MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
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2023
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Hua Ma,Xiuwen Wu,Xiuli Fu,Zhijian Peng
Industrial-scale water splitting processes will require economical and efficient electrocatalyst materials. Many oxygen evolution electrocatalysts prepared with non-precious metals have been reported. However, transition metal-based nanomaterials experience unavoidable aggregation and low stability in corrosion environments, which substantially reduces their catalytic performance. Herein, we successfully used a simple electrospinning technique followed by carbonation to synthesize a porous B-doped carbon fiber electrocatalyst with embedded B-doped FeNi alloy nanoparticles . To prepare the optimal catalyst sample, 1.05 g PAN, 5.0 mmol H 3 BO 3 , 2.5 mmol Fe(NO 3 ) 3 , and 2.5 mmol Ni(NO 3 ) 2 were used as precursors. The electrospun pristine fibers were annealed for 1 h at 800 ° C in argon. Its overpotential for oxygen evolution at a current density of 10 mA cm −2 was only 231 mV, and a 60.99 mV·dec −1 Tafel slope was achieved. At this current density, this catalyst exhibits good performance for over 24 h or for more than 1000 CV cycles. This is due to the doping of non-metallic B atoms into the alloy nanoparticles , as well as the support and protection on them by carbon nanofibers . Insight This research provides a more thorough understanding of the preparation and practical application of low-cost and high-efficiency transitional metal alloy based water splitting catalysts.
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Biology-Basel
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2023
·Vol. 12
·期 10
·1331
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IF 4.2
Xincheng Zhang,Fang Wang,Mi Ou,Haiyang Liu,Qing Luo,Shuzhan Fei,Jian Zhao,Kunci Chen,Qingshun Zhao,Kaibin Li
Simple SummaryMyostatin is a negative regulator of muscle growth and development, and mutational inactivation of this gene increases muscle mass. Knockout of themstnbgene inPelteobagrus fulvidracodid not increase muscle mass, although our previous study of themstnagene did. Instead, it reduced the body size and growth performance ofPelteobagrus fulvidraco. Through the present study, we found that the mutantPelteobagrus fulvidracohad a reduction in the number of vertebrae, the length, and the intervertebral distance inPelteobagrus fulvidraco, and these changes may be the underlying cause of the shorter body length in mutantPelteobagrus fulvidraco. Histological comparison of the same sites in themstnmutant and wild groups ofPelteobagrus fulvidracoalso revealed that the number and density of osteocytes were greater inmstnbknockoutPelteobagrus fulvidracothan in wild-typePelteobagrus fulvidraco.AbstractBased on obtainingmstnbgene knockout inPelteobagrus fulvidraco, a study on the effect of themstngene on skeletal morphology and growth was performed by comparing the number and length of the vertebrae of mutant and wild-type fish in a sibling group ofP. fulvidraco, combined with the differences in cells at the level of vertebral skeletal tissue. It was found thatmstnbgene knockdown resulted in a reduction in the number of vertebrae, the length, and the intervertebral distance inP. fulvidraco, and these changes may be the underlying cause of the shorter body length in mutantP. fulvidraco. Further, histological comparison of the same sites in themstnmutant and wild groups ofP. fulvidracoalso revealed that the number and density of osteocytes were greater inmstnbknockoutP. fulvidracothan in wild-typeP. fulvidraco. Our results demonstrated that when using genome editing technology to breed new lines, the effects of knockout need to be analyzed comprehensively and may have some unexpected effects due to insufficient study of the function of certain genes.Keywords:myostatin b;genome editing;Pelteobagrus fulvidraco;body length;skeleton;vertebral centrum
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MOLECULES
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2023
·Vol. 28
·期 14
·5554
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IF 4.6
Sheli Zhang,Yuerong Yan,Wei Hu,Yunchang Fan
Metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) have been widely used as catalysts in the chemical industry, but their preparation is usually limited by strict conditions such as high temperature, elevated pressure, and the use of volatile and highly toxic organic solvents. To solve this problem, this work developed an environmentally benign method using green solvents, i.e., natural deep eutectic solvents (NADESs), as a reaction medium to prepare copper oxide (CuO) particles. The experimental results suggested that the synthesized CuO particles were sheet-like mesoporous NPs, and they exhibited excellent catalytic performance towards the photodegradation of rhodamine B (RhB) in the presence of potassium monopersulfate (PMS). The catalytic activity of the synthesized CuO NPs was better than that of the reported metal oxide-based catalysts. Reactive species such as photoexcited holes, superoxide radicals, and singlet oxygen were involved in the RhB degradation. These results indicated that NADESs are good media for the preparation of CuO NPs, and exhibit the potential for application to the preparation of other metal oxides.Keywords:natural deep eutectic solvents;photocatalytic degradation;copper oxide;rhodamine B;photoexcited holes
