茶皂素―金属复合抗菌剂的制备及抗菌性能研究

通过抑菌环法探讨了茶皂素、金属离子、茶皂素―金属复合抗菌剂对大肠杆菌和金黄色葡萄球菌的抗菌活性,考察了茶皂素纯度、浓度、金属离子种类等因素对抗菌剂抗菌活性的影响。结果表明,茶皂素的抗菌活性与单一的金属离子的抗菌活性相当,茶皂素对大肠杆菌的最低抑制浓度为5 mg/mL,对金黄色葡萄球菌的最低抑制浓度是10 mg/mL;茶皂素与金属离子复配抗菌活性具有协同效应,尤其茶皂素―锌复合抗菌剂对大肠杆菌的抑制效果大大加强。     

Integrated Hollow Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Target Drug/siRNA Co‐Delivery

A hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticle (HMSNP) based drug/siRNA co‐delivery system was designed and fabricated, aiming at overcoming multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer cells for targeted cancer therapy. The as‐prepared HMSNPs have perpendicular nanochannels connecting to the internal hollow cores, thereby facilitating drug loading and release. The extra volume of the hollow core enhances the drug loading capacity by two folds as compared with conventional mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNPs). Folic acid conjugated polyethyleneimine (PEI‐FA) was coated on the HMSNP surfaces under neutral conditions through electrostatic interactions between the partially charged amino groups of PEI‐FA and the phosphate groups on the HMSNP surfaces, blocking the mesopores and preventing the loaded drugs from leakage. Folic acid acts as the targeting ligand that enables the co‐delivery system to selectively bind with and enter into the target cancer cells. PEI‐FA‐coated HMSNPs show enhanced siRNA binding capability on account of electrostatic interactions between the amino groups of PEI‐FA and siRNA, as compared with that of MSNPs. The electrostatic interactions provide the feasibility of pH‐controlled release. In vitro pH‐responsive drug/siRNA co‐delivery experiments were conducted on HeLa cell lines with high folic acid receptor expression and MCF‐7 cell lines with low folic acid receptor expression for comparison, showing effective target delivery to the HeLa cells through folic acid receptor meditated cellular endocytosis. The pH‐responsive intracellular drug/siRNA release greatly minimizes the prerelease and possible side effects of the delivery system. By simultaneously delivering both doxorubicin (Dox) and siRNA against the Bcl‐2 protein into the HeLa cells, the expression of the anti‐apoptotic protein Bcl‐2 was successfully suppressed, leading to an enhanced therapeutic efficacy. Thus, the present multifunctional nanoparticles show promising potentials for controlled and targeted drug and gene co‐delivery in cancer treatment.     

Structural and Dynamic Basis of Human Cytochrome P450 7B1: A Survey of Substrate Selectivity and Major Active Site Access Channels

Cytochrome P450 (CYP) 7B1 is a steroid cytochrome P450 7α‐hydroxylase that has been linked directly with bile salt synthesis and hereditary spastic paraplegia type 5 (SPG5). The enzyme provides the primary metabolic route for neurosteroids dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), cholesterol derivatives 25‐hydroxycholesterol (25‐HOChol), and other steroids such as 5α‐androstane‐3β,17β‐diol (anediol), and 5α‐androstene‐3β,17β‐diol (enediol). A series of investigations including homology modeling, molecular dynamics (MD), and automatic docking, combined with the results of previous experimental site‐directed mutagenesis studies and access channels analysis, have identified the structural features relevant to the substrate selectivity of CYP7B1. The results clearly identify the dominant access channels and critical residues responsible for ligand binding. Both binding free energy analysis and total interaction energy analysis are consistent with the experimental conclusion that 25‐HOChol is the best substrate. According to 20 ns MD simulations, the Phe cluster residues that lie above the active site, particularly Phe489, are proposed to merge the active site with the adjacent channel to the surface and accommodate substrate binding in a reasonable orientation. The investigation of CYP7B1–substrate binding modes provides detailed insights into the poorly understood structural features of human CYP7B1 at the atomic level, and will be valuable information for drug development and protein engineering.     

铁铈复合氧化物催化剂SCR脱硝的改性研究

利用共沉淀法制备了铁铈催化剂,考察添加钛、锆、钨和钼对其SCR脱硝的改性规律。结果表明,钨和钼的添加提高了铁铈催化剂高温脱硝性能,却使其低温活性有所降低;钛的添加对铁铈催化剂脱硝性能具有促进作用,尤其提高了其低温活性,并拓宽了其完全转化温度窗口,为最佳改性物。当钛的物质的量比逐渐由0.10增至0.40,铁铈钛催化剂低温脱硝效率先增大后减小,但其高温脱硝效率逐渐增大至100%,钛的最佳物质的量比为0.15。XRD和N₂吸附分析结果表明,钛能优化铁铈催化剂的孔隙结构,增大其比表面积和比孔容,细化其孔径,并与催化剂中铁、铈氧化物形成良好的固溶体,从而提高了铁铈催化剂的SCR脱硝性能。Fe_0.8Ce_0.05Ti_0.15O_z催化剂在150～400℃取得了高于90%的NO_x转化率。     

量子点与抗乙肝表面抗原(HBsAg)抗体的偶联研究

表面带羧基的量子点(QD)在活化剂作用下与羊抗HBsAg共价偶联。本研究考察了4种不同封闭剂[乙醇胺(EA)、三羟甲基氨基甲烷(Tris)、氨基聚乙二醇单甲醚(PEG2000-NH2)和牛血清蛋白(BSA)]对制备得到的量子点-抗体复合物(QD-Ab)的影响。使用琼脂糖凝胶电泳和SDS-PAGE分析复合物的电泳和粒径特征,斑点免疫杂交反应比较不同封闭剂制备的复合物的免疫特性。结果表明:量子点可以与HBsAg抗体共价偶联形成QD-Ab复合物,斑点免疫反应表明其中PEG2000-NH2封闭的复合物免疫特性较优,可以检测到1.57 ng的HBsAg斑点。     

