AIM: The existence and properties of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) receptor on the surface of NIH 3T3 cells and the effects of AFP on cellular signal transduction pathway were investigated. METHODS: The effect of AFP on the...AIM: The existence and properties of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) receptor on the surface of NIH 3T3 cells and the effects of AFP on cellular signal transduction pathway were investigated. METHODS: The effect of AFP on the proliferation of NIH 3T3 cells was measured by incorporation of 3H-TdR. Receptor-binding assay of 125I-AFP was performed to detect the properties of AFP receptor in NIH 3T3 cells. The influences of AFP on the [cAMP]i and the activities of protein kinase A (PKA) were determined. Western blot was used to detect the change of K-ras P21 protein expression. RESULTS: The proliferation of NIH 3T3 cells treated with 0-80 mg/L of AFP was significantly enhanced. The Scatchard analysis indicated that there were two classes of binding sites with KD of 2.722 x 10(-9)M (Bmax=12810 sites per cell) and 8.931 x 10(-8)M (Bmax=119700 sites per cell) respectively. In the presence of AFP (20 mg/L), the content of cAMP and activities of PKA were significantly elevated . The level of K-ras P21 protein was upregulated by AFP at the concentration of 20 mg/L. The monoclonal antibody against AFP could reverse the effects of AFP on the cAMP content, PKA activity and the expression of K-ras p21 gene. CONCLUSION: The effect of AFP on the cell proliferation was achieved by binding its receptor to trigger the signal transduction pathway of cAMP-PKA and alter the expression of K- ras p21 gene.展开更多
Bacterial colonization of orthopedic implants is one of the leading causes of failure and clinical complexities for load-bearing metallic implants. Topical or systemic administration of antibiotics may not offer the m...Bacterial colonization of orthopedic implants is one of the leading causes of failure and clinical complexities for load-bearing metallic implants. Topical or systemic administration of antibiotics may not offer the most efficient defense against colonization, especially in the case of secondary infection, leading to surgical removal of implants and in some cases even limbs. In this study, laser powder bed fusion was implemented to fabricate Ti3Al2V alloy by a 1:1 weight mixture of CpTi and Ti6Al4V powders. Ti-Tantalum(Ta)–Copper(Cu) alloys were further analyzed by the addition of Ta and Cu into the Ti3Al2V custom alloy. The biological,mechanical, and tribo-biocorrosion properties of Ti3Al2V alloy were evaluated. A 10 wt.% Ta(10Ta) and 3 wt.% Cu(3Cu) were added to the Ti3Al2V alloy to enhance biocompatibility and impart inherent bacterial resistance. Additively manufactured implants were investigated for resistance against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus strains of bacteria for up to 48 h. A 3 wt.% Cu addition to Ti3Al2V displayed improved antibacterial efficacy, i.e.78%–86% with respect to CpTi. Mechanical properties for Ti3Al2V–10Ta–3Cu alloy were evaluated, demonstrating excellent fatigue resistance, exceptional shear strength, and improved tribological and tribo-biocorrosion characteristics when compared to Ti6Al4V. In vivo studies using a rat distal femur model revealed improved early-stage osseointegration for alloys with10 wt.% Ta addition compared to CpTi and Ti6Al4V. The 3 wt.% Cu-added compositions displayed biocompatibility and no adverse infammatory response in vivo. Our results establish the Ti3Al2V–10Ta–3Cu alloy’s synergistic effect on improving both in vivo biocompatibility and microbial resistance for the next generation of load-bearing metallic implants.展开更多
Na_(3)V_(2)(PO_(4))_(3)(NVP)cathode material of the sodium ion battery(1 C=117 mAh g-1)has a NASICON-type structure,which not only facilitates the rapid migration of sodium ions,but also has a small volume deformation...Na_(3)V_(2)(PO_(4))_(3)(NVP)cathode material of the sodium ion battery(1 C=117 mAh g-1)has a NASICON-type structure,which not only facilitates the rapid migration of sodium ions,but also has a small volume deformation during sodium ion de-intercalation and the main frame mechanism remains unchanged,and thus is seen as an energy storage material for a wide range of applications,but has a limited electronic conductivity due to its structure.In this paper,NVP cathode materials with finer primary particles are successfully prepared