Journal of Toxicologic Pathology
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2022
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Wen-Ling Mou,Shi-Ru Chen,Zhen-Ting Wu,Li-Hua Hu,Ji-Ye Zhang,Hong-Jie Chang,Hang Zhou,Ying Liu
Liver fibrosis results from liver inflammation and progresses to liver cirrhosis or liver cancer. It is known that nonalcoholic liver disease is mediated by the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)/myeloid differentiation factor-2 (MD-2)–tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) signaling pathway. This study aimed to investigate whether alcoholic liver disease is also mediated by this pathway. To this end, we first established rat models of liver fibrosis by administering alcohol. Next, the rats were injected with anti-TLR4 and anti-MD-2 antibodies. Real Time Quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and Western blotting were used to detect the activation of the TLR4/MD-2–TNF-α signaling pathway and hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). Moreover, the expression of molecules related to liver fibrosis was estimated. The morphology of rat liver tissue was observed through hematoxylin–eosin staining and Masson staining. For in vitro studies, Kupffer cells (KCs) isolated from the liver were transfected with si-TLR4 and si-MD-2 and co-cultured with HSCs to determine the activity of HSCs. It was found that alcohol treatment activated the TLR4/MD-2–TNF-α signaling pathway and upregulated the molecules associated with liver fibrosis. However, inhibition of TLR4 and MD-2 partially reversed this trend. Notably, in vitro studies indicated that knockdown of TLR4 and MD-2 in KCs partially inhibited LPS-induced activation of KCs and HSCs. Overall, this study showed that alcohol induces liver fibrosis via the LPS-TLR4/MD-2–TNF-α signaling pathway.
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Theranostics
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2020
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IF 8.579
Xi Chen,Ying Zhao,Wu Luo,Sian Chen,Feng Lin,Xi Zhang,Shijie Fan,Xian Shen,Yi Wang,Guang Liang
Background: Oxidative stress from elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) has been reported to induce cell apoptosis and may provide a means to target cancer cells. Celastrol is a natural bioactive compound that was recently shown to increase ROS levels and cause apoptosis in cancer cells. However, the underlying mechanism for this cytotoxic action remains unclear and direct molecular targets of Celastrol have not been identified. Methods: Proteome microarray, surface plasmon resonance, isothermal titration calorimetry and molecular simulation were used to identify the molecular target of Celastrol. Binding and activity assays were used to validate the interaction of Celastrol with target protein in cell-free and gastric cancer cell lysates. We then assessed target transcript levels in in biopsy specimens obtained from patients with gastric cancer. Gastric cancer growth-limiting and cytotoxic activity of Celastrol was evaluated in BALB/c nu/nu mice. Results: Our data show that Celastrol directly binds to an antioxidant enzyme, peroxiredoxin-2 (Prdx2), which then inhibits its enzyme activity at both molecular and cellular level. Inhibition of Prdx2 by Celastrol increased cellular ROS levels and led to ROS-dependent endoplasmic reticulum stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and apoptosis in gastric cancer cells. Functional tests demonstrated that Celastrol limits gastric cancer cells, at least in part, through targeting Prdx2. Celastrol treatment of mice implanted with gastric cancer cells also inhibited tumor growth, associated with Prdx2 inhibition and increased ROS. Analysis of human gastric cancer also showed increased Prdx2 levels and correlation with survival. Conclusion: Our studies have uncovered a potential Celastrol-interacting protein Prdx2 and a ROS-dependent mechanism of its action. The findings also highlight Prdx2 as a potential target for the treatment of gastric cancer.
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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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2024
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Xiaodong Zhang,Bohui Xu,Deshuai Xiao,Linfeng Dong,Xinyuan Zhang,Pifu Gong,Zheshuai Lin
In modern optics, birefringent materials that can manipulate light polarization play important roles in lasers and information fields. The search for ultraviolet (UV) crystals with large birefringence is the focus of attention in the field of optical materials. In this work, we synthesized two birefringent crystals, C2H12N6C4O4·2H2O and Na2C4O4·3H2O, containing planar π-conjugated [C4O4]2– groups. Attributed to the large structural anisotropy and relatively ordered arrangement of the [C4O4]2– groups, C2H12N6C4O4·2H2O and Na2C4O4·3H2O possess large birefringence of 0.20–0.21 at 1064 nm. Meanwhile, they exhibit short ultraviolet cutoff edges at about 280–300 nm, corresponding to the large band gaps of 4.35 and 4.24 eV, respectively. Using structural analysis and first-principles calculations, the origins of such large birefringence are investigated and discussed. This work provides two potential UV birefringent crystals and prompts the search for novel birefringent materials.