超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法测定玉米中硝磺草酮及其代谢物残留量

建立了超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法测定玉米中硝磺草酮及其代谢物(MNBA)的残留分析方法。样品用乙腈-水溶液提取,取适量提取液用甲酸酸化至pH 2,过HLB固相萃取柱进行净化,用甲醇-乙醚(70∶30,V/V)洗脱,洗脱液用氮气吹至近干,用1 mmol/L醋酸铵-乙腈(25∶75,V/V)定容后进行质谱分析,利用基质校正曲线对其准确定量。硝磺草酮和MNBA在1～200μg/L浓度范围内呈线性关系,相关系数均大于0.99,在添加浓度5～50μg/kg范围内,硝磺草酮及其代谢物MNBA的平均回收率为83.8%～101.1%,相对标准偏差在5.3%～12.8%之间,硝磺草酮和代谢物MNBA定量限分别为1.0和2.0μg/kg。     

磁性碳纳米管表面铅离子印迹聚合物的制备及应用

以乙烯基修饰的磁性碳纳米管为基质,Pb2+为模板,甲基丙烯酸为功能单体,乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯为交联剂,制备出一种对Pb2+具有特异吸附能力的新型磁性印迹聚合物(MWNTs/MIIPs)。采用扫描电镜、红外光谱和振动样品磁强计等技术并对该印迹聚合物的形态、化学结构和性能进行表征。吸附实验结果表明,所制备的MWNTs/MIIPs对Pb2+具有良好的吸附和选择识别能力,最大吸附量为25.9 mg/g;选择吸附实验结果表明,Pb2+/Cu2+,Pb2+/Zn2+,Pb2+/Co2+,Pb2+/Mg2+,Pb2+/Cd2+以及Pb2+/Ni2+的选择因子分别是2.3,2.5,2.1,2.2,2.1和2.4。结合原子吸收光谱分析技术,此MWNTs/MIIPs成功应用于实际样品中微量Pb2+的分离富集,富集倍数可达40.5倍。     

Synthesis of a novel sulfur-bearing secondary antioxidant with a high molecular weight and its comparative study on antioxidant behavior in polypropylene with two commercial sulfur-bearing secondary antioxidants having relatively low molecular weight

A novel sulfur-bearing secondary antioxidant with a high molecular weight of 2252 (OS-POSS), successfully synthesized via photoinitiated thiol-ene click reaction, was compared with two commercial sulfur-bearing secondary antioxidants on the stabilization of polypropylene (PP). The results of their oxidation induction time (OIT) via differential scanning calorimeter measurement (DSC) showed that the higher the molecular weight of secondary antioxidant is, the longer the OIT value, whether such sulfur-bearing antioxidant is used singly or in combination with primary antioxidant. The study of their long-term accelerated thermal aging in the air oven at 150 °C displayed that the molecular structure of sulfur-bearing secondary antioxidant, besides molecular weight, is another highly important factor determining the antioxidant efficiency, i.e., physical loss of antioxidants with the relatively low molecular weight may determine antioxidant efficiency, whereas thioether groups having neighboring ester carbonyl moieties may decompose more hydroperoxides with quicker rate.     

Supramolecular organogelators based on Janus type AT nucleosides

J-AT nucleoside-based organogelators 1a and 1b were designed and synthesized. They were endowed with unparalleled superiority to natural nucleobase analogues 2–6 to gelate aromatic solvents due to their excellent self-assembly properties. The J-AT nucleoside-based organogelators showed a specific self-complementary base pair recognition characteristic. The gel stabilities of 1a and 1b were drastically influenced by adenine analogue 2, hardly affected by thymine analogue 3, uracil analogue 4, cytosine analogue 5, and mildly interrupted by guanine analogue 6.     

Dynamic Changes in Xylanases and β-1,4-Endoglucanases Secreted by Aspergillus niger An-76 in Response to Hydrolysates of Lignocellulose Polysaccharide

Aspergillus niger is an effective secretor of glycoside hydrolases that facilitate the saprophytic lifestyle of the fungus by degrading plant cell wall polysaccharides. In the present study, a series of dynamic zymography assays were applied to quantify the secreted glycoside hydrolases of A. niger cultured in media containing different carbon sources. Differences in the diversity and concentrations of polysaccharide hydrolysates dynamically regulated the secretion of glycoside hydrolases. The secretion of β-1,4-endoglucanase isozymes was observed to lag at least 24 h behind, rather than coincide with, the secretion of xylanase isozymes. Low concentrations of xylose could induce many endoxylanases (such as Xyn1/XynA, Xyn2, and Xyn3/XynB). High concentrations of xylose could sustain the induction of Xyn2 and Xyn3/XynB but repress Xyn1/XynA (GH10 endoxylanase), which has a broad substrate specificity, and also triggers the low-level secretion of Egl3/EglA, which also has a broad substrate specificity. Mixed polysaccharide hydrolysates sustained the induction of Egl1, whereas the other β-1,4-endoglucanases were sustainably induced by the specific polysaccharide hydrolysates released during the hydrolysis process (such as Egl2 and Egl4). These results indicate that the secretion of glycoside hydrolases may be specifically regulated by the production of polysaccharide hydrolysates released during the process of biomass degradation.