By analyzing human embryonic kidney 293 cell transfectants stably overexpressing various types of phospholipase A2 (PLA2), we have shown that polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) preferentially activate type IIA secretory PLA2 (sPLA2-IIA)-mediated arachidonic acid (AA) release from interleukin-1 (IL-1)-stimulated cells. When 293 cells prelabeled with 13H]AA were incubated with exogenous PUFAs in...

A new discrete [V(16)O(38)(CN)](9-) cluster, which displays the hitherto unknown 8- charge on the cluster shell and is the first to encapsulate the cyanide anion, has been synthesized and characterized by IR and UV/vis/near-IR spectroscopy, electrochemistry, and magnetic susceptibility measurements. Bond valence sum calculations conducted on the basis of the crystal structure analysis of K(9)[V...

A novel achiral hexacarboxylic ligand L was synthesized. Spontaneous resolution occurred during the reaction of L with Eu(NO(3))(3) to produce a pair of enantiomers of 1a and 1b with a formula of [EuL(NO(3))(3)(H(2)O)]·13H(2)O, which possesses 1D chiral open channels formed by triple-stranded helical chains. When heated to 60 °C, 1a releases coordinated and partial lattice H(2)O molecules to gi...

We study the cross-correlation between 716 Mg ii quasar absorption systems and ∼ 100,000 Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs) selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 3 in the redshift range 0.4 6 z 6 0.8. The Mg ii systems were selected to have λλ2796 & 2803 rest-frame equivalent widths > 1.0 Å and identifications confirmed by the Fe ii λ2600 or Mg i λ2852 lines. Over co-moving scales 0...

A series of high-pressure liquid chromatographic (hplc) procedures are described for the separation of all major and most minor catecholamine metabolites present in human urine. The amines and metabolites are first concentrated and partially purified by traditional methods, ion-exchange and alumina chromatography. Final separations are then performed with hplc. Our system is specifically design...