固定化脂肪酶合成维生素A棕榈酸酯

研究了有机溶剂中脂肪酶催化维生素A棕榈酸酯的合成工艺。采用维生素A醋酸酯和棕榈酸乙酯作为反应底物, 对催化合成维生素A棕榈酸酯反应介质进行了比较, 同时对影响合成维生素A棕榈酸酯反应的因素(温度、初始水含量、底物摩尔比、反应时间和酶量等)进行了探讨, 优化了反应条件: 在10 mL的石油醚中, 体系初始含水量0.2%(体积比V/V), 0.100 g 维生素A醋酸酯和0.433 g 棕榈酸乙酯在酶量为1.1 g的固定化酶催化下, 在30°C、190 r/min下反应12 h, 转化率可以达到83%, 固定化酶可连续使用5次以上。     

固定化脂肪酶合成维生素A棕榈酸酯

研究了有机溶剂中脂肪酶催化维生素A棕榈酸酯的合成工艺。采用维生素A醋酸酯和棕榈酸乙酯作为反应底物, 对催化合成维生素A棕榈酸酯反应介质进行了比较, 同时对影响合成维生素A棕榈酸酯反应的因素(温度、初始水含量、底物摩尔比、反应时间和酶量等)进行了探讨, 优化了反应条件: 在10 mL的石油醚中, 体系初始含水量0.2%(体积比V/V), 0.100 g 维生素A醋酸酯和0.433 g 棕榈酸乙酯在酶量为1.1 g的固定化酶催化下, 在30°C、190 r/min下反应12 h, 转化率可以达到83%, 固定化酶可连续使用5次以上。     

酶促反应合成棕榈酸Vc酯

讨论了以黑曲霉脂肪酶为催化剂,以抗坏血酸和棕榈酸甲酯为底物的酯交换反应及其影响因素。考察了在摇床速度为200r/min,叔丁醇为溶剂下,底物的摩尔比、温度、脂肪酶浓度、时间、含水量对转化率的影响。结果表明,底物棕榈酸甲酯与Vc的摩尔比为1.3:1.0、反应温度为36℃、反应时间为24h、脂肪酶浓度为15%、含水量为1%时,Vc的转化率为23%。合成的棕榈酸Vc酯,无需和底物分离,可以直接作为油脂食品的添加剂。     

生物法合成维生素C棕榈酸酯

研究了不同的脂肪酶在有机溶剂体系中催化合成L-维生素C棕榈酸酯的反应。针对维生素C在有机溶剂中溶解度较低这一问题,对催化合成维生素C棕榈酸酯反应的脂肪酶和反应介质进行比较,同时对影响合成维生素C棕榈酸酯反应的因素（温度、底物浓度、底物摩尔比、反应时间和酶量等）进行探讨,优化了反应条件：在10mL的丙酮中,1.094g棕榈酸与0.107g维生素C在酶量为20％（W/W, 固定化酶/维生素C）的固定化脂肪酶催化下,初始含0.4nm分子筛20%,温度为60℃,转速为200r/min,反应48h转化率可以达到80%,产物维生素C棕榈酸酯的浓度可达20g/L。     

脂肪酶的固定化及棕榈酸抗坏血酸酯的合成研究

讨论了以固定化的黑曲霉脂肪酶为催化剂,以抗坏血酸和棕榈酸甲酯为底物的酯交 换反应及其影响因素.考察了反应温度、维生素C与棕榈酸的摩尔比、反应时间、溶剂的选 择、酶量等因素对催化棕榈酸抗坏血酸酯反应的影响规律.结果表明,摇床转速200r/min、 叔丁醇作溶剂、反应温度为55℃底物棕榈酸甲酯与Vc的摩尔比为2:1、反应时间为28h、脂肪酶浓度为4%,反应转化率为42.1%,产品纯度95%.     

