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Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury after revascularization contributes â¼50% of infarct size and causes heart failure, for which no established clinical treatment exists. ß-hydroxybutyrate (ß-OHB), which serves as both an energy source and a signaling molecule, has recently been reported to be cardioprotective when administered immediately before I/R and continuously after reperfusion. This study aims to determine whether administering ß-OHB at the time of reperfusion with a single dose can alleviate I/R injury and, if so, to define the mechanisms involved. We found plasma ß-OHB levels were elevated during ischemia in STEMI patients, albeit not to myocardial protection level, and decreased after revascularization. In mice, compared with normal saline, ß-OHB administrated at reperfusion reduced infarct size (by 50%) and preserved cardiac function, as well as activated autophagy and preserved mtDNA levels in the border zone. Our treatment with one dose ß-OHB reached a level achievable with fasting and strenuous physical activity. In neonatal rat ventricular myocytes (NRVMs) subjected to I/R, ß-OHB at physiologic level reduced cell death, increased autophagy, preserved mitochondrial mass, function, and membrane potential, in addition to attenuating reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels. ATG7 knockdown/knockout abolished the protective effects of ß-OHB observed both in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, ß-OHB's cardioprotective effects were associated with inhibition of mTOR signaling. In conclusion, ß-OHB, when administered at reperfusion, reduces infarct size and maintains mitochondrial homeostasis by increasing autophagic flux (potentially through mTOR inhibition). Since ß-OHB has been safely tested in heart failure patients, it may be a viable therapeutic to reduce infarct size in STEMI patients.
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Insuficiência Cardíaca , Traumatismo por Reperfusão Miocárdica , Infarto do Miocárdio com Supradesnível do Segmento ST , Camundongos , Ratos , Animais , Humanos , Masculino , Ácido 3-Hidroxibutírico/farmacologia , Ácido 3-Hidroxibutírico/metabolismo , Ácido 3-Hidroxibutírico/uso terapêutico , Infarto do Miocárdio com Supradesnível do Segmento ST/metabolismo , Traumatismo por Reperfusão Miocárdica/metabolismo , Miócitos Cardíacos/metabolismo , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Autofagia , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR/metabolismo , Reperfusão , Insuficiência Cardíaca/metabolismoRESUMO
The oxygen evolution reaction (OER), which occurs in a variety of energy-related devices, necessitates optimization of the reaction pathways for efficient and scalable deployment. Nevertheless, fully harnessing the advanced structure of synthetic electrocatalysts remains a significant challenge due to the inevitable surface reconstruction process during OER. Here we present an efficient and flexible method to control the surface reconstruction process by engineering an electrolyte containing trace Co2+ cation. This controllable reconstruction process enhances fast charge transfer, facilitates electroactive species transport, and exposes the inner active site, significantly improving the OER kinetics. An impressive 60% increase in current density at an applied potential of 2.2 V (vs RHE) confirms its remarkable contribution to the performance. The identification of cation-triggered reconstruction for the formation of a well-defined surface provides a novel insight into understanding electrolyte engineering and offers a viable pathway to address activity and stable concerns in electrocatalysts.
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Coenzyme NADH regeneration is crucial for sustained photoenzymatic catalysis of CO2 reduction. However, light-driven NADH regeneration still suffers from the low regeneration efficiency and requires the use of a homogeneous Rh complex. Herein, a Rh complex-based electron transfer unit was chemically attached onto the linker of the MIL-125-NH2 . The coupling between the light-harvesting iminopyridine unit and electron-transferring Rh-complex facilitated the photo-induced electron transfer for the NADH regeneration with the yield of 66.4 % in 60â mins for 5â cycles. The formate dehydrogenase was further deposited onto the hydrophobic layer of the membrane by a reverse filtering technique, which forms the gas-liquid-solid reaction interface around the enzyme site. It gave an enhanced formic acid yield of 9.5â mM in 24â hours coupled with the in situ regenerated NADH. The work could shed light on the construction of integrated inorganic-enzyme hybrid systems for artificial photosynthesis.
