磷脂水解与胆固醇型胆结石时的可能生成机理

用胆酸盐-磷脂-胆固醇-水体系模拟胆汗的化学行为。在体系中发现,磷脂可 以发生降解形成脂肪酸。而在胆汗中,磷脂在增溶固醇的过程中起到了十分重要的 作用。依此,我们提出磷脂的水解可能与胆固醇型胆结石的生成有密切关系。     

荧光黄素敏化胆固醇的单重态氧反应

本文合成了无长链的荧光黄素, 在不同溶剂中研究了荧光黄素敏化胆固醇的光氧化反应, 实验观察到, 荧光黄素敏化胆固醇在乙腈, 吡啶和苯中光氧化, 形成胆固醇的5或7位过氧化氢和胆甾烯酮, 这些胆固醇氢过氧化基可用三苯基膦将其还原成相应的醇:6-胆甾烯-3β, 5α-二醇, 5-胆甾醇-3β, 7α-二醇, 5-胆甾烯-3β-醇-7酮.     

利用高分子多基元协同效应增强脂质体稳定性的研究

通过合成接枝胆固醇的壳聚糖水溶性高分子，并利用所接枝胆固醇的插膜能力，诱导高分子贴附于脂质体表面，形成高分子-脂质体复合物.研究发现，壳聚糖水溶性高分子可以起到屏蔽膜表面电荷的作用，同时该体系利用高分子链上多位点修饰的疏水基团与磷脂分子之间的疏水作用和高分子多基元之间共价连接的协同效应，增强了脂质体的抗融合及抗表面活性剂能力.该复合策略制备过程简便快捷，在体外实验中已展现出良好的稳定性，在长循环药物递送方面具有潜在的应用.     

DOPC/DPPC单层膜中分子间的相互作用及形态特征

利用Langmuir-Blodgett(LB)技术制备了不同表面压力下的1,2-二油酸-甘油-3-磷脂酰胆碱(DOPC)/1,2-二棕榈酸甘油-3-磷脂酰胆碱(DPPC)(摩尔比为1:1)和DOPC/DPPC/Chol(摩尔比为2:2:1)单层膜, 对单层膜内分子间的相互作用进行了热力学分析, 并用荧光显微镜和原子力显微镜对其形态进行了观测.热力学分析表明, DOPC与DPPC分子在单层膜结构中相互作用为排斥力, 诱导单层膜出现相变; DOPC, DPPC与胆固醇(Chol)间的相互作用均为吸引力, 当表面压力(π)大于18 mN/m时, DPPC与胆固醇的作用力大于DOPC.荧光显微镜观测表明, DOPC/DPPC单层膜出现明显相分离现象, 富含DPPC微区成“花形”结构, 且随着表面压力的升高微区逐渐增大, “花瓣”增多; 当胆固醇加入到DOPC/DPPC体系时, 单层膜相态由液相与凝胶相共存转变为液态无序相与液态有序相共存结构, 富含DPPC的微区形状从“花形”转变成“圆形”.原子力显微镜对单层膜的表征验证了荧光显微镜的观测结果, 表明胆固醇加入到DOPC/DPPC体系中对单层膜排列具有明显的影响, 压力和溶液状态等是影响脂膜结构的重要因素.     

糖脂制剂主要成分半乳糖脑苷脂的1H NMR定量分析

利用^1HNMR谱的定量功能，通过与柱色谱分离所得半乳糖脑苷脂的谱图进行对比，找出了糖脂制剂混合物^1HNMR谱图中半乳糖脑苷脂、磷脂、胆固醇这3类化合物的特征峰化学位移，通过谱峰拟合的方法获得了特征峰面积，从而求出这3类化合物在混合物体系中的摩尔分数，得到令人满意的结果。     

含芳基磷脂酰胆碱类似物的合成

磷胆酰胆碱;磷脂类似物;酰化;含芳基磷脂酰胆碱类似物的合成     

Langmuir-Blodgett膜超分子SM/DOPC/Chol三元脂系的原子力显微镜观察

用原子力显微镜研究了胆固醇(Chol)对鞘磷脂(SM)/1,2-二油酸甘油-3-磷脂酰胆碱(DOPC)二元脂系统结构的影响和神经酰胺对SM/DOPC/Chol三元脂系统结构的影响. 实验发现, 在SM/DOPC二元脂系统中, 胆固醇和带饱和脂肪酸链的磷脂发生相互作用形成微区结构, 随着胆固醇含量的增加, 微区的面积逐渐增大, 形成了稳定的片层结构. 当把神经酰胺加入到等摩尔配比的SM/DOPC/Chol三元脂系统中时, 随着神经酰胺比例的增加, 先形成紧密的聚集态结构, 然后逐渐演变成具有特定微区的网状结构. 研究结果表明, 微区的形成主要是由分子不同的官能团之间的相互作用所决定, 这可能在细胞信号传导等生理活动中起到重要的作用.     

