Nanoscale
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2022
·Vol. 14
·期 39
·14471-14481
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IF 8.307
Danyang Li,Enna Ha,Jingge Zhang,Luyang Wang,Junqing Hu
Near-infrared light-induced catalysts are considered to be potential nanoagents for tumor therapy. Cerium (Ce) is a non-biotoxic lanthanide element and exhibits variable valence states for catalytic reactions. In this work, we report a one-step hydrothermal synthesis for Ce-doped MoOx (CMO) nanomaterials. The obtained CMO nanomaterials show high absorption in the NIR II regime and a high photothermal conversion efficiency of 67.7% (1064 nm). Moreover, due to the doping of Ce element, the consumption of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and glutathione (GSH) is boosted which enhances the chemodynamic and photodynamic therapy simultaneously. Under NIR II laser irradiation, the designed CMO nanocatalysts induce metabolism disruption and mitochondrial damage in the tumor cells. As-prepared CMO nanomaterials also show good biocompatibility and pH-responsive degradation behavior, which can be degraded rapidly under alkaline conditions (pH = 7.4) and remain stable in acidic solution (pH = 5.6). These properties make CMO nanomaterials ideal biodegradable nanotheranostic agents for synergistic chemodynamic–photodynamic–photothermal antitumor therapy.
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Foods
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2022
·Vol. 11
·期 18
·2747
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IF 5.561
Yongshuai Jing,Yameng Zhang,Wenjing Cheng,Mingsong Li,Beibei Hu,Yuguang Zheng,Danshen Zhang,Lanfang Wu
Most proteins given orally have low bioavailability and are easily eliminated by rapid metabolism in vivo. In order to immobilize the drug at the site of administration and delay its release, a natural, gentle release system was designed. In this study, a heteropolysaccharide (ZOP) was isolated fromZingiber officinaleusing an ultrasonic assisted extraction method. ZOP Ara = 1.97: 1.15: 94.33: 1.48: 1.07. The ZOP/Chitosan (CS) composite hydrogel was synthesized using epichlorohydrin (ECH) as a cross-linking agent. The structure, morphology, and water-holding capacity of the composite hydrogel were characterized. The data showed that the addition of ZOP improved the hardness and water-holding capacity of the material. A swelling ratio test showed that the prepared hydrogel was sensitive to pH and ionic strength. In addition, the degradation rate of the hydrogel in a phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) solution with a pH value of 1.2 was higher than that in PBS with pH value of 7.4. Similarly, the release kinetics of Bovine serum albumin (BSA) showed higher release in an acidic system by the hydrogel composed of ZOP/CS. The hydrogel prepared by this study provided a good microenvironment for protein delivery. In summary, this composite polysaccharide hydrogel is a promising protein-drug-delivery material.Keywords:Zingiber offtcinale;polysaccharide;chitosan;hydrogels;drug release;degradation
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CHEMICAL RESEARCH IN CHINESE UNIVERSITIES
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2022
·Vol. 39
·期 2
·290-295
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IF 2.726
Qin Chang,Dong Jing,Xie Beibei,Wang Hongkun,Zhang Na,Zhao Chunhua,Qiao Congde,Liu Mingxia,Yang Xiaodeng,Li Tianduo
Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)(PLGA) is one of the most representative degradable copolymers and promising drug carriers. In the current paper, the PLGAs with a lactic acid/glycolic acid(LA/GA) molar ratio of 52/48 and various molecular weights were prepared by a melting method. The molecular weight, molecular weight distribution, and thermal stability were determined by 1 H NMR and thermogravimetric analysis methods. The results demonstrated that PLGAs with the fixed LA/GA molar ratio(52/48), different molecular weights, and narrow molecular weight distribution could be obtained by solely altering the reaction time. The PLGA films were prepared, and their properties including micro-structure, mechanical property, in-vitro cytotoxicity, and biodegradability were characterized. In combination with the homogeneous microstructures and mechanical properties, the drug-loading and releasing properties of PLGA 3.2 films were investigated. The results show that PLGA 3.2 film with an LA/GA molar ratio of 52/48 is a promising curcumin carrier.
