Membranes
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2023
·Vol. 13
·期 9
·781
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Jiaming Gao,Yongchao Sun,Feifei Kang,Fei Guo,Gaohong He,Hanli Wang,Zhendong Yang,Canghai Ma,Xiaobin Jiang,Wu Xiao
Mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) generally have some fatal defects, such as poor compatibility between the two phases leading to non-selective pores. In this work, PIM-1 was chosen as the polymer matrix, and UiO-66 modified with amidoxime (UiO-66-AO) was used as the filler to prepare the MMMs. In the MMMs, the amino and hydroxyl groups on UO-66-AO form a rich hydrogen bond network with the N and O atoms in the polymer PIM-1 chain to improve the compatibility between the polymer matrix and the filler. In addition, the selective adsorption of CO2by the amidoxime group can promote the transport of CO2in the membrane, which enhances the gas selectivity. The CO2permeability and CO2/N2selectivity of UiO-66-AO@PIM-1 MMMs are increased by 35.2% and 45.2% compared to pure PIM-1 membranes, reaching 7535.5 Barrer and 26.9, surpassing the Robeson Upper Bound (2008) and close to the 2019 Upper Bound. After 38 days of the aging experiment, the CO2permeability is approximately 74% of the original. The results show that the addition of UiO-66-AO has an obvious effect on improving the aging properties of the membrane. The UiO-66-AO@PIM-1 MMMs have a bright prospect for CO2separation in the future.Keywords:amidoxime;UiO-66-AO;mixed matrix membrane;PIM-1;CO2/N2separation
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2021
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Shujuan Xiao,Xiaowen Huo,Yuxia Tong,Changyi Cheng,Shouwu Yu,Xiaoyao Tan
Metal-organic framework material (MOF) can increase water flux greatly without reducing the retention performance due to its porous structure, large specific surface area and high compatibility with the polymer matrix. There are few studies on the influence of MOF particle size and charge to nano composite membranes. In this study, CAU-1 particles with different average sizes (300, 400 and 800 nm) were synthesized and dispersed in organic solvent to prepare a composite separation membrane for nanofiltration. The effect of MOF particle size on membrane properties was studied. It was found that CAU-1 particles with higher positive charge would lead to the formation of network separation layer structure. The results show that the high charge and large particle size of CAU-1 particles can enhance the membrane flux, but it is easy to cause membrane defects and reduce the retention. Compared with thin-film composite (TFC) membrane, the composite membrane with low charge and small particle size of CAU-1 (300 nm) has better separation performance. Compared with the TFC membrane, the flux increases by 40% with the retention rate unchanged.
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2021
·Vol. 45
·期 9
·4236-4245
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IF 3.591
Jia Zhang,Jian Yang,Junying Tian,Hailong Liu,Xuemei Li,Weiguo Fang,Xun Hu,Chungu Xia,Jing Chen,Zhiwei Huang
The synthesis of useful amines from bio-based carbonyl compounds is highly desired owing to their mild reaction conditions and green sustainability. The reductive amination of bio-furfural-derived 2-hydroxytetrahydropyran (2-HTHP) to high-value-added 5-Amino-1-pentanol (5-AP) was carried out over efficient Ni–Al2O3 catalysts prepared by a co-precipitation method. Among the Ni–Al2O3 catalysts with different Ni loadings (0–100 wt%) tested, the 50Ni–Al2O3 catalyst exhibited the highest 5-AP yield of 91.3% under mild conditions of 60 °C and 2 MPa H2. This catalyst also presented good stability during a 150 h time-on-stream without appreciable deactivation. Characterization results showed that the 50Ni–Al2O3 catalyst exhibited small Ni0 nanoparticles (5.5 nm), a high reduction degree (up to 95%), and a large amount of strong Lewis acid sites. The cooperative catalysis of the strong Lewis acid sites and highly dispersed metallic Ni sites is suggested to play an important role in achieving high efficiency in 2-HTHP reductive amination.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2021
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Di Wu,Xiangyu Zhu,Jian Ao,Erqun Song,Yang Song
Endosome capture is a major physiological barrier to the successful delivery of nanomedicine. Here, we found a strategy to deliver ultrasmall nanoparticles (<10 nm) to the cytosolic compartment of pyroptotic cells with spontaneous endosomal escape. To mimic pathological pyroptotic cells, J774A.1 macrophages were stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) plus nigericin (Nig) or adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to form specific gasdermin D protein-driven membrane pores at an N-terminal domain (GSDMDNterm). Through GSDMDNterm membrane pores, both anionic and cationic nanoparticles (NPs) with diameters less than 10 nm were accessed into the cytosolic compartment of pyroptotic cells in an energy- and receptor-independent manner, while NPs larger than the size of GSDMDNterm membrane pores failed to enter pyroptotic cells. NPs pass through GSDMDNterm membrane pores via free diffusion and then access into the cytoplasm of pyroptotic cells in a microtubule-independent manner. Interestingly, we found that LPS-primed NPs may act as Trojan horse, deliver extracellular LPS into normal cells through endocytosis, and in turn induce GSDMDNterm membrane pores, which facilitate further internalization of NPs. This study presented a straightforward method of distinguishing normal and pyroptotic cells through GSDMD membrane pores, implicating their potential application in monitoring the delivery of desired nanomedicines in pyroptosis-related diseases and conditions.
