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The method detection limit ranged from 18.54 ng L-1 (trimethoprim) to 78.49 ng L-1 (ciprofloxacin). Intra-day precision of less than 12.3% was achieved. The recoveries values ranged from 13.9% (sulfadiazine) to 48.9% (erythromycin) in influent samples and from 19.1% (sulfadiazine) to 57.2% (ciprofloxacin) in effluent samples. The method was applied to the measurement of antibiotic residues in influent and effluent from wastewater treatment plants. The majority target antibiotics were detected in wastewater samples. Their concentrations ranged from 237 to 9553 ng L-1 in influent and from 212 to 1660 ng L-1 in effluent. This work provides new insights on the applicability of LTPE for antibiotic residues extraction from wastewater. In addition, the performed analysis highlights the importance of measuring total concentrations of analytes in whole sample.

This study was designed to identify mitochondrial (mt) DNA variations in primary and metastatic uveal melanoma (UM) cell lines and their relation with cell metabolism to gain insight into metastatic progression.

The entire mtDNA genomes were sequenced using Sanger sequencing from two primary UM cell lines (92.1 and MEL270) and two cell lines (OMM2.3 and OMM2.5) derived from liver metastases of the MEL270 patient. The mtDNA copy numbers determined by the ratio of nDNA versus mtDNA. qRT-PCR was used to evaluate expression levels of mitochondrial biogenesis genes.

Sequencing showed that cell line MEL270 and metastases-derived OMM2.3 and OMM2.5 cell lines had homoplasmic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) representing J1c7a haplogroup, whereas 92.1 cells had mtDNA H31a haplogroup. mtDNA copy numbers were significantly higher in primary cell lines. The metastatic UM cells showed down-regulation of POLG, TFAM, NRF-1 and SIRT1 compared to their primary MEL270 cells. PGC-1α was downregulated in 92.1 and upregulated in MEL270, OMM2.3 and OMM2.5.

Our finding suggests that within metastatic cells, the heteroplasmic SNPs, copy numbers and mitochondrial biogenesis genes are modulated differentially compared to their primary UM cells. Therefore, investigating pathogenic mtDNA variants associated with cancer metabolic susceptibility may provide future therapeutic strategies in metastatic UM.

Our finding suggests that within metastatic cells, the heteroplasmic SNPs, copy numbers and mitochondrial biogenesis genes are modulated differentially compared to their primary UM cells. Therefore, investigating pathogenic mtDNA variants associated with cancer metabolic susceptibility may provide future therapeutic strategies in metastatic UM.Therapeutic advantages of Grid therapy have been demonstrated in several theoretical studies using the standard linear-quadratic (LQ) model. However, the suitability of the LQ model when describing cell killing at highly modulated radiation fields has been questioned. In this study, we have applied an extended LQ model to recalculate therapeutic parameters of Grid therapy. This study shows that incorporating the bystander effects in the radiobiological models would significantly change the theoretical predictions and conclusion of Grid therapy, especially at high dose gradient fields.The tyrosine kinase Src is highly expressed in embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and ESC-differentiated cells, however, its functional role remains obscured. Here, we constitutivelyexpressed Src in mouse ESCs and found these cells retained comparable levels of the core pluripotent factors, such as Oct4 and Sox2, while promoted the expression of epiblast lineage markers and restrained trophoblast lineage markers compared to the control ESCs. Knockdown of Src in mouse ESCs showed the opposite effect. Directly differentiation of these ESCs to epiblast and trophoblast lineage cells revealed that Src activation dramatically accelerated the production of epiblast-like cells and inhibited the induction of trophoblast-like cells in vitro. Mechanistically, we found Src activation enhanced the Yap1-Tead interaction and their transcriptional output in mouse ESCs through specially upregulating Yap1 tyrosine phosphorylation. Subsequently, we found that overexpression of Yap1 in mouse ESCs phenocopied the differentiation patterns of Src overexpressing cells in vitro. Moreover, inhibition of Src kinase activity by Dasatinib or Yap1/Tead-mediated transcription with Verteporfin reversed the differentiation patterns of Src overexpressing ESCs. Taken together, our results unravel a novel Src-Yap1 regulatory axis during mouse ESC differentiation to trophectoderm and epiblast lineage cells in vitro.

Equipment refurbishment was performed to remove the beam-hardening filter (BHF) from the CyberKnife system (CK). Oseltamivir mouse This study aimed to confirm the change in the beam characteristics between the conventional CK (present-BHF CK) and CK after the BHF was removed (absent-BHF CK) and evaluate the impact of BHF removal on the beam quality correction factors k

.

The experimental measurements of the beam characteristics of the present- and absent-BHF CKs were compared. The CKs were modeled using Monte Carlo simulations (MCs). The energy fluence spectra were calculated using MCs. Finally, k

were estimated by combining the MC results and analytic calculations based on the TRS-398 and TRS-483 approaches.

All gamma values for percent depth doses and beam profiles between each CK were less than 0.5 following the 3%/1 mm criteria. The percentage differences for tissue-phantom ratios at depths of 20 and 10cm and percentage depth doses at 10cm between each CK were-1.20% and-0.97%, respectively. The MC results demonstrated that the photon energy fluence spectrum of the absent-BHF CK was softer than that of the present-BHF CK. The k

values for the absent-BHF CK were in agreement within 0.02% with those for the present-BHF CK.

The photon energy fluence spectrum was softened by the removal of BHF. However, no remarkable impact was observed for the measured beam characteristics and k

. Therefore, the previous findings of the k

values for the present-BHF CK can be directly used for the absent-BHF CK.

The photon energy fluence spectrum was softened by the removal of BHF. However, no remarkable impact was observed for the measured beam characteristics and kQ. Therefore, the previous findings of the kQ values for the present-BHF CK can be directly used for the absent-BHF CK.