Frontiers in Oncology
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2023
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IF 4.7
Hao Yin,Xingyan Fu,Hanyu Gao,Han Gao,Yannan Ma,Xitong Chen,Xueqi Zhang,Shan-Shan Du,Yun-Kun Qi
Liver cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-associated mortality globally, and >830,000 patients with liver cancer undergoing treatment succumbed to the disease in 2020, which indicates the urgent need to develop a more effective anti-liver cancer drug. In our previous study, nucleus-targeting hybrid peptides obtained from the fusion of LTX-315 and the rhodamine B group possessed potent anti-adherent cancer cell activity. Hybrid peptides accumulated in the cell nucleus and damaged the nuclear membrane, resulting in the transfer of reactive oxygen species (ROS) from the cytoplasm to the nucleus and the induction of apoptosis. However, the source of the high concentration of ROS within the cytoplasm is unclear. Moreover, although our previous study demonstrated that hybrid peptides possessed potent anticancer activity against adherent cancer cells, their efficacy on liver cancer remained unexplored. The current study found that the hybrid peptide NTP-217 killed liver cancer cells after 4-h treatment with a half-maximal inhibitory concentration of 14.6-45.7 μM. NTP-217 could stably accumulate in the liver tumor tissue and markedly inhibited liver tumor growth in mice. Furthermore, NTP-217 destroyed mitochondria and induced the leakage of mitochondrial contents, resulting in the generation of a substantial quantity of ROS. Unlike the apoptosis induced by 24 h of treatment by NTP-217, 4 h of treatment caused ROS-mediated necrotic cell death. These findings suggested that short-time treatment with hybrid peptides could trigger ROS-mediated rapid necrosis in liver cancer cells, and provided a basis for the future development of hybrid peptides as anti-liver cancer agents.
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肿瘤学
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药理学
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细胞生物学
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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2022
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IF 8.008
Sheng Chen,Jiayi Fan,Mengya Lv,Chenfeng Hua,Gaolin Liang,Shusheng Zhang
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), as the third endogenous gasotransmitter, is closely associated with various physiological and pathological processes, whereas many aspects of its functions remain unclear. Effective tools for the accurate detection of H2S in living organisms are urgently needed. We herein reported an internal standard assisted surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) nanoprobe for ratiometric detection of H2S in vitro and in living cells based on the reduction of nitros with H2S. This nanoprobe consists of an internal standard (4-mercaptobenzonitrile, MPBN) embedded core-molecule-shell Au nanoflower (Au@MPBN@Au) as the high plasmonic active SERS substrate and the 4-nitrothiophenol (4-NTP) molecule immobilized on the surface as the H2S recognition unit. With the addition of H2S, the nitros peak (1329 cm–1) decreased. Meanwhile, three obvious new peaks appeared at 1139, 1387, and 1433 cm–1, which were related to the vibration of the dimerized product 4,4′-dimercaptoazobisbenzene (DMAB) of 4-aminothiophenol (4-ATP). However, the peak intensity at 2223 cm–1 derived from MPBN was not influenced by the outer environment. Thus, the H2S level was able to be determined based on the ratio of two peak intensities (I1139/I2223) with a detection limit as low as 0.24 μM. Notably, we have proved that SERS nanoprobe Au@MPBN@Au@4-NTP could ratiometrically image both the endogenous and exogenous H2S in living cells. We anticipate that Au@MPBN@Au@4-NTP could be applied for the study of H2S-related physiological function in the future.
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分析化学
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生物医学工程
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分子生物学
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生物成像
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2022
·Vol. 46
·期 45
·21560-21567
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IF 3.925
Jinyang Liu,Yan Zhou,Xiuniang Tan,Shengjiang Zhang,Chunjiao Mo,Xiaobo Hong,Taolong Wu,Xuecai Tan,Yanjuan Liao,Zaiyin Huang
The establishment of heterojunctions is an effective way to improve the performance of semiconductor photocatalysts as a solution to solve environmental pollution problems; however, the decomposition efficiency of organic pollutants driven by sunlight remains a challenge. Herein, CoS2-decorated CdS hetero-junctions as highly efficient photocatalysts were rationally synthesized via a three-step process and CoS2-decorated CdS composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, UV-Vis diffusion reflectance spectrometry, fluorescence spectroscopy analysis, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, and transient photocurrent measurement. Using organic dyes rhodamine B (Rh B) and nitenpyram (NTP) as model pollutants, the performance of the CoS2-decorated CdS composites for the degradation of model pollutants were evaluated. Among them, the material with the best performance can degrade 99.5% Rh B and 92.5% NTP within 120 min. Furthermore, the catalyst still maintained its high catalytic activity after five cycles. This work provides a new idea for developing efficient and inexpensive hetero-junctions as photo-catalysts.
