In this study, it is shown for the first time that a reduced graphene oxide (rGO) carrier has a 20‐fold higher catalysis rate than graphene oxide in Ag+ reduction. Based on this, a tumor microenvironment‐enabled in situ silver‐based electrochemical oncolytic bioreactor (SEOB) which switched Ag+ prodrugs into in situ therapeutic silver nanoparticles with and above 95% transition rate is constructed to inhibit the growths of various tumors. In this SEOB‐enabled intratumoral nanosynthetic medicine, intratumoral H2O2 and rGO act as the reductant and the catalyst, respectively. Chelation of aptamers to the SEOB‐unlocked prodrugs increases the production of silver nanoparticles in tumor cells, especially in the presence of Vitamin C, which is broken down in tumor cells to supply massive amounts of H2O2. Consequently, apoptosis and pyroptosis are induced to cooperatively contribute to the considerably‐elevated anti‐tumor effects on subcutaneous HepG2 and A549 tumors and orthotopic implanted HepG2 tumors in livers of nude mice. The specific aptamer targeting and intratumoral silver nanoparticle production guarantee excellent biosafety since it fails to elicit tissue damages in monkeys, which greatly increases the clinical translation potential of the SEOB system.
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In article number 2109973, Liping Zhong, Kun Zhang, Yongxiang Zhao, and co‐workers describe how a tumor‐microenvironment‐enabled in situ silver‐based electrochemical oncolytic bioreactor (SEOB) unlocks antitumor Ag+ prodrugs for highly efficient subcutaneous and orthotopic tumor recession via activating production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Reduced graphene oxide (rGO), featuring 20‐fold larger catalysis rate than GO, allows intratumoral H2O2 as reductants to reduce Ag+ into silver nanoparticles especially after uniting with vitamin‐C‐mediated H2O2 production.
Peatlands in Qinghai-Tibetan are degrading with climate change and human activities. Peatland degradation and climate change affect methane emissions. Methanogens are key functional microbes during methane production; however, knowledge of methanogens in degraded peatlands is lacking. Here, we investigated the effects of short-term (1 year) warming (OTC), drought (20%), and their combination on methanogens in the degraded peatlands on the Zoige Plateau of China via qPCR and clone library analysis. The results showed that Methanomicrobiales and Methanobacteriales were predominant in all the treatments. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) and PERMANOVA analyses showed that the methanogenic community structure among the climate change treatments was not significantly different. The relative abundance of methanogen communities showed insignificant variation among the climate change treatments. The copy number and Shannon diversity of methanogens were significantly different within the climate change treatments, and drought significantly decreased the copy number of methanogens when compared to the control. The Redundancy analysis (RDA) results and correlation analysis showed that the environmental variables measured had no significant effect on methanogenic community structure and Shannon diversity. These results indicate that methanogens are insensitive to short-term climate change in degraded peatlands. This study provides insight into methane emissions from the Zoige Plateau peatlands by focusing on the possible responses of the methanogens to climate-driven changes.
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