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Carteolol hydrochloride reduces visible light-induced retinal damage in?vivo and BSO/glutamate-induced oxidative stress in?vitro
摘要： The purpose of this study was to determine whether carteolol eye drops, a b-adrenoceptor antagonist used as an intraocular hypotensive agent, has protective effects against the light-induced oxidative stress in retina. Dark-adapted pigmented rats were pre-treated with topical carteolol ophthalmic solution or saline and then exposed to visible light. The effects on electroretinogram (ERG), morphology, oxidative stress, and expression of mRNAs in the retinas were determined. The L-buthionine-(S,R)-sulfoximine (BSO)/glutamate-induced oxidative stress in 661 W cells, a murine photoreceptor cell line, was evaluated by cell death assays, production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and activation of caspase. In vivo studies showed that exposure to light caused a decrease in the amplitudes of ERGs and the outer nuclear layer (ONL) thickness and an increase of the 8-hydroxy-20-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG)-positive cells in the ONL. These changes were significantly reduced by pre-treatment with carteolol. Carteolol also significantly up-regulated the mRNA levels of thioredoxin 1 and glutathione peroxidase 1 compared to saline-treated group. Moreover, carteolol and timolol, another b-adrenoceptor antagonist, significantly inhibited BSO/glutamate-induced cell death and reduced caspase-3/7 activity and ROS production in vitro. Therefore, carteolol could protect retina from light-induced damage with multiple effects such as enhancing the antioxidative potential and decreasing the intracellular ROS production.
关键词： Antioxidative potential,Oxidative stress,Carteolol hydrochloride,Light-induced retinal damage,Reactive oxygen species
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Carrier behavior in the vicinity of pit defects in GaN characterized by ultraviolet light-assisted Kelvin probe force microscopy
摘要： Surface potentials in the vicinity of V-pits (cone bottom) and U-pits (blunt bottom) on epitaxial GaN surface have been systematically studied using ultraviolet (UV) light-assisted Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM). The band structure models are established to understand variation of the surface potentials at the pits and planar surface with and without UV light. The photo-generated carrier behavior at the pit defects is studied. According to the surface potential results, it can be deduced that the carrier distributions around the V- and U-pits are uneven. In dark, the electron concentration at the bottom of V-pit (30n0) and U-pit (15n0) are higher than that at planar surface (n0). Under UV light, for V-pit, the electron concentration at the cone bottom (4.93×1011n0) is lower than that at the surrounding planar surface (5.68×1013n0). For U-pit, the electron concentration at the blunt bottom is 1.35×1012n0, which is lower than that at the surrounding planar surface (6.13×1013n0). The non-equilibrium electron concentrations at different locations are calculated. Based on the non-equilibrium electron concentration, it can be concluded that the carrier recombination rate at pit defects is higher than that at planar surface.
关键词： pit defects,electron concentration,surface potential
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Cholesterol Functionalization of Gold Nanoparticles Enhances Photo-Activation of Neural Activity
摘要： Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) attached to the extracellular leaflet of the plasma membrane of neurons can enable the generation of action potentials (APs) in response to brief pulses of light. Recently described techniques to stably bind AuNP bioconjugates directly to membrane proteins (ion channels) in neurons enable robust AP generation mediated by the photoexcited conjugate. However, a strategy that binds the AuNP to the plasma membrane in a non-protein-specific manner could represent a simple, single-step means of establishing light-responsiveness in multiple types of excitable neurons contained in the same tissue. Based on the ability of cholesterol to insert into the plasma membrane, here we test whether AuNP functionalization with linear dihydrolipoic acid-poly(ethylene) glycol (DHLA-PEG) chains that are distally terminated with cholesterol (AuNP-PEG-Chol) can enable light-induced AP generation in neurons. Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons of rat were labelled with 20 nm diameter spherical AuNP-PEG-Chol conjugates wherein ~30% of the surface ligands (DHLA-PEG-COOH) were conjugated to PEG-Chol. Voltage recordings under current-clamp conditions showed that DRG neurons labeled in this manner exhibited a capacity for AP generation in response to microsecond and millisecond pulses of 532 nm light, a property attributable to the close tethering of AuNP-PEG-Chol conjugates to the plasma membrane facilitated by the cholesterol moiety. Light-induced AP and subthreshold depolarizing responses of the DRG neurons were similar to those previously described for AuNP conjugates targeted to channel proteins using large, multicomponent immunoconjugates. This likely reflected the AuNP-PEG-Chol’s ability, upon plasmonic light absorption and resultant slight and rapid heating of the plasma membrane, to induce a concomitant transmembrane depolarizing capacitive current. Notably, AuNP-PEG-Chol delivered to DRG neurons by inclusion in the buffer contained in the recording pipette/electrode enabled similar light-responsiveness, consistent with the activity of AuNP-PEG-Chol bound to the inner (cytofacial) leaflet of the plasma membrane. Our results demonstrate the ability of AuNP-PEG-Chol conjugates to confer timely stable and direct responsiveness to light in neurons. Further, this strategy represents a general approach for establishing excitable cell photosensitivity that could be of substantial advantage for exploring a given tissue’s suitability for AuNP-mediated photo-control of neural activity.
