Simulating physiological conditions to evaluate nanoparticles for magnetic fluid hyperthermia (MFH) therapy applications

Magnetite nanoparticles with high self-heating capacity and low toxicity characteristics are a promising candidate for cancer hyperthermia treatment. In order to achieve minimum dosage to a patient, magnetic nanoparticles with high heating capacity are needed. In addition, the influence of physiological factors on the heat capacity of a material should be investigated in order to determine the feasibility. In this study, magnetite nanoparticles coated with lauric acid were prepared by co-precipitation of Fe³⁺:Fe²⁺ in a ratio of 2:1, 5:3, 3:2, and 4:3, and the pH was controlled using NaOH. Structural and magnetization characterization by means of X-ray diffractometry (XRD) and a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) revealed that the main species was Fe₃O₄ and further showed that most of the nanoparticles exhibited superparamagnetic properties. All of the magnetic nanoparticles showed a specific absorption rate (SAR) increase that was linear with the magnetic field strength and frequency of the alternating magnetic field. Among all, the magnetic nanoparticles prepared in a 3:2 ratio showed the highest SAR. To further test the influence of physiological factors on the 3:2 ratio magnetic nanoparticles, we simulated the environment with protein (bovine serum albumin, BSA), blood sugar (dextrose), electrolytes (commercial norm-saline) and viscosity (glycerol) to examine the heating capacity under these conditions. Our results showed that the SAR value was unaffected by the protein and blood sugar environments. On the other hand, the SAR value was significantly reduced in the electrolyte environment, due to precipitation and aggregation with sodium ions. For the simulated viscous environment with glycerol, the result showed that the SAR values reduced with increasing glycerol concentration. We have further tested the heating capacity contribution from the Néel mechanism by trapping the magnetic nanoparticles in a solid form of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) to eliminate the heating pathway due to a Brownian motion. We measured the heating capability and determined that 47% of the total heat generated by the magnetic nanoparticles was from the Néel mechanism contribution. For evaluating magnetic nanoparticles, this method provides a fast and low cost method for determining qualitative and quantitative information measurement for the effect of physiological interference and could greatly reduce the cost and time by in vitro or animal test.     

2-(3’,4’-二羧基苯氧基)苯甲酸配体桥联的锌(Ⅱ)配合物的合成、结构及荧光性质

以2-(3’,4’-二羧基苯氧基)苯甲酸(H3DPBA)和1,3-二(4-吡啶基)-丙烷(bpp)为配体,与Zn(Ac)2通过水热反应,获得了一维链状配合物Zn(DPBA)(bpp)。该配合物的一个不对称单元包括一个Zn(Ⅱ)离子,一个DPBA配体和一个bpp配体。Zn(Ⅱ)离子与四个氧原子及一个氮原子配位,其配位数为5。固态配合物在375nm处出现强的发射峰,来自于配体的π~*—π跃迁。与配体的荧光发射光谱比较,配合物的荧光发射峰发生了蓝移,而且配合物的荧光发射强度有大幅度增强。讨论了配合物在常见溶剂中和金属阳离子中的荧光性质。实验结果表明不同有机小分子或不同金属阳离子对配合物的荧光强度有不同程度的影响,有机小分子硝基苯和Fe~(3+)使配合物荧光猝灭,该Zn(Ⅱ)-配合物可用于硝基苯的检测以及水和乙醇体系中Fe~(3+)的检测。     

金溶胶中邻羟基苯甲酸吸附行为的密度泛函理论与实验研究

研究了邻羟基苯甲酸(OHBA)的常规拉曼散射(NRS)光谱以及其吸附在Au纳米颗粒上的表面增强拉曼散射(SERS)光谱。以氯金酸为原料,柠檬酸三钠为还原剂,用化学还原法制备了球形的金纳米粒子溶胶,采用激光显微拉曼光谱仪(激发波长为785 nm),测定OHBA分子的NRS光谱及其吸附在Au纳米颗粒上的SERS光谱。同时,应用密度泛函理论(DFT),在B3LYP/6-31+G**(C,H,O)/LANL2DZ(Au)水平上,对OHBA分子进行了结构优化,在此基础上计算了OHBA分子的NRS光谱以及其吸附在Au纳米颗粒上两种不同吸附构型下的SERS光谱,并和实验值进行比较。结果表明,OHBA分子通过羧基吸附构型的计算值比通过羟基吸附构型的计算值与实验值符合的更好。最后,利用GaussView可视化软件对其振动模式进行了全面归属。通过对邻羟基苯甲酸分子拉曼谱峰的详细指认能够得出：Au溶胶中的邻羟基苯甲酸分子,是通过羧基倾斜地吸附在Au纳米颗粒表面的。可视化软件直观形象地展示出了该分子的结构特征和分子基团振动情况,对其振动峰位的归属提供了重要依据。本文工作对推进邻羟基苯甲酸在生物医药等领域进一步的应用具有重要作用。     

