SSAO inhibitors suppress hepatocellular tumor growth in mice.

Vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP-1) is both an endothelial adhesion molecule involved in leukocytes emigration, and an oxidase belonging to the family of semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidases (SSAOs). The enzyme activity of VAP-1 plays an important role in the migration of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) into tumor site, and SSAO inhibitors can block the function of VAP-1. The effects of SSAO inhibitors on leukocyte infiltration and tumor progression were evaluated in H22 hepatocellular carcinoma-bearing C57BL/6 mice.

[Determination of trace free copper and zinc in serum samples by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry after two-step precipitation of protein].

A method was developed for the determination of trace free copper and zinc in serum sample by GFAAS after two-step precipitation. The serum and ethanol were mixed with volume ratio of 1 : 2. The mixture was subsequently denatured at 70 degrees C and centrifuged to precipitate proteins.

[Study of protein conformation in solution by tyrosine residues RRS spectrum].

Due to the interference caused by the emission of tryptophan residue, it is hard to use fluorospectrophotometry to detect the spectrometric changes of the tyrosine residue when protein conformation is changed. When the concentration of protein in solution is relatively high, tyrosine residue has a characteristic scattering peak when excited with its K-band wavelength of light. In the present study, the authors established a method for detecting protein conformation changes in solution through the changes (peak height and wavelength shift) of the characteristic scattering peak of tyrosine residue.