Identification of the pathological prion protein allotypes in scrapie-infected heterozygous bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) by high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

Cerebral formation of the pathological isoform of the prion protein (PrP) is a crucial molecular event in prion diseases. The bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) is a rodent species highly susceptible to natural scrapie. The PrP gene of bank vole is polymorphic (Met/Ile) at codon 109. Here we show that homozygous 109Met/Met voles have incubation times shorter than heterozygous 109Met/Ile voles after experimental challenge with three different scrapie isolates. An HPLC-MS/MS method was optimized and applied to investigate whether in heterozygous animals both PrP allotypes are able to undergo pathological conversion. The results demonstrate that both allotypes of the prion protein participate to pathological deposition.     

超大孔磷酸铝分子筛的合成及性能

1988年Davis等首次报道了以二正丙胺和四丁基氢氧化铵为结构导向剂合成出一种命名为VPI-5的新型磷酸铝超大孔分子筛。它是一族具有相同三维拓朴学骨架的磷酸铝系分子筛,该结构的对称性属六方晶系,P6_3cm空间群,单位晶胞由36个TO_2组成,晶胞参数α=1.8989nm,c=0.8112nm,其主孔道由18员环构成,孔直径约为1.2-1.3nm。     

卟啉化合物的热化学研究——Ⅵ. 四苯基卟啉化合物的标准燃烧能和生成焓

用中国计量科学院提供的量热基准苯甲酸标定了本实验室建立的精密静弹燃烧热量计,测定了四邻甲氧基苯基卟啉(T_(o—OCH_3)PP)和四对二甲氨基苯基卟啉(T_(p—N(CH_3)_2)PP)的标准燃烧能,并计算出标准生成焓。实验仪器等温环境潜水式静弹燃烧热量计,量热环境主要包括恒温水槽和量热筒外套两部分,水槽中的两个泵式搅拌器能使水槽中的水充分搅动。量热体系包括量热筒、筒内定量的水、氧弹、内加热器、内搅拌器、热敏电阻测温探头以及一支辅助检测温度计。量热     

邻近C-H键对中心金属原子的配位作用—[Fe(PH3)3(C8H13)]+的定域分子轨道研究

采用INDO方法计算了{Fe[P(OMe)_3]_3(C_8H_(13))}~+的简化离子[Fe(PH_3)_3(C_8H_(13))]~+,将正则分子轨道用Edmiston-Ruedenberg定域化方法变换为定域分子轨道,结果表明:在对应C_1-H_(1A)键的定域分子轨道中,明显包含有铁原子轨道成分(7.8％),Fe-H_(1A)和Fe—C_1键级分别为0.190和0.302。指出C_1-H_(1A)键是以一对成键σ电子配位到铁原子上的。C_8H_(13)环以包含三个碳原子的η~4—共轭体系与铁原子相互作用。铁以二价(d~6-Fe(Ⅱ)的形式存在于该离子中。C_1-H_(1A)键的配位满足了文献[15]提出的Fe(Ⅱ)的共价12价。     

Si4+Si3反应动力学：振动激发态对反应的影响

用准经典轨线方法研究了处于振动激发态的硅原子团簇与硅原子团簇碰撞的反应动力学，计算表明，对于Ｓｉ４＋Ｓｉ３反应，当反应物团簇处于振动激发态时，有利于生成更小团簇的碎片，而对生成Ｓｉ６＋Ｓｉ及Ｓｉ５＋Ｓｉ２的影响不大。     

聚碳酸酯改性聚酯型热塑性聚氨酯弹性体的合成与性能

以聚碳酸１，６－已二醇酯（ＰＣ）、聚己二酸－１，４－丁二醇酯（ＰＢＡＧ）、４，４－二苯基甲烷二异氰酸酯（ＭＤＩ）和１，４－丁二醇（ＢＤＯ）为原料，合成线型聚碳酸酯改性聚酯型热塑性聚氨酯弹性体（ＴＰＣＺＥ）．对其玻璃化转变温度Ｔｇ、力学性能、耐水解性能和流变特性进行了研究。实验结果表明：随ＰＣ二醇含量的增加，弹性体的贮能模量下降，Ｔｇ则向高温方向（从－７．８℃到＋２．６℃）移动。水解后的强度保持率从８５．４％提高到９９，７％和１１７％，熔体的表现粘度降低，加工性能得到改善。     

