Bioengineering & Translational Medicine
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2024
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Juan Deng,Juan Qin,Guolin Song,Chenghai Li,Wentao Tang,Yilin Tang,Xinfang Xiao,Liu Wu,Sicheng He,Yiqing Zhou,Junfen Li,Yan Wang
The potential of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) in regulating ovarian function has been demonstrated; however, there is a lack of scientific evidence regarding the long-term efficacy of LIPUS in treating ovarian injury and understanding its regulatory mechanisms. In this study, 4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide (VCD) was used to induce ovarian injury in rats, and LIPUS was applied to target the damaged ovarian tissues. The research aimed to investigate the long-term protective effect of LIPUS against ovum toxicity induced by VCD and elucidate the associated molecular mechanisms. During the experiment, HE staining was employed for observing the morphology and structure of the ovary, while protein sequencing was utilized for identifying and confirming the molecular mechanism through which LIPUS restores the damaged ovarian structure. The long-term effectiveness of LIPUS in protecting against ovarian injury was evaluated through ELISA, estrous cycle monitoring, fertility testing, and behavioral analysis. The results indicated that LIPUS effectively restored the structure of damaged ovaries. Both in vivo and in vitro studies revealed that this protective effect may be attributed to LIPUS inhibiting apoptosis of ovarian granulosa cells (GCs) by regulating Daxx-mediated ASK1/JNK signaling pathway. Subsequent functional tests demonstrated significant improvements in sex hormone secretion and regulation of estrous cycle within 6 cycles following LIPUS treatment. Additionally, there was a notable increase in offspring numbers after mating. Behavioral analysis revealed that LIPUS effectively alleviated menopausal symptoms resulting from ovarian injury including mood fluctuations, cognitive behavior changes, and reduced muscle excitability levels. These findings suggest that beneficial effects of LIPUS may help reduce VCD-induced ovarian damage with long-term efficacy.
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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
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2017
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IF 3.981
Jingtang Li,Tao Yu,Guangfu Xu,Yingxiang Du,Zongran Liu,Zijie Feng,Xuan Yang,Ying Xi,Jie Liu
Recently,ionic liquids (ILs) functionalized cyclodextrins (CDs) have attracted more and more attention in the fields of enantioseparation. In this study, a novel IL amino triazolium functionalized β-CD derivative, mono-6-deoxy-6-(4-amino-1,2,4-triazolium)-β-cyclodextrin chloride (4-ATMCDCl), was synthesized for the first time and managed to separate dansyl amino acids and naproxen by capillary electrophoresis (CE). Compared with native β-CD, the new selector exhibited good water solubility and enhanced enantioselectivity. Several crucial parameters such as selector concentration, buffer pH, and applied voltage were systematically investigated. The molecular docking program Autodock was applied to further demonstrate the mechanism of chiral recognition and the enhanced enantioselectivity of 4-ATMCDCl, which showed good agreement with our experimental results.
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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2021
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Hao-Min Song,Li-Xia Zhao,Shuai-Qi Zhang,Tong Ye,Ying Fu,Fei Ye
Cinnamic acid, isolated from cinnamon bark, is a natural product with excellent bioactivity, and it effectively binds with cyclohexanedione to form novel 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitors. According to the active sub-structure combination principle, a series of novel 3-hydroxy-2-cinnamoyl-2-en-1-one derivatives were designed and synthesized. The title compounds were characterized by infrared, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and HRMS. The in vitro inhibitory activity of AtHPPD verified that compound II-13 showed the most activity with a half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) value of 0.180 μM, which was superior to that of mesotrione (0.206 μM) in vitro. The preliminary herbicidal activity tests demonstrated that some compounds had good herbicidal activity especially compound II-13 at a concentration of 150 g ai/ha. The binding mode of AtHPPD through molecular docking indicated that two oxygens of compounds II-13 formed bidentate interactions with metal ions, and the benzene ring formed π-π accumulation effects with Phe-381 and Phe-424. The results of molecular dynamics simulations showed that compound II-13 exhibited a more stable binding ability with AtHPPD than mesotrione. This study provided insights into the development of natural and efficient herbicides in the future.
