Using recombinant DNA approaches a cDNA clone was isolated from antennal libraries of Antheraea pernyi which encodes the complete sequence of a putative pheromone or odorant binding protein. The deduced protein sequence consist of a signal peptide of 19 amino acids and a mature protein of 141 am...

From an antennal library of Bombyx mori cDNA clones encoding different binding proteins have been isolated. The deduced amino acid sequences showed only moderate homology to each other but shared several common structural features. Based on a sequence comparison with the antennal binding protein...

This paper reviews the characteristics of pheromone and odorant-binding proteins (OBP) in insects, with particular reference to Lepidoptera. They are small (15 kDa) soluble proteins, very concentrated in the lymph of chemosensory sensilla and belonging to two major classes, pheromone-binding pro...

Genomic DNA from the silk moth Antheraea pernyi bearing the gene of a pheromone binding protein has been isolated from a partial genomic library using specific cDNA probes. The DNA spans 3.5 kilobases, contains three exons and two intervening sequences that interrupt the protein coding region of...

OBJECTIVES: Although the physiologic and pathologic roles of endothelin-1 in reproduction have been investigated, little is known about human uterine tissue levels. We studied the levels of immunoreactive endothelin-1 and immunoreactive big endothelin-1 in human endometrium and myometrium during...

The presence of functional endothelin converting enzyme (ECE) activity in basilar artery ring segments was investigated by measuring the contractile and relaxant effects of big endothelin (ET)-1. Under resting tension conditions cumulative application of big ET1-1 elicited a concentration-relate...

AimsCerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO2NPs) have been recently introduced into the medical field for their antioxidant properties. The ability of CeO2NPs alone or in combination with spironolactone (SP) to attenuate monocrotaline (MCT)-induced pulmonary hypertension and associated right ventricular...

Synthetic big endothelin-1 (ET-1), a 39-residue precursor of ET-1, has been reported to elicit potent contractile action on helical strip specimens obtained from the porcine coronary artery, but its molar potency was found to be 140-fold lower than that of ET-1 [Saito, Y., Nakao, K., Mukoyama, M...

Sulfuric acid ([3-(3-silicapropyl)sulfanyl]propyl)ester is employed as a recyclable catalyst for the condensation reaction between aromatic aldehydes and 3-methyl-l-phenyl-5-pyrazolone. This condensation reaction was performed in ethanol under refluxing conditions giving 4,4′-alkylmethylene-bis...

Novel unsymmetrical photosensitive derivatives of maleic acid, anhydride and N-alkylimide, including coumarin and thiophene moieties, have been designed and synthesized; their photochromism study and fatigue resistance estimation are reported.

An unusual Beckmann rearrangement was discovered in the reaction of 3,4-bis(2,5-dimethyl-3-thienyl)cyclobut-3-ene-1,2-dione with hydroxylamine hydrochloride to give esters of 2,3-bis(2,5-dimethyl-3-thienyl)-3- cyanoacrylic acid.

In the presence of K2CO3, reaction of (α-thienacyl)methyltriphenyl phosphonium bromide (1) with methyl 2-perfluoroalkynoates (2) in CH2Cl2 at room temperature gave methyl 4-(α-thienacyl)-2-triphenylphosphoranylidene-3-perfluoroalkyl-3-butenoates (3) in excellent yields. 4-Perfluoroalkyl-6-(α-...

The synthesis and characterization of two hybrid N-methylated carbazole derivatives containing a thiazolyl or a thienyl ring is reported. The thiazolyl derivative has been also characterised by X-ray diffraction analysis. The study of its reactivity in front of [MCl2(dmso)2] (M = Pd or Pt) or Na...

The structure and properties of electrochemically synthesized oligomers of the mono n-octyl-ester of 3(3-thienyl)glutaric acid (EGA) have been studied. By using UV-Vis, FT-IR, 1H-NMR, emission as well as simulated UV-Vis and 1H-NMR spectra of the product it has been found that the trimer of EGA ...

Twelve 2,5-dimethyl-3-thienyl chalcones [E-1-(2,5-dimethyl-3-thienyl)-3-(substituted phenyl)-2-propen-1-ones] have been synthesized by Claisen–Schmidt condensation of 3-acetyl-2,5-dimethyl furon and substituted benzaldehydes. Yields of the chalcones are more than 80%. These chalcones were chara...

The ester (compound 1) of 2-(3-thienyl)ethanol (T-etOH) with 3-thienylacetic acid was synthesized as a monomer whose two thiophene groups could be electropolymerized independently, becoming members of different polymer chains in a highly cross-linked highly insoluble polymer. Indeed, 1 was elect...

Benzodiazepines are the standard drugs for the treatment of anxiety, but their undesirable side effects make it necessary to develop new anxiolytic drugs. The objective of this study was to evaluate the possible anxiolytic-simile effect of synthetic chalcone N-{(4′-[(E)-3-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-(ph...

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is the primary target of organophosphorus pesticides (OPs). Ellman's method using Acetylthiocholine (ATCh) is the standard approach for the detection of AChE activity. Though ATCh is a popular substrate, it has certain drawbacks as well. Because of these limitati...

The resolution of (R,S)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine ((R,S)-NEA) by Candida antarctica lipase B (CALB) in ionic liquids (ILs) containing 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium cations ([Cnmim]+) and [Tf2N]−, [BF4]−, and [PF6]− anions was investigated. When the alkyl chain on the cation contained less than six ...

Gluconate anions (Gluc−) and N-(1-naphthly)ethylenediammonium cations (NEDA2+) capped Ag-NPs (Gluc-Ag-NPs and NEDA-Ag-NPs) were employed to study interactions with macrocyclic polyammonium cations (MCPACs), which are reputed anion recognizers and as to mimic biopolyamines. The studies were done ...