Mathematical modeling studies have suggested that nonspherical, disc-shaped nanoparticles may have optimal intravascular flow and homing characteristics. In this study, we report the development of a fibrin-specific high-relaxivity bialy-shaped polymeric nanoparticle using porphyrin-chelated manganese. We anticipate that this agent would be highly effective for molecular imaging of microthrombi...

effects of imidazoles and substituted pyridines and pure s-donors on the oxidation of cyclooctene with naio4 by 5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrinato-manganese(iii) acetate, mn(tpp)oac, and 5,10,15,20-tetramesitylporphyrinato-manganese(iii) acetate, mn(tmp)oac, catalysts in ch2cl2-h2o solvent are studied. coordination of the nitrogen donors to the mn-catalysts generally caused a reduction in the e...

Alterations of the chemical structure of protoporphyrin IX markedly altered the activation of soluble guanylate cyclase purified from bovine lung. Hydrophobic side chains at positions 2 and 4 and vicinal propionic acid residues at positions 6 and 7 of the porphyrin ring (protoporphyrin IX, mesoporphyrin IX) were essential for maximal enzyme activation (K. = 7-8 nM; V, = 6-8 Kmol of cGMP/min/mg)...

A classification of kinetics of metalloporphyrin formation is presented according to the composition of the activated complex involved in the reaction. In the reaction of large metal ions, such as mercury(II) and cadmium(II) with porphyrins, these metal ions can not fit into the porphyrin nucleus and they are out—of-plane in the metalloporphyrin. In this case the reaction is relatively fast and...

Fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy have been used extensively to monitor biomolecules, especially reactive oxygen species (ROS) and, more recently, reactive sulfide (RSS) species. Nearly all fluorophores are either excited by or emit light between 450 and 550 nm, which is similar to the absorbance of heme proteins and metal-centered porphyrins. Here we examined the effects of catalase (Ca...

The activation parameters and the rate constants of the water-exchange reactions of Mn(III)TE-2-PyP(5+) (meso-tetrakis(N-ethylpyridinium-2-yl)porphyrin) as cationic, Mn(III)TnHex-2-PyP(5+) (meso-tetrakis(N-n-hexylpyridinium-2-yl)porphyrin) as sterically shielded cationic, and Mn(III)TSPP(3-) (meso-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin) as anionic manganese(iii) porphyrins were determined from th...

in order to shed more light on the effect of peripheral groups of porphyrin core intophysicochemical properties and dna binding behavior of porphyrins, we have chosen toinvestigate solution properties and calf thymus dna binding behavior of meso-tetrakis (4-nbenzyl-pyridyl) porphyrin (tbzpyp) and its mn (iii), co (iii), ni (ii) and cu (ii) complexesderivatives have been studied in thermodynamic...

Somers and Shive (37) suggested that the physiological availability of iron in plants is determined by the relative manganese supply and that the optimum growth and yield of plants depend on a certain definite proportion rather than the absolute level of iron and manganese supply. These workers also held that iron deficiency is identical with manganese excess and iron excess with manganese defi...