不同产地亚麻籽矿物质元素及脂肪酸组成的主成分分析

亚麻籽是一种具有食用与药用价值的生物质,富含多种营养物质与矿物质元素。我国是亚麻籽的主要产地之一,为探讨不同产地亚麻籽中矿物质元素与脂肪酸组成的主要特征成分,采用电感耦合等离子体质谱法(ICP-MS)分析了10个产地亚麻籽中的17种矿物质元素,利用气相色谱-质谱联用法(GC-MS)分析了于相同条件下提取的10个产地亚麻籽油脂中的脂肪酸组成。采用主成分分析法对10个产地亚麻籽中的矿物质元素及脂肪酸组成进行了分析,探讨了不同产地亚麻籽矿物质元素及脂肪酸组成的差异,分析了矿物质元素及脂肪酸的主要特征成分。结果表明,K,Sr,Mg,Ni,Co,Cr,Cd,Se,Zn和Cu是亚麻籽的主要特征矿物质元素,C16∶0,C18∶0,C18∶2,C18∶3,C20∶0,C20∶1是亚麻籽油脂的主要特征脂肪酸。ICP-MS和GC-MS结合主成分分析,可有效揭示不同产地亚麻籽中矿物质元素与脂肪酸组成的特征与差异,进而为亚麻籽的合理、有效利用提供重要的理论依据。     

内蒙古羊草草原不同管理措施对栗钙土胡敏酸光谱特性的影响

为了研究草原七壤退化与恢复机制,以锡林郭勒盟草原生态定位站长期定位实验为基础,采集了围栏禁牧、轻度放牧与过度放牧等放牧管理措施样地的土壤样品,提取其中的胡敏酸,综合应用元素分析、傅里叶变换红外光谱、固相魔角旋转13C核磁共振谱对放牧和围栏的羊草草原样地表层土胡敏酸的分子结构特征进行了比较分析.研究表明:在围栏禁牧和放牧条件下相比,土壤胡敏酸的分子结构特性存在明显的差异,围栏样地的胡敏酸结构其芳香度明显降低,显示出更高的脂肪族特性,羧酸官能团含量降低.经过围栏样地禁牧恢复的土壤胡敏酸结构中含有更多的来源多糖和蛋白质类母体的结构单元,而不同放牧强度之间胡敏酸的结构组成差异不大.     

Theoretical study of the smiles rearrangement in the activation mechanism of proton pump inhibitors

This work describes the conformational behavior and the activation mechanism of timoprazole and substituted prazoles from the most stable conformation to the sulphenic acid. The stability of the conformers can be explained by the presence of hydrogen bonds, stereoelectronic effect because of the lone pair of sulfur atom and the N^…C and N^…S interactions. The first step of the Smile rearrangement is a nucleophilic addition to benzimidazole by pyridine moiety, which depends on the difference of the electron population of the atoms involved in the attack. The second step produces sulphenic acid by a concerted reaction where breaking of the S–C bond goes along with a proton migration, and is determined by the electron population of the sulfur atom. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Local structural order in carbonic acid polymorphs: Raman and FT‐IR spectroscopy

Two different polymorphs of carbonic acid, α‐ and β‐H₂CO₃, were identified and characterized using infrared spectroscopy (FT‐IR) previously. Our attempts to determine the crystal structures of these two polymorphs using powder and thin‐film X‐ray diffraction techniques have failed so far. Here, we report the Raman spectrum of the α‐polymorph, compare it with its FT‐IR spectrum and present band assignments in line with our work on the β‐polymorph [Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48 (2009) 2690–2694]. The Raman spectra also contain information in the wavenumber range ∼90–400 cm⁻¹, which was not accessible by FT‐IR spectroscopy in the previous work. While the α‐polymorph shows Raman and IR bands at similar positions over the whole accessible range, the rule of mutual exclusion is obeyed for the β‐polymorph. This suggests that there is a center of inversion in the basic building block of β‐H₂CO₃ whereas there is none in α‐H₂CO₃. Thus, as the basic motif in the crystal structure we suggest the cyclic carbonic acid dimer containing a center of inversion in case of β‐H₂CO₃ and a catemer chain or a sheet‐like structure based on carbonic acid dimers not containing a center of inversion in case of α‐H₂CO₃. This hypothesis is strengthened when comparing Raman active lattice modes at < 400 cm⁻¹ with the calculated Raman spectra for different dimers. In particular, the intense band at 192 cm⁻¹ in β‐H₂CO₃ can be explained by the inter‐dimer stretching mode of the centrosymmetric RC(OHO)₂ CR entity with ROH. The same entity can be found in gas‐phase formic acid (RH) and in β‐oxalic acid (RCOOH) and produces an intense Raman active band at a very similar wavenumber. The absence of this band in α‐H₂CO₃ confirms that the difference to β‐H₂CO₃ is found in the local coordination environment and/or monomer conformation rather than on the long range. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

