From structure to function: Harnessing the ionic conductivity of covalent organic frameworks

Liu Cong‐Xue,황수민,우혜린,이은성,박선아 대한화학회 2024 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.45 No.4

Rapid advancements in energy storage technology, driven by a growing demand for energy storage devices, underscore the crucial need to comprehend ionic conduction behavior. Consequently, intensive research on high‐performance ionic conductors becomes imperative. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have emerged as invaluable materials in the realm of solid‐state or quasi‐solid‐state ion‐conduction, leveraging their unique properties such as significant porosity, tunability, and robust physicochemical durability. These distinctive attributes position COFs as promising candidates for the development of electrodes, electrolytes, and separator materials characterized by high capacities, rapid ion transport, and electrochemical stability. This review provides insights into COFs as ionic conductors, discusses recent advancements in COF‐based energy storage devices, and explores the influence of structural functionalization, pore size engineering, and dimensional regulation on ionic conduction. Moreover, the review aims to deepen understanding and pave the way for future advancements in the utilization of COFs within energy storage technologies. Rapid advancements in energy storage technology, driven by a growing demand for energy storage devices, underscore the crucial need to comprehend ionic conduction behavior. Consequently, intensive research on high-performance ionic conductors becomes imperative. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have emerged as invaluable materials in the realm of solid-state or quasi-solid-state ion-conduction, leveraging their unique properties such as significant porosity, tunability, and robust physicochemical durability. These distinctive attributes position COFs as promising candidates for the development of electrodes, electrolytes, and separator materials characterized by high capacities, rapid ion transport, and electrochemical stability. This review provides insights into COFs as ionic conductors, discusses recent advancements in COF-based energy storage devices, and explores the influence of structural functionalization, pore size engineering, and dimensional regulation on ionic conduction. Moreover, the review aims to deepen understanding and pave the way for future advancements in the utilization of COFs within energy storage technologies.

Simultaneous Modulated Accelerated Radiation Therapy and Concurrent Weekly Paclitaxel in the Treatment of Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Xie, Cong-Ying,Jin, Xian-Ce,Deng, Xia,Xue, Sheng-Liu,Jing, Zhao,Su, Hua-Fang,Wu, Shi-Xiu Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2012 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.13 No.12

Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of simultaneous accelerated radiation therapy (SMART) and concurrent weekly paclitaxel in the treatment of locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Methods: Forty-one patients with pathologically confirmed nasopharyngeal carcinoma were treated by SMART with concurrent weekly paclitaxel. Daily fraction doses of 2.5 Gy and 2.0 Gy were prescribed to the gross tumor volume (GTV) and clinical target volume (CTV) to a total dose of 70 Gy and 56 Gy, respectively. Paclitaxel of $45mg/m^2$ was administered concurrently with radiation therapy every week. Adjuvant chemotherapy was given four weeks after the completion of the radiotherapy (RT) if the tumor demonstrated only a partial response (PR). Results: All patients completed the radiotherapy (RT) course. Adjuvant chemotherapy was administered to 12 patients due to PR. The CR (complete remission) rate was 82.9% three months after RT. Thirty-nine (95.1%) patients completed the concurrent weekly chemotherapy with paclitaxel, and two patients skipped their sixth course. Seven patients had a 15% dosage reduction at the fifth and sixth course due to grade 3 mucositis. The median follow-up was 30 (range, 14-42) months. The three-year overall survival (OS), metastases-free survival (MFS), and local control rates were 77.0%, 64.4%, and 97.6%, respectively. No correlation between survival rate and T or N stage was observed. Grade 3 acute mucositis and xerostomia were present in 17.1% and 7.1%, respectively. Conclusion: SMART with concurrent weekly paclitaxel is a potentially effective and toxicity tolerable approach in the treatment of locally advanced NPC.