两种卤代甾体肟类化合物的合成(英文)

从胆固醇出发,经卤代反应、布朗反应、琼斯试剂氧化、肟化四步反应,合成了两种卤代甾体肟类化合物:3-氯胆甾-6-肟和3-氟胆甾-6-肟。通过红外光谱和核磁共振谱表征了它们的结构。     

芳基三氟化硫和甾醇的反应

甾醇同芳基三氟化硫反应得构型反转的甾体氟化物.自3α-和3β-胆甾醇分别获得3β-和3α-氟胆甾烷.自胆固醇获得3β-氟Δ⁵-胆甾烯,它系Δ⁵-烯丁基的双键(homoallylic)参与了取代过程而得.各反应副产物均经分离和鉴定:胆甾醇反应后得消除产物Δ²-胆甾烯;胆固醇反应后得消除产物Δ^3,5-胆甾二烯,双分子脱水产物二胆甾烯醚,和四氯化碳参与反应的产物3β-氯Δ⁵-胆甾烯;用对硝基苯基三氟化硫作氟化剂时还得到少量的Δ⁴-胆甾酮-3.同时叙述了溶剂、温度对反应的影响.     

超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法同时测定血清中145种脂类成分的含量

胆固醇、磷脂和脂肪酸代谢在心血管疾病和炎-癌转化的发病中起着重要作用，在生物体液样本中这3条代谢通路脂质成分的理化性质和浓度水平差别很大，同时定量颇具挑战。基于此，以体积比65∶35的甲醇-二氯甲烷混合液为提取溶剂超声提取血清样本后，采用超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法(UHPLC-MS/MS)同时测定3条代谢通路中145种脂类成分的含量。145种脂类成分的测定可在40 min内完成，测定下限为0.03～50.0μg·L^-1。以内标磷脂酰甘油(15:0)[PG(15:0)]、1-十七碳酰-甘油-3-磷酰胆碱[LysoPC(17:0)]、7α-羟基-4-胆固醇-3-酮-D7、¹³C-甘氨胆酸、d₈-花生四烯酸为代表研究对象，评估方法的基质效应、精密度和准确度。结果显示，基质效应因子值为76.7%～115%,说明基质效应较弱。加标回收试验中目标物的回收率为71.3%～110%,测定值的相对标准偏差(n=5)均小于10%。方法用于测定30例健康人和30例乙型肝炎(HBV)患者血清中145种脂类成分的含量，并将筛选后的29种差异代谢物...     

Simultaneous microanalysis of bile acids and cholesterol in bile by glass capillary column gas chromatography

Simultaneous quantitative microanalysis of bile acids and cholesterol was carried out by enzymatic hydrolysis, the formation of the ethyl ester dimethylethylsilyl ether derivatives and subsequent analysis by glass capillary gas chromatography. A complete separation and satisfactory recovery of cholesterol and the five major bile acids commonly occurring in human and hamster bile were obtained. The method is applicable to individual small animal models such as hamster from which only a small amount of bile is available.     

On the Helical Crystals of Cholesterol Monohydrate

We review in this short perspective the history of cholesterol crystals and crystal structures. We address in particular the helical crystals that form in vitro and in pathology from environments rich in bile acids or from phospholipid membranes. We review the known mechanisms leading to crystals with chiral morphology, from screw-dislocation mediated growth to mechanisms involving asymmetric mechanical strain. We propose a mechanism for cholesterol helical crystal development based on the monoclinic cholesterol monohydrate crystal structure. We suggest that curvature arises in few layers thick crystals due to the tension induced between the hydrophobic layer and the ice-like H-bonded lattice of the water molecules with the cholesterol hydroxy groups. Helicity would ensue through a combination of the curvature and the fast growth of a thin ribbon in one crystal direction.     

