Synthesis of Substituted 3H-Indole-modified β-Cyclodextrin

Substituted 3H-indole modified β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) was prepared by the reaction of 6-deoxy-6-[(2-aminoethyl)amino]-β-CD (CDen) with 2-[(p-amino)phenyl]-3, 3-dimethyl-5-car-boxyl-3H-indole (substituted 3H-indole) in the presence of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) and 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBt). The product has been characterized by means of elementalanalysis, MS and ^1H NMR.     

Novel Preparation of Methoxy Carbamates of 1-Protected Indole- 3-methylamines as Precursor of Indole-3-methylamine

Indole-3-methylamine (1) has been well demonstrated to be a very useful intermediate as a pharmaceutical building block and starting material for syntheses of phytoalexins.[1] The instability of indole-3-methylamine (1) has undoubtedly restricted its application in synthetic chemistry. Hofmann rearrangement that directly converts carboxamides to alky carbamates in the presence of alcohol required unexceptionally a strong base,[2] which devaluated the possible usefulness of Hofmann rearrangement in preparation of base sensitive amines, especially for the preparation of unstable indole-3-methylamine (1). Herein we would like to report a convenient method for the preparation of alkyl carbamates of 1-protected indole-3-methylamines (4) via the diacetoxyiodobenzene (DIB) promoted Hofmann rearrangement under neutral condition.     

Structure of Low Temperature Phase b-Ba_3Y(BO_3)_3 Crystal

1 INTRODUCTION Recently the series of compounds M3Ln(BO3)3 (M = Sr, Ba and Ln = LaLu, Sc, Y) with space group P63cm or -3R have been reported[1～5], and some of them exhibit interesting optical properties when doped with the active Cr3+ or Yb3+ ions as laser materials. For example, Yb3+-doped Sr3Y- (BO3)3 crystal is a promising laser material for both tunable and femtosecond laser applications[6～8]. The Ba3Y(BO3)3 crystal melts congruently at 1256 ℃ and has a phase transitio…     

Studies on solid state reactions of coordination compounds LI.Solid state syntheses of a family of Ag-Mo(W)-S cubane-like cluster compounds:Crystal structures of{Ag_3MoS_3I}(PPh_3)_3S and{Ag_3WS_3Cl}(PPh_3)_3S·0.5P(S)Ph_3·3H_2O~+

Reactions of[NH_4]_2[MS_4](M=Mo,W),AgX(X=Cl,Br,I,CN,SCN)and PPh_3in the solid state produced six new mixed-metal sulfur containing cluster compounds,two ofwhich,{Ag_3MoS_3I}(PPh_3)_3S(1)and{Ag_3WS_3Cl}(PPh_3)_3S·0.5P(S)Ph_3·3H_2O(2),were determinedby single crystal X-ray analysis.The crystal data:1,triclinic,P,a=12.114(2),b=13.420(2),c=20.346(3),α=74.53(1),β=86.73(1),γ=63.74(1)°,Z=2,R=0.043 for 4805 independentdata;2,hexagonal,R3,a=b=16.201(3),c=45.091(10),Z=6,R=0.042 for 2729 independentdata.The central unit{Ag_3MS_3X}(M=Mo,W;X=Cl,I)of the two compounds can be des-cribed as a slightly distorted cube,four corners being formed by the MS_4~(2-) ligand(with a ter-minal S atom).The remaining corners are occupied by one X(Cl or I)atom and three Agatoms(with one PPh_3 ligand bound to each of the latter).The generation of different types ofAg-Mo(W)-S cluster compounds prepared from solid state reactions under different reactiontemperatues is discussed.     

Structure of Low Temperature Phase β—Ba3Y（BO3）3 Crystal

Crystals of the low temperature phase β-Ba3Y(BO3)3 have been synthesized by the flux method. The structure of the title compound crystallizes in the hexagonal system, space group P63cm with the following parameters: a = 9.416(3), c = 17.536(8) A, V= 1346.6(8) A3, Ba3YB3Og,Mr = 677.36, Z = 6, Dc = 5.012 g/cm3, λ(MoKα) = 0.71073 A,μ = 19.409 mm- 1, Flack parameter =0.02(3), F(000) = 1764, R = 0.0714 and wR = 0.1696 for 1076 observed reflections with Ⅰ＞ 2σ(Ⅰ).The compound contains two sets of YO6 octahedra, four sets of BaO9 polyhedra and three sets of BO3 planar triangles.     

