聚乙二醇-聚(乳酸-碳酸酯)-紫杉醇纳米胶束对SKOV3卵巢癌的抑制作用

制备了2种两亲性生物降解嵌段共聚物聚乙二醇-聚(乳酸-碳酸酯),进而与紫杉醇和叶酸共价键合,形成高分子-紫杉醇键合物和高分子-叶酸键合物,将它们共组装成复合纳米胶束,直径约50 nm,含紫杉醇27 wt%,含叶酸1.4 wt%.培养了人卵巢癌SKOV3细胞,采用四氮唑(MTT)比色法、流式细胞术(FCM)证明了市售紫杉醇(Taxol)、紫杉醇胶束(M(PTX))及叶酸靶向紫杉醇胶束(FA-M(PTX))在10μg/mL浓度下对SKOV3细胞生长有明显抑制作用,并且M(PTX)和FA-M(PTX)优于Taxol.构建了皮下卵巢癌balb/c荷瘤裸鼠动物模型,考察了Taxol,M(PTX)和FA-M(PTX)对肿瘤生长的抑制能力.在20 mg/kg的剂量下,体外测量的肿瘤体积、9天观察的瘤体重量以及动物的生存期数据都表明,Taxol,M(PTX)和FA-M(PTX)三者都能抑制SKOV3肿瘤的生长,抑制能力的顺序为Taxol相似文献   

聚乙烯亚胺介导siRNA和顺铂协同抗肿瘤治疗

用聚乙烯亚胺(PEI)为载体,介导siRNA(siSurvivin)沉默肿瘤细胞抗凋亡基因survivin,并与抗癌药物(顺铂)进行协同抗肿瘤治疗.凝胶阻滞电泳实验显示,PEI能够对siRNA进行有效复合,在PEI/siRNA质量比为0.4时实现完全阻滞.细胞耐药性实验证明了耐顺铂细胞(A549DDP细胞)的survivin基因过度表达且耐顺铂能力是顺铂敏感细胞(A549细胞)的8倍.RT-PCR实验验证了PEI担载siSurvivin后对survivin基因实现了有效沉默,与顺铂药物共同作用后不影响基因沉默效果.细胞凋亡实验验证了基因与药物协同作用后细胞的凋亡率达到60.9％,而单独药物或PEI/siSurvivin复合物分别作用后的细胞凋亡率仅分别为30.2％和19.8％.细胞增殖实验进一步验证了PEI介导siSurvivin与顺铂联合治疗能够实现有效地协同抗肿瘤效果.     

人原发性肝癌及7402细胞株和髓细胞白血病细胞株(K562)的癌基因(转化基因)的共同属性——N-ras基因

用人的原发性肝癌(PHC)、肝癌7402细胞株(郭婵等,1984)及髓细胞白血病K562细胞株的DNA转染的NIH/3T3转化株DNA,以Southern吸印和~(32)P-标记的癌基因探针做分子杂交来分析,结果如下:在PHC DNA转化的NIH/3T3细胞DNA中,鉴定有N-ras基因的7.2及9.0kb(EcoRI酶切)的带,与人白细胞和肝癌DNA中出现的专一性条带相同,但是没有人Ha-ras(BamHI 6.6kb)或Ki-ras(EcoRI 3.0kb)的专一性条带。在以7402及K562细胞株DNA转化的细胞DNA中,同时发现有人的N-ras和Ha-ras基因(6.6kb,BamHI酶切),人的Ki-ras特异片段(3.0kb,EcoRI酶切)没有被检测到。PHC的DNA中N-ras基因在带型及杂交强度上没有大的改变,由于N-ras基因(非Ki-ras,Ha-ras)的表达,在多数PHC中明显地增加,提示了N-ras至少是人肝癌的转化基因之一。     

