Mass spectrometric characterization of the zein protein composition in maize flour extracts upon protein separation by SDS‐PAGE and 2D gel electrophoresis

Highly homogenous α zein protein was isolated from maize kernels in an environment‐friendly process using 95% ethanol as solvent. Due to the polyploidy and genetic polymorphism of the plant source, the application of high resolution separation methods in conjunction with precise analytical methods, such as MALDI‐TOF‐MS, is required to accurately estimate homogeneity of products that contain natural zein protein. The α zein protein product revealed two main bands in SDS‐PAGE analysis, one at 25 kDa and other at 20 kDa apparent molecular mass. Yet, high resolution 2DE revealed approximately five protein spot groups in each row, the first at ca. 25 kDa and the second at ca. 20 kDa. Peptide mass fingerprinting data of the proteins in the two dominant SDS‐PAGE bands matched to 30 amino acid sequence entries out of 102 non‐redundant data base entries. MALDI‐TOF‐MS peptide mapping of the proteins from all spots indicated the presence of only α zein proteins. The most prominent ion signals in the MALDI mass spectra of the protein mixture of the 25 kDa SDS gel band after in‐gel digestion were found at m/z 1272.6 and m/z 2009.1, and the most prominent ion signals of the protein mixture of the 20 kDa band after in‐gel digestion were recorded at m/z 1083.5 and m/z 1691.8. These ion signals have been found typical for α zein proteins and may serve as marker ion signals which upon chymotryptic digestion reliably indicate the presence of α zein protein in two hybrid corn products.     

Preparation of 2-Picolylarsonic Acid and its Reductive Cleavage by Ascorbic Acid/Iodine and by Thiophenol

Contrary to dialkylaminoethyl halides, 2-picolyl chloride reacts with alkaline arsenite to give nearly quantitative yields 2-picolylarsonic acid. This acid is decomposed by ascorbic acid in the presence of catalytic amounts of iodine to 2-picoline and arsenious acid, most likely by hydride transfer from the ascorbic acid. Thiophenol decomposes this arsonic acid very quickly to 2-picoline, diphenyl disulfide and triphenyl trithioarsenite. In this case a proton from the thiophenol is transferred to the incipient 2-picolyl carbanion.     

Reactions of 2-Acetyl-5-hydroxy-5-methyl-3-phenylcyclohexanone and Alkyl 4-Hydroxy-4-methyl-2-oxo-6-phenylcyclohexanecarboxylates with Nucleophilic Reagents

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - A series of novel enamines, bis(enamines), benzisoxazoles, tetrahydroindazoles, benzophenone hydrazones were obtained via reactions of...     

Mass spectrometric characterization of covalent modification of human serum albumin by 4-hydroxy-trans-2-nonenal

Several pieces of evidence indicate that albumin modified by HNE is a promising biomarker of systemic oxidative stress and that HNE-modified albumin may contribute to the immune reactions triggered by lipid peroxidation-derived antigens. In this study, we found by HPLC analysis that HNE is rapidly quenched by human serum albumin (HSA) because of the covalent adduction to the different accessible nucleophilic residues of the protein, as demonstrated by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) direct infusion experiments (one to nine HNE adducts, depending on the molar ratio used, from 1:0.25 to 1:5 HSA:HNE). An LC-ESI-MS/MS approach was then applied to enzymatically digested HNE-modified albumin, which permitted the identification of 11 different HNE adducts, 8 Michael adducts (MA) and 3 Schiff bases (SB), involving nine nucleophilic sites, namely: His67 (MA), His146 (MA), His242 (MA), His288 (MA), His510 (MA), Lys 195 (SB), Lys 199 (MA, SB), Lys525 (MA, SB) and Cys34 (MA). The most reactive HNE-adduction site was found to be Cys34 (MA) followed by Lys199, which primarily reacts through the formation of a Schiff base, and His146, giving the corresponding HNE Michael adduct. These albumin modifications are suitable tags of HNE-adducted albumin and could be useful biomarkers of oxidative and carbonylation damage in humans.     