using a simple hydrothermal treatment-assisted sol-gel method.The increased pore size of the NVP materials prepared under the hydrothermal process allows for more active sites and more effective resistance to the volume deformation of sodium ions during insertion/extraction processes,effectively facilitating the diffusion of ions and electrons.The Na_(3)V_(2)(PO_(4))_(3) material obtained by the optimized process exhibited good crystallinity in XRD characterization,as well as superior electrochemical properties in a series of electrochemical tests.A specific capacitance of 106.3 mAh g^(-1) at 0.2 C is demonstrated,compared to 96.5 mAh g^(-1) for Na_(3)V_(2)(PO_(4))_(3) without hydrothermal treatment,and cycling performance is also improved with 93%capacity retention.The calculated sodium ion diffusion coefficient(DNa=5.68×10^(-14))obtained after EIS curve fitting of the improved sample illustrates that the pore structure is beneficial to the performance of the Na_(3)V_(2)(PO_(4))_(3)cathode material.展开更多
[Objective]Real-time monitoring of cow ruminant behavior is of paramount importance for promptly obtaining relevant information about cow health and predicting cow diseases.Currently,various strategies have been propo...[Objective]Real-time monitoring of cow ruminant behavior is of paramount importance for promptly obtaining relevant information about cow health and predicting cow diseases.Currently,various strategies have been proposed for monitoring cow ruminant behavior,including video surveillance,sound recognition,and sensor monitoring methods.How‐ever,the application of edge device gives rise to the issue of inadequate real-time performance.To reduce the volume of data transmission and cloud computing workload while achieving real-time monitoring of dairy cow rumination behavior,a real-time monitoring method was proposed for cow ruminant behavior based on edge computing.[Methods]Autono‐mously designed edge devices were utilized to collect and process six-axis acceleration signals from cows in real-time.Based on these six-axis data,two distinct strategies,federated edge intelligence and split edge intelligence,were investigat‐ed for the real-time recognition of cow ruminant behavior.Focused on the real-time recognition method for cow ruminant behavior leveraging federated edge intelligence,the CA-MobileNet v3 network was proposed by enhancing the MobileNet v3 network with a collaborative attention mechanism.Additionally,a federated edge intelligence model was designed uti‐lizing the CA-MobileNet v3 network and the FedAvg federated aggregation algorithm.In the study on split edge intelli‐gence,a split edge intelligence model named MobileNet-LSTM was designed by integrating the MobileNet v3 network with a fusion collaborative attention mechanism and the Bi-LSTM network.[Results and Discussions]Through compara‐tive experiments with MobileNet v3 and MobileNet-LSTM,the federated edge intelligence model based on CA-Mo‐bileNet v3 achieved an average Precision rate,Recall rate,F1-Score,Specificity,and Accuracy of 97.1%,97.9%,97.5%,98.3%,and 98.2%,respectively,yielding the best recognition performance.[Conclusions]It is provided a real-time and effective method for monitoring cow ruminant behavior,and the proposed federated edge intelligence model can be ap‐plied in practical settings.展开更多
BACKGROUND Liver injury is common in severe acute pancreatitis(SAP).Excessive autophagy often leads to an imbalance of homeostasis in hepatocytes,which induces lipid peroxidation and mitochondrial iron deposition and ...BACKGROUND Liver injury is common in severe acute pancreatitis(SAP).Excessive autophagy often leads to an imbalance of homeostasis in hepatocytes,which induces lipid peroxidation and mitochondrial iron deposition and ultimately leads to ferroptosis.Our previous study found that milk fat globule epidermal growth factor 8(MFG-E8)alleviates acinar cell damage during SAP via binding toαvβ3/5 integrins.MFG-E8 also seems to mitigate pancreatic fibrosis via inhibiting chaperone-mediated autophagy.AIM To speculate whether MFG-E8 could also alleviate SAP induced liver injury by restoring the abnormal autophagy flux.METHODS SAP was induced in mice by 2 hly intraperitoneal injections of 4.0 g/kg L-arginine or 7 hly injections of 50μg/kg cerulein plus lipopolysaccharide.mfge8-knockout mice were used to study the effect of MFG-E8 deficiency on SAPinduced liver injury.Cilengitide,a specificαvβ3/5 integrin