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Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine
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2021
·Vol. 22
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Chun Lei,Yafeng Hou,Jiong Chen
Bone marrow stromal cell antigen 2 (BST2) has been reported to act as an oncogene in the tumorigenesis of numerous types of cancer. Bioinformatics analysis has predicted the binding interaction between BST2 and specificity protein 1 (SP1) and the involvement of SP1 in pancreatic cancer. Therefore, the present study set out to verify this interaction and determine how it may affect pancreatic cancer progression. Normal human pancreatic duct epithelial cells (HPDE6‑C7) and pancreatic cancer cell lines (SW1990, BxPC3, PANC1 and PSN‑1) were selected for western blotting and reverse transcription‑quantitative PCR detection of BST2 expression. Colony formation, Cell Counting Kit‑8 and wound healing assays were performed to detect the proliferative and migratory abilities of PANC1 cells following transfection with small interfering RNA against BST2. The expression of proliferation and migration markers were assayed using western blotting. Chromatin immunoprecipitation and luciferase reporter assays were employed to verify the bioinformatics prediction of BST2‑SP1 binding. PANC1 cell proliferation and migration were analyzed following BST2 knockdown and SP1 overexpression. In comparison with HPDE6‑C7 cells, all four pancreatic cancer cell lines were found to exhibit increased BST2 expression levels to varying degrees, with the highest levels observed in PANC1 cells. BST2 knockdown inhibited PANC1 cell colony formation, proliferation and migration. Additionally, SP1 was shown to bind to the BST2 promoter and could promote PANC1 cell proliferation and migration when overexpressed. However, BST2 knockdown rescued SP1 overexpression‑induced PANC1 cell colony formation, proliferation and migration. In conclusion, activation of BST2 by the transcription factor SP1 was shown to accelerate pancreatic cancer cell proliferation and migration, suggesting that BST2 and SP1 may be plausible therapeutic targets in targeted therapy for pancreatic cancer.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2021
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Liqin Zhou,Kungang Chai,Xingdong Yao,Hongbing Ji
It is highly desirable to design and fabricate porous bio-based adsorbent for efficient and selective recovery of acetophenone (AP) and 1-phenylethanol (PE) from the effluent of propylene oxide and styrene monomer co-production (PO/SM) process. Herein, using cassava starch as the starting material, starch-graft-styrene hypercrosslinked polymers (SSHCPs) were designed and synthesized facilely by starch-graft-styrene copolymerization and subsequent crosslinking via a Friedel-Crafts alkylation route. SSHCP-3 (knitted by 4,4′-bis-(chloromethyl)-1,1′-biphenyl) shows high BET surface area (818 m 2 ·g −1 ), large pore volume, and high thermal stability, making it a highly efficient adsorbent for removal of aromatic pollutants from water. SSHCP-3 showed high uptake for AP (2.82 mmol·g −1 ) and selectivity (4.95) of AP over PE in binary-solute adsorption experiments. Spectral studies and theoretical calculation demonstrated that AP and PE uptake could occur at glucose units and benzene moiety via van der Waals interaction and π-π stacking interactions. SSHCP-3 also showed excellent adsorption efficiency of AP (93.6%) and PE (74.4%) in the wastewater discharged from PO/SM process. These results demonstrated that transforming styrene and starch to bio-based hypercrosslinked polymers provides an environmentally friendly and attractive strategy for recovery of AP and PE in practical application.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
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2021
·Vol. 22
·期 8
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Hui Li,Xiaoxuan Yu,Fanwei Meng,Zhenyu Zhao,Shuwen Guan,Liping Wang
Ferulic acid (FA) is a naturally-occurring well-known potent antioxidant and free radical scavenger. FA supplementation is an effective strategy to delay aging, but the underlying mechanism remains unknown. In the present study, we examined the effects of FA on lifespan extension and its mechanism of FA inCaenorhabditis elegans(C. elegans). Results suggested that FA increased the lifespan ofC. elegans, rather than altering the growth ofE. coliOP50. Meanwhile, FA promoted the healthspan ofC. elegansby improving locomotion and reducing fat accumulation and polyQ aggregation. FA increased the resistance to heat and oxidative stress through reducing ROS. The upregulating of the expression of thehlh-30,skn-1, andhsf-1were involved in the FA-mediated lifespan extension. Furthermore, FA treatment had no impact on the lifespan ofdaf-2,hlh-30,skn-1, andhsf-1mutants, confirming that insulin/IGF-1 signaling pathway and multiple longevity mechanisms were associated with the longevity mechanism of FA. We further found that mitochondrial signaling pathway was modulation involved in FA-mediated lifespan extension. With the results from RNA-seq results and mutants lifespan assay. These findings contribute to our knowledge of the lifespan extension and underlying mechanism of action of FA inC. elegans.Keywords:ferulic acid;lifespan;stress resistant;insulin/IGF-1;Caenorhabditis elegans
