FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS
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2022
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IF 11.504
Laiming Zhang,Jiaqi Zheng,Yi Wang,Xingqian Ye,Shiguo Chen,Haibo Pan,Jianle Chen
Rhamnogalacturonan-I (RG-I) was considered to be incompatible with gel formation. Due to its important health benefits, our previous study reported synergistic gelation of RG-I enriched pectin from citrus membranes with sequential acidic and alkaline treatment. In the present study, we further fabricated RG-I enriched pectin-based emulsion gels with the synergistic gelation for hydrophobic bioactive encapsulation. The effect of oil fraction and interfacial compositions including pectin itself and Tween 20 on the physical properties and delivery characteristics of emulsion gels was investigated. As to interfacial compositions, pectin reduced syneresis and swelling ratio and increased water holding capacity . Oil fraction had no marked influence on syneresis and swelling ratio, but significantly increased water holding capacity. Particularly, all the emulsion gels showed an elastic behavior and a full structure recovery after shearing. Increase in pectin instead of Tween 20 onto the surface of oil droplets and oil fraction markedly improved their gel strength. Curcumin was encapsulated within the oil phase of emulsion gels. Improvement in gel strength provided enhanced protection of curcumin against heat-induced degradation. In vitro digestion revealed that interfacial compositions decelerated curcumin release by increasing the proportion of pectin onto the surface, but didn't change its bioaccessibility eventually. Increase in oil fraction accelerated curcumin release, but reduced its bioaccessibility. Overall, fabrication of RG-I enriched pectin-based emulsion gel with pectin itself as interfacial composition and low oil fraction would contribute to improving curcumin bioavailability for its sustained release, which should be further validated in vivo .
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食品科学
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Journal of Cleaner Production
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2023
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IF 11.1
Jiayi Li,Weixing Han,Heyao Liu,Minhua Su,Diyun Chen,Gang Song
The development and use of clean energy produced by nuclear power plants is becoming a major international trend, but it will inevitably lead to the problem of radionuclide pollution. Radioactive nuclear wastewater containing Cs and U and produced as a byproduct of coastal nuclear power production can cause substantial environmental pollution . In order to simultaneously remove radioactive cesium and uranium, polydopamine (PDA) inlaid ammonium phosphomolybdate (AMP) has established a hydrophilic functional structural film on the surface of Fe 3 O 4 , forming AMP@PDA@Fe 3 O 4 (APF) which is used to simultaneous remove Cs(I) and U(VI). Using the pH sensitive range of APF adsorption in the process of adsorbing Cs(I) and U(VI), synergistic adsorption can be achieved under the condition of weak acidity to neutral. The effects of temperature, and common cations on Cs(I) and U(VI) adsorption by APF were investigated, the adsorption was found to be sensitive to the presence of K + . The efficiency of Cs(I) and U(VI) adsorption by APF was 99.88% and 98.39%, respectively. The Cs(I) adsorption process was primarily ion exchange with NH 4 + within APF composite, whereas that for U(VI) was primarily C-O complexation. Both the Cs(I) and U(VI) adsorption reactions were consistent with second-order kinetic and Langmuir isothermal adsorption models. After five cycles of experiments the removal efficiency of Cs(I) and U(VI) can reach 64.88% and 79.81%, respectively. APF was also found to have high selectivity for Cs and U in seawater with high salt content at pH 6.0–7.0. In mimic contaminated seawater, the efficiency of Cs(I) and U(VI) removal was 97.65% and 84.63%, respectively. These findings provide references for the remove of Cs(I) and U(VI) from radioactive wastewater , making the process of energy production safer.
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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
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2022
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IF 5.02
Shujue Xu,Shen Zhang,Yang Yu,Shengrui Zhang,Minjie Li
Graphical Au(I)-thiolate nanosheets with closely-packed multiple surface functional groups have been synthesized via a one-pot co-assembly strategy. The easy but powerful strategy addresses the surface engineering problem for 2D materials and paves the way for their wider applications in sensing and biomaterials. Two-dimensional (2D) Au(I)-thiolate assemblies are a special type of material that can balance high structural stability and rich surface functionality, which shows promising prospects in both fundamental research and applications. Co-assembly of multiple ligands is a facile way to further enrich the surface properties and functions, and expand their application potentials. In this work, taking 3-mercaptopropionic acid (MPA), cysteine (Cys) and 1-thioglycerol (TGO) as example ligands, we studied in detail the possibility to co-assemble them into one nanosheet. Although the three ligands have significantly different controllability and pathways when self-assembling individually with Au(I), they can still be effectively co-assembled by reacting with HAuCl 4 together to obtain three-ligand nanosheets with good colloidal stability. The key points for successful co-assembly are also revealed by comparing single- and three-ligand self-assembly processes, laying a solid foundation for co-assembly of even more ligands. The easy but powerful strategy for 2D materials with closely-packed and multiple tunable surface functional groups addresses the surface engineering problem for 2D materials and paves the way for their wider applications in sensing and biomaterials.
