Bis induces growth inhibition and differentiation of HL-60 cells via up-regulation of p27

Bis (Bag-3, CAIR), a Bcl-2-interacting protein, promotes the anti-apoptotic activity of Bcl-2 and increased levels of Bis have been observed in several disease models. The involvement of Bcl-2 and some Bcl-2-binding proteins in differentiation has recently been reported. However, the relevance of Bis to cellular differentiation remains unknown. The findings herein show that Bis expression is up-regulated during the differentiation of HL-60 cells. To investigate the effect of Bis expression on differentiation, we established Bis-overexpressing HL-60 cells (HL-60-bis). HL-60-bis cells have a low nuclear: cytoplasmic ratio and indented nucleus in Wright- Giemsa staining, and an increased expression of CD11b in immunofluorescence study, indicating the promotion of differentiation. The overexpression of Bis also resulted in a retarded cell growth rate, accompanied by the accumulation of HL-60 cells at the G0/G1 phase of the cell cycle, which was sustained during the differentiation process. Western blot analysis revealed that the expression of p27, a representative inducer of cell cycle arrest at the G1 phase, was increased 2.5-fold in HL-60-bis cells compared to HL-60-neo cells. These results suggest that the Bis induced growth inhibition of HL-60 cells promotes G0/G1 phase arrest via up-regulation of p27, which seems to be a prerequisite for differentiation. Further studies will be required to define the exact roles of Bis on cellular differentiation more precisely.     

Some new ring-D seco steroids

The Beckmann fragmentation product, 3-methoxy-17-oxo-16,17-secoestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-16-nitrile (2) has been reduced by LAH giving the expected 3-methoxy-17-hydroxy-16,17-secoestra-1,3,5(10-trien-16-amine hydrochloride (3) and 3-methoxy-17-oxa-D-homoestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-16-ol (4), by a presumed neighbouring group participation of 17-OH group in the intermediary formed 16-imino derivative (A). The structure of 4 has been proved by an alternative synthetic route by reducing 3-methoxy-17-oxa-D-homoestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-16-one (7) with di-iso-butylaluminium hydride.     

Effects of double substitution on the thermodynamic stabilities of nitrogen radicals

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Study of the Retention Behavior of Newly Synthesized s-Triazine Derivatives in RP TLC Systems,and the Lipophilicity of the Compounds

JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC - The chromatographic behavior of nine newly synthesized s-tri-azines has been studied by thin-layer chromatography on C18/UV254...     

Development and prevalidation of a method for phenol determination by solid-phase spectrophotometry

A simple, sensitive and rapid solid-phase spectrophotometric procedure was developed for the determination of traces of phenol with 4-aminoantipyrine as a reagent (AAP-SPS), and the optimal experimental conditions were established. This method was performed by sorption and direct absorbance measurements of the product phenol-AAP sorbed on the anion-exchanger Dowex 1-X4 (0.2 g) at 495 nm (absorption maximum) and 700 nm (non-absorption wavelength). The sensitivity offered by the AAP-SPS procedure was higher by a factor of 40 compared with the respective conventional spectrophotometric method. Metrological characteristics were established using a prevalidation strategy. The AAP-SPS procedure is characterized by a linear calibration function in the working range of 0.05–0.50 μmol, low standard deviation of procedure (±0.012), low limit of determination (0.021 μmol), and favorable random (±0.85 to ±11.27%) and systematic deviations (−4.55 to +11.50%). Moreover, the accuracy of the system investigated by the recovery test is acceptable (99–102%). Favorable working and performance characteristics make the new SPS method ideal for phenol monitoring in pharmaceutical preparations as well as other matrices.     

Cyclic chronopotentiometry of nickel(II) at mercury electrodes in acidic perchlorate solutions: Case of higher order nonregenerative reactions following electron transfer

The reduction of Ni²⁺ ions at mercury electrodes in acidic perchlorate solutions, at perchlorate concentrations below 0.2 M, is characterized by absence of kinetic control in the preceding step, and by a complex reaction mechanism following the electron transfer. This reaction sequence is known to involve intermetallic compound formation between Ni and Hg and is best described, as shown here, by a parallel second and third order kinetic scheme. Apparent rate coefficients for this kinetic scheme were determined using cyclic chronopotentiometric data and fitting by digital simulation. A linearization test of computed kinetic rate coefficients versus the number of transitions permits quantitative tests of validity of assumptions made.     