Involvement of Lysosome Membrane Permeabilization and Reactive Oxygen Species Production in the Necrosis Induced by Chlamydia muridarum Infection in L929 Cells

( Lixiang Chen ),( Cong Wang ),( Shun Li ),( Xin Yu ),( Xue Liu ),( Rongrong Ren ),( Wenwen Liu ),( Xiaojing Zhou ),( Xiaonan Zhang ),( Xiaohui Zhou ) 한국미생물 · 생명공학회 2016 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.26 No.4

Chlamydiae, obligate intracellular bacteria, are associated with a variety of human diseases. The chlamydial life cycle undergoes a biphasic development: replicative reticulate bodies (RBs) phase and infectious elementary bodies (EBs) phase. At the end of the chlamydial intracellular life cycle, EBs have to be released to the surrounded cells. Therefore, the interactions between Chlamydiae and cell death pathways could greatly influence the outcomes of Chlamydia infection. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we investigated host cell death after Chlamydia infection in vitro, in L929 cells, and showed that Chlamydia infection induces cell necrosis, as detected by the propidium iodide (PI)-Annexin V double-staining flow-cytometric assay and Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release assay. The production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), an important factor in induction of necrosis, was increased after Chlamydia infection, and inhibition of ROS with specific pharmacological inhibitors, diphenylene iodonium (DPI) or butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), led to significant suppression of necrosis. Interestingly, live-cell imaging revealed that Chlamydia infection induced lysosome membrane permeabilization (LMP). When an inhibitor upstream of LMP, CA-074-Me, was added to cells, the production of ROS was reduced with concomitant inhibition of necrosis. Taken together, our results indicate that Chlamydia infection elicits the production of ROS, which is dependent on LMP at least partially, followed by induction of host-cell necrosis. To our best knowledge, this is the first live-cell-imaging observation of LMP post Chlamydia infection and report on the link of LMP to ROS to necrosis during Chlamydia infection.

Kojic Acid Protects C57BL/6 Mice from Gamma-irradiation Induced Damage

Wang, Kai,Liu, Chao,Di, Chan-Juan,Ma, Cong,Han, Chun-Guang,Yuan, Mei-Ru,Li, Peng-Fei,Li, Lu,Liu, Yong-Xue Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2014 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.15 No.1

The radioprotective effects of a single administration of kojic acid (KA) against ionizing radiation were evaluated via assessment of 30-day survival and alterations of peripheral blood parameters of adult C57BL/6 male mice. The 30-day survival rate of mice pretreated with KA (75 or 300 mg/kg body weight, KA75 or KA300) subcutaneously 27 h prior to a lethal dose (8 Gy, 153.52 cGy/min) of gamma irradiation was higher than that of mice irradiated alone (40% or 60% vs 0%). It was observed that the white blood cell (WBC) count/the red blood cell (RBC) count, haemoglobin content, haematocrit and platelet count of mice with or without KA pretreatment as exposed to a sub-lethal dose (4 Gy, 148.14 cGy/min) of gamma irradiation decreased maximally at day 4/day 8 post-irradiation. Although the initial WBC values were low in KA300 or WR-2721 (amifostine) groups, they significantly recovered to normal at day 19, whereas in the control group they did not. The results from the cytotoxicity and cell viability assays demonstrated that KA could highly protect Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells against ionizing radiation with low toxicity. In summary, KA provides marked radioprotective effects both in vivo and in vitro.

Invited Mini Review : Microorganism lipid droplets and biofuel development

Ying Mei Liu,Cong Yan Zhang,Xi Peng Shen,Xue Lin Zhang,Simon Cichello,Hong Bin Guan,Ping Sheng Liu 생화학분자생물학회(구 한국생화학분자생물학회) 2013 BMB Reports Vol.46 No.12

Isolation and molecular characterization of two novel HMW-GS genes from Chinese wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) landrace Banjiemang

Hui Shao,Tian-hong Liu,Cong-Fu Ran,Li-Qun Li,Jing Yu,Xin Gao,Xue-Jun Li 한국유전학회 2015 Genes & Genomics Vol.37 No.1

