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Immunity ; 56(7): 1485-1501.e7, 2023 07 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37315560

RESUMO

The interleukin 1 (IL-1) pathway signals through IL-1 receptor type 1 (IL-1R1) and emerges as a central mediator for systemic inflammation. Aberrant IL-1 signaling leads to a range of autoinflammatory diseases. Here, we identified a de novo missense variant in IL-1R1 (p.Lys131Glu) in a patient with chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO). Patient PBMCs showed strong inflammatory signatures, particularly in monocytes and neutrophils. The p.Lys131Glu substitution affected a critical positively charged amino acid, which disrupted the binding of the antagonist ligand, IL-1Ra, but not IL-1α or IL-1ß. This resulted in unopposed IL-1 signaling. Mice with a homologous mutation exhibited similar hyperinflammation and greater susceptibility to collagen antibody-induced arthritis, accompanied with pathological osteoclastogenesis. Leveraging the biology of the mutation, we designed an IL-1 therapeutic, which traps IL-1ß and IL-1α, but not IL-1Ra. Collectively, this work provides molecular insights and a potential drug for improved potency and specificity in treating IL-1-driven diseases.


Assuntos
Osteomielite , Receptores de Interleucina-1 , Camundongos , Animais , Receptores de Interleucina-1/genética , Osteomielite/tratamento farmacológico , Osteomielite/genética , Osteomielite/patologia , Inflamação/genética , Inflamação/patologia , Interleucina-1beta/genética , Interleucina-1beta/metabolismo , Proteína Antagonista do Receptor de Interleucina 1/genética , Proteína Antagonista do Receptor de Interleucina 1/farmacologia , Transdução de Sinais , Mutação
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Annu Rev Genet ; 57: 245-274, 2023 11 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37562411

RESUMO

Systemic autoinflammatory diseases (SAIDs) are a heterogeneous group of disorders caused by excess activation of the innate immune system in an antigen-independent manner. Starting with the discovery of the causal gene for familial Mediterranean fever, more than 50 monogenic SAIDs have been described. These discoveries, paired with advances in immunology and genomics, have allowed our understanding of these diseases to improve drastically in the last decade. The genetic causes of SAIDs are complex and include both germline and somatic pathogenic variants that affect various inflammatory signaling pathways. We provide an overview of the acquired SAIDs from a genetic perspective and summarize the clinical phenotypes and mechanism(s) of inflammation, aiming to provide a comprehensive understanding of the pathogenesis of autoinflammatory diseases.


Assuntos
Doenças Hereditárias Autoinflamatórias , Síndrome de Imunodeficiência Adquirida dos Símios , Animais , Humanos , Inflamação/genética , Fenótipo , Genômica , Doenças Hereditárias Autoinflamatórias/genética
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Nature ; 625(7995): 593-602, 2024 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38093017

RESUMO

Emerging data have shown that previously defined noncoding genomes might encode peptides that bind human leukocyte antigen (HLA) as cryptic antigens to stimulate adaptive immunity1,2. However, the significance and mechanisms of action of cryptic antigens in anti-tumour immunity remain unclear. Here mass spectrometry of the HLA class I (HLA-I) peptidome coupled with ribosome sequencing of human breast cancer samples identified HLA-I-binding cryptic antigenic peptides that were noncanonically translated by a tumour-specific circular RNA (circRNA): circFAM53B. The cryptic peptides efficiently primed naive CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in an antigen-specific manner and induced anti-tumour immunity. Clinically, the expression of circFAM53B and its encoded peptides was associated with substantial infiltration of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells and better survival in patients with breast cancer and patients with melanoma. Mechanistically, circFAM53B-encoded peptides had strong binding affinity to both HLA-I and HLA-II molecules. In vivo, administration of vaccines consisting of tumour-specific circRNA or its encoded peptides in mice bearing breast cancer tumours or melanoma induced enhanced infiltration of tumour-antigen-specific cytotoxic T cells, which led to effective tumour control. Overall, our findings reveal that noncanonical translation of circRNAs can drive efficient anti-tumour immunity, which suggests that vaccination exploiting tumour-specific circRNAs may serve as an immunotherapeutic strategy against malignant tumours.


