Evaluation of 1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives as antibacterial agents: activity and mechanistic studies

● All 1,4-naphthoquinone hybrids exhibited significant antimicrobial activity. ● Presence of a hydroxyl group on aromatic B-ring of juglone was crucial for activity. ● Juglone can cause DNA damage by producing ROS and downregulation of RecA. ● Juglone has the potential to become a disinfectant. The diverse and large-scale application of disinfectants posed potential health risks and caused ecological damage during the 2019-nCoV pandemic, thereby increasing the demands for the development of disinfectants based on natural products, with low health risks and low aquatic toxicity. In the present study, a few natural naphthoquinones and their derivatives bearing the 1,4-naphthoquinone skeleton were synthesized, and their antibacterial activity against selected bacterial strains was evaluated. In vitro antibacterial activities of the compounds were investigated against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Under the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of ≤ 0.125 μmol/L for juglone (1a), 5,8-dimethoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (1f), and 7-methyl-5-acetoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (3c), a strong antibacterial activity against S. aureus was observed. All 1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives exhibited a strong antibacterial activity, with MIC values ranging between 15.625 and 500 μmol/L and EC₅₀ values ranging between 10.56 and 248.42 μmol/L. Most of the synthesized compounds exhibited strong antibacterial activities against S. aureus. Among these compounds, juglone (1a) showed the strongest antibacterial activity. The results from mechanistic investigations indicated that juglone, a natural naphthoquinone, caused cell death by inducing reactive oxygen species production in bacterial cells, leading to DNA damage. In addition, juglone could reduce the self-repair ability of bacterial DNA by inhibiting RecA expression. In addition to having a potent antibacterial activity, juglone exhibited low cytotoxicity in cell-based investigations. In conclusion, juglone is a strong antibacterial agent with low toxicity, indicating that its application as a bactericidal agent may be associated with low health risks and aquatic toxicity.     

满度漂移对红外分光光度法测定废水中石油类物质的影响

红外分光光度法是测废水中石油类物质的国家标准分析方法,但仪器在使用过程中,满度会发生变化。满度的漂移对实验数据准确性的影响很大,尤其是低浓度水样。本文讨论了红外分光光度法测定水体中石油类物质满度对实验数据的影响。     

Radiosynthesis of perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorobutanesulfonate (PFBS), including solubility, partition and adhesion studies

Here, we describe for the first time the synthesis of [³⁵S] PFOS and [³⁵S] PFBS with sulfur-35 enriched sulfur dioxide as the radiolabelled reagent, resulting in 2.5 and 2.3 mCi of product, respectively. Basic information concerning the physicochemical properties of perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS), perfluorobutanesulfonate (PFBS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) are still limited. Hence, we utilized these radiolabelled perfluoroalkanesulfonates (PFSAs), as well as carbon-14 labelled perfluorooctanoic acid ([¹⁴C] PFOA) to determine some basic characteristics of physiological and experimental significance.The solubility of PFOS in buffered aqueous solutions at pH 7.4 was found to be severely reduced in the presence of potassium and sodium ions, which, however, did not reduce the solubility of PFOA or PFBS. PFOS was found to adhere to a small extent to polypropylene and polystyrene, whereas no such adhesion of PFOA or PFBS was detected. The extents of adhesion of PFOS and PFOA to glass were found to be 20% and 10%, respectively. For the first time, the partition coefficients for PFOS, PFBS and PFOA between n-octanol and water were determined experimentally, to be −0.7, −0.3, and 1.4, respectively, reflecting the difference in the amphiphilic natures of these molecules.     

Pragmatic estimation of a spatio-temporal air quality model with irregular monitoring data

Statistical analyses of health effects of air pollution have increasingly used GIS-based covariates for prediction of ambient air quality in “land use” regression models. More recently these spatial regression models have accounted for spatial correlation structure in combining monitoring data with land use covariates. We present a flexible spatio-temporal modeling framework and pragmatic, multi-step estimation procedure that accommodates essentially arbitrary patterns of missing data with respect to an ideally complete space by time matrix of observations on a network of monitoring sites. The methodology incorporates a model for smooth temporal trends with coefficients varying in space according to Partial Least Squares regressions on a large set of geographic covariates and nonstationary modeling of spatio-temporal residuals from these regressions. This work was developed to provide spatial point predictions of PM_2.5 concentrations for the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air) using irregular monitoring data derived from the AQS regulatory monitoring network and supplemental short-time scale monitoring campaigns conducted to better predict intra-urban variation in air quality. We demonstrate the interpretation and accuracy of this methodology in modeling data from 2000 through 2006 in six U.S. metropolitan areas and establish a basis for likelihood-based estimation.     