用手性高效液相色谱对β—羟基酯化合物进行对映体分离

本文利用手性ＯＤ柱在高效液相色谱上对光活性β－羟基酯类化合物进行了对映体分离，达到了较好的分离效果，并通过讨论手性ＯＤ涂附物的结构与该类化合物的作用方式，解释了不同的该类化合物的色谱分离效果。     

Correlation between C-H and C-C spin-spin coupling constants and s character of hybrids calculated by the maximum overlap method

For some thirty hydrocarbons the s character of hybrids obtained by the application of the maximum overlap method have been correlated with C-H and C-C spin-spin coupling constants. The following relationships were obtained: $$J_{{\text{C}}^{{\text{13}}} - {\text{H}}} = 1079a_{{\text{CH}}}^{\text{2}} /(1 + S_{{\text{CH}}}^{\text{2}} ) - 54.9$$ , $$J_{{\text{C}}_{\text{1}}^{{\text{13}}} - {\text{C}}_{\text{2}}^{{\text{13}}} } = 1020.5a_{{\text{C}}_{\text{1}} }^2 a_{{\text{C}}_{\text{2}} }^{\text{2}} /(1 + S_{{\text{CC}}}^{\text{2}} ) - 8.2$$ . Here the coupling constants are expressed in cps units. In the calculation of the maximum overlap hybrids either the experimental bond lengths or a standard bond lengths were used. For the \(J_{{\text{C}}^{{\text{13}}} - {\text{H}}}\) and \(J_{{\text{C}}^{{\text{13}}} - {\text{H}}} \) coupling constants the standard deviations are 0.9 cps and 1.9 cps respectively. It has been suggested that the large additive constant in the \(J_{{\text{C}}^{{\text{13}}} - {\text{H}}}\) correlation may be attributed to the ionic character of C-H bonds. A good agreement with the experimental data strongly supports the idea that the Fermi contact term and the hybridization are dominant factors in determining carbon-hydrogen and carbon-carbon spin-spin coupling constants across one bond, at least in hydrocarbons.     

Development of an indirect competitive ELISA for the determination of papaverine

Papaverine (1-(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-6,7-dimethoxyisoquinoline, PAP) is a member of the benzylisoquinoline sub-group of the opium alkaloids. It has been widely used for treating diseases like pulmonary arterial embolism and renal or biliary colic. In this paper, a specific conjugate of mono-demethylated papaverine-O-carboxylmethyl ether (MDMPAP-O-CME) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) was synthesized and used as the complete antigen (PAP-BSA), with which we successfully obtained a high-titer anti-PAP polyclonal antibody (pAb) by immunization of rabbits. The anti-PAP pAb showed high affinity to papaverine with an affinity constant (K_aff) of 7.3 × 10⁷ L/mol. With this antibody, we established a sensitive immunochemical method for the determination of papaverine based on indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The optimal concentrations of the coated antigen (PAP-OVA) and purified pAb used in the ELISA were 5 and 1.2 μg/mL, respectively. The cross reactivity of other benzylisoquinoline derived substances, including 1-(3,4-dihydroxybenzyl)-7-hydroxy-6-methoxy-isoquinoline (6-methoxy-papaveroline, MPAPO), morphine (MP) and codeine (CD) were all lower than 1%. The linear range of the calibration curve was 0.1-1000 ng/mL. Normal human serum samples were spiked with known amount of papaverine and measured by the ELISA. Recoveries were between 102% and 105%. Papaverine content in a commercial papaverine hydrochloride injection sample was also determined using the established ELISA. Compared with the results given by the control experiment of HPLC, the recoveries of ELISA to detect injection samples were 102-110%. The limits of detection for synthetic serum samples and injection samples of papaverine hydrochloride were 0.25 and 0.06 ng/mL, respectively.     

Influence of biomass on hydrodynamics of an internal loop airlift reactor

The effect of the biomass presence on the overall circulation velocity, the linear velocities both in the riser and the downcomer and the overall gas hold-up was studied in a three-phase internal loop airlift reactor (ILALR). The measured data were compared with those obtained using a two-phase system (air—water). All experiments were carried out in a 40 dm³ ILALR at six different biomass concentrations (ranging from 0 g dm⁻³ to 7.5 g dm⁻³), at a temperature of 30°C, under atmospheric pressure. Air and water were used as the gas and liquid model media, respectively. Pellets of Aspergillus niger produced during the fermentation of glucose to gluconic acid in the ILALR were considered solid phase. In addition, liquid velocities were measured during the fermentation of glucose to gluconic acid using Aspergillus niger. All measurements were performed in a bubble circulation regime. At given experimental conditions the effect of the biomass on the circulation velocities in the ILALR was negligible. However, increasing of the biomass concentration led to lower values of the total gas hold-up. Presented at the 33rd International Conference of the Slovak Society of Chemical Engineering, Tatranské Matliare, 22–26 May 2006.