利用新技术开发腾冲硅灰石资源

阐述了用超细硅灰石复合纤维新材料,部分替代植物纤维在造纸业中应用的重要性。介绍了利用新技术开发腾冲硅灰石资源的情况及设计流程。该技术可促使造纸业的良性可持续发展,并保护了宝贵的森林资源及生态环境。     

The Role of Chronic Inflammation in Various Diseases and Anti-inflammatory Therapies Containing Natural Products

Chronic inflammation represents a long-term reaction of the body's immune system to noxious stimuli. Such a sustained inflammatory response sometimes results in lasting damage to healthy tissues and organs. In fact, chronic inflammation is implicated in the development and progression of various diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, metabolic diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and even cancers. Targeting nonresolving inflammation thus provides new opportunities for treating relevant diseases. In this review, we will go over several chronic inflammation-associated diseases first with emphasis on the role of inflammation in their pathogenesis. Then, we will summarize a number of natural products that exhibit therapeutic effects against those diseases by acting on different markers in the inflammatory response. We envision that natural products will remain a rich resource for the discovery of new drugs treating diseases associated with chronic inflammation.     

Screening of Inhibitors Targeting Heat Shock Protein 47 Involved in the Development of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Heat shock protein 47 (HSP47), a collagen-specific molecular chaperone, is causally related to fibrotic diseases, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The identification of Compounds that interfere with the HSP47-collagen interaction is essential for the development of relevant therapeutics. Herein, we prepared human HSP47 as a soluble fusion protein expressed in E. coli and established an assay system for HSP47 inhibitor screening. We screened a natural and synthetic Compound library established at Nagasaki University. Among 1023 Compounds, 13 exhibited inhibitory activity against human HSP47, of which three inhibited its function in a dose-dependent manner. Epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate, one of these three Compounds, is a typical polyphenol Compound derived from tea leaves. Structurally related Compounds were synthesized and examined for their activity, revealing a hydroxyl group at A-ring position 5 as important for its activity. The present findings provide valuable insight for the development of natural product-derived therapeutics for fibrotic diseases, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.     

多层油纸绝缘介质不同局放阶段的陷阱参数演变规律

陷阱是影响绝缘介质中电荷输运特性的重要因素,研究不同局放阶段绝缘介质陷阱参数演变规律对深入研究放电机理具有重要意义。为此,考虑车载变压器的匝间绝缘结构特点,设计了3层油纸绝缘缺陷模型,进行局部放电试验,选取起始到击穿不同放电阶段的试样,采用等温表面电位衰减方法研究不同放电阶段3层绝缘纸试样的表面电荷衰减特性,据此计算相应阶段试样表面电荷的陷阱分布规律,探究陷阱分布对局部放电的影响。研究结果表明:Nomex纸以深陷阱为主,随着放电的发展,第1层绝缘纸陷阱能级增加,第2、3层绝缘纸陷阱能级下降;陷阱能级和陷阱密度降低导致绝缘纸中自由电荷变化率增加,自由电荷数量增多,放电的剧烈程度增加;电荷的传输特性是局部放电过程中不同层绝缘纸陷阱参数演变规律不同的重要原因。     

Pyrolysis of vulcanized styrene-butadiene rubber via ReaxFF molecular dynamics simulation

Styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) is widely used in tires in the automotive segment and vulcanization using sulfur is a common process to enhance its mechanical properties. However, the addition of sulfur as the cross-linking agent usually results in impurities in pyrolysis products during rubber recycling, and thus the desulfurization during tire pyrolysis attracts much attention. In this work, the pyrolysis of vulcanized SBR is studied in detail with the help of ReaxFF molecular dynamics simulation. A series of crosslinked SBR models were built with different sulfur contents and densities. The following ReaxFF MD simulations were performed to show products distributions at different pyrolysis conditions. The simulation results show that sulfur products distribution is mainly controlled by sulfur contents and temperatures. The reaction mechanism is proposed based on the analysis of sulfur products conversion pathway, where most sulfur atoms are bonded with hydrocarbon radicals and the rest transfer to H₂S. High sulfur contents tend to the formation of elemental sulfur intermediate, and temperature increase facilitates the release of H₂S.     

