57 research outputs found
Analisis Penentuan Kualitas Air Dan Status Mutu Sungai Progo Hulu Kabupaten Temanggung
Progo Hulu River is the main river in Progo watershed, Temanggung Regency. It was estimated that human activities have some important contributions in its water quality degradation, for example housings/settlement, agricultural, industry, etc. This research was aimed to analize Progo Hulu River which focused on (1) river water quality, (2) some factors that cause the different effects of each segment concentration, and (3) water quality status for every segment. The river water quality was observed in 12 sampling-points and then it compared with water quality standart according to the Government Act No. 82/2001. This research also describes water quality status used STORET and Pollution Index method based on Ministry Decree No. 115/2003. As result, Fecal Coliform become a dominant parameter that caused pollution in first class water quality, whereas Ammonia and Fecal Coliform caused pollution in second, third, and fourth class water quality with a main pollution source from domestic and ranch wastes. Besides, water quality status showed it has been modaretely polluted in first class water quality status and lightly- modaretely polluted in second, third, and fourth class water quality status
Additional file 1 of The association between trimethylamine N-oxide levels and ischemic stroke occurrence: a meta-analysis and Mendelian randomization study
Additional file 1: Table S1. Search stratages for literatures applied in the meta-analysis. Table S2. Genetic IVs for TMAO. Table S3. Estimation of Wald ratio between each SNP related to TMAO and risk of IS. Table S4. Heterogeneity analysis using Cochran’s Q test. Table S5. Horizontal pleiotropy analysis using the intercept of MR-Egger regression test
Additional file 4: Figure S4. of Physiological and proteomic analyses of the drought stress response in Amygdalus Mira (Koehne) Yü et Lu roots
Semi-quantitative PCR analysis of eleven genes and ACTIN of Amygdalus mira (Koehne) Yü et Lu roots during drought stress and recovery period, respectively. (DOC 201 kb
Planar Chiral Ferrocene Cyclopalladated Derivatives Induce Caspase-Dependent Apoptosis and Antimetastasis in Cancer Cells
A series of planar
chiral ferrocene cyclopalladated compounds were
synthesized and characterized. The absolute configurations of four
compounds were determined by single-crystal X-ray analysis. The cytotoxic
activities of the synthesized compounds and cisplatin exhibited different
inhibition potencies on the viability of human liver, breast, and
colon cancer cell lines. The dinuclear compound <b>7</b> was
16-fold more potent than cisplatin in hepatoma cells. Compound <b>7</b> was also more effective than cisplatin in the inhibition
of hepatoma cell metastasis. Flow cytometry analysis and caspase activity
assays indicated that compound <b>7</b> exerted antiproliferative
activity in cancer cells through the induction of caspase-dependent
apoptosis
Fluorescent Binary Ensemble Based on Pyrene Derivative and Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Assemblies as a Chemical Tongue for Discriminating Metal Ions and Brand Water
Enormous effort has
been put to the detection and recognition of
various heavy metal ions due to their involvement in serious environmental
pollution and many major diseases. The present work has developed
a single fluorescent sensor ensemble that can distinguish and identify
a variety of heavy metal ions. A pyrene-based fluorophore (<b>PB</b>) containing a metal ion receptor group was specially designed and
synthesized. Anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) assemblies
can effectively adjust its fluorescence behavior. The selected binary
ensemble based on <b>PB</b>/SDS assemblies can exhibit multiple
emission bands and provide wavelength-based cross-reactive responses
to a series of metal ions to realize pattern recognition ability.
The combination of surfactant assembly modulation and the receptor
for metal ions empowers the present sensor ensemble with strong discrimination
power, which could well differentiate 13 metal ions, including Cu<sup>2+</sup>, Co<sup>2+</sup>, Ni<sup>2+</sup>, Cr<sup>3+</sup>, Hg<sup>2+</sup>, Fe<sup>3+</sup>, Zn<sup>2+</sup>, Cd<sup>2+</sup>, Al<sup>3+</sup>, Pb<sup>2+</sup>, Ca<sup>2+</sup>, Mg<sup>2+</sup>, and
Ba<sup>2+</sup>. Moreover, this single sensing ensemble could be further
applied for identifying different brands of drinking water
Discrimination of Metalloproteins by a Mini Sensor Array Based on Bispyrene Fluorophore/Surfactant Aggregate Ensembles
Fluorescent sensor arrays with pattern
recognition ability have been widely used to detect and identify multiple
chemically similar analytes. In the present work, two particular bispyrene
fluorophores containing hydrophilic oligoÂ(oxyethylene) spacer, <b>6</b> and <b>4</b>, were synthesized, but one is with and
the other is without cholesterol unit. Their ensembles with cationic
surfactant (CTAB) assemblies realize multiple fluorescence responses
to different metalloproteins, including hemoglobin, myoglobin, ferritin,
cytochrome <i>c</i>, and alcohol dehydrogenase. The combination
of fluorescence variation at monomer and excimer emission of the two
binary sensor ensembles enables the mini sensor array to provide a
specific fingerprint pattern to each metalloprotein. Linear discriminant
analysis shows that the two-ensemble-sensor-based array could well
discriminate the five tested metalloproteins. The present work realizes
using a mini sensor array to accomplish discrimination of complex
analytes like proteins. They also display a very high sensitivity
to the tested metalloproteins with detection limits in the range of
picomolar concentration
Using RNA interference to knock down expression of eEF1B subunits.
<p>Immunoblots of protein extracts from cell lines after RNA interference. Panel A: eEF1Bα, eEF1Bδ and eEF1Bγ protein level efficiently knocked down by three different siRNAs in HeLa cells 72 h after transfection. GAPDH was used as a loading control. Panel B: eEF1Bα, eEF1Bδ and eEF1Bγ protein level efficiently knocked down by three different siRNAs in HCT116 and DLD1 cells 72 h after transfection. GAPDH was used as a loading control.</p
Viability and cell cycle distribution of cells after ablation of eEF1B subunits.
<p>Panel A: A decrease in cellular metabolism is observed when any of the eEF1B subunit protein level is decreased by siRNAs in HeLa, HTC116 and DLD1 cells. Cell metabolism was assessed by the Alamar blue assay. Data were obtained from the mean of three or more independent experiments in HeLa, HCT116 and DLD1 cells, with more than 10 wells each. Error bars indicate +- SEM; n of wells>10; n = 3−4; *, P<0.05; ***, P<0.001 from non-targeting siRNA. Panel B: Knockdown of eEF1B subunits leads to altered cell cycle profile in three cell lines: representative images of the flow cytometry analysis. Error bars indicate +- SEM; n = 3; *, P<0.05; **, P<0.01 of non-targeting siRNA.</p
Expression in mouse spinal cord.
<p>IF images of the expression of eEF1A2 and eEF1Bα (top panel) or eEF1Bδ (bottom panel) on mouse spinal cord.</p
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