JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
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Linghui Kong,Xinyi Fan,Limin Guo,Qingqing Jiang,Jianbo Xiao,Daming Fan,Mingfu Wang,Yueliang Zhao
In this study, we investigated the inhibitory effects of three soybean isoflavones and two soybean phytosterols on the formation of 3-chloropropane-1,2-diol fatty acid esters (3-MCPDE) and aldehydes in heated soybean oil model. 0.4 mM of genistin, genistein, daidzein, stigmasterol, and β-sitosterol significantly reduced 3-MCPDE formation by 25.7, 51.4, 21.4, 61.6, and 55.7%, and total aldehydes formation by 42.03, 43.94, 28.36, 54.74, and 39.23%, respectively. Further study showed that stigmasterol reduced the content of glycidyl esters (GEs) and glycidol, two key intermediates of 3-MCPDE, and prevented fatty acids degradation in the oils. Moreover, the effects of continuous frying time on the content of stigmasterol and the migration of stigmasterol were evaluated in the fried dough sticks model system. The content of stigmasterol in soybean oil was found to be significantly decreased with prolonged heating time. The concentrations of stigmasterol in fried dough sticks and the migration rates of stigmasterol from soybean oil to fried dough sticks decreased with repeated frying sessions. In addition, stigmasterol undergoes oxidative changes during heat treatment, and the oxidation products including 5,6α-epoxystigmasterol, 5,6β-epoxystigmasterol, 7α-hydroxystigmasterol, 7β-hydroxystigmasterol, stigmasterlol-3β,5α,6β-triol, and 7-ketostigmasterol were identified in the frying oils but not in the fried dough sticks. Overall, stigmasterol could be added to soybean oil to reduce 3-MCPDE and aldehydes formation, and reacting with GEs/glycidol and protection of lipid acids from oxidation may be the mechanism of action of stigmasterol.
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Cell Metabolism
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Qingqing Zhang,Qing Zhao,Tao Li,Longya Lu,Fei Wang,Hong Zhang,Zhi Liu,Huihui Ma,Qihui Zhu,Jingjing Wang,Xuemei Zhang,Yang Pei,Qisha Liu,Yuyu Xu,Jinlong Qie,Xiaoting Luan,Zhibin Hu,Xingyin Liu
Previous studies have shown that Lactobacillus species play a role in ameliorating colorectal cancer (CRC) in a mouse model. However, the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. Here, we found that administration of a probiotic strain, Lactobacillus plantarum L168 and its metabolite, indole-3-lactic acid, ameliorated intestinal inflammation, tumor growth, and gut dysbiosis. Mechanistically, we indicated that indole-3-lactic acid accelerated IL12a production in dendritic cells by enhancing H3K27ac binding at the enhancer regions of IL12a that contributed to priming CD8+ T cell immunity against tumor growth. Furthermore, indole-3-lactic acid was found to transcriptionally inhibit Saa3 expression related to cholesterol metabolism of CD8+ T cells through changing chromatin accessibility and subsequent enhancing function of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells. Together, our findings provide new insights into the epigenetic regulation of probiotics-mediated anti-tumor immunity and suggest the potential of L. plantarum L168 and indole-3-lactic acid to develop therapeutic strategies for patients with CRC.
