BACKGROUND Early-onset progressive encephalopathy with brain edema and/or leukoencephalopathy-1(PEBEL1)is a rare autosomal recessive severe neurometabolic disease.The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical ...BACKGROUND Early-onset progressive encephalopathy with brain edema and/or leukoencephalopathy-1(PEBEL1)is a rare autosomal recessive severe neurometabolic disease.The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics and genetic pathogenicity of PEBEL1 caused by rare NAXE(or APOA1BP)-related defects.CASE SUMMARY The patient was a girl aged 2 years and 10 mo.She was hospitalized due to walking disorder for>40 d.The clinical manifestations were ataxia,motor function regression,hypotonia,and eyelid ptosis.Within 1 mo of hospitalization,she developed sigh breathing,respiratory failure,cerebellar edema and brain hernia,and finally she died.Changes were found in cranial imaging,including cerebellar edema accompanied by symmetrical myelopathy.Through whole exome sequencing,we detected NAXE compound heterozygous variation(NM 144772.3)c.733A>C(p.Lys245Gln,dbSNP:rs770023429)and novel variation c.370G>T(p.Gly124Cys)in the germline gene.The clinical features and core phenotypes of this case were consistent with 18 previously reported cases of PEBEL1.CONCLUSION This is the first case of NAXE-related PEBEL1 with severe clinical phenotype in China' Mainland.The p.Gly124Cys mutation discovered in this case has enriched the pathogenic variation spectrum of NAXE.展开更多
The chemical shift of Na-23 in excimer NaXe was measured by using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra, which is in good agreement with the theoretical value obtained by ab initio calculations. The bond length, di...The chemical shift of Na-23 in excimer NaXe was measured by using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra, which is in good agreement with the theoretical value obtained by ab initio calculations. The bond length, dissociation energy, dipole of NaXe and Mulliken charges at Na and Xe in NaXe were calculated, respectively. The spectra of ultraviolet (UV) fluorescence and surface-enhanced Raman scattering of NaXe were also measured.展开更多
Zeolite catalysts have found extensive applications in the synthesis of various fine chemicals.However,the micropores of zeolites impose diffusion limitations on bulky molecules,greatly reducing the catalytic efficien...Zeolite catalysts have found extensive applications in the synthesis of various fine chemicals.However,the micropores of zeolites impose diffusion limitations on bulky molecules,greatly reducing the catalytic efficiency.Herein,we explore an economic and environmentally friendly method for synthesizing hierarchical NaX zeolite that exhibits improved catalytic performance in the Knoevenagel condensation reaction for producing the useful fine chemical 2-cyano-3-phenylacrylate.The synthesis was achieved via a low-temperature activation of kaolinite and subsequent in-situ transformation strategy without any template or seed.Systematic characterizations reveal that the synthesized NaX zeolite has both intercrystalline and intra-crystalline mesopores,smaller crystal size,and larger external specific surface area compared to commercial NaX zeolite.Detailed mechanism investigations show that the inter-crystalline mesopores are generated by stacking smaller crystals formed from in-situ crystallization of the depolymerized kaolinite,and the intra-crystalline mesopores are inherited from the pores in the depolymerized kaolinite.This synthesis strategy provides an energy-saving and effective way to construct hierarchical zeolites,which may gain wide applications in fine chemical manufacturing.展开更多
基金Supported by the Epilepsy Research Fund of Chinese Anti-Epilepsy Association,No.CU-A-2021-17Nanjing Municipal Health Bureau key project,No.ZKX21047the Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China,No.2020M671550。
文摘BACKGROUND Early-onset progressive encephalopathy with brain edema and/or leukoencephalopathy-1(PEBEL1)is a rare autosomal recessive severe neurometabolic disease.The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics and genetic pathogenicity of PEBEL1 caused by rare NAXE(or APOA1BP)-related defects.CASE SUMMARY The patient was a girl aged 2 years and 10 mo.She was hospitalized due to walking disorder for>40 d.The clinical manifestations were ataxia,motor function regression,hypotonia,and eyelid ptosis.Within 1 mo of hospitalization,she developed sigh breathing,respiratory failure,cerebellar edema and brain hernia,and finally she died.Changes were found in cranial imaging,including cerebellar edema accompanied by symmetrical myelopathy.Through whole exome sequencing,we detected NAXE compound heterozygous variation(NM 144772.3)c.733A>C(p.Lys245Gln,dbSNP:rs770023429)and novel variation c.370G>T(p.Gly124Cys)in the germline gene.The clinical features and core phenotypes of this case were consistent with 18 previously reported cases of PEBEL1.CONCLUSION This is the first case of NAXE-related PEBEL1 with severe clinical phenotype in China' Mainland.The p.Gly124Cys mutation discovered in this case has enriched the pathogenic variation spectrum of NAXE.
文摘The chemical shift of Na-23 in excimer NaXe was measured by using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra, which is in good agreement with the theoretical value obtained by ab initio calculations. The bond length, dissociation energy, dipole of NaXe and Mulliken charges at Na and Xe in NaXe were calculated, respectively. The spectra of ultraviolet (UV) fluorescence and surface-enhanced Raman scattering of NaXe were also measured.
基金The financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22178059, 22208054 and 22072019)Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province, China (2020J01513)+1 种基金Sinochem Quanzhou Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (ZHQZKJ-19-F-ZS0076)Qingyuan Innovation Laboratory (00121002)
文摘Zeolite catalysts have found extensive applications in the synthesis of various fine chemicals.However,the micropores of zeolites impose diffusion limitations on bulky molecules,greatly reducing the catalytic efficiency.Herein,we explore an economic and environmentally friendly method for synthesizing hierarchical NaX zeolite that exhibits improved catalytic performance in the Knoevenagel condensation reaction for producing the useful fine chemical 2-cyano-3-phenylacrylate.The synthesis was achieved via a low-temperature activation of kaolinite and subsequent in-situ transformation strategy without any template or seed.Systematic characterizations reveal that the synthesized NaX zeolite has both intercrystalline and intra-crystalline mesopores,smaller crystal size,and larger external specific surface area compared to commercial NaX zeolite.Detailed mechanism investigations show that the inter-crystalline mesopores are generated by stacking smaller crystals formed from in-situ crystallization of the depolymerized kaolinite,and the intra-crystalline mesopores are inherited from the pores in the depolymerized kaolinite.This synthesis strategy provides an energy-saving and effective way to construct hierarchical zeolites,which may gain wide applications in fine chemical manufacturing.