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Heliyon ; 10(17): e37355, 2024 Sep 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39296002

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Background: KIDINS220 encodes a transmembrane scaffold protein, kinase D-interacting substrate of 220 kDa, that regulates neurotrophin signaling. Variants in KIDINS220 have been linked to spastic paraplegia, intellectual disability, nystagmus, and obesity (SINO) syndrome or prenatal fatal cerebral ventriculomegaly and arthrogryposis (VENARG). This study aimed to investigate the genotype-phenotype correlation of pathogenic KIDINS220 variants. Methods: We performed whole-exome sequencing on a patient with SINO syndrome and epilepsy. Identified pathogenic variants were confirmed using Sanger sequencing and evaluated with in silico tools. A comprehensive literature review was conducted to analyze the genetic and phenotypic data of both the newly diagnosed patient and previously reported cases with KIDINS220 variants. Results: We identified novel compound heterozygous variants in KIDINS220, c.1556C > T (p.Thr519Met) and c.2374C > T (p.Arg792*), in the patient. Our analysis revealed that biallelic loss-of-function variants in KIDINS220 are associated with VENARG or autosomal recessive SINO (AR-SINO), whereas carboxy-terminal truncated variants that escape nonsense-mediated mRNA decay and lack amino acid residues 1507-1529 are linked to autosomal dominant SINO (AD-SINO). Patients with AR-SINO exhibit more severe clinical features compared to those with AD-SINO. Conclusions: Our study expands the spectrum of KIDINS220 variants associated with AR-SINO and provides a valuable genotype-phenotype correlation for pathogenic KIDINS220 variants.

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Sci Total Environ ; 953: 176098, 2024 Nov 25.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39245377

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Water quality stability in lakes and reservoirs is essential for drinking water safety and ecosystem health, especially given the frequent occurrence of extreme climate events. However, the relationship between water quality stability and water residence time (WRT) has not been well elucidated. In this study, we explored the relationship based on nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations data in 11 lakes and 49 reservoirs in the Yangtze-Huaihe River basin from 2010 to 2022. Additionally, we examined the effects of hydrometeorological characteristics, the geomorphology of water bodies and catchments, and land use on the WRT, establishing a link between climate change and the stability of N and P in these water bodies. The results showed that a significant correlation between the stability of N and P in lakes and reservoirs and their WRT. The longer WRT tends to coincide with decreased stability and higher nutrient concentrations. Hydrometeorological factors are the primary factors on the WRT, with precipitation exerting the greatest effect, particularly under extreme drought. In recent years, extreme climatic events have intensified the fluctuations of WRT, resulting in a renewed increase in N and P concentrations and deterioration in stability. These findings highlight the importance of incorporating meteorological and hydrological factors alongside reinforcing ecological restoration into lake and reservoir management strategies, and providing a scientific basis for future efforts aimed at enhancing lake and reservoir water quality stability and safeguarding aquatic ecosystems.

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Plant Commun ; : 101137, 2024 Sep 21.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39308021

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Ash trees (Fraxinus) exhibit rich genetic diversity and wide adaptation to various ecological environments, several of which are highly salt-tolerant. Dissecting the genomic basis underlying ash tree salt adaptation is vital for its resistance breeding. Here, we presented eleven high-quality chromosome-level genome assemblies for Fraxinus species, revealing two unequal sub-genome compositions and two more recent whole-genome triplication events in evolutionary history. A Fraxinus structural variation-based pan-genome was constructed and revealed that presence-absence variations (PAVs) of transmembrane transport genes likely contribute to Fraxinus salt adaptation. Through whole-genome resequencing of an inter-species cross F1-population of F. velutina 'Lula 3' (salt-tolerant) × F. pennsylvanica 'Lula 5' (salt-sensitive), we performed a salt tolerance PAV-based quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping and pinpointed two PAV-QTLs and candidate genes associated with Fraxinus salt tolerance. Mechanismly, FvbHLH85 enhanced salt tolerance by mediating reactive oxygen species and Na+/K+ homeostasis, while FvSWEET5 by mediating osmotic homeostasis. Collectively, these findings provide valuable genomic resources for Fraxinus salt resistance breeding and research community.

