PHOTOACTIVE TERTHIOPHENES: THE INFLUENCE OF SERUM ON ANTI-HIV (HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS) ACTIVITIES

Abstract-A number of carboxylic acid derivatives of the photoactive terthiophene, α-terthienyl, were found to possess impressive UVA-dependent activity against the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV-1; but only when assayed in the absence of serum, indicating that the latter contained interfering components. Good antiviral activity required a high rate of singlet oxygen production, in accordance with previous observations on thiophenes.     

冠醚化合物对乳剂的增感作用

研究了冠醚化合物对AgBr八面体乳剂的增感作用。结果表明:孔穴直径与Ag⁺直径相匹配的1,7,10,16-四氧-4,13-二硫杂环十八烷对AgBr乳剂具有很强的增感作用,然而1,7,10,16-四氧-4,13-二氮杂环十八烷及1,4,7,10,13,16-六氧环十八烷对AgBr乳剂无增感效果。因此冠醚化合物对乳剂的增感作用与其环上所含杂原子的种类有关。由于7,8-苯并-1.5-二硫杂环壬烷(BDT)、13,14-苯并-1,4,8,11-四硫杂环十四烷(TTX)和1,4,8,11-四硫杂环十四烷(TTP)的孔穴直径远小于Ag⁺的直径,当单独加入乳剂时,无增感作用。但是,在乳液中加入TTX或TTP的同时,加入一定量的金盐,随TTX或TTP加入量的增加,成熟时间的延长,其对乳剂的增感作用与常规的硫增感变化趋势相同,增感的同时,灰雾也增大。不论加合与否,BDT对乳剂无增感效果,冠醚化合物对乳剂的增感作用与冠醚孔穴大小也有密切关系,由于冠醚的加入,均使AgBr乳剂的离子电导值降低。     

含氯化合物对丁二烯定向聚合的作用

本工作研究了氯代正丁烷、氯代异丙烷、氯代叔丁烷、氯仿、四氯化碳、二氯甲烷、氯化苄、氯代苯、四氯化碳等对丁二烯用三异丁基铝及四碘化钦催化聚合的影响。结果指出,氯代正丁烷或氯代异丙烷能引起凝胶的生成。氯代叔丁烷或氯化苄能抑制聚合。氯仿或四氯化碳能降低产物分子量,但后者同时使聚合转化率降低。四氯化钛既降低产物分子量又改变产物结构。氯代苯或二氯甲烷则对聚合几无影响。为阐明上述现象,本工作还研究了上述合氯化合物与三异丁基铝的反应。结果指出,氯化苄或氯代叔丁烷均能与三异丁基铝瞬时反应生成氯离子。氯代苯或二氯甲烷等则反应很少,氯代正丁烷或氯代异丙烷须经一诱导期后与三异丁基铝爆发反应生成大量氯离子。经实验证明,氯代正丁烷或氯代异丙烷引起凝胶生成的原因即在于当时所生成的三氯化铝引起交联的结果。     

用模型化合物研究溶剂对车用汽油深度脱硫的影响

用模型化合物研究溶剂对车用汽油深度脱硫的影响亓平言（清华大学化工系，北京，１０００８４）目前，汽车尾气排放的有毒物质对环境的污染已越来越严重。造成污染的主要原因，一是不完全燃烧的有机物，二是汽油中含有的氮、硫化合物在燃烧过程中产生的有毒气体。前者是燃...     

EFFECTS OF DEMETHYLCHLORTETRACYCLINE PHOTOTOXICITY ON THE STRUCTURE and FUNCTIONS OF RAT LIVER MITOCHONDRIA

The phototoxic effects of demethylchlortetracycline (DMCT) with UVA radiation on isolated rat liver mitochondria were studied. DMCT at concentration of 21.5 microM with 5.53 x 10(-2) J cm-3 of UVA was found to be a potent uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation. DMCT alone also uncoupled mitochondria but at higher concentrations (105 microM). ATPase activity was remarkably induced in mitochondria exposed to DMCT (21.5 microM) plus UVA (120% of DNP-stimulated ATPase activity). Content of ATP in such mitochondria when measured after addition of ADP was much smaller than that in control mitochondria. Ultrastructurally, mitochondria treated either with DMCT (21.5 microM) or with UVA alone stayed in the condensed configuration. On the other hand, uncoupled mitochondria treated with DMCT plus UVA became swollen and were changed into the orthodox configuration.     

