DRUG DELIVERY
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2025
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Zheng Zhang,Jiaxing Wang,Xiaofang Li,Lingzhou Zhao,Junwei Zhao,Mengjiao Su,Xiangxiang Wu,Huahui Zeng
Celastrol (Cel) is a potential anticancer therapeutic candidate, but its limited practical applicability is due to its low solubility, poor tumor selectivity, and cytotoxicity. Clinically, ginsenoside Rg3 (RG3) is typically combined with chemotherapy to enhance antitumor effects and reduce side effects. Herein, we developed novel pH-sensitive prodrug nanoparticles (NPs) containing RG3 and Cel for the synergistic treatment of pancreatic cancer (PC). Amphiphilic prodrug, a PEGylated chitosan oligosaccharide coupled with RG3 via Schiff base bond, was self-assembled with hydrophobic Cel into NPs with drug loadings of 2.12% (Cel) and 1.63% (RG3). NPs exhibited a suitable particle size of 124.01 nm, zeta potential of −39.89 mV and good physical stability. In addition, NPs also showed a controlled drug release when the Schiff base bonds were hydrolyzed in the acidic environment. In Pan02 tumor-bearing mice, NPs exhibited a high accumulation in tumor tissues and prolonged blood circulation time. Furthermore, NPs could more effectively inhibit tumor growth and reduce systemic toxicity, compared with the free Cel, RG3, prodrug, and Cel + RG3. The results indicated that the NPs could provide a safe and promising nanoplatform for PC therapy.
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JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
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2024
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Jun Yang,Jieqiong Lin,Weidong Zhang,Mingyue Shen,Yuanxing Wang,Jianhua Xie
BACKGROUND Resveratrol (Res) is promising food functional factor with favorable antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, although its poor water solubility and low bioavailability limit extensive application. Therefore, in combination with another promising polysaccharide ( Mesona chinensis polysaccharides, MCP), Res-loaded food nanocarriers (ResNPs) were developed to increase its water solubility, bioactivity and targeting properties. ResNPs were then applied to alleviate dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced ulcerative colitis. RESULTS Resveratrol can be well encapsulated in MCP-based nanoparticles in an amorphous state, improving its water solubility. ResNPs showed pH-response controlled release behavior in the gastrointestinal tract and increased the enrichment of Res in the colon. In vivo experiments of ResNPs against DSS-induced ulcerative colitis (UC) revealed that ResNPs significantly improved UC symptoms, modulated intestinal inflammation and down-regulated oxidative stress levels compared to free Res. ResNPs also play an positive role with respect to inhibiting the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway and promoting the expression of tight junction proteins. In addition, ResNPs improved the species composition and relative abundance of intestinal flora in UC mice, which effectively regulated the balance of intestinal flora and promoted the production of short-chain fatty acids. CONCLUSION These results suggest that MCP-based nanoparticles can effectively improve the solubility of resveratrol and enhance its in vivo bioactivity. Moreover, the present study also provides a new strategy for the prevention and treatment of UC with food polyphenol. © 2024 Society of Chemical Industry.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2024
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IF 13.3
Jinhua Liu,Lan Guan,Zhe Li,Li Huang,Dan Li,Zhe Li,Xiaohui Wang,Yingqun Zhu,Yuanan Liu
Real-time blood gas analysis is of great significance in disease diagnosis and treatment. Here we have developed a pH, PO 2 and PCO 2 multifunctional fluorescent capillary sensing system. The pH, O 2 and CO 2 fluorescent indicators with same excitation wavelength are fixed into a single capillary tube. The sensing system possesses sensitive fluorescence response to pH, O 2 and CO 2 , and the changes of pH, O 2 and CO 2 in buffer, in vitro, and in vivo can be detected simultaneously by measuring the fluorescence signals of sensor probe. The PO 2 , PCO 2 and pH of rabbits in four disease models were assessed efficiently by the sensing system, exhibiting similar variation trend with the results by blood gas analyzer. Studies in living rabbit display the reasonable and favorable feasibility of capillary sensing system in real-time arterial blood gas analysis. Overall, the multifunctional fluorescent capillary sensing system exhibits significant potential in real-time arterial blood gas analysis and clinical application of disease diagnosis.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2024
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IF 13.3
Mei-Lin Guo,Fang Wang,Ren-Yi Sun,Chun-Bo Li,Jin-Le Li,Fei Song,Yu-Zhong Wang
