A fully synthetic self-adjuvanting globo H-Based vaccine elicited strong T cell-mediated antitumor immunity

Therapeutic cancer vaccines based on the abnormal glycans expressed on cancer cells, such as the globo H antigen, have witnessed great progress in recent years. For example, the keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) conjugate of globo H has been on clinical trials as a cancer vaccine. However, such vaccines have intrinsic problems, such as inconsistence in eliciting T cell-mediated immunity in cancer patients and difficult quality control. To address the issue, a structurally defined fully synthetic glycoconjugate vaccine composed of globo H and monophosphoryl lipid A (MPLA) was developed. The new vaccine was shown to elicit robust IgG1 antibody responses and T cell-dependent immunity, which is desired for anticancer vaccines, and induce significantly faster and stronger immune responses than the globo H–KLH conjugate. Moreover, it was self-adjuvanting, namely, inducing immune responses without the use of an external adjuvant, thus MPLA was not only a vaccine carrier but also a build-in adjuvant. It was also found that antibodies induced by the new vaccine could selectively bind to and mediate strong complement-dependent cytotoxicity to globo H-expressing MCF-7 cancer cell. All of the results have demonstrated that the globo H–MPLA conjugate is a better cancer vaccine than the globo H–KLH conjugate under experimental conditions and is worth further investigation and development.     

Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of DSGb5 and Sialylated Globo‐series Glycans

Sialic‐acid‐binding, immunoglobulin‐type lectin‐7 (Siglec‐7) is present on the surface of natural killer cells. Siglec‐7 shows preference for disialylated glycans, including α(2,8)‐α(2,3)‐disialic acids or internally branched α(2,6)‐NeuAc, such as disialosylglobopentaose (DSGb5). Herein, DSGb5 was synthesized by a one‐pot multiple enzyme method from Gb5 by α2,3‐sialylation (with PmST1) followed by α2,6‐sialylation (with Psp2,6ST) in 23 % overall yield. DSGb5 was also chemoenzymatically synthesized. The protection of the nonreducing‐end galactose of Gb5 as 3,4‐O‐acetonide, 3,4‐O‐benzylidene, and 4,6‐O‐benzylidene derivatives provided DSGb5 in overall yields of 26 %, 12 %, and 19 %, respectively. Gb3, Gb4, and Gb5 were enzymatically sialylated to afford a range of globo‐glycans. Surprisingly, DSGb5 shows a low affinity for Siglec‐7 in a glycan microarray binding affinity assay. Among the synthesized globo‐series glycans, α6α3DSGb4 shows the highest binding affinity for Siglec‐7.     

Application of thin‐layer chromatography/infrared matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization orthogonal time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry to structural analysis of bacteria‐binding glycosphingolipids selected by affinity detection

Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) play key roles in the manifestation of infectious diseases as attachment sites for pathogens. The thin‐layer chromatography (TLC) overlay assay represents one of the most powerful approaches for the detection of GSL receptors of microorganisms. Here we report on the direct structural characterization of microbial GSL receptors by employment of the TLC overlay assay combined with infrared matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization orthogonal time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (IR‐MALDI‐o‐TOF‐MS). The procedure includes TLC separation of GSL mixtures, overlay of the chromatogram with GSL‐specific bacteria, detection of bound microbes with primary antibodies against bacterial surface proteins and appropriate alkaline phosphatase labeled secondary antibodies, and in situ MS analysis of bacteria‐specific GSL receptors. The combined method works on microgram scale of GSL mixtures and is advantageous in that it omits laborious and time‐consuming GSL extraction from the silica gel layer. This technique was successfully applied to the compositional analysis of globo‐series neutral GSLs recognized by P‐fimbriated Escherichia coli bacteria, which were used as model microorganisms for infection of the human urinary tract. Thus, direct TLC/IR‐MALDI‐o‐TOF‐MS adds a novel facet to this fast and sensitive method offering a wide range of applications for the investigation of carbohydrate‐specific pathogens involved in human infectious diseases. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

