Rapid separation and binding configuration prediction of the components in Danshen decoction to endothelin A receptor using affinity chromatography and molecular dynamics simulation

As a famous traditional Chinese formula, Danshen Decoction has the potential to relieve the pain of pulmonary arterial hypertension patients, however, the functional components remain unknown. Herein, we reported a method to screen the functional components in Danshen Decoction targeting endothelin receptor A, an accepted target for the treatment of the disease. The receptor was functionalized on the macroporous silica gel through an epidermal growth factor receptor fusion tag and its covalent inhibitor. Using the affinity gel as the stationary phase, the bioactive compound was identified as salvianolic acid B by mass spectrometry. The binding kinetic parameter (dissociation rate constants k_d) of salvianolic acid B with the receptor was determined via peak profiling. Using the specific ligands of the receptor as probes, the binding configuration prediction of salvianolic acid B with the receptor was performed by molecular dynamics simulation. Our results indicated that salvianolic acid B is a potential bioactive compound in Danshen Decoction targeting the receptor. This work showed that receptor chromatography in combination with molecular dynamics simulation is applicable to predicting the binding kinetics and configuration of a ligand to a receptor, providing crucial insight for the rational design of drugs that recognize functional proteins.     

Collision Index and Stability of Elliptic Relative Equilibria in Planar {n}-body Problem

In this article, we construct three new holomorphic vertex operator algebras of central charge 24 using the \({\mathbb{Z}_{2}}\)-orbifold construction associated to inner automorphisms. Their weight one subspaces have the Lie algebra structures D_7,3A_3,1G_2,1, E_7,3A_5,1, and \({A_{8,3}A_{2,1}^2}\). In addition, we discuss the constructions of holomorphic vertex operator algebras with Lie algebras A_5,6C_2,3A_1,2 and \({D_{6,5}A_{1,1}^2}\) from holomorphic vertex operator algebras with Lie algebras C_5,3G_2,2A_1,1 and \({A_{4,5}^2}\), respectively.     

Rapid “one-pot” preparation of polymeric monolith via photo-initiated thiol-acrylate polymerization for capillary liquid chromatography

A facile approach was exploited for fast preparation of polymer-based monoliths in UV-transparent fused-silica capillaries via “one-pot” photo-initiated thiol-acrylate polymerization reaction of dipentaerythritolpenta-/hexaacrylate (DPEPA) and 1-octadecanethiol (ODT) in the presence of porogenic solvents (1-butanol and ethylene glycol). Due to relative insensitivity of oxygen inhibition in thiol-ene free-radical polymerization, the polymerization could be performed within 5 min. The effects of composition of prepolymerization solution on the morphology and permeability of poly(ODT-co-DPEPA) monoliths were investigated in detail by adjusting the content of monomer and binary porogen ratio. The physical properties of poly(ODT-co-DPEPA) monoliths were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) and nitrogen adsorption/desorption measurement. The evaluation of chromatographic performance was carried out by capillary liquid chromatography (cLC). The results indicated that the poly(ODT-co-DPEPA) monolith was homogeneous and permeable, and also possessed a typical reversed-phase retention mechanism in cLC with high efficiency (∼75,000 N m⁻¹) for separation of alkylbenzenes. Eventually, the further separation of tryptic digest of proteins by cLC tandem mass spectrometry (cLC-MS/MS) demonstrated its potential in the analysis of biological samples.     

Preparation of cyclodextrin‐modified monolithic hybrid columns for the fast enantioseparation of hydroxy acids in capillary liquid chromatography

Cyclodextrins and their derivatives are one of the most common and successful chiral selectors. However, there have been few publications about the use of cyclodextrin‐modified monoliths. In this study, organic hybrid monoliths were prepared by the immobilization of derivatized β‐cyclodextrin alone or with l‐ 2‐allylglycine hydrochloride to the polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane methacryl substituted monolith. The main topic of this study is a combined system with dual chiral selectors (l‐ 2‐allylglycine hydrochloride and β‐cyclodextrin) as monolithic chiral stationary phase. The effect of l‐ 2‐allylglycine hydrochloride concentration on enantioseparation was investigated. The enantioseparation of the four acidic compounds with resolutions up to 2.87 was achieved within 2.5 min on the prepared chiral monolithic column in capillary liquid chromatography. Moreover, the possible mechanism of enantioseparation was discussed.     

