Lin28特异性结合let-7 RNA结构基础（英文）

let-7 mi RNA家族控制许多决定细胞命运的基因的表达,从而影响细胞的多能性、分化和转化.Lin28是一个let-7生物合成的转录后抑制因子,其碳端的锌指结构域特异性地结合一个保守的GGAG或者一个类似GGAG的let-7 mi RNA模块.作者报道了人源Lin28与5′-A–2A–1G1G2A3G4-3′let-7 RNA复合物的核磁共振结构.Lin28中两个Lin28 ZKD识别了RNA中的G1G2A3G4.复合物所有的碱基采取反式构象,RNA的骨架因为Lin28的结合变得弯曲,与之前报道的晶体结构一致而与NMR结构不同,从而进一步确认了Lin28识别RNA的作用模式.     

拟南芥AtGrp7 RRM结构域的纯化及其结构与结合的初步分析(英文)

富含甘氨酸的RNA结合蛋白AtGrp7是拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)调节生物钟负反馈回路的组分.在使用常规方法纯化AtGrp7 RRM结构域的初始试验中,观察到烟草蚀纹病毒(TEV)酶切后AtGrp7 RNA识别基序(RRM)结构域的紫外吸收峰为蛋白和杂质的混合信号峰.为解决常规纯化中的杂质问题,对AtGrp7_1-90应用了变性-复性两步纯化方法. AtGrp7 RRM结构域的~1H-¹⁵N HSQC指纹谱和CS-Rosetta模型结构表明快速稀释重折叠后其结构完全恢复.等温滴定量热法(ITC)和核磁共振(NMR)滴定实验进一步证实,重折叠后AtGrp7_1-90 RRM结构域具有正确结合RNA/DNA的功能.     

H7^—正八面体中心结构能量曲线的MACQM计算

采用改进了的排列通道量子力学（ｍｏｄｉｆｉｅｄａｒａｎｇｅｍｅｎｔｃｈａｎｎｅｌｑｕａｎｔｕｍｍｅｃｈａｎ－ｉｃｓ,简称ＭＡＣＱＭ）方法,计算了Ｈ－７正八面体中心结构的能量曲线。当中心原子核到顶角原子核的间距Ｒ为１．５０ａ０时,体系能量有一极小值－４．０３５２ａ．ｕ．。这表明Ｈ－７的正八面体中心结构是可能稳定存在的。     

M@C28(M=Ti，Zr，Hf)内裹配合物的电子结构及其稳定性

用Ｂ３ＬＹＰ赝势模型的密度泛函理论,对Ｍ＠Ｃ２８（Ｍ＝Ｔｉ,Ｚｒ,Ｈｆ）内裹配合物电子结构进行从头计算研究．计算包括确定稳定的几何结构参量的分子几何结构进行优化和自然键轨道分析．结果发现Ｔｉ与Ｃ２８基团的相互作用明显不同于Ｚｒ（Ｈｆ）与Ｃ２８的相互作用,表现在原子的电子组态、成键特征和电子态分布等诸多方面．另外,结合能估算表明,这三种内裹配合物均能稳定存在,但Ｚｒ＠Ｃ２８和Ｈｆ＠Ｃ２８比Ｔｉ＠Ｃ２８稳定得多．对计算结果进行了分析讨论,并与相关文献的结果加以比较．     

6-硝基-7-二异丙基香豆素磷酸酯的结构确定

以7-羟基香豆素为原料,与硝酸在乙醇中反应得到了其硝化产物,发现硝化后的香豆素不能通过传统的Atherton-Todd反应实现磷酰化,通过改进反应条件即加入少量碳酸钾,顺利得到其相应的磷酰化产物.利用核磁共振(NMR)技术,确认得到的磷酰化产物是6-硝基-7-二异丙基香豆素磷酸酯.通过2D NMR对目标化合物的1H和13C NMR数据进行了全归属和较详细的解析,其结构进一步被X-ray晶体结构所证实.     

