Cis-UROCANIC ACID DOWN-REGULATES THE INDUCTION OF ADENOSINE 3'', 5''-CYCLIC MONOPHOSPHATE BY EITHER trans-UROCANIC ACID OR HISTAMINE IN HUMAN DERMAL FIBROBLASTS in vitro

It has been demonstrated that UVB radiation (290-320 nm) suppresses mammalian cell-mediated immunity by effecting the trans to cis isomerization of urocanic acid (UCA) in the stratum corneum, the uppermost layer of the skin. Trans-urocanic acid has been shown to be the photoreceptor for UVB-induced immune suppression and the cis-isomer has been demonstrated to be immunosuppressive. Little is known, however, about how the isomerization of UCA may affect the proximal or distal cells of the skin or the immune system. We report here that trans-UCA is biologically active in vitro in human dermal fibroblasts, inducing adenyl cyclase as measured by cAMP (adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate) formation in a dose-dependent manner similar to the action of histamine. Trans-UCA and histamine stimulate 50% of maximum activity at concentrations of 3.3 microM and 13.8 microM respectively. Cis-UCA does not increase cAMP in these human fibroblasts but actively down regulates the increase of cAMP induced by either histamine or trans-UCA. Cis-UCA down regulated the histamine response by 75% and the trans-UCA response by 60% at a concentration range of 1 mM to 1 nM. The trans-UCA induction of cAMP can also be downregulated with an H2 histamine receptor antagonist cimetidine. These results support the hypothesis that a cellular target for cis-UCA is the dermal fibroblast and the effects reported here may represent the initial biochemical and cellular event for UVB-induced immune suppression i.e. the immediate step following the isomerization of trans to cis-UCA is the down regulation of cAMP by cis-UCA. Regulation of such an important second messenger such as cAMP could then allow cascading signals to occur, leading to immune suppression.     

RETARDATION OF ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT ACCELERATED CHLOROSIS BY VISIBLE LIGHT OR BY BENZYLADENINE IN NICOTIAN A GLUTINOSA LEAVES: CHANGES IN AMINO ACID CONTENT AND CHLOROPLAST ULTRASTRUCTURE*

Abstract— Low doses (180–720 Jm^-2) of ultraviolet light (254 nm) are known to accelerate the chlorosis of detached leaves in darkness. The development of such chlorosis is prevented by a photoreactivation treatment. However, we found that delayed light exposure or benzyladenine treatments (which were not effective in photorepair of UV-induced thymine dimers in cell DNA) were also effective in retarding the UV-accelerated chlorosis. Small drops of benzyladenine solution placed on the UV irradiated leaf formed green islands which acted as strong sinks for the accumulation of free amino acids during dark incubation. To a lesser degree, non–irradiated green tissues surrounded by irradiated yellow leaf tissue also acted as sinks for amino acid accumulation. The accelerated chlorophyll loss in UV-irradiated leaves was correlated with degradation of chloroplast ultrastructure. Visible light or benzyladenine retarded this chloroplast degradation. The accelerated senescence of UV irradiated leaf tissue, therefore, is ultrastructurally and physiologically similar to normal senescence of detached dark-incubated leaves, but progresses at a faster rate. When the lower leaf surface was irradiated with high UV doses (3600–10,800 Jm^-2), the chloroplast ultrastructure of the spongy cells (except the envelope) was preserved for 3 days after dark incubation. However, the chloroplasts of the palisade cells were in a late stage of senescence. Since the spongy cells were dead (plasmalemma, tonoplast and chloroplast envelope disappeared), the maintenance of green color and ultrastructure of chloroplasts could have been due to inhibition of degrading enzymes normally associated with senescence.     

