Veterinary Sciences
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Yang Yang,Xin Zhang,Jin Yang,Ziyan Wu,Junpeng Li,Ruilong Song,Chuang Meng,Guoqiang Zhu
Simple SummaryQuorum sensing (QS) not only regulates bacterial virulence through signaling molecules, but is also capable of causing direct damage to host cells. Previous studies have found a high correlation between N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHL) of the QS in the piglet intestine and piglet health. In a mouse model, AHL signaling N-(3-oxododecanoyl)-homoserine lactone (OdDHL) induced apoptosis of intestinal cells and damage to intestinal barrier. In a porcine intestinal epithelial cell model, OdDHL also was confirmed to induce apoptosis. The direct role and mechanism of OdDHL in the digestive tract of porcine animal models have not been elucidated. For the first time in a piglet model, we have verified that AHL induces apoptosis and disrupts the intestinal barrier, and we have also verified the protective effect of QS inhibitors. The present study also investigates the central role of cellular lipid rafts in the critical phase in which OdDHL adheres to cells and exerts functions. In cells where lipid rafts were eliminated, the ability of OdDHL adherence to cell surface was significantly reduced, and apoptosis induction was similarly impaired. This result indicates an important role for lipid rafts in relevant processes. This study provides basic data for the antimicrobial application of QSI in pig farming.Quorum sensing (QS) is a process by which bacteria sense their population density and regulate behavior accordingly. QS not only regulates bacterial virulence but also directly influences host cells. Previous studies have shown that QS is strongly associated with piglet intestinal health, but the mechanism is not yet clear. For the first time, we have confirmed in a piglet animal model that OdDHL directly damages intestinal cells in weaned piglets, disrupting the intestinal barrier. We also provide a preliminary exploration of the underlying mechanism of these effects. TUNEL assays confirmed that damage to the piglet intestinal barrier coincided temporally and spatially with dysregulated apoptosis. Lipid rafts, key components of the cell membrane, are involved in many biological processes, including the activation of apoptosis-related proteins. Following the disruption of the lipid raft structure in IPEC-J2 cells, the apoptosis rate under OdDHL stimulation decreased by 50%. These data demonstrate that lipid rafts mediate the attachment of OdDHL to porcine intestinal cells; then, OdDHL induces apoptosis in porcine intestinal cells through the mitochondrial and death receptor pathways, thereby compromising the integrity of the porcine intestinal barrier. This study provides foundational insights into the role of QS in piglet intestinal diseases.
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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
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2019
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Feng Zhang,Mengke Wang,Lili Zhang,Xingguang Su
Herein, we developed a novel and sensitive ratiometric fluorescence strategy for pH sensing and urea detection based on MoS 2 quantum dots (MQDs) and 2, 3-diaminophenazine (DAP). The DAP was pH-sensitive and can be used as pH indicator while MQDs was pH-insensitive and acted as a reference fluorescent signal. The fluorescence intensity of DAP at 568 nm exhibited increases gradually while the fluorescence intensity of MQDs at 420 nm kept unchanged as the pH changed from 3.0 to 9.0. So the ratio of the two fluorescence intensities at 568 nm and 420 nm can be used to monitor the change of pH. The pH-sensing system showed a linear and reversible respond to pH in the range of 3.8–6.0 with an interval of 0.2 pH unit. Furthermore, the enzymatic reaction of urea in the presence of urease can lead to the pH increase of the solution, which can be used to detect urea by using the above-mentioned pH-sensing system. There exhibited a good linear relationship between the ratiometric fluorescence intensity of I 568 /I 420 and urea concentrations ranging from 5 to 700 μM. And a low detection limit of 1.8 μM was obtained. The proposed strategy exhibited excellent selectivity and sensitivity. Additionally, the developed ratiometric fluorescence strategy was successfully applied to detect urea in water samples.
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BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
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2014
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Zihong Sun,Zhigang Luo,Cuifen Gan,Shidong Fei,Yingju Liu,Hongtao Lei
A sensitive electrochemical immunosensor for 3-bromobiphenyl (3-BBP) detection was constructed by employing a new polydopamine coated prussian blue-mesoporous carbon (PDOP/PB/CMK-3) nanocomposite as the substrate platform and multi-horseradish peroxidase-double helix carbon nanotubes-secondary antibody (multi-HRP-DHCNTs-Ab 2 ) as the signal label. PB/CMK-3 was firstly successfully in-situ synthesized with the aid of the CMK-3 reduction, which was characterized by transmission electron microscope (TEM), infrared spectroscopy (IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and N 2 adsorption–desorption analysis. By using PDOP/PB/CMK-3 as the substrate, it can effectively enhance the specific surface for antigen loading due to the three-dimensional structure of the nanocomposites, while large amount of PB that fixed inside or outside the pore of CMK-3 successfully improved the electrochemical response and the PDOP film can provide a biocompatible environment to maintain the activity of antigen availability. Under the optimized conditions, the proposed immunosensor shows a good current response to 3-BBP in a linear range from 5 pM to 2 nM with a detection limit of 2.25 pM. In addition, the specificity, reproducibility and stability of the immunosensor were also proved to be acceptable, indicating its potential application in environmental monitoring.