关键词： nanoparticle functionalization,cholesterol,action potential,neural photo-activation,optocapacitance,gold nanoparticles,photosensitivity,dorsal root ganglion cell
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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state of RbCs
摘要： We perform a high-resolution Fourier-transform spectroscopic study of the (4) 1Σ state of the RbCs molecule by applying two-step (4) 1Σ ← A 1Σ+ ～ b 3Π ← X 1Σ+ optical excitation followed by observation of the (4) 1Σ → X 1Σ+ laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) spectra. In many LIF progressions the collision-induced satellite rotational lines are observed, thus increasing the amount of term values and allowing us to estimate the Λ-doubling effect in the (4) 1Σ state. The direct potential fit (DPF) of experimental term values of 777 rovibronic levels of both 85RbCs and 87RbCs isotopologues is performed by means of the robust weighted nonlinear least-squares method. The DPF analysis based on the adiabatic approximation and analytical expanded Morse oscillator potential reveals numerous regular shifts in the measured level positions. The spectroscopic studies of the (4) 1Σ state are supported by the electronic structure calculations including the potential energy curves of the singlet- and triplet-state manifold and spin-allowed transition dipole moments. The subsequent estimates of radiative lifetimes and corresponding vibronic branching ratios elucidate a dominant contribution of the (4) 1Σ → A ～ b channel into the total radiative decay of the (4) 1Σ state. The relative intensity distributions simulated for (4) 1Σ → X 1Σ+ LIF progressions agree well with their observed counterparts even for the profoundly shifted levels of the entirely perturbed (4) 1Σ state. To get insight into the origin of the intramolecular perturbations, the relevant spin-orbit- and L-uncoupling electronic matrix elements are evaluated.
关键词： electronic structure calculations,Fourier-transform spectroscopy,RbCs molecule,perturbed state,direct potential fit,laser-induced fluorescence,radiative properties
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Protein-Protein Interactions of Highly Concentrated Monoclonal Antibody Solutions via Static Light Scattering and Influence on the Viscosity
摘要： The ability to design and formulate mAbs to minimize attractive interactions at high concentrations is important for protein processing, stability and administration, particularly in subcutaneous delivery, where high viscosities are often challenging. The strength of protein-protein interactions (PPI) of an IgG1 and IgG4 monoclonal antibody (mAb) from low to high concentration were determined by static light scattering (SLS) and used to understand viscosity data. The PPI were tuned using NaCl and five organic ionic co-solutes. The PPI strength was quantified by the normalized structure factor S(0)/S(0)HS and Kirkwood-Buff integral G22/G22,HS (HS = hard sphere) determined from the SLS data, and also by fits with (1) a spherical Yukawa potential and (2) an interacting hard sphere (IHS) model, which describes attraction in terms of hypothetical oligomers. The IHS model was better able to capture the scattering behavior of the more strongly-interacting systems (mAb and/or co-solute) than the spherical Yukawa potential. For each descriptor of PPI, linear correlations were obtained between the viscosity at high concentration (200 mg/mL) and the interaction strengths evaluated both at low (20 mg/mL) and high concentration (200 mg/mL) for a given mAb. However, the only parameter that provided a correlation across both mAbs was the oligomer mass ratio (moligomer/mmonomer+dimer) from the IHS model, indicating the importance of self-association (in addition to the direct influence of the attractive PPI) on the viscosity.
