Correction: Single nanosheet can sustainably generate oxygen and inhibit respiration simultaneously in cancer cells.

Correction for 'Single nanosheet can sustainably generate oxygen and inhibit respiration simultaneously in cancer cells' by Wei-Qiang Huang et al., Mater. Horiz.

Single nanosheet can sustainably generate oxygen and inhibit respiration simultaneously in cancer cells.

In a tumor, the abnormal cancer cell proliferation results in an insufficient O supply, and meanwhile cancer cells consume O very fast. The imbalance between a low oxygen supply and overwhelming oxygen consumption results in a low oxygen concentration in solid tumors. Therefore, in order to relieve hypoxia in tumors, it is necessary to not only sustainably generate O, but also inhibit mitochondrial respiration simultaneously.

Facile Multicomponent Polymerization and Postpolymerization Modification via an Effective Meldrum's Acid-Based Three-Component Reaction.

Providing access to highly diverse polymer structures by multicomponent reactions is highly desirable; efficient Meldrum's acid-based multicomponent reactions, however, have been rarely highlighted in polymer chemistry. Here, the three-component reaction of Meldrum's acid, indole, and aldehyde is introduced into polymer synthesis. Direct multicomponent polymerization of Meldrum's acid, dialdehyde, and diindole can perform under mild conditions, resulting in complex Meldrum's acid-containing polymers with well-defined structures, and high molecular weights.

Interactions in DNA Condensation: An Important Factor for Improving the Efficacy of Gene Transfection.

The rapid developments of gene therapy are benefit from the construction of efficient gene vectors, which help therapy genes efficiently overcome the barriers in the transport and transfection. Condensing DNA into nanoparticles is a crucial role in gene transfection, and the electrostatic interactions of synthetic cationic liposomes and cationic polymers with DNA are generally used for condensing DNA. Recent research has shown that the introduction of the hydrophobic interaction, hydrogen bonding, and coordinative interactions to the gene delivery vectors is also very important for DNA condensation, delivery, and transfection.

[shRNAs driven by K14 promoter induce tissue-specific RNA interference].

RNA interference is an efficient method for exploring gene function. Accumulating evidence suggests that RNA Pol II promoters can direct cell- or tissue-specific gene silencing. A eGFP-shRNA fusion construct transcribed from an RNA Pol II promoter (K14 promoter) was used to induce gene-specific shRNA silencing ofBMP4 gene expression.

Pig large tumor suppressor 2 (Lats2), a novel gene that may regulate the fat reduction in adipocyte.

Clenbuterol, a Beta(2)-adrenoceptor agonist, has been proven to be a powerful repartition agent that can decrease fat deposition. Based on results from our previous cDNA microarray experiment of pig clenbuterol administration, a novel up-regulated EST was full-length cloned (4859 bp encoding 1041 amino acids) and found to be the pig homolog of large tumor suppressor 2 (Lats2). We mapped pig Lats2 to chromosome 11p13-14 by using FISH, and western blotting demonstrated that pig Lats2 protein was most abundant in adipose.

[Effects of Sargassum confusum polysaccharide on the expression of p53 and Rb genes in mouse sarcoma S180 cells].

Objective: To investigate effects of Sargassum confusum polysaccharide (SP) on the expressions of p53 and Rb genes.

Methods: The mice bearing S180 sarcoma were treated with abdominal SP injection at the daily dose of 50, 100 or 200 mg/kg for 10 consecutive days, The mice injected with 0.85% saline served as the negative control group and those with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) injection as the positive control group.

[Separation, purification and spectrum analysis of SHP].

Crude SHP was obtained from extracting with hot water and precipitating with ethyl alcohol. Free proteins were removed by trypsinase combined with Sevage method. Different fractions were got by gel filtration chromatography.

[Extraction and analysis of gracilaria gigas Harvey polysaccharides].

Gracilaria Gigas Harvey Polysaccharides (GHPS) were extracted with hot water and sedimentated with ethanol. The amount of polysaccharides was determined by phenol-H2SO4 method. The mineral elements and molecular configuration were analysed by inductively coupled plasma (ICP) and infrared absorption spectrum (IR).

[Therapeutic effect of Seaweed Polysaccharide from Sargassum confusum on sarcoma s180 in mice and its mechanism].

Background & Objective: Previous chemotherapeutic drugs have side effects which restrict their application in treating tumors. This research was to explore the inhibitory effect of wild Seaweed Polysaccharide from Sargassum confusum (SP) on sarcoma S180 xenograft in mice and its mechanism to offer experimental basis for searching for antitumor drugs with high efficiency and low toxicity.

Methods: SP were prepared and injected abdominally in mice at the doses of 50, 100, and 200 mg/kg, respectively, for 10 days before tumor cell transplantation.

[Extraction and analysis of sargassum hemiphyllum polysaccharides].

Sargassum hemiphyllum polysaccharides (SHP) was extracted by thermal water method and the physical and chemical characters, the extraction rate, contents, compositions of SHP was studied. The result showed that SHP was ashen powder, water-soluble, insoluble in organic solvents. The reaction of iodide-potassium iodide was negative to evaluate that SHP was nonstarch polysaccharides.

[In vivo anti-tumor effect of polysaccharide from Sargassum confusum and the mechanisms].

Objective: To study the anti-tumor effects of polysaccharide from Sargassum confusum in mice and explore the possible mechanisms. Methods Forty-five mice bearing transplanted tumor S180 were used to study the effects of polysaccharide on the tumor weight, thymus gland and spleen. The changes in serum contents of SOD, glutathione peroxidase (GSH-PX) activity and malondialdehyde (MDA) content were assayed.

[FTIR study on the hypertrophicscar and normal skin tissues].

40 cases of hypertrophicscar (HS) tissues and corresponding normal skin tissues were studied by FTIR technique, and the results showed that all of the HS and normal tissues can be classified into three kinds. Furthermore, the absorption bands of biomacromolecule in collagen, protein, nucleic acid and lipid of hypertrophicscar are stronger than those of normal tissues. But there is no significant difference in A1,063/A1,548 between HS and normal tissues.