Assuntos
Neoplasias da Mama , Melanoma , Peptídeos , Biossíntese de Proteínas , RNA Circular , Animais , Feminino , Humanos , Camundongos , Antígenos de Neoplasias/imunologia , Neoplasias da Mama/genética , Neoplasias da Mama/imunologia , Neoplasias da Mama/mortalidade , Neoplasias da Mama/patologia , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/imunologia , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/imunologia , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidade Classe I/imunologia , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidade Classe II/imunologia , Espectrometria de Massas , Melanoma/genética , Melanoma/imunologia , Melanoma/mortalidade , Melanoma/patologia , Peptídeos/genética , Peptídeos/imunologia , Perfil de Ribossomos , RNA Circular/genética , RNA Circular/metabolismo , Análise de Sobrevida
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Nature ; 577(7788): 109-114, 2020 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31827280

RESUMO

Activation of RIPK1 controls TNF-mediated apoptosis, necroptosis and inflammatory pathways1. Cleavage of human and mouse RIPK1 after residues D324 and D325, respectively, by caspase-8 separates the RIPK1 kinase domain from the intermediate and death domains. The D325A mutation in mouse RIPK1 leads to embryonic lethality during mouse development2,3. However, the functional importance of blocking caspase-8-mediated cleavage of RIPK1 on RIPK1 activation in humans is unknown. Here we identify two families with variants in RIPK1 (D324V and D324H) that lead to distinct symptoms of recurrent fevers and lymphadenopathy in an autosomal-dominant manner. Impaired cleavage of RIPK1 D324 variants by caspase-8 sensitized patients' peripheral blood mononuclear cells to RIPK1 activation, apoptosis and necroptosis induced by TNF. The patients showed strong RIPK1-dependent activation of inflammatory signalling pathways and overproduction of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines compared with unaffected controls. Furthermore, we show that expression of the RIPK1 mutants D325V or D325H in mouse embryonic fibroblasts confers not only increased sensitivity to RIPK1 activation-mediated apoptosis and necroptosis, but also induction of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-6 and TNF. By contrast, patient-derived fibroblasts showed reduced expression of RIPK1 and downregulated production of reactive oxygen species, resulting in resistance to necroptosis and ferroptosis. Together, these data suggest that human non-cleavable RIPK1 variants promote activation of RIPK1, and lead to an autoinflammatory disease characterized by hypersensitivity to apoptosis and necroptosis and increased inflammatory response in peripheral blood mononuclear cells, as well as a compensatory mechanism to protect against several pro-death stimuli in fibroblasts.


Assuntos
Caspase 8/metabolismo , Doenças Hereditárias Autoinflamatórias/metabolismo , Proteína Serina-Treonina Quinases de Interação com Receptores/metabolismo , Adolescente , Adulto , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Células HEK293 , Doenças Hereditárias Autoinflamatórias/genética , Doenças Hereditárias Autoinflamatórias/patologia , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Proteína Serina-Treonina Quinases de Interação com Receptores/deficiência , Proteína Serina-Treonina Quinases de Interação com Receptores/genética , Alinhamento de Sequência , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos
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Mol Cell Proteomics ; 23(3): 100729, 2024 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38309569

RESUMO

Diagnosing, predicting disease outcome, and identifying effective treatment targets for virus-related cancers are lacking. Protein biomarkers have the potential to bridge the gap between prevention and treatment for these types of cancers. While it has been shown that certain antibodies against EBV proteins could be used to detect nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), antibodies targeting are solely a tiny part of the about 80 proteins expressed by the EBV genome. Furthermore, it remains unclear what role other viruses play in NPC since many diseases are the result of multiple viral infections. For the first time, this study measured both IgA and IgG antibody responses against 646 viral proteins from 23 viruses in patients with NPC and control subjects using nucleic acid programmable protein arrays. Candidate seromarkers were then validated by ELISA using 1665 serum samples from three clinical cohorts. We demonstrated that the levels of five candidate seromarkers (EBV-BLLF3-IgA, EBV-BLRF2-IgA, EBV-BLRF2-IgG, EBV-BDLF1-IgA, EBV-BDLF1-IgG) in NPC patients were significantly elevated than controls. Additional examination revealed that NPC could be successfully diagnosed by combining the clinical biomarker EBNA1-IgA with the five anti-EBV antibodies. The sensitivity of the six-antibody signature at 95% specificity to diagnose NPC was comparable to the current clinically-approved biomarker combination, VCA-IgA, and EBNA1-IgA. However, the recombinant antigens of the five antibodies are easier to produce and standardize compared to the native viral VCA proteins. This suggests the potential replacement of the traditional VCA-IgA assay with the 5-antibodies combination to screen and diagnose NPC. Additionally, we investigated the prognostic significance of these seromarkers titers in NPC. We showed that NPC patients with elevated BLLF3-IgA and BDLF1-IgA titers in their serum exhibited significantly poorer disease-free survival, suggesting the potential of these two seromarkers as prognostic indicators of NPC. These findings will help develop serological tests to detect and treat NPC in the future.


