Publications by authors named "Xuexia Yang"

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Glucose-triggered in situ forming keratin hydrogel for the treatment of diabetic wounds.

Authors:
Yansong Chen Ying Li Xuexia Yang Zhangjun Cao Huali Nie Yonggang Bian Guang Yang

Acta Biomater 2021 Mar 1. Epub 2021 Mar 1.

Key Laboratory of Science & Technology of Eco-Textile, Donghua University, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 201620, China; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China. Electronic address:

The development of protein-based in situ forming hydrogel remains a big challenge due to the limited chemical groups in proteins. Keratins are a group of cysteine-rich structural protein found abundant in skin and skin appendant. Recently, our lab has established a disulfide shuffling strategy to prepare keratin hydrogels via oxygen (O) oxidation. However, such hydrogel still needed to be molded in advance. In this work, inspired by the fact that glucose commonly exists in body fluids, a glucose-triggered in situ forming keratin hydrogel was developed based on the disulfide shuffling strategy via a higher oxidation force of hydrogen peroxide (HO). The hydrogel precursor solution consisted of keratin, cysteine and glucose oxidase (GOD), which could generate HO in an indirect and mild way via GOD-catalyzed oxidation of glucose in body fluids. Our findings demonstrated that the GOD-catalyzed oxidation method not only shortened the gelation time but improved the mechanical strength of the hydrogel by comparison with O oxidation and direct addition of HO solution methods, and realized in situ gelation within 3 min on a full-thickness wound bed in normal mice. Moreover, the in situ forming keratin hydrogel was applied as a drug depot for wound repair, and the deferoxamine-loaded one accelerated healing in the full-thickness wounds of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, notably by promoting angiogenesis and neovascularization in wounds. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Studies show that keratin hydrogels possess tissue regeneration capacity, especially in skin wound repair. However, most of the reported keratin hydrogels needed to be molded in advance and cannot fit irregular wound shape. This work describes a glucose-triggered in situ forming keratin hydrogel via a disulfide shuffling strategy under the oxidation of hydrogen peroxide. Of note, the hydrogen peroxide was supplied indirectly by glucose oxidase-catalyzed oxidation of glucose in wound fluids, and this method needed no additional crosslinking agents or chemical modifications on keratins. Our findings showed that this hydrogel realized in situ gelation within 3 min on a full-thickness wound bed and enabled an injectable mode with good filling ability toward irregular wounds. Moreover, this hydrogel could be applied as a drug depot for the treatment of diabetic wounds.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2021.02.035DOI Listing
March 2021

Characterization and rheological properties analysis of the succinoglycan produced by a high-yield mutant of Rhizobium radiobacter ATCC 19358.

Authors:
Hongliang Gao Li Yang Jiangtao Tian Lingling Huang Dating Huang Wei Zhang Fangrui Xie Yanning Niu Mingfei Jin Caifeng Jia Chunjing Zou Jing Huang Zhongyi Chang Xuexia Yang Deming Jiang

Int J Biol Macromol 2021 Jan 20;166:61-70. Epub 2020 Oct 20.

School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, People's Republic of China. Electronic address:

Succinoglycan is an industrially important exopolysaccharide biosynthesized by bacteria. In this study, mutant strain 18052 N-11 was obtained from the wild type strain Rhizobium radiobacter ATCC 19358 by NTG mutagenesis. It has a high yield succinoglycan of 32.5 g/L cultured in a 15 L-fementer for 72 h. Succinoglycan SG-A from the wild type strain has two components, and the molecular weights were 1.55 × 10 Da and 1.26 × 10 Da, respectively. While, succinoglycan SG-N from the mutant strain was a homogeneous polysaccharide, and the molecular weight was 1.01 × 10 Da. The molecular weight of both succinoglycan was higher than those reported in literatures. DSC thermogram of SG-A showed a higher endothermic peak than that of SG-N due to the higher crystallinity of SG-A. The dynamic frequency sweep test of SG-A and SG-N showed that the elastic modulus G' and viscosity modulus G" curves intersected at 65 °C, indicating the thermally induced order-disorder conformation. The results of effect of concentrations (2.5-15%) and temperatures (25-75 °C) on apparent viscosity of SG-A and SG-N showed that the succinoglycan solutions exhibited non-Newtonian, shear-thinning behavior. Both SG-A and SG-N showed an excellent emulsification activity. The characterizations and rheological properties make SG-A and SG-N prominent candidates in food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical and petroleum industries.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.10.087DOI Listing
January 2021

