用反相高效液相色谱法测定小鼠心肌、骨骼肌中AT P、AD P和AM P的含量

采用反相高效液相色谱法同时测定小鼠心肌、骨骼肌组织中ATP(三磷酸腺苷 )、ADP(二磷酸腺苷 )、AMP(一磷酸腺苷 )的含量。以150mmol/L磷酸二氢钾缓冲液 (pH=6.25)为流动相 ,采用BDShypersilC18 不锈钢色谱柱 ,紫外检测波长为254nm ,线性范围为1～200mg/L。ATP、ADP和AMP的平均加标回收率均在90 %以上 ,检出限分别为10ng、10ng、15ng。该法灵敏、准确 ,试剂费用低。     

Latest advances in zwitterionic structures modified dialysis membranes

End-stage renal diseases are affecting many patients and as a result, demand to receive dialysis service is growing annually. Morbidity and mortality rates are reported to be higher in comparison with healthy humans. The reason is reported to be the hemoincompatiblity of blood purification membranes, which hinders patients’ lives. Activation of different immune systems in the body, in case of blood-membrane interaction, results in several side effects, of which cardiovascular shocks have been mentioned to be a major one. Efforts to solve this issue have resulted in different generations of dialysis membranes. Zwitterionic immobilized membranes are the latest (third) generation, which owns a higher degree of hemocompatiblity with more stability of immobilized structures. This critical review intends to cover recent efforts conducted over the zwitterionization of polymeric membrane surfaces with the goal of improving hemocompatibility. Different aspects of third-generation membranes are discussed for a better understanding of the current gap and gathering the knowledge to further develop the field. Accordingly, this critical survey provides an in-depth understanding of blood purification membranes zwitterionization for paving the way for the optimum enhancement of hemodialysis membrane hemocompatibility.     

Crystal growth,spectroscopic, second and third order nonlinear optical spectroscopic studies of L-phenylalanine doped ammonium dihydrogen phosphate single crystals

The frequency doubling and tripling can be reached for Nd:YAG laser beam using the single crystal of ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (ADP). The growth and characterization of pure and L-phenylalanine doped ADP crystals are considered in the present contribution. The transparent good quality single crystals are grown using low temperature solution growth technique. The functional group alteration is studied using FT-IR spectroscopy. The larger improvement is observed in linear and nonlinear optical properties of ADP crystals on doping by L-phenylalanine. The reduction in charge carrier density is observed in photoconductivity spectra of all the grown crystals.     

Chain‐Terminating and Clickable NAD+ Analogues for Labeling the Target Proteins of ADP‐Ribosyltransferases

ADP‐ribosyltransferases (ARTs) use NAD⁺ as a substrate and play important roles in numerous biological processes, such as the DNA damage response and cell cycle regulation, by transferring multiple ADP‐ribose units onto target proteins to form poly(ADP‐ribose) (PAR) chains of variable sizes. Efforts to identify direct targets of PARylation, as well as the specific ADP‐ribose acceptor sites, must all tackle the complexity of PAR. Herein, we report new NAD⁺ analogues that are efficiently processed by wild‐type ARTs and lead to chain termination owing to a lack of the required hydroxy group, thereby significantly reducing the complexity of the protein modification. Due to the presence of an alkyne group, these NAD⁺ analogues allow subsequent manipulations by click chemistry for labeling with dyes or affinity markers. This study provides insight into the substrate scope of ARTs and might pave the way for the further developments of chemical tools for investigating PAR metabolism.     

High quality drug screening by capillary electrophoresis: A review

High quality assays are needed in drug discovery to reduce the high attrition rate of lead compounds during primary screening. Capillary electrophoresis (CE) represents a versatile micro-separation technique for resolution of enzyme-catalyzed reactions, including substrate(s), product(s), cofactor(s) and their stereoisomers, which is needed for reliable characterization of biomolecular interactions in free solution. This review article provides a critical overview of new advances in CE for drug screening over the past five years involving biologically relevant enzymes of therapeutic interest, including transferases, hydrolases, oxidoreductases, and isomerases. The basic principles and major configurations in CE, as well as data processing methods needed for rigorous characterization of enzyme inhibition are described. New developments in functional screening of small molecules that modulate the activity of disease-related enzymes are also discussed. Although inhibition is a widely measured response in most enzyme assays, other important outcomes of ligand interactions on protein structure/function that impact the therapeutic potential of a drug will also be highlighted, such as enzyme stabilization, activation and/or catalytic uncoupling. CE offers a selective platform for drug screening that reduces false-positives while also enabling the analysis of low amounts of complex sample mixtures with minimal sample handling.     

Thermal stability of rat uterus during development

Summary The age dependence of thermal denaturation was monitored in rats anaesthetized after they're born at 7^th, 14^th, 21^st, 28^th, 35^thand 42^nddays. The samples were stored in rigor or physiological saline solution. The DSC scans in the early age groups show a low temperature exotherm (connective tissues: from gel to liquid crystal transition) and one endotherm (it is very probably the myosin). During further development the endotherms became more and more complex (due to the development of contractile system). At 42 days the scans seem to be similar to the adult ones. In the two buffers the endotherms markedly differ showing that the ATPase activity is present. In adult uterus, treated with nucleotides or estrogen, this activity significantly differs from the skeletal muscle. On the basis of our results we suppose, that the age dependent changes are decisive processes in the development of rat uterus.     

