Augmentation of NZB autoimmune phenotypes by the Sle1c murine lupus susceptibility interval.

The Sle1c lupus susceptibility interval spans a 7-Mb region on distal murine chromosome 1. Cr2 is the strongest candidate gene for lupus susceptibility in this interval, as its protein products are structurally and functionally altered. B6.

Antiproliferative Hybrid Analogs of the Hormone 1alpha,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D(3): Design, Synthesis, and Preliminary Biological Evaluation.

The combination of 10-12 kbar pressure plus Lewis acidic zinc dichloride promotes highly regioselective and stereoselective Diels-Alder cycloaddition between 3-bromo-2-pyrone, prepared in a new way, and unactivated terminal alkene 4-(tert-butyldimethylsiloxy)-1-butene. The conjugate base of A-ring allylic phosphine oxide 20 adds chemospecifically to the C-8 keto group of some C-8,C-24-diketones to form directly metabolically resistant 24-oxo analogs of 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (calcitriol). Several of these new hybrid analogs are as efficacious in vitro as calcitriol at inhibiting growth of murine keratinocytes even at physiologically relevant 10-100 nanomolar concentrations.

Comprehensive chromatographic and spectroscopic methods for the separation and identification of intact glucosinolates.

Much effort has been devoted to developing methods for the efficient isolation and identification of glucosinolates. Existing methods for separation involve ion exchange, GLC, and HPLC (mostly after chemical modification by enzymatic sulfate removal and/or silylation). We demonstrate a simple and direct strategy for analyzing the glucosinolate content of plant extracts, made possible by a new combination of widely available techniques: (a) reverse-phase paired-ion chromatography (PIC) of plant extracts, (b) hydrolysis of glucosinolates by myrosinase and quantitation of resulting isothiocyanates by cyclocondensation with 1, 2-benzenedithiol; (c) a novel method for replacing the PIC counterions by ammonium ions, permitting direct bioassay, mass, and 1H NMR spectrometry; (d) mass spectrometric analysis of ammonium salts by negative-ion fast atom bombardment (FAB) to determine m/z of the [M - H]- ion, and by chemical ionization (CI) in ammonia to obtain accurate masses of characteristic fragment ions, principally [R-CN:NH4]+, [R-CH=NOH:H]+ and [R-CH=NOH:NH4]+; and (e) high-resolution 1H NMR spectroscopy of intact glucosinolates.