Neuroprotective Ability of Apocynin Loaded Nanoparticles (APO-NPs) as NADPH Oxidase (NOX)-Mediated ROS Modulator for Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced Oxidative Neuronal Injuries

Apocynin (APO) is a known multi-enzymatic complexed compound, employed as a viable NADPH oxidase (NOX) inhibitor, extensively used in both traditional and modern-day therapeutic strategies to combat neuronal disorders. However, its therapeutic efficacy is limited by lower solubility and lesser bioavailability; thus, a suitable nanocarrier system to overcome such limitations is needed. The present study is designed to fabricate APO-loaded polymeric nanoparticles (APO-NPs) to enhance its therapeutic efficacy and sustainability in the biological system. The optimized APO NPs in the study exhibited 103.6 ± 6.8 nm and −13.7 ± 0.43 mV of particle size and zeta potential, respectively, along with further confirmation by TEM. In addition, the antioxidant (AO) abilities quantified by DPPH and nitric oxide scavenging assays exhibited comparatively higher AO potential of APO-NPs than APO alone. An in-vitro release profile displayed a linear diffusion pattern of zero order kinetics for APO from the NPs, followed by its cytotoxicity evaluation on the PC12 cell line, which revealed minimal toxicity with higher cell viability, even after treatment with a stress inducer (H₂O₂). The stability of APO-NPs after six months showed minimal AO decline in comparison to APO only, indicating that the designed nano-formulation enhanced therapeutic efficacy for modulating NOX-mediated ROS generation.     

Fluorescence Investigations of Oxygen‐Doped Simple Amine Compared with Fluorescent PAMAM Dendrimer

Blue emission of oxygen‐doped tertiary amine (triethylamine), a key unit of fluorescent poly(amido amine) dendrimer, was demonstrated. It was found that the fluorescence intensity could be further enhanced if the tertiary amines locate densely in the dendrimer interior as the branching sites. Moreover, a solvatochromic phenol blue, instead of oxygen, is able to induce the blue fluorescence of the tertiary amino‐branching sites based on a guaranteed host‐guest complexation of phenol blue molecules and dendrimer interior.

     

利用近红外光谱检测多层组织血氧饱和度的研究

利用近红外光谱无创检测生物组织血氧饱和状态,是一种极富研究和应用前景的检测技术,在临床检测中被广泛应用.但常规临床检测应用于指端仅反映局部血氧饱和度信息,在使用中具有局限性,信号的可信度也存在质疑.该文提出了一种采用反射式脉搏血氧饱和度检测技术检测生物多层组织氧合状况的新方法,该方法通过调节入射光强以适应解剖学中生物组织多层结构的检测.应用该方法针对手指结构的实验结果表明,随着入射光强的改变,反映血氧饱和状态的光电脉搏波信号有显著变化.结合手指解剖学分析表明,光电脉搏波信号的变化与手指的多层面组织结构相对应,反映不同层面血氧饱和状态.这一特点表明,通过此法可以针对生物组织的多层结构进行测量.     

Nonlinear blood oxygen level-dependent responses for transient activations and deactivations in V1 - insights into the hemodynamic response function with the balloon model

We report studies of the nonlinear nature of blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) responses to short transient deactivations in human visual cortex. Both functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) have been used to compare and contrast the hemodynamic response functions (HRFs) associated with transient activation and deactivation in primary visual cortex. We show that signal decreases for short duration deactivations are smaller than corresponding signal increases in activation studies. Moreover, the standard balloon model of BOLD effects may be modified to account for the observed nonlinear nature of deactivations by appropriate changes to simple hemodynamic parameters without recourse to new assumptions about the nature of the coupling between activity and oxygen use.     

光谱分析和延迟荧光检测研究外源水杨酸对拟南芥光合作用的影响

外源水杨酸在影响植物活性氧代谢以及光合作用等方面起着重要作用.该文以野生型拟南芥和胁迫条件下内源水杨酸含量较高的cpr5突变体和内源水杨酸含量较低的eds-4突变体为材料,采用光谱分析和延迟荧光检测分析手段,研究了不同浓度的外源水杨酸对三种拟南芥离体叶片光合能力的影响,实验发现100和300 μmol·L-1较低浓度的外源水杨酸对野生型拟南芥离体叶片,eds-4叶片的光合作用都有一定的促进作用,而对cpr5叶片的光合会产生抑制,形成一种胁迫.500μmol·L-1较高浓度的外源水杨酸对三种拟南芥离体叶片均形成了一种胁迫,进而阻抑和降低了叶片的光合效能.DCF(dichloro fluorescein)标记活性氧检测了外源水杨酸作用下叶片活性氧产生量的变化,发现在500μmol·L-1外源水杨酸作用下60min内叶片组织中活性氧产生了明显的积累.     

