CARBON
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2022
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IF 11.307
Zhuohan Chen,Xiaojing Su,Wenjian Wu,Jiale Zhou,Tao Wu,Yunhui Wu,Huali Xie,Kunquan Li
Recently, the membrane separation materials show promising applications in the fields of crude oil removal because of their low energy consumption and less secondary pollution. However, the membrane separation materials suffer problem of low separation efficiency due to the high viscosity of crude oil. Here, a superhydrophobic material with Joule heat and photothermal effect was prepared by decorating the delignified wood with reduced graphene oxide (GSH) and vinyl terminated polydimethylsiloxane (V-PDMS) through thiol-ene click reaction. The prepared PDMS@GSH wood exhibited stable superhydrophobicity with a water contact angle of 156°. Meanwhile, the GSH layer provided promising electrothermal effect that endowed the PDMS@GSH wood with excellent crude oil/water separation capability under the Joule heat with a surface temperature of 139 °C and separation rate of 1.78 × 10 5 kg m −3 h −1 . Besides, the PDMS@GSH wood displayed a good photothermal effect that assisted with the Joule heat to heat the wood for crude oil removal to save energy. More importantly, the PDMS was crosslinked with GSH on the wood via thiol-ene click reaction, leading to the stable superhydrophobicity and electrical conductivity in strong acid or alkali environment. This material has broad application prospects in crude oil clean-up due to its high separation speed and easy large-scale production.
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材料科学
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环境工程
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POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY
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2019
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IF 3.78
Jianbing Li,Xiufang Li,Hui Liu,Tao Ren,Ling Huang,Zhiwei Deng,Yanjing Yang,Shian Zhong
Glutathione (GSH)/light dual-responsive supramolecular drug carriers (abbreviated as CPAP) based on CD-PEG⊃Azo-PCL were fabricated for intracellular delivery of doxorubicin (DOX). The carriers were spherical with a diameter of 70–90 nm and exhibited GSH/light sensitivity. The GSH response attributed to disulfide bonds between PEG and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD), and the light response was achieved by a simple host-guest interaction between β-CD and azobenzene . DOX was encapsulated into the hydrophobic core of CPAP. The drug loaded CPAP ( [email protected] ) displayed the fastest drug release in the presence of GSH and light simultaneously. The cytotoxicities of CPAP and [email protected] were explored by SKOV3 cells and HEK293T cells. The results of cell experiments indicated that [email protected] could effectively inhibit cancer cells while had reduced toxicity to normal cells. We believe that [email protected] drug delivery system may present promising application for precisely controllable drug release.
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生物材料学
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药剂学
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肿瘤学
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2015
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IF 6.723
Chuanzhen Zhao,Zelong Bai,Xiangyou Liu,Yijia Zhang,Bingsuo Zou,Haizheng Zhong
An efficient ligand exchange strategy for aqueous phase transfer of hydrophobic CuInS2/ZnS quantum dots was developed by employing glutathione (GSH) and mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) as the ligands. The whole process takes less than 20 min and can be scaled up to gram amount. The material characterizations show that the final aqueous soluble samples are solely capped with GSH on the surface. Importantly, these GSH-capped CuInS2/ZnS quantum dots have small size (hydrodynamic diameter <10 nm), moderate fluorescent properties (up to 34%) as well as high stability in aqueous solutions (stable for more than three months in 4 °C without any significant fluorescence quenching). Moreover, this ligand exchange strategy is also versatile for the aqueous phase transfer of other hydrophobic quantum dots, for instance, CuInSe2 and CdSe/ZnS quantum dots. We further demonstrated that GSH-capped quantum dots could be suitable fluorescence markers to penetrate cell membrane and image the cells. In addition, the GSH-capped CuInS2 quantum dots also have potential use in other fields such as photocatalysis and quantum dots sensitized solar cells.
