The role of miRNA‑155 in monocrotaline‑induced pulmonary arterial hypertension through c‑Fos/NLRP3/caspase‑1

Shou‑Dong Chai,Zhen‑Kun Li,Rui Liu,Tao Liu,Ming‑Feng Dong,Pei‑Zhe Tang,Jian‑Tang Wang,Sheng‑Jun Ma 대한독성 유전단백체 학회 2020 Molecular & cellular toxicology Vol.16 No.3

Background Nisoldipine can effectively suppress pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cell proliferation and c-Fos expression. Objective To identify the mechanism of the anti-inflammatory effects in monocrotaline-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), focusing on the c-Fos/NLRP3/caspase-1 pathway. Results In a mice model of monocrotaline-induced PAH, miRNA-155 expression was increased. In an in vitro model, overexpression of miRNA-155 promoted inflammation and induced c-Fos, NLRP3, and caspase-1 protein expression. The inhibition of c-Fos reduced the effects of miRNA-155 on inflammation in an in vitro model of monocrotaline-induced PAH. The inhibition of NLRP3 reduced the effects of miRNA-155 on inflammation in an in vitro model of monocrotaline-induced PAH. Conclusions miRNA-155 increased inflammation in monocrotaline-induced PAH through c-Fos/NLRP3/caspase-1.

Joint Remote State Preparation of Arbitrary Two- and Three-Particle States

Liu, Hong-Hui,Cheng, Liu-Yong,Shao, Xiao-Qiang,Sun, Li-Li,Zhang, Shou,Yeon, Kyu-Hwang Springer-Verlag 2011 International journal of theoretical physics Vol.50 No.10

Application of galactinol to tomato enhances tolerance to cold and heat stresses

Liu Yudong,Zhang Li,Ma Jian,Meng Sida,Pang Chunpeng,Zhao Xiaomeng,Zhang Huidong,Wang Shou,Xu Tao,He Yi,Liu Yufeng,Qi Mingfang 한국원예학회 2022 Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology Vol.63 No.3

Galactinol, a galactosyl donor, is the key substrate in raffinose family oligosaccharide (RFO) biosynthesis pathways. Many studies proved that galactinol also regulates some defense-related genes to be transcribed as a sugar signal under biotic and abiotic stresses. There are four galactinol synthase (SlGolS) genes in tomato. In this study, SlGolS1, SlGolS2, and SlGolS4 responded to cold stress, especially SlGolS1 stems treated for 12 h and SlGolS4 stems treated for 24 h. Under heat stress, the expression levels of SlGolS1, SlGolS2, and SlGolS3, especially SlGolS1 and SlGolS2, increased in leaves, roots, and stems. When expressed in E. coli cells, SlGolS2 and SlGolS4 enhanced cold tolerance, whereas SlGolS1 and SlGolS3 improved heat tolerance. These results suggested that SlGolS family members played different roles in tolerance to cold and heat stresses. In addition, the application of galactinol or galactinol + α-galactosidase inhibitor (DGJ) improved the cold and heat tolerances of tomato plants, whereas the single application of DGJ had no effect. Interestingly, the applications of DGJ, galactinol, and galactinol + DGJ also affected the expression levels of SlRS, SlSTS, and SlAGAL under cold and heat stresses. These findings indicated that galactinol was involved in the biosynthesis pathways of RFOs as a galactosyl donor and regulated the expression levels of RFO biosynthesis and breakdown-related genes as a sugar signal under cold and heat stresses.