维生素A棕榈酸酯眼用凝胶联合聚乙烯醇滴眼液对干眼症患者泪液中 IL-1β与TNF-α水平的影响及其临床疗效

目的:探讨维生素A棕榈酸酯眼用凝胶联合聚乙烯醇滴眼液对干眼症患者泪液中IL-1β及临床疗效的影响。方法:选取2013年11月~2015年11月于我院治疗的干眼症患者60例,随机分为实验组和对照组,每组30例。对照组患者给予聚乙烯醇滴眼液治疗,实验组患者在对照组基础上加用维生素A棕榈酸酯眼用凝胶治疗。观察并比较两组患者治疗前后泪液中白细胞介素1β(IL-1β)、肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)水平、泪膜破裂时间(BUT)、泪液分泌试验(SIT)及角膜荧光素染色(FL)结果,以及临床总有效率。结果:与治疗前相比,两组患者治疗后泪液中IL-1β及TNF-α水平均降低,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05);与对照组相比,实验组患者治疗后泪液中IL-1β及TNF-α水平较低,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05);与治疗前比较,两组患者治疗后BUT及SIT评分均升高,而FL评分均降低,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05);与对照组相比,实验组患者治疗后BUT及SIT评分较高,而FL评分较低,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05);实验组临床总有效率高于对照组,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:维生素A棕榈酸酯眼用凝胶联合聚乙烯醇滴眼液治疗干眼症积极有效,值得临床上大力推广。     

VLC法分离纯化枸杞子中类胡萝卜素的研究

采用真空液相色谱（VLC）法,快速、简易、高效地分离、纯化了枸杞子中类胡萝卜素及其脂肪酸酯;采用薄层色谱法,对比了氧化镁和硅胶两种吸附剂的分离、纯化效果。结果表明,依次用氧化镁和硅胶为吸附剂进行的两次真空柱色谱分离,可有效去除脂溶性杂质并分离类胡萝卜素各组分,是类胡萝卜素分离、纯化的可靠方法。     

超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法同时测定血清中维生素A、E的方法研究

目的：建立超高效液相色谱 串联质谱（UPLC MS/MS）同时测定血清中维生素A、E的方法。方法：取标准系列工作溶液、空白替代血清样品（4% BSA牛血清白蛋白溶液）各50 μL,经硫酸锌、沉淀剂（甲醇/乙腈=50/50,V/V）沉淀蛋白,振荡,12 000 r/min离心5 min,取上清,低压离心挥干,复溶振荡,12 000 r/min离心5 min,取上清待测。采用Waters BEH Phenyl色谱（2.1 mm×100 mm,1.7 μm）分离,以0.1%甲酸 水溶液和0.1%甲酸 甲醇溶液为流动相等度洗脱,电喷雾（ESI）正离子模式、多反应监测模式（MRM）下检测,内标法定量。结果：UPLC MS/MS检测血清维生素A、α 维生素E、β 维生素E线性关系良好,相关系数分别为0.999 3、0.999 3、0.999 7;维生素A、α 维生素E、β 维生素E定量限分别为0.213、0.240、0.070 ng/mL,检出限分别为0.064、0.072、0.021 ng/mL;维生素A、E在低、高浓度加标回收率范围分别为89.7~107.4、97.6~118.1,RSD分别为2.45%~3.43%、1.48%~5.40%。结论：本研究建立的人血清维生素A、E超高效液相色谱 串联质谱法灵敏度高、准确稳定、重现性好,对血清中维生素 A 和维生素 E 的测定具很好的的应用价值。     

家蝇天然抗菌肽的分离纯化与活性分析

目的:纯化得到有抗菌活性的家蝇天然抗菌肽。方法:以革兰氏阴性菌(大肠杆菌)和革兰氏阳性菌(金黄色葡萄球菌)的混合菌液,在未灭活的情况下对家蝇幼虫实施带菌针刺以诱导抗菌肽的大量表达。采用固相萃取(SPE),得到三个对大肠杆菌和金黄色葡萄球菌均有强烈抑制作用的组分Sp1、Sp3和Sp8。用反相高效液相色谱(RP-HPLC)对活性最强的Sp1进行了纯化,液体生长抑制法证明其中的组分Ⅲ具有最强活性。毛细管电泳(CE)显示该组分由两种物质组成。结果和结论:家蝇血淋巴中存在大量有抗菌活性的物质。该研究利用SPE和RP-HPLC与CE联用的方法,得到了有较强抗菌活性和较宽抗菌谱的粗提物,并获得一个推测由两种阳离子型抗菌肽组成的成分,为后期研究打下了基础。     

维生素A酸和双丁酰基环腺苷单磷酸对小鼠胚...

