Compressive force regulates ephrinB2 and EphB4 in osteoblasts and osteoclasts contributing to alveolar bone resorption during experimental tooth movement

Jianhua Hou,Yanze Chen,Xiuping Meng,Ce Shi,Chen Li,Yuanping Chen,Hongchen Sun 대한치과교정학회 2014 대한치과교정학회지 Vol.44 No.6

Objective: To investigate the involvement of ephrinB2 in periodontal tissue remodeling in compression areas during orthodontic tooth movement and the effects of compressive force on EphB4 and ephrinB2 expression in osteoblasts and osteoclasts. Methods: A rat model of experimental tooth movement was established to examine the histological changes and the localization of ephrinB2 in compressed periodontal tissues during experimental tooth movement. RAW264.7 cells and ST2 cells, used as precursor cells of osteoclasts and osteoblasts, respectively, were subjected to compressive force in vitro. The gene expression of EphB4 and ephrinB2, as well as bone-associated factors including Runx2, Sp7, NFATc1, and calcitonin receptor, were examined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Results: Histological examination of the compression areas of alveolar bone from experimental rats showed that osteoclastogenic activities were promoted while osteogenic activities were inhibited. Immunohistochemistry revealed that ephrinB2 was strongly expressed in osteoclasts in these areas. Quantitative real-time PCR showed that mRNA levels of NFATc1, calcitonin receptor, and ephrinB2 were increased significantly in compressed RAW264.7 cells, and the expression of ephrinB2, EphB4, Sp7, and Runx2 was decreased significantly in compressed ST2 cells. Conclusions: Our results indicate that compressive force can regulate EphB4 and ephrinB2 expression in osteoblasts and osteoclasts, which might contribute to alveolar bone resorption in compression areas during orthodontic tooth movement.

Multiple Peer-To-Peer Relay Network Robust Beamforming Based on Lorentz-Positive Matrices

Jianhua Li,Yunshan Hou 보안공학연구지원센터 2016 International Journal of Grid and Distributed Comp Vol.9 No.10

Aiming at minimizing the total transmit power of relay nodes in the multiple peer-to-peer relay network in the presence of channel estimation error, a relay beamforming method based on Lorentz positive matrix is proposed. Firstly, assuming the channel state information of the second hop in the relay network is uncertain and the signal to noise ratios of the destination nodes are given, the expression of total relay nodes transmit power minimization optimization problem is deduced. Secondly, some real valued variables are defined and the concept of Lorentz cone is used to transform the optimization problem into a real valued problem. Finally, using the equivalent linear matrix inequality description of Lorentz positive matrices, the relay transmit power minimization problem is transformed into a real valued convex optimization problem. The proposed method overcomes the problem existing in the conventional robust relay beamforming methods based on semi definite relaxation technique, which sometimes yield solution matrix of with a rank greater than 1. Simulation results show that in the case of different relay nodes and channel error coefficients, the proposed method yields minimum relay transmit power in line with the results of the robust relay beamforming method based on semi definite relaxation technique, which validates the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Realizing the empirical mode decomposition by the adaptive stochastic resonance in a new periodical model and its application in bearing fault diagnosis

Jingling Zhang,Dawen Huang,Jianhua Yang,Hou-guang Liu,Xiaole Liu 대한기계학회 2017 JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Vol.31 No.10

We investigate a multi-frequency signal that cannot be decomposed by empirical mode decomposition directly. Moreover, this kind of signal in the noisy background cannot be decomposed successfully by the traditional stochastic resonance with bistable system yet. We propose a new method which using the empirical mode decomposition combined the adaptive stochastic resonance in a new periodical model to solve this problem. The results show that the proposed method decomposes the multi-frequency signal perfectly. Meanwhile, the general scale transformation and random particle swarm optimization algorithm are used to help obtain a better result in the process of optimization. Through using this new method, the simulation results are satisfactory. More importantly, this new method also shows good performance in the application of bearing fault diagnosis.

Polymorphisms of Ionotropic Glutamate Receptor-Related Genes and the Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Chinese Population

Xinyan Xie,Fang Hou,Li Li,Yanlin Chen,Lingfei Liu,Xiu Luo1,Huaiting Gu,Xin Li,Jiajia Zhang,Jianhua Gong,Ranran Song 대한신경정신의학회 2019 PSYCHIATRY INVESTIGATION Vol.16 No.5

Objective: To evaluate the association of GRIK2 and NLGN1 with autism spectrum disorder in a Chinese population. Methods: We performed spatio-temporal expression analysis of GRIK2 and NLGN1 in the developing prefrontal cortex, and examined the expression of the genes in ASD cases and healthy controls using the GSE38322 data set. Following, we performed a case-control study in a Chinese population. Results: The analysis using the publicly available expression data showed that GRIK2 and NLGN1 may have a role in the development of human brain and contribute to the risk of ASD. Later genetic analysis in the Chinese population showed that the GRIK2 rs6922753 for the T allele, TC genotype and dominant model played a significant protective role in ASD susceptibility (respectively: OR=0.840, p=0.023; OR=0.802, p=0.038; OR=0.791, p=0.020). The NLGN1 rs9855544 for the G allele and GG genotype played a significant protective role in ASD susceptibility (respectively: OR=0.844, p=0.019; OR=0.717, p=0.022). After adjusting p values, the statistical significance was lost (p>0.05). Conclusion: Our results suggested that GRIK2 rs6922753 and NLGN1 rs9855544 might not confer susceptibility to ASD in the Chinese population.

