计算机辅助筛选酪氨酸激酶相关蛋白TRP-2 CTL模拟表位

运用多项式方案、量化基序方案等经典的CTL表位筛选方案, 初步筛选了酪氨酸激酶相关蛋白TRP-2 CTL表位TRP-2_180～188 (SVYDFFVWL)的模拟表位, 以通过表位改造提高其与HLA-A2.1分子结合的能力, 从而提高其免疫原性. 根据打分结果, 合成了4个得分较高的九肽序列, 亲和力实验结果表明所筛选的4个序列较原序列均有较高的亲和力, 但对2位的单突变结果较1和2位双突变结果理想, 进一步运用分子模拟方法对4个序列与HLA-A2.1分子间的相互作用进行了分子模拟分析, 分子模拟结果较好地解释了上述实验现象, 从而为进一步的结构改造提供了理论依据. 本研究提供了一个合理高效的模拟表位筛选方法.     

抗原肽与MHC分子相互作用的QSAR模型研究

分别采用氨基酸序列及氨基酸结构描述符方法定量研究了短肽-MHC(major histocompatibility complex)分子结合亲合力的定量构效关系(QSAR)模型, 用这两个模型对短肽与HLA-A*0201分子结合的805个预测样本进行了预测, 预测准确度分别达到66.8%和65.5%. 采用了去除“劣点”方法检验模型的鲁棒性, 结果证明两个模型都具有良好的鲁棒性. 通过改变两个模型的参数, 对氨基酸残基个数为8或10的CTL(cytotoxicy T lymphocyte)表位进行预测.     

HLA-A*0201限制性CTL表位肽的三维定量构效关系的研究

运用比较分子力场(CoMFA)和比较分子相似性指数分析(CoMFA)方法研究了50个HLA-A^*0201限制性CTL表位九肽结构与亲和性间的关系,另外15个表位九肽作为预测集用于检验模型的预测能力.结果表明采用CoMSIA得到的构效关系模型(q^2=0.628,r^2=0.997,F=840.419)要明显优于采用CoMFA得到的构效关系模型.在CoMSIA计算中,当引入疏水场时,三维构效关系模型得到明显改善,通过该三维构效关系模型,可较精确地估算预测集中15个CTL表位肽与HLA-A^*0201间的亲和力(r^2pred=0.743).通过分析分子场等值面图在空间的分布,可以观察到表位肽分子周围的立体及疏水特征对表位肽与HLA-A^*0201间结合亲和力的影响,从而为进一步对CTL表位肽进行结构改造并基于此进行治疗性疫苗分子设计提供理论基础.     

基于高维特征非线性筛选的HLA-A*0201限制性CTL表位预测

高活性细胞毒T细胞(CTL)表位鉴定是设计肿瘤疫苗的关键内容.采用天然氨基酸的531个物理化学性质参数表征HLA-A^*0201限制性表位9肽, 从531×9个初始描述子出发, 经二元矩阵重排过滤器粗筛和多轮末尾淘汰精细筛选, 获得18个物理化学意义明确的保留描述子. 18个保留描述子主要涉及除1位、5位外各位置残基的疏水性和空间结构特征, 3位残基疏水性对活性影响最大, 且2位、4位、9位残基共占10个保留描述子,支持2位和9位残基为锚点、3位为关键位点以及4位残基为标志链的现有认知. 对18个保留描述子以支持向量回归构建定量序效模型,其拟合、留一法交叉验证决定系数R²、Q_cv²分别为0.957、0.708; 独立预测决定系数及均方根误差Q_ext² 、RMSE_ext分别为0.818、0.366, 明显优于文献报道. 通过对全组合虚拟9肽的预测, 得到了多条预测活性高于已知表位肽的9肽, 可供实验验证. 较全面阐明了特定位置残基对多肽亲和性的影响规律, 为高活性多肽疫苗分子设计提供了切实指导.     

HLA-A*0201限制性CTL表位定量结构与活性研究

采用VHSE氨基酸结构描述子表征HLA-A*0201限制性表位结构, 以遗传算法和偏最小二乘相结合(GA-PLS)对102个训练集进行定量构效关系建模. 剔除3个异常样本后, 据候选模型交互检验及50个外部测试集预测结果, 筛选得到最优偏最小二乘模型(A＝2), 其R², Q²和 分别为0.755, 0.621和0.680. 构效研究显示: CTL表位活性主要与1, 2, 7, 8, 9位氨基酸残基疏水、1, 2位立体及6位残基电性等性质密切相关.     

