To fabricate a highly biocompatible nanoplatform enabling synergistic therapy and real-time imaging,novel Au@Bi2S3 core shell nanobones(NBs)(Au@Bi2S3 NBs)with Au nanorods as cores were synthesized.The combination of A...To fabricate a highly biocompatible nanoplatform enabling synergistic therapy and real-time imaging,novel Au@Bi2S3 core shell nanobones(NBs)(Au@Bi2S3 NBs)with Au nanorods as cores were synthesized.The combination of Au nanorods with Bi2S3 film made the Au@Bi2S3 NBs exhibit ultrahigh photothermal(PT)conversion efficiency,remarkable photoacoustic(PA)imaging and high computed tomography(CT)performance;these Au@Bi2S3 NBs thus are a promising nanotheranostic agent for PT/PA/CT imaging.Subsequently,poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)-modified Au@Bi2S3 NBs(Au@Bi2S3-PVP NBs)were successfully loaded with the anticancer drug doxorubicin(DOX),and a satisfactory pH sensitive release profile was achieved,thus revealing the great potential of Au@Bi2S3-PVP NBs in chemotherapy as a drug carrier to deliver DOX into cancer cells.Both in vitro and in vivo investigations demonstrated that the Au@Bi2S3-PVP NBs possessed multiple desired features for cancer therapy,including extremely low toxicity,good biocompatibility,high drug loading ability,precise tumor targeting and effective accumulation.Highly efficient ablation of the human liver cancer cell HepG2 was achieved through Au@Bi2S3-PVP NB-mediated photothermal therapy(PTT).As both a contrast enhancement probe and therapeutic agent,Au@Bi2S3-PVP NBs provided outstanding NIR-triggered multi-modal PT/PA/CT imaging-guided PTT and effectively inhibited the growth of HepG2 liver cancer cells via synergistic chemo/PT therapy.展开更多
Hybrid rice has made considerable contributions to achieve the ambitious goal of food security for the world's population.Hybrid rice from indica/xian and japonica/geng subspecies shows much higher heter-osis and ...Hybrid rice has made considerable contributions to achieve the ambitious goal of food security for the world's population.Hybrid rice from indica/xian and japonica/geng subspecies shows much higher heter-osis and is thereby an important innovation in promoting rice production in the next decade.However,such inter-subspecific hybrid rice has long suffered from serious hybrid sterility,which is a major challenge that needs to be addressed.In this study,we performed a genome design strategy to produce fertile inter-subspecific hybrid by creation of wide compatibility varieties that are able to overcome hybrid sterility.Based on combined genetic analyses in two indica-japonica crosses,we determined that four hybrid ste-rility loci,S5,f5,pf12 and Sc,are the major QTLs controlling inter-subspecific hybrid sterility and thus the minimal targets that can be manipulated for breeding sub-specific hybrid rice.We then cloned the pf12 lo-cus,one of the most effective loci for hybrid male sterility,by map-based cloning,and showed that artificial disruption of pf12A gene at this locus could successfully rescue hybrid fertility.We further dissected the genetic basis of wide compatibility using three pairwise crosses from a wide-compatibility variety Dular and representative indica and japonica varieties.On this basis,we constructed and assembled different combinations of naturally compatible alleles of four loci,S5,Sc,pf12,and f5,and found that the improved lines could fully recover pollen and embryo sac fertility in test-crossed F,s,thereby completely fulfilling the demands of inter-subspecific hybrid spikelet fertility in agricultural production.This breeding scheme would facilitate redesign of future inter-subspecific hybrid rice with a higher yield potential.展开更多
基金This work was financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai(19ZR1434800,19ZR1461900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21305090)+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(to Shuang Zhou)The authors greatly appreciated these supports.
文摘To fabricate a highly biocompatible nanoplatform enabling synergistic therapy and real-time imaging,novel Au@Bi2S3 core shell nanobones(NBs)(Au@Bi2S3 NBs)with Au nanorods as cores were synthesized.The combination of Au nanorods with Bi2S3 film made the Au@Bi2S3 NBs exhibit ultrahigh photothermal(PT)conversion efficiency,remarkable photoacoustic(PA)imaging and high computed tomography(CT)performance;these Au@Bi2S3 NBs thus are a promising nanotheranostic agent for PT/PA/CT imaging.Subsequently,poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)-modified Au@Bi2S3 NBs(Au@Bi2S3-PVP NBs)were successfully loaded with the anticancer drug doxorubicin(DOX),and a satisfactory pH sensitive release profile was achieved,thus revealing the great potential of Au@Bi2S3-PVP NBs in chemotherapy as a drug carrier to deliver DOX into cancer cells.Both in vitro and in vivo investigations demonstrated that the Au@Bi2S3-PVP NBs possessed multiple desired features for cancer therapy,including extremely low toxicity,good biocompatibility,high drug loading ability,precise tumor targeting and effective accumulation.Highly efficient ablation of the human liver cancer cell HepG2 was achieved through Au@Bi2S3-PVP NB-mediated photothermal therapy(PTT).As both a contrast enhancement probe and therapeutic agent,Au@Bi2S3-PVP NBs provided outstanding NIR-triggered multi-modal PT/PA/CT imaging-guided PTT and effectively inhibited the growth of HepG2 liver cancer cells via synergistic chemo/PT therapy.
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31991223,31991222,32101688,32170622,and 31821005)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFF1002100)+1 种基金the Hubei Key R&D Program(2020BBA031 and 2020BBA034)Hubei Key R&D Program in Hongshan Lab(2021hszd005,2022hszd017).
文摘Hybrid rice has made considerable contributions to achieve the ambitious goal of food security for the world's population.Hybrid rice from indica/xian and japonica/geng subspecies shows much higher heter-osis and is thereby an important innovation in promoting rice production in the next decade.However,such inter-subspecific hybrid rice has long suffered from serious hybrid sterility,which is a major challenge that needs to be addressed.In this study,we performed a genome design strategy to produce fertile inter-subspecific hybrid by creation of wide compatibility varieties that are able to overcome hybrid sterility.Based on combined genetic analyses in two indica-japonica crosses,we determined that four hybrid ste-rility loci,S5,f5,pf12 and Sc,are the major QTLs controlling inter-subspecific hybrid sterility and thus the minimal targets that can be manipulated for breeding sub-specific hybrid rice.We then cloned the pf12 lo-cus,one of the most effective loci for hybrid male sterility,by map-based cloning,and showed that artificial disruption of pf12A gene at this locus could successfully rescue hybrid fertility.We further dissected the genetic basis of wide compatibility using three pairwise crosses from a wide-compatibility variety Dular and representative indica and japonica varieties.On this basis,we constructed and assembled different combinations of naturally compatible alleles of four loci,S5,Sc,pf12,and f5,and found that the improved lines could fully recover pollen and embryo sac fertility in test-crossed F,s,thereby completely fulfilling the demands of inter-subspecific hybrid spikelet fertility in agricultural production.This breeding scheme would facilitate redesign of future inter-subspecific hybrid rice with a higher yield potential.
