Comparative study of photodynamic properties of 13,15-N-cycloimide derivatives of chlorin p6

Comparative study of 13,15-[N-(2-hydroxyethyl)]cycloimide chlorin p6 (2), 13,15-(N-acetoxy)cycloimide chlorin p6 (3), 13,15-(N-hydroxy)cycloimide chlorin p6 methyl ester (4) and 13,15-(N-methoxy)cycloimide chlorin p6 methyl ester (5) together with the previously investigated 13,15-[N-(3-hydroxypropyl)]cycloimide chlorin p6 (1) was performed. The dependence of the key photodynamic properties of 1-5 on the introduced substituents was analyzed. The photoinduced cell-killing activity of 4 is 100- and 280-fold higher than that of chlorin p6 and Photogem, respectively, as estimated on A549 human lung adenocarcinoma cells. The activity is reduced eight times in the order 4 > 5 > 1 > 2 > 3. The intracellular accumulation of 1-5 occurs in cytoplasm in a monomeric form bound to the lipids of cellular membranes. This form of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 is characterized by the high quantum yield of singlet oxygen generation, which depends on the introduced substituents, 0.66, 0.59, 0.35, 0.51 and 0.73, respectively. The photostability is two-fold less for 1 and four-fold less for 2, 3 and 5 than for 4. The rates of cellular uptake and efflux of 1-5 vary widely, thus providing the way to optimize the pharmacological properties of the photosensitizer (PS) using the respective substituents. Modifying the substituents, 1-5 were targeted to different cellular organelles. The enhanced accumulation in the Golgi apparatus and mitochondria complemented with diffuse staining of intracellular membranous structures is a property of 1-4. Compound 5 accumulates selectively in the lipid droplets and stains weakly perinuclear structures. Temperature-sensitive mechanisms of transport are responsible for the 1-4 uptake. Diffusion can play a role in the internalization of 5 but not of 1-4. Endocytosis via caveolae, clathrin-dependent and adenosine triphosphate-dependent pathways are not noticeably involved in the 1-5 internalization. Independently from their intracellular localization 1, 4 and 5 are highly efficient near-IR PS, which induce predominantly an apoptotic type of cell death under conditions providing ca 50% level of phototoxicity and necrosis at the 100% level of phototoxicity.     

Two-fluid electroosmotic flow in microchannels

This paper presents a mathematical model to describe a two-fluid electroosmotic pumping technique, in which an electrically non-conducting fluid is delivered by the interfacial viscous force of a conducting fluid; the latter is driven by electroosmosis. The electrical potential in the conducting fluid and the analytical solution of the steady two-fluid electroosmotic stratified flow in a rectangular microchannel was presented by assuming a planar interface between the two immiscible fluids. The effects of viscosity ratio, hold-up, concentration, and interfacial zeta potential are analyzed to show the potential feasibility of this technique.     

Ultraviolet protection factors for clothing: an intercomparison of measurement systems

In recent years the need to standardize measurement protocols for quantifying the degree of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) protection provided by clothing has led to the introduction of a number of standards around the world. To date, these standards have specified spectral measurements of UVR transmission by clothing and fabrics. Development of a standard test method has become an important part of the testing process, and this article presents results from an intercomparison involving 10 independent testing laboratories and 11 different UVR transmission measurement instruments. In addition to comparing the measured ultraviolet protection factors (UPF), this intercomparison also incorporates detailed scan results from all 10 laboratories and highlights differences in performance of the various instruments in different wavelength regions. Careful examination of these differences can indicate where changes to the systems could be made to allow improvements both in equipment performance and in agreement of the final results. The variability in the measurements of UPF in this study suggest that the protection categories in standards may need to be broadened.     

Capillary electrophoresis coupled to time of flight-mass spectrometry of therapeutic peptide hormones

We have established a method for separation and characterization of a series of peptide hormones of pharmaceutical interest and wide therapeutical use by capillary electrophoresis-electrospray-mass spectrometry (CE-ES-MS) using a sheath flow interface. Several parameters were systematically investigated, such as concentration of the electrolyte, organic solvent and sheath liquid composition, gas flow rates and capillary position. Moreover, limits of detection, linearity, repeatability and day-to-day reproducibility of the proposed method were studied in order to obtain the main quality parameters.     

