Triphosphine and diphosphine ligands with backbones designed to facilitate metal-arene interactions were employed to support multinuclear Ni complexes. Di- and trinuclear metal complexes supported by a triphosphine containing a triarylbenzene linker display diverse metal-arene binding modes. Multinuclear Ni halide complexes were isolated with strongly interacting metal centers bound to opposite...

Choriocarcinoma, a highly malignant tumor arising from the trophoblast, comprises a heterogenous population of cells including cytotrophoblasts, intermediate trophoblasts, and syncytiotrophoblasts. In order to investigate trophoblast differentiation, we used centrifugal elutriation to separate cells from the JAr choriocarcinoma cell line according to their size and to further show that the resu...

Cyclic voltammetry of the non-heme diiron enzyme porcine purple acid phosphatase (uteroferrin, Uf) has been reported for the first time. Totally reversible one-electron oxidation responses (FeIII-FeII --> FeII-FeIII) are seen both in the absence and in the presence of weak competitive inhibitors phosphate and arsenate, and dissociation constants of these oxoanion complexes formed with uteroferr...

The commitment process of a human megakaryoblastic cell line (MEG-O1) induced with phorbol ester, TPA, was investigated with special reference to glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa expression, multinuclear formation, and DNA replication. TPA (10(-7) mol/L) completely inhibited cellular division in MEG-O1, but did not suppress de novo DNA synthesis. Two days' culture with 10(-7) mol/L TPA was sufficient...

Osteoclasts are derived from macrophage-lineage precursors. ED1 is an antibody that can recognize this lineage of cells. Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) is essential for the migration of osteoclasts and their precursors during osteoclastogenesis. The aim of this research was to investigate differentiation and recruitment of osteoclasts during the early phase of experimental tooth movement in ...

Flavin chromophores can mediate redox reactions upon irradiation by blue light. In an attempt to increase their catalytic efficacy, flavin derivatives bearing a guanidinium ion as oxoanion binding site were prepared. Chromophore and substrate binding site are linked by a rigid Kemp's acid structure. The molecular structure of the new flavins was confirmed by an X-ray structure analysis and thei...

The process of implantation and placentation in women in volves a series of intercellular interactions, the eventual elucidation of which will result in extensions or even shifts of cell biological paradigms. These include the formation of motile and non-motile mononuclear and multinuclear trophoblast, alterations between faster and slower states of proliferation, changes in adhesive properties...