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材料科学
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生物学
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医学
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ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY
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2021
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IF 3.493
Caixia Cui,Mengyuan Kong,Yihan Wang,Chenyan Zhou,Hong Ming
Polyphosphate kinase (PPK) is important for industrial processes involving ATP regeneration. While a variety of methods have been reported for regenerating ATP from ADP, few have explored enzyme catalyzed ATP regeneration from cheaper and stable AMP. In this work, PPKs from different sources were expressed and their catalytic activity were tested at different reaction temperatures, reaction pH and with different polyphosphate (polyP n ) types. The ATP regeneration system for glutathione (GSH) synthesis was established using a single PPK capable of phosphorylating AMP to synthesize ATP from AMP and short chain polyP n . GSH yield was obtained using adenosine mono-, di- and triphosphates, which confirmed the flexibility of our constructed ATP regeneration system coupled with GSH synthesis via bifunctional GSH synthase. Finally, optimization of the GSH synthesis yielded conversion value above 80 %. Overall, these results illustrate that PPK is suitable for a broader range of substrates than previously expected, and has great untapped potential for applications involving ATP regeneration.
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生物化学
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生物技术
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工业生物处理
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高影响因子
MOLECULES
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2024
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IF 4.2
Sitong Lai,Bing Wang,Kunhui Sun,Fan Li,Qian Liu,Xie-An Yu,Lihe Jiang,Lisheng Wang
The integration of a multidimensional treatment dominated by active ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), including enhanced chemotherapy and synergistically amplification of oxidative damage, into a nanoplatform would be of great significance for furthering accurate and effective cancer treatment with the active ingredients of TCM. Herein, in this study, we designed and synthesized four matrine-proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) (depending on different lengths of the chains named LST-1, LST-2, LST-3, and LST-4) based on PROTAC technology to overcome the limitations of matrine. LST-4, with better anti-tumor activity than matrine, still degrades p-Erk and p-Akt proteins. Moreover, LST-4 NPs formed via LST-4 self-assembly with stronger anti-tumor activity and glutathione (GSH) depletion ability could be enriched in lysosomes through their outstanding enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect. Then, we synthesized LST-4@ZnPc NPs with a low-pH-triggered drug release property that could release zinc(II) phthalocyanine (ZnPc) in tumor sites. LST-4@ZnPc NPs combine the application of chemotherapy and phototherapy, including both enhanced chemotherapy from LST-4 NPs and the synergistic amplification of oxidative damage, through increasing the reactive oxygen species (ROS) by photodynamic therapy (PDT), causing an GSH decrease via LST-4 mediation to effectively kill tumor cells. Therefore, multifunctional LST-4@ZnPc NPs are a promising method for killing cancer cells, which also provides a new paradigm for using natural products to kill tumors.
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药学
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肿瘤学
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纳米医学
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JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE-POLYMER EDITION
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2021
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IF 3.517
Jinsong Du,Lijuan Wang,Xiao Han,Jie Dou,Jiang Yuan,Jian Shen
Drug-loaded nanoparticles have been widely used in the field of tumor treatment due to their low side effects and reduced frequency of administration. In this study, pH and glutathione (GSH) dual-responsive keratin-tannic acid (TA) complex nanoparticles were established to trigger drug release under tumor microenvironments. Reductive keratin was first extracted using a reduction method. Then, keratin-TA complex nanoparticles (KNPs) were self-assembled via non-covalent interaction and further stabilized by self-crosslinking of thiols. This method was facile and green without chemicals during the whole procedure. KNPs exhibited pH and GSH dual responsiveness as well as charge reversibility in the simulated tumor microenvironment. The anticancer drug of doxorubicin (DOX) was loaded on KNPs by hydrophobicity and hydrogen bonds. Drug-loaded KNPs accelerated drug release under mimicked tumor microenvironments, performing high toxic against A549 cells while low toxic on normal cells. Besides, drug-loaded nanoparticles could be endocytosed by tumor cells. Based on these results, KNPs may serve as drug carriers for therapeutic delivery.