一种新的氨基酸描述符及其在肽QSAR中的应用

从20种天然氨基酸的41个randic molecular profiles非零描述符、44个eigenvalue based indices非零描述符和47个walk and path counts非零描述符分别进行主成分分析,得出一种新的氨基酸描述符-SVREW。将其应用于血管紧张素转化酶(ACE)抑制二肽和ACE抑制三肽、苦味二肽和苦味四肽、后叶催产素类似物、HLA-A*0201限制性CTL表位肽的结构表征,应用多元线性回归(MLR)建立定量构效关系模型,同时采用内部与外部双重验证的方法验证模型的稳定性。所建ACE抑制二肽、ACE抑制三肽、苦味二肽、苦味四肽、后叶催产素类似物、HLA-A*0201限制性CTL表位肽的模型复相关系数(R2cum)分别为0.994,0.797,0.948,0.878,0.686,0.720;留一法交互校验复相关系数(R2cv)分别为0.955,0.859,0.879,0.958,0.796,0.843;外部样本校验相关系数(Q2ext)分别为0.990,0.954,0.890,0.950,0.748,0.773。经研究表明SVREW描述符用于肽分子结构表征所建模型的稳定性与预测能力均较好,有望成为多肽定量构效关系研究中一种有效的结构表征方法,可对新药物的发现和研究提供指导。     

基于定量序效模型的计算机辅助虚拟疫苗库设计

给出了基于定量序效模型(QSAM)的计算机辅助虚拟疫苗库设计方案, 并以此为基础成功组建了一个合理规模的HLA-A*0201限制性CTL表位库, 其实现流程如下: (1)从天然氨基酸516种理化性质经主成分分析(PCA)得到一种新的氨基酸描述子: 氨基酸综合性质得分(SP-score); (2)基于SP-score结合遗传-偏最小二乘(GA-PLS)技术建立QSAM模型; (3)利用QSAM模型作为评价工具采用遗传算法(GA)优化CTL表位种群; (4)统计优秀种群中20种氨基酸分别在抗原肽序列不同位置出现频率f; (5)保留f＞F (F为平均出现概率, 对于任意氨基酸为1/20)的氨基酸作为该位置的有利残基类型参与虚拟组合库的构建.     

胰酶的小肽类抑制剂的研究

利用噬菌体表面展示15肽库技术对胰酶抑制剂进行了3轮特异性的筛选.从中得到18个不同的肽序列,与胰酶天然抑制剂活性部位比较,对抑制剂的活性序列进行了分析.根据分析结果合成了1个9肽,其抑制常数为89±10μmol/L.     

溶剂诱导固相合成MAGE-2表位多肽异构的LC-MS研究

近年来随着黑色素瘤特异性免疫治疗研究的不断深入,其肿瘤特异性抗原的发现及其细胞毒性T细胞(CTL)表位的预测及鉴定成为特异性免疫治疗及其多肽疫苗研制的重要前提.预测黑色素瘤抗原基因-2(MAGE-2)的HLA-A2限制性CTL表位的方法也日显成熟,预测出的表位其组成通常为10个氨基酸左右的多肽,随后进行固相合成.因不同氨基酸活化方式及偶联效率的差异,通常对合成的表位多肽进行梯度反相高压液相色谱(RP-HPLC-UV)分析制备,以确保下一步细胞功能性研究即细胞杀伤验证的特异性;MAGE-2众多表位多肽都表现较强的疏水性,虽然分析制备前可供疏水肽选择的有机溶剂系统较多,乙醇及甲醇溶剂系统可能最具代表性.当用乙醇或甲醇溶解众多MAGE-2疏水性表位多肽样品后进行色谱分析时发现,合成的MAGE-2表位多肽的RP-HPLC分析时,214 nm峰面积积分百分比都偏小,显示其合成时氨基酸偶联率较低,由此色谱分析结果推出的合成的低偶联率与理论上单个氨基酸99.5%的平均偶联率差距太大;随后的表位氨基酸组成分析也未发现有诸如半胱氨酸等可能导致折叠异构的氨基酸存在;如何消除这一困惑?正基于此,本实验随机选用了固相合成MAGE-2表位(161-169),通过不同溶剂处理后,在LC-MS技术平台上对其反相行为作了初步的研究.     

