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We present an unusual case with bilateral testicular Leydig cell tumors displaying extraadrenal expression of steroid 21-hydroxylase and 11β-hydroxylase. Histological examination of a 38-yr-old man infertile due to azoospermia showed him to have bilateral testicular Leydig cell tumors. The in vitro steroidogenic potential of the tumors and their adjacent testicular tissue was evaluated using organ culture. Tumor tissue was found to secrete deoxycorticosterone (DOC), corticosterone (B) and cortisol, which are not produced in normal adult testis, into the medium, while testicular tissue adjacent to the tumors secreted a small amount of DOC and B. Northern blot analysis with cytochrome P-450 C21 complementary DNA (cDNA) and P-450 11β cDNA as probes revealed that the tumor contained a considerable amount of mRNA for P-450 C21 and P-450 11β, while the mRNAs were not detected in the testicular tissues adjacent to the tumors. It is suggested that the high local levels of estrogen and/or progesterone within the Leydig cell tumors and their adjacent testicular tissues induced extraadrenal expression of steroid 21-hydroxylase and 11β-hydroxylase by the tumors and their adjacent testicular tissues. 相似文献
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The Y-1 adrenal cell line was shown to produce 20-dihydroaldosterone from deoxycorticosterone. This compound was identified by GC-MS by comparison with the previously synthesized reference compound. Two other 18-hydroxylated metabolites were identified as 11β,18-dihydroxy-20-dihydroprogesterone from endogenous cholesterol and 18-hydroxy-20-dihydro-11-dehydrocorti-costerone from DOC. The conditions necessary for the synthesis of these compounds are culturing in 20% serum-supplemented medium and repeated incubations with the substrate. The production of 11β-hydroxylated steroids and that of 18-oxygenated steroids is stimulated differently by ACTH and angiotensin II suggesting the expression of two different enzymes, cytochrome P-450 11β and cytochrome P-450 aldo The Y-1 cell line can secrete either 11β-hydroxylated steroids characteristic of the glucocorticoid pathway or 18-oxygenated steroids characteristic of the mineralocorticoid pathway, which in vivo are generally produced in two different zones of the adrenal cortex. This cell line should be an interesting model for the study of the molecular mechanisms regulating the expression of these two enzymes involved in the final steps of the steroidogenic pathways. 相似文献
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The first η 2-olefinic monocarbon metallacarbone closo-2-(Ph 3P)-1-N,2-[μ-(η 2-CH 2CH=Ch 2)]-1-N-(σ-CH 2CH=CH 2)-2,1- RhCB 10H 10 has been prepared by the reaction of the dimeric anion {[Ph 3PRhB 10H 10CNH 2] 2-μ-H} −[PPN] + with allyl bromide and characterized by a combination of spectroscopic methods and a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study. The variable temperature 1H and 13C NMR studies revealed the fluxional behavior of the η 2-olefinic complex in CD 2Cl 2 solution which is associated with the allyl side-chain exchange process. 相似文献
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Two molecular species of bovine P450(11β), P450(11β)-2 and P450(11β)-3 have been identified, in which the amino acid differences were found at the 6th, 36th and 82nd positions from the NH 2-termini of the mature proteins. They catalyzed the 11β-, 18- and 19-hydroxylation and aldosterone formation from 11-deoxycorticosterone, and the rate of production of 18-hydroxycorticosterone and aldosterone by P450(11β)-3 was greater than that by P450(11β)-2 [Morohashi et al., J. Biochem. 107 (1990) 635–640]. In this study, chimeric clones were constructed whose 6th, 36th and 82nd amino acid residues were exchanged with each other. Two original clones and six chimeric clones were expressed in COS-7 cells, and their steroidogenic activities studied. The ratio of aldosterone or 18-hydroxycorticosterone production to corticosterone production by one clone was compared with that of the other. The ratios for the four clones having Gly36 [P450(11β)-3 type] were 0.08–0.22, whereas those for the clones having Ser36 [P450(11β)-2 type] were 0.03–0.05, suggesting that the Gly36 structure is important for aldosterone production. 相似文献
