FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2018
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Ying Zhou,Qiyuan Peng,Ling Zhang,Sihua Cheng,Lanting Zeng,Fang Dong,Ziyin Yang
1-Phenylethanol is a chiral flavor compound that has enantiomers, ( R )- and ( S )-1-phenylethanol, with different flavor properties. Given that isolating these enantiomers from plants is low yielding and costly, enzymatic synthesis presents an alternative approach. However, the genes/enzymes that specifically produce ( R )- and ( S )-1-phenylethanol in plants are unknown. To identify these enzymes in tea ( Camellia sinensis ) flowers, 21 short chain dehydrogenase (SDR) genes were isolated from tea flowers, cloned, and functionally characterized. Several recombinant SDRs in Escherichia coli exhibited activity for converting acetophenone to ( S )-1-phenylethanol (CsSPESs, >99.0%), while only one SDR produced ( R )-1-phenylethanol (CsRPES, 98.6%). A pair of homologue enzymes (CsSPES and CsRPES) showed a strong preference for NADPH cofactor, with optimal enzymatic reaction conditions of 45–55 °C and pH 8.0. Identification of the tea flower-derived gene responsible for specific synthesis of ( R )- and ( S )-1-phenylethanolsuggests enzymatic synthesis of enantiopure 1-phenylethanol is possible using a plant-derived gene.
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Frontiers in Pharmacology
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2019
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IF 3.845
Shi Chenxi,Hao Beili,Yang Yang,Muhammad Ishfaq,Zhang Yuanyuan,Chang Yicong,Li Ying,Li Changwen,Li Rui,Liu Fangping
Acetaminophen (APAP) is an analgesic–antipyretic drug and widely used in clinics. Its overdose may cause serious liver damage. Here, we examined the mechanistic role of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway in liver injury induced by different doses of APAP. Male mice were treated with APAP (150 and 175 mg·kg−1), and meanwhile JNK inhibitor SP600125 was used to interfere APAP-induced liver damage. The results showed that JNK signaling pathway was activated by APAP in a dose-dependent manner. C-Jun N-terminal kinase inhibitor decreased JNK and c-Jun activation significantly (P < 0.01) at 175 mg·kg−1 APAP dose, and phosphorylation levels of upstream proteins of JNK were also decreased markedly (P < 0.05). In addition, serum aminotransferases activities and hepatic oxidative stress increased in a dose-dependent manner with APAP treatment, but the levels of aminotransferases and oxidative stress decreased in mice treated with JNK inhibitor, which implied that JNK inhibition ameliorated APAP-induced liver damage. It was observed that apoptosis was increased in APAP-induced liver injury, and SP600125 can attenuate apoptosis through the inhibition of JNK phosphorylation. Meanwhile, glutathione S-transferases A1 (GSTA1) content in serum was enhanced, while GSTA1 content and expression in liver reduced significantly with administration of APAP (150 and 175 mg·kg−1). After inhibiting JNK, GSTA1 content in serum decreased significantly (P < 0.01); meanwhile, GSTA1 content and expression in liver enhanced. These findings suggested that JNK signaling pathway mediated APAP-induced hepatic injury, which was accompanied by varying GSTA1 content and expression in liver and serum.
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2019
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IF 2.931
Zhao,Jianhao,Yaling
The application of fluorescent carbon dots in bio-imaging has huge positive significance in the field of biomedicine. By taking this advantage, herein we prepared nitrogen, sulfur and iodine doped carbon dots (N,S,I-CDs) by a facile hydrothermal reaction using C 3 N 3 S 3 , potassium iodate (KIO 3 ) and ethylenediamine (EDA), and the obtained N,S,I-CDs show bright blue fluorescence with a high fluorescence quantum yield of about 32.4%. The prepared N, S, I-CDs could interact with the folic acid (FA) with high selectivity, lead to development of a high sensitive method for the FA detection from 0.1 to 175 μM wide linear range with a detection limit of 84 nM (S/N = 3) and also applied them in U-2 OS cells imaging. Moreover, this sensor possessed a good sensitivity, linearity and reversibility in the temperature range of 10–80 °C, and successfully applied for the temperature sensing in cell HT-29 samples. This investigation illustrates that as-prepared N, S, I-CDs probe may have great potential as a high-performance platform for the accurate recognition of temperature in cells and could provide a new tool for the detection of FA in cells.
