苯氨基磺酸衍生物作为HPTPβ抑制剂的Topomer CoMFA研究及分子对接

采用Topomer CoMFA方法对27个苯氨基磺酸衍生物进行了三维定量构效关系研究。得到了3D-QSAR模型，其交互验证系数q2为0.713，非交叉相关系数r2为0.995，主成分数N为6，标准估计误差SEE为0.183。结果表明该模型有较好的预测能力。采用Topomer Search技术在ZINC数据库中进行R基的筛选，并设计了5个新分子，最后用分子对接技术研究了新分子与苯氨基磺酸衍生物大分子蛋白的作用模式，从结果中可以看到，新分子与苯氨基磺酸衍生物蛋白的A/ARG220、A/ARG63和A/ASN115位点作用显著.     

4-羟氨基-α-吡喃酮甲酰胺类似物的3D-QSAR及分子对接研究

采用Topomer CoMFA方法对42个4-羟氨基-α-吡喃酮甲酰胺类似物进行三维定量构效关系(3D-QSAR)分析.所得最优模型的拟合、交互验证、及外部验证的复相关系数分别为0.926、0.638、0.923,结果表明该模型具有良好的稳定性和预测能力.采用Topomer Search技术在ZINK数据库中进行虚拟筛选,筛选出2个R1基团和16个R2基团,进而设计出32个具有更高活性的新型4-羟氨基-α-吡喃酮甲酰胺类化合物.采用分子对接技术对药物与受体的作用机制进行了研究,结果显示,药物与蛋白酶的ARG47、ILE368和GLY201位点作用明显,该QSAR的研究结果可为新药合成提供理论参考.     

基于Topomer CoMFA方法对芳基硫代吲哚衍生物的分子建模与设计

采用Topomer CoMFA方法对30个芳基硫代吲哚衍生物进行三维定量关系研究,建立了3D-QSAR模型,所得模型的交叉验证相关系数q~2,非交叉验证相关系数r~2,外部验证的复相关系数Q_(ext)~2分别为0.562,0.878,0.985,结果表明该模型具有较好的稳定性和预测能力.Topomer CoMFA模型等势面提供的立体场与静电场可视化图像,直观的揭示了这一系列化合物中不同取代基结构对其生物活性的影响,运用这些信息进行分子设计,在理论上获得了5个具有较高活性的新化合物,该QSAR的实验结果可为合成新药提供理论参考.     

HIV-1整合酶抑制剂的3D-QSAR研究

采用Topomer CoMFA方法对26个香豆素衍生物进行三维定量构效关系研究,建立了3D-QSAR模型,所得优化模型的非交叉相关系数、交互验证系数以及外部验证的复相关系数分别为0.973,0.666和0.960,结果表明该模型具有良好的稳定性和预测能力.运用这些信息进行分子对接,在理论上验证所构建的模型具有较高的可信性.此外,QSAR的研究结果可为新药合成提供理论参考.     

tBid蛋白引发磷脂膜透化过程的研究

Bid蛋白是仅有BH3结构域的Bcl-2家族蛋白,在溶酶体膜透化以及线粒体外膜透化引发的细胞凋亡过程中起着非常重要的调控作用,但是Bid蛋白与生物膜之间的相互作用导致脂膜透化的确切机制尚不十分清楚.本文利用激光扫描共聚焦显微成像技术及基于氧化石墨烯表面诱导荧光衰逝的单分子荧光技术,分别从单囊泡及单分子水平对tBid蛋白与磷脂膜之间的相互作用进行了系统的研究.结果表明,tBid蛋白在膜上聚集后可引起脂膜的透化,且脂膜透化的发生源于聚集体中一些tBid蛋白更深入地插入了脂膜中.     

