Expeditious Approach to Coumarins via Pechmann Reaction Catalyzed by Molecular Iodine or AgOTf

An efficient and facile route for the synthesis of coumarins via the Pechmann reaction catalyzed by molecular iodine or AgOTf was described.     

Simultaneous Determination of 1-Methyltryptophan and Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Biomakers of Tryptophan and Kynurenine in Mice Tumors by HPLC–MS/MS

Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), an immune checkpoint protein, can cause the depletion of tryptophan (Trp) and accumulation of its metabolite of kynurenine (Kyn) in cancer cells, and generates the immunosuppressive microenvironment that supports tumor cell growth. A novel immunoregulatory prodrug micelle based on polyethylene glycol-derivatized an IDO-selective inhibitor of 1-methyltryptophan (1-MT), PEG-Fmoc-1-MT, was developed for inhibiting the IDO activity of the conversion of Trp to Kyn in tumor microenvironments. To investigate the 1-MT distribution and Trp/Kyn ratios in mice tumors with PEG-Fmoc-1-MT prodrug micelles treatment, a HPLC–MS/MS method for simultaneous determination of 1-MT and IDO biomakers of Trp and Kyn in mouse tumors was developed and validated. Triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry with positive electrospray ionization as source ionization in multiple reaction monitoring at m/z 219.0?→?160.1, 205.0?→?118.2, 209.0?→?146.1 and 249.3?→?148.3 was used for determination of 1-MT, Trp, Kyn and matrine (internal standard). The method demonstrated good linearity at the concentrations ranging from 10 to 10,000 ng/mL and lower limits of quantitation of 1 ng/mL for 1-MT, Trp and Kyn, respectively. The validated method was successfully applied to 1-MT tumor biodistribution and Trp/Kyn ratio studies in 4T1 tumor bearing mice i.v. with PEG-Fmoc-1-MT prodrug micelles. The mice tumors with PEG-Fmoc-1-MT prodrug micelles treatment exhibited higher 1-MT accumulation and lower Trp/Kyn ratio, in comparison with those of mice with 1-MT solution treatment. The developed PEG-Fmoc-1-MT prodrug micelles could be a promising IDO immunoregulatory prodrug micelles for cancer immunotherapy.

     

A method of identifying the blood contributor in mixture stains through detecting blood-specific mRNA polymorphism

In the past decades, messenger RNA (mRNA) biomarkers have been employed to identify the origin of body fluids in forensic medicine. We hypothesized that the polymorphism of mRNA could be applied to identify individuals in mixture samples composed of two body fluids. In this study, we selected five blood-specific mRNA biomarkers of venous blood (SPTB, CD3G, AMICA1, ANK1, and GYPA) that encompass 16 SNPs to identify the mixture contributor(s). Five specific gene markers for menstrual blood, semen, skin, saliva, and vaginal secretions were amplified and typed as body-fluid positive controls. We established the system of multiplex PCR and single base extension (SBE) reaction followed by CE. The amplicon size was between 90bp and 294bp. The peripheral blood specificity was examined against other human body fluids, including saliva, semen, skin, menstrual blood, and vaginal secretion. The 16 SNPs were peripheral blood specific and could be successfully typed in homemade mixtures which are composed of different body fluids with 1 ng peripheral blood mRNA added. This system showed a supersensitivity (1:100) in detecting the trace amount of peripheral blood mixed in other body fluids and a combined discrimination power (CDP) of 0.99929 in Chinese population. It was the first time to establish a method for identifying the blood donors and deconvoluting mixtures through detecting mRNA polymorphism with SNaPshot assay. This peripheral blood specific SNP typing system showed high sensitivity to the typing of blood source specific markers regardless of other body fluids in the mixture.     

脱氧核糖核酸与对二甲氨基偶氮苯邻羧酸作用机理的荧光光谱研究

通过实验,采用荧光光谱法研究了对二甲氨基偶氮苯邻羧酸(JJR)与脱氧核糖核酸(DNA)结合反应的特征.由Stern-Volmer方程和双倒数曲线Lineweaver-Burk方程获得了反应的猝灭常数Ksv=1×106～2×106 L/mol、结合常数KA≈0.5×106 mol/L以及对猝灭的类型做出了推断.通过热力学参数、离子强度实验讨论并得到它们以氢键、嵌插入、范德华力等几种方式作用.该反应的最佳实验条件为pH值控制在6.1左右;加入顺序为JJR+DNA+(B-R)适宜反应体系;线性范围在0～100 mg/L之间.     