均三氮苯类除草剂结构与活性的理论研究

利用Gaussian03程序包中的B3LYP方法,选择6-31G基组对均三氮苯类除草剂及类似衍生物2-(4-溴苄氨基)-4-甲基-6-三氟甲基-1,3,5-三氮苯进行了量子化学计算,从理论上讨论了它们的空间结构、电子结构特征与活性的关系.计算结果表明:三氮苯环与N(7)和N(8)原子形成了共轭结构,分子活性大小与LUMO轨道的得电子能力以及在LUMO轨道中占主要成分的原子有重要关系.N(7)和N(8)连接单个具有推电子能力的基团,有利于生物活性的提高.对于2-(4-溴苄氨基)-4-甲基-6-三氟甲基-1,3,5-三氮苯中,N(8)和C(9)是重要的活性部位,和传统的均三氮苯类除草剂分子相比,与D1蛋白上不同的氨基酸残基发生了键合作用.     

A new Fluorimetric Reagent for Highly Selective and Sensitive Determination of Terbium Ion

 In this work, a new ligand, 2,9-bis[N,N-bis(carboxymethyl)-aminomethyl]-1,10-phenanthroline (BBCAP), was synthesized and used to establish a novel fluorimetric method for the determination of trace amounts of terbium in a binary system. Its luminescence mechanism was studied. The excitation and emission wavelengths are 284 nm and 547 nm, respectively. Other rare-earth metal ions in 100-fold excess caused no interference. The fluorescence intensity was a linear function of the concentration of terbium in the range of 5.0 × 10⁻¹⁰–1.0 × 10⁻⁶ mol/L. The detection limit was 2.0 × 10⁻¹¹ mol/L (n = 12). The standard addition method was used to determine the terbium in a synthetic rare-earth sample with satisfactory results. This method represents a direct, rapid, selective and sensitive analytical procedure with a widely linear range. Received November 29, 2001 Revision February 9, 2002     

Rapid Synthesis of Nanocrystalline TiO2/SnO2 Binary Oxides and Their Photoinduced Decomposition of Methyl Orange

A rapid and simple method, the so-called stearic acid method (SAM) was developed to prepare nanostructured TiO₂/SnO₂ binary oxides by combustion of stearic acid precursors. The preparative process was studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). During the preparative process, metal precursors were dispersed in stearic acid at molecular level. Microstructure of the samples was investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), BET specific surface area measurement and the results were compared with those obtained by conventional sol-gel method. The photocatalytic decomposition of methyl orange was used as a model system to determine the relative influences of the preparation method and the concentration of SnO₂ on the photocatalytic activities. It was found that preparative methods affected the crystalline structure of TiO₂/SnO₂ powders and the anatase phase of TiO₂ was stabilized by the addition of SnO₂ in SAM. The samples prepared by SAM showed better dispersity, larger specific surface area and the TiO₂/SnO₂ (r=0.15, SAM) catalyst showed higher photocatalytic activity than Degussa P25.     

Tetra‐n‐butylammonium bis(2‐thioxo‐1,3‐dithiole‐4,5‐dithiolato‐κ2S4,S5)nickelate(III)

The crystal structure of the title compound, (C₁₆H₃₆N)[Ni(C₃S₅)₂], is isomorphous with that of the corresponding Pt complex but different from the structures reported for compounds of the same chemical composition, and so provides a new crystalline phase of this complex. The nickel complex anion has good planarity and lies on a crystallographic inversion centre. There is disorder in the two terminal C atoms of two of the butyl chains of the tetra‐n‐butyl­ammonium cation, the N atom of which is located on a twofold axis.