BIOTECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY
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2019
·Vol. 67
·期 3
·343-353
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IF 1.559
Hai-Feng Hu,Hai-Yan Zhou,Gao-Ping Cheng,Ya-Ping Xue,Yuan-Shan Wang,Yu-Guo Zheng
R -2-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)propionicacid (HPOPA) is a valuable intermediate for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure aryloxyphenoxypropionic acid herbicides. In this work, to improve the HPOPA biosynthesis by Beauveria bassiana ZJB16002 from the substrate R -2-phenoxypropionic acid (POPA), the original HPOPA producer B. bassiana ZJB16002 was subjected to physical mutagenesis with 137 Cs-γ irradiation and chemical mutagen N -methyl- N' -nitro- N -nitrasoguanidine (NTG) induced mutagenesis. The effects of different treatment doses of the mutagens on the lethal rate and positive mutation rate were investigated, and the results showed that the optimal 137 Cs-γirradiation dose and NTG concentration was 850 Gy and 500 µg/mL, respectively. Under these conditions, a mutant strain CCN-7 with the highest HPOPA production capacity was obtained through two rounds of 137 Cs-γ irradiation treatment followed by one round of NTG mutagenesis. At the substrate (POPA) concentration of 50 g/L, HPOPA titer of CCN-7 reached 36.88 g/L, which was 9.73-fold higher than the parental strain. The morphology of the wild-type and mutant strain was compared and the results might provide helpful information in exploration of the correlation of morphology and biochemical features of B. bassiana .
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JOURNAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY-MATERIALS SCIENCE EDITION
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2015
·Vol. 30
·期 5
·1098-1102
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IF 0.399
Zhou Yong,Liu Fude,Wu Haiyan,Duan Lijie,Qu Boyang
One conjugated polymer consisting of carbazole and 3-hexylthiophene moiety, poly (N-Hexyl-2,7-di(2-(4-hexylthiophene)carbazole) (PNDC), has been synthesized by ferric chloride oxidative polymerization. The monomer N-Hexyl-2,7-di(2-(4-hexylthiophene)carbazole was synthesized and characterized by IR, 1 H-NMR, 13 C-NMR and MS. UV-vis absorption spectrum, fluorescence spectrum, photoluminescence spectrum and electrochemical properties of the polymer were investigated. Polymer PNDC shows maximum peak appearing at 394 nm in UV-vis absorption spectrum, strongest fluorescence-emission at 482 nm in fluorescence spectrum and maximum emission peak at 492 nm in photoluminescence spectrum. The band-gap ( E
g ), HOMO energy ( E
HOMO ), and LUMO energy ( E
LUMO ) of the polymer were obtained as 2.58, -5.32, and -2.74 eV, respectively.
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JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS
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2019
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IF 1.803
Hai-Feng Hu,Hai-Yan Zhou,Mei-Xin Wang,Yuan-Shan Wang,Ya-Ping Xue,Yu-Guo Zheng
( R )-2-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)propionic acid (( R )-HPOPA) is an important intermediate for the synthesis of optically pure aryloxyphenoxypropionic acid herbicides. Regioselective hydroxylation of ( R )-2-phenoxypropionic acid (( R )-POPA) by microbes is one of the most useful methods for the industrial production of ( R )-HPOPA. In this study, we designed and optimized a rapid throughput assay for screening ( R )-HPOPA producing bacterial/fungal strains which can regioselectively hydroxylate ( R )-POPA. ( R )-HPOPA could react with 4-aminoantipyrine (4-AAP) in the presence of potassium hexacyanoferrate (K 3 [Fe(CN) 6 ]) to form indoxyl antipyrine, an orange-red chromophore, that can easily spectrophotometrically be determined at 550 nm. During the verification of the assay we observed an average recovery rate of between 97.3% and 104.5%. Apart from the rapid throughput, no obvious differences in detection ( R )-HPOPA in the culture broth samples were found between our rapid throughput multiplate assay and a high-performance liquid chromatography method. Our optimized assay method is simple, rapid and accurate with high repeatability. It has the potential for high throughput screening (about 3000–5000 samples/day) of the ( R )-HPOPA producing strains.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2023
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IF 8.6
Kuixin Cui,Nan Duan,Shengming Jin
