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Vitamin D3 mediated peptides-calcium chelate self-assembly: Fabrication, stability and improvement on cellular calcium transport

Zheng Fang,Xiaoping Wu,Fangfang Wang,Fan Li,Xixi Cai,Vincent Guyonnet,Shaoyun Wang

A self-assembled peptides-calcium-Vitamin D 3 ternary delivery system (CSPH-Ca-VD 3 ) was prepared to investigate the promotion of cellular calcium transport. The constructed CSPH-Ca-VD 3 nanocomplex exhibited a spherical structure with a size of 135.2 ± 10.2 nm. Based on the thermodynamic calculation of fluorescent spectra, hydrophobic interaction was shown as the major driving force for this nanocomplex structure. CSPH-Ca-VD 3 nanocomplex possessed excellent stability during simulated gastrointestinal digestion, contributing to the prevention of acid degradation of VD 3 and the enhancement of calcium solubility. Furthermore, the calcium transport efficiency in the form of CSPH-Ca-VD 3 (4 mg/mL) across a Caco-2 cells monolayer was significantly increased 2.3-fold compared to that of free Ca 2+ , mainly attributed to the upregulation in the presence of CSPH-Ca-VD 3 of TRPV6, calbindin D9k and PMCA1b expression in Caco-2 cells. The present study provided a basis for developing a novel delivery system of peptides-calcium chelate with the dual effects of VD 3 protection and calcium uptake promotion.

Pioglitazone-Loaded Cartilage-Targeted Nanomicelles (Pio@C-HA-DOs) for Osteoarthritis Treatment

Junyan Chen,Wuyan Xu,Tianming Dai,Songsong Jiao,Xiang Xue,Jiayang Jiang,Siming Li,Qingqi Meng

Fabrication of Dual pH/Reduction-Responsive P(CL-co-ACL)-Based Cross-Linked Polymeric Micelles for PTX Delivery

Fang Chen,Li Yin,Teng He,Tao Chen,Hangbo Yue,Chufen Yang

To enhance the stability of the polymeric micelles and optimize their drug-controlled release ability, three disulfide-linked polyethylene glycol methyl ether methacrylate–disulfide–poly(ε-caprolactone-co-γ-amine−ε-caprolactone) (PPEGMA-SS-P(CL-co-ACL)) polymers were synthesized and characterized by 1H NMR, GPC, and FT-IR successfully, and their dual pH/reduction-responsive cross-linked polymeric micelles were prepared for paclitaxel (PTX) delivery by using 2,3-dimethylmaleic anhydride (DMMA) as the cross-linking agent. The PTX loading capacity (LC) and encapsulation efficiency (EE) values of the cross-linked micelles formed by PPEGMA8-SS-P(CL47-co-ACL15) achieved were 23.96% and 71.58%, slightly higher than those of un-cross-linked micelles. Both particle sizes of blank micelles and in vitro drug release of PTX-loaded micelles confirmed that compared with those un-cross-linked micelles, the cross-linked micelles were more stable at pH 7.4 + 0 mM DTT, with a PTX cumulative release of 13% at 120 h, while the PTX cumulative release of the cross-linked micelles at pH 5.0 + 10 mM DTT were close to that of un-cross-linked micelles after 60 h, indicating the successful reversible cross-linking and smooth drug release of the cross-linked micelles. The cytotoxicity assay showed that PPEGMA8-SS-P(CL47-co-ACL15) and its cross-linked micelles had low cell cytotoxicity, and both PTX-loaded micelles revealed a certain inhibitory effect on HepG2 cells. These results revealed that the dual pH/reduction-responsive cross-linked polymeric micelles prepared from PPEGMA8-SS-P(CL47-co-DCL15) were a promising candidate for PTX delivery.