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All- E-(3 R,6′ R)-3-hydroxy-3′,4′-didehydro-β,γ-carotene (anhydrolutein I) and all- E-(3 R,6′ R)-3-hydroxy-2′,3′-didehydro-β,ε-carotene (2′,3′-anhydrolutein II) have been isolated and characterized from extracts of human plasma using semipreparative high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) on a C 18 reversed-phase column. The identification of anhydroluteins was accomplished by comparison of the UV-Vis absorption and mass spectral data as well as HPLC-UV-Vis-mass spectrometry (MS) spiking experiments using fully characterized synthetic compounds. Partial synthesis of anhydroluteins from the reaction of lutein with 2% H 2SO 4 in acetone, in addition to anhydrolutein I (54%) and 2′,3′-anhydrolutein II (19%), also gave (3′ R)-3′-hydroxy-3,4-dehydro-β-carotene (3′,4′-anhydrolutein III, 19%). While anhydrolutein I has been shown to be usually accompanied by minute quantities of 2′,3′-anhydrolutein II (ca. 7–10%) in human plasma, 3′,4′-anhydrolutein III has not been detected. The presence of anhydrolutein I and II in human plasma is postulated to be due to acid catalyzed dehydration of the dietary lutein as it passes through the stomach. These anhydroluteins have also been prepared by conversion of lutein diacetate to the corresponding anhydrolutein acetates followed by alkaline hydrolysis. However, under identical acidic conditions, loss of acetic acid from lutein diacetate proceeded at a much slower rate than dehydration of lutein. The structures of the synthetic anhydroluteins, including their absolute configuration at C(3) and C(6′) have been unambiguously established by 1H NMR and in part by 13C NMR, and circular dichroism. 相似文献
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Cells obtained from 6 adult human adrenals or adrenal fragments were cultured in serum-free synthetic medium (McCoy's) in order to study the isolated effects of IGF-I on steroidogenesis and its interactions with ACTH. After addition of peptide, changes in the activities of steroidogenic enzymes were assessed by measuring certain steroids in the spent medium. These included pregnenolone, 17-hydroxypregnenolone (17-OH-Preg), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHA), 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OH-P), androstenedione (AD), 11-deoxycortisol and glucocorticoids (chiefly cortisol and its immediate precursors, 11-deoxycortisol and 17-OH-P) and cortisol itself. The steroid responses obtained with repeated doses of IGF-I (40 ng/ml ≈ 10−9 M), added at 0, 48 and 72 h, over 4 days' culture were quite different from those obtained with repeated doses of ACTH (0.25 ng/ml ≈ 10−10 M). All the steroids measured increased with time of culture under the influence of ACTH and, apart from pregnenolone which peaked, tended to reach a plateau. With IGF-I, by contrast, DHA, AD, 11-deoxycortisol and glucocorticoid production increased initially, then decreased progressively, whereas pregnenolone, 17-OH-Preg and 17-OH-P production was either absent or negative. Cumulative steroid production over 4 days reached similar levels in response to a single dose of IGF-I and/or ACTH, with two major exceptions: pregnenolone dropped significantly with IGF-I [46% ± 6 (SEM) as opposed