THE STIMULATORY EFFECT OF HEAVY METAL CATIONS ON PROLIFERATION OF AORTIC SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS

Heavy metal cations Cd~(2+), Pb~(2+), and Hg~(2+)were added to substitute for Ca~(2+)in culture media to study their effect on the relationship between CaM and the proliferation of cultured rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells (ASMC). It was found that all the heavy metal cations studied stimulated the proliferation of ASMC in varying degrees, increased the CaM content in cells at late G_1 stage and decreased the activity of cAMP PDE. These results suggest that the adverse effect of heavy metals may be related to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and hypertensive disease.     

Heavy metal immobilization in aqueous solution using calcium phosphate and calcium hydrogen phosphates

This study examines the possibilities for removing heavy metal cations from water with calcium phosphate, calcium hydrogen phosphate, and calcium dihydrogen phosphate at 293 K. It was reported that immobilization of aqueous heavy metal cations, which is known to be one of the characteristic properties of calcium hydroxyapatite, proceeded favorably with these phosphates. Calcium phosphate, calcium hydrogen phosphate, and calcium dihydrogen phosphate could favorably remove Pb2+ from aqueous solution. Calcium hydrogen phosphate also removed aqueous Cu2+, Co2+, and Cd2+, whereas these cations were not immobilized by calcium phosphate and calcium dihydrogen phosphate. A contribution of the dissolution-precipitation mechanism to immobilization with these phosphates is suggested.     

The use of ESI-MS to probe the binding of divalent cations to calmodulin

Proteins have evolved with distinct sites for binding particular metal ions. This allows metalloproteins to perform a myriad of specialized tasks with conformations tailor-made by the combination of its primary sequence and the effect on this of the ligated metal ion. Here we investigate the selectivity of the calcium trigger protein calmodulin for divalent metal ions. This ubiquitous and highly abundant protein exists in equilibrium between its apo and its holo form wherein four calcium ions are bound. Amongst its many functions, calmodulin modulates the calcium concentration present in cells, but this functional property renders it a target for competition from other metal ions. We study the competition posed by four other divalent cations for the calcium binding sites in calmodulin using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). We have chosen two other group II cations Mg²⁺, Sr²⁺, and two heavy metals Cd²⁺, Pb²⁺. The ease with which each of these metals binds to apo and to holo CaM[4Ca] is described. We find that each metal ion has different properties with respect to calmodulin binding and competition with calcium. The order of affinity for apo CaM is Ca²⁺ ≫ Sr²⁺ ∼ Mg²⁺ > Pb²⁺ ∼ Cd²⁺. In the presence of calcium the affinity alters to Pb²⁺ > Ca²⁺ > Cd²⁺ > Sr²⁺ > Mg²⁺. Once complexes have been formed between the metal ions and protein (CaM:[xM]) we investigate whether the structural change which must accompanies calcium ligation to allow target binding takes place for a given CaM:[xM] system. We use a 20 residue target peptide, which forms the CaM binding site within the enzyme neuronal nitric-oxide synthase. Our earlier work (Shirran et al. 2005) [1] has demonstrated the particular selectivity of this system for CaM:4Ca²⁺. We find that along with Ca²⁺ only Pb²⁺ forms complexes of the form CaM:4M²⁺:nNOS. This work demonstrates the affinity for calcium above all other metals, but also warns about the ability of lead to replace calcium with apparent ease.     

Heavy metal sorption in the lichen cationactive layer

Results of copper ion sorption in lichens owing to the ion exchange between the surroundings (aqueous solution) and the lichen cationactive layer have been presented. It indicates that the course of sorption of these ions, similarly as in the case of cations of other heavy metals, depends on the concentration and type of cations naturally found in lichen surroundings: H+, Na+, K+, Mg2+ and Ca2+. A determination method of heavy metal concentration in lichen surroundings has been proposed. It consists in exposure of transplanted lichens in the presence of salts that provide precisely determined, artificial salinity of precipitation with which the lichens are in contact. The studies were conducted on Hypogymnia physodes lichens.     

