Critical role of checkpoint kinase 1 in spinal cord injury-induced motor dysfunction in mice.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating neurotraumatic condition characterized by severe motor dysfunction and paralysis. Accumulating evidence suggests that DNA damage is involved in SCI pathology. However, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive.

Hydrogen sulfide ameliorates lipopolysaccharide-induced anxiety-like behavior by inhibiting checkpoint kinase 1 activation in the hippocampus of mice.

Hydrogen sulfide (HS), an endogenous gasotransmitter, exhibits the anxiolytic roles through its anti-inflammatory effects, although its underlying mechanisms remain largely elusive. Emerging evidence has documented that cell cycle checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk1)-regulated DNA damage plays an important role in the neurodegenerative diseases; however, there are few relevant reports on the research of Chk1 in neuropsychiatric diseases. Here, we aimed to investigate the regulatory role of HS on Chk1 in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced anxiety-like behavior focusing on inflammasome activation in the hippocampus.

Correction to: Comparison of the acute toxicity, analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities and chemical composition changes in Rhizoma anemones Raddeanae caused by vinegar processing.

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Comparison of the acute toxicity, analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities and chemical composition changes in Rhizoma anemones Raddeanae caused by vinegar processing.

Background: As the dry rhizome of Anemone raddeana Regel, Rhizoma Anemones Raddeanae (RAR), which belongs to Ranunculaceae, is usually used to treat wind and cold symptoms, hand-foot disease and spasms, joint pain and ulcer pain in China. It is well known that the efficacy of RAR can be distinctly enhanced by processing with vinegar due to the reduced toxicity and side effects. However, the entry of vinegar into liver channels can cause a series of problems.

Preparation of carboxylatocalix[4]arene functionalized magnetic polyionic liquid hybrid material for the pre-concentration of phthalate esters.

In this work, we designed a novel hybrid material based on the polymerization of an ionic liquid on a magnetic core and further functionalized with carboxylatocalix[4]arene. Scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermal gravimetric-derivative thermogravimetric analysis, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffractometer, and vibrating sample magnetometer were utilized to examine the physicochemical properties of the hybrid material obtained. The material was used as the adsorbent for magnetic solid-phase extraction of phthalate esters.

Development of novel magnetic solid phase extraction materials based on Fe3O4/SiO2/poly(acrylamide-N,N'-methylene bisacrylamide)-Pluronic L64 composite microspheres and their application to the enrichment of natamycin.

Novel magnetic adsorbents based on Fe3O4/SiO2/poly(acrylamide-N,N'-methylene bisacrylamide) magnetic microspheres modified with non-ionic triblock copolymer surfactant were successfully prepared as a magnetic solid phase extraction adsorbent for the determination of trace natamycin in jam samples. The adsorbent was characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy, vibrating sample magnetometer, and X-ray diffractometer analysis, confirming that Pluronic L64 was effectively functionalized on the magnetic materials. Various experimental parameters affecting the extraction capacity were investigated including adsorbent amount, extraction time, desorption time, sample pH, and ionic strength.

Preconcentration of synthetic phenolic antioxidants by using magnetic zeolites derived with carboxylatocalix[4]arenes combined with high performance liquid chromatography.

Here, we synthesized a novel organic-inorganic hybrid material combining carboxylatocalix[4]arenes and magnetic zeolites by covalent bonding. The complex was characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction spectrometry, thermogravimetric analysis/differential thermal gravity analysis, and by using an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer and a vibrating sample magnetometer. The resulting magnetic composite was employed as a solid phase adsorbent to separate and preconcentrate synthetic phenolic antioxidants.