柚皮素7-O-葡萄糖苷非对映异构体的NMR波谱分析

二氢黄酮糖苷化后产生的R与S构型非对映异构体在¹H NMR谱上会呈现一些差别,但文献对其差别描述非常有限.为便于利用¹H NMR谱图判断二氢黄酮糖苷的R与S构型非对映异构体,本文首先在植物药皂荚提取物中分离得到一种二氢黄酮苷-柚皮素7-O-葡萄糖苷R与S构型混合物,分析其氘代二甲亚砜（DMSO-d₆）溶液的¹H NMR、¹³C NMR、¹H-¹H COSY、¹H-¹³C HSQC和¹H-¹³C HMBC谱,对其¹H和¹³C NMR谱峰进行了归属;然后,采用手性色谱柱对该混合物进行分离,结合圆二色光谱（CD）技术确定构型;最后,为鉴别R与S构型柚皮素7-O-葡萄糖苷在¹H NMR谱中特征差别谱峰,避免葡萄糖残基质子对二氢黄酮苷元质子化学位移的影响,采集了R与S构型柚皮素7-O-葡萄糖苷及其混合物氘代乙腈（CD₃CN）溶液的NMR谱,结果显示葡萄糖残基端基质子H-1″化学位移差别最为明显,为9.4 Hz;5-位酚羟基质子化学位移差别为5.8 Hz,C环上3个质子化学位移差也较明显．     

阿尔茨海默氏症致病蛋白-Aβ_((12-28))肽段的NMR研究

Aβ肽的多聚化和纤维化在阿尔茨海默氏症(Alzheimer's diseas)的发生中起关键作用, 其中以Aβ_((1-42))的致病作用为最强,因此阻断其聚集成为阿尔茨海默氏症一种潜在的治疗方式. 作者在研究中发现某些化合物可以结合于Aβ_((12-28))肽段. 该文采用~1H-~1H COSY、 TOCSY、 ROESY和~(15)N-HSQC多种核磁分析方法, 对此肽段的~1H和~(15)N NMR谱信号进行了归属和详细分析, 为进一步研究其与小分子抑制剂的相互作用提供了基础.     

蛋白质三维结构的定量比较与立体显示

介绍了我们自行设计的两个计算软件COMP和DRAW,COMP用于定量叠合比较一组蛋白质分子的三维空间结构.DRAW用于显示蛋白质分子在三维坐标空间的立体图案.     

形成素结合蛋白C-端FF结构域的1H和15N NMR谱峰归属和结构分析

FF结构域广泛存在于与信号传导相关的蛋白质中,我们选择形成素结合蛋白11 (formin-binding protein 11, FBP11)中所含的一个FF结构域,通过在H₂O和D₂O中采集的COSY,TOCSY,NOESY等二维核磁共振谱,识别了FF-结构域的氨基酸残基的质子自旋系统,通过解析二维和三维NOESY谱中的d_αN、d_NN和d_βN等NOE相关完成了序列专一性归属;二级结构分析表明FF-结构域包含三段α 螺旋.      

Lithium-7 NMR investigation of electrochemical reaction of lithium with SnO

We report on solid state ⁷Li NMR measurements of electrochemically lithiated SnO. At low Li contents (Li/SnO≤2), the results are consistent with the formation of amorphous Li₂O. For Li/SnO ratio of 4.3, in addition to the amorphous Li₂O phase, there are at least two distinct Sn/Li alloy environments which are similar to those observed in a reference Li_2.3Sn alloy. However the Li⁺ environments in a sample with Li/SnO ratio equal to 6.4 and an Li_4.4Sn reference alloy differ markedly. The NMR data are thus consistent with the simple model of Li insertion proposed by other groups, involving the formation of Li₂O and Li_xSn alloys (SnO+xLi→Li₂O+Li_x−2Sn), at low and intermediate Li contents. At high Li content, however, the Li_x−2Sn alloy structure is significantly different in the electrochemically lithiated SnO material, compared to that in the reference alloy.     

