CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN
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2023
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Zhenyuan Yang,Yanan Guan,Lei Xu,Yangtao Zhou,Xiaolei Fan,Yilai Jiao
This work presents the development and systematic study of a method to prepare hierarchical titanium silicalite-1 (TS-1) zeolites with high tetra-coordinated framework Ti species content. The new method involves (i) the synthesis of the aged dry gel by treating the zeolite precursor at 90 °C for 24 h; and (ii) the synthesis of hierarchical TS-1 by treating the aged dry gel using tetrapropylammonium hydroxide (TPAOH) solution under hydrothermal conditions. Systematic studies were conducted to understand the effect of the synthesis conditions (including the TPAOH concentration, liquid-to-solid ratio, and treatment time) on the physiochemical properties of the resulting TS-1 zeolites, and the results showed that the condition of a TPAOH concentration of 0.1 M, liquid-to-solid ratio of 1.0, and treatment time of 9 h was ideal to enable the synthesis of hierarchical TS-1 with a Si/Ti ratio of 44. Importantly, the aged dry gel was beneficial to the quick crystallization of zeolite and assembly of nanosized TS-1 crystals with a hierarchical structure (Sext = 315 m2 g–1 and Vmeso = 0.70 cm3 g–1, respectively) and high framework Ti Species content, making the accessible active sites ready for promoting oxidation catalysis.
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MINERALS ENGINEERING
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2023
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Jiahui Wu,Longhua Xu,Donghui Wang,Kai Xue,Xinzhang Shi,Lin Peng,Jiushuai Deng
Removing calcite is a tricky problem in smithsonite flotation because of its better floatability. 1-Hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP), a scale inhibitor in water treatment industry, was chosen as a calcite depressant. This study validated the effectiveness of HEDP in separating smithsonite from calcite by flotation using sodium oleate (NaOL) as the collector, and obtained a 70% recovery difference in a single mineral flotation. Artificial mixed mineral flotation obtained a concentrate with a grade of 44% and a recovery of more than 80%. Zeta potential, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) tests were conducted to obtained some crucial information on the adsorption of NaOL and HEDP, demonstrating that the adsorption of HEDP on calcite surfaces was stronger than smithsonite. The intense adsorption of HEDP on calcite surfaces was attributed to chelation with surface calcium sites. Quantum chemical calculations suggested that the selectivity of HEDP was closely related to the phosphate groups. HEDP was chemically adsorbed on calcite surface by complexing with calcium sites to form six-membered ring chelate. Partial oxygen atoms of phosphate groups dominated in the reaction with calcium sites, and the deprotonation of phosphate groups enhanced the reactivity.
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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
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2023
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Ahmed M. Senan,Muhammed Tilahun Muhammed,Laila A. Al-Shuraym,Sadeq K. Alhag,Niyazi A.S. Al-Areqi,Senem Akkoç
1-Phenyl ethanol derivatives are well-known classes of drug molecules that play an important role as effective substitute analogs to anticancer and antiviral agents. In this work, phenylacetylene was selected as a simple alkyne in the presence of iron (II) phthalocyanine with NaBH 4 as a catalyst. This reaction has been proven that it is a significantly efficient catalyzed conversion of terminal and internal alkynes to 1-phenyl ethanol derivatives as secondary alcohols followed by the addition and elimination mechanism. However, such drug design by compiling the redox reaction and its sequence essentially requires exact stoichiometry of iron phthalocyanine to alkynes. The products were characterized using flash column chromatography with an eluent ratio of PE: EA (5: 1 / V: V), gas chromatography, 1 H, and 13 C NMR spectroscopy. The potential of the synthesized compounds to bind to protein kinase B was investigated through molecular docking to dig out their probable anticancer activity. Compound 7 (1-(4-bromophenyl) ethan-1-ol) exhibited the highest binding potential. However, the binding potential of all the compounds was less than the standard parent compound. In addition, the density functional theory (DFT) studies of the compounds were also applied which revealed that compound 1 might have the highest chemical stability.
