Mantle plume activity and melting conditions： Evidence from olivines in picritic-komatiitic rocks from the Emeishan Large Igneous Province, southwestern China

Olivine phenocryst compositions and whole-rock chemical compositions are used to identify primitive picrite basalts from the early part of flood basalt successions in the western part of the Emeishan large igneous province （ELIP）, southwestern China. The Fo contents of olivine phenocrysts of komatiites with MgO-21.79 wt% range from 85.2% to 91.4%. The composition of unerupted parental melts is calculated from the compositions of the most Fo-rich olivine phenocrysts. These melts had -22 wt% MgO, and originated in mantle with a potential temperature of -1600℃ and at about 4.2 GPa pressure, supporting the conclusion that the generation of ELIP can be attributed to melting of a plume head beginning at -138 km depth.

The cellular uptake and anti-tumor activity of conjugated linoleic acid-paclitaxelloaded iRGD-modified lysolipid-containing thermosensitive liposomes

In the present study, we prepared the iRGD-modified lysolipid-containing thermosensitive liposomes(LTSL) containing conjugated linoleic acid-paclitaxel(CLA-PTX), also known as iRGD-LTSL-CLA-PTX. The in vitro cellular uptake and in vitro cytotoxicity of iRGD-LTSL-CLA-PTX were evaluated in B16-F10 melanoma cells. The in vivo anti-tumor effect of i RGD-LTSL-CLA-PTX was investigated using B16-F10 tumor-bearing C57BL/6 mice. The results of the cellular uptake experiment indicated that the increased cellular uptake of CLA-PTX in the iRGD-LTSL-CLA-PTX-treated groups was 2.05-, 3.31-or 4.83-fold compared with that in the SSL-CLA-PTX group after a 2-, 4-or 6-h incubation at 42 °C, respectively. The in vivo antitumor results showed that iRGD-LTSL-CLA-PTX/heat significantly inhibited the growth of B16-F10 tumors compared with the CLA-PTX solution(LTSL-CLA-PTX, LTSL-CLA-PTX/heat and iRGD-LTSL-CLA-PTX)(P<0.01). In conclusion, the antitumor effect of iRGD-LTSL-CLA-PTX was confirmed on B16-F10 melanoma in vitro and in vivo, which was induced by both the effect of iRGD and LTSL.

Synthesis of poly(amidoamine)-poly(ethyleneglycol)-poly(amidoamine) and preparation of its hydrogel solution containing doxorubicin

Many pH-and temperature-responsive polymers have been designed for preparing hydrogel.In the present study,in order to decrease the pH sensitivity of reported poly(amidoamine)-poly(ethyleneglycol)-poly(amidoamine)(PAA1580-PEG4600-PAA1580),we designed and synthesized poly(amidoamine)-poly(ethyleneglycol)-poly(amidoamine)(PAA-PEG-PAA)with shorter length of PAA chain by decreasing reaction temperature for preparing PAA-PEG-PAA hydrogel solution containing doxorubicin(DOX).The PAA-PEG-PAA was synthesized via the Michael-addition polymerization.The characteristic of PAA-PEG-PAA was evaluated.The PAA-PEG-PAA hydrogel solution was prepared and investigated.DOX-loaded PAA-PEG-PAA hydrogel solution was prepared,and its in vitro DOX release and in vitro anti-tumor activity were evaluated.Our results indicated that the viscosity of PAA-PEG-PAA hydrogel solution was concentration-and temperature-dependent.The sol-gel transition temperature of PAA-PEG-PAA hydrogel solution(12%,w/w)ranged from 35 to 29℃,and its pH ranged from 6.0 to 7.4.The released DOX from DOX-loaded PAA-PEG-PAA hydrogel showed sustained release characteristics.The in vitro anti-tumor activity of DOX-loaded PAA-PEG-PAA hydrogel was confirmed in B16 F10 cell line.Considering the acidic tumor microenvironment,this DOX-loaded PAA-PEG-PAA hydrogel solution would be easy in situ administration for intra-tumor injection or para-tumor injection forming hydrogel at body temperature.We suggested that this DOX-loaded PAA-PEG-PAAhydrogel solution,if containing photothermal conversion agents,would have a potential further use for photothermal therapy.