High molecular weight glutenin subunits(HMW-GS) play a significant role in determining breadmakingqualities of common wheat flour. The study presentedin the paper identified two novel HMW-GS (designatedas 1Bx14* and 1By15*) at the Glu-B1 locus inChinese wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) landrace Banjiemangby SDS-PAGE. The open reading frames (ORFs) of thegenes were amplified and cloned with designed specificprimers. Both of them had sequences highly similar tothose of other HMW-GS genes, but displayed minormodification. The ORF of 1Bx14* was 2367 bp long andencoded 789 aa with 4 cysteines, which included 25nanopeptides, 65 hexapeptides and 7 tripeptides motifs. The ORF of 1By15* was 2106 bp long and encoded 702 aawith 7 cysteines, which included 23 nanopeptides and 53hexapeptides motifs. The predicted molecular weights ofthe mature proteins encoded by 1Bx14* and 1By15* geneswere 83.1 and 73.2 k Da, respectively. The presence andauthenticity of the two genes in Banjiemang were confirmedby bacterial expression and liquid chromatographyelectrosprayionization mass spectrometry (LC–ESI–MS). By phylogenetic analysis, the 1Bx14* was clustered withx-type subunits but had a high divergence with other 1Bxsubunits, whereas the 1By15* was clustered with y-typesubunits and closely related to subunit 1By15. The studyconcluded that 1Bx14* and 1By15* from Banjiemang werenovel allelic variations of HMW-GS at Glu-B1 locus,which were probably exploitable as new resources forwheat quality improvement.

Fabrication of Cu2SnS3 Thin Films by Ethanol-Ammonium Solution Process by Doctor-Blade Technique

Yaguang Wang,Jianmin Li,Cong Xue,Yan Zhang,Guoshun Jiang,Weifeng Liu,Changfei Zhu 대한금속·재료학회 2017 ELECTRONIC MATERIALS LETTERS Vol.13 No.6

In the present study, a low-cost and simple method is applied to fabricate Cu2SnS3(CTS) thin films. Namely CTS thin films are prepared by a doctor-blade method with aslurry dissolving the Cu2O and SnS powders obtained from CBD reaction solution intoethanol-ammonium solvents. Series of characterization methods including XRD,Raman spectra, SEM and UV-Vis analyses are introduced to investigate the phasestructure, morphology and optical properties of CTS thin films. As a result, monoclinicCTS films have been obtained with the disappearance of binary phases CuS and SnS2while increasing the annealing temperature and time, high quality monoclinic CTS thinfilms consisting of compact and large grains have been successfully prepared by thisethanol-ammonium method. Moreover, the secondary phase Cu2Sn3S7 is also observedduring the annealing process. In addition, the post-annealed CTS film with a band-gapabout 0.89 eV shows excellent absorbance between 400 and 1200 nm, which is properfor the bottom layer in multi-junction thin film solar cells.

Xylaroisopimaranin A, a New Isopimarane Derivative from an Endophytic Fungus Xylaralyce sp.

Shang-Song Bao,Hui-Hui Liu,Xue-Qing Zhang,Cheng-Xiong Liu,Xiao-Cong Li,Zhi-Yong Guo 한국생약학회 2019 Natural Product Sciences Vol.25 No.3

Five secondary metabolites, including a new isopimarane derivative xylaroisopimaranin A (1), were isolated from the endophytic fungus Xylaralyce sp. (HM-1), and their structures were elucidated by 1D, 2D NMR, MS and CD spectra. Their bioactivities were performed to antibacterial, Hep G2 cells cytotoxicity and brine shrimp inhibition. The biological evaluation results showed that the xylaroisopimaranin A (1), xylabisboein B (2), griseofulvin (3) , 5-methylmellein (4) and mellein-5-carboxlic acid (5) displayed no significant Hep G2 cells cytotoxicity and antibacterial acitivity, but they inhibited the brine shrimp with IC50 from 0.5 to 25 μmol/mL.

