Mitochondrial citrate accumulation drives alveolar epithelial cell necroptosis in lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury

Yang Hui-Hui,Jiang Hui-Ling,Tao Jia-Hao,Zhang Chen-Yu,Xiong Jian-Bing,Yang Jin-Tong,Liu Yu-Biao,Zhong Wen-Jing,Guan Xin-Xin,Duan Jia-Xi,Zhang Yan-Feng,Liu Shao-Kun,Jiang Jian-Xin,Zhou Yong,Guan Cha-Xi 생화학분자생물학회 2022 Experimental and molecular medicine Vol.54 No.-

Necroptosis is the major cause of death in alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) during acute lung injury (ALI). Here, we report a previously unrecognized mechanism for necroptosis. We found an accumulation of mitochondrial citrate (citratemt) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated AECs because of the downregulation of Idh3α and citrate carrier (CIC, also known as Slc25a1). shRNA- or inhibitor–mediated inhibition of Idh3α and Slc25a1 induced citratemt accumulation and necroptosis in vitro. Mice with AEC-specific Idh3α and Slc25a1 deficiency exhibited exacerbated lung injury and AEC necroptosis. Interestingly, the overexpression of Idh3α and Slc25a1 decreased citratemt levels and rescued AECs from necroptosis. Mechanistically, citratemt accumulation induced mitochondrial fission and excessive mitophagy in AECs. Furthermore, citratemt directly interacted with FUN14 domain-containing protein 1 (FUNDC1) and promoted the interaction of FUNDC1 with dynamin-related protein 1 (DRP1), leading to excessive mitophagy-mediated necroptosis and thereby initiating and promoting ALI. Importantly, necroptosis induced by citratemt accumulation was inhibited in FUNDC1-knockout AECs. We show that citratemt accumulation is a novel target for protection against ALI involving necroptosis.

Biological characterization of mesenchymal stem cells from bovine umbilical cord

Hui Xiong,Wei Jun Guan,Yue Hui Ma,Chunyu Bai,Shuang Wu,Yuhua Gao,Taofeng Lu,Qingyun Hu 한국통합생물학회 2014 Animal cells and systems Vol.18 No.1

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multi-potential cells that are able to proliferate and differentiate into othercell types. Much research has been done on the MSCs from the umbilical cord (UCMSCs) in human, mice, andavian, but little literature has been published about these cells in big livestock. Here, we choose Luxi cattle asthe experimental animal, we describe an external culture of the UCMSCs from it and summarize the biologicalcharacteristics of these cells, e.g., morphologic appearance, surface antigens, colony-forming ability, geneexpression, and differentiation potential were detected via using immunofluorescence and reverse transcriptionpolymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The induced cells, osteoblast, lipoblast, hepatocyte, islet cells, andneurocyte were identified by Alizarin red staining, Oil-red-O staining, Periodic acid-schiff staining, andDithizone staining and RT-PCR detection for specific genes. Results suggest that biological characteristics ofthe UCMSCs were similar to those of MSCs previously analyzed. The primary UCMSCs were sub-cultured topassage 32, the UCMSCs expressed gene CD29, CD44, CD73, CD90, and CD166, induced cells illustratedtypical staining, and expressed specific genes, which indicate that the UCMSCs could be a novel alternativesource of MSCs for experimental and clinical applications.

Preparation and Thermal Performance of Fullerene-Based Lead Salt

Hui-Juan Guan,Rufang Peng,Bo Jin,Hua Liang,Fengqi Zhao,Xing-Bing Bu,Wen-Jing Han,Shijin Chu 대한화학회 2014 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.35 No.8

C60 is widely investigated because of its unique structure. But its applications in solid propellant seem to be relatively neglected. C60 has more outstanding features than carbon black which is widely used as a catalyst ingredient of solid propellant. To combine the advantages of fullerene and lead salts, another good composite in propellant catalysts, we synthesized a kind of fullerene phenylalanine lead salt (FPL) and explored its thermal performances by differential thermal analysis (DTA) and thermogravimetry analysis (TGA). The results show it undergoes four exothermic processes started from 408 K. Combined TGA and X-ray diffractometer (XRD), the decomposition mechanism of FPL was derived by TG-IR and comparing IR spectra of FPL and its residues after burned to 327 °C, 376 °C and 424 °C, respectively. Effect of FPL on the decomposition characteristic of hexogen (RDX), a type of explosive in propellant, has been investigated using DTA at different heating rate, which shows the decomposition temperatures of the explosive are all reduced by more than 20 K. The corresponding activation energy (Ea) is decreased by 30 kJ·mol−1. So FPL has potential application as a combustion catalyst in solid propellant.

