ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2021
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Fangying Sun,Yunyan Liang,Lihua Jin,Junqin Shi,Li Shang
Gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) represent an emerging type of engineered nanomaterials with intrinsic enzymatic activity for both chemical and biological applications, but the catalytic activity of most reported AuNCs remains rather limited. Herein, we report a new, efficient strategy of promoting the peroxidase-mimic activity of AuNCs by tailoring their catalytic interfaces via small molecule-mediated weak interactions. Inspired by the presence of imidazole structures in many biocatalytic centers, we screened a series of imidazole-containing small molecules to evaluate their impact on the enzymatic activity of AuNCs. Through monitoring the absorbance change of 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine, 1-methyl-2-imidazolecarboxaldehyde (MCA) was identified to possess the most significant effect on enhancing the peroxidase-mimic activity of glutathione-stabilized AuNCs (GSH-AuNCs) among all the examined molecules. Interestingly, the enhancement effect of MCA on the catalytic activity of these AuNCs was found to be highly reversible and can be switched on/off by simply adding MCA/dialysis treatment. Molecular dynamics simulations and further experimental analysis confirmed that these MCA molecules were adsorbed on the surface of GSH-AuNCs through weak non-covalent interactions. The underlying mechanism analysis suggested that the presence of MCA can efficiently promote the production of •OH in the GSH-AuNC system. As a proof of example, we then demonstrated that the presence of MCA can greatly increase the bioanalytical performance of AuNC-based peroxidase mimics, as evidenced by a 65-fold lower LOD for glucose detection of AuNCs@MCA than that using AuNCs only. Finally, the present system has been successfully applied for sensing the blood glucose level of both healthy people and diabetics with promising results.
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LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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2021
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Yaru Han,Linpin Luo,Liang Zhang,Yi Kang,Hao Sun,Jie Dan,Jing Sun,Wentao Zhang,Tianli Yue,Jianlong Wang
Nanozymes have become a frontier of research recently and possess broad application prospects in the field of analytical sensing. Herein, a Fe–Mn bimetallic nanozyme (FeMnzyme) was proposed for colorimetric analysis of ascorbic acid (AA). The FeMnzyme, with high specific surface area, consisted of Fe–Mn mixed oxide amorphous core and α-FeOOH nanorod shell characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD). It exhibits typical oxidase-like properties to catalyze oxidation of colorless 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) to generate visible blue oxidized TMB (oxTMB) without exogenous H 2 O 2 . Due to the reducibility of AA to oxTMB, the FeMnzyme/oxTMB system can be employed as a promising colorimetric sensor for quantitative analysis of AA. The method has a good linear concentration range of 8 μmol L −1 to 56 μmol L −1 , and the detection limit is as low as 0.88 μmol L −1 (3σ). Finally, the proposed biosensor has been favorably put into use to determine AA content in kiwi fruit, indicating its reliability for practical application.
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Antioxidants
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2021
·Vol. 11
·期 1
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Zhiwei Qiu,Jinzhao He,Guangying Shao,Jiaqi Hu,Xiaowei Li,Hong Zhou,Min Li,Baoxue Yang
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a common inherited disease characterized by progressive enlargement of fluid-filled cysts derived from renal tubular epithelial cells, which has become the fourth leading cause of end-stage renal diseases. Currently, treatment options for ADPKD remain limited. The purpose of this study was to discover an effective therapeutic drug for ADPKD. With virtual screening, Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cyst model, embryonic kidney cyst model and kidney-specificPkd1knockout mouse (PKD) model, we identified obacunone as a candidate compound for ADPKD drug discovery from a natural antioxidant compound library.In vitroexperiments showed that obacunone significantly inhibited cyst formation and expansion of MDCK cysts and embryonic kidney cysts in a dose-dependent manner.In vivo, obacunone treatment significantly reduced the renal cyst development in PKD mice. Western blot and morphological analysis revealed that obacunone served as a NRF2 activator in ADPKD, which suppressed lipid peroxidation by up-regulating GPX4 and finally restrained excessive cell proliferation by down-regulating mTOR and MAPK signaling pathways. Experimental data demonstrated obacunone as an effective renal cyst inhibitor for ADPKD, indicating that obacunone might be developed into a therapeutic drug for ADPKD treatment.Keywords:obacunone;autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease;NRF2;glutathione peroxidase;lipid peroxidation;MAPK;mTOR
