Redesigning the DNA‐Targeted Chromophore in Platinum–Acridine Anticancer Agents: A Structure–Activity Relationship Study

Platinum–acridine hybrid agents show low‐nanomolar potency in chemoresistant non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but high systemic toxicity in vivo. To reduce the promiscuous genotoxicity of these agents and improve their pharmacological properties, a modular build–click–screen approach was used to evaluate a small library of twenty hybrid agents containing truncated and extended chromophores of varying basicities. Selected derivatives were resynthesized and tested in five NSCLC cell lines representing large cell, squamous cell, and adenocarcinomas. 7‐Aminobenz[c]acridine was identified as a promising scaffold in a hybrid agent ( P1–B1 ) that maintained submicromolar activity in several of the DNA‐repair proficient and p53‐mutant cancer models, while showing improved tolerability in mice by 32‐fold compared to the parent platinum–acridine ( P1–A1 ). The distribution and DNA/RNA adduct levels produced by the acridine‐ and benz[c]acridine‐based analogues in NCI‐H460 cells (confocal microscopy, ICP‐MS), and their ability to bind G‐quadruplex forming DNA sequences (CD spectroscopy, HR‐ESMS) were studied. P1–B1 emerges as a less genotoxic, more tolerable, and potentially more target‐selective hybrid agent than P1–A1 .     

Two‐Component Supramolecular Gels Derived from Amphiphilic Shape‐Persistent Cyclo[6]aramides for Specific Recognition of Native Arginine

A unique supramolecular two‐component gelation system was constructed from amphiphilic shape‐persistent cyclo[6]aramides and diethylammonium chloride (or triethylammonium chloride). This system has the ability to discriminate native arginine from 19 other amino acids in a specific fashion. Cyclo[6]aramides show preferential binding for the guanidinium residue over ammonium groups. This specificity was confirmed by both experimental results and theoretical simulations. These results demonstrated a new modular displacement strategy, exploring the use of species‐binding hydrogen‐bonded macrocyclic foldamers for the construction of two‐component gelation systems for selective recognition of native amino acids by competitive host–guest interactions. This strategy may be amenable to developing a variety of functional two‐component gelators for specific recognition of various targeted organic molecular species.     

Optimization of l‐arginine purification from Corynebacterium crenatum fermentation broth

l ‐Arginine has many special physiological and biochemical functions, with wide applications in the food and pharmaceutical industry. Few studies on the purification of l ‐arginine from fermentation broth have been conducted; however, none of them were systematic enough for industrial scale‐up. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a highly efficient and systematic process for the purification of l ‐arginine from fermentation broth. In this study, we screened out a cation exchange resin, D155, having high exchange capacity, high selectivity, and easy elution capacity, and analyzed its adsorption isotherm, thermodynamics, and kinetics using different models. Further, the process parameters of fixed‐bed ion exchange adsorption and elution were optimized, and the penetration curve during the operation was modeled. Based on the fixed‐bed ion‐exchange parameters, a 30‐column continuous ion‐exchange system was designed, and the flow velocity in each zone was optimized. Finally, to obtain a high purity of l ‐arginine, the purification tests were conducted using anion exchange resin 711, and an l ‐arginine yield of 99.1% and purity of 98.5% was obtained. This effective and economical method also provides a promising strategy for separation of other amino acids from the fermentation broth, which is of great significance to the l ‐arginine fermentation industry.     

LDHs薄膜基纳米荧光传感器的制备及其研究进展

层状复合氢氧化物(LDHs)是一种层板金属元素和层间离子可调的无机层状材料,利用其独特的插层组装特性,基于静电、氢键、范德华力等相互作用力,功能性荧光客体分子可与LDHs纳米片复合构筑多功能荧光薄膜材料.LDHs薄膜基荧光材料用于荧光传感器,在有机挥发性气体(VOCs)、温度、压力、重要生物分子等的检测中显示了良好性能.本文总结了LDHs复合薄膜的制备方法以及近年来其在纳米荧光传感领域的进展,并对其未来发展做出了展望.     

新型双核配合物的形成、与DNA的作用机制及荧光性质研究

利用紫外、荧光和粘度等方法研究了含不同配体的钌(II)配合物[Ru(phen)₂CImP]^2＋(CImP＝3,4-二羟基-咪唑并[4,5-i][1,10]邻菲咯啉)和[Ru(phen)₂TPPZ]^2＋(TPPZ＝四吡啶[3,2-a:2',3'-c:3',2'-h:2',3'-j]吩嗪)与DNA的作用机制, 并研究了配合物与Zn^2＋配合后荧光性质变化. 结果表明[Ru(phen)₂TPPZ]^2＋与DNA以插入模式作用, 而[Ru(phen)₂CImP]^2＋与DNA则以沟面结合模式作用. 向配合物溶液中滴加Zn^2＋后, 配合物[Ru(phen)₂TPPZ]^2＋和[Ru(phen)₂CImP]^2＋均可以与Zn^2＋形成双核配合物[Ru(phen)₂(TPPZ)Zn]^4＋和[Ru(phen)₂(CImP)Zn]^4＋, 配合物的荧光减弱. 与DNA作用后, 配合物仍可以与Zn^2＋配位形成双核配合物, 但[Ru(phen)₂(TPPZ)Zn]^4＋保持插入模式与DNA作用, 配合物的荧光减弱. 而[Ru(phen)₂(CImP)Zn]^4＋与DNA则由沟面结合改为插入结合, 配合物的荧光增强.     

