CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
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Qing Gao,Zerui Ou,Xiangze Jia,Shahid Ahmed Junejo,Bin Zhang,Qiang Huang
Despite the good biological and antibacterial activities, the p-anisaldehyde is easy to evaporate or degrade during processing and storage. Herein, a new V -type starch-cyclodextrin composite carrier was constructed to efficiently encapsulate p-anisaldehyde in addressing the inherent disadvantages. The introduction of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) enhanced the short- and long-range ordered structures of the composite carrier. The V -type starch-cyclodextrin composite ( V C30) exhibited the highest loading capacity of 142.01 mg/g for p-anisaldehyde, which was significantly higher than that of V -type starch (VS, 97.83 mg/g) and commercial β-CD (128.48 mg/g). The loading capacity of the V-type starch-cyclodextrin composite was positively correlated with its crystallinity and short-range order. The release rate of p-anisaldehyde was in the order of VC30 < β-CD < VS. Under non-cold chain daily storage (25 °C and 57 % relative humidity) for 2 weeks, the p-anisaldehyde of thymol released from complexes was 36 % (VC30), 49 % (β-CD), and 65 % (VS), respectively. Due to the high loading capacity and good sustained release properties, the noncontact preservation of high-value fruit by V C30 controlling p-anisaldehyde release successfully extended the shelf life of cherries from six to twelve days.
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Materials Reports: Energy
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2025
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Jiankai Liu,Xiaoping Dong,Duolong Jin,Qianran Pang,Liying Yang,Cuibiao Wang
Manganese dioxide is widely used as a cathode material in aqueous zinc-ion batteries, and the cathode material is a key factor limiting the performance of these batteries. In this study, β-manganese dioxide was used as the base material to synthesize two hybrid materials, i.e. manganese dioxide-3D graphene carbon nanotube hybrids (MnO 2 @3D-GPE/CNT) and manganese dioxide-3D-graphene hybrids (MnO 2 @3D-GPE), via intermittent high-energy vibration ball milling. Electrochemical tests revealed that the CNT-containing hybrid materials exhibited a higher specific capacity of 480 mAh g -1 and superior cycling stability, maintaining over 80% of its initial capacity after 1000 cycles at 500 mA g -1 with a Coulombic efficiency close to 100%. MnO 2 @3D-GPE/CNT had a smaller particle size distribution and a larger specific surface area than MnO 2 @3D-GPE, explaining its enhanced electrochemical performance. Additionally, MnO 2 @3D-GPE/CNT exhibited lower electrode impedance, further supporting its efficacy as a cathode material.
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TALANTA
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2012
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Meiling Liu,Jianhui Deng,Cailang Lai,Qiong Chen,Qiangqing Zhao,Youyu Zhang,Haitao Li,Shouzhuo Yao
Four new conjugated oligo-phenylene-ethynylenes derivatives, N -methyl-4-(4-acetylthiophenylethynyl)-1,8-naphthalimide ( 1 ), thioacetic acid S -[4-(4-aminophenyl-ethynyl)phenyl]ester ( 2 ), 4-methylthiophenylethynylbenzenamine ( 3 ), N -methyl-4-(4-methyl-thiopheny l -ethynyl)-1,8-naphthalimide ( 4 ), were synthesized by Sonogashira and Eglinton cross-coupling reactions. The structures of the four compounds were confirmed by 1 HNMR, 13 CNMR, MS and IR and their spectral characteristics were studied by ultraviolet and visible (UV) spectroscopy as well as fluorescence spectroscopy in different medium. It was found that the fluorescence properties of compounds 2 and 3 were notably improved in aqueous solutions in the presence of β -cyclodextrin ( β -CD). Spectral analysis supported the suppositions that the fluorescence intensity enhancement was due to the formation of inclusion complex with β -CD. The supramolecular interaction was investigated in detail and the reaction mechanism was provided. A salicylaldehyde determination method in aqueous medium was established based on the supramolecular complex of compound 3 . Under the optimum conditions, the supramolecular complex exhibited a dynamic fluorescence response range for salicylaldehyde from 0.6 to 240×10 −6 molL −1 , with a detection limit of 1×10 −8 molL −1 .
