Syntheses, structures and properties of copper(II) complexes containing N-(2-hydroxybenzyl)-amino amide ligands

Four copper(II) complexes containing the reduced Schiff base ligands, namely, N-(2-hydroxybenzyl)-glycinamide (Hsglym) and N-(2-hydroxybenzyl)-l-alaninamide (Hsalam) have been synthesized and characterized. The crystal structures of [Cu₂(sglym)₂Cl₂] (1), [Cu₂(salam)₂(NO₃)₂] · H₂O (3), [Cu₂(salam)₂(NO₃)(H₂O)](NO₃) · 1.5H₂O (4), [Cu₂(salam)₂](ClO₄)₂ · 2H₂O (5) show that the Cu(II) atoms are bridged by two phenolato oxygen atoms in the dimers. The sglym ligand bonded to Cu(II) in facial manner while salam ligand prefers to bind to Cu(II) in meridonal geometry. Variable temperature magnetic studies of 3 showed it is antiferromagnetic. These Cu(II) complexes and [Cu₂(sglym)₂(NO₃)₂] (2), exhibit very small catecholase activity as compared to the corresponding complexes containing acid functional groups.     

磁纳米颗粒标记脂肪干细胞向软骨分化及体外MRI示踪的实验研究

目的:探讨磁纳米颗粒(magnetic iron oxide particles,MIOP)体外标记脂肪间充质干细胞(ASCs)向软骨分化及MRI示踪的可行性。方法:从小鼠脂肪组织中分离培养、扩增脂肪间充质干细胞(ASCs),流式鉴定细胞表型后,分别采用不同浓度(25μg/mL,50μg/mL)的MIOP标记ASCs并向软骨细胞诱导分化。普鲁士蓝染色和透射电镜(TEM)鉴定细胞内磁纳米铁颗粒分布情况,应用3.0T MRI体外检测标记软骨细胞MRI信号。结果:从脂肪组织中可以分离获得大量高表达CD90、CD105、Sca-1的ASCs,不同浓度(25μg/mL,50μg/mL)的MIOP与ASCs共同孵育24小时后,普鲁士蓝染色发现ASCs随MIOP浓度的增加,蓝染程度逐渐加深且标记的ASCs可以向软骨细胞分化;TEM证实细胞内分布大量的黑色纳米铁颗粒。体外MRI T2序列证实随着MIOP浓度(25μg/mL,50μg/mL)的增加MRI信号值逐渐减低且具有统计学差异(P0.05)。结论:MIOP可以标记ASCs向软骨分化,体外应用MRI可以对其进行示踪。     

帕妥珠单抗生物类似药SMMU-27 静脉注射对食蟹猴的重复给药毒性探索研究

目的:观察帕妥珠单抗生物类似药SMMU-27四周静脉注射对食蟹猴的安全性。方法:20只健康食蟹猴按体重随机分为阳性对照组、SMMU-27低、中、高剂量组和辅料对照组,每组4只,雌雄各半。低、中、高剂量组剂量分别为15、150和450 mg/kg,阳性对照组给予150 mg/kg帕妥珠单抗(Pertuzumab),辅料对照组给予空白溶剂(0 mg/kg)。各组动物按相应体重慢速静脉注射给药,给药体积为15 m L/kg,给药速度约5 m L/min。每周给药1次,共给药4周,恢复期4周,期间进行各项毒理学指标检测。结果:一般症状结果显示给药期间与给药后,低、中、高剂量组和阳性对照组陆续有动物出现腹泻症状。高剂量组1只动物在d40时濒死剖解,其最早出现稀便,停药后腹泻状态也未见好转,生化指标显示在d28时碱性磷酸酶(Alkaline Phosphatase,ALP)升高,在d14和d40时尿素(Blood Urea,BU)升高,总蛋白(Total Protein,TP)、白蛋白(Albumin,ALB)降低。低、高剂量组和阳性对照组均有部分动物白细胞(White Blood Cell,WBC)给药后数值降低,各给药组在d14时及高剂量组和阳性对照组在d28时BU升高或有升高的趋势,恢复期时有恢复趋势。高剂量濒死动物骨髓检查发现核红细胞较多,各阶段粒细胞减少,出现较多裸核;病理检查发现肾脏可见散在多发的中度肾小管扩张,近曲小管上皮轻度变性。其余指标包括一般症状、体重、尿液、心电图、免疫学指标等未见明显与供试品相关的异常变化。结论:SMMU-27主要毒性靶部位是胃肠道(腹泻)、肾脏(血清BU升高)和血液系统(WBC下降),应与这些部位表达供试品结合的相关受体有关,属供试品的药理作用放大和延伸。因此本实验条件下食蟹猴的安全剂量(NOAEL)为150 mg/kg,致死剂量为450 mg/kg。SMMU-27与等剂量阳性对照药物毒性反应基本类似。     