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Front Psychol ; 15: 1424223, 2024.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39282673

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Background: The aim of the present study was to investigate the intrinsic relationship between cultural values and social network index among college students. In addition, the present study explored the mediating role of self-monitoring in the relationship between horizontal collectivism cultural values and social network index, as well as the moderating role of self-efficacy, to provide a theoretical approach based on the intrinsic mechanism for college students to establish a good social network. Methods: A simple random cluster sampling method was used to investigate 376 college students with cultural values scale, self-monitoring scale, self-efficacy scale, and social network index scale, structural equation model was constructed using M-plus and SPSS. Results: The result indicated that individual horizontal collectivist cultural values positively predict social network index (ß = 0.477). Self-monitoring plays an intermediary role between cultural values and social network index, and self-efficacy plays a moderating role between self-monitoring and social network index. Conclusion: The level of an individual's social network activity is affected by the cultural values of horizontal collectivism and self-monitoring. Improving individual self-monitoring ability and self-efficacy can effectively improve the interpersonal relationships of college students.

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Bioconjug Chem ; 2024 Sep 17.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39287188

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Currently, pulmonary complications such as lung infections during the perioperative period are still the main cause of prolonged hospitalization and death in patients with lung injury due to the lack of effective drugs. Clusterzyme, a kind of artificial enzyme with a high enzyme-like activity and safety profile, exhibits good effects on reducing oxidative stress and immunomodulation. Here, we present the functionalized patches that is administered on the lung airways and rescues the injured organ via clusterzymes. The long-term antioxidant capacity of the patches significantly ameliorated lipopolysaccharide-induced lung function impairment with a significant reduction in lung goblet cell metaplasia and oxidative stress. The inflammatory factors such as cytokines interleukin-1ß, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α levels decreased by 50%, while the mtDNA copy number increased by 50% and ATP production increased by 100%. Mice lung function was significantly improved, suggesting that the patches can rescue lung injury by modulating oxidative stress and immune responses as well as protecting the mitochondria, providing an avenue for effective intervention of lung injury.

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Int Immunopharmacol ; 142(Pt B): 113170, 2024 Sep 16.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39288626

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Activin A, a member of the transforming growth factor ß (TGF-ß) superfamily, is involved in tumorigenesis and tumor progression. However, it remains unclear whether activin A can affect the migration of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) cells. In this study, the results of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) identification revealed that lung adenocarcinoma tissues exhibited lower expression of activin ßA mRNA, but higher expression of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and MMP9 mRNA compared to nontumor tissues. Moreover, we found that activin A inhibited human LUAD A549 cell proliferation promoted by EGF. Additionally, EGF induced A549 cell migration in microfluidic device, while activin A attenuated EGF actions. Simultaneously, EGF increased the levels of migration-related proteins, but activin A played the opposite role. Furthermore, the study revealed that EGF upregulated the ratio of p-ERK/ERK in A549 cells, which was weakened by activin A, and A549 cell migration regulated by activin A was not related to calcium signaling. In addition, the inhibitory effect of activin A on EGF-induced A549 cell migration was attenuated by the ERK inhibitor FR180204. These findings demonstrate that activin A effectively hinders the migration of A549 cells induced by EGF through ERK1/2 signaling, suggesting that targeting activin A may hold promise in the treatment of EGF-dependent LUAD growth and metastasis.

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Nat Commun ; 15(1): 7683, 2024 Sep 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39266507

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Resistive memory devices feature drastic conductance change and fast switching dynamics. Particularly, nonvolatile bipolar switching events (set and reset) can be regarded as a unique nonlinear activation function characteristic of a hysteretic loop. Upon simultaneous activation of multiple rows in a crosspoint array, state change of one device may contribute to the conditional switching of others, suggesting an interactive network existing in the circuit. Here, we prove that a passive resistive switching circuit is essentially an attractor network, where the binary memory devices are artificial neurons while the pairwise voltage differences define an anti-symmetric weight matrix. An energy function is successfully constructed for this network, showing that every switching in the circuit would decrease the energy. Due to the nonvolatile hysteretic function, the energy change for bit flip in this network is thresholded, which is different from the classic Hopfield network. It allows more stable states stored in the circuit, thus representing a highly compact and efficient solution for associative memory. Network dynamics (towards stable states) and their modulations by external voltages have been demonstrated in experiment by 3-neuron and 4-neuron circuits.

