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J Asian Nat Prod Res ; : 1-8, 2024 Mar 21.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38515328

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Two new sesquiterpenoid glycosides, 8α (H)-eudesmane-1,3,11 (13)-triene-2-one -12-O-ß-D-glucopyranoside (1) and dmetelisproside B (2), together with ten known compounds (3-12) were isolated from calyces of Physalis alkekengi L. var. franchetii (Mast.) Makino (PAF). Their structures were unambiguously elucidated through HR-ESI-MS, UV, IR, and NMR spectral data. Compounds 1, 10, and 12 exhibited DPPH scavenging ability with IC50 values of 33.69 ± 6.65, 6.29 ± 0.06, and 25.66 ± 3.06 µM, respectively. Additionally, 10 and 12 demonstrated weak α-glucosidase inhibition activity with IC50 values of 250.9 ± 6.60 and 347.6 ± 2.48 µM, respectively.

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Chemistry ; 30(27): e202304369, 2024 May 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38414107

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Single-molecule toroics (SMTs), defined as a type of molecules with toroidal arrangement of magnetic moment associated with bi-stable non-magnetic ground states, are promising candidates for high-density information storage and the development of molecule based multiferroic materials with linear magneto-electric coupling and multiferroic behavior. The design and synthesis of SMTs by arranging the magnetic anisotropy axis in a circular pattern at the molecular level have been of great interest to scientists for last two decades since the first detection of the SMT behavior in the seminal Dy3 molecules. DyIII ion has long been the ideal candidate for constructing SMTs due to its Kramer ion nature as well as high anisotropy. Nevertheless, other LnIII ions such as TbIII and HoIII ions, as well as some paramagnetic transition metal ions, have also been used to construct many nontraditional SMTs. Therefore, we review the progress in the studies of SMTs based on the nontraditional perspective, ranging from the 3D topological to 1D&2D&3D polymeric SMTs, and 3d-4f to non Dy-based SMTs. We hope the understanding we provide about nontraditional SMTs will be helpful in designing novel SMTs.

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J Robot Surg ; 18(1): 88, 2024 Feb 22.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38386236

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Transoral vestibular robotic thyroidectomy can really make the patient's body surface free of scar. This study aimed to compare the surgical and patient-related outcomes between the transoral vestibular robotic thyroidectomy and traditional low-collar incision thyroidectomy. The clinical data of 120 patients underwent transoral vestibular robotic thyroidectomy (TOVRT) or traditional low-collar incision thyroidectomy (TLCIT) were collected from May 2020 to October 2021. Propensity score matching analysis was used to minimize selection bias. All these patients were diagnosed with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) through ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration prior to surgical intervention and surgical plan was tailored for each patient. An intraoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) detection system was used in all patients, whose RLNs were identified and protected. We performed transoral vestibular robotic thyroidectomy with three intraoral incisions. Additional right axillary fold incisions were adopted occasionally to enhance fine reverse traction of tissue for radical tumor dissection. Clinical data including gender, age, tumor size, BMI, operation time, postoperative drainage volume and time, pain score, postoperative length of stay (LOS),number of lymph nodes removed, complications, and medical expense were observed and analyzed. Propensity score matching was used for 1:1 matching between the TOVRT group and the TLCIT group. All these patients accepted total thyroidectomy(or lobectomy) plus central lymph node dissection and all suffered from PTC confirmed by postoperative pathology. No conversion to open surgery happened in TOVRT group. The operative time of TOVRT group was longer than that of TLCIT group (P < 0.05). The postoperative drainage volume of TOVRT group was more than that of TLCIT group (P < 0.05). The drainage tube placement time of TOVRT group were longer than that of TLCIT group (P < 0.05). Significant differences were also found in intraoperative bleeding volume, pain score and medical expense between the two groups (P < 0.05). The incidence of perioperative common complications such as hypoparathyroidism and vocal cord paralysis in the two groups was almost identical (P > 0.05). However, there were some specific complications such as surgical area infection (one case), skin burn (one case), oral tear (two cases), and paresthesia of the lower lip and the chin (two cases) were found in TOVRT group. Obviously, the postoperative cosmetic effect of the TOVRT group was better than TLCIT group (P < 0.05). TOVRT is safe and feasible for low to moderate-risk PTC patients and is a potential alternative for patients who require no scar on their neck. Patients accepted TOVRT can get more satisfaction and have less psychologic injury caused by surgery.


