含悬挂羧基手臂聚乳酸材料的内皮细胞黏附及其细胞活性

为了考察内皮化材料表面的细胞活性, 在前期工作的基础上, 分别在聚乳酸(PLA)、乳酸-苹果酸共聚物(PLMA), 以及含悬挂羟基或羧基的乳酸-苹果酸共聚物膜(PLMAHE,PLMACA)表面种植人脐静脉内皮细胞(HUVEC), 成功地制备了内皮化表面. 通过测定内皮化材料表面内皮细胞释放的内皮型一氧化氮合酶(eNOS)以及一氧化氮的释放量, 间接考察了内皮细胞的抗凝血活性; 另外, 通过内皮化表面的血小板黏附实验, 直接观察了血小板在内皮细胞上的黏附情况. 实验结果表明, 含羧基材料表面的内皮细胞活性比PLA和PLMAHE的高; 相对其它材料PLMACA能更有效地保留黏附于其表面内皮细胞的活性, 其单位内皮细胞的eNOS以及NO的释放量分别为(41.8±8.1) μmol/104 cells和(0.76±0.16) U/104 cells. 电镜照片(SEM)显示, 各种材料表面的内皮细胞均能有效地减少血小板的黏附与聚集; 在内皮细胞脱落的区域, PLMACA仍能较好地实现其抑制血小板黏附的功能, 有望成为新型血管修复(替代)材料.     

Liquid-phase microextraction for rapid AP-MALDI and quantitation of nortriptyline in biological matrices

A liquid-phase microextraction (LPME) method using a micropipette with disposable tips was demonstrated for coupling to atmospheric pressure MALDI-MS (AP-MALDI/MS) as a concentrating probe for rapid analysis and quantitative determination of nortriptyline drug from biological matrices including human urine and human plasma. This technique was named as micropipette extraction (MPE). The best optimized parameters of MPE coupled to AP-MALDI/MS experiments were extraction solvent, toluene; extraction time, 5 min; sample agitation rate, 480 rpm; sample pH, 7; salt concentration, 30%; hole size of micropipette tips, 0.61 mm (id); and matrix concentration, 1000 ppm using alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA) as a matrix. Three detection modes of AP-MALDI/MS analysis including full scan, selective ion monitor (SIM), and selective reaction monitor (SRM) of MS/MS were also compared for the MPE performance. The results clearly demonstrated that the MS/MS method provides a wider linear range and lower LODs but poor RSDs than the full scan and SIM methods. The LOD values for the MPE under SIM and MS/MS modes in water, urine, and plasma were 6.26, 47.5, and 94.9 nM, respectively. The enrichment factors (EFs) of this current approach were 36.5-43.0 fold in water. In addition, compared to single drop microextraction (SDME) and LPME using a dual gauge microsyringe with a hollow fiber (LPME-HF) technique, the LODs acquired by the MPE method under MS/MS modes were comparable to those of LPME-HF and SDME but it is more convenient than both methods. The advantages of this novel method are simple, easy to use, low cost, and no contamination between experiments since disposable tips were used for the micropipettes. The MPE has the potential to be widely used in the future because it only requires a simple micropipette to perform all extraction processes. We believe that this technique can be a powerful tool for MALDI/MS analysis of biological samples and clinical applications.     

人体基因组课题（HGP）计划给分析化学带来的挑战与机会

本文综述了在ＤＮＡ测序方面分析化学的最新进展，包括电泳，毛细管电泳（ＣＥ），质谱（ＭＳ），电喷雾电离－质谱（ＥＳＩ－ＭＳ），荧光光谱、共振离子谱（ＲＩＳ）和单分子测定，同时还叙述了两维技术和多段测序方法的进展。     

Validated Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Gemifloxacin and H2‐receptor Antagonists in Bulk,Pharmaceutical Formulations and Human Serum by RP‐HPLC; In‐vitro Applications

Simple, isocratic and rapid RP‐HPLC method has been developed for the simultaneous analysis of gemifloxacin and H₂‐receptor antagonists i.e. Cimetidine, Famotidine and Ranitidine, in bulk, pharmaceutical formulation and human serum. Separation was achieved on the RP‐Mediterranea column [C18 (250 × 4.6 mm, 5 μ)] at ambient temperature using mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile: methanol: water (20:28:52 v/v/v pH 2.8 adjusted by phosphoric acid). Flow rate was 1.0 mL/min with an average operating pressure of 180 kg/cm². Gatifloxacin (GATI) was used as an internal standard (IS). Quantitation was achieved with UV detection at 221, 256 and 267 nm, respectively. Linear calibration curves, at concentration ranges of 0.05‐37.5 μgmL^‐L with a correlation coefficient of ±0.9994. The detection and quantification limits were in the ranges of 0.023‐0.250 μgmL^‐L and 0.071‐0.756 μgmL^‐L, respectively. Friedman's and Student's t‐test were applied to correlate these results. Method was validated in terms of selectivity, linearity, precision, robustness, recovery, limits of detection and quantitation and is applicable to the routine analysis of GFX and H₂‐receptor antagonists, alone or in combination.     