In vitro induced differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells (ES-5 cells), derived from 5-day 129 mouse blastocyst was studied with retinoic acid (RA) and dibutyryl cyclic adenosine monophosphate (dB-cAMP). RA only or RA with dBcAMP together can both induce monolayer ES-5 cells to differentiate into cells of two types: neuron-like cells and fibroblast-like cells. After treated with 10(-6)mol/L RA for 6 days, the differentiated cells were about 80% of all cells, among which most cells were fibroblast-like cells and others were neuron-like cells. While after 6 days of treatment with 10(-6)mol/L RA and 1 mmol/L dBcAMP, the ratio of differentiated cells can be up to 90-95%, and most cells (about 90-95% of differentiated cells) are neuron-like cells. Immunocytochemical analysis of phenotypic markers, especially GFAP and laminin, showed that the neuron-like cells were glia cells. DBcAMP affected the direction and efficiency of induction by RA. The induced differentiation by RA on attached aggregated ES-5 cells was studied as well. In this case, more cell types appeared, such as epitheloid cells, fibroblast-like cells and spindle shaped cells and so on. The exact nature of these differentiated cells was not identified. After attached culture for about 15 days, rhythmically contracting cardiac-like muscle cells were most attractive among those several differentiated cell types. The change of phenotypic markers during induced differentiation of ES-5 cells in monolayer and aggregated state was summarized in table 1. Transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) was also examined in undifferentiated and differentiated cells. Untreated ES-5 cells showed positive immunofluorescent reaction to TGF-beta 1 and various differentiated cells showed different reactions. Glia cells and cardiac-like cells displayed a much stronger TGF-beta 1 reaction. These results indicate that the exact role played by TGF-beta 1 during induced differentiation needs further investigation. The different effect of RA on monolayer and aggregated ES cells and the possible significance of cell to cell interaction in the latter case are discussed.     

Improved Procedures for the Purification of Selected Vitamin K-Dependent Proteins

Improved methods are described to obtain bovine prothrombin, Factor IX, Protein C, and autoprothrombin III (Factor X, Auto-III) in purified form. The prothrombin had a specific activity of 4, 340 Iowa units/mg. Theoretically, a preparation of clean thrombin should have a specific activity of 8, 200 U/mg, because 47.08% of the protein in prothrombin is lost when thrombin forms. Such thrombin preparations have been obtained (Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 121, 372 (1967)). The prothrombin concentration of bovine plasma is near 60 mg/liter. Protein C, first isolated by Stenflo (J. Biol. Chem. 251, 355 (1976)), was found to be the precursor of autoprothrombin II-A (Auto-II-A), discovered earlier (Thromb. Diath. Haemorrh. 5, 218 (1960)). Protein C (Factor XIV) was converted to Auto-II-A (Factor XlVa) by thrombin. Digesting purified Auto-III with purified thrombin removed a small glycopeptide from the COOH-terminal end of the heavy chain to yield Auto-IIItm. Auto-III throtnbin Auto-IIIm + peptide. Auto-IIIm was not converted to the active enzyme with thromboplastin and, furthermore, inhibited the activation of purified native Auto-III with thromboplastin. Auto-11 Im was also not converted to the active enzymewhen the procoagulants consisted of purified Factor VIII, purified Factor IXa, platelet factor 3 and calcium ions. The “activation peptide” released by RVV-X from the NH₂-terminal end of the heavy chain and the active enzyme (Auto-Cm) were purified. Auto-III was also activated with purified RVV-X. The same “activation peptide” was isolated, but Auto-C was obtained instead of Auto-Cm. Purified Factor IX developed anticoagulant activity when reacted with an optimum concentration of purified thrombin. A suitable reagent for the assay of Factor IX was prepared by removing prothrombin complex from anticoagulated bovine plasma and restoring the prothrombin and Auto-III concentration with use of the respective purified proenzymes.     

