Thermodynamic study of transthyretin association (wild‐type and senile forms) with heparan sulfate proteoglycan: pH effect and implication of the reactive histidine residue

The tetramer destabilization of transthyretin into monomers and its fibrillation are phenomena leading to amyloid deposition. Heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG) has been found in all amyloid deposits. A chromatographic approach was developed to compare binding parameters between wild‐type transthyretin (wtTTR) and an amyloidogenic transthyretin (sTTR). Results showed a greater affinity of sTTR for HSPG at pH 7.4 compared with wtTTR owing to the monomeric form of sTTR. Analysis of the thermodynamic parameters showed that van der Waals interactions were involved at the complex interface for both transthyretin forms. For sTTR, results from the plot representing the number of protons exchanged vs pH showed that the binding mechanism was pH‐dependent with a critical value at a pH 6.5. This observation was due to the protonation of a histidine residue as an imidazolium cation, which was not accessible when TTR was in its tetrameric structure. At pH >6.5, dehydration at the binding interface and several contacts between nonpolar groups of sTTR and HSPG were also coupled to binding for an optimal hydrogen‐bond network. At pH <6.5, the protonation of the His residue from sTTR monomer when pH decreased broke the hydrogen‐bond network, leading to its destabilization and thus producing slight conformational changes in the sTTR monomer structure. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Temperature effects on surface activity and application in oxidation of toluene derivatives of CTAB-SDS with KMnO4

The γ_cmc values of CTAB-SDS decrease from 63.67 mN/m at 10‡C to 36.38 mN/m at 90‡C, slightly lower than those of either CTAB or SDS. Correspondingly, the CMC of CTAB-SDS decreases almost by half. The increase of surface activity of CTAB-SDS can be attributed to the relatively weak electrostatic interaction at high temperature, which is supported by the increase of solubility of CTAB-SDS with rise in temperature. Catalytic effect on oxidation of toluene derivatives with potassium permanganate follows the order CTAB-SDS > SDS > CTAB. This is not caused by the dissociative effect of CTAB-SDS with low surface activity at low temperature, as seen from the fact that almost all oxidative products can be retrieved for different toluene derivatives and surfactants by mimicking the conditions of reaction. In the emulsifications of toluene derivatives at 90‡C, the time that turbid water layers of surfactant solutions take to become clear is the same as that of the catalytic effect on oxidation of toluene derivatives. Thus, it can be inferred that surfactants can improve the oxidation yields of toluene derivatives by increasing the contact between two reacting phases.     

双层钙钛矿Sr2FeMoO6，Ba2FeMoO6的电磁性质研究

分析了双层钙钛矿结构的锰氧化合物Sr2FeMoO6,Ba2FeMoO6物相结构和电磁学性质,对巨磁阻效应进行了探讨,揭示了Sr2FeMoO6样品为半导体导电性,Ba2FeMoO6样品为金属导电性.     

Synthesis of bioactive indolocarbazoles: synthesis, nucleophilic ring-opening and chiral base desymmetrisation of a cyclic sulfate intermediate

A number of new functionalised bridged indolocarbazole systems have been prepared by ring-opening reactions of a key cyclic sulfate intermediate, prepared from the corresponding diol by the action of sulfuryl diimidazole and DBU. The same cyclic sulfate also undergoes an unprecedented asymmetric rearrangement to a chiral ketone, on treatment with a chiral lithium amide base.     

微分脉冲溶出伏安法同时测定食品中的锌铁锰

在1％乙二胺-0．1mol／L酒石酸钠-pH11．82 Britton—Robinson缓冲溶液体系中用微分脉冲溶出伏安法同时测定锌、铁、锰三种微量元素。它们的峰电位分别为-1184，-1392和-1456mV(vs．Ag/AgCl)；线性范围分别为：0.001—0.015，0．005—0．05和0．04—0．7μg／mL，最低检出浓度分别为0．0007，0．0014和0．0193μg／mL。本法操作简便、准确、灵敏度较高，用于食品中这三种元素的分析，结果令人满意。     

四羧基锰酞菁作为超氧化物歧化酶和过氧化物酶模拟酶的研究

用核黄素 蛋氨酸光照法和黄嘌呤氧化酶 细胞色素C还原法证实,在1.0×10-6～1.0×10-5mol/L范围内四羧基锰酞菁(TcPcMn)表现出良好的清除超氧阴离子自由基(O—·2)的活性;用黄嘌呤氧化酶 NBT还原法测算出的TcPcMn清除O—·2的二级反应速率常数为7.77×105mol-1·L·s-1,表明TcPcMn作为超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)模拟酶能很好的抑制O—·2的还原性.TcPcMn既能催化H2O2与4 氨基安替比林和酚的显色反应,也能催化邻苯二胺的聚合,表明TcPcMn具有过氧化物酶(POD)活性.用邻苯三酚自氧法得出,TcPcMn将O—·2的氧化性转化成了POD和H2O2的氧化性.因此只要牺牲一定的POD底物,TcPcMn就可以清除掉因歧化O—·2而产生的H2O2,继而能避免因发生Fenton反应而产生氧化性高于O—·2的羟自由基,从而彻底消除O—·2的氧化性,与SOD相比,这是TcPcMn的一个优势.     

环丙沙星在胶束体系中的荧光特性研究及应用

研究了环丙沙星在胶束体系中的荧光性质，发现十二烷基硫基酸对环丙沙星有较强的增敏作用。据此建立了胶束增敏荧光光谱法测定痕量环丙沙星的新方法，经样品测定，其线性范围为0．033－0．60μg.mL^-1，检出限为0．033μg.mL^-1，回收率为94．0％－98．1％相对标准偏差为1．5％－2．8％。     

在DBU存在下酞菁锰配合物的合成及溶剂影响

在强有机碱１，８－二氮杂双环［５，４，０］十一－７烯（简称ＤＢＵ）存在下，ＭｎＣｌ２与邻二氰基苯在某些二元醇溶剂中可高效合成Ｍｎ（Ⅱ）Ｐｃ（Ｐｃ表示酞菁），同时研究了不同溶剂对合成产物的物种及产率的影响和不同氧化态锰的酞菁配合物在一些醇溶剂中的互变现象