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Estruturas Metalorgânicas , Dióxido de Carbono/química , Estruturas Metalorgânicas/química , NAD/química , RegeneraçãoRESUMO
Surface reconstruction is widely existed on the surface of transition metal-based catalysts under operando oxygen evolution reaction (OER) condition. The design and optimize the reconstruction process are essential to achieve high electrochemical active surface and thus facilitate the reaction kinetics, whereas still challenge. Herein, we exploit electrolyte engineering to regulate reconstruction on the surface of Fe2O3 catalysts under operando OER conditions. The intentional added cations in electrolyte can participate the reconstruction process and realize a desirable crystalline to amorphous structure conversion, contributing abundant well-defined active sites. Spectroscopic measurements and density functional theory calculation provide insight into the underlying role of amorphous structure for electron transfer, mass transport, and intermediate adsorption. With the assistant of Co2+ cations, the enhanced current density as large as 17.9 % can be achieved at 2.32 V (vs RHE). The present results indicate the potential of electrolyte engineering for regulating the reconstruction process and provide a generalized in-situ strategy for advanced catalysts design.
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Alkaline water electrolysis is apreferred technology for large-scale green hydrogen production. For most active transition metal-based catalysts during anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER), the atomic structure of the anodic catalysts' surface often undergoes reconstruction to optimize the reaction path and enhance their catalytic activity. The design and maintenance of highly active sites during this reconstruction process remain critical and challenging for most OER catalysts. In this study, we explored the effects of crystal structures in pre-catalysts on surface reconstruction at low applied potential. Through experimental observation and theoretical calculation, we found out that catalysts with specific crystal structures exhibit superior surface remodeling ability, which enables them to better adapt to the conditions of the oxygen evolution reaction and achieve efficient catalysis. The discharge process enables the formation of abundant phosphorus vacancies on the surface, which in turn affects the efficiency of the entire oxygen evolution reaction. The optimized crystal structure of the catalyst results in an increase as high as 58.5 mA/cm2 for Ni5P4, which is twice as high as that observed for Ni2P. These results provide essential theoretical foundations and technical guidance for designing more efficient catalysts for oxygen evolution reactions.
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Here we describe a symmetrical waveform alternating current strategy that provides a solution for obtaining gradient oxygen vacancies (VO) in situ. The unique gradient VO provides multiple stairs to reduce the reaction kinetics and thus contributes to a total increase of up to 84.7% in current density.
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Intravascular transplantation of human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) demonstrated a significant therapeutic effect in the treatment of restenosis by the paracrine function of extracellular vesicles (EVs). However, the risk of tumorigenicity and poor cell survival limits its clinical applications. In this study, we for the first time applied a highly efficient and robust three-dimensional (3D) protocol for hiPSC differentiation into endothelial cells (ECs) with subsequent isolation of EVs from the derived hiPSC-EC (ECs differentiated from hiPSCs), and validated their therapeutic effect in intimal hyperplasia (IH) models. We found that intravenously (iv) injected EVs could accumulate on the carotid artery endothelium and significantly alleviate the intimal thickening induced by the carotid artery ligation. To elucidate the mechanism of this endothelial protection, we performed miRNA expression profiling and found out that among the most conserved endothelial miRNAs, miR-126 was the most abundant in hiPSC-EC-produced EVs (hiPSC-EC-EV). MiR-126 depletion from hiPSC-EC-EV can hinder its protective effect on human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in an inflammatory process. A variety of functional in vitro studies revealed that miR-126 was able to prevent endothelial apoptosis after inflammatory stimulation, as well as promote EC migration and tube formation through autophagy upregulation. The latter was supported by in vivo studies demonstrating that treatment with hiPSC-EC-EV can upregulate autophagy in mouse carotid artery ECs, thereby preventing IH and modulating vascular homeostasis via remodeling of the vascular intima. Our findings suggest a regulatory mechanism for the therapeutic effect on arterial restenosis by autophagy regulation, and provide a potential strategy for clinical treatment of the disease.
