Path Coefficient Analysis on Major Silk Quality Characteristics of the Silkworm, Bombyx mori L.

( Qiao Ling Zhao ),( Long Li ),( Zhao Jun Wei ),( Zhi Fang Zhang ),( Xing Jia Shen ) 한국잠사학회 2002 International Journal of Industrial Entomology Vol.5 No.1

Succession of the Nanoplankton Community during a Brown Tide in a Scallop Culture Area in China

Ling Qiao,Jie Yu,Ying Li,Haobing Guo,Yu Zhen,Lingling Zhang,Tiezhu Mi,Fuchong Zhang,Zhenmin Bao 한국해양과학기술원 2019 Ocean science journal Vol.54 No.3

Brown tides caused by Aureococcus anophagefferens have occurred frequently in the coastal waters of Qinhuangdao since 2009. The Changli coast is the area most strongly affected by the brown tides, which result in significant economic losses and serious ecological harm. To understand the effects of brown tides on nanoplankton diversity and biomass, samples were collected from May to July in 2012 at station XKK, which is approximately 0.2 nautical miles off the Changli coast. The V9 region of the 18S rDNA gene was used as a marker and was analyzed by Illumina sequencing to assess the nanoplankton diversity and biomass, and real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR was performed to analyze the temporal variations in the copy concentrations of the 18S rDNA of nanoplankton. The results showed that nanoplankton diversity, as determined by the Shannon index, decreased from May to June and increased in July. Illumina sequencing analysis revealed that the plankton community differed among the samples from May to July, and over this period, the dominant phytoplankton groups changed from pelagophytes to chlorophytes. Sufficient nutrients and low grazing pressure by zooplankton and scallops accelerated the growth of small-celled phytoplankton. A. anophagefferens was the most dominant phytoplankton species, with an 18S rDNA maximum copy concentration detected on 26 June, followed by Micromonas sp. and Bathycoccus prasinos, with maximum copy concentrations observed on 3 July. Ciliophora, Arthropoda and Cercozoa were the dominant taxa of the local zooplankton community. The Ciliophora and Arthropoda biomasses decreased, and the Cercozoa biomass increased when the copy concentration of A. anophagefferens peaked on 26 June. We suspect that A. anophagefferens had a significantly negative effect on the growth of Ciliophora and Arthropoda and could be ingested by Cercozoa to promote its proliferation. The small and low-abundance plankton that are likely missed in microscopic and clone library analyses could be detected using Illumina sequencing and qPCR, which provide an effective method for a comprehensive analysis of the plankton community.

Simvastatin Promotes Osteogenic Differentiation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells Via Canonical Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling

Ling Juan Qiao,강경리,허정선 한국분자세포생물학회 2011 Molecules and cells Vol.32 No.5

Simvastatin, an inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, has been known to reduce cholesterol biosynthesis. However, recent studies demonstrate that simvastatin shows diverse cholesterolindependent functions including cellular differentiation. In this study, we investigated the stimulatory effect of simvastatin on the osteogenic differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs). The osteogenic effect of simvastatin was observed at relatively low doses (ranging from 1 nM to 200 nM). Incubation of ESCs in simvastatinsupplemented osteogenic medium significantly increased alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity at day 7. The matrix mineralization was also augmented and demonstrated pivotal levels after 14 days incubation of simvastatin. Osteogenic differentiation of ESCs by simvastatin was determined by upregulation of the mRNA expression of runtrelated gene 2 (Runx2), osterix (OSX), and osteocalcin (OCN) as osteogenic transcription factors. Moreover, the increased protein expression of OCN, osteopontin (OPN),and collagen type I (Coll I) was assessed using Western blot analysis and immunocytochemistry. However, the blockage of canonical Wnt signaling by DKK-1 downregulated simvastatin-induced ALP activity and the mRNA expression of each osteogenic transcription factor. Furthermore,the β-catenin specific siRNA transfection decreased the protein levels of OCN, OPN, and Coll I. Collectively,these findings suggest that simvastatin enhances the differentiation of ESCs toward osteogenic lineage through activation of canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling.

