Journal of Materials Chemistry C
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2015
·Vol. 3
·期 27
·7038-7044
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IF 4.696
Xiang Shen,Bing Yan
A classic anionic metal–organic framework (bio-MOF-1, Zn8(ad)4(BPDC)6O·2Me2NH2 (BPDC = biphenyl-4,4′-dicarboxylate, Ad = adeninate)) encapsulating Eu3+-β-diketonate complexes via cation exchange can be used for sensing volatile organic molecules, especially volatile amines, which is of great significance for environmental and industrial monitoring. Subsequently, the Eu3+-β-diketonate functionalized hybrid system can sensitively detect volatile organic amines by exhibiting a distinct color variation. This means the luminescence intensity of the 5D0 → 7F2 transition can be significantly enhanced in a basic environment such as diethylamine and dramatically decreased in an acidic environment like formic acid. The change in environment is accompanied by a colour change from bright red in diethylamine to light purple in formic acid.
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Molecular Medicine Reports
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2015
·Vol. 12
·期 1
·192-198
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IF 1.554
Jinpeng Li,Hao Liu,Jieping Yu,Honggang Yu
Doxorubicin (Dox) is a commonly used chemotherapeutic drug in human colon cancer. However, it becomes increasingly ineffective with tumor progression, the underlying mechanism of which remains to be elucidated. Emerging evidence has led to the identification of an association between chemoresistance and the acquisition of epithelial‑mesenchymal transition (EMT) in cancer. However, it remains to be elucidated whether this process is involved in the development of resistance to Dox in colon cancer. In HCT116 human colon cancer cells treated with Dox (50 nmol/l), EMT was induced, and transforming growth factor (TGF)β signaling and multi‑drug resistant plasma membrane glycoprotein levels were significantly increased. By contrast, silencing of Smad4, using stable RNA interference, inhibited TGFβ signaling, reversed the process of EMT and markedly increased the sensitivity of HCT116 cells to Dox. The results of the present study suggested that the combination of Dox with the downregulation of TGFβ signaling may be a potential novel therapeutic strategy with which to overcome chemoresistance during colon cancer chemotherapy.
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MICROCHIMICA ACTA
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2014
·Vol. 181
·期 11
·1369-1377
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IF 3.719
Li Junhua,Feng Haibo,Feng Yonglan,Liu Jinlong,Liu Youcai,Jiang Jianbo,Qian Dong
We are presenting a host-guest electrochemical platform for sensing the pollutant 1,3-dinitrobenzene. The method is based on the use of a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) covered with a composite made from multiwalled carbon nanotubes and graphene oxide, and functionalized with β-cyclodextrin (β-CD). The resultant composite was characterized by scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis and electrochemical techniques. The modified GCE was used for the sensitive detection of 1,3-dinitrobenzene (DNB) at working voltages of −355 mV and −483 mV. Due to the specific recognition property of β-CD and the excellent electronic properties of the carbon nanomaterials, the electrode exhibits outstanding supramolecular recognition and enhanced electrochemical response to DNB compared to more conventional electrodes. Under optimum conditions, the peak currents vary linearly with the DNB concentrations in the range from 0.02 to 30.0 μM, and the detection limit is 5.0 nM (at an S/N of 3). The electrode exhibits long-term stability and has been successfully applied to the determination of DNB in spiked soil and water samples.
A host-guest electrochemical sensor was fabricated based on β-cyclodextrin functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes/graphene oxide composite. The prepared sensor shows better electrocatalytic performances and was successfully applied to detect 1,3-dinitrobenzene in soil and groundwater with satisfactory result
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2014
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Yanfeng Ji,Wanli Kang,Lingwei Meng,Leilei Hu,Hongbin Yang
A supramolecular recognition system was constructed based on the host–guest interaction with water-soluble β-cyclodextrinpolymer-P(AM/A-β-CD/NaA) as the host polymer and hydrophobically modified polyacrylamide-P(AM/C 18 /NaA) as the guest one. The guest polymer contains a small amount of hydrophobic octadecyl groups. High viscosity enhancement was observed when P(AM/A-β-CD/NaA) was added to P(AM/C 18 /NaA) solution, the concentration of P(AM/C 18 /NaA) was under the critical aggregation concentrations (CAC), as a result of the polymer inclusion association. The influences of salt concentration, shearing, pH values and temperature on the viscosity of mixture solution were also studied. O/W crude oil emulsion stabilized by the complex was prepared. A laser particle size analyzer and Turbiscan Lab Expert stability analyzer were employed to study their stability. The results indicated that mixture emulsion became more stable than the single amphiphilic polymer's. This is because that the net structure of elastic polymer in the continuous phase has the ability to hold oil droplets at the low concentration of P(AM/C 18 /NaA). The stability mechanism of O/W emulsion was indicated by three-stage visual rheological method. In this paper, the stability of inclusion complex is discussed, and the mechanism of the enhanced oil emulsification is further explored.
