Measurements were made through underwater weighing on the body compo-sition of 40 ordinary male students (Group 1) and another 50 majoring inphysical education (Group 2). Two simple equations were worked out forestimating the percentage of fat with figures of their skinfolds and circum-ferences. The average percentage of fat and lean body weight were found to be11.76% and 54.3 kg respectively for Group 1, and 9.83% and 59.7 kg forGroup 2. With F standing for the percentage of fat, t for triceps skinfold and s forsuprailiac skinfold, the equation derived from Group 1 was F=2.44523 +0.99009t + 0.46426s, and that derived from Group 2 was F=1.16283t+0.54526s--0.21702 In underwater weighing, the mean percentage of fat was 9.70 ? 2.19 with anormal amount of inhaled air and 9.24 ? 2.46 with a maximal amount. Theinsignificant difference indicates that the normal inhalation method is wor-kable and more acceptable to the subjects.

The method of under--water weighing was used to measure the body composition of seventeen rhythmicgymnasts and four ordinary women. The average fat percentage was found to be 19. 0% in the gymoasts and26. 4% in the non--gytnnasts. The fat oercentage in the body composition of an athlete is not directly proportional to her body weight.It is inversely proportional to her training level. Therefore, in evaluating the physical condition of an athlete,her fat percentage must be taken into account. An artistic gymnast who is reducing bodyweight shows a negative energy belance of 50. 5% and insuffi-cient intake of protein and vitamins. Reduction of bodyweight should therefore be carried out under medicalsupervision.

The production efficiency of microbial cell factory is determined by the growth performance, product synthetic capacity, and stress resistance of the strain. Strengthening the stress resistance is the key point to improve the production efficiency of microbial cell factory. Tolerance engineering is based on the response mechanism of microbial cell factory to resist stress. Specifically, it consolidates the cell wall-cell membrane barrier to enhance the defense against stress, accelerates the stress response to improve the damage repair, and creates tolerance evolutionary tools to screen industrial microorganisms with enhanced robustness. We summarize the regulation strategies and forecast the prospects of tolerance engineering, which plays an important role in the microbial cell factories for sustainable production of natural products and bulk chemicals.
Cell Membrane ; Metabolic Engineering

Humans ; Adsorption ; MicroRNAs/genetics* ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Colorectal Neoplasms/genetics* ; RNA, Long Noncoding ; Cell Proliferation ; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic

Colorectal Neoplasms/genetics* ; Gene Expression ; Humans ; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; RNA, Long Noncoding/genetics*

Humans ; Colorectal Neoplasms/genetics* ; Esophageal Neoplasms ; Genetic Predisposition to Disease ; Genotype ; Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C/genetics* ; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide

OBJECTIVETo study effects of three pentacyclic triterpenoids, oleanolic acid (OA), ursolic acid (UA) and asiatic acid (AA) on Ca(2+)-induced liver mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT).

METHODEffects of three compounds on liver MPT induced by Ca2+ were assessed by measuring the change in mitochondrial swelling, mitochondrial membrane potential and release of matrix Ca2+ in vitro.

RESULTObvious mitochondrial swelling, loss of mitochondrial membrane potential and release of matrix Ca2+ occurred after the addition of 50 micromol x L(-1) Ca2+. However, preincubation with 50 mg x L(-1) OA, UA or AA significantly blocked the above changes. In addition, it was also found that there are differences in the inhibitions of three compounds on liver MPT induced by Ca2+.

CONCLUSIONThree pentacyclic triterpenoids, OA, UA and AA, have significant mitochondrial protection through blocking on liver MPT and the inhibition on liver MPT of AA is stronger than that of UA and OA.

Animals ; Calcium ; metabolism ; pharmacology ; Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial ; drug effects ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred ICR ; Mitochondria, Liver ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins ; drug effects ; Mitochondrial Swelling ; drug effects ; Pentacyclic Triterpenes ; pharmacology

Objective To explore the bacteriostatic efficacy of snake venom antibacterial peptide OH-CATH and chitosan as ar-tificial implant coating on escherichia coli (E .coli) .Methods The catheters and dacron patches (blank group ,chitosan group ,cef-operazone group and antibacterial peptide group) were performed the pretreatment .Then the in vitro bacteriostatic test was conduc-ted to evaluate the antibacterial activity U value on E .coli ATCC 25922 and cephalosporin-resistant E .coli on 1 d and on 7 d after putting it into plasma .Results The cefoperazone group and the antibiotic peptide group had the very powerful antibacterial activity on E .coli ATCC 25922 on 1 ,7 d ,but the antibacterial activity of the cefoperazone group was stronger than that of the antibiotic peptide group(P<0 .05);the cefoperazone group had no antibacterial activity on cephalosporin-resistant E .coli ,but the antibiotic peptide group had significantly antibacterial activity on 1 ,7 d(P<0 .01) .Conclusion Snake venom antibacterial peptide OH-CATH has very obvious antibacterial effect on the standard strain and drug-resistant strain of E .coli and its value applied in artificial im-plant coating is affirmed .

