乳液型丙烯酸酯复合胶的研制

通过采用预乳化和半连续法乳液聚合工艺,合成了一种水乳型丙烯酸酯复合胶。探讨了反应温度、引发剂用量、单体配比、功能性单体的用量等因素对复合胶性能的影响。     

前驱体碳化复合等离子熔覆涂层

以钛铁粉、铬粉、铁粉和碳的前驱体（蔗糖）等为原料,通过前驱体碳化复合技术制备了碳化复合粉,并利用等离子熔覆技术在Q235钢表面制备了Fe-Cr-C和Fe-Cr-C-Ti涂层.采用X射线衍射和扫描电镜对涂层的相组成和显微组织结构进行了分析.结果表明:Fe-Cr-C涂层由（Cr,Fe）₇C₃初生碳化物和菊花瓣状分布共晶碳化物（Cr,Fe）₇C₃与奥氏体组织组成;Fe-Cr-C-Ti涂层由原位合成的TiC相和（Cr,Fe）₇C₃共晶相与奥氏体相构成.这两种涂层与基体之间都是冶金结合.涂层中碳化物TiC的体积分数呈现梯度分布,并且涂层的熔合区和中部区域TiC颗粒形状多为等轴状颗粒,涂层的表层区域部分TiC颗粒多为树枝晶颗粒.与Fe-Cr-C涂层相比较,Fe-Cr-C-Ti涂层的抗开裂性更好.Fe-Cr-C和Fe-Cr-C-Ti两涂层的平均显微硬度约是750HV_0.2,是基体金属的3.2倍,从涂层表面到熔合区相差不大.     

Extensive characterization of sphere models established from colorectal cancer cell lines

Links between cancer and stem cells have been proposed for many years. As the cancer stem cell (CSC) theory became widely studied, new methods were developed to culture and expand cancer cells with conserved determinants of “stemness”. These cells show increased ability to grow in suspension as spheres in serum-free medium supplemented with growth factors and chemicals. The physiological relevance of this phenomenon in established cancer cell lines remains unclear. Cell lines have traditionally been used to explore tumor biology and serve as preclinical models for the screening of potential therapeutic agents. Here, we grew cell-forming spheres (CFS) from 25 established colorectal cancer cell lines. The molecular and cellular characteristics of CFS were compared to the bulk of tumor cells. CFS could be isolated from 72 % of the cell lines. Both CFS and their parental CRC cell lines were highly tumorigenic. Compared to their parental cells, they showed similar expression of putative CSC markers. The ability of CRC cells to grow as CFS was greatly enhanced by prior treatment with 5-fluorouracil. At the molecular level, CFS and parental CRC cells showed identical gene mutations and very similar genomic profiles, although microarray analysis revealed changes in CFS gene expression that were independent of DNA copy-number. We identified a CFS gene expression signature common to CFS from all CRC cell lines, which was predictive of disease relapse in CRC patients. In conclusion, CFS models derived from CRC cell lines possess interesting phenotypic features that may have clinical relevance for drug resistance and disease relapse.     

Something old,something new and something borrowed: emerging paradigm of insulin-like growth factor type 1 receptor (IGF-1R) signaling regulation

The insulin-like growth factor type 1 receptor (IGF-1R) plays a key role in the development and progression of cancer; however, therapeutics targeting it have had disappointing results in the clinic. As a receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK), IGF-1R is traditionally described as an ON/OFF system, with ligand stabilizing the ON state and exclusive kinase-dependent signaling activation. Newly added to the traditional model, ubiquitin-mediated receptor downregulation and degradation was originally described as a response to ligand/receptor interaction and thus inseparable from kinase signaling activation. Yet, the classical model has proven over-simplified and insufficient to explain experimental evidence accumulated over the last decade, including kinase-independent signaling, unbalanced signaling, or dissociation between signaling and receptor downregulation. Based on the recent findings that IGF-1R “borrows” components of G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling, including β-arrestins and G-protein-related kinases, we discuss the emerging paradigm for the IGF-1R as a functional RTK/GPCR hybrid, which integrates the kinase signaling with the IGF-1R canonical GPCR characteristics. The contradictions to the classical IGF-1R signaling concept as well as the design of anti-IGF-1R therapeutics treatment are considered in the light of this paradigm shift and we advocate recognition of IGF-1R as a valid target for cancer treatment.     