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ORGANIC PROCESS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
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2020
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IF 3.023
Zeyu Yang,Wenjie Ye,Youyu Xie,Qinghai Liu,Rong Chen,Hualei Wang,Dongzhi Wei
Bioreductions catalyzed by alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) play an important role in the synthesis of chiral alcohols. However, the synthesis of ethyl (S)-4-chloro-3-hydroxybutyrate [(S)-CHBE], an important drug intermediate, has significant challenges concerning high substrate or product inhibition toward ADHs, which complicates its production. Herein, we evaluated a novel ADH, SmADH31, obtained from the Stenotrophomonas maltophilia genome, which can tolerate extremely high concentrations (6 M) of both substrate and product. The coexpression of SmADH31 and glucose dehydrogenase from Bacillus subtilis in Escherichia coli meant that as much as 660 g L–1 (4.0 M) ethyl 4-chloroacetoacetate was completely converted into (S)-CHBE in a monophasic aqueous system with a >99.9% ee value and a high space-time yield (2664 g L–1 d–1). Molecular dynamics simulation shed light on the high activity and stereoselectivity of SmADH31. Moreover, five other optically pure chiral alcohols were synthesized at high concentrations (100–462 g L–1) as a result of the broad substrate spectrum of SmADH31. All these compounds act as important drug intermediates, demonstrating the industrial potential of SmADH31-mediated bioreductions.
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E-POLYMERS
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2022
·Vol. 22
·期 1
·488-504
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IF 3.074
Fangsheng Wu,Zihua Zhang,Wei Liu,Yuan Liu,Xiujuan Chen,Pingyong Liao,Qiaoying Han,Lun Song,Hong Chen,Wenbin Liu
In this study, a novel material of core–shell structured magnetic molecularly imprinted polymers (Fe 3 O 4 @SiO 2 @Au (FSA)-MIPs) was successfully prepared for the rapid and selective determination of 4-methylmethcathinone (mephedrone, 4-MMC). The adsorption capacity of FSA-MIPs is 34.7 mg·g −1 at 308 K, which is significantly higher than magnetic non-imprinted polymers profiting from the imprinting effect. The FSA-MIPs have a short equilibrium (20 min) and could be reused more than six times. Moreover, the selectivity coefficients of FSA-MIPs for 4-MMC, 3,4-dimethylmethcathinone, butylone, 4-ethylmethcathinone, acetylfentanyl, and methylene blue are 4.01, 5.65, 7.62, 12.30, and 20.87 respectively, further indicating the markedly enhanced binding selectivity of FSA-MIPs. As an adsorbent, the FSA-MIPs were successfully applied for effective extraction of 4-MMC in three human urine samples with the recovery rates ranging from 85.5–92.6%. The results confirmed that the FSA-MIPs have good prospects in the extraction and separation of synthetic cathinones, which is suitable for further application in the criminal sciences field.
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ADSORPTION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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2013
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IF 0.559
Ping Yu,Qilong Sun,Jianming Pan,Zhenjiang Tan,Jiangdong Dai,Yongsheng Yan,Feng Cheng
Poly(styrene–divinylbenzene)/Fe3O4 (Fe3O4@St–DVB) magnetic porous polymer microspheres based on suspension polymerization were prepared for adsorption of 2, 4-dichlorophenol (2, 4-DCP) and 2, 6-dichlorophenol (2, 6-DCP) from aqueous solution. The as-prepared product was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, differential thermal analysis and elemental analysis. The results showed that the composite material has both porous and magnetic characteristics, which aid in faster separation and increase in adsorption capacity. The adsorption performance of the Fe3O4@(St–DVB) magnetic porous microspheres was manifested by batch mode adsorption experiments with respect to pH, initial concentration, contact time and temperature. The adsorbent was found to be sensitive to changes in pH, and the adsorption capacity of 2, 4-DCP is higher than that of 2, 6-DCP. The kinetics experimental data fitted well with the pseudo-second-order model, as three steps belonged to the pseudo-second-order adsorption process. The adsorption isotherms were also described by the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models, respectively. It was found that the Langmuir isotherm model fitted the equilibrium data superior to the Freundlich model. Thermodynamic parameters were calculated by the Gibbs free energy function, confirming that adsorption process was spontaneous and endothermic. In addition, the reusability performance of the Fe3O4@(St–DVB) magnetic porous microspheres was demonstrated by four repeated cycles.
