COcapture with ionic liquids（ILs） has attracted many attentions, and most works focused on absorption ability at ambient temperatures, while seldom research was concerned at elevated temperatures.This not only limit...COcapture with ionic liquids（ILs） has attracted many attentions, and most works focused on absorption ability at ambient temperatures, while seldom research was concerned at elevated temperatures.This not only limits the COabsorption application at elevated temperature, but also the determination of the operation condition of the COdesorption generally occurring at higher temperature. This work mainly reported COsolubilities in ILs at elevated temperatures and related properties were also provided. 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium bis（trifluoromethylsulfonyl）imide（[CnMIm][TfN]） ILs were selected as physical absorbents for COcapture in this work due to their relative higher COabsorption capacities and good thermal stabilities. The long-term stability tests showed that [CnMIm][TfN] is thermally stable at 393.15 K for long time. COsolubilities in [CnMIm][TfN] were systematically determined at temperatures from 353.15 K to 393.15 K. It demonstrated that COsolubility obviously increases with the increase of pressure while slightly decreases with increase of temperature. As the length of alkyl chain on the cation increases, COsolubility in ILs increases. Additionally, the thermodynamic properties including the Gibbs free energy, enthalpy, and entropy of COwere also calculated.展开更多
Given that chemotherapy as a stand-alone therapeutic strategy may not be sufficient to effectively treat cancer,there is increasing interest in combination of chemotherapy and alternative therapies.Photodynamic therap...Given that chemotherapy as a stand-alone therapeutic strategy may not be sufficient to effectively treat cancer,there is increasing interest in combination of chemotherapy and alternative therapies.Photodynamic therapy has the advantages of high selectivity and low side effects,so the combination of photodynamic therapy and chemotherapy has become one of the most appealing strategies for tumor treatment.In this work,we constructed a nano drug codelivery system(PPDC)to realize the combined treatment of chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy through encapsulating chemotherapeutic drug dihydroartemisinin and photosensitizer chlorin e6 in PEG-PCL.The potentials,particle size and morphology of nanoparticles were characterized by dynamic light scattering and transmission electron microscopy.We also investigated the reactive oxygen species(ROS)generation and drug release ability.The antitumor effect in vitro was investigated by methylthiazolyldiphenyl-tetrazolium bromide assays and cell apoptosis experiments,and the potential cell death mechanisms were explored by ROS detection and Western blot analysis.The in vivo antitumor effect of PPDC was evaluated under the guidance of fluorescence imaging.Our work provides a potential antitumor treatment approach and expands the application of dihydroartemisinin for breast cancer therapy.展开更多
The immune microenvironment induced by biomaterials played vital roles in bone regeneration.Hydroxyapatite(HA)and its ion-substituted derivates represent a large class of core inorganic materials for bone tissue engin...The immune microenvironment induced by biomaterials played vital roles in bone regeneration.Hydroxyapatite(HA)and its ion-substituted derivates represent a large class of core inorganic materials for bone tissue engineering.Although ion substitution was proved to be a potent way to grant HA more biological functions,few studies focused on the immunomodulatory properties of ion-doped HA.Herein,to explore the potential osteoimmunomodulatory effects of ion-doped HA,zinc and strontium co-assembled into HA through a collagen template biomimetic way(ZnSr-Col-HA)was successfully achieved.It was found that ZnSr-Col-HA could induce a favorable osteo-immune microenvironment by stimulating macrophages.Furthermore,ZnSr-Col-HA demonstrated a procedural promoting effect on osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells(BMSCs)in vitro.Specifically,the osteo-immune microenvironment acted as a dominant factor in promoting osteogenic gene expressions at the early stage through OSM signal pathway.Whereas the direct stimulating effects on BMSCs by Zn^(2+)/Sr^(2+) were more effectively at the later stage with Nfatc1/Maf and Wnt signals activated.In vivo study confirmed strong promoting effects of ZnSr-Col-HA on critical-sized cranial defect repair.The current study indicated that such a combined biomaterial design philosophy of dual ion-doping and biomimetic molecular co-assembly to endow HA applicable osteoimmunomodulatory characteristics might bring up a new cutting-edge concept for bone regeneration study.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21606233, 21436010)the National Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (21425625)the Research Council of Norway through the CLIMIT program (215732)