Subject(s)
Neoplasms , Robotic Surgical Procedures , Humans , Thyroidectomy/adverse effects , Robotic Surgical Procedures/methods , Drainage , Cicatrix , Pain
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Eur J Pharmacol ; 965: 176330, 2024 Feb 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38220139

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Pancreatic cancer (PC) is the most frequently occurring cancer, with few effective treatments and a 5-year survival rate of only about 11%. It is characterized by stiff interstitium and pressure on blood vessels, leading to an increased glycolytic metabolism. PFKFB3 plays an important role in glycolysis, and its products (fructose-2,6-bisphosphate), which are allosteric PFK1 activators, limit the glycolytic rate. In this study, 14 PFKFB3 inhibitors were obtained by virtually screening the FDA-approved compound library. Subsequently, the in-vitro investigations confirmed that Lomitapide and Cabozantinib S-malate exhibit the excellent potential to inhibit PFKFB3. The combined administration of Lomitapide and Gemcitabine at a certain molar ratio indicated an enhanced anti-tumor effect in Orthotopic Pancreatic Cancer (OPC) models. This investigation provides a new treatment strategy for PC therapy.


Subject(s)
Pancreatic Neoplasms , Phosphofructokinase-2 , Humans , Phosphofructokinase-2/metabolism , Drug Repositioning , Early Detection of Cancer , Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/metabolism , Pancreatic Neoplasms/drug therapy , Glycolysis
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J Thromb Thrombolysis ; 57(1): 29-38, 2024 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37351822

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BACKGROUND: VT (Ventricular Thrombus) is a serious complication of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Our goal is to develop a nomogram for personalized prediction of incident VT in DCM patients. METHODS: 1267 patients (52.87 ± 11.75 years old, 73.8% male) were analyzed retrospectively from January 01, 2015, to December 31, 2020. A nomogram model for VT risk assessment was established using minimum absolute contraction and selection operator (LASSO) and multivariate logistic regression analysis, and its effectiveness was validated by internal guidance. The model was evaluated by the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), calibration curves, and decision curve analysis (DCA). We compared the performance in predicting VT between nomogram and CHA2DS2, CHA2DS2- VASc or ATRIA by AUC, akaike information criterion (AIC), bayesian information criterion (BIC), net reclassification index (NRI), and integrated discrimination index (IDI). RESULTS: 89 patients (7.02%) experienced VT. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that age, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), uric acid (UA), N-terminal precursor B-type diuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), and D-dimer (DD) were important independent predictors of VT. The nomogram model correctly separates patients with and without VT, with an optimistic C score of 0.92 (95%CI: 0.90-0.94) and good calibration (Hosmer-Lemeshow χ2 = 11.51, P = 0.12). Our model showed improved prediction of VT compared to CHA2DS2, CHA2DS2-VASc or ATRIA (all P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The novel nomogram demonstrated better than presenting scores and showed an improvement in predicting VT in DCM patients.


Subject(s)
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated , Heart Diseases , Thrombosis , Humans , Male , Adult , Middle Aged , Female , Bayes Theorem , Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/complications , Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/diagnosis , Nomograms , Retrospective Studies , Stroke Volume , Ventricular Function, Left , Thrombosis/diagnosis , Thrombosis/etiology
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Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi ; 48(22): 5985-5992, 2023 Nov.
Article in Chinese | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38114204

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Vaccination is an effective method for preventing influenza, and adjuvants can enhance the immune response intensity and persistence of influenza vaccines. However, there are currently shortcomings in clinical adjuvant approvals, ineffectiveness against weak antigens, and a tendency to cause headaches. Therefore, the development of safe and effective novel adjuvants for influenza vaccines is particularly important to enhance vaccine immunogenicity and safety. Given the wide range of sources, high safety, and biodegradability of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM), some studies have described it as a vaccine adjuvant. This article reviewed the current status and challenges of influenza vaccine adjuvants, summarized the types of TCM adjuvants, the safety and immunomodulatory effects of natural active ingredients from TCM combined with influenza vaccines, the role of TCM adjuvants in antigen storage, antigen presentation capability, immune cells and cytokines, and immune responses, and analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of TCM adjuvants compared with small molecule adjuvants, with the aim of promoting the clinical development and commercialization of TCM adjuvants for influenza vaccines.


