Frontiers in Pharmacology
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2022
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Jinfu Peng,Guoping Yang,Zhijun Huang
This study aimed to determine the effect of vitamin D (VD) deficiency on the efficacy and pharmacokinetics of pravastatin and clarify whether the effects are mediated by Organic anion-transporting polypeptides (OATPs). Experiments were conducted in rats to explore the effect of VD deficiency on the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of pravastatin. In the pharmacodynamic study, rats were fed a VD-free or VD-supplement high-fat diet for 25–30 days, and plasma 25(OH)VD was dynamically monitored. The response of pravastatin (changes in blood lipids) on rats were then examined after 15 days of pravastatin treatment. In the pharmacokinetic study, rats were fed a VD-free or VD-supplement diet for 25–30 days. The pharmacokinetics of single oral dose pravastatin was then studied, and intestinal and hepatic Oatp1a1 and Oatp2b1 expression was determined using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and western blot. Furthermore, OATP1B1 and OATP2B1 expression in Huh7 cells with or without 1.25(OH) 2 D were assessed via qPCR and western blot. For the pharmacodynamic study, the decrease of total cholesterol and increase of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in VD-deficient rats were smaller than in VD-sufficient rats, indicating that VD deficiency reduced the response of pravastatin in rats. For the pharmacokinetic study, the plasma exposure slightly increased, and liver exposure decreased in VD-deficient rats, but not significantly. VD deficiency decreased the Oatp1a1 and Oatp2b1 expression in the liver, but not in the small intestine. Similarly, OATP1B1 and OATP2B1 protein levels in Huh7 cells were reduced when 1.25(OH) 2 D was absent. In conclusion, VD deficiency can decrease the response of pravastatin in rats by reducing the liver pravastatin exposure and expression of hepatic OATPs, consistent with the extended hepatic clearance model theory.
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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
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2018
·Vol. 94
·期 4
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Weide Xiong,Xianhai Zeng,Shih-Hsin Ho,Xueping Ling,Liang Shen,Chuanyi Yao,Yinghua Lu
BACKGROUND Phospholipase D (PLD) has great potential in the pharmaceutical and food industries for manufacturing bioactive phospholipids. Overproduction of PLD in Escherichia coli is difficult due to its high cytotoxicity which causes plasmid instability, short-term PLD synthesis, cell lysis and PLD leakage. To address this issue, integrated optimization of PLD production in upstream and downstream processing was performed. RESULTS Effective strategies in upstream processing include the use of plasmids containing the pSC101 par region in recA − E. coli , the use of moderately strong and tightly regulated promoter P BAD , optimization of codon usage and amino acid supplementation, maintaining the best cellular state by supplementing nutrition, and saturation induction at low temperature. Using these strategies, a large amount of PLD (1.2 × 10 5 U L −1 , 81.5 mg L −1 ) was obtained in the batch culture and PLD synthesis lasted 9 h. Additionally, cell lysis did not occur –99% of the recombinant PLD remained in the periplasm. Ultimately, the PLD was purified 327-fold by a four-step downstream process comprising extraction with 10 mmol L −1 Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and 0.05% (w/v) sodium deoxycholate, ammonium sulfate precipitation, anion exchange and Ni 2+ -affinity chromatography. CONCLUSION This study provides the basis for large-scale production of PLD in E. coli . © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry
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Metabolic Engineering Communications
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2018
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Xiaojing Jia,Robert M. Kelly,Yejun Han
( R )-acetoin is a four-carbon platform compound used as the precursor for synthesizing novel optically active materials. Ethylene glycol (EG) is a large-volume two-carbon commodity chemical used as the anti-freezing agent and building-block molecule for various polymers. Currently established microbial fermentation processes for converting monosaccharides to either ( R )-acetoin or EG are plagued by the formation of undesirable by-products. We show here that a cell-free bioreaction scheme can generate enantiomerically pure acetoin and EG as co-products from biomass-derived D -xylose. The seven-step, ATP-free system included in situ cofactor regeneration and recruited enzymes from Escherichia coli W3110, Bacillus subtilis shaijiu 32 and Caulobacter crescentus CB 2. Optimized in vitro biocatalytic conditions generated 3.2 mM ( R )-acetoin with stereoisomeric purity of 99.5% from 10 mM D -xylose at 30 °C and pH 7.5 after 24 h, with an initial ( R )-acetoin productivity of 1.0 mM/h. Concomitantly, EG was produced at 5.5 mM, with an initial productivity of 1.7 mM/h. This in vitro biocatalytic platform illustrates the potential for production of multiple value-added biomolecules from biomass-based sugars with no ATP requirement.
