Difference gel electrophoresis analysis of Ras-transformed fibroblast cell-derived exosomes

Exosomes are membrane vesicles of endocytic origin released by many cell types. The molecular composition of exosomes reflects the specialised functions of their original cells. For example, these vesicles can mediate communication through their ability to bind to target cells, facilitating processes such as vascular homeostasis and antigen presentation. Although the proteomes of exosomes from several cell types are known, exploration of exosomes from additional cell types may improve our understanding of their potential physiological roles. Here, we describe the isolation and characterisation of exosomes isolated from the culture medium of murine fibroblast NIH3T3 cells and Ras-transformed NIH3T3 cells. The vesicular nature and size (30-100 nm) of the purified fibroblast exosomes was confirmed by electron microscopy. 2-D difference gel electrophoresis (DIGE) was used to compare protein profiles of exosomes secreted from NIH3T3 cells and Ras-transformed NIH3T3 cells. LC-MS/MS sequencing identified proteins in 188 protein spots in the exosomes from the two cell lines, many of which have been previously identified in exosomes from other cell types. However, some proteins identified are novel for fibroblast exosomes, such as Serpin B6. Over 34 proteins, including milk fat globule EGF factor 8 (lactadherin), collagen alpha-1 (VI), 14-3-3 isoforms, guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G proteins), the eukaryotic translation initiation factors elF-3 gamma and elF-5A accumulated (>2-fold) in exosomes upon Ras-induced oncogenic transformation. Significantly, the 10.4-fold increase in v-Ha-Ras p21 protein in exosomes derived from Ras-transformed NIH3T3 cells suggests that exosome secretion may be implicated in eradication of obsolete proteins.     

Scales of mass generation for quarks, leptons, and majorana neutrinos

We study 2-->n inelastic fermion-(anti)fermion scattering into multiple longitudinal weak gauge bosons and derive universal upper bounds on the scales of fermion mass generation by imposing unitarity of the S matrix. We place new upper limits on the scales of fermion mass generation, independent of the electroweak symmetry breaking scale. Strikingly, we find that the strongest 2-->n limits fall in a narrow range, 3-170 TeV (with n=2-24), depending on the observed fermion masses.     

Syntheses and crystal structures of two isomeric pyrazoles with ferrocenyl groups

Ferrocenoylacetone I reacts with terephthaloyl hydrazide in the presence of a catalytic amount of p-toluenesulfonic acid to afford complex 1 whereas acylation of 3(5)-ferrocenyl-5(3)-methylpyrazole II with terephthaloyl chloride leads to an isomer of complex 1, viz. complex 2. Two new complexes have been characterized by elemental analyses and IR,¹H NMR, UV spectra and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. Complex 1 (C₃₆H₃₀Fe₂N₄O₂) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/c, with lattice constants: a = 11.593(2) ?, b = 12.9962(17) ?, c = 10.0030(17) ?, β = 113.227(4)°, V = 1462.1(4) ?³, Z = 4, D _c = 1.505 g·cm⁻³, F(000) = 684, R ₁ = 0.0307, wR ₂ = 0.0739. Complex 2 (C₃₆H₃₀Fe₂N₄O₂) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2₁/n, with lattice constants: a = 12.2388(18) ?, b = 7.3200(15) ?, c = 17.288(4) ?, β = 90.89(3)°, V = 1466.9(5) ?³, Z = 2, D _c = 1.500 g·cm⁻³, F(000) = 684, R ₁ = 0.0410, wR ₂ = 0.1247. Supplementary material Full crystallographic data (CCDC No. 602174 for complex 1 and CCDC No. 602175 for complex 2) have been deposited at the Cambridge Crystallographic Database Centre and are available on request from the Director, CCDC, 12 Union Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EZ, UK (Fax: +44-1223-336-033; Email:deposit@ccdc.cam.ac.uk or http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk).     

Heteroaggregation between porphyrin and phthalocyanine bearing oppositely charged substituents

Heteroaggregates composed of cationic porphyrin, meso-tetra(p-trimethylamino)-porphyrin iodide, its zinc complex and anionic phthalocyanine sodium hydroxygallium 4,4',4",4"'-tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine have been investigated by absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. It has been found that both free base cationic porphyrin and its zinc complex can form very stable heterodimers with anionic phthalocyanine in water, methanol and dhnethylfonnamide. The stability of the aggregate depends on the polarity as well as the ligation ability of the solvent. No evidence of higher aggregates was detected. Besides axial coordination, steric hindrance which influence the relative orientation of the macrocycles are considered.     

分子动力学模拟飞秒激光对C60光裂解反应机理的影响

基于半经典分子动力学方法模拟超快激光诱导的C60光裂解反应.选择能量为2.0eV,半峰全宽(FWHM)分别为40和500fs的激光作用于C60分子,调节脉冲强度使其发生裂解反应,比较长短脉宽飞秒激光对C60裂解反应机理的影响.通过分析产物分布、原子平衡指数、温度以及吸收能量(包括动能、势能和电子能量),证实飞秒激光脉冲下C60的光裂解主要由电子激发态控制,非热力学效应在该反应中起重要作用.激光场的作用时间和强度均影响光裂解反应过程,而电子吸收能量饱和后光场强度的作用则变得不明显.     

Magnetization reversal within Dzyaloshinskii Moriya interaction under on-site Coulomb interaction in BiCrO₃

First-principals calculations show that magnetization reversal is accompanied by the opposite sense of rotation of the neighboring oxygen octahedra along the [1 1 1] direction which is called the antiferrodistortive displacement in BiCrO3.The coupling between magnetization and antiferrodistortive distortion is mainly caused by Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction which is driven by the eg-eg states antiferromagnetic interaction in Cr-3d.A critical value of on-site Coulomb interaction prohibiting the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and thus the magnetization reversal is found to be 1.3eV.     

沙地沙枣花挥发油和净油化学成份的研究

沙枣(Elaeagnus angustufolia L.)又名香柳、桂香柳,属胡颓子科胡颓子属的乔木,具有抗旱,耐盐碱,抗风沙的特性,分布于我国     

Cycle Cover Ratio of Regular Matroids

A cycle in a matroid is a disjoint union of circuits. This paper proves that every regular matroidM without coloops has a set S of cycles whose union is E(M) such that every element is in at most three of the cycles in S. It follows immediately from this that, on average, each element of M is in at most three members of the cycle cover S. This improves on a 1989 result of Jamshy and Tarsi who proved that there is a cycle cover for which this average is at most 4, and conjectured that a cycle cover exists for which the average is at most 2.