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环境科学
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Carbon Energy
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2024
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IF 19.5
Guobao Xu,Liyue Yang,Zhihao Yan,Zhikai Huang,Xue Li,Gencai Guo,Ye Tian,Liwen Yang,Jianyu Huang,Yaru Liang,Shulei Chou
Though plenty of research has been conducted to improve the low intrinsic electronic conductivity of NASICON-structured NaTi 2 (PO 4 ) 3 (NTP), realizing sodium-ion batteries with high areal/volumetric capacity still remains a formidable challenge. Herein, a multiscale design from anode material to electrode structure is proposed to obtain a gadolinium-ion-doped and carbon-coated NTP composite electrode (NTP-Gd-C), in which gadolinium ion doping, oxygen vacancy, optimized structure, N-doped carbon coating, and bridging on the three-dimensional network are simultaneously achieved. In the whole electrode, the excellent hierarchical electronic/ionic conductivity and structural stability are simultaneously improved via the synergistic optimization of NTP-Gd-C. As a result, excellent electrochemical performances of NTP-Gd-C electrode with a high areal/volumetric capacity of 1.0 mAh cm −2 /142.8 mAh cm −3 , high rate capability (58.3 mAh g −1 at 200 C), long cycle life (ultralow capacity fading of 0.004% per cycle under 10,000 cycles), and wide-temperature electrochemical performances (97.0 mAh g −1 at 2 C under −20°C) are achieved. Moreover, the NTP-Gd-C//Na 3 V 2 (PO 4 ) 3 /C full cell also delivers an excellent rate capacity of 42.0 mAh g −1 at 200 C and long-term high-capacity retention of 66.2% after 4000 cycles at 20 C. Highlights Developing high-performance sodium-ion batteries with the multiscale designed NaTi 2 (PO 4 ) 3 (NTP)-Gd-C material as the anode. Demonstrating the enhanced intrinsic ionic/electronic conductivity and structural stability of NTP-Gd-C electrode. Revealing the great potential for commercial applications of the NTP-Gd-C material.
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ACTA PHARMACOLOGICA SINICA
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2022
·Vol. 44
·期 1
·201-210
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IF 7.169
Yin Hao,Chen Xi-tong,Chi Qiao-na,Ma Yan-nan,Fu Xing-yan,Du Shan-shan,Qi Yun-kun,Wang Ke-wei
The use of oncolytic peptides with activity against a wide range of cancer entities as a new and promising cancer therapeutic strategy has drawn increasing attention. The oncolytic peptide LTX-315 derived from bovine lactoferricin (LfcinB) was found to be highly effective against suspension cancer cells, but not adherent cancer cells. In this study, we tactically fused LTX-315 with rhodamine B through a hybridization strategy to design and synthesize a series of nucleus-targeting hybrid peptides and evaluated their activity against adherent cancer cells. Thus, four hybrid peptides, NTP-212, NTP-217, NTP-223 and NTP-385, were synthesized. These hybrid peptides enhanced the anticancer activity of LTX-315 in a panel of adherent cancer cell lines by 2.4- to 37.5-fold. In model mice bearing B16-F10 melanoma xenografts, injection of NTP-385 (0.5 mg per mouse for 3 consecutive days) induced almost complete regression of melanoma, prolonged the median survival time and increased the overall survival. Notably, the administered dose of NTP-385 was only half the effective dose of LTX-315. We further revealed that unlike LTX-315, which targets the mitochondria, NTP-385 disrupted the nuclear membrane and accumulated in the nucleus, resulting in the transfer of a substantial amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS) from the cytoplasm to the nucleus through the fragmented nuclear membrane. This ultimately led to DNA double-strand break (DSB)-mediated intrinsic apoptosis. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that hybrid peptides obtained from the fusion of LTX-315 and rhodamine B enhance anti-adherent cancer cell activity by targeting the nucleus and triggering DNA DSB-mediated intrinsic apoptosis. This study also provides an advantageous reference for nucleus-targeting peptide modification.
