Synthesis and Application of Dendriticlinear Polymer PAMAM-Si for Leather Fatliquoring Process

Content: Environmental pollution caused by leather making is the primary concern in the development of leather industry. The use of safe, effective and multi-functional green chemical products has the advantages of reducing leather operations, increasing chemicals utilization, decreasing the environmental burden, improving leather quality. In this study, dendritic-linear polymers of PAMAM-Si 1G and PAMAM-Si 2G were applied to fatliquoring process, which were prepared by branching polysiloxane on the dendritic polyamide-amine (PAMAM). Then the emulsion properties, fatliquoring properties and fatliquoring mechanism were studied by EDS, SEM, XRD, TG and washing experiments. The conclusion was drawn that PAMAM-Si are weak alkali products with high emulsion stability. The particle size of PAMAM-Si 1G was 35.8 nm, and that of PAMAM-Si 2G was 26.7 nm. They can improve the softness, shrinkage temperature and physical and mechanical properties of leather. The softness of leather with PAMAM-Si 1G and PAMAM-Si 2G increased by 115.6% and 104.7% respectively. The shrinkage temperature of leather with PAMAM-Si 2G increased by 2.9℃. The Breaking elongation of leather with PAMAM-Si 1G and PAMAM-Si 2G increased by 38.6% and 32.4% respectively. At the same time, PAMAM-Si not only increased the distance and disorder of fiber but combined with collagen fiber through hydrogen bond, a certain amount of physical adsorption and covalent bond. Take-Away: 1. The dendritic-linear polymers of PAMAM-Si 1G and PAMAM-Si 2G were prepared by branching polysiloxane on the dendritic polyamide-amine (PAMAM). 2. PAMAM-Si can improve the softness, shrinkage temperature and physical and mechanical properties of leather. 3. PAMAM-Si not only increased the distance and disorder of fiber but combined with collagen fiber through hydrogen bond, a certain amount of physical adsorption and covalent bond

Pre-gestational stress reduces the ratio of 5-HIAA to 5-HT and the expression of 5-HT1A receptor and serotonin transporter in the brain of foetal rat

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Many studies have found that stress before or during pregnancy is linked to an increased incidence of behavioural disorders in offspring. However, few studies have investigated hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity and the serotonergic system as a consequence of pregestational stress. In the present study, we investigated the effect of pre-gestational stress on HPA axis activity in maternal rats and their foetuses and examined whether changes in HPA axis activity of maternal rats produced functional changes in the serotonergic system in the brain of foetuses.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We used the behavioural tests to assess the model of chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) in maternal rats. We found the activity in the open field and sucrose consumption was lower for rats with CUS than for the controls. Body weight but not brain weight was higher for control foetuses than those from the CUS group. Serum corticosterone and corticotrophin-releasing hormone levels were significantly higher for mothers with CUS before pregnancy and their foetuses than for the controls. Levels of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) were higher in the hippocampus and hypothalamus of foetuses in the CUS group than in the controls, and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) levels were lower in the hippocampus in foetuses in the CUS group than in the control group. Levels of 5-HIAA in the hypothalamus did not differ between foetuses in the CUS group and in the control group. The ratio of 5-HIAA to 5-HT was significantly lower for foetuses in the CUS group than in the control group. Levels of 5-HT1A receptor were significantly lower in the foetal hippocampus in the CUS group than in the control group, with no significant difference in the hypothalamus. The levels of serotonin transporter (SERT) were lower in both the foetal hippocampus and foetal hypothalamus in the CUS group than in the control group.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Our data demonstrate that pre-gestational stress alters HPA axis activity in maternal rats and their foetuses, which is associated with functional changes in 5-HT activity (5-HT, 5-HIAA and ratio of 5-HIAA to 5-HT), as well as the levels of the 5-HT1A receptor and SERT in the hippocampus and hypothalamus of foetuses.</p

Upconversion NIR-II fluorophores for mitochondria-targeted cancer imaging and photothermal therapy

