肝胚瘤细胞株HepG_2中HBx蛋白对SOCS3表达的影响及其机制

目的探讨乙型肝炎病毒X蛋白(Hepatitis B virus X protein,HBx)对肝胚瘤细胞株HepG2表达信号抑制因子3(SOCS3)的影响及其机制。方法将表达HBx蛋白的重组质粒FL1-145HBx转染HepG2细胞,以不同浓度的SRC抑制剂PP2处理转染细胞,运用Western blot和RT-PCR技术分析HBx、SOCS3 mRNA和蛋白的表达情况,并以免疫细胞化学分析转染细胞中p-SRC的表达水平。结果重组质粒FL1-145HBx转染HepG2细胞后,转染细胞HBx能够表达HBx蛋白,并且细胞中SOCS3 mRNA和蛋白表达水平随着HBx蛋白的表达而显著增加(P0.05),同时p-SRC蛋白的表达增强;而SRC抑制剂PP2处理转染细胞后,随着p-SRC蛋白表达的减少SOCS3蛋白表达逐渐下降。结论在肝胚瘤细胞株HepG2中,HBx蛋白很可能通过促进SRC蛋白的磷酸化而诱导SOCS3蛋白的表达。     

pSTAT3和SOCS3在人乳腺癌组织中的表达及意义

目的 研究激活STAT3( pSTAT3)蛋白和SOCS3在人乳腺癌和乳腺良性病变组织中的蛋白表达及其临床意义.方法 应用免疫组织化学检测160例乳腺癌和36例乳腺良性病变组织pSTAT3和SOCS3蛋白的表达情况,分析它们与患者临床病理特征的关系.结果 人乳腺癌组织中pSTAT3和SOCS3蛋白表达阳性率分别为69.4％和40.0％,乳腺良性病变组织中pSTAT3和SOCS3蛋白表达阳性率分别为33.3％和22.2％,前者与后者相比具有统计学意义(P＜0.01和P＜0.05);乳腺癌pSTAT3蛋白表达与肿瘤的大小、淋巴结转移和临床分期均呈显著正相关(均P＜0.01),但与患者年龄、肿瘤的组织学分级、雌孕激素受体表达和c-erBb-2表达均无显著相关(均P＞0.05);SOCS3蛋白表达与肿瘤大小呈显著正相关(P＜0.05),但与患者年龄、淋巴结转移、临床分期、肿瘤的组织学分级、雌孕激素受体表达和c-erBb-2表达均无显著相关(均P＞0.05);乳腺癌pSTAT3和SOCS3表达呈显著正相关(r=0.237,P＜0.01).结论 乳腺癌pSTAT3和SOCS3表达状况与肿瘤生长、侵袭和转移等呈密切相关,提示STAT3和SOCS3可能在乳腺癌发生发展过程中发挥了重要作用.     

重离子的辐射生物效应及其在生命科学中的应用

重离子是指重于元素周期表中2号元素氦并被电离的粒子。高能重离子因在其穿透物质的径迹上产生很强的局部电离,与传统的光子辐射(如X、γ射线)相比,会诱导更严重的辐射损伤生物效应。目前的机理研究显示,重离子辐射造成细胞DNA局部一到两个螺旋内出现多类型、多数量的损伤,即DNA团簇损伤。这种复杂的损伤影响DNA修复酶与DNA片段结合,进而影响修复,导致细胞死亡或产生不正确修复(即突变)。重离子辐射易引起突变的特征在植物与微生物诱变育种方面得到青睐。此外,重离子的细胞杀伤作用大,而且重离子具有倒转的剂量分布优势,将其用于癌症治疗,可使深部区域肿瘤细胞因高剂量辐射而被有效杀灭,而对周围组织因低剂量分布、相对危害较小,能实现精确靶向治疗,这被认为是最有前景的肿瘤放疗技术。对由重离子造成的DNA团簇损伤及其修复机制,以及两个重要修复途径的研究进展,进行了总结与深入分析。此外,我们还对重离子在辐射诱变育种和肿瘤治疗方面的应用进行了概要介绍,以期为从事重离子辐射生物学研究的人员理解DNA团簇损伤与修复机制及未来研究方向提供参考,促进对重离子辐射危害的评估与防护策略的建立、及其在生命科学中的良好应用。     

