SARS-CoV (severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus) strain GZ50 was partially purified and inactivated with 1:2000 formaldehyde. In cell culture the inactivated virus blocked the replication of live virus by decreasing the TCID(5.0) of the live virus 10(3.6) to 10(4.6) times. Inactivated GZ50 was used to immunize mice intranasally either alone, or after precipitation with polyethylene glycol (PEG), or with CpG, or CTB as an adjuvant. The titer of serum neutralizing antibodies was up to 1:640. In mice immunized with adjuvants or PEG precipitated GZ50, specific IgA was detected in tracheal-lung wash fluid by immunofluorescence. Though serum antibodies were detected, no anti-SARS-IgA could be detected in mice immunized only with inactivated GZ50. The roles of adjuvants in intranasal immunization with inactivated. SARS-CoV is discussed.

Gene expression in SARS patients mirrors a host state of inflammation and anti-viral immunity at the transcription level, and understanding of gene expression profiles may make contribution to further studies of the SARS pathogenesis.

A three-component reaction of aryldiazonium tetrafluoroborates, sulfur dioxide, with alkenes catalyzed by copper(ii) bromide is developed, which provides an efficient route to (E)-alkenyl sulfones or allylic sulfones via the insertion of sulfur dioxide.

A N-radical-initiated cyclization involving the sulfonylation of unactivated alkenes through insertion of sulfur dioxide in the presence of visible light under catalyst-free conditions is accomplished. A range of sulfonated 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrroles can be generated in good yields under photoinduced sulfonylative conditions. Additionally, the corresponding 2-(3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrol-2-yl)methylsulfonyl-1-arylethanones can be easily converted to 3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-thiazine 1,1-dioxides. This photoinduced transformation occurs efficiently at room temperature under catalyst-free conditions, and various functional groups can be tolerated. A tandem radical process is involved through the iminyl radical-mediated cyclization with the insertion of sulfur dioxide; this process shows high efficiency and good selectivity.

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