Polymer Chemistry
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2013
·Vol. 4
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Zong-Quan Wu,Deng-Feng Liu,Ying Wang,Na Liu,Jun Yin,Yuan-Yuan Zhu,Long-Zhen Qiu,Yun-Sheng Ding
A range of poly(3-hexylthiophene)-b-poly(quinoxaline-2,3-diyl) rod–rod diblock copolymers was synthesized in one pot via sequential monomer addition with a Ni(II) complex as a single catalyst at room temperature. The block copolymerization was proved to proceed in a living/controlled chain-extension manner, affording well-defined poly(3-hexylthiophene)-b-poly(quinoxaline-2,3-diyl) block copolymers with controlled molecular weights, narrow molecular weight distributions, and tunable compositions. The synthesized block copolymer was found to self-assemble into well-defined vesicle supramolecular structures in mixed solvents of chloroform and methanol. The assembly in solution induced unique light emissions with the light emission color varying from red to purple and blue depending on solvents used.
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA
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2017
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Xinxin Cheng,Yitong Dai,Jing Zhao,Jianzhou Wu,Haiyun Sun,Yongsheng Guo,Wenjun Fang
Densities (ρ) and viscosities (η) for the ternary system cyclopropanemethanol (1) + n-dodecane (2) + butylcyclohexane (3) and three corresponding binary systems have been measured at 11 temperatures from 293.15 to 343.15 K under atmospheric pressure. The excess molar volumes (VmE) and viscosity deviations (Δη) of binary systems have been calculated and fitted to the Redlich–Kister equation, while data of the ternary system have been fitted to the Clibuka, Singh, Nagata–Tamura, and Redlich–Kister equations, respectively. The value of the VmE of the investigated systems is positive, while the value of Δη is negative over the entire concentration range; the results are illustrated through molecular interactions and structural effects.
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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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2016
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Yanlin Zhang,Churu Xie,Feng Long Gu,Honghai Wu,Qiang Guo
Organic pollutants as typical water contaminants are potentially harmful to human health. In this study, we suggested that the novel Ag 3 PO 4 /N-doped graphene (NG)/Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) composites can remove the organic dye Rhodamine B (RhB) from water. This Ag 3 PO 4 -based photocatalyst was synthesized via a facile method and subsequently characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, XPS, Raman spectroscopy, PL spectroscopy, and UV–vis DRS. The photocatalytic activity of Ag 3 PO 4 /NG/P3HT composites is significantly higher than that of pristine Ag 3 PO 4 , Ag 3 PO 4 /NG, and Ag 3 PO 4 /P3HT for RhB degradation under visible light irradiation, especially the kinetic constant of Ag 3 PO 4 /NG/P3HT is more than 6 times of pristine Ag 3 PO 4 . The reactive oxygen species trapping experiments indicate that the degradation of RhB over the Ag 3 PO 4 /NG/P3HT composites mainly results from the holes oxidation and superoxide radical reduction. Besides, Ag 3 PO 4 /NG/P3HT composites exhibit better recyclability and stability than pristine Ag 3 PO 4 . Furthermore, the photocatalytic mechanism of Ag 3 PO 4 /NG/P3HT composites for RhB degradation under visible light was proposed as the synergistic effect of irradiated Ag 3 PO 4 , P3HT and NG sheets on the effective separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs, and the enhancement of visible light absorbance.
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Theranostics
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2017
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Xiaoyu Wang,Wen Cao,Li Qin,Tingsheng Lin,Wei Chen,Shichao Lin,Jia Yao,Xiaozhi Zhao,Min Zhou,Cheng Hang,Hui Wei
Catalytic nanomaterials with intrinsic enzyme-like activities, called nanozymes, have recently attracted significant research interest due to their unique advantages relative to natural enzymes and conventional artificial enzymes. Among the nanozymes developed, particular interests have been devoted to nanozymes with peroxidase mimicking activities because of their promising applications in biosensing, bioimaging, biomedicine, etc. Till now, lots of functional nanomaterials have been used to mimic peroxidase. However, few studies have focused on the Ni-based nanomaterials for peroxidase mimics. In this work, we obtained the porous LaNiO 3 nanocubes with high peroxidase-like activity by inducing its 3+ oxidation state in LaNiO 3 perovskite and optimizing the morphology of LaNiO 3 perovskite. The peroxidase mimicking activity of the porous LaNiO 3 nanocubes with Ni 3+ was about 58~fold and 22~fold higher than that of NiO with Ni 2+ and Ni nanoparticles with Ni 0 . More, the porous LaNiO 3 nanocubes exhibited about 2-fold higher activity when compared with LaNiO 3 nanoparticles. Based on the superior peroxidase-like activity of porous LaNiO 3 nanocubes, facile colorimetric assays for H 2 O 2 , glucose, and sarcosine detection were developed. Our present work not only demonstrates a useful strategy for modulating nanozymes' activities but also provides promising bioassays for clinical diagnostics.
