中药大蓟化学成分的研究

从大蓟的50％乙醇提取物中分离得到2个木脂素：（-）2-（3’-甲氧基4’-羟基-苯基）-3,4-二羟基4-（3＂-4＂-羟基-苄基）-3-四氢呋哺甲醇（1）和络石苷（2）,以及另外6个化合物：蒙花苷（3）、柳穿鱼叶苷（4）、粗毛豚草素（5）、芹菜素（6）、咖啡酸（7）和对-香豆酸（8）。本文首次在蓟属植物中发现木脂素类成分,化合物7也为首次从本植物中分离得到,通过体外玻片法对化合物1—8进行凝血活性测定,发现化合物3、4具有一定的促凝血作用。     

柴胡红景天化学成分的研究

采用正相与反相硅胶柱色谱和薄层色谱分离纯化的方法,从景天科红景天属植物柴胡红景天(Rhodiola bupleuroides)根茎70%乙醇提取物的乙酸乙酯萃取部分中分离得到7个化合物,用光谱分析(UV,IR,MS,1H-NMR,13C-NMR)和化学反应鉴定化合物分别为:没食子酸(1)、山奈酚-7-O-α-L-吡喃鼠李糖苷(2)、草质素-7-O(3″-O-β-D-葡萄糖基)-α-L鼠李糖苷(3)、槲皮素(4)、丁香酸(5)、3,5-二甲氧基-4-羟基-苯甲酸-7-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(6)、β-谷甾醇(7).以上化合物均为首次从该植物中分离得到,其中化合物5和6为首次从红景天属植物中发现.     

无梗五加根中苯丙素类化合物的研究

从无梗五加(Acanthoparax sessiliflorus( Rupr.et Maxim.)Seem.)根70％乙醇提取物的乙酸乙酯层中提取分离得到8个苯丙素类化合物.经理化和波谱分析鉴定为(+)-表芝麻脂素(1)、(-)-芝麻脂素(2)、赛菊芋黄素(3)、洒维宁(4)、咖啡酸甲酯(5)、对羟基桂皮酸(6)、(-)-丁香脂素(7)、(+)-松脂索(8).化合物8是首次从五加科植物中分离得到,化合物1和5是首次从五加属植物中分离得到,化合物3、6和7是首次从该植物中分离得到.     

多苞裂萼苔化学成分的研究

目的研究裂萼苔属植物多苞裂萼苔Chiloscyphus polyonthus(L.)Cord的化学成分.方法用硅胶、Sephadex LH-20柱层析分离原植物乙醇提取物,根据所得化合物的理化性质、波谱数据确定结构.结果分离得到两个倍半萜类化合物,分别鉴定为(-)-桉烷-3-烯-6α-乙酰氧-7α-醇(Ⅰ)、(+)-桉烷-3-烯-7a-醇(Ⅱ);此外,尚得到β-谷甾醇(Ⅲ)和胡萝卜苷(Ⅳ).结论化合物Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ、Ⅳ均为首次从该植物中分离得到.     

赤芝子实体的化学成分研究(Ⅱ)

采用硅胶及凝胶柱色谱方法从赤芝(Ganoderma lucidum(Leyss.ex Fr.)Karst.)子实体的乙醇提取物中分离得到10个化合物,通过波谱数据及理化性质分别鉴定为赤芝萜醇A(lucidumol A,1)、麦角甾醇(ergosterol,2)、麦角甾醇棕榈酸酯(ergosteryl palmitate,3)、棕榈酸(palmitic acid,4)、β-谷甾醇(β-sitosterol,5)、硬脂酸(stearic acid,6)、油酸(oleic acid,7)、α-羟基-24-烷酸(α-hydroxytetracosanoic acid,8)、2-羟基-二十四烷酸乙酯(2-hydroxytetracosanoic ethyl ester,9)以及2-羟基-二十四烷酸甲酯(2-hydroxytetracosanoic methyl ester,10)。其中,化合物9~10首次从该属植物中分离得到,4~8首次从该植物中分离得到。     

