Catalysts
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2022
·Vol. 12
·期 6
·587
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IF 4.501
Guosi Li,Fucheng Zhu,Fangli Gu,Xinjian Yin,Qilin Xu,Menghua Ma,Li Zhu,Baowei Lu,Naidong Chen
Reaction coupling separation systems using calcium fumarate as a substrate can break the reaction equilibrium and promote the production ofl-malate. However, the low reusability and stability of fumarase limit its further application. In this study, partially purified fumarase ofThermus thermophilus(87.0 U mg−1) was immobilized within konjac-κ-carrageenan beads. An amalgamation of konjac and carrageenan gum (2%) was used to form the beads, and polyethylene polyamine (0.2%) and glutaraldehyde (0.1%) were used as the cross-linking agents. The pH and temperature profiles of free and immobilized fumarases were remarkably similar. The diffusion limit of immobilized fumarase caused a decline in the maximal velocity (Vmax), whereas the kinetic constant (Km) value increased. Optimization of the parameters for biotransformation by immobilized fumarase showed that 88.3% conversion of 200 mM calcium fumarate could be achieved at 55 °C within 8 h. The beads were stored for 30 days at 4 °C with minimal loss in activity and were reusable for up to 20 cycles with 78.1% relative activity. By recycling the reaction supernatant, a total amount of 3.98 M calcium fumarate was obtained with a conversion of 99.5%, which is the highest value ever reported.Keywords:l-malate;fumarase;immobilization;konjac-κ-carrageenan beads
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生物化学
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酶学
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生物技术
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Cell Metabolism
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2023
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IF 29
Jie Cheng,Jinxin Yan,Ying Liu,Jiangzhou Shi,Haoyu Wang,Hanyang Zhou,Yinglin Zhou,Tongcun Zhang,Lina Zhao,Xianbin Meng,Haipeng Gong,Xinxiang Zhang,Haichuan Zhu,Peng Jiang
Metabolic alterations in the microenvironment significantly modulate tumor immunosensitivity, but the underlying mechanisms remain obscure. Here, we report that tumors depleted of fumarate hydratase (FH) exhibit inhibition of functional CD8 + T cell activation, expansion, and efficacy, with enhanced malignant proliferative capacity. Mechanistically, FH depletion in tumor cells accumulates fumarate in the tumor interstitial fluid, and increased fumarate can directly succinate ZAP70 at C96 and C102 and abrogate its activity in infiltrating CD8 + T cells, resulting in suppressed CD8 + T cell activation and anti-tumor immune responses in vitro and in vivo. Additionally, fumarate depletion by increasing FH expression strongly enhances the anti-tumor efficacy of anti-CD19 CAR T cells. Thus, these findings demonstrate a role for fumarate in controlling TCR signaling and suggest that fumarate accumulation in the tumor microenvironment (TME) is a metabolic barrier to CD8 + T cell anti-tumor function. And potentially, fumarate depletion could be an important strategy for tumor immunotherapy.
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肿瘤学
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免疫学
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代谢学
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2025
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IF 8.5
Xinyi Song,Haipeng Rao,Chunchun Huang,Miaoling Huang,Ying Ma,Jingyu Xin,Jiajia Hou,Zhigang Hu,Lingfeng He,Feiyan Pan,Lingdong Yang,Zhigang Guo
Fumarate hydratase (FH) catalyzes the conversion of fumarate to malate in the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Its deficiency leads to fumarate accumulation, which is associated with kidney cancer metastasis, though the exact mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we identify prolyl 4-hydroxylase beta (P4HB) as a novel fumarate target in FH-deficient cancer cells that promotes migration and invasion. FH knockdown in human renal cancer cells significantly enhanced migratory and invasive capacities by 10- and 8-fold, respectively. Mechanistically, fumarate-induced succination stabilizes P4HB, promoting type I collagen production and enhancing tumor metastasis. P4HB knockdown markedly suppresses FH deficiency-induced metastasis in xenograft models. Fluorescence intensity in the FH knockdown group was about 10-fold higher, and tumor-bearing liver weight was approximately 1.5-fold greater than that in the FH and P4HB co-knockdown group. These results underscore the pivotal role of P4HB in metastasis. Additionally, we reveal NDP52 as a specific autophagy receptor that recognizes and binds to P4HB, mediating its degradation through the autophagy-lysosome pathway. However, succination of P4HB disrupts this recognition, interaction, and degradation, stabilizing P4HB. Together, these findings provide new insights into how fumarate-mediated succination affects P4HB protein stability and cancer metastasis, and suggest that P4HB could serve as a potential therapeutic target in FH-deficient cancers.
