Comprehensive evaluation of an ionic liquid based deep purification process for NH-containing industrial gas.

Ammonia (NH) emission has caused serious environment issues and aroused worldwide concern. The emerging ionic liquid (IL) provides a greener way to efficiently capture NH. This paper provides rigorous process simulation, optimization and assessment for a novel NH deep purification process using IL.

Prestaining of glycoproteins in sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gels by dansylhydrazine.

A new fluorescent prestaining method for gel-separated glycoproteins in 1D and 2D SDS-PAGE was developed by using dansylhydrazine in this study. The prestained gels could be easily imaged after electrophoresis without any time-consuming steps needed for poststains. As low as 4-8 ng glycoproteins (transferrin, α1-acid glycoprotein) could be selectively detected, which is comparable to that of Pro-Q Emerald 488, one of the most commonly used glycoprotein stain.

Improved conditions for periodate/Schiff's base-based fluorescent staining of glycoproteins with dansylhydrazine in SDS-PAGE.

An improved periodate/Schiff's base based fluorescent stain with dansylhydrazine (DH) for glycoproteins in 1D and 2D SDS-PAGE was described. Down to 4-8 ng of glycoproteins can be selectively detected within 2 h, which is approximately 16-fold higher than that of original protocol, but similar to that of Pro-Q Emerald 488 stain (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, USA). Furthermore, subsequent study of deglycosylation, glycoprotein affinity isolation, and LC-MS/MS analysis were performed to confirm the specificity of the improved method.

Proteomic study on the protective mechanism of fibroblast growth factor 21 to ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-21 is a novel regulator of insulin-independent glucose transport in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and has glucose and triglyceride lowering effects in rodent models of diabetes. In this study, we found that FGF-21 can significantly attenuate ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) induced damage in H9c2 cells (rat heart). However, it is unclear which signal transduction pathway is involved in the cardioprotective effect of FGF-21.

Fluorescent staining of protein in sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gels by salicylaldehyde azine.

As a non-covalent fluorescence probe, in this study, salicylaldehyde azine (SA) was introduced as a sensitive fluorescence-based dye for detecting proteins both in 1-D and 2-D polyacrylamide electrophoresis gels. Down to 0.2 ng of single protein band could be detected within 1 h, which similars to that of glutaraldehyde (GA)-silver stain, but approximately four times higher than that of SYPRO Ruby fluorescent stain.