磷酸二甲酯阴离子(DMP~-)与一价、二价金属离子 相互作用的理论研究

在B3LYP、HF和MP2水平上运用全电子从头算(AE)和相对论有效实势(RECP)及6-311+G**和LanL2DZ基组计算Ⅰa、Ⅰb、Ⅱa和Ⅱb族金属离子与磷酸二甲酯阴离子(DMP-)的相互作用。 RECP用于除Li+、Be2+外所有的金属离子。 对Na+、K+、Cu+、Mg2+、Ca2+、Zn2+用AE和RECP 2种方法处理。 结果表明:RECP能可靠地用于重金属离子络合物; 二价金属离子络合物(DMP-—M2+)比一价金属离子络合物 (DMP-—M+)稳定;二价金属离子(M2+)可能比一价金属离子(M+)更易使多核苷酸折叠。     

二价金属离子对鲑鱼精DNA热稳定性的影响

二价金属离子与 DNA之间的作用在 DNA复制、转录以及新陈代谢过程中起到重要的作用 ,因此越来越受到关注 [1,2 ] .L uck等 [3 ]指出 ,碱土金属与 DNA分子的磷酸基团发生作用使 DNA的热稳定性升高 ,而二价过渡金属离子主要是与碱基作用而使 DNA热稳定性降低 . Eichhorn等 [4 ] 用变温紫外光谱法研究了在 DNA磷酸根离子的浓度较小 (0～ 4.0 )时 ,多种二价金属离子对小牛胸腺 DNA热稳定性的影响 ,发现 Mg2 + 及过渡金属离子 Mn2 + ,Co2 + 和 Ni2 + 都有利于 DNA的稳定 .最近 ,Duguid等 [5]用差示扫描量热法 (DSC)研究了在 c(M2 +…     

Effect of metal ions (Li+, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+) and water coordination on the structure of glycine and zwitterionic glycine

Interactions between metal ions and amino acids are common both in solution and in the gas phase. Here, the effect of metal ions and water on the structure of glycine is examined. The effect of metal ions (Li+, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+) and water on structures of Gly.Mn+(H2O)m and GlyZwitt.Mn+(H2O)m (m = 0, 2, 5) complexes have been determined theoretically by employing the hybrid B3LYP exchange-correlation functional and using extended basis sets. Selected calculations were carried out also by means of CBS-QB3 model chemistry. The interaction enthalpies, entropies, and Gibbs energies of eight complexes Gly.Mn+ (Mn+ = Li+, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+) were determined at the B3LYP density functional level of theory. The computed Gibbs energies DeltaG degrees are negative and span a rather broad energy interval (from -90 to -1100 kJ mol(-1)), meaning that the ions studied form strong complexes. The largest interaction Gibbs energy (-1076 kJ mol(-1)) was computed for the NiGly2+ complex. Calculations of the molecular structure and relative stability of the Gly.Mn+(H2O)m and GlyZwitt.Mn+(H2O)m (Mn+ = Li+, Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+; m = 0, 2, and 5) systems indicate that in the complexes with monovalent metal cations the most stable species are the NO coordinated metal cations in non-zwitterionic glycine. Divalent cations Mg2+, Ca2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+ prefer coordination via the OO bifurcated bonds of the zwitterionic glycine. Stepwise addition of two and five water molecules leads to considerable changes in the relative stability of the hydrated species. Addition of two water molecules at the metal ion in both Gly.Mn+ and GlyZwitt.Mn+ complexes reduces the relative stability of metallic complexes of glycine. For Mn+ = Li+ or Na+, the addition of five water molecules does not change the relative order of stability. In the Gly.K+ complex, the solvation shell of water molecules around K+ ion has, because of the larger size of the potassium cation, a different structure with a reduced number of hydrogen-bonded contacts. This results in a net preference (by 10.3 kJ mol(-1)) of the GlyZwitt.K+H2O5 system. Addition of five water molecules to the glycine complexes containing divalent cations Mg2+, Ca2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+ results in a net preference for non-zwitterionic glycine species. The computed relative Gibbs energies are quite high (-10 to -38 kJ mol(-1)), and the NO coordination is preferred in the Gly.Mn+(H2O)5 (Mn+ = Mg2+, Ca2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, and Zn2+) complexes over the OO coordination.     