Subject(s)
Influenza Vaccines , Influenza, Human , Humans , Adjuvants, Immunologic/pharmacology , Medicine, Chinese Traditional , Influenza, Human/prevention & control , Adjuvants, Pharmaceutic
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J Xray Sci Technol ; 31(6): 1333-1340, 2023.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37840466

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OBJECTIVE: To explore the value of applying computed tomography (CT) radiomics based on different CT-enhanced phases to determine the immunotherapeutic efficacy of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS: 106 patients with NSCLC who underwent immunotherapy are randomly divided into training (74) and validation (32) groups. CT-enhanced arterial and venous phase images of patients before treatment are collected. Region-of-interest (ROI) is segmented on the CT-enhanced images, and the radiomic features are extracted. One-way analysis of variance and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) are used to screen the optimal radiomics features and analyze the association between radiomics features and immunotherapy efficacy. The area under receiver-operated characteristic curves (AUC) along with the sensitivity and specificity are computed to evaluate diagnostic effectiveness. RESULTS: LASSO regression analysis screens and selects 6 and 8 optimal features in the arterial and venous phases images, respectively. Applying to the training group, AUCs based on CT-enhanced arterial and venous phase images are 0.867 (95% CI:0.82-0.94) and 0.880 (95% CI:0.86-0.91) with the sensitivities of 73.91% and 76.19%, and specificities of 66.67% and 72.19%, respectively, while in validation group, AUCs of the arterial and venous phase images are 0.732 (95% CI:0.71-0.78) and 0.832 (95% CI:0.78-0.91) with sensitivities of 75.00% and 76.00%, and specificities of 73.07% and 75.00%, respectively. There are no significant differences between AUC values computed from arterial phases and venous phases images in both training and validation groups (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The optimally selected radiomics features computed from CT-enhanced different-phase images can provide new imaging marks to evaluate efficacy of the targeted therapy in NSCLC with a high diagnostic value.


Subject(s)
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung , Lung Neoplasms , Humans , Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/diagnostic imaging , Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/therapy , Lung Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Lung Neoplasms/therapy , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Immunotherapy , Area Under Curve , Retrospective Studies
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Dalton Trans ; 52(42): 15456-15461, 2023 Oct 31.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37466249

ABSTRACT

Lanthanide peroxides show high reactivity in oxidative coupling of methane (OCM). However, the number of isolated and structurally characterized molecular species remains relatively small. To the best of our knowledge, homochiral molecule-based lanthanide peroxides have not been reported. Herein, two pairs of side-on peroxido-bridged dinuclear hexaazamacrocyclic dysprosium enantiomers with formulas [Dy2(LES/R)2L2O2](BPh4)2·CH3OH·CH3CN (where LE is derived from the condensation reaction between (1S,2S)/(1R,2R)-1,2-diphenylethylenediamine and 2,6-diformylpyridine; HL = 2,6-diphenylphenol) (1/2) and [Dy2(LES/R)2Cl2O2](BPh4)2·2CH3CN (3/4) are specially designed and created with the help of hydrogen peroxide. The out-of-phase alternating-current magnetic susceptibility of 1/2 gives rise to frequency-dependent peaks between 6 and 32 K under a zero applied direct current (dc) field, while no peak at any temperature and frequency was observed for 3/4 implying the presence of a weak axial crystal field (CF).

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PeerJ ; 11: e15536, 2023.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37361044

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Objective: The human Disabled-2 (Dab2) protein is an endocytic adaptor protein, which plays an essential role in endocytosis of transmembrane cargo, including low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). As a candidate gene for dyslipidemia, Dab2 is also involved in the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM). The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of genetic variants of the Dab2 gene on the related risk of T2DM in the Uygur and Han populations of Xinjiang, China. Methods: A total of 2,157 age- and sex-matched individuals (528 T2DM patients and 1,629 controls) were included in this case-control study. Four high frequency SNPs (rs1050903, rs2255280, rs2855512 and rs11959928) of the Dab2 gene were genotyped using an improved multiplex ligation detection reaction (iMLDR) genotyping assay, and the forecast value of the SNP for T2DM was assessed by statistical analysis of clinical data profiles and gene frequencies. Results: We found that in the Uygur population studied, for both rs2255280 and rs2855512, there were significant differences in the distribution of genotypes (AA/CA/CC), and the recessive model (CC vs. CA + AA) between T2DM patients and the controls (P < 0.05). After adjusting for confounders, the recessive model (CC vs. CA + AA) of both rs2255280 and rs2855512 remained significantly associated with T2DM in this population (rs2255280: OR = 5.303, 95% CI [1.236 to -22.755], P = 0.025; rs2855512: OR = 4.892, 95% CI [1.136 to -21.013], P = 0.033). The genotypes (AA/CA/CC) and recessive models (CC vs. CA + AA) of rs2855512 and rs2255280 were also associated with the plasma glucose and HbA1c levels (all P < 0.05) in this population. There were no significant differences in genotypes, all genetic models, or allele frequencies between the T2DM and control group in the Han population group (all P > 0.05). Conclusions: The present study suggests that the variation of the Dab2 gene loci rs2255280 and rs2855512 is related to the incidence of T2DM in the Uygur population, but not in the Han population. In this study, these variations in Dab2 were an independent predictor for T2DM in the Uygur population of Xinjiang, China.


