The slow degration of iron limits its bone implant application.The solid solution of Zn in Fe is expected to accelerate the degradation.In this work,mechanical alloying(MA)was used to prepare Fe-Zn powder with supersa...The slow degration of iron limits its bone implant application.The solid solution of Zn in Fe is expected to accelerate the degradation.In this work,mechanical alloying(MA)was used to prepare Fe-Zn powder with supersaturated solid solution.MA significantly decreased the lamellar spacing between particles,thus reducing the diffusion distance of solution atoms.Moreover,it caused a number of crystalline defects,which further promoted the solution diffusion.Subsequently,the MA-processed powder was consolidated into Fe-Zn part by laser sintering,which involved a partial melting/rapid solidification mechanism and retained the original supersaturated solid solution.Results proved that the Fe-Zn alloy became more susceptible with a lowered corrosion potential,and thereby an accelerated corrosion rate of(0.112±0.013)mm/year.Furthermore,it also exhibited favorable cell behavior.This work highlighted the advantage of MA combined with laser sintering for the preparation of Fe-Zn implant with improved degradation performance.展开更多
In order to improve the functional affinity of the humanized VH single domain antibody against human lung cancer, the genes coding the homogenous dimers dihu3D3Vn and tetramers tehu3D3VH were constructed by fusing the...In order to improve the functional affinity of the humanized VH single domain antibody against human lung cancer, the genes coding the homogenous dimers dihu3D3Vn and tetramers tehu3D3VH were constructed by fusing the SV5-Cys short peptide and p53 tetramefization structural domain gene to hu3D3VH gene via recombinant PCR technique, respectively. Then, the dihu3D3VH and tehu3D3VH genes were cloned to the prokaryotic expression vector pET-22b( + ) and expressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3). The proteins expressed were purified through Ni^2+ -affinity chromatographic column. Meanwhile, the hu3D3VH, dihu3D3VH and tehu3D3VH proteins were labeled with FTTC, and their reactivity with antigen and specificity were analyzed by immunofluorescence assay. As to their functional affinities, it was analyzed and compared by flow cytometry. The results indicated that these two genes were expressed as monomers and mainly as inclusion bodies. After purification and renaturation, there were about 50% of dimers and 70% of tetramer remaining in the protein solution. In addition, the dihu3D3VH and tehu3D3VH proteins still remained the reactivity with antigen and specificity of hu3D3VH protein, and their functional affinities were increased about 60% or 100% respectively, compared with those of hu3D3VH protein. It is evident that the functional affinity of hu3D3VH protein can be greatly improved by increasing its binding valency.展开更多
AIM:To develop an affinity peptide that binds to gastric cancer used for the detection of early gastric cancer.METHODS:A peptide screen was performed by biopanning the PhD-12 phage display library,clearing non-specifi...AIM:To develop an affinity peptide that binds to gastric cancer used for the detection of early gastric cancer.METHODS:A peptide screen was performed by biopanning the PhD-12 phage display library,clearing non-specific binders against tumor-adjacent normal appearing gastric mucosa and obtaining selective binding against freshly harvested gastric cancer tissues.Tumortargeted binding of selected peptides was confirmed by bound phage counts,enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay,competitive inhibition,fluorescence microscopy and semi-quantitative analysis on immunohistochemistry using different types of cancer tissues.RESULTS:Approximately 92.8% of the non-specific phage clones were subtracted from the original phage library after two rounds of biopanning against normal-appearing gastric mucosa.After the third round of positive screening,the peptide sequence AADNAKTKSFPV(AAD) appeared in 25%(12/48) of the analyzed phages.For the control peptide,these values were 6.8 ± 2.3,5.1 ± 1.7,3.5 ± 2.1,4.6 ± 1.9 and 1.1 ± 0.5,respectively.The values for AAD peptide were statistically signif icant(P < 0.01) for gastric cancer as compared with other histological classif ications and control peptide.CONCLUSION:A novel peptide is discovered to have a specific binding activity to gastric cancer,and can be used to distinguish neoplastic from normal gastric mucosa,demonstrating the potential for early cancer detection on endoscopy.展开更多