人IL-16基因重组腺病毒载体的构建与鉴定

目的:构建并鉴定人白细胞介素16(IL-16)的重组腺病毒pAd-IL-16表达载体,为进一步研究IL-16功能奠定基础.方法:分离正常人外周血单个核细胞(PBMC),组胺刺激后提取总RNA,RT-PCR扩增IL-16基因,将其克隆到含有绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)标记的腺病毒穿梭质粒pAdTrack-CMV后,再与腺病毒骨架质粒pAdEasy-1共转化BJ5183细菌,获得重组腺病毒载体pAd-IL-16,转染 HEK 293T细胞包装病毒.荧光显微镜下观察细胞内绿色荧光,测定病毒效价,RT-PCR和Western blot分别分析细胞内IL-16 mRNA和蛋白质的表达.结果:经双酶切及基因鉴定,重组穿梭质粒和重组腺病毒质粒均见约400 by插人片段,测序结果和GenBank中的基因序列一致;重组病毒效价为2.8×10～8 pfu/mL;重组病毒感染后,HEK 293T细胞中IL-16mRNA和蛋白质均有表达.结论:成功构建IL-16重组腺病毒载体,并可在HEK 293T细胞中表达,为进一步研究IL-16的功能奠定了基础.     

基于单克隆抗体G250修饰的肿瘤细胞靶向基因载体研究

用宫颈癌细胞Hela表面高表达G250抗原的单克隆抗体G250修饰非病毒基因载体, 获得肿瘤靶向基因载体. 通过注射G250杂交瘤细胞于小鼠腹腔, 制备富含G250mAb的腹水, 用正辛酸-硫酸铵沉淀法和Protein A Agarose分离纯化, 获得高纯度的G250mAb. 通过二硫键将PEI与G250mAb偶联, 得到修饰的基因载体G250mAb-PEI, 研究其转基因靶向性. 结果表明, G250mAb-PEI对Hela细胞的基因转染具有显著的靶向性, 对Hela细胞的转基因效率是肝癌细胞HepG2(G250阴性)的2倍; 而对正常血管平滑肌细胞(SMC)的基因转染效率比Hela低近20倍, G250mAb修饰与否对SMC没有靶向性; 对3T3细胞的毒性显著低于未修饰的PEI, 表明G250mAb-PEI是一种高效、低毒和具有靶向性的基因载体.     

聚谷氨酸为骨架的梳状基因载体的合成及生物学性能评价

以聚谷氨酸为骨架, 用低分子量聚乙烯亚胺胺解聚谷氨酸苄酯, 得到聚谷氨酸-g-聚乙烯亚胺, 用异佛尔酮二异氰酸酯将聚乙二醇单甲醚偶联到聚谷氨酸-g-聚乙烯亚胺上, 合成了梳状聚阳离子基因载体聚谷氨酸-g-(聚乙烯亚胺-b-聚乙二醇). 利用核磁共振氢谱、 激光粒度分析仪、 Zeta电位仪和凝胶电泳对聚阳离子载体及其与质粒脱氧核糖核酸(pDNA)形成的复合物进行了表征. 通过噻唑蓝(MTT)细胞毒性测试、 绿色荧光蛋白质粒pEGFP-C1及荧光素酶质粒pGL3体外转染实验考察了载体的细胞毒性及基因转染效率. 结果表明, 当聚乙烯亚胺中N原子和DNA中P原子的摩尔比(N/P)大于5时, 载体能很好地包裹DNA, 载体与DNA形成的复合物粒径约为130 nm, Zeta电位约为28 mV; 通过MTT实验和体外质粒转染实验显示出载体在测量范围内具有极低的细胞毒性和较高的转染效率.     