to 93% ± 11 with ACTH, P < 0.005, N = 5], as did 17-OH-P (48% ± 11 vs 113% ± 8 with ACTH, P < 0.001, N = 6). Increased formation of down-stream metabolites (DHA, AD, 11-deoxycortisol and glucocorticoids) would suggest that IGF-I induced stimulation of the 17-, 21- and 11β-hydroxylases. The responses to ACTH stimulation of cells which 4 days previously had been pre-treated with an initial and single dose of IGF-I and/or ACTH emphasized the impact of IGF-I on the 3-hydroxylation steps in cortisol biosynthesis. Compared with ACTH pre-treatment, the effects of which faded in the long term, pre-treatment with IGF-I resulted in a significantly increased steroidogenic response (P between < 0.05 and < 0.01). With the single exception of pregnenolone (43% ± 4.7), production of all the metabolites was amplified: 17-OH-Preg: 348% ± 88; DHA: 643% ± 127; 17-OH-P: 193% ± 36; AD: 725% ± 200; 11-deoxycortisol: 573% ± 110; cortisol: 1000%. Our findings strongly suggest that IGF-I plays a major rôle in the regulation of steroidogenesis by promoting and maintaining enzymatic activity (17, 21- and 11β-hydroxylases) via which the function of ACTH is achieved, viz., biosynthesis of cortisol. 相似文献
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Androgen and estrogen metabolism was investigated in the hormone-dependent human breast cancer cell line MCF-7 and its two hormone-resistant sublines MCF-7/ LCC1 and MCF-7/ LCC2. Using the product isolation method, the activity of aromatase, 5-reductase, 3/β-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase and 17β-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase were investigated isolating the following steroids: estriol (E 3), estradiol (E 2), estrone (E 1), 3/β-androstanediol (A-diol), testosterone (T), dihydrotestosterone (DHT), androsterone (AND), androstenedion (4-AD) and androstanedione (A-dion). For all experiments, cells were preincubated with cortisol and subsequently incubated with [ 14C]T or [ 14C]4-AD as the substrate in medium without phenol red and with serum charcoal stripped of steroids. The results showed no aromatase activity in any of the cell lines under the experimental conditions used, and preincubation with cortisol had no effect on the enzyme activity. With [ 14C]T as the substrate, the metabolized level of DHT was very similar in the three cell lines, though MCF-7/ LCC1 and MCF-7/ LCC2 utilized the substrate to a much lesser extent. The amount of DHT and 4-AD produced were comparable in the two hormone-resistant cell lines, while the amount of 4-AD was significantly higher in MCF-7 cells. No differences in enzyme activity were found in the three cell lines when [ 14C]4-AD was used as the substrate. This study showed an altered androgen metabolism in the MCF-7/ LCC1 and MCF-7/ LCC2 sublines compared to the parent MCF-7. However, since treatment with DHT and T inhibited cell growth equally well in all three tumor cell lines, it is unlikely that the found differences in steroid metabolism was involved in the acquisition of the endocrine resistance of the two MCF-7 sublines. 相似文献
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Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) power saturation and saturation recovery methods have been used to determine the spin lattice, T1, and spin-spin, T2, relaxation times of P-700 + reaction-center chlorophyll in Photosystem I of plant chloroplasts for 10 K T 100 K. T1 was 200 μs at 100 K and increased to 900 μs at 10 K. T2 was 40 ns at 40 K and increased to 100 ns at 10 K. T1 for 40 K T 100 K is inversely proportional to temperature, which is evidence of a direct-lattice relaxation process. At T = 20 K, T1 deviates from the 1/ T dependence, indicating a cross relaxation process with an unidentified paramagnetic species. The individual effects of