界面移动法测定离子迁移数实验的优化

在基础物理化学实验界面移动法测定离子迁移数中,针对传统实验方案所用镉电极存在的不足之处,改用铜电极进行了平行对比实验,发现采用铜电极的实验方案在保证实验数据有良好准确度的前提下,既能降低电极材料的毒性,也能降低实验相关设备的配置要求。     

Uncertainty principles associated with quaternionic linear canonical transforms

In the present paper, we generalize the linear canonical transform (LCT) to quaternion‐valued signals, known as the quaternionic LCT (QLCT). Using the properties of the LCT, we establish an uncertainty principle for the two‐sided QLCT. This uncertainty principle prescribes a lower bound on the product of the effective widths of quaternion‐valued signals in the spatial and frequency domains. It is shown that only a Gaussian quaternionic signal minimizes the uncertainty. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

可激发气体振动弛豫时间的两频点声测量重建算法

振动弛豫时间是可激发气体分子内外自由度能量转移速率的宏观体现,它决定了声吸收谱峰值点对应的弛豫频率.本文给出了等温、绝热定压和绝热定容三种不同热力学过程下振动弛豫时间的相互关系;基于Petculescu和Lueptow[2005 Phys.Rev.Lett.94 238301]的弛豫过程合成算法,推导了单一压强下两频点声测量值的弛豫时间重建算法.该算法可应用于等温、绝热定压、绝热定容弛豫时间和弛豫频率的重建测量,并避免了弛豫时间传统声测量方法需要不断改变气体腔体压强的问题.仿真结果表明,对于室温下CO_2,CH_4,Cl_2,N_2和O_2组成的多种气体,重建的弛豫时间和弛豫频率与实验数据相符.     

基于FPGA和SSPC的智能配电系统设计与实现

航天及航空领域智能配电技术发展迅速。配电系统是航天及航空飞行器的重要分系统,其性能的优劣直接影响到飞行任务的成败,为了提高配电系统的可靠性和灵活性,提出了基于FPGA和SSPC的智能配电系统设计,从航天及航空飞行器智能配电技术的发展现状出发,具体阐述了该系统总体方案的设计思路及关键技术,同时分析了采用FPGA、SSPC和总线通信带来的控制灵活、易于实现故障隔离和系统重构、可靠性高以及系统重量轻等诸多优点。该系统已开展了相关的试验验证,试验结果表明该系统稳定可靠,具有广泛的应用前景。     

Wetting and electrowetting properties of carbon nanotube templated parylene films

In this study, we compared the wetting and electrowetting properties of a planar parylene (poly(p-xylylene)) film to those of a nanostructured parylene film. To generate the nanostructured film, we used an aligned array of multiwalled carbon nanotubes as a template; a thin coating of parylene was deposited on the nanotube template to generate a parylene film with a nanoscale roughness structure. Static contact angle measurements indicated a very significant increase in the water contact angle from approximately 73 degrees for planar parylene to approximately 110 degrees for the nanotemplated parylene. In addition, we performed electrowetting experiments to dynamically tune the contact angle by application of electric potential. Interestingly, the flat parylene film showed contact angle saturation at an applied voltage of approximately 40 V, while the nanotemplated parylene film did not experience saturation in the contact angle response even for voltages up to 80 V. These results show that engineering a nanoscale roughness structure to a polymer film results in significant changes to the wetting and electrowetting properties of the polymer.     

毛细管电泳涂层柱技术的进展

毛细管电泳涂层柱是解决蛋白质在毛细管壁吸附的最有效的方法。较为系统地综述了毛细管电泳涂层柱的几种制作方法,指出了毛细管电泳涂层柱（包括毛细管电色谱柱）的发展趋势,３９篇。