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2025
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IF 8.5
Linyun Mou,Ya Lu,Jiale Ma,Shuwei Shu,Jianlong Li,Ganpeng Li
In response to the rapid quality degradation of peaches due to post-harvest decay, this study developed a composite film for preservation. Two primary pathogens responsible for peach decay, Aspergillus flavus and Talaromyces funiculosus , were identified. Molecular docking attributed to the main binding position of citral and geraniol's interactions with type I polyketide synthase on their antifungal effects, as well as the caffeic acid with its tyrosinase on antioxidant efficacy. β -CD-MOFs were synthesized via vapor diffusion, demonstrating exceptional spatial loading via SEM. CEOs (citral + geraniol) encapsulated in β -CD-MOFs were incorporated into a chitosan/pullulan matrix, yielding a film with 260.27 % fracture tensile strain, significantly ( P < 0.001) outperforming pure chitosan (21.87 %), possessing excellent mechanical properties, and the improvement in the water solubility of the film facilitates the release of active compounds. The utilization of a compositel film on peaches has shown significant efficacy in controlling decay index ( P < 0.05), weight loss ( P < 0.05), firmness ( P < 0.05) and production of malondialdehyde ( P < 0.05). Compared to untreated controls, the treated peaches exhibited an extended shelf life of 2 days, highlighting the superior preservation capabilities of the film. Hence, the film presents a promising solution for fruit preservation.
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FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2024
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Lian Jiang,Yongli Tian,Haide Zhang,Shisheng Liu
The high temperature induces conformational changes in β-glucosidase, making it inactive and limiting its application field. In this paper, the effect of trehalose on the thermostability of β-glucosidase from low-moisture Hevea brasiliensis seeds was investigated. The results showed that the residual enzyme activities of β-glucosidase supplemented with trehalose after high-temperature treatment were significantly higher than that of the control group. The improvement of thermostability could be explained by low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (LF-NMR) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations at the molecular level. Moreover, adding trehalose increased the water activity and water content of β-glucosidase, leading to a more stable conformation. Trehalose replaced some water and formed a stable network of hydrogen bonds with protein and surrounding water. The glass formed by trehalose also reduced molecular movement, thus providing good protection for enzymes.
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Nanomaterials
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2025
·Vol. 15
·期 23
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Liang Zhang,Puxuan Zhang,Haocheng Tong,Yue Zhao,Tengfei Yu,Guanchen Liu,Donghong Liu
In this study, the structural changes and reconstruction mechanism of sesame protein-derived amyloid fibrils under varied digestive parameters (pepsin concentration, digestive pH and ionic strength) during gastric digestion were investigated, and the effect of fibril reconstruction on the gastric digestion stability of β-carotene nanoparticles was also explored. The results demonstrated that amyloid fibrils underwent a three-stage dynamic process of enzymatic hydrolysis, regeneration and degradation during gastric digestion. The pepsin concentration of 2 mg/mL was found to promote the balance between fibril hydrolysis and regeneration. The fibrils displayed a pronounced regenerative capacity at pH values of 1.5 and 2.5, whereas at pH 3.5, which was proximal to the isoelectric point of protein, aggregation and precipitation were observed. Furthermore, it was found that 10 mM NaCl exerted minimal influence on fibril stability, whereas the higher concentrations of salt ions were shown to obstruct regeneration and promote aggregation. Analyses through SDS-PAGE, GPC, and MALDI-TOF-MS revealed a gradual reduction in the molecular weight of the fibrils during gastric digestion, with certain fragments reaggregating to form new fibril structures. The fibril-based delivery system formed a stable protective structure for β-carotene nanoparticles, which not only prevented their aggregation but also facilitated their release in the small intestine.