联苯取代物的双电荷离子质谱(2E谱)研究

本文研究了联苯取代物双电荷离子2E谱及其取代基效应和靶气压力影响。离子源中产生的双电荷离子的解离反应主要有丢失H原子、C~2H~2、C~2H~4、HR(R为取代基)等反应通道。产物离子中[C~1~2H~8]^2^+、[C~1~2H~6]^2^+、[C~1~0H~6]^2^+等具有相当的稳定性。取代基对不同的反应有不同的影响, 主要取决于产物离子的相对稳定性。取代基对分子离子的稳定性的贡献有以下顺序: NH~2>OH>Ph>F>H>Br>NO~2。升高靶气压力, 2E谱的总离子流迅速升高, 而样品离子流的百分数却直线降低。靶气压力影响样品的检测灵敏度, 但不影响离子的碎裂途径。     

A microwave and quantum chemical study of cyclopropaneselenol

The microwave spectrum of cyclopropaneselenol, C 3H 5SeH, has been investigated in the 21.9-80 GHz frequency range. The microwave spectra of the ground vibrational state of five isotopologues of cyclopropaneselenol (C 3H 5 (82)SeH, C 3H 5 (80)SeH, C 3H 5 (78)SeH, C 3H 5 (77)SeH, and C 3H 5 (76)SeH) of one conformer, as well as the spectra of two vibrationally excited states of each of the C 3H 5 (80)SeH and C 3H 5 (78)SeH isotopologues of this rotamer, have been assigned. The H-C-Se-H chain of atoms is synclinal in this conformer, and there is no indication of further rotameric forms in the microwave spectrum. The b-type transitions of the ground vibrational state of the more abundant species C 3H 5 (80)SeH and C 3H 5 (78)SeH were split into two components, which is assumed to arise from tunneling of the proton of the selenol group between two equivalent synclinal potential wells. The tunneling frequencies were 0.693(55) MHz for C 3H 5 (80)SeH and 0.608(71) MHz for C 3H 5 (78)SeH. The microwave study has been augmented by high-level density functional and ab initio quantum chemical calculations, which indicate that the H-C-Se-H dihedral angle is approximately 75 degrees from synperiplanar (0 degrees).     

A Study of the Relation between Current Oscillations and Pitting

Anodic polarization behaviors of iron in pure H2SO4 and three mixed acidic solutions, H2SO4 NaCl，H2SO4 NaNO3 and H2SO4 NaCl NaNO3, were investigated. The potentiodynamie sweep curves showed that the current densities rose and dropped irregularly in H2SO4 NaCl solution at the more anodic potentials since the iron surface suffered pitting attack in the solution, but the pitting corrosion was inhibited effectively in the presence of nitrate ions. The surface morphological measurements indicated that pits appeared on the iron surface in H2SO4 NaCl solution and only a few unobvious corrosion spots were observed in H2SO4 NaCl NaNO3 sointian after the iron electrode was potentiostatically polarized at 1.3 V. The oscillatory properties of iron are associated with the susceptlbility of the iron to pitting. In H2SO4 NaCl solution, the regular potentiostatic current oscillations gradually evolved into the irreg-niar current fluctuations due to occurrence of the pitting; whereas in H2SO4 NaCl NaNO3 solution, the current oscillations took place regularly, like the oscillatory behavior in the pure H2SO4 solution. Thus, when the higher the oscillatory fre-quency, the more irregular oscillatory process and the more sensitive to pitting iron occurred.     

