CO2/CH4을 분리하기 위한 기체분리막 소재 중 폴리이미드는 높은 기계적 강도, 내열성, 내화학성을 가지고 있으며 여러 기체에 대하여 우수한 투과선택성을 가지고 있다. 그러나 유기용제에 대한 낮은 용해성으로 인해 막을 제조할 때 많은 제약을 받고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이러한 단점을 극복하기 위해 cardo-type의 diamine을 이용하여 가용성 폴리이미드를 합성하였다. 또한, 합성된 폴리이미드의 성능을 향상 시키기 위해 다양한 dianhydride와 diamine 단량체를 첨가하여 폴리이미드 공중합체를 합성하였다. FT-IR을 통해 합성이 성공적으로 이루어졌음을 확인하였고, time-lag를 이용하여 CO2와 CH4의 기체투과특성을 알아보았다.

In the present study, we have demonstrated that a novel synthetic chemical JSH-21 of N¹-Benzyl-4-methylbenzene-1,2-diamine could inhibit nitric oxide (NO) production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated macrophages RAW 264.7. The JSH-21 showed an IC50 value of 9.2 uM on the LPS-induced NO production. Furthermore, JSH-21 attenuated LPS-induced mRNA and protein levels of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) in the cells, as well as inhibited LPS-induced iNOS promoter activity. These results indicates hat the compound could down-regulate iNOS expression at the transcription level. Since NF-kB activation is a key mechanism in the expression of LPS-inducible iNOS gene, we further examined whether JSH-21 could affect LPS-induced NF-kB activation. JSH-21 inhibited LPS-induced nuclear import of NF-kB p65 in macrophages RAW 264.7 and sequentially prevented NF-kB transcriptional activity. However, JSH-21 was not effective in a LPS-induced degradation of cytoplasmic IkB-alpha in the cells. These results suggest that JSH-21 could inhibit LPS-induced NF-kB activation targeting nuclear import of NF-kB, an event downstream IkB degradation. Taken together, this study may provide a pharmacological potential of JSH-21 in the NO- or NF-kB-associated inflammatory disorders.