UPLC-MS-Based Metabolomic Study of Streptomyces Strain HCCB10043 Under Different pH Conditions Reveals Important Pathways Affecting the Biosynthesis of A21978C Compounds

The A21978C family of compounds includes precursors of daptomycin, an important antibiotic for the treatment of diseases infected by Gram-positive resistant bacteria. Focusing on these valuable compounds, the differences in metabolites obtained with or without pH control in their producing strain Streptomyces parvus HCCB10043 were investigated by comparative metabolomics analysis based on UPLC-TOF-MS technology. According to principal component analysis, there were fourteen biomarker compounds selected under the two pH culture conditions. The ten known compounds were divided into two types: a glycoside family participating in the primary metabolism (daidzein, glycitein, genistein, and soyasaponin Bb) and a peptide family of secondary metabolites (valistatin, bestatin, 3-amino-2-hydroxy-4-phenylbutanoylvalylisoleucine, and arylomycins A2, A4, and A5). Through orthogonal partial least squares-discriminant analysis, three compounds, soyasaponin Bb and arylomycins A2 and A4 were identified as the most relevant compounds to A21978C1-3 production, the glycolytic pathway, and the NRPS synthesis pathway. The competitive relationship between arylomycin and A21978C was verified. These results have demonstrated the usefulness of the metabolomic strategy based on UPLC-MS in studying significant metabolic changes in actinomycetes. Moreover, this metabolomic strategy can provide new ideas and guidance for the regulation and improvement of secondary metabolites production.     

Enantioseparations of basic and bifunctional pharmaceuticals by capillary electrochromatography using polysaccharide stationary phases

A fast screening strategy was developed in capillary electrochromatography (CEC) for the chiral separation of basic and bifunctional compounds. The screening conditions were determined on polysaccharide chiral stationary phases using 15 pharmaceutical compounds. The content and type of organic modifier, as well as the pH of the mobile phase appeared to have the largest influence on the chiral resolution. It was seen that for acidic compounds, our approach was not suitable. A generic mobile phase for basic and bifunctional compounds was determined. The testing on 20 additional compounds showed that the proposed mobile phase performed well since enantioselectivity was observed for 86% of the investigated compounds. A comparison of CEC and reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) results was attempted to demonstrate the potential of the used technique for chiral method development.     

某些结构受阻氧鎓盐的吸收和荧光

氧锅盐是一类带正电行的杂环化合物，作为一种合成中间体，氧锅盐在有机合成方面已得到广泛的应用［’］近年来人们对其发光和光谱性质的研究也给予足够的注意．这是由于很多氧锅盐化合物有着很强的荧光发射【’J，并且其中有些已被用作激光染料出或Q一开关材料卜1由于氧钠盐强烈的亲电特性，因而它在聚乙烯咋哇电照相体系中也受到特殊的注意，即通过它来捕获电子和诱导分子内正空穴向负电极方向迁移问染料分子的刚性化对激发分子的弛豫过程往往会带来巨大的影响，如非刚性化分子会通过分子内自由旋转使分子在激发态的弛豫过程中形成不同的…     

Utility of 5A molecular sieves to measure carbon isotope ratios in lipid biomarkers

A procedure using 5A zeolite sorption to separate cyclic/branched organic compounds from the linear ones was developed and carbon isotopic fractionation effects were investigated in different families of compounds, e.g. within the hydrocarbon and alcohol compounds. The 5A sieve has a pore size such that only linear components can be incorporated into the pores whereas the cyclic/branched compounds are remaining free in the organic solution. The sorbed compounds were released from the molecular sieve with HF and solvent extracted with hexane. The method enables the isolation of linear saturated classes, such as n-alkanes and n-fatty alcohols from branched/cyclic compounds without isotopic fractionation for compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) of delta(13)C. However, alkene hydrocarbons, sterols and some aromatics were completely or partly degraded with the molecular sieve.     

某些结构受阻氧鎓盐的吸收和荧光

A series of pyrylium compounds with different structures have been synthesized. The photophysical behavior of these compounds has also been measured. Results show that the structures of compounds and the polarities of solvents make great effects on the photophysical behaviors of compounds, especially when the structures of compounds are hindered. It indicats that the intramolecular rotation relaxation of compounds in excited state in closely related to the fluorescence quantum yields of compounds.     

