STRUCTURE, MOLECULAR WEIGHT AND BIOACTIVITIES OF (1→3)-β-D- GLUCANS AND ITS SULFATED DERIVATIVES FROM FOUR KINDS OF LENTINUS EDODES

Lentinan samples, (1→3)-β-D-glucans containing 4.6-15.2 wt% proteins, coded as L-I1, L-I2, L-I3 and L-I4 (L-I)were isolated from four kinds of Lentinus edodes. These glucans were treated with acetone to remove the protein in order to obtain free protein glucans coded as LNP-I1, LNP-I2, LNP-I3 and LNP-I4 (LNP-I). The free-protein polysaccharides were sulfated to give derivatives (S-LNP-I) with degree of substitution (DS) from 0.4-0.8. The structural features and weight- average molecular weight (Mw) of the samples were investigated by using infrared spectroscopy, elemental analysis,13C-NMR, size exclusion chromatography combined with laser light scattering (SEC-LLS) and viscometry. The effects of structure and conformation of the polysaccharides on antitumor activities were assayed in vivo (Sarcoma 180 solid tumors)and in vitro (Sarcoma 180, HL-60, MCF-7 and Vero tumors). The results indicated that the predominant species of the samples L-I and LNP-I in 0.2 mol/L NaCl aqueous solution existed as triple-helical chains with high rigidity and in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as single-flexible chains. Interestingly, the antitumor activities of LNP-I are lower than those of the native glucans (L-I), whereas their sulfated derivatives have higher inhibition ratio against Sarcoma 180 than LNP-I. The results reveal that the binding of protein, sulfated modification and the triple helix conformation are important factors in the enhancement of the antitumor activities of polysaccharides on the whole.     

载脂蛋白E与阿尔兹海默病的相关研究进展*

载脂蛋白E（Apolipoprotein E,ApoE ）的等位基因ε4是阿尔兹海默病（Alzheimer’s disease,AD）主要的危险遗传因子，它主要与晚发型以及散发型阿尔兹海默病相关。阿尔兹海默病的两个主要病理学特征均被发现与ApoE 有着极为密切的关系。本文介绍了ApoE在阿尔兹海默病中所起的主要作用的研究进展以及目前国内外关于基于ApoE的阿尔兹海默病相关药物研究。     

双β-二酮配体配位性的理论研究

基于自洽反应场(SCRF)中的极化连续介质模型(PCM), 采用密度泛函理论B3LYP/6-31G**计算了以二硫醚和芳环为桥基的两类双β-二酮配体的空间构型和电子结构, 结合其配合物晶体结构数据, 研究配体分子电子结构与配位性的关联性. 结果表明, 配体分子的几何构型、前线轨道、偶极矩和电荷布居, 与配合物构型、活性配位原子和配位形式(单核或多核、分子内或分子间)之间的关联性与一致性十分有意义. 配体的理论计算研究可以在一定层次上为配合物几何结构特征和配位特性提供合理的分析与预测.     

Beyond labels: A review of the application of quantum dots as integrated components of assays, bioprobes, and biosensors utilizing optical transduction

A comprehensive review of the development of assays, bioprobes, and biosensors using quantum dots (QDs) as integrated components is presented. In contrast to a QD that is selectively introduced as a label, an integrated QD is one that is present in a system throughout a bioanalysis, and simultaneously has a role in transduction and as a scaffold for biorecognition. Through a diverse array of coatings and bioconjugation strategies, it is possible to use QDs as a scaffold for biorecognition events. The modulation of QD luminescence provides the opportunity for the transduction of these events via fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET), charge transfer quenching, and electrochemiluminescence (ECL). An overview of the basic concepts and principles underlying the use of QDs with each of these transduction methods is provided, along with many examples of their application in biological sensing. The latter include: the detection of small molecules using enzyme-linked methods, or using aptamers as affinity probes; the detection of proteins via immunoassays or aptamers; nucleic acid hybridization assays; and assays for protease or nuclease activity. Strategies for multiplexed detection are highlighted among these examples. Although the majority of developments to date have been in vitro, QD-based methods for ex vivo biological sensing are emerging. Some special attention is given to the development of solid-phase assays, which offer certain advantages over their solution-phase counterparts.     

