INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2025
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Yun Liu,Zhina Qiao,Hengwei Zhang,Xian Zhang,Yanan Li,Zhiming Rao
D-tagatose, a functional rare sugar, has physiological effects such as lowering blood sugar and anti-caries. However, research on the industrial production of D-tagatose has primarily focused on Escherichia coli , limiting application in the food field. In this study, a cell factory for efficient synthesis of D-tagatose was constructed using the GRAS strain Corynebacterium glutamicum . Firstly, the key enzyme L-arabinose isomerase from Lactobacillus fermentum was screened. Secondly, by rational design, the optimal mutant D390V/H339P significantly enhanced enzyme activity by 40.65 % and improved thermostability. Subsequently, a dual-enzyme coupled whole-cell system was established by regulating the ratio of β-galactosidase and L-arabinose isomerase by RBS optimization. After optimizing the catalytic system, 101.42 g/L D-tagatose was produced from 400 g/L lactose, and the conversion rate reached 25.12 % in 5 L fermenter, which is the highest yield using lactose as substrate and GRAS strain as chassis cells. This research laid a foundation for the industrial application of food-grade D-tagatose.
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PHYTOMEDICINE
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2025
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Shaowei Zheng,Ya Gao,Houkang Cao,Kai Guo,Wenxiu Wang,Guiying Lu,Shasha Wang,Mingli Zhong,Bo Li,Kefeng Zhang,Riming Wei,Jianzhao Wu
Background Acute liver failure (ALF) is associated with ferroptosis and currently lacks specific drugs and therapies. Previous studies have shown the hepatoprotective activity of Sophoricoside (SOP) in diverse models of hepatic injury. However, the role of SOP in ALF caused by lipopolysaccharide (LPS)/D-galactosamine (D-GalN) is still unknown. Purpose To investigate the therapeutic effects of SOP on ALF and its underlying mechanisms of action. Methods In vivo , an ALF mouse model was established using LPS and D-GalN. RNA sequencing was used to identify differentially expressed genes, which were subsequently confirmed by Western blot and qRT-PCR. In vitro , erastin was used to induce ferroptosis in HepG2 cells. Subsequently, the cells were treated with SOP, the nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) inhibitor ML385, and the glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) inhibitor RSL3. Additionally, siRNA was utilized for Nrf2 knockdown. Measurements of biochemical markers, reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, alterations in mitochondrial membrane potential, qRT-PCR, and Western blot analysis were used to confirm the effectiveness and mechanism of SOP. Finally, the interaction between SOP and Nrf2 was verified through molecular docking, surface plasmon resonance (SPR), and cellular thermal shift assay (CETSA). Results In vivo , experimental analysis revealed that SOP ameliorated liver injury, hepatocyte Fe 2+ accumulation, and oxidative stress. RNA sequencing analysis indicated that SOP reversed the abnormal expression of genes related to Nrf2 and the ferroptosis pathway. In vitro , SOP ameliorated erastin-induced oxidative stress, ROS accumulation, and mitochondrial membrane potential loss. After the application of pharmacological inhibitors and siRNA knockdown, the SOP’s inhibitory effect on ferroptosis was antagonized. Conclusion SOP alleviated ALF by activating the Nrf2/GPX4 signaling pathway, thereby mitigating oxidative stress and ferroptosis.
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Molecular Medicine Reports
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2017
·Vol. 16
·期 2
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Yuyan Liang,Hai Niu,Limei Ma,Dan Du,Li Wen,Qing Xia,Wen Huang
Coreopsis tinctoria (snow chrysanthemum) has been reported to exert antihyperlipidemic effects. The present study aimed to identify the active compounds of Coreopsis tinctoria and to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying its effects on lipid dysregulation by measuring lipid levels, reactive oxygen species, lipid peroxidation and fatty acid synthesis. The present results demonstrated that snow chrysanthemum aqueous extracts significantly reduced serum lipid levels and oxidative stress in vivo. The main compounds that were isolated were identified as flavanomarein (compound 1) and eriodictyol 7‑O‑β‑D glucopyranoside (compound 2). Compounds 1 and 2 demonstrated potent antioxidative properties, including free radical scavenging activity, inhibition of lipid peroxidation, as well as lipid‑lowering effects in human HepG2 hepatocellular carcinoma cells treated with free fatty acids (FFAs). Compound 2 was revealed to suppress the elevation of triglyceride levels and inhibit lipid peroxidation following FFA treatment. In addition, it was demonstrated to significantly reduce intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species and improve the mitochondrial membrane potential and adenosine triphosphate levels, thus protecting mitochondrial function in FFA‑treated HepG2 cells. Furthermore, compound 2 markedly suppressed the protein expression levels of disulfide‑isomerase A3 precursor and fatty acid synthase, thus suppressing FFA‑induced lipogenesis in HepG2 cells. In conclusion, the present study identified compound 2 as one of the main active compounds in Coreopsis tinctoria responsible for its lipid‑lowering effects. Compound 2 was revealed to possess antihyperlipidemic properties, exerted via reducing oxidative stress, protecting mitochondrial function and suppressing lipogenesis.
