Chitosan@Puerarin hydrogel for accelerated wound healing in diabetic subjects by miR-29ab1 mediated inflammatory axis suppression

Wound healing is one of the major global health concerns in patients with diabetes.Overactivation of pro-inflammatory M1 macrophages is associated with delayed wound healing in diabetes.miR-29ab1 plays a critical role in diabetes-related macrophage inflammation.Hence,inhibition of inflammation and regulation of miR-29 expression have been implicated as new points for skin wound healing.In this study,the traditional Chinese medicine,puerarin,was introduced to construct an injectable and self-healing chitosan@puerarin(C@P)hydrogel.The C@P hydrogel promoted diabetic wound healing and accelerated angiogenesis,which were related to the inhibition of the miR-29 mediated inflammation response.Compared to healthy subjects,miR-29a and miR-29b1 were ectopically increased in the skin wound of the diabetic model,accompanied by upregulated M1-polarization,and elevated levels of IL-1βand TNF-α.Further evaluations by miR-29ab1 knockout mice exhibited superior wound healing and attenuated inflammation.The present results suggested that miR-29ab1 is essential for diabetic wound healing by regulating the inflammatory response.Suppression of miR-29ab1 by the C@P hydrogel has the potential for improving medical approaches for wound repair.

Puerarin@Chitosan composite for infected bone repair through mimicking the bio-functions of antimicrobial peptides

It is important to eliminate lipopolysaccharide(LPS)along with killing bacteria in periprosthetic joint infection(PJI)therapy for promoting bone repair due to its effect to regulate macrophages response.Although natural antimicrobial peptides(AMPs)offer a good solution,the unknown toxicity,high cost and exogenetic immune response hamper their applications in clinic.In this work,we fabricated a nanowire-like composite material,named P@C,by combining chitosan and puerarin via solid-phase reaction,which can finely mimic the bio-functions of AMPs.Chitosan,serving as the bacteria membrane puncture agent,and puerarin,serving as the LPS target agent,synergistically destroy the bacterial membrane structure and inhibit its recovery,thus endowing P@C with good antibacterial property.In addition,P@C possesses good osteoimmunomodulation due to its ability of LPS elimination and macrophage differentiation modulation.The in vivo results show that P@C can inhibit the LPS induced bone destruction in the Escherichia coli infected rat.P@C exhibits superior bone regeneration in Escherichia coli infected rat due to the comprehensive functions of its superior antibacterial property,and its ability of LPS elimination and immunomodulation.P@C can well mimic the functions of AMPs,which provides a novel and effective method for treating the PJI in clinic.

具有异质结构的多功能氧化石墨烯改性纳米纤维膜(ZnS-CoS@GO@CNFs)用于长期稳定的钾离子储存

过渡金属硫化物作为钾离子电池的高理论容量阳极,由于其电导率低、循环过程体积膨胀大,导致其倍率性能和循环稳定性较差.本文采用氧化石墨烯(GO)来控制纳米颗粒在纤维中的粒径和分布,以提高复合纤维的导电性和拉伸变形.此外,由异质结构和氧化石墨烯组成的三维导电碳网络(ZnS-CoS@GO@CNFs)可以加速钾离子储存的动力学并稳定钾离子储存.作为钾离子电池的阳极材料,该复合材料在3 A g^(−1)下具有210 mA h g^(−1)的优异倍率性能.在2 A g^(−1)的大电流下经历2800次循环后仍表现出171 mA h g^(−1)的容量,容量保持率为97.7%.此外,当纳米纤维膜用作自支撑阳极时,仍然可以保持稳定的容量输出(在0.1 A g^(−1)下100次循环后容量为302 mA h g^(−1)).由钾离子混合电容器组装的可折叠袋状电池在多角度重复弯曲和最终恢复的情况下仍然可以安全地工作,并且可以提供大的能量密度(134 W h kg^(−1))和功率密度(5815 W kg^(−1)).优异的电化学性能进一步揭示了多功能氧化石墨烯复合纤维膜的应用前景.

Recent advances in CRISPR research

The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR)technology has revolutionized life sciences and developed rapidly.Here,we highlight the recent advances in development and application of CRISPR technologies,including the discovery of novel CRISPR systems,CRISPR base editing and imaging,and the applications of CRISPR in plant breeding,animal breeding,disease modeling and biotherapy.