胞外高钾对大鼠背根神经元超极化电流的影响

应用全细胞膜片钳技术研究了胞外高钾对大鼠背根神经元（DRG）超极化电流（Ih）的影响．结果表明,Ih随着胞外钾离子浓度的增大而增大,同时随着外加刺激电压的增高而增强．当胞外钾离子浓度[Kext]为4,8和16mmol／L时,半数激活电压V1/2分别为-98±1．9,-106±1．3（p〈0．05）和-110±1．0mV（p〈0．05）,其对应的最大电流的峰值分别为1085±340,1576±409和2124±614pA,与4mmol／L比较,后者分别增长了45％和92％．胞外高钾使,Ih激活曲线显著左移,说明高Kext改变了超极化电流的激活过程．提高细胞外钾离子浓度,可以使早期钾通道（又称快通道）的激活时间常数增大,使晚期钾通道（又称慢通道）激活时间常数减小．当胞外钾离子浓度由4mmol／L升高到8和16mmol／L时,翻转电位右移,但不具有显著性差异．结果提示,细胞外高浓度钾可增强大鼠背根神经元超极化电流,Ih,改变Ih的激活过程,从而提高了神经元的兴奋性,产生不正常的动作电位,对神经细胞产生损伤．     

锌(Ⅱ)对于甲基百里酚蓝与牛血清白蛋白相互作用的影响

采用荧光光谱、紫外-可见光谱研究了有/无金属Zn2+存在下甲基百里酚蓝(MTB)与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)的相互作用.实验结果表明,无论Zn2+离子存在与否,MTB与BSA之间均为一形成复合物的静态猝灭过程.根据Stern-Volmer方程和Lineweaver-Burk方程求出了其结合常数与热力学参数,发现Zn2+离子存在时,MTB与BSA间的作用力由静电力转为氢键和Van der Waals力作用为主,认为金属Zn2+以"离子架桥"的方式参与MTB与BSA的结合过程,从而ΔH对ΔG的贡献增大.     

金属离子对一种分子内电荷转移荧光探针与牛血清白蛋白相互作用的影响

采用荧光光谱法研究了Fe~(3+)、Cu~(2+)、Pb~(2+)三种离子对1-酮-2-(对二甲氨基苯亚甲基)-四氢萘与牛血清白蛋白相互作用的影响.三种金属离子分别存在时能增强1-酮-2-(对二甲氨基苯亚甲基)-四氢萘对牛血清白蛋白的猝灭作用及二者的结合作用,使体系的猝灭常数及结合常数增大,且影响顺序为Fe~(3+)>Cu~(2+)>Pb~(2+).实验表明金属离子对蛋白质在物质的贮存、运转、代谢等方面有重要意义.     

Synthesis of Fréchet-type dendritic homotriptycenes

A rapid and efficient synthesis of novel dendrimer homotriptycenes is presented. The dendronized 9,10-dihydroanthracen-9-ols 4, having high electron densities in the benzene rings of the Fréchet-type dendrons, exhibited in the presence of acid a quantitative transannular ring closure to the corresponding dendritic homotriptycenes. The electron-donating Fréchet-type dendrons enabled the intramolecular FC alkylation by a regioselective 1,7-elimination of H2O.     

Voltammetric Sensing of Mercury and Copper Cations at Poly(EDTA‐like) Film Modified Electrode

Complexing polymer‐coated electrodes have been synthesized by oxidative electropolymerization of ethylenediamine tetra‐N‐(3‐pyrrole‐1‐yl)propylacetamide (monomer L ). The presence of four polymerizable pyrrole fragments on the same EDTA skeleton was thought to confer enhanced rigidity and controlled dimensionality to the resulting complexing materials, which were used for the electrochemical detection of Hg(II), Cu(II), Pb(II) and Cd(II) ions by means of the chemical preconcentration‐anodic stripping technique. The polyamide electrode material showed particularly a significant selectivity towards mercury ions, even in the presence of a large excess of other metal cations. Moreover, the use of imprinted polymer‐coated electrodes prepared by electropolymerization of L in the presence of metal cations turned out to significantly improve the detection limits, down to 5×10^?10 mol L^?1 for Hg(II) and Cu(II) species.     

