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Lung cancer is a highly heterogeneous cancer and is divided broadly into small and nonsmall cell lung cancer (SCLC or NSCLC). In all NSCLC patients, it is estimated that 50%-60% are programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) positive, and anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapies have shown their clinical application prospects in advanced NSCLC. To avoid unnecessary adverse effects and provide anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy to the most appropriate patient population, the PD-L1 expression in patients preparing for treatment must be evaluated accurately and in real time. In this study, we noninvasively evaluate the PD-L1 expression in an NSCLC xenograft using 124I-labeled F(ab')2 fragments of durvalumab (Durva) and compared it with the 124I-labeled intact antibody in terms of the biodistribution and dosimetry. The aim is to develop a nuclide labeled molecular probe with better performance for PD-L1 immunoPET imaging. After cleaving using IdeS protease, the F(ab')2 fragments of Durva were labeled with 124I. The radioligand showed a high rn the image in contrast. The H460 tumors showed excellent contrast as early as 4 h after injection with 124I-Durva-F(ab')2, and for 124I-Durva, the xenograft could not be distinguished clearly until 24 h after injection. Interestingly, 124I-Durva-F(ab')2 showed lower accumulations compared to other metal isotopes labeled PD-L1 antibodies in bone, liver, spleen etc., which will be beneficial for metastasis detection. Another benefit of accelerated blood clearance was a reduction in the radiation dose. According to the results of the OLINDA/EXM, the effective dose for the total body of 124I-Durva was 4.25-times greater than that of 124I-Durva-F(ab')2 (186 μSv/MBq vs 43.8 μSv/MBq). All of these data indicated that 124I-Durva-F(ab')2 is a promising immunoPET tracer for evaluating the in vivo PD-L1 levels in an NSCLC model and is expected to be successful in future clinical application.Herein, we present the synthesis of 1-hydroxyherquline A and describe its reactivity discovered during its attempted conversion to herquline A, a long-sought natural product target in the synthetic chemical community. The strategic installation of the C1 hydroxyl group enabled the key aza-Michael addition-mediated N10-C2 bond formation and eventually access to 1-hydroxyherquline A, the most advanced herquline A congener reported to date. Leukadherin-1 agonist Our attempted reductive transformation of 1-hydroxyherquline A to herquline A was challenged by the extremely strained bowl-shaped pentacyclic structures of key precursors that prevented either radical formation at C1 or protonation (or hydrogenation) from the desired face. These discoveries regarding the innate chemical reactivities of advanced intermediates toward herquline A may prove useful in efforts toward this formidable target.Herein we report selective P-C and P-N chemistry as a new synthetic tool for constructing phosphorus (P)-chromophores with rich chemical structures. Our studies reveal that isomeric structures significantly influence the chemical structure and electronic communication of P-heteropines, which results in efficient tunability of the photophysical properties. In particular, isomeric P-chromophores with a protic N-H (indole) are also capable of participating in intramolecular H bonding, offering a new strategy to access a near-infrared chromophore.Upconversion nanoparticle based ratiometric nanothermometry has shown many advantages including high relative sensitivity, fast temperature response, and high spatial resolution. However, most of the existing designs are on the basis of thermally coupled upconversion emissions, and it remains a challenge to improve the thermo-sensitivity. Here, we report a new nanoplatform of NaYF4Yb/Er/Ce@NaYF4@NaYF4Yb/Tm core-shell-shell nanostructure to improve the thermal sensitivity through the nonthermally coupled upconversion emissions. With the increase of temperature, the green upconversion of Er3+ shows a decline while the blue upconversion of Tm3+ exhibits a rapid increase, leading to a huge contrast in both intensity ratio and emission colors. The maximum relative sensitivity can reach up to 9.86% K-1 at 303 K. It is further found that introducing Ce3+ is able to improve the sensitivity and expand the thermochromic green-to-blue gamut greatly. These results show great potential in ultrasensitive lanthanide-based nanothermometry and anticounterfeiting.Here, we report the synthesis of a novel class of B-N Lewis pair (LPB/N)-doped large acene derivatives (1a-1d) from the well-designed phenanthridine-based precursors. The resultant LPB/N-doped benzo-tetracene (1a), dibenzo-heptacene (1b), dibenzo-octacene (1c), and V-shaped tribenzo-nonacene (1d) are thoroughly characterized by X-ray crystallography, cyclic voltammetry, UV-vis absorption, and fluorescence spectroscopies together with DFT calculations. As a proof of concept, a 1a-based organic light-emitting diode device is fabricated to demonstrate the promising application in organic optoelectronics.Autophagy inhibition is an attractive target for cancer therapy. In this study, we discovered inhibitors of Atg4B essential for autophagosome formation and evaluated their potential as therapeutics for prostate cancer. Seventeen compounds were identified as candidates after in silico screening and a thermal shift assay. Among them, compound 17 showed the most potent Atg4B inhibitory activity, inhibited autophagy induced by anti-castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) drugs, and significantly enhanced apoptosis. Although 17 has been known as a phospholipase A2 (PLA2) inhibitor, other PLA2 inhibitors had no effect on Atg4B and autophagy. We then performed structural optimization based on molecular modeling and succeeded in developing 21f (by shortening the alkyl chain of 17), which was a potent competitive inhibitor for Atg4B (Ki = 3.1 μM) with declining PLA2 inhibitory potency. Compound 21f