Cell Death & Disease
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2023
·Vol. 14
·期 2
·1-13
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Liu Nian,Zhang Jianglin,Yan Mingjie,Chen Lihui,Wu Jie,Tao Qian,Yan Bei,Chen Xiang,Peng Cong
Patients with advanced melanoma have shown an improved outlook after anti-PD1 therapy, but the low response rate restricts clinical benefit; therefore, enhancing anti-PD1 therapeutic efficacy remains a major challenge. Here, our findings showed a significantly increased abundance of α-KG in healthy controls, anti-PD1-sensitive melanoma-bearing mice, and anti-PD1-sensitive melanoma patients; moreover, supplementation with α-KG enhanced the efficacy of anti-PD1 immunotherapy and increased PD-L1 expression in melanoma tumors via STAT1/3. We also found that supplementation with α-KG significantly increased the activity of the methylcytosine dioxygenases TET2/3, which led to an increased 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5-hmC) level in the PD-L1 promoter. As a consequence, STAT1/3 binding to the PD-L1 promoter was stabilized to upregulate PD-L1 expression. Importantly, single-cell sequencing of preclinical samples and analysis of clinical data revealed that TET2/3-STAT1/3-CD274 signaling was associated with sensitivity to anti-PD1 treatment in melanoma. Taken together, our results provide novel insight into α-KG’s function in anti-PD1 treatment of melanoma and suggest supplementation with α-KG as a novel promising strategy to improve the efficacy of anti-PD1 therapy.
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ACS ES&T Engineering
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2023
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Wei-Ping Zhu,Jie Deng,Zhi-Jie Chen,Jia-Cheng Li,Juan Xu
The performance of three-dimensional biofilm electrode reactors (3D-BERs) in hydrogen autotrophic denitrification is determined by electroactive biofilms. Herein, a self-assembled hybrid biofilm (SAHB) is developed on granular activated carbon particle electrodes by incorporating nano α-Fe2O3. The influences of operating parameters such as current, influent concentration, and hydraulic retention time (HRT) on denitrification are investigated as well as the mechanisms of SAHB-improved denitrification. The results indicate that SAHB achieves a high autotrophic denitrification rate of 4.20 mg TN/L/h under 40 mA current, 100 mg/L nitrate, and 26 h HRT, outperforming the naturally formed biofilm by 23.53%. SAHB contains more microorganisms than naturally formed biofilms, revealing that nano α-Fe2O3 is conducive to trapping free microorganisms on particle electrodes. SAHB enriches denitrification-related genes and increases corresponding enzyme activities (particularly nitrite reductase). According to metagenomic sequencing, nano α-Fe2O3 addition at a current level of 40 mA appears to favor denitrification via the nirS-dependent pathway probably due to its high affinity for cytochrome C. Metagenomic binning reveals that the microorganism associated with Zoogloeaceae (Rhodocyclales order) in SAHB may play a pivotal role in hydrogen autotrophic denitrification. This work develops a novel denitrification system, furthering our understanding of hydrogen autotrophic denitrification in 3D-BERs.
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FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
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2023
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Yi-Fang Gao,Meng-Qi Liu,Zhong-Han Li,Han-Lin Zhang,Jia-Qi Hao,Bo-Hao Liu,Xiao-Yan Li,Yu-Qi Yin,Xiao-Hui Wang,Qian Zhou,Di Xu,Bao-Ming Shi,Ying-Hua Zhang
The development of food-derived Xanthine Oxidase (XO) inhibitors is critical to the treatment of hyperuricemia and oxidative stress-related disease. Few studies report on milk protein hydrolysates’ XO inhibitory activity, with the mechanism of their interaction remaining elusive. Here, different commercial enzymes were used to hydrolyze α-lactalbumin and bovine colostrum casein. The two proteins hydrolyzed by alkaline protease exhibited the most potent XO inhibitory activity (bovine casein: IC 50 = 0.13 mg mL −1 ; α-lactalbumin: IC 50 = 0.28 mg mL −1 ). Eight potential XO inhibitory peptides including VYPFPGPI, GPVRGPFPIIV, VYPFPGPIPN, VYPFPGPIHN, QLKRFSFRSFIWR, LVYPFPGPIHN, AVFPSIVGR, and GFININSLR (IC 50 of 4.67–8.02 mM) were purified and identified from alkaline protease hydrolysates by using gel filtration, LC-MS/MS and PeptideRanker. The most important role of inhibiting activity of peptides is linked to hydrophobic interactions and hydrogen bonding based on the results of molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation. The enzymatic hydrolysate of α-lactalbumin and bovine colostrum casein could be a competitive candidates for hyperuricemia-resisting functional food.
