等温微量热法在生命科学研究中的应用

简要介绍了等温微量热法的原理、典型的仪器及其在生命科学研究中应用所具有的特点。通过它可获得完整的细胞代谢过程产热曲线及其热动力学方程；可以研究细胞器的代谢规律；可以获取生物大分子与小分子相互作用的热动力学特征。     

药物配体与生物大分子受体相互作用核磁共振的研究进展

药物与生物体内目标大分子之间的相互作用,是决定药物药理活性和代谢稳定性的主要因素。如何快速高效地识别出能与靶分子相互作用且能抑制其体外活性的药物分子,是制药工业普遍关注的问题。核磁共振已经成为研究小分子配体和生物大分子相互作用的一种非常重要的手段。检测小分子配体信号在作用过程中的变化以识别药物分子,是核磁共振进行药物筛选的主要方法之一。本文介绍了近年来这方面的研究进展。     

手性药物与生物大分子相互作用中对映选择性的表征方法研究进展

手性药物在临床上有着重要的影响,已成为人们关注的一个重点问题。本文对手性药物小分子与生物大分子间相互作用中对映选择性分析方法的研究进展作了概述,重点介绍了分子光谱分析法、等温滴定量热法、手性传感器、原子力显微镜、分子对接模拟等方法在手性药物小分子与生物大分子间对映选择性相互作用表征方法中的应用与进展。     

四环素类药物在体内存在状态的研究

研究了四环类药物与金属离子、生物大分子、有机小分子的相互作用，模拟体内环境研究了这些物质对药物的竞争作用，初步证明这些药物分子在体内存在的状态．     

金属在生物和医学中的作用

金属元素在整个生命体系中起着重要的作用。金属离子与核酸、蛋白质等生物大分子的作用以及对神经系统的不正常的影响可以直接或间接地损伤DNA从而引起细胞的变异,进而导致各种疾病;同时我们可以根据这些特性研究金属离子的药物用于各种疾病的诊断和治疗。本文着重介绍了几种重要的金属和无机药物。     

超滤质谱技术在药物小分子与生物靶分子相互作用研究中的应用*

药物小分子与生物体内靶分子之间的相互作用,是药物发挥其药理活性的重要途径之一。因此,高通量地筛选出能够与生物靶分子相互作用且具有生物活性的药物小分子,对于新药开发研究具有重要的理论意义和实际应用价值。超滤质谱技术是超滤装置与质谱技术结合后形成的一种新的分析方法,它能够在液相条件下快速地识别并鉴定出与生物靶分子结合的药物小分子配体。与其它分析方法相比,超滤质谱技术具有快速、灵敏、高通量的特点,因而被广泛应用于研究药物小分子和生物靶分子相互作用。本文综述了超滤质谱技术的原理、特点和实验操作中的一些关键问题。重点介绍了超滤质谱技术在药物小分子与生物靶分子相互作用研究中的应用进展,并对其未来的发展方向进行了展望。     

生物大分子的单分子力谱:在水溶液与非极性溶剂中的对照研究

生物大分子是构成生命的物质基础,在其天然环境——水溶液中一般以精确的超分子结构存在.迄今,人们已经合成了种类繁多的水溶性高分子.然而,鲜有合成高分子能够在水溶液中完成精确的超分子组装.与合成高分子相比,生物大分子是特殊而神奇的.为了研究生物大分子与水的相互作用,近年来作者以单分子力谱为主要的实验方法,开展了生物大分子在水溶液与非极性溶剂中的对照研究.研究表明,在非极性溶剂中,生物大分子的超分子结构失稳,转变为无超分子结构的状态.水是一个重要的开关,调控着生物大分子的超分子结构和功能.作者据此提出了生物大分子的水环境适应性概念和早期化学进化过程中水环境筛选生物大分子的假说,并认为水环境适应性是生物大分子和合成水溶性高分子的分水岭.对水和生物大分子的深入研究,将有望破解生命的更多奥秘.     

