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Rak K, Klikar M, Burešová Z, Mazúr P, Mikešová M, Kvíčala J, Bureš F. Electrochemical investigation of structurally varied azinium scaffolds. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:8830-8839. [PMID: 34554164 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob01758f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Inspired by the successful utilization of aziniums as anolytes in redox-flow batteries, we have designed and prepared a systematically extended series of (di)azinium compounds based on pyrazine, bipyridine, 1,5-naphthyridine, 3,8-phenanthroline, (E)-4,4'-diazastilbene and 1,2-bis(pyridin-4-yl)acetylene. It has been revealed that the fundamental electrochemical properties are affected mostly by the water-solubility and chemical stability of the particular redox forms. Based on the systematically evolved azinium structure and gathered electrochemical data, structure-property relationships were thoroughly elucidated. Further investigation on flow battery cells identified that the known 4,4'-bipyridinium decorated with two peripheral N-propyl-3-sulfonato pendants allows utilizing both redox steps with good cycling stability, while the naphthyridine scaffold turned out to be a new and promising scaffold for redox-flow batteries.
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- Kamil Rak
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, Pardubice, 53210, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, Pardubice, 53210, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, Pardubice, 53210, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, Prague, 16628, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, Prague, 16628, Czech Republic
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, Prague, 16628, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, Pardubice, 53210, Czech Republic.
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Burešová Z, Klikar M, Mazúr P, Mikešová M, Kvíčala J, Bystron T, Bureš F. Redox Property Tuning in Bipyridinium Salts. Front Chem 2021; 8:631477. [PMID: 33732685 PMCID: PMC7958642 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.631477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Bipyridinium salts are currently very popular due to their perspective applications in redox flow batteries. Hence, we designed and prepared a series of bipyridiniums based on 2,2′-, 3,3′-, and 4,4′-bipyridine and 2,2′-bipyrimidine. The straightforward synthesis utilizes commercially or readily available starting compounds and their direct N-alkylation, mostly using 1,3-propanesultone. All eleven target derivatives with systematically evolved structure were investigated by cyclic voltammetry, which allowed elucidating thorough structure-property relationships. The electrochemical behavior depends primarily on the parent scaffold, type of N-alkylation, number of quaternized nitrogen atoms, planarity, counter ion as well as the used media. Two derivatives featuring quasi-reversible redox processes were further tested on rotating disc electrode and in a flow battery half-cell. 4,4′-Bipyridinium derivative bearing two sultone residues showed better performance and stability in the flow half-cell with small capacity decays of 0.09/0.15% per reduction-oxidation cycle, based on the number of the utilized redox processes (one/two).
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- Zuzana Burešová
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czechia
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czechia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Inorganic Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Prague, Czechia
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czechia
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Pařízek A, Mikešová M, Jirák R, Hill M, Koucký M, Pašková A, Velíková M, Adamcová K, Šrámková M, Jandíková H, Dušková M, Stárka L. Steroid hormones in the development of postpartum depression. Physiol Res 2015; 63:S277-82. [PMID: 24908233 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.932788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Postpartum depression affects 10-15 % women after childbirth. There is no currently generally accepted theory about the causes and mechanisms of postpartum mental disorders. The principal hypothesis concerns the association with sudden changes in the production of hormones affecting the nervous system of the mother and, on the other hand, with the ability of receptor systems to adapt to these changes. We observed changes in steroidogenesis in the period around spontaneous delivery. We collected three samples of maternal blood. The first sampling was 4 weeks prior to term; the second sampling was after the onset of uterine contractions (the beginning of spontaneous labour); the third sampling was during the third stage of labour (immediately after childbirth). Additionally, we collected mixed umbilical cord blood. The almost complete steroid metabolome was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry followed by RIA for some steroids. Mental changes in women in the peripartum period were observed using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. The local Ethics Committee approved the study. We found already the changes in androgens levels correlating with postpartum mood disorders four weeks prior to childbirth. The strongest correlations between steroid and postpartum mood change were found in venous blood samples collected from mothers after childbirth and from umbilical cord blood. The main role played testosterone, possibly of maternal origin, and estrogens originating from the fetal compartment. These results suggest that changes in both maternal and fetal steroidogenesis are involved in the development of mental changes in the postpartum period. Descriptions of changes in steroidogenesis in relation to postpartum depression could help clarify the causes of this disease, and changes in some steroid hormones are a promising marker of mental changes in the postpartum period.
