NEOPLASIA
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2021
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Yihui Ma,Peiyi Xia,Zhengyang Wang,Jingjing Xu,Lan Zhang,Yanan Jiang
Protein Disulfide Isomerase Family A Member 6 (PDIA6) is an endoplasmic reticulum protein that is capable of catalyzing protein folding and disulfide bond formation. Abnormally elevated expression of PDIA6 has been reported to predict poor outcomes in various cancers. Herein, gain-of- and loss-of-function experiments were performed to investigate how PDIA6 participated in the carcinogenesis of pancreatic cancer (PC). By analyzing the protein expression of PDIA6 in 28 paired PC and para carcinoma specimens, we first found that PDIA6 expression was higher in PC samples. Both the overall survival and disease-free survival rates of PC patients with higher PDIA6 expression were poorer than those with lower PDIA6 ( n = 178). Furthermore, knockdown of PDIA6 impaired the malignancies of PC cells — suppressed cell proliferation, invasion, migration, cisplatin resistance, and xenografted tumor growth. PDIA6-silenced PC cells were more sensitive to cytotoxic natural killer (NK) cells. Overexpression of PDIA6 had opposite effects on PC cells. Interestingly, COP9 signalosome subunit 5 (CSN5), a regulator of E3 ubiquitin ligases known to promote deubiquitination of its downstream targets, was demonstrated to interact with PDIA6, and its expression was increased in PC cells overexpressing PDIA6. Additionally, PDIA6 overexpression promoted deubiquitination of β-catenin and PD-L1 and subsequently upregulated their expression in PC cells. These alterations were partly reversed by CSN5 shRNA. Collectively, the above results demonstrate that PDIA6 contributes to PC progression, which may be associated with CSN5-regulated deubiquitination of β-catenin and PD-L1. Our findings suggest PDIA6 as a potential target for the treatment of PC.
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CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics
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2021
·Vol. 27
·期 10
·1157-1172
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Le Ma,Shiyu Peng,Jinbao Wei,Mengjing Zhao,Khalil Ali Ahmad,Jinghong Chen,Yong-Xiang Wang
Aim This study aimed to investigate the regulation of pain hypersensitivity induced by the spinal synaptic transmission mechanisms underlying interleukin (IL)-10 and glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonist exenatide-induced pain anti-hypersensitivity in neuropathic rats through spinal nerve ligations. Methods Neuropathic pain model was established by spinal nerve ligation of L5/L6 and verified by electrophysiological recording and immunofluorescence staining. Microglial expression of β-endorphin through autocrine IL-10- and exenatide-induced inhibition of glutamatergic transmission were performed by behavioral tests coupled with whole-cell recording of miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents (mEPSCs) and miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents (mIPSCs) through application of endogenous and exogenous IL-10 and β-endorphin. Results Intrathecal injections of IL-10, exenatide, and the μ-opioid receptor (MOR) agonists β-endorphin and DAMGO inhibited thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia in neuropathic rats. Whole-cell recordings of bath application of exenatide, IL-10, and β-endorphin showed similarly suppressed enhanced frequency and amplitude of the mEPSCs in the spinal dorsal horn neurons of laminae II, but did not reduce the frequency and amplitude of mIPSCs in neuropathic rats. The inhibitory effects of IL-10 and exenatide on pain hypersensitive behaviors and spinal synaptic plasticity were totally blocked by pretreatment of IL-10 antibody, β-endorphin antiserum, and MOR antagonist CTAP. In addition, the microglial metabolic inhibitor minocycline blocked the inhibitory effects of IL-10 and exenatide but not β-endorphin on spinal synaptic plasticity. Conclusion This suggests that spinal microglial expression of β-endorphin mediates IL-10- and exenatide-induced inhibition of glutamatergic transmission and pain hypersensitivity via presynaptic and postsynaptic MORs in spinal dorsal horn.
