简介:AIM:Toelucidatethemechanism(s)bywhichS-adenosyl-L-methionine(SAM)decreaseshepatitisCvirus(HCV)expression.METHODS:WeexaminedtheeffectsofSAMonviralexpressionusinganHCVsubgenomicrepliconcellculturesystem.Huh7HCV-repliconcellsweretreatedwith1mmol/LSAMfordifferenttimes(24-72h),thentotalRNAandproteinswereisolated.cDNAwassynthesizedandrealtime-PCRwasachievedtoquantifyHCV-RNA,superoxidedismutase1and2(SOD-1,SOD-2)catalase,thioredoxin1,methionineadenosyltransferase1Aand2A(MAT1A,MAT2A)expression,andGAPDHandRPS18asendogenousgenes.Expressionofcellularandviralproteinwasevaluatedbywestern-blotanalysisusingantibodiesvsHCV-NS5A,SOD-1,SOD-2,catalase,thioredoxin-1,MAT1A,MAT2A,GAPDHandactin.TotalglutathionelevelsweremeasuredatdifferenttimesbyEllman’srecyclingmethod(0-24h).Reactiveoxidativespecies(ROS)levelswerequantifiedbythedichlorofluoresceinassay(0-48h);Pyrrolidindithiocarbamate(PDTC)wastestedasanantioxidantcontrolandH2O2asapositiveoxidantagent.RESULTS:SAMexpositiondecreasedHCV-RNAlevels50%-70%comparedtonon-treatedcontrols(24-72h).SAMinducedasynergicantiviraleffectwithstandardIFNtreatmentbutitwasindependentofIFNsignaling.Inaddition,1mmol/LSAMexpositiondidnotmodifyviralRNAstability,butitneedscellulartranslationmachineryinordertodecreaseHCVexpression.TotalglutathionelevelsincreaseduponSAMtreatmentinHCV-repliconcells.Transcriptionalantioxidantenzymeexpression(SOD-1,SOD-2andthioredoxin-1)wasincreasedatdifferenttimesbutinterestingly,therewasnosignificantchangeinROSlevelsuponSAMtreatment,contrarytowhatwasdetectedwithPDTCtreatment,whereanaverage40%reductionwasobservedinexposedcells.TherewasaturnoverfromMAT1A/MAT2A,sinceMAT1Aexpressionwasincreased(2.5fold-timesat48h)andMAT2Awasdiminished(from24h)uponSAMtreatmentatboththetranscriptionalandtranslationall
简介:N-acetyl-D-methionine,NaAcandtheremainsofN-acetyl-L-methioninedramaticallyaffectthepurificationofL-methioninewhenpurifiedfromthemixtureofenzymaticallydeacylatedN-acetyl-DL-methionine,leadingtoalowyieldconventionally.Here,thispaperreportsasuccessfulseparationandpurificationofbothL-methionineandN-acetyl-D-methioninebyanHion-exchangecolumn.ThepH,L-Metconcentrationandtheratiobetweenthecontentofsodiumcationandtheion-exchangecapacitywereoptimizedtoobtainthemaximumyield.Experimentalresultsindicatethat,undertheoptimizedconditions,theyieldsofL-methionineandN-acetyl-D-methioninecanreachashighas85%and75%,respectively.
简介:Liquid-solid(L-S)masstransfercoefficients(Ks)werecharacterizedinagas-liquid-solid(G-L-S)three-phasecountercurrentmagneticallystabilizedbed(MSB)usingamorphousalloySRNA-4asthesolidphase.Effectsofsuperficialliquidvelocity,superficialgasvelocity,magneticfieldstrength,liquidviscosityandsurfacetensionwereinvestigated.ExperimentalresultsindicatedthattheexternalmagneticfieldincreasedKsinthree-phaseMSB,ascomparedtothoseinconventionalG-L-Sfluidizedbeds;thatKsincreasedwithmagneticfieldstrength,superficialgasandliquidvelocitiesanddecreasedwithliquidviscosityandsurfacetension;andthatKsshoweduniformaxialandradialdistributionsexceptforsmallincreasesclosetothewall.DimensionlesscorrelationswereestablishedtoestimateKsoftheG-L-ScountercurrentMSBusingSRNA-4catalyst,withanaverageerrorof3.6%.
简介:Analysisoftheissuecallsforsomequestionsofmethodology.First,thelawofhistoricaldevelopmentteachesthatallcountries,nomatterhowstrongtheymaybe,willeventuallydecline.SothepointisnotwhethertheUnitedStateswillbeanexception,butwhenandhowwillthedayofreckoningdescendontheworld'scurrentsolesuperpower.
简介:基于Lyapunov-Schmidt方法求出给定方程的分岐方程,Newton迭代得到其在分岐点附近的近似非平凡解枝,得到了满意的结果.
简介:ThermochemicalPropertiesofSolidComplexesofRareEarthNitrateswithMethionineGaoShengli(高胜利),YangXuwu(杨旭武),RenDehou(任德厚)ShiQiz...
简介:AnovelSchiffbase(TAMET)wassynthesizedbythecondensationoftetraglycolaldehydewithmethionineandamildoxidantCrO3·(C5H5N)2wasselectedforthereaction.SevennewrareearthcomplexeswiththisSchiffbasehavebeensynthesizedandcharacterizedbyelementalanalysis,TG-DTA,molarconductivity,magneticsusceptibilityandIR,especially1HNMRspectra.Informationwasobtainedfromreflectancespectraandthecoordinationofsulfuratomtorareearthswasdiscussed.TheexperimentalresultsshowthatthesecompoundshavesomebiologicalactivityandcoulddisposeofO2.