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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
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2019
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IF 5.383
Fen Liu,Xianwen Kan
In this work, a novel dual-analyte electrochemical sensor was developed based on the combination of boronate affinity and indicator displacement assay (IDA) strategy. Reduced graphene oxidation (RGO) and poly(3-aminophenylboronic acid) (pAPBA) were modified on glassy carbon electrode (GCE), which further bound dopamine (DA) via a reversible covalent interaction between the APBA and DA. Due to the higher affinity of pAPBA to the analytes, the bound DA can be displaced by fructose (Fru) or Alizarin Red S (ARS). As an indicator, the decrease of DA current caused by the displacement was used to monitor the concentration of the analyte. For non electro-active molecule, the decrease of DA current was directly proportional to the logarithm of Fru concentration in a range from 7.0 × 10 −8 to 1.0 × 10 −4 mol/L. For electro-active molecule, the current of DA decreased along with the increase of ARS current owing to the displacement, which were combined as a dual-signl for ARS sensitive detection with a linear range of 9.0 × 10 −8 - 1.0 × 10 −5 mol/L. The results of determining analytes with their interferences demonstrated the good specific affinity of the sensor toward the analytes. The dual-analyte electrochemical sensor based on IDA strategy probably provides a potential guidance for multi-analyte facile, sensitive, and specific detection.
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PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
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2019
·Vol. 76
·期 3
·1039-1047
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IF 3.255
Chao Hu,Wei Wang,Di Ju,Gao-Man Chen,Xiao-Ling Tan,David Mota-Sanchez,Xue-Qing Yang
BACKGROUND Recent work has shown that two codling moth ( Cydia pomonella ) glutathione S -transferase genes (GSTs), CpGSTd1 and CpGSTd3 , can metabolize λ-cyhalothrin, one of the recommended insecticides for C. pomonella control worldwide. However, systematical characterization of delta and epsilon GSTs, especially their potential contributions in the metabolism of λ-cyhalothrin, is currently still lacking in C. pomonella . RESULTS In this study, a total of nine cDNA sequences were identified in C. pomonella , including four in the delta and five in the epsilon subclasses. RT-qPCR showed that seven GSTs were ubiquitously expressed at all developmental stages, and CpGSTe2 , CpGSTe3 , and CpGSTe4 were mainly expressed in larvae. The mRNA levels of CpGSTd2 , CpGSTd4 , and CpGSTe5 were significantly higher in male than in female adults. Tissue-specific expression analysis revealed that the CpGSTe2 , CpGSTe3 , and CpGSTe4 were highly expressed in the midgut while CpGSTd2 and CpGSTd4 were predominantly expressed in the Malpighian tubules. The transcripts of these GSTs (except CpGSTe1 ) were co-expressed following exposure to LD 10 of λ-cyhalothrin for 3 h. Recombinant CpGSTd4, CpGSTe2, and CpGSTe3 proteins expressed in Escherichia coli displayed glutathione-conjugating activity toward 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene. In addition, λ-cyhalothrin could inhibit the activity of recombinant CpGSTd4, CpGSTe2, and CpGSTe3 enzymes, but only recombinant CpGSTe3 showed λ-cyhalothrin metabolic capacity, with 21.88 ± 1.09% of parental compound being depleted within 1 h. CONCLUSION These data show that CpGSTe3 is a third GST gene, encoding an enzyme that metabolizes λ-cyhalothrin in C. pomonella . © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry
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Energy Technology
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2019
·Vol. 8
·期 1
·1900896
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IF 3.163
Mengyao Lv,Fenghui Fan,Longhai Pan,Hangjia Shen,Erum Pervaiz,Jiacheng Wang,Minghui Yang,Jun Wang
Fabrication of an oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalyst is the key to an efficient and fast electrocatalytic process in a fuel cell for energy conversion. A reasonable strategy for the synthesis of electrocatalysts is one of the most promising ways for developing precious metal-free ORR catalysts. Herein, the synthesis of a highly active Fe 3 O 4 -based catalyst using a facile molten salts method is proposed. The electrocatalytic analysis shows superior ORR performance with an admirable half-wave potential ( E 1/2 = 0.83 V), comparable with the commercial 20 wt% Pt/C. In contrast, primary Zn–air battery, using synthesized Fe,S–N–C as an air-cathode, displays an open-circuit potential of 1.44 V and a high power density of 84.3 mW cm −2 .
