Real-time tracking of hydrogen peroxide secreted by live cells using MnO2 nanoparticles intercalated layered doubled hydroxide nanohybrids

We report a facile and green method for the fabrication of new type of electrocatalysts based on MnO₂ nanoparticles incorporated on MgAl LDH P-type semiconductive channel and explore its practical applications as high-performance electrode materials for electrochemical biosensor. A series of MgAl layered doubled hydroxide (LDH) nanohybrids with fixed Mg/Al (M²⁺/M³⁺ atomic ratio of 3) and varied amount of MnCl₂.4H₂O are fabricated by a facile co-precipitation method. This approach demonstrates the combination of distinct properties including excellent intercalation features of LDH for entrapping nanoparticles and high loading of MnO₂ nanoparticles in the host layers of LDH. Among all samples, Mn5–MgAl with 0.04% loaded manganese has a good crystalline morphology. A well-dispersed MnO₂ nanoparticles encapsulated into the host matrix of hydrotalcite exhibit enhanced electrocatalytic activity towards the reduction of H₂O₂ as well as excellent stability, selectivity and reproducibility due to synergistic effect of good catalytic ability of MnO₂ and conductive MgAl LDH. Glass carbon electrode (GCE) modified with Mn5–MgAl possesses a wide linear range of 0.05–78 mM, lowest detection limit 5 μM (S/N = 3) and detection sensitivity of 0.9352 μAmM⁻¹. This outstanding performance enables it to be used for real-time tracking of H₂O₂ secreted by live HeLa cells. This work may provide new insight in clinical diagnosis, on-site environmental analysis and point of care testing devices.     

Trident Nano-Indexing the Proteomics Table: Next-Version Clustering of Iron Carbide NPs and Protein Corona

Protein corona composition and precise physiological understanding of differentially expressed proteins are key for identifying disease biomarkers. In this report, we presented a distinctive quantitative proteomics table of molecular cell signaling differentially expressed proteins of corona that formed on iron carbide nanoparticles (NPs). High-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization coupled with ion trap mass analyzer (HPLC/ESI-Orbitrap) and MASCOT helped quantify 142 differentially expressed proteins. Among these proteins, 104 proteins showed upregulated behavior and 38 proteins were downregulated with respect to the control, whereas 48, 32 and 24 proteins were upregulated and 8, 9 and 21 were downregulated CW (control with unmodified NPs), CY (control with modified NPs) and WY (modified and unmodified NPs), respectively. These proteins were further categorized on behalf of their regularity, locality, molecular functionality and molecular masses using gene ontology (GO). A STRING analysis was used to target the specific range of proteins involved in metabolic pathways and molecular processing in different kinds of binding functionalities, such as RNA, DNA, ATP, ADP, GTP, GDP and calcium ion bindings. Thus, this study will help develop efficient protocols for the identification of latent biomarkers in early disease detection using protein fingerprints.     

Resolution of 1,1′-Binaphthyl-2,2′-Dicarboxylic Acid with Quinine: Structure of the Intermediate (<Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis>)-1,1′-Binaphthyl-2,2′-Dicarboxylate Dihydrate Diastereomeric Salt

Abstract  

Racemic 1,1′-binaphthyl-2,2′-dicarboxylic acid (BNDA) was resolved using quinine as the resolving agent. The structure of the resultant quininium (S)-1,1′-binaphthyl-2,2′-dicarboxylate dihydrate salt (1) was elucidated. The asymmetric unit contained one 1,1′-binaphthyl-2,2′-dicarboxylate anion, two quininium cations and two water molecules. The structure was solved successfully in the orthorhombic space group P2₁2₁2₁ with unit cell dimensions: a = 11.100(2) ?, b = 16.572(3) ?, c = 28.726(6) ?.     

Polymer coating technology for high performance applications: Fundamentals and advances

This is an overview of polymer coating technology, which is a way for altering surface properties to meet performance requirement in variety of technical applications. Polymer coatings have been utilized for purposes of adhesion, barrier properties, scratch and abrasion resistance, chemical resistance, wettability, biocompatibility, etc. Different approaches have been developed and adopted for fabrication of protective organic coatings. A judicious choice of polymer, coating technique, and fabrication parameters may lead to high performance coatings with upgraded properties. Recently, polymer coatings have been successfully and frequently adopted for solar cell, lithium-sulfur batteries, membrane technology, Light-Emitting Diode, corrosion protection, packaging, and biomedical.     

Nanoparticles phenomenon for the thermal management of wavy flow of a Carreau fluid through a three-dimensional channel

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - A hybrid nanofluid phenomenon is considered involving nanoparticles since such particles are potential medication transportation devices in biomedical...     