A novel collector 2-(4-Butoxyphenyl)acetohydroxamic acid (BAHA) was actively considered in the flotation of rhodochrosite. Flotation behaviors and BAHA adsorption concerning rhodochrosite, calcite and dolomite were systematacially investigated through microflotation tests, adsorption experiments, zeta potential measurements, FTIR and XPS analyses. Microflotation results showed that rhodochrosite performed a better floatability than calcite and dolomite at pH 8.0–10.0. Also, the adsorption amounts of BAHA collector on the rhodochrosite surface were obviously greater than those of calcite and dolomite. The results of zeta potential, FTIR and XPS analyses indicated that BAHA adsorbed onto rhodochrosite surfaces through chemisorption, electrostatic attraction and intermolecular hydrogen bonding, chemisorption and electrostatic attraction for calcite, and only chemisorption for dolomite. The interaction mechanisms between BAHA collector and mineral surfaces were responsible for the differences in the BAHA adsorption and floatability between rhodochrosite and two gangues. The flotation separation tests of three minerals confirmed that the rhodochrosite concentrate with Mn grade of 24.64% and recovery of 87.94% could be obtained. BAHA is a high selective collector and can realize the flotation separation of rhodochrosite against dolomite and calcite.
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LIQUID CRYSTALS
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2013
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IF 1.959
Lina Zhang,Xinbing Chen,Fengqi Zhao,Xuezhong Fan,Pei Chen,Zhongwei An
Three series of 2-(4′-alkoxybiphenyl-4-yl)-1H-benzimidazole derivatives (nM-x), which possessed 5-nitrobenzimidazole (nM-N series), benzimidazole (nM-H series) or 5-methylbenzimidazole (nM-M series) units at the end of the molecule, were synthesised and characterised by infrared, 1H- and 13C-nuclear magnetic resonance spectra, electrospray ionisation-mass spectrometry and elemental analysis. Their phase transition behaviour was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, polarising optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction. All the compounds exhibited enantiotropic smectic mesophases with wide temperature domains for a carbon number in the alkoxy chain from 6 to 16, where the mesophase ranges were 14–91°C and 17–99°C during heating and cooling processes for the nM-N compounds, 7–25°C and 8–49°C for the nM-H compounds and 48–81°C and 52–85°C for the nM-M compounds, respectively. The effect of the length of alkoxy chain on mesomorphic properties was discussed. The nM-N and nM-M exhibited a much wider mesophase range whether during heating or cooling process than the corresponding nM-H series, especially for the longer terminal chain (n > 8), which indicated that the substituent in the benzimidazole moiety was helpful in increasing the mesophase stability.
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH
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2013
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IF 0.596
Zhiping Du,Tianhua Shen,Haibo Dang,Zhenfang Fu,Qingbao Song
A simple efficient method for synthesis of Schiff bases in good yields from aromatic aldehydes and 2-(4-aminophenyl)acetonitrile catalysed by 3,5-difluoroarylboric acid at room temperature for 2 hours is reported.
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CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
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2020
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IF 2.627
Haiyan Zhou,Yizuo Li,Rui Jiang,Xianlin Wang,Yuanshan Wang,Yaping Xue,Yuguo Zheng
R -2-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)propionic acid ( R -HPPA) is a key intermediate for the synthesis of classic herbicides with high selectivity against grassy weed. The main route for R -HPPA biosynthesis is to hydroxylate the substrate R -2-phenoxypropionic acid ( R -PPA) at C-4 position with microbes. In order to provide sufficient R -PPA for the industrial production of R -HPPA, an effective R -PPA synthesis method was established and optimized in this work. The synthesis process mainly consisted of two steps: (1) synthesis of S -2-chloropropionic acid from L-alanine via diazotization and chlorination reactions; and (2) synthesis of R -PPA from S -2-chloropropionic acid and phenol via etherification reaction. The optimal reaction conditions were as follows: HCl: NaNO 2 : KI: L-Ala = 2.0: 1.2: 0.7: 1.0 (in molar), 125 °C reflux for 1.5 h, with KI as catalyst, and KI: S -2-chloropropionic acid: phenol = 0.075: 1.2: 1.0 (in molar). Under these conditions, an improved molar conversion rate (74.9%, calculated in phenol) was achieved. After extraction using anionic exchange resin Amberlite IRA-400 (CI), R -PPA product with a purity of 95.08% was obtained. The purified R -PPA was identified and evaluated in the application of the biotransformative production of R -HPPA. The results indicated that the synthesized R -PPA supported the R -HPPA biosynthesis with a comparable yield as that of the standard R -PPA. The R -PPA synthesis method provided herein exhibited the advantages of low price and easy availability of raw materials, less toxicity of reagents, simple manipulations, and low equipment/instrument requirements.
