简介:Theeffectandmechanismofcarmustine(BCNU)combinedwithall-transretinoicacid(ATRA)ontheapoptosisofhumanglioblastomaU251cellswereinvestigatedbymeansof3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphe-nyltetrazoliumbromide(MTT)assay,flowcytometry,reversetranscription-polymerasechainreaction(RT-PCR)andWesternblotanalysis.TheresultsshowthatBCNUorATRAshowstime-anddose-dependentinhibitioneffectsonhumanglioblastomaU251cellsandthecombinationofBCNUwithATRAshowsansynergisticinhibitioneffectonhumanglioblastomaU251cells,andthecombinedBCNUandATRAcansignificantlyinhibittheproliferationofhumanglioblastomaU251cells,andinducetheapoptosisofthem,makingthecellsarrestinthestageofG1phase,thestageofSandG2phasesdecline,therateoftheapoptosisofhumanglioblastomaU251cellsincrease,thecorrespondingmRNAexpressionofcyclinEandcyclin-dependentkinase2(CDK2)downregulatedandthecorrespon-dingmRNAexpressionofp27kip1unregulated.Inaddition,thecombinedBCNUandATRAreducedtheproteinexpressionofnuclearfactorkappaB(NF-κB).Takentogether,theseresultssuggestthatthetreatmentofhumanglioblastomaU251cellswithacombinationapplicationofATRAandBCNUcanexertsynergisticeffect,thecourseofthiskindofcombinationchemotherapymaylikelybeassociatedwithmultiplemolecularmechanismsforapoptosis,furthermore,thecyclinEandp27kip1shouldbeconsideredasnoveltargetsforcontrollingthegrowthofglioblastomacells.
简介:THEREACTIONOFp-NITROPHENYLSULFONYLACETONITRILEWITHα,β-UNSATURATEDESTERSANDNITRILES¥GuoRenYUEandZhengZhang(DepartmentofChemist...
简介:InanefforttoutilizeNMRtechniquefortheanalysisofthestructuralcomponentsofwoodandbiomassessuchaslignin,wemadeacomparativestudyoflignincontentsofseveraltypesoflignocellulosicmaterialsbothbeforeandafterenzymatichydrolyses.Tothisend,EucalyptusGlobulus,Norwaysprucethermomechanicalpulp(TMP)cornstoverandEucalyptuskraftpulpwereball-milledandtreatedwithcellulasetopreparematerialswithhighlignincontents.Thesematerialswereanalyzedvia31PNMRinionicliquids.Theresultsshowthatthecontentsofvariousfunctionalgroupsforthelignocellulosicmaterialsafterenzymatichydrolysesaregenerallyinagreementwiththosefromtheircorrespondingenzymaticmildacidolysisliginins(EMALs),indicatingthat31PNMRanalysisoflignocellulosicmaterialsinionicliquidsisapromisingmethodforquantitativecharacterizationoflignocellulosicmaterials.
简介:π-Conjugatedpoly(p-phenyleneethynylene)withtheinterruptionoftheconjugationbyabutyleneunitwassynthesized.Itsabsorption,PLandELspectrawereinvestigatedrespectively.Thespectralpeaksshiftedtothehigherenergysidewiththeinterruptionoftheconjugationlengths.Themodelcompoundwassynthesized,bywhichtheresultswereproved.ThethermalcharacteristicsofthepolymerwasdeterminedbyDSCandTGA,indicatingthatthepolymerhasagoodthermalstability.Theelectroluminescence(EL)inthegreenregionofthespectrumwithamaximumat500nmwasobservedfromthepolymerfilmssandwichedbetweenindium-tin-oxideandanAlelectrode.
简介:AnovelacrylicmonomerbearingaromaticetherealitygroupN-(p-phenoxy-phenyl)methacrylamide(MAPOA)wassynthesizedandpolymerized.ThefluorescencespectraofMAPOAanditspolymerwerestudied,showingthatthepolymerdisplaysastrongerfluorescencethanitsmonomeratthesamechromophoreconcentration.ThefluorescenceofP(MAPOA)wasquenchedbyaddingelectrondeficiencymonomerssuchasMMA,ANetc..Itisanotherexampleofshowingthe"fluorescencestructuralself-quenchingeffect"aswereportedpreviously,fromwhichitisdemonstratedagainthatthisphenomenonisnotanaccidentalonebutacommoneffectforacrylicmonomersbearingelecton-donatingchromophores.ThephotopolymerizationofANsensitizedbyMAPOAandP(MAPOA)wasstudied.Thekineticequationofthepolymerizationwasobtainedandrepresentedasfollows:Rp∝[MAPOA]0.38×[AN]0.78,Rp∝[P(MAPOA)]0.33×[AN]0.71TheoverallactivationenergiesweredeterminedtobeEa=24.22kJ/mol(MAPOA)andEa=26.31kJ/mol[P(MAPOA)]respectively.ThefluorescenceanalysisoftheresultedP(AN)showedthatthesensitizeralsoenteredintotheP(AN)chains.AmechanismoftheformationofachargetransfercomplexandfreeradicalinitiationwassuggestedforthephotopolymerizationofANsensitizedbyMAPOAandP(MAPOA).