ascorbate and ferricyanide on T1 of P-700 + were examined: T1 of P-700 + was not affected by adding 10 mM ascorbate to digitonin-treated chloroplast fragments (D144 fragments). The P-700 + relaxation time in broken chloroplasts treated with 10 mM ferricyanide was 4-times shorter than in the untreated control at 40 K. Ferricyanide appears to be relaxing the P-700 + indirectly to the lattice by a cross-relaxation process. The possibility of dipolar-spin broadening of P-700 + due to either the iron-sulfur center A or plastocyanin was examined by determining the spin-packet linewidth for P-700 + when center A and plastocyanin were in either the reduced or oxidized states. Neither reduced center A nor oxidized plastocyanin was capable of broadening the spin-packet linewidth of the P-700 + signal. The absence of diplolar broadening indicates that both center A and plastocyanin are located at a distance at least 3.0 nm from the P-700 + reaction center chlorophyll. This evidence supports previous hypotheses that the electron donor and acceptor to P-700 are situated on opposite sides of the chloroplast membrane. It is also shown that the ratio of photo-oxidized P-700 to photoreduced centers A and B at low temperature is 2 : 1 if P-700 is monitored at a nonsaturating microwave power. 相似文献
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The reaction of TiCl 4 with Li 2[(SiMe 2) 2(η 5-C 5H 3) 2] in toluene at room temperature afforded a mixture of cis- and trans-[(TiCl 3) 2{(SiMe 2) 2(η 5-C 5H 3) 2}] in a molar ratio of 1/2 after recrystallization. The complex trans-[(TiCl 3) 2{(SiMe 2) 2(η 5-C 5H 3) 2}] was hydrolyzed immediately by the addition of water to THF solutions to give trans-[(TiCl 2) 2(μ-O){(SiMe 2) 2(η 5-C 5H 3) 2}] as a solid insoluble in all organic solvents, whereas hydrolysis of cis-[(TiCl 3) 2{(SiMe 2) 2(η 5-C 5H 3) 2}] under different conditions led to the dinuclear μ-oxo complex cis-[(TiCl 2) 2)(μ-O){(SiMe 2) 2(η 5-C 5H 3) 2}] and two oxo complexes of the same stoichiometry [(TiCl) 2(μ-O){(SiMe 2) 2(η 5-C 5H 3) 2}] 2(μ-O) 2 as crystalline solids. Alkylation of cis- and trans-[(TiCl 3) 2{(SiMe 2) 2(η 5-C 5H 3) 2}] with MgCIMe led respectively to the partially alkylated cis-[(TiMe 2Cl) 2{(SiMe 2) 2(η 5-C 5H 3) 2}] and the totally alkylated trans-[(TiMe 3) 2{(SiMe 2) 2(η 5-C 5H 3) 2}] compounds. The crystal and molecular structure of the tetranuclear oxo complex [(TiCl) 2(μ-O){(SiMe 2) 2(η 5-C 5H 3) 2}] 2(μ-O) 2 was determined by X-ray diffraction. 相似文献
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Fluorinated 2-arylbenzothiazoles are new potential antitumor drugs, which show potent and selective inhibitory activity against breast, lung, and colon cancer cell lines. Carbon-11 labeled fluorinated 2-arylbenzothiazoles may serve as novel probes for positron emission tomography (PET) to image tyrosine kinase in cancers. The preparation of 4-fluorinated 2-arylbenzothiazoles 4-fluoro-2-(3-benzloxy-4-methoxyphenyl)benzothiazole (6a) and 4-fluoro-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)benzothiazole (6b) was achieved by a modification of Jacobson thioanilide radical cyclization chemistry. Hydrogenolytic cleavage of the benzyl ether group of compound 6a using H 2/Pd–C provided the precursor 4-fluoro-2-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)benzothiazole (7) for radiolabeling. Synthesis of radiolabeling precursors and the reference standards 5- and 6-fluorinated arylbenzothiazoles (11c–n) was achieved via the reaction of o-aminothiophenol disulfides with substituted benzaldehydes under reducing conditions. The target radiotracers carbon-11 labeled 4-, 5-, and 6-fluorinated arylbenzothiazoles (3-[ 11C]6b, 4-[ 11C]11c, 3-[ 11C]11c, 5-[ 11C]11f, 4-[ 11C]11f, 4-[ 11C]11i, 3-[ 11C]11i, 5-[ 11C]11l, and 4-[ 11C]11l) were prepared by O-[ 11C]methylation of the phenolic hydroxyl precursors (7, 11d, 11e, 11g, 11h, 11j, 11k, 11m, and 11n) with [ 11C]methyl triflate and isolated by solid-phase extraction (SPE) purification in 30–55% radiochemical yields. 相似文献