酚类糖苷缀合物的合成、表征及美白活性

根据拼合原理,以对苯二酚(p-HQ)、间苯二酚(m-HQ)及邻苯二酚(o-HQ)为先导化合物,通过一侧酚羟基的苄基保护、引入溴乙酸甲酯、还原、与3种糖元偶联、脱除保护基得到9种目标化合物。 同样以3-(4-羟基苯基)-1-丙醇为起始物质,通过苄基保护、与3种糖元偶联、脱除保护基得到3种目标化合物。 通过IR、¹H NMR、¹³C NMR、HRMS等波谱分析方法对所合成的12种目标化合物进行了结构表征。 对合成的酚类糖苷缀合物进行了美白活性研究。 结果表明,化合物p-HQ-6a、m-HQ-7a、p-HQ-6b、m-HQ-6b、o-HQ-6b、p-HQ-6c、m-HQ-7c、L-3a和L-4b对酪氨酸酶有抑制作用,其中o-HQ-6b和p-HQ-6c对酪氨酸酶的抑制作用优于阳性对照物α-熊果苷。     

Removal of phosphate from aqueous solution by zeolite synthesized from fly ash

Fifteen Chinese fly ashes were converted hydrothermally into zeolites, and phosphate immobilization capacity (PIC) of the synthesized zeolites and the corresponding raw fly ashes were determined using an initial phosphate concentration of 1000 mg/L. Results showed that there was a remarkable increase in PIC (from 1.2 to 7.6 times) following the synthesis process. Fractionation of immobilized phosphorus indicated that Fe+Al-P increased most significantly and consistently among all the phosphorus fractions following the conversion of fly ash to zeolite. The PIC and Ca+Mg-P were closely related to Ca content (with r values of 0.9683 and 0.9651, respectively) rather than Mg content (with r values of 0.3920 and 0.3212, respectively). The r values of PIC and Fe+Al-P with Fe content (with r values of 0.4686 and 0.6385, respectively) were higher than those with Al content (with r values of -0.7857 and -0.3770, respectively). Although calcium and iron components were mainly involved in phosphate immobilization, there was no significant change of Ca and Fe content following the conversion of fly ash to zeolite. Increase in dissociated Fe(2)O(3) and specific surface area probably accounted for the enhancement in PIC of synthesized zeolites compared with corresponding fly ashes. The PIC value of zeolites showed a significant correlation with dissociated Fe(2)O(3) (r=0.6186). The specific surface area increased 26.0-89.4 times as a result of the conversion of fly ash to zeolite. The maximum removal of phosphate occurred within different pH ranges for zeolites which were synthesized from high, medium and low calcium fly ashes and this behavior was explained by the reaction of phosphate with calcium and iron components.     

2-呋喃甲硫醇修饰环糊精形成互锁式螺旋柱状超分子的自组装行为

利用单-(6-氧-对甲基苯磺酰基)-β-环糊精和2-呋喃甲硫醇反应得到单修饰环糊精, 单[6-硫-6-(2-甲基呋喃)]-β-环糊精. 通过X-ray衍射分析及核磁光谱等方法研究了其在溶液和固态中形成线状超分子的分子自组装行为. 结果表明, 化合物在固态中通过呋喃基团从第二面羟基连续插入到另一个环糊精的空腔, 形成了互锁式螺旋柱状超分子, 而且在溶液中也显示了相似的自组装行为, 其键合常数K及聚合度n分别为450 mol^-1·L和1.9.     

温控聚乙二醇两相体系中纳米钯催化肉桂醛选择性加氢反应

将具有“高温混溶、室温分相”功能的聚乙二醇4000(PEG₄₀₀₀)与甲苯-正庚烷组成的两相体系用于纳米钯催化的肉桂醛选择性加氢反应中.在优化的反应条件下,肉桂醛转化率和氢化肉桂醛选择性分别为99%和98%.钯纳米催化剂经简单分相即可与产物分离,且循环使用8次,其活性和选择性基本保持不变.     

重组家蚕核多角体病毒（rBmNPV）的复制及所载HuIFN－α基因的表达

报道了重组家蚕核多角体病毒（ＢｏｍｂｙｘｍｏｒｉｎｕｃｌｅａｒＰｏｌｙｈｅｄｒｏｓｉｓＶｉｒｕｓＢｍＮＰＶ）在家蚕细胞ＢｍＮ中复制的细胞病理学变化，除了不形成多角体以外，与野生型病毒相同．研究了病毒感染复数、细胞接种密度和细胞生长阶段对重组病毒复制和α－干扰素（ＩＦＮ－α）表达量的影响．在一定低感染复数时，α－干扰素的产量较高．对于重组病毒的复制，最适的细胞接种密度为３．６～７．０×１０５细胞／瓶．在细胞指数生长前期（４８～６０ｈ）接种重组病毒，对于获得较高的重组病毒复制效价和α－干扰素的产量都是有利的．     

各向异性EQrot1非协调元高精度分析的一般格式

本文在各向异性网格下讨论了一般二阶椭圆方程的EQrot1非协调有限元逼近.利用Taylor展开,积分恒等式和平均值技巧导出了一些关于该元新的高精度估计.再结合该元所具有的二个特殊性质:(a)当精确解属于H3(Ω)时,其相容误差为O(h2)阶比它的插值误差高一阶;(b)插值算子与Ritz投影算子等价,得到了在能量模意义下O(h2)阶的超逼近性质.进而,借助于插值后处理技术给出了整体超收敛的一般估计式.