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Influence of the addition of mineral salts on the inhibitory activity of strains of the Arthrinium genus.

The influence which the addition of certain mineral salts has on the inhibiting activity of strains belonging to the Arthrinium genus was studied. The salts employed were AgNO3, FeCl2, MnCl2 and CuSO4, in concentrations of 10, 50, 100, 150 and 200 mg/l, in the presence of Bacillus subtilis, Enterobacter cloacae, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Serratia marcescens, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger. For B. subtilis and S. aureus greater inhibition was observed after the addition of FeCl2 (200 mg/l) and MnCl2 (10 mg/l). E. coli showed a greater sensibility in the presence of AgNO3 (200 mg/l) and CuSO4 (150 mg/l). Inhibition before Enterobacter cloacae and Serratia marcescens was not increased by the addition of any of the salts. The addition of MnCl2 at 10 mg/l concentration to the basal medium showed a considerable increase of inhibitory activity over Klebsiella pneumoniae and Candida albicans. Activity for Aspergillus niger decreased when any of the salts were added to the medium.

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Modifying effects of naturally occurring products on the development of colonic aberrant crypt foci induced by azoxymethane in F344 rats.

Modifying effects of dietary exposure of seven naturally occurring products on the development of colonic aberrant crypt foci (ACF) induced by azoxymethane (AOM) were investigated in male F344 rats. The effects of these compounds on proliferation biomarkers such as the number of silver-stained nucleolar organizer region protein, ornithine decarboxylase activity, and polyamine concentration in the colon were also estimated. The naturally occurring products tested included four terpenoids (rebaudioside A, oleanolic acid, costunolide, and soyasaponin A2), one flavonoid (liquiritin), and two isocoumarins (phyllodulcin and hydrangenol). Animals were given 3 weekly s.c. injections of AOM (15 mg/kg body weight) to induce ACF. These rats were fed the diet containing 200 ppm of each test chemical for 5 weeks, starting 1 week before the first dosing of AOM. All rats were sacrificed 2 weeks after the last AOM injection to estimate their modulatory effects on the occurrence of ACF and the cell proliferation biomarkers in the colon. In groups of rats given AOM and hydrangenol, oleanolic acid, or costunolide, the frequencies of ACF/colon were significantly lower than that of AOM alone (P < 0.05, P < 0.005, and P < 0.05, respectively). In groups of rats given AOM and costunolide and those treated with AOM and soyasaponin A2, both ornithine decarboxylase activity and polyamine concentration of the colonic mucosal tissue were significantly decreased compared with those in rats given AOM alone (P < 0.05 and P < 0.001 for costunolide and P < 0.001 and P < 0.05 for soyasaponin A2, respectively). In groups of rats given AOM and liquiritin, oleanolic acid, or costunolide, the numbers of silver-stained nucleolar organizer regions/nucleus were significantly lower than that of AOM alone (P < 0.05, P < 0.01, and P < 0.05, respectively). Costunolide decreased four AOM-induced biomarkers, such as the frequencies of ACF/colon, ornithine decarboxylase activity, polyamine concentration level, and silver-stained nucleolar organizer region number in the colon. These results indicate that, among the test chemicals, costunolide has blocking effects against rat colon carcinogenesis and is a possible chemopreventive agent against colon tumorigenesis. Also, the short-term model described here could be a very useful prescreening tool for chemopreventive agents against colon cancer.

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Corneal neovascularization induced by xenografts or chemical cautery. Inhibition by cyclosporin A.

PURPOSE: Neovascularization of the cornea occurs in numerous pathologic states causing decreased visual acuity and blindness and is a major complication of corneal allotransplantation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of topical and systemic cyclosporin A (CsA) on corneal angiogenesis induced by xenotransplantation or by chemical cauterization. The subcutaneous disc angiogenesis system (DAS) also was used to study the effects of CsA on angiogenesis in a nonocular site. METHODS: Corneal angiogenesis was provoked by either xenotransplantation or chemical cautery. Rats from experiments using both of these models were subdivided into four treatment groups. Topical treatment was administered by using 4% CsA eye drops or vehicle (castor oil) four times daily for 10 days. Systemic therapy consisted of daily (5 mg/kg per day) subcutaneous injections of CsA or vehicle. In the DAS experiments, rats received CsA or vehicle systemically or intradisc. The amount of neovascularization was quantitated by digital image analysis in corneal flat preparations and sections of discs. RESULTS: Rats that received xenografts or cautery manifested less corneal neovascularization than did control animals after topical of subcutaneous CsA treatment. CsA also enhanced the survival of corneal xenografts. A difference between CsA and vehicle-treated animals in the DAS experiments was not detected. CONCLUSIONS: CsA effectively retards the growth of new vessels in the cornea after xenotransplantation or chemical cauterization and prolongs xenograft survival. However, CsA does not suppress angiogenesis in all systems, because it was ineffective in blocking vessel growth in the subcutaneous DAS.

