We report a combined spectroscopical-theoretical investigation on the photosensitization of transition metal nitrosyl complexes. For this purpose, ruthenium nitrosyl complexes based on tetradentate biscarboxamide ligands were synthesized. A crystal structure analysis of a lithium-based ligand intermediate is described. The Ru complexes have been characterized regarding their photophysical and nitric oxide (NO) releasing properties. Quantum chemical calculations have been performed to unravel the influence of the biscarboxamide ligand frame with respect to the molecular electronic properties of the NO-releasing pathway. A quantitative measure for the ligand design within photosensitized Ru complexes is introduced and evaluated spectroscopically and theoretically by using time-dependent density functional theory.
The development
of recognition molecules with antibody-like properties is of great
value to the biotechnological and bioanalytical communities. The recognition
molecules presented here are peptides with a strong tendency to form
β-hairpin structures, stabilized by alternate threonines, which
are located at one face of the peptide. Amino acids at the other face
of the peptide are available for interaction with the target molecule.
Using this scaffold, we demonstrate that recognition molecules can
efficiently be designed in silico toward four structurally unrelated
proteins, GFP, IL-1β, IL-2, and IL-6. On solid support, 10 different
antibody-mimetic recognition molecules were synthesized. They displayed
high affinity and no cross-reactivity, as observed by fluorescence
microscopy. Stabilized variants were readily obtained by incorporation
of azido acids and propargylglycine followed by cyclization via the
Cu(I)-catalyzed alkyne–azide cycloaddition reaction. As this
new class of antibody mimics can be designed toward essentially any
protein, the concept is believed to be useful to a wide range of technologies.
Here, their use in protein separation and in the detection of proteins
in a sandwich-type assay is demonstrated.
Of particular importance for Stratum corneum (SC) lipids are the free fatty acids (FFAs). Age-related changes of the SC structure lead to diminished capacity for barrier compensation. The aims of this cross-sectional study were to identify even-numbered especially odd-numbered FFAs within the intercorneocytic lamellar lipid structures of the SC and to explore age- and diabetes-related changes in FFAs. Gas chromatography – flame ionisation detection was used to qualitatively and quantitatively assess FFAs extracted from the SC. 110 subjects aged over 60 years (elderly/healthy), 110 subjects aged 18–40 (young/healthy) and 38 subjects with diabetes mellitus aged 18–40 (young/diabetic) were investigated. Overall, odd-numbered FFAs comprised about 21, 23 and 24% of total FFAs in subgroups elderly/healthy, young/healthy and young/diabetic. The most abundant short-chain FFAs were C16: 0 and C18: 0 and long-chain FFAs were C24: 0 and C26: 0. Only levels of C15: 0 and C17: 0 decreased with age. In contrast, levels of C18: 2 and C19 were significantly decreased and levels of C15, C17, C18: 1 and C23 were significantly increased in young diabetic subjects. In general, compared with younger healthy subjects, FFA composition was only partly significantly altered in older healthy subjects but was significantly altered in younger diabetic subjects.
Protein/peptide self-assembly into amyloid structures associates with major neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Soluble assemblies (oligomers) of the Aβ peptide and their aggregates are perceived as neurotoxic species...
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