Self-assembly of azo molecules to mesogenic phasmid-like materials through inter-molecular hydrogen bonding

A series of acid-functionalised new azo compounds was synthesised and characterised. The constituent molecules self-organise to form dimers through inter-molecular hydrogen bonding, resulting in phasmid-like compounds. This was once considered to be a promising molecular architecture to form biaxial nematic phases. The mesomorphic properties of these new azo compounds were studied using polarising optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction. Investigations revealed that these compounds form nematic and columnar mesophases. A few more compounds were synthesised by replacing the??N=N- linkage in these compounds with??CH=N- and??COO- to study the effect of different linkages on the mesomorphic properties in such molecular systems. All were found to be liquid crystalline. The compounds with a??N=N- linkage are more conducive to mesomorphism and are thermally very stable. The effect of number of alkoxy chains on the mesomorphic properties of this system was also studied. To the best of our knowledge, at present, only a handful of phasmid-like mesogenic compounds, formed by the intermolecular hydrogen bonding, are known.     

Chemiluminescence-HPLC for the assay of guanidino compounds

A chemiluminescence-HPLC system for the assay of serum guanidino compounds was established. In this study, we found that lucigenin added to the reaction mixture containing guanidino compounds and alkaline-ninhydrin reagent resulted in strong chemiluminescence. The lucigenin chemiluminescence was not derived from fluorescent derivatives of guanidino compounds or ninhydrin. The interaction of guanidino compounds and ninhydrin under alkaline conditions produced reactive oxygen species. We applied this phenomenon to the microanalysis of guanidino compounds.     

白石湖煤液化粗油加氢精制过程硫、氮化合物转化规律

采用实沸点蒸馏仪对白石湖煤液化油进行馏分切割,切取<170℃液化粗油进行加氢精制脱除其中硫、氮化合物,采用硫化学发光气相色谱仪（GC-SCD）、氮化学发光气相色谱仪（GC-NCD）对液化粗油和精制油中硫、氮化合物进行分析表征,研究加氢精制过程硫、氮化合物的转化规律。结果表明,液化粗油中含硫化合物主要是噻吩类化合物和硫醇,经过加氢精制后基本消失,苯并噻酚类化合物脱除比例要低于噻吩类化合物,属于较难脱除含硫化合物。液化粗油中含氮化合物主要是苯胺类化合物,其次是吲哚类化合物,经过加氢精制吲哚类化合物全被脱除,苯胺和喹啉类化合物属于碱性含氮化合物,是精制油中残留的主要含氮化合物,含量达1.61 mg/kg。     

翼梗五味子的研究 V: 五脂素A1, A2, 表五脂A1和epischisandrone的结构

从四川宜宾产翼梗五味子的果实中分得七个四氢萘木脂素, 其中三个鉴定为: 恩施辛enshicine, 表恩施辛epienshicine和schisandrone, 其余四个均属新化合物, 命名为五脂素wnlignan A1, 五脂素A2, 表五脂素epiwnlignan A1和epischisandrone. 它们的结构(包括绝对构型)由光谱分析和化学转化为(+)-dimethylguaiacine和(-)-dimethylisoguaiacine而阐明. 四个新化合物皆有不同程度的体外抗癌活性.     

Hydrolysis of N-methylnicotinyl and N-methylisonicotinyl esters and some n-participating derivatives under micellar conditions

Hydrolysis rate of two types of compounds, A and B were studied in the presence of variable concentrations of an anionic surfactant (sodium dodecylsulfate, SDS). Class A of compounds consists of substances which hydrolyze by the S_N1 mechanism and which are structurally related to cationic surfactants. The second class (B) contains an internal nucleophile and thus solvolyzes under anchimeric assistance. It was found that compounds of class A are forming an effective micelle and show a rate retardation relative to solvolysis in pure water. The hydrolysis rates of compounds of class B are relatively unaffected by the presence of the micelle forming surfactant. The merits of a N-methylnicotinoic and N-nethylisonicotinoic esters as a new type of leaving groups are discussed.     