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Cortisol has been shown to be metabolized in the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal gland through the same pathway involving the cytochrome P-450, corticosterone methyl oxidase by which corticosterone is transformed to 18-hydroxycorticosterone and aldosterone. When cortisol is the precursor, 18-hydroxycortisol and 18-oxocortisol are formed. 18-Hydroxycortisol can also be made at a similar rate in the bovine zona fasciculata and reticularis as in the zona glomerulosa. We studied the possibility that the formation of 18-hydroxycortisol in the zona fasciculata and reticularis might be through a different pathway involving initial 18-hydroxylation of 11-deoxycortisol before 11 beta-hydroxylation. Rat adrenal capsules or cores were incubated with 10 micrograms of cortisol or 11-deoxycortisol and the formation of 18-hydroxycortisol was measured by radioimmunoassay. Both capsules and cores transformed 11-deoxycortisol to 18-hydroxycortisol, but cortisol was only transformed in the capsular portion. Sixty-two rat adrenals were incubated with 10 mg of 11-deoxycortisol and the putative steroid, 18-hydroxy-11-deoxycortisol, was purified by TLC and HPLC and subjected to gas chromatography mass spectrometry. The mass spectra indicated that the steroid isolated was indeed 18-hydroxy-11-deoxycortisol. The function of this steroid is still unknown. 相似文献
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Androgen aromatase was found to also be estrogen 2-hydroxylase. The substrate specificity among androgens and estrogens and multiplicity of aromatase reactions were further studied. Through purification of human placental microsomal cytochrome P-450 by monoclonal antibody-based immunoaffinity chromatography and gradient elution on hydroxyapatite, aromatase and estradiol 2-hydroxylase activities were co-purified into a single band cytochrome P-450 with approx. 600-fold increase of both specific activities, while other cytochrome P-450 enzyme activities found in the microsomes were completely eliminated. The purified P-450 showed M r of 55 kDa, specific heme content of 12.9 ± 2.6 nmol·mg −1 (±SD, N = 4), reconstituted aromatase activity of 111 ± 19 nmol·min −1·mmg −1 and estradiol 2-hydroxylase activity of 5.85 ± 1.23 nmol·min −1·mg −1. We found no evidence for the existence of catechol estrogen synthetase without concomitant aromatase activity. The identity of the P-450 for the two different hormone synthetases was further confirmed by analysis of the two activities in the stable expression system in Chinese hamster ovarian cells transfected with human placental aromatase cDNA, pH β-Aro. Kinetic analysis of estradiol 2-hydroxylation by the purified and reconstituted aromatase P-450 in 0.1 M phosphate buffer (pH 7.6) showed Km of 1.58 μM and Vmax of 8.9 nmol·min −1·mg −1. A significant shift of the optimum pH and Vmax, but not the Km, for placental estrogen 2-hydroxylase was observed between microsomal and purified preparations. Testosterone and androstenedione competitively inhibited estradiol 2-hydroxylation, and estrone and estradiol competitively inhibited aromatization of both testosterone and androstenedione. Estrone and estradiol showed Ki of 4.8 and 7.3 μM, respectively, for testosterone aromatization, and 5.0 and 8.1 μM, respectively, for androstenedione aromatization. Androstenedione and testosterone showed Ki of 0.32 and 0.61 μM, respectively, for estradiol 2-hydroxylation. Our studies showed that aromatase P-450 functions as estrogen 2-hydroxylase as well as androgen 19-, 1β-,and 2β-hydroxylase and aromatase. The results indicate that placental aromatase is responsible for the highly elevated levels of the catechol estrogen and 19-hydroxyandrogen during pregnancy. These results also indicate that the active site structure holds the steroid ssubstrates to face their β-side of the A-ring to the heme, tilted in such a way as to make the 2-position of estrogens and 19-, 1-, and 2-positions of androgens available for monooxygenation. 相似文献