格拉司琼与磷钨杂多酸相互作用的共振光散射及分析应用

在pH 2.2 BR缓冲介质中, 磷钨杂多酸(PTA)与格拉司琼(GSN)相互作用形成离子缔合物, 不仅引起吸收光谱的变化, 还导致共振散射光谱(RLS)的显著增强并产生新的RLS光谱, 最大RLS峰位于333 nm附近, 其RLS增强程度与格拉司琼浓度成线性关系, 检出限和线性范围分别为12 ng/mL和0.04～3.0 μg/mL。文中研究了反应产物的吸收和RLS光谱特征, 优化反应条件的影响, 据此发展了以磷钨杂多酸为光谱探针的灵敏、简便、快速测定格拉司琼的新方法。将方法用于血清中格拉司琼含量的快速定, 结果满意。讨论了离子缔合反应和RLS增强机理。     

IR/Raman spectroscopy and DFT calculations of cyclic di‐amino acid peptides. Part III: comparison of solid state and solution structures of cyclo(L‐Ser‐L‐Ser)

B3‐LYP/cc‐pVDZ calculations of the gas‐phase structure and vibrational spectra of the isolated molecule cyclo(L ‐Ser‐L ‐Ser), a cyclic di‐amino acid peptide (CDAP), were carried out by assuming C₂ symmetry. It is predicted that the minimum‐energy structure is a boat conformation for the diketopiperazine (DKP) ring with both L ‐seryl side chains being folded slightly above the ring. An additional structure of higher energy (15.16 kJ mol⁻¹) has been calculated for a DKP ring with a planar geometry, although in this case two fundamental vibrations have been calculated with imaginary wavenumbers. The reported X‐ray crystallographic structure of cyclo(L ‐Ser‐L ‐Ser), shows that the DKP ring displays a near‐planar conformation, with both the two L ‐seryl side chains being folded above the ring. It is hypothesized that the crystal packing forces constrain the DKP ring in a planar conformation and it is probable that the lower energy boat conformation may prevail in the aqueous environment. Raman scattering and Fourier‐transform infrared (FT‐IR) spectra of solid state and aqueous solution samples of cyclo(L ‐Ser‐L ‐Ser) are reported and discussed. Vibrational band assignments have been made on the basis of comparisons with the calculated vibrational spectra and band wavenumber shifts upon deuteration of labile protons. The experimental Raman and IR results for solid‐state samples show characteristic amide I vibrations which are split (Raman: 1661 and 1687 cm⁻¹, IR: 1666 and 1680 cm⁻¹), possibly due to interactions between molecules in a crystallographic unit cell. The cis amide I band is differentiated by its deuterium shift of ∼30 cm⁻¹, which is larger than that previously reported for trans amide I deuterium shifts. A cis amide II mode has been assigned to a Raman band located at 1520 cm⁻¹. The occurrence of this cis amide II mode at a wavenumber above 1500 cm⁻¹ concurs with results of previously examined CDAP molecules with low molecular weight substituents on the C^α atoms, and is also indicative of a relatively unstrained DKP ring. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于最小二乘支持向量机的番茄汁糖酸度分析研究

近红外光谱应用于农产品内部品质无损检测的方法引起人们的广泛关注,在分析过程中建立一个稳定可靠的模型用于处理非线性数据集是十分重要的,也是有一定难度的。目前常用的偏最小二乘(PLS)、主成分回归(PCR)以及逐步多元线性回归(SMLR)等方法还不能解决这类问题。文章提出了将基于统计学原理的最小二乘支持向量机(LS-SVM)回归方法用于番茄汁的近红外(NIR)光谱分析,预测番茄汁品质(糖度和有效酸度)。运用LS-SVM方法以67个番茄汁样本建模,采用高斯径向基函数(RBF)为核函数,对33个样本进行糖酸度预测,糖度的相关系数为0.990 25,均方根标准预测误差为0.0056° Brix;有效酸度的相关系数为0.967 5,均方根标准预测误差为0.024 5。结果表明,LS-SVM方法要优于PLS和PCR建模方法,是一种快速、准确的近红外光谱分析方法。