简介:Apartiallysubstitutedβ-cyclodextrinchiralstationaryphasewaspreparedbythereactionofphenylisocyanate.TheenantiomersofaseriesofO,O-diethyl(p-methylbenzenesulfonamido)-aryl(oralkyl)-methylphos-.phonateswerestudiedonthepreparedphenylcarbamatederivativeβ-cyclodextrinbondedphaseandacommercial(S)-(.+)-l-(l-naphthyl)ethylcarbamatederivativeβ-cyclodextrinbondedphaseonnormalphasechromato-graphiccondition.Resultsshowthatthepreparedphenylcarbamatederivativeβ-cyclodextrinbondedphasehasbetterenantiomericselectivitytotheseriesofcompounds.Achiralrecognitionmechanismwassuggestedfortheseparationofthesenovelorganicphosphorusenantiomers.
简介:IntroductionThesynthesesandcharacterizationofporphyrinsandmetalloporphyrinshavebeenstudiedextensively[1].Hemoglobin,myoglobinorcytochromeP450,hasbeenappliedasamodelcompound[2].WongC.P.etal.[3]synthesizedthefirstlanthanideporphyrin,acetylacetonatetetraphenylporphyrineuropium,in1974.
简介:Thetitlecopolymer(PDEBO)wassynthesized.ThethermalcharacteristicsofthepolymerweredeterminedbymeansofDSCandTGA,revealingthatthepolymerhasagoodthermalstability.TheX-raydiffractionmeasurementsofthethinfilmsshowedthatthepolymerisdisorder.Electroluminescence(EL)inthegreenregionofthespectrumwithamaximumat500nmwasobservedfromthepolymerfilmssandwichedbetweenindium-tin-oxideandanAlelectrode.
简介:Aseriesofcarboxylate-substitutedtrinudearmolybdenumdus-tercompoundsformulatedasMo3S4(DTP)3(RCO2)(L),whereRffiH,CH3,C2H5,CH2Cl,CCl3,R^1C6H4(R^1isthegrouponthebenzeneringofaromaticcarboxylate),L=pyridine,CH3CN,DMF,havebeensynthesizedbytheligandsubstitu-tionreaction.Thedissociationoftheloosely-coordinatedligandLfromtheclustercorewasstudiedby^31pNMR.Thedissocia-tionprocessofLisrelatedtothesolvent,temperature,andacidityofcarboxylategroups,soastoaffectthesolutionstruc-tureandreactivepropertiesoftheduster.Thelong-distancein-teractionbetweenligandsRCO2andListransportedbyMo3S4core.
简介:ThermotropicliquidcrystallineVHEterpolyestersmadefromvanillicacid(V),p-hydroxybenzoicacid(H)andpoly(ethyleneterephthalate)(E)werestudiedby400MHzNMRspectra,wideangleX-raydiffraction,scanningelectronandpolarizingmicroscopes.ItwasfoundthattheVHEterpolyestershadrandomsequencedistribution.TheVHEterpolyesterfilmsexhibitedhighlyorientedfibrillarstructure.
简介:Thecompleteaminoacidsequenceofβ-momorcharin,aribosome-inactivatingproteinfromtheseedsofMomordicacharantiaLinn(Cucurbitaceae)hasbeendetermined.Thishasbeendonebythesequenceanalysisofpeptidesobtainedbyenzymaticdigestionwithtrypsin,chymotrypsinandS.aureusV8protease,aswellasbychemicalcleavagewithBNPS-skatole.Theproteinconsistsof249aminoacidresiduescontainingoneasparagine-linkedsugargroupattachedtothesiteofAsn51andhasacalculatedrelativemolecularmassof28,452Dawithoutadditionofthecarbohydrate.Comparisonofthissequencewiththoseoftrichosanthinandotherribosome-inactivatingproteinsfromdifferentspeciesofplantsshowsasignificanthomologywitheachother.Regardingthesimilarityoftheirbiologicalproperties,anactivedomainoftheseproteinshasbeenpredictedhere.
简介:Fivechiralstationaryphases(CSPs)wereusedtoseparatetheenantiomersofaseriesofO,O-diethyl(p-methyl-benzenesulfonamindo)-aryl(alkyl)-methylphosphonates.Achiralrecognitionmechanismwaspresentedtoexplaintheresolutionofthesecompounds.ResultsshowthatCSPwithstrongπ-acceptor3,5-dinitrobenzoylgroupandhighsterichindrancehasthebestresolutionabilityinchiralseparationofO,O-diethyi(p-methyl-benzenesulfonamindo)-aryl(alkyl)-methylphosphonates.WhenaCSPhasjustastrongπ-acceptor3,5-dinitrobenzoylorhighsterichindranceitdoesnothavegoodchiralresolutionability.ThechiralrecognitionismoredifficultwhentheCSPhasmorethanoneasymmetriccenter.
简介:Theseparationofenantiomersofaseriesofeighteennovelnitrogenmustardlinkedphosphoryldiamidederivativeswasinvestigatedonthepreparedphenylcarbamatederivativeβ-cy-clodextrinbondedphaseinnormal-phaseHPLC.Someoftheenantiomerscouldbeseparatedinbaseline.Thechiralrecognitionmechanismwasalsosuggestedfortheseparationofchiralphosphorusorganiccompounds.