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GREEN CHEMISTRY
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2016
·Vol. 18
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·3370-3377
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IF 8.506
Wenjing Yang,Haiyang Cheng,Bin Zhang,Yan Li,Tong Liu,Mingli Lan,Yancun Yu,Chao Zhang,Weiwei Lin,Shin-ichiro Fujita,Masahiko Arai,Fengyu Zhao
The hydrogenation of levulinic acid (LA) to γ-valerolactone (GVL) was studied with a homogeneous RuCl2(PPh3)3 catalyst in supercritical CO2 (scCO2). The conversion of LA was observed to increase with CO2 pressure and the possible reasons for this rate acceleration were discussed, including the molecular interactions of CO2 with the reacting and catalytic species as well as the acidity and phase behavior of the reaction mixture. The interaction between CO2 and RuCl2(PPh3)3 was significant, which resulted in the production of an active RuHCl(CO)(PPh3)3 complex and thus enhanced the rate of hydrogenation in the presence of CO2.
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Molecular Medicine Reports
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2016
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Liandi Xie,Yang Wu,Zongjing Fan,Yang Liu,Jixiang Zeng
In the present study, the mechanisms associated with the Astragalus polysaccharide (APS)-mediated protection of human cardiac microvascular endothelial cells (HCMEC) against hypoxia/reoxygenation (HR) injury were investigated. Pretreatment of HCMECs with APS at various concentrations was performed prior to Na2S2O4-induced HR injury. Subsequently, cell viability and apoptosis were measured by MTT and Hoechst assays, respectively. The viability of HCMECs was reduced by Na2S2O4 and apoptosis was enhanced; however, cell viability was observed to be increased by APS via inhibition of apoptosis. Additionally, intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), Ca2+, nitric oxide (NO), malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-protein kinase B (AKT), B‑cell lymphoma‑2 (Bcl‑2), Bcl‑2 associated X protein (Bax) and caspase‑3 were measured using detection kits or western blot analysis. In HCMECs with HR injury, the levels of ROS and Ca2+, MDA and Bax expression levels, and the activity of caspase‑3 were elevated. By contrast, the level of NO, the protein expression levels of SOD, Bcl‑2 and PI3K, and the phosphorylation of AKT were decreased. However, compared with the HR group, the effects of HR injury were significantly reduced by APS, with APS providing a protective effect on HCMECs, particularly at higher doses. The current study concluded that APS protects HCMECs from Na2S2O4‑induced HR injury by reducing the levels of ROS, Ca2+, MDA and Bax, inhibiting the activity of caspase‑3, and enhancing the levels of NO, SOD, Bcl‑2, PI3K and phosphorylated AKT. These results may provide an insight into the clinical application of APS and novel therapeutic strategies for HR injury.
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INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
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2024
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Shuyan Liu,Shunqing Zhou,Bo Wang,Zanhui Jia
Curcumin (CUR) exhibits potential inhibitory effects on tumor growth; however, its hydrophobicity and instability limit its clinical applications. In the present study, we developed CUR nanoparticles (CUR-NPs) and evaluated their biochemical characteristics. Cell uptake and proliferation were assessed using scratch and Transwell assays, respectively. Western blotting was performed to investigate the expression levels of proteins related to the NF-κB/PRL-3 signaling pathway, inflammatory response, cell proliferation, and cell migration in SKOV3 cells. Our findings showed that the blank vector was not cytotoxic to cells, allowing us to disregard any effects caused by the vector itself. CUR-NPs exhibited concentration- and time-dependent inhibitory effects on cell proliferation, surpassing those of CUR alone. Increasing the concentration of CUR-NPs resulted in a reduced cell scratch-healing ability and lower chamber migration capacity. Compared to the control group, expression levels of proteins associated with NF-κB/PRL-3 signaling pathway, inflammatory response (TNF-α and IL-6), cell proliferation (cyclin E1 and cyclin A1), as well as cell migration (N-cadherin and vimentin) were significantly elevated in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation and NF-κB p65 overexpression groups. Conversely, E-cadherin expression was significantly decreased under these conditions. However, treatment with high concentrations of CUR-NPs effectively reversed these changes. These results highlight the significant ability of CUR-NPs to inhibit human ovarian cancer cell proliferation and migration, while suppressing inflammatory responses through the regulation of the NF-κB/PRL-3 signaling pathway.