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BIOPROCESS AND BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING
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2019
·Vol. 42
·期 10
·1573-1582
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IF 2.371
Zhou Hai-Yan,Li Yi-Zuo,Jiang Rui,Hu Hai-Feng,Wang Yuan-Shan,Liu Zhi-Qiang,Xue Ya-Ping,Zheng Yu-Guo
R -2-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)propionic acid ( R -HPPA) is a key intermediate of the enantiomerically pure phenoxypropionic acid herbicides. R -HPPA could be biosynthesized through selective introduction of a hydroxyl group (–OH) into the substrate R -2-phenoxypropionic acid ( R -PPA) at C-4 position, facilitated by microorganisms with hydroxylases. In this study, an efficient high-throughput screening method for improved R -HPPA biosynthesis through microbial hydroxylation was developed. As a hydroxylated aromatic product, R -HPPA could be oxidized by oxidant potassium dichromate to form brown-colored quinone-type compound. The concentration of R -HPPA can be quantified according to the absorbance of the colored compound at a suitable wavelength of 570 nm; and the R -HPPA biosynthetic capability of microorganism strains could also be rapidly evaluated. After optimization of the assay conditions, the high-throughput screening method was successfully used in identification of Beauveria bassiana mutants with enhanced R -HPPA biosynthesis capacity. A positive mutant C-7 with high tolerance to 20 g/L R -PPA was rapidly selected from 1920 mutants. The biomass and R -HPPA titer were 12.5- and 38.19-fold higher compared with the original strain at 20 g/L R -PPA. This high-throughput screening method developed in this work could also be a potential tool for screening strains producing other important phenolic compounds.
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MEDIATORS OF INFLAMMATION
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2021
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Qiang Zheng,Hang Zhao,Dong Jia,Xu Han,Zhenning Liu,Min Zhao
Paraquat (PQ) can cause multiorgan failure including acute kidney injury (AKI). Our prior study showed that Toll-interacting protein (TOLLIP) protected against PQ-induced acute lung injury. However, the role of TOLLIP in PQ-induced AKI remains undefined. This study was aimed at understanding the role and mechanism of TOLLIP in AKI. Six-eight-week-old male Wistar rats were intraperitoneally injected with 25 mg/kg PQ to induce AKI for 24 h in vivo. HK-2 cells were treated with 300 μM PQ for 24 h to induce cellular injury in vitro or 300 μM PQ and 5 μM nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) inhibitor BAY11-7082 for 24 h. Rats were infected with adenovirus carrying TOLLIP shRNA via tail vein injection and HK-2 cells with adenovirus carrying TOLLIP shRNA or TOLLIP 48 h before PQ exposure. Results showed that TOLLIP and Toll-like receptor 2/4 (TLR2/4) expressions were boosted in the kidney after PQ intoxication. The toxic effect of PQ on the kidney and HK-2 cells was exacerbated by TOLLIP knockdown, as evidenced by aggravated glomerulus and tubule injury, inflammatory infiltration, and cell apoptosis in the kidney and increased loss of cell viability and apoptotic cells in HK-2 cells. TOLLIP knockdown also enhanced PQ-induced NLR family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activation in vivo and in vitro and TLR2/4-NF-κB signaling in vitro, reflected by increased contents of proinflammatory cytokines and expressions of NLRP3 inflammasome-related proteins in the kidney and HK-2 cells and expressions of TLR2, TLR4, and nuclear NF-κB p65 in HK-2 cells. However, TOLLIP overexpression inhibited PQ-induced loss of cell viability, cell apoptosis, NLRP3 inflammasome activation, and TLR2/4-NF-κB signaling in vitro. Additionally, BAY11-7082 abolished TOLLIP knockdown-induced NLRP3 inflammasome activation in vitro, indicating that TOLLIP protected against NLRP3 inflammasome activation in PQ-induced AKI through inhibiting TLR2/4-NF-κB signaling. This study highlights the importance of TOLLIP in AKI after PQ intoxication.