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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Lixia Han,Ting Liu,Di Cui,Jiaqi Yi,Wei Jiang,Xiaoshuang Li,Na Niu,Ligang Chen
Captopril (CP) is a widely used antihypertensive drug. In this study, a smartphone-assisted sensing platform on the basis of ratiometric fluorescent test strips was developed, which can accomplish visualization for the quantitative detection of captopril. Ratiometric fluorescent probe was constructed from carbon dots (CDs) and gold nanoclusters (Au NCs). After adding Cu 2+ to fluorescent probe, Cu 2+ can complex the amino and carboxyl groups on the surface of Au NCs and aggregate Au NCs, which will quench the fluorescence of Au NCs. Compared with amino and carboxyl groups, -SH in CP has a higher affinity for Cu 2+ and can capture Cu 2+ to restore Au NCs fluorescence. In this process, CDs remained essentially unchanged as background fluorescence. As CP concentration increased, the fluorescence color showed a distinct change from blue to purple to orange. Based on this principle, a sensing platform combining smartphone and fluorescent test strips was constructed to visualize the quantitative detection of CP by RGB values. Under optimal conditions, the wide linear range of CP detection for both fluorescence spectrometer and smartphone paper-based sensing platform was 0.25–50 μM. The limits of detection were as low as 76 nM and 101.3 nM, respectively. Furthermore, it was implemented successfully for the detection of CP in urine. The satisfactory recoveries were 96.0–103.3% and 92.0–108.0% for fluorescence spectrometer and smartphone platform, respectively. This smartphone-assisted platform provided a new approach for visual detection of CP, which showed its great potential in bioanalytical assays.
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BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
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Qilin Zhao,Yu Wang,Mengqian Zhang,Donghui Wu,Jian Sun,Xiurong Yang
A facile and sensitive method for sensing α-glucosidase (α-glu) and screening its inhibitors based on fluorescence monitoring of water-solute silicon-containing nanoparticles (Si CNPs) was proposed and demonstrated. Such fluorescent nanoparticles can be easily produced by mixing (3-aminopropyl) trimethoxysilane (APTMS) and ascorbate sodium (AS) (both without fluorescence signals) at room temperature and pressure. If the ascorbate sodium was replaced by L-ascorbic acid-2-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl (AA2G), which can be hydrolyzed into the former by α-glu, the fluorescence “turn-on” biosensor for α-glu activity can be established. The sensing platform showegd a linear relationship from 10 to 140 U/L and a low detection limit of 0.42 U/L, which is superior to most approaches that have been reported. However, the hydrolysis procedure and subsequent fluorogenic reaction could be blocked in the presence of α-glu inhibitors (AGIs), giving the possibilities of screening various inhibitors from different compounds. Furthermore, detection in human serum and applications in AGIs screening by using this method were also constructed, and showed satisfying results as well. It is proved that this developed biosensor can provide an alternative strategy for potential clinic diagnosis and medicine development.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
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2022
·Vol. 23
·期 17
·9698
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IF 6.208
Dong Wan,Yujun Liu,Xinhao Guo,Jianxin Zhang,Jie Pan
To endow the polymeric prodrug with smart properties through a safe and simple method, matrix metalloproteinase (MMPs) responsive peptide GPLGVRGDG was introduced into the block copolymer to prepare TPGS3350-GPLGVRGDG-DOX&DOX micelles, where TPGS3350is D-α-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 3350 succinate. During the doxorubicin delivery, the cleavage of the peptide chain triggers de-PEGylation, and the remaining VRGDG sequence was retained on the surface of the micelles, which can act as a ligand to facilitate cell uptake. Moreover, the cytotoxicity of TPGS3350-GPLGVRGDG-DOX&DOX micelles against 4T1 cells was significantly improved, compared with TPGS3350-GPLGVRG-DOX&DOX micelles and TPGS3350-DOX&DOX micelles. During in vivo studies, TPGS3350-GPLGVRGDG-DOX&DOX micelles exhibited good anticancer efficacy with long circulation in the body and more efficient accumulation at the tumor site. Therefore, TPGS3350-GPLGVRGDG-DOX&DOX micelles have improved antitumor activity and reduced toxic side effects. This work opens new potential for exploring the strategy of drug delivery in clinical applications.Keywords:drug delivery;peptide;micelles
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BIOMATERIALS
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Haiyan Pan,Quan Zou,Tingting Wang,Dong Li,Shao-Kai Sun
Diverse oxygen generation strategies have been developed to overcome hypoxia in tumors for enhancing the therapeutic efficacy, but inevitably suffering from tedious synthesis process of oxygen generators in vitro before in vivo administration. Herein, we show direct injection of commercially and clinically used KMnO 4 into solid tumors enables in situ formation of MnO 2 as an oxygen depot for cascade oxidation damage and enhanced photodynamic therapy. KMnO 4 can damage tumor tissues by oxidation and generate MnO 2 , and subsequent intravenous injection of Ce6 allows MnO 2 -triggered hypoxia-modulated photodynamic therapy of tumors. Excellent cascade tumor suppression effect is realized both in vitro and in vivo based on the KMnO 4 –Ce6 system without the need of synthesis. The proposed strategy lays down a novel way with unprecedented superiors of no need of synthesis process and ultra-facile administration procedure for tumor hypoxia-modulated cascade therapy.
