Alkoxy(acyloxy)silanes

Conclusions Alkoxychlorosilanes react with trimethylacyloxysilanes to give the difficultly accessible alkoxy(acyloxy)silanes of general formula (RO)_nSi(OCOR)_4-n (n=1–3) in 60–80% yields.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 671–674, March, 1989.     

Reaction of di- and trisubstituted ethynylsilanemagnesium halides with dimethylethynylfluorosilane

Conclusions The reaction of magnesium bromide derivatives of di- and triethynylsilanes with dimethylethynylfluorosilane gave 1,2-disubstituted silylacetylenes containing ethynyl and vinyl groups at the silicon atoms.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2614–2616, November, 1984.     

Novel acyclic and macrocyclic highly unsaturated silahydrocarbons

Two novel silicon-containing acetylenic synthons, 1-[dimethyl(ethynyl)silyl]-2-[ethynyl(methyl)-(vinyl)silyl]ethyne and bis[(ethynyldimethylsilyl)ethynyl](methyl)vinylsilane, were obtained by the reaction of diethynyl(methyl)vinylsilane with ethylmagnesium bromide and ethynylfluorodimethylsilane. The reaction of magnesium derivatives of the products and diethynyl(methyl)vinylsilane with organylhalosilanes gave macrocyclic polyunsaturated silahydrocarbons containing numerous endo- and exocyclic miltiple bonds.Translated from Zhurnal Obshchei Khimii, Vol. 74, No. 10, 2004, pp. 1612–1616.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by O. Yarosh, Zhilitskaya, N. Yarosh, Istomina, Albanov, Chuvashev, Voronkov.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected cover date.     

X-ray determination of the mean amplitudes of vibration and debye temperatures of some rare earth monochalcogenides

The x-ray diffraction intensities of Bragg reflections have been measured at room temperature for thulium selenide, samarium sulphide, samarium selenide and samarium telluride. On the basis of a common amplitude approximation, the Debye-Waller factor, the mean amplitude of vibration and the Debye temperature have been evaluated. The values of the Debye temperatures and mean amplitudes of vibration are 176±16°K, 0·185 ± 0·017 Å (TmSe), 155 ± 7°K, 0·244 ± 0·012 Å (SmS), 153 ± 14°K, 0·221 ± 0·020 Å (SmSe) and 151 ± 20°K, 0·204 ± 0·027 Å (SmTe).     

Synthesis of Salts and Ionic Liquids on the Basis of 2-Aminothiazolium Cations

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - The base-free reactions of 2-aminothiazole with α-iodoketones were studied. Depending on the reaction conditions, linear or cyclic 2-aminothiazolium...     

New Organosilicon Bis-Derivatives of 2-Thiobenzimidazole

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - The earlier unknown organosilicon polyiodides of 2-thiobenzimidazolium have been synthesized basing on the three-component reaction of 2-thiobenzimidazole,...     

Viability of the antigen determines whether DNA or urocanic acid act as initiator molecules for UV-induced suppression of delayed-type hypersensitivity

UV radiation suppresses the immune response, and UV-induced immune suppression contributes to UV-induced photocarcinogenesis. For UV-induced immune suppression to occur, electromagnetic energy (i.e. UV radiation) must be converted to a biological signal. Two photoreceptors have been identified in the skin that serves this purpose, epidermal DNA and trans-urocanic acid (UCA). Although compelling evidence exists to support a role for each pathway (UV-induced DNA damage or photoisomerization of UCA) in UV-induced immune suppression, it is not clear what determines which photoreceptor pathway is activated. To address this question, we injected UV-irradiated mice with a monoclonal antibody with specificity for cis-UCA or applied liposomes containing DNA repair enzymes to the skin of UV-irradiated mice. The effect that each had on UV-induced suppression of delayed-type hypersensitivity was measured. We asked whether the light source used (FS-40 sunlamps vs solar-simulated UV radiation) altered whichever pathway of immune suppression was activated. Different doses of UV radiation and the viability of the antigen were also considered. Neither the dose of UV nor the light source had any influence on determining which pathway was activated. Rather, we found that the viability of the antigen was the critical determinant. When live antigens were used, UV-induced immune suppression was blocked with monoclonal anti-cis-UCA but not with T4 endonuclease V-containing liposomes. The reverse was observed when formalin-fixed or killed antigens were used. Our findings indicate that antigen viability dictates which photoreceptor pathway predominates after UV exposure.     

Topical treatment with OGG1 enzyme affects UVB-induced skin carcinogenesis

Nonmelanoma skin cancer resulting from UVB exposure is a large and growing problem in the United States. Production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during the UVB-induced inflammatory response results in the formation of oxidative DNA adducts such as 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanine (8-oxo-dG), which have been shown to contribute to the development of this cancer. The 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (OGG1) enzyme repairs 8-oxo-dG adducts, suggesting that enhancing its activity in the skin might increase 8-oxo-dG repair thus preventing skin cancer development. We therefore used the SKH-1 murine model to examine the effect of topically applied OGG1 on UVB-induced skin cancer development. Mice were exposed three times weekly to UVB followed immediately by topical treatment with a formulation of liposome-encapsulated OGG1 enzyme for 25 weeks. While this treatment did not affect UVB-induced tumor multiplicity, it did reduce tumor size and dramatically reduced tumor progression, as indicated by tumor grade. These results suggest that oxidative DNA damage contributes to the progression of UVB-induced skin tumors and that a topical formulation containing OGG1, perhaps in conjunction with other DNA repair enzymes such as T4 endonuclease V, could be used in populations at high risk for skin cancer development.