Biomaterials Advances
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Lichao Chen,Bo Wang,Haohao Ren,Yanan Wu,Defu Lyu,Yanan Ouyang,Qiyi Zhang,Yonggang Yan
Poly-amino acid (PAA) is a promising biomaterial in biomedical engineering due to its similar amide bond structure to collagen and excellent biocompatibility, but the lack of osteogenic activity and inferior mechanical strength limit its long-term application in orthopedics. In this study, a poly-amino acid/poly (p-benzamide) (PAA-PBA) copolymer with high mechanical strength was designed and fabricated by the method of solution polymerization. The chain structures, thermal properties and mechanical properties of these polymers were evaluated and results showed that PBA greatly promoted the mechanical properties of PAA, and the copolymer performed the maximum mechanical strengths with compressive strength, bending strength and tensile strength of 123 MPa, 107 MPa and, 95 MPa, respectively. To increase the bioactivity of surface, a bioactive coating that consists of poly-(dopamine) (PDA) nanolayers and tripeptide Arginine-Glycine-Aspartic acid (RGD) on sulfonated PAA-PBA copolymer was created. A porous structure appeared on the surface after modification, the surface roughness and hydrophilicity of copolymer has been improved obviously after introducing PDA and RGD peptide coating. The in vitro bioactivity evaluation demonstrated that the RGD-functionalized sample showed a significantly improved ability to promote bone apatite mineralization, cell adhesion, proliferation and osteogenic differentiation. In a word, such a strategy of material synthesis and surface modification method shows a great potential for broadening the use of PAA in the application of load-bearing bone substitute biomaterials.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2022
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Dan Wang,Guanchen Xu,Xingshuang Zhang,Hongyu Gong,Li Jiang,Guanliang Sun,Yu Li,Guoran Liu,Yong Li,Shikuan Yang,Xiu Liang
A novel approach is developed to fabricate an ultra-thin layered flexible wearable Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) substrate named silk fibroin-anodic aluminum oxide-Au nanoparticles (SF-AAO-Au), which consists of biocompatible SF film as flexible support, ultrathin cavity AAO as template, and plasmonic Au NPs. The SF-AAO-Au sensor exhibits excellent SERS mechanical flexibility, homogeneity and sensitivity for its effective enhancement ability and highly ordered 3D periodic porous particle-in-cavity (PIC) arrays structure. The humidity-driven interface structure of biocompatible SF film provides good skin adhesion under various fitness tests and excellent mechanical flexibility as a wearable SERS sensor on natural skin (deformation within 5%). The flexible SF-AAO-Au can be developed as quantitative sweat glucose sensor in the concentration range of 10 − 7 to 10 − 3 M with a limit of detection (LOD) of 1.68 × 10 − 7 M and qualitative human sweat glucose detection ability. This SF-AAO-Au substrate can be further designed as lab-on-glove SERS sensing platform for ultrasensitive (LOD ~5.7 ppt) quantitative on-site detection of agricultural residues in a wide range. The effective dual-functional SERS wearable sensor realized for the first time paves a new way to develop smart wearable and non-destructive devices in environmental safety, forensic identification and point-of-care testing (POCT) diagnosis of physiological disease.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2022
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Yang Wang,Yafei Wen,Yun Qu,Zhichao Pei,Yuxin Pei
Nitric oxide (NO)-mediated gas therapy (GT) and alkyl radical (R•) therapy (ART) are emerging cancer therapy modes, and multi-mode therapy has been recognized as an attractive strategy for enhancing anti-cancer efficacy. In this work, a thermal-responsive R• initiator 2,2′-azobis[2-(2-imidazolin-2-yl)propane] dihydrochloride (AIBI)-loaded glycol-targeting NO nanogenerator was constructed by first the covalent conjugation of thermal-responsive NO donor of S-nitrosothiols (RSNO) on the surface of mesoporous silica-coated gold nanorods ( [email protected] ), then the coating of a supramolecular complex of amino pillar[5]arene (NP5) and galactose derivative (G), and finally the loading of AIBI. The glycol-targeting NO nanogenerator demonstrated specific targeting ability to HepG2 cells owing to the recognition between galactose residues and asialoglycoprotein receptors (ASGPR). Specially, upon 808 nm near-infrared (NIR) irradiation, the AIBI-loaded NO nanogenerator generated hyperthermia to achieve photothermal therapy (PTT), and further GT and ART resulted from the thermal responsiveness of RSNO and AIBI, respectively. In vitro experiments revealed that the AIBI-loaded glyco-targeting NO nanogenerator had good biocompatibility and exhibited effective inhibition to the proliferation of HepG2 cells. This work provides a novel way to supramolecular hybrid drug delivery systems for triple-mode targeting therapy of PTT/GT/ART.