NMR metabolic profiling of organic and aqueous sea bass extracts: implications in the discrimination of wild and cultured sea bass

The nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique was used as analytical tool to determine the complete metabolic profiling of sea bass extracts: water-soluble metabolites belonging to different classes such as sugars, amino acids, dipeptides and organic acids as well as metabolites soluble in organic solvent such as lipids, sterols and fatty acids were identified. The metabolite profiling together with a suitable statistical analysis were used to discriminate between wild and cultured sea bass samples. Preliminary results show that discrimination between wild and cultured sea bass was obtained not only using fatty acid composition but also cholesterol and phosphatidylethanolamine and some water-soluble metabolites such as choline, trimethylamine oxide, glutamine, fumaric and malic acids.     

Adenosine hypodiphosphate ester,an analogue of ADP: analysis of the adenine–hypodiphosphate interaction mode in hypodiphosphate nucleotides and adenine salts

Adenosine diphosphate (ADP) plays a crucial role in cell biochemistry, especially in metabolic pathways and energy storage. ADP itself, as well as many of its analogues, such as adenosine hypodiphosphate (AhDP), has been studied extensively, in particular in terms of enzymatic activity. However, structural studies in the solid state, especially for AhDP, are still missing. An analogue of ADP, i.e. adenosine hypodiphosphate ester, has been synthesized and characterized in the crystalline form as two hydrated sodium salts of 2′:3′‐isopropylideneadenosine 5′‐hypodiphosphate (H₃AhDP, C₁₃H₁₉N₅O₉P₂ for the neutral form), namely pentasodium tetrakis(2′:3′‐isopropylideneadenosine 5′‐hypodiphosphate) tetracosahydrate, 5Na⁺·3C₁₃H₁₈N₅O₉P₂⁻·C₁₃H₁₇N₅O₉P₂²⁻·24H₂O or Na₅(H₂AhDP)₃(HAhDP)·24H₂O, (I), and sodium tetrakis(2′:3′‐isopropylideneadenosine 5′‐hypodiphosphate) pentadecahydrate, Na⁺·C₁₃H₂₀N₅O₉P₂⁺·2C₁₃H₁₈N₅O₉P₂⁻·C₁₃H₁₉N₅O₉P₂·15H₂O or Na(H₄AhDP)(H₃AhDP)(H₂AhDP)₂·15H₂O, (II). Crystal structure analyses of (I) and (II) reveal two nucleoside hypodiphosphate ions in the asymmetric units with different ionization states of the hypodiphosphate unit and adenine base. For all AhDP nucleotides, the same anti conformation about the N‐glycosidic bond and similar puckering of the ribose ring have been found. AhDP geometry and interactions have been compared to ADP nucleotides deposited in the Cambridge Structural Database. The adenine–hypodiphosphate interactions, identified as defining nucleotide self‐assembly, have been analysed in model systems, i.e. the adenine (Ade) salts of hypodiphosphoric acid, namely bis(adeninium) hypodiphosphate dihydrate, 2C₅H₆N₅⁺·H₂P₂O₆²⁻·2H₂O or (AdeH)₂(H₂P₂O₆)·2H₂O, (III), and bis(adeninium) hypodiphosphate, 2C₅H₆N₅⁺·H₂P₂O₆²⁻ or (AdeH)₂(H₂P₂O₆), (IV).     

Damit Blut nicht verklumpt

Inhibitors of platelet aggregation (“anti‐platelets”) constitute a remarkably heterogeneous family of drugs, with regard to both chemistry and biochemistry. The rather uncommon diversity and the continuing search for new anti‐platelet drugs results from the particular requirements: high efficacy associated with good tolerability especially during long‐term treatment, marginal side effects and easy administration. Sophisticated structural modifications to lead compounds are employed to meet these requirements and improve bio‐availability and efficacy. While thromboxane synthesis and ADP receptors are currently the most prominent targets of anti‐platelet drugs, a number of other promising targets are now evaluated and new drugs are on the verge.     

The heteroepitaxial growth of KDP/ADP

Crystal growth rules of mixture crystals KADP (potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) and ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (ADP)) have been analyzed based on the solubility product principle. The heteroepitaxial layers have been obtained by immersing KDP (ADP) substrate into the ADP (KDP) saturated solution at 313 K. The micromorphology indicates that small growing points on different planes show the self‐similar property compared to the bulk crystal's morphology. The process of epitaxial growth depends on not only form the lattice match but also form crystallizing kinetics which is the main influencing factor. Moreover, it can infer from the micromorphology on the surface of the mixed crystal that the dissolving of substrates will form mixed solution on epitaxial surface. What's more, corrosion phenomenon gets more and more evident with increasing times of epitaxial growth and it will be harder to form transparent epitaxial layers due to the increasing tension of epitaxial layers. (© 2012 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)