Recent Advances in Synergistic Antitumor Effects Exploited from the Inhibition of Ataxia Telangiectasia and RAD3-Related Protein Kinase (ATR)

As one of the key phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-related kinases (PIKKs) family members, ataxia telangiectasia and RAD3-related protein kinase (ATR) is crucial in maintaining mammalian cell genomic integrity in DNA damage response (DDR) and repair pathways. Dysregulation of ATR has been found across different cancer types. In recent years, the inhibition of ATR has been proven to be effective in cancer therapy in preclinical and clinical studies. Importantly, tumor-specific alterations such as ATM loss and Cyclin E1 (CCNE1) amplification are more sensitive to ATR inhibition and are being exploited in synthetic lethality (SL) strategy. Besides SL, synergistic anticancer effects involving ATRi have been reported in an increasing number in recent years. This review focuses on the recent advances in different forms of synergistic antitumor effects, summarizes the pharmacological benefits and ongoing clinical trials behind the biological mechanism, and provides perspectives for future challenges and opportunities. The hope is to draw awareness to the community that targeting ATR should have great potential in developing effective anticancer medicines.     

Automatic Search Dense Connection Module for Super-Resolution

The development of display technology has continuously increased the requirements for image resolution. However, the imaging systems of many cameras are limited by their physical conditions, and the image resolution is often restrictive. Recently, several models based on deep convolutional neural network (CNN) have gained significant performance for image super-resolution (SR), while extensive memory consumption and computation overhead hinder practical applications. For this purpose, we present a lightweight network that automatically searches dense connection (ASDCN) for image super-resolution (SR), which effectively reduces redundancy in dense connection and focuses on more valuable features. We employ neural architecture search (NAS) to model the searching of dense connections. Qualitative and quantitative experiments on five public datasets show that our derived model achieves superior performance over the state-of-the-art models.     

Statistics of polymer capture by a nanopore: A Brownian dynamics simulation study

We investigate the statistics of polymer capture by a nanopore using Brownian dynamics simulations. It is found that when the velocity flux is greater than a critical velocity flux, the capture picture is a random selection process, otherwise it tends to a statistical process governed by energetic considerations. In addition, the chain ends capture probability decreases as the chain length increases and satisfies a power-law scaling of P0(N)~N-0.8.     

色谱载体用硅球接枝键合相接枝度的测定

本文用热分析、元素分析及溶液吸附三种方法,对不同浓度的γ-GOPS水溶液与硅球表面接枝键合相的系列样品进行接枝度的测定。认为热分析方法是测定硅胶表面接枝度的适用方法。元素分析误差大,数值偏高。溶液吸附法只能作为比较对硅胶表面接枝量大小的相对方法。     

Cr/MCM-41催化剂上的乙烯聚合行为

以纯硅ＭＣＭ４１为载体，负载Ｐｈｉｌｉｐｓ烯烃聚合催化剂活性组分Ｃｒ．ＸＲＤ及ＴＥＭ表征结果表明，所得到的Ｃｒ／ＭＣＭ４１催化剂具有良好的晶体结构和较理想的长程有序一维孔道．ＦＴＩＲ和Ｒａｍａｎ光谱表征结果表明，Ｃｒ／ＭＣＭ４１上不仅可发生乙烯聚合过程，而且形成的聚乙烯以结晶和无定形两种形态存在．乙烯聚合活性不仅与反应参数有关，而且与Ｃｒ的负载量密切相关．用于乙烯聚合后，Ｃｒ／ＭＣＭ４１催化剂仍保持其特征的晶体结构和一维孔道结构．     

Role of Bipolar Pulsed DBD on the Growth of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Microcystis aeruginosa</Emphasis> in Three-Phase Discharge Plasma Reactor

Algae in drinking water supplies often bring about impact on the water treatment. In this study, a bipolar pulsed dielectric barrier discharge system in three-phase discharge plasma reactor was constructed for investigating its ability to control excessive growth of cyanobacteria, Microcystis aeruginosa. Experimental results show there was almost no change in optical density immediately after the interruption of electrical discharge, but the decreasing trend of optical density, cell density and chlorophyll-a content was obvious during the incubation period, indicating a significant residual effect of electrical discharge process on the algal growth inhibition. Scanning electron microscopy investigation of algae revealed surface damage, apparent leakage of intracellular contents and pores formed after electrical discharge process, which showed that algal cells had no potential to survive and grow. Compared with the control sample, it was observed that electrical discharge on the algal extracellular products has almost no residual effect and the growth rate of algae slightly decreased before three days storage. Hydrogen peroxide was produced by electrical discharge in the μM level and showed a first-order decay. But at such level, the external addition of hydrogen peroxide alone is not likely to cause the residual effect. These results implicated that the growth inhibition of M. aeruginosa was mainly caused by electrical discharge process, and it made the algal cells lose ability to survive, demonstrating the considerable potential of such an alternative process for efficient water purification.     

