A Theory for the Displacement of Proteins and Viruses with Polyethylene Glycol

The displacement action of polyethylene glycol of different molecular weights may be linked to the ability of the polymers to form coiled particles in solution. From conclusions drawn from their sedimentating properties in centrifugal fields the polyethylene glycols of low molecular weights, as expected, are les randomly coiled than those of higher molecular weight. It is suggested that protein molecules have the ability to diffuse into the coils of the polyethylene glycol from which they are excluded when the random coiling increases with increasing polymer concentration. From considerations based on the interaction of the polymer filament with the displaced particle the distribution of the substance between the coils and the intermolecular spaces may be predicted semi-quantitatively.     

Determination of cefaclor in human plasma by a sensitive and specific liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric method

A sensitive and specific liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric method is described for the determination of cefaclor in human plasma. The plasma samples were treated by two sample preparation procedures, i.e. protein precipitation (PPT) and solid-phase extraction (SPE). The pretreated samples were analyzed on a C(18) HPLC column interfaced with a triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometer. Positive electrospray ionization (ESI) was employed as the ionization source. The analyte and internal standard ampicillin (for PPT) or cefetamet (for SPE) were detected by use of selected reaction monitoring (SRM) mode. The lower limit of quantitation obtained as a result of the PPT procedure was 100 ng/ml. The intra- and inter-run precision, calculated from quality control (QC) samples was less than 12% for cefaclor. The accuracy as determined from QC samples was within +/-3% for the analyte. The SPE procedure could provide the lower limit of quantitation of 2 ng/ml. The precision and accuracy were measured to be below 7.1% and between -3.6% and 1.1%, respectively, for all QC samples. The method was applied for the evaluation of the pharmacokinetic profiles of cefaclor sustained-release formulation.     

全细胞高通量筛选α-氨基酸酯水解酶突变体的方法

【目的】建立高效敏感的高通量筛选方法,用于筛选头孢克洛合成活性提高或热稳定性提高的α-氨基酸酯水解酶。【方法】根据头孢克洛在碱性条件下水解生成的衍生物在340 nm处有特征吸收峰的原理,制作出标准曲线。采用全细胞96孔板紫外分光光度法高通量测定α-氨基酸酯水解酶突变体的头孢克洛合成活性。【结果】头孢克洛含量与△A340?405在(0.1?0.6)×10?3 mol/L浓度范围内有良好的线性关系,服从朗伯-比尔定律,平均回收率为99.8%?101.3%。一轮定点饱和突变产生的2 300个克隆经该方法的筛选,获得3株kcat提高40%以上,4株半失活温度较野生型提高5°C以上的突变体酶。【结论】该方法准确可靠,每天筛选量可达到2 000个反应,达到高通量筛选的要求。     

全细胞高通量筛选a-氨基酸酯水解酶突变体的方法

【目的】建立高效敏感的高通量筛选方法,用于筛选头孢克洛合成活性提高或热稳定性提高的a-氨基酸酯水解酶。【方法】根据头孢克洛在碱性条件下水解生成的衍生物在340 nm处有特征吸收峰的原理,制作出标准曲线。采用全细胞96孔板紫外分光光度法高通量测定a-氨基酸酯水解酶突变体的头孢克洛合成活性。【结果】头孢克洛含量与△A340?405在0.1?0.6×10?3 mol/L浓度范围内有良好的线性关系, 服从朗伯-比尔定律, 平均回收率为99.8%?101.3％。一轮定点饱和突变产生的2 300个克隆经该方法的筛选, 获得3株kcat提高40%以上, 4株半失活温度较野生型提高5 °C以上的突变体酶。【结论】该方法准确可靠,每天筛选量可达到2 000个反应, 达到高通量筛选要求。     

抗生素对新生大鼠肠道菌群和肠道免疫发育的影响

目的通过建立动物模型,探讨口服抗生素对新生大鼠肠道菌群的变化及肠道免疫发育的影响。方法选用30只7日龄新生SD大鼠,随机分为3组：抗生素组（A）、益生菌干预组（B）及对照组（C）,每组10只,A组给予头孢克洛灌胃,B组先给头孢克洛灌胃,2h后再灌长双歧杆菌,C组每天灌以等量的生理盐水,持续2周后处死大鼠,留取盲肠内容物按照张秀荣方法进行肠道菌群检测,免疫组化方法进行肠组织CD4、CD8的测定。结果A组与B、C组相比,革兰阳性杆菌占肠道总细菌数比例明显下降,革兰阴性杆菌及革兰阳性球菌占总细菌数比例明显升高,差异均有显著性（P〈0．05）;A组肠组织中CD4、CD8表达程度受到抑制,与B、C组相比差异有显著性（P〈0．05）,B、C两组所有的指标差异均无显著性。结论抗生素的应用会抑制肠道菌群的正常定植,引起菌群紊乱,进而影响肠道免疫系统发育。     

Rapid and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic determination of four cephalosporin antibiotics in pharmaceuticals and body fluids

A rapid, accurate and sensitive method has been developed and validated for the quantitative simultaneous determination of four cephalosporins, cephalexin and cefadroxil (first-generation), cefaclor (second-generation) and cefataxim (third-generation), in pharmaceuticals as well as in human blood serum and urine. A Spherisorb ODS-2 250 x 4-mm, 5-microm analytical column was used with an eluting system consisting of a mixture of acetate buffer (pH 4.0)-CH(3)OH 78-22% (v/v) at a flow-rate 1.2 ml/min. Detection was performed with a variable wavelength UV-Vis detector at 265 nm resulting in limit of detection of 0.2 ng for cefadroxil and cephalexin, but only 0.1 ng for cefotaxime and cefaclor per 20-microl injection. Hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) (6-chloro-3,4-dihydro-7 sulfanyl-2H-1,2,4-benzothiadiazine-1-1-dioxide) was used as internal standard at a concentration of 2 ng/microl. A rectilinear relationship was observed up to 8, 5, 12 and 35 ng/microl for cefadroxil, cefotaxime, cefaclor, cephalexin, respectively. Analysis time was less than 7 min. The statistical evaluation of the method was examined by means of within-day repeatability (n=8) and day-to-day precision (n=9) and was found to be satisfactory with high accuracy and precision. The method was applied to the determination of the cephalosporins in commercial pharmaceuticals and in biological fluids: human blood serum after solid-phase extraction and urine simply after filtration and dilution. Recovery of analytes in spiked samples was in the range from 76.3 to 112.0%, over the range of 1-8 ng/microl.     