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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2019
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IF 6.35
Huan Gao,Junfang Zhang,Ying Liu,Wenwen Tu,Tianxiang Wei,Zhihui Dai
Development of sensitive detection methods for microRNAs has realistic application value for early clinical analysis and accurate diagnosis. In this study, a triple-helix molecular switch electrochemiluminescence resonance energy transfer (ECL-RET) nanoamplifier was designed to construct an electrochemiluminescence (ECL) biosensor for microRNA determination. The newly synthesized S-doped Lu2O3, which shows a 3 times better ECL performance than Lu2O3, was chosen as the donor in this ECL-RET system. Accordingly, Ag2S quantum dots (QDs) were used as the matched acceptor. They exhibited overlapping spectra and efficient energy transfer between each other. Furthermore, using a triple-helix switch structure with an improved quenching effect for signal amplification and a nano-DNA walker transformational system as a powerful method for target amplification, a supernanoamplifier was achieved. As a consequence, the proposed ECL biosensor for microRNA-141 detection exhibited good analytical performance with a low detection limit (16 aM). The sensor not only led to the development of a novel ECL-RET pair but also provided a strong nanoamplifier for biosensing platform construction, which may offer some new considerations regarding material design, signal amplification, and show promising application value in biomedical and clinical diagnosis.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2018
·Vol. 6
·期 31
·15245-15252
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IF 9.931
Jing Zhang,Jianhui Fang,Jinlong Han,Tingting Yan,Liyi Shi,Dengsong Zhang
Capacitive deionization (CDI) is a prospective technique for desalination of saline water on account of its lower cost, lower energy-consumption, and absence of secondary pollution. In this work, capacitive deionization of saline water using N, P, S co-doped hollow carbon polyhedra derived from MOF-based core–shell nanocomposites has been demonstrated. N, P, S co-doped hollow carbon polyhedra were rationally designed and originally synthesized from MOF-based core–shell nanocomposites by using poly(cyclotriphosphazene-co-4,4′-sulfonyldiphenol) coated zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (denoted as ZIF-8@PZS-C). Choosing poly(cyclotriphosphazene-co-4,4′-sulfonyldiphenol) as an N, P, S co-doping source and carbon source, and ZIF-8 as a structural template which also acts as an additional N-doping source, ZIF-8@PZS-C was created with a superior hollow structure, high surface area, improved electrical conductivity and an excellent hydrophilic surface. Due to the multi-synergy of these characteristics, the ZIF-8@PZS-C electrodes have lower internal impedance, larger specific capacitance and great cycling stability. What's more, the ZIF-8@PZS-C electrodes display a high salt electrosorption performance of 22.19 mg g−1 at 1.2 V in a NaCl solution of 500 mg L−1. Furthermore, the as-prepared electrodes exhibit good stability and regeneration performance. Hence, the N, P, S co-doped hollow carbon polyhedra should be considered as a promising alternative electrode material for capacitive deionization. This work may open the door for the application of multiple heteroatom co-doped hollow carbon materials for the deionization of saline water.
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Nanoscale
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2018
·Vol. 10
·期 34
·15932-15937
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Feng Wang,Jian Lin,Hongye Wang,Shansheng Yu,Xiaoqiang Cui,Asghar Ali,Tao Wu,Yang Liu
Herein, the ECL behaviors of precise mono-Cu+ ion doped Cd–In–S supertetrahedral chalcogenide nanoclusters (Cu@CdInS NCs) were investigated, and the effect of mono-Cu+ ions at the vacancy site of NCs on ECL emission performance was also elucidated. Precise mono-Cu+ ion doping not only induced new ECL emission at 596 nm with enhanced efficiency as high as 21.72% relative to [Ru(bpy)3]2+, but also improved acid tolerance of the ECL performances of NCs. In addition, a simple, fast and label-free dopamine ECL sensor with excellent selectivity was achieved.