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Frontiers in Immunology
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2022
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IF 8.786
Xin Zhao,Wenji Huang,Yanjie Shi,Jiahong Guo,Hehe Xiao,Ning Ji,Jianhua Feng,Huifeng Dang,Jun Zou
PLAAT1 is a member of the PLAAT protein family and plays important roles in tumor suppression, transglutaminase activation and peroxisomal biogenesis. Recently, PLAAT1 has been shown to promote degradation of p53 protein and cellular organelles such as mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum and lysosome. In this study, we show that PLAAT1 inhibits the production of type I interferon and promotes virus replication in zebrafish. Overexpression of Plaat1 in zebrafish cells suppresses antiviral responses and promotes virus replication. Mechanistically, PLAAT1 interacts with IRF3 and IRF7 to initiate degradation of IRF3 and IRF7, which can be attenuated by 3-methyladenine, an inhibitor of autophagosome. Our study provides novel insights into the functions of PLAAT1 in host immune response to viral infection.
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病毒学
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分子生物学
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Materials Today Communications
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2025
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IF 4.5
Wanxiao Wang,Xiaojie Liang,Jiayu Yang,Zihan Su,Yue Chen,Lijuan Chen,Yuzhu Qian,Bei Long
The development of high-performance anode materials is crucial for aqueous ammonium ion batteries. In the meanwhile, adding an additional redox pair is thought to be a good way to raise the overall electrochemical performance of the system. In this study, a hybrid battery composed of active carbon and BiOI is developed using an NH 4 AC + NH 4 I electrolyte. Electrochemical tests and ex-situ characterization validate the dual processes of NH 4 + (de)intercalation and I − /I 2 redox. Moreover, the NH 4 I additive enhances the charge transfer of the whole battery and changes the phase transition of BiOI in the charge-discharge process. Consequently, this hybrid battery exhibits a long-term cyclic stability (70 % capacity retention after 2300 cycles at 0.2 A g −1 ) and a high specific capacity (196 mA h g −1 at 0.2 A g −1 ). The cell with a high-loading BiOI electrode (12 mg cm −2 ) also exhibits satisfactory performances, reflecting its application potential. This work provides a reference for designing aqueous hybrid battery.
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BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
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2021
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IF 10.618
Lu Cao,Hongguang Liu,Wenjun Xie,Shumeng Jiao,Xueqiang Wu,Kaisong Yuan,Xia Zhou,Muzi Yang,Yanyan Guan,Huaihong Cai,Zhihui Lai,Jian Chen,Haibo Zhou
With the increasing number of reports on aristolochic acid I (AAI), more and more toxic and side effects have been discovered successively. The main recognized carcinogenic mechanism is that AAI is metabolized into aristololactam I (AAT) in the body by nitroreductases , ultimately forming AAT-DNA adducts that cause disease. However, the carcinogenic mechanism is still not well understood by currently reported indirect method, there has always been a great demand to develop a direct method for real-time monitoring such process. In this work, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) was used for the first time to monitor the process of AAI under the action of reducing agent sodium borohydride and catalyst Raney nickel to form AAT. We first found the abundant intermediate product-amino derivative of AAI, which was never reported before by other methods. The AAT was then obtained by a one-step dehydration reaction from the amino derivative of AAI under such reduction conditions. The product of amino derivative of AAI and AAT were further verified by thin-layer chromatography, H nuclear magnetic resonance spectra , mass spectrometry, and ultra-high performance liquid chromatography. Furthermore, a density functional theory-supported in-depth vibrational characterization of AAI and AAT was performed. The monitoring of the AAI reduction process by SERS can be of great significance for further exploration of its pathogenic mechanism, prevention, and monitoring of “nephropathy” and other diseases caused by AAI.
