The oxygen evolution reaction(OER)is the bottleneck in the overall photocatalytic splitting of water.The active sites(terminal titanium or bridging oxygen)and active species(molecular or dissociative water)of the init...The oxygen evolution reaction(OER)is the bottleneck in the overall photocatalytic splitting of water.The active sites(terminal titanium or bridging oxygen)and active species(molecular or dissociative water)of the initial step of the photocatalyzed OER on the prototypical photocatalyst TiO_(2),remain debatable.Herein,the photocatalytic chemistry of monolayer water on oxygen-pretreated TiO_(2)(110)(o-TiO_(2)(110))and reduced TiO_(2)(110)(r-TiO_(2)(110))surfaces initiated by 400 nm light illumination was investigated by time-dependent two-photon photoemission spectroscopy(TD-2PPE).The photoinduced reduction of the H_(2)O/o-TiO_(2)(110)interface rather than the H2O/r-TiO_(2)(110)interface was detected by TD-2PPE.The difference in 2PPE originated from the presence of the terminal hydroxyl anions(OHt^(-))on H_(2)O/o-TiO_(2)(110),as identified by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and temperature-programmed desorption.Therefore,the evolution of the electronic structure of H_(2)O/o-TiO_(2)(110)was attributed to the photocatalyzed oxidation of the terminal hydroxyl anions,which most likely formed gaseous·OH radicals,reducing the interface.This work suggested that the oxidation of hydroxyl anions on top of the terminal titanium ions on TiO_(2),which were excluded previously in solution,need to be considered in the mechanistic studies of the photocatalyzed OER.展开更多
Background:Angiogenesis is described as a complex process in which new microvessels sprout from endothelial cells of existing vasculature.This study aimed to determine whether long non-coding RNA(lncRNA)H19 induced th...Background:Angiogenesis is described as a complex process in which new microvessels sprout from endothelial cells of existing vasculature.This study aimed to determine whether long non-coding RNA(lncRNA)H19 induced the angiogenesis of gastric cancer(GC)and its possible mechanism.Methods:Gene expression level was determined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and western blotting.Cell counting kit-8,transwell,5-Ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine(EdU),colony formation assay,and human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVECs)angiogenesis assay as well as Matrigel plug assay were conducted to study the proliferation,migration,and angiogenesis of GC in vitro and in vivo.The binding protein of H19 was found by RNA pull-down and RNA Immunoprecipitation(RIP).High-throughput sequencing was performed and next Gene Ontology(GO)as well as Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes(KEGG)analysis was conducted to analyze the genes that are under H19 regulation.Methylated RIP(me-RIP)assay was used to investigate the sites and abundance among target mRNA.The transcription factor acted as upstream of H19 was determined through chromatin immunoprecipitation(ChIP)and luciferase assay.Results:In this study,we found that hypoxia-induced factor(HIF)-1a could bind to the promoter region of H19,leading to H19 overexpression.High expression of H19 was correlated with angiogenesis in GC,and H19 knocking down could inhibit cell proliferation,migration and angiogenesis.Mechanistically,the oncogenic role of H19 was achieved by binding with the N^(6)-methyladenosine(m^(6)A)reader YTH domain-containing family protein 1(YTHDF1),which could recognize the m^(6)A site on the 3′-untransated regions(3′-UTR)of scavenger receptor class B member 1(SCARB1)mRNA,resulting in over-translation of SCARB1 and thus promoting the proliferation,migration,and angiogenesis of GC cells.Conclusion:HIF-1a induced overexpression of H19 via binding with the promoter of H19,and H19 promoted GC cells proliferation,migration and angiogenesis through YTHDF1/SCARB1,which might be a beneficial target for antiangiogenic therapy for GC.展开更多
In this paper, we investigate spectral method for mixed inhomogeneous boundary value problems in three dimensions. Some results on the three-dimensional Legendre approxima- tion in Jacobi weighted Sobolev space are es...In this paper, we investigate spectral method for mixed inhomogeneous boundary value problems in three dimensions. Some results on the three-dimensional Legendre approxima- tion in Jacobi weighted Sobolev space are established, which improve and generalize the existing results, and play an important role in numerical solutions of partial differential equations. We also develop a lifting technique, with which we could handle mixed inho- mogeneous boundary conditions easily. As examples of applications, spectral schemes are provided for three model problems with mixed inhomogeneous boundary conditions. The spectral accuracy in space of proposed algorithms is proved. Efficient implementations are presented. Numerical results demonstrate their high accuracy, and confirm the theoretical analysis well.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2021YFA1500601)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22322306 and 22288201)+3 种基金the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Nos.YSBR007,XDB0970000)the Key Research Project of Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Department(No.2023-YBNY-158)the Xi’an Science and Technology Project(No.22NYYF016)the 111 Project。