MALDI‐TOF‐MS analysis of living cationic polymerization of vinyl ethers. III. Polymerization with SnCl4 and TiCl4 in the absence of additives

Matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry analysis revealed that the precision control (or the living nature) of the cationic polymerization of vinyl ethers with SnCl₄ or TiCl₄ critically depends on the Lewis acid concentration and temperature. Specifically, at an extremely low Lewis acid concentration, for example, the polymerization with the HCl–vinyl ether adduct (an initiator) is living at ?78 °C in CH₂Cl₂ solvent, whereas side reactions occurred at a higher concentration of SnCl₄ or at a higher temperature, ?15 °C. This was more pronounced with SnCl₄ than with TiCl₄, which was due to a stronger Lewis acidity of SnCl₄ as suggested by NMR analysis of the model reactions. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 39: 1258–1267, 2001     

Structure and properties of (1−x)(0.6Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.4Pb (Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3)-xPbTiO3 thin films with perovskite phase promoted by polyethylene glycol

The preferential formation of a pyrochlore structure is a knotty problem in the preparation of Pb(Zn_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃ (PZN)-based thin film materials and its presence is significantly detrimental to the dielectric and piezoelectric properties. In this study, 40 mol% of PZN was replaced with Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃ (PMN) for obtaining a perovskite composition around a morphotropic phase boundary (MPB), (1−x)(0.6PZN-0.4PMN)-xPT ((1−x)PZMN-xPT, PT: PbTiO₃) where x = 0.23. The thin films with this composition were prepared with a polyethylene glycol (PEG) modi-fied sol-gel method on LaAlO₃ substrates. The microstructural evolution of the films on heat treatment was examined with X-ray diffraction. With the aid of PEG, the formation of the pyrochlore phase was suppressed and the perovskite phase formed directly from the amorphous gel film. The multilayer films with a thickness around 0.25 μm showed a single perovskite phase without any detectable pyrochlore structure. Microscopic images showed uniform grain size of a few tens of nanometers. The role of the polymer dramatically promoting the perovskite phase was investigated with the aid of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and thermal analysis. The dielectric constant of the obtained film was 4160 at 1 kHz. The film demonstrated typical ferroelectric hysteresis loops and exhibited excellent piezoelectric performance.     

复合软模板法可控制备红毛丹状AlOOH/Al2O3纳米材料

以Al(NO₃)₃为铝源,尿素为均相沉淀剂, 在聚乙二醇400(PEG4000)-DL-天冬氨酸形成的复合软模板体系中, 通过简单的常压回流方式成功合成出形貌和尺寸较为均一的红毛丹状γ-AlOOH纳米结构, 继而考察了反应物和添加剂用量对前驱体形貌和尺寸的影响, 并对γ-AlOOH纳米结构可能的形成机理进行了探讨. 实验结果表明, 所合成的红毛丹状γ-AlOOH具有球中球的核壳结构, 统计得内球直径约为400 nm, 外壳外径约为600 nm, 密集状态的壳层厚度约为15 nm, 毛刺状凸出物长度可达60 nm以上. 前驱体样品经600℃煅烧5 h后即转变为具有良好形貌继承性的γ-Al₂O₃, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) N₂-吸附实验表明其比表面积高达299.97 m²·g^-1.     

Application of Organolithium and Related Reagents in Synthesis. Part 111. Metallation of 2-Methyl- and 4-Methylnicotinic Acids. A Useful Method for Preparation of AZA-Isocoumarins

The metallation (LDA/THF) of 2-methyl- and 4-methylnicotinic acids (1) and (2), and the subsequent reaction of the lithiated species (3) and (4) with carbonyl electrophiles as a synthetic route of 5-aza- and 7-aza-isocoumarins (7), (8), (9) and (10), is described. The isocoumarins (9) and (10) appeared to be readily transformable into the corresponding naphthyridines (11) and (12).     

（2-羟基-3-丁氧基）丙基-羟丙基壳聚糖/聚乙二醇互穿网络凝胶的制备及其释药作用

将壳聚糖改性为（2-羟基-3-丁氧基）丙基 羟丙基壳聚糖（2-H-3-B-P-HPCS）,并以（2-羟基-3-丁氧基）丙基-羟丙基壳聚糖和聚乙二醇（PEG）为原料制备（2-羟基-3-丁氧基）丙基-羟丙基壳聚糖/聚乙二醇互穿网络凝胶,研究了（2-羟基-3-丁氧基）丙基-羟丙基壳聚糖浓度、聚乙二醇的用量、交联剂戊二醛用量、反应温度对该凝胶溶胀性能的影响。 通过红外光谱分析和扫描电子显微镜的方法比较了壳聚糖、（2-羟基-3-丁氧基）丙基-羟丙基壳聚糖和（2-羟基-3-丁氧基）丙基-羟丙基壳聚糖/聚乙二醇互穿网络凝胶结构和形态上的不同。 以阿昔洛韦为模型药物研究了其释药性能。 结果表明,该凝胶均具有良好的溶胀性、pH敏感性和药物缓释作用,有望用作新型的药物载体。     

Assignment of human plasma polypeptides on a nondenaturing 2-D gel using MALDI-MS and PMF and comparisons with the results of intact protein mapping