抗原肽与MHC分子相互作用QM/MM分子动力学模拟研究

在MHC I类(major histocompatibility complex class I)分子抗原加工提呈过程中抗原蛋白在抗原提呈细胞(antigen-presenting cells, APC)的胞浆中被蛋白酶体(proteasome)裂解成短肽peptide, 由转运相关蛋白(transporter associated with antigen processing, TAP)将蛋白酶体裂解产生的短肽片段从胞浆转运至内质网腔. 短肽peptide在内质网中与新生成的MHC I类分子结合, 形成peptide-MHC复合体被提呈到APC细胞表面, 与T细胞表面抗原受体(T cell receptor, TCR)特异性识别结合, 使得CTL细胞开始活化、增殖、分化, 进而对肿瘤细胞进行特异性杀伤. 目前对CTL细胞如何识别抗原肽-MHC复合物分子及抗原短肽peptide如何与主要组织相容性复合体MHC分子的相互作用识别结合的机理还不是很清楚. 传统的预测CTL细胞表位的方法没有考虑受体与配体结合过程中电子结构的变化, 电子结构的变化需要用量子力学方法来处理. 本文采用QM/MM多尺度生物大分子的分子动力学模拟方法, 以天然抗原肽TAX (LLFGYPVYVYU)与HLA-A*0201分子结合的晶体结构为模板, 替换抗原肽“锚点”氨基酸, 将口袋氨基酸残基的原子极化电荷在空间形成的静电势用电多极矩分量表示. 用箱线图分析每个口袋氨基酸分子静电势变化和功能, 确定Pocket B的Glu63和Lys66的功能是精细识别氨基酸和一级结合氨基酸, Pocket F的Asp77, Tyr84的功能是精细识别氨基酸, 而Asp77, Lys146是一级结合氨基酸, 表明QM/MM方法在提取抗原肽与MHC I类分子识别结合特异性信息是可行的, 这对了解免疫识别机理和指导肿瘤疫苗的开发都具有指导意义.     

二氧化碳和丙烯直接合成甲基丙烯酸的NiPMo/TiO2催化剂的研究

用溶胶-凝胶法以磷钼酸(MPA)的镍盐溶液水解钛酸四丁酯制备了NiPMo/TiO2催化剂.使用ICP、 XRD、 TG-DTA、 IR、 TPD-MS和微反应技术研究了催化剂的化学组成、热稳定性、化学吸附性质和催化反应性能.杂多钼酸盐与TiO2通过O2-在TiO2表面发生了键合.在623 K下,杂多阴离子仍保持原有的Keggin结构.CO2在Lewis酸位Ni(Ⅱ)和Lewis碱位Ni-O-Mo的桥氧协同作用下生成CO2卧式吸附态Ni(Ⅱ)←O-(CO)←(O--Ni).丙烯有多种吸附态在催化剂上吸附.在563 K、 1 MPa和空速1500 h-1的反应条件下,丙烯的摩尔转化率为3.2%,产物MAA选择性为95%.     

Toward new camptothecins. Part 6: Synthesis of crucial ketones and their use in Friedländer reaction

In the context of the preparation of camptothecin and luotonin A analogs, the synthesis of some key keto-precursors and their use in Friedländer condensation are described. This paper also focuses on the stability of these keto intermediates and emphasizes the major differences between indolizinones and pyrroloquinazolinones series. Noteworthy is also the report of some original structures isolated as by-products of some experiments.     

α-Amino acid derived enaminones and their application in the synthesis of N-protected methyl 5-substituted-4-hydroxypyrrole-3-carboxylates and other heterocycles

A new and simple synthesis of novel N-protected methyl 5-substituted-4-hydroxypyrrole-3-carboxylates, which exist in equilibrium with their 4-oxo tautomers, has been developed in two steps starting from N-protected α-amino acids. The key intermediates are enaminones, which can also be isolated, characterized, and used for the construction of other functionalized heterocycles, before they spontaneously decompose to pyrrole products. 4-Hydroxypyrroles are prone to partial aerial oxidation but can be efficiently alkylated or reduced to stable polysubstituted pyrrolidine derivatives.     

