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AICA-ribosiduria due to ATIC deficiency: Delineation of the phenotype with three novel cases, and long-term update on the first case.

2020

5-Amino-4-imidazolecarboxamide-ribosiduria (AICA)-ribosiduria is an exceedingly rare autosomal recessive condition resulting from the disruption of the bifunctional purine biosynthesis protein PURH (ATIC), which catalyzes the last two steps of de novo purine synthesis. It is characterized biochemically by the accumulation of AICA-riboside in urine. AICA-ribosiduria had been reported in only one individual, 15 years ago. In this article, we report three novel cases of AICA-ribosiduria from two independent families, with two novel pathogenic variants in ATIC. We also provide a clinical update on the first patient. Based on the phenotypic features shared by these four patients, we define AICA-…

New Internal-Charge-Transfer Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Chromophores Based on the Donor Ferrocenylpyrazole Moiety

2016

A series of new N-arylated ferrocenepyrazole structures, carrying different donor or acceptor substituents in the para position of the aryl ring, has been synthesized by the Chan-Lam cross-coupling reaction. The nonplanar geometric molecular structure of some of these chromophores together with their crystal packing was determined by X-ray diffraction, and the HOMO and LUMO energy levels were evaluated by electrochemical and optical measurements and by density functional theoretical (DFT) calculations. By the investigation of solvent effects and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) calculations, the intense electronic absorption band around 270-310 nm was confirmed to be an internal-chargetransfer (…

Inhibition of murine IgE and immediate cutaneous hypersensitivity responses to ovalbumin by the immunomodulatory agent leflunomide

1999

SUMMARYLeflunomide has been identified as an immunoregulatory and anti-inflammatory compound. Allergic disease is characterized by elevated serum IgE levels, production of allergen-specific IgE and the release of inflammatory mediators from mast cells and granulocytes. Here we demonstrate, using an in vivo murine model, the ability of leflunomide to down-regulate levels of total and allergen-specific serum IgE production. Mice receiving leflunomide (45 mg/kg) orally at the time of primary immunization with ovalbumin adsorbed to aluminium hydroxide adjuvant, showed a reduction in total serum IgE levels of 95%, 41% and 32% following primary, secondary and tertiary immunizations, respectively …

Morphology of experimentally denervated and reinnervated rat facial muscle I. Histochemical and histological findings

1994

The morphological changes in rat facial muscles were evaluated after permanent denervation and were compared with findings after immediate reinnervation. Thirty rats underwent transection of the left and right facial nerves immediately followed by hypoglossal-facial nerve anastomosis on the right side (muscular reinnervation) and removal of 8-10 mm of the facial plexus on the left side (permanent muscular denervation). Levator labii muscle samples of both sides were collected sequentially at 2, 6, 7, 10, 20, and 24 weeks after surgery and submitted to routine histological and enzyme histochemical staining procedures. In normal levator labii muscles a typical "chessboard" pattern was found, …

Protection by beverages, fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flavonoids against genotoxicity of 2-acetylaminofluorene and 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo…

2002

Abstract Chinese hamster lung fibroblasts, genetically engineered for the expression of rat cytochrome P450 dependent monooxygenase 1A2 and rat sulfotransferase 1C1 (V79-rCYP1A2-rSULT1C1 cells), were utilized to check for possible protective effects of beverages of plant origin, fruits, vegetables, and spices against genotoxicity induced by 2-acetylaminofluorene (AAF) or 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP). Antigenotoxic activities of juices from spinach and red beets against AAF could be monitored with similar effectivity by the HPRT-mutagenicity test (IC50=0.64%; 2.57%) and alkaline single cell gel electrophoresis (comet assay; IC50=0.12%; 0.89%) which detects DNA stran…

N-Acilsulfonamīdi kā virzošās grupas rutēnija katalizētās anelēšanas reakcijās

2015

Petrova E., zinātniskais vadītājs Dr. ķīm. Jirgensons A. Maģistra darbs, 41 lappuse, 30 attēli, 4 tabulas, 33 literatūras avoti, 3 pielikumi. Latviešu valodā. Maģistra darbā pētīti N-acilsulfonamīdi rutēnija katalizētās C-H saites aktivēšanas/ anelēšanas reakcijās. Sintezēta virzošā grupa un substrāti. Piemēroti reakcijas apstākļi un veiktas N-acilsulfonamīdu anelēšanas reakcijas ar alkīniem. Iegūto vielu struktūras pierādītas ar 1H un 13C KMR spektriem.

Enhanced antifungal efficacy of tebuconazole using gated pH-driven mesoporous nanoparticles

2014

Núria Mas,1–3 Irene Galiana,3 Silvia Hurtado,† Laura Mondragón,1–3 Andrea Bernardos,1–3 Félix Sancenón,1–3 María D Marcos,1–3 Pedro Amorós,4 Nuria Abril-Utrillas,5 Ramón Martínez-Máñez,1–3 José Ramón Murguía1,3 1Centro de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Centro Mixto Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain; 2Departamento de Química, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valenci…

ISOXAZOLO[5,4-E]ISOINDOLE: A NEW RING SYSTEM WITH POTETIAL PHOTOBIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES

2008

Scalable Constant pH Molecular Dynamics in GROMACS

2022

Molecular dynamics (MD) computer simulations are used routinely to compute atomistic trajectories of complex systems. Systems are simulated in various ensembles, depending on the experimental conditions one aims to mimic. While constant energy, temperature, volume, and pressure are rather straightforward to model, pH, which is an equally important parameter in experiments, is more difficult to account for in simulations. Although a constant pH algorithm based on the λ-dynamics approach by Brooks and co-workers [Kong, X.; Brooks III, C. L. J. Chem. Phys.1996, 105, 2414–2423] was implemented in a fork of the GROMACS molecular dynamics program, uptake has been rather limited, presumably due to…

ω-Hetarilbutānskābes atvasinājumu iegūšana pretvēža aktivitātes noteikšanai: pieclocekļu heterocikli ar diviem heteroatomiem

2022

Ω-hetarilbutānskābes atvasinājumu iegūšana pretvēža aktivitātes noteikšanai: pieclocekļu heterocikli ar diviem heteroatomiem. Kondibo V., zinātniskais vadītājs Dr. chem. Igors Kļimenkovs. Bakalaura darbs, 32 lappuses, 34 attēli, 23 literatūras avoti, 15 pielikumi, Latviešu valodā. Bakalaura darba ietvaros ir novērtēti 4-(5-fenil-1H-3-pirazolil)butānskābe , 4-(5-fenil-3-izoksazolil)butānskābe un 4-(4-fenil-1H-2-imidazolil)butānamīds sintēzes iespējas.