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JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY
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·Vol. 168
·期 10
·106510
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Yijing Xia,Yan Yan,Lingbing Hu,Qizhou Dai,Xiangjuan Ma,Juqing Lou,Yi Xia
This study focused on the enhanced mechanism of electrochemical degradation of antibiotic norfloxacin (NOR) using a self-made Ti/SnO2-Sb2O3/α,β-Co-PbO2 electrode. The electrode characterization, reaction mechanism, degradation performance, and toxicity assessment were studied. In contrast to the conventional Ti/SnO2-Sb2O3/α,β-PbO2 electrode, our prepared Co-doped PbO2 electrode showed the characteristics of more compact surface, smaller crystal size, higher oxygen evolution potential (OEP) and an increased yield of ·OH concentration. The application of Co-doped PbO2 electrode for the electrochemical oxidation of NOR was systematically analyzed. The optimal operating parameters were found to be Na2SO4 concentration of 0.1 mol L−1, initial NOR concentration of 50 mg L−1, initial pH of 5 and current density of 20 mA cm−2. Under these conditions, NOR, chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total organic carbon (TOC) removals reached 85.29%, 43.65% and 41.89% after 60 min of electrolysis, respectively. Through the intermediates detected during the electrochemical treatment process, a reaction pathway involving decarboxylation, defluorination and piperazine ring-opening was proposed. Finally, the toxicity assessment of the treated NOR solution towards Vibrio fischeri rapidly fell to non-toxicity and even reached to negative values after 50 min of electrolysis, indicating that electrochemical oxidation of NOR is an effective approach to reduce its toxicity to environmental ecosystem.
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JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A
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2019
·Vol. 108
·期 3
·645-653
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Teliang Lu,Shenglei Feng,Fupo He,Jiandong Ye
Pore structure plays an important role in the in vivo osteogenesis for bone repair materials. In this study, honeycomb β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) scaffolds were prepared by extrusion method, and gelatin microspheres were used as porogens to modify the pore structure of the scaffolds. The honeycomb β-TCP scaffolds were characterized by channel-like square macropores and unidirectional interconnection. To improve the pore interconnectivity of the scaffold, the spherical pores were formed in the channel walls by burning off the gelatin microspheres. Compared with unidirectional honeycomb β-TCP scaffold, the honeycomb β-TCP scaffold with interconnected pore structure had significantly higher porosity and faster degradation rate, at the expense of the mechanical strength. The in vivo assessment results demonstrated excellent osteogenesis of the honeycomb scaffolds. Moreover, the honeycomb β-TCP scaffold with interconnected pore structure markedly promoted new bone formation in comparison with the unidirectional honeycomb β-TCP scaffold. This work provides a new approach to prepare scaffolds with interconnected pore structure, and the honeycomb β-TCP scaffold with interconnected pore structure is expected to serve as an efficient bone repair material.
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Translational Cancer Research
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2019
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Heqi Bu,Dianlei Liu,Junhui Cui,Ke Cai,Feng Shen
Background Oridonin has been demonstrated to have anticancer effect on all kinds of cancer cells and it has shown anti-tumor activity in some tumors partially via the inactivation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. The study investigated the anticancer effect of oridonin on colon carcinoma cell line COLO205 and explored underlying mechanism. Methods Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay was performed to assess cell viability. Flow cytometry was performed to analyze the apoptosis. The key target genes and proteins involved in Wnt/β-catenin pathway were detected by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and Western blotting. The xenograft tumor model of colon cancer COLO205 cell was introduced to detect anti-tumor effects in vivo . Transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay was adopted to test the apoptotic cells in the tumor tissues. Results Oridonin inhibited the proliferation of colon cancer COLO205 cells in a dose-dependent and time-dependent manner. Oridonin induced apoptosis by increasing the cleavage of caspases in vitro . Furthermore, the expression levels of β-catenin and its downstream targets, including c-myc, cyclinD1 and survivin were significantly reduced. Nevertheless the knockdown of β-catenin by specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) could augment the anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic effects by oridonin in COLO205 cells. Meanwhile, oridonin also increased protein expression level of glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β) and decreased the phosphorylation level of GSK3β. In vivo , oridonin treatment significantly suppressed tumor growth of COLO205 cell xenografts, and which was accompanied by the restrain of Wnt/β-catenin pathway. Conclusions Our present study demonstrated that the growth inhibition and apoptosis induction in colon cancer COLO205 cells by oridonin could be partially mediated through discontinuing Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.
