Determination of binding sites in carboplatin-bound cytochrome c using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry

Interaction of carboplatin with cytochrome c (Cyt. c) has been investigated by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). ESI-MS studies revealed that the ring-opened adducts of carboplatin with Cyt. c were formed in the stoichiometric ratio of 1:1 and 2:1 at pH 5.0 and 37 degrees C and in the stoichiometric ratio of 1:1 only at pH 7.0 and 37 degrees C. It was also found that Cyt. c could be cleaved by carboplatin at pH 2.5 and 50 degrees C. The cleaved fragments of Cyt. c were determined by ESI-MS and MS/MS analysis to be Glu66 approximately Met80, Ac-Gly01 approximately Met65, Glu66 approximately Glu104, Ac-Gly01 approximately Met80 and Ile81 approximately Glu104. The carboplatin prefers to anchor to Met65 first, then to Met80. To further confirm the binding site of Met, AcMet-Gly was used as the model molecule to investigate its interaction with carboplatin and its hydrolysis reaction. On the basis of species detected during the reaction monitored by ESI-MS, a possible pathway of the cleavage reaction was proposed.     

稀土发光材料在固体白光LED照明中的应用

固体白光发光二极管将成为21世纪新一代的节能光源. 要实现白光发射的重要途径之一是利用稀土发光材料的荧光转换技术, 把InGaN半导体管芯发射的460 nm蓝光或400 nm近紫外光转换成白光. 分别就这两种管芯报道了我们研制的发射蓝、绿、黄、红等不同颜色的稀土发光材料： YAG：Ce, Ca1-xSrxS：Eu^2＋, Ga2S3：Eu^2＋, MGa2S4：Eu^2＋（M=Ca, Sr, Ba）, SrGa^2＋xS4＋y：Eu^2＋, （Ca1-xSrx）Se：Eu^2＋, SrLaGa3S6O：Eu^2＋, （M1, M2）10（PO4）6X2, （M1=Ca, Sr, Ba; M2=Eu, Mn; X=F, Cl, Br）, NaEu0.92Sm0.08（MoO4）2, 并报道了由它们制成的白光发光二极管的色坐标、相关色温和显色指数等参数.     

Yb2O3对TiO2/(O''+β'')-Sialon复相陶瓷中TiO2相变的影响

以纳米锐钛矿型TiO2粉和（O＇＋β＇）-Sialon粉为原料制备出了TiO2／（O＇＋β＇）-Sialon复相陶瓷，研究了Yb2O3添加剂对材料中锐钛矿型TiO2相变的影响，对其影响机制进行了探讨。采用XRD对材料进行物相组成和晶格参数表征。结果表明，Yb2O3对锐钛矿相变开始温度无明显影响，但对相变有显著的促进作用，随添加量的增加，其作用逐渐减弱。添加的Yb2O3同时以两种形式存在：一部分进入TiO2晶格，一部分堆积在TiO2晶粒表面。Yb^n＋进入TiO2晶格置换Ti^4＋和Yb^3＋与TiO2发生氧化还原反应促进相变，而存在于TiO2表面的Yb^3＋与TiO2相互作用形成Ti-O-Yb键而抑制相变。Yb2O3对锐钛矿相变的影响是这两方面机制共同作用的结果。     

胆甾-4α-甲基-8-烯-3β，7α-二醇二乙酸酯的结构与性质研究

Lophenol, cholest-4α-methyl-7-en-3β-ol (1), obtained from Dracaena cochinchinensis (Lour.) S. C. Chen, was structurally modified. It was acetylated to protect 3β-hydroxyl group, and then oxidised by selenium dioxide in acetic acid to give cholest-4a-methyl-8-en-3β, Ta-diol diacetate (3). This compound 3 is unstable in chloroform solution or when heated and easily converted to a diene compound, cholest-4a-methyl-7,14-dien-3β-ol acetate (4). The structures of 3 and 4 were elucidated by means of IR, ^1H NMR, ^13C NMR and MS, and the absolute configuration of 3 was established by X-ray crystallography. The property of 3 was also discussed in this paper. Both 3 and 4 are new compounds and were reported for the first time.     

