An important functional group,benzo[1,3]dioxole,of alkaloids induces the formation of the human telomeric DNA G-quadruplex

Over the past few decades, numerous molecules have been discovered or designed to interact efficiently and selectively with a peculiar DNA structure named G-quadruplex. Some of these molecules have been developed as anticancer agents. To aid the design of anticancer agents, the ability of alkaloids possessing Protoberberine and Benzophenanthridine groups to induce the formation of G-quadruplexes were studied using CD spectroscopy. By careful examination of their structures, we found that a benzo[1,3]dioxole group plays an important role in influencing their inductive properties. The more functional groups the alkaloids have, the stronger their G-quadruplex inductive ability.     

混合菌固定化及其对土壤中芘和苯并芘的降解

从石油污染土壤中筛选出1株细菌(Bacillus sp.)和1株真菌(Mucor sp.),以12种不同材料为载体对混合菌进行固定化,研究了固定化混合菌的降解特性.结果表明,采用吸附法能有效实现混合菌在改性后蛭石上的固定化.制得的固定化混合菌,传质性能好,对芘(Pyr)和苯并芘(BaP)的降解率42 d分别可达94.96%和74.96%,明显高于游离菌对Pyr和BaP的降解率60.49%和50.09%.采用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)观察了固定化混合菌微观结构,同时探讨了固定化混合菌的传质过程     

Simple Synchronous Fluorimetric Method for Determination of Benzo[a] pyrene in Airborne Particulates without a Pre-Separation Procedure

A sensitive analytical method, constant-energy synchronous fluorimetry, has been used to determine benzo[a]pyrene （BaP） selectively in airborne particulates （AP）. A constant-energy difference of 1 400 cm^-1 was selected for obtaining single spectral peak. The method could easily identify BaP in an 18-component polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons（PAHs） mixtures. Calibration plots in methanol solution and in sodium dodecylsulfate （SDS） micellar media show a good linearity （R〉0.999） in the BaP concentration range generally fotund in the environment. The method gives a detection limit of 0.40 nmol/L in SDS micellar medium and 1.34 nmol/L in methanol solution.     

离子液体中 Sc（OTf）3催化下苯并［f ］喹啉-1，2-二羧酸酯的合成

在离子液体中,以芳醛、2-萘胺和丁炔二酸酯为原料,在 Sc（OTf）3催化下,通过 Povarov 反应,一步合成了3-芳基苯并[f]喹啉-1,2-二羧酸酯衍生物。产物结构均经红外、氢谱和高分辨质谱确定。与其它方法相比,该方法具有反应条件温和、产率较高和环境友好等优点。     

GPC-气相色谱质谱法测定卷烟主流烟气中的苯并[a]芘

建立了用凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)联用GC-SIM-MS法测定卷烟主流烟气中苯并[a]芘的方法.卷烟烟气样品经环己烷超声萃取,GPC系统分离纯化后,经浓缩后用GC-SIM-MS分析测定.与经固相萃/R(SPE)分离纯化的样品相比,通过GPC系统处理后,卷烟烟气样品的干扰烽大大减小,样品谱图干净.该方法测定苯并[a]芘的线性范围为:10.00ng/mL～130.00ng/mL;相关系数R2为O.999 1,检出限为0.99ng/mL,加标回收率为91.70%-103.40%.GPC系统在处理卷烟烟气样品上有独特的优势,该方法适宜应用于卷烟主流烟气中苯并[a]芘含量检测.     

卷烟主流烟气中苯并[a]芘含量测定的自动化前处理及其方法优化

采用全自动固相萃取柱技术净化卷烟主流烟气萃取液并浓缩定容,提高卷烟主流烟气中苯并[a]芘含量测定的样品前处理过程的自动化程度,并优化了相关的固相萃取和定量浓缩过程,提高了检测效率,使得检测时间由传统所需的130 min大幅缩短至60 min.经严格对比,分别利用该方法与现行的国标方法所取得检测结果具有良好的一致性,该方法同时还具有自动化程度高、操作简便、重复性好、分析通量大、受环境和人为因素干扰较小等优点,可以作为一种准确、快速测定卷烟主流烟气中苯并[a]芘含量的改进方法加以推广.     

