高效液相色谱/二极管阵列检测/质谱/质谱(HPLC/DAD/MS2)联用在板蓝根注射液成分鉴定中的应用

用HPLC/DAD/MS2联用仪,鉴定了板蓝根注射液中含有的核苷类物质。色谱条件:Luna C18 色谱柱(250 mm×4.6 mm i.d., 5 μm);甲醇-水梯度洗脱,流量0.8 mL/min; 柱温25 ℃。用二极管阵列检测器记录各个色谱峰的紫外吸收光谱,色谱检测波长254 nm。质谱条件:电喷雾离子源(ESI);正离子检测;扫描范围m/z 50-800。记录质量色谱图和各个色谱峰的一级、二级质谱图,并对质谱结果进行解析,通过与对照品比较,确定板蓝根注射液样品中含有腺苷、鸟苷、尿苷、胞苷及腺     

Kinetics and mechanism of electron-induced splitting of a cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer with or without an electron acceptor

DNA repair has received heightened attention in recent years as ozone depletion threatens to significantly increase DNA damage by UVB radiation[1—6]. The major lesions formed in DNA by this radiation are cis-syn cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers, which are created by the linkage of two neighboring pyrimidine bases in DNA via C5-C5 and C6-C6 atoms by [2+2] cycloaddition[2,5—8]. This potentially lethal or mutagenic damage can be repaired either by the removal of the damaged bases by excisio…     

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.     

Amperometric NADH Biosensor Based on Magnetic Chitosan Microspheres/Poly(thionine) Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode

Novel magnetic chitosan‐coated microspheres (MCMSs) were prepared by modifying carbon‐coated iron magnetic nanoparticles with chitosan. An amperometric dihydronicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) sensor was constructed based on immobilizing MCMS on the surface of a polythionine (PTH) modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The fabrication of MCMS/PTH film and its electrocatalytic effect on electrochemical oxidation of NADH were investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and voltammetric methods. It was found that the resulting integrated films of PTH and MCMS exhibit high electrocatalytic response to NADH by significantly reduce its overpotential. The effects of the experimental variables on the amperometric determination of NADH such as solution pH and working potential were investigated for optimum analytical performance. This electrochemical sensor had a fast response to NADH which was less than 10 s. Linear response ranges of 2–10 μM and 10–100 μM and a detection limit of 0.51 μM (S/N=3) were obtained under the optimum conditions. Moreover, the selectivity, stability and reproducibility of this biosensor was evaluated with satisfactory results.     

人工神经网络应用于维生素B族4组分同时测定

应用人工神经网络原理，采用Levenberg-Marquardt BP算法，对于吸收光谱严重重叠的维生素B1，B2，B6和烟酰胺4组分同时进行含量测定。四者的平均回收率分别为100％，98％，96％，100％。该方法用于复合维生素B片剂中B1，B2，B6和烟酰胺的同时测定，获得较满意的结果。实验表明，该方法与现有的算法相比具有训练速度快、预测结果准确度高等特点，有望能成为多组分分析的有效方法之一。     

Natural and artificial light-harvesting systems utilizing the functions of carotenoids

Carotenoids are essential pigments in natural photosynthesis. They absorb in the blue–green region of the solar spectrum and transfer the absorbed energy to (bacterio-)chlorophylls, and so expand the wavelength range of light that is able to drive photosynthesis. This process is an example of singlet–singlet energy transfer and so carotenoids serve to enhance the overall efficiency of photosynthetic light reactions. Carotenoids also act to protect photosynthetic organisms from the harmful effects of excess exposure to light. In this case, triplet–triplet energy transfer from (bacterio-)chlorophyll to carotenoid plays a key role in this photoprotective reaction. In the light-harvesting pigment–protein complexes from purple photosynthetic bacteria and chlorophytes, carotenoids have an additional role, namely the structural stabilization of those complexes. In this article we review what is currently known about how carotenoids discharge these functions. The molecular architecture of photosynthetic systems will be outlined to provide a basis from which to describe the photochemistry of carotenoids, which underlies most of their important functions in photosynthesis. Then, the possibility to utilize the functions of carotenoids in artificial photosynthetic light-harvesting systems will be discussed. Some examples of the model systems are introduced.     