Novel blood-based hypomethylation of SH3BP5 is associated with very early-stage lung adenocarcinoma

Qiao Rong,Zhong Runbo,Liu Chunlan,Di Feifei,Zhang Zheng,Wang Ling,Xu Tian,Wang Yue,Dai Liping,Gu Wanjian,Han Baohui,Yang Rongxi 한국유전학회 2022 Genes & Genomics Vol.44 No.4

Background: Early detection is essential to improve the survival of lung cancer (LC). The quantitative measurement of specific DNA methylation changes in the peripheral blood could provide an efficient strategy for the detection of early cancer. Objective: We applied a candidate approach and assess the association between blood-based SH3BP5 methylation and the risk of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) in a case-control cohort. Methods: The methylation level of four CpG sites in the promoter of SH3BP5 gene was quantitatively determined by mass spectrometry in 171 very early-stage LUAD patients (93.6% LUAD at stage I) and 190 age and gender-matched controls. The logistic regression and non-parametric tests were used for the statistical analyses. Results: We observed a significant association between decreased methylation of SH3BP5_CpG_4 in the peripheral blood and increased risk of LUAD (odds ratio (OR) per-10% methylation = 1.51, P = 0.006, FDR = 0.024), and even for the LUAD at stage I (OR per-10% methylation = 1.53, P = 0.006, FDR = 0.024). Moreover, the lower quartile of SH3BP5_CpG_4 methylation was correlated with increased risk for LUAD with a P trend of 0.011. Further investigation disclosed that the hypomethylation of SH3BP5_CpG_4 was mostly associated with LUAD in younger subjects (OR per-10% methylation = 2.02, P = 0.010, age < 55 years old) and probably could be enhanced by advance stage. Conclusion: Our study revealed an association between blood-based SH3BP5 hypomethylation and very early-stage LUAD, which provides a novel support for the blood-based methylation signatures as a potential marker for the evaluation of cancer risk.

Syntrophic Propionate Degradation Response to Temperature Decrease and Microbial Community Shift in an UASB Reactor

( Qiao Ying Ban ),( Jian Zheng Li ),( Li Guo Zhang ),( Ajay Kumar Jha ),( Yu Peng Zhang ),( Bin Ling Ai ) 한국미생물 · 생명공학회 2013 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.23 No.3

Propionate is an important intermediate product during the methane fermentation of organic matter, and its degradation is crucial for maintaining the performance of an anaerobic digester. In order to understand the effect of temperature on propionate degradation, an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor with synthetic wastewater containing propionate as a sole carbon source was introduced. Under the hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 10 h and influent propionate of 2,000 mg/l condition, propionate removal was above 94% at 30-35ºC, whereas propionate conversion was inhibited when temperature was suddenly decreased stepwise from 30ºC to 25ºC, to 20ºC, and then to 18ºC. After a long-term operation, the propionate removal at 25ºC resumed to the value at 30- 35ºC, whereas that at 20ºC and 18ºC was still lower than the value at 35ºC by 8.1% and 20.7%, respectively. Microbial community composition analysis showed that Syntrophobacter and Pelotomaculum were the major propionate-oxidizing bacteria (POB), and most POB had not changed with temperature decrease in the UASB. However, two POB were enriched at 18ºC, indicating they were low temperature tolerant. Methanosaeta and Methanospirillum were the dominant methanogens in this UASB and remained constant during temperature decrease. Although the POB and methanogenic composition hardly changed with temperature decrease, the specific CODPro removal rate of anaerobic sludge (SCRR) was reduced by 21.4%-46.4% compared with the control (35ºC) in this system.

Rheology and viscosity scaling of gelatin/1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride solution

Qiao, Congde,Li, Tianduo,Zhang, Ling,Yang, Xiaodeng,Xu, Jing 한국유변학회 2014 Korea-Australia rheology journal Vol.26 No.2

Gelatin/1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride solutions are prepared by using the ionic liquid 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride as solvent. The rheological properties of the gelatin solutions have been investigated by steady shear and oscillatory shear measurements. In the steady shear measurements, the gelatin solutions with high concentration show a shear-thinning flow behavior at high shear rates, while another shear thinning region can be found in the dilute gelatin solutions at low shear rates. The overlap concentration of gelatin in [amim]Cl is 1.0 wt% and the entanglement concentration is a factor of 4 larger (4.0 wt%). The high intrinsic viscosity (295 mL/g) indicates that the gelatin chains dispersed freely in the ionic liquid and no aggregation phenomenon occurs in dilute gelatin solution. The frequency dependences of modulus changed obviously with an increase in gelatin concentration. The empirical time-temperature superposition principle holds true at the experimental temperatures.

