Quantitative Analysis of Amorphous Form in Indomethacin by Near Infrared Spectroscopy Combined with Partial Least Squares Regression Analysis.

Indomethacin (INDO) is a synthetic non-steroidal antipyretic, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory drug that commonly exists in both amorphous and crystalline states. Its amorphous state (A-INDO) is utilized by pharmaceutical companies as an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) in the production of INDO drugs due to its higher apparent solubility and bioavailability. The crystal state also encompasses various crystal forms such as the α-crystal form (α-INDO) and γ-crystal form (γ-INDO), with the highly crystalline and insoluble γ-INDO being commercially available.

Quantitative analysis of low-content impurity crystal forms in canagliflozin tablets by NIR solid-state analysis technique.

Canagliflozin (CFZ) tablets was a commercially new class of anti-diabetic drug, CFZ had various anhydrate crystal forms and two hydrate crystal forms (Canagliflozin hemihydrate (Hemi-CFZ) and Canagliflozin monohydrate (Mono-CFZ) crystal form). The active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) of commercially available CFZ tablets were Hemi-CFZ, was easily convert to CFZ or Mono-CFZ under the influence of temperature, pressure, humidity and other factors in tablets processing, storage, and transportation, thus affected bioavailability and efficacy of tablets. Therefore, quantitative analysis of low-content CFZ and Mono-CFZ in tablets was essential to control tablets' quality.

Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction.

Prostate cancer is a highly heritable disease with large disparities in incidence rates across ancestry populations. We conducted a multiancestry meta-analysis of prostate cancer genome-wide association studies (107,247 cases and 127,006 controls) and identified 86 new genetic risk variants independently associated with prostate cancer risk, bringing the total to 269 known risk variants. The top genetic risk score (GRS) decile was associated with odds ratios that ranged from 5.

Author Correction: Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci.

In the version of this article initially published, the name of author Manuela Gago-Dominguez was misspelled as Manuela Gago Dominguez. The error has been corrected in the HTML and PDF version of the article.

Lanthanide-Nitronyl Nitroxide Chains Derived from Multidentate Nitronyl Nitroxides.

Unprecedented lanthanide (Ln)-radical loop-chain coordination polymers were achieved using multidentate pyridyl- or triazole- substituted nitronyl nitroxide ligands. Their magnetic units consist of ferromagnetic [LnRadical] moieties, leading for the dysprosium(III) derivatives to slow relaxation of magnetization, which was found to be dependent on the heterocyclic ligands.

Fine-mapping of prostate cancer susceptibility loci in a large meta-analysis identifies candidate causal variants.

Prostate cancer is a polygenic disease with a large heritable component. A number of common, low-penetrance prostate cancer risk loci have been identified through GWAS. Here we apply the Bayesian multivariate variable selection algorithm JAM to fine-map 84 prostate cancer susceptibility loci, using summary data from a large European ancestry meta-analysis.

Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci.

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and fine-mapping efforts to date have identified more than 100 prostate cancer (PrCa)-susceptibility loci. We meta-analyzed genotype data from a custom high-density array of 46,939 PrCa cases and 27,910 controls of European ancestry with previously genotyped data of 32,255 PrCa cases and 33,202 controls of European ancestry. Our analysis identified 62 novel loci associated (P < 5.

Norepinephrine inhibits the cytotoxicity of NK92‑MI cells via the β2‑adrenoceptor/cAMP/PKA/p‑CREB signaling pathway.

Norepinephrine (NE) can regulate natural killer (NK) cell activity, but the mechanism remains unclear. In the present study the roles of adrenergic receptors (ARs) in inhibiting NK92‑MI cells‑mediated cytotoxicity by NE were investigated. To examine the effect of NE on NK92‑MI cytotoxicity, a lactate dehydrogenase‑release cytotoxicity assay was used to determine the cytotoxicity of NK92‑MI cells against K562 cells.

Functionalized Nitronyl Nitroxide Biradicals for the Construction of 3d-4f Heterometallic Compounds.

Functionalized nitronyl nitroxide biradical ligands incorporating pyridine groups hold Co and Ln ions together, creating biradical-based 3d-4f tetranuclear complexes [LnCo(hfac)(NITPhPybis)] [Ln = Gd (1), Tb (2), Dy (3), and Ho (4); NITPhPybis = 5-(4-pyridyl)-1,3-bis(1'-oxyl-3'-oxido-4',4',5',5'-tetramethyl-4,5-hydro-1 H-imidazol-2-yl)benzene; hfac = hexafluoroacetylacetonate]. These complexes have a centrosymmetric cyclic molecular structure in which two biradicals perform as tetradentate ligands to bind two Co and two Ln ions, resulting in a rare octaspin system. Direct-current (dc) magnetic susceptibility studies reveal that the strong antiferromagnetic Co-NO magnetic exchange dominates the present magnetic system, while magnetic coupling of Gd-ON is ferromagnetic.

