The Role of Autophagy and Pyroptosis in Liver Disorders

Pyroptosis is a programmed cell death caused by inflammasomes, which can detect cell cytosolic contamination or disturbance. In pyroptosis, caspase-1 or caspase-11/4/5 is activated, cleaving gasdermin D to separate its N-terminal pore-forming domain (PFD). The oligomerization of PFD forms macropores in the membrane, resulting in swelling and membrane rupture. According to the different mechanisms, pyroptosis can be divided into three types: canonical pathway-mediated pyroptosis, non-canonical pathway-mediated pyroptosis, and caspase-3-induced pyroptosis. Pyroptosis has been reported to play an important role in many tissues and organs, including the liver. Autophagy is a highly conserved process of the eukaryotic cell cycle. It plays an important role in cell survival and maintenance by degrading organelles, proteins and macromolecules in the cytoplasm. Therefore, the dysfunction of this process is involved in a variety of pathological processes. In recent years, autophagy and pyroptosis and their interactions have been proven to play an important role in various physiological and pathological processes, and have gradually attracted more and more attention to become a research hotspot. Therefore, this review summarized the role of autophagy and pyroptosis in liver disorders, and analyzed the related mechanism to provide a basis for future research.     

Nanoscale Calculation of Proton-Induced DNA Damage Using a Chromatin Geometry Model with Geant4-DNA

Monte Carlo simulations can quantify various types of DNA damage to evaluate the biological effects of ionizing radiation at the nanometer scale. This work presents a study simulating the DNA target response after proton irradiation. A chromatin fiber model and new physics constructors with the ELastic Scattering of Electrons and Positrons by neutral Atoms (ELSEPA) model were used to describe the DNA geometry and the physical stage of water radiolysis with the Geant4-DNA toolkit, respectively. Three key parameters (the energy threshold model for strand breaks, the physics model and the maximum distance to distinguish DSB clusters) of scoring DNA damage were studied to investigate the impact on the uncertainties of DNA damage. On the basis of comparison of our results with experimental data and published findings, we were able to accurately predict the yield of various types of DNA damage. Our results indicated that the difference in physics constructor can cause up to 56.4% in the DNA double-strand break (DSB) yields. The DSB yields were quite sensitive to the energy threshold for strand breaks (SB) and the maximum distance to classify the DSB clusters, which were even more than 100 times and four times than the default configurations, respectively.     

Maternal Prenatal Inflammation Increases Brain Damage Susceptibility of Lipopolysaccharide in Adult Rat Offspring via COX-2/PGD-2/DPs Pathway Activation

A growing body of research suggests that inflammatory insult contributes to the etiology of central nervous system diseases, such as depression, Alzheimer’s disease, and so forth. However, the effect of prenatal systemic inflammation exposure on offspring brain development and cerebral susceptibility to inflammatory insult remains unknown. In this study, we utilized the prenatal inflammatory insult model in vivo and the neuronal damage model in vitro. The results obtained show that prenatal maternal inflammation exacerbates LPS-induced memory impairment, neuronal necrosis, brain inflammatory response, and significantly increases protein expressions of COX-2, DP2, APP, and Aβ, while obviously decreasing that of DP1 and the exploratory behaviors of offspring rats. Meloxicam significantly inhibited memory impairment, neuronal necrosis, oxidative stress, and inflammatory response, and down-regulated the expressions of APP, Aβ, COX-2, and DP2, whereas significantly increased exploring behaviors and the expression of DP1 in vivo. Collectively, these findings suggested that maternal inflammation could cause offspring suffering from inflammatory and behavioral disorders and increase the susceptibility of offspring to cerebral pathological factors, accompanied by COX-2/PGD-2/DPs pathway activation, which could be ameliorated significantly by COX-2 inhibitor meloxicam treatment.     

尖晶石相型LiM_(0.2)Mn_(1.8)O_4(M=Mg、Cd)相的晶格畸变与红外吸收峰频移

通过室温固相法制备了不同元素掺杂的前驱体,并采用分步煅烧法获得了尖晶石型LiMn2O4和LiM0.2Mn1.8O4(M=Mg、Cd)相。采用XRD和FTIR技术就元素掺杂对产物晶格畸变、Mn—O键长和键能强度等微观结构参数和光谱频移现象进行分析。结果表明,不同元素掺杂导致产物产生不同程度的晶格畸变。Mg元素掺杂使晶格收缩,Mn(Ⅳ)—O和Mn(Ⅲ)—O键收缩和键能强度增加,对应吸收峰发生蓝移;Cd元素掺杂使晶格膨胀,Mn(Ⅳ)—O和Mn(Ⅲ)—O键增长和键能强度降低,对应吸收峰发生红移。     

纳米WO3材料的制备、应用及研究趋势

结合近年来国内外相关文献，综述了纳米WO3材料的研究现状与进展，重点概述了超细WO3粉体和纳米WO3薄膜的各种制备方法及各自优缺点，并介绍了纳米WO3薄膜的稀有金属掺杂研究等；分析了纳米WO3材料的研究意义，介绍了纳米WO3材料在变色及催化等方面的应用。最后分析了纳米WO3材料应用的发展趋势。     

汽车座椅调角器耐久性试验机的研制

介绍了一种用于汽车座椅调角器疲劳耐久性试验的测试设备,叙述了该设备的设计思想,机械结构,硬件组成,控制系统,软件设计,试验方式等。实际运行表明,设备运行稳定安全可靠,试验方法简单方便。     

快速自移式超前支架的应用分析

通过对目前国内自移式超前支架的主要型式、主要特点、主要技术参数的对比及在井下适应性介绍,提出了适合晋城煤业集团一次采全高工作面分体快速自移式超前支架,并对其应用提出了几点建议。     

短壁综放面快速推进矿山压力显现规律与特征

通过分析短壁综放工作面快速推进条件下的矿压显现规律与特征,为今后类似条件的工作面巷道布置、支护参数选择等提供切实可靠的依据。对工作面回采提出有针对性的防范措施,实现工作面快速推进时的安全生产。     

带压堵漏作业防护探索与研究

本文分析了泄露现场的化学和物理危害因素及由此导致的各种后果,而且针对泄露事故对作业人员不同部位的伤害提出了相对应的个人防护用品,同时提供了与之相对应的国家行业标准.     

2号高炉高冶强下的指标优化措施

在高冶强的生产状态下,高炉如何优化各项技术经济指标,降低其成本,从而提高产品竞争力,是现代高炉操作者积极探索的问题。梅钢2号高炉通过精料、优化操作、改进工艺措施等的实施,实现了高炉高冶强下的指标优化。