Synthesis of indole-based oxadiazoles and their interaction with bacterial peptidoglycan and SARS-CoV-2 main protease: In vitro,molecular docking and in silico ADME/Tox study

In the present study, Indole-based-oxadiazole (1A-17A) compounds were successfully synthesized. The structures of all synthesized compounds were fully characterized by different sophisticated spectroscopic techniques such 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and HREI-MS. Further, the synthesized compounds were explored to investigate their broad-spectrum antibacterial and antibiofilm potential against multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MDR-PA) and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The compounds possessed a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity having MIC values of values 1–8 mg/ml against the tested microorganisms. Compound A6 and A7 shows maximum antibacterial activity against MDR-PA, whereas A6, A7 and A11 shows highest activity against MRSA. Furthermore, antibiofilm assay shows that A6, A7 and A11 showed maximum inhibition of biofilm formation and it was found that at 4 mg/ml; A6, A7 and A11 inhibit MRSA biofilm formation by 81.1, 77.5 and 75.9%, respectively; whereas in case of P. aeruginosa; A6 and A7 showed maximum biofilm inhibition and inhibit biofilm formation by 81.5 and 73.7%, respectively. Molecular docking study showed that compounds A6, A7, A8, A10, and A11 had high binding affinity to bacterial peptidoglycan, indicating their potential inhibitory activity against tested bacteria, whereas A6 and A11 were found to be the most effective inhibitors of SARS CoV-2 main protease (3CLpro), with a binding affinity of ? 7.78 kcal/mol. Furthermore, SwissADME and pkCSM-pharmacokinetics online tools was applied to calculate the ADME/Tox profile of the synthesized compounds and the toxicity of these chemicals was found to be low. The Lipinski, Veber, Ghose, and Consensus LogP criteria were also used to predict drug-likeness levels of the compounds. Our findings imply that the synthesized compounds could be a useful for the preventing and treating biofilm-related microbial infection as well as SARS-CoV2 infections.     

Analysis of aliphatic and aromatic carbonyl compounds in ambient air by LC/MS/MS.

A sensitive liquid chromatograph/tandem mass spectrometric technique (LC/MS/MS) was applied to determine aliphatic and aromatic carbonyl compounds in ambient air. Traces of the carbonyl compounds were sampled by passing through a Sep-Pak DNPH-silica cartridge. Their derivatives were thus eluted with acetonitrile, separated by reversed-phase liquid chromatography and determined by quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry in an atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) mode with multiple reaction monitoring (MRM). The detection limits (DL) of the carbonyl compounds were 0.8 - 15 ng/m3. A number of the carbonyl compounds were detected at n.d.- 14 microg/m3 levels. The precursor ion scanning analysis was applied to identify the unknown compounds.     

Molecular modeling study of tubulosine and other related ipecac alkaloids

A molecular modeling study of two alkaloids, tubulosine and psychotrine, isolated from the sap of Pogonopus speciosus, and other related ipecac alkaloids, showed that these flexible alkaloids favor a nonplanar structure. The biologically active compounds had conformations with a similar angle between aromatic ring A, the nitrogen in ring B, and ring D. This angle was related to the biological activity reported for these compounds. Our results support the hypothesis of two different types of receptor interactions, one for the nonplanar compounds and another for the planar compounds.     

A new series of titanocene dichloride derivatives bearing cyclic alkylammonium groups: Assessment of their cytotoxic properties

Ten new water soluble titanocene dichloride derivatives have been synthesized and characterized and their cytotoxicities against the human lung cancer cell line A549 have been assessed. The potencies of the compounds vary greatly, but dicationic 3-picolylium and 4-picolylium compounds exhibit IC₅₀ values that are unusually low for this class of compounds. In view of their potency against A549 cells, three of the new complexes were tested further on additional human cell lines including the small cell lung cancer cell line H69, the widely used cervical carcinoma cell line HeLa, the ovarian carcinoma cell line A2780 and its cisplatin resistant derivative A2780/CP. All three compounds exhibited potencies in all cell lines comparable to or better than those observed with the A549 cells, while one complex is actually more potent than cisplatin for HeLa cells.     

