Micro & Nano Letters
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2022
·Vol. 17
·期 2
·42-48
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IF 0.98
Liya Zeng,Zhe Wang
The chemical compositions of Ginkgo biloba exocarp extracts (GBEE) and leaf extracts are similar, however, studies describing the development of GBEE biopesticides are few. In this study, the authors investigated the preparation of GBEE nanoemulsionand and characterized by transmittance, physical stability, droplet size and size distribution for the first time. Insecticidal activity and lipophilicity screening of four different solvents indicated ethyl acetate was satisfactory. Based on dispersibility, centrifugation, heating-cooling cycle, cloud point and long-term stability experiments, two formulations (ethyl acetate/Tween 40-Span 60 (9:1)/water and ethyl acetate/Tween 60-Span 60 (9:1)/water) were optimum to formulate nanoemulsions. However, the smallest droplet size and size distribution (10.93 ± 0.16 nm, PDI = 0.15 ± 0.01) was obtained using the Tween 60/Span 60 combination. The insecticidal activity of GBEE nanoemulsion was evaluated against the third instar larvae of Plutella xylostella . Lethal concentration (LC 50 ) values of the optimized nanoemulsion were 127.38 mg/L at 12 h and 72.80 mg/L at 24 h, respectively. This indicated that GBEE nanoemulsion had higher insecticidal activity than the GBEE. The results proposed that the GBEE nanoemulsion is a potential and effective natural alternative for the management of P. xylostella .
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2023
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Yue Wang,Zuoying Yuan,Yanyun Pang,Daixing Zhang,Guangyu Li,Xu Zhang,Yingjie Yu,Xiaoping Yang,Qing Cai
Organic–inorganic composites with high specific surface area and osteoinductivity provide a suitable microenvironment for cell ingrowth and effective ossification, which could greatly promote bone regeneration. Here, we report gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) cryogel microspheres that are reinforced with hydroxyapatite (HA) nanowires and calcium silicate (CS) nanofibers to achieve the goal. The prepared composite cryogel microspheres with open porous structure and rough surface greatly facilitate cell anchoring, simultaneously exhibiting excellent injectability. Compared to the only HA- or CS-containing counterparts, the GelMA cryogel microspheres composited with HA:CS (termed as GMHC) achieve sustained release of bioactive Ca, P, and Si elements, which are conducive to osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (BMSCs). These composite microspheres can prevent from forming peralkalic conditions, which is beneficial for cell growth. After injection of cryogel microspheres into rat calvarial defects, neo-bone tissue grows into their pores, showing tight integration. The embedded bioceramic components significantly promote bone regeneration, with the GMHC achieving the best regenerative outcomes. Promisingly, porous organic–inorganic composite cryogel microspheres, with high specific surface area, biodegradability, and osteoinductivity, can act as injectable microscaffolds to repair bone defects with enhanced efficiency, which may widen the scaffold strategy for bone tissue engineering.
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MOLECULES
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2021
·Vol. 26
·期 24
·7464
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IF 4.412
Liya Zeng,Yongchang Liu,Zhihui Yuan,Zhe Wang
The purpose of this work was to evaluate the possibility of adding tea saponin (TS) to reduce the synthetic surfactant concentration, and maintain or improve the shelf stability of nanoemulsions. TheZanthoxylum bungeanumessential oil (2.5 wt%) loaded oil-in-water nanoemulsions were co-stabilized by Tween 40 (0.5–2.5 wt%) and TS (0.1–5 wt%). A combination of several analytical techniques, such as dynamic laser scattering, interfacial tension, zeta potential, and transmission electron microscope, were used for the characterization of nanoemulsions. Low levels of TS (0.1–0.5 wt%) with Tween 40 had significant effects on the emulsification, and a nanoemulsion with the smallest droplet diameter of 89.63 ± 0.67 nm was obtained. However, in the presence of high TS concentration (0.5–5 wt%), micelles generated by the non-adsorbed surfactants in the aqueous lead to droplets growth. In addition, the combinations of Tween 40 and TS at the high level (>3.5 wt%) exerted a synergistic effect on stabilizing the nanoemulsions and preventing both Ostwald ripening and coalescence. The negative charged TS endowed the droplets with electrostatic repulsion and steric hinderance appeared to prevent flocculation and coalescence. These results would provide a potential application of natural TS in the preparation and stabilization of nanoemulsions containing essential oil.Keywords:tea saponin;Zanthoxylum bungeanum;biosurfactants;Ostwald ripening;electrostatic repulsion
