FSCB phosphorylation in mouse spermatozoa capacitation

( Shun Li Liu ),( Bing Ni ),( Xiang Wei Wang ),( Wen Qian Huo ),( Jun Zhang ),( Zhi Qiang Tian ),( Ze Min Huang ),( Yi Tian ),( Jun Tang ),( Yan Hua Zheng ),( Feng Shuo Jin ),( Yan Feng Li ) 생화학분자생물학회(구 한국생화학분자생물학회) 2011 BMB Reports Vol.44 No.8

It is generally accepted that spermatozoa capacitation is associated with protein kinase A-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation. In our previous study, we identified the fibrous sheath CABYR binding protein (FSCB), which was phosphorylated by PKA. However, the phosphorylation status of FSCB protein during spermatozoa capacitation should be further investigated. To this aim, in this study, we found that phosphorylation of this 270-kDa protein occurred as early as 1 min after mouse spermatozoa capacitation, which increased over time and remained stable after 60 min. Immunoprecipitation assays demonstrated that the tyrosine and Ser/Thr phosphorylation of FSCB occurred during spermatozoa capacitation. The extent of phosphorylation and was closely associated with the PKA activity and spermatozoa motility characteristics. FSCB phosphorylation could be induced by PKA agonist DB-cAMP, but was blocked by PKA antagonist H-89.Therefore, FSCB contributes to spermatozoa capacitation in a tyrosine-phosphorylated format, which may help in further elucidating the molecular mechanism of spermatozoa capacitation. [BMB reports 2011; 44(8): 541-546]

Research of Manufacturing Resource Sharing System Based on P2P

Yunxia Jiang,Shuqi Wang,Minli Zheng,Dongnan Sun 보안공학연구지원센터 2014 International Journal of Grid and Distributed Comp Vol.7 No.6

To realize the equal sharing and full use of manufacturing resource, aiming at the convergence characteristics and dynamic changing behaviors of the distributed and stochastic manufacturing resources, according to the thought of peer-to-peer (P2P) and the Chord protocol, a distributed manufacturing resource sharing system model is proposed, making logic sub rings by the type of resources and the logic main rings by the super nodes. The relay of the resource rings and the convergence of different types of resources for application are completed by super nodes. The description template of the manufacturing resources and the Meta data model relating to the search keyword sets from the template are designed. The indexing process of the resources based on Meta data model and the hierarchical trust mechanism of the sharing system are elaborated; finally, an instance of the sharing system prototype is given.

Comparison of ¹⁸F-Labeled Fluoroalkylphosphonium Cations with ¹³N-NH₃ for PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

Kim, Dong-Yeon,Kim, Hyeon Sik,Reder, Sybille,Zheng, Jin Hai,Herz, Michael,Higuchi, Takahiro,Pyo, AYoung,Bom, Hee-Seung,Schwaiger, Markus,Min, Jung-Joon Society of Nuclear Medicine 2015 The Journal of nuclear medicine Vol.56 No.10