基于Topomer CoMFA的苯磺酰基亚胺噻唑衍生物的三维定量构效关系研究和分子设计

采用Topomer CoMFA方法对21个苯磺酰基亚胺噻唑衍生物进行三维定量构效关系研究,得到了HIV-1非核苷类逆转录酶抑制剂的3D-QSAR模型,其拟合复相关系数r2=0.964,交互验证复相关系数q2=0.801,外部验证复相关系数Qext2=0.959;采用基于片段的药物设计方法 Topomer Search从ZINC数据库中虚拟筛选出3个Ra基团和7个Rb基团,且设计得到21个新化合物.结果表明:该模型不仅稳定性良好,而且具有较强的预测能力;采用Topomer Search技术能够有效的筛选进而设计出新的化合物,为抗艾滋病新药的设计提供理论依据.     

飞秒激光脉冲对N2分子非绝热准直的调控

介质内分子在飞秒激光场中的准直会诱导介质内部折射率发生变化并产生光谱调制效应.本文实验上采用泵浦-探测方法测量了N₂中探测光波长偏移量的时间演化,提取了N₂分子的准直度信息;理论上通过求解含时薛定谔方程,计算了分子非绝热准直的时间演化,探究了分子非绝热准直和克尔效应两种机制共同影响所诱导的双折射效应对探测光光谱的调制作用.实验和理论结果符合良好,证实了光谱测量法可以用来表征分子的准直度.进一步采用双脉冲泵浦方式对分子准直进行调控,发现双脉冲泵浦可以有效增强分子的准直度.通过调节双脉冲间的延迟时间,即在分子的一个转动恢复周期及半个转动恢复周期处引入第二束泵浦脉冲,可以分别控制分子准直的增强与消失,起到“准直开关”的作用.双脉冲调控方式同样适用于其他多个分子体系,具有一定的普适性.     

A3G蛋白结构与功能NMR研究的最新进展

A3G（apolipoprotin B mRNA-editing catalytic polypeptide 3 protein G）是一种天然抗病毒活性的胞嘧啶脱氨基酶,具有广谱的抗病毒作用,属于人体固有的免疫蛋白分子. 在HIV病毒复制过程中,A3G蛋白能进入新生成的病毒颗粒内部,诱导病毒cDNA胞嘧啶脱氨基化变为尿嘧啶,阻断病毒复制,从而导致病毒活性丧失. 最近几年,许多实验室以NMR技术和X射线衍射技术为基础,开展了一系列A3G蛋白的结构生物学和脱氨基化反应动态过程的研究,取得了具有重要意义的研究进展,为后期的研究工作提供了很好的新思路. 通过对这些工作进行总结,以期为我国艾滋病、乙肝病毒的防治,及相关药物分子的设计提供新的借鉴.     

具有不同取代基团的香豆素系列分子二阶非线性光学性质的DFT研究

本文设计了具有不同取代基团的7-苯乙烯基香豆素和4-苯乙烯基香豆素的A、B两个系列共14个化合物分子.采用密度泛函理论B3LYP/6-31G方法对其几何构型进行了全结构优化.在所得优化结构的基础上对这些分子的稳态二阶非线性光学(NLO)系数β值进行计算分析,同时用含时密度泛函理论(TD-DFT)对这些分子的电子性质进行了研究.结果表明:此类香豆素化合物具有较大的分子β值,其中A类分子的共面性好,共轭链长,β值均比B类分子的大.14个化合物中前线分子轨道能级差越小的化合物,其βwt值越大.各分子前线分子轨道跃迁对二阶NLO效应有明显的贡献.     

双光子激发SO2气体激光诱导色散荧光光谱研究

以脉冲染料激光器579 nm激光为激发源,采用双光子激光诱导色散荧光光谱方法,对SO2分子第一激发带A对称电子态的激发及复杂退激发过程进行了实验研究.基态SO2分子吸收两个579 nm光子被激发至A1A2态,通过能量内转换或碰撞弛豫实现在A1 A2,B1 B1与a3B1态多个振转能级的再布居.三个电子态基振动能级向基态X1A1不同振动能级跃迁形成了305和425 nm处荧光包络与以347nm为中心的规则序列.另外,还观测到了SO2分子的三光子激发过程X1A1 →C1B2,此激发产生了200～278nm处的荧光包络和425nm处的谱线叠加现象.由实验数据计算出了SO2分子有关电子态的对称振动和弯曲振动模式的基振动角频率及非谐性常数.     

