Imaging amoeboid cancer cell motility in vivo

The availability of multi-photon intravital microscopy has recently allowed researchers to start to visualise the dynamic behaviour of cancer cells in vivo. This imaging has revealed that many cancer cells ranging from carcinoma to melanoma move in an amoeboid manner in order to invade surrounding tissue and escape from the primary tumour. This mode on cell motility is extremely rapid and does not require the activity of proteases to degrade the extra-cellular matrix (ECM). This review details the techniques that are available to study cell motility in vivo and discusses the current knowledge about the mechanisms of amoeboid cell motility.     

HSPA4 Is a Biomarker of Placenta Accreta and Enhances the Angiogenesis Ability of Vessel Endothelial Cells

Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) accounts for 7% of maternal mortality and is associated with intraoperative and postoperative morbidity caused by massive blood loss, infection, and adjacent organ damage. The aims of this study were to identify the protein biomarkers of PAS and to further explore their pathogenetic roles in PAS. For this purpose, we collected five placentas from pregnant subjects with PAS complications and another five placentas from normal pregnancy (NP) cases. Then, we enriched protein samples by specifically isolating the trophoblast villous, deeply invading into the uterine muscle layer in the PAS patients. Next, fluorescence-based two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) and MALDI-TOF/MS were used to identify the proteins differentially abundant between PAS and NP placenta tissues. As a result, nineteen spots were determined as differentially abundant proteins, ten and nine of which were more abundant in PAS and NP placenta tissues, respectively. Then, specific validation with western blot assay and immunohisto/cytochemistry (IHC) assay confirmed that heat shock 70 kDa protein 4 (HSPA4) and chorionic somatomammotropin hormone (CSH) were PAS protein biomarkers. Further tube formation assays demonstrated that HSPA4 promoted the in vitro angiogenesis ability of vessel endothelial cells, which is consistent with the in vivo scenario of PAS complications. In this study, we not only identified PAS protein biomarkers but also connected the promoted angiogenesis with placenta invasion, investigating the pathogenetic mechanism of PAS.     

Gas invasion is the key process of Sinian-Cambrian gas accumulation in Sichuan Basin

Abstract

Previous studies divided the Sinian-Cambrian gas accumulation processes into three stages, including (1) paleo-oil accumulation; (2) paleo-oil cracking; and (3) gas reservoir adjustment and finalization. The author thinks that they ignored a key process, during which the natural gas invades and changes the paleo-oil reservoirs into paleo-gas reservoirs. According to the micro-observation of bitumen in reservoirs, there were great differences between the asphaltene formed by gas invasion and the pyrobitumen formed by paleo-oil cracking. When the gas invasion happened in paleo-reservoirs, asphaltene was separated out and the liquid hydrocarbon was partially changed into solid bitumen which lead to the increase of gas storage for oil-cracking gas and source rocks pyrolysis gas.     

四川盆地老气田二次开发优化技术及应用

经过近60年的开发,四川盆地的许多老气田已进入低压、低产的开发中后期,部分气田虽然已濒临废弃,但其中仍尚存较多剩余天然气资源未采出。通过梳理分析,认为具备二次开发条件的气田多存在地层水活跃形成水封难以解封、低渗透储量难动用等问题。为此,从老气田二次开发的定义出发,全面阐述了其技术路线及优选条件:(1)在建立缝洞系统多储渗体模式的基础上,采用压力重整曲线进行地质模型正演、生产动态反演特征曲线诊断,提出了复杂岩溶缝洞系统多储渗体识别及定量描述方法,结合U型管气水赋存新模式,形成了强水侵多缝洞系统天然气储量计算新技术;(2)建立孔、洞、缝三重介质数值模型,形成强水侵底水缝洞气藏"水平井排水+直井采气"排采井网模拟及效果评价新技术;(3)依托精细气藏描述形成的配套集成技术,重构气藏地质模型,分类评价气藏低渗透储量,结合井网优化、水平井地质导向、分段酸化压裂等工艺技术,进一步提高有效动用率;(4)建立多节点、多环节输气管网模型,形成区域性管网整体模拟优化及预测技术。实施效果表明,该二次开发技术在老气田产能建设、提高老气田采收率、延缓老气田产量递减、稳定老气田产量等方面均具有明显成效。     

Privacy-preserving photo sharing framework cross different social network

With rapid developments of digital photography and social networks,users of photo-sharing-supported social networking applications can easily forward photos across different social networks at the cost of their growing privacy concerns.To address this problem,a privacy-preserving photo sharing framework was proposed,which could apply to extended control and privacy invasion tracing.In extended control scheme,the following users on a dissemination chain was restrained by each user’s privacy policy.Then several privacy areas of photos were encrypted and the access control polices were bound to the uploaded photos,so that any privacy areas on the photos could be hidden away from unwanted viewers even across different social networks.On this basis,the behaviors of users were record by tracing scheme of privacy invasion,the integrality of records was protected by using nested signature algorithm.The correctness,security and performance of overhead of the scheme are then thoroughly analyzed and evaluated via detailed simulations.     