inhibitor,was used to investigate the possible mechanism of MFG-E8.RESULTS The results showed that MFG-E8 deficiency aggravated SAP-induced liver injury in mice,enhanced autophagy flux in hepatocyte,and worsened the degree of ferroptosis.Exogenous MFG-E8 reduced SAP-induced liver injury in a dose-dependent manner.Mechanistically,MFG-E8 mitigated excessive autophagy and inhibited ferroptosis in liver cells.Cilengitide abolished MFG-E8’s beneficial effects in SAP-induced liver injury.CONCLUSION MFG-E8 acts as an endogenous protective mediator in SAP-induced liver injury.MFG-E8 alleviates the excessive autophagy and inhibits ferroptosis in hepatocytes by binding to integrinαVβ3/5.展开更多
The aim of this study was to determine the genomic evolutionary pattern of virulent equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) during persistent infection. The evolutionary dynamics of proviral genomes were examined by c...The aim of this study was to determine the genomic evolutionary pattern of virulent equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) during persistent infection. The evolutionary dynamics of proviral genomes were examined by challenging an EIAV seronegative equine (pony 1) and three EIAV vaccinated equines (ponies 4, 7, and 8) with the Chinese virulent strain EIAV- L. Ponies 1 and 7 succumbed to disease and were called progressors, while ponies 4 and 8 lacked clinical symptoms and were considered nonprogressors. Sequences spanning the V3, V4, and V5 hyper-variable regions of the EIAV-L envelope gp90 gene were sequenced from each pony as evolutionary markers of the provirus. The proviral genome of the EIAV-L inoculum evolved during persistent infection and displayed different patterns between EIA progressors and nonprogressors. Inoculum-like variants were isolated from nonprogressors during persistent infection, but only from progressors during acute infection. Variant mutations from nonprogressors were dispersed throughout the sequenced region, while those from progressors were predominantly localized to V3. Humoral immunity and virus variant population selection analyses indicated that immune selection was positive in chronically infected progressors and weak in nonprogressors. In-frame stop codons were frequently localized to a defect "hot spot". The high number of defective variants in nonprogressors may promote disease survival.展开更多
The study examines the friction and wear properties of Ni_(3)Al-Ni_(3)V-Zr-Ni_(5)Zr alloys under varying gas conditions.The alloy was tested in the presence of oxygen and carbon dioxide using a controlled atmosphere w...The study examines the friction and wear properties of Ni_(3)Al-Ni_(3)V-Zr-Ni_(5)Zr alloys under varying gas conditions.The alloy was tested in the presence of oxygen and carbon dioxide using a controlled atmosphere wear tester.The study revealed that the wear environ‐mental embrittlement resulted from the diffusion of reactive atomic hydrogen into the interior of the Ni_(3)Al-Ni_(3)V alloy.The addition of Zr elements decreased the proportion of Al elements on the surface of the Ni_(3)Al-Ni_(3)V-Zr-Ni_(5)Zr alloy and reduced the proportion of H atoms produced by the chemical reaction between atmospheric water vapour and Al elements.This inhibited the environmental embrittlement and improved the performance of the Ni_(3)Al-Ni_(3)V-Zr-Ni_(5)Zr alloy.The wear performance of Ni_(5)Zr alloy is superior to that of Ni_(3)Al-Ni_(3)V.When exposed to air in an air environment,the surface of Ni_(3)Al-Ni_(3)V-Zr-Ni_(5)Zr alloy forms a protective Al_(2)O_(3) oxide film on the workpiece,result‐ing in a reduction of the friction coefficient and wear rate of the alloy.The wear mechanism of the alloy is mainly oxidation wear and abra‐sive wear.In an oxygen environment,the surface of the alloy generates a significant amount of Al_(2)O_(3) oxide film.The flaking of the oxide film leads to an increase in the friction coefficient and wear rate of the alloy.In a carbon dioxide environment,the surface of the alloy un‐dergoes severe deformation,and plough lines become apparent.This is accompanied by flaking Si_(3)N_(4) abrasive chips adhering to the sur‐face of the alloy,which intensifies the wear of the alloy.The primary wear mechanism is abrasive wear.Therefore,the friction coefficient and wear rate of the Ni_(3)Al-Ni_(3)V-Zr-Ni_(5)Zr alloy in the atmosphere are optimal.展开更多
基金This work was supported by National NaturalScience Fundation of China(No.39760077).