Integrating environmental robustness, energy-efficient recoatability and multi-scenario applicability into a single durable coating that can resist the accumulation of liquid, solid, and mold contaminants is critical for the sustainable development of the coatings industry, yet remains a significant challenge. Here, this issue is addressed by developing a novel hydrophilic-hydrophobic conversion strategy to engineer an environmentally robust organic/inorganic hybrid superhydrophobic coating with remarkable anti-soiling properties and pH-induced recoatability. This conversion, achieved through surface chemistry regulation incorporating hydrophobic hydrocarbon chains and aminopropyl functional groups, yields a coating with a high water contact angle (WCA) of 155.4° and a low sliding angle (SA) of 1.3°. Notably, the WCA can reversibly transition to 0° within 15 s under pH adjustment. The wide range of the surface energy variations enables effective recoatability and restores surface wettability in damaged coatings, with an adhesion strength up to 5.34 MPa, allowing for the in-situ reuse of old coatings. The uniform distribution of modified silica nanoparticles within semi-cured epoxy matrix imparts satisfactory environmental durability, allowing the composite coating to retain its superhydrophobicity after enduring various harsh conditions, including 100 cycles of sandpaper abrasion, 70 cycles of tape-peeling, 120 h of water immersion, and 168 h of heat and humidity exposure. Additionally, the coating demonstrates enhanced anti-mold performance, achieving a grade 1 rating. This work introduces a novel design and fabrication method for multifunctional pH-triggered recoatable superhydrophobic coatings with enhanced environmental robustness that significantly extends their lifespan and adaptability.
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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
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2025
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Qiaoxuan Wang,Qi Cheng,Ding Huang,Kefei Zhao,Qiaoju Hu,Min Liang,Yifan Xie,Huaxiang Wu,Changyou Gao
The inefficient lysosomal escape of small interfering RNA (siRNA) from immune cells remains a major barrier to therapeutic efficacy. To address this challenge, an innovative pH-triggered aggregation nanoplatform for enhanced siRNA delivery is developed. By using adamantane (Ad)-modified hyperbranched poly-L-lysine (HBPL-Ad) as a backbone, this nanoplatform incorporated acetalated β-cyclodextrin (β-ACD) as a pH-sensitive “gatekeeper”, together with siRNA to prepare physiologically stable aggregated nanoparticles (ANPs). Triggered by the acidic lysosomal microenvironment, the β-ACD hydrolysis exposed β-CD cavities to enable strong host-guest (β-CD/Ad) binding. This binding caused nanoparticle aggregation and subsequent mild lysosomal membrane permeabilization (LMP), facilitating efficient siRNA escape independent of the proton sponge effect. The ANPs demonstrated superior cellular uptake and significantly enhanced TNF-α silencing across macrophages, dendritic cells, and Jurkat immune cells in vitro. Intraperitoneal administration of ANPs loaded with TNF-α siRNA in a collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) model achieved 93% mRNA reduction and 95% protein reduction in joint TNF-α levels, significantly outperforming Lipo2000 (56% mRNA and 60% protein reduction), effectively attenuating synovitis and cartilage erosion without detectable systemic toxicity. This work establishes pH-triggered programmable aggregation as a potent and transformative strategy for overcoming immune cell delivery barriers, offering a promising clinically viable platform for RNAi-based immunotherapy.
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Materials
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Yanwen Ren,Qianqian Zheng,Cuicui He,Jingjing Nie,Binyang Du
Aqueous organic redox flow batteries (AORFBs) represent an advancing class of electrochemical energy storage systems showing considerable promise for large-scale grid integration due to their unique aqueous organic chemistry. However, the use of small-molecule active materials in AORFBs is significantly limited by the issue of stability and crossover. To address these challenges, we designed a high-water-solubility polymer cathode material, P-T-S, which features a polyvinylimidazole backbone functionalized with 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO) and sulfonate groups. P-T-S exhibits a solubility of 34 Ah L−1in water and 31 Ah L−1in 1.0 M NaCl aqueous solution (NaClaq). When paired with methyl viologen to assemble a pH-neutral AORFB with a theoretical capacity of 15 Ah L−1, the system exhibits a material utilization rate of 92.0%, an average capacity retention rate of 99.74% per cycle (99.74% per hour), and an average Coulombic efficiency of 98.69% over 300 consecutive cycles at 30 mA cm−2. This work provides a new design strategy for polymer materials for high-performance AORFBs.
