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After germination, the cells of the endosperm actively control the process of their degradation, which results in the formation of the digestion zone. The growth of the haustorium promotes the crushing of endospermic cells and facilitates the entry of substances via the apoplastic route. The pattern of degradation of endospermic cells involves three phases 1) mobilization of the vacuolar content by symplastic route; 2) increased vacuole turgor pressure, directing the content of the cytoplasm to the cell walls; 3) degradation of cell walls.Aldose reductases (ARs) have been considered to play important roles in sorbitol biosynthesis, cellular detoxification and stress response in some plants. ARs from maize are capable of catalyzing the oxidation of sorbitol to glucose. However, little is known how maize ARs response to abiotic stresses. In this work, we cloned one isoform of maize ARs (ZmAR1), and furthermore we analyzed the roles of ZmAR1 in response to salt and drought stresses at both prokaryotic and eukaryotic levels. ZmAR1 encodes a putative 35 kDa protein that contains 310 amino acids. Under normal growth conditions, ZmAR1 was expressed in maize seedlings, and the highest expression level was found in leaves. But when seedlings were subjected to drought or salt treatment, the expression levels of ZmAR1 were significantly reduced. The constitutive expression of ZmAR1 increased the sensitivity of recombinant E. coli cells to drought and salt stresses compared with the control. Under salt and drought stresses, transgenic Arabidopsis lines displayed lower seed germination rate, shorter seedling root length, lower chlorophyll content, lower survival rate and lower antioxidant enzyme activity than wild type (WT) plants, but transgenic Arabidopsis had higher relative conductivity, higher water loss rate, and more MDA content than WT. Meanwhile, the introduction of ZmAR1 into Arabidopsis changed the expression levels of some stress-related genes. Taken together, our results suggested that ZmAR1 might act as a negative regulator in response to salt and drought stresses in Arabidopsis by reducing the sorbitol content and modulating the expression levels of some stress-related genes.Based on our prior work, we reported the design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of fifty-two new triazolothiadiazine-based analogues of CA-4 and their preliminary structure-activity relationship. Among synthesized compounds, Iab was found to be the most potent derivative possessing IC50 values ranging from single-to double-digit nanomolar in vitro, and also exhibited excellent selectivity over the normal human embryonic kidney HEK-293 cells (IC50 > 100 μM). Further mechanistic studies revealed that Iab significantly blocked tubulin polymerization and disrupted the intracellular microtubule network of A549 cells. Moreover, Iab induced G2/M cell cycle arrest by regulation of p-cdc2 and cyclin B1 expressions, and caused cell apoptosis through up-regulating cleaved PARP and cleaved caspase-3 expressions, and down-regulating of Bcl-2. Importantly, in vivo, Iab effectively suppressed tumor growth of A549 lung cancers in a xenograft mouse model without obvious signs of toxicity, confirming its potential as a promising candidate for cancer treatment.

Social feedback can influence cognitive control during adolescence, particularly if provided by peers. The main aim of this study was to investigate if feedback given by liked or disliked peers differentially influenced adolescents' cognitive control. The second aim was to investigate if these effects could be linked to the participants' social embeddedness in their classroom.

A personalized incentive go/no-go task was administered to 45 early adolescents (M=11.6 years, 25 male) and 68 late adolescents (M=16.7, 38 male) in the Netherlands. Feedback was given after no-go trials in two social feedback conditions (displaying a picture of a real liked or disliked classmate) and in a non-social control condition.

Performance on the task significantly improved with age. We found no differences between conditions in cognitive control, as measured by d-prime. Wortmannin However, analysis of task speed revealed slower reaction times during the liked peer condition as compared to the disliked peer and the control condition, potentially suggesting that participants responded more cautiously, or alternatively that participants were more distracted. These effects did not differ between age groups. Participants' differences in task performance were not reflected in their social embeddedness in the classroom.

This study shows that the same kind of social feedback can have different effects on adolescent behaviour depending on the peer delivering the feedback. It demonstrates the importance of studying the effects of real life social environments to better understand and utilize their impact on adolescent development.

This study shows that the same kind of social feedback can have different effects on adolescent behaviour depending on the peer delivering the feedback. It demonstrates the importance of studying the effects of real life social environments to better understand and utilize their impact on adolescent development.It remains a major challenge to develop an effective therapeutic system based on gold nanorods (GNRs) for cancer therapy. Herein, we developed a redox-responsive, in-situ polymerized polyplatinum(IV)-coated gold nanorod (GNR@polyPt(IV)) with coupling of the near-infrared (NIR)-induced hyperthermal effect and redox-triggered drug release in one therapeutic platform as an amplifier of tumor accumulation through mild hyperthermia for enhanced synergistical thermo-chemotherapy. After in-situ polymerized with 2-methacryloyloxy ethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC) and Pt(IV) complex-based prodrug monomer (PPM) onto the surface of GNRs, the nanosized GNR@polyPt(IV) exhibited the advantages of high drug encapsulation efficiency, triggered drug release, and reduced side effect. As demonstrated by thermal imaging and photoacoustic imaging in vitro and in vivo, this GNR@polyPt(IV) exhibited an excellent NIR-associated hyperthermal effect and outstanding capacity of tumor accumulation. Importantly, under a mild hyperthermia process, the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) were upregulation, resulting in angiogenic vessel around the tumor.