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计算化学
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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
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2024
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IF 10.7
Xueping Wang,Chengying Zhao,Jirong Wang,Xingmiao Lu,Yuming Bao,Deli Zhang,Jinkai Zheng
To facilitate the application of rhamnogalacturonan-I (RG-I)-enriched pectins (RGPs) as novel, healthy, and gelling food additives, this study compared the structural characteristics and gelling properties of RGPs extracted from citrus peel via four methods (alkali: AK, high-temperature/pressure: TP, citric acid: CA, and enzyme-assisted: EA extractions). AK and CA yielded pectins with the highest RG-I proportions (54.8 % and 51.9 %, respectively) by disrupting the homogalacturonan region; TP and EA increased the RG-I proportions by ~10 %. Among the four methods, AK induced the lowest degree of esterification (DE) (6.7 %) and longer side chains that form strong entanglement, contributing to its highest gel hardness. The relatively low DE (18.5 %) of CA RGP facilitated stable gel formation. Notably, its highly branched RG-I region afforded more intramolecular hydrophobic interactions, making a more highly cross-linked gel network of better gel resilience. In contrast, TP induced the highest DE (57 %) and curved molecular chains; it inhibited Ca 2+ binding, entanglement, and intramolecular hydrophobic interactions, and thus no gel formed. EA RGP was associated with the lowest molecular size, rendering it more difficult for Ca 2+ to form links, which resulted no gel. These findings offer insights into the relationship among the extraction methods, molecular structures, and gelling properties of RGPs.
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食品科学
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高分子化学
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2017
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IF 3.671
Shuqin Xu,Meiling Qiu,Xuanyue Zhang,Jinghua Chen
Heparinase I (Hep I) can efficiently depolymerize heparin and heparin sulfate to oligosaccharides or unsaturated disaccharides, which resulted in loss of physiological function such as blood coagulation. In order to realize the immobilization of Hep I on chitin carriers, we cloned Hep I with the chitin binding domain (ChBD) as a chitin-affinity tag, and the Small Ubiquitin-like MOdifier (SUMO) linker as a solvation enhancer in different fusion sequence. DNA and protein gels suggested that 4 kinds of recombinants were successfully constructed and expressed in Escherichia coli ( E. coli ). And the triple functional heparinases isolated from cell lysate could be efficiently purified by chitin beads. After optimizing fermentation conditions, it gave the specific enzyme activities of 1.88 ± 0.11, 3.69 ± 0.45, 3.44 ± 0.38, and 2.73 ± 0.29 IU/mg total proteins for ChBD-Hep I, ChBD-SUMO-Hep I, SUMO-ChBD-Hep I, and ChBD-Hep I-SUMO, respectively, with unfractionated heparin as substrate. The optimal reaction temperature and pH were determined to be 30 °C and 7.0 for all the fusion enzymes. ChBD-SUMO-Hep I exhibited the maximum half-life (48 min) at 30 °C and best thermo-stability under 15–50 °C. All the fusion enzymes showed broad pH-stability in the range of 5.4–9.0.
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生物化学
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SEPARATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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2013
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Xiaochun Chen,Shuimin Ming,Xinying Wu,Chang Chen,Charles Asumana,Guangren Yu
The absorption of propylene and propane in Cu(I)-based ionic liquids, i.e., 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride/CuCl ([Bmim][Cl]/CuCl), N-Methyl pyrrolidone chloride/CuCl ([HNMP][Cl]/CuCl), and tricaprylmethylammonium thiocyanate/CuSCN ([A336][SCN]/CuSCN), are investigated in this work. It is observed that such Cu(I)-based ionic liquids, especially Bmim-based ionic liquids, present good absorption capability for propylene and good selectivity over propane, e.g., 1.0 kilogram [Bmim][Cl]/CuCl is able to absorb 0.08 mol propylene while only 0.006 mol propane at 25°C and 1.3 bar with the selectivity of 13. The effects of pressure, Cu+ concentration, and temperature on the absorption are investigated; in addition, the absorption kinetics of propylene by [Bmim][Cl]/CuCl is obtained. The much higher absorption capability for propylene than propane is ascribed to the π-complexation between propylene and Cu+. This work shows that the absorption by Cu(I)-based ionic liquids is an potential alternative method for traditional cryogenic distillation with high energy cost to separate propylene and propane.