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CATALYSIS LETTERS
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2023
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Shi Bingyu,Liu Man,Chen Jiangang
Derivatives of 2,4-dimethyldihydrocyclopentadiene were prepared, characterized by NMR spectroscopy, which was applied to 1-decene oligomerization. A two-step activation method in which both triisobutylaluminium (TIBA) and methyl aluminoxane (MAO) were co-used in sequence particularly been developed for N-doped ligand catalyst. N-doped catalyst had a very high polymerization conversion at 60–110 °C by varying the reaction temperature at 20 eq. of TIBA and 100 eq. of MAO, reaching 89.95% at 80 °C. In addition, oligomers with different viscosity grades could be obtained by adjusting the temperature. At optimized reaction conditions 75 °C, 10 eq. of TIBA and 50 eq. of MAO activation, the single pass conversion of 91.33% was achieved. The obtained oligomers had a high viscosity index above 170 at KV 100 = 6. In addition, the two-step activation method was used to compare with the conventional one-step activation method on catalysts with three different ligands of zirconium chloride. A high catalytic productivity was achieved by the two-step activation process. Depending on the nature of the ligands used, β-hydride elimination, 2,1 insertion and 1,2 rearrangement were detected as main chain release mechanisms. Meanwhile, the pathways of oligomer formation were also summarized. In brief, N-doped complex is promising catalysts for the production of high quality lubricant base oils due to their high catalytic activity and high thermal stability. Graphical Abstract
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SYNTHETIC COMMUNICATIONS
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2023
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Yulu Fu,Tian Fu,Chao Duan,Jie Chi,Hongshe Wang
A highly efficient, one-pot, three-component Strecker reaction for the synthesis of α-aminonitriles from carbonyl compounds, amines, and potassium hexacyanoferrate (II) (K4[Fe(CN)6]) in the presence of a catalytic amount of humic acid catalyst in water at room temperature has been developed. Advantages of this methodology are use of inexpensive, commercially available, environmentally friendly and reusable organocatalyst, environmentally benign and inexpensive cyanide source, simple experimental and work-up procedure, high yields, room temperature reaction, water as a green solvent and scaled-up synthesis.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2022
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Jingtao Bi,Qingqing Tao,Jie Ren,Xin Huang,Ting Wang,Hongxun Hao
Heterojunction with same elements but different types of semiconductors is a special material which is convenient for fabrication and industrialization. In this work, a series of α/γ-Fe 2 O 3 isoelement heterostructures with different crystal contents (γ-Fe 2 O 3 , 10 % α-Fe 2 O 3 /90 % γ-Fe 2 O 3 , 33 % α-Fe 2 O 3 /67 % γ-Fe 2 O 3 , 55 % α-Fe 2 O 3 /45 % γ-Fe 2 O 3 , 78 % α-Fe 2 O 3 /22 % γ-Fe 2 O 3 and α-Fe 2 O 3 ) were constructed by hydrothermal method combined with controlled partial annealing process. Physicochemical analyses including XRD, TEM , XPS , BET, UV-Vis, PL spectra and ESR analyses were applied to investigate the advantages of isoelement α/γ-Fe 2 O 3 compared with the pure single-crystalline Fe 2 O 3 . Benefiting from the enlarged specific surface area and staggered band structure, the fabricated heterostructure with 78 wt% α-Fe 2 O 3 content exhibited more efficient separation of charge carriers and thus superior photodegradation efficiency than pure Fe 2 O 3 under visible-light irradiation. Different from TiO 2 -based P25 heterostructures, Fe 2 O 3 system possesses narrower bandgap and cannot efficiently consumed the excited holes. As a result, the accumulated h + would inhibit the further separation of excitons with photocatalysis proceeding and thus induce insufficient driving force for the increment of photocatalytic ability like P25. The results presented in this work would be conducive to the rational design of staggered heterostructures.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
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2022
·Vol. 24
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Xiaoyu Zhang,Yuan Gao,Zhuangzhuang Liu,Wenjing Li,Yuan Kang,Ximeng Li,Zhenlu Xu,Cheng Peng,Yun Qi