Human plasma proteins were separated by 2-DE under nondenaturing conditions followed by the assignment of the CBB-stained spots using MALDI-MS and PMF, aiming to correlate the information of intact proteins with that of constituent polypeptides. A microgel system was employed to facilitate the analysis. Totally 157 spots on a nondenaturing micro-2-DE gel were numbered, the spots were excised, the proteins in the gel pieces were subjected to in-gel digestion with trypsin followed by polypeptide analysis using MALDI-MS and PMF. Two PMF algorithms, MASCOT (with Swiss-Prot database) and ProFound (with NCBInr database) were employed. A total of 153 spots out of the 157 provided significant match (p <0.05) with polypeptides in databases. Eighty spots were assigned to contain multiple (2-4) polypeptides, suggesting (i) noncovalent interaction between proteins/polypeptides, (ii) disulfide bonding of polypeptides, or (iii) overlapping of the protein locations on the gel. The results of polypeptide assignment coincided very well with the results of protein mapping previously reported, in which 33 plasma proteins were identified using blotting-immunochemical staining (Manabe, T., Takahashi, Y., Higuchi, N., Okuyama, T., Electrophoresis 1985, 6, 462-467). Further, 19 polypeptides in 25 spots were newly assigned. These results demonstrate that the techniques of MALDI-MS and PMF can be applied for analysis of proteins separated on nondenaturing 2-DE gels, providing information on their polypeptide structure. The integrated information on proteins and polypeptides would help the comprehensive understanding on the functions of complex protein systems.     

A pitfall of using 2‐[(2E)‐3‐(4‐tert‐butylphenyl)‐2‐methylprop‐2‐enylidene]malononitrile as a matrix in MALDI TOF MS: chemical adduction of matrix to analyte amino groups

2‐[(2E)‐3‐(4‐tert‐Butylphenyl)‐2‐methylprop‐2‐enylidene]malononitrile (DCTB) has been considered as an excellent matrix for matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) of many types of synthetic compounds. However, it might provide troublesome results for compounds containing aliphatic primary or secondary amino groups. For these compounds, strong extra ion peaks with a mass difference of 184.1 Da were usually observed, which might falsely indicate the presence of some unknown impurities that were not detected by other matrices. On the basis of the possible mechanisms proposed, these extra ions are the products of nucleophilic reactions between analyte amino groups and DCTB molecules or radical cations. In these reactions, an amino group replaces the dicyanomethylene group of DCTB forming a matrix adduct via a ? C?N‐bond. An aliphatic primary amine could react easily with DCTB and the reaction could start once they are mixed in a MALDI solution. For an aliphatic secondary amine, on the other hand, the reaction most likely occurs in the gas phase. Protonation of amino groups by adding acid seems to be a useful way to stop DCTB adduction for compounds with one single amino group, but not for compounds with multiple amino groups. Unlike aliphatic primary or secondary amines, aliphatic tertiary amines and aromatic amines do not yield DCTB adducts. This is because tertiary amines do not have the required transferrable H‐(N) atom to form an extra ? C?N‐bond, while aromatic amines are not sufficiently nucleophilic to attack DCTB. In view of the possible matrix adduction, care should be taken in MALDI time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (TOF MS) when DCTB is used as the matrix for compounds containing amino group(s). Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Oxidation of 2‐Phenylethylamine with N‐Bromosuccinimide in Acid and Alkaline Media: A Kinetic and Mechanistic Study

A kinetic study of oxidation of 2‐phenylethylamine (PEA), a bioactive compound, with potent oxidant, N‐bromosuccinimide (NBS) has been carried out in HCl and NaOH media at 313 K. The experimental rate laws obtained are: ‐d [NBS] /dt = k[NBS][PEA][H⁺] in hydrochloric acid medium and ‐d [NBS]/dt = k[NBS][PEA]^x[OH^?]^y in alkaline medium where x and y are less than unity. Accelerating effect of [Cl^?], and retardation of the added succinimide on the reaction rate have been observed in acid medium. Variation of ionic strength of the medium shows negligible effect on rate of reaction in both media. Decrease in dielectric permittivity of the medium decreased the rate in both media. The stoichiometry of the reaction was found to be 1:1 in acid medium and 1:2 in the case of alkaline medium. The oxidation products of PEA were identified as the corresponding aldehyde and nitrile in acid and alkaline medium, respectively. The reactions were studied at different temperatures and the activation parameters have been evaluated. The reaction constants involved in the proposed mechanisms were computed. The reaction was found to be faster in alkaline medium in comparison with the acid medium, which is attributed to the involvement of different oxidizing species. The proposed mechanisms and the derived rate laws are consistent with the observed experimental results.     

