Human placenta-derived mononuclear cells (MNC) were isolated by a Percoll density gradient and cultured in mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) maintenance medium. The homogenous layer of adherent cells exhibited a typical...Human placenta-derived mononuclear cells (MNC) were isolated by a Percoll density gradient and cultured in mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) maintenance medium. The homogenous layer of adherent cells exhibited a typical fibroblastlike morphology, a large expansive potential, and cell cycle characteristics including a subset of quiescent cells. In vitro differentiation assays showed the tripotential differentiation capacity of these cells toward adipogenic, osteogenic and chondrogenic lineages. Flow cytometry analyses and immunocytochemistry stain showed that placental MSC was a homogeneous cell population devoid of hematopoietic cells, which uniformly expressed CD29, CD44, CD73, CD105, CD166, laminin, fibronectin and vimentin while being negative for expression of CD31, CD34, CD45 and m-smooth muscle actin. Most importantly, immuno-phenotypic analyses demonstrated that these cells expressed class Ⅰ major histocompatibility complex (MHC-I), but they did not express MHC-Ⅱ molecules. Additionally these cells could suppress umbilical cord blood (UCB) lymphocytes proliferation induced by cellular or nonspecific mitogenic stimuli. This strongly implies that they may have potential application in allograft transplantation. Since placenta and UCB are homogeneous, the MSC derived from human placenta can be transplanted combined with hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) from UCB to reduce the potential graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in recipients.展开更多
In order to describe and control the stress distribution and total deformation of bladed disk assemblies used in the aeroengine, a highly efficient and precise method of probabilistic analysis which is called extremum...In order to describe and control the stress distribution and total deformation of bladed disk assemblies used in the aeroengine, a highly efficient and precise method of probabilistic analysis which is called extremum response surface method(ERSM) is produced based on the previous deterministic analysis results with the finite element model(FEM). In this work, many key nonlinear factors, such as the dynamic feature of the temperature load, the centrifugal force and the boundary conditions, are taken into consideration for the model. The changing patterns with time of bladed disk assemblies about stress distribution and total deformation are obtained during the deterministic analysis, and at the same time, the largest deformation and stress nodes of bladed disk assemblies are found and taken as input target of probabilistic analysis in a scientific and reasonable way. Not only their reliability, historical sample, extreme response surface(ERS) and the cumulative probability distribution function but also their sensitivity and effect probability are obtained. Main factors affecting stress distribution and total deformation of bladed disk assemblies are investigated through the sensitivity analysis of the model. Finally, compared with the response surface method(RSM) and the Monte Carlo simulation(MCS), the results show that this new approach is effective.展开更多
To investigate the association of the expression of estrogen receptor ct, estrogen receptor 13 in placenta with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) susceptibility. Methods: In 14 cases of mild ICP, 14 cases...To investigate the association of the expression of estrogen receptor ct, estrogen receptor 13 in placenta with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) susceptibility. Methods: In 14 cases of mild ICP, 14 cases of severe ICP and 14 cases of normal cases (control group) with corresponding age and gestation weeks, the expressions of ERa and ERD were detected by means of immunohistochemical method S-P. Results: The mean grey numbers of ERa in each group mentioned above were 151.684±3.76, 149.854±3.69, 153.184±3.18, without significant difference (P〉0.05) The mean grey numbers of ERβ in each group mentioned above were 146.51±3.81, 139.434±9.97, 149.87±4.17, with significant difference (P〉0.05); the expression of ERI3 of severe ICP group was significantly higher than that of the mild ICP group and the control group (P〈0.05). The expression of ERβ in every group was higher than that of ERa (P〈0.05). Conclusion: ERβ maybe play an important part in the etiology and development of ICP展开更多
