Study on the differential gene expression of elm leaves fed on by Tetraneura akinire Sasaki

Hai‑bo Lu,Ling‑pin Jin,Dong Wei,Zhi‑hong Huang 한국유전학회 2019 Genes & Genomics Vol.41 No.12

Background To study the essential molecular mechanism of gall formation is very important. Objective To investigate the differential gene expression in leaves fed on by Tetraneura akinire Sasaki and to provide a basis for the better understanding of the essential molecular mechanism of gall formation. Methods The infected leaves of the elm were divided into three periods: initial formation period (T2), growth and differentiation period (T3), and cracking period (T4). The untouched leaves were used as the control (T1). RNA-Seq was performed, and the high-quality sequences were mapped to the reference genome and the elm gene database to obtain the gene expression profiles. The expression level of each gene was calculated by the RPKM method. A combination of FDR ≤ 0.01 and the absolute value of |log2 ratio (T/CK)| ≥ 2 was used as the threshold to determine the significance of gene expression. Finally, GO and pathway enrichment analyses were used to identify the significantly enriched functional classification and metabolic pathways in DEGs. Results The results revealed that approximately 244 mRNAs were detected between T1 and T2, including 192 up-regulated and 52 down-regulated mRNAs; approximately 175 mRNAs were detected between T1 and T3, including 145 up-regulated and 30 down-regulated mRNAs; and approximately 372 mRNAs were detected between T1 and T4, including 360 up-regulated and 12 down-regulated mRNAs. Approximately 34 differentially expressed genes were identified by Venn analysis. Comparing the three infection periods to the control, there were 28 up-regulated and six down-regulated mRNAs. Additionally, 562 genes were used for cluster analysis, which revealed that the gene expression in T2 and T3 changed greatly. Genes related to cell proliferation and respiration, such as microtubulin and 6-phosphoric acid fructose kinase were mainly up-regulated during the T2 period. Genes encoding lipoxygenase, glutathione-S-transferase, superoxide dismutase and protease inhibitor were up-regulated during T2 and T3. Genes encoding lignocellulose synthase were up-regulated during T4, which suggests the reinforcement of the cell wall to improve the resistance to the damage of the Tetraneura akinire Sasaki. Conclusions The results showed that the feeding of Tetraneura akinire Sasaki caused the differential expression of elm genes and influenced cellular energy metabolism. These changes in physiological response and gene expression of the elm compose the physiological and molecular basis of the gall formation and may improve the resistance of elm to Tetraneura akinire Sasaki.

Correlation of Adventitial Vasa Vasorum with Intracranial Atherosclerosis: A Postmortem Study

Lu Zheng,Wen Jie Yang,Chun Bo Niu,Hai Lu Zhao,Ka Sing Wong,Thomas Wai Hong Leung,Xiang Yan Chen 대한뇌졸중학회 2018 Journal of stroke Vol.20 No.3

Background and Purpose Vasa vasorum (VV) have been believed to be rare or non-existent in small-caliber intracranial arteries. In a series of human cerebral artery specimens, we identified and examined the distribution of VV in association with co-existing intracranial atherosclerosis. Methods We obtained cerebral artery specimens from 32 consecutive autopsies of subjects aged 45 years or above. We scrutinized middle cerebral artery (MCA), vertebral artery (VA), and basilar artery (BA) for the presence of adventitial VV. We described the distribution of VV, and the characteristics of co-existing atherosclerotic lesions. Results Among 157 intracranial arteries, adventitial VV were present in 74 of the 157 specimens (47%), involving MCA (n=13, 18%), BA (n=14, 19%), and VA (n=47, 64%). Although qualitatively these 74 adventitial VV distributed similarly in arteries with or without atherosclerotic lesions (disease-free arteries n=4/8; arteries of pre-atherosclerosis n=17/42; and arteries of progressive atherosclerosis n=53/107), the presence of adventitial VV in intracranial VA was associated with a heavier plaque load (1.72±1.66 mm2 vs. 0.40±0.32 mm2, P<0.001), severer luminal stenosis (25%±21% vs. 12%±9%, P=0.002), higher rate of concentric lesions (79% vs. 36%, P=0.002), and denser intraplaque calcification (44% vs. 0%, P=0.003). Histologically, intracranial VA with VV had a larger diameter (3.40±0.79 mm vs. 2.34±0.58 mm, P<0.001), thicker arterial wall (0.31±0.13 mm vs. 0.23±0.06 mm, P=0.002), and a larger intima-media (0.19±0.09 mm vs. 0.13± 0.04 mm, P=0.003) than VA without VV. Conclusions Our study demonstrated the distribution of adventitial VV within brain vasculature and association between vertebral VV and progressive atherosclerotic lesions with a heavier plaque load and denser intraplaque calcification.