A Convenient Synthesis of 2-Oxazolines and 2-Benoxazoles with PPh3-DDQ as the Dehydrating Reagent

2‐Oxazolines and 2‐benoxazoles were synthesized in high yields from acylamino alcohols and acylamino‐ phenols, respectively, with triphenylphosphine‐2,3‐dichloro‐5,6‐dicyanobenzoquinone (PPh₃‐DDQ) as the dehydrating and activating reagent. The synthesis was accomplished under neutral conditions.     

Preparation and Superconductivity of a Series of Bi2CaSr2-XBaxCu2O8+δ

By means of the addition of Ba into the Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O 2122 system, a series of Bi₂CaSr_2-xBa_xCu₂O_8+δ (0 ≤ × ≤ 2) quinary metal oxides were prepared by the citrate route and by the conventional powder reaction method. The samples prepared by the former method have better properties than the latter. It was found that 5 was not equal to zero for all of them and that it increased with decreasing Tc. Two phases were indentified in the oxides containing all five metal elements. One is the Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O 2122 phase, the other is a new insulating phase which probably contains Bi-Ca-Ba-Cu-O with undetermined stoichiometry. Superconductivity was found in those samples for which × ≤ 1.50 with their Tc onsets between 93–78 K by resistivity measurements. Superconductivity decreased monotonically with increasing x. However, residual resistance was found in those samples for which 1.00 ≤ × ≤ 1.50, The Meissner effect appears in the samples where × ≤ 1.00 with Tc onsets between 88–80 K. For x = 1.75 and 2.00, the samples were semiconductors with resistivities of 6.66 × 10² and 6.96 × 10³ Ω cm at 290 K, and activation energies of 0.109, and 0.298 eV, respectively.     

A rapid, sensitive and effective quantitative method for simultaneous determination of cationic surfactant mixtures from river and municipal wastewater by direct combination of single-drop microextraction with AP-MALDI mass spectrometry

A rapid, simple, sensitive, and effective quantitative method for simultaneous determination of cationic surfactants (CS(+)) from river and municipal wastewater by direct combination of single-drop microextraction (SDME) with atmospheric pressure (AP)-MALDI mass spectrometry has been successfully demonstrated without the requirements of tedious sample pre- or post-treatment or separation by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), gas chromatography (GC), and capillary electrophoresis (CE). This quantitative method can greatly enhance the signal-to-noise ratio for analysis of small molecules of CS(+) owing to the strong suppression of matrix ions by the analytes. In addition, SDME assisted in the isolation and preconcentration of CS(+) from water samples, which could effectively reduce the background interferences from the matrices present in waste and river water. The SDME conditions were optimized for achieving high extraction efficiency of CS(+) from aqueous samples, in terms of solvent selection, stirring speed, extraction time, exposure volume of acceptor phase, and salt addition. The enrichment factors for CS(+) were found to be 40-64-folds for 7 min of extraction time with no salt addition and at room temperature. This method was found to yield a linear calibration curve in the concentration range from 50 to 1500 microg/l CS(+) with a limit of detection (LOD) of 10 microg/l. The relative recoveries in river and municipal wastewater were found to be 93.8-103.6% and 91.0-98.7%, respectively. These results indicate that the combination of SDME with AP-MALDI/MS is effective for the simultaneous determination of CS(+) from river and municipal wastewater. In addition, a comparison of enrichments and LOD values for this method with hollow-fiber liquid phase microextraction (HF-LPME) was also demonstrated. The present approach is easy to operate, rapid, sensitive, and suitable for high-throughput of analysis.     

共同装载吴茱萸碱和Fe3O4纳米粒子的磁性药物载体的制备

以单甲醚-聚乙二醇-聚（丙交酯-乙交酯）（mPEG-PLGA）作为载体,采用溶液透析的方法共同装载抗癌药物吴茱萸碱和Fe₃O₄ 磁性纳米粒子. 通过透射电子显微镜、红外光谱、紫外-可见光谱及体外释放实验、普鲁士蓝染色、体外毒性实验和磁靶向研究,综合评价了磁性纳米药物载体的性能. 结果表明,磁性药物载体胶束分散性良好,粒径均一,有较高的载药量和包封率,能够实现药物缓释,具有磁靶向特性.     