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2021
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Xin Ge,Weili Song,Xinzhi Chen,Chao Qian,Shaodong Zhou,Xuemin Liu
A tandem process of micellar catalysis and cloud point extraction (CPE) is developed for copper-catalyzed Ullmann C-S coupling reactions in water. The functional nonionic surfactant, amine terminated polyether M2070, affords nano-micelle environment in the aqueous system; the latter splits to two phases above the cloud point temperature (CPT). The nature of the micellar catalysis in M2070 aqueous was investigated by DLS, EDS, XPS, IR, TEM and 1 H NMR. M2070 was verified to provide nano-space for encapsulation and aggregation of the substrates. More importantly, the metallic micelle formed by M2070 chelating copper was identified. It is noteworthy that excellent productivity in pre-micellar catalysis of C-S coupling reactions was obtained with good tolerance of substrate. Finally, the water-micelle system was separated into two phases above the CPT thus to achieve the product separation. Furthermore, the M2070/water system can be recycled and reused.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES
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2020
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Liang Hong,Jia-Lin Wang,Jun-Xian Geng,Yi-Hua Zhao,Gao-Xin Zhou,Jia Zhang,Li-Wei Liu,Jun-Le Qu
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as one of the most promising modalities to treat cancers. However, the hypoxic microenvironment in tumors severely limits the efficiency of PDT. IR780 is a near-infrared light activatable photosensitizer for PDT. It has attracted intensive attention owing to its intriguing properties such as mitochondria-targeting ability and fluorescence imaging capability. Nevertheless, its application in tumor treatment is hampered by its low aqueous solubility and poor stability. To address these obstacles, here we designed a novel hierarchical nanoplatform containing a uniquely stable high loading capacity oxygen carrier (perfluoropolyether, in short, PFPE) and IR780. This nanoplatform (IR780-P/W NE, in abbreviation for IR780-PFPE-in-water nanoemulsion) has no detectable dark cytotoxicity. It not only improves the aqueous solubility and stability of IR780, but also transports oxygen to relieve hypoxia and boosts the efficiency of near-infrared light triggered PDT via augmentation of reactive oxygen species generation. Particularly, the innovative nanosized oxygen carrier developed in this research, P/W NE, is a potential universal platform for loading hydrophobic photosensitizers (including but not limited to IR780), sonosensitizers, or radiosensitizers, and simultaneously improving the therapeutic efficacy. Our results highlight the intriguing potential of the developed nanoemulsions for mitigating tumor hypoxia and enhancing the efficiencies of oxygen-dependent therapies including PDT, sonodynamic therapy, radiotherapy, and so on.
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ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
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2020
·Vol. 113
·期 10
·1467-1477
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IF 2.674
Yin Yi-Rui,Sang Peng,Yang Feng-Li,Li Tao,Yang Run-Feng,Liu Hong-Yan,Luo Zong-Long,Li Wen-Jun,Yang Li-Quan
A β-glucosidase gene ( bsbgl1a ) from Bacillus sp. CGMCC 1.16541 was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 and subsequently characterized. The amino acid sequence shared 83.64% identity with β-glucosidase (WP_066390903.1) from Fictibacillus phosphorivorans . The recombinant β-glucosidase (BsBgl1A) had a molecular weight of 52.2 kDa and could hydrolyze cellobiose, cellotriose, cellotetrose, p-nitrophenyl-β- d -glucopyranoside ( p NPG), and p-nitrophenyl-β- d -xylopyranoside ( p NPX). Optimal activity for BsBgl1A was recorded at 45 °C with a pH between 5.6 and 7.6, and 100% of its activity was maintained after a 24 h incubation between pH 4 and 9. Kinetic characterization revealed an enzymatic turnover (Kcat) of 616 ± 2 s −1 (with cellobiose) and 3.5 ± 0.1 s −1 (with p-nitrophenyl-β- d -glucopyranoside). Interestingly, the recombinant enzyme showed cupric ion (Cu 2+ ), sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and alcohol tolerance at 10 mM for Cu 2+ and 10% for both SDS and alcohol. Additionally, BsBgl1A had high tolerance for glucose (Ki = 2095 mM), which is an extremely desirable feature for industrial applications. Following the addition of BsBgl1A (0.05 mg/ml) to a commercial cellulase reaction system, glucose yields from sugarcane bagasse increased 100% after 1 day at 45 °C. This work identifies a Cu 2+ , SDS, alcohol, and glucose tolerant GH1 β-glucosidase with potential applications in the hydrolysis of cellulose for the bioenergy industry.