As a worldwide health issue, obesity is associated with the infiltration of monocytes/macrophages into the adipose tissue causing unresolved inflammation. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) exerts a crucial effect on obesity-related monocytes/macrophages infiltration. Clinically, aspirin and salsalate are beneficial for the treatment of metabolic diseases in which adipose tissue inflammation plays an essential role. Herein, we investigated the effect and precise mechanism of their active metabolite salicylate on TNF-α-elevated MCP-1 in adipocytes. The results indicated that salicylate sodium (SAS) could lower the level of MCP-1 in TNF-α-stimulated adipocytes, which resulted from a previously unrecognized target phosphodiesterase (PDE), 3B (PDE3B), rather than its known targets IKKβ and AMPK. The SAS directly bound to the PDE3B to inactivate it, thus elevating the intracellular cAMP level and activating PKA. Subsequently, the expression of MKP-1 was increased, which led to the decrease in p-EKR and p-p38. Both PDE3B silencing and the pharmacological inhibition of cAMP/PKA compromised the suppressive effect of SAS on MCP-1. In addition to PDE3B, the PDE3A and PDE4B activity was also inhibited by SAS. Our findings identify a previously unrecognized pathway through which SAS is capable of attenuating the inflammation of adipocytes.Keywords:cAMP;MKP-1;p-ERK;p-p38;metaflammation
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RSC Advances
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2023
·Vol. 13
·期 3
·1594-1605
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Baikang Zhu,Qinbing Dong,Jianghua Huang,Debin Song,Lihui Chen,Qingguo Chen,Chunyang Zhai,Bohong Wang,Jiří Jaromír Klemeš,Hengcong Tao
To improve the efficiency of photocatalytic oxidative degradation of antibiotic pollutants, it is essential to develop an efficient and stable photocatalyst. In this study, a polymer-assisted facile synthesis strategy is proposed for the polymorph-controlled α-Bi2O3/Bi2O2CO3 heterojunction retained at elevated calcination temperatures. The p–n heterojunction can effectively separate and migrate electron–hole pairs, which improves visible-light-driven photocatalytic degradation from tetracycline (TC). The BO-400@PAN-140 photocatalyst achieves the highest pollutant removal efficiency of 98.21% for photocatalytic tetracycline degradation in 1 h (λ > 420 nm), and the degradation efficiency was maintained above 95% after 5 cycles. The morphology, crystal structure, and chemical state of the composites were analysed by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflection, transient photocurrent response, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy were adopted to identify the charge transfer and separation efficiency of photogenerated electron–hole pairs. The EPR results verified h+ and ˙OH radicals as the primary active species in the photocatalytic oxidation reactions. This observation was also consistent with the results of radical trapping experiments. In addition, the key intermediate products of the photocatalytic degradation of TC over BO-400@PAN-140 were identified via high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, which is compatible with two possible photocatalytic reaction pathways. This work provides instructive guidelines for designing heterojunction photocatalysts via a polymer-assisted semiconductor crystallographic transition pathway for TC degradation into cleaner production.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry C
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2023
·Vol. 11
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·2897-2910
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Mei Wu,Hongchang Wang,Xiaohui Liang,Dunhui Wang
In this work, we designed the flower-like structure of 1T/2H-MoS2@α-Fe2O3 nanocomposites with high-efficiency microwave absorption, in which the α-Fe2O3 microdrums are attached to the surface of 1T/2H-MoS2 constituting a special flower-like morphology. During the synthesis process, the content of α-Fe2O3 microdrums plays a significant, constructive role in the dielectric properties and impedance matching characteristics of the 1T/2H-MoS2@α-Fe2O3 nanocomposites. The optimal reflection loss (RL) value of the flower-like nanocomposites can reach −61.18 dB at low frequency (6.52 GHz), while the RL value is also −56.98 dB at 4.43 GHz with a lower frequency. Furthermore, the frequency bandwidth below −10 dB was up to 4.68 GHz with an effective absorption frequency range of 13.32–18 GHz when the thickness was 1.82 mm. The results show that excellent electromagnetic wave absorption capabilities of the 1T/2H-MoS2@α-Fe2O3 nanocomposites in the low frequency range mainly benefit from the perfect coordination of multiphase MoS2 and α-Fe2O3 microdrums, which makes them achieve perfect impedance matching in the low frequency range. This provides a simple demonstration for the development of highly efficient electromagnetic wave absorption materials in the low frequency range.