Analysis of 4-methyl-piperazine-1-carbodithioic acid 3-cyano-3,3-diphenyl-propyl ester hydrochloride and its major metabolites in rat plasma and tissues by LC-MS/MS

4-Methyl-piperazine-1-carbodithioic acid 3-cyano-3,3-diphenylpropyl ester hydrochloride (TM-208) is a newly synthesized compound, which has shown excellent in vivo and in vitro anticancer activity and low toxicity. To investigate the metabolism of TM-208 in rats, in the present study, we administered TM-208 orally to rats and analyzed its metabolites existing in rat plasma and central tissues by LC-MS/MS. Rat plasma and tissue samples were collected before or after a single oral dose (250 mg/kg) of TM-208, then the analytes were extracted from samples by liquid-liquid extraction and analyzed using LC-MS/MS. The structures of proposed metabolites were elucidated according to the rules of drug metabolism and disposition in vivo and the characteristic fragmentation behaviors of TM-208 in ESI-ITMS(n). Five metabolites (M1-M5) were tentatively or assuredly identified: (2-amino-ethyl)-dithiocarbamic acid 3-cyano-3,3-diphenyl-propyl ester (M1), (2-methylamino-ethyl)-dithiocarbamic acid 3-cyano-3,3-diphenyl-propyl ester (M2), 4-methyl-piperazine-1-carbothioic acid S-(3-cyano-3,3-diphenyl-propyl) ester (M3), piperazine-1-carbodithioic acid 3-cyano-3,3-diphenylpropyl ester (M4), and sulfine of (4-methyl-piperazine-1-carbodithioic acid 3-cyano-3,3-diphenylpropyl ester) (M5).     

大比表面层柱磷酸锡的制备和催化性能

详细研究了氧化铬层柱磷酸锡的制备规律，革新了文献中丙胺在量季铵盐的两步胶体化法，用有机胺使层板一步胶体化成功地制备了高比表面积的层柱磷酸锡，其最高比表面积达４４５ｍ＾２／ｇ。样品经４００℃焙烧后仍具有良好的层柱结构，可形成规整的平行板型中孔，孔径集中在１．７￣５ｎｍ范围内。丙醇脱水和异丙苯裂解反应表明氧化锆层柱磷酸锡具有弱酸催化活性；环己烷脱氢反应表明，氧化铬层柱磷酸锡比负载型氧化铬催化剂有更高的     

The Oxidation of Heterogeneous Tl/Ni/P‐Alloys — Preparation and Crystal Structures of the Thallium Nickel Phosphates TlNi4(PO4)3, Tl4Ni7(PO4)6, and Tl2Ni4(P2O7)(PO4)2

Single crystals of the first anhydrous thallium nickel phosphates were prepared by reaction of heterogeneous Tl/Ni/P alloys with oxygen. TlNi₄(PO₄)₃ (pale‐yellow, orthorhombic, space group Cmc2₁, a = 6.441(2)Å, b = 16.410(4)Å, c = 9.624(2)Å, Z = 4) crystallizes with a structure closely related to that of NaNi₄(PO₄)₃. Tl₄Ni₇(PO₄)₆ (yellow‐brown, monoclinic, space group Cm, a = 10.711(1)Å, b = 14.275(2)Å, c = 6.688(2)Å, β = 103.50(2)°, Z = 8) is isotypic with Na₄Ni₇(PO₄)₆, and Tl₂Ni₄(P₂O₇)(PO₄)₂ (brown, monoclinic, space group C2/c, a = 10.389(2)Å, b = 13.888(16)Å, c = 18.198(3)Å, β = 103.1(2)°, Z = 8) adopts the K₂Ni₄(P₂O₇)(PO₄)₂ structure. Tl₂Ni₄(P₂O₇)(PO₄)₂ could also be prepared in nearly single phase form by reaction of Tl₂CO₃, NiO, and (NH₄)₂HPO₄.     

The Reaction of [C(NMe2)3][(CO)4FeC(O)NMe2] with InX3 (X = Br,I); Isolation and Crystal Structures of Unusual Addition and Oxidation Products

The reaction between the salt like iron carbamoyl complex [C(NMe₂)₃][(CO)₄FeC(O)NMe₂] ( 1 ) and InBr₃ proceeds with formation of an iron indium bond to give the salt [C(NMe₂)₃]₂[(CO)₄FeInBr₃] ( 2 ). InI₃, however, acts as an oxidation agent to produce with 1 the intercalation compound [FeI₂]₂ · [MeN=C(NMe₂)₂] ( 3 ) as main product. Minor amounts of the penta‐metallic neutral complex [{(CO)₃Fe(μ‐C(NMe₂)O)₂Fe(CO)₂C(NMe₂)O}₂Fe] ( 4 ) and the indium containing salt [C(NMe₂)₃][(CO)₄Fe(μ‐InI₂)₂NMe₂] ( 5 ) were also isolated and characterized by X‐ray analyses.