Abstract The impact of the enhancing Pacific-North American teleconnection (PNA) on intensity first mode SST anomalies (SSTa) in wintertime North Pacific [known as decadal oscillation (PDO)-like pattern] under global warming is studied using reanalysis datasets and 12 selected CMIP5 models. robust observational result PNA one month ahead PDO shows that has a great effect PDO-like SSTa. intensit...

Over the past decades, peptide nucleic acid/DNA (PNA:DNA) duplex stability has been improved via backbone modification, often achieved via introducing an amino acid side chain at the α- or γ-position in the PNA sequence. It was previously shown that interstrand cross-linking can further enhance the binding event. In this work, we combined both strategies to fine-tune PNA crosslinking towards si...

Intraperitoneal injection of an unmodified antisense peptide nucleic acid (PNA) complementary to mRNA of the rat neurotensin (NT) receptor (NTR1) was demonstrated by a gel shift assay to be present in brain, thus indicating that the PNA had in fact crossed the blood-brain barrier. An i.p. injection of this antisense PNA specifically inhibited the hypothermic and antinociceptive activities of NT...

OBJECTIVES CmeABC is a resistance-nodulation-cell division (RND)-type multidrug efflux pump conferring resistance to clinically important antibiotics in Campylobacter. This study aimed to identify the optimal target sites for the inhibition of CmeABC with antisense peptide nucleic acid (PNA). METHODS Eighteen PNAs were designed to bind to the translational initiation regions of cmeABC, spanni...

OBJECTIVE To study the effect of Yiqi Huayu Recipe on peanut agglutinin-binding molecules (PNA-BMs) and Schwann's cells (Sc) of the neuromuscular junction after L5 nerve root compression in rats. METHODS The rats were given Yiqi Huayu Recipe at the 10th, 20th, 30th and 60th day after L5 nerve root compression. Using immunohistochemistry and confocal laser scanning techniques, we observed the ...

Suc-Tyr-Leu-Phe-pNA is a good substrate for human leukocyte cathepsin G and achymotrypsin but not for human leukocyte elastase(HLE).However,Suc-Tyr-D-Leu-D-Phe-pNA inhibited not only cathepsin G and a-chymotrypsin but also HLE(Ki values,1.1,0 .94 and0.16mM, respectively).The p-nitroanilide(pNA)moiety of Suc-Tyr—Leu—Phe-pNA and Suc-Tyr-D-Leu-DPhe-pNA was substituted with p-benzoylaniline(BZA) ,p...

[3H]Ponasterone A (PNA) of high specific activity has been used to identify and begin characterization of ecdysteroid (formerly called ecdysone) receptors in cytoplasmic and nuclear fractions of imaginal discs of Drosophila melanogaster. The equilibrium Kd of the observed macromolecular binding, 3--4 X 10(-9) M PNA, is in good agreement with the minimal concentration required for induction of c...

In an attempt to improve physico-chemical and biological properties of peptide nucleic acids (PNAs), particularly water solubility and cellular uptake, the synthesis of chimeric oligomers consisted of PNA and phosphono-PNA analogues (pPNAs) bearing the four natural nucleobases has been accomplished. To produce these chimeras, pPNA monomers of two types containing N-(2-hydroxyethyl)phosphonoglyc...

We have created a hybrid i-motif composed of two DNA and two peptide nucleic acid (PNA) strands from an equimolar mixture of a C-rich DNA and analogous PNA sequence. Nano-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry confirmed the formation of a tetrameric species, composed of PNA-DNA heteroduplexes. Thermal denaturation and CD experiments revealed that the structure was held together by C-H+-C bas...