小分子与生物大分子间非共价相互作用分析方法研究进展

对小分子与生物大分子间非共价相互作用分析方法的研究进展作了较详细的评述。重点介绍了光谱、电化学、核磁共振、质谱等方法在小分子与生物大分子间相互作用研究中的应用及进展,总结了这些分析方法的优缺点,引用文献56篇。     

我国生物无机化学的发展

叙述了生物无机在我国的发展。着重从金属离子及其配合物与生物大分子的作用、药物中的金属及抗癌活性配合物的作用机理、稀土元素生物无机化学、金属离子与细胞的作用、金属蛋白与金属酶、生物矿化、环境生物无机化学等七个方面综述了我国已取得的进展和成绩。     

单分子荧光共振能量转移用于生物大分子构象动态变化过程研究进展

生物大分子参与生命活动的各个过程,在单分子水平上实时观测和分析生物大分子自身的结构动态以及生物大分子相互作用的动态过程,对于深入理解生物大分子的作用机制具有重要意义。自提出以来,单分子荧光共振能量转移技术逐渐展现出其在研究生物大分子构象变化和相互作用过程等方面的巨大潜力,一系列新的作用机理陆续被提出。本文对单分子荧光共振能量转移技术在蛋白质与核酸分子构象动态变化、蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用以及蛋白质-核酸相互作用等方面取得的研究进展进行了综述。     

High throughput screening technology and the small molecules modulating aging related signals

Aging and its related diseases are severe issues in modern society. Many efforts have been made to understand the mechanisms of aging and to find the ways to prevent age-related diseases. Identifying the compounds targeting aging-related signals is a challenging work because there are so many proteins and signals involved. Recently, alone with the progresses in high throughput screening (HTS) technology, increasing numbers of small molecules targeting aging-related pathologic processes have been identified. In this review, we introduce the basic workflow, classification and assay strategies of HTS technology, and sort out known small molecules identified via HTS technology by their roles in aging related diseases, such as neural degenerative diseases, diabetes and tumors. Given the fact that application of HTS on aging research is still at an early stage, we also summarize the cellular mechanisms about aging process, paralleled with the compounds which can modulate the functions of proteins important for aging signals. Finally, we briefly discuss some advanced HTS technologies for their potent applications on the discovery of anti-aging compounds. The main purpose of this review is to provide updated and useful information to those who are interested in pharmacology and HTS technology, but not familiar with aging biology, or vice versa.     

Toxic Metal Species and ‘Endogenous’ Metalloproteins at the Blood–Organ Interface: Analytical and Bioinorganic Aspects

Globally, human exposure to environmental pollutants causes an estimated 9 million deaths per year and it could also be implicated in the etiology of diseases that do not appear to have a genetic origin. Accordingly, there is a need to gain information about the biomolecular mechanisms that causally link exposure to inorganic environmental pollutants with distinct adverse health effects. Although the analysis of blood plasma and red blood cell (RBC) cytosol can provide important biochemical information about these mechanisms, the inherent complexity of these biological matrices can make this a difficult task. In this perspective, we will examine the use of metalloentities that are present in plasma and RBC cytosol as potential exposure biomarkers to assess human exposure to inorganic pollutants. Our primary objective is to explore the principal bioinorganic processes that contribute to increased or decreased metalloprotein concentrations in plasma and/or RBC cytosol. Furthermore, we will also identify metabolites which can form in the bloodstream and contain essential as well as toxic metals for use as exposure biomarkers. While the latter metal species represent useful biomarkers for short-term exposure, endogenous plasma metalloproteins represent indicators to assess the long-term exposure of an individual to inorganic pollutants. Based on these considerations, the quantification of metalloentities in blood plasma and/or RBC cytosol is identified as a feasible research avenue to better understand the adverse health effects that are associated with chronic exposure of various human populations to inorganic pollutants. Exposure to these pollutants will likely increase as a consequence of technological advances, including the fast-growing applications of metal-based engineering nanomaterials.     

活性天然产物和结构多样性类天然产物的合成

天然产物骨架的复杂性和丰富的官能团化赋予了天然产物类化合物独有的生物学活性,因此天然产物作为药物研究的先导化合物有其无法替代的独特性质,比如紫杉醇、红霉素和利福霉素帮助科学家们理解重要的生物过程。以往化学家对天然产物独有情钟,但仅仅以合成天然产物本身为最终目的。今天,化学家们开始利用传统的合成方法来制备结构多样性的类天然产物化合物。这种利用合成手段制备的小分子化合物在生物学的基础研究和药物研究中将起到关键的作用。     

胆酸盐参与的自组装及微纳米材料制备

胆酸盐类物质可看作是一类阴离子型甾族生物表面活性剂,鉴于其特殊的两亲性骨架结构、独特的物理化学性质及其良好的生物相容性和环境友好性,其在溶液中能够参与超分子自组装形成有序聚集结构,且可以作为模板在微纳材料制备领域有着重要应用。本文结合我们课题组的研究工作,综述了近期国内外相关研究,详细介绍了生物小分子氨基酸对胆酸盐聚集行为的影响、胆酸盐参与形成的超分子凝胶及胆酸盐参与构筑的微纳米材料制备等方面的研究进展,以期对胆酸盐参与的自组装及微纳米材料制备领域的研究有更全面更深入的了解,为后续的应用研究提供坚实的基础。     

