核酸适配体荧光探针在生化分析和生物成像中的研究进展

核酸适配体是指通过体外筛选技术从核酸文库中筛选出来,能够高特异性、高亲和力识别靶标物的寡核苷酸序列,具有靶标类型广泛、合成简单、相对分子质量小、化学稳定性高、易于进行生物化学修饰等优点。 核酸适配体能够通过折叠成特定的二维或三维构型与靶标物特异性结合,加上合适的信号转导机制,为重要靶标物的研究提供理想的分子识别与分子检测探针。 荧光检测技术具有高灵敏、高分辨率、易于实现多元分析等优点。 将核酸适配体的分子识别特性与荧光优异的光学检测性能相结合,在生命科学研究领域有着广泛的应用空间。 本文主要综述了核酸适配体荧光探针常见的分子设计和信号响应方式,及其在细胞成像、亚细胞成像中的应用研究,并对核酸适配体探针目前面临的一些挑战进行了讨论,最后对其未来的发展方向进行了展望。     

核酸功能化金纳米探针在活细胞荧光成像方面的应用

荧光标记的核酸功能化金纳米探针结合了纳米材料与核酸技术的优势,具有增强的稳定性、良好的生物相容性、独特的光学性质及精确的可编程性,开辟了活细胞传感的新纪元.信号放大型的核酸功能化金纳米探针在原位检测含量较低但功能强大的RNA、蛋白质等生物标志物方面尤其表现出明显的优势.本文从活细胞成像分析的角度,重点介绍了荧光标记的核酸功能化金纳米探针的性质、设计原理及应用进展.     

基于DNA纳米结构的传感界面调控及生物检测应用

生物传感技术在环境、安全和医学诊断等应用中具有重要意义。如何精确调控自组装界面上生物识别探针与界面的相互作用来提高生物传感的性能则是其中的关键问题。常规界面组装过程中,DNA等生物分子往往在界面形成非均一的自组装层,分子结合能量壁垒高,识别效率低。我们通过构建有序DNA纳米结构,发展了纳米尺度精确调控界面性质的方法。通过在界面上形成以熵驱动主导的均匀自组装层,增加探针分子间的有效距离,并通过精确调控界面上DNA纳米结构的尺寸,显著提高界面DNA杂交效率与速率。我们在DNA四面体上修饰不同的生物识别分子(DNA、抗体、核酸适配体等),可构建通用检测平台,实现对核酸、蛋白、小分子及细胞的高灵敏检测,并且在复杂样本中同样保持了优异的检测性能。在此基础上,我们将四面体三维结构探针应用于细胞内以及活体检测,研究了DNA四面体在细胞内的运输途径及靶向定位方式,并实现对细胞内ATP分布的传感成像及小鼠体内肿瘤组织的靶向成像,有望发展活体生物传感的新探针。     

基于纳米粒子的光学细胞传感器在癌细胞研究中的应用

作为一种极为灵敏、快速的新型生物检测技术,光学细胞传感器在生物医学领域的研究应用备受关注,成为当今生物分析化学领域的研究前沿和热点.它是以细胞作为传感元件来研究信号识别、传导和指示的过程,在毒性物质、病原体等外界条件作用下,研究细胞中活性分子及其生理条件的变化,通过光学信号的变化定量分析细胞膜表面分子、胞内酶分子及微环...     

单个量子点的光学性质与应用

量子点(QDs)是一种具有诸多优良光学特性的荧光纳米颗粒,已在化学分析、生物传感、分子影像等领域得到了广泛应用.单个量子点的光学性质研究有望发现一些宏观方法不能发现的实验现象,可以为改善其光学性能提供思路,有助于更好的应用于各领域.本文评述了单个量子点的检测与判定方法,单个量子点的荧光增强、漂白、眨眼(blinking)、蓝移等光学性质及其在单分子示踪、生物化学传感、超分辨定位技术等方面的应用.总结了目前量子点作为荧光探针在实际应用中遇到的问题,并提出未来量子点将朝着合成能同时满足尺寸小、量子产率高、 "non-blinking"、蓝移幅度大、无生物毒性的量子点及能同时为成像/检测提供荧光探针与散射探针的等离子体量子点等研究方向发展.     