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Applied Materials Today
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2023
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Mingming Song,Bin Zhu,Shuang Qiu,Jiameng Tian,Jianning Li,Daling Chen,Chang Liu
Melanoma is one of the most aggressive and deadly forms of skin cancer, and effective treatments need to be developed. The combination of chemoimmunotherapy has emerged as a promising strategy for treating cancer. However, this strategy still has several limitations, including the inability of more than two drugs to reach tumor tissue simultaneously and the risk of serious adverse effects. The use of nanodrug delivery systems is an effective method to successfully combine these therapies, as they reduce side effects and improve bioavailability. In this study, we developed IL4RPep-1-targeting peptide nanoparticles (IPP NPs) for the codelivery of afuresertib and celecoxib for melanoma treatment by taking advantage of the high drug loading capacity and favorable pharmacokinetic profile of the poly(lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticle platform. IPP NPs efficiently target three different types of melanoma cells in vitro and significantly accumulate at the tumor site in vivo . In both ectopic and pulmonary metastatic melanoma models, targeted codelivery of afuresertib and celecoxib not only promotes melanoma cell apoptosis but also reprograms M2-type macrophages into M1-type macrophages, reconstructing the tumor immune microenvironment and activating the immune response against cancer cells. In addition, this highly coordinated precise delivery of the drug to tumor cells significantly reduces adverse reactions associated with the combination of afuresertib and celecoxib. In summary, IPP NPs exhibit an accurate pH response and ideal targeted drug delivery capabilities for combination chemotherapy and immunotherapy, offering therapeutic potential for this combination in melanoma.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2023
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Weilong Hou,Kehang Lin,Xiangyu Zhang,Bowen Xu,Yuexia Wang,Xinqing Lu,Yijing Gao,Rui Ma,Yanghe Fu,Weidong Zhu
Nonoxidative propane dehydrogenation (PDH) has been regarded as an economic and efficient route to meet constantly increasing global demands for propylene. However, over industrially applied catalysts, thermally induced deactivation including coke formation and sintering of the active species occurs and simultaneously hydrocarbon cracking significantly reduces the selectivity for propylene. In the present work, titanosilicate-1 (TS-1) zeolite supported catalysts (Pt/TS-1) were developed for PDH. The results on the extensive characterizations of the prepared materials, in combination with density functional theory (DFT) calculations, verify that the framework Ti species in Pt/TS-1 can increase the dispersion and electron density of Pt, which significantly enhances the catalyst stability and selectivity for propylene. Utmost importantly, no sintering of the Pt active species in Pt/TS-1 occurs at the high temperatures required for the reaction and catalyst regeneration processes. Therefore, the current investigation provides a strategy for developing efficient PDH catalysts for practical applications.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2023
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Hailin Pan,Jie Wang,Zhi Chen,Ziqi Su,Zheng Tang,Zaifei Ma
Developing transparent conductors to replace indium tin oxide (ITO) is a critical objective in the field of organic optoelectronics. Non-atomically doped (NAD) ZnO thin films, while currently exhibiting limited conductivity, are highly promising candidates due to their unique advantages, such as having complete transparency in both the visible and near-infrared spectral regions, solution processability, and the desired surface electronic properties. In this work, the impact of surface modification by insulating polymers on the ultraviolet-enhanced conductivity of NAD-ZnO films is investigated. It was found that polymer modifiers that are rich in amino and hydroxyl groups are effective at increasing the concentration of oxygen vacancies and the conductivity of NAD-ZnO films. The highest conductivity of over 1000 S cm–1, which is more than twice as high as the previous record for NAD-ZnO films, is achieved using polyethylenimine ethoxylated (PEIE) to modify NAD-ZnO films. Subsequently, the replacement of ITO in organic photovoltaic devices by a ZnO/PEIE electrode is realized. The ZnO/PEIE-based OPV devices that were created exhibit performances comparable to those of ITO-based devices under simulated solar illumination and performances better than those achieved with ITO-based devices under simulated indoor illumination. These results make NAD-ZnO a promising candidate for the widespread replacement of ITO in optoelectronic devices.
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ChemistrySelect
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2022
·Vol. 7
·期 35
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Zhiqiang Zhang,Qingyan Chu,Yuan Sun,Hao Wang,Deming Lu,Yuying Liu,Haibin Xiao,Ping Wang,Hongyou Cui,Ming Wang
Graphical The hierarchical TS-1 with abundant mesopores was prepared by TPAOH/TIPA treatment, which was applied to the reaction of the ammoximation-oxidation of acetone to 2-nitropropane. Hierarchical TS-1 catalyst performed excellent reusability and catalytic activity with 97.5 % conversion and 96.8 % selectivity. The novel technology for clean and mild synthesis of nitroalkanes has been developed. Modified TS-1 catalysts for the acetone ammoximation-oxidation reaction were prepared by post-treating TS-1 with different concentrations of TPAOH/TIPA, and the effects of alkali treatment on the catalytic performance were systematically investigated. The techniques such as XRD, SEM, TEM and N 2 sorption were used to characterize the catalyst samples, which exhibited that the introduction of alkali increased the volume and quantity of mesopores, while there was no obvious influence on the framework structure and titanium content in the framework. And the improvement in catalyst performance after alkali treatment was attributed to the increase of mesopores and the decrease in diffusion limitation. In addition, three common ammoximation catalysts (Ti-MOR, Ti- MWW and TS-1) were systematically investigated in this reaction. Ti-MOR showed superiority in the ammoximation to oxime, while TS-1 displayed the best catalytic performance in the ammoximation oxidation of ketones to nitroalkanes. It was indicated that modified TS-1 could be a promising catalyst for the ammoximation-oxidation reaction of acetone.
