Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 （HIF-1） attenuates amyloid-beta protein neurotoxicity and decreases apoptosis induced by oxidative stress or hypoxia in cortical neurons. In this study, we construct-ed a recombinant adeno...Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 （HIF-1） attenuates amyloid-beta protein neurotoxicity and decreases apoptosis induced by oxidative stress or hypoxia in cortical neurons. In this study, we construct-ed a recombinant adeno-associated virus （rAAV） vector expressing the human HIF-1αgene （rAAV-HIF-1α）, and tested the assumption that rAAV-HIF-1αrepresses hippocampal neuronal apoptosis induced by amyloid-beta protein. Our results conifrmed that rAAV-HIF-1αsigniifcant-ly reduces apoptosis induced by amyloid-beta protein in primary cultured hippocampal neurons. Direct intracerebral rAAV-HIF-1αadministration also induced robust and prolonged HIF-1αproduction in rat hippocampus. Single rAAV-HIF-1αadministration resulted in decreased apoptosis of hippocampal neurons in an Alzheimer＇s disease rat model established by intrace-rebroventricular injection of aggregated amyloid-beta protein （25-35）. Our in vitro and in vivo ifndings demonstrate that HIF-1 has potential for attenuating hippocampal neuronal apoptosis induced by amyloid-beta protein, and provides experimental support for treatment of neurode-generative diseases using gene therapy.展开更多
By study on the effect of anisodamine on lipopolysaccharide- induced expression of tissue factor(TF) in vascular endothelial cells(EC) ,the mechanism of anisodam ine antithrom bosis,as well as in the treatm ent of b...By study on the effect of anisodamine on lipopolysaccharide- induced expression of tissue factor(TF) in vascular endothelial cells(EC) ,the mechanism of anisodam ine antithrom bosis,as well as in the treatm ent of bacteraemic shock was investigated.Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were cultured by trypsin digestion m ethod.TF activity was measured in the lysates of HUVEC by using a single step clotting assay.Specific m RNA expression was detected by Northern blotting.In order to evaluate a possible contribution of the nuclear factor (NF) -κB pathway on the effects observed,electrophoretic mobility shift assays(EMSA) were performed using nuclear extracts from HU VECs and NF- κB- binding oligonucleotides.The results showed that treatment of HUVEC with L PS resulted in a significant increase in TF activity.Anisodamine dose- dependently inhibited L PS- induced upregulation of TF.These effects was also confirm ed on the level of specific TF m RNA expression by Northern blotting.Furtherm ore,EMSA showed that anisodamine com pletely abolished L PS- induced NF-κB DNA binding activity in nuclear ex- tracts from HUVECs treated with L PS together with anisodamine.The results suggest thataniso- damine counteracts endothelial cell activation by inhibiting L PS- induced TF expression in these cells.Its interference with the NF- κB pathway might- at least in part- contribute to this effect. The ability of anisodamine to counteract L PS effect on endothelial cells m ight be one underlying m echanism explaining its antithrombosis and efficacy in the treatment of bacteraemic shock.展开更多
AIM: To investigate the anti-fibrosis effect of IκB kinase-beta inhibitor (IKK2 inhibitor IMD0354) in liver fibrosis. METHODS: Twenty male C57BL6 mice were divided into four groups. Five high-fat fed mice were inject...AIM: To investigate the anti-fibrosis effect of IκB kinase-beta inhibitor (IKK2 inhibitor IMD0354) in liver fibrosis. METHODS: Twenty male C57BL6 mice were divided into four groups. Five high-fat fed mice were injected with lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 10 mg/kg) intraperitoneally and five high-fat fed mice were without LPS injection to build models of liver injury, and the intervention group (five mice) was injected intraperitoneally