Determination of the thiol redox state of organisms: new oxidative stress indicators

This study describes a new methodology by which the concentrations of non-protein (NP) thiols glutathione (GSH), cysteine (CSH), N-acetylcysteine (AcCSH), and protein (P) thiols (PSH), as well as the contribution of these components to symmetric and mixed disulfides (NPSSR, NPSSC, NPSSCAc, PSSR, PSSC, PSSCAc, PSSP) can reliably be measured. The methodology consists of a strict sequence of methods which are applied to every sample. Free thiols at any given state of the procedure are measured by Ellmans assay, the CSH fraction is measured by its unique response in the ninhydrin assay, AcCSH is selectively measured with ninhydrin after enzymatic deacylation, proteins are separated from non-protein thiols/disulfides by precipitation with trichloroacetic or perchloric acid, disulfides are reduced into free thiols with borohydride, mixed disulfides between a protein and a non-protein component are measured by extracting the non-protein thiol from the protein pellet after borohydride treatment, and protein thiols/disulfides are measured after resolubilization of the protein pellet.When this method was applied to animal and fungal tissue, new molecular indicators of the thiol redox state of living cells were identified. The findings of the present study clearly show that the new parameters are very sensitive indicators of redox state, while at the same time the traditional parameters GSH and GSSG often remain constant even upon dramatic changes in the overall redox state of biological tissue. Therefore, unbiased assessment of the redox state also requires explicit measurement of its most sensitive thiol indicators.Electronic Supplementary Material Supplementary material is available in the online version of this article at . A link in the frame on the left on that page takes you directly to the supplementary material.     

钙钛矿型CaSiO_3解压缩和重压缩过程的分子动力学模拟

用分子动力学模拟方法 (MD)研究了 3 0 0K时钙钛矿型CaSiO3 ,从高压到负压的解压缩过程 .MD模拟获得的P V关系与实验数据相近 ,与已报道的MD模拟数据基本一致 ,所得体积模量也在实验数据分布范围内 .减压缩和重压缩的MD模拟数据与实验结果相似 .钙钛矿型CaSiO3 解压缩成非晶态时 ,存在两个结构破坏阶段 :破坏硅氧八面体和破坏钙氧二十面体 .当钙氧二十面体被破坏后 ,重压缩不能得到钙钛矿型结构 .只要钙氧二十面体未被破坏 ,重压缩可恢复钙钛矿型结构 .本研究得到的结果尚未见相关报道 .由MD模拟数据计算了CaSiO3 系统的红外光谱 ,分析这些数据可知钙钛矿型CaSiO3 解压缩非晶化是一个二阶软模相变 .研究表明钙钛矿型CaSiO3 结构存在一个等容的亚稳极限 ,其解压缩非晶化是一个受动力学控制的亚稳状态 .     

Transition state geometry in radical abstraction reactions: comparison of interatomic distances in the intersecting parabolas and Morse curves models with quantum-chemical calculations

Interatomic distances in the transition state were estimated for the reactions of radical abstraction: H^· + H₂, H^· + HCl, H^· + CH₄, N^·H₂ + NH₃, HO^· + H₂O, HO₂ ^· + HOOH, and C^·H₃ + SiH₄. The calculation was performed by the quantum-chemical density functional method or coupled clusters method (QCH), as well as by the methods of intersecting parabolas (IPM) and Morse curves (IMM), using experimental data (activation energies and reaction enthalpies). The results of the latter two methods are close to the quantum-chemical calculation and differ only by the increment a: r(IPM or IMM) = a + r(QCH), where a = –4.5·10^–12 m for IPM and a = +1.9·10^–12 m for IMM.     

CuO/Al2O3催化剂高温固相反应的原位XRD和Raman研究

采用原位XRD和激光Raman光谱等技术对CuO/Al2O3系列催化剂高温下的表面组成和体相结构的变化进行研究.结果表明,随着焙烧温度升高,CuO首先与载体Al2O3发生固相反应生成CuAl2O4.CuAl2O4层能阻止外层CuO进一步向载体Al2O3扩散,从而使部分CuO稳定在CuO/Al2O3催化剂的表层.     

