Two-Dimensional CoII Coordination Polymer for Photodegradation of Organic Dyes and Treatment of Temporary Osteoporosis of the Hip (TOH) by Regulating wnt/β-catenin/PPARγ Pathway

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Hui Chen ◽  
Xue-Jian Wu

In this study, a new two-dimensional CoII-containing coordination polymer [Co(pda)(H2O)](DMF)2 (1, DMF=N,N-dimethylformamide) based on a light-harvesting triphenylamine type organic ligand has been successfully prepared by reaction of Co(NO3)2⋯6H2O and 4,4′-(phenylazanediyl)dibenzoic acid (H2pda) in a mixed solvent of water and DMF. Complex 1 has significant photocatalytic activity under visible light for the degradation of organic dyes such as rhodamine B (RhB), methylene blue (MB), as well as methyl orange (MO) assisted by H2O2. Compound 1 was investigated for anti-osteoporosis activity, the Annexin V-FITC/PI method was used to test the relationship between apoptosis and osteoporosis and the effect of 1 on bone marrow stem cell (BMSC) apoptosis. The expression levels of wnt/β, catenin, and PPARγ after treatment with 1 was determined by reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The DNA cleavage ability of 1 was further studied by molecular docking.

Blood ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 103 (5) ◽  
pp. 1929-1933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natarajan V. Bhanu ◽  
Tiffany A. Trice ◽  
Y. Terry Lee ◽  
Jeffery L. Miller

Abstract Increases in fetal hemoglobin have been identified after birth in several clinical settings associated with stressed or malignant erythropoiesis. To better understand the relationship between the expression of this fetal protein and growth, donated human erythroid progenitor cells were cultured in the presence of erythropoietin (EPO) plus the growth-modifying cytokine stem cell factor (SCF), and several growth-related signaling pathways were interrogated. Only the MEK1/2 inhibitor (PD98059) demonstrated significant effects on fetal hemoglobin. In the absence of PD98059, levels of fetal hemoglobin averaged 27.4% ± 7.9% in EPO+SCF compared with 1.26% ± 1.7% in EPO alone (P = .02). A linear dose response in levels of fetal hemoglobin to PD98059 was detected (0.16 μM = 27.13%, 0.8 μM = 19.6%, 4 μM = 12.2%, 20 μM = 1.54%). Western blot analyses revealed that SCF was required for phosphorylation of MEK and p44MAPK in this setting, and quantitative polymerase chain reaction demonstrated a significant increase in γ-globin mRNA. Particular perturbations of growth-related signaling may also function to activate tissue-specific genes normally expressed during fetal development. This concept may be relevant for the development of new treatment rationales for beta hemoglobinopathies.


Author(s):  
Magdalena Wilk ◽  
Jan Janczak ◽  
Veneta Videnova-Adrabinska

The rigid organic ligand (pyridine-3,5-diyl)diphosphonic acid has been used to create the title novel three-dimensional coordination polymer, [Ca(C5H6NO6P2)2(H2O)]n. The six-coordinate calcium ion is in a distorted octahedral environment, formed by five phosphonate O atoms from five different (pyridin-1-ium-3,5-diyl)diphosphonate ligands, two of which are unique, and one water O atom. Two crystallographically independent acid monoanions,L1 andL2, serve to link metal centres using two different coordination modes,viz.η2μ2and η3μ3, respectively. The latter ligand,L2, forms a strongly undulated two-dimensional framework parallel to the crystallographicbcplane, whereas the former ligand,L1, is utilized in the formation of one-dimensional helical chains in the [010] direction. The two sublattices ofL1 andL2 interweave at the Ca2+ions to form a three-dimensional framework. In addition, multiple O—H...O and N—H...O hydrogen bonds stabilize the three-dimensional coordination network. Topologically, the three-dimensional framework can be simplified as a very unusual (2,3,5)-connected three-nodal net represented by the Schläfli symbol (4·82)(4·88·10)(8).


Plant Disease ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. F. Pavón ◽  
M. Babadoost ◽  
K. N. Lambert

