Limin Zhao

Co ₂ P@CoPi@NC hybrids with well-defined heterointerfaces and carbon networks are fabricated through metal phosphonate pyrolysis. The catalyst achieves superior HzOR activity, enabling hydrogen production for hydrazine-assisted water splitting.

With high specific surface area, tunable framework structures, and outstanding chemical stability, covalent organic frameworks (COFs) can serve as photocatalysts to convert water into H₂O₂ under light irradiation. However, their low electronic transfer rates and narrow optical response range significantly constrain the application of COFs in photocatalysis research. Herein, a compound with an S-scheme heterojunction structure was synthesized by combining Dma-TAPT COFs with polyaniline (PANI) via a solvothermal method. Furthermore, protonated COFs were used to broaden the light absorption range and enhance charge transport. Owing to the synergistic effect, the photocatalytic H₂O₂ production of PANI-Dma-TAPT after protonation increased by 2.58 times (relative to Dma-TAPT). Under acidic conditions (pH 1), the H₂O₂ yield of H-PANI-Dma-TAPT reached 1171.7 μmol·g^-1, which was 3.7 times higher than that of Dma-TAPT. This study offers both practical insights and theoretical understanding into photocatalytic H₂O₂ production.

Background Mutations in the small GTPase protein KRAS drive several cancers, owing to accelerated growth and differentiation phenotypes resulting from altered GDP-GTP exchange and GTP hydrolysis rates. As targeting RAS proteins with traditional drug modalities has proved to be challenging, new therapeutic strategies are needed. Here, we generated and screened TCR-mimic antibody hits targeting the mutant KRAS G12V peptide/HLA complex, as the majority of KRAS mutations occur at this residue.¹ Methods HLA-transgenic RenMice™ were immunized with KRAS G12V/HLA-A0301 or KRAS G12V/HLA-A1101 peptide-MHC (pMHC) complexes. The specificity of antibody hits recovered from the mice, as well as a positive control antibody previously described,² was tested on HLA-A overexpressing cells in the context of various KRAS peptides by flow cytometry. Positive hits were assessed for heavy and light chain germline gene usage and CDR3 length, and K_D values were measured. To assess specificity of the antibodies, binding of two candidate antibody hits to other peptide and/or HLA complexes were tested. Alanine scanning substitutions of the KRAS G12V peptide were also performed to identify the residues critical for TCR-mimic antibody recognition. Killing of HLA-A0301+ cells with KRAS G12V or wildtype KRAS by TCR-mimic antibody candidate 2 conjugated to a CD3-targeting antibody was subsequently measured (by LDH activity) in the context of human T cells. Results We identified TCR-mimic antibodies with specificity for KRAS G12V residues 7–16 complexed with HLA-A0301 or HLA-A1101 by flow cytometry. KRAS G12V/HLA-A1101 and KRAS G12V/HLA-A0301 antibody hits exhibited varying degrees of germline gene diversity and CDR3 length, with the majority of KRAS G12V/HLA-A0301 antibodies exhibiting higher affinity than the positive control. KRAS G12V/HLA-A0301 antibodies specifically bound HLA-A0301 overexpressing cells pulsed with KRAS G12V decamer peptide in a dose-dependent manner, but did not bind KRAS G12C, G12D, WT peptide or unpulsed controls. Furthermore, KRAS G12V/HLA-A0301 antibodies did not bind HLA-A1101 overexpressing cells loaded with KRAS mutant or WT peptides, or HLA-A0301 overexpressing cells loaded with off-target peptide. Alanine substitutions revealed that residue V6 of KRAS G12V was required for antibody binding. Cytotoxicity assays demonstrate specificity of KRAS G12V/HLA-A0301 antibody for KRAS G12V+/HLA-A0301+ cells. Conclusions Using our novel fully human HLA-transgenic RenMice, we have successfully generated and screened TCR-mimic antibodies specific for KRAS G12V/HLA-A0301 pMHC or KRAS G12V/HLA-A1101 pMHC complexes for further preclinical investigation. References Moore AR, Rosenberg SC, McCormick F, et al. RAS-targeted therapies: is the undruggable drugged?. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2020;19:902. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41573–020-0089–1 Douglass J, Hsiue EH, Mog BJ, Hwang MS, DiNapoli SR, Pearlman AH, Miller MS, Wright KM, Azurmendi PA, Wang Q, Paul S, Schaefer A, Skora AD, Molin MD, Konig MF, Liu Q, Watson E, Li Y, Murphy MB, Pardoll DM, Bettegowda C, Papadopoulos N, Gabelli SB, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B, Zhou S. Bispecific antibodies targeting mutant RAS neoantigens. Sci Immunol. 2021 Mar 1;6(57):eabd5515. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abd5515. PMID: 33649101; PMCID: PMC8141259. Ethics Approval All animal studies were reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of Biocytogen Beijing Co., Ltd.

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have received more interest as energy storage devices for their unique topological structure and excellent electrochemical performance. However, the confirmation of active center and the mechanism of charge storage in COFs supercapacitors is still a significant challenge. Here, a series of Tp‐based COFs with different link units have been obtained through Schiff base reaction. All the synthesized COFs exhibited high crystallinity and excellent thermal stability. Based on similar structure, electrochemical analysis and DFT calculation was used to identify the redox active sites. Because of their conjugated structures containing redox‐active triphenylamine groups, the obtained a‐COFs exhibited specific capacitance of 115 F ⋅ g ⁻¹ in 1 M H ₂ SO ₄ at 0.1 A ⋅ g ⁻¹ and retained 70 % capacitive after 1000 cycles. Our findings provide a new routine for designing new COFs electrode materials.

The oxygen defects concentration in P-MnO _x increased and formed a gradient valence structure, which could result in the narrowing of band gap and improve the electrochemical performance of samples for supercapacitor and aqueous ZIBs.

A new luminescent hybrid material with dual-emission centers (Eu@Dye@TpDq hydrogel) based on a covalent organic framework (COF) has been successfully prepared. First, we designed a dye (coumarin) modified COF (TpDq) hybrid fluorescent material (Dye@TpDq), and then the material was formed into a hydrogel film, with an Eu³⁺ ion being introduced as another luminescent center into the material during the cross-linking process. As a dual-emission fluorescent platform, it exhibits a double-response towards different heavy metal ions: a ratiometric identification response to Cu(II), and a turn-off fluorescence response to Cr(VI). This research not only introduces a novel synthesis of Eu³⁺-functionalized double emitting COF-based hydrogels, but also inspires the development of COF-based multifunctional analytical tools.