Immunoassay of P-glycoprotein on single cell by capillary electrophoresis with laser induced fluorescence detection

The cellular mechanism based on P-glycoprotein (PGP) for its drug pump function has become very important in multidrug resistance (MDR) research. A method has been established to characterize PGP on single K562 cell by coupling capillary electrophoresis with laser induced fluorescence detection. A permeable intact cell after the immunoassay binding with fluorescence labeling antibody was injected into the capillary and directly separated without lysis. It was found that once 5-10 optional cells were detected in batch, the PGP amount on this cell line could be outlined and calculated clearly. The PGP amount on K562 MDR cell line is 3.88 times higher than that on K562 sensitive cell line. These two cell lines with immunoassay binding were also analyzed by injection of multi-cells in order to improve the throughput. A resistance factor so called multidrug resistance multiple (MRM) was introduced to evaluate the MDR difference between cell lines. The MRM values of the cell line K562 measured by single cell analysis are well correlated with those by flow cytometry, which also prove the validity of our method in single cell analysis for the possibility of cancer diagnosis, pharmacokinetics and drug screening in future.     

苯并三氮唑及其羧酸酯衍生物对铜缓蚀机理的分子动力学模拟研究

用分子动力学(MD)方法, 模拟计算了5种铜缓蚀剂[苯并三氮唑(BTA)、苯并三氮唑-5-羧酸甲酯(MBTC)、苯并三氮唑-5-羧酸丁酯(BBTC)、苯并三氮唑-5-羧酸己酯(HBTC)、苯并三氮唑-5-羧酸辛酯(OBTC)]与Cu₂O晶体的相互作用. 结果发现, 中性条件下缓蚀剂分子与Cu₂O晶体的结合能均大于酸性条件下的数值, 但两种条件下结合能的大小排序均为OBTC＞HBTC＞BBTC＞MBTC＞BTA. 对体系各种相互作用以及对关联函数g(r)的分析表明, 体系结合能主要由库仑作用提供, Cu₂O晶体中的Cu原子与缓蚀剂分子中的N原子之间形成了配位键. 在与Cu₂O(001)晶面结合过程中, BTA及其衍生物分子发生了扭曲变形, 但形变能远小于体系的非键相互作用能.     

Kinetics of the Formation of Goethite in the Presence of Sulfates and Chlorides of Monovalent Cations

The synthesis of goethite by oxidation of Fe²⁺in presence of metallic iron was undertaken in an aqueous medium containing indifferent salts such as Na₂SO₄, (NH₄)₂SO₄, NaCl, and NH₄Cl. Temperature and bubbling air rate were maintained, respectively, at 70°C and 1 L/min. The influence of anions and cations on the kinetics of each step of the process has been followed distinctly, the iron dissolution rate has been determined by the variation of the medium acidity, and the precipitation of goethite has been determined by gravimetric measurements. With respect to Cl⁻, the SO₄²⁻anion decreases the rate of the two reactions. NH₄⁺acts as an inhibitor when it is present at low concentrations and as an accelerator for higher concentrations; the limit corresponding to the change of NH₄⁺behavior depends on the nature of the counter ion. The reaction product is composed of pure goethite in the presence of sulfate salts, whereas a mixture of goethite and lepidocrocite, respectively, 60–70 and 40–30%, was observed in the presence of chloride salts.     

龋病人牙釉质表面硬度及抗磨损性能测试

采用人工方法制成人牙釉质浅龋及使用抗龋措施的龋损釉质样本，分别测量各组釉质表面显微硬度，并以微动摩擦磨损试验机测试其抗磨性能，试验结果表明：各组实验组釉质较对照组表面硬度都有不同程度下降，氟化钠前处理会使釉质表达硬度显著下降，人工浅龋牙釉质的抗磨损性能不如正常釉质，使用两种抗龋措施对其抗磨性能没有明显改善。     

Dependence of Performance of Organic Light-emitting Devices on Sheet Resistance of Indium-tin-oxide Anodes

IntroductionIndium-tin-oxide(ITO) has been widely used asthe anode material in organic light-emitting devices(OLEDs) because of its high transmittance in the visi-ble region and low electrical resistivity. In the pastyears, many investigations focused on …     

Application of thermomagnetometry to corrosion studies of archaeological iron

Summary Thermomagnetometry has been applied to mineralized archaeological iron samples and samples from accelerated corrosion tests. It has successfully quantified the degree of corrosion, measured by the loss of iron, as well as the amount of magnetite formed and water held in the corrosion and adhered soil layers. Thermomagnetometry, thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry have been applied to the reported corrosion products from archaeological iron. Fourier transform infra-red and Raman spectroscopies and X-ray diffraction analyses were undertaken on the residues and at intermediate heating stages, where the thermal analyses indicated, to identify the reaction products.     