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Specific silver staining of experimentally undercondensed chromosome regions.

Treatment of human and mouse cell cultures with DNA binding AT-specific compounds and with some base analogues induced distinct undercondensations in several heterochromatic chromosome regions. All those heterochromatic regions undercondensed by AT-specific DNA ligands (distamycin A, DAPI, Hoechst 33258) could be heavily labeled with the silver(Ag)-staining technique; but the heterochromatic regions undercondensed with the cytidine analogue 5-azacytidine were Ag-negative. In metaphase chromosomes from BrdU-treated human cell cultures, the bifilarly substituted chromatids, which show a slight undercondensation, were also Ag-negative. Cytochemical analyses of the Ag-stained undercondensed heterochromatic regions showed that the Ag-stainable material consisted of nonhistone proteins. The mechanism of Ag staining in the undercondensed heterochromatic regions was compared with Ag staining of the nucleolus organizer regions.

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The first example of a silver-manganese-rhenium cluster complex: heptacarbonyl-1kappa3C,2kappa4C-mu-dicyclohexylphosphido-1:2kappa2P-bis(triphenylphosphine)-1kappaP,3kappaP-triangulo-manganeserheniumsilver with disordered solvent.

The title compound, [ReMnAg(C(12)H(22)P)(C(18)H(15)P)(2)(CO)(7)], is the first crystallographically characterized silver-manganese-rhenium cluster. Due to intramolecular steric repulsion, the central AgMnRe(mu-P) ring deviates greatly from planarity. Metal-metal distances are Mn-Re 3.1712 (8), Ag-Mn 2.7367 (8) and Ag-Re 2.8485 (6) A.

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Development of gel staining techniques for detecting the secretion of procathepsin D (52-kDa protein) in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells.

17 beta-Estradiol stimulates the secretion of the 34- and 52-kDa protein (i.e., cathepsin D and procathepsin D, respectively) from MCF-7 human breast cancer cells and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) inhibits this estrogen-stimulated response. A comparison of the effects of 17 beta-estradiol, TCDD, and their combinations on the secretion of these two proteins was determined using four different assay procedures, namely autoradiographic analysis of the 35S-labeled proteins (from [35S]methionine) separated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), densitometric analysis of the silver- and double-stained proteins separated by PAGE, and radioimmunoassay of the proteins using commercially available antibodies to the 52-kDa protein. The results showed that the autoradiographic, staining, and radioimmunoassay procedures gave comparable results with only a few minor differences in the relative amounts of the 52-kDa detected in the various treatment groups. In the medium obtained from 17 beta-estradiol-treated cells that was serially diluted, there was an excellent linear correlation for the relative concentrations of the 52-kDa protein using the double-staining/densitometric procedure and the radioimmunoassay. These results indicate that the double- or silver-staining method may be a useful and rapid method for screening new compounds as antiestrogens in MCF-7 cells.

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1,3-dialkyl- and 1,3-diaryl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-2-ylidene rhodium(i) and palladium(II) complexes: synthesis, structure, and reactivity.

