Bioorthogonal control of the phosphorescence and singlet oxygen photosensitisation properties of iridium(<scp>iii</scp>) tetrazine complexes
作者:Peter Kam-Keung Leung、Lawrence Cho-Cheung Lee、Herman Ho-Yin Yeung、Kai-Wa Io、Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo
DOI:10.1039/d1cc00545f
日期:——
In this work, we demonstrate bioorthogonal control of the phosphorescence and singlet oxygen photosensitisation properties of new iridium(III) tetrazine complexes by different reaction partners; the system was exploited for organelle-specific staining and modulated photocytotoxic activity applications.
This invention related to manufactured microbubbles, as well as methods of using manufactured microbubbles, for example, in medicinal applications. The invention pertains to the physical structure and materials of the microbubbles, as well as to methods for manufacturing microbubbles, methods for targeting microbubbles for specific medicinal applications, and methods for delivering microbubbles in medical treatment.
that molecular chirality of the liposomes dominates conformational transition of PrP106–126 from random coil to β-sheet, binding and adsorption of the monomers and oligomers, and subsequent fibrillation process, resulting in distinct inhibition effect in Ca2+ overload and release, ROS production and cell apoptosis. This work is the first to report that interfacial molecular chirality is a potentially
Covalent Modification of Lipids and Proteins in Rat Hepatocytes and in Vitro by Thioacetamide Metabolites
作者:Diganta Sarma、Heather Hajovsky、Yakov M. Koen、Nadezhda A. Galeva、Todd D. Williams、Jeffrey L. Staudinger、Robert P. Hanzlik
DOI:10.1021/tx3001658
日期:2012.9.17
Thioacetamide (TA) is a well-known hepatotoxin in rats. Acute doses cause centrilobular necrosis and hyperbilirubinemia while chronic administration leads to biliary hyperplasia and cholangiocarcinoma. Its acute toxicity requires its oxidation to a stable S-oxide (TASO) that is oxidized further to a highly reactive S,S-dioxide (TASO(2)). To explore possible parallels among the metabolism, covalent binding, and toxicity of TA and thiobenzamide (TB), we exposed freshly isolated rat hepatocytes to [C-14]-TASO or [(C2D3)-C-13]-TASO. TLC analysis of the cellular lipids showed a single major spot of radioactivity that mass spectral analysis showed to consist of N-acetimidoyl PE lipids having the same side chain composition as the PE fraction from untreated cells; no carbons or hydrogens from TASO were incorporated into the fatty acyl chains. Many cellular proteins contained N-acetyl- or N-acetimidoyl lysine residues in a 3:1 ratio (details to be reported separately). We also oxidized TASO with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of dipalmitoyl phosphatidylenthanolamine (DPPE) or lysozyme. Lysozyme was covalently modified at five of its six lysine side chains; only acetamide-type adducts were formed. DPPE in liposomes also gave only amide-type adducts, even when the reaction was carried out in tetrahydrofuran with only 10% water added. The exclusive formation of N-acetimidoyl PE in hepatocytes means that the concentration or activity of water must be extremely low in the region where TASO(2) is formed, whereas at least some of the TASO(2) can hydrolyze to acetylsulfinic acid before it reacts with cellular proteins. The requirement for two sequential oxidations to produce a reactive metabolite is unusual, but it is even more unusual that a reactive metabolite would react with water to form a new compound that retains a high degree of chemical reactivity toward biological nucleophiles. The possible contribution of lipid modification to the hepatotoxicity of TA/TASO remains to be determined.