Study on Mechanical Properties of Polycaprolactone Modified Cement-Based Material

Hai-feng Lu,Kai Zhang,Jin-long Yi,Ai-chao Wei 한국콘크리트학회 2022 International Journal of Concrete Structures and M Vol.16 No.4

With the continuous development of economy, engineering construction is developing towards deep high-stress area, and the problems of large-deformation engineering are becoming more and more serious. Anchoring grouting is a very effective support reinforcement method. The anchoring grouting materials used in the project are mainly cement paste and cement mortar. The characteristics of the grouting material have a decisive influence on the grouting effect. However, it is difficult for the existing grouting materials to satisfy the requirements of strength and deformation at the same time, and improvement is urgently needed. Polycaprolactone (PCL) is an organic polymer material of good engineering properties, including high ductility, good stability and strong impact resistance. In this paper, PCL was added as an auxiliary additive to cement-based materials innovatively, and the mechanical test and micro-test of PCL-cement-based materials were carried out. The results show that adding PCL can significantly increase the compressive strength of cement paste. By adjusting the content of PCL, the strength and ductility of cement mortar can be effectively improved. When the content of PCL is 15%, ideal high performance cement mortar material can be obtained. Anchor grouting is a very effective reinforcement and support method.

Bidirectional Hybrid DWDM-PON for HDTV/Gigabit Ethernet/CATV Applications

Hai-Han Lu,Wen-Shing Tsai,Tzu-Shen Chien,Shih-Hung Chen,Yu-Chieh Chi,Che-Wei Liao 한국전자통신연구원 2007 ETRI Journal Vol.29 No.2

A new scheme for bi-directional HDTV/Gigabit Ethernet/CATV transmission over a hybrid densewavelength- division-multiplexing passive optical network (DWDM-PON) is proposed and demonstrated. It is based on injection-locked vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and distributed-feedback laser diodes as transmitters. Services with 129 HDTV channels, a 1.25 Gbps Gigabit Ethernet connection, and 77 CATV channels are successfully demonstrated over 40 km single-mode fiber links. Good performance of bit error rate, carrier-to-noise ratio, composite second order, and composite triple beat is achieved in our proposed bidirectional DWDM-PON.

Influence of Brittle Fracture of Shear Connectors on Flexural Behavior of Steel–Plate Concrete Composite Beams Under Cyclic Loading

Bing Lu,Chang-Hai Zhai,Shuang Li,Duofa Ji,Xianbin Lu 한국강구조학회 2020 International Journal of Steel Structures Vol.20 No.5

The existing push-out test results showed that the ultimate shear capacities and ultimate slips of tie-bars and studs under cyclic loading were signifi cantly lower than those under monotonic loading, which could signifi cantly aff ect the seismic performance of steel–plate concrete composite (SC) structures. The fl exural behavior of two SC beams subjected to cyclic loading was investigated. Specimen SCB1 using tie-bars was partial shear connection, and specimen SCB2 using tie-bars and studs was full shear connection. The failure modes, hysteresis curves, skeleton curves, equivalent lateral stiff ness, energy dissipation, interfacial slip distribution, interfacial shear distributions, and strain in steel plates were researched. The experimental results show that two SC specimens were brittle failure, which primarily resulted from premature shear fracture of shear connectors at the interfaces between steel plate and concrete. Finally, two existing codes for SC structures were used to analyze the bending moment and shear of SC beams as well as interfacial shear of tie-bars and studs. This indicates that due to the diff erence of shear connection ratio between two specimens, the interfacial shear distributions of two SC beams were signifi cantly diff erent.

Esomeprazole-a New proton Pump Inhibitor for the Treatment of Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease and Peptic Ulceration

Zhao, Hai-Lu,Thomas, G Neil,pLeung, Wilson YS,Chen, Qian,Tomlinson, Brian Medical Publications Korea 2002 Medical Progress Vol.24 No.8

Dendrobium candidum PLB의 생장과 생리활성물질 생산에 미치는 생물반응기 내 물리적 환경조건

최해연(Hai-Yan Cui),도로로(Lu-Lu Tao),이은정(Eun-Jung Lee),장영세(Young-Se Jang),백기엽(Kee-Yoeup Paek) 한국원예학회 2012 한국원예학회 학술발표요지 Vol.2012 No.5