Reactions of small negative ions with O2(a Δg) and O2(X Σg)

The rate constants and product ion branching ratios were measured for the reactions of various small negative ions with O₂(X ³Σ_g⁻) and O₂(a ¹Δ_g) in a selected ion flow tube (SIFT). Only NH₂⁻ and CH₃O⁻ were found to react with O₂(X) and both reactions were slow. CH₃O⁻ reacted by hydride transfer, both with and without electron detachment. NH₂⁻ formed both OH⁻, as observed previously, and O₂⁻, the latter via endothermic charge transfer. A temperature study revealed a negative temperature dependence for the former channel and Arrhenius behavior for the endothermic channel, resulting in an overall rate constant with a minimum at 500 K. SF₆⁻, SF₄⁻, SO₃⁻ and CO₃⁻ were found to react with O₂(a ¹Δ_g) with rate constants less than 10⁻¹¹ cm³ s⁻¹. NH₂⁻ reacted rapidly with O₂(a ¹Δ_g) by charge transfer. The reactions of HO₂⁻ and SO₂⁻ proceeded moderately with competition between Penning detachment and charge transfer. SO₂⁻ produced a SO₄⁻ cluster product in 2% of reactions and HO₂⁻ produced O₃⁻ in 13% of the reactions. CH₃O⁻ proceeded essentially at the collision rate by hydride transfer, again both with and without electron detachment. These results show that charge transfer to O₂(a ¹Δ_g) occurs readily if the there are no restrictions on the ion beyond the reaction thermodynamics. The SO₂⁻ and HO₂⁻ reactions with O₂(a) are the only known reactions involving Penning detachment besides the reaction with O₂⁻ studied previously [R.S. Berry, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 7 (2005) 289–290].     

A novel electrochemical method to detect mercury (II) ions

A novel and sensitive electrochemical method for determination of mercury (II) ions (Hg²⁺) based on the formation of thymine–Hg²⁺–thymine complexes and gold nanoparticle-mediated signal amplification is reported. Two 5′ end thiolated complementary oligonucleotides containing six strategically placed thymine–thymine mistakes were introduced in this work. One of the two oligonucleotides was immobilized on a gold electrode and the other one on gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). Due to six thymine–thymine mistakes the two oligonucleotides were not able to be hybridized, so AuNPs could not be immobilized onto the electrode surface after the electrode was immersed in the DNA–AuNPs solution. However, if Hg²⁺ existed, T–Hg²⁺–T complexes could be formed and AuNPs could be immobilized onto the electrode surface. Meanwhile, large numbers of [Ru(NH₃)₆]³⁺ molecules as electrochemical species could be localized onto the electrode surface. The Hg²⁺ detection limit of this assay could be as low as 10 nM, which is the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) limit of Hg²⁺ for drinkable water. This method is proven to be simple, convenient, high sensitive and selective.     

How Does Electrostatic Activation Control Iminium‐Catalyzed Cyclopropanations?

Prediction of lg k = s ( N + E ) verified : In contrast to previous statements, ordinary α,β‐unsaturated iminium ions do react with sulfur ylides. Electrostatic interactions accelerate the reactions by a factor of more than 10⁵ and are responsible for the high stereoselectivity.

     

Cover Picture: Enhancement of Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence and Radical Stability by Peripheral Multidonors on Alkynylpyrene Derivatives (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 14/2009)

A Powerful Luminophore that comprises a centered pyrene acceptor with peripheral amine multidonors is described by J. S. Kim and co‐workers in their Communication on page 2522 ff. The electrochemiluminescence (ECL) efficiency and radical stability of pyrene, a poor ECL luminophore, is markedly improved as the number of peripheral multidonor units is increased in a series of compounds. The ECL enhancement was rationalized by photophysical and electrochemical studies, and theoretical calculations.