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We believe that this is an interesting outcome in the context of future exploration of Ru-based catalysts with sulfurated chelates in the search for high stereoselectivity in selected reactions.Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has caused over 5.5 million deaths worldwide, and viral mutants continue to ravage communities with limited access to injectable vaccines or high rates of vaccine hesitancy. Inhalable vaccines have the potential to address these distribution and compliance issues as they are less likely to require cold storage, avoid the use of needles, and can elicit localized immune responses with only a single dose. Alveolar macrophages represent attractive targets for inhalable vaccines as they are abundant within the lung mucosa (up to 95% of all immune cells) and are important mediators of mucosal immunity, and evidence suggests that they may be key cellular players in early Covid-19 pathogenesis. Here, we report inhalable coronavirus mimetic particles (CoMiP) designed to rapidly bind to, and be internalized by, alveolar macrophages to deliver nucleic acid-encoded viral antigens. Inspired by the SARS-CoV-2 virion structure, CoMiP carriers package nucleic acid cargo within an endosomolytic peptide envelope that is wrapped in a macrophage-targeting glycosaminoglycan coating. Through this design, CoMiP mimic several important features of the SARS-CoV-2 virion, particularly surface topography and macromolecular chemistry. As a result, CoMiP effect pleiotropic transfection of macrophages and lung epithelial cells in vitro with multiple antigen-encoding plasmids. In vivo immunization yields increased mucosal IgA levels within the respiratory tract of CoMiP vaccinated mice.We recently reported N4-substituted 3-methylcytidine-5'-α,β-methylenediphosphates as CD73 inhibitors, potentially useful in cancer immunotherapy. We now expand the structure-activity relationship of pyrimidine nucleotides as human CD73 inhibitors. 4-Chloro (MRS4598 16; Ki = 0.673 nM) and 4-iodo (MRS4620 18; Ki = 0.436 nM) substitution of the N4-benzyloxy group decreased Ki by ∼20-fold. Primary alkylamine derivatives coupled through a p-amido group with a varying methylene chain length (24 and 25) were functionalized congeners, for subsequent conjugation to carrier or reporter moieties. X-ray structures of hCD73 with two inhibitors indicated a ribose ring conformational adaptation, and the benzyloxyimino group (E configuration) binds to the same region (between the C-terminal and N-terminal domains) as N4-benzyl groups in adenine inhibitors. Molecular dynamics identified stabilizing interactions and predicted conformational diversity. Thus, by N4-benzyloxy substitution, we have greatly enhanced the inhibitory potency and added functionality enabling molecular probes. Their potential as anticancer drugs was confirmed by blocking CD73 activity in tumor tissues in situ.A series of symmetrical tetracyanobutadiene and tetracyanoquinodimethane derivatives with a D-A-D'-A-D structural configuration and silafluorene core (D') were designed and readily synthesized via a [2+2] cycloaddition-retroelectrocyclization (CA-RE) reaction. We found that the photophysical properties and HOMO and LUMO energy levels and gaps of the silafluorene derivatives could be profoundly remolded through CA-RE reactions and modulated by varying the peripheral donor units from phenyl, m-dimethoxyphenyl, and N,N-dimethylaniline to triphenylamine groups. After CA-RE reactions, the HOMO-LUMO gaps of 1a-1j are in the range of 1.75-2.78 eV, with significant decreases of 0.52-1.46 eV compared to those of the parent silafluorene compounds 2a-2j. The intriguing crystal structures of 1f and 1j were analyzed and elucidated to show their unique potential porosity. The stability, electrochemical, and computational studies were systematically performed to unveil the reshaped electron-donating and -withdrawing nature in one molecular system. 1h-1j with peripherally strong amino donors exhibit an intense and broad intramolecular charge transfer absorption band in the near-infrared region from 550 to 900 nm. The molecular design and synthesis reported here broaden the types and fields of D-A molecular systems for potential applications in organic optoelectronic devices.The Paris metropolitan area, the largest urban region in the European Union, has experienced two national COVID-19 confinements in 2020 with different levels of restrictions on mobility and economic activity, which caused reductions in CO2 emissions. To quantify the timing and magnitude of daily emission reductions during the two lockdowns, we used continuous atmospheric CO2 monitoring, a new high-resolution near-real-time emission inventory, and an atmospheric Bayesian inverse model. The atmospheric inversion estimated the changes in fossil fuel CO2 emissions over the Greater Paris region during the two lockdowns, in comparison with the same periods in 2018 and 2019. It shows decreases by 42-53% during the first lockdown with stringent measures and by only 20% during the second lockdown when traffic reduction was weaker. Both lockdown emission reductions are mainly due to decreases in traffic. These results are consistent with independent estimates based on activity data made by the city environmental agency. We also show that unusual persistent anticyclonic weather patterns with north-easterly winds that prevailed at the start of the first lockdown period contributed a substantial drop in measured CO2 concentration enhancements over Paris, superimposed on the reduction of urban CO2 emissions. We conclude that atmospheric CO2 monitoring makes it possible to identify