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
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2023
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Yali Zhou,Renao Bai,Yifeng Huang,Weina Li,Jiana Chen,Zhiyun Cheng,Xunxun Wu,Yong Diao
Introduction: C-phycocyanin (C-PC), a photosynthetic protein obtained from Spirulina , is regarded a highly promising commercially available biochemical. Numerous in vitro and in vivo studies have provided evidence of C-PC’s ability to mitigate the inflammatory response, alleviate oxidative stress, and facilitate wound healing. However, despite the existing knowledge regarding C-PC’s protective mechanism against cellular apoptosis induced by ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation, further in vivo experiments are needed to explore its anti-photoaging mechanism. Methods: In this study, a UVB-induced skin photoaging model was established using BALB/c-nu mice, and the potential protective effects of topically administered c-PC were investigated by various molecular biology tools. In addition, a novel delivery system, C-PC nanodispersion, was developed to facilitate the transdermal delivery of C-PC. Results: C- PC demonstrated significant anti-photoaging activities in the UVB-induced skin. The application of C-PC to the dorsal skin of the mice resulted in improved macroscopic characteristics, such as reduced sagging and coarse wrinkling, under UVB irradiation Histological analyses showed that C-PC treatment significantly decreased the symptoms of epidermal thickening, prevented dermal collagen fiber loosening, increased the hydroxyproline (Hyp) content and activities of antioxidant enzymes (such as superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase) in mouse skin, decreased malondialdehyde levels and expressions of inflammatory factors (interleukin-1α [IL-1α], IL-1β, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α), reduced matrix metalloproteinase [MMP-3 and MMP-9] expressions, and inhibited the phosphorylation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase, extracellular signal-regulated kinase, and p38 proteins in the mitogen-activated protein kinase family. Discussion: By analyzing the results of the study, a new drug delivery system, C-PC nano-dispersion, was proposed, and the anti-photoaging effect of C-PC and its mechanism were investigated.
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PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS
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2023
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Tongyu Chen,Xiaoyue Yang,Zhanxiong Li
2 Spraying rough microspheres on the cotton fabrics' surface is an ingenious way to develop textiles with superhydrophobic properties. This paper reports a convenient and low-cost technique for synthesising hydroxyl-terminated polystyrene by atom transfer radical polymerisation (ATRP) and preparing PS-b-PFPE by introducing perfluorinated polyether chain segments through esterification. Simultaneously, PS-b-PFPE was prepared as a finishing solution, and the PS-b-PFPE microspheres were prepared by electrostatic spraying. The effects of different receiving distances, solvents, concentrations, voltage and flow velocity on the morphology and its size distribution of the spray microsphere were studied. The results show that when chloroform was used as a solvent, the working liquid concentration was 80 mg/mL, the flow rate was 0.8 mL/h, the receiving distance was 10 cm and the voltage was 10 kV, the obtained size distribution of the microspheres was narrow. In addition, the static contact angle of the PS-b-PFPE microspheres coating was 159° ± 1°, and the rolling angle was 1.8° ± 0.3°. Consequently, the PS-b-PFPE-coated cotton fabric had good oil–water separation and self-cleaning function with good mechanical stability.
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Small
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2023
·Vol. 19
·期 52
·2306014
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Songliang Liu,Hugang Zhang,Tianlun Ren,Hongjie Yu,Kai Deng,Ziqiang Wang,You Xu,Liang Wang,Hongjing Wang
2D metallene possess high surface area and excellent electron transport capability, thus enabling efficient application in oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, the interface regulation and electronic structure optimization of metallene are still great challenges. Herein, Pd–B/Pd hetero-metallene is constructed by interface engineering and B modification strategies for efficient electrocatalytic ORR. The 2D configuration of Pd–B/Pd hetero-metallene exposes a large number of surface atoms and unsaturated defect sites, thus providing abundant catalytic active sites and exhibiting high electron mobility. More importantly, interface engineering and B modification synergistically optimizing the electronic configuration of the metallene system. This work not only provides an effective strategy for the rational regulation of the electronic configuration of metallene, but also offers a reference for the construction of efficient ORR catalysts.