Assuntos
Neoplasias Nasofaríngeas , Proteoma , Humanos , Carcinoma Nasofaríngeo/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Nasofaríngeas/diagnóstico , Herpesvirus Humano 4/genética , Proteínas do Capsídeo , Antígenos Virais , Biomarcadores , Imunoglobulina G , Imunoglobulina A
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Trends Immunol ; 43(7): 523-545, 2022 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35624021

RESUMO

Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapies have achieved clinical benefit, but most 'immune-cold' solid tumors are not responsive. The diversity of immune evasion mechanisms remains a key obstacle in turning nonresponsive 'cold' tumors into responsive 'hot' ones. Therefore, exploring the mechanisms of such transitions and tumor immunotyping can provide significant insights into designing effective therapeutic strategies against cancer. Here, we focus on the latest advances regarding local and systemic regulatory mechanisms of immune responses in cold and hot tumors. We also highlight the necessity for tumor immunotyping through the assessment of multiple immunological variables using various diagnostic techniques and biomarkers. Finally, we discuss the challenges and potential clinical applications of immunophenotyping to turn cold tumors hot, which may further guide combined immunotherapies.


Assuntos
Neoplasias , Microambiente Tumoral , Humanos , Imunidade , Imunoterapia/métodos , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico
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Methods ; 228: 22-29, 2024 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38754712

RESUMO

Drug-drug interaction (DDI) prediction is crucial for identifying interactions within drug combinations, especially adverse effects due to physicochemical incompatibility. While current methods have made strides in predicting adverse drug interactions, limitations persist. Most methods rely on handcrafted features, restricting their applicability. They predominantly extract information from individual drugs, neglecting the importance of interaction details between drug pairs. To address these issues, we propose MGDDI, a graph neural network-based model for predicting potential adverse drug interactions. Notably, we use a multiscale graph neural network (MGNN) to learn drug molecule representations, addressing substructure size variations and preventing gradient issues. For capturing interaction details between drug pairs, we integrate a substructure interaction learning module based on attention mechanisms. Our experimental results demonstrate MGDDI's superiority in predicting adverse drug interactions, offering a solution to current methodological limitations.


Assuntos
Interações Medicamentosas , Redes Neurais de Computação , Humanos , Efeitos Colaterais e Reações Adversas Relacionados a Medicamentos , Algoritmos
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Nano Lett ; 24(4): 1399-1405, 2024 Jan 31.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38252893

RESUMO

Polymer waveguide devices have attracted increasing interest in several rapidly developing areas of broadband communications since they are easily adaptable to on-chip integration and promise low propagation losses. As a key member of the waveguide gain medium, lanthanide doped nanoparticles have been intensively studied to improve the downconversion luminescence. However, current research efforts are almost confined to erbium-doped nanoparticles and amplifiers operating at the C-band; boosting the downconversion luminescence of Tm3+ for S-band optical amplification still remains a challenge. Here we report a Tb3+-induced deactivation control to enhance Tm3+ downconversion luminescence in a stoichiometric Yb lattice without suffering from concentration quenching. We also demonstrate their potential application in an S-band waveguide amplifier and record a maximum optical gain of 18 dB at 1464 nm. Our findings provide valuable insights into the fundamental understanding of deactivation-controlled luminescence enhancement and open up a new avenue toward the development of an S-band polymer waveguide amplifier with high gain.

