An alternative route for the synthesis of (-)-10-epi-α-cyperone 1 starting from (+)- dihydrocarvone 2 is described by using an asymmetric Michael addition as a key step. The route features more efficiently and can be...An alternative route for the synthesis of (-)-10-epi-α-cyperone 1 starting from (+)- dihydrocarvone 2 is described by using an asymmetric Michael addition as a key step. The route features more efficiently and can be performed in large scale.展开更多
Osteoporosis is a metabolic dysregulation of bone that occurs mainly in postmenopausal women,and the hyperfunction of osteoclasts is the primary contributor to postmenopausal osteoporosis.However,the development of ef...Osteoporosis is a metabolic dysregulation of bone that occurs mainly in postmenopausal women,and the hyperfunction of osteoclasts is the primary contributor to postmenopausal osteoporosis.However,the development of effective therapeutic drugs and precise delivery systems remains a challenge in the field of anti-absorption therapy.Here,we reported theα-cyperone(α-CYP)for anti-osteoporosis and developed a liposome-based nano-drug delivery system ofα-CYP,that specifically targets the bone resorption interface.Firstly,we found that theα-CYP,one of the major sesquiterpenes of Cyperus rotundus L.,attenuated the progression of osteoporosis in ovariectomized(OVX)mice and down-regulated the expression of phosphorylated proteins of phosphoinositide 3-kinase(PI3K)and protein kinase B(Akt),causing down-regulation of osteoclast-related genes/proteins and curbing osteoclast differentiation.Furthermore,α-CYP reversed the activation of osteoclastic differentiation and enhanced osteoporosis-related proteins expression caused by PI3K/Akt agonist(YS-49).More importantly,we adopted the osteoclastic resorption surface targeting peptide Asp8 and constructed the liposome(lipαC@Asp8)to deliverα-CYP to osteoclasts and confirmed its anti-osteoporosis effect and enhanced osteoclast inhibition by blocking PI3K/Akt axis.In conclusion,this study demonstrated thatα-CYP inhibits osteoclast differentiation and osteoporosis development by silencing PI3K/Akt pathway,and the liposome targeting delivery systems loaded withα-CYP might provide a novel and effective strategy to treat osteoporosis.展开更多
Mathematical models and computer simulations are useful experimental tools for building and testing theories. Many mathematical models in biology can be formulated by a nonlinear system of ordinary differential equati...Mathematical models and computer simulations are useful experimental tools for building and testing theories. Many mathematical models in biology can be formulated by a nonlinear system of ordinary differential equations. This work deals with the numerical solution of the hantavirus infection model, the human immunodeficiency virus （HIV） infection model of CD4^＋T cells and the susceptible-infected-removed （SIR） epidemic model using a new reliable algorithm based on shifted Boubaker Lagrangian （SBL） method. This method reduces the solution of such system to a system of linear or non- linear algebraic equations which are solved using the Newton iteration method. The obtained results of the proposed method show highly accurate and valid for an arbitrary finite interval. Also, those are compared with fourth-order Runge-Kutta （RK4） method and with the solutions obtained by some other methods in the literature.展开更多
文摘An alternative route for the synthesis of (-)-10-epi-α-cyperone 1 starting from (+)- dihydrocarvone 2 is described by using an asymmetric Michael addition as a key step. The route features more efficiently and can be performed in large scale.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Project(No.2021YFA1201404)Major Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81991514,82272530)+2 种基金Jiangsu Province Medical Innovation Center of Orthopedic Surgery(No.CXZX202214)Jiangsu Provincial Key Medical Center Foundation,Jiangsu Provincial Medical Outstanding Talent Foundation,Jiangsu Provincial Medical Youth Talent Foundation,Jiangsu Provincial Key Medical Talent Foundationthe Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Nos.14380493 and 14380494).
文摘Osteoporosis is a metabolic dysregulation of bone that occurs mainly in postmenopausal women,and the hyperfunction of osteoclasts is the primary contributor to postmenopausal osteoporosis.However,the development of effective therapeutic drugs and precise delivery systems remains a challenge in the field of anti-absorption therapy.Here,we reported theα-cyperone(α-CYP)for anti-osteoporosis and developed a liposome-based nano-drug delivery system ofα-CYP,that specifically targets the bone resorption interface.Firstly,we found that theα-CYP,one of the major sesquiterpenes of Cyperus rotundus L.,attenuated the progression of osteoporosis in ovariectomized(OVX)mice and down-regulated the expression of phosphorylated proteins of phosphoinositide 3-kinase(PI3K)and protein kinase B(Akt),causing down-regulation of osteoclast-related genes/proteins and curbing osteoclast differentiation.Furthermore,α-CYP reversed the activation of osteoclastic differentiation and enhanced osteoporosis-related proteins expression caused by PI3K/Akt agonist(YS-49).More importantly,we adopted the osteoclastic resorption surface targeting peptide Asp8 and constructed the liposome(lipαC@Asp8)to deliverα-CYP to osteoclasts and confirmed its anti-osteoporosis effect and enhanced osteoclast inhibition by blocking PI3K/Akt axis.In conclusion,this study demonstrated thatα-CYP inhibits osteoclast differentiation and osteoporosis development by silencing PI3K/Akt pathway,and the liposome targeting delivery systems loaded withα-CYP might provide a novel and effective strategy to treat osteoporosis.
文摘Mathematical models and computer simulations are useful experimental tools for building and testing theories. Many mathematical models in biology can be formulated by a nonlinear system of ordinary differential equations. This work deals with the numerical solution of the hantavirus infection model, the human immunodeficiency virus （HIV） infection model of CD4^＋T cells and the susceptible-infected-removed （SIR） epidemic model using a new reliable algorithm based on shifted Boubaker Lagrangian （SBL） method. This method reduces the solution of such system to a system of linear or non- linear algebraic equations which are solved using the Newton iteration method. The obtained results of the proposed method show highly accurate and valid for an arbitrary finite interval. Also, those are compared with fourth-order Runge-Kutta （RK4） method and with the solutions obtained by some other methods in the literature.
