Verticillium wilt, a devastating disease in cotton caused by Verticillium dahliae, reduces cotton quality and yield. Heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins, consisting of Ga, Gb, and Gc subunits, transducers of receptor ...Verticillium wilt, a devastating disease in cotton caused by Verticillium dahliae, reduces cotton quality and yield. Heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins, consisting of Ga, Gb, and Gc subunits, transducers of receptor signaling, function in a wide range of biological events. However, the function of Ga proteins in the regulation of defense responses in plants is largely unexplored, except for a few reports on model species. In the present study, a cotton G-protein a-subunit-encoding gene(GhGPA) was isolated from Verticillium wilt-resistant Gossypium hirsutum(upland cotton) cv. ND601. GhGPA transcription was up-regulated under V. dahliae stress, with higher expression in tolerant than in susceptible cotton cultivars.Subcellular localization revealed GhGPA to be located in the plasma membrane. GhGPA shows high(85.0%) identity with Arabidopsis AT2 G26300(AtGPA1), and AtGPA1 gpa1-4 mutants displayed susceptibility to V. dahliae. Ectopic expression of GhGPA successfully restored the resistance of Arabidopsis gpa1-4 mutants to Verticillium wilt and made them more resistant than the wild type. Overexpression of GhGPA in Arabidopsis markedly increased the resistance and resulted in dramatic up-regulation of pathogenesis-related(PR) genes and increased in H2 O2 accumulation and salicylic acid(SA) and jasmonic acid(JA) contents. However, suppressing GhGPA expression via virus-induced gene silencing(VIGS)increased susceptibility to Verticillium wilt, down-regulated the expression of PR and marker genes in SA and JA signaling pathways, and reduced H2 O2 content. The contents of SA and JA in Arabidopsis gpa1-4 and VIGS cotton were lower than those in the wild type and empty-vector control. However,GhGPA-overexpressing Arabidopsis contained more SA and JA than the wild type when inoculated with V. dahliae. Thus, GhGPA plays a vital role in Verticillium wilt resistance by inducing SA and JA signaling pathways and regulating the production of reactive oxygen species. These findings not only broaden our knowledge about the biological role of GhGPA, but also shed light on the defense mechanisms involving GhGPA against V. dahliae in cotton.展开更多
The concept of“carbon neutrality”poses a huge challenge for chemical engineering and brings great opportunities for boosting the development of novel technologies to realize carbon offsetting and reduce carbon emiss...The concept of“carbon neutrality”poses a huge challenge for chemical engineering and brings great opportunities for boosting the development of novel technologies to realize carbon offsetting and reduce carbon emissions.Developing high-efficient,low-cost,energy-efficient and eco-friendly microfluidicbased microchemical engineering is of great significance.Such kind of“green microfluidics”can reduce carbon emissions from the source of raw materials and facilitate controllable and intensified microchemical engineering processes,which represents the new power for the transformation and upgrading of chemical engineering industry.Here,a brief review of green microfluidics for achieving carbon neutral microchemical engineering is presented,with specific discussions about the characteristics and feasibility of applying green microfluidics in realizing carbon neutrality.Development of green microfluidic systems are categorized and reviewed,including the construction of microfluidic devices by bio-based substrate materials and by low carbon fabrication methods,and the use of more biocompatible and nondestructive fluidic systems such as aqueous two-phase systems(ATPSs).Moreover,low carbon applications benefit from green microfluidics are summarized,ranging from separation and purification of biomolecules,high-throughput screening of chemicals and drugs,rapid and cost-effective detections,to synthesis of fine chemicals and novel materials.Finally,challenges and perspectives for further advancing green microfluidics in microchemical engineering for carbon neutrality are proposed and discussed.展开更多
