Comprehensive Summary Fluorescent silk has potential application in many fields such as bioimaging,tissue engineering scaffolds,luminescent marks,and dazzling fabrics.Among the methods to endow natural silk with fluor...Comprehensive Summary Fluorescent silk has potential application in many fields such as bioimaging,tissue engineering scaffolds,luminescent marks,and dazzling fabrics.Among the methods to endow natural silk with fluorescent properties,feeding silkworms with fluorescent additives is facile,low-cost and environment friendly,which has the prospect of large-scale production.In this paper,we reviewed the research progress for this aim in the past ten years,and summarized the unified characteristics for the substances that can enter the silk gland by digestive tract of silkworms.The advantages and disadvantages of various fluorescent materials for this application are compared in detail.And the future research directions are suggested to overcome the shortcomings of the present research.展开更多
Fluorescent polymer dots(Pdots)have the advantages of excellent optical properties,great biocompatibility and high photostability.Herein,we feed ultra-low doses Pdots to silkworms for the first time and aim to prepare...Fluorescent polymer dots(Pdots)have the advantages of excellent optical properties,great biocompatibility and high photostability.Herein,we feed ultra-low doses Pdots to silkworms for the first time and aim to prepare dual-performance modified silks.After Pdots feeding,the fluorescence signal of cocoons and degummed silks increases significantly,which is more stable and more uniform than that of post-treatment silks.Moreover,Pdots hinder the conformation transformation of silk fibroin and improve the mechanical property of twisted silk strand.The highest elongation at break point is 20.75±0.03% and breaking strength is 271.7±3.8 MPa.With excellent fluorescence and mechanical properties,the optimized silks are successfully applied as a scaffold for cell culture and imaging.Furthermore,we investigate the metabolism of Pdots in the silkworms for understanding the behaviours of Pdots in the process of silks synthesis and secretion.展开更多
基金by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21975048,21771039)the Shanghai Science and Technology Committee(19Dz2270100).
文摘Comprehensive Summary Fluorescent silk has potential application in many fields such as bioimaging,tissue engineering scaffolds,luminescent marks,and dazzling fabrics.Among the methods to endow natural silk with fluorescent properties,feeding silkworms with fluorescent additives is facile,low-cost and environment friendly,which has the prospect of large-scale production.In this paper,we reviewed the research progress for this aim in the past ten years,and summarized the unified characteristics for the substances that can enter the silk gland by digestive tract of silkworms.The advantages and disadvantages of various fluorescent materials for this application are compared in detail.And the future research directions are suggested to overcome the shortcomings of the present research.
基金This study was supported by Grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81974273,81671738,81301261 and 21374059)the National Key R&D Program of China(2016YFC1303100)the Shanghai Pujiang Project(13PJ1405000).
文摘Fluorescent polymer dots(Pdots)have the advantages of excellent optical properties,great biocompatibility and high photostability.Herein,we feed ultra-low doses Pdots to silkworms for the first time and aim to prepare dual-performance modified silks.After Pdots feeding,the fluorescence signal of cocoons and degummed silks increases significantly,which is more stable and more uniform than that of post-treatment silks.Moreover,Pdots hinder the conformation transformation of silk fibroin and improve the mechanical property of twisted silk strand.The highest elongation at break point is 20.75±0.03% and breaking strength is 271.7±3.8 MPa.With excellent fluorescence and mechanical properties,the optimized silks are successfully applied as a scaffold for cell culture and imaging.Furthermore,we investigate the metabolism of Pdots in the silkworms for understanding the behaviours of Pdots in the process of silks synthesis and secretion.