Objective: To investigate the altered expression of lipid metabolism-related gene adipose differentiation-related protein (ADRP) in pre-eclampsia. Methods: Semi-quantitative RT-PCR and Western blotting were used to va...Objective: To investigate the altered expression of lipid metabolism-related gene adipose differentiation-related protein (ADRP) in pre-eclampsia. Methods: Semi-quantitative RT-PCR and Western blotting were used to validate the altered expression of ADRP gene between pre-eclamptic placentas (pre-eclampsia group) and normotensive placentas (control group) respectively. In situ hybridization (ISH) was used to localize ADRP mRNA in pre-eclamptic placentas. Results: There was a significant difference in the levels of placental ADRP mRNA between pre-eclampsia group and control group (1. 98±0. 50 vs 1. 09±0. 20, P<0. 01). Western blotting showed that placentas both in pre-eclampsia group and control group expressed the special ADRP band at 48. 1 kD. The relative levels of ADRP protein in pre-eclampsia group were significantly higher than those of control group (0. 40 ±0. 19 vs 0. 19 ±0. 09, P<0. 01 ). ADRP mRNA was diffusely distributed in pre-eclamptic placentas. Their positive staining existed in cytoplasm of trophoblast. Conclusion: Abnormal expression of ADRP gene in pre-eclamptic placenta may be associated with the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia.展开更多
Objective: To investigate a possible role of apoptosis in the pathophysiologic mechanisms of PIH (pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome).Methods: In this study, placental samples were obtained from 16 uncomplicated ...Objective: To investigate a possible role of apoptosis in the pathophysiologic mechanisms of PIH (pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome).Methods: In this study, placental samples were obtained from 16 uncomplicated third-trimester pregnancies and from 16 cases of PIH.We used light microscopy, electron microscopy to identify apoptosis.Light microscopy was used to quantify their incidence of apoptosis.Electron microscopy was used to confirm the occurrence of apoptosis.Results: Apoptosis has been conclusively demonstrated within human third-trimester placental tissue.Medians and interquartile ranges of normal placenta (n=16) was 0.12% (0.08%-0.19%); Medians and interquartile ranges of PIH group (n=16) was 0.37% (0.15%-0.49%).Compared to normal placentas, the incidence of apoptosis was higher in placentas from gestations complicated by PIH (P<0.05, T'-test).Conclusion: Placental apoptosis increases significantly in PIH, and it may play a role in the pathophysiologic mechanisms of this syndrome.展开更多
The relation between composition operators on the Dirichlet spaces in the open unit disk and derivative weighted composition operators on the Bergman spaces in the open unit disk is investigated firstly,and for a comb...The relation between composition operators on the Dirichlet spaces in the open unit disk and derivative weighted composition operators on the Bergman spaces in the open unit disk is investigated firstly,and for a combination of several derivative weighted composition operators which acts on classic Bergman space,the lower bound of its essential norm is estimated in terms of the boundary data of the symbols of d-composition operators.Some similar results about composition operators on the Dirichlet space are also presented.A necessary condition is given to determine the compactness of the combination of several derivative weighted composition operators on Bergman spaces.展开更多
Objective: To investigate the contribution of placental leptin to the serum levels in preeclampsia and the effect of hypoxia on synthesis of placental leptin. Methods: Fifteen preeclamptic women and 20 normotensive pr...Objective: To investigate the contribution of placental leptin to the serum levels in preeclampsia and the effect of hypoxia on synthesis of placental leptin. Methods: Fifteen preeclamptic women and 20 normotensive pregnant women were recruited in present study. Leptin concentrations in peripheral venous blood samples and uterine venous blood samples were measured by radioimmunoassay. Eight cases of normal human term placental villi were cultured either in normaxia (21%O2) or in hypoxia (2%O2) followed by determining leptin in the culture medium by radioimmunoassay. Results: Leptin concentrations were significantly higher in preeclamptic women than in normotensive pregnant women, both in the peripheral vein ([23.29±12.87] μg/L vs [13.87±5.57] μg/L, P<0.01) and uterine vein ([16.44±8.62] μg/L vs [11.21±4.20] μg/L, P<0.05). Leptin concentrations were significantly higher in the peripheral vein than in uterine vein, both in the preeclamptic (P<0.01) and in normotensive pregnant women (P<0.01). Concentrations of leptin in the culture medium were significantly increased in hypoxia than in normoxia (P<0.05). Conclusion: The pathogenesis of preeclampsia may be associated with an increase of maternal serum leptin and placenta leptin, and hypoxia in placenta may be an important factor that results in preeclamptic placenta to produce more leptin. Placenta is not the principal source of the serum leptin in the preeclamptic women or normotensive pregnant women.展开更多