A Novel Stochastic Model Predictive Control Considering Predictable Disturbance With Application to Personalized Adaptive Cruise Control

Xuqiang Qiao,Ling Zheng,Yinong Li,Ziwei Zhang,Jie Zeng,Hao Zheng 제어·로봇·시스템학회 2024 International Journal of Control, Automation, and Vol.22 No.2

A novel stochastic model predictive control (SMPC) scheme is proposed for automotive scenes based on high-performance and practical motion state prediction method. The significant properties of the proposed scheme are that: 1) it can accurately predict disturbances within the prediction horizon, and 2) the prediction results can be considered into the optimizing process to obtain a more efficient and accurate controller. As a result, the proposed adaptive cruise control (ACC) system can ensure driving safety and improve tracking accuracy and comfort performance while satisfying different driving styles. In detail, a large amount of naturalistic driving data is collected based on a real vehicle test platform at first. Then an adaptive optimization Gaussian process regression (AOGPR) is developed and trained with real measurements to predict the motion states of the preceding vehicle. The prediction module is embedded in SMPC to bind the collision conditions, tighten the states and finally construct a novel controller, i.e., AOGPR-SMPC controller. A bidirectional LSTM (BiLSTM) network is trained and tested for online recognizing driving styles to satisfy personalized car-following needs. The simulation and field tests verify and evaluate the proposed controller. The results demonstrate that the ACC system could realize personalized carfollowing according to the driver’s driving style, and the proposed controller can obtain better tracking accuracy and comfort performance compared with the GPR-SMPC controller and MPC controller.

Enhanced photocatalytic activity on elemental mercury over pink BiOIO3 nanosheets with abundant oxygen vacancies

Yang Ling,Jiachen Li,Jiang Wu,Hailong Liu,Xu Mao,Yongfeng Qi,Qian Ma,Qizhen Liu,Zhanwei Qiao,Weiqun Chu 한국화학공학회 2022 Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering Vol.39 No.2

Elemental mercury removal in coal-fired power plants is the key to global mercury pollution control, and photocatalytic oxidation is an effective and stable method. As a typical bismuth-based photocatalyst, BiOIO3 has a large band gap which is not conducive to the absorption and utilization of visible light, and its specific surface area also limits the diffusion and adsorption of reactants. In this work, pink BiOIO3 (PB) was first prepared successfully via vacuum calcination under absolute pressure of 1*103 Pa. The specific surface area of pink BiOIO3 is significantly increased to 44.52m2/g, which is 1.5-times compared with the traditional BiOIO3 prepared by hydrothermal method (only 29.60 m2/g). Abundant oxygen vacancy defects exist on sample surface, and the formed local BiOI Zero-dimensional (0-D) nanodots provide heterojunction-like effect combined with the BiOIO3, obtaining better photocatalytic property in the oxidation of elemental mercury. The as-prepared pink BiOIO3 and the preparation technology also have strong application potential in the field of energy and environment.

Radiation Induces Phosphorylation of STAT3 in a Dose- and Time-dependent Manner

Gao, Ling,Li, Feng-Sheng,Chen, Xiao-Hua,Liu, Qiao-Wei,Feng, Jiang-Bin,Liu, Qing-Jie,Su, Xu Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2014 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.15 No.15

Background: We have reported the radiation could activate STAT3, which subsequently promotes the invasion of A549 cells. We here explored the dose- and time-response of STAT3 to radiation and the effect of radiation on upstream signaling molecules. Materials and Methods: A549 cells were irradiated with different doses of ${\gamma}$-rays. The expression of and nucleus translocation of p-STAT3 in A549 cells were detected by immunoblotting and immunofluorescence, respectively. The level of phosphorylated EGFR was also assessed by immunoblotting, and IL-6 expression was detected by real time PCR and ELISA. Results: Radiation promoted the phosphorylation of STAT3 at Y705 in a dose- and time-dependent manner and nuclear translocation. The level of phosphorylated EGFR in A549 cells increased after radiation. In additional, the mRNA and protein levels of IL-6 in A549 cells were also up regulated by radiation. Conclusions: STAT3 is activated by radiation in a dose-and time-dependent manner, probably due to radiation-induced activation of EGFR or secretion of IL-6 in A549 cells.

Rheology and viscosity scaling of gelatin/1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride solution

Congde Qiao,Tianduo Li,Ling Zhang,Xiaodeng Yang,Jing Xu 한국유변학회 2014 Korea-Australia rheology journal Vol.26 No.2

Gelatin/1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride solutions are prepared by using the ionic liquid 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride as solvent. The rheological properties of the gelatin solutions have been investigatedby steady shear and oscillatory shear measurements. In the steady shear measurements, the gelatinsolutions with high concentration show a shear-thinning flow behavior at high shear rates, while anothershear thinning region can be found in the dilute gelatin solutions at low shear rates. The overlap concentrationof gelatin in [amim]Cl is 1.0 wt% and the entanglement concentration is a factor of 4 larger(4.0 wt%). The high intrinsic viscosity (295 mL/g) indicates that the gelatin chains dispersed freely in theionic liquid and no aggregation phenomenon occurs in dilute gelatin solution. The frequency dependencesof modulus changed obviously with an increase in gelatin concentration. The empirical time-temperaturesuperposition principle holds true at the experimental temperatures.