Subject(s)
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing , Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 , Humans , Case-Control Studies , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/epidemiology , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/genetics , East Asian People , Genetic Predisposition to Disease , Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide , Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics , Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/genetics
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Front Cardiovasc Med ; 10: 1043274, 2023.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37008312

ABSTRACT

Objective: Unplanned admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) is the major in-hospital adverse event for patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). We aimed to establish a nomogram of individualized risk prediction for unplanned ICU admission in DCM patients. Methods: A total of 2,214 patients diagnosed with DCM from the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University from January 01, 2010, to December 31, 2020, were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were randomly divided into training and validation groups at a 7:3 ratio. The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator and multivariable logistic regression analysis were used for nomogram model development. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, calibration curves, and decision curve analysis (DCA) were used to evaluate the model. The primary outcome was defined as unplanned ICU admission. Results: A total of 209 (9.44%) patients experienced unplanned ICU admission. The variables in our final nomogram included emergency admission, previous stroke, New York Heart Association Class, heart rate, neutrophil count, and levels of N-terminal pro b-type natriuretic peptide. In the training group, the nomogram showed good calibration (Hosmer-Lemeshow χ 2 = 14.40, P = 0.07) and good discrimination, with an optimal-corrected C-index of 0.76 (95% confidence interval: 0.72-0.80). DCA confirmed the clinical net benefit of the nomogram model, and the nomogram maintained excellent performances in the validation group. Conclusion: This is the first risk prediction model for predicting unplanned ICU admission in patients with DCM by simply collecting clinical information. This model may assist physicians in identifying individuals at a high risk of unplanned ICU admission for DCM inpatients.

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Proteins ; 91(8): 1140-1151, 2023 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37086011

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The specific recognition of serum proteins by scavenger receptors is critical and fundamental in many biological processes. However, the underlying mechanism of scavenger receptor-serum protein interaction remains elusive. In this work, taking scavenger receptors class A1 (SR-A1) as an example, we systematically investigate its interaction with human serum albumin (HSA) at different states through a combination of molecular docking and all-atom molecular dynamics simulations. It is found that native HSA can moderately bind to collagen-like (CL) region or scavenger receptor cysteine-rich (SRCR) region, with both electrostatic (ELE) and van der Waals (VDW) interactions, playing important roles. After maleylation, the binding energy, particularly the ELE energy, between HSA and CL region is significantly enhanced, while the binding energy between HSA and SRCR region remains nearly unchanged. Additionally, we also observe that unfolding of the secondary structures in HSA leads to a larger contact surface area between denatured HSA and CL region, but has little impact on the HSA-SRCR region interaction. Therefore, similar to maleylated HSA, denatured HSA is also more likely to bind to the CL region of SR-A1.


Subject(s)
Serum Albumin, Human , Humans , Molecular Docking Simulation , Binding Sites , Spectrometry, Fluorescence , Thermodynamics , Serum Albumin, Human/metabolism , Receptors, Scavenger/metabolism , Protein Binding , Circular Dichroism
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J Comput Chem ; 44(5): 677-686, 2023 Feb 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36408852