Two new hydrogen bond-supported supramolecular compounds assembly from polyoxovanadate and organoamines

Two novel organic-inorganic hybrid compounds based on organoamines and polyoxovanadates formulated as (H₂dien)₄[H₁₀V₁₈O₄₂(PO₄)](PO₄)·2H₂O (1) (dien=diethylenetriamine) and (Him)₈[HV₁₈O₄₂(PO₄)] (2) (im=imidazole) have been prepared under hydrothermal conditions by using different starting materials, and characterized by elemental analyses, IR, ESR, XPS, TGA and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. Crystal data for compound 1: C₁₆H₇₄N₁₂O₅₂V₁₈P₂, Monoclinic, space group C2/c, a=23.9593(4) Å, b=13.0098(2) Å, c=20.1703(4) Å, β=105.566(3)°, V=6056.6(19) Å³, Z=4; for compound 2, C₂₄H₄₁N₁₆O₄₆V₁₈P, Tetragonal, space group I4/mmm, a=13.5154(8) Å, b=13.5154(8) Å, c=19.1136 Å, β=90°, V=3491.4(3) Å³, Z=2. Compound 1 consists of protonated diens together with polyoxovanadates [H₁₀V₁₈O₄₂(PO₄)]⁵⁻. Compound 2 is composed of protonated ims and polyoxovanadates [HV₁₈O₄₂(PO₄)]⁸⁻. There are hydrogen-bonding interactions between polyoxovanadates and different organoamines in 1 and 2. Polyoxovanadates are linked through H₂dien into a three-dimensional network via hydrogen bonds in 1, while polyoxovanadates are linked by Him into a two-dimensional layer network via hydrogen bonds in 2. The crystal packing patterns of the two compounds reveal various supramolecular frameworks.     

Enantioselective synthesis of beta-aryl-gamma-amino acid derivatives via Cu-catalyzed asymmetric 1,4-reductions of gamma-phthalimido-substituted alpha,beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid esters

A series of chiral beta-aryl-substituted gamma-amino butyric acid derivatives were synthesized in good enantioselectivities via the Cu-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate reduction of gamma-phthalimido-alpha,beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid esters using Cu(OAc)2 x H2O as a catalyst precursor, (S)-BINAP as a ligand, PMHS as a hydride source, and t-BuOH as an additive. The methodology has been applied successfully to the enantioselective synthesis of a chiral pharmaceutical, (R)-baclofen.     

α-萜品烯马来酰亚胺基酰腙衍生物的合成及杀菌活性研究

以α-蒎烯为原料,在质子酸催化下发生Wagner-Meerwein重排得到α-萜品烯,再与马来酸酐发生Diels-Alder环加成反应得到α-萜品烯马来酸酐(3),然后与水合肼反应制备N-氨基-α-萜品烯马来酰亚胺(4).在冰醋酸催化下,4与各种取代苯甲醛反应,合成得到17个新型α-萜品烯马来酰亚胺基酰腙化合物5a～5q.初步探索了合成条件,并利用元素分析,1H NMR,13C NMR,LC-MS,FT-IR等多种手段对目标产物作了分析表征.初步的生物活性测试表明,大部分化合物具有一定的杀菌活性,其中4-羟基-3-甲氧基苯基-α-萜品烯马来酰亚胺基酰腙(5n)在浓度为50 mg/L时对苹果轮纹病菌、花生褐斑病菌和番茄早疫病菌的抑制率分别达91%,83.3%和76.7%.     

Visible-light-driven palladium-catalyzed Dowd–Beckwith ring expansion/C–C bond formation cascade

A visible-light-induced palladium-catalyzed Dowd–Beckwith ring expansion/C–C bond formation cascade is described. A range of six to nine-membered β-alkenylated cyclic ketones possessing a quaternary carbon center were accessed under mild conditions. Besides styrenes, the electron-rich alkenes such as silyl enol ethers and enamides were also compatible, providing the desired β-alkylated cyclic ketones in moderate to good yields.

An intermolecular Dowd–Beckwith ring expansion/C–C bond formation is achieved through light-induced palladium catalysis. Not only styrenes but also the electron-rich alkenes such as silyl enol ethers and enamides were also compatible in this reaction.