Fatima Linares

University of Granada | UGR · Centro de Instrumentación Científica

SOCEPA-2022

Trans-sialidases (TS) are important constitutive macromolecules of the secretome present on the surface of Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) that play a central role as a virulence factor in Chagas disease. These enzymes have been related to infectivity, escape from immune surveillance and path-ogenesis exhibited by this protozoan parasite. In this work...

Continuous improvements in morphological and histochemical analyses of Apis mellifera could improve our understanding of the anatomy and physiology of these insects at both the cellular and tissue level. In this work, two different approaches have been performed to add new data on the abdomen of worker bees: (i) Micro-computed tomography (Micro-CT)...

The shell of the cephalopod Argonauta consists of two layers of fibers that elongate perpendicular to the shell surfaces. Fibers have a high-Mg calcitic core sheathed by thin organic membranes (>100 nm), and configurate a polygonal network in cross-section. Their evolution has been studied by serial sectioning with electron microscopy-associated te...

Micro-CT analysis is employed for the first time to evaluate the effects of bioturbation on porosity distribution in contourite facies, namely: i) sandy clastic contourites from the Late Miocene Moroccan Rifian Corridor; and ii) dominant-calcareous contourites from Eocene- Middle Miocene Cyprus paleoslope. Porosity distribution is affected by biotu...

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small lipid vesicles released by either any prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell, or both, with a biological role in cell-to-cell communication. In this work, we characterize the proteomes and nanomechanical properties of EVs released by tissue-culture cell-derived trypomastigotes (mammalian infective stage; (TCT)) and ep...

The vesicular microstructure is a very distinctive arrangement of calcite, consisting of hollow cavities (vesicles) of diverse sizes and shapes, usually elongated in the direction of shell thickening. It is uniquely found among living bivalves in a single oyster family, Gryphaeidae. The vesicles are distributed in lenses interleaved with compact fo...

Acanthamoeba is a genus of free-living amoebae widely distributed in nature, associated with the development of encephalitis and keratitis. Despite the fact that it is common to find genotype T5 in environmental samples, only a few cases have been associated with clinical cases in humans. The wide distribution of Acanthamoeba, the characteristic of...

DNA molecules containing a 1D silver array may be applied for nanotechnology applications, but first their conducting and photoluminescence behavior must be enhanced. Here we have synthesized and characterized three new helical compounds based on stacked silver-mediated cytosine base pairs [Ag(mC)2]X (mC = N1-methylcytosine; X = NO3 (1), BF4 (2) an...

Key indicators: single-crystal X-ray study; T = 120 K; mean (C-C) = 0.003 A ˚ ; R factor = 0.055; wR factor = 0.140; data-to-parameter ratio = 10.9. In the title compound, C 10 H 10 N 4 O 4 Á0.5H 2 O, the two rings of the pteridine system are nearly coplanar [dihedral angle = 4.25 (9) ]. The atoms of the carboxyl group are also coplanar with the pt...

Key indicators: single-crystal X-ray study; T = 298 K; mean (C-C) = 0.004 A ˚ ; R factor = 0.041; wR factor = 0.115; data-to-parameter ratio = 15.4. 6 ]SO 4 Á3H 2 O}, exhibit distorted MnN 2 O 4 octahedral coordination geome-tries, with the pyrimidine-4,6-dicarboxylate (pmdc) ligand acting in the bis-chelating-(O,N:O 0 ,N 0) bridging mode and the 4...

The highly porous and robust [Ni(8)(OH)(4)(OH(2))(2)(4,4'-(buta-1,3-diyne-1,4-diyl)bispyrazolato)(6)](n) MOF can be used as a proof of concept for the incorporation and release of the non-conventional [Ru(p-cymene)Cl(2)(pta)] RAPTA-C metallodrug.

In this communication, a series of observations and data analyses coherently confirms the suitability of the novel metal-organic framework (MOF) [Zn(4)(μ(4)-O)(μ(4)-4-carboxy-3,5-dimethyl-4-carboxy-pyrazolato)(3)] (1) in the capture of harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs). It is worthy of attention that 1, whose crystal structure resembles tha...

Temperature matters! The separation efficiency of complex mixtures of gases (acetylene, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen) and vapors (benzene, cyclohex-ane) by adsorption on A[Cu3(μ3-OH) (μ3-4-carboxypyrazolato)3] (A@1) metal-organic frameworks depends on temperature and the extraframework cation A (see picture). NH4@1 also behaves as an oxidation...