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JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
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2023
·Vol. 103
·期 15
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Qinhao Guan,Lihua Tang,Liangliang Zhang,Lixin Huang,Man Xu,Yuan Wang,Meng Zhang
BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus poses a substantial threat to public health due to rising morbidity and mortality. α-Glucosidase is one of the key enzymes affecting diabetes. Herein, (−)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) and (−)-epigallocatechin (EGC) were applied to clarify the role of the galloyl moiety of tea polyphenols in the inhibition of glycation and α-glucosidase activity. The structure–activity relationship of the galloyl moiety in EGCG on α-glucosidase was investigated in terms of inhibition kinetics, spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy and molecular docking. A bovine serum protein–fructose model was employed to determine the effect of the galloyl moiety on glycation. RESULTS The results indicated that the introduction of a galloyl moiety enhanced the capacity of EGCG to inhibit glycation and α-glucosidase activity. The IC 50 value of EGC is approximately 2400 times higher than that of EGCG. Furthermore, the galloyl moiety in EGCG altered the microenvironment and secondary structure of α-glucosidase, resulting in a high binding affinity of EGCG to α-glucosidase. The binding constant of EGCG to α-glucosidase at 298 K is approximately 28 times higher than that of EGC. CONCLUSION Overall, the galloyl moiety of EGCG plays a crucial role in inhibiting glycation and α-glucosidase activity, which helps to enhance the molecular understanding of the structure and function of the polyphenol galloyl moiety in the science of food and agriculture. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2023
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Qing Zhu,Jinxin Wu,Rui Tong,Wenhao Li,Xiuli Hu,Ningchen Tian,Liqing He,Yanwei Li,Zhenyu Wang
Na 4 MnCr(PO 4 ) 3 (NMCP) has been considered as one kind of privileged cathodes with high energy density for sodium ion batteries (SIBs) due to three-electron redox reaction during the insertion/extraction process. Nevertheless, its practical use is restricted by its low intrinsic conductivity and serious Jahn-Teller distortions. Herein, a facile doping strategy was presented to address the above issues, and the effects of different kinds and quantities of transition metal dopants on electrochemical performance of NMCP were systemically studied. The results reveal that Ni50-NMCP/C has the most effective doping composition, showing a discharge capacity of 143.0 mAh g −1 at 50 mA g −1 and long-term cyclic stability with capacity retention of 55.7 % at 1000 mA g −1 over 500 cycles, higher than those of the pristine NMCP (106.6 mAh g −1 at 50 mA g −1 and 38.8 % capacity retention at 1000 mA g −1 ). The substitution of Ni 2+ for Mn 2+ promotes electron conductivity and structural stability, rendering improved electrochemical performance. Moreover, the promising electrochemical performance of Ni50-NMCP/C//HC full cell demonstrates the anode's potential for use. This study indicates a quick way to understand the effects of elemental doping on NMCP and explore novel high energy and high stability cathodes for SIBs.
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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Qinghan Chen,Li Wang,Dehui He,Bo Xiao,Xia Ran,Rong Li,Hong Xu,Jian Feng
A novel [email protected] 5 O 7 I/Bi(OH) 3 (AB) heterojunction was prepared and the enhanced photocatalytic antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli ( E. coli ) under visible light excitation was exhibited. 3 %AB (containing 3 wt% of Ag) presented best photocatalytic performance, and all of E. coli cells were inactivated within 5 min under natural solar light irradiation. The photocatalytic antibacterial mechanism of AB heterojunction was corroborated by SEM, live/dead cell staining and SDS-PAGE assay. The destruction of the cell membrane, the leakage of the intracellular protein and the decomposition of the protein were considered as the events occurred in the antibacterial process. The radical capture experiment confirmed that •O 2 – and e – played the dominant role in the destruction of the cell membrane and the decomposition of the protein. The improvement of the photocatalytic activity can be mainly ascribe to the construction of heterojunction, SPR effect resulted from Ag deposition, enhanced visible light absorption and more surface oxygen vacancies. These factors are advantageous to the generation of the photogenerated electrons and holes, and improve the spatial separation efficiency of the photogenerated charge. This study presented a promising [email protected] 5 O 7 I/Bi(OH) 3 heterojunction as the photocatalyst for the potential application in the treatment of the bacterial contamination.
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MICROCHIMICA ACTA
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2019
·Vol. 186
·期 4
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Lin Bingyong,Chen Jiaming,Kannan Palanisamy,Zeng Yanbo,Qiu Bin,Guo Longhua,Lin Zhenyu
A rapid method is described for the preparation of a highly uniform and sensitive SERS substrate by an improved ‘drop-and-dry’ method. Gold nanobipyramids (Au NBPs) were prepared inside the nanoholes (nanowalls) of anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) templates with a typically 5-μm nanohole depth. The SERS substrate can be prepared by this method within 40 s and on large scale. The SERS signals obtained with this Au NBPs-AAO substrate is stronger by four-orders of magnitude compared to conventional a silicon wafer substrate. The SERS signal for dopamine (DA; measured at 1311 cm −1 ) is found to be enhanced by a factor of 2.2 × 10 8 . The response to DA extends from 10 nM to 0.1 mM, and the limit of detection is 6.5 nM (at S/ N = 3). The assay was applied to the determination of DA in spiked human serum.
