In this study, we examined the immunosuppressive activity of demethylzeylasteral (T-96), isolated from the traditional Chinese herbal medicine, Tripterygium wilfordii Hook f. Its immunosuppressive effect was investigated using mouse splenocytes in vitro, and in an in vivo rat kidney transplant m...

A series of new 3-[4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl) phenyl]prop-2-en-1-ones were synthesized by the condensation of various acetophenones with 4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl) benzaldehyde which was itself prepared by the N-arylation of imidazole using hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide as catalyst for the first time. ...

A simple, highly useful synthesis of 1-(2-(4,5-dimethyl-2-phenyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)ethyl)piperazine derivatives is achieved by a four component cyclo condensation of diacetyl, aromatic aldehyde, 2-(piperazin-1-yl)ethanamine and ammonium acetate using SO42−/Y2O3 as a catalyst in ethanol. The synth...

A series of 2-(chloro-substituted-1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)-6-(1-aryliminoethyl)pyridines (L1–L6) was synthesized and fully characterized. They reacted with NiCl2 or (DME)NiBr2 to form the corresponding N^N^N tridentate nickel dichlorides (C1–C6) or dibromides (C7–C12). All nickel complexes were...

We want to achieve the synthesis of 3-(1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)-7-(diethylamino) coumarin-2-one (1), 3-(1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)-7-(dimethylamino) coumarin-2-one (2), 3-(1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl) coumarin-2-one (3) that are important dyes in industries (Soko owska et al., 2001). Methods for the synthes...

Two new complexes with the formulas [Cd(bimt)(adi)]n (1) and {[Cd(bimt)(adi)0.5Br]·H2O}n (2) were synthesized through reactions of 2-((benzoimidazol-yl)methyl)-1H-tetrazole (bimt) with Cd(II) salts in the presence of adipic acid (H2adi). Single crystal X-ray analysis reveals that complex 1 show...

Iron(II) dichloride complexes bearing 2-(methyl-substituted 1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)-6-(1-aryliminoethyl)pyridines (Fe1–Fe6) or 2-(chloro-substituted 1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)-6-(1-aryliminoethyl)pyridines (Fe7–Fe12) were synthesized and characterized by FT-IR and elemental analysis. Single crystal...

A series of 2-(methyl-substituted-1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)-6-(1-aryliminoethyl)pyridines (L1–L6) were synthesized and used as N^N^N tridentate ligands for their nickel complexes (C1–C12). All ligands were fully characterized by elemental, NMR and IR spectroscopic analyses, while their nickel com...

A series of 2-(1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)quinolin-8-ol ligands (L1−L5) and their Zn(II) complexes (C1−C6) were synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic and elemental analyses. The molecular structures of C1 and C6 were confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction; the zinc centre in complex C...

The antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2, overexpressed in many tumor cells, is an attractive target for potential small molecule anticancer drug discovery. Herein, we report a different structural modification approach on ABT-263 by merging the piperazinyl-phenyl fragment into a bicyclic framework leadi...

By taking advantage of the apoptosis-inducing capacity of artemisinin derivatives, we developed several series of compounds by merging the basic structural elements of the natural product artemisinin into the P2 interaction pocket of the clinically prescribed Bcl-2 inhibitor venetoclax. Most of ...

Inhibitors of sirtuin-2 deacetylase (SIRT2) have been shown to be protective in various models of Huntington's disease (HD) by decreasing polyglutamine aggregation, a hallmark of HD pathology. The present study was directed at optimizing the potency of SIRT2 inhibitors containing the neurop...

Viral infectivity factor (Vif) is protective against APOBEC3G (A3G)-mediated viral cDNA hypermutations, and development of molecules that inhibit Vif mediated A3G degradation is a novel strategy for blocking HIV-1 replication. Through optimizations of the central ring of N-(2-methoxyphenyl)-2-((...

14C-labelled anthranilic acid administered to Penicillium aurantiogriseum in stationary liquid culture was incorporated with a mean efficiency of 0.3% into the novel benzodiazepine metabolite auranthine. Incorporation of radioactivity from 14C-labelled glutamine, glutamate and ornithine was 0.08...

This article revolves around the structure of condensed mitotic and meiotic chromosomes in insects. In the first section, the potential of cytological approaches in the field of chromosome biology is described. Emphasis is on immunolabeling, and transmission and scanning electron microscopy. In ...

Publisher SummaryThis chapter focuses on immunological methods for mapping protein distributions on polytene chromosomes. The reproducible banding pattern of the polytene chromosomes has been used to map genes relative to chromosomal rearrangements, to map cloned DNAs to specific bands, to probe...

Kidney tumors of various types may behave differently and have different prognosis. Due to some overlapping morphological features and immunohistochemical staining pattern, they may pose diagnostic challenge. Therefore, it is necessary to explore additional immunohistochemical stains to help in ...

PurposeThe HP1 family of evolutionarily conserved proteins regulates heterochromatin packaging, in addition to a less defined role in the regulation of euchromatic genes. To examine the possible role of HP1 proteins in fetal prostate development and prostate cancer the protein expression of HP1α...

Publisher SummaryThis chapter discusses the position-effect variegation—an assay for nonhistone chromosomal proteins and chromatin assembly and modifying factors. The extensive analyses of the homeotic genes in Drosophila suggest that chromatin structure plays a fundamental role in the control ...

Aristolochia and related plants contain nephrotoxins and mutagens in the form of aristolochic acids (AAs). However, there is still lack of a fast and specific method for monitoring AAs in biological samples. Herein, we synthesized a hybrid magnetic mesoporous carbon-molecularly imprinted polymer...