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is the severest disease of pigs worldwide, caused by a highly genetically diverse RNA virus, called Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV)....Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is the severest disease of pigs worldwide, caused by a highly genetically diverse RNA virus, called Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). The research summarized the genome characteristics of PRRSV particles and the most updated knowledge of structure protein function, and introduced the intellectual of PRRSV transmission and host immune response, which is very important for prevention and control for PRRS. A report showed that mass vaccination can stabilize the immunity of the entire herd, and this is the first required step for a PRRS eradication plan. However, the attenuated live vaccines may not achieve a valid prevention. The final goal of the EU project is to develop new generation, efficacious and safe maker vaccines that can be adapted to temporary changes and geographical differences.Robinson reported that broadly antibodies could neutralize all rapidly evolving type Ⅰ and type Ⅱ viruses, while further studies are expected to elucidate mechanisms of neutralizing antibody production and maturation and to investigate conserved epitope targets of cross-neutralization in this rapidly evolving virus.展开更多
An accurate knowledge about phase behaviors of CH4, CO2 and their binary mixture is crucial in fields of natural gas liquefaction and refrigeration applications. In this work, two all-atom force fields of TraPPE-EH an...An accurate knowledge about phase behaviors of CH4, CO2 and their binary mixture is crucial in fields of natural gas liquefaction and refrigeration applications. In this work, two all-atom force fields of TraPPE-EH and EMP2 were used for the components CH4 and CO〉 respectively. Then the vapor-liquid equilibria (VLE) of CH4, CO2 and their binary system were calculated via the NVT- and NpT Gibbs Ensemble Monte Carlo Simulations. Meanwhile the traditional method using Equation of State (EoS) to correlate the VLE properties was also investigated. The EoSs considered in this work were three classic cubic RK, SRK, PR and another advanced molecular-based PC-SAFT equations. For pure components, both molecular simulations and the PC-SAFT EoS could obtain satisfactory predictions for all the saturated properties. However, the saturated liquid densities calculated by the cubic EoSs were not so good. It was also observed that the TraPPE-EH force field had a good representation for CH4 molecule, while the EMP2 force field was not enough accurate to represent CO2 molecules. For the mixture CH4 + CO2, SRK and PR showed the best predictions for the saturated pressure-component property, while good results were also obtained via molecular simulations and PC-SAFT EoS. It was suggested that special combining rules or binary interaction parameters were important to obtain enough accurate prediction of the mixed phase behavior. Compared with the cubic EoS, the PC-SAFT and molecular simulation method showed better adaptabilities for both the pure and mixture systems. Besides, the accurate molecular parameters used in the PC-SAFT and molecular simulations could bring about direct and deep understanding about the molecular characteristics.展开更多
A novel red-emitting binuclear platinum complex (dfppy)zPtz(C^OXT)z was synthesized and characterized, in which dfppy represents 2-(4',6'-difluorophenyl)pyridinato unit and CsOXT is abbreviated for 5-(4-octyl...A novel red-emitting binuclear platinum complex (dfppy)zPtz(C^OXT)z was synthesized and characterized, in which dfppy represents 2-(4',6'-difluorophenyl)pyridinato unit and CsOXT is abbreviated for 5-(4-octyloxyphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thiol as a bridging ancillary ligand. Its photophysical, electrochemical and electroluminescent characteristics were primarily studied. The made single-emissive-layer (SEL) polymer light-emitting devices using (dfppy)2Ptz(CsOXT)2 as emitter exhibited a satu- rated red emission peaked at 620 nm. The best device performances were obtained in the device at 8 wt% dopant concentration, with a maximum external quantum efficiency of 8.4%, a current efficiency of 4.2 cd/A and brightness of 3228 cd/m~. This work provides an effective approach to obtain high-efficiency red emission through construction of new binuclear platinum complex and its doped SEL devices.展开更多
