Cistanoside compounds were studied as the scavengers of hydroxyl and superoxide anion free radicals with spin trapping ESR method in vitro. Low-temperature ESR technique, experimental technique of immunotoxicology and...Cistanoside compounds were studied as the scavengers of hydroxyl and superoxide anion free radicals with spin trapping ESR method in vitro. Low-temperature ESR technique, experimental technique of immunotoxicology and biochemical method were used to detect the level of reactive oxygen radicals in kidney tissue of rats and SOD level and GSH-Px activity in rat serum. The results indicated that cistanoside compounds could inhibit reactive oxygen free radicals in vitro and prevent and repair the free radical damages for diabetic nephropathy. The experimental data of 揷arbon-particle detection in mouse serum?showed that cistanoside compounds could improve the phagocytotis index of macrophages (Mj) in mice blood and increase the weights of immune organs of mice.展开更多
Arthropod community structure and diversity were investigated in transgenic insect-resistant hybrid poplar 741 field trial plots, which had five isogenic clones with two genes (Bt. toxin [Cry IAc] and arrowhead prote...Arthropod community structure and diversity were investigated in transgenic insect-resistant hybrid poplar 741 field trial plots, which had five isogenic clones with two genes (Bt. toxin [Cry IAc] and arrowhead proteinase inhibitor [API]) in comparison to control plots. Transgenic poplar clones were investigated according to their insect resistance (high and medium resistant clones), being systematically probed into varying levels with feeding tests before. Investigations were carded out during three years (2002, 2003 and 2005). The results indicated that among the basal species, transgenic plants in general had lower amounts of phytophagous insects, and an increased quantity of neutral arthropods such as saprophytic and strolling species. Among the top and intermediate species in transgenic variants, the quantity of predatory natural enemies was increased, while the amount of parasitoid ones was slightly reduced. The arthropod community characteristic indices were analyzed from different aspects in the three variants. It was discovered that, not only the characteristic indices of the whole arthropod community, but also the characteristic indices of the sub-communities (such as natural enemy, pest and neutral arthropods) and the functional groups categorized by their feeding patterns, showed a higher diversity and evenness and a lower dominancy concentration indices in the high-resistant and medium-resistant plots compared with the control. Transgenic poplar 741 showed improved ecological effects both in partial and total aspects. It could be concluded that composition and structure of the arthropod community in plots with transgenic insect-resistant poplar were turned to be more reasonable and itsdiversity and stability was enhanced.展开更多
Scaffolded DNA origami, a versatile method to construct high yield self- assembled DNA nanostructures, has been investigated to develop water-soluble nanoarrays for label free RNA detection, drug delivery, molecular p...Scaffolded DNA origami, a versatile method to construct high yield self- assembled DNA nanostructures, has been investigated to develop water-soluble nanoarrays for label free RNA detection, drug delivery, molecular positioning and recognition, and spatially ordered catalysis of single molecule chemical reactions. Its attributes that facilitate these applications suggest DNA origami as a candidate platform for intracellular targeting. After the interaction with targeted proteins in cell lysate, it is critical to separate and concentrate DNA origami nanoarrays from the crude cell lysate for further analysis. The recent development of microchip isotachophoresis (ITP) provides an alternative robust sample preconcentration and electrophoretic separation method. In this study, we present online ITP for stacking, separation and identification of aptamer-functionalized DNA origami and its thrombin complex in a simple cross-channel fused silica microfluidic chip. In particular, the method achieved separation of a binding complex in less than 5 min and 150-fold signal enhancement. We successfully separated and analyzed the thrombin bound origami-aptamer spiked into cell lysate using on-chip ITP. Our results demonstrate that origami/thrombin nanostructures can be effectively separated from cell lysate using this method and that the structural integrity of the concentrated binding complex is maintained as confirmed by atomic force microscopy (AFM). An ITP-based separation module can be easily coupled to other microchip pre- and post-processing steps to provide an integrated proteomics analysis platform for diagnostic applications.展开更多
文摘Cistanoside compounds were studied as the scavengers of hydroxyl and superoxide anion free radicals with spin trapping ESR method in vitro. Low-temperature ESR technique, experimental technique of immunotoxicology and biochemical method were used to detect the level of reactive oxygen radicals in kidney tissue of rats and SOD level and GSH-Px activity in rat serum. The results indicated that cistanoside compounds could inhibit reactive oxygen free radicals in vitro and prevent and repair the free radical damages for diabetic nephropathy. The experimental data of 揷arbon-particle detection in mouse serum?showed that cistanoside compounds could improve the phagocytotis index of macrophages (Mj) in mice blood and increase the weights of immune organs of mice.
文摘Arthropod community structure and diversity were investigated in transgenic insect-resistant hybrid poplar 741 field trial plots, which had five isogenic clones with two genes (Bt. toxin [Cry IAc] and arrowhead proteinase inhibitor [API]) in comparison to control plots. Transgenic poplar clones were investigated according to their insect resistance (high and medium resistant clones), being systematically probed into varying levels with feeding tests before. Investigations were carded out during three years (2002, 2003 and 2005). The results indicated that among the basal species, transgenic plants in general had lower amounts of phytophagous insects, and an increased quantity of neutral arthropods such as saprophytic and strolling species. Among the top and intermediate species in transgenic variants, the quantity of predatory natural enemies was increased, while the amount of parasitoid ones was slightly reduced. The arthropod community characteristic indices were analyzed from different aspects in the three variants. It was discovered that, not only the characteristic indices of the whole arthropod community, but also the characteristic indices of the sub-communities (such as natural enemy, pest and neutral arthropods) and the functional groups categorized by their feeding patterns, showed a higher diversity and evenness and a lower dominancy concentration indices in the high-resistant and medium-resistant plots compared with the control. Transgenic poplar 741 showed improved ecological effects both in partial and total aspects. It could be concluded that composition and structure of the arthropod community in plots with transgenic insect-resistant poplar were turned to be more reasonable and itsdiversity and stability was enhanced.
文摘Scaffolded DNA origami, a versatile method to construct high yield self- assembled DNA nanostructures, has been investigated to develop water-soluble nanoarrays for label free RNA detection, drug delivery, molecular positioning and recognition, and spatially ordered catalysis of single molecule chemical reactions. Its attributes that facilitate these applications suggest DNA origami as a candidate platform for intracellular targeting. After the interaction with targeted proteins in cell lysate, it is critical to separate and concentrate DNA origami nanoarrays from the crude cell lysate for further analysis. The recent development of microchip isotachophoresis (ITP) provides an alternative robust sample preconcentration and electrophoretic separation method. In this study, we present online ITP for stacking, separation and identification of aptamer-functionalized DNA origami and its thrombin complex in a simple cross-channel fused silica microfluidic chip. In particular, the method achieved separation of a binding complex in less than 5 min and 150-fold signal enhancement. We successfully separated and analyzed the thrombin bound origami-aptamer spiked into cell lysate using on-chip ITP. Our results demonstrate that origami/thrombin nanostructures can be effectively separated from cell lysate using this method and that the structural integrity of the concentrated binding complex is maintained as confirmed by atomic force microscopy (AFM). An ITP-based separation module can be easily coupled to other microchip pre- and post-processing steps to provide an integrated proteomics analysis platform for diagnostic applications.