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Multiple gRNAs-assisted CRISPR/Cas12a-based portable aptasensor enabling glucometer readout for amplification-free and quantitative detection of malathion.
Anal Chim Acta
March 2025
College of New Energy Materials and Chemistry, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, Sichuan, 614000, PR China; Sichuan Province Key Laboratory of Natural Products and Small Molecule Synthesis, Leshan, Sichuan, 614000, PR China. Electronic address:
Background: The threat of toxic malathion residues to human health has always been a serious food safety issue. The CRISPR/Cas system represents an innovative detection technology for pesticide residues, but its application to malathion detection has not been reported yet. In addition, the multiple-guide RNA (gRNA) powered-CRISPR/Cas biosensor has the advantages of being fast, sensitive and does not require pre-amplification.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVariable peptide processing of a Conus (Asprella) neocostatus α-conotoxin generates bioactive toxiforms that are potent against distinct nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes.
Biochem Pharmacol
January 2025
The Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City 1101, Philippines. Electronic address:
Conusvenoms are composed of peptides that are commonly post-translationally modified, increasing their chemical diversity beyond what is encoded in the genome and enhancing their potency and selectivity. This study describes how PTMs alter an α-conotoxin's selectivity for specific nAChR subtypes. Venom from the cone snailConus(Asprella)neocostatuswas fractionated using high-performance liquid chromatography and tested using a behavioral intracranial mouse bioassay and a cholinergic calcium imaging assay using SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTrafficking of Muscarinic 1 Acetylcholine Receptor Regulated by VPS35 in Alzheimer's Disease.
Curr Alzheimer Res
January 2025
Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen Medical College, Fujian, 361000, China.
Introduction: Muscarinic 1 acetylcholine receptor (M1AChR) is a member of the Gprotein- coupled receptor superfamily, with the dysfunction being linked to the onset of Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
Aims: Retromer complex with Vacuolar Protein Sorting-35 (VPS35) as the core plays an important role in the transport of biological proteins and has been confirmed to be closely related to the pathogenesis of AD. This study was designed to determine whether VPS35 could affect the trafficking mechanism of M1AChRs.
On the Influence of Additives and Modifiers on the Chiral HPLC Separation of the Enantiomers of Nicotine.
Chirality
February 2025
Daicel Chiral Technologies, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.
The influence of additives and modifiers on the chiral HPLC separation of the nicotine enantiomers using UV/Vis detection is discussed. Selected alcohols as modifiers and selected amines as additives were found to have a significant effect on the resolution and retention times of nicotine enantiomers even to the point of eliminating component elution. Systematic variations in the concentration of ethanol, methanol, and isopropanol, as modifiers, along with variations in the concentration of diethylamine, triethylamine, tributylamine, ethylenediamine, isopropylamine, as additives, revealed that the average resolution (R) of the nicotine enantiomers ranged from 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground white noise increases neuronal activity by reducing membrane fluctuations and slow-wave oscillations in auditory cortex.
Prog Neurobiol
January 2025
Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, Basel 4056, Switzerland. Electronic address:
The brain faces the challenging task of preserving a consistent portrayal of the external world in the face of disruptive sensory inputs. What alterations occur in sensory representation amidst noise, and how does brain activity adapt to it? Although it has previously been shown that background white noise (WN) decreases responses to salient sounds, a mechanistic understanding of the brain processes responsible for such changes is lacking. We investigated the effect of background WN on neuronal spiking activity, membrane potential, and network oscillations in the mouse central auditory system.
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