Schematic presentation of a highly active and uniform 3-dimensional substrate composed of gold nanobipyramids and anodic aluminum oxide (Au NBP/AAO). It was used for on-spot sensing of dopamine.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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Wenyi Wang,Chengcheng Xie,Liuyong Zhu,Bojin Shan,Caini Liu,Fangyan Cui
Graphene-based separation membranes exhibit great potential for the application of wastewater purification, but it is difficult to achieve a balance between water flux and rejection. To overcome the “trade-off” effect between permeability and selectivity, a novel 3-dimensional graphene-based membrane with superior water flux was fabricated using a simple, viable and green method. In addition, electrocatalytic technology is coupled to the membrane separation process. Comprehensive characterization indicates that the TiO2 nanoparticles were successfully mounted on the moderately reduced graphene oxide (rGO) surface. By introducing oxygen-functionalized carbon nanotubes (oCNTs), the rGO-TiO2/oCNT membrane has more pronounced 3-dimensional water channels. More importantly, the rGO-TiO2/oCNT membrane acts as both a separation membrane and an anode to couple the membrane process to the electrocatalytic technique. The small-molecule contaminants that are difficult to remove by physical exclusion would be degraded when the matter passes through the channels with the electrocatalyst. The TiO2 nanoparticles act as both a nano-wedge to expand the water channels and an electrocatalyst to promote the degradation of the contaminants. The rGO-TiO2/oCNT membranes showed a removal rate up to 95% at a high liquid hourly space velocity of 88 h−1 under the applied electrocatalysis conditions, which is two times more than that obtained without the electrocatalyst. The rGO-TiO2/oCNT membrane could not only achieve a superior water flux (the maximum was 44.14 L m−2 h−1 bar−1) but also maintain excellent dye removal performance (>90%) via membrane process coupling electrocatalysis. The optimum component ratio of the rGO-TiO2/oCNT membrane was investigated, and it was found that 30% oCNT content accounts for a stable catalytic performance. The graphene-based membrane coupled electrocatalysis in this study would provide a new approach to break the bottleneck of the trade-off effect and inspire the design of a functional membrane.
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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2019
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Jinling Cui,Mingzhu Yan,Xiaoyi Liu,Shutao Yin,Shangyun Lu,Lihong Fan,Hongbo Hu
Previous studies have shown that selenite, a representative of inorganic form selenium, exerts its anticancer effect by inducing apoptosis in androgen-dependent LNCaP prostate cancer cells, but few studies have determined the nature of cell death induced by selenite in metastatic androgen-refractory PC-3 cells. Our study showed that necrosis-like cell death rather than apoptosis, pyroptosis, or autophagic cell death was caused by selenite in PC-3 cells. Mechanistically, this type of cell death was caused by ATP depletion (26.28 ± 3.39 nmol/mg of control versus 9.12 ± 2.44 nmol/mg of 10 μM selenite treatment) that resulted from phosphofructokinase activity reduction (100.17 ± 0.17% of control versus 21.74 ± 6.65% of 10 μM selenite treatment). Our study also showed that ROS production is necessary for the decrease in cellular ATP levels and in phosphofructokinase activity. To our knowledge, this is the first study showing that selenite can induce necrosis-like cell death in PC-3 cells. Our findings support selenite as an effective compound for the therapy of apoptosis-resistant prostate cancer.
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PHYTOMEDICINE
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2019
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Licong Zhao,Jiaqi Zhang,Lingyun Pan,Long Chen,Yu Wang,Xinhua Liu,Lisha You,Yiqun Jia,Cheng Hu
Background Acetaminophen (APAP) overdose is a leading cause of drug-induced acute liver failure in clinic. Fisetin (FST) is a phenolic compound that has been isolated from many natural products. Purpose Our aim is to study the protection effect and mechanisms of FST on APAP-induced hepatotoxicity in endogenous metabolism and metabolomics in vitro and in vivo . Methods FST was i.g. administered to mice at 10 , 20 and 40 mg/kg for 7 days and a single dose of APAP (400 mg/kg) was given on the last day. Serum and tissue were collected for biochemical analysis . L-02 cells were used to assess cell viability . LC–MS was used to study the metabolic fingerprinting in vivo and vitro . PCA and OPLS-DA were used to search the potential biomarkers (VIP > 1, p < 0.05). The pathway analysis was conducted on Metaboanalyst 4.0. Then liver oxidative stress indices and glutathione markers were examined using PCR and kits. Results ALT , AST, liver histological observation and cell viability results showed that FST could reverse APAP induced toxicology in mice and L-02 cells. In metabolomics study, 26 metabolites in vitro and 60 metabolites in vivo were identified by searching in the library and most of them decreased to normal level in FST treatment . It is observed in pathway analysis that the most significant pathway was glutathione metabolism. Furthermore, the results of mRNA and immunofluorescence showed that FST suppressed ROS formation in liver tissue and L-02 cells, as well as restored the expression of GPX1 , GST and other antioxidative enzymes genes. Conclusion Our results indicate that FST prevented APAP-induced hepatotoxicity by regulating glutathione metabolism and the expression of related antioxidative signals.