催化柴油中的酚类化合物及其对柴油安定性的影响

催化裂化柴油用１０％的碱－醇（５：１体积）萃取,得到了０．５～０．８Ｗ％（相对柴油）的酚的混合物。通过色质分析,鉴定出了６９种酚,其结构比文献报道的从催化柴油中分离的酚的结构要复杂得多。这些酚的混合物对柴油的颜色和沉渣有明显的影响。元素分析表明其中还含有硫氮化合物。     

一些含硫、含氮化合物在卤化银成像过程中的作用

采用在曝光前后用不同浓度的化合物溶液分别处理硫增感立方乳剂样品方法,观察它们在感光特性上的差别,从而判断这些化合物在卤化银成像过程的不同阶段各自所起的作用.本工作中所选用的化合物有-1-苯基-5-巯基四氮唑(PMT),6-硝基苯并咪唑-(硝酸盐-),5-硝基苯并咪唑,5-硝基吲唑,4-羟基-6-甲基-1,3,3a,7-四氮茚-(TAI)和硫代乙酰胺.结果表明:PMT在一定的浓度范围内对潜影的形成有促进作用,但对显影有抑制作用;6-硝基苯并咪唑和-5-硝基苯并咪唑的情况相似,对潜影的形成无显著影响,而对显影的抑制作用明显;5-硝基吲唑不仅对潜影的形成有明显阻滞作用,而且对显影也有抑制作用;TAI则对潜影的形成有明显的促进作用,对显影的影响较小;硫代乙酰胺在弱酸性介质中对潜影的形成有显著阻滞作用,对显影也有一定的抑制作用,但对灰雾的增长十分显著.     

芳杂环衍生物中环质子化学位移与取代基的关系

本文提出影响芳杂环衍生物中环质子化学位移的主要因素是取代基的电子效应及取代基位置.并根据取代基团的内部结构和它所在位置的关系,推导出一套经验公式,定量地预测氮苯类、噻吩类、呋喃类、五元氮芳杂环类和氮杂萘类等化合物的15种类型约300个芳杂环衍生物中700多个环质子的化学位移,与实测值相比,偏离在±0.2ppm内的约占88%,在±0.2～±0.3ppm的约占11%,大于±0.3ppm的<1%.     

THE ANTI-HIV ACTIVITIES OF PHOTOACTIVE TERTHIOPHENES

Abstract— Various synthetic analogues of the naturally occurring terthiophene, α-terthienyl (αT), were evaluated for anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) activity. The compounds were incubated individually with a known amount of the virus, with or without UVA radiation (long-wavelength ultraviolet) and residual virus was monitored for its ability to produce cytopathic effects in cell culture and the production of virus-specific protein (p24). The basic terthiophene structure was essential for good anti-HIV activity, although various side chains, such as alcohols, bromo, methyl, thiomethyl and trimethylsilyl groups, permitted retention of maximum activity. Under optimum conditions, as little as 12 ng/mL of these compounds ( i.e approximately 3 × 10⁻⁸ M ) could inactivate 10³ infectious virions. None of the compounds however were more active than αT itself. In all cases, UVA radiation was essential. Several side chains decreased the antiviral efficacy, and some side chains abrogated the activity.     

