云南4个地区高山姬鼠线粒体细胞色素b遗传分化的研究

基于云南昆明、中甸、丽江和剑川4个种群(n=43)的线粒体细胞色素b(Cyt b)基因全序列的遗传变异分析,探讨了该地区高山姬鼠种群的遗传分化。在1 140 bp Cyt b基因序列中,有50个变异位点(占全变异的4.38%),定义了22个单倍型。在4个种群中,昆明种群单倍型多样性和核苷酸多样性最高。分子变异分析表明,种群间的遗传变异占30.2%,种群内的遗传变异占69.8%。FST分析表明,除中甸种群和丽江种群之间差异不显著(P>0.05),其它种群间的差异均极显著(P<0.01)。22个单倍型在系统发生树中明显聚为两支(A和B),进化网络关系显示昆明种群处于进化分支最末端,推测种群进化方向可能从横断山地区到昆明地区,支持了姬鼠属从北向南扩散的理论。     

基于线粒体细胞色素b基因序列探讨长江流域斑点蛇种群遗传结构和地理分化

通过分析303尾来自长江上游赤水河、长江上游干流和长江中游的斑点蛇Saurogobio punctatus线粒体细胞色素b(Cyt b)基因序列,探讨这3个种群的遗传结构及地理分化过程。用于分析的Cyt b基因序列长1 097 bp,含变异位点80个,其中简约信息位点34个。303尾个体共检测到49个单倍型,整体呈现较高的单倍型多样性(H_d=0.803)和较低的核苷酸多样性(P_i=0.003 71)。由单倍型构建的系统发育树显示:所有来自长江中游种群的单倍型聚在一起,形成一个单系群,处于系统发育树最进化的位置;来自长江上游干流和赤水河种群的单倍型处于更基部的位置,不能构成单系群。长江上游干流种群与赤水河种群间具有较多的共享单倍型,二者间的遗传分化指数较低(F_(ST)=0.029 4),存在广泛的基因交流。而长江中游与长江上游干流及赤水河种群间的FST值分别为0.614 0和0.706 0,暗示长江上游与长江中游的斑点蛇间已发生高度分化。中性检验及错配分析显示,长江上游干流种群及赤水河种群经历过种群扩张,而长江中游种群未检测到扩张。Bayesian skyline plot(BSP)分析显示,斑点蛇种群从距今20万年前开始发生扩张,一直持续到末次间冰期(MIS5)晚期,而后迅速扩张。根据BSP分析及单倍型网络图,推测斑点蛇的起源中心可能在长江上游,然后通过种群扩张逐渐扩散到长江中游,进化成遗传分化较大的种群。     

基于线粒体Cyt b基因的中国南方唇(Hermibarbus labeo)和间(Hermibarbus medius)种群分化及亲缘地理研究

为了解中国南方唇(Hermibarbus labeo)和间(Hermibarbus medius)的种群分化、亲缘地理格局及物种有效性,作者对唇8个水系及间9个水系共148尾样本的Cyt b基因全序列进行了测定。在所有序列中,共有128个变异位点,共检测出了41个单倍型,单倍型多样性为0.954,核苷酸多样性为0.02153。基于Cyt b基因全序列构建的NJ树显示,中国南方的唇与间合聚为两大支,其中韩江和九龙江的全部唇样本组成了Ⅰ支,而其他水系的唇和间样本则组成了Ⅱ支。两支系间的遗传距离为5.1%,而唇和间之间的遗传距离为3.2%。现有证据不支持间与唇达到种一级的分化。单倍型网络图显示,韩江、九龙江种群和其他水系的种群分化较大;海南岛三大水系种群和漠阳江种群的单倍型分支与代表珠江水系单倍型的分支之间的亲缘关系较近,与其他地理区间种群的亲缘关系则相对较远;西江可能为珠江水系、漠阳江水系和海南岛三大水系间种群的扩散中心,其中一支往东向北江和东江扩散;另一支往南向海南岛扩散,海南岛三大水系种群尔后在冰期海退时向北扩散至漠阳江水系及珠江水系。AMOVA分析表明,唇和间地理区之间变异约占54.50%,地理区内种群间变异约占18.64%,种群内的变异占26.86%,这说明,唇和间种群Cyt b的遗传分化主要是来自地理区之间。错配分析及中性检验显示,全部种群、唇种群、间种群在历史上均没有发生过明显的扩张,两个mt DNA支系亦未发生过扩张,而海南岛的昌化江种群曾发生过种群扩张。     

