Reduction-Degradable Linear Cationic Polymers as Gene Carriers Prepared by Cu(I)-Catalyzed Azide−Alkyne Cycloaddition
摘要:
Linear reduction-degradable cationic polymers with different secondary amine densities (S2 and S3) and their nonreducible counterparts (C2 and C3) were synthesized by Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) step-growth polymerization of the dialkyne-oligoamine monomers and the diazide monomers. These polymers were studied with a goal of developing a set of new gene carriers. The buffering capacity and DNA binding ability of these polymers were evaluated by acid base titration, gel retardation, and ethidium bromide (EB) exclusion assay. The polymers with lower amine density exhibit a weaker DNA-binding ability but a stronger buffering capacity in the range of pH 5.1 and 7.4. Particle size and zeta-potential measurements demonstrate that the polymers with higher amine density condense pDNA to form polyplexes with smaller sizes, while the disulfide bond in the backbone shows a negative effect on the condensing capability of the polymers, resulting in the formation of polyplexes with large size and nearly neutral surface. The reduction-sensitive polyplexes formed by polymer S2 of S3 can be disrupted by dithiothreitol (DTT) to release free DNA, which has been proven by the combination of gel retardation, EB exclusion assay, particles sizing, and zeta potential measurements. Cell viability measurements by MTT assay demonstrate that the reduction-degradable polymers (S2 and S3) have little cytotoxicity while the nonreducible polymers (C2 and C3) show obvious cytotoxicity, in particular, at high N/P ratios. In vitro transfection efficiencies of these polymers were evaluated using EGFP and luciferase plasmids as the reporter genes. Polymers S3 and S2 show much higher efficiencies than the nonreducible polymers C3 and C2 in the absence of 10% serum; unexpectedly, the lowest transfection efficiency has been observed for polymer S3 in the presence of serum.
A library of dimers and heterodimers of both enantiomers of 2-O-alkylated iminoxylitol derivatives has been synthesised and evaluated on β-glucocerebrosidase (GCase), the enzyme responsible for Gaucher disease (GD). Although the objective was to target simultaneously the active site and a secondary binding site of the glucosidase, the (−)-2-iminoxylitol moiety seemed detrimental for imiglucerase inhibition
Silver(I) Oxide Mediated Highly Selective Monotosylation of Symmetrical Diols. Application to the Synthesis of Polysubstituted Cyclic Ethers
作者:Abderrahim Bouzide、Gilles Sauvé
DOI:10.1021/ol020071y
日期:2002.7.1
symmetrical diols and oligo(ethylene glycol)s with a stoichiometric amount of p-toluenesulfonyl chloride in the presence of silver(I) oxide and a catalytic amount of potassium iodide led selectively to the monotosylate derivatives in high yields. Polysubstituted cyclic ethers were obtained readily upon treatment of the corresponding diols with an excess of silveroxide. The high selectivity was explained
Ring-closing metathesis reaction-based synthesis of new classes of polyether macrocyclic systems
作者:Naveen、Srinivasarao Arulananda Babu
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2015.06.070
日期:2015.10
metathesis (RCM) reactions of suitable substrates having terminal olefins, which are assembled from various linkers and hydroxy benzaldehydes and syntheses of a wide range of 16–30 membered, new crown ether-type polyether, aza-polyether, bis aza-polyether macrocycles and dilactone moiety embedded polyethermacrocycles (macrolides) are reported. After the ring-closure reaction, installation of different functional
Tethered PProDOTs: conformationally restricted 3,4-propylenedioxythiophene based electroactive polymers
作者:Ryan M. Walczak、John S. Cowart、John R. Reynolds
DOI:10.1039/b610232h
日期:——
Herein we report a complete family of conformationally restricted PProDOT derivatives with varying alkylene tether lengths. It was found that variation of the tether length and structure of the electropolymerizable monomer was successful in the fine-tuning of the electrochemical and optical properties of the subsequent material. It was found that the band gap of the materials could be varied between 1.94 and 2.26 eV, with the “sweet spot” for obtaining the maximum electronic band gap existing at the n = 6 tether length, while maintaining low redox potentials. It was also found that these polymers exhibited stable electrochromic behavior with colors varying from blue–purple to orange in their neutral states and transmissive in their doped states.
Synthesis, Modification, and Characterization of a Family of Homologues of <i>e</i><i>xo</i>-Calix[4]arene: <i>e</i><i>xo</i>-[<i>n</i>.<i>m</i>.<i>n</i>.<i>m</i>]Metacyclophanes, <i>n</i>,<i>m</i> ≥ 3
作者:Dennis H. Burns、Ho−Kit Chan、Jeffrey D. Miller、Charles L. Jayne、David M. Eichhorn
DOI:10.1021/jo0003044
日期:2000.8.1
ring construction in the final step. The exo-[n.m.n.m]metacyclophane ring is conformationally mobile on the NMR time scale, and X-ray crystallography reveals that exo-[3.3.3.3]metacyclophane 2a assumes a cone conformation, and that exo-[6.6.6.6]metacyclophane 6a assumes a chair conformation. Molecular mechanics calculations show that both conformations for each exo-metacyclophane are very similar in energy