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2025
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Yaling Wu,Wenting Liu,Yujun Zheng,Shuyan Ruan,Yao Chen,Qingqiang Lin,Ruiyun You
A novel nanocomposite hydrogel-based Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) platform was successfully fabricated using Ag NPs/S-CNF/PVA hydrogel as the core matrix, demonstrating exceptional swelling-deswelling behavior. By evenly distributing a large number of Ag NPs on the surface of S-CNF, a one-dimensional tightly arranged “hot spot” was successfully constructed, which significantly improved the SERS effect and improved the sensitivity and uniformity of the SERS platform. The experimental results show that Rhodamine 6G (R6G) of 10 −7 M can be detected, RSD = 1.90 %. At the same time, PVA hydrogel, as an excellent packaging material, can effectively isolate Ag NPs/S-CNF/PVA composite from the external environment, which helps to maintain the SERS property of the film, but also makes the film more durable and reliable in practical applications. By using different signal molecule modification, different substances were determined. It is worth mentioning that the substrate showed excellent SERS activity on glucose and pH, which has the potential to be applied in non-invasive tear glucose and pH monitoring system. Given its excellent flexibility and repeatability, the substrate is expected to be integrated into a variety of wearable biosensors, thus advancing the development of biological process research. Overall, by combining a flexible SERS 3D substrate, this approach shows great potential and application prospects in the study of biological processes.
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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
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2025
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IF 5.4
Yan Wang,Jiaqi Lu,Menghui Wan,Yanbao Zhao
Asymmetric structures have many potential advantages when used as drug carriers, but the complex synthesis process is an important factor that limits the application of asymmetric structures. In order to simplify the complex preparation method of asymmetric structures, one-pot method was used to prepare a phenolic resin-silica composite materials with a similar snowman morphology. After calcination in air to remove the resin, asymmetric acorn shell-like mesoporous silica (AMS) carriers with rough surface were obtained, which were expected to improve the efficiency of cellular uptake. Subsequently, selective etching was used to expand its specific surface area to obtain EAMS. After loading chemotherapy drug DOX, hyaluronic acid (HA) molecules were applied to block the loaded drug (DOX@EAMS-HA). The DOX@EAMS-HA system performs pH/enzyme-responsive drug release and good therapeutic effect.
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ACS Catalysis
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2025
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Jie Ni,Jie Wei,Yeqi Yu,Ming-Hui Fan,Wanting Liu,Kwun Nam Hui,Yan Yan,Yan Liu,Yanqiang Huang,Jie Zeng
Hydroxylamine (NH2OH) is an important nitrogenous feedstock in the production of numerous valuable chemicals. The selective electroreduction of nitrate (NO3–) into NH2OH paves a promising avenue for the synthesis of NH2OH. Bi-based catalysts are regarded as the most promising candidates owing to the weak adsorption for NH2OH, preventing the further reduction of NH2OH. It is worth noting that Bi-based catalysts exhibited a dramatic activity gap in the acid and neutral/alkaline electrolytes toward the synthesis of NH2OH. Unfortunately, the mechanistic origin of pH-dependent NH2OH production has rarely been investigated, lacking an insightful interpretation on the atomic and molecular scale. Herein, taking Bi nanosheets (NSs) as a model catalyst, we investigated the underlying origin of the pH-dependent selectivity in NO3– electroreduction toward NH2OH production. The Faradaic efficiency (FE) for NH2OH of Bi NSs dramatically decreased from 86.6 to 12.0%, with the pH value ranging from 0 to 3. Combining the in situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and theoretical calculations, we revealed that the dominant 4-coordinated hydrogen-bonded water in acid media favored the involvement of *H in the hydrogenation of *NO to *NHO, thereby facilitating the synthesis of NH2OH. Moreover, 10 kinds of amino acids were successfully synthesized by Bi NSs, demonstrating the wide universality of Bi nanosheets for the synthesis of amino acids.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2025
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Yuemei Zhang,Xueyu Cheng,Chenghao Guo,Lijing Lu,Lixin Lu,Yongjin Qiao