with IKK2 inhibitor (IMD 30 mg/kg for 14 d), while the remaining five mice received a normal diet as controls. Hepatic function, pathological evaluation and liver interleukin-6 (IL-6) expression were examined. Western blotting and real-time polymerase chain reaction were used to detect the expressions of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB), alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), tumor growth factor-beta1 (TGF-β1), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), typeⅠand type Ⅲ collagen proteins and mRNA. RESULTS: A mouse model of liver injury was successfully established, and IMD decreased nuclear transloca-tion of NF-κB p65 in liver cells. In the IMD-treated group, the levels of alanine aminotransferase (103 ± 9.77 μ/L vs 62.4 ± 7.90 μ/L, P < 0.05) and aminotransferase (295.8 ± 38.56 μ/L vs 212 ± 25.10 μ/L, P < 0.05) were significantly decreased when compared with the model groups. The histological changes were significantly ameliorated. After treatment, the expressions of IL-6 (681 ± 45.96 vs 77 ± 7.79, P < 0.05), TGF-β1 (Western blotting 5.65% ± 0.017% vs 2.73% ± 0.005%, P < 0.05), TNF-α (11.58% ± 0.0063% vs 8.86% ± 0.0050%, P < 0.05), typeⅠcollagen (4.49% ± 0.014% vs 1.90% ± 0.0006%, P < 0.05) and type Ⅲ collagen (3.46% ± 0.008% vs 2.29% ± 0.0035%, P < 0.05) as well as α-SMA (6.19 ± 0.0036 μ/L vs 2.16 ± 0.0023 μ/L, P < 0.05) protein and mRNA were downregulated in the IMD group compared to the fibrosis control groups (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: IKK2 inhibitor IMD markedly improved non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in mice by lowering NF-κB activation, which could become a remedial target for liver fibrosis.展开更多
This paper proposes third order tunable bandwidth active Switched-Capacitor filter. The circuit consists of only op-amps and switched capacitors. The circuit is designed for circuit merit factor Q = 10. The proposed c...This paper proposes third order tunable bandwidth active Switched-Capacitor filter. The circuit consists of only op-amps and switched capacitors. The circuit is designed for circuit merit factor Q = 10. The proposed circuit implements three filter functions low pass, band pass and high pass simultaneously in single circuit. The filter circuit can be used for both narrow as well as for wide bandwidth. For various values of cut-off frequencies the behaviour of circuit is studied. The circuit works properly only for higher central frequencies, when f0 > 10 kHz.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81273983the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province of China,No.C2010001471the Scientific Research Fund of Hebei Provincial Education Department in China,No.Q2012036
文摘Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 （HIF-1） attenuates amyloid-beta protein neurotoxicity and decreases apoptosis induced by oxidative stress or hypoxia in cortical neurons. In this study, we construct-ed a recombinant adeno-associated virus （rAAV） vector expressing the human HIF-1αgene （rAAV-HIF-1α）, and tested the assumption that rAAV-HIF-1αrepresses hippocampal neuronal apoptosis induced by amyloid-beta protein. Our results conifrmed that rAAV-HIF-1αsigniifcant-ly reduces apoptosis induced by amyloid-beta protein in primary cultured hippocampal neurons. Direct intracerebral rAAV-HIF-1αadministration also induced robust and prolonged HIF-1αproduction in rat hippocampus. Single rAAV-HIF-1αadministration resulted in decreased apoptosis of hippocampal neurons in an Alzheimer＇s disease rat model established by intrace-rebroventricular injection of aggregated amyloid-beta protein （25-35）. Our in vitro and in vivo ifndings demonstrate that HIF-1 has potential for attenuating hippocampal neuronal apoptosis induced by amyloid-beta protein, and provides experimental support for treatment of neurode-generative diseases using gene therapy.