Isolation of functional pure mitochondria by superparamagnetic microbeads

Isolation of mitochondria by current methods relies mainly on their physicochemical properties. Here we describe an alternative approach to obtain functional mitochondria from human cells in a fast, reproducible, and standardized procedure. The new approach is based on superparamagnetic microbeads conjugated to anti-TOM22 antibody. The bead conjugates label the cytoplasmic part of the human mitochondrial membrane protein TOM22 and, thus, allow for a gentle isolation of mitochondria in a high gradient magnetic field. By comparing the MACS (magnetic cell separation) approach with mitochondria isolation methods using differential centrifugation and ultracentrifugation we demonstrate that the MACS approach provides the highest yield of isolated mitochondria. The quality, enrichment, and purity of mitochondria isolated with this protocol are comparable to mitochondria obtained using the ultracentrifuge method, and a typical separation procedure takes only approximately 1 to 2 h from initial cell homogenization. Mitochondria isolated with the new approach are sufficient for protein import, blue native gel electrophoresis, and other mitochondrial assays.     

Chlorido-bridged polymeric and dinuclear copper(II) complexes with tridentate Schiff base: Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties

Two copper(II) complexes, [Cu(qsal)Cl](DMF) (1) and [Cu₂(qsalBr)₂Cl₂](DMF) (2), with tridentate Schiff base ligands, 8-(salicylideneamino)quinoline (Hqsal) and 8-(5-bromo-salicylideneamino)quinoline (HqsalBr), respectively, were synthesised and structurally characterized. Each copper(II) ion in the two complexes is in a distorted square pyramidal N₂OCl₂ environment. Complex 1 exists as a polymeric species via equatorial-apical chloride bridges, whereas 2 is a di-chlorido-bridged dinuclear complex, where each bridging chloride simultaneously occupies an in-plane coordination site on one copper(II) ion and an apical site on the other copper(II) ion. Variable-temperature magnetical susceptibility measurements on the two complexes in the temperature range 2-300 K indicate the occurrence of intrachain ferromagnetic (J = +6.58 cm⁻¹) and intramolecular antiferromagnetical (J = −6.91 cm⁻¹) interactions.     

Conservation of repeated DNA base sequences in theCrustacea: A molecular approach to decapod phylogeny

Summary Analysis of data obtained from molecular hybridization of³H-labeled repetitious DNA has been utilized to reconstruct the broad outlines of phylogenetic relationships among decapod Crustacea. This molecular reconstruction agrees reasonably well with the paleontological record, and with other schemes obtained by comparative morphological and serological approaches. Preliminary evidence is in line with the hypothesis that continuous addition of new repeated sequence families to the genome over long periods of time may in part account for the correlation observed between percent repetitious DNA hybridized and divergence time. It is tentatively concluded that a core of DNA base sequence homology has been highly conserved throughout the evolution of theCrustacea. Demonstration of inter-species sequence homology has important implications to models which relegate a genetic regulatory function to repeated DNAs.     

Growth rate stimulation of marine pseudomonads by thiosulfate

The oxidation of thiosulfate to tetrathionate exerts a definite growth rate stimulation in glucose, acetate, and yeast extract cultures of some marine pseudomonads. The failure to find this effect in earlier studies with terrestrial isolates may lie in the particular conditions used in the present experiments (constant pH, high ratio of thiosulfate to organic substrate) or in the different metabolic characteristics of the marine isolates.Contribution No. 3220 from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.     

