Natural Compound Curcumin-a Channel Potentiator Rather Than a Corrector of the Defective Intracellular Processing of △F508 Mutant Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator

Cystic fibrosis(CF)is a severe genetic disease caused by the gene mutation of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator(CFTR)chloride channel.The most common point mutation △F508,which leads to impaired intracellular processing and channel gating of CFTR, appears in about 90? patients.The natural compound curcumin was reported to correct the processing defect of △F508-CFTR and proposed as a potential therapeutic drug to cure CF.In the present study.we analyzed the efrect of curcumin on △F508-CFTR and demonstrated that curcumin can restore the impaired chloride conductance of △F508 mutant CFTR.The activity is rapid,reversible and cAMP-dependent.However,we couldn't reproduce the previously reported correction of the defective membrane trafficking of △F508-CFTR by curcumin.Therefore,curcumin may not be a superior lead compound for developing anti-CF drugs.     

Expression and Emmprin Regulated Function of Aquaporinl in SMMC7221 Cells

<正>Herein lie the crosstalk and regulation between AQP1 and Emmprin in SMMC7221 cells by means of siRNA technology and deglycosylation method.Firstly,HAQP1,rather than hAQP3,was selectively upregulated in SMMC7221 cells by FBS,flollowed by the upregulated expression of Emmprin.Emmprin gene silencing caused a remarkable change in the expression of AQP1 gene,just like its downstream gene,MMP9,meanwhile the water permeability and cell migration were also descended prominently.Furthermore,when treated with tunicamycin, Emmprin was deglycosylated,which made the expression of AQP1 significantly declined,followed by remarkably decreased cell membrane water permeability and cell migration.Taken together,all the data indicates the expression level and the modification of Emmprin by glycosylation are the key factors in regulating the expression of AQP1.     

Aquaporin 1 Facilitated Hepatocellular Carcinoma SMMC7221 Cell Migration Associated with Water Permeability

The authors investigated the regulation of human aquaporin 1(hAQP1) and the involvement of aquaporin 1(AQP1) in the migration of human hepatocellular carcinoma SMMC-7221 cells using RNA intereference technology. Firstly, two short hairpin RNA(shRNA) constructs in PBSU6 vector were reconstructed and their knockdown effects were identified in SMMC-7221 cells. Next, the involvement of endogenous hAQP1 in regulating the migration of SMMC-7221 cells was investigated via siRNA technology. HAQP1-shRNA can specific...     

Natural Compound Curcumin—— a Channel Potentiator Rather Than a Corrector of the Defective Intracellular Processing of △F508 Mutant Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator

Cystic fibrosis（CF） is a severe genetic disease caused by the gene mutation of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator（CFTR） chloride channel. The most common point mutation AF508, which leads to impaired intracellular processing and channel gating of CFTR, appears in about 90% CF patients. The natural compound curcumin was reported to correct the processing defect of AF508-CFTR and proposed as a potential therapeutic drug to cure CF. In the present study, we analyzed the effect of curcumin on AF508-CFTR and demonstrated that curcumin can restore the impaired chloride conductance of AF508 mutant CFTR. The activity is rapid, reversible and cAMP-dependent. However, we couldn＇t reproduce the previously reported correction of the defective membrane trafficking of AF508-CFTR by curcumin. Therefore, curcumin may not be a superior lead compound for developing anti-CF drugs.     

一步水热法制备氮掺杂碳点用于Fe3+检测及细胞成像

以生物相容性优异的人体必需氨基酸分子色氨酸和苏氨酸为前驱体,通过一步水热法合成了水溶性良好的蓝色荧光氮掺杂碳点(N-CDs).采用高分辨率透射电镜、X射线衍射光谱、X射线光电子能谱、傅里叶红外吸收光谱、紫外可见吸收光谱、荧光光谱对其结构、组成和光学性质进行研究.结果表明所制备的N-CDs尺寸均一,平均粒径为4.1 nm...     

一种简单的制备反相电色谱柱的方法

 采用简便易行的方法自制内径为100 μm的电色谱柱,并考察了其性能,同时研究了磷酸盐缓冲液浓度、乙腈体积分数、电压、柱温对中性化合物保留行为的影响。     

Molecular Cloning of a Glycyrrhiza uralensis F. Aquaporin GuPIP1 Up-regulated in Response to Drought, Salt and ABA Stress

IntroductionWater is an ubiquitous and indispensable moleculefor plant growth and development[1]. According to thecomposite water flux model[2], water is transported intoplant tissues by three pathways: apoplastic, symplas-tic, and transcellular. The latt…     

Natural Compound Curcumin Corrects the Gating Defect of G551DMutant Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator

In the present study, we identified the natural compound curcumin to be an effective G551D-CFTR activator by cell-based fluorescent assay and electrophysiological measurement. We demonstrated that curcumin can restore the impaired chloride conductance of G551D mutant CFTR. The activity is rapid, reversible, and cAMP-dependent. Our study identified a new natural lead compound for the pharmacological therapy of cystic fibrosis caused by G551D mutation of CFTR.     

Activation of CFTR-mediated CI-Transport by Capsaicinoids in Cell Culture Model

Previous studies reported that capsaicin potentiates ΔF508 mutant cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator(CFTR) channel gating defect by transfected cell-based assays.It has been postulated that orally ingested capsaicin may conceptually be used to develop a therapeutic strategy to treat gastrointestinal disorders in CF patients.We tried to reproduce and extend those pre-clinical data of previous studies.Cell-based fluorescence functional measurements in Fischer thyroid epithelial cells(FRT) expressing CFTR showed no effect of capsaicin on potentiating ΔF508-CFTR.while genistein showed a strongly positive activity.Studies show that capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin activated cAMP-prestimulated wild-type CFTR in a dose-dependent manner with a maximal response of 70% of that activated by genistein,thus gave an apparent EC50 of (40.4±6.8)μmol/L and (150.2±7.4) μmol/L respectively.Preliminary study shows that the binding sites for capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin may be probably partially overlapped with that for genistein because the maximal activation of wild-type CFTR with genistein is partially blocked by capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin.     

射频功率对Si薄膜微观结构及电学性能的影响

采用等离子体增强化学气相沉积(PECVD)法制备了不同射频功率的Si薄膜,并对其进行真空退火处理.研究了射频功率和退火处理对薄膜微观结构和电学性能的影响,并总结了不同电场环境对薄膜原子排列有序度的影响规律.结果表明:随射频功率的增加,Si薄膜的非晶结构无实质改变,但其少子寿命明显增强;经800℃真空退火处理后,Si薄膜的微观结构均由非晶态转变为晶态,晶化程度达60;以上,且少子寿命达到20 μs以上.