Interaction of Thyroxine with 7 Hydroxycoumarin: A Fluorescence Quenching Study

The interaction between thyroxine hormone and 7 hydroxycoumarin (7HC) was investigated using fluorescence quenching method. The experimental results showed that thyroxine could quench the fluorescence of 7HC by forming the 7HC–thyroxine complex with static quenching. The apparent binding constants (K) between 7HC and thyroxine were determined to be 1.51 × 10⁴ (297 K) and 9.06 × 10³ (310 K). The binding sites (n) 0.98 ± 0.1. The thermodynamic parameters showed that the interaction between 7HC and thyroxine was driven mainly by hydrogen bonding interactions and van der Waals force. Calibration for thyroxine, based on quenching titration data, was linear in the concentration range 2.0 × 10⁻⁸ to 3.0 × 10⁻⁷ mol/l. The relative standard deviation was 2.58% for 2.0 × 10⁻⁷ mol/l thyroxine (n = 4) and the 3σ limit of detection was 3.42 × 10⁻⁸ mol/l in cationic surfactant CTAB medium.     

The Formation Mechanism and Binding Energy for the Octahedral Central Structure of the He7+ Cluster

The formation mechanism for the octahedral central structure of the He7 cluster is proposed and its totalenergy curve is calculated by the method of a modified arrangement channel quantum mechanics (MACQM). The energyis a function of separation R between two nuclei at the center and an apex of the octahedral central structure. The resultof the calculation shows that the curve has a minimal energy -19.7296 a.u. At R = 2.40 α0. The binding energy of He7 with respect to He 6He was calculated to be 0.6437 a.u. This means that the cluster of He7 may be formed in thestable octahedral central structure with R = 2.40 α0.     

The Si(1 1 1)-(7 × 7) reconstruction: A surface close to a Mott-Hubbard metal-insulator transition?

Li adsorption at extremely low coverages on the “metallic” Si(1 1 1)-(7 × 7) surface has been experimentally studied recently by β-NMR experiments. Instead of increasing linearly with the sample temperature, as expected for a metallic system, the relaxation rate α = 1/T₁ is almost constant in between 50 K and 300 K sample temperature and rises Arrhenius like above. In order to understand this behaviour in a transparent way a closed form analysis is presented using rectangular density of states distributions. The almost temperature independent relaxation rate below 300 K points to an extremely localized and thus narrow band (width about 10 meV) which pins the Fermi energy. Because of the steeply rising relaxation rate beyond 300 K it is located energetically within a gap (about 380 meV wide) in between a lower filled and an upper empty (Hubbard) band. In dynamical mean field theories based on Hubbard Hamiltonians this kind of density of states is typical for correlated electron systems close to a Mott-Hubbard metal-insulator transition.     

Specific contact resistivity of silver contacts on highT cYBa2Cu3O7 superconductors

Specific contact resistances of vacuum-evaporated silver contacts on new oxide superconductors, YBa₂Cu₃O₇ are measured using a modified Kelvin test structure. Contact resistivity increases continuously as the temperature decreases down to zero resistance point. AtT _c, its value is ∼0.15 ohm cm² which is high for technological applications. The nature of contacts appears different from that of semiconductor metal structures.     

Interaction of doxorubicin with the subcellular structures of the sensitive and Bcl-xL-overexpressing MCF-7 cell line: Confocal and low-energy-loss transmission electron microscopy