Glutamine synthetase gene glnA plays a vital role in curdlan biosynthesis of Agrobacterium sp. CGMCC 11546.

Authors:
Wei Zhang Hongliang Gao Yimin Huang Shiqiang Wu Jiangtao Tian Yanning Niu Chunjing Zou Caifeng Jia Mingfei Jin Jing Huang Zhongyi Chang Xuexia Yang Deming Jiang

Int J Biol Macromol 2020 Dec 25;165(Pt A):222-230. Epub 2020 Sep 25.

School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, PR China. Electronic address:

Curdlan is a neutral linear exopolysaccharide produced by Agrobacterium spp. under nitrogen-limiting conditions. In this study, we explored the role of glnA in curdlan biosynthesis in Agrobacterium sp. CGMCC 11546. The curdlan production of the ΔglnA strain was impaired, decreasing by 93% compared with that of the wild-type strain after 96 h fermentation. Analysis of fermentation profiles revealed that cell growth and utilization of carbon and nitrogen sources were impaired in the ΔglnA strain. Transcriptome analysis indicated that various of genes involved in curdlan biosynthesis were downregulated after 24 h fermentation in the ΔglnA strain, particularly genes involved in heme synthesis and the electron transport chain, which are essential for energy generation. Metabolomics analysis revealed flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and adenosine diphosphate (ADP) accumulation in the ΔglnA strain, suggesting insufficient energy supply. Furthermore, glnA overexpression led to an 18% increase in the curdlan yield of the ΔglnA mutant compared with that of the wild-type strain after 96 h fermentation. Taken together, the findings demonstrate that glnA plays a vital role in curdlan biosynthesis by supplying ATP via regulating the expression of genes involved in heme synthesis and the electron transport chain.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.09.152DOI Listing
December 2020

Characterization and improvement of curdlan produced by a high-yield mutant of Agrobacterium sp. ATCC 31749 based on whole-genome analysis.

Authors:
Hongliang Gao Fangrui Xie Wei Zhang Jiangtao Tian Chunjing Zou Caifeng Jia Mingfei Jin Jing Huang Zhongyi Chang Xuexia Yang Deming Jiang

Carbohydr Polym 2020 Oct 30;245:116486. Epub 2020 May 30.

School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, PR China. Electronic address:

Curdlan is a bacterial, water-insoluble, linear homopolysaccharide that has been widely used in the food industry. In this study, genome information of strain CGMCC 11546, a UV-induced high-yield mutant of the model curdlan-producing strain Agrobacterium sp. ATCC 31749, was used to investigate the molecular mechanism of curdlan biosynthesis. The maximum curdlan yield of 47.97 ± 0.57 g/L was obtained from strain CGMCC 11546 by using optimal media containing 60 g/L sucrose, 6 g/L yeast, 2 g/L KHPO, 0.4 g/L MgSO·7HO, 2 g/L CaCO, 0.1 g/L FeSO·7HO, 0.04 g/L MnSO, and 0.02 g/L ZnCl at 30 °C and 280 rpm after 96 h of fermentation. The gel strength of curdlan was improved by 41 % by knocking out the β-1,3-glucanase genes exoK and exsH of strain CGMCC 11546. Furthermore, the application of curdlan from the ΔexoK-exsH strain in noodles significantly improved the eating quality of both raw and cooked noodles.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116486DOI Listing
October 2020

Effects of carbon sources on production and properties of curdlan using sp. DH-2.

