Investigação dos polimorfismos no éxon 1 do gene MBL (Mannose-Binding Lectin) e sua associação com a síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida (AIDS)

No presente estudo foram investigadas as freqüências das mutações no éxon 1 do gene MBL em um grupo de 128 pacientes com Aids, 116 portadores assintomáticos da infecção pelo HIV-1, 84 mulheres soronegativas profissionais do sexo, com comportamentos de alto risco e 99 indivíduos controles soronegativos, com o objetivo de avaliar a ocorrência de uma possível associação entre os polimorfismos neste gene e a infecção pelo HIV-1. A identificação dos alelos MBL *A, *B, *C e *D foi realizada por meio da reação em cadeia mediada pela polimerase, utilizando sequências de iniciadores específicos e posterior digestão enzimática (RFLP). As análises das frequências alélicas e genotípicas do éxon 1 não mostraram qualquer diferença significativa entre pacientes soropositivos (assintomáticos e Aids) e soronegativos (controle e controle de alto risco) (p>0,05). Não foram observadas associações significativas entre a presença de co-infecções e as variantes alélicas. Entretanto, tuberculose, neurotoxoplasmose, candidíase, neurocriptococose e pneumonia foram as co-infecções com maior prevalência. As associações entre o número de linfócitos TCD4+, a carga viral plasmática e os polimorfismos no éxon 1 do gene MBL nos pacientes com Aids e portadores assintomáticos não foram estatisticamente significante. Desse modo, pode-se sugerir a ausência de associação entre estes polimorfismos e a susceptibilidade à infecção pelo HIV-1, destacando a necessidade de estudos adicionais para determinar se estes polimorfismos apresentam qualquer impacto associado à infecção ou a progressão para a Aids.

No mutations found in exons of TP53, H-RAS and K-RAS genes in liver of male Wistar rats submitted to a medium-term chemical carcinogenesis assay

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Vibrational spectroscopy of phthalocyanine and naphthalocyanine in sandwich-type (na)phthalocyaninato and porphyrinato rare earth complexes: Part 14. The infrared and Raman characteristics of phthalocyanine in “pinwheel-like” homoleptic bis[1,8,15,22-tetrakis(3-pentyloxy)phthalocyaninato] rare earth(III) double-decker complexes

The infrared (IR) spectroscopic data and Raman spectroscopic properties for a series of 13 “pinwheel-like” homoleptic bis(phthalocyaninato) rare earth complexes M[Pc(α-OC5H11)4]2 [M = Y and Pr–Lu except Pm; H2Pc(α-OC5H11)4 = 1,8,15,22-tetrakis(3-pentyloxy)phthalocyanine] have been collected and comparatively studied. Both the IR and Raman spectra for M[Pc(α-OC5H11)4]2 are more complicated than those of homoleptic bis(phthalocyaninato) rare earth analogues, namely M(Pc)2 and M[Pc(OC8H17)8]2, but resemble (for IR) or are a bit more complicated (for Raman) than those of heteroleptic counterparts M(Pc)[Pc(α-OC5H11)4], revealing the decreased molecular symmetry of these double-decker compounds, namely S8. Except for the obvious splitting of the isoindole breathing band at 1110–1123 cm−1, the IR spectra of M[Pc(α-OC5H11)4]2 are quite similar to those of corresponding M(Pc)[Pc(α-OC5H11)4] and therefore are similarly assigned. With laser excitation at 633 nm, Raman bands derived from isoindole ring and aza stretchings in the range of 1300–1600 cm−1 are selectively intensified. The IR spectra reveal that the frequencies of pyrrole stretching and pyrrole stretching coupled with the symmetrical CH bending of –CH3 groups are sensitive to the rare earth ionic size, while the Raman technique shows that the bands due to the isoindole stretchings and the coupled pyrrole and aza stretchings are similarly affected. Nevertheless, the phthalocyanine monoanion radical Pc′− IR marker band of bis(phthalocyaninato) complexes involving the same rare earth ion is found to shift to lower energy in the order M(Pc)2 > M(Pc)[Pc(α-OC5H11)4] > M[Pc(α-OC5H11)4]2, revealing the weakened π–π interaction between the two phthalocyanine rings in the same order.

Peripherally η1-Platinated Organometallic Porphyrins as Building Blocks for Multiporphyrin Arrays

The modification of peripherally metalated meso-η1-platiniometalloporphyrins, such as trans-[PtBr(NiDAPP)(PPh3)2] (H2DAPP = 5-phenyl-10,20-bis(3‘,5‘-di-tert-butylphenyl)porphyrin), leads to the analogous platinum(II) nitrato and triflato electrophiles in almost quantitative yields. Self-assembly reactions of these meso-platinioporphyrin tectons with pyridine, 4,4‘-bipyridine, or various meso-4-pyridylporphyrins in chloroform generate new multicomponent organometallic porphyrin arrays containing up to five porphyrin units. These new types of supramolecular arrays are formed exclusively in high yields and are stable in solution or in the solid state for extended periods. They were characterized by multinuclear NMR and UV−visible spectroscopy as well as high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.