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Luo C, Hou Y, Ye W, Tang Y, He D, Xiao L, Qiu Y. Algae polysaccharide-induced transport transformation of nanoplastics in seawater-saturated porous media. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 259:121807. [PMID: 38820728 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Revised: 05/11/2024] [Accepted: 05/19/2024] [Indexed: 06/02/2024]
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This study examined the distinct effects of algae polysaccharides (AP), namely sodium alginate (SA), fucoidan (FU), and laminarin (LA), on the aggregation of nanoplastics (NP) in seawater, as well as their subsequent transport in seawater-saturated sea sand. The pristine 50 nm NP tended to form large aggregates, with an average size of approximately 934.5 ± 11 nm. Recovery of NP from the effluent (Meff) was low, at only 18.2 %, and a ripening effect was observed in the breakthrough curve (BTC). Upon the addition of SA, which contains carboxyl groups, the zeta (ζ)-potential of the NP increased by 2.8 mV. This modest enhancement of electrostatic interaction with NP colloids led to a reduction in the aggregation size of NP to 598.0 ± 27 nm and effectively mitigated the ripening effect observed in the BTC. Furthermore, SA's adherence to the sand surface and the resulting increase in electrostatic repulsion, caused a rise in Meff to 27.5 %. In contrast, the introduction of FU, which contains sulfate ester groups, resulted in a surge in ζ-potential of the NP to -27.7 ± 0.76 mV. The intensified electrostatic repulsion between NP and between NP and sand greatly increased Meff to 45.6 %. Unlike the effects of SA and FU, the addition of LA, a neutral compound, caused a near disappearance of ζ-potential of NP (-3.25 ± 0.68 mV). This change enhanced the steric hindrance effect, resulting in complete stabilization of particles and a blocking effect in the BTC of NP. Quantum chemical simulations supported the significant changes in the electrostatic potential of NP colloids induced by SA, FU and LA. In summary, the presence of AP can induce variability in the mobility of NP in seawater-saturated porous media, depending on the nature of the weak, strong, or non-electrostatic interactions between colloids, which are influenced by the structure and functionalization of the polysaccharides themselves. These findings provide valuable insights into the complex and variable behavior of NP transport in the marine environment.
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- Changjian Luo
- Department of Environmental Science, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Shanghai 200092, China; Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Shanghai 200092, China; Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Shanghai 200092, China; Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Shanghai 200092, China; Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China; Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Environmental Science, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Shanghai 200092, China; Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China.
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Yadollahi E, Shareghi B, Farhadian S, Hashemi Shahraki F. Conformational dynamics of trypsin in the presence of caffeic acid: a spectroscopic and computational investigation. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2024; 42:3108-3117. [PMID: 37278377 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2212077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Caffeic acid is one of the widely distributed phenolic compounds in nature and can be found in planet products. On the other hand, trypsin is a vital digestive enzyme in the intestine that plays an essential role in the immune response, blood coagulation, apoptosis and protein maturation like protein digestion. Several studies have revealed the inhibitory effects of the phenolic compound on the digestive enzyme. The present study reports functional and conformational alteration of trypsin after caffeic acid addition using multiple experimental and computational techniques for the first time. The intrinsic fluorescence of trypsin is quenched in the presence of caffeic acid via a static mechanism. The percent of secondary structures (α-helix and β-sheet) of trypsin alter after caffeic acid addition. In the kinetic study, a reduction in the trypsin function is obtained with a lower Vmax and Kcat upon interaction with caffeic acid. The thermal study reveals an unstable structure of trypsin upon complex formation with this phenolic compound. Also, the binding sites and conformational changes of trypsin are elucidated through molecular docking and molecular dynamic simulation.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Elham Yadollahi
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
- Central Laboratory, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
- Central Laboratory, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
- Central Laboratory, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
- Central Laboratory, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
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Chen Y, Liang W, Huang M, Li C, Song Z, Zheng Y, Yi Z. Exploring the mechanism of interaction between TBG and halogenated thiophenols: Insights from fluorescence analysis and molecular simulation. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 261:129645. [PMID: 38296143 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.129645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 01/07/2024] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG) plays a vital role in regulating metabolism, growth, organ differentiation, and energy homeostasis, exerting significant effects in various key metabolic pathways. Halogenated thiophenols (HTPs) exhibit high toxicity and harmfulness to organisms, and numerous studies have demonstrated their thyroid-disrupting effects. To understand the mechanism of action of HTPs on TBG, a combination of competitive binding experiments, multiple fluorescence spectroscopy techniques, molecular docking, and molecular simulations was employed to investigate the binding mechanism and identify the binding site. The competition binding assay between HTPs and ANS confirmed the competition of HTPs with thyroid hormone T4 for the active site of TBG, resulting in changes in the TBG microenvironment upon the binding of HTPs to the active site. Key amino acid residues involved in the binding process of HTPs and TBG were further investigated through residue energy decomposition. The distribution of high-energy contributing residues was determined. Analysis of root-mean-square deviation (RMSD) demonstrated the stability of the HTPs-TBG complex. These findings confirm the toxic mechanism of HTPs in thyroid disruption, providing a fundamental reference for accurately assessing the ecological risk of pollutants and human health. Providing mechanistic insights into how HTPS causes thyroid diseases.
