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Dosimetry of radionuclide therapy using radiophosphonated antisense oligodeoxynucleotide phosphorothioates based on animal pharmacokinetic and tissue distribution data.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic possibilities of radiolabeled antisense oligodeoxynucleotides. The internal radiation dose from known cellular and animal data was calculated, and the suitability of different phosphorus isotopes as labels for oligonucleotides was assessed. We calculated the pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution in vivo of short oligodeoxynucleotide phosphorothioates by using the data from two different radionuclides: phosphorus-33 (t1/2 = 24.4 days, maximum beta-energy = 250 ke V) and phosphorus-32 (t1/2 = 14.3 days, maximum beta-energy = 2270 ke V). The absorbed doses of 32P-labeled and 33P-labeled oligonucleotides were estimated using the published biodistribution data for several oligonucleotides in animal models for both tumor xenografts and AIDS. The local absorption of 33P was higher than that of 32P if the radius of the spherical distribution of activity was smaller than approximately 500 microns. In a mouse tumor xenograft model, an intravenously injected activity of 1 MBq achieved sufficient radiation doses in the tumor; 11 Gy for 32P and 1.5 Gy for 33P were obtained. In normal organs in the same model, the liver doses were 5.0 Gy (32P) and 0.7 Gy (33P), and the kidney doses were 14 Gy (32P) and 2.0 Gy (33P). We conclude that 33P may have more beneficial radiotherapeutic characteristics for oligonucleotides than 32P. This method could be applied on the macroscopic, cellular, and subcellular levels and help to design further experimental studies for the use of oligonucleotide radiotherapy and phosphorothioate probes.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗

Determination of specific protein kinase activities using phosphorus-33.

The immune complex kinase assay is the most widely applied method to assess the catalytic activity of protein tyrosine kinases. It offers the advantage that the activity of a single selected enzyme can be determined, and that the enzyme activity can be normalized for the amount of enzyme in a parallel immunoblotting experiment. Here, we describe the use of the recently introduced isotope phosphorus-33 for the protein kinase assay. The lower energy of 33P, compared with the traditionally applied 32P, allows the simultaneous examination of the amount of enzyme with 125I-labeled antibodies. By analysing one and the same sample for both kinase activity and protein amount, the variation between parallel processed samples is avoided. Using this method, specific kinase activities can be calculated with high precision. The assay is particularly useful for the detection of cytokine and growth factor-induced activation of kinases, as changes in enzyme amounts by subcellular relocalization can be distinguished.

Carcinoma↗

[Effect of temperature on the translocation of exogenous 32P in water column, Microcystis aeruginosa and sediments].

Effect of temperature on the translocation of exogenous phosphorus in the simulative ecosystem composing of water, Microcystis aeruginosa and sediments was studied with the method of phosphorus isotope tracer. Exogenous 32P was initially distributed rapidly in the ecosystems in a mode of physical chemistry, irrespective of the influence of different temperature. Then, the translocation of 32P was significantly affected by the growth of M. aeruginosa in the ecosystem. Relatively high temperature was favorable to the growth of M. aeruginosa and accelerated the adsorption of exogenous phosphorus. The maximum concentration of exogenous endocellular phosphorus in M. aeruginosa was only related with the initial phosphorus concentration of water environment. The growth curve of M. aeruginosa contained short lag phase, 7-day log phase and decline phase but no obvious stationary phase at 25 degrees C. After certain amounts of exogenous phosphorus were accumulated in M. aeruginosa, its growth was independent of the amounts of endocellular phosphorus at 25 degrees C. The exogenous 32P moved from water and M. aeruginosa to sediment continuously and almost all of them transferred into sediment through the sedimentation of M. aeruginosa at the end of the experiment. The concentration of dissoluble exogenous 32P declined rapidly when water temperature was high and was less than 0.00716 mg.L-1 after 7 days.

Ecosystem↗

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Chemistry, Pharmaceutical↗

Quantitation of metabolites in NMR spectra from isolated tissues, using 14N spectroscopy and nitrate to determine tissue volume.

