JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
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2023
·Vol. 21
·期 1
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He Yiman,Chen Huawan,Li Wenbo,Xu Lu,Yao Huan,Cao Yang,Wang Zhigang,Zhang Liang,Wang Dong,Zhou Di
Background Radiotherapy (RT) is one of the most mainstream cancer therapeutic modalities. However, due to the lack of specificity of the radiation adopted, both normal and cancerous cells are destroyed indiscriminately. This highlights the crucial need to improve radiosensitization. This study aims to address this issue by constructing a multifunctional nanospheres that can sensitize multiple aspects of radiotherapy.Results Nanospheres containing high atomic element Bi can effectively absorb ionizing radiation and can be used as radiosensitizers. Cell viability after Bi2S3 + X-ray treatment was half that of X-ray treatment alone. On the other hand, exposed 3-bromopyruvate (3BP) could reduce the overactive oxygen (O2) metabolism of tumor cells and alleviate tumor hypoxia, thereby promoting radiation-induced DNA damage. The combination index (CI) of 3BP and Bi2S3-based RT in Bi2S3-3BP + X-ray was determined to be 0.46 with the fraction affected (fa) was 0.5 via Chou-Talalay’s isobolographic method, which indicated synergistic effect of 3BP and Bi2S3-based RT after integration into Bi2S3-3BP + X-ray. Under the combined effect of 3BP and RT, autophagy was over-activated through starvation-induced and redox homeostasis dysregulation pathways, which in turn exhibited pro-death effects. In addition, the prepared nanospheres possess strong X-ray attenuation and high near-infrared (NIR) optical absorption, thus eliminating the need for additional functional components and could serve as bimodal contrast agents for computed tomography/photoacoustic (CT/PA) imaging.Conclusion sThe rational design of multifunctional nanospheres with the unique properties provided a novel strategy to achieving high therapeutic efficacy in RT. This was accomplished through simultaneous activation of multiple sensitization pathways by increasing ionizing radiation, reducing tumor oxygen consumption, inducing pro-death autophagy, and providing multiple-imaging guidance/monitoring.
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IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY AND IMMUNOTOXICOLOGY
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2023
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Shiling Hu,Jue Wang,Haoyun Bai,Chaohua Feng,Zhenqi Zhou,Zhuoyin Xue,Wen Zhang,Yongjing Zhang,Nan Wang,Langchong He
Background Mast cells (MCs) are important effector cells in anaphylaxis and anaphylactic disease. 3’,4’,5,7-tetrahydroxyflavone (THF) presents in many medicinal plants and exerts a variety of pharmacological effects. In this study, we evaluated the effect of THF on C48/80-induced anaphylaxis and the mechanisms underlying its effects, including the role of secreted phosphoprotein 1 (SPP1), which has not been reported to IgE-independent MC activation.Results THF inhibited C48/80-induced Ca2+ flow and degranulation via the PLCγ/PKC/IP3 pathway in vitro. RNA-seq showed that THF inhibited the expression of SPP1 and downstream molecules. SPP1 is involved in pseudo-anaphylaxis reactions. Silencing SPP1 affects the phosphorylation of AKT and P38. THF suppressed C48/80-induced paw edema, hypothermia and serum histamine, and chemokines release in vivo.Conclusions Our results validated SPP1 is involved in IgE-independent MC activation anaphylactoid reactions. THF inhibited C48/80-mediated anaphylactoid reactions both in vivo and in vitro, suppressed calcium mobilization and inhibited SPP1-related pathways.
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International Journal of Electrochemical Science
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2023
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Van Tu Nguyen,Yue Li Liu,Shah Abdul Hakim,Amr Rady Radwan,Bin Wei,Wen Chen
Fe 2-x Sn x (MoO 4 ) 3 samples were successfully synthesized by wet chemical route. The analytical results of X-ray diffractions indicated that the additions of tin have not destroyed the lattice structure of Fe 2-x Sn x (MoO 4 ) 3 , but increased the units cell volume. Fe 2-x Sn x (MoO 4 ) 3 can be exhibited higher discharge /charge capacities and better cycle-stability than the pristine one. At room temperature, the initial discharge capacity of Fe 1.95 Sn 0.05 (MoO 4 ) 3 is 83.12 mAh g -1 at a discharge rate of 0.5 C and remains 78.81 after 50 cycles. The improved electrochemical properties can be explaining with the presence of tin in the lattice of Fe 2 (MoO 4 ) 3 by improved the structure stability and electrical conductivity.