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Reperfusion injury after extended ischemia accounts for approximately 50% of myocardial infarct size, and there is no standard therapy. HDAC inhibition reduces infarct size and enhances cardiomyocyte autophagy and PGC1α-mediated mitochondrial biogenesis when administered at the time of reperfusion. Furthermore, a specific autophagy-inducing peptide, Tat-Beclin 1 (TB), reduces infarct size when administered at the time of reperfusion. However, since SAHA affects multiple pathways in addition to inducing autophagy, whether autophagic flux induced by TB maintains mitochondrial homeostasis during ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is unknown. We tested whether the augmentation of autophagic flux by TB has cardioprotection by preserving mitochondrial homeostasis both in vitro and in vivo. Wild-type mice were randomized into two groups: Tat-Scrambled (TS) peptide as the control and TB as the experimental group. Mice were subjected to I/R surgery (45 min coronary ligation, 24 h reperfusion). Autophagic flux, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), mitochondrial morphology, and mitochondrial dynamic genes were assayed. Cultured neonatal rat ventricular myocytes (NRVMs) were treated with a simulated I/R injury to verify cardiomyocyte specificity. The essential autophagy gene, ATG7, conditional cardiomyocyte-specific knockout (ATG7 cKO) mice, and isolated adult mouse ventricular myocytes (AMVMs) were used to evaluate the dependency of autophagy in adult cardiomyocytes. In NRVMs subjected to I/R, TB increased autophagic flux, mtDNA content, mitochondrial function, reduced reactive oxygen species (ROS), and mtDNA damage. Similarly, in the infarct border zone of the mouse heart, TB induced autophagy, increased mitochondrial size and mtDNA content, and promoted the expression of PGC1α and mitochondrial dynamic genes. Conversely, loss of ATG7 in AMVMs and in the myocardium of ATG7 cKO mice abolished the beneficial effects of TB on mitochondrial homeostasis. Thus, autophagic flux is a sufficient and essential process to mitigate myocardial reperfusion injury by maintaining mitochondrial homeostasis and partly by inducing PGC1α-mediated mitochondrial biogenesis.
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Infarto do Miocárdio , Traumatismo por Reperfusão Miocárdica , Animais , Autofagia , Proteína Beclina-1/metabolismo , DNA Mitocondrial , Homeostase , Camundongos , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Infarto do Miocárdio/metabolismo , Traumatismo por Reperfusão Miocárdica/metabolismo , Coativador 1-alfa do Receptor gama Ativado por Proliferador de Peroxissomo/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-DawleyRESUMO
The lack of high active and stable electrocatalysts has impeded the development of electrochemical water splitting device, which is promising technique for renewable energy conversion system. Here, we report a one-step protocol to synthesize P doped NiSe2 (P-NiSe2) by selenylation process derived from nickel foam with assistant of NaH2PO2 and Se powder. The P-NiSe2 could be directly used as working electrode and shows the superior electrochemical activity, offering current density of 10 mA cm-2 with overpotential of 270 mV for OER and 71 mV for HER. The enhanced electrochemical activity can be ascribed to the P atom doping. The P atom doping leads to the high valence state of Ni active sites, which have high catalytic ability towards OER. Moreover, the P doping makes the d-band center of Ni atoms in P-NiSe2 move close to Fermi level, facilitating the HER kinetics with respect to proton adsorption and hydrogen desorption. When employed P-NiSe2 as both anodic and cathodic electrode in alkaline water electrolyzer, a current density of 10 mA cm-2 can be achieved at 1.58 V. Our work highlights the importance of P doping in determining the surface electron configuration for full device water splitting and the facile synthesis protocol would be promising for realistic applications.
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been proven capable of differentiating into endothelial cells (ECs) and increasing vascular density in mouse ischemia models. However, the therapeutic potential of MSCs in neointimal hyperplasia after vascular injury is still not fully understood. In this study, we proposed that sustained release of miR-217 inhibitor encapsulated by nanoparticles in MSCs can enhance the therapeutic effects of MSCs on alleviating neointimal hyperplasia in a standard mouse wire injury model. We intravenously administered MSCs to mice with injured arteries and examined neointimal proliferation, endothelial differentiation and senescence. We demonstrated that MSCs localized to the luminal surface of the injured artery within 24 h after injection and subsequently differentiated into endothelial cells, inhibited neointimal proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells. Transfection of MSCs with poly lactic-co-glycolic acid nanoparticles (PLGA-NP) encapsulating an miR-217 agomir abolished endothelial differentiation as well as the therapeutic effect of MSCs. On the contrary, silencing of endogenous miR-217 improved the therapeutic efficacy of MSCs. Our study provides a new strategy of augmenting the therapeutic potency of MSCs in treatment of vascular injury.