The use of a monolithic column to improve the simultaneous determination of four cephalosporin antibiotics in pharmaceuticals and body fluids by HPLC after solid phase extraction--a comparison with a conventional reversed-phase silica-based column

The use of a monolithic column (Chromolith, SpeedROD RP-18e, by Merck) was studied on the determination of cephalosporin antibiotics. Results were compared with those from a previously developed analytical method using conventional silica-based analytical column. A rapid, accurate and sensitive method has been developed and validated for the quantitative simultaneous determination of four cephalosporins: Cephalexine and Cephadroxil (first generation), Cefaclor (second generation) and Cefotaxim (third generation) in pharmaceuticals as well as in human blood serum and urine. Hydroflumethiazide (HFM) (3,4-dihydro-6(trifluoromethyl)-2H-1,2,4-benzothiadiazine-7-sulfonamide-1,1-dioxide) was used as an internal standard at a concentration of 1.5 ng/microL. A rectilinear relationship was observed up to 5 ng/microL for the four compounds. Analysis time was less than 4 min. The statistical evaluation of the method was examined by means of within-day repeatability (n=8) and day-to-day precision (n=8) and was found to be satisfactory with high accuracy and precision results. The method was applied to the determination of the cephalosporins in commercial pharmaceuticals and in biological fluids: human blood serum after solid phase extraction and urine simply after filtration and dilution. Recovery of analytes in spiked serum samples was in the range from 88.7 to 107.8%, while for urine samples recovery was from 98.0 to 105.6%. By comparing the figures of merit for the monolithic column and the silica-based one, regarding the determination of the four cephalosporins investigated in the present study, the outstanding efficiency of the monolithic column can be noticed.     

Optimisation of enzymatic synthesis of cefaclor with in situ product removal and continuous acyl donor feeding

Enzymatic synthesis of cefaclor by penicillin acylase (PA) was carried out under kinetic control with in situ product removal (ISPR). We present a continuous acyl donor feeding strategy for enzymatic reactions. Using this strategy, the conversion of the antibiotic nucleus was improved from 65 to 91%, and the hydrolysis of phenylglycine methyl ester (PGME) was decreased. Side product (phenylglycine) production was less than half of that in the control batch. The ratio of synthesis to hydrolysis (S/H) in the process was kept stable for longer and at a higher level than in the control. This is a practical method for enzymatic synthesis of cefaclor.     

抗生素对新生大鼠肠道免疫发育影响及双歧杆菌干预的研究

目的 研究新生大鼠口服抗生素对肠道免疫发育的影响及双歧杆菌干预的效果.方法 选用50只7日龄新生SD大鼠,每组10只,随机分为5组:对照组(A)、抗生素组(B)、益生菌组(C)、益生菌干预组(D)和生理盐水组(E).A组为空白对照,B组给予头孢克洛灌胃,C组给予双歧杆菌灌胃,D组先给头孢克洛灌胃,2h后再灌长双歧杆菌,E组每天灌以等量的生理盐水,持续2周后处死大鼠,取少许新鲜盲肠内容物粪便涂片,免疫组化方法检测末端回肠肠组织中CD4、CD8的表达和组织学观察.结果 粪便涂片结果显示:B组与其余四组相比G+b占肠道总细菌数比率明显下降,G-b及G+c占总细菌数比率明显升高(P＜0.01).组织形态学观察:C组与E组肠黏膜绒毛和腺体发育良好,上皮结构完整,排列整齐,而A组腺体发育少,绒毛高度小;B组肠黏膜绒毛和腺体萎缩,黏膜水肿,部分上皮细胞变性、坏死、脱落;D组肠黏膜绒毛和腺体排列整齐绒毛显示清楚,少部分黏膜上皮细胞脱落、坏死.组肠组织中CD4、CD8的表达:B组CD4、CD8表达程度受到抑制,灰度值增大(P＜0.05);C组与E组相比CD4、CD8表达增加,灰度值比较差异有统计学意义(P＜0.05).结论 肠道菌群的正常定植,刺激肠道免疫系统的发育.新生大鼠口服抗生素后肠黏膜结构被破坏以及干扰肠道菌群的定植,影响肠道免疫系统的发育.长双歧杆菌的能预防抗生素引起的菌群紊乱,维持肠道黏膜的完整性,保护肠道免疫系统的正常发育.     

Optimisation of enzymatic synthesis of cefaclor with in situ product removal and continuous acyl donor feeding

Enzymatic synthesis of cefaclor by penicillin acylase (PA) was carried out under kinetic control with in situ product removal (ISPR). We present a continuous acyl donor feeding strategy for enzymatic reactions. Using this strategy, the conversion of the antibiotic nucleus was improved from 65 to 91%, and the hydrolysis of phenylglycine methyl ester (PGME) was decreased. Side product (phenylglycine) production was less than half of that in the control batch. The ratio of synthesis to hydrolysis (S/H) in the process was kept stable for longer and at a higher level than in the control. This is a practical method for enzymatic synthesis of cefaclor.