A DFT Investigation on Hydrogen Adsorption Based on Alkali-metal Organic Complexes

Using density functional theory calculation based on the B3LYP method,we have studied the interactions of H2 molecules with alkali-metal organic complexes C6H6-nLin(n = 1～3),C6H5Na and C6H5K.A significant part of the electronic charge of M s orbital(Li 2s,Na 3s,K 4s) is donated to phenyl and is accommodated by H2 bonding orbital.For all the complexes considered,each bonded alkali-metal atom can adsorb up to five H2 in molecular form with the mean binding energy of 0.59,0.55 and 0.56 eV/H2 molecule for C6H6-nLin(n = 1～3),C6H5Na and C6H5K,respectively.The kinetic stability of these hydrogen-covered organometallic complexes is discussed in terms of energy gap between HOMO and LUMO.It is remarkable that these alkali-metal organic complexes can store up to 23.80 wt% hydrogen.Therefore,the complexes studied may be used as hydrogen storage materials.     

二茂钛氨基酸配合物的合成新方法

二茂钛衍生物在催化烯烃聚合、氢化、异构化等领域具有重要应用价值[1] ,同时 ,因该类衍生物还具有良好的抗癌性能 ,且其毒性远远低于顺铂类化合物[2 ] ,使人们对这类配合物的研究一直非常重视 .有文献报道 [3] ,以具有生物活性的配体取代二氯二茂钛中的氯原子 ,可以改善其生物利用率 ,提高二茂钛的抗癌活性 .二茂钛配合物的合成绝大多数都是在无水无氧的有机相中进行的 ,在两相(水相 /有机相 ) [4 ,5] 中则很少 .我们曾经在有机相和水相中合成了一些新的二茂钛氨基酸配合物 [6] ,但操作繁杂 ,反应速度慢 ,影响因素多 ,产率低等是这两种体系…     

Unambiguous NMR spectral assignments of salvinorin A

The complete assignments of the (1)H and (13)C NMR spectra of the hallucinogenic neoclerodane diterpenoid salvinorin A were determined in three different NMR solvents using HSQC, HMBC and COSY. Solvent systems are described that allow the resolution of all (1)H signals. Virtual coupling was observed for the protons at C-2, C-3 and C-4 in the 600 MHz (1)H spectrum in CDCl(3). The complete assignments of the (1)H and (13)C NMR spectra of salvinorin B are also reported.     

一种合成单黄酮类化合物的简便方法

黄酮类化合物是植物最普通的成分之一,其合成大多采用查尔酮关环、黄烷酮脱氢、Baker-Venkataraman重排、Allan-Robinson缩合等方法,但这些方法操作较繁。近年来,虽有不少改进,但基本上还是沿用老路线。本文报道合成此类化合物的一种简便方法。以α-卤代邻羟基苯乙酮1(或2)与芳香醛3,     

A density functional theory study of sulfur poisoning

Density functional theory calculations have been used to investigate the chemisorption of H, S, SH, and H(2)S as well as the hydrogenation reactions S+H and SH+H on a Rh surface with steps, Rh(211), aiming to explain sulfur poisoning effect. In the S hydrogenation from S to H(2)S, the transition state of the first step S+H-->SH is reached when the S moves to the step-bridge and H is on the off-top site. In the second step, SH+H-->H(2)S, the transition state is reached when SH moves to the top site and H is close to another top site nearby. Our results show that it is difficult to hydrogenate S and they poison defects such as steps. In order to address why S is poisoning, hydrogenation of C, N, and O on Rh(211) has also been calculated and has been found that the reverse and forward reactions possess similar barriers in contrast to the S hydrogenation. The physical origin of these differences has been analyzed and discussed.     

