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Purpose The accumulation of misfolded tau is a common feature of several neurodegenerative disorders, with Alzheimer's disease (AD) being the most common. Earlier we identified JNJ-64326067, a novel isoquinoline derivative with high affinity and selectivity for tau aggregates from human AD brain. We report the dosimetry of [18F] JNJ-64326067 and results of a proof-of-concept study comparing subjects with probable Alzheimer's disease to age-matched healthy controls. Methods [18F] JNJ-64326067 PET scans were acquired for 90 min and then from 120 to 180 min in 5 participants with [18F]-florbetapir PET amyloid positive probable AD (73 ± 9 years) and 5 [18F]-florbetapir PET amyloid negative healthy controls (71 ± 7 years). Whole-body [18F] JNJ-64326067 PET CT scans were acquired in six healthy subjects for 5.5 h in 3 scanning sessions. Brain PET scans were visually reviewed. Regional quantification included kinetic analysis of distribution volume ration (DVR) estimated by Logan graphical analysis over the entire scan and static analysis of SUVr in late frames. Both methods used ventral cerebellar cortex as a reference region. Results One of the healthy controls had focal areas of PET signal in occipital and parietal cortex underlying the site of a gunshot injury as an adolescent; the other four healthy subjects had no tau brain signal. Four of the 5 AD participants had visually apparent retention of [18F] JNJ-64326067 in relevant cortical regions. One of the AD subjects was visually negative. Cortical signal in visually positive subjects approached steady state by 120 min. Isradipine order Temporal and frontal cortical SUVr/DVR values in visually positive AD subjects ranged from 1.21 to 3.09/1.2 to 2.18 and from 0.92 to 1.28/0.91 to 1.16 in healthy controls. Whole-body effective dose was estimated to be 0.0257 mSv/MBq for females and 0.0254 mSv/MBq for males. Conclusions [18F] JNJ-64326067 could be useful for detection and quantitation of tau aggregates.The gut microbiota has long been of research interests due to its nutritional importance for many insects. It has been demonstrated that diversity of gut microbiota in insects can be modulated by many factors, including habitats, feeding preference, etc. Besides, the community structure of gut microbiota could also be altered during the different life stages of host insects. With development of conventional culture-dependent technologies and advanced culture-independent technologies, comprehensive and deep understanding of the functions of gut microbiota and their relationship with host insects were achieved, especially for the nutrient metabolic process mediated by them. In this review, we summarized the gut microbiota composition, major methods for gut microbiota characterization, and vital nutrient metabolic process mediated by gut microbiota in different insects. The increasing knowledge on the modulation of gut microbiota will help us for the comprehension of the contribution of gut microbiota to the nutritional metabolism of insects, prompting their growth and health.Moutai Jiuqu is a famous aromatic raw material of Maotai flavor liquor in China. It is brewed at high temperature and contains many kinds of bacteria, molds, and yeasts. There are many useful glycoside hydrolases in these microfloras, from which efficient glycoside hydrolases can be screened for biotransformation of natural saponins. In this study, an α-L-arabinofuranosidase gene (CaAraf51, 1524 bp, 507 amino acid, 55.07 kDa, and pI = 4.8) was cloned from Cellulosimicrobium aquatile Lyp51, which was isolated from the Maotai Jiuqu. The CaAraf51 was heterogeneously expressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3) and purified by N-terminal His-tag with the Ni2+-affinity column chromatography. The results show that purified CaAraf51 has a 6.8-fold purification factor and specific activity of 15 U/mg. Under optimal conditions (pH 5.0, temperature 40 °C), kinetic parameters Km of CaAraf51 for pNPαAraf and Rc were 1.1 and 0.57 mM, the Vmax were 25 and 6.25 μmol/min/mg, respectively. 90% of 0.87 mg Rc substrate can be transformed by 9.6 U purified CaAraf51 in 1 mL reaction system under suitable conditions (30 °C, pH 7.5 phosphate buffer, 1 h). In addition, we also tested the effects of metal ions and chemical agents on the activity of CaAraf51. According to systematically studied its function and enzymatic properties, CaAraf51 has excellent value and potential of biotransformation Rc into Rd.Copper nanoparticles (CuNPs), due to their cost-effective synthesis, interesting properties, and a wide range of applications in conductive inks, cooling fluids, biomedical field, and catalysis, have attracted the attention of scientific community in recent years. The aim of the present study was to develop and characterize antibacterial and anticancer CuNPs synthesized via chemical and biological methods, and further synthesize CuNPs conjugated with doxycycline to study their synergic effect. During the chemical synthesis, ascorbic acid was used as a stabilizing agent, while Zingiber officinale and Allium sativum-derived extracts were used during the biological methods for synthesis of CuNPs. Characterization of CuNPs was performed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV-visible spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray crystallography (XRD). Antimicrobial evaluation of the nanomaterials against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli was performed by using disk diffusvity than their chemical counterparts.A Gram stain-positive, rod-shaped and motile bacterium, designated SYSU G01003T was isolated from a sediment sample collected from tepid spring in Tengchong, Yunnan province, southwestern China. Growth observed at temperature ranging 28-37 °C (optimum 37 °C) and pH 6.0-8.0 (optimum pH 7.0). Tolerance to NaCl was up to 2.5% (w/v) (optimal in the absence of NaCl). The cell wall peptidoglycan is meso-2,6-diaminopimelic acid and MK-7 as the only respiratory quinone. The polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and unidentified aminophospholipid, phospholipid, and polar lipid. The major fatty acids are C160, anteiso-C150 and C140. The genomic DNA G + C content of the type strain was 54.0 mol%. The average nucleotide identity (ANIb and ANIm) values between SYSU G01003T and Paenibacillus azotifigens LMG 29963T were below the cut-off level (95-96%) recommended as the average nucleotide identity (ANI) criterion for interspecies identity. Based on the above results strain SYSU G01003T represents a novel species of the genus Paenibacillus, for which the name Paenibacillus yunnanensis sp.