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Open Medicine
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2023
·Vol. 18
·期 1
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Yangfa Chao,Wenting Huang,Zhiheng Xu,Ping Li,Shaodong Gu
Lymphocyte apoptosis is a latent factor for immunosuppression in sepsis. Forkhead box protein P3 (FOXP3) can interact with RUNX family transcription factor 1 (RUNX1) in regulatory T cells. Our research was to probe whether RUNX1/FOXP3 axis affects immunosuppression in the process of sepsis by modulating T and B lymphocyte apoptosis. We constructed sepsis model in mice and mouse CD4 + T and CD19 + B lymphocytes. RUNX1 and FOXP3 expressions and apoptosis in cells were assessed by western blot, quantitative real-time PCR, and flow cytometer. Inflammation of serum and pathological damage was assessed by ELISA and H&E staining. Relationship between RUNX1 and FOXP3 was assessed by co-immunoprecipitation. The findings showed that RUNX1 ameliorated the survival rate, pathological damage, and decreased inflammation-related factors, and inhibited apoptosis of CD4 + T and CD19 + B cells in cecal ligation and puncture mice. Furthermore, RUNX1 up-regulated the viability and down-regulated apoptotic rate with the changed expressions of apoptosis-related molecules in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-mediated CD4 + T and CD19 + B cells. Additionally, FOXP3 interacted with RUNX1, and its silencing decreased RUNX1 expression and reversed the inhibitory effect of RUNX1 on apoptosis of LPS-mediated CD4 + T and CD19 + B cells. In summary, the RUNX1/FOXP3 axis alleviated immunosuppression in sepsis progression by weakening T and B lymphocyte apoptosis.
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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2023
·Vol. 20
·期 5
·4571
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IF 4.614
Shuyan Yu,Huiying Zhang,Congju Li
In this study, MIL-53(Fe) was innovatively incorporated into carbon felt (CF) by growing in-situ using the solvothermal method. MIL-53(Fe)@carbon felt (MIL-53(Fe)@CF) was prepared and used for the degradation of rhodamine B (RhB). As a new photocatalytic membrane, MIL-53(Fe)@CF photocatalytic membrane has the characteristics of high degradation efficiency and recyclability. Influence of various parameters including MIL-53(Fe)@CF loading, light, electron trapper type, and starting pH on RhB degradation were investigated. The morphology, structure, and degradation properties of MIL-53(Fe)@CF photocatalytic membrane were characterized. Corresponding reaction mechanisms were explored. The results indicated that pH at 4.5 and 1 mmol/L H2O2, 150 mg MIL-53(Fe)@CF could photocatalytically degrade 1 mg/L RhB by 98.8% within 120 min, and the reaction rate constant (k) could reach 0.03635 min−1. The clearance rate of RhB decreased by only 2.8% after three operations. MIL-53(Fe)@CF photocatalytic membrane was found to be stable.Keywords:MIL-53(Fe)@carbon felt;photocatalytic;degradation;rhodamine B
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2023
·Vol. 47
·期 18
·8785-8796
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Jiaxin Zhang,Xianlang Chen,Jinhua Yu,Zheng Fang,Lele Yan,Zijian Wang,Zhengyu Pan,Rongrong Li,Li Zhang
Catalytic hydrodechlorination (HDC) is considered as one of the most promising strategies for the treatment of chlorinated environmental pollutants. Here we proposed a strategy for rapid complete dechlorination by exploiting a B–N co-doped hierarchically porous carbon material (BNC) to immobilize Pd NPs, which makes use of not only the micro/meso porous structure to accelerate the mass transport and to provide enormous active sites, but also the synergistic effect for codoping of B–N to enhance the interaction between Pd NPs and support and thus to stabilize and disperse the small size of the Pd particle. Ascribed to these combined advantages, Pd/BNC exhibited more distinctive catalytic dehalogenation activity (k = −0.14 min−1) and better stability (about 90.0% activity retention after 5 cycles) than Pd/C (k = −0.0070 min−1). Additionally, density functional theory (DFT) calculation indicates that the incorporation of N and B atoms in the carbon skeleton will reduce the adsorption energy of Cl− and thus Pd/BNC exhibits more remarkable stability than Pd/C during long-term HDC reactions. As a result, ultrafine Pd particles and high Pd2+/(Pd2+ + Pd0) ratios were found in Pd/BNC.