Liquid Crystal Polymers: Overview of Characteristics and Applications in Communication and Biomedical Technologies

Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry - Liquid crystals polymers (LCPs) are aromatic polymers with unique properties which enable their usage in various applications. LCPs are herein discussed, in...     

Chemical sensing of Benzo[a]pyrene using Corchorus depressus fluorescent flavonoids

Plant phytochemicals, such as flavonoids are in use for the development of optical biosensor. Benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), is a pervasive environmental and dietary carcinogen. A fluorescent assay is developed using plant isolated flavonoid for the detection of B[a]P. High content saponins are excluded from the flavonoid-containing methanolic extract of Corchorus depressus by implying reduction of silver ions by saponins resulting in formation of silver nanoparticles. Isolated plant flavonoids are used to develop a spectrofluorometric assay for the detection of B[a]P. Decrease in the flavonoid fluorescence intensity by B[a]P is found to be based on both static and dynamic quenching. Specificity of the assay for B[a]P was tested for other carcinogens belonging to different classes of compounds. Flavonoids-mediated sensing can be implied for the development of new generation of nanoparticle-based biosensors that can be more sensitive and less susceptible to external factors, such as temperature and humidity.     

Hydrothermal synthesis of leucite nanoparticles using anionic surfactant: Structural evaluation and catalytic properties

Surfactant-assisted synthesis of leucite (KAlSi₂O₆) nanoparticles was carried out by a hydrothermal method using an anionic surfactant at variable temperatures and surfactant concentrations. The newly synthesized leucite nanoparticles were characterized by FTIR, TGA, XRD, FESEM, and TEM. These nanoparticles have a wide and direct band gap at their smallest particle size (E_g = 3.30 eV), showing a significant quantum confinement effect. Samples of leucite were prepared at 180°C with different SDS concentrations 0.006, 0.007, 0.008, 0.009, and 0.01 M and were used to degrade methylene blue under ultraviolet radiations. These samples degraded methylene blue to 18.5, 31.7, 45.81, 31.61, 30.1%, respectively. The most effective catalyst is the one which was synthesized at 200°C and the CMC value of the surfactant (sodium dodecyl sulfate) having the percentage degradation of 49.1%.     

Desorption kinetics of a xanthenol–dioxane clathrate

The host xanthenol compound forms a 1:1 clathrate with dioxane, namely 9‐(1‐naphthyl)‐9H‐xanthen‐9‐ol–1,4‐dioxane, C₂₃H₁₆O₂·C₄H₈O₂. The structure of this clathrate is reported, along with a study of the kinetics of desolvation and the determination of an activation energy. The guest mol­ecules are stabilized by O_host—H⋯O_guest hydrogen bonds [O—H = 0.968 (2) Å, O⋯O = 2.7532 (13) Å and O—H⋯O = 151.9 (4)°].     

Identification of Novel Natural Inhibitors to Human 3-Phosphoglycerate Dehydrogenase (PHGDH) for Cancer Treatment

Targeting the serine biosynthesis pathway enzymes has turned up as a novel strategy for anti-cancer therapeutics. 3- Phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH) is the rate-limiting enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of 3-Phosphoglyceric acid (3-PG) into 3-Phosphohydroxy pyruvate (3-PPyr) in the first step of serine synthesis pathway and perform a critical role in cancer progression. PHGDH has been reported to be overexpressed in different types of cancers and emerged as a novel target for cancer therapeutics. During this study, virtual screening tools were used for the identification of inhibitors of PHGDH. A library of phenolic compounds was docked against two binding sites of PHGDH using Molegro Virtual Docker (MVD) software. Out of 169 virtually tested compounds, Salvianolic acid C and Schizotenuin F possess good binding potential to co-factor binding site of PHGDH while Salvianolic acid I and Chicoric acid were identified as the best binding compounds toward the substrate binding site of PHGDH. The top selected compounds were evaluated for different physiochemical and ADMET properties, the obtained results showed that none of these hit compounds violated the Pfizer Rule and they possess acceptable ADMET profiles. Further, a commercially available hit compound, Chicoric acid, was evaluated for its anti-cancer potential against PHGDH-expressing gastric cancer cell lines (MGC-803 and SGC-7901) as well as cell lines with low expression of PHGDH (MCF-7 and MDA-MB2-31), which demonstrated that Chicoric acid possesses selective cytotoxicity toward PHGDH expressing cancer cell lines. Thus, this study has unveiled the potential of phenolic compounds, which could serve as novel candidates for the development of PHGDH inhibitors as anti-cancer agents.