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ANALYST
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2022
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Yiyin Zhang,Xiang Gao,Yingwang Ye,Yizhong Shen
Rapid and accurate monitoring of food freshness to provide consumers with high-quality meat continues to be of tremendous importance to the food industry. In this report, an efficient Fe-doped polydopamine (Fe-PDA) nanozyme with peroxidase-mimicking activity was synthesized by a high-temperature hydrothermal method, and was applied to a spectrophotometric sensing system, which successfully reports the concentration of hypoxanthine (Hx) related to meat freshness. The Fe-PDA nanozyme showed excellent peroxidase simulation activity, which was primarily verified by steady-state kinetics experiments. In the presence of xanthine oxidase (XOD), Hx can react quantitatively with dissolved O2 to generate H2O2, which can be further catalyzed and produce hydroxyl radicals (•OH) under acidic conditions via the Fe-PDA nanozyme and oxidize colorless TMB to blue oxTMB with absorbance at 653 nm. The absorbance at 653 nm expressed a clear linear relationship with hypoxanthine concentration in the range of 5.13–200 μM, and the detection limit was 1.54 μM. This method was further assessed by measuring the recovery of Hx added to meat samples, which showed promising accuracy. Overall, the developed Fe-PDA nanozyme with excellent peroxidase-mimicking activity is cost-effective, high-performance and easy to produce, offering an efficient and low-cost sensing system based on spectrophotometry for meat freshness determination as an alternative to conventional methods.
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Journal of Nanomaterials
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2022
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IF 3.791
Wenke Xiao,Xiaojuan Zhang,Lingyun Hao,Yuan Zhao,Qing Lin,Zhao Wang,Wenli Song,Dong Liang
It is essential to design multifunctional contact lenses for selective recognition and utilization of the eye drop ofloxacin (OFL). Modified silicone hydrogel (MSL) contact lenses were firstly synthesized via ultraviolet curing by using (hydroxymethyl)methyl aminomethane, polydimethylsiloxane, methacryloxypropyl terminated polydimethylsiloxane, and N,N-dimethylacrylamide as monomers and N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NVP) as a modifier. The synthesized MSL contact lenses were characterized via Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and contact angle and mechanical property tests. The results showed that compared with silicone hydrogel (SL) contact lenses, the MSL contact lenses had a more porous structure and good swelling and mechanical properties. The molecularly imprinted polymer/ofloxacin-modified silicone hydrogel (MIP/OFL-MSL) contact lenses were firstly synthesized via free radical polymerization, using ofloxacin (OFL) as the template molecule. Moreover, compared with chlorogenic acid and myricetin molecule, the MIP/OFL-MSL contact lenses exhibited an adsorption capacity for OFL that reached 2.86 mg/g. The antibacterial test showed that the MIP/OFL-MSL contact lenses displayed an inhibition ring size of 15.2 mm and 17.8 mm for Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, respectively.
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Journal of Water Process Engineering
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2022
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Mengyao Han,Luxin Liang,Yazi Wang,Yuwei Deng,Qiuyue Zhang,Yuxuan Ye,Dandan Wang,Qiang Li,Fei Pan,Dongsheng Xia
The effective control of antibiotic pollution in water has become an important issue in the field of environmental protection. In this study, the composite of iron sulfide and melamine sponge (FeS@MS) was successfully synthesized by in-situ synthesis method and applied to the oxidative removal of tetracycline (TC) in the presence of peroxymonosulfate (PMS). Under optimal conditions ([FeS@MS] = 0.1 g/L and [PMS] = 0.2 mM), 95.7% of TC was degraded in 5 min. The presence of NO 3 − , SO 4 2− , and Cl − slightly inhibited TC removal, whereas HPO 4 − had a certain promotion effect in activating PMS to degrade TC. The primary reactive oxygen species (ROS), including SO 4 − , OH , 1 O 2 , and O 2 − were identified through electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy and radical quenching experiments. In addition, Fe 3+ in solution could react with FeS to produce Fe 2+ , which continuously activates PMS to generate radicals for TC degradation. The presence of MS reduced the agglomeration of FeS and played a protective role in the slow release of Fe 2+ . The degradation performance was further validated in real water matrices. This study provided new insight into fabricating functional material for the remediation of antibiotic wastewater.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2022
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IF 5.518
Mengying Luo,Mufang Li,Ying Lu,Ming Xia,Qinghua Zhao,Dong Wang
With the increasing demand of health monitoring and protection, Point-of-Care Testing has developed rapidly due to its convenience and high efficiency. Here, a visual colorimetric nanofiber-based strip with a hierarchically porous structure was prepared for highly sensitive detection of glucose. To facilitate the subsequent testing, the composites with a hybrid nanoflower structure containing glucose oxidase (GOx), horseradish peroxidase (HRP), 3,3′5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) and Mn 3 (PO 4 ) 2 were immobilized on a hierarchically porous PVA- co -PE nanofibrous strip. The obtained strip was used to detect glucose, a strong linear correlation (R 2 = 0.996) was found between the color difference and ln(C glucose ) in the range of 0.25–10 mM glucose. The detection limit is 0.14 mM and a discernible color change could be detected with the naked eye at low glucose concentration, indicating that the strip is highly sensitive to glucose. Additionally, a series of interferences substances including NaCl , KCl and urea were also investigated, and the results showed excellent specificity to glucose. Moreover, the strip exhibits good stability in the pH range of 5–7 and maintains excellent glucose detection performance after 60 days. It demonstrates that this strip is a promising candidate for personal diabetes detection.