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ChemistrySelect
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2023
·Vol. 8
·期 10
·e202203687
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Min Zhang,Shenyong Ren,Qiaoxia Guo,Baojian Shen
Graphical Sheet-like zeolite TS-1 was synthesized under hydrothermal conditions by adding seed and urea. Liquid seed and pre-crystallization could adjust thickness of sheet-like sample in b-axis direction. Epoxidation of 1-hexene with H 2 O 2 catalyzed by sheet-like TS-1 gave high selectivity of 1,2-epoxyhexane. In zeolite TS-1, the straight channel parallelled to the b-axis direction has larger pore size and thus is main diffusion channel for molecules. Shorter b-axis brings about shorter diffusion channel, which can leads to higher adsorption and diffusion rate. Therefore, with regard to the morphology modification of MFI zeolites, many studies touch on short b-axis zeolites have been reported. Unfortunately, most of the preparation processes require harsh synthesis conditions and complex organic templates, and they are not conducive to large-scale applications. In this work, cheap organic additive urea and seed crystals were added to synthesize sheet-like TS-1, which boasts short b-axis. At the same time a pre-crystallization was performed at the aging solution stage. In the b-axis direction, the zeolite TS-1 prepared in this way had a minimum thickness of about 50 nm. This is because urea can inhibit the growth of crystals in the b-axis direction, and the guiding effect of the seed liquid also plays the function of adjusting the b-axis thickness. In the epoxidation of 1-hexene with H 2 O 2 when catalyzed by sheet-like TS-1, the selectivity of the target product 1,2-epoxyhexane was significantly improved.
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Frontiers in Pharmacology
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2023
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Zhang Tiantian,Zhang Feng,Zhang Yani,Li Hongxin,Zhu Guanghao,Weng Taotao,Huang Cheng,Wang Ping,He Yuqi,Hu Jing,Ge Guangbo
Introduction: Alisol B 23-acetate (AB23A), a major bioactive constituent in the Chinese herb Zexie (Rhizoma Alismatis), has been found with multiple pharmacological activities. AB23A can be readily hydrolyzed to alisol B in mammals, but the hydrolytic pathways of AB23A in humans and the key enzymes responsible for AB23A hydrolysis are still unrevealed. This study aims to reveal the metabolic organs and the crucial enzymes responsible for AB23A hydrolysis in human biological systems, as well as to decipher the impact of AB23A hydrolysis on its biological effects.Methods: The hydrolytic pathways of AB23A in human plasma and tissue preparations were carefully investigated by using Q-Exactive quadrupole-Orbitrap mass spectrometer and LC-UV, while the key enzymes responsible for AB23A hydrolysis were studied via performing a set of assays including reaction phenotyping assays, chemical inhibition assays, and enzyme kinetics analyses. Finally, the agonist effects of both AB23A and its hydrolytic metabolite(s) on FXR were tested at the cellular level.Results: AB23A could be readily hydrolyzed to form alisol B in human plasma, intestinal and hepatic preparations, while human butyrylcholinesterase (hBchE) and human carboxylesterases played key roles in AB23A hydrolysis in human plasma and tissue preparations, respectively. It was also found that human serum albumin (hSA) could catalyze AB23A hydrolysis, while multiple lysine residues of hSA were covalently modified by AB23A, suggesting that hSA catalyzed AB23A hydrolysis via its pseudo-esterase activity. Biological tests revealed that both AB23A and alisol B exhibited similar FXR agonist effects, indicating AB23A hydrolysis did not affect its FXR agonist effect.Discussion: This study deciphers the hydrolytic pathways of AB23A in human biological systems, which is very helpful for deep understanding of the metabolic rates of AB23A in humans, and useful for developing novel prodrugs of alisol B with desirable pharmacokinetic behaviors.
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
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2023
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Hui Guo,Jiangtao Ma,Yanli Zhang,Yan Mao,Ziwei Hu,Ying Lin,Feng Yu,Wei Wang,Yaling Liu
An autoimmune condition known as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by B cell hyperresponsiveness and persistent generation of pathogenic autoantibodies that cause damage to various organs and tissues. The treatments available today are either ineffective or have adverse effects. The dysregulation of B cell activation is crucial for the emergence of SLE. MiR-7 explicitly targeted PTEN mRNA in B cells. Treatment with antagomiR-7 reduced B cell hyperresponsiveness and prevented the onset of lupus. As a result, inhibiting miR-7 may be used therapeutically to treat SLE. We developed a SA (sialic acid)-poly (D, L-lactide-co-glycolide) (SA-PLGA) nano delivery system to deliver antagomiR-7 into splenic B cells since the stability and targeted delivery of miRNA remain significant challenges in vivo . Results show that SA-PLGA nanoparticles (SA-PLGA@antagomiR-7) loaded with antagomiR-7 display good biocompatibility and shield antagomiR-7 from degradation, extending the miRNA’s duration in circulation in vivo . Additionally, in MRL/Ipr lupus mice, SA-PLGA@antagomiR-7 is successfully delivered to the splenic B cells and preferentially enriched in the diseased spleen in MRL/Ipr lupus mice. The SA-PLGA@antagomiR-7 NPs therapy effectively decreases immunological abnormalities, normalizes splenic B cell subtypes, and suppresses B cell activation. The antagomiR-7 NPs exhibit excellent therapeutic efficiency and high biosafety collectively, which may result in a more effective treatment for SLE.
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