Attenuating Effects of Dieckol on Hypertensive Nephropathy in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Hypertension induces renal fibrosis or tubular interstitial fibrosis, which eventually results in end-stage renal disease. Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is one of the underlying mechanisms of renal fibrosis. Though previous studies showed that Ecklonia cava extracts (ECE) and dieckol (DK) had inhibitory action on angiotensin (Ang) I-converting enzyme, which converts Ang I to Ang II. It is known that Ang II is involved in renal fibrosis; however, it was not evaluated whether ECE or DK attenuated hypertensive nephropathy by decreasing EMT. In this study, the effect of ECE and DK on decreasing Ang II and its down signal pathway of angiotensin type 1 receptor (AT1R)/TGFβ/SMAD, which is related with the EMT and restoring renal function in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs), was investigated. Either ECE or DK significantly decreased the serum level of Ang II in the SHRs. Moreover, the renal expression of AT1R/TGFβ/SMAD was decreased by the administration of either ECE or DK. The mesenchymal cell markers in the kidney of SHRs was significantly decreased by ECE or DK. The fibrotic tissue of the kidney of SHRs was also significantly decreased by ECE or DK. The ratio of urine albumin/creatinine of SHRs was significantly decreased by ECE or DK. Overall, the results of this study indicate that ECE and DK decreased the serum levels of Ang II and expression of AT1R/TGFβ/SMAD, and then decreased the EMT and renal fibrosis in SHRs. Furthermore, the decrease in EMT and renal fibrosis could lead to the restoration of renal function. It seems that ECE or DK could be beneficial for decreasing hypertensive nephropathy by decreasing EMT and renal fibrosis.     

Design,Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel 6H-Benzo[c]chromen-6-one Derivatives as Potential Phosphodiesterase II Inhibitors

Urolithins (hydroxylated 6H-benzo[c]chromen-6-ones) are the main bioavailable metabolites of ellagic acid (EA), which was shown to be a cognitive enhancer in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. As part of this research, a series of alkoxylated 6H-benzo[c]chromen-6-one derivatives were designed and synthesized. Furthermore, their biological activities were evaluated as potential PDE2 inhibitors, and the alkoxylated 6H-benzo[c]chromen-6-one derivative 1f was found to have the optimal inhibitory potential (IC₅₀: 3.67 ± 0.47 μM). It also exhibited comparable activity in comparison to that of BAY 60-7550 in vitro cell level studies.     

Formation of the Fe(II)-Fe(III) hydroxysulphate green rust during marine corrosion of steel

Rust layers formed on steel sheet piles immersed 1 m above the mud line for 25 years were analysed by Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and elemental X-ray mappings (Fe, S, O). They consist of three main strata, the inner one mainly composed of magnetite, the intermediate one of iron(III) oxyhydroxides and the outer one of hydroxysulphate green rust GR(SO₄²⁻). Simulations of GRs formation in solutions having large [Cl⁻]/[SO₄²⁻] ratios revealed that the hydroxysulphate GR(SO₄²⁻) was obtained instead of the hydroxychloride GR(Cl⁻), as demonstrated by X-ray diffraction and transmission Mössbauer spectroscopy analyses. Measurements of the [S], [Fe] and [Cl] concentrations allowed us to establish that GR(SO₄²⁻) formed along with a drastic impoverishment of the solution in sulphate ions; the [Cl⁻]/[SO₄²⁻] ratio increased from 12 to 240. The GR, acting like a “sulphate pump”, may favour the colonisation of the rust layers by sulphate reducing bacteria.     

SERCOS Ⅱ在注塑机全电动设计中的应用

针对传统注塑机在加工精度、加工效率上的不足，提出一种全电子注塑机的控制方案，介绍了基于SERCOSⅡ实时系统的运动控制方法，分析了实现注塑过程的高速高精度的硬件体系。在试验样机3个月的连续工作中，当周期循环时间为4ms，注射量最大达到80cm^3时，产品的成型周期能够控制在15s以内，注出产品的质量、精度均满足要求，表明该设计切实可行。     

Self-assembled monolayers of a disulphide-derivatised cobalt-porphyrin on gold

A self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of a novel cobalt(II)porphyrin disulphide derivative was prepared on flat gold(1 1 1) electrode. Evidence for surface modification was provided by electrochemical reductive desorption of the monolayer and ellipsometry, consistent with a coverage of 2.5 × 10⁻¹⁰ mol cm⁻² and a thickness of 13 Å, respectively. Both results support the presence of SAMs where the molecules share an intermediate position between perpendicular and flat orientation. Scanning tunnelling microscopy have also proven the formation of CoPSS SAMs, however high-resolution images could only be obtained when the CoPSS molecules were diluted in an hexanethiol SAM. The electrocatalytic activity of the surface confined Co-porphyrin was evaluated for the oxygen reduction. Voltammetric data indicate that reaction involves two electrons consistent with the formation of hydrogen peroxide. Under similar experimental conditions the data obtained for an iron-porphyrin analogue points for a full reduction of dioxygen to water.     