Quantification of metabolites is a goal of many biomedical NMR studies. To obtain absolute measurements of metabolite concentrations is often both difficult and time-consuming. In this paper a method for determining metabolite concentrations directly is described and validated. It is applicable to studies of amphibian muscles, and with suitable precautions, to other isolated organs and tissues. The method is based upon using 14N NMR and nitrate-containing solutions to determine what fraction (F) of the sensitive volume of the RF coil is occupied by tissue. As the concentration of nitrate is known it can be used to calibrate other 14N metabolites in the tissue. Moreover, once F is determined, it can be used to calibrate metabolites in spectra from other nuclei e.g., 31P or 31C. All that is required is that a spectrum from a standard for that nucleus is obtained. Thus this method does not require any 'internal' (intrinsic to the tissue) standard, and is extremely quick and simple to use.

Adenosine Triphosphate↗

An efficient procedure for assignment of the proton, carbon and nitrogen resonances in 13C/15N labeled nucleic acids.

An efficient method is presented for the assignment of the proton, carbon, and nitrogen resonances in the NMR spectra of isotopically labeled nucleic acids. The assignment strategy starts by identifying all protons and carbons belonging to the same sugar ring through application of a set of 2D or 3D heteronuclear HCCH NMR experiments. Next the individual sugar rings are connected to their corresponding bases through intra-residue 1H-1H nuclear Overhauser effects (NOEs) observed in a 3D (1H, 13C, 1H) NOESY-HMQC experiment. Sequential NOE connectivities observed in this experiment are then used to assign each residue in the nucleotide sequence. The imino protons and nitrogens, and the cytidine amino protons and nitrogens, are assigned by 2D (15N, 1H) HMQC and 3D (1H, 15N, 1H) NOESY-HMQC experiments in H2O. This assignment procedure is illustrated on the 99% 13C/15N labeled RNA duplex r(GGCGCUUGCGUC)2. The application of these multi-dimensional heteronuclear magnetic resonance experiments enormously simplifies the resonance assignment of nucleic acids and allows assignment of many more protons, carbons and nitrogens than was possible using standard techniques on unlabeled molecules. Since a larger percentage of the protons can now be assigned by these experiments, much more NMR structural information can be obtained which will significantly extend the size limit for solution structure determinations of RNAs.

Base Sequence↗

REDOR-determined distances from heterospins to clusters of 13C labels.

The use of rotational-echo double resonance NMR to measure distances from an observed tightly coupled cluster of 13C spins to a distant 15N, 31P, or 19F is practical if all homonuclear 13C-13C dipolar interactions are suppressed by multiple-pulse decoupling during heteronuclear dipolar evolution. This scheme is first calibrated by experiments performed on multiply labeled alanines and then applied in the measurement of 19F-13C distances in p-trifluoromethylphenyl [1,2-13C2]acetate.

Alanine↗

Primary metabolism in N2-fixing Alnus incana-Frankia symbiotic root nodules studied with 15N and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

The primary nitrogen metabolism of the N2-fixing root nodule symbiosis Alnus incana (L.)- Frankia was investigated by 31P and 15N nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Perfusion of root nodules in a pulse-chase approach with 15N- or 14N-labeled NH4+ revealed the presence of the amino acids alanine (Ala), gamma-amino butyric acid, glutamine (Gln), glutamic acid (Glu), citrulline (Cit) and arginine (Arg). Labeling kinetics of the Gln amide-N and alpha-amino acids suggested that the glutamine synthetase (GS; EC 6.3.1.2)-glutamate synthase (GOGAT; EC 1.4.1.13) pathway was active. Inhibition of the GS-catalyzed reaction by methionine sulphoximine abolished incorporation of 15N. Cit was labeled in all three N positions but most rapidly in the omega position, consistent with carbamoyl phosphate as the precursor to which Gln could be the amino donor catalyzed by carbamoyl phosphate synthase (CPS; EC 6.3.5.5). Ala biosynthesis occurred consistent with a flux of N in the sequence Gln-Glu-Ala. 31P NMR spectroscopy in vivo and of extracts revealed several metabolites and was used in connection with the 15N pulse-chase experiment to assess general metabolic status. Stable concentrations of ATP and UDP-glucose during extended perfusions showed that the overall root nodule metabolism appeared undisturbed throughout the experiments. The metabolic pathways suggested by the NMR results were confirmed by high activities of the enzymes GS, NADH-GOGAT and ornithine carbamoyltransferase (OCT; EC 2.1.3.3). We conclude that the primary pathway of NH4+ assimilation in A. incana root nodules occurs through the GS-GOGAT pathway. Biosynthesis of Cit through GS-CPS-OCT is important and is a link between the first amino acid Gln and this final transport and storage form of nitrogen.

Alnus↗