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Science China-Materials
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2024
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IF 6.8
Wei Yi,Song Menglin,Li Lihua,Ma Yingjin,Lao Xinyue,Liu Yuan,Li Guogang,Hao Jianhua
Persistent luminescence nanomaterials can remain luminescence when the light source is turned off, which exhibits promise in biosensor and bioimaging fields since they have the ability to completely eradicate tissue autofluorescence. Although significant progress has been made in the persistent luminescence biosensing, there is still a dearth of long-afterglow detection platform with low limit of detection (LOD) and high sensitivity. Herein, Zn 2 GeO 4 :Mn, Cr persistently luminescent nanorods (PLNRs) with superior persistent luminescence and long afterglow time were developed. The addition of Cr 3+ manifestly improves persistent luminescence intensity and afterglow duration through creating a deep defect trap. Then the biosensors were constructed by combining the Zn 2 GeO 4 :Mn,Cr PLNRs-antibody and Fe 3 O 4 magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs)-antibody for nucleocapsid protein detection based on electrostatic attraction. The LOD value for nucleocapsid protein realizes as low as 39.82 ag/mL, which is much lower than the previously reported persistent luminescent-based biosensors. Accordingly, the low detection sensitivity is attributed to fluorescence resonance energy transfer. In addition, high specificity is also achieved. Therefore, the as-prepared Zn 2 GeO 4 :Mn,Cr persistently luminescent materials can act as the promising candidate in biosensors applications. This strategy provides effective guidance for the development of biosensing platforms with high sensitivity and specificity.
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JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY
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2023
·Vol. 64
·期 3
·474-485
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Li L.,Yuan F.
Abstract Reaction of H 3 salmp (H 3 salmp = 2-bis(salicylidieneamino)methylphenol) and lanthanide ions has afforded three lanthanide-schiff base complexes. One is homodinuclear [Nd(Hsalmp)(NO 3 )(EtOH)] 2 ·2EtOH ( 1 ), other two are heteroleptic tetranuclear [LnNa(salmp)(sal)(EtOH) 3 ] 2 (Ln = Nd ( 2 ), Ce ( 3 ); sal = salicylaldehydato) architectures. In complex 1 , the counter Hsalmp 2– anions adopt NO 3 donor sets, wheras in complexes 2 and 3 , the counter salmp 3– anions select N 2 O 3 donor sets and sal – anions chose O 2 donor sets, in which cleavage of C=N groups in ligand has taken place. The amount of alkali has displayed a vital influence on preparation of these complexes. Both of the complexes were elucidated by elemental analysis, IR, fluorescence spectra and X-ray crystallography.
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SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
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2022
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IF 7.305
Jinpeng Lv,Xiangyu Wen
Passive thermal control coatings (TCC's) have been widely used to tune the thermal equilibrium of spacecraft surfaces since 1970s. Development of new TCC's with improved thermo-physical properties and radiation hardness are essential to the space assets that fly in harsh environments. Herein, we fabricated calcium orthophosphate based inorganic white paint, which possess relative low solar absorptance (α s ) of 0.095 and thermal emittance (ε H ) of 0.88. Noticeably, the Ca 3 (PO 4 ) 2 coating shows excellent space radiation tolerance and thermal control capacity. After performing 90 keV proton irradiation at a fluence of 4×10 15 cm -2 , the α s of ZnO coating increases from 0.160 to 0.213 while the Ca 3 (PO 4 ) 2 coating rises from 0.095 to 0112, which only degrades one third (0.017) of the ZnO coating (0.053). Furthermore, after performing simulated solar irradiation test, the surface temperature of Ca 3 (PO 4 ) 2 paint is 14.4 °C lower than that of ZnO coating, evidencing its prominent thermal-optical performance. Besides, we also found that Ga 2 O 3 based liquid-glass white paint is a good candidate for thermal equilibrium of spacecraft.