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ACS Applied Nano Materials
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2023
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Zhiming Sun,Yuhang Gao,Chaogang Ban,Jiazhi Meng,Jinshu Wang,Kaiwen Wang,Liyong Gan
Oxygen vacancy (Vo) engineering is a powerful tool to improve semiconductor metal oxide-based surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) activity due to the enriched surface states of substrates. However, the current energy-consuming high-temperature hydrogen reduction methods of introducing Vo and the poor sensitivity impede practical applications of semiconductor SERS. In this work, a facile solvothermal method was developed to prepare ultrafine WO3–x nanorods (∼3 nm width) for high-performance SERS substrates. The lowest detection limit of the rhodamine 6G (R6G) molecule on the Vo substrate can be as low as 10–10 mol/L and exceeds that of unmodified WO3 by more than two orders of magnitude. Experimental and calculated results suggest that the Vo-induced localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR), diverse vibronic coupling, and enhanced charge transfer synergistically account for this outstanding activity. These findings can provide insights into the rational design of oxygen vacancy-tailored semiconductor SERS substrates.
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Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
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2023
·Vol. 10
·期 7
·2107-2114
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Qin Wang,Jinxuan Ren,Dan Wang,Liling Cao,Xuehua Dong,Ling Huang,Daojiang Gao,Guohong Zou
Two fluorine antimony nitrates named (NH4)3SbF3(NO3)3 and (NH4)3SbF4(NO3)2 have been successfully synthesized by a low temperature molten salt method. Although these two title compounds possess NO3− groups and similar Sb-polyhedra, they exhibit completely different macroscopic centricities, (NH4)3SbF3(NO3)3 being noncentrosymmetric while (NH4)3SbF4(NO3)2 being centrosymmetric, which is induced by the discrepant coordination environments of Sb3+. Interestingly, the noncentrosymmetric (NH4)3SbF3(NO3)3 exhibits a strong second harmonic generation response (3.3 × KDP), a large birefringence (0.098@546 nm) and a large band gap (3.77 eV), indicating its potential as a UV nonlinear optical material. Detailed structure–property analysis confirms that the superior optical property is due to the synergistic effect of the planar π-conjugated NO3− groups and the stereochemically active lone pair containing Sb3+ cations.
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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
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2023
·Vol. 52
·期 15
·4708-4716
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Zhaoyang Wang,Jiaxuan Han,Dong Wang,Lingyang Liu,Wenjing Shi,Fangyu Xiong,Haizheng Tao
Na3V2(PO4)3 (NVP) is regarded as one of the most promising cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). However, it suffers from a dense bulk structure and low intrinsic electronic conductivity, which lead to limited electrochemical performances. Herein, we propose a surfactant-assisted molding strategy to regulate the pore-forming process in NVP/C composite cathode materials. More precisely, the forming process of the pores in NVP could be easily controlled by utilizing the huge difference in critical micelle concentration of a surfactant (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTAB) in water and ethanol. By reasonably modulating the ratio of water and ethanol in the solution, the as-synthesized NVP/C sample exhibited a three-dimensional interconnected structure with hierarchical micro/meso/macro-pores. Benefiting from these hierarchical porous structures in NVP/C, the structural stability, contact surface with the electrolyte, and electronic/ionic conductivity were improved simultaneously; whereby the optimized porous NVP/C sample exhibited an excellent high-rate performance (61.3 mA h g−1 at 10 C) and superior cycling stability (90.2% capacity retention after 500 cycles at 10 C).