A procedure was developed to quantify Phytophthora capsici oospores in soil by combining a sieving-centrifugation method and a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (QPCR) assay. Five soil samples representing three different soil textures were infested with oospores of P. capsici to produce 101, 102, 103, 104, or 105 spores per 10 g of air-dried soil. Each 10-g sample of infested soil was suspended in 400 ml of water and then passed through 106-, 63-, and 38-μm metal sieves. The filtrate was then passed through a 20-μm mesh filter. Materials caught on the filter were washed with water into two 50-ml centrifuge tubes and spun for 4 min (900 × g). The pellet was suspended in 30 ml of 1.6 M sucrose solution and centrifuged for 45 s (190 × g). The supernatant was passed through the 20-μm mesh filter. The sucrose extraction process of oospores was repeated five times to maximize oospore extraction. Materials caught on the 20-μm mesh filter were washed with water into a 50-ml tube and spun for 4 min (900 × g). The pellet was suspended in 1 ml of water, and the number of oospores was determined with a haemocytometer. The relationship between number of oospores recovered from the soil and number of oospores incorporated into the soil was Ŷ = –0.95 + 1.31X – 0.03X2 (R2 = 0.98), in which Ŷ = log10 of number of oospores recovered from the soil and X = log10 of number of oospores incorporated into the soil. The oospores were germinated after treatment with 0.1% KMnO4 solution for 10 min to induce germination. On the basis of the detection of ribosomal DNA, a QPCR method for P. capsici oospores was developed. PCR inhibitors were eliminated by extracting oospores from the soil by sieving-centrifugation. DNA was extracted and quantified from P. capsici oospores with suspensions of 101, 101.5, 102, 102.5, 103, 103.5, 104, 104.5, and 105 oospores per ml of water. The relationship between the DNA quantities and number of P. capsici oospores was Ŷ = –3.57 – 0.54X + 0.30X2 (R2 = 0.93), in which Ŷ = log10 (nanogram of P. capsici DNA) and X = log10 (number of oospores). The relationship between the quantity of DNA of P. capsici oospores recovered from the soil and the number of oospores incorporated into the soil was determined by Ŷ = –3.53 – 0.73X + 0.32X2 (R2 = 0.955, P < 0.05), in which Ŷ = log10 (DNA quantity of P. capsici oospores recovered from the soil) and X = log10 (number of P. capsici oospores incorporated into the soil). Utilizing the sieving-centrifugation and QPCR methods, oospores of P. capsici were quantified in soil samples collected from commercial fields.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. Evans ◽  
Jose V. Torres-Pérez ◽  
Maria Elena Miletto Petrazzini ◽  
Riva Riley ◽  
Caroline H. Brennan

ABSTRACTTelomere length reflects cellular ageing. Increased telomere shortening in leukocytes is associated with a range of neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases, the onset and progression of which may be mediated by behavioural traits such as anxiety and stress reactivity. However, the effects of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis stress response are shown to be tissue specific. As such, leukocyte telomere length may not give an accurate measure of the relationship between stress-reactivity and telomere length in disease relevant tissues. To test the hypothesis that stress-reactivity contributes to age-related telomere shortening in a tissue specific manner, we examined the correlation between telomere length in heart and brain tissue and stress-reactivity in a population of young (6-9 month) and ageing (18 month) zebrafish. Stress-reactivity was assessed by tank diving, a zebrafish version of the rodent open-field test, and through gene expression. Telomere length was assessed using quantitative polymerase chain reaction. We show that ageing zebrafish have shorter telomeres in both heart and brain. Telomere length is inversely related to stress-reactivity in heart but not brain of ageing individuals. These data support the hypotheses that an anxious predisposition contributes to telomere shortening in heart tissue, and by extension age-related heart disease, and that stress-reactivity contributes to age-related telomere shortening in a tissue-specific manner.


2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (19) ◽  
pp. 8801-8804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vimal K. Bhardwaj

A novel strategy for the stitching of a flexible tripodal ligand into a bimetallic two-dimensional coordination polymer was developed for photo-degradation of dyes.


2013 ◽  
Vol 790 ◽  
pp. 33-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Sheng Wang ◽  
Hai Feng Suo

A two-dimensional coordination polymer [Fe (C7H3NO4)(H2O)2]n was prepared with pyridine-2,3,5-tricarboxylic acid (H3pta) and iron (II) perchlorate at hydrothermal condition. Pyridine-2,3,5-tricarboxylic acid was decomposed to form the organic ligand of pyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate anion appeared in 1. Its crystal structure was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The complex belongs to monoclinic crystal system, C2/c space group with a = 0.9945(2) nm, b = 1.2067(3) nm, c = 0.74125(15) nm, α = γ = 90°, β = 105.859(3)°, V = 0.8557(3) nm3, Z = 4, D =1.995 Mg/ m3. The Fe (II) ion is five-coordinated by one nitrogen atom and four oxygen atoms. Furthermore, each Fe (II) ion bond with two other oxygen atoms on carboxyl groups by weak coordination action. The five coordination atoms form a distorted trigonal bipyramid coordination geometry. These coordination geometries are interlinked into a 2D alveolate net structure. The 2D layers are further connected into a 3D coordination polymer by hydrogen bonds.


