APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2021
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Hao Ma,Xia Yang,Xiaoning Tang,Xinyue Cao,Rong Dai
A series of β-Bi 2 O 3 with different Co doping amounts were prepared by a co-precipitation and pyrolysis process. A flower-like self-assembly of β-Bi 2 O 3 sheets was realized by the doping of Co. Simulation results showed that an impurity state was introduced into the band gap of doped β-Bi 2 O 3 , mainly due to the Co 3d orbital. Co doping enhanced the visible light utilization rate by reducing the band gap and improving electrons holes separation efficiency. E. coli was used to evaluate the photocatalytic antibacterial ability of undoped and Co-doped β-Bi 2 O 3 under visible light . β-Bi 2 O 3 exhibited optimal efficiency for both electron-hole separation and antibacterial effect when doped with 0.4% Co (0.4%-CBO). Gradient experiments were performed to determine that reactive oxygen species (ROS) were the main factor behind the antibacterial effect of β-Bi 2 O 3 . The enhanced antibacterial properties of 0.4%-CBO were due to its increased production of O 2 – , OH, and H 2 O 2 , with scavenger experiments finding that O 2 – was the main contributor to its antibacterial effect. Through the detection of lipid peroxidation and bacterial respiratory chain dehydrogenase activity, it was determined that the antibacterial effect of ROS simultaneously occurred in the interior and exterior of E. coli and that this activity was enhanced by Co doping.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2021
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Yao Li,Maolan You,Haibo Liu,Xiong Liu
Highland barley grains were roller-milled to produce five different fractions (B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, and B-5). The distribution and physicochemical properties of β-glucans from five roller-milled fractions were investigated. The B-4 fraction contained the highest concentration of β-glucan (4.40%), and the outermost bran (B-1) had the lowest β-glucan content (1.01%). Besides, β-glucans from inner core B-5 (BG-5) had higher M w (6.482 × 10 5 g/mol), whereas β-glucans from outer bran B-1 (BG-1) showed lower M w (5.859 × 10 4 g/mol) than those from other fractions. Accordingly, the viscosity of BG-5 was highest (0.038-0.365 Pa·s), and the water solubility index of BG-1 was highest (50.43–90.71%). BG-5 showed stronger foam stability and emulsifying properties but weaker foaming capability, while BG-1 exhibited stronger foaming capability. The foaming capability and emulsifying properties of β-glucan samples were better under the neutral condition (pH = 7). The foam capabilities of all β-glucan samples displayed higher values at 65 °C, and emulsifying properties exhibited higher values at 45 °C. This study is expected to promote the application of highland barley β-glucans in food industry.
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Polymers
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2021
·Vol. 13
·期 17
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Wanxin Peng,Jian Kang,Xiuduo Song,Yue Zhang,Bo Hu,Ya Cao,Ming Xiang
The effects of MXene on the crystallization behavior of β-nucleated isotactic polypropylene (iPP) were comparatively studied. The commonly used MXene Ti3C2Txwas prepared by selective etching and its structure and morphology were studied in detail. Then MXene and a rare earth β-nucleating agent (NA) WBG-II were nucleated with iPP to prepare samples with different polymorphic compositions. The crystallization, melting behavior, and morphologies of neat iPP, iPP/MXene, iPP/WBG-II, and iPP/MXene/WBG-II were comparatively studied. The crystallization behavior analysis reveals that a competitive relationship exists between MXene and WBG-II when they were compounded as α and β nucleating agents. In the system, the β-nucleation efficiency (NE) of WBG-II is higher than α-NE of MXene. The β-phase has relatively low thermal stability and would transform to α-phase when cooled below a critical temperature.Keywords:isotactic polypropylene;MXene;β-nucleating agent;polymorphic crystallization behavior
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Aging-US
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2021
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Feng Zhang,Feili Lin,Zhiwen Xu,Zheng Huang