Acknowledgements: The work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2020YFA0908800), NSFC (81773674, 81573383), Shenzhen Science and Technology Research Grant (JCYJ20190808152019182), Hubei Province Scientific and Technical Innovation Key Project, National Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (2017CFA024, 2017CFB711), the Applied Basic Research Program of Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology (2019020701011429), Tibet Autonomous Region Science and Technology Plan Project Key Project (XZ201901-GB-11), the Local Development Funds of Science and Technology Department of Tibet (XZ202001YD0028C), Project First-Class Disciplines Development Supported by Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CZYJC1903), Health Commission of Hubei Province Scientific Research Project (WJ2019M177, WJ2019M178), the China Scholarship Council, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Organic NIR-II dyes with ultralong circulation persistence for image-guided delivery and therapy

Acknowledgments This work was partially supported by grants from the National Key R&D Program of China (2020YFA0908800), NSFC (82111530209, 81773674, 91959103, 81573383, 21763002), Shenzhen Science and Technology Research Grant (JCYJ20190808152019182), the Applied Basic Research Program of Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology (2019020701011429), Hubei Province Scientific and Technical Innovation Key Project (2020BAB058), the Local Development Funds of Science and Technology Department of Tibet (XZ202102YD0033C, XZ202001YD0028C), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Novel NIR-II organic fluorophores for bioimaging beyond 1550 nm

This work was partially supported by grants from NSFC (81773674, 81573383, and 21473041), NSFHP (2017CFA024, 2017CFB711, and 2016ACA126), the Applied Basic Research Program of WMBST (2019020701011429), Tibet Autonomous Region Science and Technology Plan Project Key Project (XZ201901-GB-11), Project First-Class Disciplines Development Supported by Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CZYJC1903), and Health Commission of Hubei Province Scientific Research Project (WJ2019M177 and WJ2019M178).Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Identification and validation of a novel angiogenesis-related gene signature for predicting prognosis in gastric adenocarcinoma

BackgroundAngiogenesis is a major promotor of tumor progression and metastasis in gastric adenocarcinoma (STAD). We aimed to develop a novel lncRNA gene signature by identifying angiogenesis-related genes to better predict prognosis in STAD patients.MethodsThe expression profiles of angiogenesis-related mRNA and lncRNA genes were collected from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Then, the “limma” package was used to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs). The expression profiles of angiogenesis-related genes were clustered by consumusclusterplus. The Pearson correlation coefficient was further used to identify lncRNAs coexpressed with angiogenesis-related clustere genes. We used Lasso Cox regression analysis to construct the angiogenesis-related lncRNAs signature. Furthermore, the diagnostic accuracy of the prognostic risk signature were validated by the TCGA training set, internal test sets and external test set. We used multifactor Cox analysis to determine that the risk score is an independent prognostic factor different from clinical characteristics. Nomogram has been used to quantitatively determine personal risk in a clinical environment. The ssGSEA method or GSE176307 data were used to evaluate the infiltration state of immune cells or predictive ability for the benefit of immunotherapy by angiogenesis-related lncRNAs signature. Finally, the expression and function of these signature genes were explored by RT–PCR and colony formation assays.ResultsAmong angiogenesis-related genes clusters, the stable number of clusters was 2. A total of 289 DEGs were identified and 116 lncRNAs were screened to have a significant coexpression relationship with angiogenic DEGs (P value&lt;0.001 and |R| &gt;0.5). A six-gene signature comprising LINC01579, LINC01094, RP11.497E19.1, AC093850.2, RP11.613D13.8, and RP11.384P7.7 was constructed by Lasso Cox regression analysis. The multifactor Cox analysis and Nomogram results showed that our angiogenesis-related lncRNAs signature has good predictive ability for some different clinical factors. For immune, angiogenesis-related lncRNAs signature had the ability to efficiently predict infiltration state of 23 immune cells and immunotherapy. The qPCR analysis showed that the expression levels of the six lncRNA signature genes were all higher in gastric adenocarcinoma tissues than in adjacent tissues. The functional experiment results indicated that downregulation of the expression of these six lncRNA signature genes suppressed the proliferation of ASG and MKN45 cells.ConclusionSix angiogenesis-related genes were identified and integrated into a novel risk signature that can effectively assess prognosis and provide potential therapeutic targets for STAD patients