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J Am Chem Soc ; 146(1): 811-823, 2024 Jan 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38157302

RESUMO

Accurately and rapidly acquiring the microscopic properties of a material is crucial for catalysis and electrochemistry. Characterization tools, such as spectroscopy, can be a valuable tool to infer these properties, and when combined with machine learning tools, they can theoretically achieve fast and accurate prediction results. However, on the path to practical applications, training a reliable machine learning model is faced with the challenge of uneven data distribution in a vast array of non-negligible solvent types. Herein, we employ a combination of the first-principles-based approach and data-driven model. Specifically, we utilize density functional theory (DFT) to calculate theoretical spectral data of CO-Ag adsorption in 23 different solvent systems as a data source. Subsequently, we propose a hierarchical knowledge extraction multiexpert neural network (HMNN) to bridge the knowledge gaps among different solvent systems. HMNN undergoes two training tiers: in tier I, it learns fundamental quantitative spectra-property relationships (QSPRs), and in tier II, it inherits the fundamental QSPR knowledge from previous steps through a dynamic integration of expert modules and subsequently captures the solvent differences. The results demonstrate HMNN's superiority in estimating a range of molecular adsorbate properties, with an error range of less than 0.008 eV for zero-shot predictions on unseen solvents. The findings underscore the usability, reliability, and convenience of HMNN and could pave the way for real-time access to microscopic properties by exploiting QSPR.

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Mol Cancer ; 23(1): 198, 2024 Sep 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39272149

RESUMO

Tumor cells remodel the phenotype and function of tumor microenvironment (TME) cells to favor tumor progression. Previous studies have shown that neutrophils in TME are polarized to N2 tumor-associated neutrophils (TANs) by tumor derived factors, thus promoting tumor growth and metastasis, angiogenesis, therapy resistance, and immunosuppression. Exosomes act as critical intercellular messengers in human health and diseases including cancer. So far, the biological roles of exosomes from N2 TANs in gastric cancer have not been well characterized. Herein, we represented the first report that exosomes from N2 TANs promoted gastric cancer metastasis in vitro and in vivo. We found that exosomes from N2 TANs transferred miR-4745-5p/3911 to gastric cancer cells to downregulate SLIT2 (slit guidance ligand 2) gene expression. Adenovirus-mediated overexpression of SLIT2 reversed the promotion of gastric cancer metastasis by N2 TANs derived exosomes. We further revealed that gastric cancer cells induced glucose metabolic reprogramming in neutrophils through exosomal HMGB1 (high mobility group protein B1)/NF-κB pathway, which mediated neutrophil N2 polarization and miR-4745-5p/3911 upregulation. We further employed ddPCR (droplet digital PCR) to detect the expression of miR-4745-5p/3911 in N2 TANs exosomes from human serum samples and found their increased levels in gastric cancer patients compared to healthy controls and benign gastric disease patients. Conclusively, our results indicate that N2 TANs facilitate cancer metastasis via regulation of SLIT2 in gastric cancer cells by exosomal miR-4745-5p/3911, which provides a new insight into the roles of TME cells derived exosomes in gastric cancer metastasis and offers a potential biomarker for gastric cancer diagnosis.


Assuntos
Exossomos , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intercelular , MicroRNAs , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso , Neutrófilos , Neoplasias Gástricas , Microambiente Tumoral , Neoplasias Gástricas/patologia , Neoplasias Gástricas/genética , Neoplasias Gástricas/metabolismo , Exossomos/metabolismo , Exossomos/genética , Humanos , Neutrófilos/metabolismo , Neutrófilos/patologia , MicroRNAs/genética , Animais , Camundongos , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/genética , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intercelular/metabolismo , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intercelular/genética , Microambiente Tumoral/genética , Metástase Neoplásica , Proteína HMGB1/metabolismo , Proteína HMGB1/genética , Masculino
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Mol Cancer ; 23(1): 128, 2024 Jun 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38890620