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FOOD CONTROL
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2022
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Tian-Lin Wu,Yong-Mei Hu,Yu Sun,Zhi-Jun Zhang,Zheng-Rong Wu,Wen-Bin Zhao,Chen Tang,Sha-Sha Du,Ying-Hui He,Yue Ma,Cheng-Jie Yang,Ying-Qian Liu
Isothiocyanates had attracted attention for many years due to their antimicrobial properties. In this study, the antifungal efficiency of eighteen isothiocyanate compounds were evaluated against six plant pathogenic fungi and two molds in vitro . Among them, 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl isothiocyanate displayed the highest antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger (EC 50 = 4.19 μg/mL). The further studies of its mode of action showed that it may damage the cell morphology and membrane integrity in a dose dependent manner by morphological observation, propyl iodide staining and the release of cellular contents. On the other hand, the decrease of related enzyme activities in tricarboxylic acid cycle suggested that 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl isothiocyanate may effected energy metabolism. Besides, reactive oxygen species, the content of malondialdehyde, the total antioxidant capacity , the content of glutathione and the kinase of oxidative reactive were changed in fungi treated with 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl isothiocyanate, compared with those in untreated fungi, which all indicated that 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyl isothiocyanate exhibited antifungal activity against A.niger by inducing oxidative stress.
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POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY
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2020
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IF 4.032
Yuehan Qian,Fuhao Dong,Lizhen Guo,Jiawen Guo,Hiba Shaghaleh,Yuqi Wang,Xu Xu,Shifa Wang,Shiwei Liu
Limonene is an important subsidiary agricultural product obtained from orange peel that can also be prepared by microbial engineering, but its application degree of deep processing is relatively lower. By studying the application of limonene to silicone rubber, the application field of limonene has been expanded. Triethoxy (2-(4-methylcyclohex-3-en-1-yl)propyl)silane (LTES) was synthesized by a hydrosilylation reaction in the presence of Karstedt's catalyst using limonene and triethoxysilane as raw materials. FT-IR and 1 H NMR were used to determine the structure of the product (LTES). Thereafter, a series of room temperature vulcanized (RTV) silicone rubbers was modified with the LTES cross-linking agent and hydroxy silicone oil under the catalytic action of dibutyltin dilaurate. The results showed that the tensile strength , elongation at break and heat resistance of the synthetic silicone rubber modified with LTES were significantly higher.
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Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
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2020
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Xu Chenxi,Zhuang Jianjian,Zhang Xiaobo
P53 is a transcriptional factor that plays important roles in apoptosis and is mutated in more than 50% of tumor cells. However, the restoration of mutated p53 to the level similar to wild-type p53 by a natural compound has not been explored intensively. In this study, the 2-[(4-hydroxybenzyl) amino] phenol (HBAP) compound, obtained from deep-sea virus-challenged thermophile Geobacillus sp. E263, interacted specifically with the mutated p53 protein. HBAP was able to induce apoptosis of p53-mutated breast cancer cells, but not normal breast cells and p53-unmutated breast cancer cells. HBAP activated the mutant p53 transcriptional activity by restoring the function of mutant p53 to that of wild-type p53. Further analysis indicated that HBAP bound only to the DNA binding domain of mutant p53 and that the interaction was dependent on the HBAP hydroxyl groups. In vivo data demonstrated that HBAP was toxicity-free and could suppress tumor growth by inducing tumor cell apoptosis. Therefore our findings revealed that recovering mutated p53 function to that of wild-type p53 caused by HBAP triggered cancer cell apoptosis and that metabolites from deep-sea virus-challenged thermophiles could be a promising source of anti-tumor drugs.
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