NAD+ kinase: molecular weight determination by low-angle laser-light scattering

Low-angle laser-light scattering (LALLS) was employed to measure the absolute molecular weight of chicken liver NAD+ kinase (NADK). The weight-average molecular weight (Mw) was found to be 275 000 +/- 15 000. The corresponding value for the second virial coefficient was -1.65 X 10(-3) ml X mol X g2. The value for Mw is in close accord with estimates reported for pigeon liver (270 000) and C. utilis (260 000) NADK. If the active enzyme is a dimer, the weight difference between pigeon/chicken liver and rabbit liver (136 000) NADK would indicate that the latter enzyme is an active monomer unit.     

A fast and simplein situ method for the determination of the absolute configuration of amino acid esters using the chiroptical properties of their Eu(FOD)3 complexes

Summary The NMR shift reagent, Europium(III)-tris-(1,1,1,2,2,3,3)-heptafluoro-7,7-dimethyl-4-6-octanedione [Eu(fod)₃], complexes efficiently with-amino acid esters in chloroform. These complexes exhibit characteristic circular dichroism (CD) spectral patterns in the 350-250 nm region. A fast and simple procedure (also in microscale) has been worked out which utilizes the signs of these CD bands for the determination of the absolute configuration at the-carbon atomin situ. In the L-series, a positive CD band is observed at around 310 nm and a negative one in the 290-280 nm region. The CD spectra of the Eu complexes of the D-isomers are mirror images of those of the L-configurations. An empirical rule is proposed.Presented in part at the 2nd International Congress on Amino Acids and Analogues, Vienna, Austria, August 5–9, 1991.     

神农香菊干花净油成分的研究

神农香菊全草提取的香浸膏香气浓郁独特,可用于调配多种高档化妆用香精,也可直接用于饮料中,在香精香料工业中具有较大的实用价值。本文首次报告了我们用毛细管气相色谱仪和色谱/质谱/计算机联用分析仪,对神农香菊干花净油成分进行分析的初步结果。鉴定出的已知成分包括脂肪族类,含氧或非含氧的单萜及倍半萜类化合物32个。     

The flagellar apparatus of the golden algaSynura uvella: Four absolute orientations

Summary Flagellated vegetative cells of the colonial golden algaSynura uvella Ehr, were examined using serial sections. The two flagella are nearly parallel as they emerge from a flagellar pit near the apex of the cell. The photoreceptor is restricted to swellings on the flagella in the region where they pass through the apical pore in the scale case and the swellings are not associated with the cell membrane or an eyespot. A unique ring-like structure surrounds the axonemes of both flagella at a level just above the transitional helix. The basal bodies are interconnected by three striated, fibrous bands. Four short (<100 nm) microtubules lie between the basal bodies at their proximal ends. Two rhizoplasts extend down from the basal bodies and separate into numerous fine striated bands which lie over the nucleus. Three- and four-membered microtubular roots arise from the rhizoplasts and extend apically together. As the roots reach the cell anterior, the three-membered root bends and curves clockwise to form a large loop around the flagella; the four-membered root bends anticlockwise and terminates under the distal end of the three-membered root as it completes the loop. There are four absolute orientations, termed Types 1–4, in which the flagellar apparatus can occur. With each orientation type the positions of the Golgi body, nucleus, rhizoplasts, chloroplasts and microtubular roots change with respect to the flagella, basal bodies and photoreceptor. Two new basal bodies appear in pre-division cells, and three short microtubules appear in a dense substance adjacent to each new basal body. Based upon the positions of new pre-division basal bodies, a hypothesis is proposed to explain why there are four orientations and how they are maintained through successive cell divisions.     