海南岛宽额鳢(Channa gachua)群体遗传变异与生物地理过程

为了解海南岛宽额鳢(Channa gachua)的群体遗传分化和亲缘生物地理过程,采集了云南元江和海南岛5个水系(昌化江、陵水河、藤桥河、万泉河及南渡江)共6个种群168个宽额鳢个体,基于线粒体细胞色素b(Cyt b)基因全序列(1142 bp)对其遗传多样性和遗传分化程度进行了评估,并探讨了地质和气候等因素如何塑造了这一物种的亲缘地理结构及演化历史。基于Cyt b序列构建的系统树结果将所有个体分成两个主要谱系(A和B),谱系A包括海南岛所有种群,其中,部分昌化江个体形成独立的亚支(A2),其余个体聚为另一亚支(A1),谱系B为云南元江的全部个体,各谱系间的遗传分化指数均较高。种群历史动态分析表明,各谱系均没有发生种群扩张,但A1亚支与谱系B曾在约1万年前发生过有效种群数量减小的事件。根据研究结果推测,更新世冰期期间,北部湾因海平面下降而暴露,大陆和海南岛的水系发生接触,越南北部水系(包括元江/红河)通过一条联系雷州半岛和海南岛的古河道流入南海,因而冰期期间宽额鳢有机会从元江(红河)扩散至海南岛西南部,随后在海南岛内部,宽额鳢进一步扩散,并以五指山为种群间基因交流的重要地理障碍,各水系间种群发生基因交流和遗传分化。     

三个地理种群的董氏须鳅遗传多样性及种群历史动态

研究采用线粒体DNA Cyt b和D-loop基因分析西辽河、松花江和穆棱河3条水系董氏须鳅(Barbatula toni)的遗传多样性和种群结构, 并探讨其种群演变历史。结果表明: 3条水系119个董氏须鳅样本共检测出57个单倍型, 各群体间不存在共享单倍型; 3个董氏须鳅地理群体均呈现出较高的单倍型多样性(0.805—0.926)和较低的核苷酸多样性(0.00095—0.00458); AMOVA分子方差分析、群体间分化指数(F_ST)、系统发育树及单倍型网络图均表明3个地理种群已经出现高度分化, 群体间遗传变异占总变异的79.45%, 遗传分化显著(P<0.01)。中性检验和错配分析表明, 松花江和穆棱河群体历史上发生了群体快速扩张。参考鳅科鱼类Cyt b基因0.68—0.84%/Ma的进化速率, 估算3个地理群体的分歧时间为1.082—0.669 Ma前, 松花江和穆棱河群体扩张时间为0.071—0.047 Ma前, 推测我国董氏须鳅在中更新世期随冰期迁移至不同避难所, 形成各地理群体, 并于晚更新世早期经历了群体扩张事件。     

基于线粒体基因的广西变色树蜥种群分子系统关系与遗传多样性

物种分子系统关系是进化生物学领域最基本也是最重要的问题之一。本研究通过测序分析了来自广西等地90个变色树蜥Calotes versicolor的ND2-tRNA基因片段,分析了不同地理种群的单倍型、种群间的遗传分化程度(F_(st))和历史动态,构建了单倍型之间的分子系统关系。结果发现,所研究的地理种群共检测到45个单倍型,总体呈现较高的单倍型多样性(0.941 8)和较低的核苷酸多样性(0.005 5),其中有6个地理种群的个体共享1个单倍型。大部分种群间F_(st)值较高且差异显著,遗传分化程度较高。分子方差分析结果表明,遗传变异主要来自种群内的遗传差异。系统进化分析结果表明,所研究的地理种群并没有出现明显的遗传分支且在地理上没有严格的分布范围和分化,这可能是由于种群间存在渐渗杂交或不完全的谱系筛选。网络关系图也显示各采样种群间不存在明显的谱系结构。种群历史动态分析表明,各地理种群不存在扩张现象。把所有地理种群合并在一起分析表明,贝叶斯轮廓图分析与碱基错配分析方法均检测到种群在历史上发生过快速扩张,约0.05 Ma前存在种群扩张现象。     