溶剂蒸气对聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯作用的差示扫描量热研究

用差示扫描量热(DSC)研究了几种有机溶剂蒸气对聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯(PET)的作用,表明可分为反应性的和非反应性的两种。同时,对于非反应性的作用,依冷结晶峰面积的变化,又可分为三种类型:冷结晶峰面积不变,经诱导期后下降,无诱导期而迅速下降。双冷结晶峰现象在一些非反应性溶剂处理过的PET试样的DSC曲线也观察到。     

催化剂和供氢剂对渣油模型化合物裂化反应选择性的影响

供氢剂与分散性催化剂协同作用对于传统的煤液化体系和渣油加氢裂化体系非常重要。通过活化分子氢及煤分子，使液化反应在较低的温度下进行以减少副反应，继而提高氢转移效率，增加液体产物产率。供氢剂和催化剂起促进煤分子裂化的作用。将供氢剂与催化剂的协同作用应用于渣油加     

FUNCTIONS OF LIPIDS ON HUMAN SKIN

In order to clarify the roles of lipids in the water-holding property of stratum corneum, the forearm skin of healthy male volunteers was treated with acetone/ether (1/1) or sodium dodecyl sulfate (5%) for 1-30 min. A prolonged treatment period of 5-30 min produced a chapped and scaly appearance of the stratum corneum without any inflammatory reactions. Under these conditions, there was a marked decrease in the water-holding capacity of the stratum corneum accompanied by a selective loss of stratum corneum lipids such as cholesterol, cholesterol esters, and sphingolipids. Two daily applications of the isolated stratum corneum lipids to experimentally induced dry skins caused a significant increase of conductance, accompanied by a marked improvement in the level of scaling. Meanwhile, the isolated sebaceous lipids exhibited no significant recovery in both the conductance value and the scaling. Out of chroma-tographically separated fractions of the stratum corneum lipids, topical applications of ceramide fraction induced the highest increase in the conductance value. Topical applications of synthesized pseudo-ceramides also showed a significant recovery of the water-retaining properties accompanied by an improvement in the scaling only when the polar group has an amide bond in the major linkage. Analysis of the alkyl chain structures has revealed that a structural requirement for the recovery of the water retaining capacity is the presence of saturated-straight alkyl chains, not unsaturated or branched alkyl chains. These structural characteristics required for water-retaining function also paralleled their capacity to form multiconcentric lamellae vesicles in vitro which is also capable of acquiring bound water as shown by DSC thermograms. The present study suggests that ceramides with relatively shorter alkyl chain length serve as a water modulator in the multi-lipid bilayers through the stratum corneum.     

DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF TRYPTOPHAN PHOTOPRODUCTS AND H2O2 ON THE GROWTH OF MOUSE EMBRYONIC FIBROBLASTS*

Abstract. Exposure of dilute solutions of L-tryptophan in balanced salt mixtures to near-ultraviolet light (ca. 320–390nm) yield several photoproducts capable of inhibiting the growth of cultured mouse embryonic fibroblasts. Recent literature suggested a need to test the possibility that the major toxic photoproduct is hydrogen peroxide, and therefore several lines of experimentation were pursued. On the basis of chemical and morphological studies and an analysis of the uptake of ³H-thymidine by these cells and its incorporation into their DNA, it is concluded that sufficient hydrogen peroxide could not be generated without the addition of high concentrations of oxygen to influence the growth or DNA synthesis of mouse embryonic fibroblasts.     

DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF A DNA-SYNTHESIS MUTATION ON UV-INDUCED MUTATION YIELDS IN VEGETATIVE CELLS AND SPORES OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS

Abstract— The absorption and emission properties of the photochemically produced dipyrimidine adducts are analyzed at 300 and 77K. Those adducts which have a saturated C(5)—C(6) bond in the pyrimidin-2,4-dione (Pyr) ring and a pyrimidin-2-one (Pyo) ring behave spectroscopically as a substituted Pyo. However, those consisting of one Pyr and one Pyo moiety can be considered as bichromophoric molecules and their spectral properties can be understood in terms of the relative torsional angle between the two rings. The adduct with the most bulky substituents ortho to the torsional bond bears the largest torsional angle and exhibits relatively independent absorption and emission phenomenon. At the other extreme, those adducts with no substituents at this position exist as almost planar molecules and exhibit considerable overlap of absorption bands as well as room temperature fluorescence which, in certain cases, is characteristic of intramolecular exciplex interaction. Using inter-ring torsional angles of ortho-substituted biphenyl molecules as a basis for comparative calculation, quantitative estimates of the torsional angles in dipyrimidine adducts at 300K have been made.     