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ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
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2022
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IF 5.395
Dong Li,Shun Shi,Dan Zhao,Yan Rong,Yuhao Zhou,Junfeng Ding,Chaoliang He,Xuesi Chen
Polypeptide-based injectable hydrogels have attracted the attention of biomedical researchers due to their unique biocompatibility and biodegradability, tunable residue chirality, and secondary conformation of polypeptide chains. In the present study, four types of poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(glutamic acid)s with different topological structures and residue chirality of polypeptide segments were developed, which were grafted with tyramine side groups for further cross-linking. The results demonstrated that the covalent conjugation between the tyramine groups in the presence of horseradish peroxidase and hydrogen peroxide could form porous hydrogels rapidly. Additionally, the gelation time and mechanical strength of the hydrogels were measured. All the polymer precursors and hydrogels exhibited good cytocompatibility in vitro. Further assessment of the enzymatic degradability of the hydrogels and copolymers in vitro revealed that the degradation rate was influenced by the adjustment of polymer topology or residue chirality of polypeptide copolymers. Subsequently, the effect of copolymer topology and polypeptide chirality on in vivo biodegradability and biocompatibility was assessed. This study will provide insights into the relationship between copolymer structures and hydrogel properties and benefit future polypeptide-based hydrogel studies in biomedical applications.
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NEUROSCIENCE
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2022
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Jie Zhao,Yue Wu,Shanshan Liang,Xiangyu Piao
Ferroptosis, an iron-dependent form of non-apoptotic cell death, is reportedly responsible for cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Evidence has shown that spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase 1 (SSAT1) activation-induced ferroptosis is associated with upregulation of arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase (ALOX15). Our previous study has revealed that upregulation of ALOX15 contributes to cerebral I/R injury via inducing microglial activation. The current study aimed to investigate the role of SSAT1/ALOX15 axis in neuronal ferroptosis after I/R. We found that the expression of SSAT1 was upregulated in the cortical penumbra of mice subjected to transient middle cerebral artery occlusion and reperfusion (tMCAO/R). Knockdown of SSAT1 mitigated I/R-induced cerebral infarction and neurological impairments, as well as decreased cortical iron contents, reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and 4-Hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) level. Further in vitro evidence revealed that knockdown of SSAT1 downregulated the expression of ALOX15 in the primary cortical neurons exposed to tertbutyl-hydroksyperoxide (TBH). In addition, loss of neuronal viability and production of lipid hydroperoxides were inhibited in TBH-treated neurons when SSAT1 was knocked down. Mechanistically, SSAT1 overexpression decreased the expression levels of two key ferroptotic repressors, glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) and solute carrier family 7 member 11 (SLC7A11) in TBH-stimulated neurons. Treatment with the ALOX15 inhibitor PD146176 or ferroptosis inhibitor ferrostatin-1 partially reversed SSAT1 upregulation-induced ferroptosis and viability loss in TBH-treated neurons. These results together indicate that the activation of SSAT1/ALOX15 axis may aggravate cerebral I/R injury via triggering neuronal ferroptosis, providing novel insights into cerebral injury associated with lipid peroxidation.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES
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2022
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IF 5.999
Shangsi Chen,Yue Wang,Xin Zhang,Jun Ma,Min Wang