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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2022
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Yin Lujun,Shen Wang,Liu Jun-Sheng,Jia Ai-Qun
Siderophore is necessary for the survival of microorganisms and is interregulated with quorum sensing (QS) systems. It is related to growth, proliferation, virulence, and other bacterial social activities as a virulence factor. Thus, we speculated that the QS system could be occluded by inhibiting siderophore production. 2-Hydroxymethyl-1-methyl-5-nitroimidazole (HMMN), one siderophore inhibitor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 (P. aeruginosa PAO1), was obtained by using the Chromeazurol S (CAS) method. We found that HMMN inhibited siderophore production and influenced the biological effects of QS regulation, including biofilm formation and pyocyanin production. HMMN (150 μg/ml) inhibited the siderophore production of P. aeruginosa PAO1 by 69.37%. In addition, HMMN could inhibit pyocyanin production and biofilm formation and erase the formed biofilm of P. aeruginosa PAO1. HMMN (150 μg/ml) inhibited the biofilm formation of P. aeruginosa PAO1 by 28.24%. The erasure rate of the formed biofilm reached 17.03%. Furthermore, HMMN (150 μg/ml) inhibited P. aeruginosa PAO1 pyocyanin production by 36.06%. Meanwhile, positive-control hordenine (500.0 μg/ml) reduced the biofilm formation and pyocyanin production of P. aeruginosa PAO1 by 14.42% and 34.35%, respectively. The erasure rate of hordenine to the formed biofilm is 11.05% at 500 μg/ml. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) showed that HMMN downregulates not only siderophore-related genes but also QS-related genes, as well as hordenine. These results suggest that a siderophore inhibitor could be used as a QS inhibitor to occlude the QS system and reduce virulence.
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INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
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2022
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Jian-Bing Xiong,Jia-Xi Duan,Nan Jiang,Chen-Yu Zhang,Wen-Jing Zhong,Jin-Tong Yang,Yu-Biao Liu,Feng Su,Yong Zhou,Dai Li,Hui-Hui Yang,Cha-Xiang Guan
Our previous study showed that triggering receptors expressed on myeloid cell-1 (TREM-1) was upregulated in bleomycin (BLM)-induced pulmonary fibrosis (PF) mouse model. However, the role of TREM-1 in the development of PF and its underlying mechanism remain unclear. Herein, we report that the prophylactical blockade of TREM-1 using a decoy peptide dodecapeptide (LR12) exerted protective effects against BLM-induced PF in mice, with a higher survival rate, attenuated tissue injury, and less extracellular matrix deposition. Interestingly, therapeutic blockade of TREM-1 at the early stage of fibrosis also attenuated BLM-induced PF, suggesting a non-inflammatory effect. More importantly, we observed that TREM-1 blockade with LR12 significantly reduced the expression of the senescence-relative protein, including p16, p21, p53, and γ-H2AX in the lungs of PF mice. Notably, TREM-1 was upregulated in alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) and correlated with the levels of senescence markers in BLM-treated mice. In vitro , activating TREM-1 with an agonistic antibody exacerbated BLM-induced senescence in MLE12 cells, a murine AEC cell line. Furthermore, prophylactic or therapeutic blockade of TREM-1 protected MLE12 cells from senescence induced by BLM or H 2 O 2 . In conclusion, our findings elucidate a pro-fibrotic effect of TREM-1 by inducing AECs senescence in PF, providing a potential strategy for fibrotic disease treatment.
