[Objectives]This study was conducted to investigate the scientific application of silicon fertilizer in rice cultivation,one of the staple crops.[Methods]In 2022,Yandu District carried out a special experiment and fie...[Objectives]This study was conducted to investigate the scientific application of silicon fertilizer in rice cultivation,one of the staple crops.[Methods]In 2022,Yandu District carried out a special experiment and field demonstration study on the effects of foliar application of Zhengda water-soluble silicon fertilizer on rice production.[Results]The preliminary results showed that①Zhengda water-soluble silicon fertilizer could effectively improve the growth and development of rice and improve the population quality.The peak number of tillers,productive tiller percentage,number of effective panicles and number of effective grains per panicle increased by 6.7%,5.8%,5.5%,and 1.2%,respectively.②The yield and processing quality were improved.After applying silicon fertilizer,the yield per unit area increased by about 6.8%,and the unpolished rice yield,milled rice yield and head rice yield increased by 0.7%,1.94%and 2.15%respectively.[Conclusions]The demonstration application of silicon fertilizer in field cultivation of rice in Yandu District further proves previous research conclusions and has important practical significance.展开更多
The widespread use of artemisinin(ART)and its derivatives has significantly reduced the global burden of malaria;however,malaria still poses a serious threat to global health.Although significant progress has been ach...The widespread use of artemisinin(ART)and its derivatives has significantly reduced the global burden of malaria;however,malaria still poses a serious threat to global health.Although significant progress has been achieved in elucidating the antimalarial mechanisms of ART,the most crucial target proteins and pathways of ART remain unknown.Knowledge on the exact antimalarial mechanisms of ART is urgently needed,as signs of emerging ART resistance have been observed in some regions of the world.Here,we used a combined strategy involving mass spectrometry-coupled cellular thermal shift assay(MS-CETSA)and transcriptomics profiling to identify a group of putative antimalarial targets of ART.We then conducted a series of validation experiments on five prospective protein targets,demonstrating that ART may function against malaria parasites by interfering with redox homeostasis,lipid metabolism,and protein synthesis processes.Taken together,this study provides fresh perspectives on the antimalarial mechanisms of ART and identifies several crucial proteins involved in parasite survival that can be targeted to combat malaria.展开更多
The identification of tumor driver genes facilitates accurate cancer diagnosis and treatment,playing a key role in precision oncology,along with gene signaling,regulation,and their interaction with protein complexes.T...The identification of tumor driver genes facilitates accurate cancer diagnosis and treatment,playing a key role in precision oncology,along with gene signaling,regulation,and their interaction with protein complexes.To tackle the challenge of distinguishing driver genes from a large number of genomic data,we construct a feature extraction framework for discovering pan-cancer driver genes based on multi-omics data(mutations,gene expression,copy number variants,and DNA methylation)combined with protein–protein interaction(PPI)networks.Using a network propagation algorithm,we mine functional information among nodes in the PPI network,focusing on genes with weak node information to represent specific cancer information.From these functional features,we extract distribution features of pan-cancer data,pan-cancer TOPSIS features of functional features using the ideal solution method,and SetExpan features of pan-cancer data from the gene functional features,a method to rank pan-cancer data based on the average inverse rank.These features represent the common message of pan-cancer.Finally,we use the lightGBM classification algorithm for gene prediction.Experimental results show that our method outperforms existing methods in terms of the area under the check precision-recall curve(AUPRC)and demonstrates better performance across different PPI networks.This indicates our framework’s effectiveness in predicting potential cancer genes,offering valuable insights for the diagnosis and treatment of tumors.展开更多
Ferroptosis is a form of regulated cell death, characterized by excessive membrane lipid peroxidation in an iron-and ROS-dependent manner. Celastrol, a natural bioactive triterpenoid extracted from Tripterygium wilfor...Ferroptosis is a form of regulated cell death, characterized by excessive membrane lipid peroxidation in an iron-and ROS-dependent manner. Celastrol, a natural bioactive triterpenoid extracted from Tripterygium wilfordii, shows effective anti-fibrotic and anti-inflammatory activities in multiple hepatic diseases. However, the exact molecular mechanisms of action and the direct protein targets of celastrol in the treatment of liver fibrosis remain largely elusive. Here, we discover that celastrol exerts anti-fibrotic effects via promoting the production of reactive oxygen species(ROS) and inducing ferroptosis in activated hepatic stellate cells(HSCs). By using activity-based protein profiling(ABPP) in combination with bio-orthogonal click chemistry reaction and cellular thermal shift assay(CETSA), we show that celastrol directly binds to peroxiredoxins(PRDXs), including PRDX1, PRDX2, PRDX4 and PRDX6,through the active cysteine sites, and inhibits their anti-oxidant activities. Celastrol also targets to heme oxygenase 1(HO-1) and upregulates its expression in activated-HSCs. Knockdown of PRDX1, PRDX2,PRDX4, PRDX6 or HO-1 in HSCs, to varying extent, elevated cellular ROS levels and induced ferroptosis. Taken together, our findings reveal the direct protein targets and molecular mechanisms via which celastrol ameliorates hepatic fibrosis, thus supporting the further development of celastrol as a promising therapeutic agent for liver fibrosis.展开更多