Factors Predicting the Effi cacy of Adefovir Dipivoxil on Treatment-Naïve Chronic Hepatitis B Patients at 48 Weeks

Li-Chun Wang,En-Qiang Chen,Xiao-Feng Zhu,Zhong-Hua Xiong,Li Liu,Lu Xu,Xue-Zhong Lei,Cong Liu,Hong Tang 거트앤리버 소화기연관학회협의회 2011 Gut and Liver Vol.5 No.4

Background/Aims: To reveal possible factors predicting the effect of adefovir dipivoxil (ADV) treatment on chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and optimize the utilization of ADV. Methods:In total, 168 treatment-naïve CHB patients were enrolled,including 117 hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-positive patients and 51 HBeAg-negative patients who met the inclusion criteria. All patients were treated with ADV 10 mg per day for 48 weeks. Multiple logistic regression analyses were used to investigate baseline factors, and responses at weeks 12and 24 were analyzed as predictive values. Results: Multiple regression analyses showed that baseline HBeAg status and HBV DNA levels signifi cantly affected the virological response (VR) (p<0.05), baseline ALT levels were an independent predictor of serological response (SR) (p<0.05) and the body mass index (BMI) may affect the biochemical response (BR)(p<0.05). There was a statistically significant difference in the VR and SR between patients with a primary nonresponse (PNR) at week 12 and those with a VR at week 12 (p<0.01). Additionally, the VR was significantly different between patients with HBV DNA lower than 10^3 copies/mL at week 24 and those with greater than 10^3 copies/mL (p<0.01). Conclusions: Patients with negative HBeAg, lower HBV DNA levels and higher ALT values at baseline are more suitable for ADV treatment, whereas patients with lower BMIs may be more amenable to ALT normalization. Adjustments for treatment strategy should be considered if PNR at week 12 or HBV DNA ≥103 copies/mL at week 24 is observed.

Original Article : Factors Predicting the Effi cacy of Adefovir Dipivoxil on Treatment-Naive Chronic Hepatitis B Patients at 48 Weeks

( Li Chun Wang ),( En Qiang Chen ),( Xiao Feng Zhu ),( Zhong Hua Xiong ),( Li Liu ),( Lu Xu ),( Xue Zhong Lei ),( Cong Liu ),( Hong Tang ) 대한간학회 2011 Gut and Liver Vol.5 No.4

Background/Aims: To reveal possible factors predicting the effect of adefovir dipivoxil (ADV) treatment on chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and optimize the utilization of ADV. Methods: In total, 168 treatment-naive CHB patients were enrolled, including 117 hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-positive patients and 51 HBeAg-negative patients who met the inclusion criteria. All patients were treated with ADV 10 mg per day for 48 weeks. Multiple logistic regression analyses were used to investigate baseline factors, and responses at weeks 12 and 24 were analyzed as predictive values. Results: Multiple regression analyses showed that baseline HBeAg status and HBV DNA levels signifi cantly affected the virological response (VR) (p<0.05), baseline ALT levels were an independent predictor of serological response (SR) (p<0.05) and the body mass index (BMI) may affect the biochemical response (BR) (p<0.05). There was a statistically significant difference in the VR and SR between patients with a primary nonresponse (PNR) at week 12 and those with a VR at week 12 (p<0.01). Additionally, the VR was significantly different between patients with HBV DNA lower than 103 copies/mL at week 24 and those with greater than 103 copies/mL (p<0.01). Conclusions: Patients with negative HBeAg, lower HBV DNA levels and higher ALT values at baseline are more suitable for ADV treatment, whereas patients with lower BMIs may be more amenable to ALT normalization. Adjustments for treatment strategy should be considered if PNR at week 12 or HBV DNA ≥103 copies/mL at week 24 is observed. (Gut Liver 2011;5:478-485)