Synthesis of Novel Fluorescence reagents and Their Application in Determination of Thiol Compounds

The identification and determination of thiol compounds is essential both for the clinical diagnosis and the con trol of diseases because alteration of their concentrations in biological systems are somehow responsive for some diseases such as myocardial infarction, diabetes, peripheral vascular and so on. [1]     

Synthesis of a New Isoflavone: 7,8,4′-Trihydroxyisoflavone

Isoflavones have been found a wide range of applications as natural antioxidants being suggested in diet as a gents responsible for the prevention of coronary diseases, breast and prostate cancer. [1] Most of the isoflavones have been isolated from natural sources and their simple structural features lead to the development of many synthetic methods. [2] Here we synthesized a new trihydroxyisoflavone.     

Synthesis and Anticancer Activities of Some Thiazole Derivatives

In this study, 2-substituted 4-[3/4-(4-arylthiazole-2-yl)aminophenyl]thiazole derivatives and 2-[4-[2-substituted 4-methylthiazole-5-yl]thiazole-2-yl]amino-5-arylidenethiazoline-4-one derivatives have been synthesized. The cytotoxic and/or growth inhibitory effects of the 16 selected compounds were evaluated in vitro against approximately 66 human tumor cell lines derived from nine neoplastic diseases. Some of the compounds were found to act as anticancer agents.     

Racemization of R-Naproxen Ester Using Microwave Oven

(S)-(+)-2-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl) propionic acid (Naproxen) is a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug which belongs to the family of 2-aryl propionic acid derivatives, which is widely used as a drug for human connective tissue diseases. The physiological activity of the S-form Naproxen is 28-fold that of the R-form^[1]. Hence, only the S-form is used as a drug for human diseases.     

Application of Short-wave Near-infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy in Controlling Extract of Fructus Cnidii Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

Fructus cnidii （Chinese name shechuangzi） is the fruit produced by Cnidium monnieri （L.） Cusson （Umbelliferae）. It is a perennial herb that is used to treat skin-related diseases and gynecopathyell. Recent pharmacological studies have revealed crude extracts or components isolated from fructus cnidii possess antiallergic, antipruritic, antidermatophytic, antibacterial, antifungal, and antiosteoporotic activities. Osthole and imperatorin are the major compounds present in shechuangzi. They are often used as standards for the evaluation of the quality of shechuangzi products.     

The Study of Diagnostic Method of Diabetes by Thermal Desorption-Gas Chromatography

With the development of Chinese economics, the morbidity of diabetes, as one kind of metabolic disease, is more than before. Because of its multiple causalities and complex disorder, it is not very easy to diagnose the diabetes. The patients will suffer for the routine detection method of blood sugar, an invasive diagnosis technique. In fact, as one of the many diagnostic methods, to "smell" out diseases from the odors in man's breath is being newly developed in the biomedical area, which is applied in such diseases as:gastrointestinal problems, sinus problems, infections, diabetes, liver problems infected wounds. Some researchers^[1,2,3] use electronic nose to detect the concentration of the "odors" and to diagnose these diseases. The detection of acetone in man's breath is convenient to be used to predict ketoacidosis and monitor the process of diabetes.     

Biochemistry of the para-sulfonato-calix[n]arenes

The biochemistry of the para-sulfonato-calix[n]arenes has shown rapid development during the past ten years, the highly diverse biomedical applications of these molecules now include anti-viral, anti-thrombotic activities, enzyme blocking and protein complexation. The future is even more promising as para-sulfonato-calix[n]arenes have, now, been shown to have potential in the diagnosis of prion-based diseases. Their innocuous nature, as far as is known at present, may open up their future use in medications.     

Prodrugs for the treatment of neglected diseases

Recently, World Health Organization (WHO) and Medicins San Frontieres (MSF) proposed a classification of diseases as global, neglected and extremely neglected. Global diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular and mental (CNS) diseases represent the targets of the majority of the R&D efforts of pharmaceutical companies. Neglected diseases affect millions of people in the world yet existing drug therapy is limited and often inappropriate. Furthermore, extremely neglected diseases affect people living under miserable conditions who barely have access to the bare necessities for survival. Most of these diseases are excluded from the goals of the R&D programs in the pharmaceutical industry and therefore fall outside the pharmaceutical market. About 14 million people,mainly in developing countries, die each year from infectious diseases. From 1975 to 1999,1393 new drugs were approved yet only 1% were for the treatment of neglected diseases[3]. These numbers have not changed until now, so in those countries there is an urgent need for the design and synthesis of new drugs and in this area the prodrug approach is a very interesting field. It provides, among other effects, activity improvements and toxicity decreases for current and new drugs, improving market availability. It is worth noting that it is essential in drug design to save time and money, and prodrug approaches can be considered of high interest in this respect. The present review covers 20 years of research on the design of prodrugs for the treatment of neglected and extremely neglected diseases such as Chagas' disease (American trypanosomiasis), sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis), malaria, sickle cell disease, tuberculosis, leishmaniasis and schistosomiasis.     