The present work investigated the effects of pin profiles(cylindrical and square),pin eccentricity(0.5 mm and 1 mm)in cylindrical tool and preheating(secondary heating)on metallurgical behavior,variation of vibro-acou...The present work investigated the effects of pin profiles(cylindrical and square),pin eccentricity(0.5 mm and 1 mm)in cylindrical tool and preheating(secondary heating)on metallurgical behavior,variation of vibro-acoustic signal pattern and joint strength during friction stir welding(FSW)between AA6061-T6 and AA7075-T651 alloys.The eccentric tool pins were observed to provide good flowability and intermixing between dissimilar metals,increased the size of stir zone,and the grains in stir zone were sufficiently finer with eccentric tool pin than concentric pin.The magnitude of vibro-acoustic signal increased when shoulder plunging started and drop in signal was noted when the tool shoulder reached its desired depth.The signal magnitude was noted to be higher in welding stage compared to tool plunging stage as the tool took in fresh material during tool movement along the weld path.Preheating the workpiece prior to pin plunging and during welding notably influenced the flow behavior and mixing pattern,and the grains in stir zone were slightly coarser than those in specimen without preheating.Significant reduction in the magnitude of the signal was also observed after preheating.Tensile and flexural strength of joints were also improved slightly when additional heating was employed.展开更多
This study investigated the effect of dietary lipid on the growth, fatty acid composition and Δ5 fatty acyl desaturase genes(Fads) expression of juvenile abalone(Haliotis discus hannai Ino) hepatopancreas. Six purifi...This study investigated the effect of dietary lipid on the growth, fatty acid composition and Δ5 fatty acyl desaturase genes(Fads) expression of juvenile abalone(Haliotis discus hannai Ino) hepatopancreas. Six purified diets were formulated to contain tripalmitin(TP), olive oil(OO, 72.87% 18:1n-9), grape seed oil(GO, 68.67% 18:2n-6), linseed oil(LO, 70.48% 18:3n-3), ARA oil(AO, 41.81% ARA) or EPA oil(EO, 44.09% EPA and 23.67% DAH). No significant difference in survival rate was observed among abalone fed with different diets. Weight gain rate(WGR) and daily growth rate of shell length(DGRSL) were significantly increased in abalone fed with diets containing OO, AO and EO, but decreased in abalone fed with LO diet(P < 0.05) in comparison with those fed with TP. High level of dietary 18:2n-6 resulted in higher content of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids(PUFAs) in abalone fed with GO than those fed with TP, OO, LO and EO(P < 0.05). n-3 PUFAs in abalone fed with LO was significantly higher than those in abalone fed with TP, OO, GO and AO(P < 0.05). The highest contents of 20:1n-9 and 22:1n-9 were observed in abalone fed with OO. The expression of Δ5 Fads in hepatopancreas of abalone was enhanced by high concentration of 18:3n-3 and suppressed by dietary LC-PUFAs; however it was not affected by dietary high concentration of 18:1n-9 or 18:2n-6. These results provided valuable information for understanding the synthesis of LC-PUFAs and nutritional regulation of Δ5 Fads expression in abalone.展开更多
Composite biomaterials with controllable mi- crostructures play an increasingly important role in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Here, we report a magnetic hydrogel composite with disk-like microstructu...Composite biomaterials with controllable mi- crostructures play an increasingly important role in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Here, we report a magnetic hydrogel composite with disk-like microstructure fabricated by assembly of iron oxide nanopartides during the gelation process in the presence of rotating magnetic field. It should be mentioned that the iron oxide nanoparticles here were synthesized identically following techniques of Fer- umoxytol that is the only inorganic nanodrug approved by FDA for clinical applications. The microstructure of nano- particles inside the hydrogel was ordered three-dimensionally due to the twist of the aligned chains of magnetic nano- particles which leads to the lowest state of systematic energy. The size of microstructure can be tuned from several micro- meters to tens of micrometers by changing the assembly parameters. With the increase of microstructure size, the magnetothermal anisotropy was also augmented. This result confirmed that the assembly-induced anisotropy can occur even for the several micron aggregates of nanopartides. The rotating magnetic field-assisted technique is cost-effective, simple and flexible for the fabrication of composite hydrogel with ordered microstructure. We believe it will be favorable for the quick, green and intelligent fabrication of some com- posite materials.展开更多