Phtotoelectrochemical water oxidation to H2O2 based on N-TiO2 derived from NH2-MIL-125 and in-situ application on degradation dye

Kunpeng Liu,Nan Wang,Jianhua Li,Fanglin Du,Baorong Hou,Ruiyong Zhang 한국공업화학회 2023 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.128 No.-

Electrochemical two-electron water oxidation reaction (2e WOR) to produce H2O2 has been widely concerned. However, four-electron competition reaction causes the large overpotential and low productionrates of 2e WOR, which restrict its’ development and application. Herein, we prepared N-TiO2 derivedfrom NH2-MIL-125 by the hydrothermal combined with calcination method. We found that N-TiO2 asphotoanode exhibited the well properties of photoelectrocatalysis water oxidation, which gave an overpotentialof 630 mV at 1 mA cm2. The overpotentials of N-TiO2 was approximately 130 mV (at1 mA cm2) lower than NH2-MIL-125, and even lower than the previous reported TiO2, which may attributeto the increased oxygen vacancy with the calcination process and N doping. In addition, we investigatedthe degradation performance of the prepared catalysts to degrade methylene blue byphotoelctrocatalysis on-site the preparation of H2O2. It was shown that N-TiO2 performed high degradationefficiency (91%) and excellent stability. The possible mechanism was speculated due to theincreased oxygen vacancy and N doping. This work provides a new idea for photoelectrocatalysis wateroxidation materials and points out a new way for on-site H2O2 production for direct use

Phase Stability and Thermo-Physical Properties of Nickel-Aluminum Binary Chemically Disordered Systems via First-Principles Study

Zhiqin Wen,Yuhong Zhao,Jianhua Li,Hua Hou 대한금속·재료학회 2021 METALS AND MATERIALS International Vol.27 No.6

The effect of Al content and crystal structures on ground state, phase stability, elasticity and thermodynamics of Ni1−xAlx(x = 0.25, 0.50 and 0.75) binary chemically disordered systems are investigated using first-principles method in combinationwith quasi-harmonic Debye-Grüneisen model. The special quasirandom structures are applied to model disordered bodycenteredcubic (bcc) and face-centered cubic (fcc) phases. The Gibbs free energy of mixing of equiatomic Ni0.5Al0.5is thelowest. The nonmagnetic fcc structure’ Ni1−xAlx are predicted to be more favorable phases. Disordered Ni1−xAlx are lessstable than ordered L21Ni3Aland B2 NiAl, and L21phase is the most likely to form a nuclear growth. The somewhat differentimpact of Al content on elastic properties has been extracted that the resistance to volume change, shear deformation andelastic deformation of Ni1−xAlx decrease with increasing Al content. For bcc and fcc phases, Ni0.75Al0.25and Ni0.25Al0.75arepredicted to be ductile behavior, while Ni0.5Al0.5exhibit brittleness. The structural, vibrational and electronic contributionsare taken into account to study the thermodynamic properties at finite temperature. The lattice constants a and volumetricthermal expansion coefficient α of Ni1−xAlx systems increase with the increase of Al content. Nevertheless, it is decreasingfor heat capacity Cv and Cvvib. The vibrational entropy Svib of bcc Ni0.25Al0.75is the largest in considered temperature. The α,Cvvib and Svib of disordered Ni1−xAlx are larger than that of ordered Ni3Aland NiAl. Vibrational and electronic entropy arethe dominating at finite temperature stabilization mechanism.

Effect of Multi-Level Microstructure on Local and Bulk Mechanical Properties in Micro-Injection Molded PC/PET Blend

Jianping Ren,Jing Jiang,Zihui Li,Jianhua Hou,Qian Li 한국고분자학회 2020 Macromolecular Research Vol.28 No.10

This study introduces a method to investigate the relationship between the multi-level microstructures and mechanical properties of polymer blends prepared by micro-injection molding (μIM). Special morphological features were systematically researched. Polycarbonate (PC), poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), and PC/PET microparts all exhibit typical “skin-core” morphologies. The thickness of the core layer is much greater than that of the skin layer, and the thickness of the skin layer gradually decreases along the flow direction. Photoacoustic Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy records reveal that the PC molecular chain has the biggest orientation degree, followed by PC/PET and PET chains under the same μIM processing conditions. Moreover, the molecular chains orientation in the skin layer is more than 50% that in the core layer. Nanoindentation tests are conducted to study local mechanical properties. The higher modulus in the shear layer is affected to a greater extent by high shear action in comparison with the frozen and core layers. Uniaxial tensile testing demonstrates that the tensile strength of PC/PET micropart is 15.5% higher than that of the PET micropart, while the toughness is 16% higher than that of the PC microparts. In-situ, high- speed tensile imaging, combined with scanning electron microscopy micrographs of the fracture section, are used to study the fracture behaviors of the microparts. The results gathered in this paper may provide a theoretical basis and data to support the feasibility and efficiency of micro-injection molded polymer blends.