<P>Despite substantial advances in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, there is a need for <SUP>18</SUP>F-labeled myocardial perfusion agents for the diagnosis of ischemic heart disease because current PET tracers for myocardial perfusion imaging have a short half-life that limits their widespread clinical use in PET. Thus, <SUP>18</SUP>F-labeled fluoroalkylphosphonium derivatives (<SUP>18</SUP>F-FATPs), including (5-<SUP>18</SUP>F-fluoropentyl)triphenylphosphonium cation (<SUP>18</SUP>F-FPTP), (6-<SUP>18</SUP>F-fluorohexyl)triphenylphosphonium cation (<SUP>18</SUP>F-FHTP), and (2-(2-<SUP>18</SUP>F-fluoroethoxy)ethyl)triphenylphosphonium cation (<SUP>18</SUP>F-FETP), were synthesized. The myocardial extraction and image quality of the <SUP>18</SUP>F-FATPs were compared with those of <SUP>13</SUP>N-NH<SUB>3</SUB> in rat models. <B>Methods:</B> The first-pass extraction fraction (EF) values of the <SUP>18</SUP>F-FATPs (<SUP>18</SUP>F-FPTP, <SUP>18</SUP>F-FHTP, <SUP>18</SUP>F-FETP) and <SUP>13</SUP>N-NH<SUB>3</SUB> were measured in isolated rat hearts perfused with the Langendorff method (flow velocities, 0.5, 4.0, 8.0, and 16.0 mL/min). Normal and myocardial infarction rats were imaged with small-animal PET after intravenous injection of 37 MBq of <SUP>18</SUP>F-FATPs and <SUP>13</SUP>N-NH<SUB>3.</SUB> To determine pharmacokinetics, a region of interest was drawn around the heart, and time–activity curves of the <SUP>18</SUP>F-FATPs and <SUP>13</SUP>N-NH<SUB>3</SUB> were generated to obtain the counts per pixel per second. Defect size was analyzed on the basis of polar map images of <SUP>18</SUP>F-FATPs and <SUP>13</SUP>N-NH<SUB>3.</SUB> <B>Results:</B> The EF values of <SUP>18</SUP>F-FATPs and <SUP>13</SUP>N-NH<SUB>3</SUB> were comparable at low flow velocity (0.5 mL/min), whereas at higher flows EF values of <SUP>18</SUP>F-FATPs were significantly higher than those of <SUP>13</SUP>N-NH<SUB>3</SUB> (4.0, 8.0, and 16.0 mL/min, <I>P</I> < 0.05). Myocardium-to-liver ratios of <SUP>18</SUP>F-FPTP, <SUP>18</SUP>F-FHTP, <SUP>18</SUP>F-FETP, and <SUP>13</SUP>N-NH<SUB>3</SUB> were 2.10 ± 0.30, 4.36 ± 0.20, 3.88 ± 1.03, and 0.70 ± 0.09, respectively, 10 min after injection, whereas myocardium-to-lung ratios were 5.00 ± 0.25, 4.33 ± 0.20, 7.98 ± 1.23, and 2.26 ± 0.14, respectively. Although <SUP>18</SUP>F-FATPs and <SUP>13</SUP>N-NH<SUB>3</SUB> sharply delineated myocardial perfusion defects, defect size on the <SUP>13</SUP>N-NH<SUB>3</SUB> images was significantly smaller than on the <SUP>18</SUP>F-FATP images soon after tracer injection (0–10 min, <I>P</I> = 0.027). <B>Conclusion:</B> <SUP>18</SUP>F-FATPs exhibit higher EF values and more rapid clearance from the liver and lung than <SUP>13</SUP>N-NH<SUB>3</SUB> in normal rats, which led to excellent image quality in a rat model of coronary occlusion. Therefore, <SUP>18</SUP>F-FATPs are promising new PET radiopharmaceuticals for myocardial perfusion imaging.</P>

Development and validation of modified QuEChERS method coupled with LC–MS/MS for simultaneous determination of cymiazole, fipronil, coumaphos, fluvalinate, amitraz, and its metabolite in various types of honey and royal jelly

Zheng, Weijia,Park, Jin-A.,Abd El-Aty, A.M.,Kim, Seong-Kwan,Cho, Sang-Hyun,Choi, Jeong-min,Yi, Hee,Cho, Soo-Min,Ramadan, Amer,Jeong, Ji Hoon,Shim, Jae-Han,Shin, Ho-Chul Elsevier 2018 Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technolog Vol.1072 No.-

