Missense mutations involvement in COX-2 structure, and protein-substrate binding affinity: study.

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is an inducible inflammatory enzyme, which produces prostanoids from arachidonic acid. COX-2 overexpression and over-activity can cause inflammation, tumorigenesis, and angiogenesis. Prostanoids are the main reason for the inflammation, and increase of mitogenesis by COX-2.

Integrating an ex-vivo skin biointerface with electrochemical DNA biosensor for direct measurement of the protective effect of UV blocking agents.

Skin cancer is the most frequent kind of cancer in white people in many parts of the world. UV-induced DNA damage and genetic mutation can subsequently lead to skin cancer. Therefore development of new biosensing strategies for detection of UV-induced DNA damage is of great importance.

Diazonium-based impedimetric aptasensor for the rapid label-free detection of Salmonella typhimurium in food sample.

Fast and accurate detection of microorganisms is of key importance in clinical analysis and in food and water quality monitoring. Salmonella typhimurium is responsible for about a third of all cases of foodborne diseases and consequently, its fast detection is of great importance for ensuring the safety of foodstuffs. We report the development of a label-free impedimetric aptamer-based biosensor for S.

Downregulation of the WT1 gene expression via TMPyP4 stabilization of promoter G-quadruplexes in leukemia cells.

The WT1 gene is an important oncogene, and its overexpression is considered as an effective target for anticancer therapy. Regulation of its gene transcription is one way for WT1-targeting drug design. Recently, in silico analysis of some oncogene promoters like WT1 showed some guanine-rich regions with the ability to form G-quadruplex structures.

A Novel Electrochemical Genosensor Based on Banana and Nano-Gold Modified Electrode Using Tyrosinase Enzyme as Indicator.

The electrochemical behavior of the tyrosinase enzyme at the surface of two electrodes, carbon paste electrode (CPE) and nano-gold modified carbon paste electrode (NGCPE), has been studied by cyclic voltammetry. Tyrosinase showed one oxidation peak (around +0.85 V) and one reduction peak at + 0.

Voltammetric characterization of human telomeric G-quadruplex: A label free method for anticancer drug detection.

Human telomeric DNA typically consists of many tandem repeats of the guanine-rich sequences d (TTAGGG) termed an intermolecular Gquadruplex structure. This structure plays an important role in the protection, stabilization and replication of chromosome ends and so is an active target for therapeutic purposes. Recently ligands that are able to stabilize Gquadruplex structure, have received great attention because quadruplex-binding ligands have potential applications in cancer therapy.

A human telomeric G-quadruplex-based electronic nanoswitch for the detection of anticancer drugs.

An electronic nanoswitch is described based on the conformational change of the DNA sequence in the presence of stabilizing ligands. The new electrochemical biosensor was prepared by modifying a screen-printed graphite electrode (SPE) with functionalized SiO2 nanoparticles [(SiO2-N-propylpiperazine-N-(2-mercaptopropane-1-one) (SiO2@NPPNSH)] and Au nanoparticles (AuNPs). These nanoparticles are able to immobilize thiolated G-quadruplex DNA structures (SH-G4DNA).

Development of a new biosensor based on functionalized SBA-15 modified screen-printed graphite electrode as a nano-reactor for Gquadruplex recognition.

Gquadruplex is an active target for therapeutic purposes because of the evidence which suggest that G-rich region of the human genome may form Gquadruplex structure. The electrochemical biosensor was prepared by modifying screen-printed graphite electrode (SPE) with synthesized SBA-N-propylpipyrazine-N-(2-mercaptopropane-1-one) (SBA@NPPNSH) mesoporous structure to investigate the Gquadruplex DNA structure (G4DNA). Ascorbic acid (AA) is known as an antioxidant agent that induces reductive properties.

Photoelectrocatalytic oxidation of formaldehyde using a Ti/TiO2 foil electrode. Application for its novel and simple photoelectrochemical determination.

It was firstly described, that a TiO(2) film modified titanium foil electrode (Ti/TiO(2)) shows an efficient photoelectrocatalytic activity towards formaldehyde oxidation in a phosphate buffer solution. Ti/TiO(2) foil electrode was prepared by anodizing Ti foil in aqueous solution. Also, this electrode was applied for the hydrodynamic photoamperometry measurement of formaldehyde in the optimum conditions (pH 7.

A novel voltammetric sensor for amoxicillin based on nickel-curcumin complex modified carbon paste electrode.