Slow Magnetic Relaxation in Ladder-Type and Single-Strand 2p-3d-4f Heterotrispin Chains.

Ladder-type and chain 2p-3d-4f complexes based on a bridging nitronyl nitroxide radical, namely, [LnCu(hfac)(NIT-Ph-p-OCHtrz)]·0.5CH [Ln = Y (1a), Dy (1b)] and [LnCu(hfac)(NIT-Ph-p-OCHtrz)] [Ln = Y (2a), Dy (2b); NIT-Ph-p-OCHtrz = 2-[4-[(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)methoxy]phenyl]-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide; hfac = hexafluoroacetylacetonate) have been successfully achieved through a one-pot reaction of the NIT-Ph-p-OCHtrz radical with Cu(hfac) and Ln(hfac)·2HO. Complexes 1a and 1b feature a ladder-like structure, where the rails are made of Ln(III) and Cu(II) ions alternatively bridged by nitronyl nitroxide and the triazole units while the NIT-Ph-p-OCHtrz moieties act as the rungs of the ladder.

Unprecedented ferromagnetic Gdnitronyl nitroxide coupling through a hydrogen bonding bridge.

A novel lanthanide(iii)-nitronyl nitroxide chain {[Gd(hfac)(Nit-Ph-3,5-bIm)(HO)]·CHO} (1) was prepared and characterized. Strikingly, an unexpected ferromagnetic coupling between the Gd(iii) ion and the nitroxide group mediated by hydrogen bonding has been observed for the first time.

A genetic study and meta-analysis of the genetic predisposition of prostate cancer in a Chinese population.

Prostate cancer predisposition has been extensively investigated in European populations, but there have been few studies of other ethnic groups. To investigate prostate cancer susceptibility in the under-investigated Chinese population, we performed single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array analysis on a cohort of Chinese cases and controls and then meta-analysis with data from the existing Chinese prostate cancer genome-wide association study (GWAS). Genotyping 211,155 SNPs in 495 cases and 640 controls of Chinese ancestry identified several new suggestive Chinese prostate cancer predisposition loci.

1,3-Dimethyl-1H-1,2,3-benzotriazol-3-ium tetra-chloridoferrate(III).

The asymmetric unit of the title salt, (C8H10N3)[FeCl4], contains one 1,3-dimethyl-1H-1,2,3-benzotriazol-3-ium cation and one tetra-chloridoferrate anion. The Fe(III) atom in the anion is tetra-hedrally coordinated by four Cl atoms. In the crystal, inter-actions are observed between the Cl atoms and the triazolium ring [Cl⋯centroid distances = 3.

Aqua-[1-(pyrazin-2-yl)ethanone oximato-κ²N,N'][1-(pyrazin-2-yl)ethanone oxime-κ²N,N'](thio-cyanato-κN)nickel(II).

In the title complex, [Ni(C₆H₆N₃O)(NCS)(C₆H₇N₃O)(H₂O)] or [Ni(mpko)(SCN)(mpkoH)(H₂O)] [where mpkoH = 1-(pyrazin-2-yl)ethanone oxime], the Ni(II) cation is in a slightly distorted octa-hedral geometry, being coordinated in the equatorial plane by four N atoms from two different mpkoH ligands, one of which is deprotonated, and by one N atom from a thio-cyanate anion and one O atom from a water mol-ecule in the axial positions. There is an intra-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bond involving the oxime units of the two ligands. In the crystal, a three-dimensional supra-molecular architecture is formed by O-H⋯O and O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds.

Bis{2-[bis-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl-κN(2))meth-yl]pyridine-κN}cobalt(II) dinitrate.

The central Co(II) ion in the title complex, [Co(C(16)H(19)N(5))(2)](NO(3))(2), is located on a twofold rotation axis and has a slightly distorted octa-hedral coordination sphere. It is bonded to six N atoms from two 2-[bis-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)meth-yl]pyridine ligands. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by weak C-H⋯O inter-actions.

[The OmpA-like protein Loa22 from Leptospira interrogans serovar lai induces apoptosis in A549 via Ca2+ signal pathway].

Objective: To study the effect of Loa22 mature peptide on the apoptosis of A549 to explore the mechanism of pulmonary impairment in severe forms of leptospirosis.

Methods: Loa22 mature peptide (100 microg/mL) was administered to culture with human lung adenocarcinoma cell line (A549). After 24 hours, the apoptosis, the concentration of calcium of the cells were evaluated.

Behavior pattern, arterial partial pressure of oxygen, superoxide dismutase, micro-blood-flow state and longevity or aging.

It is believed that the mechanisms of aging or longevity are multifactorial. We selected four major postnatal factors to verify the mechanisms of longevity and aging. Type B behavior is strongly associated with longevity.