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Aortic dissection (AD) caused by the tear in the aortic wall threatens aorta, causing severe chest pain, syncope and even death. Fortunately, development of genetic technology provides promising approaches for AD treatment. To analyze impacts of miR-15a-5p on modulating cell viability and migratory ability of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Ang II (0, 0.05 and 0.1 μM) treatment were applied for inducing inflammatory reactions of VSMCs. RNA expressions of miR-15a-5p with Bcl-2 was examined using RT-qPCR. CCK-8 and transwell evaluated cell viability and migratory ability, respectively. The binding about miR-15a-5p with Bcl-2 were detected by luciferase reporter assay. Western blot detected protein expressions of Bcl-2, MCP-1 and MMP-9. Ang II treatment not only accelerated VSMCs viability and migratory abilities, but also upregulated MCP-1 and MMP-9 protein expressions. MiR-15a-5p was detected to be promoted by Ang II. However, miR-15a-5p inhibitor decreased VSMC cell viability and migratory ability and suppressed protein expressions of MCP-1 and MMP-9. Bcl-2 was targeted and downregulated by miR-15a-5p. Nevertheless, high VSMC cell viability and migration caused by miR-15a-5p overexpression were hindered with overexpressed Bcl-2. MiR-15a-5p mimics also elevated MCP-1 and MMP-9 protein expressions, which were inhibited by Bcl-2 upregulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the sharp decline of oil price, chemical sand control technology has become an important technical support for sand control under low oil price because of its low-cost technical advantages. However, the traditional chemical sand control technology cannot pass through the obstruction of crude oil on the sand surface, resulting in poor sand consolidation effect. Therefore, through the combination of molecular simulation technology and indoor experiments, the active sand consolidation agent for heterogeneous loose sandstone is synthesized, the influence law of the composition is analyzed, and its sand consolidation performance is evaluated. It is found that: (1) Molecular simulation shows that the active sand consolidation agent synthesized by active sand consolidation agent molecular design can contact with sand particle surface through oil film to realize strong bottom hole sand consolidation; (2) With the increase of molecular weight of epoxy resin, the water dispersion stability is improved, and the dispersion stability of epoxy resin E-44 is better than that of other resins; There is an optimal amount of initiator to minimize the particle size, and the optimal amount is 1.9%; There is an optimal amount of monomer to make the grafting rate the highest, and the amount is 1.5%; (3) With the increase of aging time, the compressive strength of solidified rock samples decreases firstly and then stabilizes, and the permeability is just the opposite; With the increase of polymer concentration, the consolidation strength of other types of sand consolidation agents decreases rapidly, and the consolidation strength of active sand consolidation agents remains basically unchanged; With the increase of formation sand particle size, the consolidation strength of sand consolidation agent decreases, but the decrease range of active sand consolidation agent is the smallest; The higher the mud content, the lower the consolidation strength of sand consolidation agent, but the influence is limited when the mud content exceeds 20%; Experiments show that the sand filtering effect is good. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study was conducted on the individual chromosome identification in Gossypium darwinii (AdDd), G. klotzschianum (D3k), G. davidsonii (D3d), G. armourianum (D2-1) and G. aridum (D4) using a multi-probe fluorescence of in situ hybridization (FISH) system. Comparative analysis on their genetic maps with that of physical maps was made as well. The FISH probes used contained two sets of bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clones [one is specific to 26 individual chromosomes from A and D subgenomes of G. hirsutum (Ah and Dh) while the other is a D genome centromere- specific BAC clone 150D24], 45S and 5S rDNA clones. The results showed that all Ad chromosomes were marked with the 13 Ah chromosome-specific BAC clones, whilst all Dd, D3k, D3d, D2-1 and D4 chromosomes and chromosomal arms were identified with the 13 Dh chromosome-specific BAC clones and the D genome centromere-specific BAC. According to the homology within D subgenomes which are between A (D) genome and A (D) subgenome, the systematic nomenclature for individual chromo- some in the five species was established. The chromosomes of A (D) subgenomes in G. darwinii were named as Ad01-Ad13 (Dd01-Dd13). The chromosomes in D3k, D3d, D2-1 and D4 were named as D3k01-D3k13, D3d01-D3d13, D2-101-D2-113 and D401-D413, respectively. Based on the successful identification for individual chromosomes, 45S and 5S rDNA were located to the special chromosomes and chromosomal arms for all five species. And there appeared chromosomal collinearity from the BAC clones among different species by comparing BACs positions, which suggested that the majority of chromosome segment homology may exist between D genomes and D subgenome. Moreover, as the genetic map and physical map were integrated, the orientations of genetic maps for Dd and D genomes of diploid cotton were established. The orientations of some of chromosomes in genetic maps (Dd03, Dd04, Dd06, Dd09, Dd10 and Dd12) were found switched. The SSR marker in the middle of linkage group 04 was corrected at nearby the end of chromosome 04 by FISH. The study will be helpful to establish a theoretical basis using the wild gene bank to exploit more genes aiming for cotton breeding and will provide powerful evidences both for the evolution of Gossypium and assembling the sequences of the obtained and as well the on-going whole genome sequencing projects of cotton. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The experiment on individual chromosome assignments and chromosomal diversity was conducted using a multi-probe fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) system in D subgenome of tetraploid Gossypium barbadense (Db), G. thurberi (D1) and G. trilobum (D8), which the later two were the possible subgenome donors of tetraploid cottons. The FISH probes contained a set of bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clones specific to 13 individual chromosomes from D subgenome of G. hirsutum (Dh), a D genome centromere-specific BAC clone 150D24, 45S and 5S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) clones, respectively. All tested chromosome orientations were confirmed by the centromere-specific BAC probe. In D1 and D8, four 45S rDNA loci were found assigning at the end of the short arm of chromosomes 03, 07, 09 and 11, while one 5S rDNA locus was successfully marked at pericentromeric region of the short arm of chromosome 09. In Db, three 45S rDNA loci and two 5S rDNA loci were found out. Among them, two 45S rDNA loci were located at the terminal of the short arm of chromosomes Db07 and Db09, whilst one 5S rDNA locus was found situating near centromeric region of the short arm of chromosome Db09. The positions of the BAC clones specific to the 13 individual chromosomes from Dh were compared between D1, D8 and Db. The result showed the existence of chromosomal collinearity within D1 and D8, and as well between them and Db. The results will serve as a base for understanding chromosome structure of cotton and polyploidy evolution of cotton genome and will provide bio-information for assembling the sequences of finished and the on-going cotton whole genome sequencing projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]