To explore the relationship between soil nutrients,plant nutrients,and the growth and development of Trichosanthes kirilowii,the soil pH,organic matter,available nitrogen,available phosphorus,available potassium conte...To explore the relationship between soil nutrients,plant nutrients,and the growth and development of Trichosanthes kirilowii,the soil pH,organic matter,available nitrogen,available phosphorus,available potassium content,and leaf total nitrogen,total phosphorus,total potassium,and SPAD in different growth stages of T.kirilowii in the main production area of Shishou City were measured and analyzed.The changes in soil nutrient content and leaf nutrient content at different growth stages of T.kirilowii were compared,and correlation analysis was conducted.The results showed that the average soil pH,organic matter content,alkaline nitrogen content,available phosphorus content,and available potassium content during the entire growth period of T.kirilowii were 7.03,14.01 g/kg,98.79 mg/kg,14.84 mg/kg,and 135.20 mg/kg,respectively;the average total nitrogen content,total phosphorus content,total potassium content,and SPAD of the leaves were 0.55%,0.23%,1.78%,and 77.66,respectively.The nutrient dynamics of T.kirilowii at different growth stages exhibited certain regularity,with most nutrients reaching their maximum values during the flowering and fruiting stages,and then showing a decreasing or stabilizing trend.There was a varying degree of correlation between the nutrient content of leaves and soil,among which the nitrogen,phosphorus,and potassium contents of leaves were significantly or extremely significantly correlated with soil organic matter and alkaline nitrogen content.It can be seen that the nutrient abundance or deficiency level of soil in T.kirilowii field significantly affected the nutrient content of the leaves at different growth stages,thereby restricting its growth and development status.展开更多
Intensive cancer treatment with drug combination is widely exploited in the clinic but suffers from inconsistent pharmacokinetics among different therapeutic agents.To overcome it,the emerging nanomedicine offers an u...Intensive cancer treatment with drug combination is widely exploited in the clinic but suffers from inconsistent pharmacokinetics among different therapeutic agents.To overcome it,the emerging nanomedicine offers an unparalleled opportunity for encapsulating multiple drugs in a nano-carrier.Herein,a two-step super-assembled strategy was performed to unify the pharmacokinetics of a peptide and a small molecular compound.In this proof-of-concept study,the bioinformatics analysis firstly revealed the potential synergies towards hepatoma therapy for the associative inhibition of exportin 1(XPO1)and ataxia telangiectasia mutated-Rad3-related(ATR),and then a super-assembled nano-pill(gold nano drug carrier loaded AZD6738 and 97110 amino acids of apoptin(AP)(AA@G))was constructed through camouflaging AZD6738(ATR small-molecule inhibitor)-binding human serum albumin onto the AP-Au supramolecular nanoparticle.As expected,both in vitro and in vivo experiment results verified that the AA@G possessed extraordinary biocompatibility and enhanced therapeutic effect through inducing cell cycle arrest,promoting DNA damage and inhibiting DNA repair of hepatoma cell.This work not only provides a co-delivery strategy for intensive liver cancer treatment with the clinical translational potential,but develops a common approach to unify the pharmacokinetics of peptide and small-molecular compounds,thereby extending the scope of drugs for developing the advanced combination therapy.展开更多
Respirasome,as a vital part of the oxidative phosphorylation system,undertakes the task of transferring electrons from the electron donors to oxygen and produces a proton concentration gradient across the inner mitoch...Respirasome,as a vital part of the oxidative phosphorylation system,undertakes the task of transferring electrons from the electron donors to oxygen and produces a proton concentration gradient across the inner mitochondrial membrane through the coupled translocation of protons.Copious research has been carried out on this lynchpin of respiration.From the discovery of individual respiratory complexes to the report of the high-resolution structure of mammalian respiratory supercomplex I1III2IV1,scientists have gradually uncovered the mysterious veil of the electron transport chain(ETC).With the discovery of the mammalian respiratory mega complex I2III2IV2,a new perspective emerges in the research field of the ETC.Behind these advances glitters the light of the revolution in both theory and technology.Here,we give a short review about how scientists‘see’the structure and the mechanism of respirasome from the macroscopic scale to the atomic scale during the past decades.展开更多
Dear Editor, Mitochondrial respiratory chain consists of four multimeric protein complexes, Complex I-IV (CI, NADH dehydroge- nase; CII, succinate:ubiquinone oxidoreductase; Clll, cyto- chrome bcl complex; and CIV, ...Dear Editor, Mitochondrial respiratory chain consists of four multimeric protein complexes, Complex I-IV (CI, NADH dehydroge- nase; CII, succinate:ubiquinone oxidoreductase; Clll, cyto- chrome bcl complex; and CIV, cytochrome c oxidase). These four complexes transfer electrons from NADH or FADH2 to oxygen and pump protons from mitochondrial matrix to intermembrane space, generating electrochemical gradient across the inner membrane which is harnessed by complex V to synthesize ATP, providing the majority of energy acquired by living organisms. Respiratory chain complexes were reported to interact with each other to form supercomplexes.展开更多
基金Unveiling Project of"Advanced Technology Integration Demonstration Base Construction and Targeted Research and Development"in Pioneer Counties of Shishou City(SS202307).