长江上游干流及赤水河蛇鮈遗传多样性与种群历史分析

通过分析76尾来自长江上游干流宜宾(14尾)、合江(30尾)及支流赤水河(32尾)蛇(鮈)(Saurogobio dabryi)种群的线粒体细胞色素b(Cyt b)基因序列,研究蛇(鮈)3个地理种群的遗传多样性及种群历史.用于分析的Cyt b序列长1 097 bp,含变异位点28个,其中简约信息位点18个.76尾个体共检测到26个单倍型,整体呈现较高的单倍型多样性(Had=0.872)和较低的核苷酸多样性(Pi=0.004 0).三个种群共享较多的单倍型.基于单倍型构建的系统发育树及NETWORK网络关系图显示:所有来自长江上游干流和赤水河的单倍型不能按照地理分布各自聚类,而是相互混杂聚在一起;网络关系图呈星状分布,未检测到原始单倍型和进化中心.此外,基于单倍型频率分析得到的三个种群间的遗传分化指数FST值较低(分别为-0.0293、0.0280和0.0258).分子方差分析(AMOVA)显示,整体上长江上游干流及赤水河蛇(鮈)种群变异主要来源于种群内,种群内的变异占总变异的80.00％,表明长江上游干流及赤水河蛇(鮈)种群属于同一种群,蛇(鮈)各地理种群间基因交流频繁.中性检验、错配分析及BSP(Bayesian skyline plot)分析显示,整体上长江干流及赤水河蛇(鮈)种群在距今0～ 0.025 Ma(百万年)期间发生过种群扩张现象.     

安徽长江流域黄鳝6个地理种群的遗传变异研究

采用线粒体细胞色素b(Cyt b)为分子标记,研究了安徽长江流域黄鳝6个地理种群(当涂、无为、繁昌、贵池、怀宁和望江)共180尾个体的遗传变异关系。结果显示,在1087 bp序列中共检测到变异位点101个,单倍型68个,碱基组成中A+T的含量大于G+C的含量。6个地理种群的单倍型多样性(0.623~0.940)较高,核苷酸多样性(0.001 78~0.019 04)较低。群体分化指数(Fst:0.026 12~0.947 07)、基因流(Nm:0.027 94~18.6400)和分子变异分析(AMOVA)结果表明,安徽长江流域黄鳝一些地理种群间存在着明显的遗传分化。单倍型系统进化树和进化网络图表明:6个地理种群分为2个大的进化支,当涂与繁昌种群为一支,其余4个种群为另一支。地理隔离和黄鳝有限的迁移能力可能是造成种群遗传分化的原因。     

大壁虎不同地理居群的遗传变异与分化

以线粒体细胞色素b (Cyt b) 基因作为分子标记，对中国广西12个地区，以及越南和老挝大壁虎(Gekko gecko) 进行序列测定，获得Cyt b基因424 bp的序列片段，共有7个单倍型。以白脊壁虎和沙虎为外群，用邻接法和最大简约法构建了大壁虎不同地理种群的系统发育关系，其结果显示中国广西4个不同单倍型黑大壁虎之间的平均遗传距离为0.20%—1.20%，越南红大壁虎与老挝红大壁虎之间的平均遗传距离为0.50%，广西宁明红大壁虎与越南红大壁虎和老挝红大壁虎之间平均遗传距离分别为1.70%和2.20%。广西黑大壁虎种群与红大壁虎种群之间的平均遗传距离为8.60%—9.50%，达到了亚种或种分化的差异。     