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药剂学
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肿瘤学
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生物材料学
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2017
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IF 7.504
Yajing Liu,Shaojia Zhu,Kaizhi Gu,Zhiqian Guo,Xiaoyu Huang,Mingwei Wang,Hesham M. Amin,Weihong Zhu,Ping Shi
Theranostic prodrug therapy enables the targeted delivery of anticancer drugs with minimized adverse effects and real-time in situ monitoring of activation of the prodrugs. In this work, we report the synthesis and biological assessment of the near-infrared (NIR) prodrug DCM-S-PPT and its amphiphilic copolymer (mPEG-DSPE)-encapsulated nanoparticles. DCM-S-PPT is composed of podophyllotoxin (PPT) as the anticancer moiety and a dicyanomethylene-4H-pyran (DCM) derivative as the NIR fluorescent reporter, which are linked by a thiol-specific cleavable disulfide bond. In vitro experiments indicated that DCM-S-PPT has low cytotoxicity and that glutathione (GSH) can activate DCM-S-PPT resulting in PPT release and a concomitant significant enhancement in NIR fluorescence at 665 nm. After being intravenously injected into tumor-bearing nude mice, DCM-S-PPT exhibited excellent tumor-activated performance. Furthermore, we have demonstrated that mPEG-DSPE as a nanocarrier loaded with DCM-S-PPT (mPEG-DSPE/DCM-S-PPT) showed even greater tumor-targeting performance than DCM-S-PPT on account of the enhanced permeability and retention effect. Its tumor-targeting ability and specific drug release in tumors make DCM-S-PPT a promising prodrug that could provide a significant strategy for theranostic drug delivery systems.
研究领域:
药学
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生物医学工程
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癌症研究
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纳米技术
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药物递送系统
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ACS Applied Bio Materials
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2021
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IF 0
Hui-Zhen Yang,Ji Zhang,Yu Guo,Lin Pu,Xiao-Qi Yu
Nonviral gene vectors with stimulus responsiveness and self-reporting properties have broad application prospects in gene therapy. Herein, we developed a nanosized reduction-responsive cationic liposomal vector formed from DNS(Zn), in which a naphthalimide–sulfonamide group was used as the glutathione (GSH)-responsive group to generate a blue fluorescence signal at 458 nm. Macrocyclic polyamine (cyclen) was used as a cationic headgroup to facilitate Zn(II) coordination, which may reduce the cytotoxicity and improve transfection efficiency. The Zn-free and nonresponsive analogues were used for comparison. Fluorescent assays revealed that the GSH response of DNS(Zn) could increase the blue fluorescence signal and improve the DNA release in cells. The title material also showed higher positive ζ-potential than its nonresponsive analogue, resulting in stronger DNA binding ability and better cellular uptake. These advantages made DNS(Zn) a good candidate for nonviral gene delivery, and the transfection efficiency in HeLa cells was distinctly higher than that of its analogue and the commercially available transfection reagent. Besides plasmid DNA, DNS(Zn) could also deliver small interfering RNA (siRNA) with good gene silencing efficiency, extending the application of the liposomes. These results suggest that DNS(Zn) can serve as a highly efficient nucleic acid delivery vector with reduction-responsive fluorescence self-reporting ability in tumor cells.
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生物化学
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分子生物学
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基因治疗
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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
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2024
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IF 18.5
Qianyu Yang,Gang Wu,Yefeng Yang,Yang Zhou,Jiali Song,Huile Gao,Weiyuan Huang
Based on the properties of photodynamic therapy (PDT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), combining them to construct multifunctional nanotheranostics can leverage strengths and avoid weaknesses for tumor diagnosis and treatment. However, certain problems remain unsolved, notably the short observation window caused by insufficient retention time. In this study, a GSH-responsive shape-transformable nanotheranostics Gd-Ce6-FFVLGGGC-SS-PEG are designed (abbreviated as GdCFS) by combining a single metal Gd with Ce6, and peptide (Phe-Phe-Val-Leu-Gly-Gly-Gly-Cys) disulfide-conjugated with polyethylene glycol (PEG) to perform dual-modal T 1 /T 2 MRI specifically at the tumor site. Due to its amphiphilic features, GdCFS can self-assemble to spherical nanoparticles, while transforming to nanofibers (NFs) in the presence of intracellular overexpressed GSH stimuli. After NFs formation, the hydrophobic core of GdCFS is exposed, resulting in T 1 positive contrast enhancement, whereas NFs can simultaneously achieve T 2 negative contrast enhancement. Furthermore, GSH depletion can cause imbalance in intracellular redox state, ultimately improving PDT efficacy. GdCFS benefits from the shape-transformation in terms of sufficient retention time, thus positively minimizing the toxicity risk. On the tumor model of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, in vivo and in vitro outcomes confirm that GdCFS can be a promising candidate for early diagnosis, real-time monitoring, and precise treatment of tumors with great biocompatibility.