2020 ◽  
Vol 104 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 865-870
Author(s):  
Donata Villari ◽  
Francesca Salvianti ◽  
Maria Zanazzi ◽  
Alberto Martini ◽  
Pietro Spatafora ◽  
...  

<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> Microchimerism (MC) is the presence of a small amount of foreign cells or DNA within a person’s circulation or tissues. It has been identified also in recipients of solid organ transplants where it seems to be critical for the development and maintenance of immunological tolerance. Nevertheless, natural and/or iatrogenic MC can be acquired prior to transplantation, through pregnancy and/or blood transfusion. <b><i>Objective:</i></b> The aim of this study was to detect the presence of MC in women after renal transplantation from male cadaveric donors and its relationship with graft outcomes. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> We studied by qPCR the presence of the DYS14 gene sequence of the Y chromosome in 12 females who received a kidney graft from a male donor before transplantation (T0), after 15 days (T1) and 1 year of transplantation (T2). We found the sequence in all recipients after renal transplantation. <b><i>Results:</i></b> All the women were negative for this sequence prior to transplantation (T0). Mean (SD) Y-related DNA quantity was 0.80 (0.69) ng/mL plasma and 0.15 (0.26) ng/mL plasma at T1 and T2, respectively. No acute rejection was observed, and mean (SD) estimated Cr clearance was 68.8 (16.9) mL/min within 1 year from transplantation. <b><i>Conclusions:</i></b> Presence of MC was associated with good kidney graft outcomes after 1 year of transplantation, but further studies will be needed to investigate the relationship between clinical outcomes and the development of MC in renal transplant recipient.


2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-553
Author(s):  
Burcu Çaykara ◽  
Hani Alsaadoni ◽  
Halime Hanım Pençe ◽  
Sadrettin Pençe ◽  
Hülya Yılmaz Aydoğan ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Scavenger receptor class B, type I (SR-BI), involved in reverse cholesterol pathway, is a multilipoprotein receptor and capable of binding HDL, LDL and VLDL. SR-BI may contribute to the development of hypertension due to accumulation of cholesterol in the vessel wall via transporting lipoproteins. Therefore, it was aimed to investigate the relationship between SR-BI rs5888 and rs4238001 variants in the patient with hypertension. Materials and methods Seventy three subjects diagnosed with hypertension and 76 healthy subjects constituted the patient and control group, respectively. Genomic DNA was isolated from peripheral blood samples and a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction protocol was performed to detect variations of rs5888 and rs4238001. The results were analyzed with the SPSS 22 program and p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results and discussion SR-BI rs4238001 variation did not show significant difference between patient and control group (p > 0.05). In the SR-BI rs5888 variation; normal homozygous CC and heterozygous CT carriers had an average 2-fold lower risk of hypertension than those carrying the TT genotype (p < 0.05). Conclusion SR-BI rs5888 TT variant may increase hypertension risk by reducing lipid transport to the liver from the vessel wall.


2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian-Jun Liu ◽  
Ying Dong ◽  
Li-Zhen Chen ◽  
Ling Wang ◽  
Shu-Biao Xia ◽  
...  

Naphthalenediimides, a class of organic dyes with an expanded π-electron-deficient plane, have attracted considerable interest because of their photoinduced electron transfer from neutral organic moieties to stable anionic radicals. This makes them excellent candidates for organic linkers in the construction of photochromic coordination polymers. Such a photochromic two-dimensional coordination polymer has been prepared using N,N′-bis(pyridin-4-ylmethyl)naphthalene-1,8:4,5-bis(dicarboximide) (DPMNI). In crystallization tubes, upon slow diffusion of an MeOH solution of cadmium perchlorate into a CHCl3 solution of DPMNI, the complex poly[[bis[μ2-2,7-bis(pyridin-4-ylmethyl)benzo[imn][3,8]phenanthroline-1,3,6,8(2H,7H)-tetrone-κ2 N:N′]bis(perchlorato-κO)cadmium(II)] chloroform tetrasolvate], {[Cd(C26H16N4O4)2(ClO4)2]·4CHCl3} n , (I), was obtained. The asymmetric unit contains one Cd2+ cation, two DPMNI ligands, two coordinated ClO4 − anions and four CHCl3 solvent molecules. Each Cd2+ cation is interconnected by four DPMNI linkers to generate a neutral two-dimensional naphthalenediimide coordination network with all the ClO4 − anions above or below this plane. Strong interlaminar anion–π interactions between the coordinated ClO4 − anions and the imide rings of an adjacent layer lead to a three-dimensional supramolecular structure. Compound (I) exhibits reversible photochromic behaviour and photocontrolled tunable luminescence properties, which may originate from the photoinduced electron-transfer generation of radicals in the DPMNI ligand.


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