Sulfated Hyaluronan Binds to Heparanase and Blocks Its Enzymatic and Cellular Actions in Carcinoma Cells

We examined whether sulfated hyaluronan exerts inhibitory effects on enzymatic and biological actions of heparanase, a sole endo-beta-glucuronidase implicated in cancer malignancy and inflammation. Degradation of heparan sulfate by human and mouse heparanase was inhibited by sulfated hyaluronan. In particular, high-sulfated hyaluronan modified with approximately 2.5 sulfate groups per disaccharide unit effectively inhibited the enzymatic activity at a lower concentration than heparin. Human and mouse heparanase bound to immobilized sulfated hyaluronan. Invasion of heparanase-positive colon-26 cells and 4T1 cells under 3D culture conditions was significantly suppressed in the presence of high-sulfated hyaluronan. Heparanase-induced release of CCL2 from colon-26 cells was suppressed in the presence of sulfated hyaluronan via blocking of cell surface binding and subsequent intracellular NF-κB-dependent signaling. The inhibitory effect of sulfated hyaluronan is likely due to competitive binding to the heparanase molecule, which antagonizes the heparanase-substrate interaction. Fragment molecular orbital calculation revealed a strong binding of sulfated hyaluronan tetrasaccharide to the heparanase molecule based on electrostatic interactions, particularly characterized by interactions of (−1)- and (−2)-positioned sulfated sugar residues with basic amino acid residues composing the heparin-binding domain-1 of heparanase. These results propose a relevance for sulfated hyaluronan in the blocking of heparanase-mediated enzymatic and cellular actions.     

复杂地质条件气藏储气库库容参数的预测方法

国内复杂地质条件气藏型地下储气库经过10余周期注采后工作气量仅为建库方案设计工作气量的一半,运行效率偏低。为此,利用气藏地质、动态及建库机理,建立了地下储气库注采运行剖面模型,根据气藏开发、气藏建库及稳定注采运行过程中纵向上流体的分布特征及其变化趋势,将地下储气库剖面分成4个区带(建库前纯气带、气驱水纯气带、气水过渡带及水淹带);按区带确定了影响建库有效孔隙体积的主控因素(储层物性及非均质性、水侵和应力敏感)及其量化评价方法,进一步考虑束缚水和岩石形变的影响,并引入注气驱动相,根据注采物质平衡原理建立了气藏型地下储气库库容参数预测数学模型。该模型涵盖了地质、动态及建库机理,从微观和宏观角度综合评价了影响建库空间的主控因素,大大提高了预测结果的准确度和精度,使建库技术指标设计更趋合理,目前已广泛应用于中国石油天然气集团公司气藏型地下储气库群的建设当中。     

microRNA-1304通过靶向血红素氧合酶-1对人肺癌细胞的抑制作用

目的:探讨miR-1304对肺癌细胞增殖和侵袭的作用及机制。方法:应用实时定量PCR检测miR-1304在不同转移能力肺癌A549和NCI-H1975细胞中的表达水平;脂质体2000介导分别转染miR-1304类似物和抑制物入A549 和 NCI-H1975细胞;应用MTT法和细胞集落形成实验分别检测miR-1304对肺癌细胞增殖活性的作用及生长抑制作用;细胞凋亡和细胞周期分别采用膜联蛋白V-PE/7-AAD和PI染色分析进行检测。双荧光素酶报告基因验证miR-1304是否作用于血红素氧合酶（heme oxygenase-1,HO-1） mRNA的3'UTR区预测靶位;Western blot检测HO-1蛋白水平。结果:miR-1304高表达可显著抑制肺癌细胞形成的数量和生存能力,以及诱导细胞凋亡和G0/G1期细胞周期阻滞。体外侵袭实验及细胞增殖实验结果显示,miR-1304可抑制肺癌细胞侵袭和增殖;经双荧光素酶报告基因验证HO-1是miR-1304的靶基因。结论:miR-1304在肺癌中表达,通过直接作用于HO-1可抑制肺癌细胞的侵袭和增殖,miR-1304是肺癌的一个潜在治疗靶点。     

利用测井资料评价钻井过程中的储层污染

钻井过程中的油层污染可分为泥浆固相颗粒侵入和滤液侵入2种类型.在分析泥浆污染导致的自然电位和深侧向、浅侧向、微侧向测井响应,以及含水饱和度变化量特征的基础上,归纳出了1种油层污染的定性判别方法和可动水分析污染类型的模型.给出了油层污染半径估算式,以及某井的油层污染测井评价试验图和分析数据表.     

Importance of N-Glycosylation on CD147 for Its Biological Functions

Glycosylation of glycoproteins is one of many molecular changes that accompany malignant transformation. Post-translational modifications of proteins are closely associated with the adhesion, invasion, and metastasis of tumor cells. CD147, a tumor-associated antigen that is highly expressed on the cell surface of various tumors, is a potential target for cancer diagnosis and therapy. A significant biochemical property of CD147 is its high level of glycosylation. Studies on the structure and function of CD147 glycosylation provide valuable clues to the development of targeted therapies for cancer. Here, we review current understanding of the glycosylation characteristics of CD147 and the glycosyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of CD147 N-glycans. Finally, we discuss proteins regulating CD147 glycosylation and the biological functions of CD147 glycosylation.