Sensitive and low-background electrochemical assay of corin activity via supramolecular recognition and rolling circle amplification

Corin is an important member of type II transmembrane serine proteases that is involved in a variety of cardiovascular and pregnancy-related diseases. Herein, a sensitive and low-background electrochemical method is proposed to assay the activity of corin. In principle, a peptide comprising both the substrate motif of corin and binding site of cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]) is first designed and immobilized on the electrode surface. Thereafter, via CB[8]-mediated supramolecular recognition, a DNA-primer is recruited, subsequently triggering the rolling circle amplification (RCA) reaction. In this way, a succeeding propagation of DNA strands is achieved on the electrode surface, which would produce remarkable repelling effect against the electrochemical species [Fe(CN)₆]^3−/4−, and thereby yield a highly minimized background signal. However, in the presence of activated corin, the peptide is specifically recognized and cleaved, breaching the recruitment of DNA primer as well as the RCA reaction, which decreases the repulsion to [Fe(CN)₆]^3−/4−, leading to a remarkable electrochemical response. As a result, the proposed assay method can sensitively determine the activity of corin with a detection limit of 0.92 pM, and can further be directly used in maternal plasma samples. Therefore, this method may provide a promising tool for pathological research and clinical diagnosis of corin-related diseases.     

Cathepsin K Inhibitors for Treatment of Osteoporosis

Cysteine Proteases have been implicated in a broad spectrum of disease processes including cancer, arthritis, and viral and parasitie diseases^[1]. Cathepsin K, a cysteine protease of the papain superfamily, is selectively expressed in osteoclasts and has been implicated in the process of bone resouption^[2]. It is therefore considered a promising therapeutic target for treating diseases charccterized by excessive bone loss, such as osteoporosis^[3]. Several chemotypes of cathepsin K inhibitors will be reviewed. The design and synthesis of potent inhibitors will also be discussed.     

Studies on the amide compounds ofMirabilis. Jalapa. L

Mirabilis himalaica(Edgew.)Heinerl Var. Chinensis Heimerl belonging to the genus Mirabilis are used in chinese medicine as a remedy for various diseases[1].Its chemical constituents,however, have not been reported so far. we have carried out a detailed chemical investigatigation of the seeds and have isolated two new amides along with three known compounds. The known compounds were identified by comparing their spectral data with those of authentic samples or with those reported in literature as daucosterol[2], bsitoserol[2], boeravinone E[3], in the present note, the structural elucidation of two new amides is reported.     

Progress in PET Imaging of Neuroinflammation Targeting COX-2 Enzyme

Neuroinflammation and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) upregulation are associated with the pathogenesis of degenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), epilepsy, and a response to traumatic brain injury (TBI) or stroke. COX-2 is also induced in acute pain, depression, schizophrenia, various cancers, arthritis and in acute allograft rejection. Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging allows for the direct measurement of in vivo COX-2 upregulation and thereby enables disease staging, therapy evaluation and aid quantifying target occupancy of novel nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs. Thus far, no clinically useful radioligand is established for monitoring COX-2 induction in brain diseases due to the delay in identifying qualified COX-2-selective inhibitors entering the brain. This review examines radiolabeled COX-2 inhibitors reported in the past decade and identifies the most promising radioligands for development as clinically useful PET radioligands. Among the radioligands reported so far, the three tracers that show potential for clinical translation are, [11CTMI], [11C]MC1 and [18F]MTP. These radioligands demonstrated BBB permeablity and in vivo binding to constitutive COX-2 in the brain or induced COX-2 during neuroinflammation.     

Highly Efficient Synthesis of the Natural Spiro-Terpenoid ( ± )-Andirolactone via RCM Reaction

Andirolactone 1 as the dextro enantiomer is a sesquiterpenoid with structure of spirocyclic butenolide, isolated from the wood of cedar ( Cedrus libanotica ), which is a needle-leaf tree that grows in southern Turkey and Libanon.The tar, which is obtained from its wood, is used to cure various diseases. [1]     

Profiling of human stratum corneum ceramides by means of normal phase LC/APCI–MS

The ceramides of the stratum corneum are critical to maintaining the epidermal barrier function of the skin. A number of skin diseases and disorders are known to be related to impairments of the ceramide pattern. Therefore, obtaining mass spectrometric profiles of the nine ceramide classes known to exist aids our understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms, which should eventually lead to new diagnostic opportunities: for example, the mass spectrometric profiles of patients suffering from serious skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis and psoriasis can be compared to those of healthy controls. Previous work on mass spectrometric analysis of ceramides relied mostly on GC/MS after hydrolysis and derivatization. The introduction of ESI–MS and LC/ESI–MS has provided new options for directly analyzing intact ceramides. However, some of the ceramide classes are not accessible to ESI–MS. However, as shown in this work, these limitations of GC/MS and ESI-MS can be overcome using a new approach based on normal phase LC interfaced with APCI–MS. Separation and online detection of the stratum corneum ceramide classes became possible in one run. Ceramide species with C26 and/or C28 fatty acid chains were the most abundant ones in Cer [NP], Cer [NH], Cer [AP], and Cer [AH]. The main component of Cer [AS] was C16. The ω-esterified ceramide classes Cer [EOS], Cer [EOP] and Cer [EOH] contained mostly species with fatty acids >C30. This was also the case for Cer [NS], suggesting an analogy to the ω-esterified ceramides. In addition, evidence for a new ceramide class Cer [NdS] was found. This paper was presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Maa Spectrometry (DGMS) held in March 2005 in Rostock, Germany.     