研究领域:
医学
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纳米医学
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肿瘤学
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影像学
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DYES AND PIGMENTS
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2018
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IF 3.767
Chengjun Wang,Xiang Xia,Jirong Luo,Ying Qian
A novel near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probe BODIPY-ONs for sensitive and selective detection of glutathione (GSH) was reported. The probe carried with 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonyl group (DNBS) as quenching group was non-fluorescent. Upon addition of glutathione, an obvious NIR fluorescence recovery centered at 656 nm was observed and the quantum yield increased to 0.48, while other thiol-lacking amino acids did not generate any change. Compared with Cys and Hcy, BODIPY-ONs showed the highest response toward GSH. The limit of detection (LOD) for GSH was calculated as 131 nM from the titration experiments. The cleavage of the suphonate induced by GSH was proposed, which was supported by Mass spectral analysis and HPLC analysis. Further theoretical calculation indicated that an intermolecular hydrogen bond assited thiolysis process was the reason that BODIPY-ONs can discriminate GSH from Cys and Hcy. Moreover, probe BODIPY-ONs could also be used for endogenous and exogenous GSH detection in living cells.
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生物化学
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医学诊断
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分子生物学
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MOLECULAR PHARMACEUTICS
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2023
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IF 4.9
Zhaomin Tang,Shuting Jiang,Wanlan Tang,Qian He,Huangzhao Wei,Chengyu Jin,Shuai Wang,Hui Zhang
Chemodynamic therapy (CDT) that involves the use of Fenton catalysts to convert endogenous hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) to hydroxyl radicals (·OH) constitutes a promising strategy for cancer therapy; however, insufficient endogenous H2O2 and glutathione (GSH) overexpression render its efficiency unsatisfactory. Herein, we present an intelligent nanocatalyst that comprises copper peroxide nanodots and DOX-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) (DOX@MSN@CuO2) and can self-supply exogenous H2O2 and respond to specific tumor microenvironments (TME). Following endocytosis into tumor cells, DOX@MSN@CuO2 initially decomposes into Cu2+ and exogenous H2O2 in the weakly acidic TME. Subsequently, Cu2+ reacts with high GSH concentrations, thereby inducing GSH depletion and reducing Cu2+ to Cu+ Next, the generated Cu+ undergoes Fenton-like reactions with exogenous H2O2 to accelerate toxic ·OH production, which exhibits a rapid reaction rate and is responsible for tumor cell apoptosis, thereby enhancing CDT. Furthermore, the successful delivery of DOX from the MSNs achieves chemotherapy and CDT integration. Thus, this excellent strategy can resolve the problem of insufficient CDT efficacy due to limited H2O2 and GSH overexpression. Integrating H2O2 self-supply and GSH deletion enhances CDT, and DOX-induced chemotherapy endows DOX@MSN@CuO2 with effective tumor growth-inhibiting properties alongside minimal side effects in vivo.
研究领域:
肿瘤学
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生物医学工程
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药理学
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BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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2020
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IF 4.831
Shengling Li,Duanlin Cao,Xianjiao Meng,Zhiyong Hu,Zhichun Li,Changchun Yuan,Tao Zhou,Xinghua Han,Wenbing Ma
Given the important role of biothiols in various physiological processes, there is a need to develop novel fluorescent sensors for detecting them. Herein, a novel “on-off-on” fluorescent sensor (E)- N' -((7-(diethylamino)-2-oxo-2 H -chromen-3-yl)methylene)-6-((quinolin-8-yloxy)methyl)picolinohydrazide ( PQC ) was synthesized and its absorbance and fluorescence properties were characterized. The sensor PQC could form a stable complex and showed a significant fluorescence quenching response to Cu 2+ with a quenching efficiency of approximately 100%, and the PQC- Cu 2+ complex showed a fluorescence enhancement response to GSH with a higher recovery rate of above 80% in a CH 3 OH/HEPES (9:1 v/v, pH = 7.23) buffer system. Its detection limits were determined to be 0.17 μM for Cu 2+ and 0.20 μM for GSH, and the binding stoichiometry of PQC- Cu 2+ was determined to be 1: 1 by Job’s plot method. Importantly, the sensor PQC can be used for filter paper strip tests and bioimaging in living cells.
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生物化学
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分析化学
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细胞生物学
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