Михаил Игоревич Скобин, Мариана Александровна Феофанова, Тимофей Владимирович Крюков
Исследование синтетических и природных материалов пригодных для создания наноносителей и их модификация обеспечит прорыв в лечении многих заболеваний. Хорошим выбором для создания наноносителей являются гликозаминогликаны (гепарин и его производные), благодаря их уникальным биологическим и физико-химическим особенностям. Формирование композиций было исследовано методом pH -метрического титрования при 37 °С на фоне 0,15 М NaCl. С использованием программы NewDALSFEK определены значимые формы и химические равновесия. В диапазоне pH от 2,7 до 5 образуется комплекс вида {[LnHep]}, где Hep - мономерное звено макромолекулы гепарина. Получены данные об устойчивости нанокомпозиций: lgβ[PrHep] = 4,27 ± 0,04, lgβ[SmHep] = 4,28 ± 0,03 , lgβ[EuHep] = 4,28 ± 0,03. Методом M06-HF в сочетании с базисным набором CSDZ+* выполнено квантово-химическое моделирование комплексов. Study of synthetic and natural materials suitable for the creation of nanocarriers and their modification will provide a breakthrough in the treatment of many diseases. Glycosaminoglycans (heparin and its derivatives) are a good choice for creating nanocarriers due to their unique biological and physicochemical properties. The complexation of Pr (III), Sm (III), Eu (III) with heparin anions was studied by potentiometric titration at 37 °C and an ionic strength of 0,15 M NaCl. Significant forms and chemical equilibria were determined using the NewDALSFEK program. In the pH range from 2,7 to 5 , a complex of the type {[LnHep]} is formed, where Hep is a monomeric unit of the heparin macromolecule. Data on the stability of nanocompositions were obtained: lgβ[PrHep] = 4,27 ±0,04, lgβ[SmHep] = 4,28±0,03, lgβ[EuHep] = 4,28±0,03. The M06-HF method in combination with the CSDZ+* basic set was used to perform quantum chemical modeling of the complexes.
Heparin was immobilized on magnetic chitosan particles to be used as a tool for human plasma protein identification. Chitosan was magnetized by co-precipitation with Fe2+/Fe3+ (MAG-CH). Heparin was functionalized with carbodiimide and N-hydroxysuccinimide and covalently linked to MAG-CH (MAG-CH-hep). X-ray diffraction confirmed the presence of chitosan and Fe3O4 in MAG-CH. This particle exhibited superparamagnetism and size between 100-300 μm. Human plasma diluted with 10 mM phosphate buffer (pH 5.5) or 50 mM Tris-HCl buffer (pH 8.5) was incubated with MAG-CH-hep, and the proteins fixed were eluted with the same buffers containing increasing concentrations of NaCl. The proteins obtained were investigated by SDS-PAGE, LC/MS, and biological activity tests (PT, aPTT, and enzymatic chromogenic assay). Inhibitors of the serpin family, prothrombin, and human albumin were identified in this study. Therefore, MAG-CH-hep can be used to purify these proteins and presents the following advantages: low-cost synthesis, magnetic separation, ion-exchange purification, and reusability.
Rakesh Kumar, Sunita Katwal, Bhupender Sharma
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An RNase produced by Bacillus safensis RB-5 was purified up to 22.32-fold by successive techniques of salting out, DEAE-anion exchange and gel permeation (Sephadex G-100) chromatography techniques with a yield of 2.27%. The purified RNase possessed a single band in SDS-PAGE (Mr ~ 60 kDa). The purified RNase showed optimal activity at temperature of 37 °C and pH 7.5 in the presence of substrate (Yeast RNA) and Mg2+ ions. The RNase activity was strongly inhibited by Hg2+ and mildly by Fe2+, Ba2+ and Zn2+ ions. Its half-life was found to be 8 h at 37 °C. The RNase kinetics study showed Km and Vmax value of 0.3 mM and 9.2 μmol/mg/min, respectively. The purified RNase also showed cytotoxic and antiproliferative activities towards a few transformed cell lines. The purified RNase (IC50 0.035 U/mL) effectively inhibited RD and Hep-2C cells proliferation & migration, while sparing HEK 293 cells. The purified RNase was cytotoxic as well as effective degrader of the RNA of transformed RD cells at low concentration. Moreover, the purified RNase of B. safensis RB-5 was found to possess a little hemolytic activity towards human RBCs.
We map out the QCD phase structure at finite temperature and chemical potential for 2-flavour and 2 + 1-flavour QCD. This is done within a generalised functional approach to QCD put forward in arXiv:2002.07500 [hep-ph]. Specifically we compute the quark propagator and the finite-temperature and density fluctuations of the gluon propagator and the quark-gluon vertex on the basis of precision data for vacuum correlation functions. The novel ingredient is the direct self-consistent computation of the DSEs for the dressings of the quark-gluon vertex, in contrast to the common use of STI-inspired vertices. For small densities the results for the chiral order parameter agree with the respective lattice and functional renormalisation group results, for large densities the present results are in a quantitative agreement with the latter, including the location of the critical end point.