The newly developed DNA-biosensor is a very promising tool for the investigation and study of the action of drugs specifically designed to interact with DNA. In this work the electrochemical reduction of nitroimidazole drugs was studied in the presence of DNA immobilized onto the surface of a glassy carbon electrode. This enabled preconcentration of the drug onto the electrode surface, which wa...

Iron(II) complexes of the tetradentate amines tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine (TPA) and N,N'-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-N,N'-dimethylethane-1,2-diamine (BPMEN) are established catalysts of C-O bond formation, oxidising hydrocarbon substrates via hydroxylation, epoxidation and dihydroxylation pathways. Herein we report the capacity of these catalysts to promote C-N bond formation, via allylic amination of ...

The pathogenesis of some neurodegenerative disorders has been linked to excitotoxicity, excess generation of nitric oxide (NO) and apoptosis. Here, we used a model of NO-triggered neuronal apoptosis that was strictly dependent on autocrine NMDA receptor (NMDA-R) activation and intracellular Ca2+ increase. We investigated the efficiency and potentially beneficial effects of calpain inhibition. T...

The human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cell line has been used as a model to study mechanisms of neurotransmitter release. In order to study the mechanism of SH-SY5Y single cell exocytosis stimulated by different stimulants, including high K+, 3-(1-nitroso-2-pyrrolidinyl) pyridine and nicotine, a type of indium tin oxide (ITO) micro-pore electrode was used to obtain the corresponding amperometric resp...

Background and Purpose: The predominant view is that the endothelium-derived relaxing factor generated by acetylcholine from blood vessels is nitric oxide. However, there is evidence suggesting that certain nitric oxide-containing compounds such as nitrosothiols resemble the endothelium-derived relaxing factor generated by acetylcholine more closely than does nitric oxide itself. Accordingly, w...

While applying electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)/Spin Trapping techniques, several reactive intermediate species were identified in the reaction of perfluoroisobutylene (PFIB) with nitrone and nitroso spin trap agents: the carbon dioxide radical anion (CO2.-), a carbonyl fluoride intermediate (COF), and vinyl carbanions of PFIB. The reaction of PFIB with N-t-butyl-alpha-phenylnitrone (PBN) ...

Introduction The hypothesis that various N-nitroso compounds, which are potent nervous system carcinogens in animal studies, may also increase the risk of human brain cancer (1) has been of great interest in recent etiological studies of this disease. In the United States, it is estimated that cigarette smoking gives rise to at least a 20-fold greater daily exposure to N-nitroso compounds than ...