Aerolysin纳米孔核酸检测灵敏区域的协同相互作用探索研究

纳米孔单分子检测技术以其简便、快速、高通量及无需标记等特点, 应用于DNA及蛋白质测序, 更有望实现单分子动态构象变化的研究. Aerolysin(气单胞菌溶素)纳米孔道由于其特有的较长的β-桶限域区(β-barrel)及孔内壁丰富的带电荷氨基酸残基, 在单个寡聚核苷酸分子分析中展现出极高的灵敏性. 本设计利用dA₁₄-4-X, dA₁₄-11-X, dA₁₄-4-X-11-X (X=C, T, G)等单个寡聚核苷酸探针分子, 研究了Aerolysin的两个灵敏区域R1和R2, 探索了R1灵敏区域对单个碱基弱相互作用的差异, 实现区分单个碱基差异. 进一步实验证明, R1灵敏区域对单个碱基类型差异的灵敏区分不受R2灵敏区域被碱基A、C、T占位所影响. 然而, 当R2区域被碱基G占位时, 会使R1区域丧失对整个孔道电流的主导性. 本研究有助于理解Aerolysin对单个寡聚核苷酸分子的超灵敏测量机制.     

DNA小沟结合二脒:水分子的识别作用

采用分子动力学模拟了DB921-DNA复合物, 通过7 ns的模拟研究表明: DB921一端的氨基氮原子与一个水分子形成氢键, 同时, 水分子又与DNA的5位A碱基的氮原子形成一个氢键. 水分子在DB921与DNA小沟结合中起了桥连的作用, 使得直线型的芳香二脒化合物DB921通过水桥与DNA小沟结合, 水分子诱导DB921分子与DNA的小沟域构型相适应, 与DNA小沟域的AATTC碱基有较强的结合作用. 在分子水平上提供了DB921与双螺旋DNA相互作用的结构及复合物的动态变化情况, 指出水分子在DNA小沟结合二脒化合物中的识别作用, 为设计出更高生物活性的DNA小沟结合剂提供一定的理论依据.     

Aerolysin蛋白纳米孔道直接检测单个DNA碱基修饰

基于Aerolysin生物膜通道蛋白的纳米孔道电化学分析技术,因其高的电化学空间限域能力可实现超灵敏DNA单分子检测。本文利用单个Aerolysin纳米孔道在无需标记、无需扩增的条件下直接分辨3种具有单个碱基差异的单链DNA。实验结果显示,具有单个炔基侧链基团修饰的单个ss DNA在限域空间内与Aerol-ysin纳米孔道的相互作用时间较未修饰的ss DNA增长近7倍,电流阻断程度增大7%,且高斯峰半峰宽减小了44%,增强了Aerolysin纳米孔道对单个DNA分子的分辨能力。研究成果有望推动Aerolysin纳米孔在DNA直接测序及表观遗传修饰检测中的应用。     

诺氟沙星-DNA复合物的分子动力学模拟

采用分子模建的方法构建了诺氟沙星-DNA复合物的初始结构, 通过2 ns的分子动力学(MD)模拟研究表明: 诺氟沙星能够和双螺旋d[ATATCGATAT]₂形成稳定的复合物, 药物分子可紧密结合在DNA的小沟区域, 并且能够与DNA的鸟嘌呤碱基形成两个稳定的氢键. 在分子水平上提供了诺氟沙星直接与双螺旋DNA相互作用的结构及复合物的动态变化情况.     

电化学限域SiN_X纳米孔道检测核酸分子的研究

固体纳米孔道因其机械强度高、尺寸可控、易于表面修饰及集成化设计等优点被广泛应用于DNA、RNA和蛋白质等生物分子的检测研究.为了检测单个单链核酸分子,本研究采用电化学刻蚀法可控制备了单个SiN_X固体纳米孔道,通过SiN_X固体纳米孔道限域空间效应增强了纳米孔道与短链核酸分子之间的弱相互作用,从而实现了核酸分子的单分子水平检测.通过研究不同孔径(3.1和8.5 nm)纳米孔道与核酸分子间的弱相互作用差异,有效区分了核酸分子在限域空间内产生的过孔和碰撞两种个体行为,加深了对固体纳米孔道限域空间内核酸分子电化学行为的理解.     