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CHEMOSPHERE
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2021
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Linfeng Zhang,Xianghui Wu,Jianding Li
To deal with the environmental pollution and energy crises, it is indispensable to find green and efficient means to overcome these challenges. Herein, the Sn-doped BiOI modified multi-shelled ZnO heterojunction composite with a high performance are designed and prepared. The results prove the formation of heterojunction structure in the composites and the morphology is shown as the multi-shelled microsphere. The performances of the composites are evaluated by different kinds of antibiotic degradation and H 2 -evolution under simulation sunlight irradiation. The measurements present that the Sn -BiOI/ZnO (SBZs) could completely remove ciprofloxacin (CIP) within 100 min, which is 4.18 times that of ZnO in kinetics. Typically, the degradation rate of CIP for SBZ6 is over 99.9%, which is more than 25% higher than that of pure ZnO microspheres. In addition, the rate of H 2 production could reach 3.08 mmol g −1 ∙ h −1 , which is 1.79 times of the pure ZnO microspheres. The boosted performance of the composites may originate from the enhanced electronic transmission efficiency and improved separation and recombination efficiency of electrons/holes. The charge transfer mode in the SBZs heterojunction composites is proposed and verified as the Z-scheme by the active species experimental and the possible electron transfer path analysis. Therefore, Sn -doped BiOI is introduced into multi-shelled ZnO microsphere to form contact heterojunction interfacial, which greatly improves the photocatalytic performances of the SBZs. Furthermore, this work supplies a strategy for designing and preparing highly active ZnO-based heterojunction composites, which could effectively address the challenges of environmental remediation and clean energy production.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2021
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Weilin Zhang,Jianqiang Wang,Xiaolan Geng,Li Liu,Fu Liu
Interfacial polymerized polyamide composite nanofiltration membrane has been widely used in wastewater treatment. Despite its high selectivity towards water and solutes, differentiation of solutes with similar size is still a great challenge. Herein, we propose that polyamide nanofiltration membrane with uniform and tunable pores and sub-nm precision selectivity can be achieved through electrospraying strategy via controlling relative humidity (ratio of practical vapor pressure P 1 and its saturated vapor pressure P s ). The enhanced relative humidity facilitated the dispersion of piperazine (PIP) monomers on substrate and the reaction with trimesoyl chloride (TMC). The membrane (M78) fabricated at high humidity (70%-80%) exhibited more uniform pore size and narrower size region (0.26 nm-0.49 nm) at a designed rejection difference (e.g., 50%) compared with the membrane (0.26 nm-1.0 nm) obtained at low humidity (30%-40%). Membrane selectivity (e.g., Na 2 SO 4 and NaCl) was an order of magnitude high when humidity increased from 30%-40% to 70%-80%. The current study offered a facile and effective strategy for fabricating polyamide nanofiltration membrane with uniform pores and sub-nm selectivity.
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ANALYST
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2021
·Vol. 146
·期 23
·7284-7293
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IF 4.616
Qiqi Zhu,Yonghua Yuan,Bin Yan,Jing Zhou,Jianli Zuo,Lijuan Bai
Graphdiyne oxide (GDYO) is a novel type of two-dimensional carbon allotrope nanomaterial consisting of a large conjugated system and excellent chemical stability. To date, application of GDYO as a nanozyme in biosensing has been rarely reported. In this study, a novel ultrasensitive colorimetric bioassay was constructed using a hemin/GDYO nanocomposite (H/GDYO) as a new nanozyme with superior peroxidase-like activity for the detection of H2O2 and glucose. It was discovered that H/GDYO exhibited 6-fold higher peroxidase-like activity than pure hemin. Catalytic kinetic analysis showed that H/GDYO had a much higher affinity for H2O2 and glucose than that of hemin. The designed colorimetric bioassay displayed excellent sensitivity for H2O2 and glucose detection with a wide linear range of 0.015–0.5 mM and 0.1–10 mM, respectively, while the limit of detection (LOD) was as low as 4.39 μM and 38 μM, respectively. Moreover, it was successfully applied for the analysis of H2O2 in milk and glucose in real human serum samples with acceptable recoveries. Importantly, the developed colorimetric bioassay shows good agreement with the results obtained from a commercial blood glucose meter. We believe that the proposed method could provide a promising prospect for medical diagnosis and biotechnology.
