Link between Lipid Second Messengers and Osmotic Stress in Plants

Plants are subject to different types of stress, which consequently affect their growth and development. They have developed mechanisms for recognizing and processing an extracellular signal. Second messengers are transient molecules that modulate the physiological responses in plant cells under stress conditions. In this sense, it has been shown in various plant models that membrane lipids are substrates for the generation of second lipid messengers such as phosphoinositide, phosphatidic acid, sphingolipids, and lysophospholipids. In recent years, research on lipid second messengers has been moving toward using genetic and molecular approaches to reveal the molecular setting in which these molecules act in response to osmotic stress. In this sense, these studies have established that second messengers can transiently recruit target proteins to the membrane and, therefore, affect protein conformation, activity, and gene expression. This review summarizes recent advances in responses related to the link between lipid second messengers and osmotic stress in plant cells.     

If Virchow and Ehrlich Had Dreamt Together: What the Future Holds for KRAS-Mutant Lung Cancer

Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with Kirsten rat sarcoma (KRAS) mutations has notoriously challenged oncologists and researchers for three notable reasons: (1) the historical assumption that KRAS is “undruggable”, (2) the disease heterogeneity and (3) the shaping of the tumor microenvironment by KRAS downstream effector functions. Better insights into KRAS structural biochemistry allowed researchers to develop direct KRAS(G12C) inhibitors, which have shown early signs of clinical activity in NSCLC patients and have recently led to an FDA breakthrough designation for AMG-510. Following the approval of immune checkpoint inhibitors for PDL1-positive NSCLC, this could fuel yet another major paradigm shift in the treatment of advanced lung cancer. Here, we review advances in our understanding of the biology of direct KRAS inhibition and project future opportunities and challenges of dual KRAS and immune checkpoint inhibition. This strategy is supported by preclinical models which show that KRAS(G12C) inhibitors can turn some immunologically “cold” tumors into “hot” ones and therefore could benefit patients whose tumors harbor subtype-defining STK11/LKB1 co-mutations. Forty years after the discovery of KRAS as a transforming oncogene, we are on the verge of approval of the first KRAS-targeted drug combinations, thus therapeutically unifying Paul Ehrlich’s century-old “magic bullet” vision with Rudolf Virchow’s cancer inflammation theory.     

Ivabradine Induces Cardiac Protection against Myocardial Infarction by Preventing Cyclophilin-A Secretion in Pigs under Coronary Ischemia/Reperfusion

In response to cardiac ischemia/reperfusion, proteolysis mediated by extracellular matrix metalloproteinase inducer (EMMPRIN) and its secreted ligand cyclophilin-A (CyPA) significantly contributes to cardiac injury and necrosis. Here, we aimed to investigate if, in addition to the effect on the funny current (I(f)), Ivabradine may also play a role against cardiac necrosis by reducing EMMPRIN/CyPA-mediated cardiac inflammation. In a porcine model of cardiac ischemia/reperfusion (IR), we found that administration of 0.3 mg/kg Ivabradine significantly improved cardiac function and reduced cardiac necrosis by day 7 after IR, detecting a significant increase in cardiac CyPA in the necrotic compared to the risk areas, which was inversely correlated with the levels of circulating CyPA detected in plasma samples from the same subjects. In testing whether Ivabradine may regulate the levels of CyPA, no changes in tissue CyPA were found in healthy pigs treated with 0.3 mg/kg Ivabradine, but interestingly, when analyzing the complex EMMPRIN/CyPA, rather high glycosylated EMMPRIN, which is required for EMMPRIN-mediated matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activation and increased CyPA bonding to low-glycosylated forms of EMMPRIN were detected by day 7 after IR in pigs treated with Ivabradine. To study the mechanism by which Ivabradine may prevent secretion of CyPA, we first found that Ivabradine was time-dependent in inhibiting co-localization of CyPA with the granule exocytosis marker vesicle-associated membrane protein 1 (VAMP1). However, Ivabradine had no effect on mRNA expression nor in the proteasome and lysosome degradation of CyPA. In conclusion, our results point toward CyPA, its ligand EMMPRIN, and the complex CyPA/EMMPRIN as important targets of Ivabradine in cardiac protection against IR.     