文摘To explore the relationship between soil nutrients,plant nutrients,and the growth and development of Trichosanthes kirilowii,the soil pH,organic matter,available nitrogen,available phosphorus,available potassium content,and leaf total nitrogen,total phosphorus,total potassium,and SPAD in different growth stages of T.kirilowii in the main production area of Shishou City were measured and analyzed.The changes in soil nutrient content and leaf nutrient content at different growth stages of T.kirilowii were compared,and correlation analysis was conducted.The results showed that the average soil pH,organic matter content,alkaline nitrogen content,available phosphorus content,and available potassium content during the entire growth period of T.kirilowii were 7.03,14.01 g/kg,98.79 mg/kg,14.84 mg/kg,and 135.20 mg/kg,respectively;the average total nitrogen content,total phosphorus content,total potassium content,and SPAD of the leaves were 0.55%,0.23%,1.78%,and 77.66,respectively.The nutrient dynamics of T.kirilowii at different growth stages exhibited certain regularity,with most nutrients reaching their maximum values during the flowering and fruiting stages,and then showing a decreasing or stabilizing trend.There was a varying degree of correlation between the nutrient content of leaves and soil,among which the nitrogen,phosphorus,and potassium contents of leaves were significantly or extremely significantly correlated with soil organic matter and alkaline nitrogen content.It can be seen that the nutrient abundance or deficiency level of soil in T.kirilowii field significantly affected the nutrient content of the leaves at different growth stages,thereby restricting its growth and development status.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.:81272488 and 81602802)the Shaanxi Province Innovation Capacity Support Program(Grant No.:2018TD-002).
文摘Intensive cancer treatment with drug combination is widely exploited in the clinic but suffers from inconsistent pharmacokinetics among different therapeutic agents.To overcome it,the emerging nanomedicine offers an unparalleled opportunity for encapsulating multiple drugs in a nano-carrier.Herein,a two-step super-assembled strategy was performed to unify the pharmacokinetics of a peptide and a small molecular compound.In this proof-of-concept study,the bioinformatics analysis firstly revealed the potential synergies towards hepatoma therapy for the associative inhibition of exportin 1(XPO1)and ataxia telangiectasia mutated-Rad3-related(ATR),and then a super-assembled nano-pill(gold nano drug carrier loaded AZD6738 and 97110 amino acids of apoptin(AP)(AA@G))was constructed through camouflaging AZD6738(ATR small-molecule inhibitor)-binding human serum albumin onto the AP-Au supramolecular nanoparticle.As expected,both in vitro and in vivo experiment results verified that the AA@G possessed extraordinary biocompatibility and enhanced therapeutic effect through inducing cell cycle arrest,promoting DNA damage and inhibiting DNA repair of hepatoma cell.This work not only provides a co-delivery strategy for intensive liver cancer treatment with the clinical translational potential,but develops a common approach to unify the pharmacokinetics of peptide and small-molecular compounds,thereby extending the scope of drugs for developing the advanced combination therapy.
基金Tsinghua University Branch of China National Center for Protein Sciences(Beijing)for providing the facility support.
文摘Respirasome,as a vital part of the oxidative phosphorylation system,undertakes the task of transferring electrons from the electron donors to oxygen and produces a proton concentration gradient across the inner mitochondrial membrane through the coupled translocation of protons.Copious research has been carried out on this lynchpin of respiration.From the discovery of individual respiratory complexes to the report of the high-resolution structure of mammalian respiratory supercomplex I1III2IV1,scientists have gradually uncovered the mysterious veil of the electron transport chain(ETC).With the discovery of the mammalian respiratory mega complex I2III2IV2,a new perspective emerges in the research field of the ETC.Behind these advances glitters the light of the revolution in both theory and technology.Here,we give a short review about how scientists‘see’the structure and the mechanism of respirasome from the macroscopic scale to the atomic scale during the past decades.
基金We thank the Tsinghua University Branch of China National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing) for providing the facility support. The computation was completed on the "Explorer 100" cluster system of Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technol- ogy. This work was supported by funds from the National Key R&D Program of China (Nos. 2017YFA0504600 and 2016YFA0501100). The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(31625008), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21532004 and 31570733).
文摘Dear Editor, Mitochondrial respiratory chain consists of four multimeric protein complexes, Complex I-IV (CI, NADH dehydroge- nase; CII, succinate:ubiquinone oxidoreductase; Clll, cyto- chrome bcl complex; and CIV, cytochrome c oxidase). These four complexes transfer electrons from NADH or FADH2 to oxygen and pump protons from mitochondrial matrix to intermembrane space, generating electrochemical gradient across the inner membrane which is harnessed by complex V to synthesize ATP, providing the majority of energy acquired by living organisms. Respiratory chain complexes were reported to interact with each other to form supercomplexes.