A trinuclear heterobimetallic Ru(II)/Pt(II) complex as a chemodosimeter selective for sulfhydryl-containing amino acids and peptides

A trinuclear heterobimetallic Ru(II)/Pt(II) complex, cis-{Ru(phen)2[CN-Pt(DMSO)Cl2]2} (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline), is able to function as a "switch-on" luminescent chemodosimeter for sulfhydryl-containing amino acids and peptides via specific binding of the amino acids/peptides with the Pt(II) centers and the subsequent cleavage of the Ru(II)-Pt(II) cyano-bridge.     

On constrained multivariate splines and their approximations

Summary The variational formulation of multivariate spline functions is generalized to include cases where the function has to satisfy inequality constraints such as positivity and convexity. Condition for existence and uniqueness of a solution is given. Approximation to the solution can be obtained by solving the variational problem in a finite dimensional subspace. Conditions for convergence and error estimates of the approximations are presented, both for interpolation problems and smoothing problems. The general theory is illustrated by specific examples including the volume-matching problem and the one-sided thin plate spline.This research is partially supported by the U.S. Army Contract No. DAAG 29-77-G-0207, and by NSF Grant No. MCS-8101836Part of this paper is based on Chapters 2 and 3 of the author's Ph. D. thesis. The author would like to express his sincere thanks to Professor Grance Wahba and to two referees for many helpful comments     

Pseudoesters and derivatives. XXV. 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of diazomethane to 5-methoxy-3-pyrrolin-2-ones

Cycloaddition of diazomethane to pyrrolinones 1a,b,d,e affords only one regioisomer as a mixture of the epimeric pyrrolopyrazolines 2 and 2 ′,4-Halo derivatives 1f,g react with diazomethane to give the two possible regioisomers 2 and 3. The regio- and stereochemistry of the adducts is evidenced by the ¹H-nmr data. The primary adducts originated from the halopyrrolinones suffer dehydrohalogenation to give aromatized products, which by further methylation give derivatives of type 7, 8, 10 and 11.     

The preparation and characterization of a platinum ether complex

The reaction of [Pt((F₃C)CCH(CF₃))(P(C₂H₅)₃)₂CH₃OH]PF₆ with allene in methanol affords a novel metallocyclic ethereal complex [$\text{Pt((F}{}_3\text{C)CHC(CF}{}_3\text{)C(CH}{}_3\text{)CH}{}_2\text{O}$CH₃)(P(C₂H₅)₃)₂]PF₆, which has been characterized by ¹H, ²H, ¹⁹F and ³¹P NMR spectroscopy. Its structure has also been determined by a single crystal X-ray analysis. The crystal are monoclinic, space group P2₁/n, with cell dimensions a 20.012(5), b 17.222(5), c 8.902(3) Å and β 91.54(5)°. The structure was refined by full matrix least-squares methods on F, using 3097 unique observations collected by automated four circle diffractometer. Refinement converged at R  0.066. The Pt atom has a distorted square-planar coordination geometry, with cis P atoms, and PtP distances of 2.219(4) Å (trans to O) and 2.324(4) Å (trans to C). These results show the ethereal group is a weak ligand to platinum(II) but because of the chelating effect, its displacement by other ligands is thermodynamically not favorable. The mechanism of formation of the ethereal complex is also discussed.     

Reactions of 4,7‐dihydro‐1,2,4‐triazolo[1,5‐a]pyrimidines with α,β‐unsaturated carbonyl compounds

The reaction of 5,7‐diphenyl‐4,7‐dihydro‐1,2,4‐triazolo[1,5‐a]pyrimidine ( 1 ) with α,β‐unsaturated carbonyl compounds 2a‐f led to the formation of the alkylated heterocycles 3a‐f (Figure 1). However, the reaction of 5‐methyl‐7‐phenyl‐4,7‐dihydro‐1,2,4‐triazolo[1,5‐a]pyrimidine ( 5 ) with 2a‐c yielded under the same conditions the triazolo[5,1‐b]quinazolines 6a‐c (Figure 3). In this case, the alkylation is followed by a cyclocondensation. The structure elucidation of the products is based on ir, ms, ¹H and ¹³C nmr measurements and on an X‐ray diffraction study.