A structure-activity relationship study of compounds with antihistamine activity

A structure-activity relationship (SAR) analysis of H(1)-, H(2)- and H(3)-antihistamine activity was carried out and chromatographic data of 2-[2-(phenylamino)thiazol-4-yl]ethanamine, 2-(2-benzyl-4-thiazolyl)ethanamine, 2-(2-benzhydrylthiazol4-yl)ethanamine, 2-(1-piperazinyl- and 2-(hexahydro-1H-1,4-diazepin-1-yl)benzothiazole, 2-(1-piperazinyl)benzothiazole, 2-[4-(1-alkyl)piperidinyl]benzothiazole, 2-(N,N',N'-dimethylalkyl-1,2-ethanediamino)benzothiazole, 2[1-(4-aminopiperidinyl)]benzothiazole, 2-[2-phenyl-4-thiazolyl]ethanamine derivatives and selected H(1)- and H(2)-antihistamine drugs were obtained. NP TLC and RP2 TLC plates (silica gel NP 60F(254) and silica gel RP2 60F(254) silanized precoated), impregnated with a solution of aspartic acid (L-Asp) and a solution of an analogue of aspartic acid (propionic acid), were used in two developing solvents as H(1)-, H(2)- and H(3)-antihistaminic interaction models. The lipophilicity data of the examined compounds were obtained and used in the SAR assay. Biochromatographic tests using TLC plates impregnated with solutions of asparic acid or propionic acid were found to be a source of useful data for the qualitative analysis of compounds with different structures, demonstrating activity to histamine H(1)-, H(2)- and H(3)-receptors. The four presented discriminant models based on biochromatographic studies are an efficient tool in the SAR analysis for initial prediction of compound activity direction within histamine receptors.     

A modification to the COSMIC parameterisation using ab initio constrained potential functions

Summary The H.H non-bonded potential employed in the current COSMIC force field has been contrasted with H.H potentials used in a number of other force fields. Initial conversion of the variety of functions to a Morse format, achieved using a simple graphical fitting procedure, allowed a direct comparison to be made, showing the COSMIC potential to differ considerably from the other potentials. This difference was reflected in the failure of COSMIC to reproduce ab initio and experimental energies for molecules with significant H.H interactions, with particular reference to the energy curves of benzophenone and diphenyl ether. Considerable improvement in these energies is produced by the use of a Morse function originally based on the H.H potential used in MM3.     

A high-resolution pulsed field ionization-photoelectron-photoion coincidence study of vinyl bromide

By employing the high-resolution pulsed field ionization-photoelectron (PFI-PE)-photoion coincidence method, we have examined the unimolecular dissociation reaction of energy-selected C(2)H(3)Br(+) to form C(2)H(3) (+)+Br near its threshold. The analysis of the breakdown curves for C(2)H(3)Br(+) and C(2)H(3) (+) yields a value of 11.9010+/-0.0015 eV for the 0 K dissociative photoionization threshold or appearance energy (AE) for C(2)H(3) (+) from C(2)H(3)Br. This AE(C(2)H(3) (+)) value, together with the ionization energy (IE) for C(2)H(3)Br (9.8200+/-0.0015 eV) obtained by PFI-PE and threshold photoelectron (TPE) measurements, has allowed the determination of the 0 K dissociation energy (D(0)) for the C(2)H(3) (+)-Br bond to be 2.081+/-0.002 eV. The 0 K AE(C(2)H(3) (+)) from C(2)H(3)Br obtained in this study corresponds to DeltaH(f0) ( composite function )(C(2)H(3) (+))=1123.7+/-1.9 kJ/mol. Combining the latter value and the known DeltaH(f0) ( composite function )(C(2)H(3))=306.7+/-2.1 kJ/mol, we calculated a value of 8.468+/-0.029 eV for the IE(C(2)H(3)), which is in accord with the result obtained in the previous photoionization efficiency study. We have also carried out high-level ab initio calculations for the IE(C(2)H(3)) at the Gaussian-3 and the CCSD(T,full)/CBS level of theory. The CCSD(T,full)/CBS prediction of 8.487 eV for the IE(C(2)H(3)-->bridged-C(2)H(3) (+)) is in good agreement with the IE(C(2)H(3)) value derived in the present experiment. Combining the 0 K AE(C(2)H(3) (+))=11.9010+/-0.0015 eV and the IE(C(2)H(3))=8.468+/-0.029 eV yields the value of 3.433+/-0.029 eV for D(0)(C(2)H(3)-Br). We have also recorded the TPE spectrum of C(2)H(3)Br in the energy range of 9.80-12.20 eV. Members (n=5-14) of four autoionizing Rydberg series converging to the C(2)H(3)Br(+)(A (2)A(')) state are observed in the TPE spectrum. The analysis of the converging limit of these Rydberg series and the vibrational TPE bands for C(2)H(3)Br(+)(A (2)A(')) has provided more precise values for the nu(6) (+) (1217+/-10 cm(-1)) and nu(8) (+) (478+/-8 cm(-1)) modes and the IE (10.9156+/-0.0010 eV) for the formation of C(2)H(3)Br(+)(A (2)A(')) from C(2)H(3)Br.     