Morphological Factors and Cardiac Doses in Whole Breast Radiation for Left-sided Breast Cancer

Guan, Hui,Dong, Yuan-Li,Ding, Li-Jie,Zhang, Zi-Cheng,Huang, Wei,Liu, Cheng-Xin,Fu, Cheng-Rui,Zhu, Jian,Li, Hong-Sheng,Li, Miao-Miao,Li, Bao-Sheng Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2015 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.16 No.7

Background: To investigate the impact of the breast size, shape, maximum heart depth (MDH), and chest wall hypotenuse (the distance connecting middle point of the sternum and the length of lung draw on the selected transverse CT slice) on the volumetric dose to heart with whole breast irradiation (WBI) of left-sided breast cancer patients. Materials and Methods: Fifty-three patients with left-sided breast cancer undergoing adjuvant intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) were enrolled in the study. The primary breast size and shape, MHD and DCWH (chest wall hypotenuse) were contoured on radiotherapy (RT) planning CT slices. The dose data of hearts were obtained from the dose-volume histograms (DVHs). Data were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Student's t-test and linear regression analysis. Results: Breast size was independent of heart dose, whereas breast shape, MHD and DCWH were correlated with heart dose. The shapes of breasts were divided into four types, as the flap type, hemisphere type, cone type and pendulous type with heart mean dose being $491.8{\pm}234.6cGy$, $752.7{\pm}219.0cGy$, $620.2{\pm}275.7cGy$, and $666.1{\pm}238.0cGy$, respectively. The flap type of breasts shows a strong statistically reduction in heart dose, compared to others (p=0.008 for V30 of heart). DCWH and MHD were found to be the most important parameters correlating with heart dose in WBI. Conclusions: More attention should be paid to the heart dose of non-flap type patients. The MHD was found to be the most important parameter to correlate with heart dose in tangential WBI, closely followed by the DCWH, which could help radiation oncologists and physicsts evaluate heart dose and design RT plan in advance.

Preparation and Thermal Performance of Fullerene-Based Lead Salt

Guan, Hui-Juan,Peng, Ru-Fang,Jin, Bo,Liang, Hua,Zhao, Feng-Qi,Bu, Xing-Bing,Han, Wen-Jing,Chu, Shi-Jin Korean Chemical Society 2014 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.35 No.8

$C_{60}$ is widely investigated because of its unique structure. But its applications in solid propellant seem to be relatively neglected. $C_{60}$ has more outstanding features than carbon black which is widely used as a catalyst ingredient of solid propellant. To combine the advantages of fullerene and lead salts, another good composite in propellant catalysts, we synthesized a kind of fullerene phenylalanine lead salt (FPL) and explored its thermal performances by differential thermal analysis (DTA) and thermogravimetry analysis (TGA). The results show it undergoes four exothermic processes started from 408 K. Combined TGA and X-ray diffractometer (XRD), the decomposition mechanism of FPL was derived by TG-IR and comparing IR spectra of FPL and its residues after burned to $327^{\circ}C$, $376^{\circ}C$ and $424^{\circ}C$, respectively. Effect of FPL on the decomposition characteristic of hexogen (RDX), a type of explosive in propellant, has been investigated using DTA at different heating rate, which shows the decomposition temperatures of the explosive are all reduced by more than 20 K. The corresponding activation energy ($E_a$) is decreased by $30kJ{\cdot}mol^{-1}$. So FPL has potential application as a combustion catalyst in solid propellant.

Numerical Simulations of Two Coaxial Vortex Rings Head-on Collision

GUAN Hui,RASOLKOVA Elizabeth Rumenova,WU Chuijie 한국전산유체공학회 2014 한국전산유체공학회 학술대회논문집 Vol.2014 No.10

Vortex rings have been a subject of interest in vortex dynamics due to a plethora of physical phenomena revealed by their motions and interactions within a boundary. The present article is devoted to a head-on collision of two vortex rings in three dimensional space, simulated in the Second Order Explicit Scheme. Therefore the application of the 3D Cartesian-grid Finite Volume Scheme on compressible LES is investigated. The scheme combines non-iterative approximate Riemann-solver (based on linearized differential relations along characteristics of one dimensional hyperbolic conservation law) and piecewise-parabolic reconstruction used in inviscid flux evaluation procedure. The computations of vortex ring collisions capture several distinctive phenomena. In the early stages of the simulation, the rings propagate under their own self-induced motion. As the rings approach each other, their radii increase, followed by stretching and merging during the collision. Later, the two rings have merged into a single doughnut-shaped structure. This structure continues to extend in the radial direction, leaving a web of particles around the centers. At a later time, the clumping of particles is observed as distinct reconnected vortical structures have been formed, and the formation of ringlets propagate radially away from the center of collision. The following deformation, growth of the instability and cancellation, leads to a reconnection in which small-scale ringlets are generated. The experimental data shows that, the non-iterative approximate Riemann-solver combined with a piecewise-parabolic reconstruction, result in a robust scheme that can be extended into the late stages of the evolution of flow. In addition, it is shown that the scheme captures several experimentally observed features of the ring collisions, including a turbulent breakdown into small-scale structures and the generation of small-scale radially propagating vortex rings, due to the modification of the vorticity distribution, as a result of the entrainment of background vorticity and helicity by the vortex core, and their subsequent interaction.The turbulent eddy viscosity indicates that the vortex rings colliding experience a degree of turbulence during their collision, which steadily dies off. Due to their natural ability to capture inviscid dynamics of concentrated energetic eddies, Second Order Explicit Schemes appear to provide a promising approach to large-eddy-simulation of turbulent flows.

