Similar to σ-hole interactions, the π-hole interaction has attracted much attention in recent years. According to the positive electrostatic potentials above and below the surface of inorganic heterocyclic compounds S2N2 and three SN2P2 isomers (heterocyclic compounds 1–4), and the negative electrostatic potential outside the X atom of XH3 (X = N, P, As), S2N2/SN2P2?XH3 (X = N, P, As) complexes were constructed and optimized at the MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ level. The X atom of XH3 (X = N, P, As) is almost perpendicular to the ring of the heterocyclic compounds. The π-hole interaction energy becomes greater as the trend goes from 1?XH3 to 4?XH3. These π-hole interactions are weak and belong to “closed-shell” noncovalent interactions. According to the energy decomposition analysis, of the three attractive terms, the dispersion energy contributes more than the electrostatic energy. The polarization effect also plays an important role in the formation of π-hole complexes, with the contrasting phenomena of decreasing electronic density in the π-hole region and increasing electric density outside the X atom of XH3 (X = N, P, As).
Graphical abstract Computed density difference plots for the complexes 3?NH 3 (a 1), 3?PH 3 (b 1), 3?AsH 3 (c 1) and electron density shifts for the complexes 3?NH 3 (a 2), 3?PH 3 (b 2),3?AsH 3 (c 2) on the 0.001 a.u. contour
The dihydrated potassium salt of the complex anion [VO(O2)NTA]2− (NTA = nitrilotriacetate anion, [N(CH2-COO)3]3−) was thoroughly characterized by electronic and vibrational (infrared and Raman) spectroscopies. The bioactivity of the complex
on the cell proliferation was tested on three cell lines in culture (UMR106 rat osteosarcoma-derived cells, Caco-2 derived
from a human colon adenocarcinoma, and RAW 264.7, a macrophage murine cell line). 相似文献
Sodium Nitroprusside (SNP) and S-Nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) differently affect mitochondrial H2O2 release at Complex-I. mM SNP increases while GSNO decreases the release induced by succinate alone or added on top of NAD-linked
substrates. Stimulation likely depends on Nitric Oxide (.NO) (released by SNP but not by GSNO) inhibiting cytochrome oxidase and mitochondrial respiration. Preincubations with SNP
or high GSNO (10 mM plus DTE to increases its .NO release) induces an inhibition of the succinate dependent H2O2 production consistent with a .NO dependent covalent modification. However maximal inhibition of the succinate dependent H2O2 release is obtained in the presence of low GSNO (20–100 μM), but not with SNP. This inhibition appears independent of .NO release since μM GSNO does not affect mitochondrial respiration, or the H2O2 detection systems and its effect is very rapid. Inhibition may be partly due to an increased removal of O2.− since GSNO chemically competes with NBT and cytochrome C in O2.− detection. 相似文献
Human eosinophils spontaneously adhere to various substrates in the absence of exogenously added activators. In the present
study a method was developed for characterizing eosinophil adhesion by measuring changes in impedance. Impedance measurements
were performed in HCO3-buffered HybriCare medium maintained in a humidified 5% CO2 incubator at 37°C. Impedance increased by more than 1 kΩ within minutes after eosinophils made contact with the substrate,
reaching a peak within 20 min. Blocking mobilization of intracellular [Ca2+] that precedes adhesion with BAPTA-AM (10 μM) completely inhibited the rise in impedance as well as the changes in cell shape
typically observed in adherent cells. However, lowering the extracellular [Ca2+] with 2.5 mM EGTA did not inhibit the increase in impedance. Pretreatment with anti-CD18 antibody to block substrate interactions
with β2-integrins, or jasplakinolide (2 μM) to block actin reorganization, abolished the increase in impedance and adherent morphology
of the cells. Exposure of eosinophils to the phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase inhibitor LY294002 (5 μM) or treatment with protein
kinase C zeta pseudosubstrate to competitively inhibit activity of the enzyme significantly reduced the increase in impedance
and inhibited the cell spreading associated with adhesion. These results demonstrate a novel method for measuring eosinophil
adhesion and showed that, following formation of a tethered attachment, a rapid increase in intracellular [Ca2+] precedes the cytoskeletal rearrangements required for cell shape changes and plasma membrane-substrate interactions associated
with adhesion. 相似文献