铬天青S共振光散射法测定脱氧核糖核酸

介绍在阳离子表面活性剂十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTMAB)存在下阴离子染料铬天青S(CAS)共振光散射(RLS)法测定脱氧核糖核酸(DNA)的方法。在pH=5．27的六次甲基四铵一盐酸缓冲溶液中，研究了CAS—CT-MAB—yDNA体系的RLS光谱特征、影响因素和最佳反应条件。在最佳条件下，体系的RLS强度增加值△I与yDNA的浓度在50～800μg／L和1000～2000μg／L呈线性关系，其线性回归方程分别为△I=0．48c 2．56和△I=0．14c 17．86，相关系数分别为0．9997和0．9991，检出限为4．3ng／mL。该方法简便、快速，应用于合成样品中yDNA的测定，测定结果的相对标准偏差为2．93％～4．71％，回收率为97．8％～105．2％。     

REGULATION OF CHLOROPLAST DEVELOPMENT BY RED AND BLUE LIGHT

There are specific differences between red and blue light greening of etiolated seedlings of Hordevm vulgare L. Blue light results in a different prenyl lipid composition of chloroplast as compared to red light of equal quanta density. This is documented by a much higher prenylquinone content, higher chlorophyll a/b ratios, and lower values for the ratio xanthophylls to carotenes (x/c). The photosynthetic activity of “blue light” chloroplasts (Hill reaction) is higher than that of “red light” chloroplasts. These differences in prenylquinone composition and Hill-activity are associated with a different ultrastructure of chloroplasts. “Red light” chloroplasts exhibit a much higher grana content than “blue light” chloroplasts. The difference in thylakoid composition, photosynthetic activity and chloroplast structure found between blue and red light greening are similar to those found between sun and shade leaves and those between plants grown under high and low light intensities.     

PSORALEN AND THE SUPPRESSION OF MELATONIN SECRETION BY BRIGHT LIGHT

Abstract— Melatonin plasma levels were analyzed in 21 normal human subjects placed in darkness frm 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. and then submitted to bright light exposure (over 1500 lx) to 2 a.m. 5-Methoxypsoralen (5-MOP) was orally (40 mg) given to 11 of those subjects at 9 p.m. In darkness, melatonin plasma levels increased slightly in untreated subjects and dramatically in subjects having received 5-MOP. Under bright light exposure, the melatonin plasma levels were significantly reduced in drug free controls but not in treated subjects.     

CIRCADIAN PHASE OF SPARROWS: CONTROL BY LIGHT AND DARK

Abstract— Sparrows ( Passer domesticus ) are day-active birds which exhibit circadian rhythms of perch-hopping activity. The phases of sparrow's circadian rhythms were studied following single 4 h light pulses, single 4 h dark pulses, doublet treatments of light and dark pulses, and a 10 h light pulse.
The sparrows exhibited a phase response curve to 4 h light pulses with maximum phase advances (3.8 h) at CT20 and maximum phase delays(–1.3 h) at CT16. The sparrows also displayed a phase response curve to dark pulses with maximum phase advances (2.2 h) at CT16 and maximum phase delays at CTO(–0.7 h).
The remaining pulses were imposed during the subjective dark-time. The 10 h pulse beginning 1 h after lights-out produced a 2.2 h phase shift. The doublet of 2 h pulses that were the "skeleton" of the 10 h pulse produced a 2.5 h phase shift. The early 2 h pulse, applied by itself resulted in a -0.4 h delay; the late 2 h pulse applied singly produced a 3.1 h advance. When an early 3 h dark pulse was imposed together with a late light pulse, the phase was advanced 3.6 h; singly the pulses produced 1.8 h and 2.7 h advances.     

PHOTODYNAMIC GENERATION OF HYDROXYL RADICALS BY HEMATOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE AND LIGHT

In a reaction mixture containing hematoporphyrin derivative, deoxyribose, Fe³⁺-EDTA and either methionine or tryptophan, hydroxyl radicals were formed during illumination with visible light. When either hematoporphyrin derivative, Fe³⁺-EDTA or the amino acid was omitted from the reaction mixture, the generation of hydroxyl radicals ceased. These observations suggest an iron-catalyzed Haber-Weiss reaction, involving superoxide and hydrogen peroxide in the generation of hydroxyl radicals. It could be shown that with methionine H₂O₂ was indeed an essential intermediate in the reaction sequence. With tryptophan, however, H₂O₂, was not generated. Apparently a photooxidation product of tryptophan could replace H₂O₂ in the OH-generating reaction with Fe²⁺-EDTA. Although superoxide was generated in the reaction mixture, it was not an indispensable intermediate. Apparently a porphyrin radical, formed via photoexcitation of hematoporphyrin derivative, could replace superoxide in the Haber-Weiss reaction.     

