The antidepressant effect of 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol 2-naphthoate through monoaminergic,GABAergic system and BDNF signaling pathway

Abstract

Gastrodigenin, also known as 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol (HBA), is one of the main components of Gastrodia elata, which is a perfect lead compound of natural products. In order to get new active compounds, we modified the structure of HBA through esterification with carboxylic acid, and got a series of derivatives in which 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol 2-naphthoate (NHBA) showed stronger antidepressant activity than HBA. In this paper, we firstly evaluated the antidepressant activity of NHBA by tail suspension test (TST) and forced swimming test (FST). Then, we carried out the biochemical assay and western blot to determine its mechanism. The results displayed that NHBA could increase the content of serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, γ-aminobutyric acid, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and tropomyosin receptor kinase B (TrkB) in mice brain. It suggested that NHBA exhibited an antidepressant-like effect through monoaminergic system, GABAergic system and BDNF/TrkB signaling pathways.     

Instabilities of soap film structures in square cuboid frame

ABSTRACT

Through the simulations performed with the Surface Evolver, we explored the T1s and the eight-fold vertex related topological changes in the square cuboid frame by changing the axial ratio λ and the liquid fraction ?. A stability diagram is provided to illustrate the instabilities encountered in any quasi-static process. Metastable film configurations are always accompanied by pre-emptive instabilities, while the instabilities of stable film configurations are not triggered until the central quadrilateral film steadily vanishes.     

Catalytic benzene mono-alkylation over three catalysts: improving activity and selectivity with M-Y catalyst

Modified Y type catalyst (M-Y) shows great potential for the preparation of toluene attribute to catalyst topology and synergistic effect of Lewis acid and Brönsted acid in the alkylation reaction. However, it still remains a big challenge to build a reaction mechanism. Thereby, based on the study of HZSM-5, H-beta and M-Y catalysts structure and physical properties, a plausible reaction mechanism was proposed. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, N₂ adsorption/desorption, Fourier transform infrared absorption spectra and Pyridine adsorption infrared. The activity of catalysts was tested in benzene alkylation with methanol and was found to be in the following increasing order: Na-Y (no effect)?<?H-Y?<<?HZSM-5?<?H-beta?<?M-Y.     

Controlling theoretically total absorption in hybrid-cavity resonator with one graphene monolayer outside cavity

Total absorption is realized theoretically in a graphene-outside-cavity resonator. The structure is composed of the FP-Fano hybrid resonance cavity. Changing the thickness of grating exciting Fano resonance, the absorption-mode number can be tuned effectively. For the focused double-mode absorption, the resonances behave insensitively with the variation of chemical potential of graphene. Varying the geometry of grating can control the coupling extent of two modes. Also, by manipulating the period number of two-side multilayers around graphene, the absorption, shift and number of modes are governed.     

Potential influence on drug efficacy from interaction of tartrazine and trypsin

The extent to which drugs combine with trypsin is influenced by the interaction of tartrazine and trypsin, which may cause overdose or underdose of drugs. Therefore, the interaction of tartrazine and trypsin is investigated by methods of spectrometry in this paper. The binding rate of tartrazine to trypsin is 80.95–95.71% at 310?K, and Hill’s coefficients are almost 1. The effect of tartrazine on trypsin structure was studied by synchronous and circular dichroism. The results showed that the binding of tartrazine and trypsin induced the conformational change of trypsin, and quenched the endogenous fluorescence in trypsin. The results of molecular docking revealed that tartrazine is located in the catalytic active site of trypsin, and is consistent with that of experimental calculation.     