SOCS家族蛋白在病毒感染中发挥的作用

SOCS(Suppressor of cytokine signaling),是一种细胞因子信号通路抑制蛋白,目前认为该蛋白家族可以调节LIF(Leukemia inhibitory factor)、G-CSF(Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor)、IL-6(Interleukin-6)、IL-10(Interleukin-10)、IFN-λ(interferon-λ)等30多种细胞因子,而这些因子是机体抵抗入侵的外来病原体的主要免疫防御反应。病毒在感染宿主的过程中通过劫持宿主中的SOCS蛋白,从而对细胞中的JAK/STAT、NF-κB等与抗病毒因子调控相关的信号通路以及对T细胞的分化的调控调节病毒感染。近年来,大量的文献证实SOCS蛋白的变化与病毒感染的程度以及愈后的器官损伤具有紧密的联系,使得SOCS蛋白作为抗病毒靶点的研究尤为重要。本文主要讨论SOCS蛋白通过调控JAK-STAT、NF-κB等信号通路,在病毒感染过程中发挥的作用和作用机制。     

信号传导的负性调节因子家族SOCS

细胞因子和相应受体结合,引发细胞内信号分子级联反应,而SOCS蛋白负性调节细胞因子的JAK-STATs信号传导途径,且SOCS蛋白作用的直接靶点不同。另一方面STATs可以和SOCS基因的调控序列结合,调节SOCS基因的表达,小鼠SOCS基因敲除实验显示,该信号负反馈途径有助于调节细胞适度应答,结构上,SOCS中间为SH2结构域。C-末端是保守的SOCS盒,因N-末端差异较大而将SOCS家族分为5组。     

小鼠免疫抑制蛋白SOCS3脯氨酸富集区为其生物学功能所必需

SOCS3（suppressors of cytokine signaling 3）可以调节信号转导过程并影响造血干细胞的分化.利用生物信息学方法,发现SOCS3蛋白含有脯氨酸富集区,采用重组PCR技术缺失SOCS3蛋白中的129～161位的氨基酸（SOCS3Δ129-161）,并将其克隆到pcDNA31/V5质粒载体中.转染细胞,然后通过流式细胞技术,分析预测的功能区对SOCS3蛋白功能的影响.结果表明,此脯氨酸富集区对SOCS3蛋白的三级结构和功能有重要的意义.建模结果显示,SOCS3Δ129-161蛋白结构发生显著变化.脯氨酸富集区的缺失也影响小鼠骨髓细胞向CD8+T细胞分化.研究结果显示,SOCS3蛋白中129～161位的脯氨酸富集区在其结构和功能上有重要的作用.     

黄连素通过SOCS1减轻Aβ淀粉样蛋白诱导的小胶质细胞激活

目的:观察黄连素(Berberine,BBR)对暴露于Aβ淀粉样蛋白(βAmyloid,Aβ)中的小胶质细胞激活的影响,并明确细胞因子沉默蛋白1(Silencing of Cytokine Signaling Factor 1, SOCS1)是否参与了BBR对小胶质细胞激活的影响。方法:将N9小胶质细胞暴露于含5μM Aβ的培养基中模拟阿尔兹海默症(Alzheimer's,AD)中的小胶质细胞激活。随后,将细胞分为5组,分别为Control组、5μM的Aβ损伤组(Aβ)、BBR+Aβ组、SOCS1-siRNA干扰组(SOCS1-siRNA+BBR+Aβ)和乱序si RNA处理组(SC-si RNA+BBR+Aβ),细胞处理24 h后,采用Western blot检测细胞诱导型一氧化氮合酶(Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase,i NOS)、SOCS1蛋白的表达,酶联免疫吸附法(Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay,ELISA)检测细胞培养基内炎症因子的水平。结果:与正常培养的Control组相比,5μM的Aβ暴露24 h可显著增加细胞i NOS蛋白表达水平和肿瘤坏死因子α(Tumor Necrosis Factorα,TNF-α)、白细胞介素1β(Interleukin 1β,IL-1β)和IL-6的释放(P0.05),但并未对SOCS1蛋白表达产生显著影响(P0.05),5μM的BBR可显著降低i NOS表达和上述3种促炎症因子的释放(P0.05),并上调SOCS1蛋白表达,而SOCS1-siRNA可显著逆转BBR对i NOS和SOCS1蛋白表达及3种炎症因子释放的影响(P0.05)。结论:BBR可能通过SOCS1减轻Aβ淀粉样蛋白对小胶质细胞的激活。     