The extracellular domain of the HER-2 (ERBB2) oncoprotein (p105HER-2, ECD HER-2) is shed in the serum and can be detected by immunoassay. The currently approved cutoff for an elevated HER-2 ECD is greater than 15 ng/mL. HER-2 ECD is attractive as a potentially useful serum biomarker. In metastatic breast cancer, serum assay of HER-2 ECD is recommended to assess HER-2 status when unknown in primary tumor or metastatic biopsy is not feasible. In that case, it has been recommended to consider a 50 ng/mL serum HER-2 ECD cutoff as criteria to select patients for HER-2 targeted therapy. It might offer additional prognostic or predictive value compared with HER-2 tumor tissue testing. In addition, it can be measured serially and might be able to monitor treatment response, predict relapse or provide a real-time assessment of HER-2 status at metastatic disease. 相似文献
The dissolved CO 2 concentration of stream waters is an important component of the terrestrial carbon cycle and an important pathway for release
of CO2 to the atmosphere. This study uses data from the UK's largest groundwater monitoring network to estimate the importance of
groundwater in contributing excess dissolved CO2 to the atmosphere. The study shows that:
(i)
the arithmetic mean concentration of excess dissolved CO2 in the groundwater was 4.99 mg C/I with a standard deviation of 2.53
(ii)
for the groundwater composition of excess dissolved CO2 analysis shows no statistical difference between years but does show a significant intra-annual effect and a significant
difference between aquifers
(iii)
A weighted average of the estimate the areal export of excess dissolved CO2 from the groundwater of the catchment is between 1.4 and 2.9 t C/km2
(iv)
the flux of excess dissolved CO2 at the catchment outlet over the period between 1975 and 2002 averages 1.79 kt C/year.
If this were replicated across the UK then the flux of CO2 from rivers would be 0.65 Mt C/year. 相似文献
PROSTAGLANDIN (PG) F2αhas antifertility effects in many species1–3 but there are conflicting suggestions as to its mechanism of action. For example, it may cause the degeneration of the corpus luteum by decreasing blood flow in the uteroovarian vein4; alternatively, its action may be due to a hypersecretion of luteinizing hormone (LH) by the pituitary3,5. I have investigated the effects of PGF2α, E2 and E1 on pregnancy in mice and examined the mechanism of action of PGF2α. 相似文献
MHC class I molecules are heterotrimeric complexes composed of heavy chain, 2-microglobulin (2m) and short peptide. This trimeric complex is generated in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), where a peptide loading complex (PLC) facilitates transport from the cytosol and binding of the peptide to the preassembled ER resident heavy chain/2m dimers. Association of mouse MHC class I heavy chain with 2m is characterized by allelic differences in the number and/or positions of amino acid interactions. It is unclear, however, whether all alleles follow common binding patterns with minimal contributions by allele-specific contacts, or whether essential contacts with 2m are different for each allele. While searching for the PLC binding site in the 3 domain of the mouse MHC class I molecule H-2Db, we unexpectedly discovered a site critical for binding mouse, but not human, 2m. Interestingly, amino acids in the corresponding region of another MHC class I heavy chain allele do not make contacts with the mouse 2m. Thus, there are allelic differences in the modes of binding of 2m to the heavy chain of MHC class I. 相似文献
Mitochondrial production of H2O2 is low with NAD substrates (glutamate/pyruvate, 3 and 2 mM) (G/P) and increases over ten times upon further addition of succinate,
with the formation of a sigmoidal curve (semimaximal value at 290 μM, maximal H2O2 production at 600 μM succinate). Malate counteracts rapidly the succinate induced increased H2O2 release and moves the succinate dependent H2O2 production curve to the right. Nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO) are cytochrome c oxidase inhibitors which increase
mitochondrial ROS production. Cyanide (CN−) was used to mimic NO and CO. In the presence of G/P and succinate (300 μM), CN− progressively increased the H2O2 release rate, starting at 1.5 μM. The succinate dependent H2O2 production curve was moved to the left by 30 μM CN−. The Vmax was little modified. We conclude that succinate is the controller of mitochondrial H2O2 production, modulated by malate and CN−. We propose that succinate promotes an interaction between Complex II and Complex I, which activates O2− production. 相似文献
