Novel Design of RNA Aptamers as Cancer Inhibitors and Diagnosis Targeting the Tyrosine Kinase Domain of the NT-3 Growth Factor Receptor Using a Computational Sequence-Based Approach

Aptamers, the nucleic acid analogs of antibodies, bind to their target molecules with remarkable specificity and sensitivity, making them promising diagnostic and therapeutic tools. The systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) is time-consuming and expensive. However, regardless of those issues, it is the most used in vitro method for selecting aptamers. Therefore, recent studies have used computational approaches to reduce the time and cost associated with the synthesis and selection of aptamers. In an effort to present the potential of computational techniques in aptamer selection, a simple sequence-based method was used to design a 69-nucleotide long aptamer (mod_09) with a relatively stable structure (with a minimum free energy of −32.2 kcal/mol) and investigate its binding properties to the tyrosine kinase domain of the NT-3 growth factor receptor, for the first time, by employing computational modeling and docking tools.     

兔VX2移植肝癌及隔离灌注模型建立方法探究

应用开腹瘤块包埋法建立了兔移植肝癌模型,探讨了改良动脉插管技术及提高隔离灌注模型建立的成功率.采用的方法是将实验兔建立移植肝癌模型10d后,按动脉插管方法随机分为3组：A组为直视下儿科静脉留置针插管;B组为显微镜下儿科静脉留置针插管;C组为直视下硬膜外麻醉导管插管.建模成功后经肝动脉灌注奥沙利铂,隔离灌注模型建立前测量肿瘤生长大小,常规病理观察肿瘤,比较插管成功率.研究结果表明：肿瘤生长良好,应用儿科静脉留置针插管成功率明显高于硬膜外麻醉导管,显微镜下插管较直视下无统计学意义,奥沙利铂浓度外周静脉显著低于流出道.由此认为采用儿科静脉留置针插管操作简单,成功率高,建立隔离灌注模型外周血药物泄漏少,阻断较完全,是一种实用的隔离灌注建立方法.     

In Vitro–In Vivo Correlation of Tianeptine Sodium Sustained-Release Dual-Layer Tablets

Tianeptine tablets are currently marketed to be designed for immediate-release tablets. The tianeptine has a short half-life, making it difficult to design for sustained-release tablets and achieve bioequivalence with the tianeptine immediate-release tablet (Stablon^®). We established the in vitro–in vivo correlation (IVIVC) of three formulations of tianeptine sustained-release tablets according to their granule size. To evaluate sustained drug release, in vitro tests were performed in pH 1.2 media for 24 h. In vivo pharmacokinetic analysis was performed following oral administration of reference drug and test drug to beagle dogs. The dissolution profile revealed delayed release as the size of the granules increased. The dissolution results were confirmed in pharmacokinetic analysis, showing that the half-life was delayed as granule size increased. The final formulation and reference drug showed an equivalent area under the curve (AUC). Through this, IVIVC was established according to the size of the tianeptine sodium granules, which is the purpose of this study, and was used to predict in vivo pharmacokinetics from the formulation composition. This approach may be useful for determining optimal formulation compositions to achieve the desired pharmacokinetics when developing new formulations.     

HNO二聚体蓝移氢键的理论研究

利用分子轨道从头算理论和密度泛函理论结合不同理论基组对于N-H…O蓝移氢键进行了详细的研究.利用标准方法和均衡校正方法对二聚体进行了几何优化,振动频率和相互作用能的计算.拓扑学和自然键轨道理论对于蓝移氢键的本质进行分析.自然键轨道(NBO)分析表明,σ*(N-H)轨道上电子密度降低是电子密度重排效应的结果.分子内电子重排、轨道再杂化和电子受体内部结构重组共同作用结果导致了N-H的振动频率大幅蓝移现象的出现.     

