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Peixuan Zou,Yusong Pan,Kuen-Song Lin,Wei-Chin Tsai,Yinghai Xie,Wenjie Luo,Run Huang,Xiuling Lin
The use of nanocarriers with combined photothermal and chemotherapeutic methods has been widely accepted as a promising anti-tumor treatment strategy. Leveraging the tumor-specific microenvironment, these nanocarriers enhance therapeutic outcomes. Our research developed an innovative drug carrier platform, which was composed of the Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) HKUST-1 as a drug carrier and the Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles as a photothermal functional phase. This novel carrier demonstrated an impressive drug loading rate of 110% for Doxorubicin (DOX), suggesting a high capacity for drug delivery. Additionally, the as-prepared nanocarrier also displayed excellent photothermal conversion capability, which can efficiently convert light into heat under near-infrared light with 980 nm irradiation, thus utilizing photothermal therapy for tumors. The release mechanism of pH sensitivity of the carrier expedited drug release under acidic conditions, aligning with the tumor microenvironment. Biocompatibility assays confirmed the excellent compatibility of Fe 3 O 4 @HKUST-1 with normal tissue cells. While photothermal therapy alone successfully induced apoptosis in tumor cells, the treatment’s efficacy requires improvement as cell viability remained at 80%. Conversely, combining chemotherapy with photothermal therapy decreased cell viability to 30%, thereby effectively inhibiting proliferation. In sum, the Fe 3 O 4 @HKUST-1 drug delivery system exhibits significant potential in medical applications due to its dual-therapy approach.
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2026
·Vol. 21
·期 3
·e0344693
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JianJun Chu,Zhengfa Wen,Wenying Wu,Shoukun Wu
Aging impairs cartilage repair, with young animals exhibiting superior regenerative capacity due to enhanced tissue repairing and reduced inflammation compared to aged counterparts. This study employed single-cell omics to dissect age-dependent immune cell heterogeneity in cartilage injury, revealing a critical deficiency in anti-inflammation macrophage subsets in aged animals. We identified Arg-1 as a central regulator of macrophage polarization, demonstrating that its overexpression rescues impaired repair in aged animals. These findings establish Arg-1 as a novel therapeutic target to counteract age-related declines in cartilage regeneration, offering new insights into macrophage-driven tissue repair mechanisms. The integration of single-cell analysis with functional validation provides a framework for developing precision interventions for age-impaired tissue regeneration.
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CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
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2026
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Yingdi Jiang,Wanbin Zhan,Chao Yang,Jing Zhang,Changjiu Xia,Gang Qian,Xuezhi Duan
The direct hydroxylation of benzene with hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) over titanium silicalite-1 (TS-1) offers an environmentally benign route to phenol, though its efficiency is highly dependent on the solvent environment. By integrating experimental and theoretical approaches, this study reveals the underlying mechanism. Water uniquely boosts benzene conversion to 45.8% through synergistic effects. It serves as a proton-transfer mediator to lower the activation barrier (Δ G ), enhances the electrophilicity of Ti-active sites via increased maximum electrostatic potential (ESP max ), and leverages the hydrophobic pores of TS-1 to enrich benzene near the active sites. However, this this multifunctional enhancement also promotes over-oxidation, limiting phenol selectivity to 42.8%. In contrast, the organic solvents suppress consecutive oxidation and achieve high selectivity above 70% due to their larger HOMO-LUMO energy gaps ( E gap ). Yet they exhibit low activity owing to higher energy barriers, weaker electrophilicity, and competitive adsorption. This work further establishes quantitative correlations between catalytic performance and key descriptors such as Δ G , ESP max , and E gap , providing a predictive framework for rational solvent selection in TS-1 catalysis.
