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Synthesis and Characterization of Mononuclear and Dinuclear Ruthenium Complexes with Tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine and Tris(5-methyl-2-pyridylmethyl)amine.

Novel Ru(II) and Ru(III) complexes having TPA (tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine, L1) and 5-Me(3)-TPA (tris(5-methyl-2-pyridylmethyl)amine, L2) were prepared to establish their synthetic routes and to elucidate coordination geometry and interactions between tightly bound tripodal tetradentate ligands and Ru(II)/Ru(III) centers. They include mononuclear Ru(II) complexes [RuCl(DMSO)(L)]ClO(4) (1 (L1), 2 (L2)), dinuclear bis-&mgr;-chloro Ru(II) complexes [RuCl(L)](2)(ClO(4))(2) (3 (L1), 4 (L2)), and mononuclear Ru(III) complexes [RuCl(2)(L)]ClO(4) (5 (L1), 6 (L2)). They were characterized by X-ray crystallography (for 2, 3, and 5), (1)H NMR spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry. For compound 2, the crystal structure was determined to possess S-bound DMSO ligand which was trans to pyridine and Cl(-) trans to the tertiary amino group of L2, and this isomer was obtained exclusively. Complex 1 was also isolated as a single isomer. Complex 3 was revealed to be a dinuclear bis-&mgr;-chloro Ru(II) species with the center of symmetry midway between two Cl(-). (1)H NMR spectra of Ru(II) complexes 1-4, the molecular structure of 2, and comparison of the molecular structure of 3 with 5 suggest that the interaction between the Ru(II) center, pyridyl moieties, and the DMSO ligand is strengthened by pi-back-bonding from the Ru(II) center to the ligands in addition to sigma-bonding of the tertiary amino group. Electrochemical measurements on 1-6 in CH(3)CN revealed that the methyl groups on pyridyl rings exert electron-donating effects onto the Ru centers to lower each redox process and such effect strengthens the Ru-S bonding in 2 compared with that in 1, accommodating pi-back-bonding from Ru(II) center to other pi-acceptors such as DMSO in 2 enough to prevent isomerization of DMSO binding mode. The dinuclear complexes 3 and 4 showed relatively large comproportionation constants, which suggest mixed-valent Ru(II)Ru(III) states would be stabilized.

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Variable strategy toward carbasugars and relatives. 1. Stereocontrolled synthesis of pseudo-beta-D-gulopyranose, pseudo-beta-D-xylofuranose, (pseudo-beta-D-gulopyranosyl)amine, and (pseudo-beta-D-xylofuranosyl)amine.

Four novel, chiral nonracemic carbasugars have been synthesized from 1,2-O-isopropylidene-D-glyceraldehyde. Furan- and pyrrole-based 2-silyloxy dienes--mimics of the alpha,gamma-dianions of gamma-hydroxy- and gamma-aminobutanoic acid, respectively--nicely served to complete the syntheses of two all-oxygen compounds, pseudo-beta-D-gulopyranose and pseudo-beta-D-xylofuranose, and two "anomeric" amino derivatives, (pseudo-beta-D-gulopyranosyl)amine (1,2,4-tri-epi-validamine) and (pseudo-beta-D-xylofuranosyl)amine. Two sequential, highly diastereoselective carbon-carbon bond-forming maneuvers, i.e., a vinylogous crossed aldol addition and an intramolecular aldolization, proved central to these constructions. The fact that readily available heterocyclic diene scaffolds can be employed in the assembly of a varied repertoire of carbasugars and analogues widens the prospects of dienoxy silane chemistry.

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Synthesis of primary amines: first homogeneously catalyzed reductive amination with ammonia.

[reaction: see text] The synthesis of primary amines via reductive amination of the corresponding carbonyl compounds with aqueous ammonia is achieved for the first time with soluble transition metal complexes. Up to an 86% yield and a 97% selectivity for benzylamines were obtained in the case of various benzaldehydes by using a Rh-catalyst together with water-soluble phosphine and ammonium acetate. In the case of aliphatic aldehydes, a bimetallic catalyst based on Rh/Ir gave improved results.

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Carbon dioxide but not bicarbonate inhibits N-nitrosation of secondary amines. Evidence for amine carbamates as protecting entities.