80MeV/u20Ne10+离子对SMMC-7721细胞DNA损伤及细胞周期的影响

从辐照剂量和修复时间两个角度研究了重离子辐照对肿瘤细胞DNA损伤及细胞周期的影响,为重离子治癌的临床应用积累基础数据。不同剂量的80MeV／u^20Ne^10 辐照SMMC—7721细胞样品,利用单细胞凝胶电泳技术(Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis,SCGE)对细胞DNA损伤进行了检测,利用流式细胞技术(Flow Cytometry Methods,FCM)对细胞周期变化进行了分析。80MeV／u^20Ne^10 辐照后4小时内,SMMC—7721细胞的DNA损伤与辐照剂量呈线性关系,在0小时组其线性相关因子r为0．9621,4小时组为0．914;随着修复时间的增加,DNA损伤与辐照剂量不再线性相关,但0．5Gy,1Gy和2Gy三个剂量点的DNA损伤程度极为相近。另外,重离子辐照后SMMC—7721细胞发生S期和G2／M期阻滞现象,其随剂量变化及时间变化的规律不同于X、γ等低LET(Linear Energy Transfer)射线辐照。     

重离子辐照酿酒酵母DNA损伤修复途径研究进展

重离子辐照通过直接和间接作用导致生物体DNA产生损伤,包括DNA的链断裂、碱基的插入或丢失以及氧化损伤等.DNA损伤直接影响复制、转录和蛋白质合成,同时还是突变的重要原因,因此,DNA损伤修复系统尤为重要.在酿酒酵母中,这些损伤主要是通过同源重组修复(homologous recombination repair,HRR)、碱基错配修复(mismatch repair,MMR)和碱基切除修复(base excision repair,BER)等途径来修复的.作为真核生物研究的模式生物,对于酿酒酵母DNA损伤修复的HRR、MMR和BER途径研究颇多,也不断有一些新的成果出现,特别是对于相关途径的完善和相关蛋白的深化更是研究热点,在此对近年来有关重离子辐照酿酒酵母DNA损伤修复途径方面的研究做一综述.     

SOCS1与肿瘤发生、发展和治疗的研究进展

SOCS1是细胞因子信号转导抑制因子(SOCS)蛋白家族的重要成员,近年来随着对SOCS1研究的深入,它的各种功能逐渐被发现。SOCS1的作用机制复杂,可以被体内多种细胞因子诱导,然后抑制下游的细胞因子和生长因子受体信号活化。SOCS1参与了体内多种急慢性炎症反应、先天性及获得性免疫反应、激素的调节以及多种肿瘤的生成和发展等,尤其是它与肿瘤的关系成为近期研究的热点。SOCS1基因目前被认为是一种新的抑癌基因,研究表明SOCS1基因甲基化、突变以及缺失导致的SOCS1表达减少在肿瘤的形成、发展过程中起重要作用。近年来对于恢复SOCS1的表达可以用来治疗肿瘤方面的研究逐渐增多,有些方法已经应用于临床,而且取得了一定的成果。本文就近年来SOCS1在肿瘤领域中的研究进展进行了综述。     

Desensitization of the JAK2/STAT5 GH signaling pathway associated with increased CIS protein content in liver of pregnant mice

