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A 36-year-old woman presented with onset of reduced menstrual flow, gradually progressed to typical Cushingoid features with 24-hour urine free cortisol (UFC) increased, low-dose dexamethasone suppression test and high-dose dexamethasone suppression test both not suppressed, ACTH increased, and computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest revealed a large mass in the anterior mediastinum. The local hospital administered mediastinal mass resection which afterwards showed type B1 thymoma. The above symptoms were relieved post-operation, and the levels of ACTH and cortisol decreased. Symptoms recurred 5 months after the surgery, with laboratory and imaging suggested possible multiple tumor metastases. The patient was referred to our hospital and was diagnosed with ectopic ACTH syndrome and thymic neuroendocrine tumor with multiple metastases post-operation. After administered mifepristone to antagonize the glucocorticoid receptor, the patient's symptoms improved. The patient also received "etoposide" single-agent chemotherapy, and the symptoms were relieved after 4 months of follow-up. The case showed that complete surgical resection of the primary tumor is the best treatment for ectopic ACTH syndrome, if the primary tumor which cause ectopic ACTH syndrome cannot be completely cured, it is particularly important to control hypercortisolemia and prevent its complications. This article purports to report this case and review the relevant literature.Primary central nervous system anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is an extremely rare type of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL). There are only nine cases reported in the literature to date, most of which have an overall survival time of no more than 8 months. Herein, we report such a rare case who has a good outcome with the longest survival time and perform a review of the literature. A 19-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital complaining of dizziness. CT and MRI imaging showed a heterogeneous enhanced lesion in the left parieto-occipital lobe and the leptomeninges of the occipital lobe and the cerebellum. The lesion was resected and confirmed to be ALK-negative ALCL by pathological examination. Then, the patient received 10 cycles of chemotherapy with high-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX) and whole-brain radiotherapy. The patient recovered well and was regularly followed up. He was free of symptoms without recurrence on imaging examination 3 years later. ALCL is a rare type of PCNSL. HD-MTX combined with radiation is an effective therapeutic approach. However, further prospective studies with a large number of patients are needed to identify the biological characteristics of this rare type of PCNSL.Microviridins are cyanobacterial tricyclic depsipeptides with unique ring architectures and function as serine protease inhibitors. In this study, we explore two strategies to probe the structure and mechanism of macrocyclases involved in microviridin biosynthesis. The results both provide approaches for in vitro chemoenzymatic synthesis and insight into the molecular interactions and function of the biosynthetic enzymes. The first strategy involves generating constitutively activated macrocyclases whereby the leader portion of the substrate peptide is covalently attached to the ATP-grasp ligases to examine leader peptide/enzyme interactions. The second strategy uses a structure-based design to create disulfide cross-linked peptide/enzyme complexes. Together, the strategies provide constitutively active enzymes and tools to study the catalysis of the macrocyclizations on synthetic core peptides.The structural and vibrational properties of the molecular units of sulfur hexafluoride crystal as a function of pressure have been studied by the Extreme Pressure Polarizable Continuum Model (XP-PCM) method. Within the XP-PCM model, single molecule calculations allow a consistent interpretation of the experimental measurements when considering the effect of pressure on both the molecular structure and the vibrational normal modes. This peculiar aspect of XP-PCM provides a detailed description of the electronic origin of normal modes variations with pressure, via the curvature of the potential energy surface and via the anharmonicity of the normal modes. When applied to the vibrational properties of the sulfur hexafluoride crystal, the XP-PCM method reveals a hitherto unknown interpretation of the effects of the pressure on the vibrational normal modes of the molecular units of this crystal.A novel two-dimensional double-layer anionic uranyl-organic framework, U-TBPCA [NH2(CH3)2][(UO2)(TBPCA)], where H3TBPCA = 4,4',4″-s-triazine-1,3,5-triyltripamino-methylene-cyclohexane-carboxylate, with abundant active sites and stability was obtained by assembling UO2(NO3)2·6H2O and a triazine tricarboxylate linker, TBPCA3-. Due to the flexibility of the ligand and diverse coordination modes between carboxyl groups and uranyl ions, U-TBPCA exhibits an intriguing topological structure and steric configuration. This double-layer anionic uranyl-organic framework is highly porous and can be used for selective adsorption of cationic dyes. Due to the presence of high-density metal ions and basic -NH- groups, U-TBPCA acts as an effective heterogeneous catalyst for the cycloaddition reaction of carbon dioxide with epoxy compounds. Moreover, the various modes of coordination between the tricarboxylic ligand and uranyl ion were studied by density functional theory calculations, and several simplified models were established to probe the influence of hydrogen bonding between carbon dioxide