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POLYMER
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2018
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Jin Han,Cheng Chen,Qingquan Xue,Yaochen Zheng,Shu Tian,Zhixiong Liu,Jieze Shen,Mingqiang Zhong
A catalyst-free and thermal-induced S→O acetyl migration (SOAM) reaction was occasionally found and used to fabricate the polythiol corrosion inhibitor . The route to prepare the polythiols was free of catalyst and side products. Only intramolecular migration process existed, while intermolecular migration was not found. Temperature-dependent 1 H NMR experiment showed the conversion rate of the SOAM reaction was 83% at 160 °C. Further heating at higher temperature or for longer reaction time, the conversion rate did not increase. It was speculated that there was equilibrium between two reversible migrations. The prepared polythiol inhibitor contains a large amount of latent thiol groups after the SOAM reaction process. The strong Cu S bonds immediately formed and made the polythiol chains firmly anchored on the copper surface when the copper metal was coated with the polythiols. Also S S bond formation reaction leads to dense crosslinking and film formation. Raman spectrum and SEM were used to characterized the protective film. A smooth and defect-free film with thickness of 1.9 μm was achieved when the copper sample was immersed in the polythiol solution for 60 min. The corrosion performance of the film is obtained by potential and impedance measurements and Tafel curves by immersing in a 3.5 wt% NaCl solution. All of the coated samples exhibited significantly lower corrosion rates than the bare copper sample, and the corrosion rate decreased as the immersion time increased. The inhibtion efficiency of the polythiol inhibitor was up to 99.3%. Neutral salt spray experiments indicated that the polythiol films provided excellent protection for over one week. The polythiols were also very stable in storage and have application in designing various polyacrylate polythiols resins.
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Journal of Hydro-environment Research
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2018
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Pengjun Li,Kairong Lin,Zhanqiang Fang,Wenfeng Zhang
In this study, degradation of nitrate in drinking water by nanoscale zero-valent iron prepared from steel pickling waste liquor(S-NZVI) was investigated. Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Specific Surface Area Analyzer (BET) were used to characterize the properties of the synthesized nanoparticles. Effects of different parameters, such as S-NZVI dosage, initial nitrate concentration, and pH, on the denigration were conducted. The results showed that S-NZVI had the similar characteristic of the NZVI prepared by chemical agents. The experiments indicated that the slightly acid medium with the S-NZVI dosage of 2.8 g/L had a better removal effect of nitrate, and the high removal efficiency of 96% was observed after the reaction time of 2 h, which demonstrated it was feasible and effective to remove nitrate by S-NZVI. The kinetic studies indicated that the degradation rate of nitrate by S-NZVI followed the pseudo-first order kinetics. By analyzing the end-products of nitrate reduction, 94% of nitrate was converted into ammonia ions by S-NZVI and the others translated into a little amount of nitrite and nitrogen. It is a relatively easy and cost-effective method for nitrate removal, so S-NZVI has a great potential application in nitrate removal of drinking water. The ammoniac nitrogen pollution, the main product and second pollution from the denitrification by S-NZVI can be completely degraded by cation exchange resin. So the nitrogen pollution has been completely removed from drinking water polluted by nitrate.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
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2018
·Vol. 53
·期 22
·15487-15499
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IF 2.993
Yang Ming,Rao Richuan
In this work, nonmetallic S was doped into hierarchical Ni(OH) 2 hollow microspheres by ethanol solvothermal method using thiourea as sulfur source. Although the morphology of precursor Ni(OH) 2 is maintained, the surface states and pore properties had greatly changed after S doping. Using the as-prepared S-doped Ni(OH) 2 as adsorbents for the removal of Congo red (CR), the S-doped Ni(OH) 2 exhibited much better adsorption capacity compared with undoped Ni(OH) 2 . The adsorption behavior of both Ni(OH) 2 and S-doped Ni(OH) 2 followed the pseudo-second-order kinetic model and intraparticle diffusion model. The equilibrium data of Ni(OH) 2 could be better fitted by Langmuir model, while Freundlich model could be better used to describe the S-doped Ni(OH) 2 with a much larger adsorption capacity toward CR. The tuned microstructure and changed surface states of adsorbent after S doping may be responsible for the enhanced adsorption performance. Therefore, the doping of S species into hierarchical Ni(OH) 2 paves a new way to tune the microstructure and surface states of Ni-based materials.
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