Previous studies from this laboratory have demonstrated that low concentrations of cyclodextrins (<1.0 mm), when added to serum, act catalytically as cholesterol shuttles to accelerate the exchange of free cholesterol between cells and serum lipoproteins. As cholesterol shuttles, cyclodextrins have the potential to serve as pharmacological agents for modifying cholesterol metabolism. In the pre...

Caveolae, specialized flask-shaped lipid rafts on the cell surface, are composed of cholesterol, sphingolipids, and structural proteins termed caveolins; functionally, these plasma membrane microdomains have been implicated in signal transduction and transmembrane transport. In the present study, we examined the role of caveolin-1 in multiple myeloma cells. We show for the first time that caveo...

A bacterium that secreted cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTase) in a medium overlaid with n-hexane was isolated and identified as Paenibacillus illinoisensis strain ST-12 K. The CGTase of the strain was purified from the culture supernatant. The molecular mass was 70 kDa. The enzyme was stable at pH 6 to 10 and active at pH 5.0 to 8.0. The optimum temperature at pH 7.0 was 65 degrees C in th...

The solid beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CyD) complex of O-cinnamyl S-methyl dithiocarbonates (xanthate, 1a), upon heating at 45 degrees C, underwent asymmetric [3,31-sigmatropic rearrangement to give the optically S-(1-phenylallyl) S-methyl dithiocarbonate (2a) with 60% ee. Heating the beta-CyD complex of 2a at 120 degrees C caused extrusion of COS to give cinnamyl methyl sulfide (3a) in high yield. ...

EB (electron beam) irradiation of sulfonamide within a beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD) inclusion complex in the solid state induced the solvent-free Fries rearrangement, which proceeded at a shorter reaction time with reversed regioselectivity by inclusion into the beta-CD, compared with that of sulfonamide crystals; the beta-CD as a restricted nanospace had a large effect on the reactivity and reg...

Cyclodextrin (CD) is synthesized by bacterial cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (CGTase) and is widely used in food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and agricultural industries. In this study, Bacillus circulans CGTase was partially purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation at 50-70% saturation. The optimum pH and temperature for CD production from sago starch were found to be in the ranges of 4.5-5....

In this work, we report the observation on the self-assembly of beta-CD nanotube induced by 2-phenyl-5-(4-diphenylyl)1,3,4-oxadiazole (PBD) molecule with fluorescence microscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Micrometer-sized rodlike structure is formed by the secondary assembly of cyclodextrin nanotube driven by the inter-nanotubular hydrogen bonding. The effects of pH value, urea...

A structural study of the inclusion compound of tolbutamide (TBM) with beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD) and hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin (HP-beta-CD) was attempted by means of 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) experiments and computer molecular modelling. To establish the stoichiometry and stability constant of the beta-CD:TBM complex, the continuous variation method was used. The presence o...