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CANCER SCIENCE
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2022
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Jie Liu,Huxia Wang,Miao Zhang,Yazhao Li,Ruiqi Wang,He Chen,Bo Wang,Xiaoqian Gao,Shaoran Song,Yaochun Wang,Yu Ren,Juan Li,Peijun Liu
Multiple cancers have been reported to be associated with angiogenesis and are sensitive to anti‐angiogenic therapies. Vascular normalization, by restoring proper tumor perfusion and oxygenation, could limit tumor cell invasiveness and improve the effectiveness of anticancer treatments. However, the underlying anticancer mechanisms of antiangiogenic drugs are still unknown. Metformin (MET) and simvastatin (SVA), two metabolic‐related drugs, have been shown to play important roles in modulating the hypoxic tumor microenvironment and angiogenesis. Whether the combination of MET and SVA could exert a more effective antitumor effect than individual treatments has not been examined. The antitumor effect of the synergism of SVA and MET was detected in mouse models, breast cancer patient‐derived organoids, and multiple tumor cell lines compared with untreated, SVA, or MET alone. RNA sequencing revealed that the combination of MET and SVA (but not MET or SVA alone) inhibited the expression of endothelin 1 (ET‐1), an important regulator of angiogenesis and the hypoxia‐related pathway. We demonstrate that the MET and SVA combination showed synergistic effects on inhibiting tumor cell proliferation, promoting apoptosis, alleviating hypoxia, decreasing angiogenesis, and increasing vessel normalization compared with the use of a single agent alone. The MET and SVA combination suppressed ET‐1‐induced hypoxia‐inducible factor 1α expression by increasing prolyl hydroxylase 2 (PHD2) expression. Furthermore, the MET and SVA combination showed a more potent anticancer effect compared with bosentan. Together, our findings suggest the potential application of the MET and SVA combination in antitumor therapy.
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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2022
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Zi-Tao Zhong,Ghazala Ashraf,Wei Chen,Bo Liu,Guo-Ping Wang,Yuan-Di Zhao
Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) is closely correlated with tumorigenesis and progression. Establishing a low-cost, simple, rapid, and sensitive method for its detection is highly desired for the broad-spectrum screening of oral cancer. Herein, we combine the MMP-specific cleavage ability with magnetic separation technology and a commercial test strip to construct a sensitive biosensor to detect MMP-1 conveniently for the first time. The method involves two DNA probes, peptide–DNA1 and hCG–DNA2, where DNA1 and DNA2 are complementary sequences, and the peptide labeled with biotin can bind streptavidin-modified magnetic nanoparticles stably. The human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is the target of the pregnancy test strip. The cleavage reaction mediated by MMP-1 releases peptide–DNA1 and the hybridized hCG–DNA2 into the solution, and the hCG probe in the solution can develop color on the test strip for the determination of MMP-1 after magnetic separation. This method utilizes the high specificity of MMP-1’s proteolytic cleavage and the high sensitivity of the test strip to the target probe, achieving a sensitive detection of MMP-1 with a visual detection limit of 65.5 pg/mL. The method shows better anti-interference and sensitivity than the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in the application of a biological sample matrix, suggesting its great potential for clinical diagnosis, especially for broad-spectrum oral cancer screening.
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JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY
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2022
·Vol. 531
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Xulin Li,Gaoyang Zhao,Hongren Huang,Jialin Ye,Junfeng Xu,Yuan Zhou,Xiaojuan Zhu,Liping Wang,Feng Wang
Many brain functions that underlie behavior, cognition, and emotions vary with age, as does susceptibility to neuropsychological disorders. The expression of specific genes that are involved in these functions, such as the genes encoding for oxytocin, its receptors, and apolipoprotein D, varies with age across different brain regions. The cannabinoid 1 receptor (CB 1 R) is one of the most widely spread G-protein coupled receptors in the central nervous system and is increasingly recognized for its important contribution to various brain functions. Although changes in CB 1 R expression with age have been reported in the male mouse brain, they have not been well investigated in the female brain. Here, we used fluorescence in situ hybridization to target CB 1 R mRNA in the whole brains of female C57BL/6J mice aged 4, 6, 12, 52 (12 months) and 86 weeks (20 months), and quantified CB 1 R-positive cells in 36 brain regions across the whole brain. The results showed that CB 1 R-positive cells number changed with age. Specifically, CB 1 R expression increased with age in some subregions of the cortex, decreased with age in the lateral septal area, and reached its lowest level at 52 weeks in the thalamus, hypothalamus, and hindbrain subregions. Cluster analysis revealed that some brain regions shared similar temporal characteristics in CB 1 R-positive cell number across the lifespan. Our results provide evidence that investigation of the neural basis of age-related characteristics of female brain functions is not only warranted but required.
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