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WATER RESEARCH
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2015
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Lu Wang,Yulei Liu,Jun Ma,Feng Zhao
Sulphamethoxazole (SMX) is extensively used in humans and livestock, but its appearance in natural water raises environmental concerns. This study demonstrated that SMX and its degradation product , 3-amino-5-methylisoxazole (3A5MI), could be effectively degraded in microbial fuel cell (MFC) reactors. Approximately 85% of 20 ppm SMX was degraded within 12 h, and this was a more rapid biodegradation rate than has been previously shown in the literature. In addition, 3A5MI, a toxic chemical that forms in the SMX degradation process, can be further mineralized. The degradation products of SMX were detected by mass spectrometry, and three speculated by-products were confirmed with chemical standards. It was observed that nitrogen atoms of SMX were progressively eliminated during the degradation process, which may relate with the degradation of SMX and 3A5MI. An antibacterial activity test showed that the biotoxicity of SMX towards Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 and Escherichia coli DH5α was greatly reduced after MFC treatment. Moreover, the ATP level of the MFC microbe was nearly threefold higher than that in open-circuit controls, which may be related to the rapid degradation of SMX in MFCs. This study can facilitate further investigations about the biodegradation of SMX.
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TALANTA
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Chen Cui,Yunfeng Fan,Yaxuan Chen,Renlong Wei,Jie Lv,Meng Yan,Dechen Jiang,Zhimin Liu
Cyanidin-3- O -glucoside (C3G), a natural antioxidant, plays multiple physiological or pathological roles in maintaining human health; thereby, designing advanced sensors to achieve specific recognition and high-sensitivity detection of C3G is significant. Herein, an imprinted-type electrochemiluminescence (ECL) sensing platform was developed using core-shell Ru@SiO 2 -CMIPs, which were prepared by covalent organic framework (COF)-based molecularly imprinted polymers (CMIPs) embedded in luminescent Ru@SiO 2 cores. The C3G-imprinted COF shell not only helps generate a steady-enhanced ECL signal, but also enables specific recognition of C3G. When C3G is bound to Ru@SiO 2 -CMIPs with abundant imprinted cavities, resonance energy transfer (RET) behavior is triggered, resulting in a quenched ECL response. The constructed Ru@SiO 2 -CMIPs nanoprobes exhibit ultra-high sensitivity, absolute specificity, and an ultra-low detection limit (0.15 pg mL −1 ) for analyzing C3G in food matrices. This study provides a means to construct an efficient and reliable molecular imprinting-based ECL sensor for food analysis.
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VACUUM
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2024
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Kaile Shi,Haodong Zheng,Yuze Sun,Honghai Wang,Jing Fang,Chunli Li,Jiapeng Liu
The utilization of 1,4-butanediol (BDO) spans across numerous sectors, underscoring its significance as a pivotal chemical. However, the separation of crude BDO still presents great challenges. Ethylene glycol (EG) and 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol (MPD) are classical impurities in BDO crude products. In this paper, the pressure and temperature data of MPD components under high vacuum pressure were measured, and Antoine constant was obtained by fitting to supplement the basic data. The isobaric vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) data for the EG-BDO and BDO-MPD mixtures were experimentally measured at pressures of 1.0, 10.0, and 50.0 kPa. Meanwhile, the thermodynamic consistency of the experimental binary data was examined using the Herington area test. The experimental VLE data for binary systems were analyzed using the nonrandom two-liquid (NRTL) universal quasichemical (UNIQUAC) and Wilson activity coefficient models, demonstrating that the predicted outcomes showed excellent agreement with the measured data. Finally, the interaction energy between the components was calculated by molecular simulation to explain the gas-liquid equilibrium behavior. Therefore, this work provided guidance and basis for the separation of EG-BDO and BDO-MPD in high vacuum separation.
