【背景】酪蛋白水解蛋白酶L(caseinolytic protease L,ClpL)是热休克蛋白100(heat shock protein 100,HSP100)家族成员,参与多种细胞内生物学过程包括应激耐受反应、长期存活、毒力和抗生素抗性等,在病原菌的致病过程中发挥重要作用。...【背景】酪蛋白水解蛋白酶L(caseinolytic protease L,ClpL)是热休克蛋白100(heat shock protein 100,HSP100)家族成员,参与多种细胞内生物学过程包括应激耐受反应、长期存活、毒力和抗生素抗性等,在病原菌的致病过程中发挥重要作用。【目的】阐明HSP100/ClpL对猪链球菌2型(Streptococcus suis type 2)强毒株的应激耐受和毒力的影响。【方法】利用温敏自杀质粒pSET4s构建了SsClpL基因缺失株ΔclpL;利用大肠杆菌-猪链球菌穿梭质粒pSET2构建了互补株CΔclpL;比较亲本株SS2-1、ΔclpL和CΔclpL在各种应激环境(高温、氧化性应激和酸应激)和血液中的生存能力;利用小鼠感染模型和体内竞争试验评价clpL缺失前后细菌的毒力变化。【结果】clpL缺失后,SS2在各种应激环境中的生存能力明显减弱;同时在猪全血中的存活能力也显著降低;对BALB/c小鼠的致病力有所降低,在体内的定殖能力明显降低。【结论】SsClpL与猪链球菌的应激耐受和致病性密切相关。展开更多
Given their unique structure-dependent properties,strategically designing semiconductor-based photocatalysts,which expose highly reactive crystalline facets,is widely used to tune their performance.Herein,AgBr/Ag/TiO_...Given their unique structure-dependent properties,strategically designing semiconductor-based photocatalysts,which expose highly reactive crystalline facets,is widely used to tune their performance.Herein,AgBr/Ag/TiO_(2){100}nanorods Z-scheme heterojunction composites were prepared via hydrothermal and in situ facet-induced reduction.Transmission electron microscopy,X-ray diffraction,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy,electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy,and density functional theory calculations reveal that the selective exposure of TiO_(2){100}facets with abundant oxygen vacancies(OV)promotes the formation of metallic silver on the interfaces between AgBr and TiO_(2){100}.Metallic silver can mediate interfacial charge transfer by facilitating the photogenerated carrier recombination of the conduction band of TiO_(2){100}and the valence band of AgBr.As a result,a Z-scheme heterojunction is formed in AgBr/Ag/TiO_(2){100}.The AgBr/Ag/TiO_(2){100}exhibits faster degradation of tetracycline in aqueous solution compared to pristine AgBr,TiO_(2){101},TiO_(2){100}and AgBr/TiO_(2){101}p-n heterojunctions.This is attributed to the effect of the Z-scheme heterojunction on prolonging the lifetime of photogenerated carriers,which is confirmed by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy.The photocatalytic mechanism and degradation pathways are discussed along with a toxicity assessment of the intermediates.Overall,this work develops a new approach for designing Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts via selective facet control of anatase TiO_(2).展开更多
文摘【背景】酪蛋白水解蛋白酶L(caseinolytic protease L,ClpL)是热休克蛋白100(heat shock protein 100,HSP100)家族成员,参与多种细胞内生物学过程包括应激耐受反应、长期存活、毒力和抗生素抗性等,在病原菌的致病过程中发挥重要作用。【目的】阐明HSP100/ClpL对猪链球菌2型(Streptococcus suis type 2)强毒株的应激耐受和毒力的影响。【方法】利用温敏自杀质粒pSET4s构建了SsClpL基因缺失株ΔclpL;利用大肠杆菌-猪链球菌穿梭质粒pSET2构建了互补株CΔclpL;比较亲本株SS2-1、ΔclpL和CΔclpL在各种应激环境(高温、氧化性应激和酸应激)和血液中的生存能力;利用小鼠感染模型和体内竞争试验评价clpL缺失前后细菌的毒力变化。【结果】clpL缺失后,SS2在各种应激环境中的生存能力明显减弱;同时在猪全血中的存活能力也显著降低;对BALB/c小鼠的致病力有所降低,在体内的定殖能力明显降低。【结论】SsClpL与猪链球菌的应激耐受和致病性密切相关。
文摘Given their unique structure-dependent properties,strategically designing semiconductor-based photocatalysts,which expose highly reactive crystalline facets,is widely used to tune their performance.Herein,AgBr/Ag/TiO_(2){100}nanorods Z-scheme heterojunction composites were prepared via hydrothermal and in situ facet-induced reduction.Transmission electron microscopy,X-ray diffraction,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy,electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy,and density functional theory calculations reveal that the selective exposure of TiO_(2){100}facets with abundant oxygen vacancies(OV)promotes the formation of metallic silver on the interfaces between AgBr and TiO_(2){100}.Metallic silver can mediate interfacial charge transfer by facilitating the photogenerated carrier recombination of the conduction band of TiO_(2){100}and the valence band of AgBr.As a result,a Z-scheme heterojunction is formed in AgBr/Ag/TiO_(2){100}.The AgBr/Ag/TiO_(2){100}exhibits faster degradation of tetracycline in aqueous solution compared to pristine AgBr,TiO_(2){101},TiO_(2){100}and AgBr/TiO_(2){101}p-n heterojunctions.This is attributed to the effect of the Z-scheme heterojunction on prolonging the lifetime of photogenerated carriers,which is confirmed by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy.The photocatalytic mechanism and degradation pathways are discussed along with a toxicity assessment of the intermediates.Overall,this work develops a new approach for designing Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts via selective facet control of anatase TiO_(2).