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DESALINATION
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Long-Fei Ren,Siqi Zhang,Zhongbao Ma,Yangbo Qiu,Diwen Ying,Jinping Jia,Jiahui Shao,Yiliang He
Excessive discharge of saline antibiotics wastewater into aquatic ecosystem is one crucial environmental issue facing the world today. Herein, an eco-friendly nanofiltration (NF) membrane was fabricated based on coordination complexes of tannic acid and ferric ions (TA-Fe) to selectively separate antibiotic and monovalent salt. Optimal membrane with Fe/TA molar ratio of 3/1 and coordination time of 60 s exhibited Zeta potential of −26.0 mV (pH = 7), water contact angle of 45.5 o and pore radius of 0.36 nm. Consequently, TA-Fe@M3-T60 membrane showed high ciprofloxacin/NaCl rejection ratio of ~5.9 and considerable water permeability of 20.6 ± 1.2 LMH. Besides, relatively high rejection rates were obtained for ofloxacin (94.1 ± 2.2 %) and ciprofloxacin (91.9 ± 2.5 %), while rejection rate for trimethoprim was much lower (68.2 ± 4.1 %). Effects of static/dynamic membrane adsorption of antibiotics on subsequent removal performance were investigated for the first time. Rejection rate improvements of 7.4–15.2 % were observed on pristine membrane compared with pre-adsorbed membrane in short-term NF process. Electrostatic shielding experiment and rejection rate prediction further distinguished the contributions of steric hindrance , electrostatic interaction and membrane adsorption on antibiotics removal, especially antibiotics in zwitterionic form at pH = 7. The findings of this work imply that this newly developed NF membrane has great potential for efficient treatment of antibiotics-contaminated wastewater.
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Zhongbao Ma,Long-Fei Ren,Diwen Ying,Jinping Jia,Jiahui Shao
Thin-film composite polyamide (TFC-PA) nanofiltration membrane is promising in heavy metal removal due to its excellent performance and high economic benefits. However, the common interfacial polymerization (IP) fabrication method requires abundant toxic and harmful solvents, causing harm to the environment and humans. Therefore, novel green, low-carbon and sustainable fabrication methods are urgently needed. Here, we reported a sustainable electrospray polymerization (SEP) technique for TFC-PA membrane preparation via electrospray featuring no toxic solvent, near-complete monomer conversion , and zero waste liquid discharge. In this process, 2-methyl-tetrahydrofuran and ethanol were used as green solvents, and its greenness was assessed by green metrics and toxicity bioassays. Physical features and physicochemical properties of SEP membranes were characterized by SEM, TEM, AFM and XPS. Membranes with different surface charges and pore sizes could be tailored by varying the monomer concentration . The optimal membrane exhibited excellent removal efficiency of toxic heavy metal ions , in which the rejection rates of Cu 2+ and Ni 2+ were higher than 97.0 %. In addition, the permeability and salt rejection of SEP membranes were better than those of IP membranes. Our sustainable electrospray polymerization method provides a versatile green platform for fabricating TFC membranes and may facilitate the development of sustainable nanofiltration membranes.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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Wei Wang,Jinyang Zheng,Hao Zhou,Qiang Liu,Li Jia,Xiuming Zhang,Dongtao Ge,Wei Shi,Yanan Sun
Overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and cumulative oxidative stress induce the degeneration of neuromelanin-containing dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) of PD patients. Due to its redox property, melanin-like polydopamine (PDA) has been studied for its ability to remove ROS with a series of antioxidant enzyme mimetic activities including superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT). Glutathione peroxidase (GPx) is important for maintaining ROS metabolic homeostasis, but only a few GPx-like nanozymes have been studied for in vivo therapy. As we know, selenocysteine is essential for the antioxidant