Integration of Data from Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation Databases Highlights Concentration and Dosage Sensitivity of LLPS Drivers

Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is a molecular process that leads to the formation of membraneless organelles, representing functionally specialized liquid-like cellular condensates formed by proteins and nucleic acids. Integrating the data on LLPS-associated proteins from dedicated databases revealed only modest agreement between them and yielded a high-confidence dataset of 89 human LLPS drivers. Analysis of the supporting evidence for our dataset uncovered a systematic and potentially concerning difference between protein concentrations used in a good fraction of the in vitro LLPS experiments, a key parameter that governs the phase behavior, and the proteomics-derived cellular abundance levels of the corresponding proteins. Closer scrutiny of the underlying experimental data enabled us to offer a sound rationale for this systematic difference, which draws on our current understanding of the cellular organization of the proteome and the LLPS process. In support of this rationale, we find that genes coding for our human LLPS drivers tend to be dosage-sensitive, suggesting that their cellular availability is tightly regulated to preserve their functional role in direct or indirect relation to condensate formation. Our analysis offers guideposts for increasing agreement between in vitro and in vivo studies, probing the roles of proteins in LLPS.     

基于量化规则格的关联规则渐进更新*

提出一种基于量化规则格的规则更新算法,重点讨论了在新增格节点的过程中规则更新的思想,实现在格的渐增生成过程中,相应的关联规则也得到渐进更新.最后给出简单实例说明规则更新算法的正确性.     

Design and Synthesis of a Novel PLK1 Inhibitor Scaffold Using a Hybridized 3D-QSAR Model

Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) plays an important role in cell cycle progression and proliferation in cancer cells. PLK1 also contributes to anticancer drug resistance and is a valuable target in anticancer therapeutics. To identify additional effective PLK1 inhibitors, we performed QSAR studies of two series of known PLK1 inhibitors and proposed a new structure based on a hybridized 3D-QSAR model. Given the hybridized 3D-QSAR models, we designed and synthesized 4-benzyloxy-1-(2-arylaminopyridin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxamides, and we inspected its inhibitory activities to identify novel PLK1 inhibitors with decent potency and selectivity.     

冷轧双相钢显微组织检测与分析

使用光学显微镜在冷轧双相钢的显微组织检测过程中发现传统的彩色金相技术在显微组织辨识上仍然存在困难,特别是除铁素体和马氏体外还含有贝氏体或残余奥氏体相的双相钢;同时在对第二相面积含量的测量中也存在困惑和困难,彩色金相腐蚀和硝酸酒精腐蚀下的第二相面积含量在不同的腐蚀方法下也存在差异,部分试样只能显示或完成马氏体含量的测量。为解决这些问题,通过扫描电镜、光学显微镜及彩色金相腐蚀技术对含有复杂形态的冷轧双相钢组织形态进行了分析,并辅助多种腐蚀剂对显微组织进行了定性和定量的测量工作。     

我国冶金分析定量检测仪器的发展趋势

为了了解我国分析仪器的发展,推动冶金分析领域定量检测技术的进步,文章以北京分析测试学术报告会暨展览会(BCEIA)在国内的展示成果为依托,选择电感耦合等离子体发射光谱(ICP-OES)、电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)、X射线荧光光谱(XRF)、激光诱导击穿光谱(LIBS)等基础定量检测仪器为主要分析对象,归纳总结了这些仪器的发展过程、基本原理和主要结构。从分析检测人员的视角,讨论了该检测仪器的优势特点及应用效果;展望了定量分析检测技术的发展趋势;提出了以定量检测仪器为基础的新型高端科学仪器的发展前景。又以激光剥蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱(LA-ICP-MS)、辉光放电质谱(GD-MS)、电子探针X射线显微分析仪(EPMA)等拓展联用检测仪器为例,介绍了设备的主要特点及应用,最终总结出LA-ICP-MS为固体样品中微量元素分析的常用技术,GD-MS技术是痕量元素分析的重要手段,EPMA技术因具有与其他仪器结合包容性高的优点,虽然在使用过程中存在一定的缺陷,但已成为通用的分析手段。而我国定量分析检测技术正朝着现场化、专用化及标准化的方向发展。     

铝合金挤压铸造电磁定量浇注技术

介绍了铝合金挤压铸造电磁定量技术理论及控制模型。介绍了电磁定量浇注基本原理，通过实验研究和数学拟合，建立流量、泵高与电流计算数学模型，确定了定量浇注控制方法，并针对实际挤压成型件进行了实验验证。研究表明，电磁定量浇注精度可以控制在2％范围内；铝合金电磁浇注定量精度高，是一种先进的定量浇注技术，可以大大提高挤压铸造的自动化水平及实现近净成型。     

聚氯乙烯塑料中多种邻苯二甲酸酯类增塑剂的同时测定

为了在线监控聚氯乙烯塑料中增塑剂的含量,利用傅立叶变换红外光谱法-ATR技术测定样品的红外光谱,采用偏最小二乘法对所测红外光谱进行分析,建立了一种无损快速分析方法,定量地测定聚氯乙烯塑料中多种邻苯二甲酸酯类增塑剂的含量。该方法测量精密度的变异系数小于6%,测量准确度的变异系数小于3%。该方法不受基体的干扰,简单快速,适合于流水线的质量控制。     

免疫荧光定量分析仪设计

设计了免疫荧光定量分析仪,用以对人体血液和尿液中的各种分析物(CRP、PCT、NTpro BNP、c Tn I等)含量进行快速准确的定量分析。光源采用大功率LED灯珠,采用窄带干涉滤光片对激发光和荧光进行滤光,采用内置运放的光电转换芯片OPT101进行荧光强度的检测。采用步进电机驱动,皮带传动方式带动双排滚珠宽体滑块在单根精密直线导轨上滑动,实现对检测样品的扫描式检测。通过与标准仪器进行对比试验,结果表明样机在小型化、快速性以及低成本的基础上,测量结果准确,测量精度高,稳定性好,能满足临床应用要求。     

Quantitative determination of castor oil in edible and heat-abused oils by13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Application of¹³C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy for detection of castor oil (CO) in various edible oils, such as coconut oil, palm oil, groundnut oil and mustard oil, is described. Characteristic signals observed at δ 132.4, δ 125.6, δ 71.3, δ 36.8 and δ 35.4 ppm, due to C10, C9, C12, C13 and C11 carbons of ricinoleic acid (RA) in CO, were selected for distinguishing it from edible oils. Quantitative¹³C NMR spectra of oils were recorded in CDCl₃ with a gated decoupling technique. The minimum detection limits for qualitative and quantitative analyses were 2.0 and 3.0%, respectively. The proposed method is simple, nondestructive and requires no sample pretreatment. Its application to heat-abused oils has also been demonstrated successfully without any of the interferences observed in most other methods.     

Sex pheromone communication in the nematode,Rhabditis pellio

Both males and females ofRhabditis pellio release pheromones that attract the opposite sex prior to copulation. A quantitative bioassay for the female-produced pheromone was designed, based on male movement toward a pheromone source placed at one end of a 10-mm strip of bacterial material maintained on nutrient agar in a petri plate. Females produced pheromone from the age at which they attained the adult stage (3 days following hatching from the egg) and maintained a relatively constant production level until at least the ninth day of life. Similarly, males became responsive to the female pheromone by the third day and remained responsive through the ninth day, although the time required for the males to migrate toward a female pheromone source increased with increasing age. No daily rhythm of pheromone responsiveness by males or pheromone production by females was observed when the nematodes were conditioned to a 1212 h light-dark cycle.