液体制剂中难溶性药物的增溶

综述了液体制剂开发中难溶性药物的增溶方法,包括调节溶液pH值,应用表面活性剂,潜溶剂及包合等方法.     

Signaling modulation of bile salt-induced necrosis in isolated rat hepatocytes.

Hydrophobic bile salts induce either necrosis or apoptosis depending on the severity of the injury caused by them. Since bile salt-induced apoptosis is influenced by Ca2+- and protein kinase-signaling pathways, and both necrosis and apoptosis share common initiating mechanisms, we analyzed whether these signaling cascades also influence bile salt-induced necrosis in isolated rat hepatocytes. Taurochenodeoxycholate (TCDC, 0.25-1.50 mM, 2 h) reduced, in a dose-dependent manner, the percentage of viable hepatocytes, and increased the release of the cytosolic enzyme, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and alanine aminotransferase (ALAT), and that of the plasma membrane enzyme, alkaline phosphatase (AP). The PKC inhibitors, H7 (100 microM) and chelerythrine (2.5 microM), both prevented significantly TCDC-induced necrosis. On the contrary, the PKA activator, dibutyryl-cAMP, exacerbated TCDC-induced cell damage in a dose-dependent manner; this effect was more likely due to cAMP-mediated PKA activation, as the PKA inhibitor, KT5720 (1 microM), counteracted this effect. Instead, the intracellular Ca2+ chelator, BAPTA/AM (20 microM), was without effect. TCDC (1 mM) increased lipid peroxidation from 0.7 +/- 0.2 to 7.5 +/- 0.9 nmol of malondialdehyde per mg of protein, p < 0.001; the addition of the free radical scavenger, diphenyl-p-phenylendiamine, completely blocked this increase and prevented significantly TCDC-induced necrosis. PKC inhibition induced only a slight attenuation of TCDC-induced lipid peroxidation. Possible mechanisms accounting for the modulatory effect of signal transduction pathways on TCDC-induced necrosis, including signaling influence on TCDC transport events and TCDC-induced oxidative stress, are discussed.     

长春碱类抗肿瘤药物的研究进展

长春碱类抗肿瘤药己广泛应用于临床并显示出很好的疗效,本文综述了作用机理、临床应用、结构修饰及合成等方面的研究进展.     

重组L-门冬酰胺酶的聚乙二醇化学修饰及修饰后酶的稳定性研究

目的单甲氧基聚乙二醇 (mPEG)化学修饰大肠杆菌重组L 门冬酰胺酶 (L ASP) ,考察经过修饰的酶的稳定性。方法N 羟基琥珀酰亚胺 (NHS)活化酯法活化mPEG ,生成的单甲氧基聚乙二醇琥珀酰琥珀酸亚胺酯 (SS mPEG)按不同摩尔比例与L ASP偶联 ,确定适合的反应时间和反应pH值。通过聚乙二醇化学修饰后的酶 (L ASP PEG) ,酶活力和纯度通过奈氏法和丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳 (SDS PAGE)检测 ,高效液相色谱检测L ASP PEG相对分子质量并考察了L ASP PEG体外稳定性等。结果SDS PAGE显示mPEG已经偶联到L ASP分子上 ,以两者摩尔比 1 0∶1为最佳 ,反应pH条件为 8.5 ,获得的L ASP PEG平均比活单位为 6 4 .8IU/mg ,相对分子质量为 30 1 80 0 ,体外稳定性高于L ASP。结论此实验确定了mPEG化学修饰L ASP最佳反应条件为 2 5℃反应 30min ,两者投料摩尔比为 1 0∶1 ,获得的L ASP PEG比L ASP稳定性高     

麦胚凝集素修饰磷脂酰乙醇胺的制备

提取麦胚凝集素(WGA),通过碳二亚胺交联法使wGA与磷脂酰乙醇胺(PE)共价接合,制备wGA修饰的PE(WGA-PE).用2,4,6-三硝基苯磺酸法测定修饰程度,显微镜下观察合成产物的凝血活性.结果表明,3批wGA-PE 的修饰率为40%～70%,凝血活性与等蛋白浓度的游离凝集素接近.     

Immobilization of sodium alginate sulfates on polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes for selective adsorption of low-density lipoprotein

A novel method for the immobilization of sodium alginate sulfates (SAS) on polysulfone (PSu) ultrafiltration membranes to achieve selective adsorption of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) was developed, which involved the photoinduced graft polymerization of acrylamide on the membrane and the Hofmann rearrangement reaction of grafted acrylamide followed by chemical binding of SAS with glutaraldehyde. The surface modification processes were confirmed by attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy characterization. Zeta potential and water contact angle measurements were performed to investigate the surface charge and wettability of the membranes. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to measure the binding of LDL on plain and modified PSu membranes. It was found that the PSu membrane immobilized with sodium alginate sulfates (PSu-SAS) greatly enhanced the selective adsorption of LDL from protein solutions and the absorbed LDL could be easily eluted with sodium chloride solution, indicating a specific and reversible binding of LDL to SAS, mainly driven by electrostatic forces. Furthermore, the PSu-SAS membrane showed good blood compatibility as examined by platelet adhesion. The results suggest that the PSu-SAS membranes are promising for application in simultaneous hemodialysis and LDL apheresis therapy.     