Due to extremely severe morbidity and mortality worldwide,it is worth achieving a more in-depth and comprehensive understanding of cardiovascular diseases.Tremendous effort has been made to replicate the cardiovascula...Due to extremely severe morbidity and mortality worldwide,it is worth achieving a more in-depth and comprehensive understanding of cardiovascular diseases.Tremendous effort has been made to replicate the cardiovascular system and investigate the pathogenesis,diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.Microfluidics can be used as a versatile primary strategy to achieve a holistic picture of cardiovascular disease.Here,a brief review of the application of microfluidics in comprehensive cardiovascular disease research is presented,with specific discussions of the characteristics of microfluidics for investigating cardiovascular diseases integrally,including the study of pathogenetic mechanisms,the development of accurate diagnostic methods and the establishment of therapeutic treatments.Investigations of critical pathogenetic mechanisms for typical cardiovascular diseases by microfluidic-based organ-on-a-chip are categorized and reviewed,followed by a detailed summary of microfluidic-based accurate diagnostic methods.Microfluidic-assisted cardiovascular drug evaluation and screening as well as the fabrication of novel delivery vehicles are also reviewed.Finally,the challenges with and outlook on further advancing the use of microfluidics technology in cardiovascular disease research are highlighted and discussed.展开更多
Cobalt-based oxygenic compounds Co(OH)2,CoO and Co3 O4 are attractive for electrochemical energy storage owing to their high theoretical capacities and pseudocapacitive properties.Despite the great efforts to their co...Cobalt-based oxygenic compounds Co(OH)2,CoO and Co3 O4 are attractive for electrochemical energy storage owing to their high theoretical capacities and pseudocapacitive properties.Despite the great efforts to their compositional and morphological regulations,the performances to date are still quite limited owing to the low active surface area and sluggish charge transfer kinetics.Herein,different Co-based nanocrystals(Co-NCs)were conveniently anchored on the hierarchical nitrogen-doped carbon nanocages(hNCNCs)with high specific surface area and coexisting micro-meso-macropores to decrease the size and facilitate the charge transfer.Accordingly,a high specific capacity of1170 Fg^-1 is achieved at 2 Ag^-1 for the Co(OH)2/hNCNCs hybrid,in which the capacitance of Co(OH)2(2214 F gco(OH)2)is approaching to its theoretical maximum(2595 Fg^-1),demonstrating the high utilization of active materials by the hybridization with N-doped nanocarbons.This study also reveals that these Co-NCs store/release electrical energy via the same reversible redox reaction despite their different pristine compositions.This insight on the energy storage of Co-based nanomaterials suggests that the commonly-employed transformation of the Co-NCs from Co(OH)2 to CoO and Co3 O4 on carbon supports is unnecessary and even could be harmful to the energy storage performance.The result is instructive to develop high-energy-density electrodes from transition metal compounds.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFD0101006)the China Agricultural Research System(CARS15-03)the Outstanding Youth Found of Hebei Province(C2019204365)。
文摘Verticillium wilt, a devastating disease in cotton caused by Verticillium dahliae, reduces cotton quality and yield. Heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins, consisting of Ga, Gb, and Gc subunits, transducers of receptor signaling, function in a wide range of biological events. However, the function of Ga proteins in the regulation of defense responses in plants is largely unexplored, except for a few reports on model species. In the present study, a cotton G-protein a-subunit-encoding gene(GhGPA) was isolated from Verticillium wilt-resistant Gossypium hirsutum(upland cotton) cv. ND601. GhGPA transcription was up-regulated under V. dahliae stress, with higher expression in tolerant than in susceptible cotton cultivars.Subcellular localization revealed GhGPA to be located in the plasma membrane. GhGPA shows high(85.0%) identity with Arabidopsis AT2 G26300(AtGPA1), and AtGPA1 gpa1-4 mutants displayed susceptibility to V. dahliae. Ectopic expression of GhGPA successfully restored the resistance of Arabidopsis gpa1-4 mutants to Verticillium wilt and made them more resistant than the wild type. Overexpression of GhGPA in Arabidopsis markedly increased the resistance and resulted in dramatic up-regulation of pathogenesis-related(PR) genes and increased in H2 O2 accumulation and salicylic acid(SA) and jasmonic acid(JA) contents. However, suppressing GhGPA expression via virus-induced gene silencing(VIGS)increased susceptibility to Verticillium wilt, down-regulated the expression of PR and marker genes in SA and JA signaling pathways, and reduced H2 O2 content. The contents of SA and JA in Arabidopsis gpa1-4 and VIGS cotton were lower than those in the wild type and empty-vector control. However,GhGPA-overexpressing Arabidopsis contained more SA and JA than the wild type when inoculated with V. dahliae. Thus, GhGPA plays a vital role in Verticillium wilt resistance by inducing SA and JA signaling pathways and regulating the production of reactive oxygen species. These findings not only broaden our knowledge about the biological role of GhGPA, but also shed light on the defense mechanisms involving GhGPA against V. dahliae in cotton.
