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Biomineralized dipeptide self-assembled hydrogel with ultrahigh mechanical strength and osteoinductivity for bone regeneration
No full textPeptide self-assembled hydrogels are ideal scaffolds for three-dimentional cell culture and tissue engineering due to their native extracellular matrix enabling the transport of nutrients as well as the cells growth and expansion. However, the use of peptide hydrogels in the hard tissues regeneration such as alveolar and skull bone has been largely unexplored, hindered by the insufficient mechanical strength and osteogenesis activity. Herein, peptide self-assembled nanostructures are used as templates to emulate natural biomineralization process. The vaterite nanoparticles loaded with thermolysin act as a role of mature osteoblasts secreting collagen fibrils to initiate dipeptide self-assembly as biomimetic extracellular matrix. Meanwhile, the vaterite nanoparticles with a high specific surface area form strong intermolecular and interfacial interaction with hydrogel networks, acting as a cross-linker to achieve extrafibrillar mineralization. Moreover, vaterite nanoparticles function as a mineral reservoir to release Ca2+, inducing intrafibrillar mineralization, further enhancing the mechanical property. The resulting hydrogel exhibits an unprecedently high value of storage modulus (473 kPa), excellent biocompatibility and osteoinductivity. In rat calvarial defect model, the hydrogel significantly accelerates regeneration of osteogenesis tissue, thus indicating the potential of such peptide hydrogels for application in bone regeneration
Textured propyl gallate modified MXene biopaster with prolonged photothermal effect for in-situ post-surgery residual tumor clearance
No full textResidual tumors after surgery lead to a high risk of recurrence, and effective strategies clearing the residual tumors urgently need to be developed. Locally administering antitumor agents after surgery has been proved effective to clear residual tumor cells, but achieving long-lasting efficacy and repeatable treatment are still challenges for these agents. In this study, we orderly arranged propyl gallate (PG)-grafting MXene onto calcium-alginate hydrogel (CA) layer to develop a photothermal-responsive biopaster for the tumor post-surgery recurrence prevention. The order arrangement of PG-grafting MXene nanosheets with the prolonged degradation time (compared to the non-PG-grafting ones) could retain the photothermal responsiveness for 14 days. Therefore, this biopaster provided long-term photothermal therapeutic capability to kill the residual tumors and effectively prevented the tumor recurrence (after surgery). This work provides references for designing NIR-responsive 2D nanomaterials with enhanced NIR-responsiveness and long-term antitumor efficacy. (C) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Biodegradation of organic compounds in the coal gangue by Bacillus sp. into humic acid
No full textCoal gangue (CG), one of the world's largest industrial solid wastes produced during coal mining, is extremely difficult to be used owing to its combined contents of clay minerals and organic macromolecules. This study explored a novel process of degrading the harmful organic compounds in the CG into humic acid using a biological method characterized by scanning electron microscope-energy dispersive spectrometer, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and elemental analyzer. The results reveal that adding selected Bacillus sp. to the CG for 40 days can increase the humic acid content by similar to 17 times, reaching 17338.17 mg/kg, which is also the best level for promoting plant growth. FTIR and XPS spectra show that the organic compounds in the CG transforms primarily from C=C to C=O, COOH, and O-H groups, indicating that the organic compounds are gradually oxidized and activated, improving the humic acid concentration of soil. In addition, Bacillus sp. decreases pH and benzo[a]pyrene contents, and increases the content of available nutrients. After microbial degradation, coal gangue can be turned into ecological restoration materials