Triplex selective 2-(2-naphthyl)quinoline compounds: origins of affinity and new design principles

A novel competition dialysis assay was used to investigate the structural selectivity of a series of substituted 2-(2-naphthyl)quinoline compounds designed to target triplex DNA. The interaction of 14 compounds with 13 different nucleic acid sequences and structures was studied. A striking selectivity for the triplex structure poly dA:[poly dT](2) was found for the majority of compounds studied. Quantitative analysis of the competition dialysis binding data using newly developed metrics revealed that these compounds are among the most selective triplex-binding agents synthesized to date. A quantitative structure-affinity relationship (QSAR) was derived using triplex binding data for all 14 compounds used in these studies. The QSAR revealed that the primary favorable determinant of triplex binding free energy is the solvent accessible surface area. Triplex binding affinity is negatively correlated with compound electron affinity and the number of hydrogen bond donors. The QSAR provides guidelines for the design of improved triplex-binding agents.     

Study on the Synthesis and Antitumor Activity of New Indolocarbazole Compounds

A series of new antitumor compounds having indolecarbazole structures were designed and synthesized. The methoxy substituted indolecarbazole parent nucleus, which was firstly synthesized, is condensed with bromine substituted amino acid methyl ester to produce the target compounds. The target compounds were performed with methylthiazolyldiphenyl-tetrazolium bromide(MTT) in vitro cytotoxin activity test and the results showed that compounds CZ-1, CZ-3 and CZ-6 have higher activity against human colon cancer(HT-29) and(HCT-8), hepatocellular carcinoma(Bel-7402), NSCLC(A549) and breast cancer(MCF-7) cells as compared to the positive control JDC-108.     

Preparation of hydrazides of amino acids and peptides

A new method of synthesizing hydrazides of amino acids and peptides is considered which involves the hydrazinolysis of the silyl esters of the corresponding compounds. A number of hydrazides of derivatives of amino acids and peptides has been obtained in high purity with yields close to quantitative. The physicochemical characteristics of the compounds synthesized are given.     

Synthesis and potent cytotoxic activity of 8- and 9-anilinophenanthridine-7,10-diones

A series of 8-anilino and 9-anilinophenanthridine-7,10-diones was prepared and screened against various cancer cell lines to measure anti-proliferative activity. The compounds tested display potent cytotoxic activity in the micromolar and sub-micromolar range. These compounds are promising new leads for developing anticancer compounds.     

汽油馏分的硫化物形态分布研究

采用气相色谱和硫化学发光检测(GC-SCD)技术,经过对色谱条件的优化,建立了汽油馏分中硫化物形态分布的测定方法。用标准物质的保留时间辅以化学法脱除硫醇、硫醚的方法对107个硫化物进行了定性;标准硫化物保留时间重复测定结果的相对标准偏差(RSD)≤0.25%。用内标法对主要的硫化物和总硫含量进行了定量,方法的加标回收率为96%~115%;同一样品重复测定5次,含硫大于7 mg/kg的硫化物组分重复测定结果的RSD≤8.9%。所建立的方法可用于不同装置的汽油馏分的硫化物形态分布规律的研究。     

Validation of theory of n-column separations with gas chromatograms predicted by commercial software

A probability theory for the average number of compounds resolved by the partial separation of complex mixtures on n columns was tested using commercial-software predictions of gas chromatograms. Such n-column separations are traditional means for addressing peak overlap, in which one chooses additional columns of different selectivity to separate compounds that cannot be separated by a single column. Gas chromatograms of five types of complex mixtures containing from 99 to 283 compounds were predicted for eight stationary phases using both optimized and other temperature programs. The number n of columns for different mixtures varied from 2 to 5. The numbers of compounds separated as singlet peaks at different resolution thresholds were compared to predictions, as evaluated with point-process statistical-overlap theory based on a Poisson distribution. A good agreement between theory and results was found in all cases corresponding to low saturation. Both good and poor agreements were found for cases corresponding to high saturation. A good agreement also was found for results based on resolving complex mixtures by a single column subject to two temperature programs. The moments and distribution of the number of resolved compounds were computed by Monte Carlo simulation, thus gauging the significance of departures between results and theory. The potential of such simulations to explore the limitations of theory was briefly investigated.