基金the supports of the National Science Foundation of China (22008130, 22025801)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2020M682124)+1 种基金the Qingdao Postdoctoral Researchers Applied Research Project Foundation (RZ2000001426)the Scientific Research Foundation for Youth Scholars from Qingdao University (DC1900014265) for this work
文摘The concept of“carbon neutrality”poses a huge challenge for chemical engineering and brings great opportunities for boosting the development of novel technologies to realize carbon offsetting and reduce carbon emissions.Developing high-efficient,low-cost,energy-efficient and eco-friendly microfluidicbased microchemical engineering is of great significance.Such kind of“green microfluidics”can reduce carbon emissions from the source of raw materials and facilitate controllable and intensified microchemical engineering processes,which represents the new power for the transformation and upgrading of chemical engineering industry.Here,a brief review of green microfluidics for achieving carbon neutral microchemical engineering is presented,with specific discussions about the characteristics and feasibility of applying green microfluidics in realizing carbon neutrality.Development of green microfluidic systems are categorized and reviewed,including the construction of microfluidic devices by bio-based substrate materials and by low carbon fabrication methods,and the use of more biocompatible and nondestructive fluidic systems such as aqueous two-phase systems(ATPSs).Moreover,low carbon applications benefit from green microfluidics are summarized,ranging from separation and purification of biomolecules,high-throughput screening of chemicals and drugs,rapid and cost-effective detections,to synthesis of fine chemicals and novel materials.Finally,challenges and perspectives for further advancing green microfluidics in microchemical engineering for carbon neutrality are proposed and discussed.
基金This work was supported by the National Science Foundation of China(22008130 and 51806123)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020M682124)+3 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin(18JCYBJC42000)the Research Fund of TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital(2018-TD-001)the Qingdao Postdoctoral Researchers Applied Research Project Foundation(RZ2000001426)the Scientific Research Foundation for Youth Scholars from Qingdao University(DC1900014265).
文摘Due to extremely severe morbidity and mortality worldwide,it is worth achieving a more in-depth and comprehensive understanding of cardiovascular diseases.Tremendous effort has been made to replicate the cardiovascular system and investigate the pathogenesis,diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.Microfluidics can be used as a versatile primary strategy to achieve a holistic picture of cardiovascular disease.Here,a brief review of the application of microfluidics in comprehensive cardiovascular disease research is presented,with specific discussions of the characteristics of microfluidics for investigating cardiovascular diseases integrally,including the study of pathogenetic mechanisms,the development of accurate diagnostic methods and the establishment of therapeutic treatments.Investigations of critical pathogenetic mechanisms for typical cardiovascular diseases by microfluidic-based organ-on-a-chip are categorized and reviewed,followed by a detailed summary of microfluidic-based accurate diagnostic methods.Microfluidic-assisted cardiovascular drug evaluation and screening as well as the fabrication of novel delivery vehicles are also reviewed.Finally,the challenges with and outlook on further advancing the use of microfluidics technology in cardiovascular disease research are highlighted and discussed.
基金jointly supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFA0206500and 2018YFA0209103)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21832003,21773111,51571110 and 21573107)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(020514380126)
文摘Cobalt-based oxygenic compounds Co(OH)2,CoO and Co3 O4 are attractive for electrochemical energy storage owing to their high theoretical capacities and pseudocapacitive properties.Despite the great efforts to their compositional and morphological regulations,the performances to date are still quite limited owing to the low active surface area and sluggish charge transfer kinetics.Herein,different Co-based nanocrystals(Co-NCs)were conveniently anchored on the hierarchical nitrogen-doped carbon nanocages(hNCNCs)with high specific surface area and coexisting micro-meso-macropores to decrease the size and facilitate the charge transfer.Accordingly,a high specific capacity of1170 Fg^-1 is achieved at 2 Ag^-1 for the Co(OH)2/hNCNCs hybrid,in which the capacitance of Co(OH)2(2214 F gco(OH)2)is approaching to its theoretical maximum(2595 Fg^-1),demonstrating the high utilization of active materials by the hybridization with N-doped nanocarbons.This study also reveals that these Co-NCs store/release electrical energy via the same reversible redox reaction despite their different pristine compositions.This insight on the energy storage of Co-based nanomaterials suggests that the commonly-employed transformation of the Co-NCs from Co(OH)2 to CoO and Co3 O4 on carbon supports is unnecessary and even could be harmful to the energy storage performance.The result is instructive to develop high-energy-density electrodes from transition metal compounds.