Nanoleaf-derived carbon materials as a sensitivity coating for solid‑phase microextraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Hu Xingru,Pang Long,Wu Mingkai,Wang Chaohai,Li Jiansheng

Metal–organic framework-derived carbon materials have shown extensive application in the sensitive extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), but more active sites for its adsorption were still a tireless pursuit. In this study, ZIF-nanoleaf-derived carbon (NLCs) was synthesized and developed as a solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fiber (NLCs-F). The extraction performance was compared with ZIF-dodecahedron-derived carbon (DHCs) coated fiber (DHCs-F), which was prepared by only changing the ratio of the reactants. The unique morphology of NLCs provided abundant adsorption active sites for the selected PAHs, while the large average aperture facilitated selective extraction of high molecular weight analytes. Additionally, the high carbon content enhanced the strong enrichment capability for hydrophobic PAHs. Hence, the prepared NLCs-F coupled with GC–MS showed a good correlation coefficient (0.9975) in a wide linear range, low limits of detection (0.3–1.8 ng L −1 ), satisfactory repeatability, and reproducibility, which made it apply in the enrichment of PAHs in actual tea and coffee samples. Graphical abstract

Hierarchical metal-dielectric-metal nanostructures as SERS sensors for sensitive detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Shiqiang Wang,Huiyun Jiang,Junjie Feng,Yan Jin,Fei An,Liang Zhu,Anshan Xiao

Due to the wide variety, inaccessible self-degradation, high mutagenicity and carcinogenicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), it still remains challenging to efficiently identify them, especially in real environment. Herein, we develop a bottom-up self-assembly strategy to construct a sandwich-like hierarchical metal-dielectric-metal system composed of mercaptan-modified Au nanospheres-graphene oxide (GO)-Ag nanowires as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) sensors for sensitive detection of PAHs. The synergistic integration of metallic layers and the organic mercaptan and GO layer not only provides localized enhanced electromagnetic field region which is induced by the nanogap between the top Au nanospheres and the bottom Ag nanowires, but also effectively traps PAHs in the middle layer through hydrophobic interaction of mercaptan and π-π stacking interaction of GO. By rationally optimizing the SERS substrates, the lowest detection concentrations of pyrene, anthracene, phenanthrene and benzo[a]pyrene could be reached, respectively, at 10 −8  M, 10 −8  M, 10 −8  M and 10 −7  M. The hierarchical system shows excellent uniformity, reproducibility and is able to identify various types of PAHs in multi-component mixtures as well as in real water environment. This strategy can provide a general platform to identify hazardous pollutants that are hydrophobic or contain benzene rings, such as pesticides, dyes and polychlorinated biphenyls.

Highly graphitized porous carbon/reduced graphene oxide for ultrahigh enrichment and ultrasensitive determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Yaming Sun,Wenjie Sun,Junnan Li,Tao Zhang,Wenjie Zhao,Guoqiang Xiang,Tiantian Yang,Lijun He

There is an urgent need to develop efficient and reliable coating materials for solid phase microextraction (SPME), in order to quantify and monitor pollutants in environmental waters. Herein, a highly graphitized porous carbon/reduced graphene oxide (PC/rGO) was successfully synthesized by pyrolysis of metal organic framework / graphene oxide precursors, and used as a SPME coating for ultrahigh enrichment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from water. The as-prepared PC/rGO exhibited high degree of graphitization , abundant number of micro/mesopores along with exceptional thermal stability, making it an ideal SPME coating material. The PC/rGO fiber offered an ultrahigh enrichment factor for PAHs (up to 126057), which could be attributed to the multiple interactions between the PC/rGO and PAHs, including hydrophobic and π - π interactions, partitioning, and mesopore filling effect. In the analysis of PAHs, the PC/rGO fiber showed a wide linearity (0.007–100 ng mL −1 ), low limits of detection (0.0005–0.005 ng mL −1 ), and good repeatability (RSDs <10.1%, n  = 5) under optimized conditions. The established method was applicable for ultrasensitive determination of PAHs in different environmental waters and showed satisfactory recoveries. This study provides a novel way for constructing thermally stable SPME coating having efficient extraction performance.