Resonance energy transfer and ligand binding studies on pH-induced folded states of human serum albumin

Human serum albumin (HSA) is a very important transporter protein in the circulatory system. It is a multi-domain binding protein, which binds a wide variety of ligands in its multiple binding sites and aids in transport, distribution and metabolism of many endogenous and exogenous ligands. With change in pH, HSA is known to undergo conformational transformation, which is very essential for picking up and releasing them at sites of differing pH inside physiological system. Hence, the characterization of ligand binding to these pH-induced conformers is extremely important. We have explored binding interaction of a ligand protoporphyrin IX (PPIX), which is demonstrated (X-ray crystallography) to reside in domain-IB at the various pH-induced folded states of HSA. The ligand PPIX is found to remain attached to all the HSA conformers which offers an opportunity to use Förster’s resonance energy transfer (FRET) between an intrinsic donor fluorophore (Trp214) located in domain-IIA to the acceptor ligand PPIX to characterize the inter-domain separation between IB and IIA. Additionally FRET between an extrinsic fluorophore 2-p-toluidinylnaphthalene-6-sulfonate (TNS) located in domain-IIIA and PPIX is also undertaken to quantify the inter-domain separation between IB and IIIA. Circular dichroism (CD) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) studies have been done in conjunction with picosecond time resolved fluorescence and polarization-gated spectroscopy to determine, respectively, the secondary and tertiary structures of various pH-induced folded states of the protein. Severe structural perturbation including swelling of the protein is observed in the low pH-induced conformer of HSA as evidenced from all the techniques used.     

新型含悬挂羧基聚乳酸的制备及其血液相容性和细胞粘附性

制备了乳酸-苹果酸共聚物(PLMA), 并在前期工作的基础上制备了悬挂羧基聚乳酸(PLMACA), 考察了手臂长度及端功能基团对改善聚乳酸的血液相容性及细胞粘附性的影响. 结果表明, PLMACA同时具有良好的血液相容性和细胞亲和性, 极有可能成为新一代血管(修复)材料.     

Progress in Articular Cartilage Tissue Engineering: A Review on Therapeutic Cells and Macromolecular Scaffolds

Repair and regeneration of articular cartilage lesions have always been a major challenge in the medical field due to its peculiar structure (e.g., sparsely distributed chondrocytes, no blood supply, no nerves). Articular cartilage tissue engineering is considered as one promising strategy to achieve reconstruction of cartilage. With this perspective, the articular cartilage tissue engineering has been widely studied. Here, the recent progress of articular cartilage tissue engineering is reviewed. The ad hoc therapeutic cells and growth factors for cartilage regeneration are summarized and discussed. Various types of bio/macromolecular scaffolds together with their pros and cons are also reviewed and elaborated.     

Hollow fiber liquid phase microextraction combined with graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry for the determination of methylmercury in human hair and sludge samples

Two methods, based on hollow fiber liquid–liquid–liquid (three phase) microextraction (HF-LLLME) and hollow fiber liquid phase (two phase) microextraction (HF-LPME), have been developed and critically compared for the determination of methylmercury content in human hair and sludge by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS). In HF-LPME, methylmercury was extracted into the organic phase (toluene) prior to its determination by GFAAS, while inorganic mercury remained as a free species in the sample solution. In HF-LLLME, methylmercury was first extracted into the organic phase (toluene) and then into the acceptor phase (4% thiourea in 1 mol L^− 1 HCl) prior to its determination by GFAAS, while inorganic mercury remained in the sample solution. The total mercury was determined by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), and the levels of inorganic mercury in both HF-LLLME and HF-LPME were obtained by subtracting methylmercury from total mercury. The factors affecting the microextraction of methylmercury, including organic solvent, extraction time, stirring rate and ionic strength, were investigated and the optimal extraction conditions were established for both HF-LLLPME and HF-LPME. With a consumption of 3.0 mL of the sample solution, the enrichment factors were 204 and 55 for HF-LLLPME and HF-LPME, respectively. The limits of detection (LODs) for methylmercury were 0.1 μg L^− 1 and 0.4 μg L^− 1 (as Hg) with precisions (RSDs (%), c = 5 μg L^− 1 (as Hg), n = 5) of 13% and 11% for HF-LLLPME–GFAAS and HF-LPME–GFAAS, respectively. For ICP-MS determination of total mercury, a limit of detection of 39 ng L^− 1 was obtained. Finally, HF-LLLME–GFAAS was applied to the determination of methylmercury content in human hair and sludge, and the recoveries for the spiked samples were in the range of 99–113%. In order to validate the method, HF-LLLME–GFAAS was also applied to the analysis of a certified reference material of NRCC DORM-2 dogfish muscle, and the determined values were in good agreement with the certified values.     

Photoinduced fluorimetric determination of folic acid and 5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid in serum using the kinetic evolution of the emission spectra accomplished with multivariate second-order calibration methods

Second-order multivariate calibration methods in combination with a continuous flow system, which allows for the continuous on-line irradiation of the analytes, have been employed for the determination of folic acid and its main metabolite 5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid in serum samples. An experimental central composite design, together with response surface methodology, has been used to find the optimum instrumental variables to perform the photochemical reaction. The time evolution of the emission spectra of the generated photoproducts, in the range 330-540 nm, after irradiation at 275 nm for 20 min, provided the three-way data set employed. On the basis of the differences on the kinetic rates of the photoreaction of both analytes, direct determination of the compounds in human plasma has been accomplished. The second-order methods assayed were parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC), self-weighted alternating trilinear decomposition (SWATLD), and unfolded partial least-squares (U-PLS), multidimensional partial least-squares (N-PLS), and bilinear least-squares (BLLS), all three in combination with the residual bilinearization procedure (RBL).