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2023
·Vol. 47
·期 11
·5546-5554
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IF 3.3
Wenwen Yang,Shan-Shan Xu,Yawen Niu,Yanhui Zhang,Jian-Feng Li,Juan Xu
As a member of the ternary sulfides, CdIn2S4 is a visible light responded catalyst with a band gap of 2.2–2.6 eV, which is suitable for solar spectrum. In this study, a simple two-step solvothermal method was used to construct Ni12P5/In(OH)3/CdIn2S4 composite catalysts with type-II and Z-scheme heterojunctions, and there was a synergy between the two heterojunctions. The Ni12P5/In(OH)3/CdIn2S4 composite catalyst formed a donor-mediator-acceptor system for photogenerated electrons, which greatly improved the separation efficiency of the photogenerated carriers. Moreover, the highest hydrogen production activity achieved by the Ni12P5/In(OH)3/CdIn2S4 composites was 5.75 mmol g−1 h−1, which was 21 times the original CdIn2S4.
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Polymers
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2023
·Vol. 15
·期 1
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Yao Lu,Xuna Jin,Xiang Li,Minpeng Liu,Baolei Liu,Xiaodan Zeng,Jie Chen,Zhigang Liu,Shihua Yu,Yucheng Xu
Superparamagnetic Fe3O4particles have been synthesized by solvothermal method, and a layer of dense silica sol polymer is coated on the surface prepared by sol-gel technique; then La(OH)3covered the surface of silica sol polymer in an irregular shape by controlled in situ growth technology. These magnetic materials are characterized by TEM, FT-IR, XRD, SEM, EDS and VSM; the results show that La(OH)3nanoparticles have successfully modified on Fe3O4surface. The prepared Fe3O4@La(OH)3inorganic polymer has been used as adsorbent to remove phosphate efficiently. The effects of solution pH, adsorbent dosage and co-existing ions on phosphate removal are investigated. Moreover, the adsorption kinetic equation and isothermal model are used to describe the adsorption performance of Fe3O4@La(OH)3. It was observed that Fe3O4@La(OH)3exhibits a fast equilibrium time of 20 min, high phosphate removal rate (>95.7%), high sorption capacity of 63.72 mgP/g, excellent selectivity for phosphate in the presence of competing ions, under the conditions of phosphate concentration 30 mgP/L, pH = 7, adsorbent dose 0.6 g/L and room temperature. The phosphate adsorption process by Fe3O4@La(OH)3is best described by the pseudo-second-order equation and Langmuir isotherm model. Furthermore, the real samples and reusability experiment indicate that Fe3O4@La(OH)3could be regenerated after desorption, and 92.78% phosphate removing remained after five cycles. Therefore, La(OH)3nanoparticles deposited on the surface of monodisperse Fe3O4microspheres have been synthesized for the first time by a controlled in-situ growth method. Experiments have proved that Fe3O4@La(OH)3particles with fast separability, large adsorption capacity and easy reusability can be used as a promising material in the treatment of phosphate wastewater or organic pollutants containing phosphoric acid functional group.Keywords:superparamagnetic;Fe3O4@La(OH)3inorganic polymer;phosphate adsorption
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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY
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2019
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Wen Qi,Liting Zhou,Tianye Zhao,Shuang Ding,Qi Xu,Xu Han,Yaming Zhao,Xinyue Song,Tianyang Zhao,Xiaohan Zhang,Lin Ye
Background Mono-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (MEHP), an important metabolite of di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), can induce lipid metabolic disorder . Previous studies have shown that MEHP promotes 3T3-L1 cell differentiation ; however, the underlying mechanism is unclear. The present study was performed to investigate the effect of the TYK-2/STAT-3 pathway on lipid accumulation induced by MEHP. Methods A 3T3-L1 precursor adipocyte differentiation model was exposed to MEHP. 3-Isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX), dexamethasone (DEX), and insulin were used to establish the 3T3-L1 precursor adipocyte differentiation model. Then the model cells were exposed to MEHP for 8 d. The lipid droplet formation in 3T3-L1 cells was determined with Oil-Red-O staining, and isopropyl alcohol was used to extract the lipid droplets for quantification. Flow cytometry was used to detect the intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and mitochondrial membrane potential . Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was used to detect mRNA expression, and western blotting was used to detect the expression of proteins encoded by TYK-2/STAT-3 pathway genes and adipogenesis-related genes. Results MEHP treatment , compared with the control treatment, significantly promoted the differentiation of 3T3-L1 cells and increased the expression of STAT-3 mRNA and protein and P-STAT3 protein in the cells. In addition, MEHP down-regulated the phosphorylation of STAT-3 in mitochondria. MEHP was found to influence the mitochondrial membrane potential and intracellular ROS levels. Conclusion MEHP may affect adipocyte differentiation and lead to lipid accumulation through the TYK-2/STAT-3 pathway.