遍地金的化学成分研究Ⅱ

从遍地金(Hypericum wightianum Wall．ex Wight et Am．)乙醇提取物中分离得到3个化合物,经波谱分析鉴定为6-deoxyisojacareubin(1),6-异戊烯基槲皮素-3-甲醚(2)和香草酸(3)。3个化合物均为首次从该植物中分离得到。     

东当归化学成分研究及定量分析

从当归属植物东当归的根的乙醇溶液中分离得到了4个化合物,通过理化特性和波谱分析分别鉴定为双(5-甲酰基糠基)醚(bis(5-formylfurfuryl)ether,1)、5-羟甲基糠醛(5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde,2)、豆甾醇(stigmasterol,3)、十七烷酸(heptadecanoic acid4,)。所有化合物均为首次从该植物中分离得到,其中1为首次从该属植物中分离得到。采用高效液相色谱法对东当归所含该属特征活性成分紫花前胡素进行了定量分析。     

蓝桉果实中的脂溶性成分

从蓝桉(Eucalyptus globulusLabill.)果实乙醇提取物的石油醚部位分离鉴定出6个化合物,通过理化和波谱分析结构鉴定为:5-羟基-4′,7-二甲氧基-6-甲基黄酮(1)、blumenol A(2)、蓝桉醇(3)、绿花白千层醇(4)、β-谷甾醇(5)、二十二烷酸(6),其中化合物1~4和化合物6系首次从该植物中分离得到,化合物1和2首次从桉属植物中分离得到.     

扁桃叶的化学成分研究

从芒果属植物扁桃(Mangifera persiciformis C.Y.Wu et T.L.Ming)叶乙醇提取物乙酸乙酯萃取部位中分离得到7个化合物,经波谱鉴定为没食子酸甲酯(1),没食子酸(2),3,4-二羟基苯甲酸(3),槲皮素(4),山奈酚-3-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(5),槲皮素-3-O-β-D-葡萄糖苷(6)和芒果苷(7).其中化合物1、3、5、6为首次从该植物中分离得到.     

鸡尾木中两个生物碱化合物

采用溶剂提取及柱色谱技术,从鸡尾木叶中分离得到两个生物碱类化合物,经图谱分析并与文献对照,鉴定为2,2,6,6-四甲基-4-哌啶酮(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidone)和1-金刚烷胺(1-aminoadantane),两化合物均系首次在该植物中发现。     

Plant peptide hormone phytosulfokine (PSK-alpha): synthesis of new analogues and their biological evaluation.

Phytosulfokine-alpha (PSK-alpha), a sulfated growth factor (H-Tyr(SO3H)-Ile-Tyr(SO3H)-Thr-Gln-OH) universally found in both monocotyledons and dicotyledons, strongly promotes proliferation of plant cells in culture. In our studies on structure/activity relationship in PSK-alpha the synthesis of a series of analogues was performed: [H-D-Tyr(SO3H)1]- (9), [H-Phe(4-SO3H)1]- (10), [H-D-Phe(4-SO3H)1]- (11), [H-Phg(4-SO3H)1]- (12), [H-D-Phg(4-SO3H)1]- (13), H-Phe(4-NHSO2CH3)1]- (14), [H-D-Phe(4-NHSO2CH3)1]- (15), [H-Phe(4-NO2)1]- (16), [H-D-Phe(4-NO2)1]- (17), [H-Phg(4-NO2)1]- (18), [H-D-Phg(4-NO2)1]- (19), [H-Hph(4-NO2)1]- (20), [H-Phg(4-OSO3H)1]- (21), [Phe(4-NO2)3]- (22), [Phg(4-NO2)3]- (23), [Hph(4-NO2)3]- (24), [H-Phe(4-SO3H)1, Phe(4-SO3H)3]- (25) [H-Phe(4-NO2)1, Phe(4-NO2)3]- (26), [H-Phg(4-NO2)1, Phg(4-NO2)3]- (27), [H-Hph(4-NO2)1, Hph(4-NO2)3]- (28) and [Val3]- PSK-alpha (29). For modification of the PSK-alpha peptide chain the novel amino acids and their derivatives were synthesized, such as: H-L-Phg(4-SO3H)-OH (1), H-D-Phg(4-SO3H)-OH (2), Fmoc-Phg(4-SO3H)-OH (3), Fmoc-D-Phg(4-SO3H)-OH (4), Boc-Phg(4-NHSO2CH3)-OH (5), Boc-D-Phg(4-NHSO2CH3)-OH (6) Boc-Phe(4-NHSO2CH3)-OH (7), and Boc-D-Phe(4-NHSO2CH3)-OH (8). Peptides were synthesized by a solid phase method according to the Fmoc procedure on a Wang-resin. Free peptides were released from the resin by 95% TFA in the presence of EDT. All peptides were tested by competitive binding assay to the carrot membrane using 3H-labelled PSK according to the Matsubayashi et al. test.     

