聚酰胺类多肽二级结构模拟物的结构设计与性质分析

多肽与蛋白质具有结构支持、酶促催化、蛋白-蛋白相互作用等一系列功能。其中,二级结构作为少数氨基酸参与的相对局域性的结构,是一切高级结构的基础。为了模拟天然多肽的结构与功能,人们成功设计并合成了多种非天然的寡聚物结构。这些拟肽或类肽结构能有效地模拟以α-螺旋、转角为主体的多肽二级结构。二级结构模拟物具有重要的理论意义,并被进一步用于蛋白-蛋白相互作用的抑制剂研究与新药设计中。本文从分析多肽的二级结构特征入手,分类阐述了目前的各类多肽二级结构模拟物,并重点分析了最为主要的基于酰胺键型的模拟物的设计与结构多样性。同时,本文提出一系列形象化的命名手段进行分类,如χ肽、ζ/ξ-肽及ζ-ξ-肽等。     

Catalyzed Determination of Glucose with a Mimic Enzyme Constructed of Bis‐[‐6‐O‐(‐β‐ethyloic‐butanedioic Acid‐1,4‐ester‐4‐)]β‐Cyclodextrin · Fe3+

Abstract

Catalyzed determination of glucose with mimic glucose oxidase is constructed by the reaction of β‐cyclodextrin, maleic anhydride, and chloroacetic acid with iron trichloride in hydrogen peroxide. The method is simple and convenient, and sensitivity and repeatability are ideal. Beer's law is obeyed in a concentration range of 30–197 µg · ml^?1 glucose with an excellent correlation coefficient (r=0.9994), while the detection limit is 4.10 µg · ml^?1, the RSD is 0.98% (n=8). The recovery of sample is 95.8–103.1%.     

乙型肝炎患者血清中SOD与LPO含量分析

为了研究乙型肝炎患者血清中超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）活性水平、过氧化脂质（LPO）含量及其变化规律,应用黄嘌吟氧化酶法和硫代巴比妥酸法测定了53例乙肝患者血清中SOD与LPO含量,其中急性乙型肝炎（急肝）35例,慢性活动性乙型肝炎（慢活肝）18例。结果表明,乙型肝炎患者（包括急肝、慢活肝）血清中SOD的含量高于正常对照组（P＜0．05）,而LPO的含量也高于对照组（P＜0．01）,具有显著性差异,提示乙型肝炎患者体内存在着自由基紊乱。     

铜锌超氧化物歧化酶与精氨酸钴（Ⅱ）的相互作用

采用ＶＩＳ,ＩＣＰ及酶活性测定等方法,研究了铜锌超氧化物歧化酶（Ｃｕ２Ｚｎ２ＳＯＤ）与精氨酸钴（Ⅱ）（Ｃｏ（Ａｒｇ）ｎ）的直接相互作用以及外加精氨酸钴（Ⅱ）的量、溶液ｐＨ值对此类相互作用的影响,结果发现：在水溶液中原酶活性中心处的Ｚｎ（Ⅱ）离子可被外加的精氨酸钴（Ⅱ）部分诱导、交换出来,而溶液中外加Ｃｏ（Ａｒｇ）ｎ中的Ｃｏ（Ⅱ）进行酶的活性中心,形成“Ｃｏ－ＳＯＤ”酶衍生物,并相应影响酶的催化活性,与此同时,外加精氨酸钴（Ⅱ）的量,溶液ＰＨ值对此类相互作用的进行有重要影响。     

Synthesis of Poly(tartar amides) as Bio‐Inspired Antifreeze Additives

Summary: Multifunctional poly(tartar amides) have been synthesized and used as bio‐inspired antifreeze additives. It is shown that these polymers strongly interfere with the crystallization process of water in comparison to commercially available commodity polymers. While the addition of the poly(tartar amides) results in minor freezing point depression, as is shown by differential scanning calorimetry, a strong change in the ice crystal morphology is evident. Wide‐angle X‐ray scattering and optical microscopy indicate that the hexagonal structure of undisturbed ice‐crystals is oriented and partly deformed.

Light microscopy image of ice crystals at 223 K after a freezing assay with poly(tartar amides) shown at a polymer concentration of 2 wt.‐%.     