Long-term active antimicrobial coatings for surgical sutures based on silver nanoparticles and hyperbranched polylysine

The goal of this study was to develop a long-term active antimicrobial coating for surgical sutures. To this end, two water-insoluble polymeric nanocontainers based on hyperbranched polylysine (HPL), hydrophobically modified by either using glycidyl hexadecyl ether, or a mixture of stearoyl/palmitoyl chloride, were synthesized. Highly stabilized silver nanoparticles (AgNPs, 2–5?nm in size) were generated by dissolving silver nitrate in the modified HPL solutions in toluene followed by reduction with L-ascorbic acid. Poly(glycolic acid)-based surgical sutures were dip-coated with the two different polymeric silver nanocomposites. The coated sutures showed high efficacies of more than 99.5% reduction of adhesion of living Staphylococcus aureus cells onto the surface compared to the uncoated specimen. Silver release experiments were performed on the HPL-AgNP modified sutures by washing them in phosphate buffered saline for a period of 30?days. These coatings showed a constant release of silver ions over more than 30?days. After this period of washing, the sutures retained their high efficacies against bacterial adhesion. Cytotoxicity tests using L929 mouse fibroblast cells showed that the materials are basically non-cytotoxic.     

Partial Blocking of Mouse DSPP Processing by Substitution of Gly451–Asp452 Bond Suggests the Presence of Secondary Cleavage Site(s)

Dentin sialophosphoprotein (DSPP) in the extracellular matrix of dentin is cleaved into dentin sialoprotein and dentin phosphoprotein, which originate from the NH₂-terminal and COOH-terminal regions of DSPP, respectively. In the proteolytic processing of mouse DSPP, the peptide bond at Gly⁴⁵¹–Asp⁴⁵² has been shown to be cleaved by bone morphogenetic protein 1 (BMP1)/Tolloid-like metalloproteinases. In this study, we generated transgenic mice expressing a mutant DSPP in which Asp⁴⁵² was substituted by Ala⁴⁵². Protein chemistry analyses of extracts from the long bone of these transgenic mice showed that the D452A substitution partially blocked DSPP processing in vivo. When the full-length form of mutant DSPP (designated “D452A-DSPP”) isolated from the transgenic mice was treated with BMP1 in vitro, a portion of the D452A-DSPP was cleaved, suggesting the presence of secondary peptide bond(s) that can be broken by BMP1. To identify the potential secondary DSPP cleavage site(s), site-directed mutagenesis was performed to generate nine DNA constructs expressing DSPP-bearing substitutions at potential scission sites. These different types of mutant DSPP made in eukaryotic cell lines were treated with BMP1 and the digestion products were assessed by Western immunoblotting. All of the mutant DSPP molecular species were partially cleaved by BMP1, giving rise to a protein band on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis similar to that of normal dentin sialoprotein. Taken together, we concluded that in addition to the peptide bond Gly⁴⁵¹–Asp⁴⁵², there must be a cryptic cleavage site or sites close to Asp⁴⁵² in the mouse DSPP that can be cleaved by BMP1.     

Inhibition of human catechol-O-methyltransferase-mediated dopamine O-methylation by daphnetin and its Phase II metabolites

1.?Finding and developing inhibitors of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) from natural products is highly recommended. Daphnetin, a naturally occurring catechol from the family thymelaeaceae, has a chemical structure similar to several potent COMT inhibitors reported previously. Here the potential of daphnetin and its Phase II metabolites as inhibitors of COMT was investigated with human liver cytosol (HLC).

2.?Daphnetin and its methylated metabolite (8-O-methyldaphnetin) were found to inhibit COMT-mediated dopamine O-methylation in a dose-dependent manner. The IC₅₀ values for daphnetin (0.51～0.53?μM) and 8-O-methyldaphnetin (22.5～24.3?μM) were little affected by changes in HLC concentrations. Further kinetic analysis showed the differences in inhibition type and parameters (K_i) between daphnetin (competitive, 0.37?μM) and 8-O-methyldaphnetin (noncompetitive, 25.7?μM). Other metabolites, including glucuronidated and sulfated species, showed negligible inhibition against COMT. By using in vitro–in vivo extrapolation (IV-IVE), a 24.3-fold increase in the exposure of the COMT substrates was predicted when they are co-administrated with daphnetin.

3.?With high COMT-inhibiting activity, daphnetin could serve as a lead compound for the design and development of new COMT inhibitors. Also, much attention should be paid to the clinical impact of combination of daphnetin and herbal preparations containing daphnetin with the drugs primarily cleared by COMT.     

Dendritic cell-based active specific immunotherapy for malignant glioma

Recent advances in genetic modification technology show that lactic acid bacteria can constitutively produce functional, eukaryote-derived proteins without any apparent negative effect on bacterial growth and physiology. These bacteria appear capable of surviving and of being physiologically active at the mucosal surfaces of higher eukaryotes. Studies in animal models also suggest that these findings could have a major impact in human medicine. Alongside conceptual proofs, the development of a robust system for biological containment will allow for the examination of genetically modified lactic acid bacteria as vectors of therapeutic protein delivery in human healthcare.