Nephrotoxicity of Herbal Products in Europe—A Review of an Underestimated Problem

Currently in Europe, despite the many advances in production technology of synthetic drugs, the interest in natural herbal medicines continues to increase. One of the reasons for their popular use is the assumption that natural equals safe. However, herbal medicines contain pharmacologically active ingredients, some of which have been associated with adverse effects. Kidneys are particularly susceptible to injury induced by toxins, including poisonous constituents from medicinal plants. The most recognized herb-induced kidney injury is aristolochic acid nephropathy connected with misuse of certain Traditional Chinese herbal medicines. Data concerning nephrotoxicity of plant species of European origin are scarce. Here, we critically review significant data of the nephrotoxicity of several plants used in European phytotherapy, including Artemisia herba-alba, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Euphorbia paralias, and Aloe). Causative mechanisms and factors predisposing to intoxications from the use of herbs are discussed. The basic intention of this review is to improve pharmacovigilance of herbal medicine, especially in patients with chronic kidney diseases.     

Identification of the Catalytic Residues in the Cyclase Domain of the Class IV Lanthipeptide Synthetase SgbL

Lanthipeptides belong to the family of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) and are subdivided into different classes based on their processing enzymes. The three-domain class IV lanthipeptide synthetases (LanL enzymes) consist of N-terminal lyase, central kinase, and C-terminal cyclase domains. While the catalytic residues of the kinase domains (mediating ATP-dependent Ser/Thr phosphorylations) and the lyase domains (carrying out subsequent phosphoserine/phosphothreonine (pSer/pThr) eliminations to yield dehydroalanine/dehydrobutyrine (Dha/Dhb) residues) have been characterized previously, such studies are missing for LanL cyclase domains. To close this gap of knowledge, this study reports on the identification and validation of the catalytic residues in the cyclase domain of the class IV lanthipeptide synthetase SgbL, which facilitate the nucleophilic attacks by Cys thiols on Dha/Dhb residues for the formation of β-thioether crosslinks.     

连铸高铝氮积齿轮钢第三脆性区形成机制与控制

钢中的Al、N含量对连铸及其后续加工热塑性和奥氏体晶粒度控制有重要影响,这也是高温渗碳钢与各种Al脱氧钢广泛关注的问题。使用Gleeble 3800热/力学模拟试验机测定了一种轨道交通用高铝氮积齿轮钢(SCM420H)的高温热塑性,并结合差示扫描量热仪(DSC)分析、AlN析出热力学模型以及Schwerdtfeger热塑性特征值计算模型揭示了其第三脆性区的形成机制与调控途径。结果表明,高铝氮积齿轮钢第三脆性区低谷温度范围为750~850 ℃,这是由应力诱导先共析铁素体膜的产生与AlN粒子的大量析出共同导致的。Schwerdtfeger热塑性特征值计算模型可以较准确地预测高铝氮积齿轮钢第三脆性区的上限温度与最小面缩率,但由其预测的热塑性曲线下限温度偏高,应进一步考虑先共析铁素体膜析出的影响,并依据Ar3温度对其进行修正。高Al高N齿轮钢第三脆性区的下限温度取决于其先共析铁素体开始析出温度,主要与钢种成分和铸坯冷却速率相关,连铸生产中可控性有限;但其上限温度则与铸坯应变速率、冷却速率以及钢中的Al、N含量和AlN析出行为均有关联,调控空间较大,应该是连铸生产中合理控制铸坯热塑性与表面裂纹倾向的正确途径。     

宝钢高速线材轧机的产品现状及展望

介绍了具有当前国际线材生产先进水平的宝钢高速线材轧机的产品特点，及该轧机自投产至今的产品开发情况，并对今后新产品开发工作进行了展望。     

牙科钛及钛合金表面烤瓷研究进展

介绍了中国钛工业发展的历史，钛的资源和钛的应用情况以及钛合金发展所取得的进展，中国钛工业经历了４０余年的研究和发展，目前产能已达到年产３６５０ｔ海绵钛和２８００ｔ钛加工材的生产能力，并建立了一个从海绵钛生产到钛锭熔炼，铸造，加工及钛设备制造的完整的钛工业体系，钛材已被广泛用於化学，宇航，航空等各个工业部门。中国已成长为世界上一个重要的钛工业国，同时还总结了中国钛工业发展的经验和教训；展望了中国钛工