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2025
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Changle Pei,Muhammad Hamza Nadeem,Nan Li,Jun Fu,Nan Xu,You Wang,Adrian Carl Stevenson,Guang Li,Ruifen Hu
The complexity of in situ volatile organic compounds (VOCs) detection demands high selectivity and anti-interference capability of electronic noses (E-noses). Multivariant virtual sensor array (VSA) is a new generation of E-noses under research to overcome the insufficient VOCs selectivity limitation of existing electronic noses and alleviate the issue of sensor drifts. In this paper, a frequency-amplitude dual-parameter modulation strategy is presented on a wireless electrodeless quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (WE-QCM-D) to realize the recognition and analysis of VOC mixtures and complex real-world analytes with a single multivariant VSA E-nose, by probing the gas dynamic sorption in a sensitive film at various scales of oscillating shear displacements and obtaining multiple partially independent responses to VOCs. Ten VOC analytes from alcohols, esters, and aromatic hydrocarbons were classified with accuracies of above 95% for both interclass and intraclass discriminations. Additionally, a discriminating accuracy of 95% has been achieved on VOC mixtures, and their component concentrations were predicted with coefficients of determination above 0.9. For practical testing, the system was exposed to the headspace VOCs of banana, pineapple, and mango under different concentrations. It recognized different fruits and identified the ripen state of bananas based on the detection of their volatiles. The dual-parameter modulated WE-QCM-D paves a promising multivariant way to realize online real-time VOCs monitoring with high performance on selectivity and quantitative analysis.
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Natural Product Communications
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2024
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Jing Wang,Yuqian Yang,Wenxin Wei,Xingyu Li,Feng Liu,Jianshu Liu,Wei Lan,Feng Gao,Hong Wang,Peifeng Wei
Background: Osteoporosis has emerged as a significant global public health concern, predominantly affecting postmenopausal women. Its pathogenesis is intricate and the disease course is protracted, imposing substantial medical burden on both society and individuals. Objective: To investigate the effects of 2,3,5,4′-tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-β-d-glucoside (TSG) and acetylated-TSG (Ac-TSG) on osteoblast viability, in vivo pharmacokinetics in rats and anti-osteoporotic effects in ovariectomized rat model. Methods: Ac-TSG was obtained by acetylation of TSG, and the purity and structure of Ac-TSG were determined by HPLC and 1H NMR. The effects of TSG and Ac-TSG on MC3T3-E1 cell viability, pharmacokinetics in rats, blood biochemical indexes of OVX model rats were detected. Hematoxylin–eosin (HE) staining was used to observe bone tissue morphology, tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) staining was used to observe osteoclast morphology, micro-CT was used to perform three-dimensional reconstruction of femur, and femur parameters were analyzed. Results: The structure of the compound is Ac-TSG and the purity is more than 98%. Both TSG and Ac-TSG could reduce the damage of oxidative stress to MC3T3-E1 cells and effectively improve the levels of Ca, P, ALP and BGP in serum of OVX rats. Compared with TSG, Ac-TSG has a longer action time in vivo and can improve the femoral structure, the number of trabecular bone and the number of osteoclasts in rats. Conclusion: Ac-TSG conferred protection to MC3T3-E1 cells against oxidative stress-induced damage and enhanced their bioavailability. Simultaneously, Ac-TSG ameliorated abnormal bone metabolism and mitigated bone microstructural changes in OVX rats, exhibiting a protective effect against osteoporosis.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2015
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Bing Cai,Kebang Hu,Chunming Li,Jing Jin,Yuexin Hu
Graphene oxide (GO) had great potential in various applications especial biomedical materials. In this study, we improved the hemocompatibility especial hemolysis properties of GO nanosheets by grafting bovine serum albumin (BSA). The hemocompatibility of GO-g-BSA was improved. The hemolysis ratio of GO-g-BSA was lower than 0.2% and no visible hemoglobin release was observed. In a flowed condition, the interaction between GO and RBC was monitored real time by quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) and the hemolysis rates of eluted RBC solution was determined. The balance between the adsorption and degradation of RBC on the surface of GO was a linear process. The GO-g-BSA surface decreased the adhesion of RBC in a flowed condition, maintained the morphology of RBC and reduced the hemolysis rate in the most effective manner. The inert of BSA resisted GO interacting with the lipid bilayers of RBC and the negative charge on the surface of BSA repelled the approach of negative charged RBC. The excellent hemocompatibility of the BSA modified GO might confer its great potentials for various biomedical applications.