Objective: To analyze the gene expression profile of degenerated cervical intervertebral disc of Sprague Dawley rats on a large scale.Methods: Degenerated models of Sprague Dawley rats of 9 months old (degeneration gr...Objective: To analyze the gene expression profile of degenerated cervical intervertebral disc of Sprague Dawley rats on a large scale.Methods: Degenerated models of Sprague Dawley rats of 9 months old (degeneration group, n=9) and normal Sprague Dawley rats of 3 months old (control group, n=9) were prepared, respectively. mRNA was obtained from the cervical intervertebral disc of rats in both groups, respectively, and then labelled by Cy5 and Cy3 fluorescence respectively after reverse transcription to obtain intervertebral disc cDNA probes. cDNA probes were hybridized with BiostarR-40s gene expression profile chips and scanned by laser scanner. The results were treated with portrait analysis, standardization management, and ratio analysis with softwares.Results: Compared with the rats in the control group, (9.6)% (381 pieces in total) gene expression changed obviously in the rats in the degeneration group, among which, the gene expression quantities of 171 pieces increased significantly (r=the ratio of the degeneration group to the control group >(2.0)), 52 pieces of which had certain function. While the gene expression quantities of 211 pieces decreased significantly (r<(0.5)), 41 pieces of which had certain function.Conclusions: Gene chip technology can be used to analyze the gene expression profile of degenerated intervertebral disc of rats in parallel, in quantity and on a large scale, which helps to testify the representative genes and protein expression, and plays an important role in clarifying the pathogenesis of degenerated intervertebral disc.展开更多
Objective: The present study is to investigate the mechanism of dectrtyacupuncture in preventing and treating lumbar intervertebral disk displacement. Methods: Seventy-five Sprauge-Dawley rats were used to establish...Objective: The present study is to investigate the mechanism of dectrtyacupuncture in preventing and treating lumbar intervertebral disk displacement. Methods: Seventy-five Sprauge-Dawley rats were used to establish the models of lumbar intervertebral disk displacement by operation, and divided into five groups including electro-acupuncture group, western medicine group, acupuncture plus medicine group, model group and normal control group, then they were treated with corresponding therapeutic method. The expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) mRNA in the lumbar intervertebral disk tissues of rats was detected by RTPCR. Results: The expression of iNOS mRNA in the lumbar intervertebral disk tissues of rats in model group was compared with that in normal control group, the significant difference was found (P〈 0.01); While the expressions of iNOS mRNA in the lumbar intervertebral disk tissues of rats in electroacupuncture group, western drug group and acupuncture plus medicine group were all inhibited, and compared with the model group, the significant differences were also found (P 〈 0.01). Conclusion: Electro-acupuncture could inhibit the expression of iNOS mRNA in the lumbar intervertebral disk tissue.展开更多
基金This study was supported by a grant from National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30271245)Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China(863 Program)(No.2003AA205170)+1 种基金National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(No.G 1999054302)a grant from Bejing Gynecology and Obstetrics Hospital Affiliate of Capital University of Medical Sciences.
文摘Human placenta-derived mononuclear cells (MNC) were isolated by a Percoll density gradient and cultured in mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) maintenance medium. The homogenous layer of adherent cells exhibited a typical fibroblastlike morphology, a large expansive potential, and cell cycle characteristics including a subset of quiescent cells. In vitro differentiation assays showed the tripotential differentiation capacity of these cells toward adipogenic, osteogenic and chondrogenic lineages. Flow cytometry analyses and immunocytochemistry stain showed that placental MSC was a homogeneous cell population devoid of hematopoietic cells, which uniformly expressed CD29, CD44, CD73, CD105, CD166, laminin, fibronectin and vimentin while being negative for expression of CD31, CD34, CD45 and m-smooth muscle actin. Most importantly, immuno-phenotypic analyses demonstrated that these cells expressed class Ⅰ major histocompatibility complex (MHC-I), but they did not express MHC-Ⅱ molecules. Additionally these cells could suppress umbilical cord blood (UCB) lymphocytes proliferation induced by cellular or nonspecific mitogenic stimuli. This strongly implies that they may have potential application in allograft transplantation. Since placenta and UCB are homogeneous, the MSC derived from human placenta can be transplanted combined with hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) from UCB to reduce the potential graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in recipients.
