4-硫代胸腺嘧和4-硫胸腺嘧啶脱氧核苷结构的光谱研究（英文）

采用拉曼和UV光谱研究了抗癌药物4-硫代胸腺嘧和4-硫胸腺嘧啶脱氧核苷的特征结构,确定了药物在酸性、中性和碱性环境下的结构变化。研究结果表明,在酸性和中性溶液中,4-硫代胸腺嘧和4-硫胸腺嘧啶脱氧核苷被强烈质子化,而在碱性环境中则是去质子化,同时,4-硫胸腺嘧啶脱氧核苷的质子化和去质子化比4-硫代胸腺嘧弱,说明氢键的结合对4-硫代胸腺嘧的NH质子和溶液分子之间的相互作用具有重要影响。     

8-氧化咖啡因和嘧啶类生物碱在普洱熟茶中的存在

应用柱层析分离技术,从普洱熟茶中首次分离到8-氧化咖啡因,嘧啶类生物碱(胸腺嘧啶脱氧核苷、胸腺嘧啶和尿嘧啶) ,黄酮类配糖体(黄杞甙) ,以及简单酚类化合物(1 ,2 ,4-苯三酚、1 ,3-苯二酚和4-甲基-1 ,2-二苯酚)。由于普洱熟茶是由大叶茶经微生物后发酵生产的, 8-氧化咖啡因显然是茶叶中的咖啡因在微生物作用下形成的转化产物。胸腺嘧啶脱氧核苷亦可能是茶叶中的嘧啶类生物碱与微生物中的核苷类化合物在后发酵过程中缩合形成的。二者均为新发现的普洱熟茶的特征性成分。     

刺柳珊瑚Echinogorgia sp.中几个含氮化合物

从南海硇洲岛海域采集的刺柳珊瑚(Echinogorgia sp.)中分离到6个含氮化合物,经MS、NMR等光谱技术和比较文献,确定其结构分别鉴定为N-2-(1,3-二羟基-4,8-十八二烯基)-十六酰胺(1)、(E)-N-2-(1,3-二羟基-4-十八烯基)-十六酰胺(2)、尿嘧啶(3)、胸腺嘧啶脱氧核苷(4)、尿嘧啶脱氧核苷(5)、胸腺嘧啶(6)。这些化合物均为首次从该属柳珊瑚中的分离得到。     

嗜酸硫氧化细菌消解元素硫的研究进展

浸矿酸性环境下,金属硫化矿在Fe3+作用下,经过硫代硫酸盐途径或多聚硫化氢途径而分解的过程中导致大量元素硫的累积,进而可能在金属硫化矿表面形成疏水元素硫层,阻碍金属离子的进一步浸出。酸性环境下,惰性元素硫的消解必须借助嗜酸硫氧化细菌来实现。该消解过程包括嗜酸硫氧化细菌对元素硫的吸附、转运以及氧化转化等过程。本文对近年来嗜酸硫氧化细菌消解元素硫过程的相关研究进行了全面评述,认为有关嗜酸硫氧化细菌消解元素硫的分子机制的清晰阐述还有待人们通过对消解过程的各个环节的分子机制进行大量研究来实现。     

嗜酸硫杆菌属硫氧化系统研究进展

硫化矿的酸溶解和化学氧化过程中(H 和Fe3 作用下,金属硫化矿中分解),伴随着硫元素转变成多聚硫S8或硫代硫酸盐的过程。对嗜酸硫杆菌属硫氧化过程的研究表明,胞外环状多聚硫S8可能通过细胞外膜蛋白巯基活化成线状-SnH后,被转运到细胞周质区域,进而被硫加双氧酶氧化成SO32-,活化过程中同时生成少量H2S;这些酶促反应不需要辅助因子参与,不释放电子。胞外硫代硫酸盐通过未知途径进入细胞周质。细胞周质中的SO32-主要经由亚硫酸-受体氧化还原酶氧化成SO42-,S2O32-可能经由硫代硫酸盐-辅酶Q氧化还原酶、硫代硫酸盐脱氢酶、连四硫酸盐水解酶等氧化为硫酸,少量H2S则经由硫化物-辅酶Q氧化还原酶氧化为多聚硫,后者再经由SO32-和S2O32-氧化生成最后产物SO42-。这些生物氧化过程释放的电子进入呼吸链参与产生细菌生长代谢所需的能量。然而,关于A.ferrooxidans硫氧化系统中各种硫化合物的酶催化氧化机制的研究仍很缺乏,胞内外硫化合物的转运机制、是否存在胞外酶催化氧化等仍然有待解决。另外,硫的型态和价态、酶催化反应的细胞微区域以及硫氧化系统中一些关键酶的分离及其表达基因的鉴定等问题都还有待进一步研究。基于对这些事实的分析,提出了一个嗜酸硫杆菌属硫氧化系统的模型。     