Interleukin 6 in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases: a personal memoir

In this review, the author discusses the research that led to the identification and characterization of interleukin 6 (IL-6), including his own experience isolating IL-6, and the roles this cytokine has on autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The cDNAs encoding B-cell stimulatory factor 2 (BSF-2), interferon (IFN)-β2 and a 26-kDa protein were independently cloned in 1986, which in turn led to the identification of each. To resolve the confusing nomenclature, these identical molecules were named IL-6. Characterization of IL-6 revealed a multifunctional cytokine that is involved in not only immune responses but also hematopoiesis, inflammation, and bone metabolism. Moreover, IL-6 makes significant contributions to such autoimmune and inflammatory diseases as rheumatoid arthritis (RA).IL-6 activates both the STAT3 and SHP2/Gab/MAPK signaling pathways via the gp130 signal transducer. F759 mice, which contain a single amino-acid substitution in gp130 (Y759F) and show enhanced STAT3 activation, spontaneously develop a RA-like arthritis as they age. F759 arthritis is dependent on CD4⁺ T cells, IL-6, and IL-17A, and is enhanced by the pX gene product from human T cell leukemia virus 1 (HTLV-1). Arthritis development in these mice requires that the F759 mutation is present in nonhematopoietic cells, but not in immune cells, highlighting the important role of the interaction between nonimmune tissues and the immune system in this disease. Furthermore, this interaction is mediated by the IL-6 amplifier through STAT3 and NF-κB. Ultimately, this model may represent a general etiologic process underlying other autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. More importantly, the understanding of IL-6 has paved the way for new therapeutic approaches for RA and other autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.     

Characterization of partially sintered ceramic powder compacts using fluorinated gas NMR imaging.

We use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging of C2F6 gas to characterize porosity, mean pore size, and permeability of partially sintered ceramic (Y-TZP Yttria-stabilized tetragonal-zirconia polycrystal) samples. Conventional measurements of these parameters gave porosity values from 0.18 to 0.4, mean pore sizes from 10 nm to 40 nm, and permeability from 4 nm(2) to 25 nm(2). The NMR methods are based on relaxation time measurements (T(1)) and the time dependent diffusion coefficient D(Delta). The relaxation time of C2F6 gas is longer in pores than in bulk gas and it increases as the pore sizes decrease. NMR yielded accurate porosity values after correcting for surface adsorption effects. A model for T(1) dependence on pore size that accounts for collisions between gas molecules and walls as well as surface adsorption effects is proposed. The model fits the experimental data well. Finally, the long time limit of D(Delta)/D(o), where D(o) is the bulk gas diffusion coefficient is useful for measuring tortuosity, while the short time limit was not achieved experimentally and could not be used for calculating surface-area to volume (S/V) ratios.     

Water molecules migration at oil–paper interface under the coupling fields of electric and temperature: a molecular dynamics study

Moisture is an important factor affecting the insulation properties of transformers. Due to the limitations of macroscopic experimental methods, the diffusion of water at oil–paper interface cannot be accurately measured. Therefore, molecular dynamics method was used in this work to establish oil–paper layer model of 10⁵ atoms. Through jointly analysing the aggregation degree, diffusion coefficient, free volume as well as radial distribution function of water molecules, the diffusion mechanism of water molecules at oil–paper interface was studied. The results show that when the initial water content in paper was high, water molecules would accumulate at oil–paper interface to form the local high-water region during heating. The polarisation of the electric field strengthened the hydrogen bonding interaction between water molecules and increased the probability of occurrence of the high-water region. Meanwhile, electric field reduced the free volume and diffusion coefficient of water molecules and rendered its diffusion coefficient anisotropic. What’s more, when the electric field was combined with the temperature field, the electric field played a leading role in the diffusion of water molecules while the temperature field was less affected. Diffusion coefficients of water molecules at different temperatures from molecular dynamics simulations were well consistent with experimental results, which verified the rationality of the model.     