Objective:To assess the left ventricular (LV) systolic function in amateur marathoners by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography.Methods:A total of 59 amateur marathon runners were recruited from January 2019 to June 2020 in Hangzhou and were divided into group A (>2-5 years) and group B (>5 years) based on their time of participating in marathon. Thirty-one healthy volunteers were enrolled from Affiliate Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University during the same period as a control group. Conventional echocardiography combined with two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging were applied to all the subjects to obtain interventricular septum diastolic thickness (IVSd), LV posterior wall thickness(PWd), LV end-diastolic diameter (LVEDd), relative wall thickness(RWT) and LV mass(LVM), LV end-diastolic volume(EDV), LV end-systolic volume(ESV) and stroke volume(SV), LV ejection fraction(LVEF), LV global longitudinal strain (GLS), and global circumferential strain (GCS). Pre-marathon, 1 hour and 4th day post-marathon echocardiography were performed in amateur marathon runners.Results:Compared with the control group, group A amateur marathon runners showed significant increases in IVSd, PWd, LVEDd, RWT and LVM(all P<0.05); In addition, the IVSd, PWd, LVEDd, RWT, LVM, EDV, ESV and SV in group B runners were further increased compared to those of group A runners (all P<0.01). The LVEF and pre-marathon GCS showed no statistically significant differences among the three groups (all P>0.05), while the pre-marathon GLS showed a statistically significant difference among the three groups ( P<0.01). Compared with group A runners, the pre-marathon, 1 hour and 4th day post-marathon GLS and 1 hour post-marathon GCS were significantly decreased in group B runners (all P<0.01); In intra-group comparison, 1 hour post-marathon GLS was significantly decreased in relative to pre-marathon and 4th day post-marathon GLS in both group A and B (all P<0.05). One hour post-marathon GCS was significantly decreased compared with pre-marathon GCS in group B ( P<0.05). Conclusions:Amateur runners who have participated in long time marathon have reduced LV longitudinal strains and transient post-marathon decreases in LV systolic function.

BACKGROUNDThe dust mites, which are mostly represented by Dermatophagoides spp. (Acari: Pyroglyphidae), are the major sources of indoor allergens. Identification and characterization of these mite allergen molecules are an important step in the development of new effective diagnostic procedures and possible therapeutic strategies for allergic disorders associated with dust mites.

METHODSTotal RNA was extracted from Dermatophagoides farinae. The gene coding for Der f 3 was amplified by RT-PCR with the primers designed based on previous sequence published in GenBank. The target gene was cloned intermediately into pMD19-T plasmid and finally into plasmid pET28a (+), expressed in E. coli BL21 at the aid of the inducer isopropyl-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG). The physicochemical properties, spatial structure of the allergen were analyzed with bioinformatics software.

RESULTSThe cDNA coding for group 3 allergen of Dermatophagoides farinae from China was cloned and expressed successfully. Sequencing analysis showed that there were nineteen mismatched nucleotides in five Der f 3 cDNA clones in comparison with the reference (GenBank Accession No. AY283291), which resulted in deduced amino acid sequence incompatibility in eleven residues. Bioinformatics analysis revealed that the Der f 3 pro-protein was an extracellular hydrophobic protein, consisting of 259 amino acids with a 16 amino acid signal peptide. The protein was deduced to have three chymotrypsin active sites (53-68 AA, 108-122 AA and 205-217 AA), one N-glycosylation site, one cAMP- and cGMP-dependent protein kinase phosphorylation site, four protein kinase C phosphorylation sites, two casein kinase II phosphorylation sites, and five N-myristoylation sites.

CONCLUSIONSDer f 3 is an extracellular hydrophobic protein which possesses multiple activation and phosphorylation sites. Polymorphism may exist in the Der f 3 gene but this needs to be further confirmed in the future.

Allergens ; chemistry ; genetics ; metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Antigens, Dermatophagoides ; chemistry ; genetics ; metabolism ; Blotting, Western ; Cloning, Molecular ; Computational Biology ; Dermatophagoides farinae ; genetics ; Escherichia coli ; genetics ; metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid