nutrition Society(CNS)Nutrition Research Foundation-DSM Research Fund(CNS-DSM2018A30)。
文摘The associations of individual amino acid with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD)risk remained unclear.The present study aimed to investigate the associations between the two in the Chinese elderly.Methods:A community-based health check-up program was conducted in Qingdao,China.NAFLD was diagnosed by ultrasonography accompanied by epidemiological investigation.The dietary intakes of amino acids were investigated with 3-day,24-h dietary records and calculated by Nutrition Calculator software.Restricted cubic spline model was used to evaluate a nonlinear relationship between amino acid intake and NAFLD risk.Results:400 NAFLD subjects were identified,and 400 participants were randomly selected as controls and matched by gender and age(±3 years)Dose-response analysis showed that 1000 mg increment of aromatic amino acids(AAAs)was associated with reduced 16%risk of NAFLD.Dietary increments of 750 mg/d threonine,950 mg/d valine,or 1700 mg/d lysine were associated with a 20%reduction in the NAFLD risk(all P for linearity<0.05).Conclusion:The present study demonstrated that the dietary increases in milk,eggs and deep-sea fish,which are rich in the amino acids,might contribute to protecting against NAFLD in the elderly.
基金the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.32371790)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Nos.2572024AW61 and 2572023CT07)+4 种基金the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2023YFD2201404)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2020M681067)Special Funding Project of Postdoctoral in Heilongjiang Province(No.LBH-TZ2001)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.12302143)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2023YFC3806300).
文摘Using biodegradable material derived from renewable resources as petroleum-based plastics replacement is a promising way towards sustainable development.However,the insufficient mechanical properties and complex manufacturing process of bioplastics still need to be improved for high-quality food packages.Herein,we report a top-down strategy to transform natural wood into a clear wood packaging film through scalable delignification and polyvinyl alcohol(PVA)infiltration.The wood packaging film demonstrates a laminated structure with completely collapsed cell walls and PVA intertwined together after energy-saving air drying,resulting in high light transmittance with low haze,good mechanical performance,and high barrier performance for oxygen and water vapor.Molecular dynamics simulations reveal the underlying fracture mechanism between cellulose and PVA,which effectively enhances the Young’s modulus and strength of the wood packaging film.These findings contribute to the development of biodegradable and strong packaging materials,as well as other food-related applications,using sustainable wood.
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31871948)the Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund(Y2020PT26)to H.Z。
文摘Streptococcus canis Cas9(ScCas9)is an RNAguided endonuclease with NNG protospacer adjacent motif(PAM)specificity whose genomeediting activity in rice is locus-dependent.Here we investigated the performance of a ScCas9 variant named Sc^(++)at different NNG PAM sites in the rice genome;Sc^(++)harbors a T1227K mutation and the substitution of a positively charged loop(residues 367-376).Sc^(++)nuclease achieved broader genome editing compared to the original ScCas9,and its nickase improved targeted base editing in transgenic rice plants.Using the high-efficiency adenine base editor rBE73b,we generated many new OsGS1 alleles suitable for screening of rice germplasm for potential herbicide resistance in the future.The CRISPR/Sc^(++)system expands the genomeediting toolkit for rice.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality(Key Grant No.7181004)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81874303).
文摘Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR)technology emerges a remarkable potential for cure of refractory cancer like metastatic breast cancer.However,how to efficiently deliver the CRISPR system with non-viral carrier remains a major issue to be solved.Here,we report a kind of targeted core-shell nanoparticles(NPs)carrying dual plasmids(pHR-pCas9)for precise CCCTC-binding factor(CTCF)gene insert to circumvent metastatic breast cancer.The targeted core-shell NPs carrying pHR-pCas9 can accomplishγGTP-mediated cellular uptake and endosomal escape,facilitate the precise insert and stable expression of CTCF gene,inhibit the migration,metastasis,and colonization of metastatic breast cancer cells.Besides,the finding further reveals that the inhibitory mechanism of metastasis could be associated with up-regulating CTCF protein,followed by down-regulating stomatin(STOM)protein.The study offers a universal nanostrategy enabling the robust non-viral delivery of gene-editing system for treatment of severe illness.
