A Novel Tetranuclear Organotin(IV) Carboxylate with Chain Structure: Synthesis,Crystal Structure,and Characterizations

A new tetranuclear organotin carboxylate {[(n‐Bu₂SnO)₂L]₂}_n (complex 1 ) was synthesized by the reaction of di‐n‐butyltin oxide with (p‐carboxymethoxy‐phenoxy) acetic acid (LH₂) and characterized by elemental analyses: IR, UV–visible, ¹H, ¹³C, ¹¹⁹Sn NMR spectroscopy and single crystal X‐ray study. X‐ray crystallography diffraction data revealed that the complex 1 was polymeric fashion with a chain structure containing a ladder‐like tetranuclear organo‐oxotin cluster. In the complex 1 , the ligand LH₂ is coordinated to the central tin(IV) atoms via the carboxylato‐O atoms. The tetranuclear tin system is formed by the bridges through the carbonyl oxygen atom of the carboxylate moieties and making the tin atom of pentacoordinated in distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometry. Single crystal X‐ray data indicate that the complex 1 crystallized in the cubic system with the space group C₂/c.     

超分子作用构筑具有高光学不对称性的表面等离子纳米粒子手性组装体

《Science》杂志最近刊发了吉林大学刘堃团队关于手性纳米材料研究的重要进展: 通过超分子作用诱导金纳米棒与人胰岛淀粉样多肽之间共组装, 构筑具有类似于手性液晶结构的纳米螺旋超结构. 与单独的金纳米棒相比, 长程有序的纳米螺旋结构的手性各向异性因子(g-factor)提高了4600倍, 高达0.12. 该工作在液晶与手性无机纳米结构间建立了联系, 为构筑有机-无机光学活性结构提供了统一的设计原则, 并为淀粉样类疾病药物在复杂生物介质中的筛选开发了新方法.     

基于透明质酸构筑的药物递送载体及其应用

传统纳米药物控释载体主要通过细胞胞吞作用实现药物递送,其主要过程为被动靶向机制,因此会影响纳米载体在肿瘤组织的富集和治疗效果。近年来生物大分子透明质酸因其优异的水溶性、生物相容性、可降解性和肿瘤靶向性备受科研工作者青睐,已被广泛用于药物控释载体的构筑中,并成为靶向肿瘤治疗纳米载体领域的研究热点。本文根据透明质酸基纳米载体治疗机制的不同,从透明质酸基纳米载体在化疗、光热治疗、光动力治疗以及联合治疗的应用方面对其性能进行了总结和评述,并在此基础上展望了未来透明质酸基纳米治疗载体的研究方向和发展趋势。     

Redox Dyshomeostasis Strategy for Hypoxic Tumor Therapy Based on DNAzyme-Loaded Electrophilic ZIFs

Redox homeostasis is one of the main reasons for reactive oxygen species (ROS) tolerance in hypoxic tumors, limiting ROS-mediated tumor therapy. Proposed herein is a redox dyshomeostasis (RDH) strategy based on a nanoplatform, FeCysPW@ZIF-82@CAT Dz, to disrupt redox homeostasis, and its application to improve ROS-mediated hypoxic tumor therapy. Once endocytosed by tumor cells, the catalase DNAzyme (CAT Dz) loaded zeolitic imidazole framework-82 (ZIF-82@CAT Dz) shell can be degraded into Zn²⁺ as cofactors for CAT Dz mediated CAT silencing and electrophilic ligands for glutathione (GSH) depletion under hypoxia, both of which lead to intracellular RDH and H₂O₂ accumulation. These “disordered” cells show reduced resistance to ROS and are effectively killed by ferrous cysteine-phosphotungstate (FeCysPW) induced chemodynamic therapy (CDT). In vitro and in vivo data demonstrate that the pH/hypoxia/H₂O₂ triple stimuli responsive nanocomposite can efficiently kill hypoxic tumors. Overall, the RDH strategy provides a new way of thinking about ROS-mediated treatment of hypoxic tumors.     

Pressure-Suppressed Carrier Trapping Leads to Enhanced Emission in Two-Dimensional Perovskite (HA)2(GA)Pb2I7

A remarkable PL enhancement by 12 fold is achieved using pressure to modulate the structure of a recently developed 2D perovskite (HA)₂(GA)Pb₂I₇ (HA=n-hexylammonium, GA=guanidinium). This structure features a previously unattainable, extremely large cage. In situ structural, spectroscopic, and theoretical analyses reveal that lattice compression under a mild pressure within 1.6 GPa considerably suppresses the carrier trapping, leading to significantly enhanced emission. Further pressurization induces a non-luminescent amorphous yellow phase, which is retained and exhibits a continuously increasing band gap during decompression. When the pressure is released to 1.5 GPa, emission can be triggered by above-band gap laser irradiation, accompanied by a color change from yellow to orange. The obtained orange phase could be retained at ambient conditions and exhibits two-fold higher PL emission compared with the pristine (HA)₂(GA)Pb₂I₇.     