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肿瘤学
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细胞生物学
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分子生物学
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Materials
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2017
·Vol. 10
·期 2
·149
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IF 2.654
Liang Wang,Da-Gang Guo
A UV-curable poly(butyl fumarate) (PBF)/poly(propylene fumarate)-diacrylate (PPF-DA) hybrid material with good performance for LED encapsulation is introduced in the paper. They have been prepared by radical polymerization using PBF and PPF-DA macromers with a UV curing system. PBF and PPF-DA were characterized by Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) and H-nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR). The thermal behavior, optical and mechanical properties of the material were examined by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV–vis), and a material testing system mechanical testing machine, respectively. The results indicated that the hybrid material has a suitable refractive index (n= 1.537) and high transmittance (99.64% in visible range) before/after thermal aging. With the increasing of the double bond ratio from 0.5 to 2, the water absorption ratios of the prepared encapsulation material were 1.22%, 1.87% and 2.88%, respectively. The mechanical property experiments showed that bonding strength was in the range of 1.86–3.40 MPa, tensile-shear strength ranged from 0.84 MPa to 1.57 MPa, and compression strength was in the range of 5.10–27.65 MPa. The cured PBF/PPF-DA hybrid material can be used as a light-emitting diode (LED) encapsulant, owing to its suitable refractive index, high transparency, excellent thermal stability, lower water absorption, and good mechanical properties.Keywords:poly(butyl fumarate)-based polymer;composites;characterization;UV-curing;LED encapsulant
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材料科学
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高分子化学
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光电子学
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JOURNAL OF SOLUTION CHEMISTRY
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2013
·Vol. 42
·期 8
·1591-1601
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IF 1.128
Yang Wenge,Jiang Xinmin,Hu Yonghong,Shi Ying,Sun Huiling,Li Yonglan
The solubility of fumaric acid in aqueous alcohol solutions was experimentally measured over the temperature range of (278.15–333.15) K by employing an analytical stirred-flask method. The experimental data showed that the solubility of fumaric acid in the binary mixtures increases with increases of both temperature and mass fraction of the organic solvents. The experimental data were well correlated with the modified Apelblat equation and the Buchowski–Ksiazaczak λh equation. In addition, the calculated solubilities showed good agreement with the experimental results. It was found that the modified Apelblat equation gave better correlation results than the Buchowski–Ksiazaczak λh equation. The experimental results should be useful for optimizing the process of purification of fumaric acid in industry.
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化学工程
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工业化学
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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
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2025
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IF 4.7
Pengfei Ding,Zhuyun Liu,YuQi Wu,Chunyan Zong,Yuming Wang,Yushan Xu,Kaijun Xu,Lizhong Wang
One cocrystal of Imatinib with citric acid (S1) and one salt with fumaric acid (S2) have been prepared and investigated systematically. Crystal structure analysis reveals that reliable O-H···O, O-H···N, N-H···N and N-H···O hydrogen-bonding interactions exist in both co-formations. Single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared and differential scanning calorimetry were used to characterize the two crystals. The solubility of the solid were also evaluated, and two co-formations (S1, S2) had a more than 100 times of solubility and a faster dissolution rate compared to the pure drug in pH 6.8 buffer.
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药学
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晶体化学
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BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
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2015
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IF 4.494
Guanyi Wang,Di Huang,Yong Li,Jianping Wen,Xiaoqiang Jia
In this work, wheat bran (WB) was utilized as feedstock to synthesize fumaric acid by Rhizopus oryzae . Firstly, the pretreatment process of WB by dilute sulfuric acid hydrolysis undertaken at 100 °C for 30 min offered the best performance for fumaric acid production. Subsequently, through optimizing the seed culture medium, a suitable morphology (0.55 mm pellets diameter) of R. oryzae was obtained. Furthermore, a metabolic-based approach was developed to profile the differences of intracellular metabolites concentration of R. oryzae between xylose (the abundant sugar in wheat bran hydrolysate (WBH)) and glucose metabolism. The xylitol, sedoheptulose 7-phosphate, ribulose 5-phosphate, glucose 6-phosphate, proline and serine were responsible for fumaric acid biosynthesis limitation in xylose fermentation. Consequently, regulation strategies were proposed, leading to a 149% increase in titer (up to 15.4 g/L). Finally, by combinatorial regulation strategies the highest production was 20.2 g/L from WBH, 477% higher than that of initial medium.
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生物工程
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代谢生物学
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA
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2025
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IF 2.1
Wenfeng Huang,Yufeng Wei,Xiaocong Liu,Ruonan Li,Qiuxiang Yin,Lihong Jia
The equilibrium solubility of quetiapine fumarate was determined in twelve individual solvents and one binary solvent mixture by the gravimetric method at atmospheric pressure over a temperature range of 283.15–323.15 K. The results showed that the solubility increases with increasing temperature in all selected solvents. The solubility order is tetrahydrofuran–water (mole fraction of tetrahydrofuran 0.8083) > tetrahydrofuran > n-propanol > dichloromethane > butanone > methyl isobutyl ketone > xylenes > ethyl formate > tert-butyl methyl ether > isopropyl acetate > toluene > hexane ≈ heptane. The modified Apelblat model, λh model, nonrandom two-liquid model, and van’t Hoff–Jouyban–Acree model were employed to correlate the experimental solubility. The four models provided satisfactory fits, as confirmed by the average relative deviation and the root-mean-square deviation. The modified Apelblat model showed the best performance among them. The accurate solubility data are essential for the design and optimization of the crystallization process of QF.