Hydrogen carbonate (bicarbonate, HCO(3)(-)) has been proposed to accelerate the decomposition of N(2)O(3) because N-nitrosation of morpholine via a nitric oxide/oxygen mixture ((*)NO/O(2)) was inhibited by the addition of HCO(3)(-) at pH 8.9 [Caulfield, J. L., Singh, S. P., Wishnok, J. S., Deen, W. M., and Tannenbaum, S. R. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 25859-25863]. In the study presented here, it is shown that carbon dioxide (CO(2)) is responsible for this kind of protective effect because of formation of amine carbamates, whereas an inhibitory function of HCO(3)(-) is excluded. N-Nitrosation of morpholine (1-10 mM) at pH 7.4-7.5 by the (*)NO-donor compounds PAPA NONOate and MAMA NONOate (0.5 mM each) was not affected by the presence of large amounts of HCO(3)(-) (up to 100 mM) in aerated aqueous solution. Similar results were obtained by replacing the (*)NO-donor compounds with authentic (*)NO (900 microM). In agreement with data from the study cited above, (*)NO/O(2)-mediated formation of N-nitrosomorpholine (NO-Mor) was indeed inhibited by about 45% in the presence of 50 mM HCO(3)(-) at pH 8.9. However, 500 MHz (13)C NMR analysis with (13)C-enriched bicarbonate revealed that significant amounts of morpholine carbamate are formed from reaction of equilibrated CO(2) with morpholine (1-100 mM) at pH 8.9, but only to a minor extent at pH 7. 5. The protective effect of morpholine carbamate formation is explained by a significantly reduced charge density at nitrogen. This view is supported by the results of density functional theory/natural population analysis, i.e., quantumchemical calculations for morpholine and morpholine carbamate. In agreement with its lower pK(a), another secondary amine, piperazine, had already produced significant amounts of piperazine carbamate at pH 7. 4 as shown by (13)C NMR spectrometry. Consequently, and in contrast to morpholine, N-nitrosation of piperazine (2 mM) by both (*)NO/O(2) (PAPA NONOate, 0.5 mM) and the (*)NO/O(2)(-)(*)-releasing compound SIN-1 (1 mM) was inhibited by about 66% in the presence of 200 mM HCO(3)(-).

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A quantitative study of aromatic amine permeation through protective gloves using amine adsorptive pads.

A quantitative study of aromatic amine permeation through a glove material using Permea-Tec aromatic amine pads, used for the detection of chemical breakthrough of protective clothing, was performed for aniline following the microwave extraction process and gas chromatographic analysis. Aniline exhibited >99% adsorption on the pads at a spiking level of 1.94 mg (1.9 microL). Aniline showed recoveries from 65 to 89% (RSD < or =5.6%) over the range 1.1-1.9 microL (1.12-1.94 mg) of aniline applied to pads. The modified ASTM F739 and direct permeability testing procedures were used to determine breakthrough times for five protective glove materials using aniline as a challenge chemical. Breakthrough times for six protective gloves were determined, ranging from 182 sec to 82 min. The quantitative concentration of aniline on the pads following permeation through the gloves also was determined, ranging from 0.53 to 0.55 mg/cm2 (1.79-1.88 mg/pad).

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Alpha-oxidative metabolism of the bladder carcinogens N-nitrosobutyl(4-hydroxybutyl)amine and N-nitrosobutyl(3-carboxypropyl)amine within the rat isolated bladder.

The most widely accepted metabolic pathway leading to the formation of reactive intermediates from nitrosamines involves enzymatic hydroxylation at the carbon atom alpha to the nitroso moiety. All subsequent steps are non-enzymatic reactions and the final result is the stoichiometric formation of a cationic product and molecular nitrogen. Thus the amount of molecular nitrogen evolved can be used as an indicator of alpha-hydroxylation. The use of doubly 15N-labelled nitrosamines and the detection of 15N2 by MS makes it simpler to measure the extent of alpha-hydroxylation. We have studied the alpha-oxidation of doubly 15N-labelled N-nitrosobutyl(4-hydroxybutyl)amine (BBN) and its metabolite N-nitrosobutyl(3-carboxypropyl)amine (BCPN), two potent urinary bladder carcinogens in animals, within the target organ. Various amounts of 15N-labelled BBN ranging from 0.1 to 5 mumol were incubated at 37 degrees C for 4 h in the isolated rat bladder and the formation of 15N2 was measured by GC-MS. 15N2 production was linear up to 1 mumol and represented approximately 0.1% of the substrate incubated. Time-course experiments showed that 15N2 production was linear over a 6 h incubation period, ranging from 2.16 +/- 0.05 to 4.55 +/- 0.33 nmol/mg urothelial cell protein. 15N-labelled BCPN (1-5 mumol) was also incubated within the rat isolated bladder. 15N2 production from BCPN was approximately 10 times less than that from BBN. The results indicate that, though to a lower extent, the target organ activates 15N-labelled BBN and BCPN through the alpha-hydroxylation pathway.