Fluorometric sensing of alkali metal and alkaline earth metal cations by novel photosensitive monoazacryptand derivatives in aqueous micellar solutions

Novel monoazacryptand-type fluorescent chemosensors, (derived from an 18-crown-6) and (derived from a 15-crown-5) both with a pyrene ring as their photoresponsive moiety, were synthesized. Their fluorescence properties for alkali metal and alkaline earth metal cations in water were then examined. The detection of metal cations was accomplished by a change in the fluorescence intensity of the host compounds, based on a photoinduced electron transfer (PET) mechanism. In aqueous solution, showed little fluorescence upon the addition of Ba2+ because of the very weak complexation with Ba2+, but the presence of micelles of polyoxyethylene(10) isooctylphenyl ether (Triton X-100) enabled to show highly sensitive and selective Ba2+ detection among alkali metal and alkaline earth metal cations. With respect to the selective fluorescent detection of important metal cations (Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+) relevant to living organisms, was found to detect K+ with high selectivity in aqueous micellar solutions of polyoxyethylene(20) sorbitan monostearate (Tween-60). The selectivity for metal cations was mainly dependent on the goodness of fit of the host cavity and the metal cation size. In the presence of anionic surfactants, detected alkaline earth metal cations more effectively than alkali metal cations.     

Simultaneous separation of nine metal ions and ammonium with nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis

A simple and fast method for simultaneous separation of nine metal cations Ni2+, Cu2+, Co2+, Zn2+ Cd2+, K+, Na+, Mg2+ and Ca2+, and NH4+ in methanol is reported. The optimization for separation these 10 cations was achieved by using 0.5% acetic acid and 10 mM imidazole as electrolyte. The effects of water and ionic strength in the sample are discussed. The sensitive detection of transition metal ions was accomplished at 191 nm. The optimized method demonstrated high efficiency and good reproducibility, and was applied successfully to the qualitative and quantitative determination of transition metal ions in water samples, chemical reagents, oral zinc gluconate solution and human plasma.     

Fluorescence quenching of water-soluble conjugated polymer by metal cations and its application in sensor

The effects of different metal cations on the fluorescence of water-soluble conjugated polymer (CP) and their quenching mechanism have been explored. Most transition metal cations, especially noble metal cations, such as Pd2+, Ru3+, and Pt2+ possessed higher quenching efficiency to CP fluorescence than that of the main group metal cations and other transition metal cations, which have filled or half-full outmost electron layer configurations. Base on this, rapid, sensitive detection of noble metal cations can be realized and a novel quencher-tether-ligand (QTL) probe was developed to detect avidin and streptavidin.     

Heavy water reactions with atomic transition-metal and main-group cations: gas phase room-temperature kinetics and periodicities in reactivity