Immunoglobulin G-class mouse monoclonal antibodies to major brain gangliosides

Mice genetically engineered to lack complex gangliosides are improved hosts for raising antibodies against those gangliosides. We report the generation and characterization of nine immunoglobulin G (IgG)-class monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) raised against the four major brain gangliosides in mammals. These include (designated as ganglioside specificity-IgG subclass) two anti-GM1 mAbs (GM1-1, GM1-2b), three anti-GD1a mAbs (GD1a-1, GD1a-2a, GD1a-2b), one anti-GD1b mAb (GD1b-1), and three anti-GT1b mAbs (GT1b-1, GT1b-2a, GT1b-2b). Each mAb demonstrated high specificity, with little or no cross-reactivity with other major brain gangliosides. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) screening against 14 closely related synthetic and purified gangliosides confirmed the high specificity, with no significant cross-reactivity except that of the anti-GD1a mAbs for the closely related minor ganglioside GT1a alpha. All of the mAbs were useful for ELISA, TLC immunooverlay, and immunocytochemistry. Neural cells from wild-type rats and mice were immunostained to differing levels with the anti-ganglioside antibodies, whereas neural cells from mice engineered to lack complex gangliosides (lacking the ganglioside-specific biosynthetic enzyme UDP-GalNAc:GM3/GD3 N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase) remained unstained, demonstrating that most of the mAbs react only with gangliosides and not with related structures on glycoproteins. These mAbs may provide useful tools for delineation of the expression and function of the major brain gangliosides and for probing the pathology of anti-ganglioside autoimmune diseases.     

Inheritance and Expression of Copies of Transgenes 1Dx5 and 1Ax1 in Elite Wheat （Triticum aestivum L.） Varieties Transferred from Transgenic Wheat through Conventional Crossing

To study the inheritance and expression of multiple copies of transgenes from transgenic wheat lines, three crosses between transgenic wheat lines B72-8-11b and B102-1-2 and Chinese elite wheat varieties Chuan89-107 and Email 8 were carried out. Chuan89-107×B72-8-11b, Chuan89-107×B102-1-2 and Email 8×B72-8-11b, and F_1 plants were selfed or backcrossed to obtain different generation populations. Protein analysis in grains of F_1 and F_2 and backcross progenies of BC_1F_1, BC_1F_2, BC_1F_3, BC_2F_1, BC_2F_2 and BC_2F_3 by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that the transgenes lDx5 and lAx1 were expressed and segregated in the target wheat according to Mendelian laws. A range of lDx5 expression levels were observed in the progenies of Chuan89-107×B72-8-11b and Emai 18×B72-8-11b, but the expression levels of lAx1 in progenies of Chuan89-107×B102-1-2 rarely changed. It suggested that the two foreign genes had different mechanisms of expression in the cross progeny, even though they were produced in the same way and the foreign lDx5 gene of 5-10 copies had the more complicated expression mechanism than the lAx1 gene of 4-5 copies.     