The cross-talk between the urokinase receptor and fMLP receptors regulates the activity of the CXCR4 chemokine receptor

The receptor (CXCR4) for the stromal-derived factor-1 (SDF1) and the urokinase-receptor (uPAR) are up-regulated in various tumors. We show that CXCR4-transfected cells migrate toward SDF1 on collagen (CG) and do not on vitronectin (VN). Co-expression of cell-surface uPAR, which is a VN receptor, impairs SDF1-induced migration on CG and allows migration on VN. Blocking fMLP receptors (fMLP-R), alpha-v integrins or the uPAR region capable to interact with fMLP-Rs, impairs migration of uPAR/CXCR4-transfected cells on VN and restores their migration on CG. uPAR co-expression also reduces the adherence of CXCR4-expressing cells to various components of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and influences the partitioning of beta1 and alpha-v integrins to membrane lipid-rafts, affecting ECM-dependent signaling. uPAR interference in CXCR4 activity has been confirmed in cells from prostate carcinoma. Our results demonstrate that uPAR expression regulates the adhesive and migratory ability of CXCR4-expressing cells through a mechanism involving fMLP receptors and alpha-v integrins.     

Mutations in the gene encoding the lamin B receptor produce an altered nuclear morphology in granulocytes (Pelger-Huët anomaly)

Pelger-Hu?t anomaly (PHA; OMIM *169400) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by abnormal nuclear shape and chromatin organization in blood granulocytes. Affected individuals show hypolobulated neutrophil nuclei with coarse chromatin. Presumed homozygous individuals have ovoid neutrophil nuclei, as well as varying degrees of developmental delay, epilepsy and skeletal abnormalities. Homozygous offspring in an extinct rabbit lineage showed severe chondrodystrophy, developmental anomalies and increased pre- and postnatal mortality. Here we show, by carrying out a genome-wide linkage scan, that PHA is linked to chromosome 1q41-43. We identified four splice-site, two frameshift and two nonsense mutations in LBR, encoding the lamin B receptor. The lamin B receptor (LBR), a member of the sterol reductase family, is evolutionarily conserved and integral to the inner nuclear membrane; it targets heterochromatin and lamins to the nuclear membrane. Lymphoblastoid cells from heterozygous individuals affected with PHA show reduced expression of the lamin B receptor, and cells homozygous with respect to PHA contain only trace amounts of it. We found that expression of the lamin B receptor affects neutrophil nuclear shape and chromatin distribution in a dose-dependent manner. Our findings have implications for understanding nuclear envelope-heterochromatin interactions, the pathogenesis of Pelger-like conditions in leukemia, infection and toxic drug reactions, and the evolution of neutrophil nuclear shape.     

STM和AFM的原理及出现异常情况的处理方法

简单介绍了扫描隧道显微镜（STM）和原子力显微镜（AFM）的工作原理，并详细阐述了实验过程中有时会遇到的异常情况及其处理方法，以便获得最佳的样品图像。     

一种dim↓-BF〈↑dimBF分形集的构造

在所有介绍盒维数的分形文献中，仅仅都是在理论上指出存在满足dim↓-BF〈↑dimBF的分形集，都没有给出具体的例子，原因是这种集很复杂不易验证和说明．文章利用三分康托集的一个变化，构造出一种较简单且易验证和说明的满足dim↓-BF〈↑dimBF的分形集．     

新型肌酐吸附剂南瓜尼的合成表征

以尿素、甲醛和乙二醛为原料合成了一种肌酐吸附剂--南瓜尼,并用核磁共振谱、红外光谱手段对产物的结构进行表征。实验结果表明此种肌酐吸附剂合成方法简单而易行。