Reactions of heavy water, D(2)O, have been measured with 46 atomic metal cations at room temperature in a helium bath gas at 0.35 Torr using an inductively coupled plasma/selected ion flow tube tandem mass spectrometer. The atomic cations were produced at ca. 5500 K in an ICP source and were allowed to decay radiatively and thermalize by collisions with Ar and He atoms prior to reaction. Rate coefficients and product distributions are reported for the reactions of fourth-row atomic cations from K+ to Se+, of fifth-row atomic cations from Rb+ to Te+ (excluding Tc+), and of sixth-row atomic cations from Cs+ to Bi+. Primary reaction channels were observed leading to O-atom transfer, OD transfer, and D2O addition. O-Atom transfer occurs almost exclusively (>or=90%) in the reactions with most early transition-metal cations (Sc+, Ti+, V+, Y+, Zr+, Nb+, Mo+, Hf+, Ta+, and W+) and to a minor extent (10%) with one main-group cation (As+). OD transfer is observed to occur only with three cations (Sr+, Ba+, and La+). Other cations, including most late transition and main-group cations, were observed to react with D2O exclusively and slowly by D2O addition or not at all. O-Atom transfer proceeds with rate coefficients in the range of 8.1 x 10(-13) (As+) to 9.5 x 10(-10) (Y+) cm3 molecule(-1)(s-1) and with efficiencies below 0.1 and even below 0.01 for the fourth-row atomic cations V+ (0.0032) and As+ (0.0036). These low efficiencies can be understood in terms of the change in spin required to proceed from the reactant to the product potential energy surfaces. Higher order reactions are also measured. The primary products, NbO+, TaO+, MoO+, and WO+, are observed to react further with D(2)O by O-atom transfer, and ZrO+ and HfO+ react further through OD group abstraction. Up to five D(2)O molecules were observed to add sequentially to selected M+ and MO+ as well as MO2+ cations and four to MO(2)D+. Equilibrium measurements for sequential D(2)O addition to M+ are also reported. The periodic variation in the efficiency (k/k(c)) of the first addition of D(2)O appears to be similar to the periodic variation in the standard free energy (DeltaG degrees) of hydration.     

Adsorption of cations onto the surfaces of silver nanoparticles

The effects of cations on the absorption spectra of silver sols have been investigated by the UV-vis spectrometry and TEM. Experiments showed that injection of certain amounts of transition metal cations into silver sols resulted not only in the aggregation of silver nanoparticles but also in the appearance of a new band centered near 510 nm in the absorption spectra of silver sols. However, the new band was not observed in the presence of alkaline earth metal cations or the Mv2+ cations. The peak position of the new band depends on the nature as well as the concentration of metal cations used. Comparing the peak positions of the new bands, it was found that the new band induced by the injection of Cr3+ was red-shifted with respect to those induced by Cu2+, Zn2+, or the Cd2+ cations. It is reasonable that this band near 510 nm should be attributed to the coeffects of the adsorption of metal cations onto the surfaces of silver nanoparticles and the aggregation of silver nanoparticles.     

Carbon disulfide reactions with atomic transition-metal and main-group cations: gas-phase room-temperature kinetics and periodicities in reactivity

The reactions of 46 atomic-metal cations with CS2 have been investigated at room temperature using an inductively-coupled plasma/selected-ion flow tube (ICP/SIFT) tandem mass spectrometer. Rate coefficients and products were measured for the reactions of fourth-period atomic ions from K+ to Se+, of fifth-period atomic ions from Rb+ to Te+ (excluding Tc+), and of sixth-period atomic ions from Cs+ to Bi+. Primary reaction channels were observed leading to S-atom transfer, CS2 addition and, with Hg+, electron transfer. S-atom transfer appears to be thermodynamically controlled and occurs exclusively, and with unit efficiency, in the reactions with most early transition-metal cations (Sc+, Ti+, Y+, Zr+, Nb+, La+, Hf+, Ta+, and W+) and with several main-group cations (As+, Sb+) and less efficiently with Se+, Re+ and Os+. Other ions, including most late transition and main-group metal cations, react with CS2 with measurable rates mostly through CS2 addition or not at all (K+, Rb+, Cs+). Traces of excited states (< 10%) were seen from an inspection of the observed product ions to be involved in the reactions with Mo+, Te+, Ba+ and Au+ and possibly Pt+ and Ir+. The primary products YS+, ZrS+, NbS+, HfS+, TaS+, WS+, ReS+ and OsS+ react further by S-atom transfer to form MS2(+), and TaS2(+) reacts further to form TaS3(+). CS2 addition occurs with the cations MCS2(+), MS+, MS2(+), CS2(+), and TaS3(+) to form M+(CS2)(n) (n < or = 4), MS+(CS2)(n) (n < or = 4), MS2(+)(CS2)(n) (n < or = 3), (CS2)2(+) and TaS3(+)(CS2). Up to four CS2 molecules add sequentially to bare metal cations and monosulfide cations, and three to disulfide cations. Equilibrium constant measurements are reported that provide some insight into the standard free energy change for CS2 ligation. Periodic variations in deltaG degrees are as expected from the variation in electrostatic attraction, which follows the trend in atomic-ion size and the trend in repulsion between the orbitals of the atomic cations and the occupied orbitals of CS2.     