文摘AIM: The existence and properties of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) receptor on the surface of NIH 3T3 cells and the effects of AFP on cellular signal transduction pathway were investigated. METHODS: The effect of AFP on the proliferation of NIH 3T3 cells was measured by incorporation of 3H-TdR. Receptor-binding assay of 125I-AFP was performed to detect the properties of AFP receptor in NIH 3T3 cells. The influences of AFP on the [cAMP]i and the activities of protein kinase A (PKA) were determined. Western blot was used to detect the change of K-ras P21 protein expression. RESULTS: The proliferation of NIH 3T3 cells treated with 0-80 mg/L of AFP was significantly enhanced. The Scatchard analysis indicated that there were two classes of binding sites with KD of 2.722 x 10(-9)M (Bmax=12810 sites per cell) and 8.931 x 10(-8)M (Bmax=119700 sites per cell) respectively. In the presence of AFP (20 mg/L), the content of cAMP and activities of PKA were significantly elevated . The level of K-ras P21 protein was upregulated by AFP at the concentration of 20 mg/L. The monoclonal antibody against AFP could reverse the effects of AFP on the cAMP content, PKA activity and the expression of K-ras p21 gene. CONCLUSION: The effect of AFP on the cell proliferation was achieved by binding its receptor to trigger the signal transduction pathway of cAMP-PKA and alter the expression of K- ras p21 gene.
基金supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Numbers R01 AR067306 and R01 AR078241。
文摘Bacterial colonization of orthopedic implants is one of the leading causes of failure and clinical complexities for load-bearing metallic implants. Topical or systemic administration of antibiotics may not offer the most efficient defense against colonization, especially in the case of secondary infection, leading to surgical removal of implants and in some cases even limbs. In this study, laser powder bed fusion was implemented to fabricate Ti3Al2V alloy by a 1:1 weight mixture of CpTi and Ti6Al4V powders. Ti-Tantalum(Ta)–Copper(Cu) alloys were further analyzed by the addition of Ta and Cu into the Ti3Al2V custom alloy. The biological,mechanical, and tribo-biocorrosion properties of Ti3Al2V alloy were evaluated. A 10 wt.% Ta(10Ta) and 3 wt.% Cu(3Cu) were added to the Ti3Al2V alloy to enhance biocompatibility and impart inherent bacterial resistance. Additively manufactured implants were investigated for resistance against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus strains of bacteria for up to 48 h. A 3 wt.% Cu addition to Ti3Al2V displayed improved antibacterial efficacy, i.e.78%–86% with respect to CpTi. Mechanical properties for Ti3Al2V–10Ta–3Cu alloy were evaluated, demonstrating excellent fatigue resistance, exceptional shear strength, and improved tribological and tribo-biocorrosion characteristics when compared to Ti6Al4V. In vivo studies using a rat distal femur model revealed improved early-stage osseointegration for alloys with10 wt.% Ta addition compared to CpTi and Ti6Al4V. The 3 wt.% Cu-added compositions displayed biocompatibility and no adverse infammatory response in vivo. Our results establish the Ti3Al2V–10Ta–3Cu alloy’s synergistic effect on improving both in vivo biocompatibility and microbial resistance for the next generation of load-bearing metallic implants.
