Solvation enthalpy and the thermodynamics of hydration of trans-cyclohexyl-1,4-diamine and cis-cyclohexyl-1,2-diamine

The enthalpy of solution of trans-cyclohexyl-1,4-diamine and cis-cyclohexyl-1,2-diamine in water was determined by calorimetry. The enthalpy of hydration was determined from this quantity and from the enthalpy of sublimation/vaporization presented in another paper by the authors. Considering the solvation process resulting from cavity creation in the solvent and variation of solute conformation transfer steps, the enthalpy corresponding to solute-solvent interaction was estimated. The entropies of solvation and interaction were calculated from the values given for the enthalpies in the present paper and those available for the Gibbs free energies.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WHM-4P7788D-1/1/08d12dc60548e86cd10853255d09209

Identification of the product of two oncogenic rearranged forms of the RET proto-oncogene in papillary thyroid carcinomas

In papillary thyroid carcinomas, we have identified two tumor-specific rearrangements of the RET protooncogene leading to the formation of different transforming fusion products sharing the tyrosine kinase (tk) domain of the proto-oncogene and designated ptc-1 and ptc-2. We have analysed ptc-1 and ptc-2 products by immunoprecipitation with specific anti-RET antibodies followed by immunoblotting with the same reagent or with antibodies specific for phosphotyrosine (P-tyr) residues. The anti-RET antibodies were reactive with 64-kDa (p64(ptc-1)) and 81-kDa (p81(ptc-2)) proteins from lysates of ptc-1 and ptc-2 transformed cells, respectively, and identified two proteins of 140kDa and 160kDa from extracts of SK-N-SH, a neuroblastoma cell line previously shown to express two differently glycosylated forms of the normal RET product. The anti P-tyr antibodies, while detecting the same p64(ptc-1) and p81(ptc-2) proteins from ptc-1 and ptc-2 extracts, did not show any specific band in the neuroblastoma lysates. An additional set of experiments led us to conclude that, whereas the normal product of the RET proto-oncogene is a membrane-associated receptor-like molecule not intrinsically phosphorylated on tyrosine, both oncogenic forms of RET, ptc-1 and ptc-2, are constitutively phosphorylated on tyrosine, display an 'in vitro' autophosphorylation activity, are translocated from the membrane to the cytoplasm and are apparently unaffected by protein kinase C modulation