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is the prevailing spine disorder and is associated with musculoskeletal disease. The extracellular matrix (ECM) degradation is an essential hallmark of IDD progression. Circular RNAs (circRNAs), as crucial cellular regulators, participate in multiple pathological processes including IDD. Here, we tried to explore the effect of circITCH on the ECM degradation of IDD and the underlying mechanism. Significantly, the expression levels of circITCH were elevated in the IDD patients’ nucleus pulposus (NP) tissues relative to that of normal cases. CircITCH promoted apoptosis and decreased proliferation of NP cells. CircITCH contributed to ECM degradation, as demonstrated by increased ADAMTS4 and MMP13 expression and decreased aggrecan and collagen II expression. Mechanically, miR-17-5p could be sponged by circITCH and miR-17-5p inhibited ECM degradation by repressing SOX4 in degenerative NP cells. CircITCH could activate Wnt/β-catenin pathway by targeting miR-17-5p/SOX4 signaling. SOX4 overexpression, miR-17-5p inhibitor, or Wnt/β-catenin signaling activator LiCl was able to reverse circITCH knockdown-inhibited apoptosis and ECM degradation, and circITCH knockdown-enhanced proliferation in NP cells. Thus, we conclude that circITCH promotes ECM degradation in IDD by activating Wnt/β-catenin through miR-17-5p/SOX4 signaling. Our finding presents novel insight into the mechanism that circITCH modulates the IDD progression. CircITCH and SOX4 may serve as potential targets for IDD therapy.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
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Chi Zhang,Zhuohong Xie,Yi Liang,Dingding Meng,Zheng Wang,Xin He,Weiye Qiu,Mei Chen,Ping Liang,Zhonghua Zhang
Ni(OH) 2 has been long studied as an effective oxygen evolution electrocatalyst . Nevertheless, its catalytic activity can still be further enhanced by microstructural modification and Fe-doping. In this study, with the assistance of adsorbent ferrihydrite (FH), we obtain Fe-doped β-Ni(OH) 2 nanoplates with Fe 2 O 3 nanoparticles decorated on the surface via a facile hydrothermal process. The Fe-doping, decorated Fe 2 O 3 nanoparticles , and special microstructure endow β-Ni(OH) 2 nanoplates with an improved oxygen evolution activity in alkaline solutions. For the sample with optimal FH amount, the overpotential to motivate a current density of 10 mA cm −2 is 280 mV, with a low Tafel slope of ~64.17 mV dec −1 . During the 10 h i-t test at 1.50 V vs. RHE , the current density has an attenuation of only 23.7%. The study opens a facile avenue to modify Ni(OH) 2 -based OER catalyst from perspectives of both microstructures and compositions .
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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2021
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Yunwei Liu,Zelin Chen,Chang Liu,Jinfeng Zhang,Wenbin Hu,Yida Deng
We have developed an efficient strategy to synthesize an active and durable electrocatalyst of Pd hydride nanocubes (NCs). Instead of the traditional chemical method, the PdH 0.43 NCs are firstly prepared via a hydrogen diffusion procedure, followed by hydrothermal synthesis of an amorphous CuO layer encapsulating the PdH 0.43 NCs to prevent the hydrogen atoms from escaping. Obvious lattice expansion is demonstrated playing a pivotal role in the enhancement of their oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity and durability. The obtained PdH 0.43 @CuO NCs catalysts exhibit an ORR mass activity of 0.18 A mg −1 at 0.90 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode in an alkaline medium, which is about five times higher than that of commercial Pt/C. Accelerated durability tests show that there is only a 32 mV decay in half-wave potential even after 10,000 potential cycles, indicating the excellent stability of PdH 0.43 @CuO NCs. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations also indicate that, compared to Pd, PdH 0.43 has a lower limiting barrier to form OH − during the ORR process. The present study illustrates the importance of lattice expansion caused by hydrogen and offers an available strategy to design highly efficient and durable Pd-based electrocatalysts for alkaline fuel cells.