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JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE-POLYMER EDITION
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2020
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Jianping Mao,Pengfei Wei,Zuoying Yuan,Wei Jing,Jingjing Cao,Guangping Li,Jianxun Guo,Honggang Wang,Dafu Chen,Qing Cai
There are intensive needs for scaffolds with new designs to meet the diverse requirements of bone repairing. Biodegradable microspheres are highlighted as injectable micro-scaffolds thanks to their advantages in filling irregular defects via a minimally invasive surgery. In this study, microspheres with surface micropores were made via the W1/O/W2 double emulsion method using amphiphilic triblock copolymers (PLLA-PEG-PLLA) composed of poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) segments. When the PEG fraction was controlled as 10 wt.%, the microspheres demonstrated higher cell affinity than the smooth-surfaced PLLA microspheres. After being further functionalized with polydopamine coating and apatite deposition, the PLLA-PEG-PLLA microspheres could up-regulate the osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (BMSCs) significantly. Before subcutaneous implantation, bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) was adsorbed onto the biomineralized microspheres by taking advantages of the strong affinity of apatite to BMP-2. The resulted microspheres induced ectopic osteogenesis efficiently without causing biocompatibility problems. In summary, this study provided a simple strategy to prepare functionalized microspheres with osteoconductivity and osteoinductivity, which showed great potential in promoting bone regeneration as injectable micro-scaffolds.
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JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A
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2021
·Vol. 109
·期 12
·2580-2596
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IF 4.396
Yiqian Huang,Zhiyun Du,Tianyi Zheng,Wei Jing,Huanhuan Liu,Xue Liu,Jianping Mao,Xu Zhang,Qing Cai,Dafu Chen,Xiaoping Yang
Many osteoconductive and osteoinductive scaffolds have been developed for promoting bone regeneration; however, failures would occur in osteogenesis when the defect area is significantly infected while the biomaterials have no antibacterial performances. Herein, a kind of multipurpose PATGP@PDA + Ag microspheres was prepared via emulsion method by using a conductive aniline tetramer (AT) substituted polyphosphazene (PATGP), followed by polydopamine (PDA) modification and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) loading. The PATGP@PDA + Ag microspheres demonstrated a strong antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus both in vitro and in vivo, while showing no cytotoxicity at an optimized AgNPs loading amount. Due to the electron-donor structure of the AT moieties, the PATGP@PDA + Ag microspheres displayed antioxidant capacities to scavenge reactive oxygen species (ROS). Due to their phosphorus-rich feature, the PATGP@PDA + Ag microspheres favored the osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs). As controls, nonconductive microspheres (PAGP@PDA, PAGP@PDA + Ag) were prepared similarly by using poly[(ethylalanine)(ethylglycyl)]phosphazene (PAGP). By co-implanting these microspheres with S. aureus into rat calvarial defects, among them, it was determined that the PATGP@PDA + Ag microspheres achieved the most abundant neo-bone formation, benefiting from their antibacterial, antioxidant and osteogenic activities. These results revealed that AgNPs loaded scaffolds made of conductive polyphosphazenes were promising for the regeneration of infected bone defects.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2019
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Feiran Li,Wenting Kong,Bharat Bhushan,Xuezeng Zhao,Yunlu Pan
Materials with switchable wettability by external stimuli are of interest in on-demand oil-water separation. Among these materials, ultraviolet (UV) light-stimuli TiO 2 -based materials are considered as predominant candidates due to the photoinduced superliquiphilicity of TiO 2 . Besides the photoinduced superliquiphilic property, the photocatalysis is another important intrinsic property of TiO 2 which has applications in liquid purification. Therefore, TiO 2 -based material with these two properties can achieve both separation of diverse oil-water mixtures and liquid purification. In this study, a substrate-independent, UV-driven switchable superliquiphobic/superliquiphilic coating was developed by a facile one-pot method. The wettability of the coating can be rapidly switched between superhydrophobicity/superoleophilicity and superhydrophilicity/underwater superoleophobicity by UV irradiation and heating process, which can be used for on-demand separation of both immiscible oil-water mixtures and emulsions. Such a coating can also be used for the degradation of soluble contamination in water during UV irradiation due to the photocatalysis property of TiO 2 . The coating provides an effective solution for both on-demand oil-water separation and water purification , which is of interest in both industrial and domestic applications.