关键词： Protein-protein interactions,static light scattering,co-solutes,monoclonal antibody,viscosity,interacting hard sphere model,Yukawa potential
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Measurement of Forces between Supported Cationic Bilayers by Colloid Probe Atomic Force Microscopy: Electrolyte Concentration and Composition
摘要： The interactions between supported cationic surfactant bilayers were measured by colloidal probe atomic force spectroscopy, and the effect of different halide salts was investigated. Di(alkylisopropylester)dimethylammonium methylsulfate (DIPEDMAMS) bilayers were fabricated by the vesicle fusion technique on muscovite mica. The interactions between the bilayers were measured in increasing concentrations of NaCl, NaBr, NaI, and CaCl2. In NaCl, the bilayer interactions were repulsive at all concentrations investigated, and the Debye length and surface potential were observed to decrease with increasing concentration. The interactions were found to follow the electrical double layer (EDL) component of DLVO theory well. However, van der Waals forces were not detected; instead, a strong hydration repulsion was observed at short separations. CaCl2 had a similar effect on the interactions as NaCl. NaBr and NaI were observed to be more efficient at decreasing surface potential than the chloride salts, with the efficacy increasing with the ionic radius.
关键词： supported bilayers,DLVO theory,Debye length,surface potential,halide salts,colloidal probe atomic force spectroscopy
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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The Investigation of WGM Effective Potential from Micro PANDA Ring Resonator
摘要： In this work, the whispering gallery mode effective potential generated by micro PANDA ring resonator for a two level system of atom–electric field coupling is investigated and presented. The depth of trapping potential is proportional to electric intensity and damping rate of transition of dipole polarization. The trial harmonics potential well is established by using dipole potential under ac Stark effect. The optimum intensity and lifetime for each WGM trapping wavelengths under the effect of thermal noise is reported.
关键词： optical tweezers,Trapping potential,atomic qubit
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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A Production-Accessible Method: Spectrophotometric Iron Speciation in Wine Using Ferrozine and Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid
摘要： Wine oxidation is reported to be linked to the iron species present in the wine, but spectrophotometric speciation is plagued by unstable measurements due to alterations to the reduction potential of iron by complexing agents. Ferrozine raises the reduction potential of iron by complexing preferentially to iron(II), inducing the reduction of iron(III) during analysis; here, EDTA is added to chelate iron(III) and to stabilize the forms of iron. Bisulfite addition allows the use of ferrozine for red wine analysis by mitigating color interference. Measurements agree with values from a previous method for iron(II) and from FAAS for total iron. Spike recoveries were in the range of 103.5?110.1%. The method is linear for iron concentrations in the range of 0.10?6.00 mg L?1 and offers good precision (CV 0.4?10.1%) and low limits of detection (0.02 mg L?1) and quantification (0.06 mg L?1). The method demonstrated changes to iron speciation during the oxygenation of red wines.
关键词： reduction potential,oxidation,wine,spectrophotometry,ferrozine,iron speciation
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Correlation imaging in inverse scattering is tomography on probability distributions
摘要： Scattering from a non-smooth random field on the time domain is studied for plane waves that propagate simultaneously through the potential in variable angles. We first derive sufficient conditions for stochastic moments of the field to be recovered from empirical correlations between amplitude measurements of the leading singularities, detected in the exterior of a region where the potential is almost surely supported. The result is then applied to show that if two sufficiently regular random fields yield the same correlations, they have identical laws as function-valued random variables.
关键词： random potential,scattering,inverse problems,partial differential equations
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Nanostars on Nanopipettes: A Raman Probe for Quantifying Oxygen Levels in Hypoxia in Single Cells and Tumors
摘要： Multiple sharp-edged gold nanostars were efficiently assembled on nanopipette tips by 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APTES) via an electrostatic interaction for a potent intracellular hypoxia-sensing Raman probe. Colloidal stability and surface immobilization was checked using scanning electron microscopy, light scattering and zeta potential measurements. Site-specific intracellular hypoxia levels can be estimated in vitro and in vivo using Raman lancets (RL). Distinct Raman spectral changes for the nitro-(NO2) functional group of the redox maker 4-nitrothiophenol (4NTP) can be quantified according to the intracellular oxygen (O2) contents, ranging from 1% to 10%. Facile removal of RL from cells can be achieved after a short measurement time. Redox potential changes in mitochondrial respiration could also be examined using serial injection of inhibitors. Three-dimensional (3D)-cultured cells and in vivo tests were used to validate our methods of measuring tumour hypoxia; potential applications were validated in terms of judging the aggressiveness of cancer cells by differentiating spectral changes between malignant and benign cells.
关键词： Hypoxia,Intracellular redox potential,Cancer aggressiveness,Nanopipette lancets,Surface enhanced resonance Raman
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52