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ACS Catalysis
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2025
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Wei An,Zeyang Liu,Tongjun Shen,Yizhang Du,Cun Huang,Boyuan Duan,Chunxia Wang,Guoyong Huang,Yiming Yan,Shengming Xu
To overcome the low current-density efficiency and long-term stability issues of industrial overall water splitting at ampere-level current density, a kind of superwetting Mo-doped nanoarray anchored on nickel foam (NF) (Mo-CoP/NC) with three-dimensional (3D) nanoflower structure is constructed. The incorporation of Mo species induces thermoneutral hydrogen adsorption free energy and creates favorable empty d-orbitals, which enhances the d–p hybridization of Co–O bonds, thereby accelerating the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics in alkaline media. The optimized Mo-CoP/NC exhibits exceptional electrocatalytic performance, requiring low overpotentials of 198 mV for HER and 384 mV for OER at a current density of 1000 mA cm–2 and achieving maintains robust operation in overall water splitting at 3000 mA cm–2. When employed as a bifunctional catalyst in an alkaline electrolyzer, a cell voltage of 1.87 V can be realized at 1000 mA cm–2 , outperforming commercial benchmarks. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that Mo doping optimizes hydrogen adsorption energy and reduces energy barriers for water dissociation. The superwetting surface ensures rapid gas bubble detachment and efficient active site regeneration, while N-doped carbon encapsulation endows long-term stability with negligible activity decay over 100 h of continuous operation.
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International Journal of Nanomedicine
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2023
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Qi-Wei Fu,Yun-Peng Zi,Wei Xu,Rong Zhou,Zhu-Yun Cai,Wei-Jie Zheng,Feng Chen,Qi-Rong Qian
Calcium phosphate-based biomaterials have been well studied in biomedical fields due to their outstanding chemical and biological properties which are similar to the inorganic constituents in bone tissue. In this study, amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) nanoparticles were prepared by a precipitation method, and used for preparation of ACP-poly(d,l-lactic acid) (ACP-PLA) nanofibers and water-soluble drug-containing ACP-PLA nanofibers by electrospinning. Promoting the encapsulation efficiency of water-soluble drugs in electrospun hydrophobic polymer nanofibers is a common problem due to the incompatibility between the water-soluble drug molecules and hydrophobic polymers solution. Herein, we used a native biomolecule of lecithin as a biocompatible surfactant to overcome this problem, and successfully prepared water-soluble drug-containing ACP-PLA nanofibers. The lecithin and ACP nanoparticles played important roles in stabilizing water-soluble drug in the electrospinning composite solution. The electrospun drug-containing ACP-PLA nanofibers exhibited fast mineralization in simulated body fluid. The ACP nanoparticles played the key role of seeds in the process of mineralization. Furthermore, the drug-containing ACP-PLA nanofibers exhibited sustained drug release which simultaneously occurred with the in situ mineralization in simulated body fluid. The osteoblast-like (MG63) cells with spreading filopodia were well observed on the as-prepared nanofibrous mats after culturing for 24 hours, indicating a high cytocompatibility. Due to the high biocompatibility, sustained drug release, and fast mineralization, the as-prepared composite nanofibers may have potential applications in water-soluble drug loading and release for tissue engineering.
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Foods
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2026
·Vol. 15
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Fangling Wu,Lingli Chen,Chuanlong Yu,Hui Chen,Yi Han,Wenbing Hu,Suyun Lin,Xiong Li,Chunlan Liu,Wenjun Wang
Petroleum-derived plastic packaging suffers from poor degradability, environmental pollution and small-molecule migration. To develop high-performance green active packaging, we fabricated composite films via solution casting using chitosan (CS), konjac glucomannan (KGM), and ethyl-cellulose-coated D-limonene nanoparticles (DENPs). Compared with the CS/KGM control film, the optimized CS/KGM/DENPs 15% film increased tensile strength by 72% (18.05 MPa) and elongation at break by 67% (46.65%), and achieved improved UV shielding, water vapor and oxygen barrier performance, with oxygen permeability decreased to 5.32 × 10−8g·mm/m2·s·Pa. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) confirmed intermolecular hydrogen bond interactions between CS and KGM. The composite films exerted obvious antibacterial activity againstEscherichia coli,Pseudomonas aeruginosa,Staphylococcus aureus, andBrochothrix thermosphacta. When applied for chilled-beef preservation, the CS/KGM/DENPs 15% film effectively retarded beef spoilage, maintained meat color and pH, and suppressed lipid–protein oxidation. Under the present experimental conditions, it prolonged the acceptable storage period of chilled beef to approximately 15 d. Meanwhile, the composite film achieved a maximum weight loss of 85.66% within 28 d during soil burial disintegration, showing great potential as an eco-friendly active food-packaging material for industrial applications.