β-蜕皮激素对小鼠胸腺退化的保护作用

目的通过腹腔注射地塞米松(Dex)构造小鼠胸腺退化模型,探究β-蜕皮激素(Ecd)对小鼠胸腺退化的保护作用。方法小鼠随机分为空白对照组、胸腺退化模型组以及3个给药组(Ecd 50 mg/kg、75 mg/kg和100 mg/kg)。腹腔注射给药7 d,于采集胸腺前15 h给予模型组和给药组腹腔注射Dex造模。取小鼠胸腺组织,计算胸腺指数,HE染色切片观察胸腺组织变化,免疫组织化学检测胸腺组织中相关凋亡基因Bcl-2和Bax蛋白的表达。结论 Ecd可提高胸腺指数,保护胸腺组织结构,有效提高Bcl-2的表达并降低Bax的表达,从而提高Bcl-2/Bax比率,抑制胸腺细胞凋亡,提高胸腺细胞存活率。     

嗜酸硫杆菌在工农业中的应用

嗜酸硫杆菌(属)(Acidithiobacillus spp.)能够氧化亚铁、硫或还原性无机硫化合物(reduced inorganic sulfur compounds,RISCs)获得能量,固定二氧化碳,是一类典型的嗜酸性化能自养微生物。嗜酸硫杆菌广泛分布于酸性矿水、热泉等酸性环境中,是地球生态系统硫和铁元素循环的主要推动者。嗜酸硫杆菌独特的生理代谢特征和极端环境适应性,使其广泛应用于生物浸出领域。本文综述了嗜酸硫杆菌的生理代谢特征和极端环境下的适应机制,阐述了嗜酸硫杆菌在工农业中的应用,讨论了面向国家重大需求,嗜酸硫杆菌在今后的主要研究方向和需要解决的关键科学问题,为嗜酸硫杆菌在生理代谢、环境适应和工农业应用的研究提供重要的线索和启示。     

5-~(131)碘尿嘧啶在细菌脱氧核糖核酸复制研究中的应用

本文报导了一个用5-~(131)碘尿嘧啶代替[~3H]-胸腺嘧啶进行细菌DNA复制研究的新方法。通过对放射性参入产物的碱(KOH)水解和酶(DNase和RNase)水解的实验证明:5-~(131)碘尿嘧啶与[~3H]-胸腺嘧啶一样能特异地参入大肠杆菌胸腺嘧啶缺陷变异株的DNA,而不能参入其RNA。对氨基酸饥饿同步化的大肠杆菌15T~-,当应用5-~(131)碘尿嘧啶的参入来测定复加氨基酸后的DNA复制起步时间时,获得的结果与使用[~3H]-胸腺嘧啶脱氧核苷参入的结果相一致。天然的DNA碱基成分胸腺嘧啶强烈地竞争性地抑制5-~(131)碘尿嘧啶的参入能力,而天然的RNA碱基成分尿嘧啶则影响很小。此外,5-碘尿嘧啶对大肠杆菌胸腺嘧啶缺陷变异株的生长有抑制作用,但这种抑制要在加入5-碘尿嘧啶后2小时才明显地产生,而5-碘尿嘧啶对大肠杆菌野生株的生长没有影响。实验结果表明:在细菌DNA复制的研究中,5-~(131)碘尿嘧啶参入的方法与使用[~3H]-胸腺嘧啶参入的方法有同样的可靠性,其优点是由于~(131)碘辐射γ射线,故放射性参入样品的制备和测定都比较简便,因而,它比[~3H]-胸腺嘧啶更适合于有关临床和实验室的使用。     

南海海绵Pachychalinasp.化学成份的研究

从中国南海海绵Pachychalina sp.正丁醇可溶部分获得了5个化合物,通过UV,IR,~1H-NMR,~(13)C-NMR,MS,~1H-~1HDQFCOSY等实验确定了它们的结构分别是:对羟基苯醋酸甲酯(1),胸腺嘧啶(2),尿嘧啶(3),胸腺嘧啶脱氧核苷(4)和尿嘧啶脱氧核苷(5)。其中化合物(1)是首次从我国南海海洋生物中获得;化合物(5)则是首次从海绵中分离得到的天然产物。     

TCRαβ+3G11-6C10-CD4+CD8-胸腺髓质细胞亚群的特性分析

CD4+CD8-及CD4-CD8+单阳性(SP)胸腺细胞是不均一的细胞群体,存在功能成熟的分化过程并同时伴随有表型的变化.为深入研究CD4+SP中的不同表型和不同功能状态的细胞群体,利用多种抗体加补体杀伤和细胞panning方法,分离得到小鼠3G11-6C10-CD4+CD8-胸腺髓质细胞亚群.该群细胞为TCRαβ+CD69loHSAmed/lo,有15%的Qa-2分子表达.可接受Con A的刺激进行增殖应答并分泌IL-6,IL-4和IL-10等Th2型细胞因子及低水平的IFNγ,但不分泌IL-2.根据3G11-6C10-CD4+CD8-胸腺细胞的表型和功能特点,推测该群细胞是正常的胸腺细胞亚群之一,处于CD4+SP成熟过程的中后期,是Th0向Th2转化的过渡型细胞.     