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- A Pařízek
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General Teaching Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Steroid Hormone Department, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Jarošová M, Kučerová J, Flodr P, Mikešová M, Procházka V, Papajík T. [Use of archival formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue samples for molecular genetic analysis in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)]. Cesk Patol 2014; 50:95-99. [PMID: 24758506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The currently valid molecular genetic subclassification of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) into three prognostic subgroups based on expression profiling has been the objective of numerous genetic studies. In routine clinical practice, however, expression profiling technology remains unavailable for the most of centers. Apart from the technology, in some cases molecular genetic laboratories have problems obtaining high-quality material, i.e. fresh tissues, for RNA isolation to determine gene expression. One possibility is to determine the gene expression from RNA obtained by isolation from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue. This pilot study aimed at isolating RNA from FFPE in patients diagnosed with DLBCL and verifying the potential use of such RNA for the expression analysis of 7 selected genes. Although the study showed that it is possible to isolate RNA and determine the expression of the selected genes from archival material, the values of relative expression of some genes in the set were too variable to be used for unambiguous prognostic classification. It was confirmed that retrospective analyses of selected genes may be performed with sufficient material obtained, and that properly archived blocks may be used for molecular biology analyses even after 8 years.
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Hill M, Pašková A, Kančeva R, Velíková M, Kubátová J, Kancheva L, Adamcová K, Mikešová M, Žižka Z, Koucký M, Šarapatková H, Kačer V, Matucha P, Meloun M, Pařízek A. Steroid profiling in pregnancy: a focus on the human fetus. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2014; 139:201-22. [PMID: 23583279 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2013.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2012] [Revised: 03/24/2013] [Accepted: 03/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In this review we focused on steroid metabolomics in human fetuses and newborns and its role in the physiology and pathophysiology of human pregnancy and subsequent stages of human life, and on the physiological relevance of steroids influencing the nervous systems with regards to their concentrations in the fetus. Steroid profiling provides valuable data for the diagnostics of diseases related to altered steroidogenesis in the fetal and maternal compartments and placenta. We outlined a potential use of steroid metabolomics for the prediction of reproductive disorders, misbalance of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, and impaired insulin sensitivity in subsequent stages of human life. A possible role of steroids exhibiting a non-genomic effect in the development of gestational diabetes and in the neuroprotection via negative modulation of AMPA/kainate receptors was also indicated. Increasing progesterone synthesis and catabolism, declining production of tocolytic 5β-pregnane steroids, and rising activities of steroid sulfotransferases with the approaching term may be of importance in sustaining pregnancy. An increasing trend was demonstrated with advancing gestation toward the production of ketones (and 3β-hydroxyl groups in the case of 3α-hydroxy-steroids) was demonstrated in the fetus on the expense of 3α-hydroxy-, 17β-hydroxy-, and 20α-hydroxy-groups weakening in the sequence C17, C3, and C20. There was higher production of active progestogen but lower production of active estrogen and GABAergic steroids with the approaching term. Rising activities of placental CYP19A1 and oxidative isoforms of HSD17B, and of fetal CYP3A7 with advancing gestation may protect the fetus from hyperestrogenization. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled 'Pregnancy and Steroids'.
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- Martin Hill
- Institute of Endocrinology, Národní třída 8, Prague CZ 116 94, Czech Republic.
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Mikešová M, Fait T, Kratochvíl B, Hájek Z. [Atypical pain in the uterine rupture]. Ceska Gynekol 2012; 77:358-360. [PMID: 23094778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To give attention to the rare complication of pregnancy. DESIGN Case report. SETTINGS Dept. of Obstetric and Gynecology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General Faculty Hospital Prague. METHODS Description of acute abdominal pain which imitated the appendicitis in case of the uterine rupture. CONCLUSION The uterine rupture is the rare and very dangerous complication of pregnancy. In the time of increasing number of the cesarean section and the operation on the uterine wall, we must thing on the uterine rupture.
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- M Mikešová
- Gynekologicko-porodnicka klinika, Praha.
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Vejrosta J, Mikešová M, Ansorgová A, Drozd J. Sorption of benzene on tenax. J Chromatogr A 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/0021-9673(88)90016-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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