七-O-乙酰基-β-乳糖异硫氰酸酯的合成、表征及电化学研究

本文合成了并培养出了七-O-乙酰基—β—乳糖异硫氰酸酯的单晶，用X射线衍射分析了其晶体结构。结果表明，晶体为正交晶系，P2₁2₁2₁空间群，a＝1．23282(7)，b＝1．80012(10)，c＝1.85230(10) nm，α＝β＝γ＝90°，V＝4．1107(4) nm³，Z＝4。电化学实验观测到单链DNA和双链DNA对该化合物的峰电流均有明显降低作用，表明化合物与DNA发生了静电作用。     

聚醚桥连二异羟肟酸单核和双核过渡金属配合物催化PNPP水解

Two polyether bridged dihydroxamic acids and their mono-and binuclear manganese(Ⅱ), zinc(Ⅱ) complexes have been synthesized and employed as models to mimic hydrolase in catalytic hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl picolinate (PNPP). The reaction kinetics and the mechanism of hydrolysis of PNPP have been investigated. The kinetic mathematical model for PNPP cleaved by the complexes has been proposed. The effects of the different central metal ion, mono-and binuclear metal, the pseudo-macrocyclic polyether constructed by polyethoxy group of the complexes, and reactive temperature on the rate for catalytic hydrolysis of PNPP have been examined. The results showed that the transition metal dthydroxamates exhibited high catalytic activity to the hydrolysis of PNPP, the catalytic activity of binuclear complexes was higher than that of mononuclear ones, and the pseudo-macrocyclic polyether might synergetically activate H20 coordinated to metal ion with central metal ion together and promote the catalytic hydrolysis of PNPP.     

On the Randić Index of Acyclic Conjugated Molecules

The Randić index of an organic molecule whose molecular graph is G is the sum of the weights (d(u)d(v))^−1/2 of all edges uv of G, where d(u) and d(v) are the degrees of the vertices u and v in G. We give a sharp lower bound on the Randić index of conjugated trees (trees with a perfect matching) in terms of the number of vertices. A sharp lower bound on the Randić index of trees with a given size of matching is also given Mei Lu: Partially supported by NNSFC (No. 60172005) Lian-zhu Zhang: Partially supported by NNSFC (No. 10271105) Feng Tian: Partially supported by NNSFC (No. 10431020)     

Tuning cell adhesion on gradient poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)-grafted surfaces

A simple yet versatile method was developed to prepare a low-density polymerization initiator gradient, which was combined with surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) to produce a well-defined poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (HEMA) gradient substrate. A smooth variation in film thickness was measured across the gradient, ranging from 20 A to over 80 A, but we observed a nonmonotonic variation in water contact angle. Fits of X-ray reflectivity profiles suggested that at the low graft density end, the polymer chain structure was in a "mushroom" regime, while the polymer chains at high graft density were in a "brush" regime. It was found that the "mushroom" region of the gradient could be made adhesive to cells by adsorbing adhesion proteins, and cell adhesion could be tuned by controlling the density of the polymer grafts. Fibroblasts were seeded on gradients precoated with fibronectin to test cellular responses to this novel substrate, but it was found that cell adhesion did not follow the expected trend; instead, saturated cell adhesion and spreading was found at the low grafting density region.     

Highly selective two-photon chemosensors for fluoride derived from organic boranes

[reaction: see text] Three organoboron compounds are shown to be two-photon fluorescent sensors for fluoride anion with high sensitivity and selectivity. The recognition mechanism is attributed to the unique steric structure of the bulky dimesitylboryl group and the Lewis acid-base interaction between trivalent boron atom and fluoride anion.     

Two Chiral Building Blocks for the Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Anti-and Syn-1,3-Diols

During the last decade, chiral building blocks for 1, 3-diols of various configurations have been synthesized and applied widely in the total synthesis of natural polyene macrolide antibiotics1 and 1(, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 analogues2,3. The synthesis of the building block has attracted much interest in recent years. Herein, we report the synthesis of two chiral building blocks 1 and 2 in 8 steps and 7 steps respectively, starting from the readily available and inexpensive D (+)-xylose 3 as o…