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THERMOCHIMICA ACTA
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2024
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Guangyan Chen,Zai-Yin Hu,Zhijun Guo,Yi Xie
Transition metal nanomaterials are widely applied as flame retardants in materials. Herein, an oxidation-mediated strategy was developed for temporally controlling the in situ growth of Fe(OH) 3 nanoparticles on wool/nylon (W/N) fabrics. The formed particles exhibit homogeneous dispersion on the surface of W/N fabrics, with an average particle diameter of about 60 nm. These Fe(OH) 3 nanoparticles can simultaneously enhance both the flame retardancy (the limiting oxygen index increased by 18.8 % and passed the UL-94 burning test of V-0 rating) and mechanical performance (the tensile strength increased by 9.13 %) of the W/N fabrics. Meanwhile, the obtained W/N fabrics exhibit remarkable smoke-suppressant properties, demonstrating a reduction of 76.4 % and 65.5 % in smoke production rate and total smoke production, respectively, compared to the pure W/N fabrics. Furthermore, the prepared W/N fabrics exhibit good durability. This innovative strategy may be also extended for synthesizing other nanomaterials and pave a new path to develop high-performance flame-retardant materials.
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2024
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Zhen-Li Yang,Ya-Dong Yao,Jian-Guo Zhang,Qiang Xie,Feng Liu,Zhi-Wei He,Zu-Jia Lu
The construction and comprehensive characterization of energetic ionic salts 5-amino-3-hydrazinyl-1 H -1,2,4-triazolium diperchlorate (2) and 5-amino-3-hydrazinyl-1 H -1,2,4-triazolium 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazolate-5-one (3), which are based on 5-amino-3-hydrazinyl-1 H -1,2,4-triazole, were conducted. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) were employed to explore the thermal and kinetic behaviors of the novel energetic ionic salts. An isoconversional approach and non-linear regression analysis were employed to propose accurate kinetic models for characterizing the decomposition of the energetic ionic salts based on the data from DSC and the most possible mechanism functions governing the decomposition of 2 and 3 was determined. Furthermore, experimental measurements and theoretical calculations were employed to examine diverse physicochemical characteristics, including densities, mechanical sensitivities, heat of formation as well as detonation parameters. The findings suggest that salt 2 exhibits a good detonation pressure of 37.4 GP and a satisfactory detonation velocity of 9031 m/s, exceeding RDX in terms of energy content and suggesting its potential as a viable high-energy explosive substitute for RDX. While salt 2 exhibits a slightly lower level of detonation performance than HMX, it possesses better sensitivity, which mean that salt 2 retains a considerable potential for valuable applications.
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INORGANICA CHIMICA ACTA
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2024
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Zhengwei Wu,Jiawen Bao,Hongyang Zhang,Wanlin Wei,Boyang Zheng,Yingying Luo,Zhonglu You
Molecular nanoclusters comprising a heterometallic 3 d -4 f stoichiometry are an interesting class of compounds. In this paper, a chloro-containing Schiff base 4-chloro-2-(2-hydroxy-3-ethoxybenzylideneamino)phenol (H 2 L) was prepared by condensation reaction of 3-ethoxysalicylaldehyde with 2-amino-4-chlorophenol in methanol. The Schiff base is predisposed to chelate within a cluster core both 3 d and 4 f metal ions. Reaction of H 2 L with nickel salts afforded a tetranuclear Ni II complex [Ni 4 L 4 (MeOH) 4 ] ( 1 ), while with nickel salts and lanthanide(III) nitrate three tetranuclear Ni II -Ln III complexes [Ni 2 Eu 2 L 4 (NO 3 ) 2 (DMF) 2 ] ( 2 ), [Ni 2 Er 2 L 4 (NO 3 ) 2 (DMF) 2 ] ( 3 ), [Ni 2 Tb 2 L 4 (CH 3 COO) 2 (DMF) 2 ]·4DMF ( 4 ) were obtained. H 2 L and the complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis, IR, UV–Vis spectra. H 2 L has also been characterized by 1 H and 13 C NMR spectra. Molecular structures of the compounds have been determined by single crystal X-ray determination. In the complexes, the Schiff base ligands coordinate to the metal atoms via ether oxygen, imino nitrogen and two phenolate oxygen atoms. All the Ni atoms in the complexes are in octahedral coordination. The rare earth metal atoms are eight coordinated by the phenolate and ether oxygen of the Schiff base ligands, and anionic and solvent oxygen atoms, forming square antiprismatic coordination. The compounds were evaluated for their antibacterial activities on Bacillus subtilis , Staphylococcus aureus , Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas fluorescens , and antifungal activities on Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger , and gave interesting results.