and U-TBPCA on the ability of U-TBPCA to bind carbon dioxide. This work should aid in improving our understanding of the coordination behavior of uranyl ion as well as the development and utilization of new actinide materials.2-Aryl-1-sulfonyl-substituted cyclobutanes were prepared in an intermolecular [2 + 2] photocycloaddition from various α,β-unsaturated sulfones and olefins upon irradiation at λ = 300 nm (26 examples, 60-99% yield). Lewis acids catalyzed the [2 + 2] photocycloaddition of 2-benzimidazolyl styryl sulfones. At short wavelengths, the latter substrates underwent C-S bond cleavage but AlBr3 (5 mol %) allowed for an intermolecular reaction with 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene at longer wavelengths. A chiral-at-metal Lewis acid (2 mol %) facilitated an enantioselective reaction (up to 77% ee).Multivalent ligand-receptor interactions are critical to the function of membrane-enveloped biological and biomimetic nanoparticles, yet resulting nanoparticle shape changes are rarely investigated. Using the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) sensing technique, we tracked the attachment of biotinylated, sub-100 nm lipid vesicles to a streptavidin-functionalized supported lipid bilayer (SLB) and developed an analytical model to extract quantitative details about the vesicle-SLB contact region. The experimental results were supported by theoretical analyses of biotin-streptavidin complex formation and corresponding structural and energetic aspects of vesicle deformation. Our findings reveal how varying the surface densities of streptavidin receptors in the SLB and biotin ligands in the vesicles affects the extent of nanometer-scale vesicle deformation. We also identify conditions, i.e., a critical ligand density, at which appreciable vesicle deformation began, which provides insight into how the membrane bending energy partially counterposes the multivalent binding interaction energy. These findings are generalizable to various multivalent ligand-receptor systems.Annulative π-extension (APEX) of 3-substituted indoles to pyrido[1,2-a]indoles is developed by using 4-oxo peroxides as π-extending reagents, which are employed as versatile C4 building blocks. This transformation is initiated by Brønsted acid-mediated Hock rearrangement of the peroxyl group. Notably, the pyrido[1,2-a]indole products are obtained by elimination of the indole moiety from the corresponding dihydropyrido[1,2-a]indoles, which could be selectively formed at room temperature.The spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), resulting in a global pandemic with around four million deaths. Although there are a variety of nucleic acid-based tests for detecting SARS-CoV-2, these methods have a relatively high cost and require expensive supporting equipment. To overcome these limitations and improve the efficiency of SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis, we developed a microfluidic platform that collected serum by a pulling-force spinning top and paper-based microfluidic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for quantitative IgA/IgM/IgG measurements in an instrument-free way. We further validated the paper-based microfluidic ELISA analysis of SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain (RBD)-specific IgA/IgM/IgG antibodies from human blood samples as a good measurement with higher sensitivity compared with traditional IgM/IgG detection (99.7% vs 95.6%) for early illness onset patients. In conclusion, we provide an alternative solution for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 in a portable manner by this smart integration of pulling-force spinning top and paper-based microfluidic immunoassay.Methanol can be employed as a green and sustainable methylating agent to form C-C and C-N bonds via borrowing hydrogen (BH) methodology. Herein we explored the activity of the acridine-derived SNS-Ru pincer for the activation of methanol to apply it as a C1 building block in different reactions. Our catalytic system shows great success toward the β-C(sp3)-methylation reaction of 2-phenylethanols to provide good to excellent yields of the methylated products. We investigated the mechanistic details, kinetic progress, and temperature-dependent product distribution, which revealed the slow and steady generation of in situ formed aldehyde, is the key factor to get the higher yield of the β-methylated product. selleck To establish the environmental benefit of this reaction, green chemistry metrics are calculated. Furthermore, dimerization of 2-naphthol via methylene linkage and formation of N-methylation of amine are also described in this study, which offers a wide range of substrate scope with a good to excellent yield.We report the design and synthesis of uniform PdAu alloy nanoclusters immobilized on diamine and graphene oxide-functionalized silica nanospheres. The structure-dependent activity for selectively catalytic dehydrogenation of formic acid (FA) has been evaluated and optimized by controlling the Pd/Au mole ratio and the carrier components. The relationship between the catalyst structure and activity has been investigated via both experiments and characterization. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) proved the formation of PdAu alloy nanoclusters. In situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) analyses verified the electron transfer between Au, Pd, and the support. An outstanding turnover frequency (TOF) value of 16 647 h-1 at 323 K, which is among the highest activity for FA dehydrogenation ever reported, can be achieved at optimized conditions and ascribed to the combination of the bimetallic synergistic effect and the carrier effect.