白桦4CL蛋白结构分析及同源建模

利用生物信息学方法分析白桦4CL蛋白的氨基酸组成、等电点、疏水/亲水区、跨膜区及二级结构等蛋白质性质;并同拟南芥、水稻和毛白杨的4CL蛋白进行对比,进行同源性分析;利用生物信息学软件对其空间结构进行了模拟,得到了可靠的分子生物学模型,并根据模型对白桦4CL蛋白功能进行预测,为今后测定白桦4CL蛋白生物学功能奠定了理论基础。     

Structure prediction of dihydroflavonol 4- reductase and anthocyanidin synthase from spinach

Spinach is an important dietary vegetable associated with beneficial health effects. Flavonoids have various biological activities such as antioxidant, antibacterial, and anticancer effect Flavonoid including anthocyanin provides brilliant and colored pigments in different plant tissues. Anthocyanidin synthase and dihydroflavonol 4-reductase are responsible for anthocyanin biosynthesis. They contributed in plant protection against UV-B radiation, microbial and herbivore pathogens. A 3D structures of anthocyanidin synthase and dihydroflavonol 4-reductase from spinach are constructed in this study through homology modeling. The homology modeling is done by using the MODELLER 9v7 software. The energy of models was minimized by applying molecular mechanics method. The root mean square deviation (RMSD) for C atoms between the template and the homology-modeled structures was estimated by CE program. The final models were assessed by PROCHECK and WHATCHECK which showed that the final refined models are reliable.     

SDF-1和及其受体CXCR4的结构与功能

近年基质细胞衍生因子 1(SDF 1)及其受体CXCR4的构效关系与相互作用机制研究进展很快 .研究证实 ,SDF 1N末端 (Nt)氨基酸残基是与CXCR4相互作用的关键区域 .SDF 1的 β链与蛋白聚糖 (GAG)作用而调节SDF 1的功能 ,C端α螺旋有助于维持SDF 1的活性构象 ;CXCR4Nt、ECL2和 (或 )ECL3对于SDF 1和HIVgp12 0对CXCR4的识别和激活都很重要 ,但在识别序列上存在部分交叉重叠 .SDF 1 CXCR4与肿瘤转移密切相关 ,本文还就SDF 1与CXCR4在肿瘤治疗方面的应用进行了讨论 .     

Structure of T4 polyheads: II. A pathway of polyhead transformations as a model for T4 capsid maturation

We have studied the aberrant tubular polyheads of bacteriophages T4D and T2L as a model system for capsid maturation. Six different types of polyhead surface lattice morphology, and the corresponding protein compositions are reported and discussed. Using in vitro systems to induce transformations between particular polyhead types, we have deduced that the structural classes represent successive points in a transitional pathway. In the first step, coarse polyheads (analogous to the prohead τ-particle) are proteolytically cleaved by a phagecoded protease, a fragment of the gene 21 product. This cleavage of P23 to P23¹ induces a co-operative lattice transformation in the protein of the surface shell, to a conformation equivalent to that of T2L giant phage capsids. These polyheads (derived either from T4 or T2L lysates) can accept further T4-coded proteins. In doing so, they pass through intermediate structural states, eventually reaching an end point whose unit cell morphology is indistinguishable from that of the giant T4 capsids. At least one protein (called soc (Ishii & Yanagida, 1975)) is bound stoichiometrically to P23¹ in the end-state conformation. The simulation of several aspects of capsid maturation (cleavage of P23 to P23¹, stabilization, and lattice expansion) in the polyhead pathway suggest that it parallels the major events of phage T-even capsid maturation, decoupled from any involvement of DNA packaging.     

Structure of a VirD4 coupling protein bound to a VirB type IV secretion machinery

Type IV secretion (T4S) systems are versatile bacterial secretion systems mediating transport of protein and/or DNA. T4S systems are generally composed of 11 VirB proteins and 1 VirD protein (VirD4). The VirB1‐11 proteins assemble to form a secretion machinery and a pilus while the VirD4 protein is responsible for substrate recruitment. The structure of VirD4 in isolation is known; however, its structure bound to the VirB1‐11 apparatus has not been determined. Here, we purify a T4S system with VirD4 bound, define the biochemical requirements for complex formation and describe the protein–protein interaction network in which VirD4 is involved. We also solve the structure of this complex by negative stain electron microscopy, demonstrating that two copies of VirD4 dimers locate on both sides of the apparatus, in between the VirB4 ATPases. Given the central role of VirD4 in type IV secretion, our study provides mechanistic insights on a process that mediates the dangerous spread of antibiotic resistance genes among bacterial populations.     