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Food & Function
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2024
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Huanhuan Liu,Chunhong Yan,Yue Teng,Jian Guo,Chencheng Liang,Xiaodong Xia
Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an increasing health burden worldwide. Punicalagin, a bioactive component rich in pomegranate rind, has been shown to attenuate chemical or bacteria-induced experimental colitis in mice, but whether punicalagin exerts its function through modulating gut microbiota and metabolites remains unexplored. Results: Punicalagin (100 mg per kg per day) administered orally to mice alleviated dextran-sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis. Gut microbiota analyzed by 16S rRNA sequencing showed that punicalagin altered gut microbiota by increasing the Lachnospiraceae_NK4A136_group and Bifidobacterium abundance. To evaluate the effect of punicalagin-modulated microbiota and its metabolites in colitis mice, we transplanted fecal microbiota and sterile fecal filtrate (SFF) to mice treated with oral antibiotics. The results of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) demonstrated that punicalagin's anti-colitic effect is transferable by transplanting punicalagin-modulated gut microbiota and its metabolites. Additionally, we discovered that punicalagin-modulated sterile fecal filtrate also exhibits anti-colitis effects, as evidenced by improved intestinal barrier integrity and decreased inflammation. Subsequently, fecal metabolites were analyzed using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The analysis revealed that punicalagin significantly increased the level of D-ribose. In vitro experiments showed that D-ribose has both anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Furthermore, D-ribose significantly mitigated DSS-induced colitis symptoms in mice. Conclusions: Overall, this study demonstrated that gut microbiota and its metabolites partly mediate the protective effect of punicalagin against DSS-induced colitis in mice. D-ribose is a key metabolite that contributes to the anti-colitic effect of punicalagin in mice.
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JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
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2021
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Xiaochen Wang,Hualong Ma,Hanqing Peng,Yingming Wang,Gongwei Wang,Li Xiao,Juntao Lu,Lin Zhuang
H 2 –O 2 polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) represent one of the most promising next generation renewable energy conversion technologies. Two of the remaining unsolved key issues relate to inefficient mass transport and water management when working at high current densities . These problems arise from the structure of the existing flow fields and gas diffusion layers (GDLs), as well as the counter propagating flow directions of gas reactants and liquid products. To address these issues, we propose a novel design of an integrated flow field-gas diffusion layer ( i -FF-GDL) generated by 3D printing of TiH 2 followed by high temperature decomposition . In this new i -FF-GDL design, a porous Ti “bone” structure is used to drive water transport through capillary action , while regularly printed gaps transport gases. Benefiting from the separate gas and liquid flow channels, APEFCs using our i -FF-GDL design exhibit up to a 15% increase in peak power density (PPD) under H 2 -air (CO 2 free) and H 2 –O 2 conditions, when compared to traditional APEFCs. Operando electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) reveals that the enhanced performance arises largely from an increase in the mass transport. This work provides new insights and strategies for achieving high efficiency mass transport for fuel cells, water electrolyzers and related technologies.
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Chemistry-An Asian Journal
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2021
·Vol. 16
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Xiangyang Tang,Hui Liu,Futong Liu,Xin He,Xuehui Xu,Jianwu Chen,Qiming Peng,Ping Lu
Red emission is one of the three primary colors and is indispensable for full color displays. Fluorescent materials that can generate efficient red electroluminescence (EL) are limited and need to be developed. In this work, we report efficient red emitters based on phenanthro[9,10-d]imidazole-naphtho[2,3-c][1,2,5]thiadiazole donor-acceptor derivatives. The molecules, abbreviated as PINzP and PINzPCN, exhibited high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) up to unity in doped films. They can also reach a relatively high PLQY of ∼30% in neat films. PINzP and PINzPCN were capable of generating efficient red EL in doped devices with a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 6.96% and 5.92%, respectively.