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BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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2024
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Muhammad Waheed Iqbal,Xinrui Tang,Tahreem Riaz,Shahid Mahmood,Yufei Zhang,Mei Zhao,Junhua Yun,Jia Li,Xianghui Qi
6-Deoxy- l -sorbose (6-DLS) is an imperative rare sugar employed in food, agriculture, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industeries. However, it is a synthetic and very expensive rare sugars, previously synthesized by chemo-enzymatic methods through a long chain of chemical processes. Recently, enzymatic synthesis of rare sugars has attracted a lot of attention due to its advantages over synthetic methods. In this work, a promising approach for the synthesis of 6-DLS from an inexpensive sugar l -fucose was identified. The genes for l -fucose isomerase from Paenibacillus rhizosphaerae (Pr-LFI) and genes for d -tagatose-3-epimerase from Caballeronia fortuita (Cf-DTE) have been used for cloning and co-expression in Escherichia coli , developed a recombinant plasmid harboring pANY1-Pr-LFI/Cf-DTE vector. The recombinant co-expression system exhibited an optimum activity at 50 °C of temperature and pH 6.5 in the presence of Co 2+ metal ion which inflated the catalytic activity by 6.8 folds as compared to control group with no metal ions. The recombinant co-expressed system was stable up to more than 50 % relative activity after 12 h and revealed a melting temperature (T m ) of 63.38 °C exhibiting half-life of 13.17 h at 50 °C. The co-expression system exhibited, 4.93, 11.41 and 16.21 g/L of 6-DLS production from initial l -fucose concentration of 30, 70 and 100 g/L, which equates to conversion yield of 16.44 %, 16.30 % and 16.21 % respectively. Generally, this study offers a promising strategy for the biological production of 6-DLS from an inexpensive substrate l -fucose in slightly acidic conditions with the aid of co-expression system harboring Pr-LFI and CF-DTE genes.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE
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2024
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Qilong Fang,Jun Fang,Yi Zhang,Jianguo Zhang,Tianyou Lian,Wei Li,Yuyang Li
Oxymethylene ethers (OMEs) have received great attention due to their carbon-neutral nature and advantageous properties as alternative transportation fuels or fuel additives. Previous studies focused on the combustion of linear OMEs with the chemical formula of CH 3 O(CH 2 O) m CH 3 ( m ≥ 0), while a deep understanding of the combustion of branched OMEs with the chemical formula of CH 3 OCH 3- n (OCH 3 ) n (0 ≤ n ≤ 3) is still absent. In this work, the flow reactor pyrolysis of dimethoxymethane (DMM, n = 1), trimethoxymethane (TMM, n = 2), and tetramethoxymethane (TeMM, n = 3) is investigated using gas chromatography, with special attention given to the multi-sidechain effects on the pyrolysis chemistry. A pyrolysis model of branched OMEs is developed and validated against the new pyrolysis data. Modeling analysis is performed to provide insights into the pyrolysis chemistry of the three branched OMEs and the multi-sidechain effects. Unimolecular decomposition and H-abstraction reactions are found to be two major types of fuel decomposition pathways, with the former dominating TMM decomposition, the latter dominating DMM decomposition, and both contributing almost equally to TeMM decomposition. Sensitivity analysis shows that C O bond dissociation is the most sensitive reaction to fuel decomposition in DMM pyrolysis, while methanol elimination is the most sensitive reaction in TMM and TeMM pyrolysis. Among the three fuels, DMM has the lowest pyrolysis reactivity and produces the least abundant methanol. In contrast, TMM is observed with the highest pyrolysis reactivity and produces the most abundant methanol. Theoretical calculations reveal that TMM and DMM have the lowest and highest energy barriers of methanol elimination reactions, which determines the order of their pyrolysis reactivities and methanol formation trends. As a result, DMM pyrolysis occurs at higher temperature regions where the C O bond dissociation and H-abstraction reactions are preferred, while TMM pyrolysis occurs at lower temperature region where methanol elimination dominates.