基于功能核酸的细胞荧光成像

细胞是生物体基本的结构和功能单元,对活细胞中特定生物组分进行动态分析,将为相关生命活动过程的研究提供重要信息。荧光成像为细胞分析提供了一种操作简单、灵敏度高、可实时监测细胞微观动态分子过程的光学生物成像技术。发展高性能的荧光探针用于活细胞成像已成为研究热点。功能核酸是一类具有特殊化学和生物学功能的寡核苷酸分子,除了天然存在的核酶(Ribozyme)和核糖开关(Riboswitch)之外,还包括通过指数富集的配体系统进化技术(SELEX)筛选获得的核酸适体和脱氧核酶(DNAzyme)。功能核酸由于具有合成简单、免疫原性低、相对分子质量小、化学稳定性高、易于修饰等优点,在生物成像领域受到广泛关注。本文主要综述了基于功能核酸的荧光探针在细胞成像领域中的应用研究,总结了该领域面临的挑战,并对其未来发展方向进行了展望。     

基于微流控热泳的生物传感技术※

复杂生命体系中关键分子及微纳生物粒子的高灵敏、高特异检测, 对理解多层次多尺度生物学过程、阐明疾病发生发展机制和探索新型生物标志物等具有重要意义. 微流控生物传感器整合了微流控技术和生物传感技术的诸多优势, 在微量生物样本精准测量方面取得了显著进展. 近年来, 微流控热泳生物传感技术(Thermomicrofluidic biosensing)利用物质在局域温度梯度场中的热泳定向迁移现象, 并结合均相生物传感及信号放大新策略, 实现了复杂样本中生物分子及微纳生物粒子的快速、高灵敏、原位检测. 重点阐述了以热泳为核心的微流控传感技术, 包括微量热泳、热泳-对流耦合、热泳-扩散泳耦合以及热泳-电泳耦合等方法, 总结了不同传感方法的原理、特点及其在生物分子(蛋白、核酸等)与微纳生物粒子(细胞外囊泡、病毒、细胞等)检测中的应用, 并探讨了微流控热泳技术在生物医学检测领域中面临的挑战与未来发展方向.     

基于SERS探针技术的细胞识别、成像与诊疗

表面增强拉曼散射(surface-enhanced Raman scattering, SERS),是指吸附在粗糙的金属纳米结构表面的被分析物,在光照射下其拉曼光谱获得显著增强的异常表面光学现象。近年来,SERS技术已广泛地用于物质检测和生物传感等研究,在生物医学领域表现出巨大的应用潜力并取得了令人瞩目的研究成果。本文回顾了SERS探针技术在细胞识别、成像与诊疗等方面的应用及最新研究进展,重点介绍了SERS细胞探针的构建方法与原理,以及基于SERS探针的细胞检测应用策略,并讨论了SERS探针技术在细胞检测中仍有待解决的关键问题。     

液晶生物传感及其在微流控细胞分析中的应用

液晶(LC)生物传感器是基于LC对界面性质变化的高灵敏响应及其固有的光学各向异性发展起来的一种技术,在生物样品的检测分析方面展现出了非凡的应用价值。通过修饰刺激响应性分子,LC界面可以灵敏地响应待测生物分析物的存在,并诱导界面LC分子发生取向改变,而界面上LC分子的短程相互作用引起LC相本体分子的取向改变,在偏光显微镜(POM)下可见LC显示出不同的光学织构。因此,LC传感器无需对待测物进行标记,凭借其简单的光学检测仪器,容易将分子事件转化为可视化光学信号输出,具有简单、灵敏、高效、快速、廉价等优点,在生物检测分析领域得到了广泛应用。该文综述了近年来液晶生物传感器在检测分析生物小分子、生物大分子以及生物有机体等方面的研究进展,特别提到了液晶生物传感器引入微流控芯片用于细胞分析的新兴领域的发展与挑战。目前,液晶生物传感已经成功地应用于界面现象复杂多样的细胞分析,未来就其在模拟细胞微环境下的传感设计和适用性还需进行更加深入的研究。     