PS胶体粒子表面逐层自组装固定化SOD及其生物活性

通过逐层自组装技术成功地把超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)吸附在聚苯乙烯(PS)胶体粒子表面.zeta电位和TEM证明了聚阳离子或聚阴离子型SOD与相反电荷的聚电解质在PS胶体粒子表面的交替吸附.通过测定SOD被胶体粒子吸附后上清液的生物活性,得到聚阴离子型SOD(pH=8.0)和聚阳离子型SOD(pH=4.3)在PS胶体粒子表面的吸附量分别为12和51IU,相对活性分别为23.4%和2.9%.聚阴离子型SOD在PS胶体粒子表面能形成平滑规整的膜,导致较高的相对活性.研究结果表明,通过调节pH值,可以优化自组装固定化酶的聚集状态和生物活性     

Antioxidant Activity of Ruthenium Cyclopentadienyl Complexes Bearing Succinimidato and Phthalimidato Ligands

In these studies, we investigated the antioxidant activity of three ruthenium cyclopentadienyl complexes bearing different imidato ligands: (η⁵-cyclopentadienyl)Ru(CO)₂-N-methoxysuccinimidato (1), (η⁵-cyclopentadienyl)Ru(CO)₂-N-ethoxysuccinimidato (2), and (η⁵-cyclopentadienyl)Ru(CO)₂-N-phthalimidato (3). We studied the effects of ruthenium complexes 1–3 at a low concentration of 50 µM on the viability and the cell cycle of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and HL-60 leukemic cells exposed to oxidative stress induced by hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂). Moreover, we examined the influence of these complexes on DNA oxidative damage, the level of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity. We have observed that ruthenium complexes 1–3 increase the viability of both normal and cancer cells decreased by H₂O₂ and also alter the HL-60 cell cycle arrested by H₂O₂ in the sub-G1 phase. In addition, we have shown that ruthenium complexes reduce the levels of ROS and oxidative DNA damage in both cell types. They also restore SOD activity reduced by H₂O₂. Our results indicate that ruthenium complexes 1–3 bearing succinimidato and phthalimidato ligands have antioxidant activity without cytotoxic effect at low concentrations. For this reason, the ruthenium complexes studied by us should be considered interesting molecules with clinical potential that require further detailed research.     

Computational modeling of the kinetics and mechanism of tellurium-based glutathione peroxidase mimic

A new generation of glutathione peroxidase enzyme mimic based on organotellurium was introduced. The catalytic cycles of these mimics, tellura and tellenol, were clarified by density functional theory and solvent-assisted proton exchange procedure as an indirect proton exchange chain. From the kinetic viewpoint, the oxidation of tellura (ΔG^≠ = 23.55 kcal mol⁻¹) was considered as the rate-determining step using a single-step process. Various behaviors of tellenol were examined in the reduction of tellurenylsulfide based on methanethiol nucleophilicity. On the basis of the turnover frequency calculations, during the catalytic cycles of tellura and tellenol, the rate of the catalytic cycle of tellura is faster than that of tellenol. A decrease in the electron density and an increase in the Laplacian from the reactant to the transition states are evidence of the bond rupture, whereas an opposite change is evidence of the bond formation. Finally, different analyses of the electron location function and localized orbital locator within the quantum theory of atoms in molecules were applied and discussed. The covalent nature of the intramolecular interactions suggests that the Te⋯N interaction is stronger than that of Te⋯H. Finally, based on different analyses, tellura can be considered the more reactive GPx mimic than tellenol.     

金电极上Cu,Zn-SOD的表面增强拉曼光谱

应用原位共焦拉曼光谱技术在经表面增强处理后的金电极上,观察Cu,Zn-SOD分子的吸附方式及其随电位变化的过程。实验结果表明,在400mV-700mV的电位区间内,Cu,Zn-SOD分子始终以氨基酸残基上COO-和NH2在电极表面吸附,使活性中心所处的平面远离电极表面,且随电位负移发生脱附。上述结果为解释SOD分子在金电极表面无法实现快速电子传递提供了直接依据。     

The Voltammetric Behavior of Superoxide Dismutase/Catalase Mimics

The voltammetric behavior of the superoxide dismutase/catalase mimics [(N,N′‐bis(salicylidene)ethylenediamine)Mn(III)]Cl (or salenMn(III) chloride) 1 and [(N,N′‐bis(3‐methoxysalicylidene)ethylenediamine)Mn(III)]Cl (or 3,3′‐methoxysalenMn(III) chloride) 2 in acetonitrile is described. Both compounds show quasi‐reversible one‐electron reductions to the Mn(II) compound. Electroanalytical techniques are used to follow the reaction between superoxide and 1 and 2 and it is shown that it is the reduced Mn(II) compounds which scavenge superoxide. It is also shown that both compounds electrocatalytically generate superoxide in the presence of dissolved dioxygen. The rate constant for this reaction was determined for both compounds using microelectrode steady state voltammetry. A general reaction scheme for interactions between these compounds and both dissolved dioxygen and superoxide is proposed.