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Talanta ; 281: 126801, 2024 Sep 03.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39241649

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Impaired neutrophil migration in sepsis is associated with a poor prognosis. The potential of utilizing neutrophil chemotaxis to assess immune function, disease severity, and patient prognosis in sepsis remains underexplored. This study employed an innovative approach by integrating a multi-tip pipette with a Six-Unit microfluidic chip (SU6-chip) to establish gradients in six microchannels, thereby analyzing neutrophil chemotaxis in sepsis patients. We compared chemotactic parameters between healthy controls (NH = 20) and sepsis patients (NS1 = 25), observing significant differences in gradient perception time (GP), migration distance (MD), peak velocity (Vmax), chemotactic index (CI), reverse migration rate (RM), and stop migration number (SM). A novel composite indicator, the Sepsis Neutrophil Migration Evaluation (SNME) index, was developed by integrating these six chemotactic migration parameters. The SNME index and individual chemotaxis parameters showed significant correlations with the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II) score, hypersensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), and heparin-binding protein (HBP). Moreover, the SNME index demonstrated potential for monitoring sepsis progression, with ROC analysis confirming its predictive accuracy (area under the curve [AUC] = 0.895, cutoff value = 31.5, specificity = 86.73 %, sensitivity = 86.71 %), outperforming individual neutrophil chemotactic parameters. In conclusion, the SNME index represents a promising new tool for adjunctive diagnosis and prognosis assessment in patients with sepsis.

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Sci Rep ; 14(1): 20419, 2024 09 03.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39223291

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Activin A and hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are involved in tissue repair and fibrosis in liver injury. This study investigated the impact of activin A on HSC activation and migration. A microfluidic D4-chip was used for examining the cell migration of mouse hepatic stellate cell line MHSteC. The analysis of differentially expressed genes revealed that activin ßA (Inhba), activin receptor type 1A (Acvr1a) and type 2A (Acvr2a) mRNAs were more significantly expressed in human HSCs than in the hepatocytes. Moreover, activin A promoted MHSteC proliferation and induced MHSteC migration. Furthermore, the MHSteCs treated with activin A exhibited increased levels of migration-related proteins, N-cadherin, Vimentin, α-SMA, MMP2 and MMP9, but a decreased level of E-cadherin. Additionally, activin A treatment significantly increased the p-Smad3 levels and p-Smad3/Smad3 ratio in the MHSteCs, and the Smad3 inhibitor SIS3 attenuated activin A-induced MHSteC proliferation and migration. Simultaneously, activin A increased the calcium levels in the MHSteCs, and the migratory effects of activin A on MHSteCs were weakened by the intracellular calcium ion-chelating agent BAPTA-AM. These data indicate that activin A can promote MHSteC activation and migration through the canonical Smad3 signaling and calcium signaling.


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Activinas , Señalización del Calcio , Movimiento Celular , Proliferación Celular , Células Estrelladas Hepáticas , Proteína smad3 , Células Estrelladas Hepáticas/metabolismo , Movimiento Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Proteína smad3/metabolismo , Animales , Activinas/metabolismo , Ratones , Humanos , Línea Celular
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Adv Healthc Mater ; : e2402364, 2024 Sep 09.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39248150

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Pneumonia involves complex immunological and pathological processes leading to pulmonary dysfunction, which can be life-threatening yet lacks effective specialized medications. Natural enzymes can be used as biological agents for the treatment of oxidative stress-related diseases, but limiting to catalytic and environmental stability as well as high cost. Herein, an artificial enzyme, gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) with excellent stability, bioactivity, and renal clearance can be used as the next-generation biological agents for acute lung injury (ALI) and allergic lung disease (ALD). The Au25 clusters can mimic catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and the Km of Au24Er1 with H2O2 reaches 1.28 mM, about 22 times higher than natural CAT (≈28.8 mM). The clusters inhibit the oxidative stress in the mitochondria and promote the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). The molecular mechanism shows that the TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB pathway and M1 macrophage-mediated inflammatory response are suppressed in ALI and the Th1/Th2 imbalance in ovalbumin (OVA)-induced ALD is rescued. Further, the clusters can notably improve lung function in both ALI and ALD models which paves the way for immunomodulation and intervention for lung injury and can be used as a substitute for natural enzymes and potential biopharmaceuticals in the treatment of various types of pneumonia.