Lepton scattering is an established ideal tool for studying inner structure of small particles such as nucleons as well as nuclei.As a future high energy nuclear physics project,an Electron-ion collider in China(EicC)...Lepton scattering is an established ideal tool for studying inner structure of small particles such as nucleons as well as nuclei.As a future high energy nuclear physics project,an Electron-ion collider in China(EicC)has been proposed.It will be constructed based on an upgraded heavy-ion accelerator,High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility(HIAF)which is currently under construction,together with a new electron ring.The proposed collider will provide highly polarized electrons(with a po-larization of 80%)and protons(with a polarization of 70%)with variable center of mass energies from 15 to 20 GeV and the luminosity of(2–3)×1033 cm^(−2)·s^(−1).Polarized deuterons and Helium-3,as well as unpolarized ion beams from Carbon to Uranium,will be also available at the EicC.The main foci of the EicC will be precision measurements of the structure of the nucleon in the sea quark region,including 3D tomography of nucleon;the partonic structure of nuclei and the parton interaction with the nuclear environment;the exotic states,especially those with heavy flavor quark contents.In addition,issues fundamental to understanding the origin of mass could be addressed by measurements of heavy quarkonia near-threshold production at the EicC.In order to achieve the above-mentioned physics goals,a hermetical detector system will be constructed with cutting-edge technologies.This document is the result of collective contributions and valuable inputs from experts across the globe.The EicC physics program complements the ongoing scientific programs at the Jefferson Laboratory and the future EIC project in the United States.The success of this project will also advance both nuclear and particle physics as well as accelerator and detector technology in China.展开更多
文摘[Objectives]This study was conducted to investigate the scientific application of silicon fertilizer in rice cultivation,one of the staple crops.[Methods]In 2022,Yandu District carried out a special experiment and field demonstration study on the effects of foliar application of Zhengda water-soluble silicon fertilizer on rice production.[Results]The preliminary results showed that①Zhengda water-soluble silicon fertilizer could effectively improve the growth and development of rice and improve the population quality.The peak number of tillers,productive tiller percentage,number of effective panicles and number of effective grains per panicle increased by 6.7%,5.8%,5.5%,and 1.2%,respectively.②The yield and processing quality were improved.After applying silicon fertilizer,the yield per unit area increased by about 6.8%,and the unpolished rice yield,milled rice yield and head rice yield increased by 0.7%,1.94%and 2.15%respectively.[Conclusions]The demonstration application of silicon fertilizer in field cultivation of rice in Yandu District further proves previous research conclusions and has important practical significance.
基金supported by grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2020YFA0908000 and 2022YFC2303600)the Innovation Team and Talents Cultivation Program of National Administration of Traditional Chinese-Medicine(ZYYCXTD-C-202002)+8 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82141001,82274182,82074098,82003814,and 82173914)the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences(CACMS)Innovation Fund(CI2021A05104 and CI2021A05101)the Distinguished Expert Project of Sichuan Province Tianfu Scholar(CW202002)the Scientific and Technological Innovation Project of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences(CI2021B014)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2022M721541)the Establishment of Sino-Austria‘‘Belt and Road”Joint Laboratory on Traditional Chinese Medicine for Severe Infectious Diseases and Joint Research(2020YFE0205100)the Excellent Scientific and Technological Innovation Training Program of Shenzhen(RCYX20210706092040048)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Public Welfare Research Institutes(ZZ14-YQ-051,ZZ14-YQ-052,ZZ14-FL-002,ZZ14-YQ-050,ZZ14-ND-010,and ZZ15-ND-10)the Introduce Innovative Team Projects of Jinan(202228029)。
文摘The widespread use of artemisinin(ART)and its derivatives has significantly reduced the global burden of malaria;however,malaria still poses a serious threat to global health.Although significant progress has been achieved in elucidating the antimalarial mechanisms of ART,the most crucial target proteins and pathways of ART remain unknown.Knowledge on the exact antimalarial mechanisms of ART is urgently needed,as signs of emerging ART resistance have been observed in some regions of the world.Here,we used a combined strategy involving mass spectrometry-coupled cellular thermal shift assay(MS-CETSA)and transcriptomics profiling to identify a group of putative antimalarial targets of ART.We then conducted a series of validation experiments on five prospective protein targets,demonstrating that ART may function against malaria parasites by interfering with redox homeostasis,lipid metabolism,and protein synthesis processes.Taken together,this study provides fresh perspectives on the antimalarial mechanisms of ART and identifies several crucial proteins involved in parasite survival that can be targeted to combat malaria.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Numbers:61902215,61902216,61972226。
