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Thomas Eberle
Expression of serologically identified tumor antigens in acute leukemias.
Cancer/testis antigens (CTA) are an expanding family of immunogenic proteins selectively expressed in human neoplasms. As little is known about the expression of serologically identified CTA in leukemias so far, we investigated the expression of 5 CT genes (SSX-1, HOM-MEL-40/SSX-2, HOM-TES-14/SCP-1, SCP-3 and NY-ESO-1) in leukemic blood samples obtained from patients with either acute lymphatic leukemias (ALL) or myelocytic leukemia (AML). RT-PCR-analyses showed no expression of any of the CT-genes in the leukemia samples of 19 patients with AML, whereas frequent expression was found in ALL. In the 17 ALL cases studied, SCP3a, SSX-1, HOM-MEL-40/SXX-2 and HOM-TES-14/SCP-1 were expressed in 4…
Complexes of titanium and zirconium containing a tridentate linked amido–cyclopentadienyl ligand with a soft donor group: synthesis, structure, and ethylene polymerization catalysis
Abstract Group 4 metal complexes M(η5:η1-C5R4SiMe2NCH2CH2SMe)Cl2 (R=H, M=Ti; R=Me, M=Ti, Zr) containing the thioether-functionalized linked amido–cyclopentadienyl ligand were synthesized and characterized by 1H- and 13C-NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and elemental analysis. The crystal structures of the complexes Ti(η5:η1-C5H4SiMe2NCH2CH2SMe)Cl2 and Zr(η5:η1:η1-C5Me4SiMe2NCH2CH2SMe)Cl2 were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. The titanium complex is a conventional three-legged piano-stool molecule without an intramolecular interaction between the sulfur donor group and the titanium center, whereas the zirconium complex adopts a trigonal bipyramidal structure, with …
Agglomerated non-porous silica nanoparticles as model carriers in polyethylene synthesis
Abstract Non-porous submicron silica particles (250 and 500 nm) with high monodispersity were agglomerated to form spherical agglomerates via spray drying. As a binder, 25 nm sized monodisperse silica spheres were selected from a variety of colloidal systems including Levasil-type and Aerosil-type silica nanoparticles. The use of such binders led to an increase of the specific surface area of the agglomerated carriers. All materials were characterised by nitrogen sorption, mercury intrusion and scanning electron microscopy. The silica agglomerates, with highly defined geometrical and pore structural parameters, were employed as model carriers in the heterogeneous polymerization of ethylene …
Zirconium, hafnium and yttrium complexes containing two linked amido— tetramethylcyclopentadienyl ligands: Synthesis, reactivity and molecular structure of Hf(η5:η1−C5Me4SiMe2NiPr)2
Abstract Zirconium and hafnium complexes M(η5: η1−C5Me4SiMe2NR′)xCl(4−2x) (M = Zr, Hf; x = 1, 2; R′ = iPr, tBu) containing one or two linked amido-tetramethylcyclopentadienyl ligands C5Me4SiMe2NR′ have been synthesized by the reaction of the dilithium derivative Li2(C5Me4SiMe2NR′) with MCl4(THF)2. The crystal structure of the hafnium complex Hf(η5: η1−C5Me4SiMe2NiPr)2 has been determined by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study and shows a C2-symmetric helical metallocene, in which the amido ligands are bonded as π-donor ligands with Hf—N bond lengths of 2.115(2) A. The isoelectronic heterobimetallic yttrium complex Li[Y(η5: η1−C5Me4SiMe2NCH2CH2OMe)2] reacts with phenylacetylene to give …
A novel tumour associated leucine zipper protein targeting to sites of gene transcription and splicing
We describe here the definition and characterization of antigen CT-8/HOM-TES-85 encoded by a previously unknown gene and identified by serological expression screening using antibodies from a seminoma patient. Intriguingly, the leucine zipper region of CT-8/HOM-TES-85 shows an atypical amphipathy with clusters of hydrophobic residues that is exclusively shared by the N-myc proto-oncogene. CT-8/HOM-TES-85 gene is tightly silenced in normal tissues except for testis. However, it is frequently activated in human neoplasms of different types including lung cancer, ovarian cancer, melanoma and glioma. Endogenous as well as heterogeneously expressed CT-8/HOM-TES-85 targets predominantly to the nu…
Copolymerization of ethene with styrene using different methylalumoxane activated half-sandwich complexes
Ethene was copolymerized with styrene using five different methylalumoxane (MAO) activated half-sandwich complexes of the general formula Me 2 Si(Cp)(N-R)MCl 2 , varying the substituents on the cyclopentadienyl ring and the substituent on the amide (Cp = tetramethylcyclopentadiene CBT, 1-indenyl IBT, 3-trimethylsilyl-1-indenyl SIBT, or fluorenyl FBZ, R = tert-butyl (complexes CBT,IBT, SIBT, FBZ ) or benzyl CAT), as well as the metal center ( M = Ti, except FBZ: M = Zr). Polymerization behavior was analyzed with respect to catalyst activity and polymerization kinetics, styrene incorporation, copolymer microstructure, and molecular weight. All complexes produced random poly(ethene-co-styrene)…
Titanium Complexes with a Linked Amido−Cyclopentadienyl Ligand and a Bidentate Organyl Group: Synthesis, Structure, and Ethene Polymerization Activity
Titanium complexes containing a linked isopropyl- or benzylamido(tetramethylcyclopentadienyl) ligand C5Me4SiMe2NR (R = iPr, CH2Ph,) and one bidentate organyl group C6H4(CH2NMe2)-2, CH2C6H4(NMe2)-2, and {η5-C5H3(CH2NMe2)-2}Fe(η5-C5H5) were prepared by salt metathesis of the corresponding dichloro complex Ti(η5:η1-C5Me4SiMe2NR)Cl2 with the lithium organyl. Single crystal X-ray structural analysis of Ti(η5:η1-C5Me4SiMe2NCH2Ph)- {C6H4(CH2NMe2)-2}Cl and of Ti(η5:η1-C5Me4SiMe2NiPr){CH2C6H4(NMe2)-2}Cl revealed the presence of intramolecular coordination with square pyramidal geometry around titanium. In the ferrocenyl derivative Ti(η5:η1-C5Me4SiMe2NCH2Ph)[{η5-C5H3(CH2NMe2)-2}Fe(η5-C5H5)]Cl the NMe…
Linked Benzylamido-Cyclopentadienyl Ligands: Synthesis and Characterization of Alkyl Titanium Complexes
Titanium complexes of the general type Ti(η5:η1-C5H4Si-Me2NCH2C6H3X2-2,5)Cl2 (XH, F), containing a linked benzylamido-cyclopentadienyl ligand, were prepared by reaction of Ti(η5-C5H4SiMe2Cl)Cl3 with lithium amide Li(NHCH2C6H3X2-2,5). A single-crystal X-ray structural analysis of Ti(η5: η1-C5H4SiME2NCH2C6H3F2-2,5)Cl2 revealed a conformation in the solid state in which the aryl ring is turned away from the metal center. Ti(η5:η1-C5H4SiMe2NCH2C6H5)Cl2 can be alkylated with a variety of reagents to form extremely sensitive complexes of the type Ti(η5-C5H4SiMe,2NCH2C6H5)R2 (RMe, CH2 C6H5, CH2SiME3, CH2CMe2C6H5). Reaction of Li2[C5Me4SiMe2NCH2C6H5] with TiCl3(THF)3 gave Ti(η5: η1-C5Me4SiMe2NCH2C6…