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Inorg Chem ; 2024 Sep 17.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39287663

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Under solvothermal conditions, three 3D lanthanide metal-organic frameworks (Ln-MOFs): [Eu(H2DHTA)1.5(DMF)2]·DMF (1), [Eu(H2DHTA)0.5(DHTA)0.5(DMF)(H2O)]·2H2O (2), and Eu(HCOO)3 (3) (H4DHTA = 2,5-dihydroxyterephthalic acid) have been synthesized by different reaction times. Interestingly, induced by reaction time, compounds 1-3 underwent a two-step dissolution and recrystallization structural transformation (DRST) reaction. Investigations on the DRST processes were carried out, and the transformation pathway was deduced, which was verified by XRD analyses. Notably, compound 2 demonstrates pronounced luminescence as well as high stability in water and other organic solvents. The fluorescent detection of furan antibiotics can serve as turn-off effects, and glutamic acid (Glu), aspartic acid (Asp), and riboflavin (VB2) can serve as the turn-on effect. To explain the enhancing and quenching mechanisms, XRD, UV-visible absorption spectroscopy, electrochemistry, IR spectra, theoretical calculation, fluorescence lifetimes, and XPS were discussed. Additionally, MOF-coated test strips were utilized to detect these analytes, exhibiting excellent agreement with fluorescence spectroscopy. This work provides an example for more effective designs to employ Ln-MOFs as multiresponsive fluorescent sensors for detection of environmental pollutants in aqueous solution.

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J Colloid Interface Sci ; 678(Pt B): 578-587, 2024 Sep 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39265330

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Anode-free lithium metal batteries (AFLMBs) are considered to have greater application potential than traditional LMBs because of their higher energy density and safety. Unfortunately, their poor cycling performances originated from the unsatisfactory reversibility of Li plating/stripping remains a big challenge. A rational designed host for lithium deposition is an effective solving strategy. Herein, pure Au nanoparticles (NPs) without any impurities are prepared by a liquid-phase laser irradiation technology to construct and develop a self-supported Au/reduced graphene oxide (Au/rGO) film as lithium deposition host for AFLMBs. The densely and uniformly distributed Au NPs provide abundant lithiophilic sites that significantly reduce the nucleation barrier of lithium. Attributed to the precise regulation of Au sites towards lithium nucleation/growth, dendrites-free anode and improved electrochemical performance are obtained by using the Au/rGO film host. It keeps stable for 30 min of lithiation at 6 mA cm-2 without dendrite formation. Additionally, the Li||Au/rGO half-cell shows an overpotential close to 0 mV and maintains a Coulombic efficiency exceeding 97 % after 500 cycles at 1 mA cm-2. Moreover, a symmetric Au/rGO-Li cell can operate for 700 h without short-circuit. When paired with LiFePO4 (LFP) to assemble a full battery, the Au/rGO-Li achieves 96 % capacity retention rate after 100 cycles. This work not only develops an efficient host for lithium, but also provides a unique strategy to the safety concerns associated with LMBs' anodes.