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>Over the past few decades, honey products have been polluted by different contaminants, such as pesticides, which are widely applied in agriculture. In this work, a modified EN – quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe (QuEChERS) extraction method was developed for the simultaneous quantification of pesticide residues, including cymiazole, fipronil, coumaphos, fluvalinate, amitraz, and its metabolite 2,4-dimethylaniline (2,4-DMA), in four types of honey (acacia, wild, chestnut, and manuka) and royal jelly. Samples were buffered with 0.2M dibasic sodium phosphate (pH 9), and subsequently, acetonitrile was employed as the extraction solvent. A combination of primary secondary amine (PSA) and C18 sorbents was used for purification prior to liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI<SUP>+</SUP>/MS-MS) analysis. The estimated linearity measured at six concentration levels presented good correlation coefficients (<I>R<SUP>2</SUP> </I>)≥0.99. The recovery, calculated from three different spiking levels, was 62.06–108.79% in honey and 67.58–106.34% in royal jelly, with an RSD<12% for all the tested compounds. The matrix effect was also evaluated, and most of the analytes presented signal enhancement. The limits of quantification (LOQ) ranged between 0.001 and 0.005mg/kg in various samples. These are considerably lower than the maximum residue limits (MRL) set by various regulatory authorities. A total of 43 market (domestic and imported) samples were assayed for method application. Among the tested samples, three samples were tested positive (i.e. detected and quantified) only for cymiazole residues. The residues in the rest of the samples were detected but not quantified. We concluded that the protocol developed in this work is simple and versatile for the routine quantification of cymiazole, 2,4-DMA, fipronil, coumaphos, amitraz, and fluvalinate in various types of honey and royal jelly.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Six pesticide residues in four types of honey and royal jelly were determined by LC–MS/MS analysis. </LI> <LI> Samples were extracted by a modified EN-QuEChERS method using both C18 sorbent and PSA. </LI> <LI> Recovery was good when the honey samples were extracted with 0.2M dibasic sodium phosphate buffer and acetonitrile. </LI> <LI> Three of the market samples tested positive for cymiazole residues. </LI> </UL> </P>

Quantitative determination of carfilzomib in mouse plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and its application to a pharmacokinetic study

Min, J.S.,Kim, J.,Kim, J.H.,Kim, D.,Zheng, Y.F.,Park, J.E.,Lee, W.,Bae, S.K. Pergamon Press 2017 Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis Vol.146 No.-

A highly sensitive and rapid LC-MS/MS method was developed and validated to determine the levels of carfilzomib in mice plasma by using chlorpropamide as an internal standard. Carfilzomib and chlorpropamide were extracted from 5 μL of plasma after protein precipitation with acetonitrile. Chromatographic separation was performed on Phenomenex Luna C<SUB>18</SUB> column (50x2.0mm id, 3μm). The mobile phase consisted of 0.1% formic acid in acetonitrile -0.1% formic acid in water (1:1v/v) and the flow rate was 0.3mL/min. The total chromatographic run time was 2.5min. Detection was performed on a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer equipped with positive-ion electrospray ionization by selected reaction monitoring of the transitions at m/z 720.20>100.15 (for carfilzomib) and m/z 277.05>111.05 (for the internal standard). The lower limit of quantification was 0.075ng/mL and the linear range was 0.075-1250ng/mL (r≥0.9974). All validation data, including selectivity, precision, accuracy, matrix effect, recovery, dilution integrity, stability, and incurred sample reanalysis, were well within acceptance limits. This newly developed bioanalytical method was simple, highly sensitive, required only a small volume of plasma, and was suitable for application in pharmacokinetic studies in mice that used serial blood sampling.

