Osteonecrosis of the femoral head(ONFH)is mainly caused by a decrease in the vascular supply to the subchondral bone of the femoral head,leading to the death of bone cells,degeneration and necrosis of the subchondral ...Osteonecrosis of the femoral head(ONFH)is mainly caused by a decrease in the vascular supply to the subchondral bone of the femoral head,leading to the death of bone cells,degeneration and necrosis of the subchondral bone,and eventually collapse of the femoral head.^([1])Early and accurate diagnosis is the key to successful hip-preserving therapy,and the size/location of necrosis is the main determinant for ONFH treatment.Previous studies have shown that many hip-preserving therapies achieved satisfactory results in ONFH patients with Association Research Circulation Osseous(ARCO)I–II.When ONFH progresses to ARCO IV with clinical manifestations of osteoarthrosis,total hip arthroplasty(THA)may be the only option.展开更多
A novel glutamate-dependent poly-γ-glutamic acid(γ-PGA)-producing strain Bacillus velezensis CAU263 isolated from Chinese traditional Douchi was evaluated.An efficient method ofγ-PGA production was performed by thi...A novel glutamate-dependent poly-γ-glutamic acid(γ-PGA)-producing strain Bacillus velezensis CAU263 isolated from Chinese traditional Douchi was evaluated.An efficient method ofγ-PGA production was performed by this strain via solid-state fermentation(SSF)using guar meal.The maximal yield ofγ-PGA reached 158.5 g/kg dry weight(DW)in 250 mL flasks and 155.1 g/kg DW in shallow tray,respectively.The molecular weight ofγ-PGA was 3.8×106 Da,the ratio of L/D-glutamic acid was 26.1%and 73.9%.Additionally,γ-PGA significantly improved the operating characteristics of wheat dough,the specific volume of bread was increased by 15.8%and the bread hardness was reduced by 44.2%owing to the addition of 0.3 g/kgγ-PGA.Thus,γ-PGA could be produced by Bacillus velezensis CAU263 at high level using guar meal and might have potential application prospect in food industry.展开更多
Leptin resistance is a main mechanism of acquired childhood obesity,and the suppression of long form of leptin receptor(OBRb)gene expression in diet-induced obese rats indicates that the down-regulation of OBRb gene e...Leptin resistance is a main mechanism of acquired childhood obesity,and the suppression of long form of leptin receptor(OBRb)gene expression in diet-induced obese rats indicates that the down-regulation of OBRb gene expression plays a pivotal role in the mechanism of leptin resistance.The aim of the present study was to construct the lentiviral RNA interference(RNAi)vector of rat OBRb gene and evaluate the effects of siRNA on silencing OBRb gene expression.The target sequence of siRNA-OBRb was designed,and the com-plementary DNA containing both sense and antisense oligonucleotides was synthesized.After phosphorylation and annealing,these double-stranded DNA was cloned to pRNA-lentivector-VGFP to construct pRNA-Lenti-OBRb-VGFP recombinants with U6-containing promoter,target sequence and Poly III terminator.Then,the products were confirmed by electrophoresis and sequencing analy-sis,and the effects of RNAi on reducing gene expression were further confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction in transfected rat glioma cells expressing OBRb.The target sequence of siRNA-OBRb was successfully cloned to pRNA-lentivector-VGFP,and the RNAi protocol specifically reduced the expression of OBRb mRNA by approximately 80%compared with controls in transfected rat glioma cells.The successful construction of rat lentivirus vectors expressing OBRb-specific shRNA may be useful for further investigation in vivo.展开更多
基金supported by the grants from the Centre Guiding Local Science and Technology Development Fund Project(Science and Technology Innovation Base Project)-Grand(No.236Z7754G)Clinical Innovation Research Team of Hebei Medical University(No.2022LCTD-B35)
文摘Osteonecrosis of the femoral head(ONFH)is mainly caused by a decrease in the vascular supply to the subchondral bone of the femoral head,leading to the death of bone cells,degeneration and necrosis of the subchondral bone,and eventually collapse of the femoral head.^([1])Early and accurate diagnosis is the key to successful hip-preserving therapy,and the size/location of necrosis is the main determinant for ONFH treatment.Previous studies have shown that many hip-preserving therapies achieved satisfactory results in ONFH patients with Association Research Circulation Osseous(ARCO)I–II.When ONFH progresses to ARCO IV with clinical manifestations of osteoarthrosis,total hip arthroplasty(THA)may be the only option.
基金This study was funded by the 13th national five-year plan for Key Research and Development of China“modern food processing and food storage and transportation technology and equipment”(No.2018YFD0400404).
文摘A novel glutamate-dependent poly-γ-glutamic acid(γ-PGA)-producing strain Bacillus velezensis CAU263 isolated from Chinese traditional Douchi was evaluated.An efficient method ofγ-PGA production was performed by this strain via solid-state fermentation(SSF)using guar meal.The maximal yield ofγ-PGA reached 158.5 g/kg dry weight(DW)in 250 mL flasks and 155.1 g/kg DW in shallow tray,respectively.The molecular weight ofγ-PGA was 3.8×106 Da,the ratio of L/D-glutamic acid was 26.1%and 73.9%.Additionally,γ-PGA significantly improved the operating characteristics of wheat dough,the specific volume of bread was increased by 15.8%and the bread hardness was reduced by 44.2%owing to the addition of 0.3 g/kgγ-PGA.Thus,γ-PGA could be produced by Bacillus velezensis CAU263 at high level using guar meal and might have potential application prospect in food industry.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.30571577 and 30771798).
文摘Leptin resistance is a main mechanism of acquired childhood obesity,and the suppression of long form of leptin receptor(OBRb)gene expression in diet-induced obese rats indicates that the down-regulation of OBRb gene expression plays a pivotal role in the mechanism of leptin resistance.The aim of the present study was to construct the lentiviral RNA interference(RNAi)vector of rat OBRb gene and evaluate the effects of siRNA on silencing OBRb gene expression.The target sequence of siRNA-OBRb was designed,and the com-plementary DNA containing both sense and antisense oligonucleotides was synthesized.After phosphorylation and annealing,these double-stranded DNA was cloned to pRNA-lentivector-VGFP to construct pRNA-Lenti-OBRb-VGFP recombinants with U6-containing promoter,target sequence and Poly III terminator.Then,the products were confirmed by electrophoresis and sequencing analy-sis,and the effects of RNAi on reducing gene expression were further confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction in transfected rat glioma cells expressing OBRb.The target sequence of siRNA-OBRb was successfully cloned to pRNA-lentivector-VGFP,and the RNAi protocol specifically reduced the expression of OBRb mRNA by approximately 80%compared with controls in transfected rat glioma cells.The successful construction of rat lentivirus vectors expressing OBRb-specific shRNA may be useful for further investigation in vivo.