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Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
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2021
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Qu Tianle,Zhang Chunyue,Qin Zhen,Fan Liqiang,Jiang Lihua,Zhao Liming
Aminooligosaccharides possess various biological activities and can exploit wide applications in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Commercial aminooligosaccharides are often prepared by the hydrolysis of chitin and chitosan. In this study, a novel GH family 20 β-N-acetylhexosaminidases gene named AoNagase was cloned from Aspergillus oryzae and expressed in Pichia pastoris. The purified AoNagase had maximal activity at pH 5.5 and 65°C. It exhibited good pH stability in the range of pH 6.0–7.5 and at temperatures below 50°C. AoNagase was capable of hydrolyzing not only colloidal chitosan (508.26 U/mg) but also chitin (29.78 U/mg). The kinetic parameters (Km and Vmax) of AoNagase were 1.51 mM, 1106.02 U/mg for chitosan and 0.41 mM, 40.31 U/mg for colloidal chitin. To our knowledge, AoNagase is the first GH family 20 β-N-acetylhexosaminidase capable of hydrolyzing both chitosan and chitin. AoNagase is an endo-type β-N-acetylhexosaminidases and can potentially be used for the manufacturing of aminooligosaccharides.
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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
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2021
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Hang Li,Sen-Lin Chang,Tan-Ran Chang,Ying You,Xiao-Dong Wang,Li-Wei Wang,Xiao-Fan Yuan,Ming-Hui Tan,Pei-Dong Wang,Peng-Wei Xu,Wei-Bo Gao,Qing-Sheng Zhao,Bing Zhao
Cannabidiol (CBD), which has a wide variety of biological activities, is one of the phytocannabinoids from Cannabis sativa L. However, due to the poor aqueous solubility, its applications in food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical fields are limited. Moreover, the previous researches on the improvement in the solubility of CBD are rare. Cyclodextrins (CDs) are useful materials to improve the solubility of poorly water-soluble molecules. Therefore, this work was aimed to study the physicochemical properties, water solubility, and dissolution rate of the inclusion complexes of CBD with β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) and 2, 6-di-O-methyl-β-cyclodextrin (DM-β-CD), and to determine the influence of complexation on the antioxidant activity of CBD. Job’s plot and phase solubility study revealed that CBD formed inclusion complexes with β-CD and DM-β-CD at a 1:1 stoichiometric ratio. The thermodynamics analysis demonstrated that the inclusion process was spontaneous and endothermic. Then, the inclusion complexes of CBD with β-CD or DM-β-CD were prepared and characterized by PXRD, FT-IR, DSC, SEM, and 1 H NMR. The loading efficiency (LE) of the two inclusion complexes was 20.4% and 17.7% respectively, while the complexation efficiency (CE) was 92.4% and 90.8% respectively. Moreover, the results of molecular docking further showed that CBD was encapsulated successfully. The results also displayed that the water solubility of CBD in CBD/β-CD inclusion complex (IC) and CBD/DM-β-CD IC was significantly increased to 0.395 and 14.118 μg/mL, which was enhanced by 17-fold and 614-fold respectively at such a high LE, and the in vitro dissolution rate of CBD was also promoted after complexation. Besides, the antioxidant activity of CBD was improved after encapsulation with β-CD and DM-β-CD. Significantly, the ABTS free radical scavenging ability of the two inclusion complexes was better than that of Vitamin C (Vc).