Prostaglandins (PGs) are lipid mediators that may play important roles in cancer, immunomodulation, and neurodegeneration. So, the quantitative analysis of PGs will therefore be important in order to understand the natural history of a range of diseases and may be used as a tool in the development of new biotherapeutics. However, such an analysis is problematic because of the small quantities of PGs present in the body. Here, we developed a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS)-based analytical method for rapid and easy quantification of the ketone-containing PGs (15d-PGJ2etc.) as a targeted metabolomics platform. The chemical derivatization with Girard’s reagent P (GP) provided a good linearity (R2 > 0.99) between peak area and quantity of 15d-PGJ2 and highly improved sensitivity (limit of quantitation, LOQ: 1.25 pmol on a spot in MALDI plate). Finally, we utilized this method to directly characterize the interaction between peroxisome proliferatoractivated receptor gamma-ligand binding domain (PPARγ-LBD) and 15d-PGJ2. The 15d-PGJ2 was enriched by PPARγ-LBD and also the binding level of the ligand was dropped considerably by the treatment of PPARγ agonist such as rosiglitazone (about 0.61-fold reduction). Taken together, our MALDI-MS-based targeted metabolomics method for ketone-containing PGs may be applicable to elucidate the protein-metabolite interactions and to identify natural ligands for drug candidates. 相似文献
The poor norepinephrine innervation and high density of Gi/o-coupled α2A- and α2C-adrenoceptors in the striatum and the dense striatal dopamine innervation have prompted the possibility that dopamine could be an effective adrenoceptor ligand. Nevertheless, the reported adrenoceptor agonistic properties of dopamine are still inconclusive. In this study, we analyzed the binding of norepinephrine, dopamine, and several compounds reported as selective dopamine D2-like receptor ligands, such as the D3 receptor agonist 7-OH-PIPAT and the D4 receptor agonist RO-105824, to α2-adrenoceptors in cortical and striatal tissue, which express α2A-adrenoceptors and both α2A- and α2C-adrenoceptors, respectively. The affinity of dopamine for α2-adrenoceptors was found to be similar to that for D1-like and D2-like receptors. Moreover, the exogenous dopamine receptor ligands also showed high affinity for α2A- and α2C-adrenoceptors. Their ability to activate Gi/o proteins through α2A- and α2C-adrenoceptors was also analyzed in transfected cells with bioluminescent resonance energy transfer techniques. The relative ligand potencies and efficacies were dependent on the Gi/o protein subtype. Furthermore, dopamine binding to α2-adrenoceptors was functional, inducing changes in dynamic mass redistribution, adenylyl cyclase activity, and ERK1/2 phosphorylation. Binding events were further studied with computer modeling of ligand docking. Docking of dopamine at α2A- and α2C-adrenoceptors was nearly identical to its binding to the crystallized D3 receptor. Therefore, we provide conclusive evidence that α2A- and α2C-adrenoceptors are functional receptors for norepinephrine, dopamine, and other previously assumed selective D2-like receptor ligands, which calls for revisiting previous studies with those ligands. 相似文献
A novel S2O32? luminescent sensor (Cu2+-p-CPIP) was developed and the presence of S2O32? caused an obvious fluorescence enhancement at 420 nm upon excitation at 330 nm, which could be distinguished with the naked eye under a UV lamp. Remarkably, the compound exhibited excellent selective and sensitive response to S2O32? over other common anions with a micromolar limit of detection (0.442 μM) in DMSO/H2O (v/v, 1:1) buffer. The absorbance intensity and the color of Cu2+-p-CPIP solution changed gradually with the increase of S2O32? concentration. The proposed method was applied to the determination of S2O32? in milk samples and the recoveries were 97.5–105%. The preparation of Cu2+-p-CPIP exhibited the quick, simple and facile advantages. The results showed that Cu2+-p-CPIP can be a good candidate for simple, rapid and sensitive colorimetric detection of S2O32? in aqueous solution. 相似文献