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The ability to accurately and rapidly evaluate the intermolecular many-body polarization effect of the water system is very important for computer simulations of biomolecule in aqueous. In this paper, a scheme is proposed based on the polarizable dipole-dipole interaction model and used to rapidly estimate the intermolecular many-body polarization effect in water clusters. We use a bond-dipole-based polarization function to evaluate the polarization energy. We regard two OH bonds of a water molecule as two bond-dipoles and set the permanent OH bond-dipole moment of a water molecule to be 1.51 Debye. We estimate the induced OH bond-dipole moment via a simple formula in which only one correction factor is needed. This scheme is then applied to tens of water clusters to calculate the three- and four-body interaction energies. The three-body interaction energies of 93 water clusters produced by our scheme are compared with those produced by the counterpoise-corrected CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ, MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ, M06-2X/jul-cc-pVTZ methods, by the AMOEBApro13, iAMOEBA, AMOEBA+, AMOEBA+(CF) methods, and by the MB-pol method. The four-body interaction energies of 47 water clusters yielded by our scheme are compared with those yielded by the counterpoise-corrected MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ and M06-2X/ jul-cc-pVTZ methods, by the AMOEBApro13, AMOEBA+, AMOEBA+(CF) methods, and by the MB-pol method. The comparison results show that the scheme proposed in this paper can reproduce the counterpoise-corrected CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ three-body interaction energies and reproduce the counterpoise-corrected MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ four-body interaction energies both accurately and efficiently. We anticipate the scheme proposed here can be useful for computer simulations of liquid water and aqueous solutions.


Subject(s)
Water , Thermodynamics , Computer Simulation
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Chemistry ; 29(5): e202202896, 2023 Jan 24.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36326186

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Two pairs of chiral end-on azido-bridged dinuclear hexaazamacrocycles, [Dy2 (LN6 R/S )2 (N3 )2 Cl2 ](BPh4 )2 (1R/1S) and [Dy2 (LN6 R/S )2 (N3 )4 ]Cl2 (2R/2S) (LN6 R/S is hexaazamacrocyclic neutral Schiff base ligand derived from 2,6-diformylpyridine and (1R, 2R)/(1S, 2S)-diaminocyclohexane), were constructed by adjusting the molar ratio of sodium azide to Dy(III) macrocycle precursor. Structural analyses reveal that all Dy(III) centers in complexes 1R/1S and 2R/2S are nine-coordinate with hula-loop coordination geometry, and the differences between 1R/1S and 2R/2S are the terminal coordination anion and counter anion. Magnetic studies indicate that complex 2S displays typical SMM behaviors under a zero dc field, whereas 1S just shows slow relaxation of magnetization resulting from a relatively weak axial crystal field. Significantly, complex 2R/2S represents the first homochiral all-nitrogen-coordinated lanthanide single-molecule magnet.


Subject(s)
Lanthanoid Series Elements , Magnets , Dysprosium , Nitrogen
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Dalton Trans ; 51(46): 17579-17586, 2022 Nov 29.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36342404

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The subcomponent self-assembly of 4,6-dihydrazinopyrimidine and o-vanillin/salicylaldehyde with different DyIII salts leads to the formation of Dy2 (1-3) and grid-like Dy4 (4) compounds with formulas of [Dy2L(DMF)4(NO3)4]·2DMF (1), [Dy2L2(CH3COO)4(CH3OH)2]·10H2O (2), [Dy2L'2(CH3COO)4(CH3OH)2]·2H2O·2CH3OH (3) and [Dy4Na2L2(µ2-OH)2(PhCOO)8(CH3OH)(H2O)]·CH3CN·2CH3OH·7H2O (4). In all cases, the DyIII ions are nine coordinate but the different features of coordinated solvent molecules and anions result in diverse coordination geometries in their respective structures. Notably, by introducing various axial coordinating anions with different electronegativities (NO3-, CH3COO- and C6H5COO-), the effective energy barriers were progressively enhanced (52-207 K) in this system. Detailed magnetic studies for these complexes revealed obvious magnetic interactions in complex 1 and clear single molecule magnet (SMM) behavior with anisotropy barriers of 52, 56 and 58.4 K for 1-3, respectively. Moreover, we find that the incorporation of benzoates into the axial position of the DyIII ions in complex 4 leads to the occurrence of two clear distinct relaxation processes, with energy barriers of 94.9 and 207.2 K, respectively. This result presents an example of the effects of axial coordinating anions on the SMM behavior, providing a valid route towards enhancing the slow magnetic relaxation of 4f based SMMs via incorporating diverse coordination anions into the subcomponent self-assembly system.