A coherent mid-infrared laser source,which can be tuned from 7.2 μm to 12.2 μm based on the type-Ⅰ phase-matched difference frequency generation(DFG) in an uncoated ZnGeP2(ZGP) crystal,is reported.The two pump wave...A coherent mid-infrared laser source,which can be tuned from 7.2 μm to 12.2 μm based on the type-Ⅰ phase-matched difference frequency generation(DFG) in an uncoated ZnGeP2(ZGP) crystal,is reported.The two pump waves are from a type-Ⅱ phase-matched dual-wavelength KTP optical parametric oscillator(OPO) of which the signal and idler waves are tuned during 1.85-1.96 μm(extraordinary wave) and 2.5-2.33 μm(ordinary wave),respectively.The maximum energy of the generated mid-infrared laser is 10 μJ at 9.22 μm,corresponding to the peak power of 2.2 kW.展开更多
The synthesis of two series of [3-amino ketones containing a p-aminobenzoic acid moiety (TM.1 and TM-2) using a modified protocol of the Mannich reaction is reported. The molecular structures of a total of tweenty t...The synthesis of two series of [3-amino ketones containing a p-aminobenzoic acid moiety (TM.1 and TM-2) using a modified protocol of the Mannich reaction is reported. The molecular structures of a total of tweenty three new target compounds were characterized by ~H NMR, 1~C NMR, ESI-MS and HR-MS. Subsequently, their antidiabetic activities were screened in vitro. The c^-glucodase inhibition (c^-GI) activity of compound le reached a remarkable level of 66.50%. The peroxisome proliferator- activated receptor (PPAR) relative activation activities of six compounds are above 80%, and in particular 2i displays an un- precedentedly high PPAR of 130.91%. The structure-activity relationships of the compounds were established. 2i is also sub- ject to further in-depth investigation.展开更多
We investigate theoretically the quantum discord dynamics of a two-qubit composite system subject to a common finite-temperature reservoir by solving the Born-Markovian master equation analytically.The ultimate quantu...We investigate theoretically the quantum discord dynamics of a two-qubit composite system subject to a common finite-temperature reservoir by solving the Born-Markovian master equation analytically.The ultimate quantum discord,however,exhibits a relatively high stable value associated with the reservoir temperature despite the permanent disappearance of entanglement simultaneously.Further analysis shows that the unique characteristic depends strongly on the off-diagonal non-zero elements of the density matrix.Our result manifests the greater robustness of quantum discord compared with entanglement,which may be helpful in quantum-information technologies.展开更多
Shape control has proven to be a powerful and versatile means of tailoring the properties of Bi2Se3 nanostructures for a wide variety of applications. Here, three different Bi2Se3 nanostructures, i.e., spiral-type nan...Shape control has proven to be a powerful and versatile means of tailoring the properties of Bi2Se3 nanostructures for a wide variety of applications. Here, three different Bi2Se3 nanostructures, i.e., spiral-type nanoplates, smooth nanoplates, and dendritic nanostructures, were prepared by manipulating the supersaturation level in the synthetic system. This mechanism study indicated that, at low supersaturation, defects in the crystal growth could cause a step edge upon which Bi2Se3 particles were added continuously, leading to the formation of spiral-type nanoplates. At intermediate supersaturation, the aggregation of amorphous Bi2Se3 particles and subsequent recrystallization resulted in the formation of smooth nanoplates. Furthermore, at high supersaturation, polycrystalline Bi2Se3 cores formed initially, on which anisotropic growth of Bi2Se3 occurred. This work not only advances our understanding of the growth mechanism but also offers a new approach to control the morphology of Bi2Se3 nanostructures.展开更多
Several novel fluorescent probes targeting α_1-adrenergic receptors were well designed and synthesized by conjugating phenylpiperazine pharmacophore with coumarin and fluorescein fluorophores. These compounds showed ...Several novel fluorescent probes targeting α_1-adrenergic receptors were well designed and synthesized by conjugating phenylpiperazine pharmacophore with coumarin and fluorescein fluorophores. These compounds showed suitable fluorescence property, high receptor affinity, and low cytotoxicity. Moreover, the cell imaging results displayed that these probes can be effective tools for the real-time detection of ligand-receptor interactions, as well as the visualization and location of α_1-adrenergic receptors in living cells.展开更多