Authors:
Jie Wan Yifeng Wang Deming Jiang Hongliang Gao Guang Yang Xuexia Yang

Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2020 13;50(9):857-864. Epub 2020 Jun 13.

College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai, China.

Curdlan has wide potential application in the food and biomedical fields due to its unique thermal gel and biological activity. This study investigated the effect of six sugars including glucose, fructose, lactose, maltose, sucrose and xylose as carbon sources on production and properties of curdlan using sp. DH-2. The maximum production (38.1 g/L and 37.4 g/L, respectively) and yield (0.58 g curdlan/g sucrose and 0.53 g curdlan/g maltose, respectively) of curdlan were achieved by sucrose and maltose, followed by glucose, fructose, lactose and xylose. Scanning electron micrographs showed that the surface of cells was smooth in strain growth phase, while cells were covered by curdlan matrix acted as a net in the curdlan synthesis phase. The highest glucosyltransferase activity (19.9 U/g biomass) corresponded to the maximum curdlan production using the sucrose medium. The molecular weight and gel strength of curdlan were influenced by the carbon sources. The curdlan from xylose medium resulted in a maximum molecular weight of 1.59 × 10 Da and the highest gel strength of 989.2 g/cm, while the curdlan from sucrose medium resulted in a lowest molecular weight of 1.10 × 10 Da and gel strength of 672.8 g/cm. The high molecular weight of curdlan had high gel strength.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10826068.2020.1777423DOI Listing
June 2020

Construction of selenium-embedded mesoporous silica with improved antibacterial activity.

Authors:
Jingjing Chen Yuanyuan Wei Xuexia Yang Shirong Ni Feng Hong Siyu Ni

Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2020 Jun 26;190:110910. Epub 2020 Feb 26.

College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, North Renmin Road 2999, Shanghai 201620, PR China; Key Lab of Eco-Textile, Ministry of Education, Donghua University, North Renmin Road 2999, Shanghai 201620, PR China. Electronic address:

In this work, different concentrations of Se-incorporated mesoporous silica nanospheres (MSNs) (5Se/MSNs and 10Se/MSNs) were successfully synthesized via an in-situ one-pot method. Their physicochemical properties were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The release behaviors of Se and Si were investigated in a phosphate-buffered saline (pH = 5.5, 7.4) solution (PBS). In vitro antibacterial properties of the prepared samples were evaluated with Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Escherichia coli (E. coli). The cytocompatibilities of the samples were then assessed using L929 cells. Se nanoparticles were successfully loaded onto the outer and inner surfaces of hierarchical mesoporous silica. The sizes of the Se/MSNs nanoparticles were approximately 120 nm for 5Se/MSNs and 210 nm for 10Se/MSNs. The XRD and XPS results showed that Se mainly existed in the form of Se in the samples. The Se/MSNs exhibited stable and sustained release of both Si and Se in PBS solution. In vitro antibactericidal tests indicated that the Se/MSNs could exhibit better antibacterial activity against S. aureus than pure Se nanoparticles after 6 and 24 h of culturing. The minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 10Se/MSN was 100 μg mL. However, the Se/MSNs exhibited no inhibitory effect on E. coli bacteria. Furthermore, all the samples exhibited excellent cell viability. These studies demonstrate initial in vitro antibacterial activity and good cytocompatibility of Se/MSNs and their potential application in antibacterial nanomedicine.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.110910DOI Listing
June 2020

The assembly of protein-templated gold nanoclusters for enhanced fluorescence emission and multifunctional applications.

Authors:
Ying Li Yu Cao Lai Wei Jinjie Wang Min Zhang Xuexia Yang Wenshuo Wang Guang Yang

Acta Biomater 2020 01 28;101:436-443. Epub 2019 Oct 28.