Stimuli-responsive active packaging materials represent a promising frontier in food preservation by combining controlled-release functionality with environmental adaptability. Herein, a novel pH-responsive antibacterial bioactive packaging film based on a chitosan/gelatin (CS/GA) composite was developed by incorporating nanocomposites (NP) prepared through layer-by-layer assembly of natural polyelectrolytes onto modified halloysite nanotube (HNT), with carvacrol (Car) as the encapsulated active agent. The results showed that the developed composite films exhibited pH-responsive behavior under different pH conditions (4.0, 7.0, and 9.0), with a preferential release under alkaline conditions. The release rate was governed by the synergistic effects of carrier structural relaxation/dissolution within the NP, film diffusion, and structural relaxation/dissolution. In addition, hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interactions among CS, GA, and the NP improved the dispersion of the NP within the film matrix, thereby enhancing the film's mechanical strength, gas barrier performance, and thermal stability. The resulting active film effectively inhibited the growth of E. coli and S. aureus , and markedly prolonged the shelf life of pork. Overall, the developed pH-responsive active packaging films have great potential for application in future smart food preservation systems and lay a foundation for designing stimuli-responsive materials for different food environments.
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Advanced Healthcare Materials
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2025
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Danying Yi,Tao Wang,Shuangshuang Xu,Yuying Liu,Zhonghao Wang,Ning Li,Ye Wu,Yiyan He
Conventional cancer treatments often result in tissue loss, incomplete tumor excision, infections, and systemic toxicity, severely impacting patient recovery. These complications frequently involve excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and persistent inflammation, pathological features also characteristic of burn wounds and postoperative tumor sites. To address this, an injectable ROS/pH-responsive hydrogel integrating localized tumor therapy and wound healing is developed. The hydrogel is fabricated via Schiff base crosslinking of a thioketal-based ROS-cleavable linker with aldehyde-functionalized hyaluronic acid, enabling degradation under oxidative and acidic conditions. The hydrogel demonstrates mechanical robustness, excellent biocompatibility, and stimulus-triggered, on-demand drug release. In a breast tumor model, the designed hydrogel facilitates controlled co-delivery of a chemotherapeutic agent 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and a photosensitizer precursor 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), and ensures precise, sustained drug release, achieving synergistic chemo-photodynamic therapy and superior tumor inhibition. Given the pathological similarities between tumor resection wounds and burn injuries, a second-degree burn model is employed to assess the hydrogel's regenerative performance under ROS-rich, inflammation-prone conditions. The hydrogel enables localized antioxidant drug N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) delivery and non-mechanical, on-demand removal. These findings highlight the potential of this multifunctional hydrogel as a minimally invasive, dual-purpose platform for managing cancer-associated tissue injuries and oxidative stress-mediated wound healing.
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FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
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2025
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Lang Cai,Yuheng Wang,Jintao Zhang,Tengyang Li,Shixin Song,Lei Yu,Shan Xia
This study aims to utilize the synergistic effect between shellac nanoparticles (SNPs) and chitin nanocrystals (ChNCs) to construct Pickering emulsion (PE) with adjustable structures and properties for loading and delivering astaxanthin. The viscoelastic properties and stability of SNPs-ChNCs co-stabilized PE demonstrated markedly enhanced performance compared to systems stabilized individually by SNPs or ChNCs, particularly at a 5:1 SNPs/ChNCs ratio. Furthermore, the PE demonstrated notable pH responsiveness and salt ion resistance. Encapsulation performance evaluation revealed the SNPs/ChNCs co-stabilized system achieved enhanced payload parameters for astaxanthin. The S5C1 formulation demonstrated optimal encapsulation performance, achieving 92.1 % encapsulation efficiency (EE) with a loading capacity (LC) of 1.05 % under optimized conditions. Furthermore, the retention rate of astaxanthin exceeded 90 % after 21 days of storage and 8 h of UV irradiation. More importantly, the S5C1 PE showed a high free fatty acid (FFA) release rate and bioaccessibility of astaxanthin after simulated gastrointestinal digestion. This study provides a novel strategy for constructing pH-responsive PE and delivery system for functional active substances.
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