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Mutagenicity in V79 cells of N-nitrosobis(2-hydroxypropyl)amine and N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine activated by tissues from hamsters fed low and high fat diets.

Hepatocytes and pancreas duct tissues from male Syrian hamsters fed high-fat (HFD) and low-fat (LFD) diets were used to activate N-nitrosobis(2-hydroxypropyl)amine (BHP) and N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine (BOP) in the V79 cell mutagenicity assay. V79 DNA alkylation by BHP and BOP was also measured. There was a 3.5-fold increase in BHP mutagenicity but only a 1.4-fold increase in BOP mutagenicity when hepatocytes from HFD-fed hamsters were used over the mutagenicity when hepatocytes from LFD-fed hamsters were used. When pancreas duct tissue was the activating system there was a 2-fold increase in BHP and BOP mutagenicity. O6-Methylguanine levels in V79 DNA rose 4-fold when hepatocytes from HFD-fed hamsters were used to activate BOP but they declined when BHP was the alkylating agent.

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High mutagenic activity of N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine and N-nitrosobis(2-hydroxypropyl)amine in the host-mediated assay in hamsters: evidence for premutagenic methyl and hydroxylpropyl adducts.

The carcinogenic nitrosamines N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)-amine (BOP) and N-nitrosobis(2-hydroxypropyl)amine (BHP) were tested in excision-repair-deficient strains of hisG46 Salmonella mutants in the intrasanguinous host-mediated mutagenesis assay (HMA) in male Syrian hamsters. The major adducts produced by BOP in the hamster are methylguanines, while BHP leads to hydroxypropylguanines as well as methylguanines. Both nitrosamines were potent mutagens in bacteria recovered from the liver. On a comparison of administered dose, BOP was more potent, but when compared at doses producing similar levels of O6-methylguanine (O6-MeG) in host liver DNA, or at equitoxic doses in the hamster, BHP was more potent. BHP was approximately 10 times less mutagenic in an excision-repair-proficient strain of Salmonella, but the mutagenicity of BOP was not reduced. The effects of excision repair on in vitro mutagenesis induced by the direct-acting analogs N-(2-oxopropyl)-N-nitrosourea (OPNU), a methylating agent, and N-(2-hydroxypropyl)-N-nitrosourea (HPNU), a hydroxypropylating agent, were also examined. Mutagenesis by HPNU, but not OPNU was very sensitive to excision repair. Thus BOP appears to lead to mutagenesis via methylation, while mutagenesis by BHP apparently proceeds via hydroxypropylation. BOP, BHP, OPNU and HPNU were several times less mutagenic in hisG428 than hisG46 strains. In contrast to hisG46 strains, which are reverted mainly by base-pair substitutions at G:C base pairs, hisG428 strains are generally more sensitive to mutagenesis at A:T base pairs. Taken together the above results and observations that > 90% of the adducts from BOP and BHP were alkylguanines, suggest that the major premutagenic adducts produced from BOP and BHP are alkylguanines as opposed to other alkylated bases. BOP and BHP were weak mutagens in the Salmonella/S-9 mutagenesis assay using hamster liver S-9 fraction. When compared with results in the HMA, BOP and BHP were orders of magnitude less mutagenic in vitro. This observation suggests: (i) the pathways or enzymes involved in the activation of these carcinogens (although uncertain) may be different in vivo and in vitro; or (ii) the pathways for the in vitro and in vivo metabolism may be similar, but the conditions used for the in vitro activation of these nitrosamines are inadequate to generate significant levels of nitrosamine metabolites.

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Prostatic cancer induced in MRC rats by N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)-amine and N-nitrosobis(2-hydroxypropyl)amine.