基金Projects(51375032,51175017,51245027)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘In order to describe and control the stress distribution and total deformation of bladed disk assemblies used in the aeroengine, a highly efficient and precise method of probabilistic analysis which is called extremum response surface method(ERSM) is produced based on the previous deterministic analysis results with the finite element model(FEM). In this work, many key nonlinear factors, such as the dynamic feature of the temperature load, the centrifugal force and the boundary conditions, are taken into consideration for the model. The changing patterns with time of bladed disk assemblies about stress distribution and total deformation are obtained during the deterministic analysis, and at the same time, the largest deformation and stress nodes of bladed disk assemblies are found and taken as input target of probabilistic analysis in a scientific and reasonable way. Not only their reliability, historical sample, extreme response surface(ERS) and the cumulative probability distribution function but also their sensitivity and effect probability are obtained. Main factors affecting stress distribution and total deformation of bladed disk assemblies are investigated through the sensitivity analysis of the model. Finally, compared with the response surface method(RSM) and the Monte Carlo simulation(MCS), the results show that this new approach is effective.
文摘To investigate the association of the expression of estrogen receptor ct, estrogen receptor 13 in placenta with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) susceptibility. Methods: In 14 cases of mild ICP, 14 cases of severe ICP and 14 cases of normal cases (control group) with corresponding age and gestation weeks, the expressions of ERa and ERD were detected by means of immunohistochemical method S-P. Results: The mean grey numbers of ERa in each group mentioned above were 151.684±3.76, 149.854±3.69, 153.184±3.18, without significant difference (P〉0.05) The mean grey numbers of ERβ in each group mentioned above were 146.51±3.81, 139.434±9.97, 149.87±4.17, with significant difference (P〉0.05); the expression of ERI3 of severe ICP group was significantly higher than that of the mild ICP group and the control group (P〈0.05). The expression of ERβ in every group was higher than that of ERa (P〈0.05). Conclusion: ERβ maybe play an important part in the etiology and development of ICP
基金Supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 30070787)
文摘Objective: To investigate the altered expression of lipid metabolism-related gene adipose differentiation-related protein (ADRP) in pre-eclampsia. Methods: Semi-quantitative RT-PCR and Western blotting were used to validate the altered expression of ADRP gene between pre-eclamptic placentas (pre-eclampsia group) and normotensive placentas (control group) respectively. In situ hybridization (ISH) was used to localize ADRP mRNA in pre-eclamptic placentas. Results: There was a significant difference in the levels of placental ADRP mRNA between pre-eclampsia group and control group (1. 98±0. 50 vs 1. 09±0. 20, P<0. 01). Western blotting showed that placentas both in pre-eclampsia group and control group expressed the special ADRP band at 48. 1 kD. The relative levels of ADRP protein in pre-eclampsia group were significantly higher than those of control group (0. 40 ±0. 19 vs 0. 19 ±0. 09, P<0. 01 ). ADRP mRNA was diffusely distributed in pre-eclamptic placentas. Their positive staining existed in cytoplasm of trophoblast. Conclusion: Abnormal expression of ADRP gene in pre-eclamptic placenta may be associated with the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia.
文摘Objective: To investigate a possible role of apoptosis in the pathophysiologic mechanisms of PIH (pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome).Methods: In this study, placental samples were obtained from 16 uncomplicated third-trimester pregnancies and from 16 cases of PIH.We used light microscopy, electron microscopy to identify apoptosis.Light microscopy was used to quantify their incidence of apoptosis.Electron microscopy was used to confirm the occurrence of apoptosis.Results: Apoptosis has been conclusively demonstrated within human third-trimester placental tissue.Medians and interquartile ranges of normal placenta (n=16) was 0.12% (0.08%-0.19%); Medians and interquartile ranges of PIH group (n=16) was 0.37% (0.15%-0.49%).Compared to normal placentas, the incidence of apoptosis was higher in placentas from gestations complicated by PIH (P<0.05, T'-test).Conclusion: Placental apoptosis increases significantly in PIH, and it may play a role in the pathophysiologic mechanisms of this syndrome.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 10971153 and No. 10671141)
文摘The relation between composition operators on the Dirichlet spaces in the open unit disk and derivative weighted composition operators on the Bergman spaces in the open unit disk is investigated firstly,and for a combination of several derivative weighted composition operators which acts on classic Bergman space,the lower bound of its essential norm is estimated in terms of the boundary data of the symbols of d-composition operators.Some similar results about composition operators on the Dirichlet space are also presented.A necessary condition is given to determine the compactness of the combination of several derivative weighted composition operators on Bergman spaces.