The abundance of homoeologue transcripts is disrupted by hybridization and is partially restored by genome doubling in synthetic hexaploid wheat

Dataset S7. List of nonadditively expressed genes in F1 hybrids derived from AS2255 × AS60. (XLSX 72 kb

Identification of Salt Tolerance-related microRNAs and Their Targets in Maize (Zea mays L.) Using High-throughput Sequencing and Degradome Analysis

To identify the known and novel microRNAs (miRNAs) and their targets that are involved in the response and adaptation of maize (Zea mays) to salt stress, miRNAs and their targets were identified by a combined analysis of the deep sequencing of small RNAs (sRNA) and degradome libraries. The identities were confirmed by a quantitative expression analysis with over 100 million raw reads of sRNA and degradome sequences. A total of 1040 previously known miRNAs were identified from four maize libraries, with 762 and 726 miRNAs derived from leaves and roots, respectively, and 448 miRNAs that were common between the leaves and roots. A total of 37 potential new miRNAs were selected based on the same criteria in response to salt stress. In addition to known miR167 and miR164 species, novel putative miR167 and miR164 species were also identified. Deep sequencing of miRNAs and the degradome [with quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analyses of their targets] showed that more than one species of novel miRNA may play key roles in the response to salinity in maize. Furthermore, the interaction between miRNAs and their targets may play various roles in different parts of maize in response to salinity

Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE), Life and Health

Light has profoundly impacted modern medicine and healthcare, with numerous luminescent agents and imaging techniques currently being used to assess health and treat diseases. As an emerging concept in luminescence, aggregation-induced emission (AIE) has shown great potential in biological applications due to its advantages in terms of brightness, biocompatibility, photostability, and positive correlation with concentration. This review provides a comprehensive summary of AIE luminogens applied in imaging of biological structure and dynamic physiological processes, disease diagnosis and treatment, and detection and monitoring of specific analytes, followed by representative works. Discussions on critical issues and perspectives on future directions are also included. This review aims to stimulate the interest of researchers from different fields, including chemistry, biology, materials science, medicine, etc., thus promoting the development of AIE in the fields of life and health

Synthesis and Application of Dendriticlinear Polymer PAMAM-Si for Leather Fatliquoring Process

Content: Environmental pollution caused by leather making is the primary concern in the development of leather industry. The use of safe, effective and multi-functional green chemical products has the advantages of reducing leather operations, increasing chemicals utilization, decreasing the environmental burden, improving leather quality. In this study, dendritic-linear polymers of PAMAM-Si 1G and PAMAM-Si 2G were applied to fatliquoring process, which were prepared by branching polysiloxane on the dendritic polyamide-amine (PAMAM). Then the emulsion properties, fatliquoring properties and fatliquoring mechanism were studied by EDS, SEM, XRD, TG and washing experiments. The conclusion was drawn that PAMAM-Si are weak alkali products with high emulsion stability. The particle size of PAMAM-Si 1G was 35.8 nm, and that of PAMAM-Si 2G was 26.7 nm. They can improve the softness, shrinkage temperature and physical and mechanical properties of leather. The softness of leather with PAMAM-Si 1G and PAMAM-Si 2G increased by 115.6% and 104.7% respectively. The shrinkage temperature of leather with PAMAM-Si 2G increased by 2.9℃. The Breaking elongation of leather with PAMAM-Si 1G and PAMAM-Si 2G increased by 38.6% and 32.4% respectively. At the same time, PAMAM-Si not only increased the distance and disorder of fiber but combined with collagen fiber through hydrogen bond, a certain amount of physical adsorption and covalent bond. Take-Away: 1. The dendritic-linear polymers of PAMAM-Si 1G and PAMAM-Si 2G were prepared by branching polysiloxane on the dendritic polyamide-amine (PAMAM). 2. PAMAM-Si can improve the softness, shrinkage temperature and physical and mechanical properties of leather. 3. PAMAM-Si not only increased the distance and disorder of fiber but combined with collagen fiber through hydrogen bond, a certain amount of physical adsorption and covalent bond