A concise synthesis of topsentin A and nortopsentins B and D

[reaction: see text] A concise synthesis of topsentin A (R(1) = R(2) = H) and nortopsentins B (R(1) = Br, R(2) = H) and D (R(1) = R(2) = H) is described from oxotryptamine 5 via reduction of acyl cyanide 4. Regiospecific bromination of 3-cyanoindole afforded 6-bromo-3-cyanoindole (10) as the major product.     

不同阴/阳离子表面活性剂复配体系的缔合结构研究

测定了十二烷基磺酸钠(AS)/十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTAB)/正丁醇(n-C4H9OH)/正庚烷(n-C7H16)/水(H2O),十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)/十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTAB)/正丁醇(n-C4H9OH)/正庚烷(n-C7H16)/水(H2O)体系的微乳液正四面体相图,并用电导法划分了AS/CTAB/n-C4H9OH/n-C7H16/H2O体系微乳液的结构(W/O,B.C.和O/W);同时研究AS/CTAB/n-C4H9OH/n-C7H16/H2O/盐类(NaCl,CaCl2或AlCl3)体系和SDS/CTAB/n-C4H9OH/n-C7H16/H2O/盐类(NaCl,CaCl2或AlCl3)体系形成中相微乳的盐宽,从中得出上述两体系中相微乳的盐宽随盐类阳离子价态的增大而的规律。     

A Novel Synthesis of Some Hexasubstituted Cyclotriphosphazenes

In recent years, many efforts were focused on the preparation and characterization of phosphazene which contained a framework of alternating phosphorous and nitrogen atoms with two substituent groups attached to each phosphorous atom1. It is noticeable that cyclophosphazene, especially hexaaryloxyphosphazene and perfluoroaryloxyphosphazene exhibit excellent thermal and chemical stability which can be used as fireproof materials, high temperature lubricants, vacuum pump oils and hard disk surfac…     

A novel organotin-substituted polyoxomolybdate cluster

A novel organotin-substituted polyoxomolybdate cluster (H(3)O)(16)[(H(2)O)(2)Mo(V)O(OH)](2){Mo(VI)(28)Mo(II)(4)(NO)(4)(BuSnO)(2)[BuSn(OH)(2)](2)O(102)(H(2)O)(12)}.18H(2)O was synthesized in a 'one-pot' reaction by adopting the reduction-oxidation-reconstitution self-assembly process, which shows a {Mo(34)(NO)(4)Sn(4)} mixed metal skeleton, which is constructed from two {Mo(16)(NO)(2)Sn(2)} subunits being linked by two MoO(6) octahedra.     

二羰基二茂钛和酚类的反应: 合成二芳氧基二环戊二烯基钛的新途径

本文介绍在缓和条件下, 二羰基二茂钛和酚类反应是合成二芳氧基二环戊二烯基钛的新途径, 得到的新化合物都经过元素分析和^1HNMR测定。     

A Bioinspired Synthesis of Polyfunctional Indoles

Polyfunctional indoles bearing substituents at C5 and C6 are prevalent in natural products, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and materials. Owing to the remoteness of the C5 and C6 positions, indoles of this family can be difficult to prepare, and often require multistep syntheses. Herein, we describe a concise process that converts simple derivatives of tyrosine into 5,6‐difunctionalized indoles by direct oxidation of C?H, N?H, and O?H bonds. Our work draws inspiration from the biosynthetic polymerization of tyrosine to make melanin pigments, but makes an important departure to provide well‐defined indole heterocycles.