文摘Objective: To investigate the contribution of placental leptin to the serum levels in preeclampsia and the effect of hypoxia on synthesis of placental leptin. Methods: Fifteen preeclamptic women and 20 normotensive pregnant women were recruited in present study. Leptin concentrations in peripheral venous blood samples and uterine venous blood samples were measured by radioimmunoassay. Eight cases of normal human term placental villi were cultured either in normaxia (21%O2) or in hypoxia (2%O2) followed by determining leptin in the culture medium by radioimmunoassay. Results: Leptin concentrations were significantly higher in preeclamptic women than in normotensive pregnant women, both in the peripheral vein ([23.29±12.87] μg/L vs [13.87±5.57] μg/L, P<0.01) and uterine vein ([16.44±8.62] μg/L vs [11.21±4.20] μg/L, P<0.05). Leptin concentrations were significantly higher in the peripheral vein than in uterine vein, both in the preeclamptic (P<0.01) and in normotensive pregnant women (P<0.01). Concentrations of leptin in the culture medium were significantly increased in hypoxia than in normoxia (P<0.05). Conclusion: The pathogenesis of preeclampsia may be associated with an increase of maternal serum leptin and placenta leptin, and hypoxia in placenta may be an important factor that results in preeclamptic placenta to produce more leptin. Placenta is not the principal source of the serum leptin in the preeclamptic women or normotensive pregnant women.
基金the financial support received from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) of DST, New Delhi, India, for the present work (project number: YSS/2015/000085)
文摘The present work investigated the effects of pin profiles(cylindrical and square),pin eccentricity(0.5 mm and 1 mm)in cylindrical tool and preheating(secondary heating)on metallurgical behavior,variation of vibro-acoustic signal pattern and joint strength during friction stir welding(FSW)between AA6061-T6 and AA7075-T651 alloys.The eccentric tool pins were observed to provide good flowability and intermixing between dissimilar metals,increased the size of stir zone,and the grains in stir zone were sufficiently finer with eccentric tool pin than concentric pin.The magnitude of vibro-acoustic signal increased when shoulder plunging started and drop in signal was noted when the tool shoulder reached its desired depth.The signal magnitude was noted to be higher in welding stage compared to tool plunging stage as the tool took in fresh material during tool movement along the weld path.Preheating the workpiece prior to pin plunging and during welding notably influenced the flow behavior and mixing pattern,and the grains in stir zone were slightly coarser than those in specimen without preheating.Significant reduction in the magnitude of the signal was also observed after preheating.Tensile and flexural strength of joints were also improved slightly when additional heating was employed.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30871930)
文摘This study investigated the effect of dietary lipid on the growth, fatty acid composition and Δ5 fatty acyl desaturase genes(Fads) expression of juvenile abalone(Haliotis discus hannai Ino) hepatopancreas. Six purified diets were formulated to contain tripalmitin(TP), olive oil(OO, 72.87% 18:1n-9), grape seed oil(GO, 68.67% 18:2n-6), linseed oil(LO, 70.48% 18:3n-3), ARA oil(AO, 41.81% ARA) or EPA oil(EO, 44.09% EPA and 23.67% DAH). No significant difference in survival rate was observed among abalone fed with different diets. Weight gain rate(WGR) and daily growth rate of shell length(DGRSL) were significantly increased in abalone fed with diets containing OO, AO and EO, but decreased in abalone fed with LO diet(P < 0.05) in comparison with those fed with TP. High level of dietary 18:2n-6 resulted in higher content of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids(PUFAs) in abalone fed with GO than those fed with TP, OO, LO and EO(P < 0.05). n-3 PUFAs in abalone fed with LO was significantly higher than those in abalone fed with TP, OO, GO and AO(P < 0.05). The highest contents of 20:1n-9 and 22:1n-9 were observed in abalone fed with OO. The expression of Δ5 Fads in hepatopancreas of abalone was enhanced by high concentration of 18:3n-3 and suppressed by dietary LC-PUFAs; however it was not affected by dietary high concentration of 18:1n-9 or 18:2n-6. These results provided valuable information for understanding the synthesis of LC-PUFAs and nutritional regulation of Δ5 Fads expression in abalone.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFA0104301)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitiesthe supports from Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology
