Growth control of calcium carbonate crystal by organic chemicals contributes an important part to its mineralizing mechanism and biomimetic preparation. The influence of heparin (HEP) on morphology and structure of ca...Growth control of calcium carbonate crystal by organic chemicals contributes an important part to its mineralizing mechanism and biomimetic preparation. The influence of heparin (HEP) on morphology and structure of calcium carbonate generated by CaCl2/Na2CO3 solution was studied by a scanning electron microscope, an X-ray diffraction machine, a Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer and a fluorescent spectrophotometer. The results showed that the calcite formed in the absence of HEP, while the addition of HEP induced changes in the morphology and structure of calcium carbonate crystals. In the presence of 2.5 mg/mL HEP, calcium carbonate was stimulated to grow orientationally, forming a spherical vaterite with a diameter of 1.5 μm. By X-ray diffraction, the contents of vaterite were counted to be 57.43% and 64.9% in the presence of 5 mg/mL and 20 mg/mL HEP, respectively. The resulted CaCO3/HEP microspheres achieved an 80% efficiency for HEP encapsulation. These results may provide novel references for studying the mechanism of biomineralization and the synthesis of HEP-functionalized materials.展开更多
Aqueous nanoparticle suspension of fullerene and its derivatives are currently attracting much attention. To determine the effects of aqueous nanoparticle suspension of a mono-methanophosphonate fullerene and bis-meth...Aqueous nanoparticle suspension of fullerene and its derivatives are currently attracting much attention. To determine the effects of aqueous nanoparticle suspension of a mono-methanophosphonate fullerene and bis-methanophosphonate fullerene (denoted as n-MMPF and n-BMPF, respectively) on the activities of DNA restrictive endonucleases, plasmid pEGFP-N1 was cleaved at a single but differently restrictive site by EcoR I, BamH I, and isozymes Cfr9 I and Xma I, respectively. Both n-MMPF and n-BMPF inhibited the activity of EcoR I, while n-BMPF exhibited stronger inhibition than n-MMPF. Addition of n-BMPF into reaction mixtures inhibited the activities of all the four enzymes, and IC50 values for EcoR I, BamH I, Cfr9 I and Xma I were 4.3, >30, 11.7 and 8.3 μmol/L, respectively. When EcoR I was completely inhibited by n-BMPF, addition of excess amounts of pEGFP-N1 could not produce the product linear plasmid; however, increase of EcoR I amounts antagonized EcoR I inhibition of n-BMPF. Two scavengers of reactive oxygen species (ROS), mannitol and sodium azide at the concentrations of 2-10 mmol/L, did not reverse inhibition of n-BMPF, implying that this inhibition probably is not correlated to ROS. These results suggested that aqueous nano-fullerenes might act as inhibitors of DNA restrictive endonucleases.展开更多
基金supported by the Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission (Grant No. Y0905001000091)
文摘Growth control of calcium carbonate crystal by organic chemicals contributes an important part to its mineralizing mechanism and biomimetic preparation. The influence of heparin (HEP) on morphology and structure of calcium carbonate generated by CaCl2/Na2CO3 solution was studied by a scanning electron microscope, an X-ray diffraction machine, a Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer and a fluorescent spectrophotometer. The results showed that the calcite formed in the absence of HEP, while the addition of HEP induced changes in the morphology and structure of calcium carbonate crystals. In the presence of 2.5 mg/mL HEP, calcium carbonate was stimulated to grow orientationally, forming a spherical vaterite with a diameter of 1.5 μm. By X-ray diffraction, the contents of vaterite were counted to be 57.43% and 64.9% in the presence of 5 mg/mL and 20 mg/mL HEP, respectively. The resulted CaCO3/HEP microspheres achieved an 80% efficiency for HEP encapsulation. These results may provide novel references for studying the mechanism of biomineralization and the synthesis of HEP-functionalized materials.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 20672012)Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 20822020)
文摘Aqueous nanoparticle suspension of fullerene and its derivatives are currently attracting much attention. To determine the effects of aqueous nanoparticle suspension of a mono-methanophosphonate fullerene and bis-methanophosphonate fullerene (denoted as n-MMPF and n-BMPF, respectively) on the activities of DNA restrictive endonucleases, plasmid pEGFP-N1 was cleaved at a single but differently restrictive site by EcoR I, BamH I, and isozymes Cfr9 I and Xma I, respectively. Both n-MMPF and n-BMPF inhibited the activity of EcoR I, while n-BMPF exhibited stronger inhibition than n-MMPF. Addition of n-BMPF into reaction mixtures inhibited the activities of all the four enzymes, and IC50 values for EcoR I, BamH I, Cfr9 I and Xma I were 4.3, >30, 11.7 and 8.3 μmol/L, respectively. When EcoR I was completely inhibited by n-BMPF, addition of excess amounts of pEGFP-N1 could not produce the product linear plasmid; however, increase of EcoR I amounts antagonized EcoR I inhibition of n-BMPF. Two scavengers of reactive oxygen species (ROS), mannitol and sodium azide at the concentrations of 2-10 mmol/L, did not reverse inhibition of n-BMPF, implying that this inhibition probably is not correlated to ROS. These results suggested that aqueous nano-fullerenes might act as inhibitors of DNA restrictive endonucleases.