Key Laboratory of Science & Technology of Eco-Textile, Donghua University, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 201620, China; College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, North Ren Min Road No. 2999, Shanghai 201620, China. Electronic address:

Protein-templated gold nanoclusters have attracted attention in fluorescence imaging due to their simple synthesis and good biocompatibility. However, limitations still exist such as poor colloid stability and undesirable fluorescence intensity. Here we describe the self-assembly of keratin-templated gold nanoclusters via a simple and mild preparation process, including keratin-templated synthesis of gold nanoclusters (AuNCs@Keratin), silver ions modification of AuNCs@Keratin (AuNCs-Ag@Keratin), and gadolinium ions-induced aggregation of AuNCs-Ag@Keratin (AuNCs-Ag@Keratin-Gd). It was demonstrated that the AuNCs-Ag@Keratin-Gd obtained an enhanced fluorescence intensity (6.5 times that of AuNCs@Keratin), high colloid stability for more than 4 months, and good biocompatibility. Moreover, the AuNCs-Ag@Keratin-Gd holds promise in multifunctional applications such as near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, and redox-responsive drug delivery, extending the applicability of fluorescent gold nanoclusters, especially in biomedical fields. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Assembly-induced fluorescence enhancement has been rarely reported on as it relates to the protein-templated gold nanoclusters (AuNCs). In this work, self-assembly of protein-templated AuNCs was developed for enhanced fluorescence intensity and multifunctional applications, including bioimaging and responsive drug delivery. A cysteine-rich protein, keratin, was utilized as the template to synthesize AuNCs, which underwent silver ion modification and gadolinium ion-induced aggregation. The silver modification of the keratin-templated AuNCs facilitated the formation of a dense aggregate after gadolinium ion-induced assembly, thus generating an enhanced fluorescence intensity. Such a mechanism was confirmed by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy analysis. We believe that this work will extend the applicability of the fluorescent gold nanoclusters, especially in biomedical fields, and provided an effective approach for the mechanism analysis of the assembly-induced fluorescence enhancement via fluorescence correlation spectroscopy.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2019.10.035DOI Listing
January 2020

Tunable keratin hydrogel based on disulfide shuffling strategy for drug delivery and tissue engineering.

Authors:
Yu Cao Yiqian Yao Ying Li Xuexia Yang Zhangjun Cao Guang Yang

J Colloid Interface Sci 2019 May 18;544:121-129. Epub 2019 Feb 18.

Key Laboratory of Science & Technology of Eco-Textile, Ministry of Education, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China; College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China; Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States. Electronic address:

Protein-based hydrogels that possess tunable properties have long been a challenge in tissue engineering. Keratin is a group of natural proteins derived from skin and skin appendant, and features a rich content of cysteine residue which exists in the form of disulfide bonds. Inspired by this, in this work, a simple disulfide shuffling strategy was utilized to develop keratin hydrogels by converting the intramolecular disulfide bonds into the intermolecular disulfide bonds. To achieve this, the intramolecular disulfide bonds were first cleaved by the reductive reagent such as cysteine, to liberate free thiol group, which formed intermolecular disulfide bonds through thiol oxidation. It was demonstrated that control of the cysteine level led to a tunable disulfide crosslinking density, and thus an altered network structure, gel degradation, and drug release rate. Also, this strategy enables good biocompatibility of the material owing to avoiding extra chemical crosslinkers in the preparation procedure. Moreover, this keratin hydrogel had redox-responsive capacity in both gel degradation and drug release due to the disulfide-bond based network structure, providing extensive applicability in tissue engineering and drug release.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2019.02.049DOI Listing
May 2019

Strain-induced phase transformation behavior of stabilized zirconia ceramics studied via nanoindentation.

Authors:
Erqiang Liu Gesheng Xiao Wufei Jia Xuefeng Shu Xuexia Yang Yulei Wang

J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2017 11 5;75:14-19. Epub 2017 Jul 5.

College of Applied Science, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China.