反向基因转染技术的最近研究进展

随着基因治疗研究的深入,基因转染技术得到了长足的发展。在反向基因转染概念被提出来的十余年间,反向基因转染技术也引起了广泛关注。反向基因转染技术是相对于常规转染而言的,即首先通过基质锚定DNA(或RNA),然后将细胞接种于该基质表面,细胞贴附的同时摄取锚定的DNA(或RNA)而实现基因转染,因而也被称为表面介导基因转染、基质介导基因转染、固相基因转染。与传统转染方法相比,其具备以下优势:载体/DNA(或RNA)复合物更加稳定,转染试剂可以更有效地接触细胞而达到更高的转染效率,低的细胞毒性和血清环境中不影响转染效率等。本文主要综述了反向转染技术的最新研究进展及其主要应用领域。     

交联型聚乙烯亚胺智能基因载体的制备及PEG化影响

使用胱胺双丙烯酰胺(CBA)对低分子量聚乙烯亚胺(PEI)进行交联反应制备智能降解型聚阳离子基因载体.通过与聚乙二醇(PEG)反应得到不同程度PEG化的聚阳离子载体.利用核磁、黏度测试、粒度仪、zeta电位仪和凝胶电泳对聚阳离子载体及其与DNA的复合物进行了表征.研究表明随着PEG含量的增加,聚阳离子载体/DNA复合物颗粒粒径变小、表面正电荷降低,PEG具有明显的屏蔽作用,但过多的PEG也使载体与DNA复合能力下降.通过MTT细胞毒性测试和荧光素酶质粒转染实验得出,含二硫键的交联型阳离子聚合物在测试范围内显示了非常低的细胞毒性,最佳转染效率是PEI25k的4倍,PEG化后其细胞毒性得到进一步改善,转染效率却明显降低.     

胆固醇修饰的低分子量聚乙烯亚胺接枝化聚[L-天冬酰胺-co-L-赖氨酸]作为基因载体的性能研究

通过将低分子量的聚乙烯亚胺(PEI600)及其胆固醇衍生物与聚(L-天冬酰胺-co-L-赖氨酸)(PSL)进行开环反应, 合成了一类新型的肿瘤靶向基因载体, 研究了这类载体与DNA形成复合物的性质以及介导绿色荧光蛋白质粒pEGFP-C1转染不同细胞的性能. 结果表明, 在复合质量比大于5∶1时, 各载体均能与DNA形成结构稳定的复合物. 同时转染实验结果证明, 通过在侧链引入一定数目的胆固醇, 可以明显提高载体对于癌细胞HepG2和Hela的转染效率. 这类新型的载体具有良好的细胞相容性、较高的转染效率以及易于进行靶向修饰等特点, 在基因治疗研究领域中将具有较好的潜在应用价值.     

主客体组装构建环糊精修饰基因微载体的研究

合成了二茂铁接枝聚乙烯亚胺( PEI-Fc),利用二茂铁与β-环糊精的主客体嵌套作用制备了环糊精修饰聚乙烯亚胺,核磁测定结果显示,每条PEI-Fc链上通过主客体作用嵌套的CD平均为26个.这种基于弱相互作用力的β-环糊精修饰聚乙烯亚胺能有效诱导DNA分子的缔合,在N/P值达到3以上时,可形成表面为正电荷、粒径为150 ～ 250 nm的球形粒子.在含10％胎牛血清的DMEM体外细胞培养基中,由于培养基中的蛋白质能够在粒子表面发生静电吸附,PEI-Fc/CD/DNA基因微载体显示出良好的稳定性.HEK293细胞培养结果显示,以表达绿色荧光蛋白的质粒pEGFP为模型,以N/P值为10的PEI/DNA组装体作为对照,N/P值为3、5和10的PEI-Fc/CD/DNA组装体的转染效率均达到对照组的2～3倍,这种基于主客体组装构建的环糊精修饰基因微载体显著提高了基因转染效率.     

3-nitro- and 3-bromo-3-nitroacrylates in reactions with phenyl azide

1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of alkyl 3-nitro-and 3-bromo-3-nitroacrylates to phenyl azide gives regioisomeric alkyl 5(4)-nitro-1-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4(5)-carboxylates, the corresponding triazoles both with and without nitro group, and alkyl 3-nitro-1-phenylaziridine-2-carboxylates. Nitrotriazolecarboxylates were found to lose the ester moiety during chromatographic separation of the products on aluminum oxide. The structure of the products was determined on the basis of IR, ¹H NMR, and X-ray diffraction data.     