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COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING
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2022
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Lei Chen,Ruiqi Zhang,Xing Cao,Xuebing Li,Yongtao Qu
High latent heat and thermostatic properties of phase change materials (PCMs) have made them the promising materials. Herein, a novel thermally-induced flexible 1-Hexadecanol/Olefin block copolymer/Hexagonal boron nitride (HD/OBC/h-BN) composite phase change material (CPCM) is proposed. Bio-based non-polluting material of HD is employed innovatively as the phase change component. The triggering of HD phase transition can achieve various deformation modes for CPCM, which is beneficial to reduce the thermal contact resistance between CPCM and device. The electrically insulating property of h-BN not only improves the thermal conductivity and the heating/cooling rate of CPCM, but also further solves the problem of the HD leakage (as low as 0.31 wt%). The prepared CPCM with excellent flexibility and high latent heat (above 150 J/g) has good thermal stability and thermal reliability in the working temperature range. This provides developed CPCM greater potential for thermal energy storage (TES) and thermal management (TM) than conventional PCMs.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2023
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Yan Hao,Jing Qu,Lei Tan,Zunyi Liu,Yicheng Wang,Tingrui Lin,Hui Yang,Jing Peng,Maolin Zhai
An eco-friendly superabsorbent polymer (SAP) was prepared by grafting 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid onto microcrystalline cellulose in lithium chloride/ N, N -dimethylacetamide system. The synthesized SAP (cellulose- g -PAMPS) was characterized by FTIR, TGA , SEM, 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR and XRD. The water absorption equilibrium of cellulose- g -PAMPS could be achieved within 10 min in distilled water. Moreover, the maximum water absorption capacities of cellulose- g -PAMPS in distilled water, 0.9 wt% NaCl solution and 3.2 wt% Na 2 CO 3 solution were 648.9, 298.4 and 207.3 g·g −1 , respectively. The water absorption behavior of cellulose- g -PAMPS was interpreted by the pseudo-second-order model. Furthermore, cellulose- g -PAMPS could be used in some extreme conditions due to its high acid and alkali resistance. The water retention rate of cellulose- g -PAMPS could be maintained above 90 % at 25 °C for 6 h. As a consequence, the synthesized SAP can be applied to increase the plant growth and survival time under drought conditions, even under saline alkali conditions.
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Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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2022
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Guanghua Sun,Yahua Zeng,Fu Luo,Lixian Zhang,Jinqu Tan,Jie Tong,Lu Yang,Danni Liu,Liu Liu,Jun Zhou
Our study aimed to investigate the effect of electroacupuncture pretreatment on the inflammatory response and expression levels of LC3-II/I and Beclin 1 using a model of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury (ALI). Eighteen male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into three groups: normal control group (NC, n = 6), LSP modeling group (LM, n = 6), and electroacupuncture group (EA, n = 6). Rats in the EA group received electroacupuncture pretreatment at bilateral Zusanli (ST36) and Chize (LU5) points for five days (30 min each time daily, frequency; 3 Hz/15 Hz, intensity; 1 mA). Rats in the EA and LM groups were then injected with 5 mg/kg LPS (Beijing, Solarbio Company, concentration; 5 mg/mL) through the tail vein, while those in the NC group were injected with 5 mg/kg saline. The animals were sacrificed six hours after LPS or saline injection through cervical vertebrae by dislocation under deep anesthesia. Orbital blood was collected for the analysis of serum inflammatory factors including interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β). The lower left lung was excised, stained with hematoxylin-eosin (HE), and subjected to histopathological analysis. The mRNA and protein expression of Beclin 1 and LC3 II/I in the lower right lung tissues were detected via RT-qPCR and Western blot analyses, respectively. The results showed that lung injury score was significantly higher in the LM group than that of the NC group () and EA group (). The IL-1β contents were significantly decreased in the EA group () than in the LM group. In contrast, the GF-β contents were increased in the EA group significantly when compared with the LM group (). RT-qPCR and Western blot detection showed that the relative gene expression of LC3‐II/I and Beclin 1 was significantly lower in the EA group than in the LM group (). However, the relative protein expression level of LC3‐II/I and Beclin 1 was slightly lower in the EA group than the in LM group (). These results show that electroacupuncture pretreatment reduces the inflammatory response in ALI and can protect lung tissue by inhibiting the gene and protein expression levels of LC3‐II/I and Beclin 1.
