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Zhou C, Wang Y, Muthukumar M, Zhang R, Zhao J, Jia D. Extraordinary Temperature Dependence of Hierarchically Assembled Macromolecular Structures with Memory. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Chao Zhou
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Zhejiang International Scientific and Technological Cooperative Base of Biomedical Materials and Technology, Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for Biomedical Materials, Cixi Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315300, China
- Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd., Yantai 264006, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Zhejiang International Scientific and Technological Cooperative Base of Biomedical Materials and Technology, Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for Biomedical Materials, Cixi Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315300, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Qin J, Zhang M, Guan Y, Li C, Ma X, Rankl C, Tang J. Investigation of the interaction between MeCP2 methyl-CpG binding domain and methylated DNA by single molecule force spectroscopy. Anal Chim Acta 2020; 1124:52-59. [PMID: 32534675 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2020.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Revised: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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MeCP2 is an essential transcriptional repressor that mediates transcriptional inhibition by binding to methylated DNA. The binding specificity of MeCP2 protein to methylated DNA was considered to depend on its methyl-CpG binding domain (MBD). In this study, we used atomic force microscope based single-molecular force spectroscopy to investigate the interaction of MeCP2 MBD and methylated DNA. The specific interaction forces of the MeCP2 MBD-methylated DNA complexes were measured for the first time. The dynamics was also investigated by measuring the unbinding force of the complex at different loading rates. In addition, the distribution of unbinding forces and binding probabilities of MeCP2 MBD and different DNA were studied at the same loading rate. It was found that MeCP2 MBD had weak interaction with hemi-methylated and unmethylated DNA compared to methylated DNA. This work revealed the binding characteristics of MeCP2 MBD and methylated DNA at the single-molecule level. It provides a new idea for exploring the molecular mechanism of MeCP2 in regulating methylation signals.
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- Juan Qin
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, PR China; University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, PR China; University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, PR China; University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, PR China; University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, PR China; University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- RECENDT Research Center for Non Destructive Testing GmbH, Science Park 2/2.OG, Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, PR China; University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China.
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Tang Q, Cheng Z, Yang N, Li Q, Wang P, Chen D, Wang W, Song X, Dong X. Hydrangea-structured tumor microenvironment responsive degradable nanoplatform for hypoxic tumor multimodal imaging and therapy. Biomaterials 2019; 205:1-10. [PMID: 30889497 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Developing new strategies to alleviate tumor hypoxia and enhance the therapeutic efficacy towards solid tumors is of great significance to tumor therapy. Herein, to overcome tumor hypoxia, specifically designed aza-BODIPY photosensitizer is co-loaded with anti-cancer drug (doxorubicin, DOX) onto the hydrangea-structured MnO2 nanoparticles, and a tumor microenvironment (TME) responsive degradable nanoplatform (MDSP NP) is established. MDSP NPs (∼54 nm), with near infrared absorption (∼853 nm), can be rapidly dissociated to generate oxygen in response to TME, whereby improving tumor hypoxia, in favor of effective drugs release and enhanced chemo/photodynamic therapy. Revealed by in vivo fluorescence and photoaccoustic imaging, MDSP NPs are preferential accumulated at tumor site. Confirmed by photothermal imaging, MDSP NPs can induce hyperthermia to relieve hypoxia, promote the uptake of therapeutic nanoparticles, and further reduce the resistance and improve the therapeutic efficiency. As a result, a remarkable synergistic tumor chemo/photodynamic/photothermal therapy with hydrangea-structured TME responsive oxygen-self-generation nanoplatform is confirmed by both in vitro and in vivo studies, testifying its great potential for hypoxic tumor treatment in clinical application.
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- Qianyun Tang
- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing, 211800, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing, 211800, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing, 211800, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing, 211800, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing, 211800, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing, 211800, China
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- School of Physical Science and Information Technology, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing, 211800, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing, 211800, China.
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Chen J, Ao L, Wei C, Wang C, Wang F. Self-assembly of platinum(ii) 6-phenyl-2,2'-bipyridine complexes with solvato- and iono-chromic phenomena. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 55:229-232. [PMID: 30525175 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc06770h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Mono- and di-nuclear organoplatinum(ii) monomers with cyclometalated 6-phenyl-2,2'-bipyridine ligands have been successfully constructed. These systems are capable of displaying intriguing solvato- and iono-chromic phenomena by elaborately manipulating non-covalent PtPt metal-metal and π-π stacking interactions for their self-assembly processes.