基金Projects(51935014,82072084,81871498)supported by the Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProjects(20192ACB20005,2020ACB214004)supported by the Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China+4 种基金Project(20201BBE51012)supported by the Provincial Key R&D Projects of Jiangxi Province,ChinaProject(2018)supported by the Guangdong Province Higher Vocational Colleges&Schools Pearl River Scholar Funded Scheme,ChinaProject(2017RS3008)supported by Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Plan,ChinaProject supported by the Open Research Fund of Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Precision and Micro-Manufacturing Technology,ChinaProject(2020M682114)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation。
文摘The slow degration of iron limits its bone implant application.The solid solution of Zn in Fe is expected to accelerate the degradation.In this work,mechanical alloying(MA)was used to prepare Fe-Zn powder with supersaturated solid solution.MA significantly decreased the lamellar spacing between particles,thus reducing the diffusion distance of solution atoms.Moreover,it caused a number of crystalline defects,which further promoted the solution diffusion.Subsequently,the MA-processed powder was consolidated into Fe-Zn part by laser sintering,which involved a partial melting/rapid solidification mechanism and retained the original supersaturated solid solution.Results proved that the Fe-Zn alloy became more susceptible with a lowered corrosion potential,and thereby an accelerated corrosion rate of(0.112±0.013)mm/year.Furthermore,it also exhibited favorable cell behavior.This work highlighted the advantage of MA combined with laser sintering for the preparation of Fe-Zn implant with improved degradation performance.
文摘In order to improve the functional affinity of the humanized VH single domain antibody against human lung cancer, the genes coding the homogenous dimers dihu3D3Vn and tetramers tehu3D3VH were constructed by fusing the SV5-Cys short peptide and p53 tetramefization structural domain gene to hu3D3VH gene via recombinant PCR technique, respectively. Then, the dihu3D3VH and tehu3D3VH genes were cloned to the prokaryotic expression vector pET-22b( + ) and expressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3). The proteins expressed were purified through Ni^2+ -affinity chromatographic column. Meanwhile, the hu3D3VH, dihu3D3VH and tehu3D3VH proteins were labeled with FTTC, and their reactivity with antigen and specificity were analyzed by immunofluorescence assay. As to their functional affinities, it was analyzed and compared by flow cytometry. The results indicated that these two genes were expressed as monomers and mainly as inclusion bodies. After purification and renaturation, there were about 50% of dimers and 70% of tetramer remaining in the protein solution. In addition, the dihu3D3VH and tehu3D3VH proteins still remained the reactivity with antigen and specificity of hu3D3VH protein, and their functional affinities were increased about 60% or 100% respectively, compared with those of hu3D3VH protein. It is evident that the functional affinity of hu3D3VH protein can be greatly improved by increasing its binding valency.
基金Supported by The National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81172359
文摘AIM:To develop an affinity peptide that binds to gastric cancer used for the detection of early gastric cancer.METHODS:A peptide screen was performed by biopanning the PhD-12 phage display library,clearing non-specific binders against tumor-adjacent normal appearing gastric mucosa and obtaining selective binding against freshly harvested gastric cancer tissues.Tumortargeted binding of selected peptides was confirmed by bound phage counts,enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay,competitive inhibition,fluorescence microscopy and semi-quantitative analysis on immunohistochemistry using different types of cancer tissues.RESULTS:Approximately 92.8% of the non-specific phage clones were subtracted from the original phage library after two rounds of biopanning against normal-appearing gastric mucosa.After the third round of positive screening,the peptide sequence AADNAKTKSFPV(AAD) appeared in 25%(12/48) of the analyzed phages.For the control peptide,these values were 6.8 ± 2.3,5.1 ± 1.7,3.5 ± 2.1,4.6 ± 1.9 and 1.1 ± 0.5,respectively.The values for AAD peptide were statistically signif icant(P < 0.01) for gastric cancer as compared with other histological classif ications and control peptide.CONCLUSION:A novel peptide is discovered to have a specific binding activity to gastric cancer,and can be used to distinguish neoplastic from normal gastric mucosa,demonstrating the potential for early cancer detection on endoscopy.