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Circular RNAs (circRNAs) play important roles in cancer progression and metastasis. However, the expression profiles and biological roles of circRNAs in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remain unclear. METHODS: In this study, we identified a novel circRNA, hsa_circ_0006834 (termed circ6834), in NSCLC by RNA-seq and investigated the biological role of circ6834 in NSCLC progression in vitro and in vivo. Finally, the molecular mechanism of circ6834 was revealed by tagged RNA affinity purification (TRAP), western blot, RNA immunoprecipitation, dual luciferase reporter gene assays and rescue experiments. RESULTS: Our results showed that circ6834 was downregulated in NSCLC tumor tissues and cell lines. Circ6834 overexpression inhibited NSCLC cell growth and metastasis both in vitro and in vivo, while circ6834 knockdown had the opposite effect. We found that TGF-ß treatment decreased circ6834 expression, which was associated with the QKI reduction in NSCLC cells and circ6834 antagonized TGF-ß-induced EMT and metastasis in NSCLC cells. Mechanistically, circ6834 bound to AHNAK protein, a key regulator of TGF-ß/Smad signaling, and inhibited its stability by enhancing TRIM25-mediated ubiquitination and degradation. In addition, circ6834 acted as a miRNA sponge for miR-873-5p and upregulated TXNIP gene expression, which together inactivated the TGF-ß/Smad signaling pathway in NSCLC cells. CONCLUSION: In conclusion, circ6834 is a tumor-suppressive circRNA that inhibits NSCLC progression by forming a negative regulatory feedback loop with the TGF-ß/Smad signaling pathway and represents a novel therapeutic target for NSCLC.


Assuntos
Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas , Proteínas de Transporte , Proliferação de Células , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Neoplasias Pulmonares , MicroRNAs , RNA Circular , Humanos , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/genética , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/patologia , Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas/metabolismo , RNA Circular/genética , MicroRNAs/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/genética , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/metabolismo , Animais , Camundongos , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proteínas de Transporte/genética , Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Progressão da Doença , Movimento Celular/genética , Transdução de Sinais , Feminino , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta/metabolismo , Masculino , Transição Epitelial-Mesenquimal/genética
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J Clin Immunol ; 44(4): 88, 2024 Apr 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38578475

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The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) has a critical role in post-translational protein modification that is essential for the maintenance of all cellular functions, including immune responses. The proteasome complex is ubiquitously expressed and is responsible for degradation of short-lived structurally abnormal, misfolded and not-needed proteins that are targeted for degradation via ubiquitin conjugation. Over the last 14 years, an increasing number of human diseases have been linked to pathogenic variants in proteasome subunits and UPS regulators. Defects of the proteasome complex or its chaperons - which have a regulatory role in the assembly of the proteasome - disrupt protein clearance and cellular homeostasis, leading to immune dysregulation, severe inflammation, and neurodevelopmental disorders in humans. Proteasome-associated diseases have complex inheritance, including monogenic, digenic and oligogenic disorders and can be dominantly or recessively inherited. In this review, we summarize the current known genetic causes of proteasomal disease, and discuss the molecular pathogenesis of these conditions based on the function and cellular expression of mutated proteins in the proteasome complex.


Assuntos
Complexo de Endopeptidases do Proteassoma , Ubiquitina , Humanos , Complexo de Endopeptidases do Proteassoma/genética , Complexo de Endopeptidases do Proteassoma/metabolismo , Síndrome , Ubiquitina/metabolismo
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Anal Chem ; 96(5): 1965-1976, 2024 02 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38267074

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Exosomes have been established as a valuable tool for clinical applications for the purpose of liquid biopsy and therapy. However, the clinical practice of exosomes as cancer biopsy markers is still to a very low extent. Active mode optical microcavity with microlaser emission has aroused as a versatile approach for chemical and biological sensing due to its benefits of larger photon population, increased effective Q-factor, decreased line width, and improved sensitivity. Herein, we report a label-free and precise quantification of exosome vesicles and surface protein profiling of breast cancer exosomes using functionalized active whispering gallery mode (WGM) microlaser probes. A detection limit of 40 exosomes per microresonator was achieved. The proposed system enabled a pilot assay of quantitative exosome analysis in cancer patients' blood with only a few microliters of sample consumption, holding good potential for large-scale cancer liquid biopsy. Multiplexed functionalization of the optical microresonator allowed us to profile cancer exosomal surface markers and distinct subclasses of breast cancer-associated exosomes and monitor drug treatment outcomes. Our findings speak volumes about the advantages of the WGM microlaser sensor, including very small sample consumption, low detection limit, high specificity, and ease of operation, offering a promising means for precious clinical sample analysis.