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Reactions of [(PPh 3) 2Pt(η 3-CH 2CCPh)]OTf with each of PMe 3, CO and Br − result in the addition of these species to the metal and a change in hapticity of the η 3-CH 2CCPh to η 1-CH 2CCPh or η 1-C(Ph)=C=CH 2. Thus, PMe 3 affords [(PMe 3) 3Pt(η 1-C(Ph)=C=CH 2)] +, CO gives both [ trans-(PPh 3) 2Pt(CO)(η 1-CH 2CCPh)] + and [ trans-(PPh 3) 2Pt(CO)(η 1-C(Ph)=C=CH 2)] +, and LiBr yields cis-(PPh 3) 2PtBr(η 1-CH 2CCPh), which undergoes isomerization to trans-(PPh 3) 2PtBr(η 1-CH 2CCPh). Substitution reactions of cis- and trans-(PPh 3) 2PtBr(η 1-CH 2CCPh) each lead to tautomerization of η 1-CH 2CCPh to η 1-C(Ph)=C=CH 2, with trans-(PPh 3) 2PtBr(η 1-CH 2CCPh) affording [(PMe 3) 3Pt(η 1-C(Ph)=C=CH 2)] + at ambient temperature and the slower reacting cis isomer giving [ trans-(PPh 3)(PMe 3) 2Pt(η 1-C(Ph)=C=CH 2)] + at 54 °C . All new complexes were characterized by a combination of elemental analysis, FAB mas spectrometry and IR and NMR ( 1H, 13C{ 1H} and 31P{ 1H}) spectroscopy. The structure of [(PMe 3) 3Pt(η 1-C(Ph)=C=CH 2)]BPh 4·0.5MeOH was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. 相似文献
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In order to better understand the function of aromatase, we carried out kinetic analyses to asses the ability of natural estrogens, estrone (E 1), estradiol (E 2), 16-OHE 1, and estriol (E 3), to inhibit aromatization. Human placental microsomes (50 μg protein) were incubated for 5 min at 37°C with [1β- 3H]testosterone (1.24 × 10 3 dpm 3H/ng, 35–150 nM) or [1β- 3H,4- 14C]androstenedione (3.05 × 10 3 dpm 3H/ng, 3H/ 14C = 19.3, 7–65 nM) as substrate in the presence of NADPH, with and without natural estrogens as putative inhibitors. Aromatase activity was assessed by tritium released to water from the 1β-position of the substrates. Natural estrogens showed competitive product inhibition against androgen aromatization. The Ki of E 1, E 2, 16-OHE 1, and E 3 for testosterone aromatization was 1.5, 2.2, 95, and 162 μM, respectively, where the Km of aromatase was 61.8 ± 2.0 nM ( n = 5) for testosterone. The Ki of E 1, E 2, 16-OHE 1, and E 3 for androstenedione aromatization was 10.6, 5.5, 252, and 1182 μM, respectively, where the Km of aromatase was 35.4 ± 4.1 nM ( n = 4) for androstenedione. These results show that estrogens inhibit the process of andrigen aromatization and indicate that natural estrogens regulate their own synthesis by the product inhibition mechanism in vivo. Since natural estrogens bind to the active site of human placental aromatase P-450 complex as competitive inhibitors, natural estrogens might be further metabolized by aromatase. This suggests that human placental estrogen 2-hydroxylase activity is catalyzed by the active site of aromatase cytochrome P-450 and also agrees with the fact that the level of catecholestrogens in maternal plasma increases during pregnancy. The relative affinities and concentration of androgens and estrogens would control estrogen and catecholestrogen biosynthesis by aromatase. 相似文献