To study the tetragonal-to-monoclinic (T-M) phase transformation behavior under different strain rates and indentation depths, nanoindentation tests were performed on stabilized zirconia ceramics with Continuous Stiffness Measurements. The results indicate decreased phase transformation velocities at both lower and higher strain rates, but increased velocity under medium strain rate during loading. The phase transformation process is sensitive to Ṗ/P but the final volume fractions are almost identical (45%). Furthermore, most of the phase transformation is completed during a short initial time followed by slight linear increase of the M-phase volume fraction with holding time. The phase transformation continuously slowed with increasing indentation depth when indented with a constant strain rate.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.07.006DOI Listing
November 2017

Preparation and characterization of BC/PAM-AgNPs nanocomposites for antibacterial applications.

Authors:
Guang Yang Caixia Wang Feng Hong Xuexia Yang Zhangjun Cao

Carbohydr Polym 2015 Jan 28;115:636-42. Epub 2014 Sep 28.

College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, North Ren Min Road No. 2999, Shanghai 201620, PR China.

In this work, a bacterial cellulose/polyacrylamide (BC/PAM) double network composite was prepared to act as the template for in situ synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). Effects of reaction conditions of the BC/PAM composite were investigated on its microstructure, mechanical properties and thermal stabilities. Both the BC/PAM composite and pure BC were utilized to prepare the corresponding silver impregnated nanocomposites, i.e., BC/PAM-AgNPs and BC-AgNPs, by an environmental friendly method, UV irradiation. The influences of the templates were investigated on the AgNPs formation and the antibacterial activities of the nanocomposites by both the zone of inhibition and dynamic shake flask methods. It was shown that the BC/PAM composite displayed a denser microstructure and higher thermal stabilities than pure BC. The BC/PAM-AgNPs nanocomposite exhibited a bigger particle size and lower mass content of AgNPs than the BC-AgNPs one. For the antibacterial test, two nanocomposites exhibited a close antibacterial effect, with a high log reduction above 3 and killing ratio above 99.9%, respectively.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.09.042DOI Listing
January 2015

Versatile peroxidase degradation of humic substances: use of isothermal titration calorimetry to assess kinetics, and applications to industrial wastes.

Authors:
Khawar Sohail Siddiqui Haluk Ertan Timothy Charlton Anne Poljak A K Daud Khaled Xuexia Yang Gavin Marshall Ricardo Cavicchioli

J Biotechnol 2014 May 11;178:1-11. Epub 2014 Mar 11.

School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. Electronic address:

The kinetic constants of a hybrid versatile-peroxidase (VP) which oxidizes complex polymeric humic substances (HS) derived from lignin (humic and fulvic acids) and industrial wastes were determined for the first time using isothermal titration calorimetry (iTC). The reaction conditions were manipulated to enable manganese-peroxidase (MnP) and/or lignin-peroxidase (LiP) activities to be evaluated. The peroxidase reactions exhibited varying degrees of product inhibition or activation; properties which have not previously been reported for VP enzymes. In contrast to previous work (Ertan et al., 2012) on small non-polymeric substrates (MnSO4, veratryl alcohol and dyes), all kinetic plots for polymeric HS were sigmoidal, lacked Michaelis-Menten characteristics, and were indicative of positive cooperativity. Under conditions when both LiP and MnP were active, the kinetic data fitted to a novel biphasic Hill Equation, and the rate of enzymatic reaction was significantly greater than the sum of individual LiP plus MnP activities implying synergistic activation. By employing size-exclusion chromatography and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, the characteristics of the oxidative degradation products of the HS were also monitored. Our study showed that the allosteric behaviour of the VP enzyme promotes a high level of regulation of activity during the breakdown of model and industrial ligninolytic substrates. The work was extended to examine the kinetics of breakdown of industrial wastes (effluent from a pulp and paper plant, and fouled membrane solids extracted from a ground water treatment membrane) revealing unique, VP-mediated, kinetic responses. This work demonstrates that iTC can be successfully employed to study the kinetic properties of VP enzymes in order to devise reaction conditions optimized for oxidative degradation of HS present in materials used in a wide range of industries.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.03.002DOI Listing
May 2014