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Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
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2021
·Vol. 8
·期 12
·3077-3084
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Jiani Zhang,Huaizhong Shi,Yue Song,Wenjing Xu,Xianyu Meng,Jiyang Li
Titanium silicalite-1 (TS-1) zeolite, as a promising shape-selective catalyst, has excellent catalytic activity in many oxidation reactions. However, there are still challenges to rapidly synthesize TS-1 and achieve a high content of Ti in TS-1 without anatase TiO2. In this work, a high-efficiency strategy has been proposed by using 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid (H3BTC) as a crystallization modifier to rapidly synthesize enhanced-Ti TS-1 zeolite without extra-framework anatase TiO2. In such a synthetic system, a mixed liquid–solid precursor phase is formed within 4.5 hours, and then TS-1 crystals can be produced within one day based on the special combination mechanism of liquid-phase and solid-phase conversion. Ti species enter into the TS-1 framework by the transformation from the liquid phase to crystals as well as by the in situ transformation of the solid phase, which makes the content of framework Ti increase significantly, and the Si/Ti ratio can reach 48.5 without any anatase TiO2. In the epoxidation of 1-hexene with H2O2 as an oxidant, the conversion of alkene over the synthesized TS-1 was improved by 8.01% compared to the traditional TS-1 (18.11% vs. 10.10%). The high-efficiency strategy reported in this paper will provide new opportunities for further promoting the industrial application of TS-1 zeolite.
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Frontiers in Pharmacology
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2021
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Zhang Xueyan,Liu Yingbo,Deng Guangrui,Huang Bisheng,Kai Guoyin,chen Keli,Li Juan
Background: Activation of nucleotide oligomerization domain-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome plays a crucial role in gout. Selaginella moellendorffii has been confirmed effective for the treatment of gout in hospital preparations. Flavonoids, such as amentoflavone (AM), are the main active components of this medicine.Purpose: We aimed to investigate the flavonoid extract (TF) and AM's effects on NLRP3 inflammasome in vitro and their preventive effects on gout in vivo.Methods: LC-MS method was employed to investigate the chemical profile of TF. The cellular inflammation model was established by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or monosodium urate (MSU) stimulation. The cell membrane integrality and morphological characteristics were determined by using Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assay kits, propidium iodide (PI) stain, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The inflammatory cytokines and NLRP3 inflammasome activation were determined using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), immunofluorescence staining, and western blotting. The acute gout mouse model was induced by MSU injection into footpads, and then the paw edema, inflammatory mediators, and histological examination (HE) were analyzed.Results: The main constituents in TF are AM and robustaflavone. In the cellular inflammation model, TF down-regulated the levels of nitric oxide (NO), TNF-α, and LDH, suppressed NLRP3 inflammasome-derived interleukin-1β (IL-1β) secretion, decreased caspase-1 activation, repressed mature IL-1β expression, inhibited ASC speck formation and NLRP3 protein expression. In an acute gout mouse model, oral administration of TF to mice effectively alleviated paw edema, reduced inflammatory features, and decreased the levels of IL-1β in mouse foot tissue. Similarly, the characteristic constituent AM was also able to down-regulated the levels of NO, TNF-α, and LDH, down-regulate the mRNA expression of IL-1β, TNF-α, caspase-1, and NLRP3. Besides, the foot thickness, lymphocyte infiltration, and IL-1β level were also prevented by AM.Conclusion: The results indicated that TF and its main constituent AM alleviate gout arthritis via NLRP3/ASC/Caspase-1 axis suppression.