Antiglucocorticosteroid effects suggest why steroid hormone is required for receptors to bind DNA in vivo but not in vitro

Sequence-specific interaction between steroid hormone receptors (R) and DNA hormone-responsive elements (HRE) takes place in vitro irrespective of the presence of hormone and even when R is liganded with an antagonist. In vivo, in contrast, the presence of hormone is mandatory for glucocorticosteroid (G) receptor-HRE interaction to occur and no HRE occupancy is detected in the presence of an antagonist. One possible explanation is that in vivo R is originally complexed with a protein that prevents its binding to target HREs. The hormone would then induce the dissociation of the oligomer, thus unmasking the functional DNA binding domain of the receptor. The unliganded, non DNA-binding 8S-form of the chick GR is a hetero-oligomer including the relative molecular mass (Mr) 94,000 steroid-binding unit (4S-GR), and the non-steroid-binding, non-DNA-binding 90,000 protein common to all classes of 8S-R and identified as heat-shock protein (hsp 90). We report here that triamcinolone acetonide (TA) promotes the transformation of 8S-GR to 4S-GR complexes both in explants and in cell-free conditions and that the high-affinity antiglucocorticosteroid RU 486 stabilizes the 8S-GR, as assessed by gradient sedimentation and HPLC. However, in vitro TA- and RU 486- 4S-GR showed comparable DNA-binding activity. These results suggest that the lack of affinity for DNA of the 8S form of GR may be attributable in vivo to the interaction of the 4S-GR protein with hsp 90, and that hormone binding might trigger a conformational change which results in the release of active 4S-GR.     

Effects of 2,3,7,8-TCDD and benzo[a]pyrene on modulating vitellogenin expression in primary culture of crucian carp （Carassius auratus） hepatocytes

Vitellogenin (Vtg) is the precursor of yolk protein. Its expression and secretion are estrogen-regulated and are crucial for oocyte maturation. An in ritro xenoestrogen screening model was established by measuring Vtg induction in cultured primary hepatocytes from crucian carp. Vtg production was detected by biotin-avidin sandwich ELISA method while Vtg and cytochrome P4501A1 (CYP1A1) mRNA induction were measured by semi- quantitative PCR-primer dropping technique. Vtg and Vtg mRNA were dose-dependently induced by diethylstilbestrol (DES, 0.2-200 ng/mL) in hepatocytes of crucian carp. Co-treatment of the DES-induced hepatocytes with either 2,3,7,8-TCDD (TCDD, 0.1-4 pg/mL) or benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P, 5-1000 ng/mL) resulted in a reduction of Vtg production and an increment of CYP1A1 mRNA expression both in a dose dependent manner, indicating the anti-estrogenic effects of the compounds. However, at lower tested concentrations, TCDD (0.1, 0.2 pg/mL), B[a]P (5 ng/mL)seemed to have a potentiating effect on Vtg expression and secretion, although by their own these compounds had no observable estrogenic effect on Vtg induction. Tamoxifen (a selective estrogen receptor modulators, 1 nmol/L-1μmol/L),and β-naphtho-flavone (β-NF, an aryl hydrocarbon receptor inducing compounds, 2.5-1000 ng/mL) also were employed to study the possible interactions in DES-induced Vtg expression. In co-treatment of the DES-induced hepatocytes with β-NF or tamoxifen, the decrease in Vtg production did parallel induction of CYP1A1 for β-NF, but tamoxifen inhibited Vtg induction did not parallel induced CYP1A1 expression in all test concentrations. On the contrary, it was found that in co-treatment of the TCDD-induced hepatocytes with DES, TCDD induced CYP1A1 mRNA production was inhibited by DES also. These results implicated a possible cross talk between estrogen receptor- and aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated pathways in the hepatocytes.     

Decompression-induced disorder to order phase transition in low-melting ionic liquid [OMIM][PF6]

In situ pressure-induced Raman spectral changes of 1-octyl-3-methyl imidazolium hexafluorophosphate （[OMIM][PF6]） have been investigated under the pressure up to 5.86 GPa at room temperature. The results indicated that [OMIM][PF6] experienced a phase transition at about 4.12 GPa during compression, and it was thought as a phase transition of liquid to a superpressurized glass. Upon decompression, from the obvious change of Raman spectra of [OMIM][PF6] at about 0.48 GPa, it could be inferred that a decompression-induced disorder to order phase transition in [OMIM][PF6] occurred. The phase behavior of [OMIM] [PF6] at low temperature under atmospheric pressure was also investigated in detail. The result showed that Raman spectra of [OMIM][PF6] varied slightly and no crystallization occurred upon cooling. These facts suggested that a disorder to order phase transition was induced by decompression in [OMIM][PF6], and [OMIM][PF6] served as a superpressurized glass under the pressure above 4.12 GPa, which was similar to the glassy state at low temperature.     

乙醇介质中简单高效合成吡喃并[-3，2-c3]吡啶衍生物

在回流条件下以乙醇为反应介质，醋酸铵为催化剂，三组分一锅法合成了2-氨基4-芳基5-氧代-5，6-二氢-4／-／-吡喃并[3，2-c]吡啶-3-甲腈．该方法具有操作简单、反应条件温和、反应时间短等优点．