Efficient two-photon absorption of CdSe-CdS/ZnS core-multishell quantum dots under the excitation of near-infrared femtosecond pulsed laser

We report that two-photon absorption (TPA) properties of semiconductor CdSe-core CdS/ZnS-multishell quantum dots (QDs) in toluene under excitation of femtosecond laser at 800 nm. The results show efficient TPA process and large TPA cross section of three types of size QDs, which is 1900, 5710, and 16060 GM (1 GM = 10⁻⁵⁰ cm⁴ s photon⁻¹), respectively. TPA cross section dramatically increases with increased core size, showing a strong size-dependence effect. Furthermore, two-photon excitation (TPE) fluorescence intensity not only depends on TPA capacity, but also relies on improved quantum yield resulting from passivation of QD surface by different coated monolayers (MLs). These facts in combination with the narrow fluorescence bandwidth make these QDs as promising probes for multicolor two-photon microscopy.     

Z-scan measurements of photorefractive nonlinearities for a SBN: Ce crystal

 In this paper, we derived the Z-scan formula for a photorefractive crystal sample under an external applied electric field. The far-field diffraction pattern of a Gaussian beam wavefront through a photorefractive crystal is calculated by considering spatial-phase perturbation induced by the space-charge field. The photorefractive drift nonlinearities and correspondingly, the electro-optic coefficients r ₃₃, r ₁₃, (r ₂₃) and the characteristic ratio n ³ _e r ₃₃/n ³ _o r ₁₃ for a cerium-doped Sr_0.61Ba_0.39Nb₂O₆ crystal are determined from the Z-scan experiments. Z-scan with enhanced sensitivity is also realized by measuring the normalized transmittance at the off-axis position in the far field. A deviation between the off-axis Z-scan experimental results and the theoretical prediction is discussed too. Received: 22 July 1996/Revised version: 7 October 1996     

硅酸铋(BSO)晶体闪烁性能研究

报道对BSO晶体闪烁性能研究的若干结果. 包括晶体的激发光谱和荧光光谱、光产额、发光衰减时间和抗辐照能力等特性.     

基于最新势能面的C(1D)+H2反应的环聚合分子动力学研究

本文利用环聚合分子动力学方法对C(¹D)+H₂反应开展了详细的理论研究. 计算中使用了最近构建的Zhang-Ma-Bian(ZMB)从头算势能面,该势能面对锥形交叉附近区域以及范德华区域均有精确的描述. 环聚合分子动力学计算得到的热反应速率常数与最新实验值吻合很好. 与前人计算结果比较,发现在?¹A′电子基态的ZMB-a势能面上获得的反应速率常数远大于前人构建的RKHS势能面上的结果,这是由于ZMB势能面上的范德华鞍具有与之前势能面上的范德华阱完全不同的动态学作用,表明环聚合分子动力学方法能够处理范德华作用引起的势能面拓扑结构所导致的动态学效应. 本文还揭示了b¹A′′电子激发态ZMB-b势能面以及量子效应对反应的重要性.     

Ag-N共掺p型ZnO的第一性原理研究

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理赝势法对Ag-N共掺杂ZnO体 系以及间隙N和间隙H掺杂p型ZnO: (Ag, N)体系的缺陷形成能和离化能进行了研究. 结果表明, 在Ag_Zn和N_O所形成的众多受主复合体中, Ag_Zn-N_O受主对不仅具有较低的缺陷形成能同时其离化能也相对较小, 因此, Ag_Zn-N_O受主对的形成是Ag-N共掺ZnO体系实现p型导电的主要原因. 研究发现, 当ZnO: (Ag, N)体系有额外间隙N原子存在时, Ag_Zn-N_O受主对容易与N_i形成Ag_Zn-(N₂)_{m O}施主型缺陷, 该施主缺陷的形成降低了Ag-N共掺ZnO的掺杂效率因而不利于p型导电. 当间隙H引入到ZnO: (Ag, N)体系时, H_i易与Ag_Zn-N_O受主对形成 受主-施主-受主复合结构(Ag_Zn-H_i-N_O), 此复合体的形成不仅提高了Ag_Zn-N_O受主对在ZnO中的固溶度, 同时还能使其受主能级变得更浅而有利于p型导电. 因此, H辅助Ag-N共掺ZnO可能是一种有效的p型掺杂手段. 关键词： p型ZnO 缺陷形成能 受主离化能 第一性原理