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- Yanting Chen
- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China.
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Pan X, Yu XZ, Qin P. Effects of two food colorants on catalase and trypsin: Binding evidences from experimental and computational analysis. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 297:122702. [PMID: 37054570 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2023.122702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Recently, growing concern has been paid to the toxicity of additives in food. The present study investigated the interaction of two commonly used food colorants, quinoline yellow (QY) and sunset yellow (SY), with catalase and trypsin under physiological conditions by fluorescence, isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), ultraviolet-vis absorption, synchronous fluorescence techniques as well as molecular docking. Based on the fluorescence spectra and ITC data, both QY and SY could significantly quench the intrinsic fluorescence of catalase or trypsin spontaneously to form a moderate complex driven by different forces. Additionally, the thermodynamics results demonstrated QY bind more tightly to both catalase and trypsin than SY, suggesting QY poses more of a threat to two enzymes than SY. Furthermore, the binding of two colorants could not only lead to the conformational and microenvironmental alterations of both catalase and trypsin, but also inhibit the activity of two enzymes. This study provides an important reference for understanding the biological transportation of synthetic food colorants in vivo, and enhancing their risk assessment on food safety.
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- Xingren Pan
- The Guangxi Key Laboratory of Theory & Technology for Environmental Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science & Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, PR China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Water and Soil Conservation and Environmental Protection, School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Linyi University, Shandong Province, Shuangling Road, Linyi 276005, PR China
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- The Guangxi Key Laboratory of Theory & Technology for Environmental Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science & Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, PR China.
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Water and Soil Conservation and Environmental Protection, School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Linyi University, Shandong Province, Shuangling Road, Linyi 276005, PR China.
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Zhang B, Chen J, Wang C, Wang P, Cui G, Zhang J, Hu Y, Gao H. Insight into different adsorption behaviors of two fluoroquinolone antibiotics by sediment aggregation fractions. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:24329-24343. [PMID: 36335180 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23947-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Sediment, consisting of different aggregation fractions, is a hotspot site for transport and transformation of various pollutants including antibiotics. However, the fate of different antibiotics in aquatic sediments mediated by sediment aggregation fraction adsorption and the mechanism behinds are still unclear. In this study, we investigated the adsorption behavior of two fluoroquinolone antibiotics (ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin) on four aggregation fractions separated from the sediment of Taihu Lake, a typical lake contaminated by antibiotics in China. The results showed that the adsorption of ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin fitted the Freundlich model, irrespective of sediment aggregation size. The adsorption of ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin was depended on the size of sediment aggregation fractions, and the macroaggregation (> 200 μm) exhibited the strongest capacity, followed by large microaggregation (63-200 μm), medium microaggregation (20-63 μm), and small and primary microaggregation (< 20 μm). This fraction size-dependent effects of sediment aggregations on antibiotic adsorption might be closely related to the differences in their specific surface areas, organic matter contents, and surface functional groups. The adsorption of ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin by sediment aggregation fractions was characterized by a combination of chemical and physical adsorptions, with the former being the dominant process. Compared with ofloxacin, ciprofloxacin could be more rapidly and easily absorbed by four sediment aggregation fractions, and more readily complexed with carboxyl groups on macroaggregation surface. The adsorption of two antibiotics by extracellular polymeric substance showed that tryptophan and tyrosine protein-like, humic-like substance on the surface of sediment could bind to both antibiotics through a complexation reaction. The π-π electron donor-acceptor interaction and hydrogen bonds were responsible for the antibiotic adsorption by sediment aggregation.
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- Bo Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department On Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road No.1Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210098, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department On Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road No.1Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210098, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department On Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road No.1Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210098, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department On Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road No.1Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210098, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department On Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road No.1Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210098, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department On Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road No.1Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210098, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department On Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road No.1Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210098, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Department On Shallow Lakes, Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, 1 Xikang Road No.1Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210098, People's Republic of China
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Pan X, Qin P, Liu R, Yu W. Molecular mechanism of coating carbon black nanoparticles with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on the binding to serum albumin and the related cytotoxicity. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Yadollahi E, Shareghi B, Farhadian S. Noncovalent interactions between Quinoline yellow and trypsin: In vitro and in silico methods. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.118826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Habibian Dehkordi S, Farhadian S, Ghasemi M. The interaction between the azo dye tartrazine and α-Chymotrypsin enzyme: Molecular dynamics simulation and multi-spectroscopic investigations. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The interaction of Naphthol Yellow S (NYS) with pepsin: Insights from spectroscopic to molecular dynamics studies. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 165:1842-1851. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.10.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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