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As effective ways to regulate protein levels, targeted protein degradation technologies have attracted great attention in recent years. Here, we established a novel integrin-facilitated lysosomal degradation (IFLD) strategy to degrade extracellular and cell membrane proteins using bifunctional compounds as molecular degraders. By conjugation of a target protein-binding ligand with an integrin-recognition ligand, the resulting molecular degrader proved to be highly efficient to induce the internalization and subsequent degradation of extracellular or cell membrane proteins in an integrin- and lysosome-dependent manner. As demonstrated in the development of BMS-L1-RGD, which is an efficient programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) degrader validated both in vitro and in vivo, the IFLD strategy expands the toolbox for regulation of secreted and membrane-associated proteins and thus has great potential to be applied in chemical biology and drug discovery.
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Integrinas , Proteólise , LigantesRESUMO
The exploration of a stable and high-rate anode is of pivotal importance for achieving advanced aqueous rechargeable batteries. Owing to the beneficial properties of high conductivity, suitable negative working voltage, and three-electron redox, bismuth (Bi) is considered as a promising anode material, but it suffers from poor stability. Here, we successfully endow Bi nanoflakes (NFs) with prominent cycling performance by a one-step surface oxidation approach to remarkably boost its reversibility. As a result, the partially oxidized Bi NFs (BiO x ) show an admirable capacity (0.38 mA h cm-2 at 2 mA cm-2), good rate capability and superior long-term stability (almost no capacity decay after 20 000 cycles). Furthermore, a durable aqueous Ni//Bi battery is constructed based on the optimized BiO x anode, which exhibits excellent durability with 96% capacity retention after 5000 cycles. This study could open a new avenue for the rational design of efficient anodes for eco-friendly and reliable aqueous rechargeable batteries.