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Analytical Methods
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2015
·Vol. 7
·期 18
·7625-7630
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Yi Li,Jinhui Zhou,Xiaofeng Xue,Liming Wu,Lanzhen Chen,Jinzhen Zhang,Shuming Yang
An optimization method of NBD-F derivatization has been developed for the determination of proline in honey using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection. To determine the free proline in different samples of honey, ultrasound extraction was performed using 0.1 M borate buffer solution as the extraction solvent. Chromatographic separation was performed on a XDB C18 column (150 × 4.6 mm i.d.) using 0.1 M sodium acetate buffer solution (pH 7.2) : methanol : tetrahydrofuran (900 : 95 : 5, respectively, v/v/v) as mobile phase A and methanol as mobile phase B at a flow rate of 1.0 mL min−1 with a run time of 10 min. The assay was linear over a range of 0.15 μg mL−1 to 100.00 μg mL−1 with a lower limit of detection of 3.00 mg kg−1, and recoveries were greater than 90%. The intra-day and inter-day precision was less than 4%. This method was successful in determining free proline in honey, ranging from 80.5 mg kg−1 to 426.4 mg kg−1 in different honey samples.
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
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2023
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IF 6.7
Changjun Zhang,Yi Lu,Jingqi Zhang,Anjie Zang,Jinhui Ren,Zhiyuan Zheng,Miaoliang Fan,Yuanyuan Xie
Recent advances in understanding the role of iron and ROS in cell death suggest new therapeutic avenues to treat organ damage including acute kidney injury (AKI). Inhibiting ferroptosis was expected to have great potential for the treatment of this disease. Ferroptosis is characterized by iron-dependent lipid peroxidation and currently, a majority of reported ferroptosis inhibitors belong to either radical-trapping antioxidants or iron chelators . However, clinically used iron chelators such as deferoxamine and deferiprone have limited efficacy against ferroptosis (generally with EC 50 > 100 μM), despite their proven safety. Herein, we present the rational design of novel ferroptosis inhibitors by incorporating the naturally occurring cinnamic acid scaffold and the 3-hydroxypyridin-4(1 H )-one iron-chelating pharmacophore . Through ABTS ˙ + radical-scavenging assay, oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) measurement, Fe 3+ affinity evaluation, and anti-erastin-induced HT22 cell ferroptosis assays, we identified compound 9c as the most prospective ferroptosis inhibitor (ABTS ˙ + , IC 50 = 4.35 ± 0.05 μM; ORCA = 23.79 ± 0.56 TE; pFe 3+ = 18.59; EC 50 = 14.89 ± 0.08 μM, respectively). Notably, 9c dose-dependently alleviated cell death in cisplatin-induced AKI model. Our results provide insight into the development of new ferroptosis inhibitors through rational incorporation of pharmacophores from existing ferroptosis inhibitors, and compound 9c could be a promising lead compound worth further investigation.
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INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
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2020
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IF 3.573
Xingjie Yang,Xubao Jiang,Muhammad Sohail Bashir,Xiang Zheng Kong
Polyurethanes (PUNs) have been widely used in many fields. However, there are few reports on their microsphere preparation through precipitation polymerization. Herein, uniform PUN microspheres are prepared by precipitation polymerization of toluene diisocyanate and trimethylolpropane, without any surfactant and stabilizer. Under optimized conditions, monomers are fully polymerized within 2 h at a monomer concentration as high as 25.0 wt %, with a high yield of the microspheres (96.9%). By loading Pd on their surface, composite microspheres Pd@PUN are obtained and used as catalysts. 4-Nitrophenol is completely reduced within 1 min, with a kinetic constant of 4.96 min–1, significantly higher than many reported Pd-loaded catalysts, and with comparable reusability. Used in degradation of dye molecules, the catalytic performance is practically unchanged after 20 recycled uses. This work provides a simple method for the preparation of highly uniform PUN microspheres with a high yield and their Pd-loaded catalysts, both of great potential for various applications.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry C
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2024
·Vol. 12
·期 8
·2764-2771
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IF 5.7
Xiao-Feng Wang,Chen-Yan Xu,Rui-Lian Lin,Wen-Qi Sun,Ming-Fu Ye,Li-Xin Xu,Jing-Xin Liu
Multistimuli-responsive materials are highly desirable due to their convenient controllability and potential applications in smart window, sensor and bionic manufacturing. Herein, we designed and synthesized a guest molecule 1-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-oxoethyl]-4,4′-bipyridinium dichloride (FOV·Cl2), whose ketone–enol tautomerism (FOV2+ ↔ FHV+) in aqueous solution is governed by pH values. The solid-state inclusion complex formed β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) and FOV2+ (in the ketone form) demonstrated multiple chromic behaviors under the external stimuli of light, heat and vapors of ammonia and some organic amines, which were characterized by UV-vis and ESR spectroscopy. For comparison, the chromic behavior of the solid-state inclusion complex of β-CD with FHV+ (in the enol form) was also investigated. In addition, we found that the fluorescence emission of the inclusion complex FOV2+@β-CD can be reversibly modulated by the photochromic process. The chromic and fluorescent properties of the FOV2+@β-CD endow it with practical utility in inkless printing, ammonia sensing and multiple anti-counterfeiting. This work focused on demonstrating the multistimuli-responsive chromic behaviors of the inclusion complexes and exploring their promising applications.