文摘COcapture with ionic liquids（ILs） has attracted many attentions, and most works focused on absorption ability at ambient temperatures, while seldom research was concerned at elevated temperatures.This not only limits the COabsorption application at elevated temperature, but also the determination of the operation condition of the COdesorption generally occurring at higher temperature. This work mainly reported COsolubilities in ILs at elevated temperatures and related properties were also provided. 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium bis（trifluoromethylsulfonyl）imide（[CnMIm][TfN]） ILs were selected as physical absorbents for COcapture in this work due to their relative higher COabsorption capacities and good thermal stabilities. The long-term stability tests showed that [CnMIm][TfN] is thermally stable at 393.15 K for long time. COsolubilities in [CnMIm][TfN] were systematically determined at temperatures from 353.15 K to 393.15 K. It demonstrated that COsolubility obviously increases with the increase of pressure while slightly decreases with increase of temperature. As the length of alkyl chain on the cation increases, COsolubility in ILs increases. Additionally, the thermodynamic properties including the Gibbs free energy, enthalpy, and entropy of COwere also calculated.
基金approved by the Ethical Committee of Fujian Medical University(No.FJMU IACUC 2021-0317)conducted by following the guidelines from the Ethics Committee and national regulations of China.
文摘Given that chemotherapy as a stand-alone therapeutic strategy may not be sufficient to effectively treat cancer,there is increasing interest in combination of chemotherapy and alternative therapies.Photodynamic therapy has the advantages of high selectivity and low side effects,so the combination of photodynamic therapy and chemotherapy has become one of the most appealing strategies for tumor treatment.In this work,we constructed a nano drug codelivery system(PPDC)to realize the combined treatment of chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy through encapsulating chemotherapeutic drug dihydroartemisinin and photosensitizer chlorin e6 in PEG-PCL.The potentials,particle size and morphology of nanoparticles were characterized by dynamic light scattering and transmission electron microscopy.We also investigated the reactive oxygen species(ROS)generation and drug release ability.The antitumor effect in vitro was investigated by methylthiazolyldiphenyl-tetrazolium bromide assays and cell apoptosis experiments,and the potential cell death mechanisms were explored by ROS detection and Western blot analysis.The in vivo antitumor effect of PPDC was evaluated under the guidance of fluorescence imaging.Our work provides a potential antitumor treatment approach and expands the application of dihydroartemisinin for breast cancer therapy.
基金supported by National Key R&D Project(2018YFC1105701)of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China(31870960,81801850)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,HUST(2019kfyXMBZ021,2020kfyXJJS115).
文摘The immune microenvironment induced by biomaterials played vital roles in bone regeneration.Hydroxyapatite(HA)and its ion-substituted derivates represent a large class of core inorganic materials for bone tissue engineering.Although ion substitution was proved to be a potent way to grant HA more biological functions,few studies focused on the immunomodulatory properties of ion-doped HA.Herein,to explore the potential osteoimmunomodulatory effects of ion-doped HA,zinc and strontium co-assembled into HA through a collagen template biomimetic way(ZnSr-Col-HA)was successfully achieved.It was found that ZnSr-Col-HA could induce a favorable osteo-immune microenvironment by stimulating macrophages.Furthermore,ZnSr-Col-HA demonstrated a procedural promoting effect on osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells(BMSCs)in vitro.Specifically,the osteo-immune microenvironment acted as a dominant factor in promoting osteogenic gene expressions at the early stage through OSM signal pathway.Whereas the direct stimulating effects on BMSCs by Zn^(2+)/Sr^(2+) were more effectively at the later stage with Nfatc1/Maf and Wnt signals activated.In vivo study confirmed strong promoting effects of ZnSr-Col-HA on critical-sized cranial defect repair.The current study indicated that such a combined biomaterial design philosophy of dual ion-doping and biomimetic molecular co-assembly to endow HA applicable osteoimmunomodulatory characteristics might bring up a new cutting-edge concept for bone regeneration study.