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ACS Synthetic Biology
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2024
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Tianfu Wu,Yihan Chen,Wanqing Wei,Wei Song,Jing Wu,Jian Wen,Guipeng Hu,Xiaomin Li,Cong Gao,Xiulai Chen,Liming Liu
Aromatic d-amino acids (d-AAs) play a pivotal role as important chiral building blocks and key intermediates in fine chemical and drug synthesis. Meso-diaminopimelate dehydrogenase (DAPDH) serves as an excellent biocatalyst in the synthesis of d-AAs and their derivatives. However, its strict substrate specificity and the lack of efficient engineering methods have hindered its widespread application. Therefore, this study aims to elucidate the catalytic mechanism underlying DAPDH from Proteus vulgaris (PvDAPDH) through the examination of its crystallographic structure, computational simulations of potential energies and molecular dynamics simulations, and site-directed mutagenesis. Mechanism-guided computational design showed that the optimal mutant PvDAPDH-M3 increased specific activity and catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) for aromatic keto acids up to 124-fold and 92.4-fold, respectively, compared to that of the wild type. Additionally, it expanded the substrate scope to 10 aromatic keto acid substrates. Finally, six high-value-added aromatic d-AAs and their derivatives were synthesized using a one-pot three-enzyme cascade reaction, exhibiting a good conversion rate ranging from 32 to 84% and excellent stereoselectivity (enantiomeric excess >99%). These findings provide a potential synthetic pathway for the green industrial production of aromatic d-AAs.
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JOURNAL OF COORDINATION CHEMISTRY
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2020
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Kun Lu,Zihan Zhu,Lin Peng,Hai Fu,Xinlong Wang,Enbo Wang
An unusual metal-organic framework, {H[Ag(I)L][Mo(VI)4O13]}n (1) (L=(4-((1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)methyl)phenyl)methanol)), has been obtained under ionothermal conditions. According to the single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, 1 is a new 3-D framework based on β-[Mo8O26]4− type polymolybdate anions with two kinds of channels (A and B) along the b-axes and c-axes in the framework. The neighboring inorganic Mo8-Ag chains are linked by the organic ligands through the Ag centers resulting in 2-D layers. These adjacent 2-D layers extend into a 3-D framework through Ag1 nodes and β-[Mo8O26]4− anions, respectively, resulting in a topological symbol (64 · 82)2(64 · 82). In addition, the gas adsorption, proton conduction and luminescent properties of 1 are also discussed in detail. Moreover, the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements show a conductivity (1.9 × 10−4 S cm−1 at 65 °C and 95% relative humidity (RH)), with an activation energy of 0.41 eV for 1. The mechanism of proton conduction for 1 is proved to be the vehicular mechanism.
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2025
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Xing Zhang,Peng Deng,Mengyang Zheng,Yanling Hao,Xiu Gong,Fuzhong Gong,Jing-Chang Li
Anion redox reactions in layered cathode materials have attracted significant attention due to their remarkable potential to enhance the capacity and energy density of lithium-ion batteries. However, in conventional sulfide-based cathodes such as Li x TiS 2 , anionic redox is only partially reversible at high voltages and suffers from rapid capacity fading. These challenges primarily originate from the intrinsic electronic band structure of Li x TiS 2 , where the Ti 3+ /Ti 4+ redox couple lies far above the S 3 p band, suppressing ligand-to-metal charge transfer during Li + (de)intercalation. To overcome this limitation, we introduce a bandgap-engineering strategy via partial substitution of Ti 3+ with Cr 3+ , effectively narrowing the d- p bandgap and activating sustainable sulfur redox chemistry. The Cr-substituted compound, Li 0.80 Cr 0.67 Ti 0.33 S 2 , exhibits sustainable sulfur redox activity, thereby achieving a higher capacity of 223.0 mA h g −1 and nearly doubling the energy density of pristine Li 0.80 TiS 2 . Furthermore, Li 0.80 Cr 0.67 Ti 0.33 S 2 preserves its layered framework throughout the whole (de)lithiation process, indicating effective suppression of structural collapse during sulfur redox. Therefore, it demonstrates outstanding rate performance (77.5% capacity retention at 5.0C) and excellent long-term cycling stability (80% retention after 330 cycles), significantly outperforming its undoped counterpart. These findings highlight the critical role of ligand-metal d- p orbital overlap in enabling and stabilizing sustainable sulfur redox, providing valuable insights for the design of high-performance cathodes for next-generation lithium-ion batteries.
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