Chemometrics-assisted excitation-emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy for real-time migration monitoring of multiple polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from plastic products to food simulants

Kun Huang,Hai-Long Wu,Tong Wang,Ming-Yue Dong,Xiao-Qin Yan,Ru-Qin Yu

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), as a class of organic pollutants that have attracted much attention, are likely to be formed with the production and processing of plastic products, and they may migrate from contaminated plastic products to food, causing the risk of poisoning or cancer. In this study, migration tests were carried out on disposable plastic products for food contact, and a novel strategy that combines excitation-emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy with the advanced second-order calibration method based on the three-direction resection alternating trilinear decomposition (TDR-ATLD) algorithm was used to monitor the migration of three PAHs anthracene (ANT), pyrene (PYR), and phenanthrene (PHE) from the plastic products to food simulants in real-time. With the “second-order advantage”, even if the fluorescence spectra of the target analytes overlapped seriously, and other unknown substances migrated from the plastic products to food simulants, accurate qualitative and quantitative results were still obtained by the proposed method. In the static system, the coefficient of determination ( R 2 ) of the three PAHs within the calibration range were all greater than 0.99, and the average spiked recoveries were 99.5-107.1%, with the standard deviation lower than 8.9%. The figures of merit (FOMs) and intra- or inter-day precision also showed good feasibility and reliability of the method. In the simulation study of the migration kinetic process, three PAHs can be quantified in real-time in complex matrix, then the related migration equations were established. The results indicate that the proposed method can be used for real-time migration quantitative monitoring of PAHs, providing a potential and available method for the study of the migration kinetics of hazardous substances from food contact materials to food or food simulants.

Exploring release mechanisms by disrupting π–π stacking regions in stable micelles

Fusheng Zhang,Gongcui Pei,Baihao Huang,Jianchang Xu,Lijuan Zhang

π–π stacking strategies can enhance the stability performance of delivery platforms but are often restricted by incomplete drug release performance, even with the help of crosslinking strategies. Therefore, there has been considerable interest in enhancing the drug release performance by disrupting the π–π stacking region (structural rearrangements). Herein, we synthesized poly(3-(isobutyloxy)-2-oxopropyl benzoate)-b-poly(2-hydroxybutyl methacrylate)-co-poly((ethylene glycol)methylether methacrylate) [PBOOPMA-b-P(HBMA-co-PEGMA), PHB] and revealed the drug release mechanism of PHB-based micelles. The structural rearrangements derived from the crosslinking strategy were revealed to improve the early release performance by 43–55% using micellar dissolutions. Moreover, the esterase-responsive strategy was elucidated to induce reassembly with 77–79% size variation, intensifying the structural rearrangements, which was also synergistic with the crosslinking strategy. Based on the advantages of improving drug release performance, the esterase-responsive strategy was considered a promising candidate for enhancing late release performance. Meanwhile, it is believed that such responsive modulation (crosslinking, esterase-responsive) in the π–π stacking region will become highly promising for subsequent research. Finally, the biosafety of 95.81% at 400 mg L−1 and drug cytotoxicity of IC50 ≈ 2.5 mg L−1 of PHB-EDE@CPT were also validated, confirming the broad application prospects of PHB-based crosslinked micelles.

Self-Assembled Amphiphilic Camptothecin Nanoparticles with Glutathione-Responsive and Tumor-Targeting Ability for Enhanced Colorectal Cancer Therapy

XiaoJie Song,Kang-Li Lan,Yi-Fei Xue,Hong-Min Liu,Qi-Yan Lv,Zhen Zhao,Hui-Fang Cui

Camptothecin (CPT) is impeded by low solubility, non-tumor-targeting ability, and fast blood clearance. Self-assembly of hydrophobic drugs into nanostructures, especially nanoparticles (NPs), can improve their anti-cancer effects. In this study, arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD), a hydrophilic and tumor-targeting peptide, is conjugated with CPT through a glutathione-cleavable disulfide bond. The synthesized amphiphilic molecule CPT-ss-RGD self-assembled into stable NPs in an aqueous solution with diameters of ≈86nm. They exhibited low critical aggregation concentrations, good stability, and glutathione responsiveness. They can be specifically taken up by CRC cells through RGD integrin-mediated uptake, and exhibit high toxicity to CRC cells and multicellular tumor spheroids. As expected, CPT-ss-RGD NPs prolonged the blood circulation time and enhanced the tumor accumulation of CPT, exhibiting excellent anti-tumor growth ability and few side effects. Thus, CPT-ss-RGD NPs have great clinical translational potential for CRC therapy. The successful self-assembly of the CPT-ss-RGD NPs provides a new method for the self-delivery of hydrophobic therapeutics in vivo.