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JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY
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2015
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IF 2.96
Junhui Pan,Langhong Wang,Guowen Zhang,Deming Gong
The characteristics of binding of 2-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol (TBMP), a synthetic phenolic antioxidant with hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (Hp-βCD) and calf thymus DNA (ctDNA) were investigated by multi-spectroscopic techniques and molecular simulation. The results indicated that TBMP preferred to form a 1:1 inclusion complex with Hp-βCD, with an inclusion constant of determined to be 7.15 × 10 3 L mol −1 . The intercalative mode of TBMP to ctDNA was supported by ctDNA melting temperature and relative viscosity studies, salt quenching effect, competitive binding with methylene blue and molecular modeling. The changes in Fourier transformed infrared (FT-IR) and circular dichroism (CD) spectra suggested that TBMP mainly bound to the G–C rich region with inducing a significant perturbation in B-like DNA structure. It was also found that Hp-βCD decreased the binding ability of TBMP with ctDNA, but did not affect the interactive mode between TBMP and ctDNA, and the formed inclusion complex of TBMP–Hp-βCD decomposed in the presence of ctDNA. This study may provide insights into the mechanism of binding of TBMP with ctDNA and the role of Hp-βCD in the TBMP–ctDNA interaction.
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CRYSTENGCOMM
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2015
·Vol. 17
·期 31
·5900-5905
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IF 4.034
Bin-Bin Ding,Kun Liu,Fu Zhang,Yang Wang,Sheng Cheng,Yang Lu,Hai-Sheng Qian
Upconversion fluorescent nanostructures with controlled sizes and morphologies have attracted much attention due to their potential and important applications in bioimaging, photodynamic therapy, solar cells and so on. In this work, we describe a facile successive process to fabricate β-NaGdF4:Yb,Er nanocrystals coated with an ultrathin layer of CaF2 with enhanced upconversion fluorescence and stability. The as-prepared β-NaGdF4:Yb,Er@CaF2 nanoparticles were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM, JEM 21000), fluorescence spectroscopy (Hitachi High-Technology Corporation, F-2700) and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES). The as-prepared core–shell nanoparticles show enhanced upconversion fluorescence and superior magnetic resonance (MR) relaxivity. In addition, the as-prepared β-NaGdF4:Yb,Er@CaF2 nanoparticles show enhanced chemical stability after surface functionalization and transfer into aqueous solutions.
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EPL
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2014
·Vol. 106
·期 4
·48001
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IF 2.269
AiHua Li,Tengpeng Guan,Zhijun Sun
Upconversion nanophosphors (UCNPs) of lanthanide-doped efficient ternary fluoride (β-NaGdF4:Yb3+,Er3+) with sizes below 20 nm are synthesized in a facile solvothermal route. Upconversion luminescence (UCL) of the UCNPs is found to increase with increase of the nanoparticle size prepared at a higher solvothermal-treatment temperature, due to reduction of the surface defects. Interestingly, opposite size dependences of the red/green UCL intensity ratio are observed for the same series of UCNPs in different surface conditions, i.e., with increase of the nanoparticle size, the ratio decreases for as-prepared dry powders, but increases for moisturized counterparts after being exposed in air for some days, and interesting the ratio decreases again after annealing of the moisturized samples. The phenomenon is explained due to the effect of surface defects and adsorbed water molecules, respectively, dominating in nonradiative relaxations, which usually facilitate red UCL. The disclosed phenomenon clarifies some contradictory observations on UCL in the literature.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2017
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Yufeng Sun,Tingting Wei,Mingdi Jiang,Longhua Xu,Zhixiang Xu
A simple and sensitive three-dimensional voltammetric sensor was constructed for the determination of chloramphenicol (CAP). First, ordered mesoporous carbon was introduced onto a glassy carbon electrode to improve the electron transport performance, and then a polydopamine layer was formed on the surface to enhance the hydrophilicity and provide a negative charge to attract positively charged CAP. Finally, the electrode surface was modified through electrochemical polymerization with β-cyclodextrin, which contains abundant hydroxygroups to provide more hydrogen-bonding sites for CAP binding. The developed sensor was investigated with square wave voltammetry and cyclic voltammetry, and exhibited a rapid current response and high selectivity for CAP. Under optimal conditions, the method offered a wide current response for CAP from 5.0 × 10 −7 to 5.0 × 10 −4 mol L −1 and the limit of detection was 2.0 × 10 −7 mol L −1 . Milk powder and bee pollen samples spiked with CAP were extracted and then determined using the β-CD/ [email protected] /GCE sensor with satisfactory recoveries of 80.0%-101.6%. The method was also used to determine CAP residues in real milk and honey samples, and the results correlated well with those obtained using high-performance liquid chromatography.
