Biodegradable and antibacterial poly(azomethine‐urethane)‐chitosan hydrogels for potential drug delivery application

In this study, biodegradable and antibacterial poly(azomethine‐urethane) (PAMU)‐ and chitosan (CS)‐based hydrogels have been prepared for controlled drug delivery applications. Structural and morphological characterizations of the hydrogels were performed via Fourier transform‐infrared and scanning electron microscopy analyses. Thermal stability, hydrophilicity, swelling, mechanical, biodegradation, protein absorption properties, and drug delivery application of PAMU‐ and CS‐based hydrogels were also investigated. The swelling performance of the hydrogels was studied in acidic, neutral, and alkaline media. Swelling results showed that the hydrogels have higher swelling capacity in acidic and alkaline media than neutral medium. Biodegradation experiments of the hydrogels were also studied via hydrolytic and enzymatic experiments. The drug release property of the hydrogel was carried out using 5‐fluoro uracil (5‐FU), and 5‐FU release capacity of the hydrogels was found in the range from 40.10% to 58.40% after 3 days.     

尿嘧啶水助质子转移反应机理的研究

用密度泛函理论,在B3LYP/6-311++G**计算水平下分别对尿嘧啶所有的气相、液相、过渡态和质子转移异构体的结构进行全优化,获得它们在气相和水相中的几何结构和电子结构,PGM反应场溶剂模型用于水相计算.结果显示:在气相和水相中,水参与反应降低了互变异构质子迁移的反应活化能,对互变异构质子迁移的反应起到催化作用,但...     

Computer Modelling and Synthesis of Deoxy and Monohydroxy Analogues of a Ribitylaminouracil Bacterial Metabolite that Potently Activates Human T Cells

5-(2-Oxopropylideneamino)-6-d -ribitylaminouracil (5-OP-RU) is a natural product formed during bacterial synthesis of vitamin B2. It potently activates mucosal associated invariant T (MAIT) cells and has immunomodulatory, inflammatory, and anticancer properties. This highly polar and unstable compound forms a remarkably stable Schiff base with a lysine residue in major histocompatibility complex class I–related protein (MR1) expressed in antigen-presenting cells. Inspired by the importance of the ribityl moiety of 5-OP-RU for binding to both MR1 and the T cell receptor (TCR) on MAIT cells, each OH was removed in silico. DFT calculations and MD simulations revealed a very stable hydrogen bond between the C3′−OH and uracil N1H, which profoundly restricts flexibility and positioning of each ribityl-OH, potentially impacting their interactions with MR1 and TCR. By using deoxygenation strategies and kinetically controlled imine formation, four monodeoxyribityl and four monohydroxyalkyl analogues of 5-OP-RU were synthesised as new tools for probing T cell activation mechanisms.     

Calculation and analysis of vibrational spectra of adenine–thymine,guanine–cytosine,and adenine–uracil complementary pairs in the condensed state

We have calculated the frequencies of the normal vibrations of the complementary nucleic acid base pairs adenine–thymine, guanine–cytosine, adenine–uracil, corresponding to the Watson–Crick structure, and the adenine–uracil pair, corresponding to the Hoogsteen structure, in condensed states and we interpret the spectra. We determine the contributions of hydrogen bonds to the vibrational modes of the complementary pairs. We have analyzed the nature of the relative displacements of the nucleic acid bases as integral molecular units along the hydrogen bonds. We show the role of hydrogen bonds in tautomeric interconversions of complementary nucleic acid base pairs. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 84–92, January–February, 2009.     

Conformation and packing differences between two anomeric xylofuranosyl uracil nucleosides: Crystal structure of α-C14N2O7H18 monohydrate

5-Acetyl-1-(3,5-O-isopropylidene--D-xylofuranosyl) uracil monohydrate (-AXU·H₂O) crystallizes in an orthorhombic cell of dimensionsa=7.286(6),b 14.281(10),c=15.852(11) Å. Its structure has been determined by direct methods from single-crystal CuK X-ray data and refined to a conventionalR factor of 0.055 over 1708 unique reflections. The furanose ring has conformation C2'endo-C3'endo (rather than the uncommon C3'endo-C4'exo as in -AXU) and the glycosidic torsion angle is –31° (17° in -AXU). The oxygen of the water molecule in -AXU·H₂O accepts a hydrogen bond (O 10...O 5=2.70 Å) from the sugar hydroxyl O5 and the hydrogens form hydrogen bonds to a uracil carbonyl (O 10...O 2=2.78 Å) and an isopropylidene oxygen atom (O 10...O 7=2.90 Å).     

Chemical composition of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Capparis spinosa</Emphasis> fruit

The known compounds cappariloside A and stachydrin, an adenosine nucleoside, and for the first time from plants of the Capparidaceae family the known compounds hypoxanthine and uracil were isolated from Capparis spinosa (Capparidaceae) fruit. __________ Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 149–151, March–April, 2007.     

Regiospecific Addition of Uracil to Acrylates Catalyzed by Alkaline Protease from Bacillus subtilis

Michael addition reactions of uracil to acrylates were catalyzed by an alkaline protease from Bacillus subtilis in dimethyl sulfoxide at 55℃ for 72h. The adducts were determined by TLC, IR and ^1 H NMR.     

嘧啶及其异构体的密度泛函理论研究

胞嘧啶、尿嘧啶和胸腺嘧啶都有酮式和烯醇式互变异构。有人认为DNA的错配频率,与酮,烯醇或氨,亚氨的互变异构平衡有关。迄今,在相同理论水平上同时对三种嘧啶互变异构体进行理论计算研究的文献较少,     

Kinetics of direct and water-mediated tautomerization reactions of nucleobases at low temperatures ⩽200 K

Detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms for the synthesis of complex organic molecules in the interstellar medium are at an early stage of developement. That such synthesis must take place is well-known from chemical analysis of sampled asteroids. As molecular complexity increases the number of possible structural isomers also increases with the consequence that the nascent species may adopt a different spatial arrangement, to the lowest energy one. As part of a program of investigations of the hydrogen atom transfer reaction or tautomerization of imidic acid–amide species H-O=C-N- $\rightleftharpoons$ O=C-N-H we have studied the kinetics for a number of nucleobases, namely cytosine, thymine and uracil where a cyclic form of tautomerism (lactim–lactam) is encountered. Together with a fourth, 5-aza-uracil (1,3,5-triazine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione), we report on the rates of reaction at low temperatures 50–200 K for both the direct unimolecular process and the similar transformation mediated by an additional water molecule. We show that these tautomerization reactions can be categorized into three classes, and highlight the importance of quantum mechanical tunneling on the rate constants at these low temperatures. We further present some thermochemistry data, such as formation enthalpies, entropies, isobaric heat capacities and enthalpy functions.