Surmounting tumor resistance to metallodrugs by co-loading a metal complex and siRNA in nanoparticles

Copper complexes are promising anticancer agents widely studied to overcome tumor resistance to metal-based anticancer drugs. Nevertheless, copper complexes per se encounter drug resistance from time to time. Adenosine-5′-triphosphate (ATP)-responsive nanoparticles containing a copper complex CTND and B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) small interfering RNA (siRNA) were constructed to cope with the resistance of cancer cells to the complex. CTND and siRNA can be released from the nanoparticles in cancer cells upon reacting with intracellular ATP. The resistance of B16F10 melanoma cells to CTND was terminated by silencing the cellular Bcl-2 gene via RNA interference, and the therapeutic efficacy was significantly enhanced. The nanoparticles triggered a cellular autophagy that amplified the apoptotic signals, thus revealing a novel mechanism for antagonizing the resistance of copper complexes. In view of the extensive association of Bcl-2 protein with cancer resistance to chemotherapeutics, this strategy may be universally applicable for overcoming the ubiquitous drug resistance to metallodrugs.

Bcl-2-related tumor resistance to anticancer drugs can be overcome by silencing the cellular Bcl-2 gene via RNA interference. The realization of the goal is exemplified by delivering Bcl-2 siRNA and a tumor-resistant Cu complex to cancer cells with an ATP-responsive nanocarrier.     

微反应器和微聚合反应器

微反应器是指容量仅为零点几μm^3或宽度为1μm左右的反应“容器”，反应在这个微小区域内有控地进行。以表面科学与微制造技术为核心，新型微反应器近年来发展很快。本文介绍五种微反应器，即反相胶束微反应器，聚合物微反应器，固体模板微反应器，微条纹反应器和微聚合反应器，以及它们在各高科技领域中的可能应用。     

聚1,2-丁二烯的内聚能密度和玻璃化温度

本工作用环己烷-甲苯混合溶剂测定了不同1,2-链节含量的无定形聚1,2-丁二烯的溶解度参数,进而得到它们的内聚能密度,另外测定了它们的玻璃化温度。发现1,2-链节提高了聚1,2-丁二烯的玻璃化温度,同时稍稍降低了它们的内聚能密度。认为这是1,2-链节降低了聚1,2-丁二烯分子链柔顺性的缘故。     

Kinetic determination of organic vapor mixtures with single piezoelectric quartz crystal sensor using artificial neural networks

A single piezoelectric quartz crystal coated with one kind of crown ether was applied to the simultaneous determination of binary acid and amine vapor mixtures. From the adsorption and desorption curves of analytes, which were somewhat different in shape, frequency shifts from ten time windows were taken as inputs for artificial neural networks (ANN). Prediction results were satisfactory for ANN in both sample sets. The average relative errors, for formic acid and acrylic acid were 5%, for n-butylamine and aniline, they were 3% with ANN respectively. The effects of number of neurons in the hidden layer of ANN on the performance of the network are also discussed.     

Microdetermination of sulfite with a piezoelectric crystal detector

A piezoelectric method is proposed for the determination of sulfite in concentration range 1 × 10^–7–1 × 10^–5 mol/1. The method is based on the redox reaction of sulfite with iodine followed by measuring frequency change of the piezoelectric crystal caused by the unreacted iodine. The method is applied to the determination of sulfite in liquor.     

X-ray spectrometry using polycapillary X-ray optics and position sensitive detector

Polycapillary X-ray optics (capillary X-ray lens) are now popular in X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis. Such an X-ray lens can collect X-rays emitted from an X-ray source in a large solid angle and form a very intense X-ray microbeam which is very convenient for microbeam X-ray fluorescence (MXRF) analysis giving low minimum detection limits (MDLs) in energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF). A new method called position sensitive X-ray spectrometry (PSXS) which combines an X-ray lens used to form an intense XRF source and a position sensitive detector (PSD) used for wavelength dispersive spectrometry (WDS) measurement was developed recently in the X-ray Optics Laboratory of Institute of Low Energy Nuclear Physics (ILENP) at Beijing Normal University. Such a method can give high energy and spacial resolution and high detection efficiency simultaneously. A short view of development of both the EDXRF using a capillary X-ray lens and the new PSXS is given in this paper.     