Palmitate exacerbates bisphenol A toxicity via induction of ER stress and mitochondrial dysfunction

Combined exposure to dietary nutrients and environmental chemicals may elicit significantly different physiological effects than single exposures. Exposure to dietary saturated fats and environmental toxins is a physiologically-significant dual exposure that is particularly associated with lower socioeconomic status, potentially placing these individuals at heightened risk of xenobiotic toxicities. However, no prior studies have examined interactions between specific lipids and environmental xenobiotics in modulating cellular health. Using primary mouse embryonic fibroblasts, we have discovered that prior exposure to the saturated fatty acid, palmitate, exacerbates cellular toxicity associated with the industrial plasticizer, bisphenol A (BPA). Cell death upon BPA exposure following palmitate pre-treatment was greater than that occurring with either exposure alone. Mechanistically, cell death was preceded by increased endoplasmic reticulum stress and loss of mitochondrial membrane potential in palmitate plus BPA exposed cells, leading to increased caspase-3 cleavage and subsequent apoptosis. Interestingly, inclusion of the unsaturated fatty acid, oleate, along with palmitate during the pre-treatment period completely abrogated the ER stress, mitochondrial toxicity, and cell death induced by subsequent exposure to BPA. Thus, our data identify for the first time an important interaction between a fatty acid and an environmental toxin and have implications for developing nutritional interventions to mitigate the deleterious effects of such xenobiotic exposures.     

Expression,Purification and Low-Resolution Structure of Human Vitamin C Transporter SVCT1 (SLC23A1)

Expression and purification of human membrane proteins for structural studies represent a great challenge. This is because micro- to milligram amounts of pure isolated protein are required. To this aim, we successfully expressed the human vitamin C transporter-1 (hSVCT1; SLC23A1) in Xenopus laevis oocytes and isolated highly pure protein in microgram amounts. Recombinant hSVCT1 was functional when expressed in oocytes and glycosylated. Structural analysis of purified hSVCT1 by transmission electron microscopy and single particle analysis unveiled its shape, dimensions and low-resolution structure as well as the existence of a major monomeric and minor dimeric population. Chemical crosslinking of isolated oocyte membranes containing expressed hSVCT1 indicated similar oligomeric states of hSVCT1 in lipid bilayers. This work reports the first purification and structural analysis of a human SVCT protein and opens the way for future functional and structural studies using purified hSVCT1.     

Vitamin B12-dependent Methionine Synthetase in Photosynthetic Bacteria Partial Purification and Properties

Vitamin B₁₂-dependent methionine synthetase (N⁵-methyItetrahydrofolate-homocysteine Bi2-methyltransferase; EC 2.1.1.13) was partially purified from two different types of photo-synthetic bacteria, Chromatium D and Rhodospirillum rubrum.

Chromatium D, which does not produce vitamin B₁₂, possessed apomethionine synthetase when grown in the absence of the vitamin. Partially purified apoenzyme was converted to holoenzyme efficiently with CH₃B₁₂ or OHB₁₂. Holo-methionine synthetase was purified 244 fold with 56.4 % recovery from Chromatium D cells grown with vitamin B₁₂ added. The partially purified enzyme required reductants but was only partially dependent on S-adenosylmethionine.

On the other hand, Rsp. rubrum methionine synthetase which was always present as holoenzyme, in contrast with that of Chromatium D, was purified 40 fold with 2.8% recovery. The obtained preparation required S-adenosylmethionine and reductants for the enzyme activity. The optimal pH of Chromatium D enzyme and of Rsp. rubrum enzyme was in the range of 7.5~7.8 and 6.5~6.75, respectively.