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BIOCATALYSIS AND BIOTRANSFORMATION
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2021
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Weican Wang,Ling Li,Xiaoda Wang,Ting Qiu,Jianhao Yang,Changshen Ye
The enzyme-catalyzed transesterification reaction is an important route to realize the resolution of racemic optically active secondary alcohols. However, this route suffers from the high environment and engineering risks due to the usage of vinyl ester as acyl donor. In this work, an alternative acyl donor, ethyl butyrate, was used because it is more environment-friendly and catalyst-friendly. The kinetic studies on transesterification of 1-phenylethanol with ethyl butyrate catalyzed by immobilized-lipase Novozym™ 435 were carried out. The effects of agitation speed, reaction temperature, catalyst loading and initial molar ratio of reactants were investigated. The Ping-Pong-Bi-Bi and pseudo-homogeneous models were used to correlate the experimental data to estimate the kinetic parameters. The concentration-based Ping-Pong-Bi-Bi model was translated into its activity-based form to describe the non-ideality of the lipase-catalyzed reaction system. The activity-based Ping-Pong-Bi-Bi kinetic model performed best among all the models used.
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EBioMedicine
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2021
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Qi Pan,Shushan Lin,Yu Li,Liang Liu,Xiaoping Li,Xianglei Gao,Jiangyu Yan,Baohua Gu,Xiaofeng Chen,Wenjia Li,Xinfa Tang,Chao Chen,Lixin Guo
Background Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) has become a promising therapeutic target for metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes (T2D), obesity and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. However, the clinical application of natural FGF21 molecule is limited because of its instability in vitro and short half-life in vivo . To improve FGF21’s therapeutic property, we screened high receptor binding FGF21 analogs and made FGF21-Fc-GLP-1 dual-targeted constructs to investigate their activity in a number of experiments . Methods Utilizing phage display high-throughput screening we identified mutations that could improve β-Klotho binding property of FGF21. IgG4 Fc was fused to FGF21 variants to extend the in vivo half-life. We further explored the potential synergistic actions of FGF21 with the incretin glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) by generating GLP-1-Fc-FGF21 dual agonists. Findings Two Fc-FGF21 variants showed enhanced β-Klotho binding affinity in vitro as well as improved glucose lowering effect in vivo . One of the dual agonists, GLP-1-Fc-FGF21 D1, provided potent and sustained glucose lowering effect in diabetic mice models. It also demonstrated superior weight loss effect to GLP-1 or FGF21 alone. Moreover, GLP-1-Fc-FGF21 D1 exhibited strong anti-NASH effect in the high-fat diet-induced ob/ob model as it improved liver function, serum and hepatic lipid profile and reduced NAFLD activity score with an efficacy superior to either FGF21 or GLP-1 analogs alone. Interpretation This novel GLP-1/FGF21 dual agonist is worth clinical development for the treatment of T2D, obesity and NASH. Funding HEC Pharm R&D Co., Ltd, National natural science fund of China.
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Micro & Nano Letters
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2020
·Vol. 15
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Xiaojie Song,Fan Yang,Xiufang Wang,Kehua Zhang
Biogenetic nanocomposites research provides valuable methods for the green synthesis of nanomaterials. As a dissimilatory metal-reducing bacterium, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 is used to reduce Ag + to Ag nanoparticles (Ag NPs) (diameter about 10 nm) under anaerobic conditions, resulting in the in-situ formation of Ag NPs immobilised on TiO 2 nanotubes (TNTs) (Ag/TNTs nanocomposites). The loading amount of Ag nanocrystals on the TNT surface can be controlled easily through adjusting the AgNO 3 concentration and further influence visible-light absorption efficiency of Ag/TNTs nanocomposites by decreasing the Ag loading amount. Ag/TNTs nanocomposites show superior photocatalytic efficiency under simulated sunlight than single TiO 2 nanomaterials. Moreover, the photocatalytic capacity of Ag/TNTs nanocomposites synergistic by S. oneidensis MR-1 is further enhanced and the degradation ratio of methylene blue reaches 92.3% within 30 min which attributed to a synergistic effect.
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