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Heliyon ; 10(16): e35957, 2024 Aug 30.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39220904

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Defect detection is critical to industrial quality control in leather production engineering. The various sizes and locations of defects in leather, as well as significant differences within the same class and indistinctive variations between different classes of defects, contribute to the complexity of the problem. To address this challenge, we propose a Multi-Layer Residual Convolutional Attention (MLRCA) approach. MLRCA enhances its ability to capture both intra-class and inter-class differences by enhancing the semantic feature representation in the backbone network. To improve multiscale fusion effects, we also incorporate the MLRCA module into the feature pyramid network (FPN) and propose a new multi-layer residual convolution attention feature pyramid network (ML-FPN). This approach enables more accurate identification of leather defects at a more detailed level by selectively capturing contextual information from different domains. We then implement the Side-Aware Boundary Localization (SABL) detection head, which accurately locates defects and helps the network distinguish between similar defect categories for more precise positioning. To validate the effectiveness of our approach, we conducted ablation experiments on the created leather dataset. Comparative experiments demonstrate the excellent capability of our model to detect minor defects. The model achieved 83.4, 89.7, and 85.6 for the AP, AP50, and AP75 evaluation metrics. In addition, the model achieves 71.3, 89.9, and 88.9 for APS, APM, and APL. Our approach has been confirmed feasible through experimentation and provides new insights for automated leather defect detection methods.

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Clin Spine Surg ; 2024 Sep 03.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39226101

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STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of pedicle screw trajectory planning based on artificial intelligence (AI) software in patients with different levels of bone mineral density (BMD). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: AI-based pedicle screw trajectory planning has potential to improve pullout force (POF) of screws. However, there is currently no literature investigating the efficacy of AI-based pedicle screw trajectory planning in patients with different levels of BMD. METHODS: The patients were divided into 5 groups (group A-E) according to their BMD. The AI software utilizes lumbar spine CT data to perform screw trajectory planning and simulate AO screw trajectories for bilateral L3-5 vertebral bodies. Both screw trajectories were subdivided into unicortical and bicortical modes. The AI software automatically calculating the POF and pullout risk of every screw trajectory. The POF and risk of screw pullout for AI-planned screw trajectories and AO standard trajectories were compared and analyzed. RESULTS: Forty-three patients were included. For the screw sizes, AI-planned screws were greater in diameter and length than those of AO screws (P<0.05). In groups B-E, the AI unicortical trajectories had a POF of over 200N higher than that of AO unicortical trajectories. POF was higher in all groups for the AI bicortical screw trajectories compared with the AO bicortical screw trajectories (P<0.05). AI unicortical trajectories in groups B-E had a lower risk of screw pullout compared with that of AO unicortical trajectories (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: AI unicortical screw trajectory planning for lumbar surgery in patients with BMD of 40-120 mg/cm3 can significantly improve screw POF and reduce the risk of screw pullout.

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Chem Biodivers ; : e202401034, 2024 Aug 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39109873

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The main protease (Mpro) of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) represents a promising target for antiviral drugs aimed at combating COVID-19. Consequently, the development of Mpro inhibitor is an ideal strategy for combating the virus. In this study, we identified twenty-two dithiocarbamates (1 a-h), dithiocarbamate-Cu(II) complexes (2 a-hCu) and disulfide derivatives (2 a-e, 2 i) as potent inhibitors of Mpro, with IC50 value range of 0.09-0.72, 0.9-24.7, and 15.1-111 µM, respectively, through FRET screening. The enzyme kinetics, inhibition mode, jump dilution, and DTT assay revealed that 1 g may be a partial reversible inhibitor, while 2 d and 2 f-Cu are the irreversible and dose- and time-dependent inhibitors, potentially covalently binding to the target. Binding of 2 d, 2 f-Cu, and 1 g to Mpro was found to decrease the stability of the protein. Additionally, DTT assays and thermal shift assays indicated that 2 f-Cu and 2 d are the nonspecific and promiscuous cysteine protease inhibitor. ICP-MS implied that the inhibitory activity of 2 f-Cu may stem from the uptake of Cu(II) by the enzyme. Cytotoxicity assays demonstrated that 2 d and 1 g exhibit low cytotoxicity, whereas 2 f-Cu show certain cytotoxicity in L929 cells. Overall, this work presents two promising scaffolds for the development of Mpro inhibitors to combat COVID-19.

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Molecules ; 29(16)2024 Aug 17.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39202979

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A metal-free and Selectfluor-mediated selective oxidation reaction of benzo[d]isothiazol-3(2H)-ones in aqueous media is presented. This novel strategy provides a facile, green, and efficient approach to access important benzo[d]isothiazol-3(2H)-one-1-oxides with excellent yields and high tolerance to various functional groups. Furthermore, the purification of benzoisothiazol-3-one-1-oxides does not rely on column chromatography. Moreover, the preparation of saccharine derivatives has been achieved through sequential, double oxidation reactions in a one-pot aqueous media.

