Our previous studies have shown that zein has good biocompatibility and good mechanical properties. The first product from a porous scaffold of zein, a resorbable bone substitute, has passed the biological evaluation ...Our previous studies have shown that zein has good biocompatibility and good mechanical properties. The first product from a porous scaffold of zein, a resorbable bone substitute, has passed the biological evaluation of medical devices （ISO 10993） by the China Food and Drug Administration. However, Class III medical devices need quality monitoring before being placed on the market, and such monitoring includes quality control of raw materials, choice of sterilization method, and evaluation of biocompatibility. In this paper, we investigated four sources of zein through amino acid analysis （AAA） and sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis （SDS-PAGE） in order to monitor the composition and purity, and control the quality of raw materials. We studied the effect of three kinds of sterilization method on a porous zein scaffold by SDS-PAGE. We also compared the changes in SDS-PAGE patterns when irradiated with different doses of gamma radiation. We found that polymerization or breakage did not occur on peptide chains of zein during gamma-ray （y-ray） sterilization in the range of 20-30 kGy, which suggested that γ-ray sterilization is suitable for porous zein scaffolds, Regarding cell compatibility, we found a difference between using a 3-（4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl）-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide （MTT） assay and a cell-counting kit-8 （CCK-8） assay to assess cell proliferation on zein film, and concluded that the CCK-8 assay is more suitable, due to its low background optical density.展开更多
Two new Cu(II)and Co(II)-based coordination polymers with the chemical formulae of{Cu(L)2]·DMF}n(1)and{[Co(L)2]·2DMF}n(2)have been successfully constructed from a pyridine-substituted N-heterocyclic thioamid...Two new Cu(II)and Co(II)-based coordination polymers with the chemical formulae of{Cu(L)2]·DMF}n(1)and{[Co(L)2]·2DMF}n(2)have been successfully constructed from a pyridine-substituted N-heterocyclic thioamide ligand,namely[3,4?-bipyridine]-2?-thiol(HL).Complex 1 is composed of two identical coordination networks with dia topology interpenetrating into each other,and shows 1-D microporous channels along the a axis.Complex 2 is assembled by 2-D square-grid layers stacked in an eclipsed fashion to give 1-D large square channels along the b axis.CCK-8 was used for the detection of cancer cells.Results indicated that compound 1 exhibited stronger anti-cancer activity than compound 2 on the H1650 cancer cells.The Annexin V-FITC/PI was recommended for cancer cell apoptosis,and the western blot was applied for the detection of PI3K/AKT pathway activation.展开更多
文摘Our previous studies have shown that zein has good biocompatibility and good mechanical properties. The first product from a porous scaffold of zein, a resorbable bone substitute, has passed the biological evaluation of medical devices （ISO 10993） by the China Food and Drug Administration. However, Class III medical devices need quality monitoring before being placed on the market, and such monitoring includes quality control of raw materials, choice of sterilization method, and evaluation of biocompatibility. In this paper, we investigated four sources of zein through amino acid analysis （AAA） and sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis （SDS-PAGE） in order to monitor the composition and purity, and control the quality of raw materials. We studied the effect of three kinds of sterilization method on a porous zein scaffold by SDS-PAGE. We also compared the changes in SDS-PAGE patterns when irradiated with different doses of gamma radiation. We found that polymerization or breakage did not occur on peptide chains of zein during gamma-ray （y-ray） sterilization in the range of 20-30 kGy, which suggested that γ-ray sterilization is suitable for porous zein scaffolds, Regarding cell compatibility, we found a difference between using a 3-（4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl）-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide （MTT） assay and a cell-counting kit-8 （CCK-8） assay to assess cell proliferation on zein film, and concluded that the CCK-8 assay is more suitable, due to its low background optical density.
基金the Industrial Research Project of Science and Technology,Department of Shaanxi Province(No.2017GY-126)。
文摘Two new Cu(II)and Co(II)-based coordination polymers with the chemical formulae of{Cu(L)2]·DMF}n(1)and{[Co(L)2]·2DMF}n(2)have been successfully constructed from a pyridine-substituted N-heterocyclic thioamide ligand,namely[3,4?-bipyridine]-2?-thiol(HL).Complex 1 is composed of two identical coordination networks with dia topology interpenetrating into each other,and shows 1-D microporous channels along the a axis.Complex 2 is assembled by 2-D square-grid layers stacked in an eclipsed fashion to give 1-D large square channels along the b axis.CCK-8 was used for the detection of cancer cells.Results indicated that compound 1 exhibited stronger anti-cancer activity than compound 2 on the H1650 cancer cells.The Annexin V-FITC/PI was recommended for cancer cell apoptosis,and the western blot was applied for the detection of PI3K/AKT pathway activation.