基金Supported by the Natural Science Research Subject of Minhang Center(2015MHZ041)
文摘Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is the severest disease of pigs worldwide, caused by a highly genetically diverse RNA virus, called Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). The research summarized the genome characteristics of PRRSV particles and the most updated knowledge of structure protein function, and introduced the intellectual of PRRSV transmission and host immune response, which is very important for prevention and control for PRRS. A report showed that mass vaccination can stabilize the immunity of the entire herd, and this is the first required step for a PRRS eradication plan. However, the attenuated live vaccines may not achieve a valid prevention. The final goal of the EU project is to develop new generation, efficacious and safe maker vaccines that can be adapted to temporary changes and geographical differences.Robinson reported that broadly antibodies could neutralize all rapidly evolving type Ⅰ and type Ⅱ viruses, while further studies are expected to elucidate mechanisms of neutralizing antibody production and maturation and to investigate conserved epitope targets of cross-neutralization in this rapidly evolving virus.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51376188)The National Basic Research Program of China("973"Project)(Grant No.2011CB710701)
文摘An accurate knowledge about phase behaviors of CH4, CO2 and their binary mixture is crucial in fields of natural gas liquefaction and refrigeration applications. In this work, two all-atom force fields of TraPPE-EH and EMP2 were used for the components CH4 and CO〉 respectively. Then the vapor-liquid equilibria (VLE) of CH4, CO2 and their binary system were calculated via the NVT- and NpT Gibbs Ensemble Monte Carlo Simulations. Meanwhile the traditional method using Equation of State (EoS) to correlate the VLE properties was also investigated. The EoSs considered in this work were three classic cubic RK, SRK, PR and another advanced molecular-based PC-SAFT equations. For pure components, both molecular simulations and the PC-SAFT EoS could obtain satisfactory predictions for all the saturated properties. However, the saturated liquid densities calculated by the cubic EoSs were not so good. It was also observed that the TraPPE-EH force field had a good representation for CH4 molecule, while the EMP2 force field was not enough accurate to represent CO2 molecules. For the mixture CH4 + CO2, SRK and PR showed the best predictions for the saturated pressure-component property, while good results were also obtained via molecular simulations and PC-SAFT EoS. It was suggested that special combining rules or binary interaction parameters were important to obtain enough accurate prediction of the mixed phase behavior. Compared with the cubic EoS, the PC-SAFT and molecular simulation method showed better adaptabilities for both the pure and mixture systems. Besides, the accurate molecular parameters used in the PC-SAFT and molecular simulations could bring about direct and deep understanding about the molecular characteristics.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(50973093,51273168,21202139)the Innovation Group Hunan Natural Science Foundation(12JJ7002)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan(12JJ4019,11JJ3061)the Scientific Fundation of Hunan Provincial Education Department(10A119,11CY023,12B123)Postgraduate Science Foundation for Innovation in Hunan Province(CX2012B249)
文摘A novel red-emitting binuclear platinum complex (dfppy)zPtz(C^OXT)z was synthesized and characterized, in which dfppy represents 2-(4',6'-difluorophenyl)pyridinato unit and CsOXT is abbreviated for 5-(4-octyloxyphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thiol as a bridging ancillary ligand. Its photophysical, electrochemical and electroluminescent characteristics were primarily studied. The made single-emissive-layer (SEL) polymer light-emitting devices using (dfppy)2Ptz(CsOXT)2 as emitter exhibited a satu- rated red emission peaked at 620 nm. The best device performances were obtained in the device at 8 wt% dopant concentration, with a maximum external quantum efficiency of 8.4%, a current efficiency of 4.2 cd/A and brightness of 3228 cd/m~. This work provides an effective approach to obtain high-efficiency red emission through construction of new binuclear platinum complex and its doped SEL devices.