Structure of High Temperature Phase α-Ba3Y（BO3）3 Crystal

1 INTRODUCTION To the present, the series of compounds M3Ln- (BO3)3 (M = Sr, Ba and Ln = La-Lu, Sc, Y) with space group P63cm or 3R have been reported[1～5]. Some of them exhibit interesting optical properties when doped into the active Cr3+ or Yb3+ ions as laser materials. For example, the Yb3+-doped Sr3Y- (BO3)3 crystal is a promising laser material for both tunable and femtosecond laser applications[6～8]. The Ba3Y(BO3)3 crystal melts congruently at 1256 ℃ and has a phase…     

Non-Isothermal Kinetics of the Decomposition Reaction of Cluster [Ag3WS3Br]（PPh3）3 and [Cu3WS3Br]（PPh3）3

The thermal behaviors of clusters [Ag3WS3Br](PPh3)3 and [Cu3WS3Br](PPh3)3 (PPh3=triphenyl phosphine) in a nitrogen atmosphere were studied under the non-isothermal conditions by simultaneous TG-DTG-DSC and EDS techniques. The results showed that the evolution of PPh3 generally proceeded before the release of the other moiety in one or two step-mode. The mechanisms, the kinetic and the thermodynamic parameters for decomposition of PPh3 of both clusters were determined and calculated by jointly using several methods, which showed that its evolution was controlled by Avrami-Erofeev equation. The results also showed that there was no new stable phase composed of W-Ag(Cu)-S-Br after release of organic moiety PPh3 and that CVD method was not applicable to their further processing.     

Growth and Characteristics of Nd^3＋：GdAl3（BO3）4 Crystal

Nd^3 :GdAl3(BO3)4(NGAB) crystal with the size of 30 mm was grown from the solvent system of K2O-Gd2O3-MoO3-B2O3 by combining accelerated seed rotation technology with medium seeded solution growth (MSSG) method,and its crystal structure has been determined by X-ray powder diffraction.It crystallizes in the trigonal system,space group R32 with a=9.2743(2),c=7.2438(1)A,V=538A^3,Z=3and Dc=4.379g/cm^3,The absorption and emission spectra of NGAB in the function of σ and π polarizations at room temperature have been measured.UV generation tuneable in 378-382nm,green(531nm) generation and blue generation tuneable in 436-443 nm as well as red(669)nm generation by self-frequency changing were obtained with the oupput of 105, 119.5,445and 19μJ/pulse,respectively,when the crystal was pumped by a dye laser.     

Synthesis of 2-aryl-3H-indol-3-ones via trapping reaction in singlet oxygenation of 2-arylindoles

2-Aryl-3H-indol-3-ones (3a-o) have been synthesized via methanol trapping reaction in singlet oxygenation of 2-arylindoles (1a-o), followed by thermal decomposition of the resultant 2-aryl-2-methoxy-3-oxo-2,3-dihydroindoles (2a-o) in good yields.     

Purification and Characterization of PRL Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases

PRLs constitute a subfamily of protein tyrosine phosphatases(PTPs). In the present paper are reported the molecular cloning, expression, purification, and characterization of all the three members of the PRL enzymes in human and the only PRL in C. elegans. These enzymes were expressed as glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion proteins in DE3pLysS E. coil cells, and the recombinant fusion proteins were purified on glutathione-Sepharose affinity columns. Having been cleaved with thrombin, GST-free enzymes were further purified on an S-100 Sepharose gel filtration column. The purified proteins show single polypeptide bands on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. With para-nitrophenyl phosphate(p-NPP) as a substrate, PRLs exhibit classical Michaelis-Menten kinetics with Vmax values two orders of magnitude smaller than those of classic PTPs. The responses of PRLs to ionic strength, metal ions and phosphatase inhibitors are similar to those of other characterized PTPs, but their optimal pH values are different. These data thus reveal distinct common biochemical properties of PRL subfamily PTPs as well.     