Generation and application of a novel transgenic zebrafish line Tg(GAcyp1a:eGFP/Luc) as an in vivo assay to sensitive and specific monitoring of DLCs in the environment

Shaolin Xie,Bing Yang,Siying Li,Liangjun Ge,Min Li,Qingshi Chen,Xian Qing,Jixing Zou

CYP1A is the most commonly used biomarker and transgenic fish which carrying a cyp1a promoter to drive a reporter gene can be used as reliable way to monitor dioxin/dioxin-like compounds (DLCs) in the environment. Here, we cloned the cyp1a promoter of Gambusia affinis and this promoter showed stronger transcriptional activity than that of zebrafish. Then, a Tg(GAcyp1a:eGFP/Luc) transgenic zebrafish line was first constructed with the G. affinis cyp1a promoter driving eGFP expression using meganuclease I-SceI mediated transgenesis technology. The Tg(GAcyp1a:eGFP/Luc) larvae at 72 h post-fertilization (hpf) were tested by exposing to TCDD for 72 h, and induced GFP was mainly expressed in the liver with low background. The Tg(GAcyp1a:eGFP/Luc) zebrafish showed high sensitivity (limit of detection of 0.322 ng/L TCDD and 0.7 TEQ-ng/L PCDD/Fs) and specificity (insensitive to responses to PAHs and PCBs). In addition, the transgenic line showed a low detection concentration of the DLCs contaminated environmental samples (as low as 1.8 TEQ-ng/L), and the eGFP fluorescence intensity and the chemical-TEQ values were closely correlated. In conclusion, a sensitively and specifically transgenic zebrafish line was established to convenient and effective to detect DLCs in the environment.

Application of temperature-sensitive hyperbranched polysiloxanes for the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in foodstuffs

Xiaomei Chen,Liulin Wei,Qian Liu,Xueyun Gao,Jingchan Zhao

In the present study, a novel temperature-sensitive hyperbranched polysiloxane dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction combined with high-performance liquid chromatography method (TS-HBPSi-DLLME-HPLC-UV) has been developed for the determination of five polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in instant noodles, in which temperature-sensitive hyperbranched polysiloxane (p(Ph-HBPSi-co-NIPAM)) was used as the extraction solvent. The method adsorbs the target analytes based on π-π and hydrophobic interaction between p(Ph-HBPSi-co-NIPAM) and PAHs, and then separates the polymer with the adsorbed target analytes from the solution by a phase transition. Microextraction parameters of the method including polymer ratio, type and concentration of salt, pH, extraction time and volume of acetonitrile were examined in detail and optimized. At the optimum conditions, the established method showed good linearity (R 2  ≥ 0.9971) with satisfactory limits of detection (0.089–0.16 ng mL −1 ) and limits of quantitation (0.27–0.48 ng mL −1 ). The values for intra-day and inter-day precisions were lower than 3.2% and 4.4%, respectively. Enrichment factors (EFs) and extraction recoveries (ERs) ranged from 62 to 70 and 75 to 85%, respectively. Finally, the proposed microextraction technique was validated by analyte addition and recovery studies, and applied to the determination of five PAHs in instant noodles, demonstrating that temperature-sensitive hyperbranched polymers have great potential for application in sample pretreatment techniques.

Temperature-triggered boron-doped carbon nanoparticles-labeled polyethylene terephthalate with dual emission for double-level fluorescence anti-counterfeiting

Jiaqi Zhang,Zelin Zhang,Haohao Li,Yang Xu

The sustainable applications of plastics are extremely challenging in the field of environment. Here, a facile synthesis of temperature-triggered fluorescence platform composed of boron-doped carbon nanoparticles (BCNPs) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) was proposed as a convenient way to reuse PET plastic products. Notably, the fluorescence of this platform was tuned by incubation temperature and suitable for double-level anti-counterfeiting by utilizing significant difference of fluorescence emission upon 365 and 254 nm excitations, respectively. With a long-term heating regulation, multi-fluorescence emissions could be obtained as fluorescent codes. The fluorescence was assigned that blue emission originated from PET state and red emission derived from surface state of BCNPs. The red emission was enhanced with the increase of temperature, which was the formation mechanism of varied fluorescence. The multi-color emission performance was also validated using slices cut from PET bottle to demonstrate practicability of the platform. The adjustable fluorescence performance made the platform had good anti-counterfeiting ability, which provided a new way for the reuse of PET.