JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
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2022
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Yuan Li,Feng Jin,Xiuju Wu,Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva,Yuping Xiong,Xinhua Zhang,Guohua Ma
Sandalwood ( Santalum album L.) is a hemi-parasitic tree species famous for its santalol and santalene, which are extracted from its heartwood and roots. The ability to understand root functionality within its branched root system would benefit the regulation of sandalwood growth and enhance the commercial value of sandalwood. Phenotypic and anatomical evidence in this study indicated that seed germination stage 4 (SG4) seemed pivotal for lateral root (LR) morphogenesis. Small RNA (sRNA) high-throughput sequencing of root tissues at three sub-stages of SG4 (lateral root primordia initiation (LRPI), lateral root primordia development (LRPD), and lateral root primordia emergence (LRPE)) was performed to identify microRNAs (miRNAs) associated with LR development. A total of 135 miRNAs, including 70 differentially expressed miRNAs (DEMs), were screened. Ten DEMs were selected to investigate transcript abundance in different organs or developmental stages. Among 100 negative DEM-mRNA interaction pairs, four targets (Sa-miR166m_2, 408d, 858a, and novel_Sa-miR8) were selected for studying cleavage sites by 5′ RLM-RACE validation. The expression mode of the four miRNA-mRNA pairs was investigated after indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) treatment. IAA enhanced the abundance of homeobox-leucine-zipper protein 32 ( HOX32 ), laccase 12 ( LAC12 ), myeloblastosis86 ( MYB86 ), and pectin methylesterase inhibitor6 ( PMEI6 ) target transcripts by reducing the expression of Sa-miR166m_2, 408d, 858a, and novel_Sa-miR8 in the first 10 min. A schematic model of miRNA-regulated LR development is proposed for this hemi-parasitic species. This novel genetic information for improving sandalwood root growth and development may allow for the cultivation of fast-growing and high-yielding plantations.
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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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2023
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Meilin Wei,Solairaj Dhanasekaran,Qihao Ji,Qiya Yang,Hongyin Zhang
With the increasing global climate change, ochratoxin A (OTA) pollution in food and environment has become a serious and potential risk element threatening food safety and human health. Biodegradation of mycotoxin is an eco-friendly and efficient control strategy. Still, research works are warranted to develop low-cost, efficient, and sustainable approaches to enhance the mycotoxin degradation efficiency of microorganisms . In this study, the activities of N-acetyl- L -cysteine (NAC) against OTA toxicity were evidenced, and its positive effects on the OTA degradation efficiency of antagonistic yeast, Cryptococcus podzolicus Y3 were verified. Co-culturing C. podzolicus Y3 with 10 mM NAC improved 100% and 92.6% OTA degradation rate into ochratoxin α (OTα) at 1 d and 2 d. The excellent promotion role of NAC on OTA degradation was observed even at low temperatures and alkaline conditions. C. podzolicus Y3 treated with OTA or OTA+NAC promoted reduced glutathione (GSH) accumulation. GSS and GSR genes were highly expressed after OTA and OTA+NAC treatment, contributing to GSH accumulation. In the early stages of NAC treatment, yeast viability and cell membrane were reduced, but the antioxidant property of NAC prevented lipid peroxidation. Our finding provides a sustainable and efficient new strategy to improve mycotoxin degradation by antagonistic yeasts, which could be applied to mycotoxin clearance.
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CRYSTENGCOMM
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2022
·Vol. 24
·期 9
·1744-1751
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IF 3.756
Shu-Li Yao,Hui Xu,Teng-Fei Zheng,Yan Peng,Sui-Jun Liu,Jing-Lin Chen,He-Rui Wen
A new coordination polymer, [Zn(bbip)(NH2-BDC)]n (JXUST-15; bbip = 2,6-bis(benzimidazol-1-yl)pyridine and NH2–H2BDC = 2-aminoterephthalic acid), was synthesized by a mixed-ligand strategy. Structure analysis shows that JXUST-15 has a two-dimensional (2D) layer structure with an sql topology. Fluorescence measurements demonstrate that JXUST-15 could simultaneously and selectively sense organic molecules including acetylacetone (acac) and L-histidine (L-His) via a fluorescence red shift and enhancement with detection limits of 27.3 μM and 3.53 μM, respectively. The possible mechanisms of JXUST-15 for sensing acac and L-His were ascribed to the occurrence of electron transfer and the formation of strong exciplexes between JXUST-15 and analytes. Moreover, JXUST-15 displays relatively good thermal, solvent and acid–base stabilities, as well as reusability. Importantly, JXUST-15 provides a platform for fluorescence sensing of both acac and L-His via a fluorescence enhancement and shift for the first time.