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- Jiangjun Chen
- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
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Chen L, Wang H, Zhang DW, Zhou Y, Li ZT. Pt⋯Pt and π–π interactions-induced pleated polymeric foldamers. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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He C, Li H. Staphylokinase Displays Surprisingly Low Mechanical Stability. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:1077-1083. [PMID: 28040904 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b04425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Single-molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have revealed that shear topology is an important structural feature for mechanically stable proteins. Proteins containing a β-grasp fold display the typical shear topology and are generally of significant mechanical stability. In an effort to experimentally identify mechanically strong proteins using single-molecule atomic force microscopy, we found that staphylokinase (SAK), which has a typical β-grasp fold and was predicted to be mechanically stable in coarse-grained MD simulations, displays surprisingly low mechanical stability. At a pulling speed of 400 nm/s, SAK unfolds at ∼60 pN, making it the mechanically weakest protein among the β-grasp fold proteins that have been characterized experimentally. In contrast, its structural homologous protein streptokinase β domain displays significant mechanical stability under the same experimental condition. Our results showed that the large malleability of native-state SAK is largely responsible for its low mechanical stability. The molecular origin of this large malleability of SAK remains unknown. Our results reveal a hidden complexity in protein mechanics and call for a detailed investigation into the molecular determinants of the protein mechanical malleability.
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- Chengzhi He
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Li Y, Wang T, Xia L, Wang L, Qin M, Li Y, Wang W, Cao Y. Single-molecule study of the synergistic effects of positive charges and Dopa for wet adhesion. J Mater Chem B 2017; 5:4416-4420. [DOI: 10.1039/c7tb00131b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Using AFM based single-molecule force spectroscopy, we studied the synergy between Dopa and lysine for wet adhesion on titania (TiO2) and mica surfaces.
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- Yiran Li
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure
- Department of Physics
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure
- Department of Physics
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure
- Department of Physics
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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- Jiangsu Engineering Technology Research Centre of Environmental Cleaning Materials
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control
- Jiangsu Joint Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution Control
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure
- Department of Physics
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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- Jiangsu Engineering Technology Research Centre of Environmental Cleaning Materials
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control
- Jiangsu Joint Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution Control
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure
- Department of Physics
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure
- Department of Physics
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
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Li Y, Liu H, Wang T, Qin M, Cao Y, Wang W. Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy Reveals Multiple Binding Modes between DOPA and Different Rutile Surfaces. Chemphyschem 2016; 18:1466-1469. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201600374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Yiran Li
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure; Department of Physics; Nanjing University; 22 Hankou Road Nanjing Jiangsu 210093 China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure; Department of Physics; Nanjing University; 22 Hankou Road Nanjing Jiangsu 210093 China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure; Department of Physics; Nanjing University; 22 Hankou Road Nanjing Jiangsu 210093 China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure; Department of Physics; Nanjing University; 22 Hankou Road Nanjing Jiangsu 210093 China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure; Department of Physics; Nanjing University; 22 Hankou Road Nanjing Jiangsu 210093 China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure; Department of Physics; Nanjing University; 22 Hankou Road Nanjing Jiangsu 210093 China
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Zhang YC, Chen L, Wang H, Zhou YM, Zhang DW, Li ZT. Pleated polymeric foldamers driven by donor–acceptor interaction and conjugated radical cation dimerization. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2016.03.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Chen L, Wang H, Zhang DW, Zhou Y, Li ZT. Quadruple Switching of Pleated Foldamers of Tetrathiafulvalene-Bipyridinium Alternating Dynamic Covalent Polymers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:4028-31. [PMID: 25651411 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201410757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Lan Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433 (China)
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Chen L, Wang H, Zhang DW, Zhou Y, Li ZT. Quadruple Switching of Pleated Foldamers of Tetrathiafulvalene-Bipyridinium Alternating Dynamic Covalent Polymers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201410757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Diezemann G. Statistics of reversible transitions in two-state trajectories in force-ramp spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:184905. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4874852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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