DNA BREAKAGE CAUSED BY 334-nm ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IS ENHANCED BY NATURALLY OCCURRING NUCLEIC ACID COMPONENTS AND NUCLEOTIDE COENZYMES

Abstract— The induction of breaks in DNA in vitro caused by 334-nm UV radíation is enhanced by the following compounds (fluence enhancement factors and concentrations used in parentheses): 4-thiouridine (6.9, 1 m M ), 5-methylamino-2-thiouridine (7.5, 1 m M ), 2-thiouracil (41.0, 1 m M ), riboflavin (14.4.0.1 m M ), and the oxidized (6.8, 1 m M ) and reduced (3.4, 1 m M ) forms of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. Anoxia and diazobicyclo(2.2.2)octane reduce the number of DNA breaks caused by 334-nm radiation plus 4-thiouridine by 70 and 76%, respectively.     

大孔树脂分离纯化丹酚酸的研究

比较了D301R、D392、D380大孔阴离子交换树脂和X-5.AB-8、NKA-9、SP825大孔吸附树脂对丹参水溶性成分的吸附和解吸能力,筛选出效果较好的SP825进行分离纯化丹酚酸的研究.实验表明,大孔吸附树脂SP825能分离出纯度为95.32%的丹参素,在梯度洗脱条件下可得到以丹参素(水洗脱)和丹酚酸B(乙醇洗脱)为主的产品.在最佳吸附与解吸工艺参数下,丹参素、紫草酸、迷迭香酸、丹酚酸A和丹酚酸B的收率分别为:36.92%、80.39%、82.45%、43.07%和41.03%.     

纳米管钛酸的ESR特性及其可见光照的影响

本文报道了纳米管钛酸在真空-0.1MPa、温度100℃的条件下,经过不同时间处理后的ESR特性及其可见光照的影响.发现纳米管钛酸经一定处理后,不经光照即出现g=2.003ESR信号,该信号是由捕获一个电子的氧空位(V_o)产生的,此信号随着处理时间的延长而增强;在532nm的可见光照射下,随着光照时间的延长信号强度随之增加,达到一定强度值后,不再随光照时间的延长而增加;光源关闭后,信号强度又逐渐减小,但不能恢复到原来信号强度的水平.     

FLASH PHOTOLYSIS OF SEVERAL AROMATICS BY ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AND VISIBLE LIGHT IN THE PRESENCE OF EOSIN Y*

Abstract— A flash photolysis investigation was made of the photo-oxidation of aqueous aniline, resorcinol, βnaphthol, p-sulfanilic acid, and p-bromophenol induced by ultraviolet and visible light irradiation in the presence of eosin Y. The transient spectra show that u.v. irradiation generates the hydrated electron (except in p-bromophenol) and the radical products of one-electron oxidation. The initial products of the eosin-sensitized oxidations are the dye semi-quinone and aromatic radicals which coincide with the u.v. photolysis products in at least several cases. The investigation of the reaction kinetics by rapid spectrophotometry with analog computer analysis shows that the aromatics quench the triplet state of eosin and also react with it in a slower electron-transfer process, in competition with ‘dye-dye’ quenching and electron-transfer reactions. The u.v. and dye-sensitized oxidations are discussed in terms of their energetics.     

煤酸异构化制对苯二甲酸

进行了煤氧化产物煤酸（水溶酸WSA）钾在催化剂碳酸镉的存在下，异构化制对苯二甲酸(TPA)的研究。主要考察了催化剂用量、二氧化碳初压、反应温度和反应时间对TPA产率的影响。结果表明，在催化剂存在下煤酸可以转化成TPA。单独煤酸钾异构化时，较佳反应条件：温度430 ℃～450 ℃，压力4.0 MPa，催化剂CdCO3用量4%，反应时间2 h。煤酸钾与苯甲酸（BA）钾混合异构化时，较佳反应条件与单独煤酸钾时基本相同。单独煤酸钾在较佳条件下异构化时，粗TPA产率达34%左右，相当于根据其中有效成分苯多羧酸（BPCA）计算的理论产率的75%左右，选择性较好。煤酸钾加苯甲酸钾在较佳条件下异构化时,粗TPA产率可达68%，扣除假定BA自身岐化生成TPA理论产量之后，则煤酸的TPA产率高达70%，比煤酸单独异构化TPA产率(34%)高1倍。粗TPA经精制可得纯度99%以上的精TPA。     