冠状病毒抑制剂的研究进展

冠状病毒是一类广泛存在且对人及家畜具有严重危害的病原体,其中于2003年全球爆发的严重急性呼吸综合征病毒(SARS-CoV)以及2012年被发现并传播的中东呼吸综合征病毒(MERS-CoV)给人们的生命健康以及全球经济造成了严重威胁以及重大损失,特别是2019年末爆发的新型冠状病毒(SARS-CoV-2),截至目前为止已经造成了几百万的感染病例以及几十万人的死亡。可以看出,冠状病毒具有较高的传播性以及较高的致死率,时刻威胁着人们的健康安全,但是针对冠状病毒的感染目前还没有批准上市的有效药物,也没有用于预防的疫苗。本文围绕目前关于冠状病毒的潜在成药性靶点,详细介绍了针对这些靶点的具有代表性的抑制剂的结构设计及其化学合成方法,以期为目前抗冠状病毒药物的研发提供一些参考。     

Towards Artificial Cells: Engineering Encapsulated Molecular Signaling with Intelligent DNA Nanomachines

The building and engineering of an artificial molecular signaling system in encapsulated vesicles is a key step towards artificial cells. Recently, Tan et al. reached a new milestone by integrating an intelligent DNA nano- gatekeeper with an artificial vesicle system. The DNA nanogatekeeper driven by adenosine triphosphate(ATP) is able to receive outside stimulus, which in turn switches the diffusion of environmental ions into the integrated vesicle. Most importantly, this system enables triggering downstream signaling cascaded reactions confined in the artificial vesicle, as well as returning feedback to the DNA nanogatekeeper, mimicking real cellular behaviors of reception, transduction and response. This work has been published online in Nature Communications aon February 20, 2020.     

Construction of Liposomes Mimicking Cell Membrane Structure through Frame‐Guided Assembly

The shape of eukaryotic cells is determined by the cytoskeleton associated with membrane proteins; however, the detailed mechanism of how the integral morphologies with structural stability is generated and maintained is still not fully understood. Here, based on the Frame‐Guided Assembly (FGA) strategy, we successfully prepared hetero‐liposomes with structural composition similar to that of eukaryotic cells by screening a series of transmembrane peptides as the leading hydrophobic groups (LHGs). It was demonstrated that the conformation and transmembrane mode of the LHGs played dominant roles during the FGA process. The FGA liposomes were formed with excellent stability, which may further provide evidence for the cytoskeleton–membrane protein–lipid bilayer model. Taking advantage of the biocompatibility and stability, the FGA liposomes were also applied to prepare novel drug delivery vehicles, which is promising in diagnostic imaging and cancer therapy applications.     

Efficient One-Step Synthesis of N,N′-Bis(2-Hydroxy-5-Bromobenzylidene) Arylmethamediamines

The tittle compounds have directly been synthesized by one-step reaction of two different aldehydes in the presence of ammonia in good to excellent yields.     

Picture change error correction in the radial distributions of canonical orbital densities and total electron density of radon atom: the effect of the size of nucleus and the basis set limit

The 2nd order Douglas-Kroll-Hess (DKH2) and the Infinite Order Two Component (IOTC) radial distributions of electron density of canonical Hartree-Fock (HF) orbitals of radon atom are presented. Furthermore, the total electron density is revisited. The picture change error (PCE) correction is investigated by analytical means. The point charge model of nucleus and the Gaussian nucleus model are employed. The basis set is extrapolated by means of including tight s and also p Gaussians within the original triple zeta basis set. It is found that the DKH1 PCE corrected DKH2 total electron and s orbital contact densities are negative for the point charge model of nucleus if tight enough s Gaussians are included in the basis set. It is shown that this failure is caused due to the missing terms of the second order Douglas-Kroll transformation for the DKH2 electron density. PCE is found the most striking in the DKH2/IOTC electron density of s orbitals close to the nucleus. The radial distributions of the 2-component p _1/2 orbital densities are considerably affected by PCE at the nucleus as well. Furthermore, the PCE corrected DKH2/IOTC scalar p orbital densities have a non-zero value of electron density at nucleus and can be considered as an spin-orbit (SO) average of the p _1/2 and p _3/2 orbitals. The d and f orbitals are affected by PCE in the vicinity of the nucleus only little. The PCE corrected DKH2 and IOTC radial distributions of orbital densities are nodeless, which is completely in agreement with the radial distribution of the analytic or numeric DCH orbital densities.