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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2019
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Jin Feng,Yinghui Wu,Lixia Zhang,Ying Li,Songbai Liu,Hua Wang,Chunyang Li
A composite nanogel was developed for cyanidin-3-O-glucoside (C3G) delivery by combining Maillard reaction and heat gelation. The starting materials utilized were ovalbumin, dextran, and pectin. C3G-loaded nanogel was spherical with a diameter of ∼185 nm, which was maintained over a wide range of pH and NaCl concentrations. The composite nanogel enhanced the chemical stability of C3G under accelerated degradation models and a simulated gastrointestinal tract. Clathrin-mediated, caveolae-mediated, and macropinocytosis-related endocytosis contributed to the higher cellular uptake of nano-C3G than that of free-C3G. The apparent permeability coefficients of C3G increased 2.16 times after nanoencapsulation. The transcytosis of the C3G-bearing nanogel occurred primarily through the clathrin-related pathway and macropinocytosis and followed the “common recycling endosomes–endoplasmic reticulum–Golgi complex–basolateral plasma membrane” route. Moreover, nano-C3G was more efficient in restoring the viability of cells and activities of endogenous antioxidant enzymes than free-C3G in oxidative models, which may be attributed to the former’s high cellular absorption.
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ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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2018
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Tao Zhou,Sheng Huang,Dongjie Niu,Lianghu Su,Guangyin Zhen,Youcai Zhao
Humic substances are produced during the microbial degradation of biomolecules and should be recycled because they are an abundant source of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. Herein, (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) was first used to recover carbon-rich water-soluble humic acid (HA) from wastewater, and the operational parameters (i.e., pH, solution temperature, APTES dosage, reaction time, and initial HA concentration) were optimized for separation efficiency. The results showed that the optimal HA separation efficiency (96.7%) could be achieved at an initial HA concentration of 250 mg/L, APTES dosage 4 mL/L, equilibration time 10 min, pH 3.0, and temperature 35 °C. Furthermore, cations (Mg2+ and Ca2+) led to a remarkable separation of HA, while anions (CO32– and SO42–) weakened the aggregation and deposition of HA. Mechanism analysis unveiled that ladderlike oligomeric aminosilanes (LAOAs) were generated by the hydrolysis, condensation, and self-assembly of APTES. The LAOAs were involved in adsorption bridging action with HA, thus efficiently promoting the precipitation of humic substances. The described carbon separation technique (converting dissolved matter into insoluble substances) can be a promising option for the efficient recovery and reutilization of carbon resources in high-concentration organic wastewater.
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ADVANCED POWDER TECHNOLOGY
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2019
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Zepeng Lv,Dong Liu,Yijie Wu,Run Zhang,Haibo Sun,Jie Dang,Liwen Hu
Tungsten, one of the refractory metals, has lots of excellent properties, making tungsten powders become a choice of raw material for many applications. This work reported a simple method (the salt-assisted hydrogen reduction of WO 3 powders) for preparing tungsten powders with desired morphologies and size. By adjusting the amount of additive (Y(NO 3 ) 3 ) and reduction temperature, metallic tungsten particles with different morphologies and size were obtained. It was found that both temperature and additive had apparent effects on the morphology and size of metallic W particles, and the large parallelepiped-shaped powders disappeared and large irregular blocky-shaped powders were degraded under the influence of additive. With the increase of temperature and amount of salt, particles became more dispersed and the size increased at higher temperatures, and the shape of particles was changed from spherical to polyhedral as well. On the contrary, the size of sub-particles became smaller as increasing amount of Y(NO 3 ) 3 at lower temperatures. Based on the results, the reaction and refining mechanisms for preparing tungsten were proposed as well.
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