Adsorptive passivation of iron by organic acid anions

Studies on the iron passivation by organic acid anions in aqueous solutions are briefly reviewed. It is shown that the passivation can be caused only by their adsorption, retarding both the iron dissolution and the formation of oxide films. Earlier, it had been believed that oxide films play a dominant role in the iron passivation in neutral solutions. The recent viewpoint is that such nonoxide iron passivation can occur in solutions of salts of not only aromatic amino acids (sodium phenylantranilate and its substitutes), but other carboxylic acids as well. An important role of chemisorption and hydrophobic properties of anions for the formation of adsorption passive films is emphasized. New possibilities for inhibitor protection of iron against corrosion, which is based on adsorptive passivation, are pointed out.Translated from Elektrokhimiya, Vol. 40, No. 12, 2004, pp. 1503–1507.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Kuznetsov.     

Scratch and Abrasion Resistant Coatings on Plastic Lenses—State of the Art,Current Developments and Perspectives

The manufacturing of ophthalmic lenses is one of the most important markets worldwide and, therefore, strong research efforts are undertaken to continuously improve the quality of the products, either silicate glasses or organic polymer lenses. Hybrid sol-gel based materials play a major role in this highly competitive field and have contributed significantly to the commercial success of the organic base materials. Recent developments concern fast curing and patternable coatings that might soon become part of this business. The compatibility of hybrid sol-gel materials either with organic dyes or with inorganic vacuum borne coatings offers further possibilities to develop highly sophisticated lenses meeting not only customer needs like perfect corrective function, high optical quality and protection, but also high durability as well as cosmetic and decorative aspects. An overview and a few recent developments are outlined below.     

High temperature corrosion behaviour of M(Co,Ni)CrAIY-coatings on high temperature materials-microanalytical investigations

In our former investigations, the phenomenon high temperature corrosion (HTC) was described exemplarily on selected materialcoating combinations for blades of stationary gas turbines, mainly in the temperature region of up to 750° C. To answer the question, in which manner higher gas inlet and/or higher material surface temperature would influence the HTC behaviour, a special analytical technique—the integral layer profile analysis—was introduced to ameliorate concentration profile methods. By examining IN 738 LC specimens with CoCrAlY plasma spray coating, stressed by hot gas at 900° C, the limits of this system are shown by explaining the corrosion mechanism; the method is also used for other systems, e.g. U 520 with NiCrAlY coating at 750° C.     

Copper corrosion in buffered and non-buffered synthetic seawater: a comparative study

The electrochemical behaviour of copper in neutral buffered and non-buffered synthetic seawater and in pure chloride solutions has been studied by cyclic voltammetry, weight loss measurements, open circuit potential and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Values of the repassivation potentials of Cu in non-buffered and buffered synthetic seawater, at 50 mV s^–1, were 0.12 and 0.46 V vs. SCE, respectively. The sharpness, heights and location of the different peaks as well as their charges were shown to be influenced by the composition of the solution, buffering conditions, deoxygenation, polarization potential and time. High chloride concentrations lead to higher oxidation charges. The anodic and the cathodic charges were shown to increase as the chloride concentration increases. The open circuit potential transients of copper in non-deoxygenated, non-buffered synthetic seawater indicate pitting from the beginning of the exposure, while in buffered solutions the pitting appeared only after a quite long exposure period, i.e. after 40 days. Corrosion rates of Cu samples after 3 months of immersion were higher in solutions of pure chloride (0.5 M) than in synthetic seawater. After six months the differences were even more noticeable. SEM images have showed a somewhat higher density of pits on copper samples immersed in the chloride solution (0.5 M), in comparison with those in synthetic seawater.