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LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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2022
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Chuangchuang Zhang,Shwetha Narayanamoorthy,Shuangxi Ming,Kehu Li,Dennis Cantre,Zhongquan Sui,Harold Corke
This study aims to explore diversity in rheological properties, structure and digestibility of starches isolated from 16 common bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) varieties from Europe and Asia. All common bean starches showed C A -type (closer to A-type) crystallinities. Relative crystallinity varied from 27.8% to 32.9% with a similar coefficient of variation (CV: 5.0%–6.0%) to 1045/1014 cm −1 ratio (varied from 0.429 to 0.508). A peak position shift occurred at 989 and 1014 cm −1 . The peak intensity at 989, 1014 and 1045 cm −1 varied greatly and the variation followed the order: at 989 > 1014 > 1045 cm −1 . A great variation was also observed for the presence of hydroxyl group and the C–O bond stretching. Rapidly digestible starch, slowly digestible starch and resistant starch contents varied from 61.5% to 73.0% (CV: 4.7%), 0.3% to 7.2% (CV: 53.7%) and 23.9% to 35.4% (CV: 11.4%), respectively. CV of storage modulus (G′) and loss tangent (tan δ) were 29.4%–39.4% and 11.9%–36.1%, respectively. G′ max (maximum G′ during heating) varied from 2.52 to 10.32 kPa. These starches showed high G′. This study indicates extensive variation in starch properties among these common bean varieties, which may be useful for selecting varieties for processing, or selecting genotypes for plant breeding.
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Frontiers in Pharmacology
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2022
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Wang Kaiping,Yang Linlin,Zhou Jing,Pan Xianglin,He Zihao,Liu Junxi,Zhang Yu
The alleviation of oxidative stress is considered an effective treatment for acetaminophen (APAP)-induced acute liver injury (AILI). However, it remains unknow whether the potential antioxidant Smilax china L. polysaccharide (SCLP) protects against AILI. In this study, in vitro and in vivo experiments were conducted to verify the hepatoprotective effect of SCLP against AILI and explore the potential mechanism. We found that SCLP relieved liver histopathological changes; reversed the levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), malondialdehyde (MDA) and reactive oxygen species (ROS); reversed the change in liver myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity; and enhanced liver antioxidant (GSH, GSH-Px, and t-SOD) levels in APAP-treated mice, thereby significantly reducing APAP-induced liver toxicity. SCLP rescued the cell viability and alleviated oxidative stress in H2O2-treated mouse AML12 (Alpha mouse liver 12) hepatocytes. The results of the mechanistic studies showed that SCLP upregulated nuclear factor E2 related factor (Nrf2) expression, promoted Nrf2 nuclear translocation, and enhanced the ability of Nrf2 to bind antioxidant response elements (AREs). Furthermore, SCLP activated Nrf2-ARE pathway, thus upregulating the expression of oxidative stress-related proteins heme oxygenase 1(HO-1), NAD(P)H quinone dehydrogenase 1(NQO-1) and glutamic acid cysteine ligase catalytic subunit (GCLC). In conclusion, this study confirmed the close correlation between liver protection by SCLP upon exposure to APAP and activated of the Nrf2-ARE pathway. These findings suggest that SCLP is an attractive therapeutic candidate drug for the treatment of AILI.
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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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2022
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Jiajia Lian,Pei Liu,Qingyun Liu
Realizing the high value-added utilization of cheap minerals in environmental catalysis has important practical significance. Herein, four nano-scale minerals, namely halloysite (Hal) nanotubes , palygorskite (Pal) nanorods , and montmorillonite (Mon) and hydrotalcite (LDH) nanosheets , were selected for in-situ supporting CeO 2 nanoparticles (NPs) by a facile one-pot hydrothermal method. Among various nanocomposites (NCs), CeO 2 /Pal behaves the highest peroxidase-like activity, attributing to larger surface area for uniformly dispersing CeO 2 NPs and more exposed active oxygen vacancy (O vac ) defects. A novel off-on colorimetric strategy was constructed for detecting toxic L -penicillamine (LPA) and Cu 2+ ion with limit of detections (LODs) of 8.37 and 9.80 μM, respectively. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations show that the O vac defect on CeO 2 (111) surface can catalyze the heterolytic cleavage of H 2 O 2 into H 2 O and oxygen radical (•O), instead of being two hydroxyl radicals (•OH) on clean surface. It can also act as trapping site for O 2 and H 2 O adsorption, improving the oxygen affinity and hydrophilicity of CeO 2 /Pal. This study provides a feasible strategy for designing mineral-based nanozymes and an insight into the possible catalytic mechanism.