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JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
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2019
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Xiao-Ling Tang,Nan-Nan Zhang,Guo-Yan Ye,Yu-Guo Zheng
( R )-3-amino-1-butanol is a key intermediate of Dolutegravir for the treatment of HIV/AIDS and its green and efficient biosynthesis has attracted a great deal of attention. Transaminases are currently used as promising biocatalyst for the synthesis of chiral amines. However, many transaminases have ( S )-specificity and ( R )-selective transaminases were less exploited and studied, making the production of ( R )-amines remain challenging. In this study, a novel transaminase from Actinobacteria sp. ( As -TA) was obtained and applied for the biosynthesis of ( R )-3-amino-1-butanol by transferring the amino group from isopropylamine to 4-hydroxy-2-butanone. After optimization of the reaction condition and using a substrate fed-batch strategy, the conversion of 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 mM 4-hydroxy-2-butanone reached 100%, 94.9%, 86.1%, 76.1% and 70.9%, respectively. ( R )-3-amino-1-butanol with a maximum yield of 29.6 g/L and 99.9% e.e. value was obtained. This was the first time demonstrating the successful biosynthesis of ( R )-3-amino-1-butanol with transaminase as biocatalyst and the obtained As -TA enriched the enzyme pool of transaminase with ( R )-specificity.
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JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
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2019
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Shili Wang,Shimou Chen,Weiqun Gao,Lili Liu,Suojiang Zhang
In this paper, we propose a new electrolyte additive 3-Isocyanatopropyltriethoxysilane (IPTS) to improve the cycle stability and rate performance of Ni-Rich (LiNi 0·6 Co 0·2 Mn 0·2 O 2 ) cathode half-cell. Density function theory calculations suggest that IPTS has higher HOMO energy than solvent, which can decompose preferentially. Moreover, we confirm the oxidative decomposition by the linear scanning cyclic voltammetry , which can achieve stable at a cutoff voltage of 2.5–4.5 Vs. (Li/Li + ). The cyclic voltammetry curves at different scan rates indicate that the migration rate of lithium ions is higher in the cells with 0.5% additive than in the base electrolyte. After 150 cycles, the capacity retention rates in the base electrolyte and in the additive-containing electrolyte are 55.4% and 73.1%, respectively. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy show that the additive is involved in film formation, and the obtained CEI film is very uniform and dense, which play a key role in stabilizing the electrolyte under high voltage.
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Journal of Cleaner Production
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2018
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Peng Liu,Yining Gao,Fazhou Wang,Lu Yang
Heavy metal contamination is an important environmental issue . Heavy metal removal by cementitious materials would be an efficient method because of their large-scale exposure to rainwater and groundwater. In this study, 3-thiocyanatopropyltriethoxysilane (TCPS)-modified Fly ash (T-FA) beads were prepared and incorporated into pervious concrete . The functionalized pervious concrete was used to sequester Cd (II) from solution, utilizing the chelating property of the thiocyanate on TCPS. TCPS molecules were chemically bonded onto FA beads after alkali activation , which was confirmed by IR spectroscopy. IR shows the vibration of Si OH and the asymmetric vibrations of CH 2 and CN on TCPS. In addition, 29 Si NMR spectroscopy identifies a new peak at −47.22 ppm assigned to T 2 [RSi(OSi) 2 OH]. T-FA beads can efficiently remove Cd (II) when immersed and stirred in a CdCl 2 solution. An equally significant sequestration capacity was demonstrated when T-FA beads were incorporated in pervious concrete. Cd (II) concentrations were reduced from 300 to 15.86 ppm when a 100 × 100 × 100 mm 3 T-FA-loaded concrete specimen was exposed to a 5 L CdCl 2 solution.
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