Glucose‐sensing photonic crystals are promising for the significant advance of continuous glucose monitoring systems due to the naked‐eye colorimetric readouts and noninvasive detection of diabetes, but the long response time hampers their practical applications. Here, for the first time probes of photonic nanochains (PNCs) are demonstrated that are capable of continuously and reversibly sensing glucose concentration ([glucose]) variation within seconds by color change without power consumption, much faster by 2–3 orders of magnitude than previous ones. They are comprised of 1D equidistant arrays of magnetic nanoparticles enveloped by tens‐of‐nanometer‐thick phenylboronic acid‐functionalized hydrogels, and fabricated by developing selective concentration polymerization of monomers in binary microheterogeneous solvents of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and H2O. In this process, both 3‐acrylamido phenylboronic acid (AAPBA) and N‐2‐hydroxyethyl acrylamide (HEAAm) are preferentially dissolved in the small volume of free DMSO concentrated in the vicinity of poly vinylpyrrolidone coated Fe3O4 colloidal nanoparticles (Fe3O4@PVP), yielding Fe3O4@PVP@poly(AAPBA‐co‐HEAAm) PNCs after UV irradiation under magnetic field. The PNCs in phosphate buffered solution have a wavelength‐shift range up to 130 nm when [glucose] changes from 0 to 20 × 10−3 m. The results can facilitate real‐time glucose monitoring and provide an alternative to produce functional organic–inorganic nanostructures.

Physical exercise has a neuroprotective effect and is an important treatment after ischemic stroke. Promoting neurogenesis and myelin repair in the penumbra is an important method for the treatment of ischemic stroke. However, the role and potential mechanism of exercise in neurogenesis and myelin repair still needs to be clarified. The goal of the present study was to ascertain the possible effect of treadmill training on the neuroprotective signaling pathway in juvenile rats after ischemic stroke. The model of middle cerebral artery occlusion (McAO) in juvenile rats was established and then the rats were randomly divided into 9 groups. XAV939 (an inhibitor of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway) was used to confirm the effects of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway on exercise-mediated neurogenesis and myelin repair. Neurological deficits were detected by modified neurological severity score, the injury of brain tissue and the morphology of neurons was detected by hematoxylin-eosin staining and Nissl staining, and the infarct volume was detected by 2,3,5-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride staining. The changes in myelin were observed by Luxol fast blue staining. The neuron ultrastructure was observed by transmission electron microscopy. Immunofluorescence and western blots analyzed the molecular mechanisms. The results showed that treadmill exercise improved neurogenesis, enhanced myelin repair, promoted neurological function recovery and reduced infarct volume. These were the results of the upregulation of Wnt3a and nucleus β-catenin, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BdNF) and myelin basic protein (MBP). In addition, XAV939 inhibited treadmill exercise-induced neurogenesis and myelin repair, which was consistent with the downregulation of Wnt3a, nucleus β-catenin, BdNF and MBP expression, and the deterioration of neurological function. In summary, treadmill exercise promotes neurogenesis and myelin repair by upregulating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, to improve the neurological deficit caused by focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion.

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