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MATERIALS SCIENCE-POLAND
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2024
·Vol. 42
·期 2
·70-80
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IF 1.3
Yanling Yu,Biwu Huang,Yafen Qu,Junshan Qiu,Yong Lai
[2-(3,4-epoxycyclohexyl) ethyl] triphenylsilane was synthesized, using triphenylsilane and 1,2-epoxy-4-vinylcyclohexane as the main raw materials. When the molar ratio of triphenylsilane to 1,2-epoxy-4-vinylcyclohexane was 1.0:1.2, the content of Wilkinson catalyst was 0.4%, the reaction temperature was 90°C, and the reaction time was 6 hours, the yield of [2-(3,4-epoxycyclohexyl) ethyl] triphenylsilane could reach 95.21%. The structure of the synthesized product was analyzed and characterized using FT-IR and 1H-NMR. The synthesized product was added to a bisphenol A-type epoxy resin (E-51) and a modified amine (593 amine) to prepare an adhesive. Then, the adhesive was poured into the mold and cured at 35°C for 8 hours. The cured sample exhibited the best performance when the ECETPS: E-51:593 amine molar ratio was 0.8:7.2:2. Thermal gravimetric analysis (TG) showed that the thermal stability of the cured samples increased relative to pure E-51 amine-cured samples with the synthesized product added. The mechanical properties of the samples were tested using a universal material testing machine, and the results showed a tensile strength of 37.95 MPa and a bending strength of 39.10 MPa.
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JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ANALYSIS
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2015
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Yi Min,Zhigang Sui,Zhen Liang,Lihua Zhang,Yukui Zhang
Superficially porous particles (SPPs) demonstrate superior efficiency than totally porous particles in chiral separations. In order to obtain high efficiency and fast separation, sub-2 μm SPPs with high surface area are synthesized, and with teicoplanin bonded, such materials are successfully applied into the rapid enantioseparation of native amino acids. In brief, 1.27 ± 0.06 μm nonporous silica particles are prepared by a modified seeded growth method, followed by mesoporous shell fabrication via one-pot templated dissolution and redeposition strategy, and pore size expansion via acid-refluxing. The diameter of the formed SPPs is 1.49 ± 0.04 μm, with the shell thickness as 206 nm. Nitrogen physisorption experiments show that the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) specific surface area is 213.6 m 2 /g and pore size is 9 nm. After teicoplanin derivatization with bonding capacity as 83.3 μmol/g, the prepared chiral stationary phase is packed into a stainless steel tube with the geometry of 50 mm × 2.1 mm i.d.. In less than 6.4 min, six native amino acids (norleucine, alanine, valine, methionine, leucine, norvaline) are enantioseparated with resolution factors ranging from 1.9 to 5.0. Besides, the resolution for chiral separation is improved with ethanol-water instead of methanol-water as the mobile phase. Moreover, the low temperature gives higher resolution, but longer retention time and higher backpressure. Finally, the effect of flow rate on enantiomeric separation is studied and fast chiral separation within 1 min is obtained with flow rate of 0.4 mL/min. All these results show that the synthesized teicoplanin bonded sub-2 μm SPPs have great potential to achieve the enantioseparation of native amino acids with high resolution and rapid speed.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2018
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Jiaguang Zheng,Xuezhang Xiao,Yan He,Man Chen,Meijia Liu,Shouquan Li,Lixin Chen
The Mg(BH 4 ) 2 -AlH 3 - x LiH ( x = 0, 0.5, 1) novel ternary composites have been synthesized through mechanical ball milling, their favorable dehydrogenation properties and mechanism have been experimentally investigated. It can be found that during ball milling, a slight amount of Mg(BH 4 ) 2 would react with LiH and transform into LiBH 4 , while most Mg(BH 4 ) 2 remained stable after ball milling. Two major dehydrogenation steps can be detected in the Mg(BH 4 ) 2 -AlH 3 - x LiH composite, which belong to the decomposition of AlH 3 and Mg(BH 4 ) 2 , respectively. Remarkably, the onset hydrogen desorption temperature of Mg(BH 4 ) 2 -AlH 3 - x LiH composite can be reduced to 125.9 °C, with a total hydrogen desorption capacity of 10.3 wt%. It is worth emphasizing that the reversible dehydrogenation capacity is obviously improved to 3.8 wt%, compared to the Mg(BH 4 ) 2 -AlH 3 composite. This reversible capacity can be held for 3 cycles without obvious degeneration. Microstructural analysis on de/rehydrogenated composite has identified the regeneration of [BH 4 ] - in Mg(BH 4 ) 2 -AlH 3 -0.5LiH composite and revealed the role of LiH in the cycling hydrogen desorption and absorption processes. The formation of LiBH 4 and MgH 2 resulted from the rehydrogenation between MgAlB 4 and LiH could be helpful for the stability of reversible hydrogen storage performance.