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Coatings
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2022
·Vol. 12
·期 4
·524
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IF 3.236
Zheng Zhao,Shilu Chen,Yao Xiao,Maobin Xie,Wen Yu
After traditional osteosarcoma resection, recurrence of tumor is still a major clinical challenge. The combination of chemotherapy and photothermal therapy (PTT) has great potential in improving therapeutic effect. However, the studies using polydopamine (PDA) as photothermal transducing agent to improve the anti-cancer activity of curcumin (CM)-loaded poly (l-lactic acid) (PLLA) microparticles (PLLA/CM) have seldom been investigated. In this study, we reported the synthesis of PDA-coated PLLA/CM microparticles (PDA-PLLA/CM) prepared by PDA coating on the surface of the PLLA/CM microparticles fabricated by solution-enhanced dispersion by supercritical CO2(SEDS) for chemo-photothermal therapy of osteosarcoma. The average particle sizes of PLLA/CM and PDA-PLLA/CM microparticles with a spherical shape were (802.6 ± 8.0) nm and (942.5 ± 39.5) nm, respectively. PDA-PLLA/CM microparticles exhibited pH- and near-infrared (NIR)-responsive release behavior to promote CM release in the drug delivery system. Moreover, PDA-PLLA/CM microparticles displayed good photothermal conversion ability and photothermal stability attributed to PDA coating. Additionally, the results of in vitro anti-cancer experiment showed that 500 μg/mL PDA-PLLA/CM microparticles had good anti-cancer effect on MG-63 cells and no obvious toxicity to MC3T3-E1 cells. After incubation with PDA-PLLA/CM microparticles for 2 days, NIR irradiation treatment improved the anti-cancer activity of PDA-PLLA/CM microparticles obviously and reduced the cell viability of osteosarcoma from 47.4% to 20.6%. These results indicated that PDA-PLLA/CM microparticles possessed a synergetic chemo-photothermal therapy for osteosarcoma. Therefore, this study demonstrated that PDA-PLLA/CM microparticles may be an excellent drug delivery platform for chemo-photothermal therapy of tumors.Keywords:osteosarcoma therapy;microparticles;curcumin;synergetic chemo-photothermal therapy
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INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
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2022
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IF 6.449
Peng Zhou,Xiangzhou Li,Hua Yuan,Jun Zhou,Limin Qu,Yanhong Yang,Guang He,Chenyun Luo
A promising new composite filler with hygroscopic and antibacterial properties was developed based on the Fructus Aurantii Immaturus solid residues (FAIR) from Citrus aurantium L. , a typical bulk forest industrial crops. FAIR@AM-APTAC composite filler was established using FAIR as substrate, allyl glycidyl ether (AGE) as the cross-linker, while functional monomers of acrylamide (AM) and (3-acrylamidopropyl) trimethyl ammonium chloride (APTAC) were introduced. The structure of FAIR@AM-APTAC was characterized by FTIR, SEM, BET and TG–DSC analysis. The results confirmed that the FAIR@AM-APTAC composite filler was successfully prepared, which exhibited a three-dimensional(3D) network structure with a specific surface area of 0.1758 m²/g and exhibited excellent thermal stability. The equilibrium percent moisture absorption of FAIR@AM-APTAC (63.0%) was higher than that of FAIR (15.7%) under RH= 80% at 25 ℃ for 48 h, and much better moisture adsorption was achieved. The moisture adsorption process of FAIR@AM-APTAC followed a type III moisture adsorption isotherm and conformed to GAB, Peleg and pseudo-second order kinetics model. The moisture adsorption process of FAIR@AM-APTAC was a multi-layer adsorption process with enthalpy driven non-spontaneous and endothermic, which was dominated by chemical adsorption simultaneous existing physical adsorption, and the adsorption force was the synergy of both hydrogen bond and van der Waals force. The inhibition ratio of FAIR@AM-APTAC was 97.1% for E. coli and 95.4% for S. aureus . The antimicrobial efficacy of FAIR@AM-APTAC was enormously improved compared with that of FAIR due to the introduction of quaternary ammonium groups. The antibacterial mechanism of FAIR@AM-APTAC may be that the surface contact between bacterial and FAIR@AM-APTAC leads to inactivation. Significantly, FAIR@AM-APTAC showed long-acting hygroscopic and antibacterial properties, with little weakness even after 120 times cycle of wetting-drying. It is expected to be applied to an indoor air purifier or filter.