文摘The oxygen evolution reaction(OER)is the bottleneck in the overall photocatalytic splitting of water.The active sites(terminal titanium or bridging oxygen)and active species(molecular or dissociative water)of the initial step of the photocatalyzed OER on the prototypical photocatalyst TiO_(2),remain debatable.Herein,the photocatalytic chemistry of monolayer water on oxygen-pretreated TiO_(2)(110)(o-TiO_(2)(110))and reduced TiO_(2)(110)(r-TiO_(2)(110))surfaces initiated by 400 nm light illumination was investigated by time-dependent two-photon photoemission spectroscopy(TD-2PPE).The photoinduced reduction of the H_(2)O/o-TiO_(2)(110)interface rather than the H2O/r-TiO_(2)(110)interface was detected by TD-2PPE.The difference in 2PPE originated from the presence of the terminal hydroxyl anions(OHt^(-))on H_(2)O/o-TiO_(2)(110),as identified by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and temperature-programmed desorption.Therefore,the evolution of the electronic structure of H_(2)O/o-TiO_(2)(110)was attributed to the photocatalyzed oxidation of the terminal hydroxyl anions,which most likely formed gaseous·OH radicals,reducing the interface.This work suggested that the oxidation of hydroxyl anions on top of the terminal titanium ions on TiO_(2),which were excluded previously in solution,need to be considered in the mechanistic studies of the photocatalyzed OER.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of(No.2021YFA1500601 and No.2018YFA0208703)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21973010 and No.21973092)+3 种基金the Instrument Developing Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.YZ201504)the CAS Projects for Young Scientists in Basic Research(No.YSBR-007)the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Innovation Foundation(DICP I202205)LiaoNing Revitalization Talents Program(No.XLYC1907032).
基金supported by the National Natural Sci-ence Foundation of China(No.21973092 and No.21873004)the National Key Research and Develop-ment Program of China(No.2018YFA0208703)+1 种基金Chinese Academy of Sciences(YSBR-007)Dalian In-stitute of Chemical Physics(DICP I202205).
文摘Background:Angiogenesis is described as a complex process in which new microvessels sprout from endothelial cells of existing vasculature.This study aimed to determine whether long non-coding RNA(lncRNA)H19 induced the angiogenesis of gastric cancer(GC)and its possible mechanism.Methods:Gene expression level was determined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and western blotting.Cell counting kit-8,transwell,5-Ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine(EdU),colony formation assay,and human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVECs)angiogenesis assay as well as Matrigel plug assay were conducted to study the proliferation,migration,and angiogenesis of GC in vitro and in vivo.The binding protein of H19 was found by RNA pull-down and RNA Immunoprecipitation(RIP).High-throughput sequencing was performed and next Gene Ontology(GO)as well as Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes(KEGG)analysis was conducted to analyze the genes that are under H19 regulation.Methylated RIP(me-RIP)assay was used to investigate the sites and abundance among target mRNA.The transcription factor acted as upstream of H19 was determined through chromatin immunoprecipitation(ChIP)and luciferase assay.Results:In this study,we found that hypoxia-induced factor(HIF)-1a could bind to the promoter region of H19,leading to H19 overexpression.High expression of H19 was correlated with angiogenesis in GC,and H19 knocking down could inhibit cell proliferation,migration and angiogenesis.Mechanistically,the oncogenic role of H19 was achieved by binding with the N^(6)-methyladenosine(m^(6)A)reader YTH domain-containing family protein 1(YTHDF1),which could recognize the m^(6)A site on the 3′-untransated regions(3′-UTR)of scavenger receptor class B member 1(SCARB1)mRNA,resulting in over-translation of SCARB1 and thus promoting the proliferation,migration,and angiogenesis of GC cells.Conclusion:HIF-1a induced overexpression of H19 via binding with the promoter of H19,and H19 promoted GC cells proliferation,migration and angiogenesis through YTHDF1/SCARB1,which might be a beneficial target for antiangiogenic therapy for GC.
文摘In this paper, we investigate spectral method for mixed inhomogeneous boundary value problems in three dimensions. Some results on the three-dimensional Legendre approxima- tion in Jacobi weighted Sobolev space are established, which improve and generalize the existing results, and play an important role in numerical solutions of partial differential equations. We also develop a lifting technique, with which we could handle mixed inho- mogeneous boundary conditions easily. As examples of applications, spectral schemes are provided for three model problems with mixed inhomogeneous boundary conditions. The spectral accuracy in space of proposed algorithms is proved. Efficient implementations are presented. Numerical results demonstrate their high accuracy, and confirm the theoretical analysis well.