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ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology
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2021
·Vol. 10
·期 10
·106011
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IF 2.07
Jie Yang,Bo Ruan,Wang Ni,Lung-Chang Tsai,Ning Ma,Dean Shi,Tao Jiang,Fang-Chang Tsai
Carbon dots (CDs) has been widely applied in LED diodes, sensing and bioimaging. However, the fluorescence property of CDs is limited because of the solid-state aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ). Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), due to their high surface area, porosity and tunable pore size, are considered suitable hosts to inhibit the ACQ of CDs. Herein, the Zr-MOFs (UiO-66-(OH)2) is chosen as a host to encapsulate CDs. The dual-emitting CDs@MOFs system is constructed, which overcomes the problem of solid-state aggregation-caused quenching of carbon dots to gain the blue-emitting CDs@UiO-66-(OH)2. With the volume of CDs increased, the fluorescence of CDs@UiO-66-(OH)2 has changed simultaneously. When the volume reaches 3 ml, CDs@UiO-66-(OH)2 begin to cause fluorescence quenching. The correlated color temperatures (CCT) of CDs@UiO-66-(OH)2 are transformed from cold light to warm light. That can be further researched in electroluminescent diodes, ion-sensor, environmental monitoring, biological imaging and developments in other related biochemical fields.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2020
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IF 6.182
Bao Guo,Xiaohui Lin,Ian J. Burgess,Chun Yu
In this paper, shell-isolated nanoparticle enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SHINERS) has been applied to investigate the adsorption of typical collectors, butyl xanthate and 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT), on pyrite surface. With the help of inert shell isolated gold nanoparticles as electric field enhancers, high quality electrochemical spectra were obtained in relation to real-world flotation conditions, enabling the quantitative identification of the chemical reactions occurring only on the mineral surface. It has been found that polysulphide anions are predominant oxidation product of pyrite after abrading and above 0 mV vs Ag/AgCl. Both the adsorption of xanthate and MBT are suppressed on pre-oxidized pyrite surface. The pre-formed polysulphide is diminished at negative potentials, which are favourable for collector’s adsorption. Compared to xanthate, MBT shows greater resistance to pyrite oxidation and a broader potential window for adsorption due to the presence of two “minerophilic” groups (endocyclic nitrogen atom bonding in addition to the interaction through the exocyclic S atom). Single exocyclic S atom bonding is predominant in more favarouble adsorption environments. Dithiolate, the oxidation products of xanthate and MBT, has been precluded due to the high stability of adsorbed collector. This is inconsistent with the ex-situ XPS measurement where air exposure may induce oxidation.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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2020
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IF 4.939
Xuelei Feng,Jianguang Yuan,Yujie Lv,Bogu Liu,Haixiang Huang,Bao Zhang,Youhua Yan,Shumin Han,Ying Wu
Magnesium borohydride (Mg(BH 4 ) 2 ) is an attractive materials for solid-state hydrogen storage due to its high hydrogen content (14.9 wt%). In the present work, the dehydrogenation performance of Mg(BH 4 ) 2 by adding different amounts (10, 20, 40, 60 wt%) of two-dimensional layered Ti 3 C 2 MXene is studied. The Mg(BH 4 ) 2 -40 wt% Ti 3 C 2 composite releases 7.5 wt% hydrogen at 260 °C, whereas the pristine Mg(BH 4 ) 2 only releases 2.9 wt% hydrogen under identical conditions, and the onset desorption temperature decreases from 210 °C to a relative lower temperature of 82 °C. The special layered structure of Ti 3 C 2 MXene and fluorine plays an important role in dehydrogenation process especially at temperatures below 200 °C. The main dehydrogenation reaction is divided into two steps, and activation energy of the Mg(BH 4 ) 2 -40 wt% Ti 3 C 2 composite is 151.3 kJ mol −1 and 178.0 kJ mol −1 , respectively, which is much lower than that of pure Mg(BH 4 ) 2 .
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