The electrocatalytic oxidation of amoxicillin was investigated on a nickel-based (Ni(II)-curcumin) chemically modified electrode. This modified electrode was prepared by electropolymerization of complex (curcumin = 1,7-bis[4-hydroxyl-3-methoxyphenyl]-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione) in alkaline solution. For the first time, the catalytic oxidation of amoxicillin was demonstrated by cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry, chronocoulometry and amperometry methods at the surface of this modified carbon paste electrode.

Electroanalysis and simultaneous determination of 6-thioguanine in the presence of uric acid and folic acid using a modified carbon nanotube paste electrode.

The present work describes the preparation and characterization of a carbon nanotube paste electrode modified with 2,7-bis(ferrocenyl ethyl)fluoren-9-one (2,7-BF). This electrode showed an efficient catalytic activity for the electro-oxidation of 6-thioguanine (6-TG), which leads to lowering 6-TG overpotential by more than 610 mV. Also, the values of catalytic rate constant (k = 2.

Fabrication of a nanostructure-based electrochemical sensor for simultaneous determination of N-acetylcysteine and acetaminophen.

A carbon-paste electrode modified with 2,7-bis(ferrocenyl ethyl)fluoren-9-one (2,7-BF) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was used for the sensitive and selective voltammetric determination of N-acetylcysteine (NAC). The mediated oxidation of NAC at the modified electrode was investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV). Also, the values of catalytic rate constant (k), and diffusion coefficient (D) for NAC were calculated.

A novel sensor for cephalosporins based on electrocatalytic oxidation by poly(o-anisidine)/SDS/Ni modified carbon paste electrode.

In this work for first time, the electrocatalytic oxidations of some cephalosporins were carried out by poly(o-anisidine)/SDS/Ni modified carbon paste electrode using cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry and chronocoulometry methods. At first, poly(o-anisidine) was formed by cyclic voltammetry in monomer solution containing sodium dodesyl sulfate (SDS), on carbon paste electrode surface. Then, Ni(II) ions were incorporated to electrode by immersion of the polymeric modified electrode having amine group in 0.

Brilliant cresyl blue as electroactive indicator in electrochemical DNA oligonucleotide sensors.

A new electrochemical DNA biosensor is presented based on carbon past electrode (CPE) for immobilization and detection of short DNA sequences with brilliant cresyl blue (BCB) as electroactive label. The interaction of BCB with DNA is electrochemically detected and BCB displays different signals in the interaction to ssDNA and dsDNA and variation in the BCB signal represents the extent of hybridization at the electrode surface. The effect of solution pH on electrochemical behavior of BCB was investigated.

Electrocatalytic oxidation and highly selective voltammetric determination of L-cysteine at the surface of a 1-[4-(ferrocenyl ethynyl)phenyl]-1-ethanone modified carbon paste electrode.

A carbon paste electrode (CPE) chemically modified with 1-[4-(ferrocenyl ethynyl)phenyl]-1-ethanone (4-FEPEMCPE) was employed to study the electrocatalytic oxidation of L-cysteine using cyclic voltammetry, differential pulse voltammetry and double potential step chronoamperometry as diagnostic techniques. The diffusion coefficient (D = 7.863 x 10(-6) cm2 s(-1)) of L-cysteine was also estimated using chronoamperometry.

Kinetic determination of silver ion by its perturbation on Belousov-Zhabotinskii oscillating chemical reaction using potentiometric method.

Silver ion can perturb the Belousov-Zhabotinskii (B-Z) oscillating chemical reaction. Therefore, the B-Z oscillating system was applied in the determination of silver ion by using a platinum wire as an indicator electrode in the potentiometric method. The amplitude of the potentiometric oscillation increased linearly in proportion to [Ag+] in the range of 9.

Electrocatalytic characteristics of a 1-[4-(ferrocenyl ethynyl)phenyl]-1-ethanone modified carbon-paste electrode in the oxidation of ascorbic acid.

A carbon-paste electrode spiked with 1-[4-(ferrocenyl ethynyl)phenyl]-1-ethanone was constructed by the incorporation of 1-[4-(ferrocenyl ethynyl)phenyl]-1-ethanone in a graphite powder silicon oil matrix. It shown by cyclic voltammetry and double potential-step chronoamperometry, which this ferrocene derivative modified a carbon-paste electrode, can catalyze the ascorbic acid oxidation in an aqueous buffered solution. It has been found that under the optimum conditions (pH 7.