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GREEN CHEMISTRY
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2023
·Vol. 25
·期 5
·1823-1834
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Ying Duan,Chi Zhang,Dongsheng Deng,Dong Sui,Xiaohan Gao,Yanliang Yang
The rearrangement of furan rings for valuable chemicals is an important topic for biomass conversion. In this study, 2,5-di(hydroxymethyl)furan (BHMF) was selectively converted to 6-methyldihydro-2H-pyran-3(4H)-one (MDPO) and 1-hydroxy-2,5-hexanedione (HHD) under atmospheric H2 pressure in water. The selectivity to MDPO or HHD could be regulated by a catalyst. The parameters (temperature, pH, catalyst loading, and BHMF concentration) for the transformation of BHMF were studied. The selectivity for the transformation of BHMF was very sensitive to the reaction conditions, especially for the conversion of BHMF to MDPO. 68% selectivity to MDPO on Pd/C and 72% selectivity to HHD on Rh/C were achieved under the optimized conditions. Both Pd/C and Rh/C could be reused at least 5 times without the loss of activity. The fresh and used Pd/C and Rh/C were characterized by XRD, XPS, SEM, TEM, EDS mappings and ICP-OES to study the changes during the reaction. The reaction process was studied through controlled experiments, and 6-methylene-2H-pyran-3(6H)-one (MEPO) and 6-hydroxy-6-methyl-2H-pyran-3(6H)-one (HMPO) were identified as intermediates. A reasonable reaction mechanism was proposed and the different selectivity to MDPO and HHD was well explained based on the controlled experiments and DFT calculations. The conditional sensitivity for the selectivity to MDPO and HHD could also be interpreted by the proposed reaction pathway.
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Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
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2022
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IF 14.903
Jingwen Dong,Chenfei Zhu,Ying Huang,Quanhao Li,Jing Li,Zheng Wang,Yixin Wang,Zhanwei Zhou,Minjie Sun
Fibrosis is one of the key factors that lead to the immune exclusion of solid tumors. Although degradation of fiber is a promising strategy, its application was still bottlenecked by the side effects of causing metastasis, resulting in the failure of immunotherapy. Here, we developed an antimetastatic polymer (HPA) for the delivery of chemo-drug and antifibrotic siPAI-1 to form the nano-permeator. Nano-permeator shrank after protonation and deeply penetrated into the tumor core to down-regulate the expression of PAI-1 for antifibrosis, and further promoted the sustained infiltration and activation of T cells for killing tumor cells. Moreover, metastasis after fiber elimination was prevented by multivalent CXCR4 antagonistic HPA to reduce the attraction of CXCL12 secreted by distant organs. The administration of stroma-alleviated immunotherapy increased the infiltration of CD8 + T cells to 52.5% in tumor tissues, inhibiting nearly 90% metastasis by HPA in distant organs. The nano-permeator reveals the mechanism and correlation between antifibrosis and antimetastasis and was believed to be the optimizing immunotherapy for solid fibrotic tumors.
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DESALINATION
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2023
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Yanshao Yang,Zhenggong Wang,Zejun Song,Dixin Liu,Jiaqi Zhang,Lele Guo,Wangxi Fang,Jian Jin
Despite the commercial success of polyamide reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for desalination , shortcomings of the material intrinsic properties hinder the further improvement of RO membrane permselectivity towards more energy-efficient desalination. Exploring new polymer materials is thus important to overcome the limitation of existing RO membrane materials. This work reports an investigation on an amidoxime modified polymer of intrinsic microporosity (AOPIM-1) as a membrane material for reverse osmosis desalination. AOPIM-1 is casted into a defect-free dense membrane , and followed by a thermal treatment to finetune its structural feature for enhanced salt rejection. As a polymer with stiff and distorted backbone structure, thermal treated AOPIM-1 possesses a high free volume and highly connected 0.3–0.8 nm micropores that provide fast water transport routes while regulating the permeation of ions. The rapid transport through the microporous channels gives the AOPIM-1 membrane a water permeability of 1.92 × 10 −7 m·kg/m 2 ·h·bar with NaCl rejection as high as 98.5 %. The thickness-normalized water permeability of AOPIM-1 membrane exhibits order-of-magnitude improvement comparing to conventional polyamide-based desalination membranes , and the permselectivity of the membrane is also found to be on the high side. This study confirms the possibility of utilizing microporous polymers as reverse osmosis membrane materials for high performance desalination.
