CNS tissue Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) mutations in motor neurone disease (MND)

DNA extracted from CNS tissue of 79 cases of motor neurone disease (MND) was screened by single strand conformation analysis (SSCA) and heteroduplex analysis (HA) for mutations in the Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) gene. The aims were to determine whether somatic mutations of SOD1 may underlie some cases of MND and to characterize the genetic abnormalities by sequencing, for subsequent correlation with the molecular pathological phenotype. In 3 cases a point mutation was found in exon 4: E100G in one familial case, and I113T in two cases (one familial, one sporadic). Two cases had previously undescribed mutations in the 3' untranslated region (3'UTR) of SOD1 and one case had a single base substitution in the intronic sequence upstream from exon 2. None of these patients had a positive family history. Non-CNS tissue was available for 3 out of the 6 cases in whom changes were found. In all 3 the same changes were consistently found in both CNS and non-CNS tissue, excluding the presence of somatic mutations in SOD1. We investigated many MND blood samples and normal controls for the presence of the 3'UTR deletions. We found the 4 bp deletion in 1/90 sporadic MND patients and 1/209 non-MND controls. If the 3'UTR deletions are pathogenic, they would have to operate via a loss of the function mechanism, and further work is necessary to define their significance.     

2-(2-苯并咪唑基)-6-甲基吡啶-1，1'-联萘-2，2'-双二苯膦铜(I)配合物

以[Cu(CH₃CN)₄](ClO₄)、1, 1’-联萘-2, 2’-双二苯膦(BINAP)和2-(2-苯并咪唑基)-6-甲基吡啶(Hbmp)为起始原料,合成得到一例铜(I)单核配合物[Cu(Hbmp)(BINAP)](ClO₄) (1), 并对其结构和光物理性质进行了表征。X-射线单晶衍射表明,配合物1的一价铜离子与Hbmp上的2个N和BINAP上的2个P相连接,产生一个以一价铜离子为中心的变形四面体。配合物1在340~450 nm范围有一个弱的低能量宽吸收,其归属于Cu(I)到Hbmp的金属到配体电荷转移(MLCT)跃迁。配合物1在溶液和固态均具有良好的光致发光性质。