SOD对肿瘤细胞凋亡影响和抗氧化损伤的研究:Ⅳ.SOD对荷瘤小鼠正常组织氧化损伤的保护效应

探讨超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)对电离辐射和肿瘤化疗药物对荷瘤机体正常组织损伤的保护效应及机制,测定荷瘤鼠肝脏、脾脏、肾脏、心脏、肺、脑和骨髓组织的活性氧(ROS)、氧化产物丙二醛(MDA)水平和谷胱苷肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性,并观察SOD对荷瘤小鼠肝脏超微结构的影响。结果表明,荷瘤小鼠受照射和化疗药物后其骨髓、肝脏、肾脏、脾脏、组织匀浆中ROS、MDA含量明显升高,而GSH-Px和CAT活性明显降低,其机制是电离辐射和化疗药物造成抗氧化酶的损伤及机体内ROS含量上升。加入SOD与对照组相比,显著降低荷瘤小鼠骨髓、肝脏、脾脏组织匀浆中ROS、MDA含量,略微升高GSH-Px和CAT活性,而对肾脏组织匀浆中ROS、MDA含量和GSH-Px和CAT活性无明显影响,同时SOD可明显减轻电离辐射对荷瘤小鼠肝细胞超微结构破坏,SOD通过直接清除自由基和保护抗氧化酶的损伤起辐射保护作用。     

Molecular dynamics simulations of the interaction between OH radicals in plasma with poly-β-1–6-N-acetylglucosamine

Cold atmospheric plasma shows a satisfactory ability to inactivate bacterial biofilms that are difficult to remove using conventional methods in some cases. However, the researches on the inactivation mechanism are not quite sufficient. Poly-β-1–6-N-acetylglucosamine (PNAG), which is one of the important components in some biofilms, was used as the research subject, and the related mechanism of action triggered by different concentrations of the OH in plasma was studied using reactive molecular dynamics simulations. The results showed that OH radicals could not only trigger the hydrogen abstraction reaction leading to cleavage of the PNAG molecular structure, but undergo an OH addition reaction with PNAG molecules. New reaction pathways appeared in the simulations as the OH concentration increased, but the reaction efficiency first increased and then decreased. The simulation study in this paper could, to some extent, help elucidate the microscopic mechanism of the interaction between OH radicals in plasma and bacterial biofilms at the atomic level.     

高炉法钙镁磷肥适当提高鼓风氧含量的试验

为促使高炉法钙镁磷肥企业在提高产量、降低消耗的基础上提高企业经济效益,云南沾益磷肥厂在2#高炉上用纯氧提高鼓风空气中氧含量1%～2%进行工业性生产试验。试验证实了适当提高氧含量鼓风是安全可靠的,提高氧含量鼓风尽管技术很成熟,但由于氧含量提高过少,影响钙镁磷肥高炉技经指标因素较多,试验未取得理想效果。应进一步制定提高鼓风中氧含量在10%～30%的试验方案,继续试验,开发这一工业应用技术。     

Study of amperometric diffusion solid-state electrolyte cell operating regimes

Different operating regimes are considered for operation of an amperometric diffusion solid-state electrolyte cell for measuring the volume fraction of oxygen. The design of an oxygen sensor is described. Experimental results confirm the efficiency of the proposed diffusion solid-state electrolyte cell for measuring oxygen in the range of 98–100%. Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 10, pp. 64–65, October, 2008.     

SPE电解池催化剂载体的研究

采用氮化钛、碳化钛、碳化硅纳米粉体作为载体,制备担载型RuO2催化剂;并利用X-射线衍射(XRD)及电化学测试技术对样品进行表征.结果表明:纳米TiN、TiC粉体在高温煅烧时都发生了氧化反应,部分转化为TiO2,而纳米粉体SiC比较稳定,不发生化学反应,RuO2/SiC催化剂相比RuO2/TiC、RuO2/TiN催化剂也具有较好的析氧催化活性.     

Genipin,an Inhibitor of UCP2 as a Promising New Anticancer Agent: A Review of the Literature

Genipin is a protein cross-linking agent extracted from Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides Ellis) fruits. This fruit has conventionally been used as a Chinese herbal medicine for the treatment of inflammation and jaundice and as an edible colorant in oriental countries. Uncoupling protein (UCP)-2 is a member of the family of uncoupling proteins, which are anion transporters positioned in the mitochondrial inner membrane. Genipin has been shown to have hepatoprotective activity, acting as an effective antioxidant and inhibitor of mitochondrial UCP2, and is also reported to exert significant anticancer effects. In this review, the author presents the latest progress of genipin as an anticancer agent and concisely describes its various mechanisms of action. In brief, genipin inhibits UCP2 to attenuate generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), leading to ROS/c-Jun N-terminal kinase-dependent apoptosis of cancer cells. Genipin also increases the tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteases (MMP)-2, a kind of tumor promoter in a variety of cancers, as well as induces caspase-dependent apoptosis in in vitro and in vivo models. These findings suggest that genipin can serve as a promising novel antitumor agent that could be applicable for chemotherapy and/or chemoprevention for cancers.     

Molecular and Physiological Responses of Citrus sinensis Leaves to Long-Term Low pH Revealed by RNA-Seq Integrated with Targeted Metabolomics

Low pH-induced alterations in gene expression profiles and organic acids (OA) and free amino acid (FAA) abundances were investigated in sweet orange [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck cv. Xuegan] leaves. We identified 503 downregulated and 349 upregulated genes in low pH-treated leaves. Further analysis indicated that low pH impaired light reaction and carbon fixation in photosynthetic organisms, thereby lowering photosynthesis in leaves. Low pH reduced carbon and carbohydrate metabolisms, OA biosynthesis and ATP production in leaves. Low pH downregulated the biosynthesis of nitrogen compounds, proteins, and FAAs in leaves, which might be conducive to maintaining energy homeostasis during ATP deprivation. Low pH-treated leaves displayed some adaptive responses to phosphate starvation, including phosphate recycling, lipid remodeling, and phosphate transport, thus enhancing leaf acid-tolerance. Low pH upregulated the expression of some reactive oxygen species (ROS) and aldehyde detoxifying enzyme (peroxidase and superoxidase) genes and the concentrations of some antioxidants (L-tryptophan, L-proline, nicotinic acid, pantothenic acid, and pyroglutamic acid), but it impaired the pentose phosphate pathway and V_E and secondary metabolite biosynthesis and downregulated the expression of some ROS and aldehyde detoxifying enzyme (ascorbate peroxidase, aldo-keto reductase, and 2-alkenal reductase) genes and the concentrations of some antioxidants (pyridoxine and γ-aminobutyric acid), thus disturbing the balance between production and detoxification of ROS and aldehydes and causing oxidative damage to leaves.