The synthesis of novel 1,3-diaryl- and 1,3-dialkylpyrimidin-2-ylidene-based N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) and their rhodium(i) and palladium(II) complexes is described. The rhodium compounds bromo(cod)[1,3-bis(2-propyl)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-2-ylidene]rhodium (7), bromo(cod)(1,3-dimesityl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-2-ylidene)rhodium (8) (cod=eta(4)-1,5-cyclooctadiene, mesityl=2,4,6-trimethylphenyl), chloro(cod)(1,3-dimesityl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-2-ylidene)rhodium (9), and chloro(cod)[1,3-bis(2-propyl)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-2-ylidene]rhodium (10) were prepared by reaction of [[Rh(cod)Cl](2)] with lithium tert-butoxide followed by addition of 1,3-dimesityl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidinium bromide (3), 1,3-dimesityl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidinium tetrafluoroborate (4), 1,3-di-2-propyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidinium bromide (6), and 1,3-di-2-propyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidinium tetrafluoroborate, respectively. Complex 7 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2(1)/n, and 8 in the monoclinic space group P2(1). Complexes 9 and 10 were used for the synthesis of the corresponding dicarbonyl complexes dicarbonylchloro(1,3-dimesityl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-2-ylidene)rhodium (11), and dicarbonylchloro[1,3-bis(2-propyl)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-2-ylidene]rhodium (12). The wavenumbers nu(CO I)/nu(CO II) for 11 and 12 were used as a quantitative measure for the basicity of the NHC ligand. The values of 2062/1976 and 2063/1982 cm(-1), respectively, indicate that the new NHCs are among the most basic cyclic ligands reported so far. Compounds 3 and 6 were additionally converted to the corresponding cationic silver(i) bis-NHC complexes [Ag(1,3-dimesityl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-2-ylidene)(2)]AgBr(2) (13) and [Ag[1,3-bis(2-propyl)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-2-ylidene](2)]AgBr(2) (14), which were subsequently used in transmetalation reactions for the synthesis of the corresponding palladium(II) complexes Pd(1,3-dimesityl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-2-ylidene)(2) (2+)(Ag(2)Br(2)Cl(4) (4-))(1/2) (15) and Pd[1,3-bis(2-propyl)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-2-ylidene)(2)]Cl(2) (16). Complex 15 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2(1)/c, and 16 in the monoclinic space group C(2)/c. The catalytic activity of 15 and 16 in Heck-type reactions was studied in detail. Both compounds are highly active in the coupling of aliphatic and aromatic vinyl compounds with aryl bromides and chlorides with turnover numbers (TONs) up to 2000000. Stabilities of 15 and 16 under Heck-couplings conditions were correlated with their molecular structure. Finally, selected kinetic data for these couplings are presented.

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Lead tetraacetate-thiocarbohydrazide-silver proteinate method for light microscopy of polysaccharides.

Lead tetraacetate-thiocarbohydrazide-silver proteinate reaction sequence for light microscopy of polysaccharides was evaluated on Carnoy's fixed rat liver sections. The results of this evaluation suggest that, on the light microscopic level, the lead tetraacetate-thiocarbohydrazide-silver proteinate method may serve as a practical and histochemically specific alternative to the lead tetraacetate-Schiff reaction for the localization of tissue carbohydrates.

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Nanoparticle-mirror sandwich substrates for surface-enhanced Raman scattering.

Sandwich surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates (3S) utilizing coupling between continuous metal films and plasmonic particles were fabricated using silver mirrors, electrochemically roughened films, and various sizes of silver nanoparticles. The effect of excitation wavelength and nanoparticle size on SERS spectra of poly(vinylpyridine), selected as a model compound, was studied to determine the optimum conditions for the strongest SERS signal. The Raman enhancement resulted from the plasmon coupling of silver nanoparticles to the underlying continuous film as well as the lateral plasmon coupling between the silver nanoparticles. The formation of the charge transfer complex was also observed. The 3S configuration was used to obtain SERS spectra of dipicolinic acid (DPA), a chemical signature for Bacillus anthracis.

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Catalytic asymmetric rearrangement of allylic N-aryl trifluoroacetimidates. A useful method for transforming prochiral allylic alcohols to chiral allylic amines.

[reaction: see text] A useful method for the conversion of prochiral allylic alcohols to chiral allylic amines of high enantiopurity is reported. N-(4-Methoxyphenyl)trifluoroacetimidates are excellent substrates for the palladium(II)-catalyzed allylic imidate rearrangement as the allylic trifluoroacetamide products can be deprotected in two steps to provide chiral nonracemic allylic amines. Di-mu-chlorobis[(eta(5)-(S)-(pR)-2-(2'-(4'-isopropyl))oxazolinylcyclopentadienyl,1-C,3'-N))(eta(4)-tetraphenylcyclobutadiene)cobalt]dipalladium (6a, COP-Cl) is a superior catalyst because it does not require activation with silver salts and provides rearranged allylic trifluoroacetamides in good yields and high enantiomeric purities.

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Catena-poly[[silver(I)-mu-hexane-1,6-diamine-kappa2N:N'] cinnamate dihydrate].

The title compound, [[Ag(C(6)H(16)N(2))](C(9)H(7)O(2)).2H(2)O](n), has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The Ag atom is coordinated in a linear configuration by two N atoms from two hexane-1,6-diamine ligands, giving a zigzag polymeric chain with an [-Ag-N-C-C-C-C-C-C-N-](n) backbone running parallel to the c axis. In the crystal packing, adjacent chains interact with the anions via the lattice water molecules, thus forming layers parallel to the bc plane.

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