激光全息干涉法测量二元气体扩散系数

依据Mach-Zehnder干涉光路搭建了数字实时激光全息干涉实验台,设计加工了适用于测量二元气体扩散系数的扩散槽本体,详细介绍了根据物光相位的变化计算二元气体扩散系数的测量原理及图像处理方法。在此基础上测量了二元气体对H_2-Air、CH_4-Air和O_2-Air在273.15 K和0.1 MPa下的扩散系数,通过与文献值的比较验证了该实验方法的准确性,为后续二元气体扩散系数测量工作奠定了坚实的基础。     

团簇分子[Zn-(CH_3CH_2OH)_n]~(2+)的荧光光谱研究及理论光谱验证

通过荧光光谱实验和理论计算对金属离子在乙醇溶液中的微团簇结构进行了研究。荧光光谱实验发现在275~330 nm范围存在较强的乙醇分子荧光峰,当加入盐离子(Zn~(2+))后该处荧光强度逐渐变弱,说明盐的加入对乙醇体系的荧光效率产生了影响,破坏了原有乙醇分子之间的作用,使得其刚性结构发生改变,荧光效率降低,同时Zn~(2+)与乙醇分子通过溶剂化作用形成了新的微团簇,在350~380 nm之间出现了新峰。通过对团簇结构[Zn-(H_2O)_n]~(2+)(n=1~3)进行优化比较,得到了相对精确及运算成本较低的密度泛函理论B3LYP方法,并应用于Zn~(2+)在乙醇溶液中团簇结构计算。结果表明体系的第一溶剂化层存在着n=1~6的微团簇分子,且最多为6。比较理论计算荧光光谱与实验荧光光谱,进一步说明了Zn~(2+)与乙醇形成了新的微团簇及计算方法的可行性。     

Role of oxygen functional groups for structure and dynamics of interfacial water on low rank coal surface: a molecular dynamics simulation

Molecular dynamics simulations were employed to study the effects of oxygen functional groups for structure and dynamics properties of interfacial water molecules on the subbituminous coal surface. Because of complex composition and structure, the graphite surface modified by hydroxyl, carboxyl and carbonyl groups was used to represent the surface model of subbituminous coal according to XPS results, and the composing proportion for hydroxyl, carbonyl and carboxyl is 25:3:5. The hydration energy with ?386.28 kJ/mol means that the adsorption process between water and coal surface is spontaneous. Density profiles for oxygen atoms and hydrogen atoms indicate that the coal surface properties affect the structural and dynamic characteristics of the interfacial water molecules. The interfacial water exhibits much more ordering than bulk water. The results of radial distribution functions, mean square displacement and local self-diffusion coefficient for water molecule related to three oxygen moieties confirmed that the water molecules prefer to absorb with carboxylic groups, and adsorption of water molecules at the hydroxyl and carbonyl is similar.     

Electron transport properties of TiO_2 shell on Al_2O_3 core in dye-sensitized solar cells

The performance of dye-sensitized solar cells(DSSCs)is strongly affected by the properties of semiconductor nanoparticles.In this work,we used TiO_2 particles prepared by TiCl_4 hydrolysis n times on Al_2O_3 films(A/T(n)),and investigated morphology,photoelectric,and electron transport properties of A/T(n).The TiO_2 shell was composed of 10-20 nm nanoparticles and the number of nanoparticles increased with increasing TiCl_4 treatment times.The highest photoelectric conversion efficiency of 3.23% was obtained as A/T(4).IMPS results indicated that electron transport rate was high enough to conduct current,and was not the dominating effect to limit the Jsc.Jsc was mainly determined by dye loading on TiO_2 and the interconnection of TiO_2.These may provide a new strategy for preparing semiconductor working electrodes for DSSC.