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Limited sample loading capacity is one of the major reasons that prevents the utility of capillary electrophoresis (CE) as a routine separation method as compared to liquid chromatography (LC). In our previous study, separation voltage polarity switching transient capillary isotachophoresis (PS-tCITP) was proposed. Both sample loading capacity and separation resolution could be improved using a single PS-tCITP instead of routine transient capillary isotachophoresis (tCITP). In this study, a detailed investigation on the optimization strategy of the PS-tCITP method was performed systematically. A possible mechanism of sample preconcentration in multiple PS-tCITP was first proposed to better understand the multiple PS-tCITP process. Several optimization experiments were then performed, including single PS-tCITP, paused PS-tCITP and multiple PS-tCITP, sequentially using a mixture of five peptides. By selecting an optimum polarity switching time, sample loading capacity of 100% capillary volume could be achieved in a single PS-tCITP. Introducing an additional pause between each polarity switching in a single PS-tCITP further improved the separation resolution. Experimental results showed a baseline separation of five selected peptide standards at 100% sample loading volume using a 100 min pause in a single PS-tCITP. To further improve separation efficiency while still maintaining 100% sample loading volume, a multiple PS-tCITP technique was developed through this study. Compared to the separation performance of the optimal single PS-tCITP at 100% sample loading volume with a 10 min pause, the separation window was improved by 54% and the peak capacity was improved by 48% in the optimal four PS-tCITP with the same sample loading volume and pause.The effects of whole grain highland barley (WGH) with rich phenolics on glucose metabolism, the insulin pathway, and microRNA (miRNA) expression in db/db mice were explored in the present study. Supplementation with WGH decreased the levels of blood glucose, glycosylated serum protein (GSP), insulin, and inflammatory cytokines in db/db mice. Furthermore, WGH administration triggered a remarkable amelioration of glucose intolerance and insulin resistance. The hepatic glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase) and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPCK) activities and the G6PC, PEPCK, and forkhead transcription factor 1 (FOXO1) mRNA levels in the WGH-treated group were also reduced. Moreover, WGH promoted the glycogen storage in the liver via up-regulating the activities of hexokinase (HK) and glycogen synthase (GS) and the phosphorylation of glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β) protein, while down-regulating the GSK3β mRNA level. The protein expression of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), the phosphorylation of protein kinase B (Akt), and the mRNA levels of insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1), PI3K and Akt were also up-regulated by WGH treatment. Moreover, WGH significantly augmented the expression of miRNA-26a and miRNA-451, but reduced those of miRNA-126a and miRNA-29a. These results demonstrated that WGH exhibits a hypoglycemic effect through regulating the IRS-1/PI3K/Akt pathway and related miRNAs, further modulating the expression of G6PC, PEPCK, and FOXO1 mRNAs and p-GSK3β protein, thus inhibiting hepatic gluconeogenesis, improving glycogen synthesis and alleviating insulin resistance. Therefore, this study suggested WGH as an effective candidate to ameliorate the hyperglycemia of type 2 diabetes mellitus.We study the charge regulation of colloidal particles inside aqueous electrolyte solutions. To stabilize a colloidal suspension against precipitation, colloidal particles are synthesized with either acidic or basic groups on their surface. On contact with water, these surface groups undergo proton transfer reactions, resulting in colloidal surface charge. CX-5461 clinical trial The charge is determined by the condition of local chemical equilibrium between hydronium ions inside the solution and at the colloidal surface. We use a model of Baxter sticky spheres to explicitly calculate the equilibrium dissociation constants and to construct a theory which is able to quantitatively predict the effective charge of colloidal particles with either acidic or basic surface groups. The predictions of the theory for the model are found to be in excellent agreement with the results of Monte Carlo simulations. This theory is further extended to treat colloidal particles with a mixture of both acidic and basic surface groups.Covering 1986 to 2020Natural products are an enduring source of chemical information useful for probing biologically relevant chemical space. Toward gathering further structure-activity relationship (SAR) information for a particular natural product, synthetic chemists traditionally proceeded first by a total synthesis effort followed by the synthesis of simplified derivatives. While this approach has proven fruitful, it often does not incorporate hypotheses regarding structural features necessary for bioactivity at the synthetic planning stage, but rather focuses on the rapid assembly of the targeted natural product; a goal that often supersedes the opportunity to gather SAR information en route to the natural product. Furthermore, access to simplified variants of a natural product possessing only the proposed essential structural features necessary for bioactivity, typically at lower oxidation states overall, is sometimes non-trivial from the original established synthetic route. In recent years, several synthetic design strategies were described to streamline the process of finding bioactive molecules in concert with fathering further SAR studies for targeted natural products. This review article will briefly discuss traditional retrosynthetic strategies and contrast them to selected examples of recent synthetic strategies for the investigation of biologically relevant chemical space revealed by natural products. These strategies include diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS), biology-oriented synthesis (BIOS), diverted-total synthesis (DTS), analogue-oriented synthesis (AOS), two-phase synthesis, function-oriented synthesis (FOS), and computed affinity/dynamically ordered retrosynthesis (CANDOR). Finally, a description of pharmacophore-directed retrosynthesis (PDR) developed in our laboratory and initial applications will be presented that was initially inspired by a retrospective analysis of our synthetic route to pateamine A completed in 1998.CX-5461 clinical trial