significant emission changes (>20%) at subannual time scales over an urban region.A mixed-valency bimetallic Ce/Zr MOF with Ce3+/Ce4+ ions incorporated and an oxygen vacancy-rich single-component photocatalyst have been designed through the one-step solvothermal route to harness photons from the visible-light spectrum for green energy (H2) generation and ciprofloxacin (CIP) degradation. The one-pot-engineered bimetallic Ce/Zr MOF shows visible-light-active characteristics accompanied by a narrower band gap, along with enhanced exciton separation and superior ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT), due to the presence of an interconvertible Ce3+/Ce4+ ions pair in comparison to its pristine MOF counterpart. The Ce ion insertion led to increase in electron density around the Zr4+ ion, along with generation of some oxygen vacancies (OV), which cumulatively led to the rise in the photo-reaction output. The synthesized UNH (Ce/Zr 11) MOF displayed a boosted photocatalytic H2 production rate of 468.30 μmol h-1 (ACE = 3.51%), which is around fourfolds higher than that of pristine MOFs. Moreover, for CIP photodegradation, the UNH (Ce/Zr 11) shows an enhanced efficiency of 90.8% and follows pseudo-first-order kinetics with a rate constant of 0.0363. Typically, the active species involved in the photo-redox reaction of the CIP photodegradation follows the order hydroxyl radical (OH•) less then superoxide radical (O2•-), as confirmed by the TA and NBT tests. Consequently, the bimetallic Ce/Zr MOF can be readily employed as a robust photocatalyst with enhanced tendencies towards CIP degradation and H2 evolution.This paper introduces a general method that can be used to create groups of pharmacophores to support their further in-depth analysis. A BCR-ABL molecular dataset was used to calculate graph edit distances between pharmacophores and led to their organization into a novel pharmacophore network. The application of a graph layout algorithm allowed us to discriminate between the pharmacophores associated with active compounds and those associated with inactive compounds. A clustering approach was used to refine the partitioning by grouping the pharmacophores based on their structures, activities, and binding modes. Analysis of a newly spatialized pharmacophore network provided us with critical insight into structure-activity relationships, most notably those that revealed distinctions between activity classes and chemical families. As shown, this method permits us to identify families of structurally homogeneous pharmacophores.Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) and glycoproteins (AFGPs) are exemplary at modifying ice crystal growth and at inhibiting ice recrystallization (IRI) in frozen solutions. These properties make them highly attractive for cold storage and cryopreservation applications of biological tissue, food, and other water-based materials. The specific requirements for optimal cryostorage remain unknown, but high IRI activity has been proposed to be crucial. Here, we show that high IRI activity alone is insufficient to explain the beneficial effects of AF(G)Ps on human red blood cell (hRBC) survival. We show that AF(G)Ps with different IRI activities cause similar cell recoveries of hRBCs and that a modified AFGP variant with decreased IRI activity shows increased cell recovery. The AFGP variant was found to have enhanced interactions with a hRBC model membrane, indicating that the capability to stabilize cell membranes is another important factor for increasing the survival of cells after cryostorage. This information should be considered when designing novel synthetic cryoprotectants.A palladium complex coordinated with a chiral SIPHOS ligand was evaluated as an efficient catalyst for asymmetric hydrosilylation of β-silyl styrenes with trichlorosilane and 23 1,2-bis(silyl) chiral compounds were produced. Good to excellent enantioselectivities were observed with 1-aryl-2-silyl ethanols, where the trichlorosilyl groups of the hydrosilylation products were selectively converted into a hydroxyl group in the presence of pre-installed trialkylsilyl groups. Pemrametostat Asymmetric hydrosilylation of β-silyl styrenes followed by methylation of the trichlorosilyl group gave stable 1,2-bis(silyl) chiral compounds 4 with excellent yields. DFT calculations of hydridopalladium B coordinated with a SIPHOS ligand, an intermediate of the hydrosilylation reaction, established the optical structures to be energy minima, and the structural information could well illustrate the enantioselectivity for the hydrosilylation reaction.The aim of this study was to establish one of the most efficient biocatalytic processes for turanose production by applying a robust Bifidobacterium thermophilum (BtAS) mutant developed through site-directed mutagenesis. A gene encoding the amylosucrase of B. thermophilum (BtAS) was cloned and used as a mutagenesis template. Among the BtAS variants generated by the site-directed point mutation, four different single-point mutants (P200R, V202I, Y265F, and Y414F) were selected to create double-point mutants, among which BtASY414F/P200R displayed the greatest turanose productivity without losing the thermostability of native BtAS. The turanose yield of BtASY414F/P200R reached 89.3% at 50 °C after 6 h with 1.0 M sucrose + 1.0 M fructose. BtASY414F/P200R produced significantly more turanose than BtAS-wild type (WT) by 2 times and completed the reaction faster by another 2 times. Thus, turanose productivity (82.0 g/(L h)) by BtASY414F/P200R was highly improved from 28.1 g/(L h) of BtAS-WT with 2.0 M sucrose + 0.75 M fructose.
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