Structural basis for inhibition of protein tyrosine phosphatases by Keggin compounds phosphomolybdate and phosphotungstate

Protein-tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) constitute a family of receptor-like, and cytoplasmic enzymes, which catalyze the dephosphorylation of phosphotyrosine residues in a variety of receptors and signaling molecules. Together with protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs), PTPs are critically involved in regulating many cellular signaling processes. In this study, diverse compounds were screened for PTP inhibition and selectively screened for inhibitors with the end product inhibition properties. Among phosphate analogues and their derivatives for PTP inhibition, Keggin compounds phosphomolybdate (PM) and phosphotungstate (PT) strongly inhibited both PTP-1B and SHP-1, with K(i) values of 0.06-1.2 micromM in the presence of EDTA. Unlike the vanadium compounds, inhibition potencies of PM and PT were not significantly affected by EDTA. PM and PT were potent, competitive inhibitors for PTPs, but relatively poor inhibitors of Ser/Thr phosphatase. Interestingly, PM and PT did not inhibit alkaline phosphatase at all. The crystal structure of PTP-1B in complex with PM, at 2.0 A resolution, reveals that MoO(3), derived from PM by hydrolysis, binds at the active site. The molybdenium atom of the inhibitor is coordinated with six ligands: three oxo-ligands, two apical water molecules and a S atom of the catalytic cysteine residue. In support of the crystallographic finding, we observed that molybdenium oxides (MoO(3), MoO(2), and MoO(2)Cl(2)) inhibited PTP-1B with IC(50) in the range 5-15 micromM.     

Prokaryotic Expression and Polyclonal Antibody Preparation of PRL3

Phosphatase of regenerating liver 3(PRL3),which belongs to the superfamily of protein tyrosine phosphatases(PTPs),represents a group of low molecular weight PTPs that participate in tumorigenesis and metastasis processes.Presented here are the results of cloning,prokaryotic expression,purification,and polyclonal antibody preparation of PRL3.To obtain a specific polyclonal antibody against PRL3,the authors have prepared GST-PRL3 to immunize rabbits and purify an anti-PRL3 polyclonal antibody by negative selection affinity columns.Western blot analysis shows that the anti-PRL3 polyclonal antibody has a specific binding ability with PRL3 protein.The anti-PRL3 polyclonal antibody provides a good tool to further study the function of PRL3.     

Phosphatase of regenerating liver-3 directly interacts with integrin β1 and regulates its phosphorylation at tyrosine 783

Background

Phosphatase of regenerating liver-3 (PRL-3 or PTP4A3) has been implicated in controlling cancer cell proliferation, motility, metastasis, and angiogenesis. Deregulated expression of PRL-3 is highly correlated with cancer progression and predicts poor survival. Although PRL-3 was categorized as a tyrosine phosphatase, its cellular substrates remain largely unknown.

Results

We demonstrated that PRL-3 interacts with integrin β1 in cancer cells. Recombinant PRL-3 associates with the intracellular domain of integrin β1 in vitro. Silencing of integrin α1 enhances PRL-3-integrin β1 interaction. Furthermore, PRL-3 diminishes tyrosine phosphorylation of integrin β1 in vitro and in vivo. With site-specific anti-phosphotyrosine antibodies against residues in the intracellular domain of integrin β1, tyrosine-783, but not tyrosine-795, is shown to be dephosphorylated by PRL-3 in a catalytic activity-dependant manner. Phosphorylation of Y783 is potentiated by ablation of PRL-3 or by treatment with a chemical inhibitor of PRL-3. Conversely, depletion of integrin α1 decreases the phosphorylation of this site.

Conclusions

Our results revealed a direct interaction between PRL-3 and integrin β1 and characterized Y783 of integrin β1 as a bona fide substrate of PRL-3, which is negatively regulated by integrin α1.

     

Mapping and identification of protein-protein interactions by two-dimensional far-Western immunoblotting

Studies of protein-protein interactions have proved to be a useful approach to link proteins of unknown function to known cellular processes. In this study we have combined several existing methods to attempt the comprehensive identification of substrates for poorly characterized human protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs). We took advantage of so-called "substrate trapping" mutants, a procedure originally described by Flint et al. (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1997, 94, 1680-1685) to identify binding partners of cloned PTPs. This procedure was adapted to a proteome-wide approach to probe for candidate substrates in cellular extracts that were separated by two-dimensional (2-D) gel electrophoresis and blotted onto membranes. Protein-protein interactions were revealed by far-Western immunoblotting and positive binding proteins were subsequently identified from silver-stained gels using tandem mass spectrometry. With this method we were able to identify possible substrates for PTPs without using any radio-labeled cDNA or protein probes and showed that they corresponded to tyrosine phosphorylated proteins. We believe that this method could be generally applied to identify possible protein-protein interactions.     