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ENERGY
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2025
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Hao Sun,Hui Gao,Yanhua Li,Youchang Du,Jiao Wang,Huaizhi Han,Guice Yao,Dongsheng Wen
Fully utilizing the chemical heat sink generated by hydrocarbon fuel cracking is critical for enhancing the endothermic cooling capacity of the fuel. In this study, a catalytic strategy based on oil-dispersible palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs) is proposed for the supercritical cracking of RP-3. Pd NPs with an average size of 2.85 nm are synthesized and uniformly dispersed in RP-3, exhibiting long-term stability with a sedimentation rate below 7% after 60 days. To evaluate the catalytic performance and reveal the complex catalytic cracking mechanism of hydrocarbon fuels under supercritical conditions, a combined approach of tubular reactor experiments and reactive force field molecular dynamics (ReaxFF MD) simulations is employed. Both experimental and simulation results demonstrate that, compared to thermal cracking, Pd/RP-3 catalytic cracking exhibits significant improvements in conversion, gas yield, olefin selectivity, and heat sink. At 700 °C, 200 ppm Pd NPs increase the heat sink of RP-3 from 2.52 MJ/kg to 2.77 MJ/kg. Kinetic analysis reveals that the enhancement is ascribed to the remarkable catalytic abilities of Pd NPs to reduce the activation energies for RP-3 cracking, C-C and C-H bond cleavage by approximately 66.7%, 80.7%, and 78.7%, respectively. Pd also enhances dehydrogenation reactions, leading to higher yields of hydrogen and olefins, while effectively facilitating benzene rings decomposition within the aromatic components of RP-3. The synthesized oil-dispersible Pd NPs present great potential for enhancing the cooling capacity and the catalytic cracking mechanism proposed here may provide a theoretical foundation for designing efficient future catalysts.
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ISME Journal
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2025
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Yan Baofei,Zheng Xian,Lu Danya,Li Ting,Chen Xi,Shao Zhitao,Fu Tingming
Microbiota-associated factors are increasingly recognized as significant contributors to the progression of ulcerative colitis, and microbial modulation has emerged as an effective therapy for this condition. The herbal compound silibinin has demonstrated properties that modulate gut microbiota. Herein, we investigated the response of gut microbiota to silibinin in ameliorating colitis, using a mouse model of colitis coupled with antibiotic exposure. Results indicated that antibiotic pretreatment negated the benefits of silibinin in mice with colitis. Furthermore, fecal microbiota transplantation involving silibinin-modulated gut microbiota further substantiated the gut microbiota-dependent effects of silibinin. Within the metabolic profiles of silibinin-regulated microbiota, we identified that Alistipes-associated (R)-2,3-dihydroxy-isovalerate exhibited the most pronounced anti-inflammatory effects in vitro and demonstrated protective effects against colitis. Moreover, (R)-2,3-dihydroxy-isovalerate reinstated the protective effects of silibinin in mice with colitis under antibiotic exposure. These effects were primarily mediated via the targeting of the colonic GABA transporter 3 by (R)-2,3-dihydroxy-isovalerate. We further revealed that the retinoic acid receptor β and the retinoid-related orphan nuclear receptor γt may mediate the impact of silibinin-derived microbiota and (R)-2,3-dihydroxy-isovalerate on colitis. Additionally, the knockdown of colonic GABA transporter 3 diminished the impact of silibinin on the GABA transporter 3/retinoic acid receptor β/retinoid-related orphan nuclear receptor γt axis and colitis. Our findings highlight that (R)-2,3-dihydroxy-isovalerate, enriched from microbiota derived from silibinin, can target the GABA transporter 3/retinoic acid receptor β/retinoid-related orphan nuclear receptor γt axis, which is essential for anti-colitis properties of silibinin-regulated microbiota.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2025
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Liang Cao,Jiajia Wang,Feifan Hu,Huihui Liu,Jian Guo,Haoran Yu,Mingyuan Yan,Ji Zhang,Feifei Wang,Yiping Wang,Shan-Tao Zhang
In this work, based on the lanthanide rare earth Sm3+ doped 0.2Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-(0.8-x)PbZrO3-xPbTiO3:0.015Sm ceramics with a rhombohedral-tetragonal morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) around x = 0.40, we gradually introduced alkaline earth Ba2+ and Sr2+ at the A-site to substitute Pb2+, namely, 0.2A(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.4AZrO3-0.4ATiO3:0.015Sm (A = Pb0.99-yBa0.01Sry) and conducted a systematic study on their phase structure, domain configuration, and electrical properties. The results indicate that without alkaline earth substituting, the MPB composition shows peak electrical property with piezoelectric coefficient d33 = 477 pC/N and electromechanical coupling factor kp = 0.59, while an appropriate amount of alkaline earth substituting changes the MPB from rhombohedral–tetragonal coexisting phases to rhombohedral–monoclinic–tetragonal coexisting phases, leading to a significant enhancement in electrical properties with d33 = 687 pC/N and kp = 0.63 around y = 0.03 for comparison. This work classifies the mechanism for alkaline earth substituting enhanced piezoelectric performance and may provide a guide for the development of high-performance lead-based relaxor ferroelectrics.
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