文摘Composite biomaterials with controllable mi- crostructures play an increasingly important role in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Here, we report a magnetic hydrogel composite with disk-like microstructure fabricated by assembly of iron oxide nanopartides during the gelation process in the presence of rotating magnetic field. It should be mentioned that the iron oxide nanoparticles here were synthesized identically following techniques of Fer- umoxytol that is the only inorganic nanodrug approved by FDA for clinical applications. The microstructure of nano- particles inside the hydrogel was ordered three-dimensionally due to the twist of the aligned chains of magnetic nano- particles which leads to the lowest state of systematic energy. The size of microstructure can be tuned from several micro- meters to tens of micrometers by changing the assembly parameters. With the increase of microstructure size, the magnetothermal anisotropy was also augmented. This result confirmed that the assembly-induced anisotropy can occur even for the several micron aggregates of nanopartides. The rotating magnetic field-assisted technique is cost-effective, simple and flexible for the fabrication of composite hydrogel with ordered microstructure. We believe it will be favorable for the quick, green and intelligent fabrication of some com- posite materials.
基金ThisprojectwassupportedbytheNationalNaturalScienceFoundationofChina (No .30 330 70 0andNo .30 171170 )Shanghai"FutureStar"Fund (No .0 1QB14 0 39)andtheCooperativeItemofHongkongUniversityandShanghaiUniversityofTCM (No.4 72 0 0 )
文摘Objective: To analyze the gene expression profile of degenerated cervical intervertebral disc of Sprague Dawley rats on a large scale.Methods: Degenerated models of Sprague Dawley rats of 9 months old (degeneration group, n=9) and normal Sprague Dawley rats of 3 months old (control group, n=9) were prepared, respectively. mRNA was obtained from the cervical intervertebral disc of rats in both groups, respectively, and then labelled by Cy5 and Cy3 fluorescence respectively after reverse transcription to obtain intervertebral disc cDNA probes. cDNA probes were hybridized with BiostarR-40s gene expression profile chips and scanned by laser scanner. The results were treated with portrait analysis, standardization management, and ratio analysis with softwares.Results: Compared with the rats in the control group, (9.6)% (381 pieces in total) gene expression changed obviously in the rats in the degeneration group, among which, the gene expression quantities of 171 pieces increased significantly (r=the ratio of the degeneration group to the control group >(2.0)), 52 pieces of which had certain function. While the gene expression quantities of 211 pieces decreased significantly (r<(0.5)), 41 pieces of which had certain function.Conclusions: Gene chip technology can be used to analyze the gene expression profile of degenerated intervertebral disc of rats in parallel, in quantity and on a large scale, which helps to testify the representative genes and protein expression, and plays an important role in clarifying the pathogenesis of degenerated intervertebral disc.
文摘Objective: The present study is to investigate the mechanism of dectrtyacupuncture in preventing and treating lumbar intervertebral disk displacement. Methods: Seventy-five Sprauge-Dawley rats were used to establish the models of lumbar intervertebral disk displacement by operation, and divided into five groups including electro-acupuncture group, western medicine group, acupuncture plus medicine group, model group and normal control group, then they were treated with corresponding therapeutic method. The expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) mRNA in the lumbar intervertebral disk tissues of rats was detected by RTPCR. Results: The expression of iNOS mRNA in the lumbar intervertebral disk tissues of rats in model group was compared with that in normal control group, the significant difference was found (P〈 0.01); While the expressions of iNOS mRNA in the lumbar intervertebral disk tissues of rats in electroacupuncture group, western drug group and acupuncture plus medicine group were all inhibited, and compared with the model group, the significant differences were also found (P 〈 0.01). Conclusion: Electro-acupuncture could inhibit the expression of iNOS mRNA in the lumbar intervertebral disk tissue.