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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
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2019
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Wenfeng Han,Haili Wang,Bing Liu,Xiliang Li,Haodong Tang,Ying Li,Huazhang Liu
With Al(NO 3 ) 3 ·9H 2 O as the Al precursor and PVDF as the fluorine source, freestanding AlF 3 sub-microspheres were fabricated following calcination , without the involvement of corrosive HF solution. With the varying of Al(NO 3 ) 3 ·9H 2 O to PVDF weight ratio, θ -AlF 3 and β -AlF 3 , α -AlF 3 were obtained respectively. The formation mechanism, morphology, surface properties and catalytic activities for the dehydrofluorination of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane to trifluoroethylene were investigated. During the fabrication process, Al(NO 3 ) 3 interacts with O=C bond in DMF. Meanwhile, DMF further interacts with CH 2 species in PVDF. Following calcination , PVDF decomposes to CO 2 and HF fluorinating Al species to AlF 3 . The growth of AlF 3 crystal and particle are confined by PVDF. Consequently, θ -AlF 3 , β -AlF 3 and α -AlF 3 are achieved. At 450 °C, HFC-134a conversion of 23% and reaction rate of 1.9 mmol g −1 h −1 are approached over θ -AlF 3 catalyst. The reaction rate is almost 3 times higher than that of β -AlF 3 and is 40% higher than that of high surface area α -AlF 3 prepared by sol-gel method. No significant deactivation is observed in time on stream of 40 h. The stability is attributed to the interaction of AlF 3 with carbon frame work. The present study provides a scalable and facile synthesis route for AlF 3 spheres with controllable phase structures.
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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
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2019
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Xu Hu,Xi Zhao,Yangchuan Ke
Synthesis of a novel β-cyclodextrin-functionalized hydrophobically associating polyacrylamide named ASM was carried out using acrylamide (AM), cetyl dimethyl allyl ammonium bromide (SD-16) and modified β-cyclodextrin (M-β-CD) via free-radical copolymerization . Effective characterization methods, including FT-IR, 1 H NMR and TGA , were adopted to evaluate ASM. Influences of SiO 2 nanoparticle (nano-SiO 2 ) on ASM solution properties were evaluated. The results showed that the addition of nano-SiO 2 significantly increased the temperature resistance, salt tolerance and shear resistance of the ASM solution. It was found that ASM/SiO 2 composite had 1.5 times higher viscosity than ASM in the range of 25–90 °C. The FT-IR data confirmed that the formation of hydrogen bond between silanol groups at surface of nano-SiO 2 and amide group, hydroxyl group of M-β-CD in ASM molecule contributed to the improved performance. What ’ s more, viscoelastic test indicated that nano-SiO 2 remarkably facilitated the cross-links among polymer molecules and enhanced the elasticity of ASM/SiO 2 composite. Based on the enhanced oil recovery tests, the oil recovery could remarkably enhance 10.08% for composite versus only 6.56% for ASM.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry B
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2019
·Vol. 7
·期 20
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IF 5.047
Shuang Yu,Jun Shi,Yutong Liu,Jiawen Si,Yuan Yuan,Changsheng Liu
The treatment of bone defects in the field of periodontology and oral implantology has been a major clinical problem to date. Guided bone regeneration (GBR), based on ideal barrier membranes to provide space maintenance and selectively promote the regeneration of the damaged area by prevention of invasion by the fibrous tissues, represents the most promising strategy at present. In this study, the mechanically robust and flexible membrane PEGylated poly(glycerol sebacate) (PEGS) coordinated by β-TCP nanoparticles (PEGS/β-TCP) was developed by a simple prepolymer mixing-in situ crosslinking method. By tailoring the content of β-TCP (0, 10, 50, and 90 wt% relative to the prepolymer), the resultant PEGS/β-TCP composite membranes exhibited controllable degradation rate and reinforced mechanical properties. The maximum tensile strength of 9.58 ± 0.02 MPa was presented by the P20T50 group (weight ratio of β-TCP to PEGS20 prepolymer was 50%), about 1.5-fold higher than that of P20T0 without β-TCP. For cellular responses, the PEGS/β-TCP membranes showed desirable cell attachment and viability on rat bone mesenchymal stem cells (rBMSCs). The incorporation of β-TCP definitely enhanced the alkaline phosphatase activity and promoted mineralization, thus facilitating the osteogenic differentiation. The in vivo result obtained for the rat calvarial defect model reaffirmed the favorable bone regenerative ability of the fabricated membranes, especially for P20T50 with the highest bone volume/tissue volume ratio (BV/TV) at both 4 weeks (17.26 ± 1.49%) and 8 weeks (23.24 ± 2.85%) after the surgery. Therefore, the PEGS/β-TCP composite membranes prepared by this prepolymer mixing-in situ crosslinking process will be a prospective biomaterial for the GBR therapy.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2019
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Luhong Zhang,Hongfang Guan,Na Zhang,Bin Jiang,Yongli Sun,Na Yang
In this study, a high flux loose nanofiltration (NF) membrane was fabricated for the desalination of dye wastewater through a facile method which combined doping and surface grafting. First, PES ultrafiltration substrate was prepared via non-solvent induced phase separation by introducing multi-hydroxyl β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) into the casting solution as hydrophilic additive. Then, titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) nanoparticles were grafted uniformly on membrane surface with the assistance of 1, 6-hexamethylene diisocyanate (HMDI), resulting in the enhancement of surface hydrophilicity and separation performance of the resultant membranes. Remarkably, the membrane prepared at optimized conditions achieved a high pure water flux (52.0 L·m −2 ·h −1 at 0.2 MPa) and high permeate flux for dyes (e.g. 30.5 L·m −2 ·h −1 for Congo Red at 0.2 MPa). It also exhibited high rejection for dyes (e.g. 97.4% for Congo Red) and high transmittance of salts (e.g. 94.0% for Na 2 SO 4 ). Moreover, the membrane possessed good antifouling performance with a high flux recovery ratio of 93.7% after fouled by humic acid (HA). The results indicated that the novel loose NF membrane had an impressive potential application for dye wastewater treatment.