ADAPTIVE SLIDING MODE CONTROL OF LATERAL STABILITY OF FOUR WHEEL HUB ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Shou-Tao Li,Hui Liu,Di Zhao,Qiu-Yuan Li,Yantao Tian,De-Jun Wang,Ding-Li Yu 한국자동차공학회 2020 International journal of automotive technology Vol.21 No.3

Some physical parameters of a hub motor-driven four-wheel electric vehicle will change when the vehicle turns or maneuvers and the parameter change is caused by the change of the driving conditions. An adaptive sliding mode control is proposed in this paper to maintain the vehicle’s stability by compensating for the change of these parameters. The control parameter being adapted is the converging rate of the system state towards the sliding mode. As the Lyapunov method is used, so both the vehicle stability and adaptive rate convergence are guaranteed. Moreover, the hierarchical control structure is adopted for this vehicle stability control system. The above adaptive sliding model control forms the upper-layer; while the lower-layer control is to distribute the upper torque to the four wheels in an optimal way, subject to several constraints. In addition, the best feasible reference of the yaw rate and the vehicle side slip angle are obtained and used in the control system. The developed method is simulated under the CarSim/MATLAB co-simulation environment to evaluate the system performance. The simulation results are compared with the non-adaptive existing sliding mode control, and show that the proposed method is superior under different conditions.

Performing Side-Effects in Restricted AND/OR Parallel Execution model of Prolog

Liu, Zhi Long,Hu, Shou Ren 대한전자공학회 1992 HICEC:Harbin International Conference on Electroni Vol.1 No.1

Logic programming has gained its popularity in symbolic processing. A question that naturally arises is how to execute standard sequential prolog programs with side-effects in parallel. The problems of performing side-effects in AND parallel systems and in OR parallel systems have been considered elsewhere. This paper makes an inquiry into how to control side-effects in an Restricted AND/OR parallel execution model. The synchronization blocks are added in compiling time. The extension of the Warren abstract instruction is given out. Finally, our future work is given out.

Tizoxanide induces autophagy by inhibiting PI3K/Akt/ mTOR pathway in RAW264.7 macrophage cells

Jiaoqin Shou,Mi Wang,Xiaolei Cheng,Xiaoyang Wang,Lifang Zhang,Yingchun Liu,Chenzhong Fei,Chunmei Wang,Feng Gu,Feiqun Xue,Juan Li,Keyu Zhang 대한약학회 2020 Archives of Pharmacal Research Vol.43 No.2

As the main metabolite of nitazoxanide, tizoxanide(TIZ) has a broad-spectrum anti-infective effect againstparasites, bacteria, and virus. In this study, we investigatedthe effects of TIZ on autophagy by regulating the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway. RAW264.7 macrophage cellswere treated with various TIZ concentrations. Cell viabilityassay, transmission electron microscope, and immunofluorescencestaining were used to detect the biological functionof the macrophage cells, and the expression levels of theautophagy pathway-related proteins were measured by Westernblot. Results revealed that TIZ promoted the conversionof LC3-I to LC3-II, the formation of autophagy vacuoles,and the degradation of SQSTM1/p62 in a concentration- andtime-dependent manner in RAW264.7 cells. Treatment withTIZ increased the Beclin-1 expression level and inhibitedPI3K, Akt, mTOR, and ULK1 activation. These effects wereenhanced by pretreatment with rapamycin but attenuated bypretreatment with LY294002. In addition, the conversion ofLC3-I to LC3-II was observed in Vero, 293T, and HepG2cells treated with TIZ. These data suggested that TIZ mayinduce autophagy by inhibiting the Akt/mTOR/ULK1 signalingpathway in macrophages and other cells.

Overexpression of OsVP1 and OsNHX1 Increases Tolerance to Drought and Salinity in Rice

Shiping Liu,Luqing Zheng,Yanhong Xue,Qian Zhang,Lu Wang,Huixia Shou 한국식물학회 2010 Journal of Plant Biology Vol.53 No.6

Drought and salinity are major abiotic stresses affecting rice production. To improve plant tolerance to salinity and drought, we overexpressed rice Na+/H+ exchangers (OsNHX1) and H+-pyrophosphatase in tonoplasts (OsVP1) in a japonica elite rice cultivar, Zhonghua 11. Compared with our wild-type control, transgenic plants overexpressing both genes incurred less damage when exposed to long-term treatment with 100 mM NaCl or water deprivation. Under high-saline conditions, the transformants accumulated less Na+ and malondialdehyde in the leaves,thereby allowing the plants to maintain a low level of leaf water potential and reduce stress-induced damage. Those transgenics also had higher photosynthetic activity during the stress period. Under those conditions, they also showed an increase in root biomass, which enabled more water uptake. These results suggest that OsVP1 and OsNHX1 improve the tolerance of rice crops against drought and salt by employing multiple strategies in addition to osmotic regulation.