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Nano Energy
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2022
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Guangbo Xia,Guobao Wang,Huiyi Yang,Wenbo Wang,Jian Fang
Cell-traction driven electrical stimulation on piezoelectric nanofibers mediates cell behavior without chemical factors or external stimuli, indicating a promising therapy at cell level. Generally, surface modification is required to achieve favorable cell adhesion for efficient electromechanical signal transmission. Nevertheless, common modification methodologies either easily fade away or destroy the nanostructure of piezoelectric nanofibers. Herein, with the assistance of ultrasound activated surface charges, in situ hydrophilic modification on piezoelectric poly( L -lactic acid) nanofibers is first proposed for cell adhesion. Due to the electrostatic interaction between dopamine and activated piezoelectric nanofiber, the efficient and robust in situ modification is obtained without compromising the nanofibrous structure. Stimulated by the piezoelectric nanofibers with modification, neural stem cells differentiate significantly into nerve cells on day 7 without exogenous growth factors . To our knowledge, the effect of inducing stem cell differentiation far outperforms that in previous reports. In addition, it has been demonstrated that the level of both cell differentiation and directional expansion is consistent with that of cell adhesion condition regardless of the intensity of electrical cue. This connection of cell adhesion and electro-topographical stimulation effects may guide the efforts in the design of electroactive scaffolds.
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RSC Advances
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2022
·Vol. 12
·期 31
·20062-20073
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Lingkai Zhu,Yuyuan Yao,Dingzhou Chen,Ping Lan
Herein, we developed a low-cost fabrication route to prepare chemically grafted activated carbon fibers, which effectively removed Pb2+ from solution. Multiple characteristic results indicated that L-cyst-ACF had abundant nitrogen-containing and sulfur-containing functional groups. Based on the XPS and EDS analyses, the capture of Pb2+ was attributed to the abundant adsorption sites on the fiber surface. According to the analysis of the pseudo-second-order kinetic model and the Langmuir isotherm model, the adsorption process could be interpreted as monolayer adsorption and chemisorption, and the equilibrium adsorption capacity was determined to be 136.80 mg g−1 by fitting the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The maximum adsorption capacity of L-cyst-ACF for Pb2+ was calculated to be 179.53 mg g−1 using the Langmuir model. In addition, the adsorption reaction was endothermic and spontaneous, as evidenced by the thermodynamic parameters. The outcomes of this study provide a low-cost and feasible strategy for the remediation of Pb2+ pollution in the environment.
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2021
·Vol. 45
·期 40
·19056-19064
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IF 3.591
Xiaochun Deng,Jingwen Zhao,Yao Ding,Hongliang Tang,Fengna Xi
As an alternative to natural enzymes, peroxidase nanozymes have shown great potential in the fields of sensing, drug delivery, and tumor treatment. However, obtaining peroxidase nanozymes with high catalytic activity, simple synthesis, and low cost is still a huge challenge. Herein, we demonstrate facile synthesis of iron and nitrogen co-doped graphene quantum dots (Fe,N-GQDs), which possess high peroxidase activity. With hemin being a precursor, Fe,N-GQDs can be easily synthesized with a high production yield (74%) using a one-step hydrothermal process. The as-prepared Fe,N-GQDs exhibit uniform size (2.9 nm), good water dispersibility and bright yellow-green fluorescence (an absolute fluorescence quantum yield of 12.5%). In particular, Fe,N-GQDs exhibit very high peroxidase-mimicking activity and can rapidly oxidize peroxidase substrates 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) to produce blue oxidized TMB (oxTMB) in the presence of H2O2. In comparison with a natural enzyme horseradish peroxidase (HRP), the Fe,N-GQD nanozyme has a lower Michaelis constant (Km) and a higher maximum reaction rate (Vmax), indicating higher substrate affinity and faster reaction rate. Selective and sensitive colorimetric detection of L-cysteine (L-Cys) is realized in terms of its ability to reduce oxTMB and to react with H2O2. The linear range for the detection is 0.5–50 μM with a limit of detection (LOD) of 140 nM. In addition, the detection of L-Cys in compound amino acid tablets is also realized.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry B
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2021
·Vol. 10
·期 4
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Andy Wijaya,Yi Wang,Dan Tang,Yuan Zhong,Boyan Liu,Meng Yan,Quhui Jiu,Wei Wu,Guixue Wang
Nitric oxide (NO) is an exceptional endogenous biological gas that mediates and regulates physiological and pathological processes in the human body. However, its synthesis process is impaired during athero-progression and formation. Hence, a strategy to boost NO production and target endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is crucial and intriguing in atherosclerosis (AS) management. Herein, we prepare L-arginine (LA) and lovastatin (LV) co-loaded PLGA nanomedicine to achieve sustainable release for enhancing NO production. The utilization of LA reveals that LA has dual contributions, acting as a NO donor and enhancing the solubility of LV by stabilizing PLGA NPs. PLGA-LA/LV demonstrated its potential to boost NO in vitro and in vivo confirmed using DAF-FM DA, augment eNOS and p-eNOS mRNA and protein levels, and suppress the ki67 proliferation marker in VSMCs; in addition, it lowers the total cholesterol level of blood plasma in C57BL/6 mice. Moreover, PLGA can protect the compound delivered and enhance the bioavailability to reach and get released in the blood circulation after oral administration. Collectively, our results endow a safe and efficient nanomedicine outcome, specifically with potential for AS management.
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