Oit3, a promising hallmark gene for targeting liver sinusoidal endothelial cells.

Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) play a pivotal role in maintaining liver homeostasis and influencing the pathological processes of various liver diseases. However, neither LSEC-specific hallmark genes nor a LSEC promoter-driven Cre mouse line has been introduced before, which largely restricts the study of liver diseases with vascular disorders. To explore LSEC-specific hallmark genes, we compared the top 50 marker genes between liver endothelial cells (ECs) and liver capillary ECs and identified 18 overlapping genes.

Catalytic enantioselective desymmetrization of -aziridines.

As a type of readily available small strained-ring heterocycle, -aziridines may undergo catalytic desymmetrizing transformations to empower the rapid construction of diverse nitrogen-containing structures bearing contiguous stereocenters, which have great relevance in natural product synthesis, drug development and the design and synthesis of chiral catalysts/ligands for asymmetric catalysis. This review outlines the advances achieved in the catalytic asymmetric desymmetrization of aziridines and highlights some promising avenues for further work in this realm.

Catalytic Asymmetric [3 + 2] Annulation of Hantzsch Esters with Racemic -Sulfonylaziridines.

Hantzsch esters (HEs) served as two-carbon partners in a copper(I)-catalyzed enantioselective [3 + 2] annulation with racemic 2-(hetero)aryl--sulfonyl aziridines via kinetic resolution to provide pyrrolo[2,3-]tetrahydropyridines containing multiple contiguous stereogenic centers including all-carbon quaternary centers in excellent yields and enantiopurities and moderate-to-excellent diastereoselectivities. Mainly dependent upon the structures of the aziridines, a competitive hydrogenolysis process with HEs as the hydrogen source was also observed in some cases.

Tripartite motif 16 ameliorates nonalcoholic steatohepatitis by promoting the degradation of phospho-TAK1.

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)-related hepatocellular carcinoma and liver disorders have become the leading causes for the need of liver transplantation in developed countries. Lipotoxicity plays a central role in NASH progression by causing endoplasmic reticulum stress and disrupting protein homeostasis. To identify key molecules that mitigate the detrimental consequences of lipotoxicity, we performed integrative multiomics analysis and identified the E3 ligase tripartite motif 16 (TRIM16) as a candidate molecule.

Translationally controlled tumor protein exerts a proinflammatory role in acute rejection after liver transplantation.

Background: Translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP), which has been verified to have a proinflammatory activity, plays an important role in allergy. However, it remains unclear whether TCTP has an impact on the acute rejection (AR) after liver transplantation.

Methods: Three protocols were used to delineate the role of TCTP in AR after liver transplantation.

Lewis Acid Catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformation of Racemic N-Sulfonylaziridines.

The first Lewis acid catalyzed stereoconvergent transformation of racemic 2-(hetero)aryl- N-sulfonylaziridines via C-N bond cleavage with nucleophiles is presented. This includes the [3 + 2] annulations with (hetero)aromatic aldehydes and 1,3-disubstituted indoles, asymmetric Friedel-Crafts type reaction with electron-rich (hetero)arenes, and asymmetric aminolysis with amines, providing facile access to chiral 1,3-isoxazolidines, pyrroloindolines, 2-(hetero)arylphenethylamines, and vicinal diamines. This method features a simple and cheaply available complex of Cu(I)-chiral BINAP catalyst, excellent yield and high diastereo- and enantioselectivities, and mild reaction conditions.

Synthesis of Chiral Vicinal Diamines by Silver(I)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Aminolysis of N-Tosylaziridines.

The kinetic resolution of 2-aryl-N-tosylaziridines and the asymmetric desymmetrization of meso-N-tosylaziridines by ring openings with various primary and secondary anilines, and aliphatic amines as nucleophile have been realized by using a single silver(I)/chiral diphosphine complex as catalyst for the first time. The simple starting materials, broad scope, and easy scalability render this protocol a practical way to chiral vicinal diamine derivatives.

[3 + 2]-Annulations of N-alkyl-3-substituted indoles with quinone monoketals catalysed by Brønsted acids.

An organocatalytic dearomative [3 + 2]-annulation of N-alkyl-3-alkylindoles with quinone monoketals is developed. The reaction provides a mild and straightforward way to various benzofuro[2,3-b]indolines of potential biological and pharmaceutical interest in moderate to good yields. Moreover, when 3-phenylindole, a problematic substrate in previous relevant studies, was used as the substrate under the otherwise same reaction conditions, a novel 1,2-shift of the phenyl group occurred followed by aromatization to provide 2,3-diaryl indoles useful for cancer therapy studies in moderate yields.

[Determination of Flavonoids in Cycas revoluta Leaves by Chemiluminescence-Flow Injection Analysis Method].

Objective: To detect flavonoids from Cycas revoluta leaves by means of Chemiluminescence-Flow Injection Analysis (CL-FIA).

Methods: Under alkaline condition, a CL-FIA method was established to determine flavonoids from leaves of Cycas revoluta on the basis of inhibiting effect of flavonoids to the Luminol-H2O2-Cu2+ chemiluminescence system and the reversed flow injection technique.

Results: In the range of 2.

Copper(I)-Catalyzed Kinetic Resolution of N-Sulfonylaziridines with Indoles: Efficient Construction of Pyrroloindolines.

The first Lewis acid catalyzed [3 + 2] annulation of indoles and 2-aryl-N-tosylaziridines was realized by using copper(I)/chiral diphosphine complexes as a catalyst. With this method, a variety of uniquely substituted chiral pyrroloindolines bearing multiple contiguous stereogenic centers were facilely accessed in a straightforward, high-yielding, and highly stereoselective way under mild conditions.

[Determination of the contents of fourteen elements in urine of Xinjiang kuitun fluorine poisoning and arsenic-fluoride poisoning patients by ICP-AES].

A method of determining the contents of K, Na, Ca, Mg, P, Zn, Al, Ba, Co, Cu, Ni, Sr, Cr and Ti, fourteen elements, in urine of Xinjiang Kuitun fluorine poisoning and arsenic-fluoride poisoning patients was developed. The operation conditions of ICP-AES, and the lowest test concentration, precision and linear ranges were studied. The relative standard deviation of the method was 0.