Specific intramolecular aromatic CH insertion of diazosulfonamides

The chemoselectivity in the intramolecular CH insertion of various diazosulfonamides has been experimentally studied. The results reveal that the aliphatic 1,4-, 1,5-, or 1,6-C(sp³)?H insertions of diazosulfonamides are not accessible, while the aromatic 1,5-C(sp²)?H insertion can be realized specifically by adjusting the diazo-adjacent group. In addition, the general chemoselectivities in the intramolecular CH insertions of diazosulfonyl compounds are summarized. Generally, diazosulfones undergo both aromatic 1,5-C(sp²)?H and aliphatic 1,5- and 1,6-C(sp³)?H insertions, while diazosulfonates undergo aliphatic 1,5- and 1,6-C(sp³)?H insertions. However, diazosulfonamides only undergo aromatic 1,5-C(sp²)?H insertion.     

CoFe2O4自形成磁性液体场致结构化对磁化的影响

The Langevin paramagnetic theory can’t describe the relation between magnetization of ferrofluids and applied magnetic field. The structuralization of ferrofluids, which is considered the main influence factor of the magnetization, is regarded. The part of magnetization works is deposited when the structure is forming. This action influences the magnetization of ferrofluids directly or indirectly. On the base of the “compressing” model, the Langevin function that usually describes the magnetization of ferrofluid is modified, and a well-fitted curve is obtained. An equation of the relation between the equivalent volume fraction after being “compressed” and the intensity of magnetic field is discovered, which approximately describes the process of magnetization. The relation between the approximate initial susceptibility and the volume fraction can be obtained from modified formula.     

KMnO4-mediated oxidative CN bond cleavage of tertiary amines: Synthesis of amides and sulfonamides

KMnO₄-mediated oxidative CN bond cleavage of tertiary amines producing secondary amine was introduced, which was trapped by electrophiles (acyl chloride and sulfonyl chloride) to form amides and sulfonamides. The reaction could take place at mild condition, tolerating a wide range of function groups and affording products in moderate to excellent yields.     

Highly regioselective Buchwald–Hartwig amination at C-2 of 2,4-dichloropyridine enabling a novel approach to 2,4-bisanilinopyridine (BAPyd) libraries

The highly regioselective Buchwald–Hartwig amination at C-2 of the cheap and readily accessible reagent, 2,4-dichloropyridine with a range of anilines and heterocyclic amines is described. This new methodology is robust and provides a facile access to 4-chloro-N-phenylpyridin-2-amines on 0.25 mol scale. These intermediates undergo a further Buchwald–Hartwig amination at higher temperature to enable rapid exploration of the chemical space at C-4 and to provide a library of 2,4-bisaminopyridines.     

Chemistry of heterocyclic compounds at the A. E. Favorsky Irkutsk Institute of Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, over 50 years (Review)

The review contains a concise historical account and information on the most significant researches undertaken by the staff at the A. E. Favorsky Irkutsk Institute of Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds. Dedicated to Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences B. A. Trofimov on his 70th jubilee. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 10, pp. 1443–1502, October, 2008.     

N-Heterocyclic carbene-palladacyclic complexes: synthesis,characterization and their applications in the C-N coupling and α-arylation of ketones using aryl chlorides

N-Heterocyclic carbene-palladacyclic complexes 3 were successfully achieved in a one-pot procedure under mild conditions. The structure of 3a was unambiguously confirmed by X-ray single crystal diffraction and it was an active catalyst in the Buchwald-Hartwig amination and α-arylation of ketones even at very low catalyst loadings (0.01?mol%).     

Iodine-mediated oxidative Pictet-Spengler reaction using terminal alkyne as the 2-oxoaldehyde surrogate for the synthesis of 1-aroyl-β-carbolines and fused-nitrogen heterocycles

An efficient iodine-mediated oxidative Pictet-Spengler reaction in dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) using terminal alkynes as the 2-oxoaldehyde surrogate for the synthesis of aryl (9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-1-yl)methanones is described. The scope of the protocol includes the total synthesis of Fascaplysin, Eudistomins Y₁ and Y₂. The methodology is extended for preparing pyrrolo[1,2-a]-quinoxaline and indolo[1,5-a]quinoxaline derivatives. The utility of 1-aroyl-β-carbolines was demonstrated by performing palladium-catalyzed β-carboline directed ortho-C(sp2)-H functionalization of the phenyl ring with thiomethyl (SMe) group using DMSO as source and for accessing 4-aryl-canthin-6-ones.