Application Research of Sliding Mode Predictive Control Based on Feedforward Compensation in Solar Thermal Power Generation Heat Collecting System

LU Xiao-Juan,DONG Hai-Ying 보안공학연구지원센터 2016 International Journal of Hybrid Information Techno Vol.9 No.3

For solar thermal power generation system with fast time-varying, strong interference and uncertainty characteristics, combined with compensatory of the feedforward compensation to measurable disturbance, strong robustness of sliding mode control and the advantages of predictive control to handle obvious constraints effectively a method of feedforward sliding mode predictive controller is put forward to apply in solar thermal power generation heat collecting system. First of all, ignoring the heat loss in heat transfer process mathematical model of solar thermal power generation heat collecting system is established as prediction model of controller design. Progressive stable sliding surface was designed through the pole placement method, which effectively overcame the chattering phenomenon and reduced interference caused by uncertainty at the same time. Feedforward compensator was designed to compensate the effect of measured interference signal which is solar radiation to collector output. Simulation results show that feedforward sliding mode predictive control has strong anti-interference ability and improves the control accuracy compared with sliding mode predictive control.

Theoretical analysis of Y-shape bridge and application

Lu Peng-zhen,Zhang Jun-ping,Zhao Ren-da,Huang Hai-yun 국제구조공학회 2009 Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An Int'l Jou Vol.31 No.2

Mechanic behavior of Y-shape thin-walled box girder bridge structure is complex, so one can not exactly hold the mechanical behavior of the Y-shape thin-walled box girder bridge structure through general calculation theory and analytical method. To hold the mechanical behavior better, based on elementary beam theory, by increasing the degree of freedom analytical method, taking account of restrained torsiondistortion angledistortion warp and shearing lag effect at the same time, authors obtain a thin-walled box beam analytical element of 10 degrees of freedom of every node, derive stiffness matrix of the element, and code a finite element procedure. In addition, authors combine the obtained procedure with spatial grillage analytical method, meanwhile, they build a new analytical method that is the spatial thin-walled box girder element grillage analysis method. In order to validate the precision of the obtained analysis method, authors analyze a type Y-shape thin-walled box girder bridge structure according to the elementary beam theory analytical method, the shell theory analytical method and the spatial thin-walled box girder element grillage analysis method respectively. At last, authors test a type Y-shape thin-walled box girder bridge structure. Comparisons of the results of theory analysis with the experimental text show that the spatial thin-walled box girder element grillage analysis method is simple and exact. The research results are helpful for the knowledge of the mechanics property of these Y-shape thin-walled box girder bridge structures.

miR-424-5p regulates apoptosis and cell proliferation via targeting Bcl2 in nucleus pulposus cells

Lu Hua-tuo,Xu Yong-qing,Wang Hai,Zhang Xu-lin 한국통합생물학회 2020 Animal cells and systems Vol.24 No.3

Background: miRNAs play an important role in the pathogenesis of intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). The role and the underlying mechanism of miR-424-5p in human nucleus pulposus (NP) are still unknown. We aimed to explore the role of miR-424-5p in IDD. Methods: Real-time PCR was used to detect the expression of miR-424-5p and Bcl2 in IDD tissues and idiopathic scoliosis tissues. Human NP cells were used in our study. MTT and Hoechst apoptosis assays were used to detect the proliferation and apoptosis of NP cells, respectively. Western blotting assays were used to detect the expression levels of Bcl-2, cleaved caspase-3, cleaved caspase-9, caspase-3 and caspase-9 in degenerative NP cells. A luciferase reporter assay was applied to confirm the relationship between miR-424-5p and Bcl2. Results: Our results showed that the expression of miR-424-5p was increased and Bcl2 was decreased in degenerative NP cells. miR-425-5p expression was negatively correlated with Bcl2 expression in IDD tissues. Suppression of miR-424-5p using an inhibitor increased Bcl2 expression at both the mRNA and protein levels, and it promoted cell viability and inhibited apoptosis. Furthermore, the levels of cleaved caspase-3 and cleaved caspase-9 were downregulated in miR-424-5p-silenced NP cells. Interestingly, we found that silencing miR-424- 5p increased p62 expression at both the mRNA and protein levels. Finally, a luciferase reporter assay verified the binding of the miR-424-5p and the 3’UTR of Bcl2. Conclusion: These results suggested that silencing miR-424-5p suppressed NP cell apoptosis by upregulating Bcl2. Therefore, miR-424-5p might be a novel target for IDD therapies.