activity of GPx. Hence, we co-synthesized PDA with selenocystine (SeCys) to prepare a nanocomposite (PDASeCys) with GPx-like activity. The results showed that the PDASeCys nanocomposite has the same CAT and SOD enzymatic activities as PDA but better free radical scavenging efficiency and additional GPx enzymatic activity than PDA. In the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-pyridine ion (MPP+)-induced PD cell model, PDASeCys could increase intracellular GPx levels effectively and protect SH-SY5Y neuronal cells from oxidative stress caused by MPP+. In vivo, the PDASeCys nanocomposite effectively inhibited 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridinium (MPTP)-induced Parkinson-related symptoms of mice when it was injected into the substantia nigra (SN). This polydopamine-based nanocomposite containing selenocystine with a variety of enzymatic activities including GPx-like activity synthesized by a one-pot method provides convenience and safety in the neuromelanin-like nanozyme-based therapeutic strategy for oxidative stress-induced PD.
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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
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2022
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Shenglan Hu,Dongmiao Qin,Shuo Meng,Yusheng Wu,Zhi Luo,Biyang Deng
Herein, an ultrasensitive electrochemiluminescence (ECL) sensor was established for the determination of dopamine using sulfur quantum dots (SQDs) as the luminophore. The detection mechanism highlights how dopamine can be oxidized into dopamine quinone (DQ) and quenches the ECL signal of SQDs. Under the optimized experimental conditions, the ECL signal of SQDs was used for the detection of dopamine in the linear range of 1 × 10 −10 to 1 × 10 −3 M with a detection limit of 2.5 × 10 −11 M (S/N = 3). The proposed method has excellent specificity, a low detection limit, and high sensitivity when applied in the analysis of real samples and is applicable in the development of novel ECL luminophores as well as the improvement of human health.
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JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
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2022
·Vol. 20
·期 1
·1-19
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Jia Tao,Li Dan,Du Jiarui,Fang Xikui,Gerasimov Valeriy,Ågren Hans,Chen Guanying
Nanozymes are promising for precise cancer treatment, but are typically limited in terms of the low catalytic efficiency and the complexity in tumor microenvironment (TME). Herein, we describe a bimodal type of AgPd plasmonic blackbody (AgPd PB) nanozyme of compact sizes (< 30 nm), which presents not only boosted enzyme efficacy but also efficient photothermal therapy (PTT) for synergized therapy through tissue-penetrating light in the second biological window (1000–1700 nm). The synthesized hyperbranched AgPd PB nanozymes possess intense and broadband localized surface plasmonic resonance absorption of 400–1300 nm, entailing prominent photothermal efficiency (η = 45.1% at 1064 nm) for PTT. Importantly, PTT was found to significantly boost the nanozyme efficacy of both catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POD) processes, which correspondingly decompose H2O2 to into O2 to relieve tumor hypoxia, and activate H2O2 to generate oxidative •OH radical. While the generated •OH was found to be able to minimize heat shock proteins (HSPs), which plays a vital role to counterbalance PTT effect both in vitro and in vivo. As compared to control ground without treatment, the synergized nanozyme and PTT activities resulted in about 7-fold reduction of tumor volume, thus elevating the survival rate from 0 to 80% at 30 days posttreatment. Besides the synergistic therapy, the AgPd PB nanozyme were shown to own fluorescence, computed tomography (CT), and photoacoustic (PA) imaging abilities, thus having implications for uses in imaging-guided precise cancer therapy. This study provides a paradigm of TME responsive theranostics under NIR-II light irradiation.Graphical Abstract
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