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药学
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化学工程
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ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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2021
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IF 8.198
Tao Yu,Tao Xie,Wei Zhou,Yizhong Zhang,Yiliang Chen,Boyu Shao,Wan-Qian Guo,Xin Tan
Tuning the structural defects of graphite carbon nitride (g-C3N4) is an effective strategy to modify its band structure and promote charge separation, but it is still limited by complex and harsh preparation processes. Herein, g-C3N4 with nitrogen defects were fabricated by one-pot thermal polymerization of urea and fumaric acid. The N–(C)3 site, being the active site for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, reached at a rate of 94.1 μmol·h–1, which was approximately 2.64 times that of the original g-C3N4. Nitrogen defective g-C3N4 had more electrons and stronger H2O molecule adsorption capacity, identified by systematic experiments and DFT calculations. The carboxyl group of fumaric acid reacted with amino group of urea to prevent self-polymerization process of urea and induce nitrogen defects. The changed band structures promoted the absorption of visible light, effective separation of charge, and increased hydrogen evolution driving force. This work will provide a simple and green approach to prepare nitrogen defective g-C3N4 with tunable band structures.
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材料科学
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能源化学
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JOURNAL OF SEPARATION SCIENCE
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2017
·Vol. 40
·期 24
·4805-4812
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IF 2.557
Yifan Wang,Haiyan Li,Zhen Yang,Weijie Zhang,Jia Hua
To explore why the use of furfural as a transformer oil-paper insulation aging characteristic is problematic in real world application, we developed a method for the simultaneous determination of furfural, furoic acid, and maleic acid in transformer oil by reversed-phase vortex-assisted liquid–liquid microextraction combined with high-performance liquid chromatography. The conditions for the proposed method were optimized, and the obtained extract can be directly analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography. The detection limits (signal-to-noise ratio = 3) of the method ranged from 1.0 to 4.6 μg/L, the enrichment factors for furfural, furoic acid, maleic acid, and fumaric acid were 4.6, 25.1, 15.6, and 17.5, respectively, and the recovery rates for three analytes (fumaric acid was undetected) range from 82.1 to 106.2%. The contents of furfural, furoic acid, and maleic acid resulted from accelerated aging of transformer insulation oil-paper were measured using the present method for the first time, and the aging samples were analyzed by liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry for the identification of furoic acid and maleic acid in the aging transformer oil samples. Using the optimal method, the target products of samples at different aging time were tracked and measured.
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分析化学
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电力工程
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Biomolecules
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2024
·Vol. 14
·期 12
·1553
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IF 4.8
Zifu Ni,Linshang Zhang,Azhen Nie,Huan Wang,Xiaoling Wu
As the only naturally occurring β-amino acid, β-alanine has important application prospects in many fields. Driven by the huge demand, biosynthesis is becoming more and more popular as a potential alternative to the chemical synthesis of β-alanine. Although the direct pathway from L-aspartic acid to β-alanine, catalyzed by L-aspartic acid-α-decarboxylase (PanD), is ideal for β-alanine synthesis, it is hindered by the high cost of the substrate and limited economic viability. In this work, a cell-free dual enzyme cascade system based on methylaspartate lyase (EcMAL) and panD was constructed to safely and efficiently synthesize β-alanine using fumarate as a substrate. Taking the previously engineered EcMAL as the target, CgPanD was finally screened as the best candidate through gene mining, sequence alignment, and enzyme property analysis. Finally, under the optimal conditions of 35 °C, pH 8.0, and EcMAL: CgPanD concentration ratio of 1:5, the yield of β-alanine reached 80% theoretical yield within 120 min. This study provides a potential strategy for the biosynthesis of β-alanine, paving the way for future industrial-scale production.
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生物化学
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合成生物学
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LANGMUIR
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2024
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IF 3.7
Pengfei Bian,Huiqing Yang,Lexin Zhang,Zhiwei Liu,Guiying Qiao,Yong Han,Tifeng Jiao
Novel organic small molecule structures have received increasing attention in the preparation of multifunctional thin film materials and have become the subject of research in many cutting-edge directions. In this work, imidazolyl and transbutylene glycolic acid molecules and dye molecules were designed and prepared as composite films by supramolecular self-assembly in the LB technique, and their morphological features and spectral properties were analyzed. The results showed that the prepared LB films presented different aggregation states. In addition, their photoelectrochemical properties, on ITO sheets were tested, all of which showed good optoelectronic properties, and their binding energies, structure optimization, and electrostatic potentials were theoretically calculated by DFT simulations, which proved that the prepared films have good optoelectronic properties, and have the potential to become optoelectronic multifunctional ultrathin film devices.
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材料科学
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有机化学
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光电子学
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