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Wet deposition of non-sea-salt sulfate (nss-SO42-) and nitrate (NO3-), derived from anthropogenic emissions of SO2 and NO x , exerts adverse effects on ecosystems. In this work, an ensemble back-propagation neural network was proposed to estimate the long-term wet depositions of nss-SO42- (2005-2017) and NO3- (2001-2014) over East Asia in 10 km resolution. The R2 values for the 10-fold cross-validation of annual wet depositions of nss-SO42- and NO3- were 0.90 and 0.85, respectively. The hotspots of the wet deposition of these two acidic species span southwestern, central, and eastern China. The molar ratio of NO3- to nss-SO42- increased in 10 out of 12 analyzed East Asian countries from 2005 to 2014, which indicates that the acidity in rainwater shifts from the sulfur type to nitrogen type over most of the regions. The wet deposition on the four ecosystems (forest, grassland, cropland, and freshwater body) was also analyzed. Results showed that the nss-SO42- wet deposition on 25.5% of freshwater bodies in 2015 and NO3- wet deposition on 21.7% of grassland in 2014 exceeded the ecosystem empirical critical loads (25 kg/ha sulfate and 2 kg N/ha) in East Asia. Thus, more stringent and regionally collaborative sulfur and nitrogen emission-control measures are urgently needed to protect the ecosystem of East Asia.The isomers of monohydrogenated aniline (HC6H5NH2) are regarded as important intermediates in reduction reactions of aniline, but their spectral identification has been limited to electron paramagnetic resonance in an adamantane matrix. We report here infrared (IR) spectra of two least-energy isomers of HC6H5NH2, produced on electron bombardment during the deposition of a matrix of aniline and para-hydrogen at 3.2 K. The intensities of IR lines of HC6H5NH2 increased during maintenance of the electron-bombarded matrix in darkness for a prolonged period because of the neutralization of protonated aniline, H+C6H5NH2, by trapped electrons and further reactions between aniline and the unreacted hydrogen atoms that were produced during electron bombardment. The observed lines were grouped according to their behaviors on secondary photolysis with light at 520, 465, and 375 nm. On comparison of experimental spectra with quantum chemically predicted spectra for four possible isomers of HC6H5NH2, lines in one group were assigned to the most stable ortho-HC6H5NH2 and those in the other group were assigned to the secondmost stable para-HC6H5NH2. Their photolytic behaviors at varied wavelengths are consistent with predicted ultraviolet absorption bands. GCN2iB Serine inhibitor The mechanisms of formation of these isomers are discussed according to semiquantitative analysis.Interaction of tea phenolics with gut microbiota may play an integral role in the health benefits of these bioactive compounds, yet this interaction is not fully understood. Here, the metabolic fate of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) and its impact on gut microbiota were integrally investigated viain vitro fermentation. As revealed by ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography hybrid quadrupole Orbitrap mass spectrometry (UHPLC-Q-Orbitrap-MS), EGCG was promptly degraded into a series of metabolites, including 4-phenylbutyric acid, 3-(3',4'-dihydroxyphenyl)propionic acid, and 3-(4'-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid, through consecutive ester hydrolysis, C-ring opening, A-ring fission, dehydroxylation, and aliphatic chain shortening. Microbiome profiling indicated that, compared to the blank, EGCG treatment resulted in stimulation of the beneficial bacteria Bacteroides, Christensenellaceae, and Bifidobacterium. Additionally, the pathogenic bacteria Fusobacterium varium, Bilophila, and Enterobacteriaceae were inhibited. Furthermore, changes in concentrations of metabolites, including 4-phenylbutyric acid and phenylacetic acid, were strongly correlated with changes in the abundance of specific gut microbiota. These reciprocal interactions between EGCG and gut microbiota may collectively contribute to the health benefits of EGCG.Weak T cell responses and immune checkpoints within tumors could be two key factors for limiting antitumor efficacy in the field of cancer immunotherapy. Thus, the combined strategy of tumor vaccines and immune checkpoint blockade has been widely studied and expected to boost antitumor immune responses. Herein, we first developed a two-barreled strategy to combine the nanovaccine with a gene-mediated PD-L1 blockade. On the one hand, polyethyleneimine (PEI) worked as a vaccine carrier to codeliver the antigen ovalbumin (OVA) and the adjuvant unmethylated cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG) to formulate the PEI/OVA/CpG nanovaccine through electrostatic binding, which realized both dendritic cell activation and antigen cross-presentation enhancement. On the other hand, the PD-L1 silence gene was loaded by PEI to form PEI/pshPD-L1 complexes, which were further in situ shielded by aldehyde-modified polyethylene glycol (OHC-PEG-CHO) via pH-responsive Schiff base bonds. The formed pshPD-L1@NPs could decrease PD-L1 expression on the tumor cells. However, such a combined two-barreled strategy improved feebly for tumor inhibition in comparison with monotherapy, exhibiting the antagonistic effect, which might be due to the limited T cell response enhancement in the tumor microenvironment. To solve this problem, we have further developed a three-barreled strategy to combine oral administration of l-arginine, which worked as an amplifier to induce robust T cell response enhancement, without causing the upregulation of other negative immune regulators. Superior antitumor behavior and tumor rechallenge protection were realized by the three-barreled strategy in B16F10-OVA (B16-OVA)-bearing mice. The unique three-barreled strategy we developed might offer a novel clinical therapeutic treatment.γ-Glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), a cell surface-bound protease, is associated with various diseases including cancer. The detection of the enzyme activity is an important subject, leading to about 40 activatable fluorescent probes so far. All of them, however, lack the membrane-localizing ability, raising a reliability issue in the quantitative analysis. Disclosed is the first fluorescent probe that senses the cell surface-bound enzyme, which, furthermore, is capable of ratiometric as well as two-photon imaging with desirable features. Ratiometric imaging of cancer cell lines reveals a 6.4-8.4-fold higher GGT levels than those in normal cell lines. A comparison of the enzyme activity in organ tissues of normal and tumor xenograft mice reveals notably different levels of enzyme activity depending on the kind of tissue. Normal tissues exhibited comparable levels of enzyme activity, except the kidney that has significantly higher GGT activity (2.7-4.0-fold) than the other organs. Compared with the normal tissues, considerably higher enzyme activity was observed in the tumor tissues of the thigh (4.