作物覆盖条件下土壤中水热分布的稳态数值比较

本文应用非饱和多孔介质中传热传质的数学模型,考虑到作物根系和冠层的影响,对稳态情况下圆柱形士壤床中的水热分布进行了数值计算模拟。在不同环境条件下对土壤中的水热分布也进行了模拟计算。同时,在相同环境条件下对有作物覆盖的土壤床和无作物覆盖的土壤床中的水热分布也进行了模拟比较。文中数值模拟的结果较好地反映了实际情况。     

作物生长的土壤中氧气浓度场的稳态数值模拟

建立了一个描述土壤中热、湿、气耦合迁移的数学模型,对有冬小麦生长的圆柱形土壤床中的氧气浓度场进行 了数值模拟。结果表明,土壤床中的氧气浓度场与冬小麦的生长发育阶段、上壤的孔隙率以及土壤床的高度等因素密切相 关。     

Exploring the Parallel G-Quadruplex Nucleic Acid World: A Spectroscopic and Computational Investigation on the Binding of the c-myc Oncogene NHE III1 Region by the Phytochemical Polydatin

Trans-polydatin (tPD), the 3-β-D-glucoside of the well-known nutraceutical trans-resveratrol, is a natural polyphenol with documented anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, cardioprotective, and immunoregulatory effects. Considering the anticancer activity of tPD, in this work, we aimed to explore the binding properties of this natural compound with the G-quadruplex (G4) structure formed by the Pu22 [d(TGAGGGTGGGTAGGGTGGGTAA)] DNA sequence by exploiting CD spectroscopy and molecular docking simulations. Pu22 is a mutated and shorter analog of the G4-forming sequence known as Pu27 located in the promoter of the c-myc oncogene, whose overexpression triggers the metabolic changes responsible for cancer cells transformation. The binding of tPD with the parallel Pu22 G4 was confirmed by CD spectroscopy, which showed significant changes in the CD spectrum of the DNA and a slight thermal stabilization of the G4 structure. To gain a deeper insight into the structural features of the tPD-Pu22 complex, we performed an in silico molecular docking study, which indicated that the interaction of tPD with Pu22 G4 may involve partial end-stacking to the terminal G-quartet and H-bonding interactions between the sugar moiety of the ligand and deoxynucleotides not included in the G-tetrads. Finally, we compared the experimental CD profiles of Pu22 G4 with the corresponding theoretical output obtained using DichroCalc, a web-based server normally used for the prediction of proteins’ CD spectra starting from their “.pdb” file. The results indicated a good agreement between the predicted and the experimental CD spectra in terms of the spectral bands’ profile even if with a slight bathochromic shift in the positive band, suggesting the utility of this predictive tool for G4 DNA CD investigations.     

“东方经济”与中国乡村工业化的社会学机制—重访史国衡的个旧矿城研究

本文对“魁阁”社会学家史国衡1940年代在美访学期间的一部未刊稿《个旧矿城》进行了梳理与讨论。史国衡的个旧研究呈现了一个将产业、民情与治理相结合的综合进路,通过对个旧锡业兴衰的个案分析,揭示了传统“东方经济”模式的独特特征以及决定中国乡村工业化成败的社会学机制,同时也以个旧经验对现代化理论、人际关系学派等当时美国社会科学主流范式提出了反思。《个旧矿城》与另一部更为人所熟知的著作《昆厂劳工》共同构成了史国衡关于中国工业化研究的姊妹篇,“工业化的社会基础”是其中一以贯之的核心线索。对史国衡个旧矿城研究的“再发现”,有助于我们重新认识中国早期社会学的工业研究传统,同时也提示我们,当下的乡村工业化乃至乡村振兴仍然需要重视产业的社会基础,处理好经济转型与社会重组之间的辩证关系。     

柱几何Rayleigh-Taylor不稳定性的数值模拟

给出了柱几何中流体力学方程组及其在数值模拟中采用的计算方法。对二维柱几何Rayleigh-Taylor不稳定性进行数值模拟,在线性阶段与线性理论符合得很好;不稳定性增长进入非线性区域的阈值依赖于界面的位置,并且明显不同于平面情况。     

液相放电等离子体特性与激波特性的数值分析

以能量平衡方程为基础,采用不同的电导率唯象模型描述了液相放电等离子体圆柱形通道特性,得到了通道内半径、温度、电阻、电流和耗散能量随时间的变化关系,还给出了距离放电间隙中心一定距离处的冲击波压力变化,并与前人利用等离子体通道球状模型计算得到的结果进行了比较。结果表明：把等离子体通道看成球状和看成圆柱状在描述通道压力和通道半径时差异显著,而在描述其他物理特性时差别不大;三种电导率模型在描述等离子体通道物理特性时,变化趋势大体相同,而在描述激波特性时,电导率模型σ₂更符合实际;通过对比电学参数与压力参数的变化,就可以在实验中根据实验数据以及具体的研究问题进行模型的适用性选择。