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PeerJ
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2024
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Ying Zhang,Fengrui Cheng,Xingrui Cai,Jingping Wu
Background Epstein-Barr virus induced gene 3 ( EBI3 ), a member of the IL-12 family, is known to be involved in malignant progression in a variety of cancers, but its role in melanoma is unclear. The aim of this study was to explore the effects of EBI3 on the malignant phenotype melanoma to reveal its potential as a therapeutic target. Methods In this study, we used bioinformatics to analyze the expression of EBI3 in pan-cancer and verified its expression level in melanoma cells by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Subsequently, the effects of EBI3 knockdown on cell proliferation, migration and invasion were detected using the Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) and Transwell assays. Changes in immune-related cytokines were detected by ELISA, and macrophage polarization was observed using immunofluorescence. Finally, the phosphorylation levels of signaling pathways such as Smad3, STAT6 and cGAS-STING were analyzed by Western blot. Results EBI3 was evidently highly-expressed in melanoma, and silencing of EBI3 could visibly suppress the survival and migration/invasion of melanoma cells, concurrent with the increased levels of BAX and CDH1 and the decreased expressions of BCL2 and CDH2 . Meanwhile, EBI3 knockdown diminished the phosphorylation levels of both Smad3 and STAT6 and the levels of immune response-relevant cytokines in melanoma cells, while aggravating the macrophage M1 polarization and the expression of cGAS, p-STING and p-IRE1 α in THP-1 monocyte-derived macrophages co-cultured with EBI3 -silenced melanoma cells. Conclusion This study filled the blank on the involvement of EBI3 in melanoma, hinting the possibility of controlling EBI3 as a therapeutic strategy in the management of melanoma.
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Food Bioscience
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Haoyue Ning,Lixin Lu,Yuemei Zhang
To achieve long-term effective protection of food by continuously controlling the release of active substances in an active film, IRMOF-3 was post-synthetic modified with benzoic acid (BA) to obtain BA-IRMOF-3. This modification enhanced the loading capacity of carvacrol (CA) and slowed down its release rate. Research on IRMOF-3 synthesis has found that increasing the proportion of metal nodes can improve its crystallinity. The post-synthesis modification of IRMOF-3 through amide reaction successfully enhanced the binding energy with CA from −5.1 kcal/mol to −6 kcal/mol, resulting in an improved CA loading rate of 28.62% ± 0.15% and delayed release. Furthermore, the BA-IRMOF-3/CA assembly was added to the sodium alginate matrix to prepare the active film BMC@SA, which improved the mechanical and physical properties of the film. The release and antibacterial/antioxidant properties were investigated. The results demonstrated that the active film BMC@SA exhibited significant sustained-release properties and antibacterial/antioxidant activities, reducing the growth of E. coli and S. aureus by 61.95% and 49.33% respectively. In refrigerated pork experiments, the film BMC@SA slowed down the color, weight, pH changes and inhibited microbial growth of fresh pork effectively, and extended the shelf life of pork from 6 d to 12 d, which demonstrated the potential application of active film BMC@SA in food preservation.
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Food Bioscience
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Danyang Liu,Yiming Song,Xinyi Chen,Jianhua Xie,Yi Chen,Xiaobo Hu,Jiayan Xie,Qiang Yu
Previous studies have shown that bound polyphenols from tea residue dietary fiber (TBP) were novel natural food ingredient with hypoglycemic activity, but the protective effects against aging have not been fully explored. This study investigated the potential of TBP to alleviate aging in Caenorhabditis elegans induced by 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) and elucidated the underlying mechanisms through transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses. The results demonstrated that TBP markedly prolonged the lifespan of the nematodes, improved body morphology and locomotion, and effectively reduced reactive oxygen species and lipofuscin accumulation, while enhancing antioxidant defenses. Transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses further highlighted the critical role of the Insulin/Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (insulin/IGF-1) signaling pathway in lifespan extension, with validation provided through gene expression and fluorescent mutants. These findings underscored the significant potential of TBP to counteract the adverse effects of 3-MCPD and extend lifespan, thereby providing a solid theoretical foundation for developing health products and exploring novel applications.
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