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Convalescent plasma (CP) is widely used to treat COVID-19, but without formal evidence of efficacy. Here, we report the beneficial effects of CP in a severely ill COVID-19 patient with prolonged pneumonia and advanced chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), who was unable to generate an antiviral antibody response of her own. On day 33 after becoming symptomatic, the patient received CP containing high-titer (ID50 > 5,000) neutralizing antibodies (NAbs), defervesced, and improved clinically within 48 h and was discharged on day 37. Hence, when present in sufficient quantities, NAbs to SARS-CoV-2 have clinical benefit even if administered relatively late in the disease course. However, analysis of additional CP units revealed widely varying NAb titers, with many recipients exhibiting endogenous NAb responses far exceeding those of the administered units. To obtain the full therapeutic benefits of CP immunotherapy, it will thus be important to determine the neutralizing activity in both CP units and transfusion candidates.
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COVID-19/terapia , Idoso , Anticorpos Neutralizantes/administração & dosagem , COVID-19/complicações , COVID-19/patologia , COVID-19/virologia , Feminino , Humanos , Imunização Passiva , Hospedeiro Imunocomprometido , Leucemia Linfocítica Crônica de Células B/complicações , Leucemia Linfocítica Crônica de Células B/patologia , Pulmão/diagnóstico por imagem , SARS-CoV-2/isolamento & purificação , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Soroterapia para COVID-19RESUMO
Candida tropicalis can assimilate n-alkane as a sole carbon source and produce dicarboxylic acids (DCAs). The synthesis of DCAs is thought to be reduced by beta-oxidation. Carnitine acetyltransferase (CAT) is the major enzyme to transfer DCAs into beta-oxidative pathway, then DCAs would be catalyzed to generate ATP to supply cells with energy. A homologous recombination plasmid was constructed, in which CAT gene was disrupted by inserting hygromycin B resistance gene. This plasmid was used to transform Candida tropicalis wild type strain F10-1, and one single CAT gene knockout strain was obtained. Comparing with the wild type, the recombinant increased DCA13 yield and molar conversion of alkane by 13.0% and 11.8%, respectively, and decreased unnecessary consumption of DCAs in beta-oxidation.
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Candida tropicalis/enzimologia , Candida tropicalis/metabolismo , Carnitina O-Acetiltransferase/genética , Ácidos Dicarboxílicos/metabolismo , Candida tropicalis/genética , Farmacorresistência Fúngica/genética , Higromicina B/farmacologia , Plasmídeos , Recombinação GenéticaRESUMO
When Candida tropicalis was cultivated in shakig-flask with the H2O2 addition, DCA (Dicarboxylic Acid, DCA) concentration was increased, especially at 2 mmol/L H2O2 concentration. The cytochrome P450 activity assays indicated that H2O2 addition significantly increased the activities of cytochrome P450 and DCA production positively correlated with the activities of cytochrome P450. The study on the cell growth demonstrated that the H2O2 addition inhibited the cell growth rate. However, the retarding effect was not irreversible since the cell growth rate could recover slowly to the original level after the H2O2 addition was halted. The mechanism of inducement on cytochrome P450 by H2O2 addition was also discussed in this article.
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Candida tropicalis/enzimologia , Sistema Enzimático do Citocromo P-450/metabolismo , Ácidos Dicarboxílicos/síntese química , Peróxido de Hidrogênio/metabolismo , Aerobiose , Reatores Biológicos , Candida tropicalis/citologia , Indução Enzimática , FermentaçãoRESUMO
Techniques, named two-step enrichment and double-time replica-plating method (TEDR), are described that allow a mutated population of Candida tropicalis to be enriched efficiently for mutants deficient in the alkane degradation pathway (Alk(-)) and to be selected easily for mutants increasing in the DCA (dicarboxylic acids) excretion pathway. After C. tropicalis was mutated with ethyl methane sulphonate and ultraviolet, the Alk(-) mutants were enriched (the first step enrichment, up to eightfold in one round of enrichment) by treatment with nystatin in medium SEL1-1. The mutagen-treated cells were then cultured in medium YPD containing chlorpromazine for further enriching (the second-step enrichment, up to threefold in one round) the mutants with an increasing capacity of alpha- and omega-oxidation. On the other hand, the Alk(-) mutants were readily isolated by the SEL1 replica-plating method by using alkane or glucose as the sole carbon source. A total of 43 Alk(-) mutants were isolated from 2x10(8) mutagen-treated cells. In the following steps, by using SEL2 replica plating, the screening studies showed that of the 43 Alk(-) mutants, 11 strains could accumulate DCA greatly from alkane, and strains 1-12 and 1-3, especially, could produce nearly three times as much DCA as the wild-type organism could. The results showed that the strains had more cytochrome P450 activity and a higher converting capacity of alkane.