Several unicellular and filamentous, nitrogen-fixing and non-nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterial strains have been investigated on the molecular and the physiological level in order to find the most efficient organisms for photobiological hydrogen production. These strains were screened for the presence or absence of hup and hox genes, and it was shown that they have different sets of genes involved in H2 evolution. The uptake hydrogenase was identified in all N2-fixing cyanobacteria, and some of these strains also contained the bidirectional hydrogenase, whereas the non-nitrogen fixing strains only possessed the bidirectional enzyme. In N2-fixing strains, hydrogen was mainly produced by the nitrogenase as a by-product during the reduction of atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia. Therefore, hydrogen production was investigated both under non-nitrogen-fixing conditions and under nitrogen limitation. It was shown that the hydrogen uptake activity is linked to the nitrogenase activity, whereas the hydrogen evolution activity of the bidirectional hydrogenase is not dependent or even related to diazotrophic growth conditions. With regard to large-scale hydrogen evolution by N2-fixing cyanobacteria, hydrogen uptake-deficient mutants have to be used because of their inability to re-oxidize the hydrogen produced by the nitrogenase. On the other hand, fermentative H2 production by the bidirectional hydrogenase should also be taken into account in further investigations of biological hydrogen production.Abbreviations Chl
chlorophyll
- MV
methyl viologen 相似文献
We have previously shown that the membrane conductance of mIMCD-3 cells at a holding potential of 0 mV is dominated by a Ca2+-dependent Cl− current (ICLCA). Here we report that ICLCA activity is also voltage dependent and that this dependence on voltage is linked to the opening of a novel Al3+-sensitive, voltage-dependent, Ca2+ influx pathway. Using whole-cell patch-clamp recordings at a physiological holding potential (−60 mV), ICLCA was found to be inactive and resting currents were predominantly K+ selective. However, membrane depolarization to 0 mV resulted in a slow, sigmoidal, activation of ICLCA (T0.5 ~ 500 s), while repolarization in turn resulted in a monoexponential decay in ICLCA (T0.5 ~ 100 s). The activation of ICLCA by depolarization was reduced by lowering extracellular Ca2+ and completely inhibited by buffering cytosolic Ca2+ with EGTA, suggesting a role for Ca2+ influx in the activation of ICLCA. However, raising bulk cytosolic Ca2+ at −60 mV did not produce sustained ICLCA activity. Therefore ICLCA is dependent on both an increase in intracellular Ca2+ and depolarization to be active. We further show that membrane depolarization is coupled to opening of a Ca2+ influx pathway that displays equal permeability to Ca2+ and Ba2+ ions and that is blocked by extracellular Al3+ and La3+. Furthermore, Al3+ completely and reversibly inhibited depolarization-induced activation of ICLCA, thereby directly linking Ca2+ influx to activation of ICLCA. We speculate that during sustained membrane depolarization, calcium influx activates ICLCA which functions to modulate NaCl transport across the apical membrane of IMCD cells. 相似文献
D2− ions produced in collisions of D− ions with relative energies of 2.5–9.2 eV were detected for the first time. It is shown that the effective cross section
for this reaction is no less than 1.5 × 10−14 cm2. Along with the theoretically predicted short-lived state of negative molecular deuterium ions, a state existing for more
than 1 μs was observed. 相似文献
Molecular docking simulations were performed in this study to investigate the importance of both structural and catalytic zinc ions in the human alcohol dehydrogenase beta(2)beta(2) on substrate binding. The structural zinc ion is not only important in maintaining the structural integrity of the enzyme, but also plays an important role in determining substrate binding. The replacement of the catalytic zinc ion or both catalytic and structural zinc ions with Cu(2+) results in better substrate binding affinity than with the wild-type enzyme. The width of the bottleneck formed by L116 and V294 in the substrate binding pocket plays an important role for substrate entrance. In addition, unfavorable contacts between the substrate and T48 and F93 prevent the substrate from moving too close to the metal ion. The optimal binding position occurs between 1.9 and 2.4 A from the catalytic metal ion. 相似文献
INTRODUCTION: We hypothesize that adenosine and PGE(2) could have a complementary immunosuppressive effect that is mediated via common cAMP-PKA signaling. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To test this hypothesis, the effect of adenosine and PGE(2) on the cytotoxic activity and cytokine production of lymphokine activated killer (LAK) cells was investigated. RESULTS: PGE(2) and adenosine inhibited LAK cells cytotoxic activity and production of INF-gamma, GM-CSF and TNF-alpha. In combination they showed substantially higher inhibition than each modality used alone. Using agonists and antagonists specific for PGE(2) and adenosine receptors we found that cooperation of PGE(2) and adenosine in their inhibitory effects are mediated via EP(2) and A(2A) receptors, respectively. LAK cells have 35-fold higher expression of EP(2) than A(2A). Combined PGE(2) and adenosine treatment resulted in augmentation of cAMP production, PKA activity, CREB phosphorylation and inhibition of Akt phosphorylation. Wortmannin and LY294002 enhanced the suppressive effects of adenosine and PGE(2). In contrast, Rp-8-Br-cAMPS, an inhibitor of PKA type I blocked their immunosuppressive effects, suggesting that the inhibitory effects of PGE(2) and adenosine are mediated via common pathway with activation of cAMP-PKA and inhibition of Akt. CONCLUSION: In comparison to other immunosuppressive molecules (TGF-beta and IL-10), adenosine and PGE(2) are unique in their ability to inhibit the executive function of highly cytotoxic cells. High intratumor levels of adenosine and PGE(2) could protect tumor from immune-mediated destruction by inactivation of the tumor infiltrating functionally active immune cells. 相似文献
A new metal complex, Fe(Sal2dienNO3·H2O) (where Sal is salicylaldehyde and dien is diethylenetriamine), has been synthesized and characterized. The interactions
between the Fe(III) complex and calf thymus DNA has been investigated using UV and fluorescence spectra, viscosity, thermal
denaturation, and molecular modeling. The cleavage reaction on plasmid DNA has been monitored by agarose gel electrophoresis.
The experimental results show that the mode of binding of the complex to DNA is classical intercalation and the complex can
cleave pBR322 DNA. 相似文献
While ~30% of the human genome encodes membrane proteins, only a handful of structures of membrane proteins have been resolved to high resolution. Here, we studied the structure of a member of the Cys-loop ligand gated ion channel protein superfamily of receptors, human type A γ2α1β2α1β2 gamma amino butyric acid receptor complex in a lipid bilayer environment. Studying the correlation between the structure and function of the gamma amino butyric acid receptor may enhance our understanding of the molecular basis of ion channel dysfunctions linked with epilepsy, ataxia, migraine, schizophrenia and other neurodegenerative diseases. The structure of human γ2α1β2α1β2 has been modeled based on the X-ray structure of the Caenorhabditis elegans glutamate-gated chloride channel via homology modeling. The template provided the first inhibitory channel structure for the Cys-loop superfamily of ligand-gated ion channels. The only available template structure before this glutamate-gated chloride channel was a cation selective channel which had very low sequence identity with gamma aminobutyric acid receptor. Here, our aim was to study the effect of structural corrections originating from modeling on a more reliable template structure. The homology model was analyzed for structural properties via a 100 ns molecular dynamics (MD) study. Due to the structural shifts and the removal of an open channel potentiator molecule, ivermectin, from the template structure, helical packing changes were observed in the transmembrane segment. Namely removal of ivermectin molecule caused a closure around the Leu 9 position along the ion channel. In terms of the structural shifts, there are three potential disulfide bridges between the M1 and M3 helices of the γ2 and 2 α1 subunits in the model. The effect of these disulfide bridges was investigated via monitoring the differences in root mean square fluctuations (RMSF) of individual amino acids and principal component analysis of the MD trajectory of the two homology models—one with the disulfide bridge and one with protonated Cys residues. In all subunit types, RMSF of the transmembrane domain helices are reduced in the presence of disulfide bridges. Additionally, loop A, loop F and loop C fluctuations were affected in the extracellular domain. In cross-correlation analysis of the trajectory, the two model structures displayed different coupling in between the M2–M3 linker region, protruding from the membrane, and the β1-β2/D loop and cys-loop regions in the extracellular domain. Correlations of the C loop, which collapses directly over the bound ligand molecule, were also affected by differences in the packing of transmembrane helices. Finally, more localized correlations were observed in the transmembrane helices when disulfide bridges were present in the model. The differences observed in this study suggest that dynamic coupling at the interface of extracellular and ion channel domains differs from the coupling introduced by disulfide bridges in the transmembrane region. We hope that this hypothesis will be tested experimentally in the near future. 相似文献