Cholesterol levels and plasma membrane fluidity in 3T3 and SV101-3T3 cells.

Polyene antibiotics such as filipin selectively inhibit wheat germ agglutinin-induced agglutination of transformed and malignant cells compared to normal cells (Hatten ME, Burger MM: Biochemistry 18: 739, 1979). Since filipin binds specifically to cholesterol, we measured cholesterol levels in 3T3 cells and SV101-3T3 cells. SV101-3T3 cells contained 50-100% more cholesterol per cell than 3T3 cells. Both cell types were starved for cholesterol by growth in lipid-depleted medium plus 25-hydroxycholesterol. The cholesterol level of SV101-3T3 cells decreased by 30-50%, while the level in 3T3 cells remained constant. Filipin-stained SV101-3T3 cells revealed bright patches of filipin under fluorescence microscopy. These patches were absent in 3T3 cells and in SV101-3T3 and 3T3 cells starved for cholesterol. We selectively labeled plasma membranes of these cells with a spin label analog of phosphatidylcholine. The spin label indicated differences in plasma membrane fluidity that may be related to the different cholesterol levels in 3T3 and SV101-3T3 cells.     

Interaction in Systems Ln2O3-CsPO3 and Ln2O3- UO3-CPO3

Abstract

The systems Ln₂O₃-CsPO₃ and Ln₂O₃-UO₃-CsPO₃ were investigated and three sets of compounds A, B, C were isolated.     

3-cyclobutyl-3-ferrocenylcyclopropene and 3-cyclobutylidene-3-ferrocenylpropyne Synthesis and chemical properties

3-Cyclobutyl-3-ferrocenylcyclopropene was synthesized by the reactions of mono- or dibromoferrocenylcyclopropanes with Bu^tOK in DMSO. Treatment of dibromoferro-cenylcyclopropane with Bu^tOK in THF afforded 3-cyclobutylidene-3-ferrocenylpropyne in 52% yield. Heterolysis of the C-C bond in the three-membered ring of 3-cyclobutyl-3-ferrocenylcyclopropene at low and high temperatures was studied. Hydrolysis yielded 3-cyclobutyl-1H-cyclopentaferrocene and products with linear structures,viz., 3-cyclobutylidene-3-ferrocenylpropene,E- andZ-I-ferrocenyl-1-cyclobutylpropenes, and 1-cyclobutylidene-1-ferrocenylacetone. Cyclopropene reacts with 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran to form two Diels-Alder adducts, while the enyne does not react with 1,3-diphenylbenzofuran. Facultad de Quimica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Universitaria, C.P. 04510, México D. F., México. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2177–2181, November, 1999.     

Synthesis and Upconversion Luminescence in LaF3:Yb3+, Ho3+, GdF3: Yb3+, Tm3+ and YF3:Yb3+, Er3+ obtained from Sulfide Precursors

Rare earth fluorides are mainly obtained from aqueous solutions of oxygen‐containing precursors. Probably, this method is simple and efficient, however, oxygen may partially be retained in the fluoride structure. We offer an alternative method: obtaining fluorides and solid solutions based on them from an oxygen‐free precursor. As starting materials, we choose sulfides of rare‐earth elements and solid solutions based on them. The fluorination is carried out by exposure to hydrofluoric acid of various concentrations. The transmission electron microscopy images revealed the different morphologies of the products, which depend on the concentration of the fluorinating component (HF) and the host element. The solid solution particle size varied from 30–35 nm in the case of GdF₃:Yb³⁺, Tm³⁺ (4 % HF) to larger structures with dimensions exceeding 200 nm, such as that for LaF₃:Yb³⁺, Ho³⁺ (40 % HF). The thermal characteristics, such as the temperatures of the transitions and melting and enthalpies, were determined for the solid solutions and simple fluorides. Applicability of the materials obtained as biological luminescent markers was tested on the example of upconversion luminescence, and good upconversion properties were detected.     