无水醋酸镍与水杨醛肟固相配位反应的热化学研究

用新型的具有恒定温度环境的反应热量计，以６ｍｏｌ·ｄｍ－３ＨＣｌ溶液为量热溶剂，分别测定了ＨＳＡＯ，Ｎｉ（Ａｃ）２和Ｎｉ（ＳＡＯ）２，ＨＡｃ先后溶于该溶剂的溶解焓．设计了一个新的热化学循环，计算得到该配位反应的反应焓ΔｒＨ＝－８６．０７５ｋＪ·ｍｏｌ－１，并估算出了ΔｆＨ［Ｎｉ（ＳＡＯ）２，２９８Ｋ］＝－４０１．３３６ｋＪ·ｍｏｌ－１．     

Transient Spectroscopic Properties of [60] Fullerene—Containing Cyclic Sulphoxide

The properties of the triplet excited state of [60] fullerene-containing cyclic sulphoxide have been investigated by time-resolved absorption spectroscopy. Transient absorption bands of [60] fullerene-containing cyclic sulphoxide showed two decay-components, which wrer attributed to triplet excited states of different spin multiplicity. The properties of photoexcited states of [60] fullerene-containing cyclic sulphoxide are also reported.     

容量法测定氧化钒中的各种价态钒

用NaOH溶液处理样品，分离V（V）然后以Fe(Ⅱ）滴定测定之。定量加入过量的V（V）到上述残渣中并用H2SO4溶解，用Fe(Ⅱ）滴定，计算出V（Ⅱ），V（Ⅲ）的含量。V（Ⅳ）的测定是通过从总钒量中扣除V（Ⅱ）、V（Ⅲ）、V（Ⅴ）的含量得到。V（Ⅱ）、V（Ⅲ）和V（Ⅴ）的回收率均大于96％，其8次测定结果的相对标准偏差分别为：9．8％、0．4％、1．2％；本法快速、简便，在实际应用中效果良好。     

变分过渡态理论对OCS,CO2,CS2体系的研究

本文用变分过渡态理论,首次对无鞍点的释能反应O+CS→CO+S、O+CO→CO+O和S+CS→CS+S进行了动力学研究,考察了反应动力学瓶颈区性质,计算了反应的速度常数,并将O+CS反应的速度常数值与实验值及经典轨迹计算结果进行了比较,三者基本相符.     

3-羟基哒嗪及其CH3, NO2和Cl取代衍生物质子转移过程的理论研究

用密度泛函理论(DFT) B3LYP方法, 在6-311＋G*基组下, 对3-羟基哒嗪及其CH₃, NO₂和Cl取代衍生物分子醇式和酮式结构互变异构化反应进行了研究, 优化化合物的几何构型, 寻找反应的过渡态, 通过振动分析和内禀反应坐标(IRC)分析加以证实, 计算了反应的活化能. 结果表明, 3(2H)-哒嗪酮及其带取代基的衍生物不论是单体, 还是相对应的二聚体, 比其相对应的异构体能量低, 表明在通常情况下是以3(2H)-哒嗪酮及其衍生物形式稳定存在的, 这与前人通过实验数据对3-羟基哒嗪互变异构体的比率进行预测的结果是一致的. 根据计算结果讨论了异构化反应的机理.     

Phosphorescence lifetime of naphthalene and phenanthrene in aggregated aromatic molecule-β-cyclodextrin-precipitant complexes

Aggregated aromatic molecule--cyclodextrin-precipitant complexes exhibit long-lived phosphorescence at room temperature in water after the chemical binding of oxygen. The temperature dependences of the phosphorescence lifetimes of naphthalene-h₈, naphthalene-de, and phenanthrene in the aggregates were measured. For example, the phosphorescence lifetimes of naphthalene-d₈ aggregated with -cyclodextrin and cyclohexane are equal to 25.1, 17.6, and 6.8 s at 77, 276, and 347 K, respectively, and that of phenanthrene aggregated with isooctane and -cyclodextrin are 3.24, 3.06, and 1.26 s at 268, 274, and 335 K, respectively. The temperature dependences of the phosphorescence lifetimes at room temperature are determined by the rate constants of the radiative and nonradiative transitions from the triplet state of an aromatic molecule.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2225–2228, September, 1996.