circ_0114866 promotes the progression and EMT of non-small cell lung cancer via miR-653-5p/MYL6B axis.

Background: Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most prevalent form of lung cancer. Circular RNA (circRNA) has emerged as a key player in the development of NSCLC by acting as miRNA sponges. However, the precise role of circ_0114866 in regulating NSCLC process is yet to be elucidated.

Effect of MEHP on testosterone synthesis via Sirt1/Foxo1/Rab7 signaling pathway inhibition of lipophagy in TM3 cells.

Mono-2-ethylhexyl phthalic acid (MEHP) is the most toxic metabolite of the plasticizer di-2-ethylhexyl phthalic acid (DEHP), and studies have shown that MEHP causes serious reproductive effects. However, its exact mechanisms of action remain elusive. In this study, we aimed to investigate the reproductive effects of MEHP and preliminarily explore its underlying molecular mechanisms.

Overexpression of PIK3CG in Cancer Cells Promotes Lung Cancer Cell Migration and Metastasis Through Enhanced MMPs Expression and Neutrophil Recruitment and Activation.

Metastasis is a major cause of death in lung cancer. The aim of this study is to analyze the role and mechanism of PI3K catalytic subunit gamma (PIK3CG, also known as p110γ) in lung cancer cell migration and metastasis. Knockdown (KD) and overexpression (OE) of PIK3CG expression in lung cancer cell lines A549 and H1299 in vitro cultured was achieved.

The mechanism of monobutyl phthalate -induced ferroptosis via TNF/IL6/STAT3 signal pathway in TM-3 cells.

As a common environmental endocrine disruptor, monobutyl phthalate (MBP) has been connected to reports of ROS accumulation, sperm destruction and reproductive damage. However, the specific mechanism of reproductive injury caused by MBP remains uncertain. Ferroptosis is a non-apoptotic, controlled oxidative damage-related cell death that is usually connected with reactive oxygen species and lipid peroxidation.

A multiple-step screening protocol to identify norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitors for depression.

Depression severely impairs the health of people all over the world. Cognitive dysfunction due to depression has resulted in a severe economic burden to family and society induced by the reduction of social functioning of patients. Norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitors (NDRIs) targeted with the human norepinephrine transporter (hNET) and distributed with the human dopamine transporter (hDAT) simultaneously treat depression and improve cognitive function, and they effectively prevent sexual dysfunction and other side effects.

Exploring the binding mechanism of positive allosteric modulators in human metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 using molecular dynamics simulations.

Positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) of human metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 (hmGlu) are well-known in the treatment of psychiatric disorders for their higher selectivity and lower tolerance risk. A variety of PAMs have been reported over the last decade and two compounds were in Phase II clinical trials for schizophrenia and anxiety. These trials were discontinued on account of the unsatisfactory therapeutic efficacy, but PAMs were explored as novel treatments for addiction and epilepsy.

Profiling the structural determinants of aminoketone derivatives as hNET and hDAT reuptake inhibitors by field-based QSAR based on molecular docking.

Background: Bupropion, one of the dual norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitors (NDRIs), is an aminoketone derivative performed effect in improving cognitive function for depression. However, its therapeutic effect is unsatisfactory due to poor clinical response, and there are only few derivatives in pre-clinical settings.

Objective: This work attempted to elucidate the essential structural features for the activity and designed a series of novel derivatives with good inhibitive ability, pharmacokinetic and medicinal chemistry properties.

Synthesis and luminescence characterization of a new yellowish-orange phosphor: Ba B O :Sm.

A new yellowish-orange emitting phosphor, Ba B O :Sm for use as a white light-emitting diode (W-LED) was synthesized by a solid-state reaction method. The X-ray diffraction results indicated that a pure Ba B O material was obtained. As a potential yellowish-orange luminescent material for W-LEDs, the Ba B O :Sm phosphor could be excited effectively by near-ultraviolet (n-UV) light and exhibited yellowish-orange emission centered at 560 nm corresponding to the G  →  H transition of Sm ions.

Aqua-(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')bis-(2-hydroxy-benzoato-κO)manganese(II) 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline hemisolvate.

In the asymmetric unit of the title complex, [Mn(C(7)H(5)O(3))(2)(C(14)H(12)N(2))(H(2)O)]·0.5C(14)H(12)N(2), the Mn(II) ion is coordinated by a bidentate 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (dmphen) mol-ecule, one water mol-ecule and two monodentate 2-hydroxy-benzoate anions in a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal geometry. The OH group of the 2-hydroxy-benzoate anion is disordered over two positions with site-occupancy factors of 0.

[Relation between complexes iotramolecular transfer and structure of [M(SS) (NN)](M = Zn2+, Cd2+)].

The title complexes of [M(SS)(NN)](M = Zn2+, Cd+; SS = 1,2-dicyano 1,2-ethylene -dithiolate or maleonitriledithiolate; NN = 5-nitro-1,10 phenanthroline) were synthesized. The electronic absorption spectra of complexes [M(SS)(NN)] in DMSO, DMF, acetone and Py were reported. The spectra absorption bands 270-280 nm, 320-350 nm and 350-390 nm are the intraligand pi(b) --> pi* transfer of ligand mnt(2-) and 5-NOz-phen.

Diaqua-(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')(4-hydroxy-benzoato-κO,O')cobalt(II) nitrate dihydrate.

In the title compound, [Co(C(7)H(5)O(3))(C(14)H(12)N(2))(H(2)O)(2)]NO(3)·2H(2)O, the Co(II) ion is six-coordinated by two N atoms of a 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (dmphen) ligand, two carboxyl-ate O atoms of one 4-hydroxy-benzoate anion and two O atoms of two water mol-ecules, in a distorted octa-hedral environment; the two water mol-ecules occupy the apical positions. In the crystal structure, the ionic units and water mol-ecules are linked through O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, leading to the formation of a three-dimensional network. In addition, π-π inter-actions between a pyridine ring of the dmphen ligand and the benzene ring of the hydroxy-benzoate anion [centroid-centroid separation = 3.

(2,9-Dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')bis-(2-hydroxy-benzoato-κO)copper(II).

The Cu(II) atoms in the two independent mol-ecules of the title compound, [Cu(C(7)H(5)O(3))(2)(C(14)H(12)N(2))], are each coordinated by a bidentate 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (dmphen) mol-ecule and two monodentate 2-hydroxy-benzoate anions in a distorted tetra-hedral geometry. The crystal packing is stabilized by intra-molecular hydrogen bonding and π-π inter-actions between the dmphen rings of neighboring mol-ecules, with distances between their ring planes of 3.5670 (4) and 3.

(2,9-Dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline-κN,N')(4-hydroxy-benzoato-κO,O')(nitrato-κO)copper(II).

In the title compound, [Cu(C(7)H(5)O(3))(NO(3))(C(14)H(12)N(2))], the Cu(II) ion is five-coordinated in a slightly distorted square-pyramidal geometry by one O atom of a nitrate anion, two O atoms of a 4-hydroxy-benzoate anion, and two N atoms from a bidentate 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (dmphen) ligand. In the crystal structure, inversion-related mol-ecules are linked into dimers by O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The packing is further stabilized by π-π inter-actions involving the benzene rings of the dmphen and hydroxy-benzoate units, with centroid-centroid distances of 3.