对于核小体定位检测方法的比较研究

在真核细胞中,核小体是组成染色质的基本结构单位,是由DNA紧密缠绕在组蛋白八聚体上所形成的一个复合体结构。而DNA与组蛋白的结合并不是固定不变的,没有核小体结合的DNA区域易于各种调节蛋白的接近与结合。因此人们怀疑核小体的定位与基因的转录调节之间存在某种内在联系。对现行的核小体定位的检测方法进行了归类,并对其优缺点进行了分析整理。对更深入的探索核小体定位检测方法的应用有一定意义。     

氧化石墨烯保护的核酸分子探针及其在生物分析中的应用

近年来,氧化石墨烯(graphene oxide,GO)作为石墨烯的一类重要衍生物越来越受到人们的广泛关注.科学家们发现GO具有吸附单链核酸并保护其不受核酸酶降解的能力,该特性引发GO在生物分析领域一系列新的应用:一方面,基于GO能够保护RNA免受环境中普遍存在的核酸酶攻击,发展了稳定RNA探针分子的方法并用于特定目标物的检测、富集及分离;另一方面,基于单链核酸的吸附使其具有抗酶切能力,而形成双链核酸后脱吸附使其失去抗酶切能力,发展了循环酶切放大方法,并用于一系列分析物的高灵敏检测中.此外,功能核酸分子吸附于GO表面后,将具有较高的细胞转染效率、较低的细胞毒性以及较强的生物稳定性,从而被广泛应用于细胞内特定基因及代谢物的检测、成像等.在本篇综述中,首先介绍了GO对单链核酸的保护效果,在此基础上,进一步阐述受保护的单链核酸在生物分析领域的一系列应用.     

Impact of Cationic Charge Density and PEGylated Poly(Amino Acid) Tercopolymer Architecture on Their Use as Gene Delivery Vehicles. Part 2: DNA Protection,Stability, Cytotoxicity,and Transfection Efficiency

The impact of the molecular architecture on the transfection efficiency of PEGylated poly(amino acid) block copolymers was investigated for PEG‐b‐p(l ‐Lys)_x‐b‐p(l ‐Leu)_y, PEG‐b‐p(l ‐Leu)_x‐b‐p(l ‐Lys)_y, and PEG‐b‐p((l ‐Leu)_x‐co‐(l ‐Lys)_y). The block lengths of p(l ‐Lys) and p(l ‐Leu) were varied between 10, 20, and 40; and 10 and 20, respectively, to study the influence of the ionic/hydrophobic balance. The results show that ABC triblock copolymers form smaller and more stable polyplexes with plasmid DNA than AB diblock copolymers—as verified by long‐term aggregation and ethidium bromide exclusion studies—protect the DNA more effectively against nucleases, and provide better transfection efficiencies, as indicated by total protein as well as luciferase expression. More detailed studies revealed that triblock copolymers with p(l ‐Leu) forming the C‐block were most efficient in DNA complexation with a 2.3 times higher transfection rate. Furthermore, increasing the cationic character by increasing the p(l ‐Lys) chain length led to up to 25% higher transfection but at the same time induced some cytotoxicity. Diblock copolymers, where the amino acid–building blocks exist as a random copolymer, bind more loosely with DNA leading to less compact and less stable aggregates with lower transfection efficiencies.     

La（III）催化磷酸二（4－硝基苯酚）酯水解研究

The catalytic hydrolysis of bis（4-nitrophenyl）phosphate （BNPP） by lanthanum（Ⅲ） ion in the presence of amino-alcoholic ligands： diethanolamine （DEA） and triethanolamine （TEA）, was investigated kinetically at 30 ℃. The results indicated that the dinuclear dihydroxo complexes formed by lanthanum（Ⅲ） ion with aminoalcoholic ligands might be the catalytically active species which catalyze the hydrolysis of BNPP to different extents and the catalytic mechanism was believed to involve the synergism of double Lewis acid activation of the substrate and an intramolecular nucleophilic attack of a bridging oxo ligand.     

Cationic conjugated polymers as signal reporter for label-free assay based on targets-mediated aggregation of perylene diimide quencher

Herein, we reported a cationic conjugated polymers-based new biosensor with label-free and fluorescence turn-on strategy by virtue of targets regulated aggregation and quenching ability of perylene diimide derivatives.     

Dose‐, time‐and lipophilicity‐dependent silver(I)–N‐heterocyclic carbene complexes: Synthesis,characterization and interaction with plasmid and Aedes albopictus DNA