PHOTOINACTIVATION OF CHINESE HAMSTER CELLS BY HEMATOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE AND RED LIGHT

Abstract— The use of hematoporphyrin derivative (HpD) has previously been demonstrated to be beneficial in clinical cancer therapy. This paper describes cell culture studies used to examine HpD phototherapy in Chinese hamster ovary cells (line CHO). Survival curves have been obtained for both direct HpD toxicity and HpD induced photoinactivation. Examination of HpD induced photoinactivation as a function of stage in the cell growth cycle has also been performed, as has the quantitative measurement of HpD uptake in cells (using ³H-HpD) as a function of cellular incubation time, serum concentration in the incubation medium, and cell cycle position. In the absence of light, no toxicity was observed for HpD incubation levels of up to 400 μg/m/ when incubations times were 3 h or less. Exposure of cells to light alone (> 590 nm, 4.0 mW/cm²) for 9 min was also found to be completely nontoxic. Survival curves obtained for exponentially growing cells labeled with various concentrations of HpD and subsequently illuminated with red light exhibited a threshold or shoulder region at short exposure times followed by exponential killing at longer exposure times. The cell cycle response curves for HpD induced photoinactivation of synchronized CHO cells was nearly flat, indicating no variation in sensitivity for cells treated at time periods from 6 to 15 h after mitosis. Additon of serum to the incubation medium resulted in improved plating efficiency and reproducible survival curves but decreased cellular uptake of HpD.     

毛细管气相色谱法测定速冻食品中的山梨酸和苯甲酸

建立了速冻食品中山梨酸和苯甲酸的毛细管气相色谱检测方法。样品用石油醚-乙醚高速匀浆的方法提取后,通过改变酸度而改变其在有机相和水相中分配比的方法,去除脂肪等杂质的干扰,用FFAP毛细管色谱柱FID检测器进行检测。该方法测定结果的相对标准偏差为1.4%~6.6%,回收率为90.5%~96.9%,检出限为1mg/kg。     

高效液相色谱法同时测定三氯异氰脲酸(粉)中三聚氰酸和三聚氰胺的含量

建立高效液相色谱法同时测定三氯异氰脲酸(粉)中三聚氰酸和三聚氰胺含量的方法.采用HILIC Silica色谱柱(150 mm×4.6 mm,5 μm),以乙腈-10 mmol/L乙酸铵水溶液(9∶1)为流动相,用紫外检测器在213 nm波长处进行检测.三聚氰酸和三聚氰胺的浓度分别在9.22～92.2 μg/mL和10.92～109.2 μg/mL范围内与对应的峰面积呈良好的线性关系.三聚氰酸和三聚氰胺测定结果的相对标准偏差分别为0.3%、0.4%(n=6).在80%、100%、120%3个添加水平下三聚氰酸的平均回收率分别为117.41%、119.85%、114.40%.     

高效液相色谱法测定食醋中的苯甲酸和山梨酸

研究了一种用蒸馏法提取,高效液相色谱法测定食醋中苯甲酸和山梨酸的方法。用蒸馏法提取食醋中的苯甲酸和山梨酸,收集蒸馏液直接进行液相色谱分析。使用的色谱柱为C18柱,流动相为甲醇-乙腈-5 mmol/L柠檬酸缓冲溶液(体积比为10∶20∶70),检测波长为230 nm。苯甲酸和山梨酸标准溶液在0.25~100 mg/L内线性良好,其线性相关系数分别为0.999 9和0.999 8,加标回收率为91.0%~95.2%,测量结果的相对标准偏差为2.46%~3.45%。该方法用于测定食醋样品中的苯甲酸、山梨酸,检测下限均为0.5 mg/L。     