Simultaneous Determination of Triptolide and Tripdiolide in Extract of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. f. by LC–APCI-MS

A novel method using liquid chromatography coupled with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry in the negative selected ion monitoring mode has been developed and validated for rapid simultaneous determination of triptolide and tripdiolide in the extract of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. f. The molecular ions m/z [M–H]⁻ 359 and 375 were selected for the quantification in selected ion monitoring mode for triptolide and tripdiolide. Standard calibration curve was linear over the concentration range of 0.12–24 and 0.15–30 μg mL⁻¹ for triptolide and tripdiolide. The relative standard deviations of intra- and inter-day were in the range of 4.7–9.9 and 8.9–12.6%. The average recoveries were between 96.4 and 104.6%. The limits of quantitation were 2.0 × 10⁻³ and 2.5 × 10⁻³ μg mL⁻¹ for triptolide and tripdiolide.     

一种新的滤纸基质固体表面低温荧光(燐光)测定装置

对自行研制的铜制滤纸基质低温荧光（燐光）测定的样品支架，进行了滤纸基质固体表面低温荧光测定的可行性研究。与同类冷冻装置和室温装置比较，本装置用于滤纸基质固体表面低温荧光（燐光）测定具有以下优点；样品的分析周期大大地缩短，由45min缩短为5-6min；装置简单、便宜耐用；操作简便，简化了室温测定时的滤纸干燥程序，应用范围广，方法的重现性好，检样分析结果的相对标准偏差RSD%小于10%，荧光（燐光）分析灵敏度高，检出限低，线性范围宽。     

Cure behavior of epoxy resin/MMT/DETA nanocomposite

The Flory's gelation theory, non-equilibrium thermodynamic fluctuation theory and Avrami equation have been used to predict the gel time t _g and the cure behavior of epoxy resin/organo-montmorillonite/diethylenetriamine intercalated nanocomposites at various temperatures and organo-montmorillonite loadings. The theoretical prediction is in good agreement with the experimental results obtained by dynamic torsional vibration method, and the results show that the addition of organo-montmorillonite reduces the gelation time t _gand increases the rate of curing reaction, the value of k, and half-time of cure after gelation point t_1/2 decreases with the increasing of cure temperature, and the value of n is ~2 at the lower temperatures (<60°C) and decreases to ~1.5 as the temperature increases, and the addition of organo-montmorillonite decreases the apparent activation energy of the cure reaction before gelation point, but has no apparent effect on the apparent activation energy of the cure reaction after gelation point. There is no special curing process required for the formation of epoxy resin/organo-montmorillonite/diethylenetriamine intercalated nanocomposite. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Determination of levodopa by capillary electrophoresis with chemiluminescence detection

A rapid and simple method using capillary electrophoresis (CE) with chemiluminescence (CL) detection was developed for the determination of levodopa. This method was based on enhance effect of levodopa on the CL reaction between luminol and potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) (K₃[Fe(CN)₆]) in alkaline aqueous solution. CL detection employed a lab-built reaction flow cell and a photon counter. The optimized conditions for the CL detection were 1.0 × 10⁻⁵ M luminol added to the CE running buffer and 5.0 × 10⁻⁵ M K₃[Fe(CN)₆] in 0.6 M NaOH solution introduced postcolumn. Under the optimal conditions, a linear range from 5.0 × 10⁻⁸ to 2.5 × 10⁻⁶ M (r = 9991), and a detection limit of 2.0 × 10⁻⁸ M (signal/noise = 3) for levodopa were achieved. The precision (R.S.D.) on peak area (at 5.0 × 10⁻⁷ M of levodopa, n = 11) was 4.1%. The applicability of the method for the analysis of pharmaceutical and human plasma samples was examined.