Assuntos
Neoplasias da Mama , Exossomos , Humanos , Feminino , Exossomos/metabolismo , Biópsia Líquida , Neoplasias da Mama/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias da Mama/metabolismo , Lasers
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Chembiochem ; 25(5): e202300683, 2024 03 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38031246

RESUMO

Perovskite nanomaterials have recently been exploited for bioimaging applications due to their unique photo-physical properties, including high absorbance, good photostability, narrow emissions, and nonlinear optical properties. These attributes outperform conventional fluorescent materials such as organic dyes and metal chalcogenide quantum dots and endow them with the potential to reshape a wide array of bioimaging modalities. Yet, their full potential necessitates a deep grasp of their structure-attribute relationship and strategies for enhancing water stability through surface engineering for meeting the stringent and unique requirements of each individual imaging modality. This review delves into this evolving frontier, highlighting how their distinctive photo-physical properties can be leveraged and optimized for various bioimaging modalities, including visible light imaging, near-infrared imaging, and super-resolution imaging.


Assuntos
Compostos de Cálcio , Nanoestruturas , Óxidos , Pontos Quânticos , Titânio , Pontos Quânticos/química , Diagnóstico por Imagem/métodos , Luz
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Phys Rev Lett ; 132(3): 036603, 2024 Jan 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38307045

RESUMO

Local density of states (LDOS) is emerging as powerful means of exploring classical-wave topological phases. However, the current LDOS detection method remains rare and merely works for static situations. Here, we introduce a generic dynamical method to detect both the static and Floquet LDOS, based on an elegant connection between dynamics of chiral density and local spectral densities. Moreover, we find that the Floquet LDOS allows to measure out Floquet quasienergy spectra and identify topological π modes. As an example, we demonstrate that both the static and Floquet higher-order topological phase can be universally identified via LDOS detection, regardless of whether the topological corner modes are in energy gaps, bands, or continuous energy spectra without band gaps. Our study opens a new avenue utilizing dynamics to detect topological spectral densities and provides a universal approach of identifying static and Floquet topological phases.

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Langmuir ; 40(1): 403-412, 2024 Jan 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38153298

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Homogeneous wrinkles and localized patterns are ubiquitous in nature and are useful for a wide range of practical applications. Although various strain-driven surface instability modes have been extensively investigated in the past decades, understanding the coexistence, coevolution, and interaction of wrinkles and localized patterns is still a great challenge. Here, we report on the formation and evolution of coexisting wrinkle and ridge patterns in metal films deposited on poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) substrates by uniaxial compression. It is found that the evolving surface patterns show unique features of morphological transition from stages I to III: namely, transition from localized ridges to coexisting wrinkles and ridges, and finally to sinusoidal-like structures, as the compression increases. Based on the compressive strain-driven surface instability theory and finite element numerical simulation, the morphological features, transition behaviors, and underlying mechanisms of such complex patterns are investigated in detail, and the changes of amplitude and wavelength versus the strain are consistent with our experiments. This work could promote a better understanding of the effect of strain localization and the interaction of multiple surface patterns in hard film-soft substrate systems.

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Langmuir ; 40(16): 8568-8579, 2024 Apr 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38591865

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Based on the typical similar repeat units (abcdefg)n of α-helical structure, the peptide H was designed to self-assemble into an organohydrogel in response to pH. Depending on the different pH, the proportions of secondary structure, microstructure, and mechanical properties of the gel were investigated. Circular dichroism (CD) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) showed that the proportion of α-helical structure gradually increased to become dominant with the increase of pH. Combining transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), it was found that the increase of the ordered α-helix structure promoted fiber formation. The further increase in pH changed the intermolecular forces, resulting in an increase in the α-helix content and the enhancement of helix-helix interaction, causing the gel fibers to converge into thicker and more dense ones. The temperature test showed the stable rheological properties of the organohydrogel between 20-60 °C. Drug release and cytotoxicity showed that the DOX-loaded organohydrogel could have a better release in an acidic environment, indicating its potential application as a drug local delivery carrier.