Tetranuclear cationic open boxes non-covalently bind DNA major groove. By contrast, they covalently bind cysteine after ligand exchange reactions. In addition, these systems exhibit potent antitumour activity circumventing cisplatin resistance.

In the title compound, C(10)H(10)N(4)O(4)·0.5H(2)O, the two rings of the pteridine system are nearly coplanar [dihedral angle = 4.25 (9)°]. The atoms of the carboxyl group are also coplanar with the pteridine unit [r.m.s. deviation from the mean plane of the pteridine skeleton = 0.092 (2) Å]. In the crystal, the presence of the water molecule of cr...

Image reproduced with permission from Abbie Trewin Other articles published in this issue include: Dipyrrin based homo-and hetero-metallic infinite architectures Stéphane A. Baudron, CrystEngComm, 2010,

In the title compound, C10H10N4O4·0.5H2O, the two rings of the pteridine system are nearly coplanar [dihedral angle = 4.25 (9)°]. The atoms of the carboxyl group are also coplanar with the pteridine unit [r.m.s. deviation from the mean plane of the pteridine skeleton = 0.092 (2) Å]. In the crystal, the presence of the water molecule of crystallizat...

The two independent MnII ions in the polymeric title compound, {[Mn2(C6H2N2O4)(C10H8N2)(H2O)6]SO4·3H2O}, exhibit distorted MnN2O4 octahedral coordination geometries, with the pyrimidine-4,6-dicarboxylate (pmdc) ligand acting in the bis-chelating μ-(κO,κN:κO′,κN′) bridging mode and the 4,4′-bipyridine (bpy) ligand in the μ-(κN:κN′) bridging mode. Th...

The two independent Mn(II) ions in the polymeric title compound, {[Mn(2)(C(6)H(2)N(2)O(4))(C(10)H(8)N(2))(H(2)O)(6)]SO(4)·3H(2)O}, exhibit distorted MnN(2)O(4) octa-hedral coordination geometries, with the pyrimidine-4,6-dicarboxyl-ate (pmdc) ligand acting in the bis-chelating μ-(κO,κN:κO',κN') bridging mode and the 4,4'-bipyridine (bpy) ligand in...

The XRD structure and the influence of the conformation in the molecular orbitals of the pteridine-benzoylhydrazone ligand (BZLMH=benzoylhydrazone of 6-acetyl-1,3,7-trimethyllumazine, lumazine=(1H,3H)-pteridin-2,4-dione) have been studied. Complexes of BZLMH with nickel(II), zinc(II) and mercury(II) have been prepared and spectroscopically characte...

The reaction of [(cymene)RuCl(2)](2) with K(2)Hoxonate (H(3)oxonic = 4,6-dihydroxy-2-carboxy-1,3,5-triazine acid) in methanol leads to the formation of the dinuclear half-sandwich ruthenium(II) complex [(cymene)(2)Ru(2)(mu-Hoxonato)Cl(2)] (1a). Removal of the chloride ligands of 1a by treatment with AgCF(3)SO(3) yields [(cymene)(2)Ru(2)(mu-Hoxonato...

Rearing blackspot seabream has been associated with low growth rates and excessive lipid accumulation, resulting in a reduction of the edible yield. The effect of extruded diets containing different carbohydrate sources (wheat vs. wheat bran) was evaluated on 100 g blackspot seabream growth performance, feed utilization and fat deposition, taking i...

The cyclic trinuclear system, [(en)(3)Pd(3)(4,7-phen)(3)](6+), undergoes a ligand exchange reaction with 5-R-2-hydroxypyrimidine derivatives (HRpymo; R = ethynylferrocene, 5-(dimethylamino)-N-(2-propynyl)-1-naphthalene sulfonamide) to give [(en)(3)Pd(3)(4,7-phen)(2)(Rpymo)](5+), functional supramolecular receptors of mononucleotides.

The structures and spectroscopic properties of new Mn(II), Co(II), Cd(II), Hg(II), Ag(I), Rh(III), and Ir(I) complexes with the ligand BZLMH derived from 6-acetyl-1,3,7-trimethyllumazine (lumazine=pteridine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione) and benzohydrazide are reported. Complexes have been characterized by elemental analyses, spectroscopic studies (IR, UV-vis,...

The synthesis and characterization of the first thiosemicarbazone-lumazine (TSCLMH=the thiosemicarbazone of 6-acetyl-1,3,7-trimethyllumazine) hybrid ligand is reported. The influence of the conformation of this compound on its energy and the atomic contribution to the molecular orbitals have been theoretically investigated. Ni(II), Cu(I), Zn(II), a...