鄱阳湖及邻近水系银鲴的种群分化研究

以2010 ～2011年采自鄱阳湖及邻近水系(赣江和洞庭湖)的7个地理种群的228例银鲴样本为研究对象,结合形态和线粒体Cyt b数据,研究了银鲴种群的分化情况.主成分分析显示,银鲴地理种群间已具有一定的形态差异,尤其是赣江种群与其他种群间形态差异显著,能够明显区分.判别分析显示各地理种群间判别率较高,尤其是赣江种群高达100％.综合形态分析结果,银鲴各地理种群间形态差异明显.分子分析中,获得长度为1131 bp的Cyt b基因部分序列,共检测到107个单倍型.各地理种群单倍型多样性均较高(0.96471 ～ 0.99310),核苷酸多样性均较低(0.00419～0.00560).分子变异分析(AMOVA)表明,银鲴群体的遗传变异主要发生在地理种群内,地理种群间分化程度很低,相互间存在着广泛的基因交流.结合形态和分子分析结果,认为银鲴不同地理种群间的形态差异主要是其对特定环境适应的结果,而不是遗传分化所产生的.     

Evidence for the Presence of Chlorophyllide b in the Green Alga Scenedesmus obliquus in vivo

Chlorophyllide b could be extracted from the wild type of Scenedesmus obliquus and its pigment mutant C-2A'. Its identity was proved by absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy and by a positive hydroxylamine test. Chlorophyllide b could be transformed into pheophorbide b and methylpheophorbide b. The formation of chlorophyllide b from chlorophyll b by dephytylation with chlorophyllase could be ruled out. The stimulation of chlorophyllide b biosynthesis with o-phenanthroline, as described in the literature, could not be confirmed under physiological conditions.     

Drosophila paramyosin is important for myoblast fusion and essential for myofibril formation

Paramyosin is a major structural protein of thick filaments in invertebrate muscles. Coiled-coil dimers of paramyosin form a paracrystalline core of these filaments, and the motor protein myosin is arranged on the core surface. To investigate the function of paramyosin in myofibril assembly and muscle contraction, we functionally disrupted the Drosophila melanogaster paramyosin gene by mobilizing a P element located in its promoter region. Homozygous paramyosin mutants die at the late embryo stage. Mutants display defects in both myoblast fusion and in myofibril assembly in embryonic body wall muscles. Mutant embryos have an abnormal body wall muscle fiber pattern arising from defects in myoblast fusion. In addition, sarcomeric units do not assemble properly and muscle contractility is impaired. We confirmed that these defects are paramyosin-specific by rescuing the homozygous paramyosin mutant to adulthood with a paramyosin transgene. Antibody analysis of normal embryos demonstrated that paramyosin accumulates as a cytoplasmic protein in early embryo development before assembling into thick filaments. We conclude that paramyosin plays an unexpected role in myoblast fusion and is important for myofibril assembly and muscle contraction.     

Biosynthesis of chlorophyll b in pigment mutant C-2A' of Scenedesmus obliquus

It is demonstrated that chlorophyll b does not only derive from chlorophyll a , but is also formed separately from an in vivo-occurring chlorophyllide b . The branching point for the latter synthesis is at the level of chlorophyllide, since no protochlorophyllide b was detectable. We have indications that the enzyme oxidizing chlorophyll a to chlorophyll b accepts also non-phytylated 17,18 dihydroporphyrins and is not restricted to chlorophylls. Preparations of chlorophyllide a and chlorophyll a could both be transferred with the same enzyme fraction to chlorophyllide b and chlorophyll b , respectively. Preliminary experiments show this enzyme to be membrane bound and light independent. An updated scheme for chlorophyll b biosynthesis is presented.     