FORMATION OF PHOTOPRODUCTS LETHAL FOR HUMAN CELLS IN CULTURE BY DAYLIGHT FLUORESCENT LIGHT AND BILIRUBIN LIGHT

Abstract. Irradiation of Dulbecco's modified Eagle's tissue culture medium with "Daylight,""Special Blue," or "Bilirubin" fluorescent light produces photoproducts lethal to human cells. Killing is abolished when (1) riboflavin, (2) tryptophan and tyrosine, or (3) riboflavin, tryptophan and tyrosine are deleted from medium prior to irradiation with any of the above fluorescent lamps. Toxic photoproducts are also formed when buffered salt solutions containing (a) riboflavin and tryptophan, (b) riboflavin and tyrosine, or (c) riboflavin, tryptophan and tyrosine are exposed to any of these light sources.     

PHOTOSENSITIZED INACTTVATION OF INFECTIOUS DNA BY UROCANIC ACID, INDOLEACRYLIC ACID AND RHODIUM COMPLEXES

Naked, infectious single-stranded (ss) and double-stranded (ds) DNA from phages SI3 and G4 were irradiated with 308 nm UV radiation in the absence and presence of several photobiologically active compounds: E - and Z -urocanic acid ( E - and Z -UA), their methyl esters ( E - and Z -MU), E - and Z-indoleacrylic acid ( E - and Z -IA), cis -dichlorobis(1,10-phenanthroline)rhodium(III) chloride (cDCBPR) and tris(1,10-phenanthroline)rhodium (III) perchlorate (TPR). E -urocanic acid protects against cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer formation in ssDNA but concomitantly photosensitizes the formation of other lesions that inactivate ssDNA. Z -urocanic acid also protects ssDNA against such dimerization but without the associated sensitized damage. The methyl ester isomers behave similarly. There is no such differential activity observed for the IA isomers, both of which sensitize the inactivation of ssDNA. Photostationary state mixtures of both UA and IA efficiently sensitize the inactivation of dsDNA, and cDCBPR strongly protects ssDNA from UV damage, while TPR is a significant sensitizer. Both of these metal complexes sensitize the inactivation of dsDNA slightly. For all compounds, cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers were the predominant lethal lesions produced by sensitization of the dsDNA, but they were not the major lethal lesions created by sensitization of the ssDNA. In the case of dsDNA, both UA and IA created pyrimidine dimers with a high degree of potential for mutagenesis, as determined by an assay that monitors the frequency of mutations following the spontaneous deamination of cytosine in photodimers.     

强酸型离子交换树脂催化吸附制备Valienamine

以阿卡波糖为原料制备α-糖苷酶抑制剂Valienamine,通过对比硫酸、三氟乙酸和强酸型阳离子交换树脂催化水解阿卡波糖的效果,证实强酸型阳离子交换树脂效果最好,并且在催化水解的同时,产物Valienamine生成后即被吸附在树脂上,糖类副产物水洗即可除去;在实验选择的树脂中,以Amberlyst A-15催化活性最强,阿卡波糖水解率可达95.6%,国产001×7树脂水解率虽稍有逊色,但洗脱容易;选择9种大孔吸附树脂分别对Valienamine进行吸附和解析纯化试验,其中H1020型号树脂效果最好,80%甲醇解析效果最好;采用活性炭纯化Valienamine,用量为25mg/g阿卡波穰时,纯化效果最好,本实验条件下得到的Valienamine纯度为98.26%,得率为74.3%.     

对苯二胺和均苯三酸及对氨基苯甲酸制备可溶性芳香聚酰胺共聚物的研究

分别通过一步加料和分步加料的方法,以对苯二胺(A2)、均苯三酸(B3)和对氨基苯甲酸(AB)为原料进行溶液缩聚反应,制备了具有良好溶解性的芳香聚酰胺共聚物.产物的结构通过IR、1H-NMR得到证实.采用IR和1H-NMR对一步加料共聚反应的共聚行为进行研究,并初步考察了3种不同单体对反应的影响.