文摘Na_(3)V_(2)(PO_(4))_(3)(NVP)cathode material of the sodium ion battery(1 C=117 mAh g-1)has a NASICON-type structure,which not only facilitates the rapid migration of sodium ions,but also has a small volume deformation during sodium ion de-intercalation and the main frame mechanism remains unchanged,and thus is seen as an energy storage material for a wide range of applications,but has a limited electronic conductivity due to its structure.In this paper,NVP cathode materials with finer primary particles are successfully prepared using a simple hydrothermal treatment-assisted sol-gel method.The increased pore size of the NVP materials prepared under the hydrothermal process allows for more active sites and more effective resistance to the volume deformation of sodium ions during insertion/extraction processes,effectively facilitating the diffusion of ions and electrons.The Na_(3)V_(2)(PO_(4))_(3) material obtained by the optimized process exhibited good crystallinity in XRD characterization,as well as superior electrochemical properties in a series of electrochemical tests.A specific capacitance of 106.3 mAh g^(-1) at 0.2 C is demonstrated,compared to 96.5 mAh g^(-1) for Na_(3)V_(2)(PO_(4))_(3) without hydrothermal treatment,and cycling performance is also improved with 93%capacity retention.The calculated sodium ion diffusion coefficient(DNa=5.68×10^(-14))obtained after EIS curve fitting of the improved sample illustrates that the pore structure is beneficial to the performance of the Na_(3)V_(2)(PO_(4))_(3)cathode material.
文摘[Objective]Real-time monitoring of cow ruminant behavior is of paramount importance for promptly obtaining relevant information about cow health and predicting cow diseases.Currently,various strategies have been proposed for monitoring cow ruminant behavior,including video surveillance,sound recognition,and sensor monitoring methods.How‐ever,the application of edge device gives rise to the issue of inadequate real-time performance.To reduce the volume of data transmission and cloud computing workload while achieving real-time monitoring of dairy cow rumination behavior,a real-time monitoring method was proposed for cow ruminant behavior based on edge computing.[Methods]Autono‐mously designed edge devices were utilized to collect and process six-axis acceleration signals from cows in real-time.Based on these six-axis data,two distinct strategies,federated edge intelligence and split edge intelligence,were investigat‐ed for the real-time recognition of cow ruminant behavior.Focused on the real-time recognition method for cow ruminant behavior leveraging federated edge intelligence,the CA-MobileNet v3 network was proposed by enhancing the MobileNet v3 network with a collaborative attention mechanism.Additionally,a federated edge intelligence model was designed uti‐lizing the CA-MobileNet v3 network and the FedAvg federated aggregation algorithm.In the study on split edge intelli‐gence,a split edge intelligence model named MobileNet-LSTM was designed by integrating the MobileNet v3 network with a fusion collaborative attention mechanism and the Bi-LSTM network.[Results and Discussions]Through compara‐tive experiments with MobileNet v3 and MobileNet-LSTM,the federated edge intelligence model based on CA-Mo‐bileNet v3 achieved an average Precision rate,Recall rate,F1-Score,Specificity,and Accuracy of 97.1%,97.9%,97.5%,98.3%,and 98.2%,respectively,yielding the best recognition performance.[Conclusions]It is provided a real-time and effective method for monitoring cow ruminant behavior,and the proposed federated edge intelligence model can be ap‐plied in practical settings.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.82100685the Scientific Research Fund of Xi’an Health Commission,No.2021yb08+1 种基金Scientific Research Fund of Xi’an Central Hospital,No.2022QN07Innovation Capability Support Plan of Xi’an Science and Technology Bureau,No.23YXYJ0097.
文摘BACKGROUND Liver injury is common in severe acute pancreatitis(SAP).Excessive autophagy often leads to an imbalance of homeostasis in hepatocytes,which induces lipid peroxidation and mitochondrial iron deposition and ultimately leads to ferroptosis.Our previous study found that milk fat globule epidermal growth factor 8(MFG-E8)alleviates acinar cell damage during SAP via binding toαvβ3/5 integrins.MFG-E8 also seems to mitigate pancreatic fibrosis via inhibiting chaperone-mediated autophagy.AIM To speculate whether MFG-E8 could also alleviate SAP induced liver injury by restoring the abnormal autophagy flux.METHODS SAP was induced in mice by 2 hly intraperitoneal injections of 4.0 g/kg L-arginine or 7 hly injections of 50μg/kg cerulein plus lipopolysaccharide.mfge8-knockout mice were used to study the effect of MFG-E8 deficiency on SAPinduced liver injury.Cilengitide,a specificαvβ3/5 integrin inhibitor,was used to investigate the possible mechanism of MFG-E8.RESULTS The results showed that MFG-E8 deficiency aggravated SAP-induced liver injury in mice,enhanced autophagy flux in hepatocyte,and worsened the degree of ferroptosis.Exogenous MFG-E8 reduced SAP-induced liver injury in a dose-dependent manner.Mechanistically,MFG-E8 mitigated excessive autophagy and inhibited ferroptosis in liver cells.Cilengitide abolished MFG-E8’s beneficial effects in SAP-induced liver injury.CONCLUSION MFG-E8 acts as an endogenous protective mediator in SAP-induced liver injury.MFG-E8 alleviates the excessive autophagy and inhibits ferroptosis in hepatocytes by binding to integrinαVβ3/5.