广东地区宽鳍(鱼巤)种群遗传变异和亲缘地理

通过分析88尾采自广东境内9条水系的宽鳍(鱼巤)(Zaccop,platypus)线粒体DNA(mtDNA)细胞色素b(Cyt b)基因全序列,初步研究其种群遗传变异和地理格局,所测定的Cyt b基因全序列长1140 bp,其中变异位点98个,简约信息位点75个.共检测到33个单倍型,除鉴江种群只有1个单倍型外,其余8条水系均有多个单倍型.北江、流溪河、鉴江、北流河和罗定江等5个种群有共亭单倍型Hap11,罗定江和北流河之间共享了单倍型Hap4,东江与流溪河共享Hap6,而韩江和榕江共享单倍型Hap29.种群单倍型多样性的平均值(h)为0.908,核苷酸多样性的平均值(π)为0.01961,表现出较高的遗传多样性.系统发育分析(NJ树)显示,宽鳍(鱼巤)种群33个单倍型可分为2个分支,其中来自珠江水系(北江、东江、流溪河、罗定江和北流河)和广东西部独立人海水系(鉴江和漠阳江)的宽鳍(鱼巤)种群聚为一支(分支A),广东东部独立入海水系(韩江和榕江)种群聚为另外一支(分支B).2分支间的遗传距离和碱基差异率均较高(0.0517-0.0549,5.35%-_6.49%),明显大于分支A内(O.0012-0.0099,0.26%-2.11%)和分支B内的值(0.0027,1.58%),但远小于宽鳍(鱼巤)与外类群间的遗传距离和碱基差异率(0.0945-0.1912,8.77%-17.11%).这表明分支A与B之间已有明显的遗传分化,但分化程度来达到物种级水平,韩江和榕汀的种群相对独立,推测可能与莲花山脉的阻隔有关.根据单倍型网络图推测,流溪河可能是广东中西部地区宽鳍(鱼巤)的扩散中心,分别向珠江水系的西江、北江和东江扩散,再向鉴江和漠阳江扩散:另外由扩散中心经东江到榕汀再向韩江扩散.分子变异分析(AMOVA)表明,种群间的遗传变异占38.50%,种群内的遗传变异占66.24%.中性检验和歧点分布分析皆表明广东境内9条水系的宽鳍(鱼巤)在整个种群上保持相对稳定,没有发生明显的种群扩张.     

黄河裸裂尻鱼群体遗传结构和Cyt b序列变异

测定了来自黄河上游和柴达木盆地托索湖的裸裂尻鱼共16个个体的Cytb基因全序列(1141bp),探讨了种群结构和遗传多样性。用MEGA2.1软件分析了碱基组成和序列变异;以青海湖裸鲤、花斑裸鲤和极边扁咽齿鱼为外类群,用PAUP*4.0b10程序构建了单倍型NJ树;用Arlequin Ver.2000程序计算了群体间遗传变异值(Fst)和Nm值以及群体分化概率值。结果显示,来自柴达木水系托索湖的裸裂尻鱼没有形成单系群,Fst=0.204(P0.05),Nm=1.95。初步判断,黄河和柴达木水系托索湖的裸裂尻鱼未显著分化,支持将柴达木裸裂尻鱼(Schizopygopsis kessleri)归并入黄河裸裂尻鱼(Schizopygopsis pylzovi)的形态学结果。两种群核苷酸多样度()分别为0.0012和0.0026,表现为较低水平。根据校正的分子钟推测,黄河和托索湖裸裂尻鱼群体分歧时间为距今7万年左右的更新世末期,结合地理分布的资料和古地质事件,对黄河裸裂尻鱼群体分布水系间的历史联系进行了分析。       

基于线粒体Cyt b基因序列变异的克孜河塔里木裂腹鱼和斑重唇鱼遗传多样性

采用线粒体细胞色素b基因(Cyt b)序列,分析了采自新疆克孜河3个群体(斯木哈纳SM、牙师YS、卡拉贝利KL)的塔里木裂腹鱼(Schizothorax biddulphi)41尾个体及1个斑重唇鱼(Diptychus maculates)群体(斯木哈纳)23尾个体的种群遗传多样性和遗传结构.结果显示,塔里木裂腹鱼检测到6个碱基变异位点,定义了4种单倍型,平均单倍型多样性指数及核苷酸多样性指数分别为0.525 4和0.001 16.分子变异分析(AMOVA)结果提示,塔里木裂腹鱼的遗传变异全部发生于群体内部;群体间Kimura-2-parameter遗传距离、分化指数(F<,st><0.085 25)和基因流(N<,m>>3.18)都显示3个群体没有种群分化,属于单一种群.斑重唇鱼检测出7个变异位点,定义了8个单倍型,平均单倍型多样性指数与核苷酸多样性指数分别为0.830 1和0.001 13.研究表明,克孜河的塔里木裂腹鱼和斑重唇鱼均处于很低的遗传多样性水平,物种维持力较弱.     