嗪草酮与脱氧核糖核酸相互作用的研究

采用电化学方法,结合紫外-可见分光光度法、荧光光度法、粘度法和与变性脱氧核糖核酸(DNA)的作用研究了嗪草酮(M)与DNA的作用机制,并通过研究嗪草酮对溴化乙锭-天然DNA体系的影响,以及天然DNA和变性DNA与嗪草酮的作用的不同,得出嗪草酮与DNA分子发生类似溴化乙锭(EB)嵌插作用的结论,形成DNA-M 1∶1型的超分子化合物DNA-M。求得结合常数β=1.8×105L/mol。DNA加入量在1×10-5~1.5×10-4mol/L范围内,DNA浓度与峰电流降低值之间存在线性关系。     

Recognition of Dimethylarginine Analogues by Tandem Tudor Domain Protein Spindlin1

Epigenetic readout of the combinatorial posttranslational modification comprised of trimethyllysine and asymmetric dimethylarginine (H3K4me3R8me2a) takes place via biomolecular recognition of tandem Tudor-domain-containing protein Spindlin1. Through comparative thermodynamic data and molecular dynamics simulations, we sought to explore the binding scope of asymmetric dimethylarginine mimics by Spindlin1. Herein, we provide evidence that the biomolecular recognition of H3K4me2R8me2a is not significantly affected when R8me2a is replaced by dimethylarginine analogues, implying that the binding of K4me3 provides the major binding contribution. High-energy water molecules inside both aromatic cages of the ligand binding sites contribute to the reader–histone association upon displacement by histone peptide, with the K4me3 hydration site being lower in free energy due to a flip of Trp151.     

二水合氯精氨酸的构象变化

以X光衍射实验对二水合氯酸的晶体结构进行了研究,重点讨论了影响精氨酸构象变化的主要因素并比较了在不同阴离子存在条件下精氨酸构象的变化情况。该晶体为单斜晶系,P21/c,a=11.0490(18);b=8.4876(13);c=11.2261(17);β=91.386(2);°Z=4;Dx=1.443Mg.m-3。精氨酸分子以顺式和反式两种构象沿C轴方向交错排列而羧基氧原子和相邻分子中的α-氨基N-H以氢键相连,形成常见的“头尾”相连构型;分子中的结晶水参与氢键的形成,类似“盐桥”作用;氯离子参与电荷平衡并和精氨酸的N-H形成较强的氢键作用和静电吸引力。上述作用使得精氨酸分子晶体形成了三维氢键网状超分子结构。     

烷基紫精/五氧化二钒插层化合物的组装、表征及磁性的研究

以烷基紫精(alkylviologens; 又称紫精或紫罗精)为有机客体、层状五氧化二钒为无机主体, 在液、固两相反应体系中, 利用I^－与V^5＋的氧化还原反应, 使烷基紫精阳离子通过静电引力作用进入被还原的五氧化二钒层板之间, 形成一系列新颖的无机-有机插层化合物. 并运用X射线粉末衍射(XRD)、红外(FT-IR)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、紫外-可见漫反射(UV-vis DRS)等方法对其进行了表征. XRD分析结果证明, 五氧化二钒的层间距随着烷基紫精中烷基链的增长而增大, 但其结晶度随着烷基紫精阳离子中烷基链的增加而降低. XPS研究表明, 该类材料中的钒是以V^4＋和V^5＋两种混合价态存在, 氧原子处于三种不同的化学环境, 这些现象说明烷基紫精阳离子的引入对五氧化二钒的骨架结构影响不大, 主体五氧化二钒的层状结构保存完好; 氮原子处于两种不同的化学环境, 证实插层化合物中主客体之间相互修饰的协同效应, 有可能起到了稳定客体分子激发态的作用, 同时FT-IR光谱中芳香环特征谱带强度的变化也进一步证明了这一结论. UV-vis DRS分析发现由于主客体的相互作用使插层化合物在紫外和可见光区域产生特殊的光吸收性质. 从磁性研究的结果可以看出, 在温度低于15 K时, 插层化合物RV2为反铁磁性的有序结构; 当温度高于15 K时, 转变为顺磁性, 表现出磁无序结构.     

微孔层状磷酸铝材料的剥离与嵌入研究

用XRD和SEM等手段研究了微孔层状磷酸铝[Al₂P₃O₁₀(OH)₂][C₆NH₈]的剥离和嵌入过程,发现该材料在醇/水溶液中能很好地剥离,形成胶体溶液,并能在一定条件下再结晶形成C₂～C₁₂烷基胺嵌入的层状新材料.当嵌入达到饱和时,有机胺在层间呈双层排列,并与层板成42.6°倾斜角.磷酸铝剥离和嵌入的难易与其层板结构间相互作用的强弱直接相关.