(S)-富马酸替诺福韦二吡呋酯的合成

以腺嘌呤为原料,经N-烷基化、O-烷基化、水解、酯化和成盐5步反应合成了(S)-富马酸替诺福韦二吡呋酯,总收率10.0%,其结构经1H NMR和ESI-MS确证。     

N‐Benzylnicotinamide and N‐benzyl‐1,4‐dihydronicotinamide: useful models for NAD+ and NADH

3‐Aminocarbonyl‐1‐benzylpyridinium bromide (N‐benzylnicotinamide, BNA), C₁₃H₁₃N₂O⁺·Br⁻, (I), and 1‐benzyl‐1,4‐dihydropyridine‐3‐carboxamide (N‐benzyl‐1,4‐dihydronicotinamide, rBNA), C₁₃H₁₄N₂O, (II), are valuable model compounds used to study the enzymatic cofactors NAD(P)⁺ and NAD(P)H. BNA was crystallized successfully and its structure determined for the first time, while a low‐temperature high‐resolution structure of rBNA was obtained. Together, these structures provide the most detailed view of the reactive portions of NAD(P)⁺ and NAD(P)H. The amide group in BNA is rotated 8.4 (4)° out of the plane of the pyridine ring, while the two rings display a dihedral angle of 70.48 (17)°. In the rBNA structure, the dihydropyridine ring is essentially planar, indicating significant delocalization of the formal double bonds, and the amide group is coplanar with the ring [dihedral angle = 4.35 (9)°]. This rBNA conformation may lower the transition‐state energy of an ene reaction between a substrate double bond and the dihydropyridine ring. The transition state would involve one atom of the double bond binding to the carbon ortho to both the ring N atom and the amide substituent of the dihydropyridine ring, while the other end of the double bond accepts an H atom from the methylene group para to the N atom.     

On the specificity of the amide VI band for the secondary structure of proteins

In this work we analyzed the specificity of the amide VI band for different types of secondary structure elements in protein structures. This band involves the bending motion of the CO group of the peptide chain that is typically observed in the spectral region from 590 to 490 cm⁻¹. The infrared absorbance spectra of a set of polypeptide model compounds of well known secondary structure was obtained at defined pH, including poly (l-lysine), poly (l-tyrosine), poly (l-alanine) and poly (l-histidine). In addition spectra of membrane proteins from the respiratory chain, namely the NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase, the cytochrome c oxidase and its Cu_A fragment, the cytochrome bc₁ complex, a Rieske-type protein and in addition myoglobin, have been comparatively investigated. The systematic analysis of the amide VI band of the polypeptides and the proteins allowed correlating the signal appearing at ∼525 cm⁻¹ to α-helical structures and signals at ∼545 cm⁻¹ to β-sheet contributions. Random coils have been found to contribute at ∼535 cm⁻¹ while the β-turns were observed at ∼560 cm⁻¹.     

Identification of major metabolites in rat urine and plasma of N(6) -(4-hydroxybenzyl) adenine riboside by LC/MS/MS

N(6) -(4-hydroxybenzyl) adenine riboside, a novel neuroprotective compound found in Gastrodia elata at trace level, is regarded as a potential drug for the treatment of neural degenerative disease. To understand the metabolism of this compound, the metabolites in rat urine and plasma of N(6) -(4-hydroxybenzyl) adenine riboside were analyzed by HPLC-ESI-MS/MS after oral administration of this compound. Beside the parent compound, six phase I metabolites and four phase II metabolites in urine were detected by scanning all possible metabolites in extracted ion chromatograms mode. By comparing their product ion spectra and retention times with those of parent compound, these metabolites were identified and proved to be mainly formed via hydrolysis or hydroxylation in phase I, N-sulfation or N-glucuronidation in phase II or their combinations. Similarly, the parent compound, one phase I metabolite and two phase II metabolites were also identified in rat plasma. Therefore, the in vivo metabolic pathways of N(6) -(4-hydroxybenzyl) adenine riboside in rat were proposed.