非传统晶体生长的早期观察

晶体早期生长的研究揭示,在某些体系中,晶体生长可能并不遵循传统路径.借由某些聚合物或生物分子的帮助,无机晶体的前驱体或纳米晶体在生长初期有可能聚集为无序的大块颗粒.这些聚集体表面晶化形成高结晶度高密度的外壳,随后完成从表面到核心的晶化过程.此逆向晶体生长机理在一些诸如沸石、钙钛矿、金属和金属氧化物等无机化合物体系中均已被发现,在其他材料体系里也将得到验证.认识这一新的晶体生长路径将给予我们更多的自由度来实现晶体形态控制,也有助于我们对于许多天然矿物形成机制的理解.本文简要回顾了最近本领域研究中一些典型逆向晶体生长的例子.     

Dialysis membrane sampler for on-line flow injection analysis/chemiluminescence-detection of peroxynitrite in biological samples

Peroxynitrite, as a derivative of nitric oxide, is a potent oxidant. It reacts with several biological molecules, makes cellular and tissue damages, and is related with many diseases; therefore, it is of major concern in current medical research works. In this work, a special perm-selective cellulose acetate membrane sampler is used to implement flow injection analysis (FIA)/chemiluminscence (CL)-detection method for the detection of peroxynitrite with Luminol CL-reagent. Optimum detection conditions were established, and the permeability of peroxynitrite through cellulose acetate (CA) membrane, as well as the interference from matrix constituents were studied. The proposed method has the high sensitivity of the CL-detection and the selectivity of perm-selective membrane sampler. The obtained detection limit of 1×10⁻¹¹ M (without dialysis membrane) and 1×10⁻¹⁰ M (with dialysis membrane), makes it possible to monitor the elusive peroxynitrite in biological samples. The mechanism of luminol CL-emission generated during oxidation by peroxynitrite and the kinetics of peroxynitrite decomposition were also studied using FIA/CL-detection set-up.     

Aluminium(III) as a promoter of cellular oxidation

Aluminium has been known as a neurotoxic agent to experimental animals since the last century (Arch. Exp. Pharmacol. 40 (1897) 98). However, great interest arose in it bioinorganic chemistry as well biology when it was demonstrated to be the causative agent in pathologies related to the long-term dialysis treatment of uremic subjects with renal failure (Life Chem. 11 (1994) 197), and as a potential etiopathogenic cofactor for several neurodegenerative diseases. The inorganic biochemistry of aluminium is still largely to be discovered. In this review the pro-oxidative property of aluminium toward biological membrane will be presented and its implications in involvement in human pathology will be discussed in an interdisciplinary frame from the bioinorganic point of view.     

Crystal Channel Engineering for Rapid Ion Transport: From Nature to Batteries

Ion transport behaviours through cell membranes are commonly identified in biological systems, which are crucial for sustaining life for organisms. Similarly, ion transport is significant for electrochemical ion storage in rechargeable batteries, which has attracted much attention in recent years. Rapid ion transport can be well achieved by crystal channels engineering, such as creating pores or tailoring interlayer spacing down to the nanometre or even sub-nanometre scale. Furthermore, some functional channels, such as ion selective channels and stimulus-responsive channels, are developed for smart ion storage applications. In this review, the typical ion transport phenomena in the biological systems, including ion channels and pumps, are first introduced, and then ion transport mechanisms in solid and liquid crystals are comprehensively reviewed, particularly for the widely studied porous inorganic/organic hybrid crystals and ultrathin inorganic materials. Subsequently, recent progress on the ion transport properties in electrodes and electrolytes is reviewed for rechargeable batteries. Finally, current challenges in the ion transport behaviours in rechargeable batteries are analysed and some potential research approaches, such as bioinspired ultrafast ion transport structures and membranes, are proposed for future studies. It is expected that this review can give a comprehensive understanding on the ion transport mechanisms within crystals and provide some novel design concepts on promoting electrochemical ion storage capability in rechargeable batteries.     

A wheel-shaped indium-telluride nanocluster [In18Te30(dach)6]6-: its formation and structure

The preparation and crystal structure of a large wheel-shaped indium-telluride compound are reported. The inorganic cluster is decorated with 1,2-diaminocyclohexane molecules that play an important role in the formation of the nanoring. A related new 1D polymeric InTe compound is also presented in order to understand the effect of acidity on the formation of the ring structure.