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PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY
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2021
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Fang-Ying Zhu,Jia Zhong,Qi Shen,Dong-Xu Jia,Shi-Jin Ma,Jun Du,Hui Wu,Qing Yang,Min Cao,Zhi-Qiang Liu,Yu-Guo Zheng
d -(+)-pantothenic acid (DPA) has been widely used in feed and food additives and pharmaceutical industries. d -(−)-pantolactone ( D PL) is a key intermediate in the production of DPA . The bio-asymmetric synthesis of D PL from ketopantoyl lactone (KPL) by conjugated polyketone reductases is an attractive route. In this study, high expression of a conjugated polyketone reductase from Candida glabrata ( Cgl CPR) in Escherichia coli was achieved after optimization of vectors. The optimum temperature and pH of purified Cgl CPR were 40 °C and 4.5, respectively. The Michaelis-Menten constant K m and V max of purified Cgl CPR for KPL are 73.09 μM and 2.29 μmol mg −1 s −1 , respectively. To circumvent the spontaneous degradation of KPL in biocatalytic reaction of synthesizing DPL, the reaction was performed by a strategy combing fed-batch addition of whole cell catalyst with substrate semi-continuous feeding. At the final KPL loading of 1000 mM, DPL with an isolated yield of 94.24 % was obtained after 13-h reaction and enantiomeric excess ( e.e. ) achieved > 99 %. The space-time yield of DPL reached to 228 g L −1 d −1 .
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Nature Communications
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2020
·Vol. 11
·期 1
·1-10
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IF 12.121
Hu Ming,Yuan Ying-Xue,Wang Weizhou,Li Dong-Mi,Zhang Hong-Chao,Wu Bai-Xing,Liu Minghua,Zheng Yan-Song
Chiral recognition, such as enantioselective interactions of enzyme with chiral agents, is one of the most important issues in the natural world. But artificial chiral receptors are much less efficient than natural ones. For tackling the chiral recognition and enantiomer excess (ee) analysis, up until now all the fluorescent receptors have been developed based on fluorescence intensity changes. Here we report that the chiral recognition of a large number of chiral carboxylic acids, including chiral agrochemicals 2,4-D, is carried out based on fluorescent colour changes rather than intensity changes of AIEgen rotors. Moreover, the fluorescence wavelength of the AIEgen rotor linearly changes with ee of the carboxylic acid, enabling the ee to be accurately measured with average absolute errors (AAE) of less than 2.8%. Theoretical calculation demonstrates that the wavelength change is ascribed to the rotation of the AIEgen rotor upon interaction with different enantiomers.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2016
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Meilin Lv,Gang Liu,Xiaoxiang Xu
Strong visible light absorption and high charge mobility are desirable properties for an efficient photocatalyst, yet they are hard to be realized simultaneously in a single semiconductor compound. In this work, we demonstrate that these properties coexist in homologous compounds ZnnIn2O3+n (n = 4, 5, and 7) with a peculiar layered structure that combines optical active segment and electrical conductive segment together. Their enhanced visible light absorption originates from tetrahedrally or trigonal-bipyramidally coordinated In atoms in Zn(In)O4(5) layers which enable p–d hybridization between In 4d and O 2p orbitals so that valence band minimum (VBM) is uplifted with a reduced band gap. Theoretical calculations reveal their anisotropic features in charge transport and functionality of different constituent segments, i.e., Zn(In)O4(5) layers and InO6 layers as being for charge generation and charge collection, respectively. Efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution was observed in these compounds under full range (λ ≥ 250 nm) and visible light irradiation (λ ≥ 420 nm). High apparent quantum efficiency ∼2.79% was achieved for Zn4In2O7 under full range irradiation, which is almost 5-fold higher than their parent oxides ZnO and In2O3. Such superior photocatalytic activities of these homologous compounds can be understood as layer-by-layer packing of charge generation/collection functional groups that ensures efficient photocatalytic reactions.