Investigation of side chain liquid crystal polymers bearing cholesterol and bile acid derivatives

Cholic acid (or 3a,7a,12a-trihydoxyl-5a-cholan-24-oic acid) and lithocholic acid (or 3a-hydroxyl-5a-cholanic-24-oic acid) are commonly occurring bile acids synthesized from cholesterol in the liver in mammals. They all possess a steroid skeleton containing four rings, three with six carbons and one with five carbons. The transformation of cholesterol to cholic acid results in two major structural changes that affect the steroid skeleton. The first is the hydrogenation of the double bond between C5 and C6 and the second is a conformational flip of ring A from the 5a-position to the 5a-position. In addition, one or more hydroxyl groups are added to the steroid skeleton. Outside of the ring system, C24 is converted from a saturated alkyl to a carboxylic acid group.Side chain polymers based on cholesterol moiety have been made as reported in the literature.Since bile acids and cholesterol are all in the family of steroid molecules, it is of interest to investigate whether bile acids may also act as mesogenic groups.Therefore, flexible spacer groups with 10 carbons are introduced between bile acid skeleton and the poymerizable double bonds. The monomers and polymers are compared with cholesterol and dihydrocholesterol monomers and polymers with the same spacers. Dihydrocholesterol is chosen to investigate the influence of the double bond in the formation of LC, given that both cholesterol and dihydrocholesterol have a planar structure but there is no double bond in the latter. These monomers and their corresponding polymers were characterized for their liquid crystalline (LC) properties by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarizing optical microscopy (POM) and X-ray diffraction.It was found that only the compounds bearing the planar cholesterol moieties possess LC phases. It is concluded that the 5a-configuration between the first and second cycles on the steroid skeleton of bile acids does not favor proper alignment of the rigid part of the bile acid moieties. It is interesting to see the effect of a small variation in structure on the properties of the otherwise structurally-similar compounds and the materials made from them.     

Determination of some hydroxycholesterols in human serum samples

The simultaneous determination of some hydroxycholesterols in human serum samples is described. The procedure is based on hydrolysis and extraction of these compounds in serum samples, followed by removal of especially cholesterol (making use of reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography) and derivatization of the purified compounds to their trimethylsilyl ethers and subsequent gas chromatography using flame ionization detection. Serum levels of 7 alpha-hydroxycholesterol, 7 beta-hydroxycholesterol and 26-hydroxycholesterol were determined in several groups of patients: normals, untreated patients suffering from cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis, patients suffering from cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis and treated with either chenodeoxycholic acid or cholic acid in an effective dose, patients suffering from cerebro-hepato-renal syndrome, patients suffering from hypercholesterolemia and treated with cholestyramine for prolonged periods and one patient presumed to be suffering from an inborn error of metabolism in bile acid synthesis. It can be concluded that the 7 alpha-hydroxycholesterol concentration in serum is a good parameter for establishing disorders involving the metabolic conversion of 7 alpha-hydroxycholesterol towards bile acids. In addition, 26-hydroxycholesterol levels in patients suffering from cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis are beyond detectable limits, even during treatment with bile acids in an effective dose, whereas in all other conditions this compound is substantially present.     

含胆汁酸和胆固醇的双亲性聚合物的研究进展

胆固醇和胆汁酸是广泛存在于自然界中的天然物质 ,生物相容性好 ,被广泛地用于高分子的疏水性改性 ,得到的双亲性聚合物 ,在水相中可以自组装或自聚集成纳米粒子。本文综述了含胆固醇或胆汁酸的双亲性聚合物的最新研究进展以及它们在药物载体系统中的应用。     

Mass spectroscopic approach to amino acids formation processes by UV irradiation to simple organic molecules in aqueous solution.

We have studied amino acid formation by UV (193 nm) irradiation to organic molecules (amines, alcohols and amides) in aqueous solution. Among several types of detected amino acids, small aliphatic amino acids (Gly and alpha-, beta-Ala and alpha-, beta-, gamma-ABA) were quantitatively identified. Among these small aliphatic amino acids, certain amino acids were formed in its free form, even before hydrolysis, contrary to the results of UV irradiation to a gas mixture of CO, NH3, and H2O, where amino acids were hardly detected before hydrolysis. The species distribution of identified amino acids showed a dependence on the starting organic molecules, and also on the presence of ammonia. The formation processes of the identified small aliphatic amino acids were investigated with the aid of electrospray ionization (ESI) MS and MS/MS measurements of photoproducts. Possible formation processes of these amino acid precursors from each starting molecules are proposed. By identifying the amino acid precursor, which has a chiral carbon atom, a new possibility is suggested for asymmetric photosynthesis of amino acid from achiral organic molecules.     

