Ovarian cancer(OC)is one of the most common and recurring malignancies in gynecology.Patients with relapsed OC always develop"cascade drug resistance"(CDR)under repeated chemotherapy,leading to subsequent fa...Ovarian cancer(OC)is one of the most common and recurring malignancies in gynecology.Patients with relapsed OC always develop"cascade drug resistance"(CDR)under repeated chemotherapy,leading to subsequent failure of chemotherapy.To overcome this challenge,amphiphiles(P1)carrying a nitric oxide(NO)donor(Isosorbide 5-mononitrate,ISMN)and high-density disulfide are synthesized for encapsulatingmitochondria-targeted tetravalent platinum prodrug(TPt)to construct a nanocomposite(INP@TPt).Mechanism studies indicated that INP@TPt significantly inhibited drug-resistant cells by increasing cellular uptake and mitochondrial accumulation of platinum,depleting glutathione,and preventing apoptosis escape through generating highly toxic peroxynitrite anion(ONOO−).To better replicate the microenvironmental and histological characteristics of the drug resistant primary tumor,an OC patient-derived tumor xenograft(PDXOC)model in BALB/c nude mice was established.INP@TPt showed the best therapeutic effects in the PDXOC model.The corresponding tumor tissues contained high ONOO−levels,which were attributed to the simultaneous release of O_(2)^(·−)and NO in tumor tissues.Taken together,INP@TPtbased systematic strategy showed considerable potential and satisfactory biocompatibility in overcoming platinum CDR,providing practical applications for ovarian therapy.展开更多
Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1（APE1） plays an important role in protecting the fidelity of genetic material and is also a promising biomarker of cancers. Herein, a simple and sensitive fluorescent method for A...Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1（APE1） plays an important role in protecting the fidelity of genetic material and is also a promising biomarker of cancers. Herein, a simple and sensitive fluorescent method for APE1 activity detection was designed based on host-guest interaction between β-cyclodextrin polymer（β-CDP） and pyrene. In this method, pyrene-labelled DNA probes（AP-S1 S2） and β-CDP functioned as fluorescent signal producer and enhancer, respectively. When APE1 was absent, pyrene on the AP-S1 S2 could not enter the cavity of β-CDP because of steric hindrance, leading to a weak fluorescence intensity/anisotropy. When APE1 was present, it would recognize and cleave AP site in APS1 S2, thus producing a dissociated pyrene-labelled oligonucleotide segment. Pyrene labelled at the 50 end of oligonucleotide segment could be easily trapped into the cavity of β-CDP via host-guest interaction, leading to a significant enhancement of fluorescence intensity/anisotropy. This assay offered a dynamic range of 0.05 U/m L–5 U/m L and an estimated detection limit of 0.05 U/m L. Furthermore,assessment of APE1 activity in He La cell extracts was successfully implemented, which hold the potential for APE1-related cancer diagnosis and biological researches.展开更多
We consider exceptional sets in the Waring-Goldbach problem for fifth powers.For example,we prove that all but O(N^(131/132))integers satisfying the necessary local conditions can be represented as the sum of 11 fifth...We consider exceptional sets in the Waring-Goldbach problem for fifth powers.For example,we prove that all but O(N^(131/132))integers satisfying the necessary local conditions can be represented as the sum of 11 fifth powers of primes,which improves the previous results due to A.V.Kumchev[Canad.J.Math.,2005,57:298–327]and Z.X.Liu[Int.J.Number Theory,2012,8:1247–1256].展开更多
基金supported by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of China(No.2021A1515011050)President Foundation of The Third Affiliated Hospital of SouthernMedical University[grant number YM202202].
文摘Ovarian cancer(OC)is one of the most common and recurring malignancies in gynecology.Patients with relapsed OC always develop"cascade drug resistance"(CDR)under repeated chemotherapy,leading to subsequent failure of chemotherapy.To overcome this challenge,amphiphiles(P1)carrying a nitric oxide(NO)donor(Isosorbide 5-mononitrate,ISMN)and high-density disulfide are synthesized for encapsulatingmitochondria-targeted tetravalent platinum prodrug(TPt)to construct a nanocomposite(INP@TPt).Mechanism studies indicated that INP@TPt significantly inhibited drug-resistant cells by increasing cellular uptake and mitochondrial accumulation of platinum,depleting glutathione,and preventing apoptosis escape through generating highly toxic peroxynitrite anion(ONOO−).To better replicate the microenvironmental and histological characteristics of the drug resistant primary tumor,an OC patient-derived tumor xenograft(PDXOC)model in BALB/c nude mice was established.INP@TPt showed the best therapeutic effects in the PDXOC model.The corresponding tumor tissues contained high ONOO−levels,which were attributed to the simultaneous release of O_(2)^(·−)and NO in tumor tissues.Taken together,INP@TPtbased systematic strategy showed considerable potential and satisfactory biocompatibility in overcoming platinum CDR,providing practical applications for ovarian therapy.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21675047, 21375034, 21190040)the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21521063)
文摘Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1（APE1） plays an important role in protecting the fidelity of genetic material and is also a promising biomarker of cancers. Herein, a simple and sensitive fluorescent method for APE1 activity detection was designed based on host-guest interaction between β-cyclodextrin polymer（β-CDP） and pyrene. In this method, pyrene-labelled DNA probes（AP-S1 S2） and β-CDP functioned as fluorescent signal producer and enhancer, respectively. When APE1 was absent, pyrene on the AP-S1 S2 could not enter the cavity of β-CDP because of steric hindrance, leading to a weak fluorescence intensity/anisotropy. When APE1 was present, it would recognize and cleave AP site in APS1 S2, thus producing a dissociated pyrene-labelled oligonucleotide segment. Pyrene labelled at the 50 end of oligonucleotide segment could be easily trapped into the cavity of β-CDP via host-guest interaction, leading to a significant enhancement of fluorescence intensity/anisotropy. This assay offered a dynamic range of 0.05 U/m L–5 U/m L and an estimated detection limit of 0.05 U/m L. Furthermore,assessment of APE1 activity in He La cell extracts was successfully implemented, which hold the potential for APE1-related cancer diagnosis and biological researches.
基金The first author was supported by the Scientific Research Project of the Education Department of Fujian Province(Grant No.JAT190370)the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(Grant No.2020J05162)+1 种基金The second author was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11871367)the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City(Grant No.19JCQNJC14200).
文摘We consider exceptional sets in the Waring-Goldbach problem for fifth powers.For example,we prove that all but O(N^(131/132))integers satisfying the necessary local conditions can be represented as the sum of 11 fifth powers of primes,which improves the previous results due to A.V.Kumchev[Canad.J.Math.,2005,57:298–327]and Z.X.Liu[Int.J.Number Theory,2012,8:1247–1256].