Modified Kalman and Maximum Correntropy Kalman Filters for Systems With Bernoulli Distribution k-step Random Delay and Packet Loss

Zheng Liu,Xinmin Song,Min Zhang 제어·로봇·시스템학회 2024 International Journal of Control, Automation, and Vol.22 No.6

The simultaneous presence of uncertain data delays and data loss in a network control system complicates the state estimation problem and its solution. This paper redesigns the Kalman filter (KF) algorithm for systems with k-step random delayed data and data loss to improve estimation accuracy. A binary Bernoulli distribution is employed in the modified KF algorithm to model the received data with the knowledge of data delay and loss probabilities. Besides, the distribution of the non-Gaussian noise in the measurement system will degrade the performance of the conventional KF algorithm based on the minimum mean square error. Therefore, the modified KF algorithm is extended to the maximum correntropy Kalman filter (MCKF) algorithm to overcome the effect of non-Gaussian noise. The estimation accuracy of the modified KF and MCKF algorithms are experimentally compared under Gaussian and non-Gaussian noises, respectively. The simulation results demonstrate the excellent estimation performance of the proposed modified KF and MCKF algorithms under Gaussian and non-Gaussian noises, respectively.

Integrated Biosensor for Rapid and Point-of-Care Sepsis Diagnosis

Min, Jouha,Nothing, Maria,Coble, Ben,Zheng, Hui,Park, Jongmin,Im, Hyungsoon,Weber, Georg F.,Castro, Cesar M.,Swirski, Filip K.,Weissleder, Ralph,Lee, Hakho American Chemical Society 2018 ACS NANO Vol.12 No.4

<P>Sepsis is an often fatal condition that arises when the immune response to an infection causes widespread systemic organ injury. A critical unmet need in combating sepsis is the lack of accurate early biomarkers that produce actionable results in busy clinical settings. Here, we report the development of a point-of-care platform for rapid sepsis detection. Termed IBS (integrated biosensor for sepsis), our approach leverages (i) the pathophysiological role of cytokine interleukin-3 (IL-3) in early sepsis and (ii) a hybrid magneto-electrochemical sensor for IL-3 detection. The developed platform produces test results within 1 h from native blood samples and detects IL-3 at a sensitivity of <10 pg/mL; this performance is >5-times faster and >10-times more sensitive than conventional enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assays, the current gold standard. Using clinical samples, we show that elevated plasma IL-3 levels are associated with high organ failure rate and thus greater risk of mortality, confirming the potential of IL-3 as a sepsis diagnostic biomarker. With further system development (<I>e</I>.<I>g</I>., full automation, data security measures) and rigorous validation studies, the compact and fast IBS could be a practical clinical tool for timely diagnosis and proactive treatment of sepsis.</P> [FIG OMISSION]</BR>

Clock Self-Synchronization Protocol based on Distributed Diffusion for Wireless Sensor Networks

Min Li,Guoqiang Zheng,Jishun Li 보안공학연구지원센터 2014 International Journal of Future Generation Communi Vol.7 No.5

The Effect of Composition Change on Porosity in a Packed Bed on its Softening Process

Zheng Xiao Qin,Sang Min Choi(최상민) 한국연소학회 2008 KOSCOSYMPOSIUM논문집 Vol.- No.-

To understand structural change on softening and melting in the ore layers, the cold experimentation in the laboratory scale is conducted to simulate the effect of temperature, pressure and material composition on softening using cylindrical packed bed of wax particles. The particular study of the effect of composition change on cohesive layer is described in this paper. The cohesive layer is configured by sinter, pellet or lumpy ore. To simulate the bed composition change of the ironbearing materials, two types of wax packed bed are studied: a mixture bed (the 55-grade and 60-grade of wax balls are physically mixed to form the bed) and a blend bed (the two grades of wax are melted together to make the balls for the bed). The bed shrinkage behavior is mathematically described by creep deformation theory. It is found that a blend bed has a faster creep deformation rate than a mixture bed. Also the porosity reduction behavior of a packed bed is not a simple average of the individual components of the bed. Moreover, a mixture bed maintains a better porous structure than a blend bed under a given operational condition.

In Vitro Osteoblast Differentiation is Negatively Regulated by Hoxc8

Zheng, Y. J.,Chung, H. J.,Min, H.,Kang, M.,Kim, S. H.,Gadi, J.,Kim, M. H. HUMANA PRESS INC 2010 Applied biochemistry and biotechnology Vol.160 No.3