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Int Microbiol ; 27(1): 67-79, 2024 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38062210

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Complete ammonia oxidation (comammox) bacteria can complete the whole nitrification process independently, which not only challenges the classical two-step nitrification theory but also updates long-held perspective of microbial ecological relationship in nitrification process. Although comammox bacteria have been found in many ecosystems in recent years, there is still a lack of research on the comammox process in rhizosphere of emergent macrophytes in lakeshore zone. Sediment samples were collected in this study from rhizosphere, far-rhizosphere, and non-rhizosphere of emergent macrophytes along the shore of Lake Liangzi, a shallow lake. The diversity of comammox bacteria and amoA gene abundance of comammox bacteria, ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA), and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in these samples were measured. The results showed that comammox bacteria widely existed in the rhizosphere of emergent macrophytes and fell into clade A.1, clade A.2, and clade B, and clade A was the predominant community in all sampling sites. The abundance of comammox amoA gene (6.52 × 106-2.45 × 108 copies g-1 dry sediment) was higher than that of AOB amoA gene (6.58 × 104-3.58 × 106 copies g-1 dry sediment), and four orders of magnitude higher than that of AOA amoA gene (7.24 × 102-6.89 × 103 copies g-1 dry sediment), suggesting that the rhizosphere of emergent macrophytes is more favorable for the growth of comammox bacteria than that of AOB and AOA. Our study indicated that the comammox bacteria may play important roles in ammonia-oxidizing processes in all different rhizosphere regions.


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Amônia , Archaea , Archaea/genética , Rizosfera , Ecossistema , Lagos/microbiologia , Oxirredução , Filogenia , Bactérias , Microbiologia do Solo
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Inorg Chem ; 63(1): 812-823, 2024 Jan 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38109652

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Phosphors used in NIR spectroscopy require broadband emission, high external quantum yield, good ability, as well as a tunable spectral range to meet the detection criteria. Two-dimensional copper silicates MCuSi4O10 (M = Ca, Sr, Ba) play an important part in ancient art and technology as synthetic blue pigments. In the recent years, these compounds were reported to show a broad near-infrared emission when excited in the visible region. Inspired by the tunable structure of MCuSi4O10, a series of broadband phosphors Ca1-xSrxCuSi4O10 were designed for realizing continuously tunable NIR emission by a modulated Cu2+ crystal field environment. The emission maximum exhibits a red shift from 915 to 950 nm and the integral intensity enhances as the Sr2+ content varies in the range of 0-0.50, which is led by the lattice expansion and the following weakened crystal field splitting on tetrahedral-coordinated Cu2+. Compared to CaCuSi4O10, the optimized sample Ca0.5Sr0.5CuSi4O10 shows enhanced NIR emission by about 2.0-fold. It exhibits quite a high external quantum efficiency covering the NIR-I and -II regions (λmax = 950 nm, fwhm = 135 nm, EQE = 26.3%) with a strong absorption efficiency (74.7%) and a long excited-state lifetime (134 µs). These solid-solution phosphors (x = 0.0-0.5) show excellent thermal stability and maintain over 50% of the RT intensity at 200 °C. The optimized phosphor was encapsulated with red-light chips to fabricate NIR pc-LED and put into night-vision application. These good properties make these Cu2+-activated NIR phosphors appealing for multiple applications such as nondestructive testing, night version, lasers, and luminescent solar concentrators.

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Macromol Rapid Commun ; 45(9): e2300695, 2024 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38350418

RESUMO

Metal halide perovskites have emerged as versatile photocatalysts to convert solar energy for chemical processes. Perovskite photocatalyzed polymerization draws special attention due to its straightforward synthesis process and the ability to create advanced perovskite-polymer nanocomposites. Herein, this work employs Cs3Sb2Br9 perovskite nanoparticles (NPs) as a lead-free photocatalyst for light-controlled atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). Cs3Sb2Br9 NPs exhibit high reduction potential and interact with electronegative bromide initiator with Lewis acid Sb sites, enabling efficient photoinduced reduction of initiators and controlled polymerization under blue light irradiation. Methacrylate monomers with various functional groups are successfully polymerized, and the resulting polymer showcased a dispersity (D) as small as 1.27. The living nature of polymerization is confirmed by high chain end fidelity and kinetic studies. Moreover, Cs3Sb2Br9 NPs serve as heterogeneous photocatalysts, demonstrating recyclability and reusability for up to four cycles. This work presents a promising approach to overcome the limitations of lead-based perovskites in photoinduced controlled radical polymerization, offering a sustainable and efficient alternative for the synthesis of well-defined polymeric materials.


Assuntos
Antimônio , Compostos de Cálcio , Nanopartículas , Óxidos , Polimerização , Titânio , Titânio/química , Óxidos/química , Catálise , Compostos de Cálcio/química , Nanopartículas/química , Antimônio/química , Processos Fotoquímicos , Luz
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