Reliability and robustness of muscle architecture measurements obtained using diffusion tensor imaging with anatomically constrained tractography

For detailed analyses of muscle adaptation mechanisms during growth, ageing or disease, reliable measurements of muscle architecture are required. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and DTI tractography have been used to reconstruct the architecture of human muscles in vivo. However, muscle architecture measurements reconstructed with conventional DTI techniques are often anatomically implausible because the reconstructed fascicles do not terminate on aponeuroses, as real muscle fascicles are known to do. In this study, we tested the reliability of an anatomically constrained DTI-based method for measuring three-dimensional muscle architecture. Anatomical magnetic resonance images and diffusion tensor images were obtained from the left legs of eight healthy participants on two occasions one week apart. Muscle volumes, fascicle lengths, pennation angles and fascicle curvatures were measured in the medial and lateral gastrocnemius, soleus and the tibialis anterior muscles. Averaged across muscles, the intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.99 for muscle volume, 0.81 for fascicle length, 0.73 for pennation angle and 0.76 for fascicle curvature. Measurements of muscle architecture obtained using conventional DTI tractography were highly sensitive to variations in the stopping criteria for DTI tractography. The application of anatomical constraints reduced this sensitivity significantly. This study demonstrates that anatomically constrained DTI tractography can provide reliable and robust three-dimensional measurements of whole-muscle architecture. The algorithms used to constrain tractography have been made publicly available.     

Repeated batch process for biological treatment of black liquor using brown-rot basidiomycete <Emphasis Type="Italic">Fomitopsis</Emphasis> sp. IMER2

A repeated batch operation is developed for the treatment of alkaline pulp black liquor, through a process of biological acidification precipitation of lignin using brown rot fungus Fomitopsis sp. IMER2. The results showed that COD and color removal of black liquor was dependent on the biomass concentration, pH decrease and initial COD. Based on these results, the repeated batch process was successfully carried out 12 times over 36 days in an air bubble column bioreactor. The average reduction of COD and color was approximately 40% and 70%, respectively.     

3.0T磁共振多序列成像对鉴别胰头癌与胰头肿块型慢性胰腺炎的应用价值

目的：探讨磁共振多序列成像对鉴别胰头癌与胰头肿块型慢性胰腺炎的临床价值及意义。方法：对已确诊的16例胰头癌患者和5例胰头肿块型慢性胰腺炎患者的磁共振多序列成像MR进行回顾性分析。主要征象包括：①肿块信号及形态学特点;②胰管及胆管扩张情况;③动态增强的特征;④胰周及大血管受累情况;⑤邻近器官受累与淋巴结肿大情况。检查方法包括：平扫T1WI＋FST2WI＋FS,MRCP,3D—VIBE动态增强扫描。结果：1）肿块形态信号异常：胰头癌与胰头肿块型胰头慢性胰腺炎的信号有较多重叠,在TlwI上均表现为相对低信号,T2WI表现为不均匀稍高、相等或低信号。2）胰管与胆管的异常：胰头癌表现为胰管扩张至肿块处突然截断12例,胆总管突然截断10例,“双管征”10例。胰头肿块型慢性胰腺炎胰管扩张3例,2例为串珠样扩张,扩张的胰管可贯通病灶区,胆总管5例均扩张,远端呈短锥形狭窄3例,鼠尾样狭窄2例。3）3D—VIBE强化特征分析结果：随着时间的延长胰头癌强化程度和强化百分率较胰头肿块型慢性胰腺炎明显减低。4）胰周大血管受累情况：胰头癌肿块与血管分界不清者8例,部分包绕血管6例完全包绕血管6例;胰头肿块型慢性胰腺炎1例与血管分界不清,1例部分被包绕。5）邻近器官受累与淋巴结肿大情况：胰头癌有7例淋巴结肿大主要分布在胰周及腹主动脉旁,胰头肿块型慢性胰腺炎,未见明显肿大淋巴结,有四例肾周筋膜增厚,两例肾前筋膜增厚。结论：磁共振多序列成像的联合使用及征象分析,有助于鉴别胰头癌与胰头肿块型慢性胰腺炎。