Structure, ferroelectric and dielectric properties of Bi2WO6 with different bismuth content

This paper reports that the Bi 2 WO 6 ferroelectric ceramics with excess Bi 2 O 3 of 0.0, 2.0, 3.5 and 5.0 wt.% of the stoichiometric composition are prepared by the conventional solid-state reaction method. Their microstructure, ferroelectric properties, the concentration and mobility of the defects have been analysed systematically. With increasing Bi content, the remnant polarization decreases, and the broken-down voltage increases. The optimum Bi excess, 3.5, lowers the oxygen vacancy concentration, while further Bi-addition brings about more defects. The activation energies fitted from cole-cole plots are 0.97 eV, 1.07 eV, 1.18 eV, and 1.33 eV, respectively. This suggests that the mobility of the defects is weakened by Bi-addition, which may be due to the increase of the ratio of the number of Bi 2 O 2 layers to that of the perovskite blocks.     

氧等离子体处理对纳米二氧化硅溶胶涂覆高强、高模聚乙烯纤维拉伸性能的影响

基于艾琳方程,提出用于定量分析纤维表面和纳米涂覆层间的纳米界面结构的理论模型.实验结果表明,纤维高分子链段受力塑性变形时,纳米界面结构内纳米微粒阻碍其形貌变化产生热激活体积,该热激活体积是纳米界面结构性能的重要表征;氧等离子体处理对纳米二氧化硅溶胶涂覆高强、高模聚乙烯纤维有增韧作用.由不同处理样品的扫描电子显微镜图片和傅里叶变换红外光谱曲线对比分析可知,经氧等离子体处理纳米二氧化硅溶胶涂覆高强、高模聚乙烯纤维的纳米涂覆层纳米颗粒分布均匀,纳米颗粒还填补纤维表面微观缺陷,活性官能团被引入到纤维表面. 关键词： 激活体积 氧等离子体 高强、高模聚乙烯纤维 纳米界面结构     

强流脉冲电子束辐照诱发多晶纯铝中的空位缺陷簇结构

利用强流脉冲电子束（HCPEB）技术对多晶纯铝样品进行辐照,采用透射电子显微镜详细分析了辐照诱发的空位簇缺陷.HCPEP辐照后,在辐照表层内形成了大量的四方形空位胞,其间包含位错圈和堆垛层错四面体（SFT）等类型的空位簇缺陷.1次辐照后,空位胞内产生空位型位错圈,5次辐照则主要产生SFT;10次辐照后,空位胞内产生的空位簇缺陷主要是位错圈,局部区域也观察到了SFT缺陷,在产生SFT的附近区域具有很低的位错密度或者几乎无位错出现.HCPEB辐照产生的瞬间加热和冷却诱发了幅值极大且应变速率极高的应力,这一因素 关键词： 强流脉冲电子束 多晶纯铝 空位簇缺陷 堆垛层错四面体     

沉积速率和氧分压对HfO2薄膜残余应力的影响

采用ZYGO MarkIII-GPI数字波面干涉仪对以K9玻璃为基底的电子束蒸发方法制备的HfO₂薄膜中的残余应力进行了研究,讨论了沉积速率、氧分压这两种工艺参量对HfO₂薄膜残余应力的影响.实验结果表明：在所有的工艺条件下,薄膜的残余应力均为张应力;随着沉积速率的升高,氧分压的减小,薄膜的堆积密度逐渐增大,而残余应力呈减小趋势.同时用X射线衍射技术测量分析了不同工艺条件下HfO₂薄膜的晶体结构,探讨了HfO₂薄膜晶体 关键词： 残余应力 2薄膜')" href="#">HfO₂薄膜 沉积速率 氧分压     

单细胞拉曼光谱分析地中海贫血红细胞的氧合态和去氧态

应用光镊拉曼光谱系统俘获单个红细胞并收集其拉曼光谱,选择I1638/I1547比值为区分红细胞氧合及去氧态指标,比较分析地中海贫血HbH-CS和健康个体单个红细胞的氧循环过程的氧合和去氧能力及去氧态群体红细胞.结果发现,在氧循环的去氧态中,地中海贫血HbH-CS的I1638/I1547显著高于正常对照;氧合态的I1638/I1547也略高于正常对照.群体统计中,若以小于正常对照I1638/I1547的平均值为去氧态基准,则正常对照46%的红细胞达到去氧态.而地中海贫血HbH-CS仅有15%,表明地中海贫血HbH-CS红细胞的氧合能力较强,但去氧能力显著低于正常对照,而且地中海贫血HbH-CS红细胞个体差异较大.该研究在单细胞水平上,揭示了地中海贫血HbH-CS红细胞氧合,去氧能力以及细胞个体差异性,以评价其携氧功能,为诊断治疗提供一定的理论依据.