食管癌患者放射治疗中照射体积和时间与外周血淋巴细胞绝对值的相关性研究

摘要 目的：探究照射体积和时间与食管癌患者外周血淋巴细胞绝对值的相关性。方法：本研究方案将纳入2019年1月~2019年12月蚌埠医学院第一附属医院放疗科收治的放疗或同步放化疗食管癌患者84例,其中单独放疗患者24例,同步放化疗患者60例,采用血液细胞分析仪测定患者放疗期间每周复查外周血白细胞（WBC）、中性粒细胞（N）、淋巴细胞（L）、血红蛋白（HB）及血小板（PLT）计数等指标。Pearson相关性分析照射时间、剂量及体积与外周血指标之间的相关性。结果：食管癌放疗患者,包括同步放化疗及单纯放疗亚组,在治疗1-6周,照射时间与外周血指标均无相关性（P>0.05）。但在放疗第5-6周,患者放疗剂量与WBC、N、L、HB呈负相关（P<0.05）,同步放化疗亚组患者照射剂量与WBC、N、L、HB呈负相关（P<0.05）。在治疗1-4周,不同照射剂量下各梯度照射剂量对应照射体积与外周血指标均无相关性（P>0.05）。但在第5-6周时,患者不同梯度照射剂量下各照射体积与WBC、N呈负相关（P<0.05）,同时在20Gy-60Gy照射剂量,尤其20Gy和30Gy照射剂量下照射体积与L呈负相关（P<0.05）。同步放化疗亚组患者不同照射剂量下各照射体积与WBC、N呈负相关（P<0.05）,同时在20Gy-60Gy照射剂量下照射体积与L呈负相关（P<0.05）,而且在60Gy照射剂量下照射体积与HB呈负相关（P<0.05）。结论：放疗患者特别是同步放化疗亚组患者照射体积、照射剂量与食管癌患者外周血淋巴细胞计数成负相关,基线淋巴细胞与食管癌患者外周血淋巴细胞计数成正相关,而照射时间与食管癌患者外周血淋巴细胞计数无相关性。     

Feeding preference of Zetzellia mali: does absolute or relative abundance of prey matter more?

The importance of the acarine predator, Zetzellia mali, in the control of phytophagous mites in apple orchards is not well understood. Zetzellia mali tends to prefer the eriophyid, Aculus schlechtendali, over the economically more significant tetranychid, Panonychus ulmi, but quite a wide range of preference values have been reported in the literature. In sets of laboratory choice trials, we determined that prey preference of this predator varies with the relative but not absolute density of its prey. We attempt to explain these results in terms of behavioural mechanisms and discuss the potential implications of our results for the effectiveness of Z. mali in the biological control of phytophagous mites in apple orchards.     

Two new dihydrobenzofuran-type neolignans from Breynia fruticosa

(7S,8R,7′S)-9,7′,9′-Trihydroxy-3,4-methylenedioxy-3′-methoxy [7-O-4′,8-5′] neolignan (1) and (7S,8R,7′S)-9,9′-dihydroxy-3,4-methylenedioxy-3′,7′-dimethoxy [7-O-4′,8-5′] neolignan (2), two new natural dihydrobenzofuran-type neolignans, along with 9,9′-dihydroxy-3,4-methylenedioxy-3′-methoxy [7-O-4′,8-5′] neolignan (3) and (-)-machicendiol (4), were isolated from the whole plants of Breynia fruticosa. The structures of 1 and 2, including the absolute configurations, were determined by spectroscopic methods and circular dichroism (CD) techniques. The absolute configuration of 4 was confirmed by calculations of the OR spectrum, together with OR and ECD spectra of its p-bromobenzoate ester (4a).     

Novel isolation of resveratrol dimer O-glucosides with enantiomeric aglycones from the leaves of Shorea cordifolia

Two O-glucosides of resveratrol dimers, ampelopsin F-11b-O-β-glucopyranosides with enantiomeric aglycones [cordifoloside A (1) and cordifoloside B (2)] and an enantiomer of the aglycone [(?)-ampelopsin F] were isolated from the leaves of Shorea cordifolia (Dipterocarpaceae). These structures were identified on the basis of spectroscopic evidence and their absolute configurations were elucidated using circular dichroism data. This is the first report on oligostilbenoids that demonstrates the co-occurrence of diastereomeric O-glucosides with enantiomeric aglycones in this family.     

Inhibitory constituents from the aerial parts of Polygala tenuifolia on LPS-induced NO production in BV2 microglia cells

Five new phenolic glycosides, tenuisides A–E (1?5), and a new megastigmane glycoside, tenuiside F (6), along with seventeen known compounds (7–23) were isolated from the aerial parts of Polygala tenuifolia Willd. Their structures were established by detailed analysis of NMR and HRESIMS spectroscopic data, and the absolute configurations of compounds 5 and 6 were determined by CD spectra and in-NMR-tube Mosher’s method. The inhibitory effects of these compounds were evaluated on NO production in LPS-activated BV-2 microglia cells. Compound 17 showed the strongest activity, with an IC₅₀ value of 7.4 μM, while compounds 1, 8, 14, and 18 showed the moderate activities, with IC₅₀ values of 16.2–38.5 μM. And their primary structure–activity relationships (SARs) of NO inhibitory effects were also briefly discussed.