Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 231, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.123356
Keywords
BPAF; Antioxidant; Lignin; Zebrafish; Oxidative stress
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In this study, lignin nanoparticles (L-NANO) were prepared through high-pressure homogenization, which resulted in increased functional group contents and improved bioactivity. L-NANO exhibited protective effects on the cardiovascular and neural development of BPAF-induced zebrafish.
The lack of a sufficient amount of functional groups in the lignin structure limits its bioapplication. In this work, high-pressure homogenization was performed on original kraft lignin (L-ORI) to prepare lignin nanoparticles (L -NANO), which aimed to improve its functional group contents for further vascular and neurological applications. The results showed that the prepared L-NANO possessed spherical structures with diameters of 40.3-160.4 nm and increased amount of hydroxyl groups. Compared to L-ORI, L-NANO possessed better in vivo and in vitro antioxidant capacity, which could endow it with enhanced protective effects for the vascular and neural development of bisphenol AF (BPAF)-induced zebrafish. In addition, L-NANO reduced the neurotoxicity and cardiovascular toxicity of BPAF in zebrafish by upregulating the expression levels of oxidative stress-related genes (Cu/Zn-Sod and cat), which could further significantly upregulate the expression levels of neurogenesis genes (elavl3, gap43, mbp, and syn2a) and protect the contraction of the cardinal vein (CCV) and early central nervous system development by upregulating the expression levels of vascular genes (flk1 and flt4). The excellent cardiovascular and neurodevelopmental protective ability of L-NANO indicated that high-pressure homogeni-zation is a promising technology for improving the bioactivity of lignin.
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