β-环糊精类液相色谱固定相及其手性拆分应用研究进展

β-环糊精是以1,4-糖苷键首尾相连的环状低聚糖,具有手性识别功能,特别是衍生化的β-环糊精键合固定相,对手性化合物具有良好的拆分能力。本文介绍了β-环糊精的结构和性质,综述了各种衍生化的β-环糊精液相色谱键合固定相及其在手性化合物拆分中的应用。     

二维扩散排序核磁共振谱法研究β-环糊精/萘普生的相互作用

采用二维扩散排序(DOSY)核磁共振法研究了萘普生与β-环糊精的相互作用,考察了不同包合因素对主客体自扩散系数及平衡常数的影响,并对萘普生与β-环糊精包合反应进行了热力学分析,以揭示萘普生与β-环糊精的包合反应机理.实验结果表明,温度、水含量、溶液pH值、离子强度等对客体萘普生的自扩散系数影响较大,但对主体环糊精自扩散...     

烯丙基-β-环糊精基手性毛细管电色谱整体柱的一步法制备及其性能

以烯丙基-β-环糊精、甲基丙烯酸缩水甘油酯和乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯为功能单体,一步键合制备了环糊精聚合物毛细管整体柱.在电色谱模式下18种氨基酸对映体得到成功分离.研究发现,将修饰的环糊精衍生物作为功能单体制备出的毛细管整体柱对疏水性,含氨基和苯环的手性化合物具有良好的保留行为,并具有良好的稳定性和重现性.新型电色谱柱也被应用于手性药物的分离.     

Strong antiferromagnetic coupling in doubly N,O oximato-bridged dinuclear copper(II) complexes

The use of di-2-pyridyl ketone oxime, (py)pkoH, and phenyl 2-pyridyl ketone oxime, ppkoH, in copper(II) hexafluoroacetylacetonate chemistry is reported. The reaction of CuCl₂·2H₂O with one and two equivalents of ppkoH and Na(hfac), respectively, in CH₂Cl₂ affords the dinuclear complex [Cu₂(hfac)₂(ppko)₂] (1) in excellent yield. The replacement of ppkoH by (py)pkoH gives the isostructural compound [Cu₂(hfac)₂{(py)pko}₂] (2) in good yield. The Cu^II atoms in both 1 and 2 are doubly bridged by the oximate groups of two η¹:η¹:η¹:μ₂ ppko⁻ and (py)pko⁻ ligands, respectively. The bridging Cu–(R–NO)–Cu′ units are not planar, with the torsion angles being 23.2° (1) and 20.3° (2). A bidentate chelating hfac⁻ ligand completes five-coordination at each square pyramidal metal ion. The hfac⁻-free reaction system CuCl₂·2H₂O/(py)pkoH/NEt₃ (1:2:1) gives instead the mononuclear complex [CuCl{(py)pko}{(py)pkoH}] (3) in very good yield. The Cu^II atom is coordinated by two N,N′-bidentate (py)pko⁻/(py)pkoH chelates and a monodentate chloride anion resulting in a distorted square pyramidal geometry around the metal center. Variable-temperature, solid-state dc magnetic studies were carried out on the representative dinuclear complex 1 in the 2.0–300 K range. The data indicate a very strong antiferromagnetic exchange interaction and a resulting S = 0 ground state, which is well isolated from the S = 1 excited state. The J value of −720 cm⁻¹ was derived from the fitting of the experimental data using the Hamiltonian H = −J(S₁ · S₂).     

Synthesis,Crystal Structure and Luminescent Property of an Eu~(3+) Complex

A new Eu(Ⅲ) complex, {[Eu(tta)2(C2H5OH)(NO3)]2(bmp)}·bmp(tta = 2-thenoyltrifluoro- acetonate, bmp = 2,2'-bipyrimidine), has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, luminescence and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The complex crystallizes in the monoclinic P21/n space group, with a = 11.894(6), b = 14.235(8), c = 19.078(10) , β = 103.423(9)o, V = 3142(3) 3, Z = 2, Mr = 1721.10, Dc = 1.819 g/cm3, F(000) = 1696, the final R = 0.0452 and wR = 0.1398 for 5375 observed reflections with I 2σ(I). In the complex, each Eu(Ⅲ) ion is coordinated with four oxygen atoms from two tta ligands and two nitrogen atoms from a bmp ligand, three oxygen atoms from one NO3- anion and one ethanol molecule, forming a distorted tricapped trigonal prism geometry. Luminescence measurement indicates that the europium complex is a strong red emitter in the solid state at room temperature.     

Surface Modification of Polypropylene by Ethylene Plasma and Its Induced β-Form in Polypropylene

This study aims to investigate the chemical structure and morphology of plasmapolymers produced by deposition of ethylene on the surface of polypropylene. The deposition films(sediments) of ethylene plasma on the surface of polypropylene are nonuniform, and the characterization results indicate the existence of hydroxyl groups and aldehyde(or ketone) groups in the sediments. The sediment of ethylene plasma on the polypropylene surface could induce the growth of β-form crystals in the surface layer of polypropylene.