金纳米粒子杂化超分子水凝胶的制备与性能

在制备水溶性硫辛酸酯封端的甲氧基聚乙二醇-聚己内酯嵌段共聚物(MPEG-PCL-ALA)单层包覆金纳米粒子的基础上, 在水溶液中, 利用α-环糊精(α-CD)与单层包覆金纳米粒子的包合作用构建杂化超分子水凝胶. 透射电子显微(TEM)照片显示, 金纳米粒子的尺寸为6～8 nm. X射线衍射测试表明, 所制备的水凝胶中含有α-环糊精与MPEG-PCL嵌段共聚物包合形成的多聚准轮烷的特征衍射峰(2θ＝19.7°). 紫外-可见吸收光谱显示, 单层包覆金纳米粒子的水溶液及其与α-CD包合形成的水凝胶在525 nm处均出现表面等离子共振吸收峰, 单层包覆金纳米粒子溶液存放3个月后, 其表面等离子共振吸收峰未发生明显红移, 表明单层包覆金纳米粒子的水溶液具有较好的稳定性.     

纳米孔道单分子检测结直肠癌MicroRNAs

MicroRNA（miRNA）可用于癌症的早期诊断、预后判断,其分析检测具有重要临床意义.结直肠癌的发生、发展与miRNA 21、miRNA 92等的异常表达明显相关.本研究设计了以poly（dT）_n为引导链的DNA探针（probe）并尝试使用α-溶血素（α-HL）纳米孔道单分子检测方法检测结直肠癌miRNAs.miRNA·probe复合物分子穿过α-HL纳米孔道限域空间时,由于probe链长、序列不同导致probe-α-HL相互作用不同,miRNA 92·probe 92、miRNA 21·probe 21、miRNA 16·probe 16输出为形态、阻断时间不同的多台阶特征信号,实现了三种miRNAs的有效区分.实验证明,此方法可以用于检测血清实际样品.因此,未来有望使用α-HL构建miRNA超灵敏单分子生物传感器.     

胆固醇/两性霉素B混合单层膜相互作用的研究

两性霉素B (AmB)为多烯类抗真菌抗生素, 它的吸收过程与生物膜有密切联系. 选用生物膜中的重要分子胆固醇为代表, 通过Langmuir-Blodgett (LB)膜技术测得胆固醇/两性霉素B单层膜表面压力与平均分子面积(π-A)曲线, 定量分析了固定模压下的平均分子面积(A)、弹性模量(C_S^－1)、过量吉布斯自由能(ΔG_ex)等参量. 实验结果表明, 胆固醇/两性霉素B两组分物质的量比与膜压对单层膜的弹性、稳定性以及热力学特性有影响|通过单层膜相互作用参数α进一步佐证了组分间物质的量比和表面压力对混合单层膜稳定性、混合性以及分子间相互作用具有重要影响.     

Aerolysin纳米孔道对寡聚核苷酸的高灵敏单分子检测

自纳米孔道单分子电化学技术提出以来,为了构建性能良好的纳米孔道,研究人员一直在寻找不同的孔道材料. 本研究探索了Aerolysin生物纳米孔道在寡聚核苷酸检测方面的可能性. 实验结果表明,与常用的α-溶血素纳米孔道相比,Aerolysin纳米孔道在寡聚核苷酸检测方面表现出更强的空间和时间分辨能力. 三个碱基长度的寡聚核苷酸可对Aerolysin纳米孔道造成约为40%的电流阻断. 阻断时间表现出电压相关性,随电压的升高而减小. 与其他生物纳米孔道相比,Aerolysin纳米孔道无需任何基因突变、化学修饰即可实现对单个寡聚核苷酸的超灵敏分析. 未来,Aerolysin纳米孔道将有可能应用于DNA损伤检测、microRNA分析以及其他基于纳米孔道的单分子分析检测.     

基于二硫化钼/纳米金和硫堇/纳米金信号放大的雌二醇电化学适配体传感器

构建了一种新型的基于二硫化钼/纳米金和硫堇/纳米金信号放大的检测17β-雌二醇的电化学适配体传感器. 利用巯基自组装技术将17β-雌二醇的适配体探针DNA固定在二硫化钼/纳米金修饰玻碳电极表面, 与末端带巯基的部分互补DNA链杂交, 将硫堇/纳米金电化学指示剂自组装在杂交后的双链DNA上, 制备了17β-雌二醇电化学适配体传感器. 二硫化钼/纳米金复合材料增加了电极的有效表面积和DNA探针的固定量. 纳米金作为信号物质载体负载硫堇, 实现了电化学指示剂的信号放大. 加入目标物17β-雌二醇后, 目标物与适配体DNA特异性结合, 导致互补DNA链脱落, 双链上结合的硫堇/纳米金电化学指示剂数量减少, 电化学信号降低. 实验结果表明, 在1.0×10 ^-14~5.0×10 ^-12 mol/L范围内17β-雌二醇浓度与峰电流的线性关系良好, 检出限为4.2×10 ^-15 mol/L(S/N=3). 该传感器可望用于其它环境激素类物质的检测.     

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%).