Self-reporting fluorescent substrates of protein tyrosine kinases

A new mechanistic principle by which protein tyrosine kinase substrates fluorescently report the introduction of a phosphate moiety has been developed. NMR was used to establish that tyrosine phosphorylation induces the disruption of pi-pi stacking interactions of the tyrosine moiety with a proximal fluorophore on the peptide substrate. We have demonstrated that (1) the peptide substrates described in this study are useful for a wide variety of different tyrosine kinases, (2) physiological concentrations of ATP can be employed (unlike the standard radioactive ATP kinase assays), thus providing a more realistic assessment of inhibitor potency, and (3) protein kinase self-activation can be observed in real-time.     

Development of fluorescence-based selective assays for serine/threonine and tyrosine phosphatases

A number of aromatic substrates were evaluated for their ability to detect tyrosine phosphatase and serine/threonine phosphatase activity. Results demonstrated that the fluorinated coumarin DiFMUP is the most sensitive substrate for detecting LAR and PP-2A activity. Using this substrate, selective high-throughput screening assays for serine/threonine and tyrosine phosphatases were developed. Specific inhibitor cocktails were added to each assay to limit the activity of other phosphatases. LAR, CD-45, and PTP-1B all rapidly hydrolyze DiFMUP in the tyrosine phosphatase assay. The activity of non-tyrosine phosphatases is less than 6% of the LAR activity. PP-1 and PP-2A are highly active in the serine/threonine phosphatase assay. Inhibition of LAR and PP-2A in these assays is demonstrated using known inhibitors. Both of these assays are sensitive, robust, kinetic assays that can be used to quantify enzyme activity.     

Effect of Candesartan Cilexetil as a Sensitive and Effective Inhibitor of SHP-1 on Insulin Signaling Pathway

The protein tyrosine phosphatases(PTPs) comprise a family of enzymes that specifically dephosphorylate tyrosyl residues. Among them, SHP-1 has been regarded as one of the best validated intracellular tyrosine phosphatases. Downregulation of SHP-1 has shown remarkable efficacy in improving insulin sensitivity in vivo in insulin signaling pathway. In this study, we found the role of Candesartan cilexetil targeting at SHP-1. The results indicate that Candesartan cilexetil was a competitive inhibitor to SHP-1(IC₅₀=85.6 μmol/L and K_i=24 μmol/L). We also found that Candesartan cilexetil was more sensitive towards SHP-1 compared with other PTPs. Through the consequence of Western blotting, it showed that Candesartan cilexetil can strengthen the level of tyrosine phosphorylation of several key cellular proteins[such as insulin receptor(IR), insulin receptor substrate(IRS) and ERK] in insulin signaling pathway in HepG₂ cells and improve the insulin sensitivity through inhibiting the protein phosphorylation of SHP-1. These findings showed that Candesartan cilexetil might be an important inhibitor of SHP-1 and had a great application potential in the treatment of diabetes through inhibiting the level of SHP-1 in insulin signaling pathway.     

A selective Seoul-Fluor-based bioprobe, SfBP, for vaccinia H1-related phosphatase--a dual-specific protein tyrosine phosphatase

We report a Seoul-Fluor-based bioprobe, SfBP, for selective monitoring of protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs). A rational design based on the structures at the active site of dual-specific PTPs can enable SfBP to selectively monitor the activity of these PTPs with a 93-fold change in brightness. Moreover, screening results of SfBP against 30 classical PTPs and 35 dual-specific PTPs show that it is selective toward vaccinia H1-related (VHR) phosphatase, a dual-specific PTP (DUSP-3).     

基于四氢喹啉酸骈环戊烯骨架的蛋白酪氨酸磷酸酶1B抑制剂的设计、合成及构效关系

基于肿瘤、糖尿病等重大疾病的有限目标,选择蛋白酪氨酸磷酸酶(PTPs)家族这一生物体系中有代表性的PTP家族成员PTP1B,SHP-1,SHP-2,LAR,CDC25B及PRL-3进行研究.通过综合高通量筛选获得的"苗头"化合物结构信息,分析得到四氢喹啉骈环戊烯骨架.初步的构效关系研究表明,四氢喹啉酸骈环戊烯母核结构可...