The present investigation was directed to examine the interaction of the anti-cancer agent doxorubicin (DOX) with the subcellular compartments of the drug sensitive and Bcl-xL-overexpressing (Bcl-xL) MCF-7 cells using confocal and low-energy-loss transmission electron microscopy (LELTEM). Intracellular detection of DOX with LELTEM was carried out without specific antibodies or heavy metal stains but via the electron-induced molecular orbital excitation of the drug. Cells were incubated with 10 μM DOX for 1 min, 1, 24, and 48 h and then examined live by confocal microscope and as very thin sections in an electron microscope equipped with an energy filter having an energy resolution of 1 eV. Ultrastructural localization of DOX, obtained from pairs of images taken at energy losses of 3 ± 1 and 10 ± 1 eV, were analyzed and correlated with the confocal observations. When the sensitive and Bcl-xL cells were examined under the confocal microscope after 1 min, DOX uptake could not be detected in the nuclei nor in the cytoplasm whereas LELTEM observation revealed that at this stage of incubation the drug has already been incorporated by both cell types and that the nuclear membrane, nucleolus, and mitochondria of the Bcl-xL cells were temporally less DOX-responsive as compared to the sensitive cells. As the incubation time increased, nuclear membranes and nucleoli of both cell types appeared equally sensitive to DOX, nonetheless, mitochondria of the Bcl-xL cells remained invulnerable to DOX for 24 h. The results point to LELTEM feasibility to better characterize yet unresolved cellular events caused by DOX and suggest a transitory role for Bcl-xL overexpression in protecting the cellular compartments from DOX invasion.     

Status of the laser-microwave spectroscopy experiment for the hyperfine structure of 7Be

In order to investigate the nuclear magnetic moments and the magnetization distributions in the unstable nuclei of ^7,11Be, laser-microwave spectroscopy experiments using an ion-trap are under progress at IPNS, KEK-Tanashi. Status of the experiment for the first unstable isotope ⁷Be is reported. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Reproducibility of the quantitative assessment of cartilage morphology and trabecular bone structure with magnetic resonance imaging at 7 T

To assess the reproducibility of quantitative measurements of cartilage morphology and trabecular bone structure of the knee at 7 T, high-resolution sagittal spoiled gradient-echo images and high-resolution axial fully refocused steady-state free-precession (SSFP) images from six healthy volunteers were acquired with a 7-T scanner. The subjects were repositioned between repeated scans to test the reproducibility of the measurements. The reproducibility of each measurement was evaluated using the coefficient(s) of variation (CV). The computed CV were 1.13% and 1.55% for cartilage thickness and cartilage volume, respectively, and were 2.86%, 1.07%, 2.27% and 3.30% for apparent bone volume over total volume fraction (app.BV/TV), apparent trabecular number (app.Tb.N), apparent trabecular separation (app.Tb.Sp) and apparent trabecular thickness (app.Tb.Th), respectively. The results demonstrate that quantitative assessment of cartilage morphology and trabecular bone structure is reproducible at 7 T and motivates future musculoskeletal applications seeking the high-field strength's superior signal-to-noise ratio.     

Crystal Structure and Interaction of 6-Amino Coumarin with Nitrite Ion for Its Selective Fluorescence Detection

ABSTRACT

6-Amino coumarin has been established as an efficient nitrite ion selective fluorescent sensor. The developed method shows linearity up to 1.6 × 10^?6 mol L^?1 of nitrite ion concentration. Interference from other common anions is almost negligible. The reagent shows strong binding affinity towards nitrite ion as evident from its binding constant value (5.8 × 10⁴), estimated by Stern-Volmer method. Some real samples were analyzed. Single crystal X-ray structure of the reagent is reported. Preliminary computational studies on the molecular level interaction between the reagent and nitrite ion were performed by density functional theory (DFT, B3LYP) method.     

Helmholtz-pair transmit coil with integrated receive array for high-resolution MRI of trabecular bone in the distal tibia at 7T

A Helmholtz-pair local transmit RF coil with an integrated four-element receive array RF coil and foot immobilization platform was designed and constructed for imaging the distal tibia in a whole-body 7T MRI scanner. Simulations and measurements of the B(1) field distribution of the transmit coil are described, along with SAR considerations for operation at 7T. Results of imaging the trabecular bone of three volunteers at 1.5T, 3T and 7T are presented, using identical 1.5T and 3T versions of the 7T four-element receive array. The spatially registered images reveal improved visibility for individual trabeculae and show average gains in SNR of 2.8× and 4.9× for imaging at 7T compared to 3T and 1.5T, respectively. The results thus display an approximately linear dependence of SNR with field strength and enable the practical utility of 7T scanners for micro-MRI of trabecular bone.