Structure of the tandem MA-3 region of Pdcd4 protein and characterization of its interactions with eIF4A and eIF4G: molecular mechanisms of a tumor suppressor

One of the key regulatory points of translation initiation is recruitment of the 43S preinitation complex to the 5' mRNA cap by the eIF4F complex (eIF4A, eIF4E, and eIF4G). The tumor suppressor protein Pdcd4 has been shown to inhibit cap-dependent translation by interacting tightly with the RNA helicase eIF4A via its tandem MA-3 domains. The NMR studies reported here reveal a fairly extensive and well defined interface between the two MA-3 domains in solution, which appears to be stabilized by a network of interdomain salt bridges and hydrogen bonds, and reveals a unique orientation of the two domains. Characterization of the stoichiometry of the Pdcd4-eIF4A complex suggests that under physiological conditions Pdcd4 binds to a single molecule of eIF4A, which involves contacts with both Pdcd4 MA-3 domains. We also show that contacts mediated by a conserved acidic patch on the middle MA-3 domain of Pdcd4 are essential for forming a tight complex with eIF4A in vivo, whereas the equivalent region of the C-terminal MA-3 domain appears to have no role in complex formation in vivo. The formation of a 1:1 eIF4A-Pdcd4 complex in solution is consistent with the reported presence in vivo of only one molecule of eIF4A in the eIF4F complex. Pdcd4 has also been reported to interact directly with the middle region of eIF4G, however, we were unable to obtain any evidence for even a weak, transient direct interaction.     

Structure and location of gene product 8 in the bacteriophage T4 baseplate

Many bacteriophages, such as T4, T7, RB49, and phi29, have complex, sometimes multilayered, tails that facilitate an almost 100% success rate for the viral particles to infect host cells. In bacteriophage T4, there is a baseplate, which is a multiprotein assembly, at the distal end of the contractile tail. The baseplate communicates to the tail that the phage fibers have attached to the host cell, thereby initiating the infection process. Gene product 8 (gp8), whose amino acid sequence consists of 334 residues, is one of at least 16 different structural proteins that constitute the T4 baseplate and is the sixth baseplate protein whose structure has been determined. A 2.0A resolution X-ray structure of gp8 shows that the two-domain protein forms a dimer, in which each monomer consists of a three-layered beta-sandwich with two loops, each containing an alpha-helix at the opposite sides of the sandwich. The crystals of gp8 were produced in the presence of concentrated chloride and bromide ions, resulting in at least 11 halide-binding sites per monomer. Five halide sites, situated at the N termini of alpha-helices, have a protein environment observed in other halide-containing protein crystal structures. The computer programs EMfit and SITUS were used to determine the positions of six gp8 dimers within the 12A resolution cryo-electron microscopy image reconstruction of the baseplate-tail tube complex. The gp8 dimers were found to be located in the upper part of the baseplate outer rim. About 20% of the gp8 surface is involved in contacts with other baseplate proteins, presumed to be gp6, gp7, and gp10. With the structure determination of gp8, a total of 53% of the volume of the baseplate has now been interpreted in terms of its atomic structure.     

细胞色素P450 2B4的结构及其催化反应

细胞色素P450是广泛存在于动物、植物和微生物中的含亚铁血红素单加氧酶,参与致癌作用和药物代谢、类固醇激素合成、脂溶性维生素代谢、多不饱和脂肪酸转换为生物活性分子等生理过程。P450能够催化完成伯、仲碳氢键羟基化、烯烃和芳烃环氧化、碳碳键耦合和断裂、α羟基化(去烷基化和杂原子氧化)、还原、1,2-迁移(卤素、氢和苯)等有机反应。本文综述了P450 2B4的结构与功能,讨论了细胞色素P450 2B4的活性中心和底物识别位点、与底物反应和产物释放的机理,以及P450在有机合成中的应用。     

Anti-tubercular activity of novel 4-anilinoquinolines and 4-anilinoquinazolines

We screened a series of 4-anilinoquinolines and 4-anilinoquinazolines and identified novel inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). The focused 4-anilinoquinoline/quinazoline scaffold arrays yielded compounds with high potency and the identification of 6,7-dimethoxy-N-(4-((4-methylbenzyl)oxy)phenyl)quinolin-4-amine (34) with an MIC₉₀ value of 0.63–1.25 µM. We also defined a series of key structural features, including the benzyloxy aniline and the 6,7-dimethoxy quinoline ring, that are important for Mtb inhibition. Importantly the compounds showed very limited toxicity and scope for further improvement by iterative medicinal chemistry.