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FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
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2024
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IF 7.1
Ya-Long Zheng,Yuan Ji,Yan Li,Shuai Yan,Xiao-Rong Ren,Wei Tang,Fang Dai,Bo Zhou
The development of Cu(II) ionophores for targeted disruption of aberrant redox homeostasis in cancer cells has been considered an appealing strategy in the field of anticancer research. This study presents the first identification of tanshinone I ( Ts1 ), a natural o -quinone, as a Cu(II) ionophore. Structure-activity relationship studies on tanshinones and mechanistic investigations reveal that the presence of Cu(II) effectively promotes the tautomerization of Ts1 from its diketo to keto-enol forms, thereby facilitating its sequential proton-loss Cu(II) chelation, and enabling it to function as a Cu(II) ionophore due to its structural features including the presence of an o -quinone moiety, a benzyl hydrogen, and a large conjugated system. The unique property allows Ts1 to preferentially induce copper accumulation in human hepatoma HepG2 cells over human umbilical vein endothelial cells, by releasing copper driven by reduced glutathione (GSH). This copper accumulation leads to a reduction in the GSH-to-oxidized glutathione ratio and the generation of reactive oxygen species, ultimately triggering apoptosis of HepG2 cells. The findings not only provide support for o -quinones as innovative types of anticancer Cu(II) ionophores, but also shed light on the previously unrecognized role of Ts1 as a potent Cu(II) ionophore for eradicating cancer cells by selectively disrupting their redox regulation programs, resembling a "Trojan horse".
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肿瘤学
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药理学
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化学生物学
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Nanomedicine
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2024
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Shuhui Li,Yuansheng Liu,Xiaojun Sui,Yuzhen Zhuo,He Siqi,Zhang Sijia,Zhang Hui,Li Dihua,Zhang Dapeng,Yang Lei
Aim: To evaluate the anti-pancreatic cancer effect of novel Tubeimoside I multifunctional liposomes combined with gemcitabine.Methods: Liposomes were prepared through the thin film hydration method, with evaluations conducted on parameters including encapsulation efficiency (EE%), particle size, polydispersity index (PDI), zeta potential (ZP), storage stability, and release over a 7-day period. The cellular uptake rate, therapeutic efficacy in vitro and in vivo and the role of immune microenvironment modulation were evaluated.Results: The novel Tubeimoside I multifunctional liposomal exhibited good stability, significant anti-cancer activity, and immune microenvironment remodeling effects. Furthermore, it showed a safety profile.Conclusion: This study underscores the potential of Novel Tubeimoside I multifunctional liposomal as a promising treatment option for pancreatic cancer.
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药理学
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肿瘤学
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药物递送系统
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2024
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IF 8.1
Mingxian Duan,Yeshuang Wang,Huiling Fan,Zhelin Su,Chao Yang,Jiawei Kou,Ju Shangguan
Thiophene (C 4 H 4 S) removal from coke oven gas is critical to its subsequent high valuable utilization but remains a challenge. MOF-199 was considered as a promising candidate for C 4 H 4 S adsorption removal owing to its nature of enriched opened Cu sites. However, the presence of mixed valence of Cu(II) and Cu(I) in MOF-199 makes it puzzling to their respective contribution to the removal of C 4 H 4 S. Herein, a series of MOF-199 with different Cu(I) contents were synthesized using different methods, including hydrothermal, solution diffusion, and ultrasonic, and their C 4 H 4 S adsorption performance were investigated. The respective contributions of Cu(II) and Cu(I) to the C 4 H 4 S removal was systematically discussed. The collected results indicated that although the samples prepared with different methods present a remarkable difference in textural characters, the latter was found to have a negligible influence on the C 4 H 4 S removal owing to MOF-199(H) affording an inferior surface area and pore volumes but performing the best C 4 H 4 S removal capacity of 53.7 mg S/g. The co-adsorption results of CH 3 SCH 3 and C 4 H 4 S indicated that the excellent performance of MOF-199(H) mainly attributed to the presence of Cu(I), which provides active sites for C 4 H 4 S adsorption through π complex coordination. Cu(II) species was also found to the C 4 H 4 S adsorption via soft-acid-base coordinated interaction, but its contribution is 8.3 mg S/g, only accounting for 15.5 %. Additionally, the adsorption of C 4 H 4 S on MOF-199(H) was found to follow the intra-particle diffusion model and the Langmuir models. Moreover, MOF-199(H) also exhibited an excellent regeneration performance due to the weak interaction between C 4 H 4 S and their opened Cu sites, the C 4 H 4 S adsorption capacity still reaches 50.6 mg S/g after three regeneration cycles, about 94 % of its initial value. The results collected in this study will provide new insights for the manipulation of performance of C 4 H 4 S adsorption on the MOF-199.
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