新型饱和脂肪酸胆酸缀合物的合成及抗胆结石活性研究

胆结石是常见多发病, 但临床缺乏有效的治疗药物. 饱和脂肪酸与胆酸的缀合物能有效预防胆固醇结晶、溶解体内胆固醇结石. 以胆酸或熊去氧胆酸24位羧基为连接位点, 以氨基酸为连接子, 通过酰胺键将载体与具有溶石活性的饱和脂肪酸偶联, 设计合成了一系列新型脂肪酸胆酸缀合物, 其结构经元素分析, IR, 1H NMR和MS光谱分析确证. 通过测定化合物对模型胆汁溶液胆固醇结晶及模型小鼠胆结石的溶解活性, 研究了其体内外溶石活性.     

Class separation of bile lipids by thin-layer chromatography

A thin-layer chromatography technique is described that permits separation of each class of bile lipid, such as cholesterol, free (unconjugated) bile acids, glycine- and taurine-conjugated bile acids and phospholipids, in a single run. The use of silica gel G-aluminium pre-coated sheets facilitates further processing, such as the extraction in situ of each class of separated bile lipids for determination by conventional methods.     

The use of SEP-PAKTM C18 Cartridges in the Preparation of Bile Acid Methyl Ester Acetates

Abstract

A method is described for the rapid and Quantitative extraction of bile acid derivates by Sep-Pak^TM C₁₈ cartridge. The method is used for the preparation of bile acid methyl ester acetates. The method was validated by determining the efficiency and the recovery of radiolabelled taurine-conjugated and free bile acids and of bile acid containing biological samples, by thin-layer chromatography with zonal scanning after each step and by internal standardization withing the gas-chromatographic analysis. The recovery of bile acids after hydrolysis amounted to 93.7% ± 2.7%, 97.7% ± 3.6% and 100% ± 2.3% for gallbladder bile, serum bile and mixtures of pure bile acids resp. The recovery of cholic acid methyl ester acetate and chenodeoxycholic acid methyl ester acetate after the entire procedure, including hydrolysis Sep-Pak^TM -extraction, methylation, acetylation and again Sep-Pak^TM -extraction, amounted to 85.6% ± 4.6%, 88.4% ± 5.3% and 89.3% ± 3.5% for gallbladder bile acids, serum bile acids and bile acid mixtures resp. It is concluded that Sep-Pak^TM can efficiently be used in the preparation of bile acid methyl ester acetates, thereby avoiding time-consuming and inconsistent extractions.     

Altered metabolism of bile acids in cholestasis: determination of 1 beta- and 6 alpha-hydroxylated metabolites

Trihydroxy and tetrahydroxy bile acid metabolites substituted at the C-1 or C-6 position were studied using the urine, serum and liver tissue from sixteen patients with cholestatic liver diseases. Following extraction, isolation and hydrolysis, bile acids were converted into the dimethylethylsilyl derivatives and assayed by capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Five 1 beta-hydroxylated bile acids, viz. 1 beta,3 alpha,12 alpha-trihydroxy-, 1 beta,3 alpha,7 alpha-trihydroxy-, 1 beta,3 alpha,7 beta-trihydroxy-, 1 beta,3 alpha,7 alpha,12 alpha-tetrahydroxy-5 beta-cholanoic acids and an epimer of the first compound, and two 6 alpha-hydroxylated bile acids, viz. 3 alpha,6 alpha,7 alpha-trihydroxy-, 3 alpha,6 alpha,7 alpha,12 alpha-tetrahydroxy-5 beta-cholanoic acids, were completely or partially identified. Large amounts of 1 beta-hydroxylated and 6 alpha-hydroxylated bile acids were found in the urine, whereas only trace amounts were detected in the serum and liver tissue. These findings indicate that altered metabolism, such as 1 beta- or 6 alpha-hydroxylation of bile acids, is enhanced in cholestasis, and that the resulting hydroxylated metabolites are eliminated in the urine.