THE EFFECTS OF ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION EXPOSURE OF ADJACENT CELLS ON PLAQUE FORMATION WITH Herpes simplex VIRUS TYPE I

African green monkey kidney cells (CV-1P) were exposed to low fluences of 254 nm germicidal radiation and then infected with Herpes simplex virus, type I. The result of this treatment was an increase in viral plaque development rate, the large plaque effect (LPE). A measurement of the kinetics of plaque development suggested that a large portion of the effect could be due to events occurring in those cells that are adjacent to the initially infected cell. An infectious center assay was employed in order to isolate the effects of ultraviolet radiation (UV) on the initially infected cells from those effects on the adjacent cells that became infected as the plaque spread radially outward. Plaque development began earlier in UV irradiated cells and progressed at a uniformly accelerated rate compared to untreated cells. Results indicate that although the initially infected cell contributes to the LPE, the major effect is due to events that occur in the adjacent cells. Each round of viral replication appears to contribute equally to the LPE. The virally induced rate of fusion of the initially infected cell with its immediate neighbors is not affected by UV.     

含硫化合物热解规律的研究

选择丁硫醚、叔丁硫醚、四氢噻吩、乙基苯基硫醚作为模型化合物,在模拟 催化裂化微反装置上考察了含硫化合物热解规律,在热解过程中,烷基含硫化合物转化程度与硫醚烃基结构、反应条件有关。异构含硫化合物比正构含硫化合物容易转化,反应温度升高,转化程度增大,转化产物主要为硫化氢和硫醇,只有少量四氢噻吩发生转化,反应温度升高论程度增加,大部分乙基苯基硫醚发生转化,生成苯硫酚和少量硫化氢;反应温度升高,转化程度增加。含硫化合物热解可能是通过自由基历程进行的。     

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY OF THE PHOTOACTIVE PLANT PIGMENT HYPERICIN

The polycyclic compound hypericin, a known photodynamic agent, was investigated for antiviral activity in the presence and absence of light. The three viruses tested: murine cytomegalovirus; Sindbis virus; and human immunodeficiency virus type 1, were all susceptible to hypericin; but these antiviral activities were considerably enhanced, in a dose-dependent manner, by exposure to light.     

INVESTIGATION OF THE ANTIVIRAL ACTION OF THE PHOTOACTIVE COMPOUND PHENYLHEPTATRIYNE

Abstract— Murine cytomegalovirus, a herpes virus, was used as a model virus to investigate the mechanism of the anti-viral action of phenylheptatriyne in long wave ultraviolet light. The genome and proteins of the inactivated virus penetrated the nuclei of susceptible cells normally. Furthermore, the viral genome did not contain extra single strand breaks or cross-links. However, cells infected with the treated virus did not synthesize late viral proteins, as determined by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. nor did they synthesize late viral RNA and viral DNA according to nucleic acid hybridization tests. Thus the compound may interfere with an early viral function so that the replication cycle cannot proceed.     

FURTHER STUDIES ON THE ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY OF HARMINE, A PHOTOACTIVE β-CARBOLINE ALKALOID

The UV-A mediated antiviral effect of harmine was investigated using murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) as the target. Virus, which had been inactivated by harmine + UVA, was used to infect cultured mouse cells, and various stages in the viral replication cycle were examined. No viral protein synthesis or RNA synthesis (as measured by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis or DNA-RNA hybridization) could be detected, and the viral DNA did not replicate (measured by DNA-DNA hybridization). In contrast virus which had been treated with harmine in the dark promoted a complete growth cycle in mouse cells.
An attempt was made to identify the primary target of harmine + UVA activity by examining the bacteriophages T4 and M13, which unlike MCMV do not possess membranes. Both bacteriophages were sensitive, but the single-stranded DNA phage M13 was considerably more so. These results, together with others discussed in the text, suggest that DNA and possibly other macromolecules can serve as targets for harmine photoactivity.