Influence of metal cations on the intramolecular hydrogen-bonding network and pKa in phosphorylated compounds

The binding of the most common metal cations of cytoplasm (Li+, Na+, K+, Mg2+ and Ca2+) to a model molecule having an intramolecular hydrogen-bonding network, myo-inositol-2-monophosphate, was studied using first principles. A strong correlation between the conformation of metal inositol phosphate complexes with the type of metal cation, degree of deprotonation state, and the surrounding environment has been observed. On the basis of the hydrogen-bonding network analysis of the cation-phosphate complexes (Mn+-Ins(2)P1), the alkali cations show little effect on the conformational preference while the conformational preference for the binding of the alkaline earth cations is pH-dependent and solvent-dependent. For example, these calculations predict that Mg2+-Ins(2)P1(0) and Mg2+-Ins(2)P1(2-) favor the 1a/5e form while Mg2+-Ins(2)P1(1-) favors the 5a/1e conformation. The Ca2+-Ins(2)P1(2-) complex prefers the 1a/5e conformation in the gas phase and in a nonpolar protein environment, but inverts to the 5a/1e conformation upon entering the polar aqueous phase. The binding affinities of the cations and the pK(a) values for the cation-phosphate complexes are derived from thermodynamical analysis.     

新型氮杂大环化合物的研究3: 取代不对称多齿氮 杂大环化合物的合成、表征 与配位性能

合成了四种以Nsp^2和Nsp^3为配位原子的取代不对称多齿氮杂大环化合物,制备了它们与不同金属离子的配合物,通过元素分析和光谱表征,研究了配体的结构与其配位性能的关系。以吡啶环为侧链功能基的配体L^1和L^2可根据其环大小选择性地识别Na^+或K^+离子,与过渡金属离子形成1:1型配合物,而与Hg^2^+,Cd^2^+等离子则形成1:2型配合物。大环配体L^3与Co^2^+和Na^+离子形成的双核配合物中两个冠醚环和一个Na^+离子形成夹心配位结构。L^5环中有两个配位中心,因而可同时与两个Ru^2^+离子配位。L^1和L^2均表现出对不同金属离子良好的液膜传输性能和传输选择性。     

NMR, UV-vis and CD study on the interaction of pradimicin BMY-28864 with divalent cations of alkaline earth metal

In order to clarify the mechanism of the calcium-activated anti-fungal action of pradimicin derivatives, we investigated the compatibility of four divalent metal cations, Ca2+, Mg2+, Sr2+ and Ba2+, when combined with pradimicin BMY-28864 in an aqueous solution. The 1H NMR studies suggest that all the tested cations can induce a chemical exchange between two types of aggregation of BMY-28864 in an aqueous solution. The exchange rate, however, varies according to the cation species. In descending order they are: Ba2+ > Sr2+ > Ca2+ > Mg2+. The differences in the binding ability of BMY-28864 to the cations and the solubility of the chloride salts are explained by the electronegativity of these cations. The UV-Vis and CD spectra of these solutions show isosbestic points that correspond to an exchange process in the cations' binding to BMY-28864. The results provide experimental support for the hypothesis that there is a common mechanism underlying their cations interactions with the antibiotic. The CD study also provided evidence about the stoichiometric relation of the divalent metal ions to the antibiotic, 1:2, which was obtained by NMR analyses.     