Pyridazine derivatives as novel acyl‐coa:cholesterol acyltransferase (acat) inhibitors

Acyl‐CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (E.C.2.3.1.26, ACAT) is a microsomial enzyme that catalyses the formation of cholesteryl esters by acylation of cholesterol with long chain fatty acylCoA [1]. ACAT plays important roles in cellular homeostasis and in the early stages of atherosclerosis. Therefore, ACAT inhibitors have been identified as useful agents in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerosis and coronary diseases [2]. In addition, recently their application has been proposed for Alzheimer's disease [3].     

蒺藜果化学成分的分离和鉴定

分离鉴定了2个六糖呋甾皂苷, 其中化合物1为新化合物.     

Synthesis of N-Glycyl-2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzyl-1,5-dideoxy-1,5- imino-D-glucitol

1-Deoxynojirimycin (1,5-dideoxy-1,5-imino-D-glucitol, DNJ) and its derivatives have been found to have a number of biological activities, such as anti-HIV, anticancer, anti-diabetic, etc.[1] N-Hydroxylethyldeoxynojirimycin (Miglitol)has been used as a drug for treating diabetic. N-Butyl-1-deoxynojirimycin (NB-DNJ) has show potent anti-HIV-1 and HIV-2 activity without cytotoxicity.[2] Recently, NB-DNJ has been approved for clinical trials as a potential therapy for some glycosphingolipid (GSL) lysosomal storage diseases, which belong to a group of severe and fatal human diseases[3]Therefore, it is very significant to study N-substituted compounds of DNJ.     

Supramolecular Vesicles Coassembled from Disulfide‐Linked Benzimidazolium Amphiphiles and Carboxylate‐Substituted Pillar[6]arenes that Are Responsive to Five Stimuli

Novel supramolecular vesicles based on host–guest systems were coassembled from carboxylate‐substituted pillar[6]arene (CPA[6]) and disulfide‐linked benzimidazolium amphiphiles, and the microstructures of the CPA‐based supramolecular vesicles were clearly elaborated. The supramolecular vesicles showed controlled drug release in response to five stimuli, with glutathione, pH, CO₂, Zn²⁺ ions, and hexanediamine, leading to cleavage of the disulfide bonds, protonation of the carboxylate groups, metal chelation, and competitive binding. This is the first case of a smart pillararene‐based supramolecular vesicle being integrated with five stimuli‐responsive functions to meet the diverse requirements of controlled drug release. Importantly, each of the five stimuli is closely related to microenvironments of tumors and diseases of the human body. The smart stimuli‐responsive supramolecular vesicles have promising applications in drug therapy of tumors and relevant diseases.     

Bis benzothiophene Schiff bases: synthesis and in silico-guided biological activity studies

Since benzo [ b ] thiophene scaffold is one of the privileged structures in drug discovery as this core exhibitsactivities for different biological problems, in this study bis (benzo[ b ]thiophene-2-yl) alkyl methanimine derivatives (1-9) were synthesized by reacting benzo[ b ]thiophene-2-carbaldehyde with diamines. All newly compounds were characterized by IR, ¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR spectroscopic methods. Synthesized compounds were investigated using binary QSARbased models on therapeutic activity prediction of synthesized compounds and they showed high predicted activities in following diseases: bacterial, angina, allergy, depression and obesity. Thus, they were then tested for their antimicrobial and antileishmanial activities as a result of this theoretical study. Compound 1(N, N’- (propane-1,3-diyl) bis (1-(benzo [ b ] thiophene-2-yl)) methanimine) was found the most active compound in both diseases. Thus, its molecular docking studies were also carried out.     

Targeted Polypeptide–Microtubule Aggregation with Cucurbit[8]uril for Enhanced Cell Apoptosis

Tunable protein assemblies not only hold a dominant position in vital biological events but are also a significant theme in supramolecular chemistry. Herein, we demonstrated that the intertubular aggregation of microtubules (MTs) could be efficiently regulated by a synergistic polypeptide–tubulin interaction and host–guest complexation. The benzylimidazolium‐modified antimitotic peptide (BP) could recognize the MTs and concurrently form stable inclusion complexes with avirulent cucurbit[7]uril (CB[7]) and cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]) in different binding stoichiometries. The self‐assembling morphology of MTs was converted from fibrous to nanoparticulate aggregates via extensive BP?CB[8] cross‐linkage, leading to significant cell apoptosis and tumor ablation in vivo. The targeted (BP?CB[8])@MT ternary assembly provides a facile supramolecular method to enhance the protein–protein interactions, which may be developed as a therapy for degenerative diseases, such as cancer.