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Nanoscale
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2021
·Vol. 13
·期 47
·20078-20090
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IF 7.79
Kai Zhang,Zhonghui Zhuo,Guorong Fan,Zongde Wang,Shangxing Chen,Lulu Xu,Yangping Wen,Peng Wang
The simultaneous detection of multiple biological small molecules is critical for human health evaluation and disease prevention. In this study, a nano-ZnS decorated hierarchically porous carbon (ZSHPC) electrocatalyst with multiple enzyme-like activities as a nanozyme sensing platform for simultaneous derivative voltametric detection of four important biological small molecules, dopamine (DA), uric acid (UA), guanine (G), and adenine (A), is successfully synthesized via an in situ hydrothermal reaction using leaves of Cinnamomum camphora (L.) after the extraction of essential oil as a carbon source, ZnCl2 as both zinc source and an activator, sulfuric acid as a sulfur source, and silica gel as a hard template. Activator together with the introduction of silica gel is beneficial for tuning pore structure. The in situ synthesized ZnS nanoparticles and sulfur doping improve the conductivity and cycling stability of the material. The ZSHPC electrode with multiple enzyme-like activities and oxidase-like characteristics was employed for the simultaneous detection of multiple target molecules in linear ranges of 0.3–500 μM with detection limits of 0.12 μM for DA, 0.26 μM for UA, 0.07 μM for G, and 0.075 μM for A. A derivative technique was selected for enhancing the peak resolution of the partial overlapped voltammograms and eliminating human error. Both the coefficient of determination and residual prediction deviation were used to evaluate this technique.
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2021
·Vol. 46
·期 2
·877-882
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IF 3.591
Pengfei Fan,Can Liu,Congcong Hu,Feifei Li,Xi Lin,Fubing Xiao,Hao Liang,Le Li,Shengyuan Yang
Nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon dots (N,S-CDs) with strong orange fluorescence were fabricated through a facile hydrothermal method using o-phenylenediamine and thiourea as precursors. The N,S-CDs exhibited excitation-independent photoluminescent behavior with excellent stability. The largest emission peak at 565 nm occurred at an excitation wavelength of 420 nm, and the quantum yield (QY) was 14.3%. It was found that the absorption spectra of vitamin B12 (VB12) overlaps with the emission peak of the N,S-CDs to a large extent, and based on the inner filter effect (IFE) between VB12 and N,S-CDs, a label-free and sensitive detection method of VB12 in drugs was established. Under optimal conditions, the concentration of VB12 exhibited a satisfactory linear correlation with the fluorescence quenching degree ΔF/F0 of the reaction system at 565 nm in the range of 0.25–20 μM, and the detection limit was 77.5 nM. The N,S-CDs with orange fluorescence emission show huge potential for use in the field of biological analysis.
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SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2021
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IF 7.46
Shixuan Su,Shanshan Li,Jing Hu,Ting Yu,Lingchen Tao,Fuliang Hu,Yunlei Xianyu
Royal jelly as a functional food has great potential to promote human health. As a unique ingredient in royal jelly, 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid (10-HDA) is a vital criterion to evaluate the quality of royal jelly. Current approaches for 10-HDA detection mainly rely on high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC), but it requires large-scale equipment and skilled technicians that are costly and time-consuming. Herein, we report a colorimetric sensing strategy for 10-HDA detection based on Ag(I) and tetramethylbenzidine (TMB), a widely used chromogenic reagent. Ag(I) can oxidize TMB to generate oxidized TMB (oxTMB) showing a light-blue color. Due to the chelation with Ag (I), the introduction of 10-HDA can prevent the generation of oxTMB that results in a color fading and a decrease in absorbance. This colorimetric sensing strategy enables highly sensitive detection of 10-HDA with a linear range from 1 μM to 10 μM and a limit of detection of 0.13 μM. More importantly, this 10-HDA assay allows for a visual readout either by a smartphone or the naked eye with low cost, convenience, and rapid response that has been successfully applied for evaluating the quality of royal jelly in actual samples. The sensing strategy developed in this work provides a new colorimetric approach that holds great promise as a point-of-care platform for the food industry.