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TOXICOLOGY
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2017
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IF 3.582
Juanli Fu,Xiaomin Xia,Zixuan Liu,Yawen Wang,Yuxin Wang,Qiong Shi,Xiufang Song,Erqun Song,Yang Song
This study is aimed to investigate the inflammation and neurological dysfunction induced by tetrachloro- p -benzoquinone (TCBQ) through Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling. We also investigated the protective role of melatonin as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent. In vitro model was established by rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells, meanwhile, TLR4 wild-type (C57BL/6) and knockout mice (C57BL/10ScNJ TLR4 −/− ) were used as in vivo model. In vitro study showed TCBQ exposure enhanced the expression of TLR4, myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) at both transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. By contrast, melatonin decreased TLR4 and MyD88 expressions. Moreover, our result indicated that melatonin disrupted the formation of TLR4/MyD88/MD2/CD14 complex. In addition, melatonin terminated TCBQ-mediated phosphorylation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), p38, and extracellular regulated protein kinase (ERK) signaling and hampered its downstream pro-inflammatory cytokine releases. In vivo result also indicated TLR4 deficiency partially protected against TCBQ-induced morphological and neuropathological changes in mice brain, suggested the role of TLR4. In conclusion, melatonin modulates TCBQ-mediated inflammatory genes through TLR4/MyD88-dependent signaling pathway. Our current study, to the best of our knowledge, is the first time show melatonin not only disrupt the binding of TLR4 and MyD88, but also restricted the formation of TLR4/MD2/CD14 complex, suggesting that melatonin supplementary may represent a valuable therapeutic strategy for inflammatory neurological dysfunction.
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DRUG METABOLISM AND DISPOSITION
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2022
·Vol. 50
·期 4
·341-350
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IF 3.579
Yingqiong Zhang,Yujia Chen,Binxin Dai,Mengru Bai,Shuanghui Lu,Nengming Lin,Hui Zhou,Huidi Jiang
Estrogen biosynthesis in human placental trophoblasts requires the human organic anion transporter 4 (hOAT4)-mediated uptake of fetal derived precursors such as dehydroepiandrosterone-3-sulfate (DHEAS) and 16α-hydroxy-DHEA-S (16α-OH-DHEAS). Scant information is available concerning the contribution of fetal metabolites on the impact of placental estrogen precursor transport and the followed estrogen synthesis. This study substantiated the roles of bilirubin as well as bile acids (taurochenodeoxycholic acid, taurocholic acid, glycochenodeoxycholic acid, chenodeoxycholic acid) on the inhibition of hOAT4-mediated uptake of probe substrate 6-carboxylfluorescein and DHEAS in stably transfected hOAT4-Chinese hamster ovary cells, with the IC50 of 1.53 and 0.98 μM on 6-carboxylfluorescein and DHEAS, respectively, for bilirubin, and 90.2, 129, 16.4, and 12.3 μM on 6-CF for taurochenodeoxycholic acid, glycochenodeoxycholic acid, taurocholic acid, and chenodeoxycholic acid. Bilirubin (2.5–10 μM) concentration-dependently inhibited the accumulation of estradiol precursor DHEAS in human choriocarcinoma JEG-3 cells (reduced by 60% at 10 μM) and primary human trophoblast cells (reduced by 80% at 10 μM). Further study confirmed that bilirubin (0.625–2.5 μM) concentration-dependently reduced the synthesis and secretion of estradiol in primary human trophoblast cells, among which 2.5 μM of bilirubin reduced the synthesis of estradiol by 30% and secretion by 35%. In addition, immunostaining and Western blot results revealed a distinct downregulation of hOAT4 protein expression in primary human trophoblast cells pretreated with 2.5 μM of bilirubin. In conclusion, this study demonstrated that bilirubin reduced the uptake of estrogen precursors and the followed synthesis of estradiol in human placenta via inhibition and downregulation of organic anion transporter 4.
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