Splice-isoform specific immunolocalization of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in mouse and rat brain reveals that the PDZ-complex-building nNOSalpha beta-finger is largely exposed to antibodies

Knock out mice deficient for the splice-isoform alphaalpha of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOSalphaalpha) display residual nitric oxide synthase activity and immunosignal. To attribute this signal to the two minor neuronal nitric oxide synthase splice variants, betabeta and gammagamma, we generated isoform-specific anti-peptide antibodies against the nNOSalphaalpha specific betabeta-finger motif involved in PDZ domain scaffolding and the nNOSbetabeta specific N-terminus. The nNOSalphaalpha betabeta-finger-specific antibody clearly recognized the 160-kDa band of recombinant nNOSalphaalpha on Western blots. Using immunocytochemistry, this antibody displayed, in rats and wild-type mice, a labeling pattern similar to but not identical with that obtained using a commercial pan-nNOS antibody. This similarity indicates that the majority of immunocytochemically detectable nNOS is not likely to be complexed with PDZ-domain proteins via the betabeta-finger motif. This conclusion was confirmed by the inhibition of PSD-95/nNOS interaction by the nNOSalphaalpha betabeta-finger antibody in pull-down assays. By contrast, nNOSalphaalpha betabeta-finger labeling was clearly reduced in hippocampal and cortical neuropil areas enriched in NMDA receptor complex containing spine synapses. In nNOSalphaalpha knock out mice, nNOSalphaalpha was not detectable, whereas the pan-nNOS antibody showed a distinct labeling of cell bodies throughout the brain, most likely reflecting betabeta/gammagamma-isoforms in these cells. The nNOSbetabeta antibody clearly detected bacterial expressed nNOSbetabeta fusion protein and nNOSbetabeta in overexpressing HEK cells by Western blotting. Immunocytochemically, individual cell bodies in striatum, cerebral cortex, and in some brain stem nuclei were labeled in knock out but not in wild-type mice, indicating an upregulation of nNOSbetabeta in nNOSalphaalpha deficient animals.     

Transforming growth factor-beta 1 enhances the suppression of human hematopoiesis by tumor necrosis factor-alpha or recombinant interferon-alpha

The effects of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) on human hematopoiesis were evaluated in combination with two other regulatory cytokines, namely, recombinant human tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and recombinant human interferon-alpha (rIFN-alpha). Combinations of TNF-alpha and TGF-beta 1 resulted in a synergistic suppression of colony formation by erythroid progenitor cells (BFU-E) and an additive suppression of granulocyte-macrophage (CFU-GM) and multipotential (CFU-GEMM) progenitor cells. In addition, TGF-beta 1 synergized with rIFN-alpha to suppress CFU-GM formation, while the combined suppressive effects of both cytokines on CFU-GEMM and BFU-E were additive. When TGF-beta 1 was tested with TNF-alpha or IFN-alpha on granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF)-stimulated bone marrow cells in a 5-day proliferation assay, the antiproliferative effects of TGF-beta 1 and TNF-alpha were additive, while those with TGF-beta 1 and rIFN-alpha were synergistic. A similar pattern was seen in the suppression of the myeloblastic cell line KG-1 where TGF-beta 1 in combination with TNF-alpha resulted in an additive suppression while inhibition by TGF-beta 1 and IFN-alpha was synergistic. These results demonstrate for the first time the cooperative effects between TGF-beta and TNF-alpha and IFN-alpha in the suppression of hematopoietic cell growth, raising the possibility that TGF-beta might be used in concert with TNF-alpha or IFN-alpha in the treatment of various myeloproliferative disorders.     