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FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2021
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Xin Wang,Longwen Li,Hong Jiang,Hui Zhangsun,Qinzhi Wang,Xinyu Sun,Li Wang
Tetracyclines (TCs) residues in animal products have attracted extensive concern due to their potential toxic to human health. Accordingly, it is urgent to develop an efficient method to determine TCs for providing consumers with risk pre-warning. Herein, a novel tungsten oxide quantum dots (W x O y QDs) fluorescence probe for tetracycline (TET) detection was constructed through ethanol-thermal method, which exhibited intense blue fluorescence under 365 nm UV light. Interestingly, blue-emitting W x O y QDs could be quenched obviously after the addition of TET, which may be attributed to the synergism of inner filter effect (IFE), fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and photo-induced electron transfer (PET). Thereby, the fluorescence method was established for TET detection based on W x O y QDs. Additionally, the presented method was demonstrated by monitoring TET in milk and milk powder with satisfactory recoveries. More importantly, this work offered good demonstration for the detection of food hazard factors.
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FUEL
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2021
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Guo Qiu,Biaohua Chen,Ning Liu,Chongpin Huang
5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF), an important and value-added platform chemical, has inspired increasing attention. In this study, hafnium-tin composite oxides (Sn-HfO 2 ) were prepared by one-pot coprecipitation process and used as effective synergistic catalysts for 5-HMF synthesis from the conversion of glucose. Pyridine-FTIR results reveal that Sn-HfO 2 catalysts have strong Lewis and weak Brønsted acid sites. With 0.5Sn-HfO 2 as the catalyst, the highest yield of 5-HMF obtained from glucose was 75.5% with 99.5% conversion at 170 °C for 2 h in a methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK)/water biphasic system. Furthermore, the catalytic system also possesses excellent performance in converting other carbohydrates. The catalysis mechanism for the isomerization of glucose to fructose was explored by the density functional theory (DFT) method, indicating that Lewis acidic Hf active sites and proton mediator Sn-O species synergistically catalyzed the isomerization process, effectively lowering the reaction energy barrier. The cooperative action of terminal Hf-OH and Sn-OH also facilitated the formation of 5-HMF in fructose dehydration. 0.5Sn-HfO 2 could be reused for four runs without significant loss of catalytic activity. This approach provides the feasibility of composite oxides as synergistic catalysts for carbohydrate conversion to 5-HMF.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2021
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IF 6.953
Ali Mohsin,Kanagat Akbota Akyliyaevna,Waqas Qamar Zaman,Muhammad Hammad Hussain,Muhammad Zubair Mohsin,Sarah Al-Rashed,Xin Tan,Xiwei Tian,Kistaubayeva Aida,Muhammad Tariq,Muhammad Salman Haider,Imran Mahmood Khan,Sobia Niazi,Yingping Zhuang,Meijin Guo
The present study emphasizes improving the overall yield, productivity and quality of xanthan by Xanthomonas campestris using different carbon sources via optimizing the fermentation media and kinetic modelling work. After optimization, six carbon sources and one nitrogen source were selected for xanthan production in 5 L bioreactor. Kinetic modelling was applied to assess the experimental fermentation data and to check its influence on scale-up production. In this work, xanthan production reached 40.65 g/L with a growth-associated rate constant (α) of 2.831, and highest specific growth rate (μm) of 0.37/h while using maltose as the sole carbon source. Furthermore, rheological properties were determined, and Herschel-Bulkley model was employed to assess the experimental data. Interestingly, xanthan obtained from sucrose and glucose showed the highest yield stress (τ 0 ) of 12.50 ± 0.31 and 7.17 ± 0.21. Moreover, the highest xanthan molecular weight of 3.53 × 10 7 and 3.25 × 10 7 g/mol were also found with sucrose and glucose. At last, the proposed mechanism of sugar metabolism and xanthan biosynthesis pathway were described. Conclusively, maltose appeared as the best carbon source for maximum xanthan production: while sucrose and glucose gave qualitatively best results. In short, this systematically modelled approach maximizes the potential output and provides a solid base for continuous cultivation of xanthan at large-scale production.
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