适配体探针传感技术进展

适配体是通过指数富集配基的系统进化技术体外筛选得到的一组能与靶分子高亲和、高特异性结合的寡核苷酸序列（单链DNA或RNA）。作为一类新型的功能分子,适配体己在生命科学、化学等领域获得愈来愈多的应用。以不同类型的示踪分子标记适配体后,该类适配体探针可以直观地将适配体与靶分子的特异性识别转化为灵敏的示踪信号,从而为金属离子、有机小分子、核酸和蛋白质等大分子乃至细胞等的检测提供一种灵敏、特异的新型模式。本文阐述适配体探针在多种传感技术方面中的应用,并着重介绍适配体探针荧光传感技术的最新发展。     

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%.     

Synthesis of 1-benzyloxypyrazin-2(1H)-one derivatives

Different approaches for the synthesis of 1-benzyloxypyrazin-2(1H)-one derivatives from simple amino acids have been investigated. A library of 33 precursors for the preparation of N-hydroxy pyrazinones was obtained in moderate to good yields.     

A general and convenient synthesis of 4-(tosylmethyl)semicarbazones and their use in amidoalkylation of hydrogen,heteroatom, and carbon nucleophiles

A general synthesis of previously unknown semicarbazone-based α-amidoalkylating reagents, 4-(tosylmethyl)semicarbazones, has been developed. The synthesis involved three-component condensation of semicarbazones of aliphatic or aromatic aldehydes with the same or other aldehydes and p-toluenesulfinic acid. The scope and limitations of this reaction were investigated. The compounds obtained were demonstrated to be an efficient α-(4-semicarbazono)alkylating agents. They were reacted with H- (sodium borohydride), O- (sodium methylate), S- (sodium phenylthiolate), N- (pyrrolidine, sodium succinimide), P- (trialkyl phosphites), and C-nucleophiles (sodium diethyl malonate) to give the corresponding products of the tosyl group substitution, 4-substituted semicarbazones, including analogues of nitrofurazone. Among the prepared compounds tested in vitro for antibacterial and antifungal activity, three nitrofuryl-containing semicarbazones exhibited high biological activities with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of 8–32 μg/mL.     

Synthesis of novel chiral bidentate hydroxyalkyl-N-heterocyclic carbene ligands and their application in palladium-catalyzed Mizoroki–Heck couplings and asymmetric addition of diethylzinc to benzaldehyde

A small library of new chiral bidentate hydroxyalkyl-imidazolium salts 1 is conveniently synthesized on multi-gram scale from inexpensive and commercially available chiral pool amino acids. The corresponding carbenes, generated by deprotonation of imidazolium salts 1, in combination with palladium(II) chloride were tested in the Mizoroki–Heck coupling reaction. The most significant results in terms of yields and reactivities were achieved with low catalyst loading. The catalytic activities of these imidazolium salts were also investigated in the asymmetric addition of diethylzinc to benzaldehyde. The use of MgO nanoparticles as an additive in conjunction with these ligands played a crucial role in increasing the efficiency of these reactions.     

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.     

Microwave-assisted copper-catalyzed stereoselective ring expansion of three-membered heterocycles with α-diazo-β-dicarbonyl compounds

Microwave-assisted copper-catalyzed ring expansions of three-membered heterocycles with α-diazo-β-dicarbonyl compounds were investigated. Thiiranes generated 3-acyl-5,6-dihydro-1,4-oxathiines in the presence of copper sulfate and trans-3-acyl-5,6-dihydro-1,4-oxathiines as stereospecific products for 1,2-disubstituted cis-thiiranes through an intramolecular S_N2 process. Oxiranes gave rise to 2-acyl-5,6-dihydro-1,4-dioxines under the catalysis of copper hexafluoroacetylacetonate and cis-3-acyl-5,6-dihydro-1,4-dioxines as stereospecific products for 1,2-disubstituted cis-oxiranes via an intimate ion-pair mechanism. The current method provides a direct and simple strategy in efficient preparation of 3-acyl-5,6-dihydro-1,4-oxathiines and 2-acyl-5,6-dihydro-1,4-dioxines, important agents in medicinal and agricultural chemistry, from readily available thiiranes and oxiranes, respectively.     

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.     

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%).