Expression and purification of beefy meaty peptide in Pichia pastoris

Yanping Wang,Qi Meng,Wen Gao,Jianhua Hou,Zaheer Ahmed 한국화학공학회 2011 Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering Vol.28 No.3

We established a gene expression process to produce a flavor peptide in Pichia pastoris. The octapeptide Lys-Gly-Asp-Glu-Glu-Ser-Leu-Ala was isolated from beef digested by papain, known as “beefy meaty peptide” (BMP). It was considered a savory seasoning in previous literatures. To produce BMP by microorganisms, BMP expression structures encoding tandem repeats of the octapeptide were designed and cloned in E. coli DH5α, then integrated into the AOX1 gene of Pichia pastoris GS115. Clones containing different BMP-gene copies, with 4-copy, 8-copy, 12-copy and 16-copy, were obtained and expressed in Pichia pastoris GS115. For the ease of purification, 6×His tag was fused to the C-termini of the peptides. As a result, the fusion peptides were successfully purified by His-tag bind affinity resin. The BMP fusion peptides with expected sizes were secreted from the resulting strains of P. pastoris GS115.

Novel Method to Improve the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of 45 Steel

Tao Gu,Shuaixin Zhang,Yuhong Zhao,Yurong Yang,Huafeng Liu,Li Wu,Jianhua Liu,Hua Hou 대한금속·재료학회 2022 METALS AND MATERIALS International Vol.28 No.4

Aiming at the problems of poor hardenability and low mechanical strength of 45 steel after quenching and tempering atnormal pressure, 45 steel was quenched and tempered under high pressure. The microstructure of 45 steel after high pressurequenching and tempering was analyzed by optical microscope, scanning electron microscope and transmission electronmicroscope, its hardness and compressive strength were tested by hardness tester and electronic universal testing machine,and compared with samples treated by the same process under atmospheric pressure. The results show that uniform andcompact tempered sorbite can be obtained after high pressure quenching and tempering of 45 steel, and the precipitatedgranular carbides are finely dispersed, thus improving the mechanical properties of 45 steel. Under a pressure of 3 GPa,quenching at 900 °C for 15 min and 550 °C for 60 min tempering, the hardness and compressive yield strength of 45 steelwere 36.3 HRC and 971 MPa, respectively, which were respectively 25.17% and 20.77% higher than the corresponding valuesobtained with the same process under atmospheric pressure quenching and tempering. This work provides a new method toeffectively improve the mechanical properties of 45 steel.

Apoptosis induction by alantolactone in breast cancer MDA-MB- 231 cells through reactive oxygen species-mediated mitochondrion-dependent pathway

Li Cui,Weiquan Bu,Jie Song,Liang Feng,Tingting Xu,Dan Liu,Wenbo Ding,Jianhua Wang,Changyang Li,Binge Ma,Yi Luo,Ziyu Jiang,Chengcheng Wang,Juan Chen,Jian Hou,Hong-mei Yan,Lei Yang,Xiao-bin Jia 대한약학회 2018 Archives of Pharmacal Research Vol.41 No.3

Alantolactone is a sesquiterpene lactone isolatedfrom Inula helenium L. Although alantolactone possessesanti-inflammation and apoptosis-induction activities, theunderlying mechanism of anti-cancer effect on humanbreast cancer cells remains largely unknown. In this study,we explored the possibility of alantolactone as an apoptosis-inducing cytotoxic agent using MDA-MB-231 cells asin vitro model. Alantolactone significantly induced itsapoptosis, demonstrated by cell cycle analysis, annexinV-APC/7-AAD double staining and dUTP nick end labeling. Additionally, alantolactone triggered the mitochondrial-mediated caspase cascade apoptotic pathway, whichwas confirmed by increased Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, loss of MMP,release of cytc from mitochondria to cytoplasm, activationof caspase 9/3, and subsequent cleavage of PARP. Z-VADFMKpartially prevented apoptosis induced by alantolactone. Alantolactone provoked the production of ROS, whileNAC (a scavenger of ROS) reversed alantolactone-mediateddepolarization of MMP and apoptosis. Alantolactonemodulated the activities of MAPKs. As expected, cotreatmentwith SB203580, SP600125 or U0126 could reducedthe apoptotic rate. Furthermore, alantolactone decreasedthe protein expressions of p-NF-kB p65 and p-STAT3,increased p-c-Jun level in a dose-dependent manner. Thesefindings suggested that alantolactone possessed anticanceractivity via ROS-mediated mitochondrial dysfunctioninvolving MAPK pathway, and had an effect on the transcriptionfactors of NF-kB, AP-1 and STAT3.