Expressions of hepatobiliary organic anion transporters and bilirubin-conjugating enzyme in differentiating embryonic stem cells

Mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells are clonal cell lines derived from the inner cell mass of developing blastocysts and have multi-lineage differentiation ability. We previously reported that ES cells can be made to differentiate into hepatocytes possessing high metabolic activities by transfection of hepatocyte nuclear factor-3beta (HNF-3beta). In the present study, we investigated the expression of hepatobiliary organic anion transporters and bilirubin uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase (ugt1a1) in undifferentiated and differentiating HNF-3beta-transfected ES (HNF-3beta-ES) cells. The expression of organic anion transporting polypeptide 1 (oatp1), multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (mrp1), mrp2, mrp3, and ugt1a1 was not seen in the undifferentiated HNF-3beta-ES cells by RT-PCR, whereas all were expressed in differentiating HNF-3beta-ES cells. Protein expression for oatp1, mrp1, mrp2, mrp3, and ugt1a1 was also observed in the differentiating HNF-3beta-ES cells by Western blotting. An immunofluorescence examination revealed that oatp1 was co-located with desmoplakin, a marker for the basolateral (sinusoidal) membrane, and mrp2 was co-localized with CD26, a marker for the apical (canalicular) membrane, though they were both expressed throughout most of the cell membranes.     

Enantioselective benzylic microbial hydroxylation of indan and tetralin

A screening with 15 strains of bacteria and fungi targeted at the production of specific hydroxylated benzylic derivatives of indan 1 and tetralin 2 was carried out. Mortierella isabellina, Mortierella ramanniana and Beauveria bassiana were shown to mediate the respective conversions to 1-indanol (3) and 1-tetralol (4), the most satisfactory results being obtained with M. isabellina, which gave 78% conversion of 1 to (1R)-3 (64% yield, 86% ee) after a 2-day-incubation, and 52% conversion of 2 to (1R)-4 (38% yield, 92% ee) in a 4-day-incubation. Over-oxidation of alcohols 3 and 4 during the reactions resulted on the formation of 1-indanone and 2-tetralone, respectively.     

The metabolism of 1-methylhydantoin via 5-hydroxy-1-methylhydation in mammals

The metabolic pathway of 1-methylhydantoin (2) via 5-hydroxy-1-methylhydantoin (3), methylparabanic acid (4) and N⁵-methyloxaluric acid (5) proved to be a major and general one in mammals. Hence the formation of (3), which has not been detected in normal tissue, is likely to be indirect in inflamed tissue, probably depending on the arising formation of (2) from creatinine (1).     

CAND1 exchange factor promotes Keap1 integration into cullin 3-RING ubiquitin ligase during adipogenesis

Adipogenesis is governed by a plethora of regulatory proteins which are most commonly controlled by the ubiquitin proteasome system. Here, we show that the differentiation of LiSa-2 preadipocytes is associated with an increase of cullin-associated and neddylation-dissociated 1 (CAND1), COP9 signalosome (CSN), neddylated cullin 3 (Cul3) and the BTB protein Keap1. Silencing of CAND1 leads to a decrease and reduced integration of Keap1 into Cul3-RING ubiquitin ligases (CRL3) and to a retardation of adipogenesis. Transient transfection of LiSa-2 cells with CAND1 targeting miRNA148a also reduces Keap1 and slowed down adipogenesis of LiSa-2 cells. These results demonstrate for the first time that CAND1 acts as a BTB-protein exchange factor for CRL3 complexes. The specific increase of neddylated Cul3 might be explained by the recruitment of Cul3 or CRL3 in a membrane-bound location during adipogenesis. Together, the results show that during adipogenesis in LiSa-2 cells a CAND1-dependent remodeling and activation/neddylation of CRL3 complexes take place.