Low-energy electrons are known to induce strand breaks and base damage in DNA and RNA through fragmentation of molecular bonding. Recently the glycosidic bond cleavage of nucleosides by low-energy electrons has been reported. These experimental results call for a theoretical investigation of the strength of the C(1)'-N link in nucleosides (dA, dC and dT) between the base and deoxyribose before ...

Transition metal-catalyzed halosulfonylation of 5-ethynyl uracil nucleosides provided (E)-5-(1-chloro-2-tosylvinyl)uridines. Tetrabutylammonium fluoride-mediated direct CH arylation of 5-iodouracil nucleosides with furan or 2-heptylfuran gave 5-furyl-substituted nucleosides without the necessity of using the organometallic substrates. These two classes of 5-substituted uracil nucleosides as we...

BACKGROUND Reaction of azides with triaryl phosphines under mild conditions gives iminophosphoranes which can react with almost any kind of electrophilic reagent, e.g. aldehydes/ketones to form imines or esters to form amides. This so-called Staudinger ligation has been employed in a wide range of applications as a general tool for bioconjugation including specific labeling of nucleic acids. ...

The methods described in this paper are devised for the separation of the common nucleotides, nucleosides, and purine and pyrimidine bases on one column at one pH with the compounds quantitated by a sensitive automatic technique. Following the classical work of Cohn and co-workers (l-6)) nucleotides have been generally separated on anion-exchange columns at acid pH’s, nucleosides on anion-excha...

The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (NS5B) of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is essential for the replication of viral RNA and thus constitutes a valid target for the chemotherapeutic intervention of HCV infection. In this report, we describe the identification of 2'-substituted nucleosides as inhibitors of HCV replication. The 5'-triphosphates of 2'-C-methyladenosine and 2'-O-methylcytidine are found to...

Nucleosides are essential for nucleotide synthesis in testicular spermatogenesis. In the present study, the mechanism of the supply of nucleosides to the testicular system across the blood-testis barrier was studied using primary-cultured Sertoli cells from rats and TM4 cells from mice. Uptake of uridine by these cells was time- and concentration-dependent. Uridine uptake was decreased under Na...

A bacterium, Ochrobactrum anthropi, produced a large amount of a nucleosidase when cultivated with purine nucleosides. The nucleosidase was purified to homogeneity. The enzyme has a molecular weight of about 170,000 and consists of four identical subunits. It specifically catalyzes the irreversible N-riboside hydrolysis of purine nucleosides, the K(m) values being 11.8 to 56.3 microM. The optim...

The dependence of the PMR spectra of three purine nucleosides (inosine, adenosine and deoxyadenosine) on temperature, concentration and addition of benzene (0.12 molal) has been investi­ gated in aqueous solution. The interaction of benzene with the nucleosides is deduced from the spectra. Enthalpies of self association have been determined as 2.2±0.1 kcal-mole-1 for dA and I. The corresponding...

BACKGROUND & AIMS Dietary nucleotides are reported to influence the growth and functioning of the liver. The objective of the study was to evaluate the uptake and incorporation of exogenous nucleosides by hepatic cells, and the potential implications for cell proliferation and function. METHODS Liver stellate cell line CFSC-2G and primary hepatocytes in single and mixed cultures were exposed ...

To explore the nutrients in roots of Angelica sinensis (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, ASR), a medicinal and edible plant, and evaluate its nutritional value, a rapid and reliable UHPLC-TQ-MS method was established and used to determine the potential nutritional compounds, including nucleosides, nucleobases and amino acids, in 50 batches of ASR samples obtained using two drying methods. The results ...