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Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
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2020
·Vol. 11
·期 4
·1245-1253
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IF 2.602
Yin Yi-Rui,Sang Peng,Xiao Min,Xian Wen-Dong,Dong Zhou-Yan,Liu Lan,Yang Li-Quan,Li Wen-Jun
A β-glucosidase obtained from Thermobifida halotolerans YIM 90462 T was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 and subsequently characterized. The recombinant enzyme ThBGL1A showed optimal activity at 45 °C and pH 6, but also showed high activity from 40 to 55 °C and pH 5.6–6.6. Its half-life activity was 58 min at 50 °C. ThBGL1A exhibited notable cold-adapted activity, retaining 13.1%, 49.4%, and 83.5% of its optimal activity at 5, 25, and 30 °C, respectively. Kinetic characterization revealed an enzymatic turnover (Kcat) of 30 s −1 (cellobiose), 41.8 s −1 (p-nitrophenyl-β- d -glucopyranoside), and 52.6 s −1 (p-nitrophenyl-β- d -galactopyranoside). Moreover, ThBGL1A had high tolerance for salt, xylose, and glucose, which are extremely desirable features for industrial applications. Interestingly, its Ki for glucose was 932 mM and more than 80% of its optimal activity in the presence of 2000 mM xylose. After the addition of ThBGL1A (0.05 mg/ml) to a commercial cellulase reaction system, glucose yields from sugarcane bagasse were increased 20% and 18% after 1 day at 30 °C and 45 °C, respectively. Overall, this work identifies a cold-adapted, salt- and glucose-tolerant β-glucosidase with potential applications in commercial cellulose utilization and the bioenergy industry.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2019
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Feiran Li,Bharat Bhushan,Yunlu Pan,Xuezeng Zhao
Oil contamination is pressing environmental and natural resource issues. Oil-water separation technology can be used for water purification . Traditional methods are either time consuming or energy intensive. Bioinspired materials with combination of affinity and/or repellence towards oil and water in mesh-based methods have attracted widespread attention in the oil-water separation. Among existing materials, superhydrophobic/superoleophilic materials are prone to contamination by oil. Superhydrophilic/underwater superoleophobic materials can only operate underwater which restricts the practical use. In contrast, superoleophobic/superhydrophilic materials are desirable for oil-water separation. However, traditional mesh-based method cannot be used for separation of emulsions since the dispersed microdroplets can easily pass through the mesh pores. Superhydrophobic/superoleophilic cotton has been used for separation of water-in-oil emulsions. In this study, a facile method to fabricate bioinspired superoleophobic/superhydrophilic cotton was developed. The functionalized cotton exhibits an oil-repellent and water-wetting behavior and is capable of separating both immiscible oil-water mixtures and also oil-in-water emulsions without oil contamination. This developed cotton is of interest for various applications.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2019
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Pengfei Wei,Zuoying Yuan,Wei Jing,Yiqian Huang,Qing Cai,Binbin Guan,Zihao Liu,Xu Zhang,Jianping Mao,Dafu Chen,Xiaoping Yang
Alendronate, a nitrogen-containing bisphosphate, is commonly used for the treatment of osteoporosis, showing the potential in enhancing osteogenesis. To improve the osteo-promoting effect of injectable biomineralized microspheres for bone tissue engineering applications, in this study, alendronate was incorporated onto the microspheres during their biomineralization procedure in simulated body fluid (SBF). For the purpose, the microspheres were made of biodegradable poly( l -lactide)-poly(ethylene glycol) block copolymer, which had rough surface with gelatin coating via the (W 1 /O)/W 2 emulsion preparation method. Different amounts (25 μM, 50 μM or 100 μM) of alendronate were dissolved in the 5-times SBF and incorporated as calcium minerals depositing onto the microspheres, and thus displaying different release behaviors of alendronate. The cell culture results using bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (BMSCs) demonstrated that the microspheres prepared from the 50 μM of alendronate had the strongest promotion on osteogenic differentiation, while displayed insignificant adverse effect on cell proliferation and viability. By adding Noggin (an inhibitor for bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)) into the culture systems, it was proposed that BMP signaling pathway was one of the possible pathways for alendronate playing its activating effect. In vivo evaluation was conducted by injecting the alendronate-loaded microspheres subcutaneously into rabbit back, in which, histological and immunohistological analysis were done to assess ectopic neovascularization and osteogenesis. Promisingly, the potential of biomineralized microspheres in promoting osteogenesis was significantly strengthened with the incorporation of alendronate. Therefore, a proper application of alendronate in bone repairing materials can be an effective strategy targeting bone regeneration.
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