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RSC Advances
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2019
·Vol. 9
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·4635-4643
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Xiufang He,Zhansheng Wu,Yongtao Xue,Zhenzhen Gao,Xia Yang
Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has been considered to be a promising metal-free photocatalyst, although the high recombination rate of charge carriers and poor absorption of visible light have limited its applications. In order to overcome these problems, an interlayer composite photocatalyst that comprised β-cyclodextrin (β-CD), oxygen-doped C3N4 (O-C3N4) and molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) was successfully constructed for the highly enhanced photodegradation of glyphosate in this study. The structure and morphology, optical properties, and photoelectrochemical properties of the prepared photocatalyst were characterized via a series of characterization techniques. The average fluorescence lifetime of the composite photocatalyst was extended from 6.67 ns to 7.30 ns in comparison with that of g-C3N4, which indicated that the composite photocatalyst enhanced the absorption of visible light and also inhibited the recombination of electron–hole pairs. The mass ratio of MoS2 that corresponded to O-C3N4/MoS2-5 enabled the highest removal rate under simulated sunlight irradiation, which was almost twice that achieved using pure g-C3N4. Relative species scavenging experiments revealed that ·O2− was the main species during the process of photodegradation. Besides, a toxicity test indicated that glyphosate became less toxic or non-toxic after photodegradation. This study provided an effective, feasible and stable photocatalyst driven by simulated sunlight irradiation for the highly enhanced photodegradation of glyphosate.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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2019
·Vol. 54
·期 7
·2502-2510
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Linlin Li,Wenbo Wan,Weiwei Cheng,Guoqin Liu,Lipeng Han
Summary In this study, oleogel structured by β-sitosterol and lecithin was prepared as a carrier for poorly water-soluble bioactive compounds, curcumin. The mechanical and microscopic properties of curcumin-loaded oleogel were determined by texture analyser and polarised light microscopy. The oxidation stability of the delivery system was determined by accelerated oxidation test and the bioaccessibility of curcumin was studied in vitro . The results showed that the existence of curcumin did not affect the mechanical strength and crystalline network of oleogel. The oxidative stability of curcumin-loaded oleogel was higher than that of curcumin-free oleogel and corn oil-curcumin mixtures. It might be attributed to not only the antioxidative property of curcumin but also crystalline network of oleogel which served as an obstructor for the development of oxidation products. Additionally, oleogel enhanced the bioaccessibility of curcumin in fasted state (up to 67.66%). These findings suggest that oleogels can be promising candidates to delivery drugs and nutrients.
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FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2019
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Kedong Tai,Michael Rappolt,Xiaoye He,Yang Wei,Shaoxin Zhu,Jingbo Zhang,Like Mao,Yanxiang Gao,Fang Yuan
In this work, the effect of β-sitosterol (Sito) on vesicle characteristics, physicochemical stability as well as the in vitro release and bioavailability of curcumin-loaded liposomes (Cur-LP) was studied. When 20–33 mol% of Sito was incorporated, encapsulation efficiency of curcumin was improved due to the high amount of liquid-ordered domains in membranes. At 50 mol% Sito a lower encapsulation efficiency was observed possibly due to membrane defects. The physical, thermal and photo stability of curcumin in liposomes were markedly improved with increasing the amount of Sito. First-order kinetics fitted best the curcumin release dynamics of Sito containing liposomes, clearly showing that sustained release improved with increasing amounts of Sito in liposomes. Simulated digestion studies suggested that Sito concentration of about 20–33 mol% improved the bioavailability of curcumin in liposomes. These study shows that Sito is an applicable and potential route in forming healthier cholesterol-free curcumin-loaded liposomes for functional supplements.
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