酚类物质的3种衍生方法比较研究

对3类适用于酚类物质的衍生方法进行比较。结果显示,3种衍生方法均具有改善峰形、提高检测灵敏度、降低检出限等优势。其中七氟丁酸酐衍生法具有较大的腐蚀性;TMS衍生体系对水分非常敏感,需确保衍生体系脱水充分;五氟苄基溴衍生相对更成熟和完善。     

Pb(Ⅱ) biosorption using chitosan and chitosan derivatives beads: Equilibrium, ion exchange and mechamsm studies

The study examined the adsorption of Pb(Ⅱ) ions from aqueous solution onto chitosan, chitosan-GLA and chitosan-alginate beads.Several important parameters influencing the adsorption of Pb(Ⅱ) ions such as initial pH, adsorbent dosage and different initial concentration of Pb(Ⅱ) ions were evaluated. The mechanism involved during the adsorption process was explored based on ion exchange study and using spectroscopic techniques. The adsorption capacities obtained based on non-linear Langmuir isotherm for chitosan, chitosan-GLA and chitosan-alginate beads in single metal system were 34.98, 14.24 and 60.27 mg/g, respectively. However,the adsorption capacity of Pb(Ⅱ) ions were reduced in the binary metal system due to the competitive adsorption between Pb(Ⅱ) and Cu(Ⅱ) ions. Based on the ion exchange study, the release of Ca~(2+), Mg~(2+), K~+ and Na~+ ions played an important role in the adsorption of Pb(Ⅱ) ions by all three adsorbents but only at lower concentrations of Pb(Ⅱ) ions. Infrared spectra showed that the binding between Pb(Ⅱ) ions and the adsorbents involved mostly the nitrogen and oxygen atoms. All three adsorbents showed satisfactory adsorption capacities and can be considered as an efficient adsorbent for the removal of Pb(Ⅱ) ions from aqueous solutions.     

苯酚及其衍生物对氨氮生物硝化的抑制研究

利用富集培养的硝化污泥研究了苯酚及其衍生物2,4-二氯苯酚、对氨基酚、邻甲基酚和对硝基酚对氨氮生物硝化过程的抑制特性。结果表明,上述5种酚类化合物对硝化细菌的抑制类型均为非竞争性抑制,抑制常数KI和EC50值相等,分别为2.61、1.92、8.50、1.18和6.65 mg/L。上述5种酚类化合物对硝化细菌的抑制程度由大到小的顺序为：邻甲基酚〉2,4-二氯苯酚〉苯酚〉对硝基酚〉对氨基酚。酚类化合物对硝化细菌的抑制是可逆的,通过简单的抑制剂稀释或洗涤可以使硝化细菌恢复活性。在保证出水水质的前提下,抑制剂存在时硝化工艺的泥龄被迫延长,且抑制程度越大,泥龄延长的程度越大。当系统受到有毒物质冲击时,和调控泥龄相比,调节工艺的进水流量或改变容积负荷是缓冲冲击的更简捷、快速和有效的途径。     

均匀设计用于研究硝基苯衍生物对青海弧菌Q67的联合毒性

实验设计在混合物毒性评估与预测中起着非常重要的作用. 应用微板毒性测试方法测定了7种硝基苯衍生物对青海弧菌Q67的发光抑制毒性,硝基苯、邻氯硝基苯、间氯硝基苯、对氯硝基苯、间硝基苯胺、对硝基苯胺和对硝基甲苯的-lg EC₅₀值(EC50的单位为mol/L)分别为2.66,3.22,3.30,3.29,2.94,4.22和3.39;引入均匀实验设计方法,在单个硝基苯衍生物剂量-效应关系基础上构建不同效应浓度下的10个混合物,同样应用微板毒性测试方法测定其对Q67的毒性,应用剂量加和(DA)与独立作用(IA)原理建立了混合物毒性的评估与预测模型. 结果表明:与等效应浓度比法相比,均匀实验设计构建的混合物浓度配比,具有三维浓度分布特征,可在更大范围内考察各种可能的混合物类型,更加接近于实际环境体系.      

多糖及其衍生物抗病毒作用研究进展

近年来，多糖及其衍生物的抗病毒作用已得到充分证实，有的已用于临床作为抗病毒药物使用．本文综述了多糖及其衍生物的抗病毒活性、构效关系、作用机理和临床运用.