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Analytical Methods
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2016
·Vol. 8
·期 10
·2144-2149
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IF 1.915
Ying Li,Yinfeng Li,Lu Wang,Lina Zou,Baoxian Ye
A novel sensor for ligustrazine was fabricated by directly incorporating ZrOCl2 and β-cyclodextrin into graphite powder followed with an electrochemical treatment process. Scanning electron microscopy and cyclic voltammetry were employed to investigate the properties of the electrode. This sensor exhibited remarkable enhancement response towards ligustrazine compared with other related electrodes, which is due to the synergy between ZrO2 and β-cyclodextrin. Under the optimized conditions, the linear range of determination for ligustrazine was 2 × 10−7 to 1 × 10−5 mol L−1. As a practical application, the proposed sensor was applied to quantitatively determine ligustrazine in Chuanxiong rhizome and urine samples with satisfactory results.
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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2016
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Zhe Hou,Li-Fei Zhu,Xin-chi Yu,Ma-Qiang Sun,Fang Miao,Le Zhou
Twenty-two 2-aryl-9-methyl-3,4-dihydro-β-carbolin-2-ium bromides along with four 9-demethylated derivatives were synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic analysis. By using the mycelium growth rate method, the compounds were evaluated for antifungal activities in vitro against six plant pathogenic fungi, and structure–activity relationships (SAR) were derived. Almost all of the compounds showed obvious inhibition activity on each of the fungi at 150 μM. For all of the fungi, 10 of the compounds showed average inhibition rates of >80% at 150 μM, and most of their EC50 values were in the range of 2.0–30.0 μM. SAR analysis showed that the substitution pattern of the N-aryl ring significantly influences the activity; N9-alkylation improves the activity, whereas aromatization of ring-C reduces the activity. It was concluded that the present research provided a series of new 2-aryl-9-alkyl-3,4-dihydro-β-carbolin-2-iums with excellent antifungal potency and structure optimization design for the development of new carboline antifungal agents.
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TALANTA
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2016
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Xiaoling Yang,Panjie Zhang,Xiaobing Li,Lu Hu,Haixiang Gao,Sanbing Zhang,Wenfeng Zhou,Runhua Lu
In this research, an effervescence-assisted β-cyclodextrin/attapulgite composite (β-CD/ATP) for the in-syringe dispersive solid-phase extraction (EAIS-DSPE) of pyrethroids in environmental samples was developed for the first time. A syringe was used to conduct the extraction procedure and a small amount of β-CD/ATP was dispersed into the solution with the release of carbon dioxide when the effervescent tablet components dissolved in water. Then, the sorbent was recovered using a filter membrane , and the analytes were directly eluted using acetonitrile . In the process, the β-CD/ATP sorbent resulted in an excellent extraction efficiency compared to commercially available sorbents such as C 18 and HLB. Moreover, in the extraction procedure, both the β-cyclodextrin inclusion interactions (especially the hydrophobic effects) and the special structure of the ATP contributed to the efficient enrichment of pyrethroids in aqueous media. The amount of β-CD/ATP sorbent, the volume of desorption, the ratio of NaH 2 PO 4 /Na 2 CO 3 , the volume of the sample, and the pH were screened using a Plackett–Burman design. All factors affecting the procedure were optimized by applying a central composite design. Under the optimized conditions, a good repeatability (RSDs) ranging from 1.7 to 2.3, linearity (2.5–500 μg L −1 ), limits of detection (LODs) (0.15–1.03 μg L −1 ), and an acceptable recoveries (76.8–86.5%) were achieved. Finally, the proposed method was successfully applied for the determination of pyrethroids in environmental samples including river water, reservoir water and lake water.
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AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY
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2016
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Jieyi Li,Jinfeng Liu,Yuhuan Zhang,Xuedong Wang,Weijun Li,Hongqin Zhang,Huili Wang
The toxicity of β-diketone antibiotics (DKAs) to larval and adult zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) was investigated by miRNA sequencing and bioinformatics analyses. In control and DKA-exposed groups, 215 differentially expressed miRNAs were screened, and 4076 differential target genes were predicted. Among 51 co-differentially expressed genes, 45 were annotated in KOG functional classification, and 34 in KEGG pathway analysis. The homology analysis of 20 miRNAs with human hsa-miRNAs demonstrated 17 high homologous sequences. The expression levels of 12 miRNAs by qRT-PCR were consistent with those by sRNA-seq. A regulatory network for 4 positive miRNA genes (dre-miR-10, ⿿96, ⿿92 and ⿿184) was plotted, and the high-degree of connectivity between miRNA-gene pairs suggests that these miRNAs play critical roles during zebrafish development. The consistent expression of dre-miR-184 and dre-miR-96 was proved in 120-hpf zebrafish brain, gill, otoliths and lateral line neuromast by qRT-PCR, miRNA-seq, W-ISH and ISH. DKA-exposure led to vacuolation of interstitial cells, reduced number of neurons, glial cell proliferation and formation of glial scar, and the obvious abnormality of cell structure might result from abnormal expression of differentially expressed miRNAs. In general, chronic DKA-exposure resulted in comprehensively toxic effects on larval and adult zebrafish tissues, especially for nervous system.
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