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JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
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2019
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Chengjun Wang,Ying Qian
A red emissive fluorescent probe 1,7-dimethyl-3,5-bis(4-methoxyphenyl-vinyl)-8-(10-n-butyl-10H-phenothiazine-3-yl)BODIPY 1,7-dimethyl-3,5-bis(4-methoxyphenyl-vinyl)-8-(10- n -butyl-10 H -phenothiazine-3-yl)BODIPY (avyl-BODIPY-PTZ) with a special orthogonal donor-acceptor structure was designed and synthesized for rapid, sensitive, and selective discrimination of ClO − , over other reactive oxygen species and anions. The probe displays a linear ratiometric absorption (A 578 /A 640 ) and fluorescence (F 599 /F 660 ) response toward ClO − with a fast response velocity (~10 s). The limit of detection (LOD) for ClO − was obtained as 22.6 nM from the fluorescence titration experiment. The fluorescence enhancement of the probe can be observed from the 32-fold enhancement in ratiometric value (F 599 /F 660 ) and the increasement of quantum yield from 0.01 at 660 nm to 0.28 at 599 nm. The oxidation of S atom in phenothiazine by ClO − to form the sulfoxide-type structure was proposed as the recognizing mechanism according to the Mass spectral analysis. The ratiometric enhancement of fluorescence was rationalized by the theoretical calculations. The orthogonal donor-acceptor structure according to optimized calculation and solvent effects of avyl-BODIPY-PTZ illustrated that the ClO − oxidation induced conversion from the nonradiative TICT process to the radiative LE process and caused the fluorescence ratiometric enhancement. The probe with low cytotoxity can successfully permeate into living cells and the cell images can be achieved in single channel. Moreover, after addition of ClO − , another bright red emission channel of the probe switched on and the probe displayed two-channel emission in living cells.
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2026
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IF 4.8
Mengjiao Pang,Yanjie Wang,Zengcheng Du,Qiqing Chen,Wenhao Liu,Miaoduo Deng,Yuanyuan Xie,Mingfang Zhu
In this study, a water-soluble perovskite quantum dot (PQDs) based on CsPbI 3 "on-off-on" fluorescent probe was successfully constructed. The probe exhibits red fluorescence emission at 660 nm under 465 nm excitation, and the response mechanism of Cu 2+ -induced fluorescence quenching (OFF) and D-penicillamine (D-PA) triggered fluorescence recovery (ON) is realized. In addition, the dual target detection platform of both copper ions (Cu 2+ ) and D-PA was established. Quantitative analysis showed that the detection linearity range was 0.5–15 μM (LOD = 0.21 μM) for Cu 2+ and 0.4–60 μM (LOD = 16.7 nM) for D-PA. Meanwhile, D-PA can be semi-quantitatively measured based on the change in solution color. The fluorescent probe provides a fast response time, high sensitivity, and convenient solution for real-time detection of Cu 2+ and D-PA. And it was applied in the determination of D-PA in serum samples with satisfactory results. It is particularly noteworthy that the synthesized perovskite quantum dots exhibit excellent stability in the aqueous environment, which provides a new strategy for expanding the application of perovskite materials in the field of biomedical analysis.
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GREEN CHEMISTRY
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2026
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Yi Xu,Fanshu Yuan,Xiaotian Xie,Jinhui Tong,Cheng Min,Qian Zhang,Jie Tang,Jie Liu,Tingting Lv,Qianli Zhang
Activating lattice oxygen in oxygen evolution reactions (OER) serves as an effective strategy to overcome the inherent limitations of the traditional adsorbate evolution mechanism (AEM). Molybdenum dioxide (MoO2), which has attracted attention due to its high electrical conductivity and other metallic properties, exhibits excessive adsorption of oxygen-containing intermediates at its elevated molybdenum d-band center. This leads to the formation of stable Mo–O bonds, thereby hindering the lattice oxygen mechanism (LOM). This study demonstrates that phosphorus doping serves as a more direct strategy for intrinsic electronic structure modulation. DFT calculations predict that phosphorus doping effectively lowers the d-band center of molybdenum and softens Mo–O bonds, thereby enabling lattice oxygen participation in the reaction mechanism. Consistent with the computational results, experimental kinetic studies (e.g., pH-dependent experiments) and chemical probe tests confirm that P-MoO2 follows the LOM pathway. The prepared P-MoO2 catalyst exhibits an overpotential of only 247 mV at 10 mA cm−2 current density while maintaining stability for up to 100 hours. Furthermore, through various characterization techniques (TEM, XPS, in situ Raman spectroscopy), it was observed that the catalyst underwent significant potential-induced surface reconstruction during the reaction process, forming an amorphous MoO(OH)x layer rich in Mo5+. This reconstructed layer is considered the true active phase, where Mo5+ has been confirmed as the dominant valence state in the OER process.
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