Recent technical breakthroughs in cryo-electron microscopy（cryo-EM） revolutionized structural biology, which led to the 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry being awarded to three scientists, Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Fran...Recent technical breakthroughs in cryo-electron microscopy（cryo-EM） revolutionized structural biology, which led to the 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry being awarded to three scientists, Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson, who made groundbreaking contributions to the development of cryo-EM. In this review, I will give a comprehensive review of the developmental history of cryo-EM, the technical aspects of the breakthrough in cryo-EM leading to the structural biology revolution, including electron microscopy, image recording devices and image processing algorithms,and the major scientific achievements by Chinese researchers employing cryo-EM, covering protein complexes involved in or related to gene expression and regulation, protein synthesis and degradation, membrane proteins, immunity, and viruses.Finally, I will give a perspective outlook on the development of cryo-EM in the future.展开更多
Objective： To study the ability of aqueous extract of Hericium erinaceus mushroom in the treatment of nerve injury following peroneal nerve crush in Sprague-Dawley rats. Methods： Aqueous extract of Hericium erinaceu...Objective： To study the ability of aqueous extract of Hericium erinaceus mushroom in the treatment of nerve injury following peroneal nerve crush in Sprague-Dawley rats. Methods： Aqueous extract of Hericium erinaceus was given by daily oral administration following peroneal nerve crush injury in Sprague- Dawley rats. The expression of protein kinase B （Akt） and mitogen-activated protein kinase （MAPK） signaling pathways; and c-Jun and c-Fos genes were studied in dorsal root ganglia （DRG） whereas the activity of protein synthesis was assessed in peroneal nerves by immunohistochemical method. Results： Peripheral nerve injury leads to changes at the axonal site of injury and remotely located DRG containing cell bodies of sensory afferent neurons. Immunofluorescence studies showed that DRG neurons ipsilateral to the crush injury in rats of treated groups expressed higher immunoreactivities for Ak＇t, MAPK, c-Jun and c-Fos as compared with negative control group （P〈0.05）. The intensity of nuclear ribonucleoprotein in the distal segments of crushed nerves of treated groups was significantly higher than in the negative control group （P〈0.05）. Conclusion： H. erinaceus is capable of promoting peripheral nerve regeneration after injury. Potential signaling pathways include Akt, MAPK, c-Jun, and c-Fos, and protein synthesis have been shown to be involved in its action.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2017YFA0504700)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.31570732 and 31770785)
文摘Recent technical breakthroughs in cryo-electron microscopy（cryo-EM） revolutionized structural biology, which led to the 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry being awarded to three scientists, Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson, who made groundbreaking contributions to the development of cryo-EM. In this review, I will give a comprehensive review of the developmental history of cryo-EM, the technical aspects of the breakthrough in cryo-EM leading to the structural biology revolution, including electron microscopy, image recording devices and image processing algorithms,and the major scientific achievements by Chinese researchers employing cryo-EM, covering protein complexes involved in or related to gene expression and regulation, protein synthesis and degradation, membrane proteins, immunity, and viruses.Finally, I will give a perspective outlook on the development of cryo-EM in the future.
基金Supported by the High Impact Research GrantFundamental Research Grant Scheme FP023/2008C of University of Malaya
文摘Objective： To study the ability of aqueous extract of Hericium erinaceus mushroom in the treatment of nerve injury following peroneal nerve crush in Sprague-Dawley rats. Methods： Aqueous extract of Hericium erinaceus was given by daily oral administration following peroneal nerve crush injury in Sprague- Dawley rats. The expression of protein kinase B （Akt） and mitogen-activated protein kinase （MAPK） signaling pathways; and c-Jun and c-Fos genes were studied in dorsal root ganglia （DRG） whereas the activity of protein synthesis was assessed in peroneal nerves by immunohistochemical method. Results： Peripheral nerve injury leads to changes at the axonal site of injury and remotely located DRG containing cell bodies of sensory afferent neurons. Immunofluorescence studies showed that DRG neurons ipsilateral to the crush injury in rats of treated groups expressed higher immunoreactivities for Ak＇t, MAPK, c-Jun and c-Fos as compared with negative control group （P〈0.05）. The intensity of nuclear ribonucleoprotein in the distal segments of crushed nerves of treated groups was significantly higher than in the negative control group （P〈0.05）. Conclusion： H. erinaceus is capable of promoting peripheral nerve regeneration after injury. Potential signaling pathways include Akt, MAPK, c-Jun, and c-Fos, and protein synthesis have been shown to be involved in its action.