Weekly intragastric treatment with N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine or N-nitrosobis(2-hydroxypropyl)amine induced hyperplastic, preneoplastic and neoplastic prostatic changes in greater than 80% of MRC rats. The lesions initially appeared as focal or multifocal proliferations of alveolar epithelium in a cribriform pattern which, in all but one case, underwent progressive changes, often tending toward squamous cell formation. Tumors, found primarily in the ventral prostate, demonstrated various degrees of differentiation and invasive growth. A few neoplasms developed in the seminal vesicles; however all were of a glandular type. The sequential alteration of induced lesions is described and the possible reasons for the squamous cell character of most tumors discussed. Prostatic cancer induction by systemic application of specific nitrosamines could provide a unique tool for investigating important aspects of the disease.

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Inhibitory effect of green tea extract on the process of pancreatic carcinogenesis induced by N-nitrosobis-(2-oxypropyl)amine (BOP) and on tumor promotion after transplantation of N-nitrosobis-(2-hydroxypropyl)amine (BHP)-induced pancreatic cancer in Syrian hamsters.

Epidemiologic studies have shown a lower risk of gastrointestinal cancer in green tea drinkers. In the present study, the inhibitory effect of green tea extract (GTE) on the process of pancreatic carcinogenesis induced by N-nitrosobis-(2-oxypropyl)amine (BOP) and on tumor promotion after transplantation of N-nitrosobis-(2-hydroxypropyl)amine (BHP)-induced pancreatic cancer were investigated in hamsters. In the first experiment, shortly after the initiation of pancreatic carcinogenesis by BOP, the animals in the GTE group were given GTE (0.5 mg/L) in their drinking water and the control group was given tap water. All animals were sacrificed 24 weeks later. There were no significant differences in body weight, water intake, or food consumption between the two groups during the experiments. GTE consumption was approximately 1.25 mg/day/100 g body weight during this experiment. Seven of the 13 hamsters (54%) in the control group were found to have pancreatic tumors, versus six of the 18 hamsters (33%) in the GTE group. The average number of tumors in the control group was 1.0/hamster, compared with 0.5/hamster in the GTE group. The overall incidence of macroscopic pancreatic tumors in the GTE group was about half that in the control group. The incidence of pancreatic cancer was 54% (12/13) in the control group and 44% (8/18) in the GTE group. The number of pancreatic cancers, including invasive carcinoma and carcinoma in situ, in the GTE group was 0.88/hamster, significantly lower than in the control group (1.68/hamster) (p < 0.05). The incidence of atypical ductal hyperplasia, which is thought to be an early pancreatic cancer, was also significantly lower in the GTE group than in the control group (1.50/hamster vs. 4.65/hamster) (p < 0.05). In the second experiment, 1-mm3 pieces of BHP-induced pancreatic cancer were transplanted into the back of hamsters. The control group (N = 16) was maintained on the basal diet and tap water throughout the experiment, and the GTE group (N = 16) was also maintained on the basal diet and tap water for the first 3 weeks after transplantation, when successful transplantation was confirmed and, thereafter, given tap water containing GTE (0.5 mg/L) for an additional 12 weeks. Tumor growth was similar in both groups until 11 weeks after transplantation, but inhibition of tumor growth became apparent after 11 weeks in the GTE group. At 13 weeks, the average tumor volume in the GTE group was 1.01 +/- 0.11 x 104 mm3, significantly smaller than that in the control group (1.98 +/- 0.37 x 104 mm3) (p < 0.05). The results demonstrated that GTE has an inhibitory effect on the process of pancreatic carcinogenesis and on tumor promotion of transplanted pancreatic cancer. These results suggest that GTE may come to serve as a chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic agent for pancreatic cancer.

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Trimethyltin-induced alterations in brain amino acids, amines and amine metabolites: relationship to hyperammonemia.

An investigation of several neurochemical consequences of exposure of the rat to 3/4 of the estimated single injection LD50 quantity of trimethyltin chloride (TMT) indicated that a significant elevation in the levels of glutamine (Gln) and 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid (5-HIAA) occurred at post-dosing day 7 in each examined region of the brain; elevated Gln persisted in the hippocampus through day 14 and returned to control levels at day 28. At post-dosing day 7, levels of glutamate were decreased in the hippocampus, while levels of GABA were decreased in hippocampus and frontal cortex, but not in corpus striatum; hippocampal glutamate and GABA returned to control levels by post-dosing day 14. Decreased levels of taurine (Tau) occurred on day 7 in both hippocampus and frontal cortex; hippocampal Tau remained below control levels through post-dosing day 28. Levels of other amino acids and of amines and amine metabolites were not altered by TMT in the 7 to 28 day post-dosing interval. At day 7, TMT treatment did not alter brain regional activities of glutamine synthetase; however, plasma ammonia was elevated 100% above the control value. Alterations in several serum enzymes (esp., alkaline phosphatase and aspartate aminotransferase) revealed several other peripheral consequences of TMT exposure which persist through post-dosing day 28. The more prominent and wide-spread neurochemical alterations resulting from TMT exposure appear to reflect consequences of hyperammonemia resulting from a peripheral effect of the organotin compound.