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Langmuir ; 38(45): 13972-13982, 2022 11 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36318181

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The spread of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by SARS-CoV-2 and its variants has become a global health crisis. Although there were many attempts to use nanomaterials-based devices to fight against SARS-CoV-2, it still remains elusive as to how the nanomaterials interact with SARS-CoV-2 and affect its biofunctions. Here, taking the graphene nanosheet (GN) as the model nanomaterial, we investigate its interaction with the spike protein in both WT and Omicron by molecular simulations. In the closed state, the GN can insert into the region between the receptor binding domain (RBD) and the N-terminal domain (NTD) in both wild type (WT) and Omicron, which keeps the RBD in the down conformation. In the open state, the GN can hamper the binding of up RBD to ACE2 in WT, but it has little impact on up RBD and, even worse, stimulates the down-to-up transition of down RBDs in Omicron. Moreover, the GN can insert in the vicinity of the fusion peptide in both WT and Omicron and prevents the detachment of S1 from the whole spike protein. The present study reveals the effect of the SARS-CoV-2 variant on the nanomaterial-spike protein interaction, which informs prospective efforts to design functional nanomaterials against SARS-CoV-2.


Subject(s)
COVID-19 , Graphite , Humans , Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 , Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A/metabolism , Prospective Studies , Protein Binding , SARS-CoV-2 , Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/genetics , Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/metabolism , Nanostructures
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Dalton Trans ; 51(36): 13596-13600, 2022 Sep 20.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36047750

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The first oligopyrrolic Cu(II)-based metallocage featuring two antiferromagnetically coupled dimeric cupric tetracarboxylate units linked by a single molecule of water was assembled successfully using a nonlinear pyridine-pyrrolate ligand. Broken symmetry density functional theory (BS-DFT) calculations show that the exchange couplings between Cu(II) ions in the Cu2 unit and over the water bridge are -298 and -0.13 cm-1, respectively.

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Chem Sci ; 13(34): 10048-10056, 2022 Aug 31.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36128245

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In situ metal-templated (hydrazone) condensation also called subcomponent self-assembly of 4,6-dihydrazino-pyrimidine, o-vanillin and dysprosium ions resulted in the formation of discrete hexa- or dodecanuclear metallosupramolecular Dy6(L)6 or Dy12(L)8 aggregates resulting from second-order template effects of the base and the lanthanide counterions used in these processes. XRD analysis revealed unique circular helical or tetragonal bipyramid architectures in which the bis(hydrazone) ligand L adopts different conformations and shows remarkable differences in its mode of metal coordination. While a molecule of trimethylamine acts as a secondary template that fills the void of the Dy6(L)6 assembly, sodium ions take on this role for the formation of heterobimetallic Dy12(L)8 by occupying vacant coordination sites, thus demonstrating that these processes can be steered in different directions upon subtle changes of reaction conditions. Furthermore, Dy6(L)6 shows an interesting spin-relaxation energy barrier of 435 K, which is amongst the largest values within multinuclear lanthanide single-molecular magnets.

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Chem Asian J ; 17(23): e202200913, 2022 Dec 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36123305

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Multifunctional lanthanide complexes have been studied extensively owing to their promising applications in information storage, luminescence sensors and magneto-optical devices, etc. Here, we report the facile synthesis of two discrete highly thermally stable lanthanide compounds, Ln(hfac)3 (TPE-tz) (Ln=Eu, Dy), by the reaction of the AIE-active organic ligand with Ln(III) ß-diketonate precursor. Due to different energy gaps between the triplet state of the ligand and the accepted level of Ln(III) ions, Eu(hfac)3 (TPE-tz) exhibited remarkably enhanced luminescence intensity upon aggregation, i. e., a typical AIE behavior, while Dy(hfac)3 (TPE-tz) displayed weak characteristic emission bands of Dy(III) ions. In addition, Dy(hfac)3 (TPE-tz) showed field-induced SMM behavior. This work shows that careful choice of auxiliary ligands paves the way for the construction of multifunctional lanthanide smart materials.

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Chem Commun (Camb) ; 58(55): 7638-7641, 2022 Jul 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35723250

ABSTRACT

Terminal fluoride ligands generate strong magnetic anisotropy in air-stable chiral dysprosium enantiomers supported by a bulky equatorial macrocycle, exhibiting a typical zero-field single-molecule magnet behaviour.

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Beilstein J Org Chem ; 18: 374-380, 2022.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35495775

ABSTRACT

Four new polyhydroxylated steroids lobophysterols E-H (1-4), together with three known compounds (5-7), were isolated from the soft coral Lobophytum pauciflorum collected at Xisha Island, China. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analysis and comparison with NMR data of structurally related compounds reported in the literature. The absolute configuration of 1-3 was determined by X-ray diffraction. All the compounds have assessed the cytotoxicity against HL-60, K562, and Hela cells. Compound 1 showed weak cytotoxicity against K562 cells with an IC50 value of 19.03 µM. In addition, compound 1 also showed a moderate anti-inflammatory effect in zebrafish.

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