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Analytical Methods
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2021
·Vol. 13
·期 26
·2974-2980
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Xinze Wu,Yifei Cao,Bin Sun,Huaixia Chen,Xueping Dang,Xiaolan Liu,Youhong Ai
In this study, magnetic Fe3O4@SiO2@β-cyclodextrin copolymerized microparticles were synthesized and applied for the extraction of methyl parathion and fenthion in lettuce samples followed by HPLC-UV detection. The magnetic β-cyclodextrin copolymerized microparticles were prepared by dispersion polymerization with acryloyl β-cyclodextrin as the functional monomer and ethylene glycol dimethyacrylate as the crosslinker. The composite magnetic microparticles were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, magnetic measurement, and thermogravimetric analysis, and used as the adsorbent of magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE) for methyl parathion and fenthion. The extraction conditions including sample pH and ionic strength, desorption solvent type and volume, and adsorption and desorption times were optimized. Under the optimal extraction conditions, an MSPE-HPLC-UV method was developed for the detection of methyl parathion and fenthion in lettuce. Wide linear ranges of 1.0–200 μg kg−1 (R2 = 0.9998) for methyl parathion and 1.5–200 μg kg−1 (R2 = 0.9978) for fenthion were obtained and the limits of detection were 0.3 μg kg−1 for methyl parathion and 0.5 μg kg−1 for fenthion in lettuce, respectively. The proposed method was applied for the determination of methyl parathion and fenthion in lettuce with satisfactory recoveries between 89.2–101.2%, and relative standard deviations were less than 9.1%. Thus, the MSPE-HPLC-UV method has high accuracy and sensitivity for the analysis of methyl parathion and fenthion in lettuce samples.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2021
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Liying Yin,Yingnan Zhao,Yanmei Xing,Huaqiao Tan,Zhongling Lang,Wingkei Ho,Yonghui Wang,Yangguang Li
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs), as new promising photocatalysts, have aroused great interests, but the systematic study on the structure–property relationship of COF-photocatalysts is scarcely reported. Herein, six β-keto-enamine-based COFs with different backbones and substituents have been prepared. Through systematic experiments and DFT calculation, the structure–property relationships of the composition, structure and substituents of COFs on their spectra, specific surface area, hydrophobicity, electronic structures, carrier separation and photocatalytic hydrogen production have been studied. We explore that the backbone of COFs has important influence on their band gap, spectral absorption and carrier separation. While the substituents affect the band positions, surface area and hydrophobicity of COFs. Comprehensively, TpPa-Cl 2 (constructed by 1,3,5-triformylphloroglucinol and 2,5-dichloro-1,4-phenylenediamine) exhibits the best area-normalised photocatalytic performance for hydrogen production, which is about 11.73 µmol·m −2 ·h −1 (0.01 g catalysts) with apparent quantum efficiency of 17% at 400 nm. This work provides a new perspective for the rational design and construction of efficient COF-photocatalysts.
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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2021
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Jiabao Zheng,Qing Gao,Ge Ge,Jihong Wu,Chuan-he Tang,Mouming Zhao,Weizheng Sun
Heteroprotein complex coacervate (HPCC) is a liquid-like protein concentrate produced by liquid–liquid phase separation. We revealed the protein dynamic exchange and thermodynamic mechanism of β-conglycinin/lysozyme coacervate, and clarified the effect of HPCC on protein structure and activity. β-conglycinin and lysozyme assembled into coacervate at pH 5.75–6.5 and assembled into amorphous precipitates at higher pH. As the pH dropped from 8 to 6, the number of binding sites of the complex decreased in half, and the desolvation degree corresponding to the entropy gain was greatly reduced, conducing to the formation of coacervates rather than precipitates. The coacervates achieved the unique dynamic exchange by exchanging proteins with the diluted phase, making the uniform distribution of proteins in coacervates. The lysozyme activity was completely retained in β-conglycinin/lysozyme coacervates. These results proved that β-conglycinin-based heteroprotein complex coacervate is a feasible method to encapsulate and enrich active proteins in a purely aqueous environment.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2021
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Xiao-yan Zou,Ren-ren Xie,Wei Li,Chun-ling Su,Yu-si Chen,Huang Tang
A series of 11-substituted sampangine derivatives have been designed, synthesized, and tested for their ability to inhibit cholinesterase. Their chelating ability and selectivity for Cu 2+ over other biologically relevant metal ions were demonstrated by isothermal titration calorimetry. Their blood-brain barrier permeability was also tested by parallel artificial membrane permeation assay. Among the synthesized derivatives, compound 11 with the strong anti-acetylcholinesterase activity, high blood-brain barrier penetration ability and high binding affinity to Cu 2+ was selected for further research. Western blotting analysis, transmission electron microscopy, DCFH-DA assay and paralysis experiment indicated that compound 11 suppressed the formation of Cu 2+ -Aβ complexes, alleviated the Cu 2+ induced neurotoxicity and inhibited the production of ROS catalyzed by Cu 2+ in Aβ42 transgenic C. elegans . Moreover, compound 11 also inhibited the expressions of proinflammatory cytokines, such as NO, TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β, induced by Cu 2+ + Aβ 1 – 42 in BV2 microglial cells. In general, this work provided new insights into the design and development of potent metal-chelating agents for AD treatment.
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