Chronic exposure to growth hormone (GH) was related to the desensitization of the JAK2/STAT5 signaling pathway in liver, as demonstrated in cells, female rats, and transgenic mice overexpressing GH. The cytokine-induced suppressor (CIS) is considered a major mediator of this desensitization. Pregnancy is accompanied by an increment in GH circulating levels, which were reported to be associated with hepatic GH resistance, although the molecular mechanisms involved in this resistance are not clearly elucidated. We thus evaluated the JAK2/STAT5b signaling pathway and its regulation by the suppressors of cytokine signaling (SOCS)/CIS family and the JAK2-interacting protein SH2-Bbeta in pregnant mouse liver, a model with physiological prolonged exposure to high GH levels. Basal tyrosyl phosphorylation levels of JAK2 and STAT5b in pregnant mice were similar to values obtained for virgin animals, in spite of the important increment of GH they exhibit. Moreover, these signaling mediators were not phosphorylated upon GH stimulation in pregnant mice. A 3.3-fold increase of CIS protein content was found for pregnant mice, whereas the abundance of the other SOCS proteins analyzed and SH2-Bbeta did not significantly change compared with virgin animals. The desensitization of the JAK2/STAT5b GH signaling pathway observed in pregnant mice would then be mainly related to increased CIS levels rather than to the other regulatory proteins examined.     

Mechanism of STAT3 activation by insulin-like growth factor I receptor

Recent evidence indicates that STAT proteins can be activated by a variety of receptor and non-receptor protein-tyrosine kinases. Unlike cytokine-induced activation of STATs, where JAKs are known to play a pivotal role in phosphorylating STATs, the mechanism for receptor protein-tyrosine kinase-mediated activation of STATs remains elusive. In this study, we investigated the activation of STAT proteins by the insulin-like growth factor I receptor (IGF-IR) in vitro and in vivo and assessed the role of JAKs in the process of activation. We found that STAT3, but not STAT5, was activated in response to IGF-I in 293T cells cotransfected with IGF-IR and STAT expression vectors. Moreover, tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT3, JAK1, and JAK2 was increased upon IGF-I stimulation of endogenous IGF-IR in 293T cells transfected with the respective STAT or JAK expression vector. Supporting the observation in 293T cells, endogenous STAT3 was tyrosine-phosphorylated upon IGF-I stimulation in the muscle cell line C2C12 as well as in various embryonic and adult mouse organs during different stages of development. Dominant-negative JAK1 or JAK2 was able to block the IGF-IR-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT3 in 293T cells. A newly identified family of proteins called SOCS (suppressor of cytokine signaling), including SOCS1, SOCS2, SOCS3 and CIS, was able to inhibit the IGF-I-induced STAT3 activation as well with varying degrees of potency, in which SOCS1 and SOCS3 appeared to have the higher inhibitory ability. Inhibition of STAT3 activation by SOCS could be overcome by overexpression of native JAK1 and JAK2. We conclude that IGF-I/IGF-IR is able to mediate activation of STAT3 in vitro and in vivo and that JAKs are essential for the process of activation.     

Deletion of the SOCS box of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) in embryonic stem cells reveals SOCS box-dependent regulation of JAK but not STAT phosphorylation

The mechanism by which Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling-3 (SOCS3) negatively regulates cytokine signaling has been widely investigated using over-expression studies in cell lines and is thought to involve interactions with both the gp130 receptor and JAK1. Here, we compare the endogenous JAK/STAT signaling pathway downstream of Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF) signaling in wild type (WT) Embryonic Stem (ES) cells and in ES cells lacking either the entire Socs3 gene or bearing a truncated form of SOCS3 (SOCS3ΔSB) lacking the C-terminal SOCS box motif (SOCS3^ΔSB/ΔSB). In SOCS3^ΔSB/ΔSB cells phosphorylated JAK1 accumulated at much higher levels than in WT cells or even cells lacking SOCS3 (SOCS3^?/?). In contrast enhanced activation of STAT3 and SHP2 was seen in SOCS3^?/? cells. Size exclusion chromatography of cell extracts showed that in unstimulated cells, JAK1 was exclusively associated with receptors but following cytokine stimulation hyperphosphorylated JAK1 (pJAK1) appeared to dissociate from the receptor complex in a manner independent of SOCS3. In WT and SOCS3^ΔSB/ΔSB cells SOCS3 was associated with pJAK1. The data suggest that dissociation of activated JAK1 from the receptor results in separate targeting of JAK1 for proteasomal degradation through a mechanism dependent on the SOCS3 SOCS box thus preventing further activation of STAT3.