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The dialkyl-μ-ethylidene-μ-methylene-bis (pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)-dirhodium complexes [{(C 5Me 5)Rh} 2(μ-CH 2)(μ-CHMe) (R) 2] (4, P=Me; 5, Et; 6, n-Bu; 7, CH=CH 2; and 8, Z-CH=CHMe) have been prepared from RMgBr and [{(C 5Me 5)Rh} 2(μ-CH 2)(μ-CHMe)(X) 2] (2, X=Cl; 3, X=Br). Structures deduced from the NMR spectra show that the dialkyl complexes can exist in one trans and two cis forms. The decomposition of the dimethyl complex 4 is compared with that of the related di-μ-methylene complex; it reacts readily (30°C, MeCN solution) in the presence of one-electron oxidisers to give propene and methane and a little ethene and some butenes. Mass-spectrometric analysis of the 13C labelling in the organics originating from [{(C 5Me 5)Rh} 2(μ-CH 2)(μ-CHMe) ( 13CH 3) 2] shows that methane derives from the Rh---Me, ethene half from the ethylidene and half from coupling of Rh-methyl and a bridging methylene, while the propene arises almost entirely from the ethylidene and a rhodium methyl. The butenes come from coupling of ethylidene, methylene and a Rh-methyl, but only quite small amounts are formed; thus C+C coupling is the major decomposition path for the μ-ethylidenes, in contrast to the di-μ-methylene complexes where C+C+C coupling predominates. The divinyl complex [{(C 5Me 5)Rh} 2(μ-CH 2)(μ-CHMe) (CH=CH 2) 2] also underwent internal C+C coupling on reaction with AgBF 4 in MeCN to give a mixture of the allyl and methylallyl cations [(C 5Me 5)Rh(η 3-CH 2CHCHR)(MeCN)] +(10, R=H; 11, R=Me). 相似文献
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Two isoforms of 11β-HSD exist; 11β-HSD1 is bi-directional (the reductase usually being predominant) and 11β-HSD2 functions as a dehydrogenase, conferring kidney mineralocorticoid specificity. We have previously described endogenous substances in human urine, “glycyrrhetinic acid-like factors (GALFs)”, which like licorice, inhibit the bi-directional 11β-HSD1 enzyme as well as the dehydrogenase reaction of 11β-HSD2. Many of the more potent GALFs are derived from two major families of adrenal steroids, corticosterone and cortisol. For example, 35-tetrahydro-corticosterone, its derivative, 35-tetrahydro-11β-hydroxy-progesterone (produced by 21-deoxygenation of corticosterone in intestinal flora); 35-tetrahydro-11β-hydroxy-testosterone (produced by side chain cleavage of cortisol); are potent inhibitors of 11β-HSD1 and 11β-HSD2-dehydrogenase, with IC50's in range 0.26–3.0 μM, whereas their 11-keto-35-tetrahydro-derivatives inhibit 11β-HSD1 reductase, with IC50's in range 0.7–0.8 μM (their 35β-derivatives being completely inactive). Inhibitors of 11β-HSD2 increase local cortisol levels, permitting it to act as a mineralocorticoid in kidney. Inhibitors of 11β-HSD1 dehydrogenase/11β-HSD1 reductase serve to adjust the set point of local deactivation/reactivation of cortisol in vascular and other glucocorticoid target tissues, including adipose, vascular, adrenal tissue, and the eye. These adrenally derived 11-oxygenated C21- and C19-steroidal substances may serve as 11β-HSD1- or 11β-HSD2-GALFs. We conclude that adrenally derived products are likely regulators of local cortisol bioactivity in humans. 相似文献
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Three series of new cannabinoids were prepared and their affinities for the CB 1 and CB 2 cannabinoid recptors were determined. These are the 1-methoxy-3-(1′,1′-dimethylalkyl)-, 1-deoxy-11-hydroxy-3-(1′,1′-dimethylalkyl)- and 11-hydroxy-1-methoxy-3-(1′,1′-dimethylalkyl)-Δ 8-tetrahydrocannabinols, which contain alkyl chains from dimethylethyl to dimethylheptyl appended to C-3 of the cannabinoid. All of these compounds have greater affinity for the CB 2 receptor than for the CB 1 receptor, however only 1-methoxy-3-(1′,1′-dimethylhexyl)-Δ 8-THC (JWH-229, 6e) has effectively no affinity for the CB 1 receptor ( Ki=3134±110 nM) and high affinity for CB 2 ( Ki=18±2 nM). 相似文献