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RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES
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2022
·Vol. 49
·期 1
·241-252
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IF 3.134
Xing Qianqian,Zhao Jiancheng,Zhu Yulei,Hou Xianglin,Wang Yingxiong
5-Chloro-2-pentanone (5C2P) and its derivatives are widely utilized in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industry. A new catalytic approach was proposed to convert 3-acetyl-1-propanol to 5C2P using bis(trichloromethyl)carbonate (triphosgene, BTC) as the efficient chlorine source. Various qualitative and quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance techniques ( 1 H, 13 C NMR), especially 1D selective gradient total correlation spectroscopy (Sel-TOCSY) and 2D heteronuclear single quantum correlation ( 1 H- 13 C HSQC) were used in the process. The reaction conditions, such as temperature, time, mole ratio, solvent as well as initiator were optimized. Experiment results showed that the yield of 5C2P reached a maximum of 97.93% in 1,2-dichloroethane at 80 °C after 2 h under the initiation of N,N-dimethylacetamide, and the optimal molar ratio of 3-acetyl-1-propanol to BTC was 1:0.4. The reaction mechanism was proposed and confirmed accordingly. Interestingly, an intermediate product of 1-(dimethylamino)ethyl carbonochloridate was observed, and its chemical structure was characterized by both Sel-TOCSY and 1 H- 13 C HSQC. This study enriched the catalytic reaction ways for the preparation of 5C2P.
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Pharmaceutics
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2022
·Vol. 14
·期 11
·2307
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Xueyan Gou,Fenglin Ran,Jinru Yang,Yanrong Ma,Xin’an Wu
Background: Organic anion transporter 1 (OAT1) and OAT3 have an overlapping spectrum of substrates such that one can exert a compensatory effect when the other is dysfunctional. As a result, the knockout of either OAT1 or OAT3 is not reflected in a change in the excretion of organic anionic substrates. To date, only the mOAT1 and mOAT3 individual knockout mouse models have been available. Methods: In this study, we successfully generated aSlc22a6/Slc22a8double-knockout (KO) rat model using CRISPR/Cas9 technology and evaluated its biological properties. Results: The double-knockout rat model did not expressionmRNAfor rOAT1 or rOAT3 in the kidneys. Consistently, the renal excretion ofp-aminohippuric acid (PAH), the classical substrate of OAT1/OAT3, was substantially decreased in theSlc22a6/Slc22a8double-knockout rats. The relativemRNAlevel ofSlco4c1was up-regulated in KO rats. No renal pathological phenotype was evident. The renal elimination of the organic anionic drug furosemide was nearly abolished in theSlc22a6/Slc22a8knockout rats, but elimination of the organic cationic drug metformin was hardly affected. Conclusions: These results demonstrate that this rat model is a useful tool for investigating the functions of OAT1/OAT3 in metabolic diseases, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, and OATs-mediated drug interactions.Keywords:OAT1/OAT3;CRISPR/Cas9;gene knockout;pharmacokinetic
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Materials
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2022
·Vol. 15
·期 23
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Shu-Ming Cui,Saud Hashmi,Wen-Qiang Li,Stephan Handschuh-Wang,Cheng-Tian Zhu,Shi-Chang Wang,Pian-Pian Yang,Yan-Fei Huang,Guang-Ming Zhu,Florian J. Stadler
The dispersibility of flexible polymer chains present at the emulsion’s interface between the dispersed and continuous phase has obvious effects on rheology and dielectric properties of the whole emulsion. Cellulose nanofiber (CNF)-based Pickering emulsions are good systems to research these properties with respect to their microscopic phase structure, dielectric, and rheological properties by using CNF as a water-dispersible Pickering emulsifier, liquid paraffin as an oil phase, and didodecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDAB) as a cationic auxiliary surfactant. The CNF and DDAB contents were systematically varied while the water-to-paraffin oil ratio was kept constant to discern the influence of the Pickering emulsifiers. Polarized optical microscopic images reveal that the droplets tend to shrink at higher CNF content but grow bigger when increasing the DDAB content, which is proved by fluorescence analysis of the CNF dispersibility with varying DDAB content. The dielectric damping exhibits a minimum, whose value decreases with increasing DDAB and CNF content. Increasing the DDAB content promotes the solubilization of CNF in the aqueous phase, which will increase the overall viscosity and yield points. Similarly, a higher CNF content leads to a higher viscosity and yield point, but at high DDAB contents, the viscosity function exhibits an S-shape at intermediate CNF contents. To evaluate the results further, they were compared with CNF dispersions (without oil phase), which showed a surfactant effect slightly on maximum stress but strongly on yield stressτy, indicating that DDAB can promote the formation of a CNF network rather than the viscosity of the whole system. This paper provides information on how a systematical variation of the composition influences morphology and physico-chemical interactions as detected by broadband dielectric spectroscopy and rheological behavior.Keywords:cellulose nanofibers;CNF networks;physical entanglement;droplets clusters;startup flow
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