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ICARUS
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2022
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A. García Muñoz
Photoelectrons , the fast electrons produced in the photoionization of planetary atmospheres , drive transformations in the atmospheric gas that are often inhibited by energy considerations for thermal electrons. The transformations include excitation and ionization of atoms and molecules, which affect the detectability of these gases and constrain the fraction of incident stellar radiation that transforms into heat. To gain insight into these important questions, we build a Monte Carlo model that solves the slowing down of photoelectrons in a gas with arbitrary amounts of H and He atoms and thermal electrons. Our novel multi-score scheme differs from similar tools in that it efficiently handles rare collisional channels, as in the case of low-abundance excited atoms that undergo superelastic and inelastic collisions . The model is validated and its performance demonstrated. Further, we investigate whether photoelectrons might affect the population of the excited hydrogen H(2) detected at some exoplanet atmospheres by transmission spectroscopy in the H- α line. For the ultra-hot Jupiter HAT-P-32b, we find that photoelectron-driven excitation of H(2) is inefficient at the pressures probed by the line core but becomes significant (yet sub-dominant) deeper in the atmosphere where the line wings form. The contribution of photoelectrons to the destruction of H(2) either by collisional deexcitation or ionization is entirely negligible, a conclusion likely to hold for exoplanet atmospheres at large. Importantly, photoelectrons dominate the gas ionization at the altitudes probed by the H- α line, a fact that will likely affect, even if indirectly, the population of H(2) and other tracers such as metastable helium. Future modeling of these excited levels should incorporate photoelectron-driven ionization.
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Foods
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2023
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Yuanping Zhang,Fenghua Wu,Zhiping He,Xuezhi Fang,Xingquan Liu
In recent years, food-derived hypoglycemic peptides have received a lot of attention in the study of active peptides, but their anti-diabetic mechanism of action is not yet clear. In this study, camellia seed cake protein (CSCP) was used to prepare active peptides with α-glucosidase inhibition. The optimization of the preparation of camellia seed cake protein hydrolyzed peptides (CSCPH) was conducted via response surface methodology (RSM) using a protamex withα-glucosidaseinhibition as an indicator. The optimal hydrolysis conditions were pH 7.11, 4300 U/g enzyme concentration, 50 °C hydrolysis temperature, and 3.95 h hydrolysis time. Under these conditions, theα-glucosidaseinhibition rate of CSCPH was 58.70% (IC508.442 ± 0.33 mg/mL). The peptides with highα-glucosidase inhibitory activitywere isolated from CSCPH by ultrafiltration and Sephadex G25. Leu-Leu-Val-Leu-Tyr-Tyr-Glu-Tyr (LLVLYYEY) and Leu-Leu-Leu-Leu-Pro-Ser-Tyr-Ser-Glu-Phe (LLLLPSYSEF) were identified and synthesized for the first time by Liquid chromatography electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS) analysis and virtual screening with IC50values of 0.33 and 1.11 mM, respectively. Lineweaver-Burk analysis and molecular docking demonstrated that LLVLYYEY was a non-competitive inhibitor ofα-glucosidase, whereas LLLLPSYSEF inhibitedα-glucosidase, which displayed a mixed inhibition mechanism. The study suggests the possibility of using peptides from Camellia seed cake as hypoglycaemic compounds for the prevention and treatment of diabetes.Keywords:camellia seed cake protein (CSCP);α-glucosidase;Inhibition kinetic;molecular docking
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FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2023
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Yimei Zheng,Chengang Zhao,Boyu Chen,Hui Teng,Chao Ai,Lei Chen
In the present study, D-α-Tocopherol polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate-based self-microemulsifying drug delivery systems (TPGS-SMEDDS) were introduced to enhance the solubility and stability of luteolin. The ternary phase diagrams were constructed to obtain the maximum area of microemulsion and suitable formulations of TPGS-SMEDDS. The particle size distribution and polydispersity index of selected TPGS-SMEDDS were analyzed to be less than 100 nm and 0.4, respectively. The thermodynamic stability results suggested that the TPGS-SMEDDS was stable during the heat-cool and freeze–thaw cycle. Moreover, the TPGS-SMEDDS exhibited excellent encapsulation capacity (51.21 ± 4.39 to 85.71 ± 2.40%) and loading efficiency (61.46 ± 5.27 to 102.86 ± 2.88 mg/g) to luteolin. In addition, the TPGS-SMEDDS showed an admirable vitro release ability with a ratio of more than 88.40 ± 1.14% for luteolin in 24 h. Therefore, TPGS-based SMEDDS might provide an effective role for the oral administration of luteolin and holds promise as a potential delivery for poorly soluble bioactive compounds.
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