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Protein kinase A (PKA) is an important signal transduction target for drug development because it influences critical cellular processes implicated in neuropsychiatric illnesses such as major depressive disorder. The goal of the present study was to develop the first imaging agent for measuring the levels of PKA with positron emission tomography (PET). By rational derivatization of 5-isoquinoline sulfonamides, it was found that the introduction of a methyl group to the sulphonamidic nitrogen on the known PKA inhibitors N-(2-aminoethyl)isoquinoline-5-sulfonamide (H-9, 1) and N-(2-(4-bromocinnamylamino)ethyl)isoquinoline-5-sulfonamide (H-89, 2), (yielding N-(2-aminoethyl)- N-methyl-isoquinoline-5-sulfonamide (4) and N-(2-(4-bromocinnamylamino)ethyl)- N-methyl-isoquinoline-5-sulfonamide (5), respectively) does not appreciably reduce in vitro potency toward PKA. We have facilitated the synthesis of 4 by reacting isoquinoline-5-sulfonyl chloride with N-methylethylenediamine (20% yield). Several techniques were used to thoroughly characterize 4 including multi ( 1H, 13C and 15N) NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. Compound 4 and 1-(4-bromophenyl)-1-propen-3-yl bromide were reacted to produce 5 in 16% yield. Compound 2 was reacted with [ 11C]CH 3I to prepare N-(2-(4-bromocinnamylamino) ethyl)- N-[ 11C]methyl-isoquinoline-5-sulfonamide ([ 11C]5), with a decay-corrected radiochemical yield of 32%, based on [ 11C]CO 2. [ 11C]5 was produced with >98% radiochemical purity and 1130 mCi/μmol specific activity after 40 min (end of synthesis). Conscious rats were administered [ 11C] 5 and sacrificed at 5, 15, 30 and 60 min after injection. Radioactivity from all excised brain regions was <0.2%ID/g at all time points. The modest brain penetration of [ 11C]5 may limit its use for studying PKA in the central nervous system. 相似文献
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Absorption changes induced in chlorophyll protein (CP 1) particles by short laser flashes have been analyzed in order to decide whether a state lasting for a few microseconds at 21°C or 800 μs at 10 K corresponds to the biradical P-700 + ... A −1 (A 1 being a chlorophyll a) or to a triplet state produced in a submicrosecond recombination of the preceding state. At 21°C the spectrum of the flash-induced Δ A (720–870 nm) presents a flat-topped band from 740 to 820 nm, clearly different from that of P-700 +. A saturation curve (Δ A vs. laser energy), obtained with a 2 or 10 ns laser pulse, indicates that Δ A saturates at a value 2- or 3-times smaller than that expected on the basis of the chemical oxidation of P-700. At 21°C the size of flash-induced Δ A is slightly decreased (5–15%) when the sample is subjected to a 400 G magnetic field. The kinetics of decay are not affected; they are not affected either by the oxygen concentration. At 10 K the spectrum of the flash-induced Δ A has been measured between 650 and 1700 nm. Between 650 and 720 nm, the spectrum presents only one major negative peak at 702 nm; it is quite different from that due to the chemical oxidation of P-700 (which has additional peaks at 688 and 677 nm). Between 720 and 870 nm, the spectrum is identical to that obtained at 21°C. Above 870 nm, the spectrum includes a broad band around 1250 nm, which is absent in P-700 +. A saturation curve leads to a maximum Δ A greater than that at 21°C and which is also greater with a 1 μs dye laser flash than with a 10 ns ruby laser flash. An analysis of the spectral data indicates that these do not fit correctly with the hypothesis of a contribution of P-700 + and of a chlorophyll a anion radical. They fit more closely with the hypothesis of a triplet state of P-700, a hypothesis which is discussed in relation to other experimental data. 相似文献
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