Many biomaterials are made and studied to provide anticancer therapy, and many other biomaterials have been developed to assist body tissue regeneration . It has been a challenge to design and produce effective multifunctional, or bifunctional, biomaterials for clinical applications to prevent cancer recurrence and, at the same time, to promote new tissue formation after surgical removal of the tumor for millions of cancer patients. In this study, bifunctional UV and Sr 2+ double-crosslinked alginate (ALG)/allylated gelatin (GelAGE) hydrogels incorporated with polydopamine (PDA) particles were designed and made. Furthermore, doxorubicin hydrochloride (DOX), an anticancer drug , was incorporated in PDA particles. It was aimed for the new ALG/GelAGE-PDA@DOX hydrogels to exhibit anticancer synergy and hence provide combined chemotherapy and phototherapy (PTT) for bone tumor cell ablation . In vitro experiments using MG63 osteosarcoma cells showed that ALG/GelAGE-PDA@DOX hydrogels could effectively kill tumor cells through the synergy of controlled DOX release and hyperthermia ablation. It was also aimed for the new hydrogels to facilitate bone tissue regeneration at the original bone tumor site. The results of in vitro experiments demonstrated that owing to the release of Sr 2+ , the new hydrogels could promote the proliferation of rat bone mesenchymal stem cells (rBMSCs) and also the alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity of cells, indicating their osteogenic promotion ability. The ALG/GelAGE-PDA@DOX hydrogels have therefore exhibited great potential for the treatment of bone tumor-related defects.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2022
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Yun Zeng,Peng Chang,Jingwen Ma,Ke Li,Chunhong Zhang,Yingying Guo,Hanrui Li,Qingxia Zhu,Huifang Liu,Wenjing Wang,Yuwei Chen,Dan Chen,Xu Cao,Yonghua Zhan
Hypoxia is a well-known feature of malignant solid tumors. To explain the misinterpretation of tumor hypoxia variation during chemotherapy, we developed a DNA origami-based theranostic nanoplatform with an intercalated anticancer anthraquinone as both the chemotherapeutic drug and the photoacoustic contrast agent. The size distribution of the DNA origami nanostructure is 44.5 ± 2.3 nm, whereas the encapsulation efficiency of the drug is 90.7 ± 1.0%, and the drug loading content is 92.2 ± 0.1%. The controlled cumulative release rates were measured in vitro, showing an acidic environment induced rapid drug release. The values of free energy of binding between the drugs and the DNA double helix were calculated through molecular simulations. The cell viability assay was used to characterize cytotoxicity, and fluorescence confocal cell imaging illustrates the biodistribution of the probe in vitro. Photoacoustic and fluorescence imaging were used to indicate drug delivery, release, and biodistribution to predict the drug’s chemotherapeutic effect in vivo, whereas the photoacoustic signals were compared with those of deoxygenated/oxygenated hemoglobin to represent the tissue hypoxia/normoxia maps during the chemotherapeutic process and indicate alleviated tumor hypoxia. Staining of tissue sections taken from organs and tumors was used to verify the results of photoacoustic imaging. Our results suggest that photoacoustic imaging can visualize this DNA origami-based theranostic nanoplatform and reveal the mechanisms of chemotherapy on tumor hypoxia.
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2022
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Tian Zhang,Zhiwen Gan,Shujun Zhen,Yongmei Hu,Xiaoli Hu
L-glutathione (GSH) which has reducibility and integrated detoxification plays an important role in maintaining normal immune system function. Its abnormal levels are relevant to some clinical diseases. In this work, a facile ratiometric fluorescence sensor for GSH was designed based on MnO 2 nanosheets, Thiamine hydrochloride (VB 1 ) and Rhodamine 6G (R6G). VB 1 could be oxidized into fluorescent ox-VB 1 due to the strong oxidizing property of MnO 2 , and MnO 2 nanosheets simultaneously could quench the fluorescence of R6G based on the inner filter effect (IFE). MnO 2 could react with GSH to form Mn 2+ , which caused its losing oxidizing property and quenching capacity. According to this principle, the concentration of ox-VB 1 diminished, resulting in its fluorescence intensity decreasing at 455 nm and the fluorescence of R6G recovering at 560 nm. Under optimal conditions, the VB 1 -MnO 2 -R6G detection system showed a wide linear range towards GSH in the range of 1.0–300.0 µmol L −1 with a low detection limit reaching 0.52 µmol L −1 . Furthermore, the method was also applied in the determination of GSH in human serum.
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