Four new Ag(I)–N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes ( 5 – 8 ) bearing symmetrically substituted NHC ligands have been synthesized starting from the corresponding benzimidazolium bromide salts which are accessible in a single step from N ‐substituted benzimidazoles (N ‐alkyl and N ‐aryl) and subsequently reacted with the basic metal source Ag₂O in acetonitrile–methanol. These compounds were characterized using elemental analyses, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, Fourier transform infrared and UV–visible spectroscopic techniques, and molar conductivity. Single‐crystal structural studies for complex 5 show that the Ag(I) centre has a perfectly linear C–Ag–C coordination, with quasi‐parallel pairs of aromatic benzimidazole planes. All the complexes interact with Aedes albopictus DNA via intercalation mode by a large hypochromicity of 22 and 27% and smaller hypochromicity of 16 and 19%. Furthermore, all complexes exhibit efficient DNA cleavage activity via a non‐oxidative mechanistic pathway. The DNase activities of the test compounds revealed a time‐ and concentration‐dependent activity pattern. The Ag(I)–NHC complexes showed considerably higher DNA cleavage activity compared to their respective benzimidazolium salts at a lower concentration. The DNA cleavage of these complexes changed from a moderate effect to a good one, corresponding to the increasing lipophilicity order of the complexes as 5  <  6  <  7  <  8 (1.02, 1.05, 1.78 and 2.06 for 5 – 8 , respectively). This order is further corroborated with the DNA binding study, but with the exception of complex 5 , which shows a better binding ability for DNA (K _b = 3.367 × 10⁶) than complexes 6 – 8 (6.982 × 10⁵, 8.376 × 10⁵ and 1.223 × 10⁶, respectively).     

Synthesis,DNA binding,nuclease activity and cytotoxic studies of a wheel‐shaped octanuclear copper(II) complex based on 1,2,4‐triazole

The antitumor activity shown by many platinum complexes has produced a strong interest in research of new organometallic compounds. Among the metal compounds synthesized and tested, copper compounds have received considerable attention because of their cytotoxic activity against solid tumors. A novel wheel‐shaped octanuclear copper(II) complex with a 1,2,4‐triazole derivative ligand formulated as [Cu₈L₄](ClO₄)₈?11H₂O ( 1 ) (L = 3,5‐bis((bis(2‐hydroxylethyl)amino)methyl)‐4 H‐1,2,4,‐triazole‐4‐amine) has been synthesized and structurally characterized. In 1 , eight Cu atoms are linked through 1,2,4‐triazole units and alkoxide bridges to form a centrosymmetric octanuclear Cu(II) metallomacrocycle. The interaction of complex 1 with calf thymus DNA has been studied using UV absorption, fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopies, viscosity measurements and cyclic voltammetry. The apparent binding constant (k_app) value for 1 is 1.59 × 10⁵ M^?1. Furthermore, complex 1 displays efficient oxidative cleavage of supercoiled DNA in the presence of external agents, the rate constant for the conversion of supercoiled to nicked DNA being 2.67 × 10^?5 s^?1. Interestingly, cytotoxicity studies on the MCF‐7 human breast cancer cell line show that the IC₅₀ value of 1 is less than that of cisplatin for the same cell line, revealing that it has the potential to act as an effective metal‐based anticancer drug. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Functions and applications of polypyridyl complexes in DNA

The syntheses and desymmetration of a series of novel polypyridyl ligands as well as their complexes, and their DNA-binding properties are reported in this review. The stresses are focused on the functions and potential applications of such complexes as DNA structural probe, DNA molecular light switches, anti-cancer drugs, and photoactivated cleavage agents.     

Synthesis,characterization, in-vitro biocidal and nuclease activity of some coordination compounds

Complexes of Cu(II), Fe(II) and Fe(III) have been synthesized with 2-nitro-3,3′-benzylidene bis[4-hydroxycoumarin]/4-chloro-3,3′-benzylidene bis[4-hydroxycoumarin]/4-hydroxy-3,3′-benzylidene bis[4-hydroxycoumarin]. They have been characterized using ¹H-NMR, ¹³C-NMR, IR spectra, electronic spectra, magnetic measurements, elemental analyses and screened for their in-vitro biocidal activity against Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Salmonella typhi, and Serratia marcescens bacterial strains and for their in-vitro antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus and Lasiodiplodia theobromae. The metal complexes exhibit good activity against bacterial strains compared to parent compounds, but no significant antifungal activity against fungal strains. In-vitro nuclease activity has been carried out using agarose gel electrophoresis. The synthesized compounds show effective nuclease activity.     

基于Cyclam衍生物的单核金属配合物的结构及核酸酶活性

以1,8-二甲基-1,4,8,11-四氮杂环十四烷为原料,以N,N'-二叔丁氧羰基-2-甲璜酰氧基-1,3-二氨基丙烷为烷基化试剂,合成了cyclam衍生物:1,8-二(N,N'-二叔丁氧羰基-1,3-二氨基异丙基)-4,11-二甲基-1,4,8,11-四氮杂环十四烷(L₁);及其对应的系列单核金属配合物,Zn(L₁)Cl₂ (1),Ni(L₁)Cl₂ (2)和Cu(L₁)Cl₂ (3);核磁结果表明,L₁为C2对称结构,且cyclam环上每一个亚甲基碳上的2个氢化学不等价;利用2D[¹H,¹⁵N]HSQC对比配体配位前后N-H化学位移的变化,确定配合物的结构是金属与配体cyclam环上的4个氮原子配位;利用变温核磁¹H NMR和¹³C NMR,结合2D[¹H,¹⁵N]HSQC核磁共振波谱表明,配合物1在溶液中主要以两种构型并存,并主要以trans-Ⅲ构型存在。此外,用凝胶电泳研究了配体与单核金属配合物对超螺旋pBR322质粒DNA切割活性;实验结果表明,配合物3在抗坏血酸存在的条件下具有核酸酶活性,而配体(L₁),配合物1和配合物2在实验条件下,无论是氧化切割还是水解切割都显阴性。