文摘The identification of tumor driver genes facilitates accurate cancer diagnosis and treatment,playing a key role in precision oncology,along with gene signaling,regulation,and their interaction with protein complexes.To tackle the challenge of distinguishing driver genes from a large number of genomic data,we construct a feature extraction framework for discovering pan-cancer driver genes based on multi-omics data(mutations,gene expression,copy number variants,and DNA methylation)combined with protein–protein interaction(PPI)networks.Using a network propagation algorithm,we mine functional information among nodes in the PPI network,focusing on genes with weak node information to represent specific cancer information.From these functional features,we extract distribution features of pan-cancer data,pan-cancer TOPSIS features of functional features using the ideal solution method,and SetExpan features of pan-cancer data from the gene functional features,a method to rank pan-cancer data based on the average inverse rank.These features represent the common message of pan-cancer.Finally,we use the lightGBM classification algorithm for gene prediction.Experimental results show that our method outperforms existing methods in terms of the area under the check precision-recall curve(AUPRC)and demonstrates better performance across different PPI networks.This indicates our framework’s effectiveness in predicting potential cancer genes,offering valuable insights for the diagnosis and treatment of tumors.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2020YFA0908000)the Innovation Team and Talents Cultivation Program of National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ZYYCXTD-C-202002,China)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81903588,81803456,82074098 and 81841001,China)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Public Welfare Research Institutes (ZXKT18003 and ZZ15-YQ-063,China)。
文摘Ferroptosis is a form of regulated cell death, characterized by excessive membrane lipid peroxidation in an iron-and ROS-dependent manner. Celastrol, a natural bioactive triterpenoid extracted from Tripterygium wilfordii, shows effective anti-fibrotic and anti-inflammatory activities in multiple hepatic diseases. However, the exact molecular mechanisms of action and the direct protein targets of celastrol in the treatment of liver fibrosis remain largely elusive. Here, we discover that celastrol exerts anti-fibrotic effects via promoting the production of reactive oxygen species(ROS) and inducing ferroptosis in activated hepatic stellate cells(HSCs). By using activity-based protein profiling(ABPP) in combination with bio-orthogonal click chemistry reaction and cellular thermal shift assay(CETSA), we show that celastrol directly binds to peroxiredoxins(PRDXs), including PRDX1, PRDX2, PRDX4 and PRDX6,through the active cysteine sites, and inhibits their anti-oxidant activities. Celastrol also targets to heme oxygenase 1(HO-1) and upregulates its expression in activated-HSCs. Knockdown of PRDX1, PRDX2,PRDX4, PRDX6 or HO-1 in HSCs, to varying extent, elevated cellular ROS levels and induced ferroptosis. Taken together, our findings reveal the direct protein targets and molecular mechanisms via which celastrol ameliorates hepatic fibrosis, thus supporting the further development of celastrol as a promising therapeutic agent for liver fibrosis.
文摘Lepton scattering is an established ideal tool for studying inner structure of small particles such as nucleons as well as nuclei.As a future high energy nuclear physics project,an Electron-ion collider in China(EicC)has been proposed.It will be constructed based on an upgraded heavy-ion accelerator,High Intensity heavy-ion Accelerator Facility(HIAF)which is currently under construction,together with a new electron ring.The proposed collider will provide highly polarized electrons(with a po-larization of 80%)and protons(with a polarization of 70%)with variable center of mass energies from 15 to 20 GeV and the luminosity of(2–3)×1033 cm^(−2)·s^(−1).Polarized deuterons and Helium-3,as well as unpolarized ion beams from Carbon to Uranium,will be also available at the EicC.The main foci of the EicC will be precision measurements of the structure of the nucleon in the sea quark region,including 3D tomography of nucleon;the partonic structure of nuclei and the parton interaction with the nuclear environment;the exotic states,especially those with heavy flavor quark contents.In addition,issues fundamental to understanding the origin of mass could be addressed by measurements of heavy quarkonia near-threshold production at the EicC.In order to achieve the above-mentioned physics goals,a hermetical detector system will be constructed with cutting-edge technologies.This document is the result of collective contributions and valuable inputs from experts across the globe.The EicC physics program complements the ongoing scientific programs at the Jefferson Laboratory and the future EIC project in the United States.The success of this project will also advance both nuclear and particle physics as well as accelerator and detector technology in China.