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Frontiers in Oncology
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2020
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IF 4.848
Chen Shuo,Shen Jiaqi,Zhao Jing,Wang Jiazhong,Shan Tao,Li Junhui,Xu Meng,Chen Xi,Liu Yang,Cao Gang
Magnolol, a hydroxylated biphenyl extracted from Magnolia officinalis, has recently drawn attention due to its anticancer potential. The present study was aimed to explore the effects of Magnolol on restraining the proliferation, migration and invasion of pancreatic cancer in vivo and in vitro. Magnolol showed significant anti-growth effect in an orthotopic xenograft nude mouse model, and immunohistochemical staining of the xenografts revealed that Magnolol suppressed vimentin expression and facilitated E-cadherin expression. The cytoactive detection using CCK-8 assay showed Magnolol inhibited PANC-1 and AsPC-1 concentration-dependently. Scratch healing assay and the Transwell invasion assay proved the inhibiting effects of Magnolol on cellular migration and invasion at a non-cytotoxic concentration. Western blot and rt-PCR showed that Magnolol suppressed epithelial-mesenchymal-transition by increasing the expression level of E-cadherin and decreasing those of N-cadherin and vimentin. Magnolol suppressed the TGF-β/Smad pathway by negatively regulating phosphorylation of Smad2/3. Moreover, TGF-β1 impaired the antitumor effects of Magnolol in vivo. These results demonstrated that Magnolol can inhibit proliferation, migration and invasion in vivo and in vitro by suppressing the TGF-β signal pathway and EMT. Magnolol could be a hopeful therapeutic drug for pancreatic malignancy.
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BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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2022
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Chuan-Jian Shi,Shi-Ying Li,Chun-Hui Shen,Fei-Fei Pan,Li-Qiang Deng,Wei-Ming Fu,Ji-Yong Wang,Jin-Fang Zhang
Icariside II, a flavonol glycoside, one of the major components of Traditional Chinese Medicine Herba epimedii. In the present study, we found that Icariside II suppressed the proliferation of CRC by inducing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in vitro and inhibited tumor growth in vivo . The further mechanism investigation showed that Icariside II suppressed the expression of β-catenin and led to the functional inactivation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Circβ-catenin was considered as a promising candidate for mediating the tumorigenesis and the activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in CRC cells. Furthermore, Icariside II has been proven to suppress the biogenesis of circβ-catenin via epigenetically targeting DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) to decrease global DNA methylation levels in CRC cells. Taken together, our results indicated that Icariside II suppressed tumorigenesis by epigenetically silencing the activation of circβ-catenin-Wnt/β-catenin axis in colorectal cancer. More importantly, the information gained from this study suggest that Icariside II may have great potential to be developed as a therapeutic drug for CRC patients.
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Cancer Management and Research
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2025
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Bo Gao,Baokun Li,Jitao Hu,Xuhua Hu,Mingming Su
Purpose Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a prevalent cancer worldwide, with metastasis significantly contributing to its high mortality and poor prognosis. This study focuses on the impact of Alkaline Phosphatase, Placental (ALPP) on epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in colorectal cancer cells and its role in the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.Patients and Methods Differential ALPP expression was first interrogated in metastatic versus non-metastatic CRC samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA-CRC) cohort. Functional validation was subsequently performed in vitro with HT29 and HCT116 cell lines engineered for ALPP overexpression or CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockdown. Proliferation, migration and invasion were quantified by CCK-8, wound-healing and Transwell assays; EMT and Wnt/β-catenin signaling were assessed by Western blot.Results Bioinformatics analysis revealed significantly different ALPP expression between metastatic and non-metastatic patients. In vitro experiments further revealed that ALPP overexpression drives proliferation, invasion, migration and, consequently, metastasis of HT29 and HCT116 colorectal cancer cells, whereas ALPP knockdown abolishes these EMT-dependent effects. Increased ALPP expression resulted in increased levels of N-Cadherin, Vimentin, and Snail proteins, along with a decrease in E-cadherin protein expression, in contrast to findings following ALPP knockdown. Furthermore, ALPP overexpression was also associated with Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway activation.Conclusion ALPP was found to act as an oncogenic factor in colorectal cancer cell lines HT29 and HCT116, stimulating cell proliferation and facilitating EMT. Abnormal activation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway was also found to be linked to increased ALPP expression.