基金supported by grants from the National High Technology R&D Program of China (863 Program,2001AA223041)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30170706)
文摘The aim of this study was to determine the genomic evolutionary pattern of virulent equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) during persistent infection. The evolutionary dynamics of proviral genomes were examined by challenging an EIAV seronegative equine (pony 1) and three EIAV vaccinated equines (ponies 4, 7, and 8) with the Chinese virulent strain EIAV- L. Ponies 1 and 7 succumbed to disease and were called progressors, while ponies 4 and 8 lacked clinical symptoms and were considered nonprogressors. Sequences spanning the V3, V4, and V5 hyper-variable regions of the EIAV-L envelope gp90 gene were sequenced from each pony as evolutionary markers of the provirus. The proviral genome of the EIAV-L inoculum evolved during persistent infection and displayed different patterns between EIA progressors and nonprogressors. Inoculum-like variants were isolated from nonprogressors during persistent infection, but only from progressors during acute infection. Variant mutations from nonprogressors were dispersed throughout the sequenced region, while those from progressors were predominantly localized to V3. Humoral immunity and virus variant population selection analyses indicated that immune selection was positive in chronically infected progressors and weak in nonprogressors. In-frame stop codons were frequently localized to a defect "hot spot". The high number of defective variants in nonprogressors may promote disease survival.
基金Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province of China (2020JJ4312)。
文摘The study examines the friction and wear properties of Ni_(3)Al-Ni_(3)V-Zr-Ni_(5)Zr alloys under varying gas conditions.The alloy was tested in the presence of oxygen and carbon dioxide using a controlled atmosphere wear tester.The study revealed that the wear environ‐mental embrittlement resulted from the diffusion of reactive atomic hydrogen into the interior of the Ni_(3)Al-Ni_(3)V alloy.The addition of Zr elements decreased the proportion of Al elements on the surface of the Ni_(3)Al-Ni_(3)V-Zr-Ni_(5)Zr alloy and reduced the proportion of H atoms produced by the chemical reaction between atmospheric water vapour and Al elements.This inhibited the environmental embrittlement and improved the performance of the Ni_(3)Al-Ni_(3)V-Zr-Ni_(5)Zr alloy.The wear performance of Ni_(5)Zr alloy is superior to that of Ni_(3)Al-Ni_(3)V.When exposed to air in an air environment,the surface of Ni_(3)Al-Ni_(3)V-Zr-Ni_(5)Zr alloy forms a protective Al_(2)O_(3) oxide film on the workpiece,result‐ing in a reduction of the friction coefficient and wear rate of the alloy.The wear mechanism of the alloy is mainly oxidation wear and abra‐sive wear.In an oxygen environment,the surface of the alloy generates a significant amount of Al_(2)O_(3) oxide film.The flaking of the oxide film leads to an increase in the friction coefficient and wear rate of the alloy.In a carbon dioxide environment,the surface of the alloy un‐dergoes severe deformation,and plough lines become apparent.This is accompanied by flaking Si_(3)N_(4) abrasive chips adhering to the sur‐face of the alloy,which intensifies the wear of the alloy.The primary wear mechanism is abrasive wear.Therefore,the friction coefficient and wear rate of the Ni_(3)Al-Ni_(3)V-Zr-Ni_(5)Zr alloy in the atmosphere are optimal.