V2O5/g⁃C3N4催化剂的制备及其模拟油中硫化物的脱除

以三聚氰胺、偏钒酸铵、硼酸为前驱体,通过煅烧法制备V₂O₅/g⁃C₃N₄催化剂。采用XRD、FT⁃IR、XPS、SEM和BET等技术对催化剂的结构与形貌进行表征。以V₂O₅/g⁃C₃N₄为催化剂,乙腈为萃取剂,H₂O₂为氧化剂对模拟油中二苯并噻吩（DBT）的脱除进行考察。探究了反应温度、催化剂质量、萃取剂体积、n(H₂O₂)/n(S)以及不同硫化物等因素对脱硫效果的影响。在模拟油体积为5.0 mL、萃取剂乙腈体积为3.0 mL、n(H₂O₂)/n(S)=8、催化剂质量为0.02 g、反应温度为30 ℃和反应时间为60 min的最佳条件下,DBT的脱除率达到91.9%,经过5次催化剂再生后脱硫率仍可以达到85.7%。     

木质素单体模化物的热解与产物分析

采用苯酚、邻苯二酚、愈创木酚和紫丁香酚为木质素单体模化物,利用两段裂解反应器-在线气相色谱仪（GCs）进行热解实验和产物分析,采用多色谱柱对无机气体（IGs）、C₁~C₅烃（C₁~C₅ LHs）、非芳基含氧化合物、酚和芳烃进行定量分析,以确定羟基和甲氧基对木质素热解过程中开环反应及产物分布的影响. 结果显示：羟基和甲氧基可以提高模化物的转化率,且羟基和甲氧基的存在影响芳基开环反应、芳基取代反应和重排反应间的竞争关系,使热解产物分布存在明显差异. 4种模化物热解产物主要是芳环的开环反应产物,包括IGs（质量分数为27.29%~33.56%）和C₁~C₅烃（20.46%~39.51%）. 一氧化碳产率（23.82%~29.18%）随羟基数增加而升高,随甲氧基数增加而降低;二氧化碳产率（0.19%~9.61%）随甲氧基数增加而升高. 羟基和甲氧基的存在降低了C₁~C₅烃的质量选择性,促进了烷基苯、大分子化合物和焦炭的形成.     

单关节机器人伺服系统的建模与仿真

为了深入研究机器人驱动系统,需要进行单关节机器人伺服系统的建模与仿真。首先对单关节机器人的规划轨迹、机械结构、电气结构和控制器分别建立数学模型;然后根据数学模型在MATLAB/Simulink平台上搭建伺服系统的仿真模型;最后对仿真结果做了分析,为机器人系统的优化设计与调试提供了有效模型和依据。     

短开路耦合谐振器加载的宽带带通滤波电路

提出了一种基于短开路耦合器加载的宽带带通滤波电路. 该滤波电路通过在输入和输出端口之间,并连加载短路耦合微带谐振器和开路耦合微带谐振器实现5个传输极点和3个传输零点的带通选择特性. 对所提出的短开路耦合谐振器进行了奇偶模理论分析,揭示了其传输零极点形成的物理机理. 最后,对所提出的滤波电路进行了加工测试. 测试结果表明,所提出的宽带滤波电路能够在2.0～4.2 GHz频率范围内实现 3 dB 带通传输,工作相对带宽为73%,仿真和实测结果吻合较好.     

燃烧合成三元碳化合物Ti2AlC1-x

采用Ti，Al和C元素粉末为反应物原料，通过燃烧合成法首次成功地制备出了单相三元碳化合物Ti2AlC1-x。实验结果表明：若以“理想”晶体结构化学式Ti2AlC化学计量比为起始反应原料配比，燃烧产物主晶相为Ti2AlC2；以缺碳的非化学计量比(Ti2AlC1-x)为反应原料配比，即Ti：Al：C=3：1．5：1=2：1：0．7(摩尔比)，得到单相的燃烧产物Ti2AlC1-x。从热力学原理的角度探讨了不同原料摩尔配比对燃烧产物相组成的影响机理。     

汽车铝合金阀盖压力铸造模具数字设计与制造

制造过程实质上是信息采集、传输、处理及应用的过程.将制造信息数字化,用数字信息驱动制造系统完成造物的过程称为数字制造.数字制造不仅能提高制造效率而且能显著降低制造成本.本文以汽车制动系阀盖为例介绍了基于Pro/E的压力铸造模具的开发过程,分析了压力铸造模具数字设计与制造的特点.     

Study on diffusion welding SiCp/ZL101 with Cu interlayer

Through the vacuum diffusion welding SiCp/ZL101 aluminum with Cu interlayer,the effect of welding parame-ter and the thickness of Cu on the welded joint property was investigated,and the optimal welding parameters were putforward at the same time.The microstructure of joint was analyzed by means of optical-microscope,scanning electron mi-croscope in order to study the relationship between the macro-properties of joint and the microstructure.The results showthat diffusion welding with Cu interlayer could be used for welding aluminum matrix composites SiCp/ZL101 successfully.