义句及其隐性意义

??民(Guan Hui-Min) 중국문화연구학회 2004 중국문화연구 Vol.0 No.5

본 논문은 현재 점점 많은 학자들, 특히 대외한어교학에 종사하는 학자들이 관심을 갖고 있는 주제인 "義句"를 다루었다. 먼저 "義句"란 무엇인가? 그리고 "義句"가 내포하고 있는 의미, 나아가 "義句"연구와 대외한어와의 관계 등을 고찰한 후, 결론으로 "義句"연구를 위한 몇 가지 점을 제안을 하였다. 물론 주제가 "義句"라는 것이 기존에 전혀 없었던 것은 아니다. 과거에는 이것을 독립성분으로 취급하는 것으로 끝났던 것을 필자는 화용적인 측면, 그리고 대외한어교학적인 관점에서 착안하여 문제점을 제시하였다.

Bacterial Microbiome Differences between the Roots of Diseased and Healthy Chinese Hickory (Carya cathayensis) Trees

Bai Xiao-Hui,Yao Qi,Li Genshan,Guan Guan-Xiu,Fan Yan,Cao Xiufeng,Ma Hong-Guang,Zhang Mei-Man,Fang Lishan,Hong Aijuan,Zhai Dacai 한국미생물·생명공학회 2023 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.33 No.10

Carya cathayensis is an important economic nut tree that is endemic to eastern China. As such, outbreaks of root rot disease in C. cathayensis result in reduced yields and serious economic losses. Moreover, while soil bacterial communities play a crucial role in plant health and are associated with plant disease outbreaks, their diversity and composition in C. cathayensis are not clearly understood. In this study, Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, and Actinobacteria were found to be the most dominant bacterial communities (accounting for approximately 80.32% of the total) in the root tissue, rhizosphere soil, and bulk soil of healthy C. cathayensis specimens. Further analysis revealed the abundance of genera belonging to Proteobacteria, namely, Acidibacter, Bradyrhizobium, Paraburkholderia, Sphaerotilus, and Steroidobacter, was higher in the root tissues of healthy C. cathayensis specimens than in those of diseased and dead trees. In addition, the abundance of four genera belonging to Actinobacteria, namely, Actinoallomurus, Actinomadura, Actinocrinis, and Gaiella, was significantly higher in the root tissues of healthy C. cathayensis specimens than in those of diseased and dead trees. Altogether, these results suggest that disruption in the balance of these bacterial communities may be associated with the development of root rot in C. cathayensis, and further, our study provides theoretical guidance for the isolation and control of pathogens and diseases related to this important tree species.

Embryoid bodies formation from chicken primordial germ cells

Hui Xiong,Yabin Pu,Qingyun Hu,Zhiqiang Shan,Pengfei Hu,Weijun Guan,Yuehui Ma 한국통합생물학회 2015 Animal cells and systems Vol.19 No.3

Primordial germ cells (PGCs) were demonstrated to be multipotential because of their differentiation ability in all embryonic lineages and because the pluripotential nature of PGCs caters for recent researches on stem cells. PGCs were cultured in suspension to form embryoid bodies (EBs). The characterization of PGCs and EBs was assessed by immunofluorescence technique, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and paraffin section for Haematoxylin and Eosin (HE) stain. We established a stable chicken PGC line in vitro and prepared masses of EBs from PGCs. We also demonstrated that PGCs expressed stage-specific and stem cell-specific surface makers: SSEA-1, SSEA-3, Oct4, and Sox2. EBs expressed specific genes from three germ layers: gene AFP from entoderm, gene GATA6 from mesoderm, and gene Sox3 from ectoderm. The HE staining illustrated that EBs developed different cell types; relatively larger EBs (440 μm in diameter) were obtained, which contract rhythmically. We concluded that chicken PGCs were suitable for the formation of EBs. Abundant larger size EBs could be prepared in an effective way with our protocol, which could construct a good animal model and provide a useful clinical platform in studying human embryonic development and cell transplantation field.

Asp97 is a Crucial Residue Involved in the Ligation of the [Fe4S4] Cluster of IscA from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

( Hui Dan Jiang ),( Xiao Jian Zhang ),( Chen Bing Ai ),( Yuan Dong Liu ),( Jian She Liu ),( Guan Zhou Qiu ),( Jia Zeng ) 한국미생물 · 생명공학회 2008 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.18 No.6