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Carcinogenicity of N-nitrosobis(2-hydroxypropyl)amine and N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine in MRC rats.

Weekly sc injections of equitoxic doses of N-nitrosobis(2-hydroxypropyl)amine (BHP) and N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine (BOP) to Wister-derived MRC rats induced tumors. The incidence, latency, multiplicity, morphologic type, and distribution of these tumors varied according to the compound given. The esophagus was the main target organ for BHP (100%), followed by the respiratory tract (87%), pharynx (80%), colon and liver (each 73%), kidneys (20%), thyroid gland (20%), and urinary bladder and urethra (each 7%). BOP was ineffective in the esophagus and pharynx but induced a higher incidence of tumors in the kidneys (27%), thyroid gland (60%), urinary bladder (33%), and urethra (73%) and fewer neoplasms in the respiratory tract (20%), colon (67%), and liver (53%). In addition, BOP caused a few, apparently primary, prostate squamous cell carcinomas. The results are compared with results of BHP treatment in Sprague-Dawley rats and with results of BHP and BOP treatment in Syrian golden hamsters.

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Species specificity in the metabolism of N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine and N-nitroso(2-hydroxypropyl)(2-oxopropyl)amine to mutagens by isolated rat and hamster hepatocytes.

The metabolic activation of the carcinogens N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine (BOP) and N-nitroso(2-hydroxypropyl)(2-oxopropyl)amine (HPOP) by Fischer rat and Syrian hamster hepatocytes was investigated in order to determine the existence of species differences in the induction of cell mutation. The conversion of BOP and HPOP into forms mutagenic to V79 cells was studied by using the hepatocyte-mediated mutagenicity assay. Mutations at the hypoxanthine:guanine phosphoribosyltransferase locus and the Na-K-ATPase locus were scored by the induction of 6-thioguanine resistance (TGr) or ouabain resistance (Ouar), respectively. Hepatocytes of both species were capable of converting BOP and HPOP to mutagens for V79 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Metabolism of BOP by rat hepatocytes resulted in higher mutation frequencies than that by hamster hepatocytes. At a BOP concentration of 240 microM, rat hepatocyte metabolism yielded 90.7 TGr mutants and 19.5 Ouar mutants per 10(5) V79 cells. At the same concentration, hamster hepatocyte metabolism of BOP yielded 54.1 TGr mutants and 13.0 Ouar mutants per 10(5) V79 cells. These results did not correlate with the known carcinogenic potency of BOP in the hamster as compared to the rat. Hamster hepatocytes carried out the catabolism of BOP to CO2 at faster rates than rat hepatocytes; therefore, the species difference in mutagenic activation was not due to a defect in BOP uptake or metabolism by hamster hepatocytes. In contrast, metabolism of HPOP by hamster hepatocytes resulted in significantly higher mutation frequencies than that by rat hepatocytes. At an HPOP concentration of 240 microM, hamster hepatocyte metabolism yielded 83.5 TGr mutants per 10(5) V79 cells; rat hepatocyte metabolism yielded only 19.8 TGr mutants per 10(5) V79 cells. This species difference in mutagenic activation correlated well with the known potency of HPOP as a carcinogen for the hamster as compared to the rat. Since hamster pancreatic cells and subcellular fractions are known to have very limited capacity to perform the metabolic activation of HPOP, the results of this study imply that liver metabolism plays an important role in the conversion of HPOP to an agent(s) which subsequently affects the hamster pancreas. The mutagenic potency of BOP versus HPOP was compared after metabolism by hepatocytes from both species. Following their metabolism by hamster hepatocytes, the two compounds were nearly equivalent in mutagenic potency. After metabolism by rat hepatocytes, BOP was significantly more potent mutagen than HPOP.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

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