Empirical mode decomposition based on Fourier transform and band-pass filter

Zheng-Shou Chen,Shin Hyung Rhee,Gui-Lin Liu 대한조선학회 2019 International Journal of Naval Architecture and Oc Vol.11 No.2

A novel empirical mode decomposition strategy based on Fourier transform and band-pass filter techniques, contributing to efficient instantaneous vibration analyses, is developed in this study. Two key improvements are proposed. The first is associated with the adoption of a band-pass filter technique for intrinsic mode function sifting. The primary characteristic of decomposed components is that their bandwidths do not overlap in the frequency domain. The second improvement concerns an attempt to design narrowband constraints as the essential requirements for intrinsic mode function to make it physically meaningful. Because all decomposed components are generated with respect to their intrinsic narrow bandwidth and strict sifting from high to low frequencies successively, they are orthogonal to each other and are thus suitable for an instantaneous frequency analysis. The direct Hilbert spectrum is employed to illustrate the instantaneous time-frequency-energy distribution. Commendable agreement between the illustrations of the proposed direct Hilbert spectrum and the traditional Fourier spectrum was observed. This method provides robust identifications of vibration modes embedded in vibration processes, deemed to be an efficient means to obtain valuable instantaneous information.

An innovative liquid metal-based pressure sensor with its application in geotechnical engineering

Yundong Shou,Xiaoping Zhou,Qingpeng Chang,Chao Liu 국제구조공학회 2021 Smart Structures and Systems, An International Jou Vol.27 No.1

In this paper, a monitoring system containing a novel liquid metal-based pressure sensor and remote interactive monitoring devices are fabricated to monitor stress in geotechnical engineering. The pressure sensor with the dimension of 34 mm × 34 mm is designed and manufactured, which is mainly composed of 40CrMoV alloy steel shell, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and liquid metal gallium indium alloy (EGaIn). It has the characteristics of high stability, can greatly improve the measurement range of the pressure sensor (0 to 20 MPa), and its resistance variation is from 0 mΩ to 800 mΩ. In addition, the linear regression analysis is carried out to verify the linear relationship between the resistance of sensor and the applied pressure. It is found that the performance of the pressure sensor is fine through experiments with three different loading rates and fatigue experiments. The remote interactive monitoring device can be suitable for the field monitoring environment, which is composed of monitoring stations (MS), remote communication base stations (RCBS) and indoor working platform. Finally, the monitoring system is successfully applied to the field measurements in geotechnical engineering, and the field monitoring data are in good agreement with the numerical results.

Empirical mode decomposition based on Fourier transform and band-pass filter

Chen, Zheng-Shou,Rhee, Shin Hyung,Liu, Gui-Lin The Society of Naval Architects of Korea 2019 International Journal of Naval Architecture and Oc Vol.11 No.2

A novel empirical mode decomposition strategy based on Fourier transform and band-pass filter techniques, contributing to efficient instantaneous vibration analyses, is developed in this study. Two key improvements are proposed. The first is associated with the adoption of a band-pass filter technique for intrinsic mode function sifting. The primary characteristic of decomposed components is that their bandwidths do not overlap in the frequency domain. The second improvement concerns an attempt to design narrowband constraints as the essential requirements for intrinsic mode function to make it physically meaningful. Because all decomposed components are generated with respect to their intrinsic narrow bandwidth and strict sifting from high to low frequencies successively, they are orthogonal to each other and are thus suitable for an instantaneous frequency analysis. The direct Hilbert spectrum is employed to illustrate the instantaneous time-frequency-energy distribution. Commendable agreement between the illustrations of the proposed direct Hilbert spectrum and the traditional Fourier spectrum was observed. This method provides robust identifications of vibration modes embedded in vibration processes, deemed to be an efficient means to obtain valuable instantaneous information.