Protein Based Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Gas Sensing

We apply the localized surface plasrnon resonance （LSPR） of gold nanoparticles （GNPs） covalently coupled with cytochrorne c （cyt c） to create a nanobiosensor for detecting hydrogen sulfide （H2S） in the range of 15 lOOppb. Monolayer formation of GNPs on glass surface functionalized with 3-aminopropyltrirnethoxysilane （APTMS） is performed for fabricating a chip-based format of the optical transducer. By chemical introduction of short-chain thiol derivatives on cyt c protein shell via its lysine residues, a very fast self-assembled rnonolayer （SAM） of cyt c is formed on the GNPs. Significant shifts in the LSPR peak （△λLSPR） are observed by reacting H2S with cyt c. Results show a linear relationship between △λLSPR and H2S concentration. Furthermore, shifts in the LSPR peak are reversible and the peak positions return to their pre-exposure values once the H2S is removed. The experirnental results strongly indicate that the protein based LSPR chip can be successfully used as a simple, fast, sensitive and quantitative sensor for H2S detection.

PHYLETIC RELATIONSHIP OF PROTEIN STRUCTURES BASED ON SPATIAL PREFERENCE OF RESIDUES

A distance measure that infers to indicate the evolutionary relationship of protein structures has been developed based on spatial preference factors of residues. The spatial preference factor is a reflection of the environment of residues in tertiary structure. Compared with the phyletic relationships derived from sequence homologies and three-dimensional structures, we find that the two lines of evolution are similar in general. This approach is applied to a group of glins here.

Temozolomide chemotherapy based on MGMT protein expression for patients with malignant gliomas:a report of 40 cases

Objective This study is to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of temozolomide (TMZ) chemotherapy based on O 6 -methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) protein expression in patients with malignant gliomas. Methods A total of 40 patients with pathologically confirmed malignant gliomas were enrolled. All patients had pretreated with radiotherapy and had assessable lesions.

Rationally designed bioactive milk-derived protein scaffolds enhanced new bone formation

Recently,a number of studies reported that casein was composed of various multifunctional bioactive peptides such as casein phosphopeptide andβ-casochemotide-1 that bind calcium ions and induce macrophage chemotaxis,which is crucial for bone homeostasis and bone fracture repair by cytokines secreted in the process.We hypothesized that the effects of the multifunctional biopeptides in casein would contribute to improving bone regeneration.Thus,we designed a tissue engineering platform that consisted of casein and polyvinyl alcohol,which was a physical-crosslinked scaffold(milk-derived protein;MDP),via simple freeze-thaw cycles and performed surface modification using 3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine(DOPA),a mussel adhesive protein,for immobilizing adhesive proteins and cytokines for recruiting cells in vivo(MDP-DOPA).Both the MDP and MDP-DOPA groups proved indirectly contribution of macrophages migration as RAW 264.7 cells were highly migrated toward materials by contained bioactive peptides.We implanted MDP and MDP-DOPA in a mouse calvarial defect orthotopic model and evaluated whether MDP-DOPA showed much faster mineral deposition and higher bone density than that of the no-treatment and MDP groups.The MDP-DOPA group showed the accumulation of host M2 macrophages and mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs)around the scaffold,whereas MDP presented mostly M1 macrophages in the early stage.