施肥对苗期紫茎泽兰和黑麦草相对竞争力的影响

为种植黑麦草替代控制紫茎泽兰提供依据,运用取代实验法,研究了施肥(氮、磷)对苗期紫茎泽兰和黑麦草的相对竞争力以及生长表现的影响。结果表明:增施氮肥和磷肥均能够提高紫茎泽兰的相对竞争力,而仅磷肥对黑麦草的竞争力略有促进作用;但在各种施肥水平下,黑麦草的竞争力仍然明显强于紫茎泽兰。增施氮肥可以显著提高紫茎泽兰的株高、分枝数和干质量,而磷肥仅在较高时才显著提高其干质量;增施氮肥虽然可以提高黑麦草的分蘖数量,但对其干质量没有影响,而增施磷肥(2次)可以显著提高其干质量;在竞争中紫茎泽兰植株生长的能量分配(用根茎比表示)对磷肥不敏感。建议适当增施磷肥、不施或少施氮肥,以提高黑麦草的替代控制效果。     

AcSDKP对PDGF诱导的大鼠心脏成纤维细胞增殖和胶原合成的调节作用

目的：探讨N-乙酰基-丝氨酰-天门冬酰-赖氨酰-脯氨酰（AcSDKP）对血小板源性生长因子（PDGF）诱导的大鼠心脏成纤维细胞增殖和胶原合成的调节作用。方法：建立新生大鼠心脏成纤维细胞系;采用四甲基偶氮唑（MTT）法和^3H-TdR掺入法检测心脏成纤维细胞的增殖;采用^3H-脯氨酸掺入法检测心脏成纤维细胞胶原的合成。结果：PD3F在1～20ng／ml浓度范围内对心脏成纤维细胞增殖和胶原合成均有促进作用。且随着PDGF浓度的增加,其促细胞增殖和胶原合成作用增强,并在10ng／ml浓度时PDGF的促增殖和胶原合成效应最强。在10^-10～10^-8mol／L浓度范围内,AcSDKP对PDGF介导的心脏成纤维细胞增殖和胶原合成均有抑制作用,并且在10叫mol／L时,AcSDKP抑制心脏成纤维细胞增殖和胶原合成作用最强。结论：AcSDKP对PDGF介导的心脏成纤维增殖和胶原合成均有明显抑制作用,这可能与其抗心脏纤维化的作用相关。     

芦荟蒽醌类物质提取工艺的研究

以提取物中蒽醌类物质含量综合评价,利用正交实验比较了浸提、超声提取和索氏提取优选库拉索（Aloe vera L．）中蒽醌类物质的最佳提取工艺条件,为芦荟蒽醌类物质的开发提供科学依据和实验基础。从而得出最佳提取方法为超声提取,最佳醇沉工艺条件为：幼叶叶皮60目,乙醇40℃超声45min。     

HIV Vaccine-Challenges and Opportunities

The need for an efficacious HIV/AIDS vaccine remains the highest priority of the world HIV/AIDS agenda. The generation of an efficacious HIV/AIDS vaccine proves an enormous scientific challenge. This article reviews the neutralizing antibody problem,elusive immune protection,im-munogen design,pre-existing anti-vector immunity and design of phase 3 vaccine trials and the challenges and opportunities in development of HIV/AIDS vaccine are discussed.     

N-(5-chloro-2-(hydroxymethyl)-N-alkyl-arylsulfonamides as gamma-secretase inhibitors

A series of N-alkylbenzenesulfonamides were developed from a high throughput screening hit. Classic and parallel synthesis strategies were employed to produce compounds with good in vitro and in vivo gamma-secretase activity.     

Direct electrochemistry and electrocatalysis based on film of horseradish peroxidase intercalated into layered titanate nano-sheets

Intercalation of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) into layered titanate by assembling it with titanate nano-sheets (TNS) was firstly used for fabrication of enzyme electrode (HRP-TNS electrode). XRD result revealed that HRP-TNS film featured layered structure with HRP monolayer intercalated between the titanate layers. UV-vis spectra result indicated the intercalated HRP in TNS film well retained its native structure. The HRP-TNS film was uniform with porous structures which were confirmed by SEM. The immobilized HRP in the TNS film exhibited fast direct electron transfer and showed a good electrocatalytic performance to H2O2 with high sensitivity, wide linear range and low detection. The excellent electrochemical performance of the HRP-TNS electrode was attributed to biocompatibility of the titanate sheets, porous architectures of the HRP-TNS film which retained activity of HRP to large extent, avoided aggregation of HRP, provided better mass transport and allowed more HRP loading per unit area. Thus, the simple method described here provides a novel and effective platform for immobilization of enzyme in realizing direct electrochemistry and has a promising application in fabrication of the third-generation electrochemical biosensors.     

Conserved lipid-binding sites in membrane proteins: a focus on cytochrome c oxidase

Specific interactions between lipids and membrane proteins have been observed in recent high-resolution crystal structures of membrane proteins. A number of cytochrome oxidase structures were analyzed, along with many amino acid sequences of membrane-spanning regions aligned according to their location in the membrane. The results reveal conservation of lipid-binding sites and of the residues that form them. These studies imply that bound lipids have important roles that are crucial to the assembly, structure, or activity of the protein. Evidence for some of these roles in subunit interactions, membrane insertion, and protein-protein complex formation is reviewed.     

Synthesis, structural analysis, and SAR studies of triazine derivatives as potent, selective Tie-2 inhibitors

A novel class of selective Tie-2 inhibitors was derived from a multi-kinase inhibitor 1. By reversing the amide connectivity and incorporating aminotriazine or aminopyridine hinge-binding moieties, excellent Tie-2 potency and KDR selectivity could be achieved with 3-substituted terminal aryl rings. X-ray co-crystal structure analysis aided inhibitor design. This series was evaluated on the basis of potency, selectivity, and rat pharmacokinetic parameters.     

The discovery of highly selective erbB2 (Her2) inhibitors for the treatment of cancer

The synthesis and biological evaluation of potent and selective inhibitors of the erbB2 kinase is presented. Based on the 4-anilinoquinazoline chemotype, the syntheses of several new series of erbB2 inhibitors are described with quinazoline and pyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidine cores. The vast majority of these compounds are found to be >100x selective over the closely related EGFR kinase. Two lead compounds are further shown to have low clearance and moderate bioavailability in rat.