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JOURNAL OF POLYMER ENGINEERING
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2020
·Vol. 40
·期 5
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Kuanmin Chen,Suoju He,Hui Wang,Song Zhang,Lizhen Yu,Yue Zhang,Ezzat H Elshazly,Lixia Ke,Renmin Gong
In this paper, the β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) and biotin (Bi) were successfully grafted onto carboxymethyl chitosan (CMCS). And then the β-CD-Bi-CMCS nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared as oral nano-delivery carrier of protein drugs by ionic gelation method. The morphological feature of fabricated drug carrier was determined by dynamic light scattering and transmission electron microscopy. The result showed that the prepared NPs presented spherical structure with an average diameter of 138 nm. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) was selected as model protein drug that was entrapped in prepared drug carrier with satisfactory entrapment efficiency (79.18%) and loading content (3.96%). The drug release profiles of BSA/β-CD-Bi-CMCS NPs were studied at different pH environment for simulated gastric fluid (SGF), simulated intestinal fluid (SIF) and simulated colonic fluid (SCF). It was found that the BSA/β-CD-Bi-CMCS NPs displayed a pH dependent drug release profiles. After 72 h, the cumulative release amount of BSA in SGF, SIF, and SCF was about 20.57, 74.46, and 91%, respectively. Furthermore, the enzymatic degradation and cytotoxicity studies showed the synthesized β-CD-Bi-CMCS NPs had high chemical stability and biocompatibility. This work indicated that the β-CD-Bi-CMCS NPs had the potentiality as promising nanocarriers for oral delivery of protein drugs.
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FOOD CONTROL
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2016
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IF 3.388
Jing Qin,Xiping Cui,Panpan Wu,Zhengyun Jiang,Yingshan Chen,Ruili Yang,Qingqing Hu,Yuanming Sun,Suqing Zhao
Fluorescent sensor assay (FSA) was developed by using a fluorescein-labeled aptamer assembled onto Graphene oxide (GO) in order to determine β-lactamase in milk. Under optimal conditions, FSA indicated a detection range from 1 to 46 U/mL with a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.5 U/mL ( R 2 = 0.999, n = 3). In addition, commercial milk samples tainted with β-lactamase were detected by the established FSA with a recovery rate between 96.04 and 119.67%. Additionally, the reliability and sensitivity of FSA was validated by enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) with a high correlation of 0.993. Thus, these data, combined with the ease and speed of the assay, suggest that the developed FSA may represent a promising method for monitoring β-lactamase contamination in milk.
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Nature Communications
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2025
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Haopeng Lin,Xin Liu,Feng Zhang,Deqi Chen,Xiaoxiao Xie,Qifei Dong,Jiawei Yan,Jiaxiang Yin,Zirong Bi,Zhihua Dou,Yingling Jiang,Kuo Jiang,Tongran Zhang,Peng Xue,Wei Peng,Lihua Chen,Tao Xu,Zonghong Li,Yanying Guo,Huisheng Liu
Human stem cell-derived β (SC-β) cells still exhibit limited glucose response required for insulin secretion due to glycolytic bottlenecks, yet how these metabolic abnormalities impact glucose response and functional maturation of SC-β cells remains unclear. In this study, we identify a metabolic checkpoint located at PEP accumulation that impedes the functional maturation, which is rescued by restoration of pyruvate kinase M1 ( PKM1 ). Glucose-tracing metabolomics in human stem cell-derived islets reveal abnormal glycolytic PEP accumulation at resting condition, associated with impaired calcium response and insulin secretion upon high glucose or glycolytic metabolite stimulation. Mechanistically, elevated PEP significantly raises intracellular basal calcium levels and downregulates expression of genes involved in TCA cycle as elucidated by single cell transcriptomics. Furthermore, the activity of pyruvate kinase, which metabolizes PEP, is notably reduced due to low PKM1 expression. Overexpression of PKM1 alleviates PEP accumulation, restores TCA-related gene expression, and enhances glucose-stimulated calcium responses and insulin secretion. Together, our findings reveal a critical role of PKM1-regulated PEP metabolism in SC-β cell functional maturation and highlight the importance of metabolic reprogramming for advancing stem cell-based therapies for diabetes. Human stem cell–derived β cells accumulate high basal PEP, which disrupts glucose-stimulated insulin release. Restoring PKM1 lowers basal PEP and improves glucose responses, advancing the maturation of stem cell–derived islets for diabetes therapy.
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