Interaction of cysteine with Cu2+ and group IIb (Zn2+, Cd2+, Hg2+) metal cations: a theoretical study

The structure and energetics of complexes obtained upon interaction between cysteine and Zn2+, Cd2+, Hg2+ and Cu2+ cations were studied using quantum chemical density functional theory calculations with the 6-311++G** orbital basis set and relativistic pseudopotentials for the cations. Different coordination sites for metal ions on several cysteine conformers were considered. In their lowest energy complexes with the amino acid, the Zn2+ and Cd2+ cations appear to be three-coordinated to carbonyl oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur atoms, whereas the Cu2+ and Hg2+ ions are coordinated to both the carbonyl oxygen and sulfur atoms of one of the zwitterion forms of the amino acid. Bonds of metal cations with the coordination sites are mainly ionic except those established with sulfur, which show a small covalent character that become most significant when Cu2+ and Hg2+ are involved. The order of metal ion affinity proposed is Cu>Zn>Hg>Cd.     

新型氮杂大环化合物的研究Ⅲ.取代不对称多齿氮杂大环化合物的合成、表征与配位性能

合成了四种以Nsp2 和Nsp3为配位原子的取代不对称多齿氮杂大环化合物 ,制备了它们与不同金属离子的配合物 ,通过元素分析和光谱表征 ,研究了配体的结构与其配位性能的关系 .以吡啶环为侧链功能基的配体L1和L2可根据其环大小选择性地识别Na+或K+离子 ,与过渡金属离子形成 1∶1型配合物 ,而与Hg2 +,Cd2 +等离子则形成1∶2型配合物 .大环配体L3与Co2 +和Na+离子形成的双核配合物中两个冠醚环和一个Na+离子形成夹心配位结构 .L5环中有两个配位中心 ,因而可同时与两个Ru2 +离子配位 .L1和L2 均表现出对不同金属离子良好的液膜传输性能和传输选择性     

Modeling metal cation-phosphate interactions in nucleic acids in the gas phase via alkali metal cation-triethyl phosphate complexes

Threshold collision-induced dissociation techniques are employed to determine the bond dissociation energies (BDEs) of complexes of alkali metal cations, Na+, K+, Rb+, and Cs+, to triethyl phosphate (TEP). The primary and lowest energy dissociation pathway in all cases is the endothermic loss of the neutral TEP ligand. Theoretical electronic structure calculations at the B3LYP/6-311+G(2d,2p)//B3LYP/6-31G* level of theory are used to determine the structures, molecular parameters, and theoretical estimates for the BDEs of these complexes. For the complexes to Rb+ and Cs+, theoretical calculations were performed using hybrid basis sets in which the effective core potentials and valence basis sets of Hay and Wadt were used to describe the alkali metal cation, while the standard basis sets were used for all other atoms. The agreement between theory and experiment is excellent for the complexes to Na+ and K+ and is somewhat less satisfactory for the complexes to the heavier alkali metal cations, Rb+ and Cs+, where effective core potentials were used to describe the cation. The trends in the binding energies are examined. The binding of alkali metal cations to triethyl phosphate is compared with that to trimethylphosphate.     

High-voltage contactless conductivity detection of metal ions in capillary electrophoresis

The detection of alkali, alkaline earth and heavy metal ions with a high-voltage capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detector (HV-C(4)D) was investigated. Eight alkali, alkaline earth metal ions and ammonium could be separated in less than 4 min with detection limits in the order of 5 x 10(-8) M. The heavy metals Mn2+, Pb2+, Cd2+ Fe2+, Zn2+, Co2+, Cu2+ and Ni2+ could also be successfully resolved with a 10 mM 2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid/DL-histidine (MES/His)-buffer. Zn2+, Co2+, Cu2+ and Ni2+ showed an indirect response. The detection limits for the heavy metals were determined to range from about 1 to 5 microM.