基金supported by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (No. 2007CB310403)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60801017)Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (No. 20070420118)
文摘A coherent mid-infrared laser source,which can be tuned from 7.2 μm to 12.2 μm based on the type-Ⅰ phase-matched difference frequency generation(DFG) in an uncoated ZnGeP2(ZGP) crystal,is reported.The two pump waves are from a type-Ⅱ phase-matched dual-wavelength KTP optical parametric oscillator(OPO) of which the signal and idler waves are tuned during 1.85-1.96 μm(extraordinary wave) and 2.5-2.33 μm(ordinary wave),respectively.The maximum energy of the generated mid-infrared laser is 10 μJ at 9.22 μm,corresponding to the peak power of 2.2 kW.
基金the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing (2005BB5095)the Ph.D Research Foundation of Southwest University (SWNU, B2005010)the Scientific and Technological Project in Chongqing (CSTC, 2011AB5001) for financial support
文摘The synthesis of two series of [3-amino ketones containing a p-aminobenzoic acid moiety (TM.1 and TM-2) using a modified protocol of the Mannich reaction is reported. The molecular structures of a total of tweenty three new target compounds were characterized by ~H NMR, 1~C NMR, ESI-MS and HR-MS. Subsequently, their antidiabetic activities were screened in vitro. The c^-glucodase inhibition (c^-GI) activity of compound le reached a remarkable level of 66.50%. The peroxisome proliferator- activated receptor (PPAR) relative activation activities of six compounds are above 80%, and in particular 2i displays an un- precedentedly high PPAR of 130.91%. The structure-activity relationships of the compounds were established. 2i is also sub- ject to further in-depth investigation.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No.2012CB921900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.10574166)the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (Grant No.8151027501000062)
文摘We investigate theoretically the quantum discord dynamics of a two-qubit composite system subject to a common finite-temperature reservoir by solving the Born-Markovian master equation analytically.The ultimate quantum discord,however,exhibits a relatively high stable value associated with the reservoir temperature despite the permanent disappearance of entanglement simultaneously.Further analysis shows that the unique characteristic depends strongly on the off-diagonal non-zero elements of the density matrix.Our result manifests the greater robustness of quantum discord compared with entanglement,which may be helpful in quantum-information technologies.
基金Acknowledgements This work was supported by Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, MOST of China (No. 2014CB932700), 2015SRG-HSC049, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21203173, 21573206, 11574281, 51371164, 51132007, and J1030412), Strategic Priority Research Program B of the CAS (No. XDB01020000), and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Nos. WK2340000050, WK2060190025, and WK3510000002).
文摘Shape control has proven to be a powerful and versatile means of tailoring the properties of Bi2Se3 nanostructures for a wide variety of applications. Here, three different Bi2Se3 nanostructures, i.e., spiral-type nanoplates, smooth nanoplates, and dendritic nanostructures, were prepared by manipulating the supersaturation level in the synthetic system. This mechanism study indicated that, at low supersaturation, defects in the crystal growth could cause a step edge upon which Bi2Se3 particles were added continuously, leading to the formation of spiral-type nanoplates. At intermediate supersaturation, the aggregation of amorphous Bi2Se3 particles and subsequent recrystallization resulted in the formation of smooth nanoplates. Furthermore, at high supersaturation, polycrystalline Bi2Se3 cores formed initially, on which anisotropic growth of Bi2Se3 occurred. This work not only advances our understanding of the growth mechanism but also offers a new approach to control the morphology of Bi2Se3 nanostructures.
基金supported by the Fok Ying Tong Education Foundation (122036)the Program of New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-11-0306)+2 种基金the Major Project of Science and Technology of Shandong Province (2015ZDJS04001)the Shandong Natural Science Foundation (JQ201019)the Independent Innovation Foundation of Shandong University (2010JQ005)
文摘Several novel fluorescent probes targeting α_1-adrenergic receptors were well designed and synthesized by conjugating phenylpiperazine pharmacophore with coumarin and fluorescein fluorophores. These compounds showed suitable fluorescence property, high receptor affinity, and low cytotoxicity. Moreover, the cell imaging results displayed that these probes can be effective tools for the real-time detection of ligand-receptor interactions, as well as the visualization and location of α_1-adrenergic receptors in living cells.