Tagless LysoIP for immunoaffinity enrichment of native lysosomes from clinical samples.

Lysosomes are implicated in a wide spectrum of human diseases including monogenic lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs), age-associated neurodegeneration and cancer. Profiling lysosomal content using tag-based lysosomal immunoprecipitation (LysoTagIP) in cell and animal models has substantially moved the field forward, but studying lysosomal dysfunction in human patients remains challenging. Here, we report the development of the 'tagless LysoIP' method, designed to enable the rapid enrichment of lysosomes, via immunoprecipitation, using the endogenous integral lysosomal membrane protein TMEM192, directly from clinical samples and human cell lines (e.

Quantification of N-acetyl-l-aspartate in dried blood spots: A simple and fast LC-MS/MS neonatal screening method for the diagnosis of Canavan disease.

Background: Canavan disease is a devastating neurometabolic disorder caused by accumulation of N acetylaspartate in brain and body fluids due to genetic defects in the aspartoacylase gene (ASPA). New gene therapies are on the horizon but will require early presymptomatic diagnosis to be fully effective.

Methods: We therefore developed a fast and highly sensitive liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)-based method for quantification of N-acetylaspartate in dried blood spots and established reference ranges for neonates and older controls.

State of the Art in the Preparation and Properties of Molecular Monomeric -Heptazines: Syntheses, Characteristics, and Functional Applications.

This review gives an account on the fast expanding field of monomeric (or molecular) heptazines, at the exclusion of their various polymeric forms, often referred to as carbon nitrides. While examples of monomeric heptazines were extremely limited until the beginning of this century, the field has started expanding quickly since then, as has the number of reports on polymeric materials, though previous reviews did not separate these fields. We provide here a detailed report on the synthetic procedures for molecular heptazines.

Synthesis of Thiocyameluric Acid C N S H , Its Reaction to Alkali Metal Thiocyamelurates and Organic Tris(dithio)cyamelurates.

Thiocyameluric acid C N S H , the tri-thio analogue of cyameluric acid, is a key compound for the synthesis of new s-heptazine (tri-s-triazine) derivatives. Here, two different routes for the synthesis of thiocyameluric acid and its reaction to tris(aryldithio)- and tris(alkyldithio)cyamelurates C N (SSR) are reported as well as transformation to alkali metal thiocyamelurates M [C N S ], M=Na, K. These compounds were characterised by FTIR, Raman, solution C and H NMR spectroscopies, thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and elemental analysis.

Sulfides and Disulfides of s-Triazine: Potential Thermal Thiyl Radical Generators.

A series of aliphatic and aromatic thioethers and dithioethers of s-triazine were synthesised to study their thermal properties, in particular the thermally induced thiyl radical generation ability. Four symmetric s-triazine sulfides of the type (RS) C N , namely 2,4,6-tris(phenylthio)- (1), 2,4,6-tris(para-tolylthio)- (3), 2,4,6-tris(ethylthio)- (5) and 2,4,6-tris(tert-butylthio)-1,3,5-triazine (7), as well as four symmetric s-triazine disulfides of the type (RSS) C N , namely 2,4,6-tris(phenyldithio)- (2), 2,4,6-tris(para-tolyldithio)- (4), 2,4,6-tris(ethyldithio)- (6) and 2,4,6-tris(tert-butyldithio)-1,3,5-triazine (8) were synthesised. All compounds were comprehensively characterised by H and C NMR, infrared and Raman spectroscopy as well as elemental analyses.

Arylthio- and Arylseleno-Substituted s-Heptazines.

In contrast to numerous thio- and selenocyanuric acid derivatives, sulfur- or selenium-containing s-heptazines have not been reported so far. Thio- and selenocyameluric acid esters were obtained by substitution reactions of s-heptazine chloride C N Cl with aromatic thiols and selenophenol; the resultant white or yellow solids were stable in air. They were comprehensively characterized by elemental analysis, H, C NMR, and IR spectroscopy.