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肿瘤学
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分子生物学
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癌症治疗
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2024
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IF 13.3
Jiaxing Song,Jiabao lv,Yuhan Pan,Jingyu Wang,Jun Wang,Ang Cao,Angjian Wu,Paul T. Williams,Qunxing Huang
Conventional catalytic pyrolysis of waste plastics for H 2 production faces challenges due to excessively high reaction temperatures. This study introduced a NiCeOx/β catalyst for low-temperature H 2 production from polyethylene (PE), aiming to enhance H 2 yield through nonthermal plasma (NTP) and catalytic active sites. Experimental results confirmed the efficacy of NTP in promoting collision between high-potential-energies active species and plasma-catalyst interactions, identifying acidic sites as primary catalytic active sites. Both experiments and density functional theory (DFT) calculations confirmed NiO and CeO 2 particles as metallic active sites, exhibiting thermodynamic and kinetic benefits for primary products from PE pyrolysis. Under optimal conditions, the highest H 2 yield and selectivity respectively reached 32.71 mmol/g and 82.10 % at a PE/(NiCeOx/β) ratio of 1:4, reaction temperature of 400 °C, and NTP discharge power of 210 W. The NiCeOx/β catalyst facilitated low-temperature pyrolysis of waste plastics, enhancing H 2 selectivity and yield.
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能源科学
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材料科学
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环境工程
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CHEMOSPHERE
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2018
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IF 4.427
Tao Cui,Chenyang Shen,Anlin Xu,Weiqing Han,Jiansheng Li,Xiuyun Sun,Jinyou Shen,Lianjun Wang
In this work, a novel coupled-oxidation tubular reactor (COTR)/non-thermal dielectric barrier discharge (NTP-DBD) catalytic plasma in a synergistic electro-catalysis system was investigated for odorous mercaptans decomposition. In order to enhance the degradation efficiency of electro-oxidation, a novel enhanced Ti/PbO 2 electro-catalytic tubular reactor prepared by using flow dynamic electrodeposition was designed and applied as pretreatment process for CH 3 SNa wastewater. The results indicated that the optimal condition was 7 mA cm −2 of current density, 10 g L −1 of initial concentration of CH 3 SNa, 9.0 of pH and 5.0 g L −1 of electrolyte concentration. Addition of Fe 2+ and H 2 O 2 and mechanism of COTR system were first put forward. The target species CH 3 SNa were removed over 90% by this process. In order to treat the CH 3 SH effusion which was co-produced with CH 3 SNa aqueous solution, the technology of NTP-DBD catalytic plasma reactor followed by a chemical absorption has been developed. MSH could be removed over 95% under the condition of 2 s of residence time, 15 kV of output voltage with oxygen concentration of 9%. Moreover, the synthetic Ni-doped AC catalyst had the best performance under 0.7 mmol g −1 of nickel loading. The conclusion was the energetic electrons generated in the DBD reactor played a key role on the removal of MSH, and the major decomposition products of MSH were detected as CH 3 SSCH 3 , SO 2 and NO 2 . Moreover, the gaseous products in the plasma exhaust could be absorbed and fixed by the subsequent aqueous NaOH solution.
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环境科学
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化学工程
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等离子体技术
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FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2022
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IF 9.231
Yanli Zheng,Xiaoyu Jia,Zhiyong Zhao,Yalin Ran,Meijun Du,Haiyu Ji,Yanfang Pan,Ziqin Li,Xiaowei Ma,Yue Liu,Lihua Duan,Xihong Li
Poly (butylene adipate- co -terephthalate) (PBAT)/polylactic acid (PLA) blended with compatibilizers (polycaprolactone, PCL; poly (ethylene glycol), PEG; titanium dioxide, nano-TiO 2 ) ( [email protected] composites) were developed by melt processing. Natamycin incorporated into [email protected] blend composites formed [email protected] films, which exhibited high tensile strength (24.1–43.5 MPa) and elongation at break (85.8–258.2 %), and exhibited good oxygen permeability, water vapor permeability, surface hydrophobicity and biodegradability. The in vitro results revealed that inhibition of Penicillium expansum cell growth of the [email protected] films with addition of 1.0 wt% natamycin reached 95.72 %. The [email protected] film with natamycin effectively reduced incidence of decay (1.52 %) on grapes, maintained their quality, and inhibited the growth of pathogenic fungi to up to 0.42 log cfu·g −1 . This study generates new insights into the preservation properties of antimicrobial [email protected] film, which endow it with great application potential as a novel and eco-friendly packaging material for the food industry.
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材料科学
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食品科学
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生物技术
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包装技术
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