Quercetin improves atrial fibrillation through inhibiting TGF-β/Smads pathway via promoting MiR-135b expression

PurposeTo investigate the role and mechanism of quercetin in isoprenaline (ISO)-induced atrial fibrillation (AF).Study designRat cardiac fibroblasts (RCFs) models and RCFs were used to explore the effect and underlying mechanism of quercetin in isoprenaline (ISO)-induced atrial fibrillation (AF) in vivo and in vitro by a series of experiments.MethodsDifferentially expressed microRNAs were screened from human AF tissues using the GEO2R and RT-qPCR. The expressions of TGF-β/Smads pathway molecules (TGFβ1, TGFBR1, Tgfbr1, Tgfbr2, Smad2, Smad3, Smad4) in AF tissues were detected by RT-qPCR and Western blot. The relationships between miR-135b and genes (Tgfbr1, Tgfbr2, Smad2) were analyzed by Pearson correlation, TargetScan and dual-luciferase activity assay. RCFs induced by ISO were treated with quercetin (20 or 50 μM), miR-135b mimic and inhibitor, siTgfbr1 and their corresponding controls, then the cell viability was determined by MTT and the expressions of cyclin D1, α-SMA, collagen-related molecules, TGF-β/Smads pathway molecules, and miR-135b were measured by RT-qPCR and Western blot. ISO-induced rats were treated with quercetin (25 mg/kg/day) via gavage, miR-135b antagomir, agomir and their corresponding controls. The treated rats were used for the detection of miR-135b expression by RT-qPCR, histopathological observation by HE and Masson staining, and the detection of Col1A1 and fibronectin contents by immunohistochemical technique.ResultsThe expression of miR-135b was downregulated, and those of TGFBR1, TGFBR2, target genes of miR-135b were upregulated in human AF tissues and negatively regulated by miR-135b in RCFs. Through inhibiting TGF-β/Smads pathway via promoting miR-135b expression, quercetin treatment inhibited proliferation, myofibroblast differentiation and collagen deposition in ISO-treated RCFs, as evidenced by reduced expressions of cyclin D1, α-SMA, collagen-related genes and proteins, and alleviated fibrosis and collagen deposition of atrial tissues in ISO-treated rats.ConclusionQuercetin may alleviate AF by inhibiting fibrosis of atrial tissues through inhibiting TGF-β/Smads pathway via promoting miR-135b expression.     

微小RNA miR-125b真核表达载体的构建及其对细胞增殖的影响

目的:构建微小RNA125b(miR-125b)真核表达载体,研究其过表达后对细胞增殖的影响。方法:以pcDNA3.1(-)-myc-his载体为模板,PCR扩增CMV启动子,克隆入pHRS-1cla-EGFP慢病毒载体,构建pHRS-1cla-CMV-EGFP载体;以从人全血中提取的基因组DNA为模板,PCR扩增pri-miR-125b序列,将其克隆到pHRS-1cla-CMV-EGFP载体中,构建pHRS-1cla-miR125b-CMV-EGFP慢病毒表达载体;将pHRS-1cla-miR125b-CMV-EGFP表达载体瞬时转染入293FT细胞,用实时定量PCR技术对miR-125b在转录水平的表达进行检测,用MTT及Brdu法检测miR-125b过表达后对293FT细胞增殖的影响。结果:构建的pHRS-1cla-miR125b-CMV-EGFP真核表达载体经质粒酶切和测序鉴定正确,转染细胞后72h经实时定量PCR检测,成熟miR-125b表达上调约750倍(P0.01),说明其能有效高表达,MTT及Brdu法检测显示细胞增殖受到明显抑制(P0.01)。结论:构建了pHRS-1cla-miR-125b-CMV-EGFP慢病毒真核表达载体,转染293FT细胞后能高效表达成熟miR-125b,同时证明过表达miR-125b能使细胞的增殖受到非常明显的抑制。