enhanced the anticancer activity of anti-CRPC drugs via autophagy inhibition. These findings suggest that 21f can be used as an adjuvant drug for therapy with anti-CRPC drugs.d-p-Hydroxyphenylglycine (D-HPG) is an important intermediate for the synthesis of β-lactam antibiotics with an annual market demand of thousands of tons. Currently, the main production processes are via chemical approaches. Although enzymatic conversion has been investigated for D-HPG production, synthesis of the substrate DL-hydroxyphenylhydantoin is still chemically based, which suffers from high pollution and harsh reaction conditions. In this study, one cofactor self-sufficient route for D-HPG production from l-phenylalanine was newly designed and the artificial pathway was functionalized by selecting suitable enzymes and adjusting their expressions in strain Pseudomonas putida KT2440. Notably, a new R-mandelate dehydrogenase from Lactococcus lactis with relatively high activity under pH neutral conditions was successfully mined to demonstrate the biosynthetic pathway in vivo. The performance of the engineered P. putida strain was further increased by enhancing cellular NAD availability and blocking l-phenylalanine consumption. Coupled with the l-phenylalanine producer, Escherichia coli strain ATCC 31884, a stable and interactive co-culture process was also developed by engineering a "cross-link auxotrophic" system to produce D-HPG directly from glucose. Thus, this study is the first approach for the de novo biosynthesis of D-HPG by engineering a non-natural pathway and lays the foundation for further improving the efficiency of D-HPG production via a green and sustainable route.Solid electrolytes (SEs) with superionic conductivity and interfacial stability are highly desirable for stable all-solid-state Li-metal batteries (ASSLMBs). Here, we employ neural network potential to simulate materials composed of Li, Zr/Hf, and Cl using stochastic surface walking method and identify two potential unique layered halide SEs, named Li2ZrCl6 and Li2HfCl6, for stable ASSLMBs. The predicted halide SEs possess high Li+ conductivity and outstanding compatibility with Li metal anodes. We synthesize these SEs and demonstrate their superior stability against Li metal anodes with a record performance of 4000 h of steady lithium plating/stripping. We further fabricate the prototype stable ASSLMBs using these halide SEs without any interfacial modifications, showing small internal cathode/SE resistance (19.48 Ω cm2), high average Coulombic efficiency (∼99.48%), good rate capability (63 mAh g-1 at 1.5 C), and unprecedented cycling stability (87% capacity retention for 70 cycles at 0.5 C).Band structure dictates optical and electronic properties of solids and eventually the efficiency of the semiconductor based solar conversion. Compared to numerous theoretical calculations, the experimentally measured band structure of rutile TiO2, a prototypical photocatalytic material, is rare. In this work, the valence band structure of rutile TiO2(110) is measured by angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy using polarized extreme ultraviolet light. The effective mass of the hole, which has never been measured before, is determined to be 4.66-6.87 m0 (free electron mass) and anisotropic. The dependence of photoemission intensities on excitation light polarization is analyzed by taking into account of the parity symmetry of molecular orbitals in the blocking unit of rutile TiO2. This work reports a direct measurement of valence band structure and hole effective mass of rutile TiO2(110), which will deepen our understanding of the electronic structure and charge carrier properties of the model material and provide reference data for future theoretical calculations.Multiple-band degeneracy has been widely recognized to be beneficial for high thermoelectric performance. Here, we discover that the p-type Dirac bands with lower degeneracy synergistically produce a higher Seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity in topological semimetal BaAgBi. The anomalous transport phenomenon intrinsically originated from the asymmetric electronic structures (i) complete p-type Dirac bands near the Fermi level facilitate high and strong energy-dependent hole relaxation time; (ii) the presence of additional parabolic conduction valleys allows for a large density of states to accept scattered electrons, leading to an enlarged hole-electron relaxation time ratio and, thus, weakened bipolar effect. In combination with the strong lattice anharmonicity, an exceptional p-type average ZT of 0.42 is achieved from 300 to 600 K, which can be dramatically enhanced to 1.38 via breaking the C3v symmetry. This work uncovers the underlying mechanisms governing the abnormal transport behavior in Dirac semimetal BaAgBi and highlights the asymmetric electronic structures as target features to discover/design high-performance thermoelectric materials.Three-dimensional atomic-level models of polymers are the starting points for physics-based simulation studies. A capability to generate reasonable initial structural models is highly desired for this purpose. We have developed a python toolkit, namely, polymer structure predictor (psp), to generate a hierarchy of polymer models, ranging from oligomers to infinite chains to crystals to amorphous models, using a simplified molecular-input line-entry system (SMILES) string of the polymer repeat unit as the primary input. This toolkit allows users to tune several parameters to manage the quality and scale of models and computational cost. The output structures and accompanying force field (GAFF2/OPLS-AA) parameter files can be used for downstream ab initio and molecular dynamics simulations. The psp package includes a Colab notebook where users can go through several examples, building their own models, visualizing them, and downloading them for later use. The psp toolkit, being a first of its kind, will facilitate automation in polymer property prediction and design.
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