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Polymers (Basel) ; 16(16)2024 Aug 11.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39204500

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Amid the rapid development of modern society, the widespread use of plastic products has led to significant environmental issues, including the accumulation of non-degradable waste and extensive consumption of non-renewable resources. Developing healable, recyclable, bio-based materials from abundant renewable resources using diverse dynamic interactions attracts increasing global attention. However, achieving a good balance between the self-healing capacity and mechanical performance, such as strength and toughness, remains challenging. In our study, we address this challenge by developing a new type of dynamic network from epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) and poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) with good strength and toughness. For the synthetic strategy, a thiol-epoxy click reaction was conducted to functionalize ESO with thiol and hydroxyl groups. Subsequently, a curing reaction with isocyanates generated dynamic thiourethane and urethane bonds with different bonding energies in the dynamic networks to reach a trade-off between dynamic features and mechanical properties; amongst these, the thiourethane bonds with a lower bonding energy provide good dynamic features, while the urethane bonds with a higher bonding energy ensure good mechanical properties. The incorporation of flexible PBAT segments to form the rational multi-phase structure with crystalline domains further enhanced the products. A typical sample, OTSO100-PBAT100, exhibited a tensile strength of 33.2 MPa and an elongation at break of 1238%, demonstrating good healing capacity and desirable mechanical performance. This study provides a promising solution to contemporary environmental and energy challenges by developing materials that combine mechanical and repair properties. It addresses the specific gap of achieving a trade-off between tensile strength and elongation at break in bio-based self-healing materials, promising a wide range of applications.

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Heliyon ; 10(15): e35697, 2024 Aug 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39170144

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Colon cancer (CC) is one of the most common gastrointestinal malignancies. Effectiveness of the existing therapies is limited. Immunotherapy is a promising complementary treatment approach for CC. Major histocompatibility complex class I-related protein A and B (MICA/B) are ligands for NK cells. Shedding of MICA/B from the surface of tumor cells by cleavage of MICA/B at the membrane proxial region in MICA/B α3 structural domain is one of immune evasion strategies leading to escape of cancer cells from immunosurveillance. In this study, we generated a panel of MICA/B monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and identified one of mAbs, mAb RDM028, that had high binding affinity to MICA/B and recognized a site on MICA/B α3 structural domain that is critically important for cleavage of MICA/B. Our study has further demonstrated that RDM028 augmented the surface expression of MICA/B on HCT-116 human CC cells by inhibiting the MICA/B shedding resulting in the enhanced cyotoxicity of NK cells against HCT-116 human CC cells and mediated anti-tumor activity in nude mouse model of colon cancer. These results indicate that mAb RDM028 could be explored for developing as an effective immuno therapy against CC by targeting the MICA/B α3 domain to promot immunosurveillance mediated by MICA/B-NKG2D interaction.

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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 121(35): e2408183121, 2024 Aug 27.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39172778

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The conversion of CO2 into liquid fuels, using only sunlight and water, offers a promising path to carbon neutrality. An outstanding challenge is to achieve high efficiency and product selectivity. Here, we introduce a wireless photocatalytic architecture for conversion of CO2 and water into methanol and oxygen. The catalytic material consists of semiconducting nanowires decorated with core-shell nanoparticles, with a copper-rhodium core and a chromium oxide shell. The Rh/CrOOH interface provides a unidirectional channel for proton reduction, enabling hydrogen spillover at the core-shell interface. The vectorial transfer of protons, electrons, and hydrogen atoms allows for switching the mechanism of CO2 reduction from a proton-coupled electron transfer pathway in aqueous solution to hydrogenation of CO2 with a solar-to-methanol efficiency of 0.22%. The reported findings demonstrate a highly efficient, stable, and scalable wireless system for synthesis of methanol from CO2 that could provide a viable path toward carbon neutrality and environmental sustainability.

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