Synthesis and characterization of soluble (porphyrinato)iron(II) polymers

The use of (tetrakis(4-hexylphenyl)porphyrinato)Fe(II) in polymerization reactions with bidentate ligands such as 9,10-diisocyanoanthracene and 1,4-diisocyanobenzene led to well-defined stacked polymers1 and2 which are still soluble in common organic solvents such as chloroform, dichloromethane, and tetrahydrofurane. They have been completely characterized by¹H-NMR and UV/vis spectropscopy in solution, even allowing end-group analysis for determination of the average degree of polymerization, yieldingn=10 andn=5 for1 and2, respectively. Mößbauer and IR spectroscopy further established the strong Fe-CN bonding reflected by very small isomer shifts and quadrupole splittings (E _Q0.2 mm s^–1) and a large decrease in the IR stretching frequency (v _CN60 cm^–1). The axially stacked polymers exhibit semiconducting properties only upon doping.Presented at the 5th International Symposium on Macromolecule-Metal Complexes (MMV), Summer 1993 in Bremen, Germany.     

三维激光扫描技术在引水隧洞检修中的应用

三维激光扫描技术是国际上近年发展的一项集光、电和计算机技术于一体的新技术,利用该技术可以快速、精确地获取空间数据。锦屏二级水电站引水隧洞放空检修时发现少数洞内存在混凝土破损情况,但受时间与费用等因素限制,难于以采用常规手段详细检查混凝土表面缺陷与变形等问题。通过采用三维激光扫描技术对隧洞进行全断面扫描,及时探查了混凝土表面的缺陷并进行了处理,确保了工程安全运行;同时,还得到混凝土表面的三维坐标信息,建立了混凝土表面缺陷基准数据库,可为后续进一步分析混凝土表面缺陷的变化情况提供参考。     

Effect of competitive interference on the biosorption of lead(II) by Chlorella vulgaris

Batch experiments were carried out to asses the effect of Cu(II) and Zn(II) on the biosorption of lead(II) ions by non-living Chlorella vulgaris. The uptake of Pb(II) was examined for single, binary and ternary solutions at different initial concentrations and different pH values. The experimental results showed that the uptake increased with increasing pH from 3.0 to an optimum value of 5.0. The biosorption of Pb(II) was found to be adversely affected by the presence of Cu(II) ions, while Zn(II) ions seemed to have negligible effect on the process. The equilibrium data were fitted to four isotherm models: Langmuir, Freundlich, Sips and Dubinin–Radushkevich; the Sips isotherm gave the best fit for the data. Modeling of the controlling mechanisms indicated that both intrinsic kinetics and mass transfer played major roles in controlling the process. A new dimensionless parameter, Ψ, was defined to asses the relative contributions of the two mechanisms to the biosorption of lead(II). Mass transfer seemed to be the dominant mechanism at low initial lead(II) concentrations, while intrinsic kinetics dominates at high concentrations.     

Inhibition of oxygen evolution by zaluzanin C

The inhibition of ATP synthesis, proton uptake, and electron transport (basal, phosphorylating, and uncoupled) from water to methylviologen by zaluzanin C indicates that it acts as an electron transport inhibitor. Uncoupled photosystem I electron transport rate was not affected by zaluzanin C; however, uncoupled photosystem II electron flow from water to 2,3,5,6-tetramethyl phenylenediamine and from water to silicomolybdate was inhibited, but electron transport from diphenylcarbazide to silicomolybdate was not affected. We conclude that the site of inhibition by zaluzanin C is located at the oxygen evolution level.     

基于FPGA的声呐信号数字预处理机的设计

介绍了一种基于单片FPGA的声呐信号数字预处理机设计方案。系统可以对30路换能器输出的模拟信号进行同步采样,采样数据在FPGA中依次进行正交解调、FIR滤波、波束形成等声呐信号预处理计算,减轻了上位机计算任务,解决了多阵元声呐设备中数据采集速度和数据处理速度难以匹配的瓶颈。