基金This projectwas supported byagrantfrom National Natu-ral Sciences Foundation of China (No. 39730 2 2 0 ) andWuhan Chenguang Program (No. 985 0 0 30 86)
文摘By study on the effect of anisodamine on lipopolysaccharide- induced expression of tissue factor(TF) in vascular endothelial cells(EC) ,the mechanism of anisodam ine antithrom bosis,as well as in the treatm ent of bacteraemic shock was investigated.Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were cultured by trypsin digestion m ethod.TF activity was measured in the lysates of HUVEC by using a single step clotting assay.Specific m RNA expression was detected by Northern blotting.In order to evaluate a possible contribution of the nuclear factor (NF) -κB pathway on the effects observed,electrophoretic mobility shift assays(EMSA) were performed using nuclear extracts from HU VECs and NF- κB- binding oligonucleotides.The results showed that treatment of HUVEC with L PS resulted in a significant increase in TF activity.Anisodamine dose- dependently inhibited L PS- induced upregulation of TF.These effects was also confirm ed on the level of specific TF m RNA expression by Northern blotting.Furtherm ore,EMSA showed that anisodamine com pletely abolished L PS- induced NF-κB DNA binding activity in nuclear ex- tracts from HUVECs treated with L PS together with anisodamine.The results suggest thataniso- damine counteracts endothelial cell activation by inhibiting L PS- induced TF expression in these cells.Its interference with the NF- κB pathway might- at least in part- contribute to this effect. The ability of anisodamine to counteract L PS effect on endothelial cells m ight be one underlying m echanism explaining its antithrombosis and efficacy in the treatment of bacteraemic shock.
基金Supported by Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau Youth Grant, No. 2008Y032
文摘AIM: To investigate the anti-fibrosis effect of IκB kinase-beta inhibitor (IKK2 inhibitor IMD0354) in liver fibrosis. METHODS: Twenty male C57BL6 mice were divided into four groups. Five high-fat fed mice were injected with lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 10 mg/kg) intraperitoneally and five high-fat fed mice were without LPS injection to build models of liver injury, and the intervention group (five mice) was injected intraperitoneally with IKK2 inhibitor (IMD 30 mg/kg for 14 d), while the remaining five mice received a normal diet as controls. Hepatic function, pathological evaluation and liver interleukin-6 (IL-6) expression were examined. Western blotting and real-time polymerase chain reaction were used to detect the expressions of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB), alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), tumor growth factor-beta1 (TGF-β1), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), typeⅠand type Ⅲ collagen proteins and mRNA. RESULTS: A mouse model of liver injury was successfully established, and IMD decreased nuclear transloca-tion of NF-κB p65 in liver cells. In the IMD-treated group, the levels of alanine aminotransferase (103 ± 9.77 μ/L vs 62.4 ± 7.90 μ/L, P < 0.05) and aminotransferase (295.8 ± 38.56 μ/L vs 212 ± 25.10 μ/L, P < 0.05) were significantly decreased when compared with the model groups. The histological changes were significantly ameliorated. After treatment, the expressions of IL-6 (681 ± 45.96 vs 77 ± 7.79, P < 0.05), TGF-β1 (Western blotting 5.65% ± 0.017% vs 2.73% ± 0.005%, P < 0.05), TNF-α (11.58% ± 0.0063% vs 8.86% ± 0.0050%, P < 0.05), typeⅠcollagen (4.49% ± 0.014% vs 1.90% ± 0.0006%, P < 0.05) and type Ⅲ collagen (3.46% ± 0.008% vs 2.29% ± 0.0035%, P < 0.05) as well as α-SMA (6.19 ± 0.0036 μ/L vs 2.16 ± 0.0023 μ/L, P < 0.05) protein and mRNA were downregulated in the IMD group compared to the fibrosis control groups (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: IKK2 inhibitor IMD markedly improved non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in mice by lowering NF-κB activation, which could become a remedial target for liver fibrosis.
基金Supported by A grant from Ministero Salute-Ricerca Oncologica-RECAM-2006-353005PRIN 2007-prot.2007EN8F7T-004+1 种基金Conven-zione CEINGE-Regione Campania.POR Campania FSE 2007-2013,Project CREMEPRIN 2010-2011-prot.2010K34C45_006
文摘AIM: To investigated the molecular cause of very early-onset ulcerative colitis (UC) in an 18-mo-old affected child.
文摘This paper proposes third order tunable bandwidth active Switched-Capacitor filter. The circuit consists of only op-amps and switched capacitors. The circuit is designed for circuit merit factor Q = 10. The proposed circuit implements three filter functions low pass, band pass and high pass simultaneously in single circuit. The filter circuit can be used for both narrow as well as for wide bandwidth. For various values of cut-off frequencies the behaviour of circuit is studied. The circuit works properly only for higher central frequencies, when f0 > 10 kHz.