Nonadiabatic coupling in the 3 3Pi and 4 3Pi states of NaK

The excited 3 (3)Pi and 4 (3)Pi electronic states of the NaK molecule exhibit an avoided crossing, leading to the anomalous behavior of many features of the rovibrational energy levels belonging to each state. A joint experimental and theoretical investigation of these states has been carried out. Experimental measurements of the vibrational, rotational, and hyperfine structure of numerous levels of the 3 (3)Pi state were recently obtained using the Doppler-free, perturbation-facilitated optical-optical double resonance technique. Additional measurements for the 4 (3)Pi state as well as bound-free emission spectra from selected 3 (3)Pi, 4 (3)Pi, and mixed 3 (3)Pi to approximately 4 (3)Pi rovibrational levels are reported here. A model is also presented for calculating the mixed rovibrational level energies of the coupled 3 (3)Pi-4 (3)Pi system, starting from a 2x2 diabatic electronic Hamiltonian. The 3 (3)Pi and 4 (3)Pi potential curves and the coupling between them are simultaneously adjusted to fit the observed rovibrational levels of both states. The energy levels of the potential curves determined by the fit are in excellent agreement with experiment. The nonadiabatic coupling is sufficiently strong to cause an overall shift of 2-3 cm(-1) for many rovibrational levels as well as somewhat larger shifts for certain pairs of 3 (3)Pi to approximately 4 (3)Pi levels that would otherwise be very close together.     

Phase transitions and pseudo-spin description in the perovskite CH3NH3PbCl3

The differential scaning calorimetry study of the compound of formula CH₃NH₃PbCl₃ in the temperature range 168 K–181 K shows two phase transitions according to the phase sequence: phase III (P222₁) ← (172K) → phase II (P4/mmm) ← (179K) → phase I (Pm3m) These transitions were characterized by X-ray diffraction, DSC and Raman scattering. The III transition involves mainly the rotational and orientational motions of the organic cation, whereas the antiferroelectric transition at 172K is connected with a complex mechanism involving the freezing of the cation motions coupled with the distorsion of the PbCl₆ octahedra This sequence has been also analysed in terms of pseudo-spin theory.     

Comparison of proton conduction in KTaO3 and SrZrO3

In the present paper, the authors focus on proton conduction pathways in a cubic perovskite KTaO(3) and an orthorhombic perovskite SrZrO(3). Density functional theory with a generalized gradient approximation is used to find proton binding sites. The nudged elastic band method is used to find transition states between minima. With this potential energy map of binding and transition states, adjacency matrices and their analogs identify four types of conduction paths in KTaO(3). Distortions from these paths are seen in SrZrO(3). In both cases, the lowest energy path has an intraoctahedral transfer rate-limiting barrier. A Fourier analysis of the OH stretch in ab initio molecular dynamics simulations revealed a strongly redshifted OH stretch in SrZrO(3) relative to KTaO(3). Hence, an orthorhombic system with a lowest energy conduction path limited by an intraoctahedral barrier can exhibit a redshifted OH stretch.     

Synthesis and Dehydrobromination of 3-Bromomethyl- and 3-Bromo-3-methoxymethylcyclobutane-1-carbonitriles and Methyl 3-Bromomethyl- and 3-Bromo-3-methoxymethylcyclobutane-1-carboxylates

The anti-Markownikoff products of bromination and bromomethoxylation of 3-methylenecyclobutane-1-carbonitrile and methyl 3-methylenecyclobutane-1-carboxylate were subjected to dehydrobromination by the action of potassium tert-butoxide in THF. The reaction takes two elimination pathways: 1,3-dehydrobromination to give bicyclobutane derivatives and 1,2-dehydrobromination leading to substituted methylenecyclobutane. Structural factors in the substrate were revealed, which are responsible for the ratio of the two concurrent elimination processes.