短链脂肪酸在宿主能量代谢方面的调节作用

肠道菌群数量庞大,对宿主多种生理活动具有重要调节作用。现有研究发现,肠道菌群主要通过调节其产生的不同代谢产物,参与宿主物质代谢反应,改变能量代谢水平,影响机体炎症反应。在诸多代谢产物中,短链脂肪酸(醋酸盐、丙酸盐、丁酸盐等)具有重要调节作用,对机体代谢功能方面具有深远影响。本文结合国内外相关研究文献,综述了短链脂肪酸在调节机体能量代谢方面的相关研究,以期为进一步阐明其在机体能量代谢方面的作用提供科学依据。     

鸡肠道菌群和短链脂肪酸相互关系的研究进展

肠道是动物机体重要的消化和营养吸收器官。肠道菌群决定肠道健康,进而影响机体健康。近年来关于肠道菌群的研究越来越多,且肠道菌群酵解底物产生的短链脂肪酸也备受人们关注。短链脂肪酸主要包括乙酸、丙酸、丁酸等及其盐类。在对肠道功效方面,短链脂肪酸发挥着重要作用,如氧化供能、维持水电解质平衡、调节免疫、抗病原微生物及抗炎、调节肠道菌群平衡、改善肠道功能等。因此,本文根据近年来国内外相关研究报道,综述了鸡肠道不同种类、含量的菌群对短链脂肪酸来源和吸收的影响;不同种类、含量和制剂形态的短链脂肪酸对肠道菌群影响的研究进展,为更好地了解鸡肠道菌群和短链脂肪酸的相互关系和提高禽类养殖水平提供理论指导。     

哺乳动物肠道微生物与碳水化合物的互作及其影响

肠道微生物具有调节宿主营养、免疫以及能量代谢等生理功能。饮食是影响哺乳动物的肠道微生物的一个重要因素。碳水化合物是哺乳动物食物能量的主要来源,因此研究肠道微生物与碳水化合物的代谢之间的关系及其影响具有重要意义。基于近年相关研究,本文从碳水化合物对肠道微生物组成的影响、肠道微生物对碳水化合物的代谢机制以及碳水化合物发酵产物短链脂肪酸对宿主的影响3个方面进行了综述。研究表明,肠道微生物可用于发酵的碳水化合物类型主要是抗性淀粉和非淀粉多糖;不同类型的碳水化合物会导致肠道菌群发生适应性变化;复杂多糖发酵产生的短链脂肪酸在调节宿主能量平衡和免疫应答方面发挥了重要作用。总结近年来相关研究,可加深对肠道菌群对宿主碳水化合物代谢贡献的理解,为哺乳动物机体健康状况的营养调控策略提供参考。     

短链脂肪酸对肠道动力影响的研究进展

人体的肠道不仅仅是消化吸收场所,也是大量微生物生存的家园。肠道作为人体最大的“储菌库”,其多种生理功能离不开复杂多变的肠道菌群和菌群代谢物(如短链脂肪酸等)的参与。短链脂肪酸是肠道菌群发酵膳食纤维产生的一类重要的信号分子,研究发现短链脂肪酸除参与维持人体肠道黏膜免疫屏障、调节体液及电解质平衡以及为肠上皮细胞提供能量外,还与肠道动力调节有关。本文就短链脂肪酸在肠道动力调节中的作用进行综述,旨在深入理解短链脂肪酸与肠道的互作关系,维持肠道的机械屏障,从而为探索肠道相关动力疾病的治疗提供新思路。     

运动、肠道菌群代谢物——短链脂肪酸与骨骼肌代谢调控

寄生于人体的肠道菌群是一个高度动态化和个体化的复杂生态系统,受遗传、环境、饮食、年龄和运动等因素的影响,并通过其产生的代谢物与机体众多组织器官产生广泛的应答效应。短链脂肪酸(short chain fatty acid, SCFA)主要是由位于盲肠和结肠内的菌群以膳食纤维为底物发酵产生,其被吸收进入肠系膜上下静脉,随后汇入门静脉至肝。部分短链脂肪酸被肝作为糖异生和脂质合成的底物,剩余的短链脂肪酸以游离脂肪酸的形式经肝静脉进入外周循环。研究发现,运动可使产生SCFA的肠道菌群组分的丰度提高和参与调控SCFA生成的相关基因表达增加,使肠道中短链脂肪酸含量增加。由短链脂肪酸刺激结肠内分泌细胞合成分泌的胰高血糖素样肽1(glucagon like peptide-1, GLP-1)可促使胰岛B细胞合成分泌胰岛素,进而调节骨骼肌的葡萄糖摄取与糖原合成。此外,短链脂肪酸通过提高骨骼肌胰岛素受体底物1(insulin receptor substrate 1,IRS1)基因转录起始位点附近的组蛋白乙酰化水平,增强骨骼肌的胰岛素敏感性。同时,短链脂肪酸通过激活腺苷酸活化蛋白质激酶(AMP-activated protein kinase, AMPK)促进骨骼肌的脂肪酸摄取、脂肪分解和线粒体生物发生,抑制脂肪合成。本文就肠道菌群代谢物——短链脂肪酸概述、运动对产生短链脂肪酸的肠道菌群的影响和运动介导肠道菌群代谢物——短链脂肪酸对骨骼肌代谢调控机制的最新研究进展进行综述,为骨骼肌运动适应的新机制研究提供理论依据。     

肠道菌群在非酒精性脂肪性肝病发生发展中的生物学机制

肠道菌群是机体不可或缺的组成部分,也是维持机体内环境动态平衡的健康保证。当某些因素导致机体内外环境紊乱时,机体肠道菌群动态平衡被打破,导致机体肠道菌群紊乱,从而促进非酒精性脂肪性肝病(单纯性脂肪肝、非酒精性脂肪性肝炎、非酒精性脂肪性肝纤维化以及肝硬化)的发生及发展。肠道菌群紊乱能够影响肠道胆汁酸代谢,胆碱及其代谢产物产生,短链脂肪酸形成,肠道内源性乙醇产生,肠道通透性增加及肠道蠕动改变等多种生物学机制的改变,导致非酒精性脂肪性肝病的发病及进程。     

肠道菌群及其代谢产物在糖脂代谢中的作用

短链脂肪酸(SCFA)、氨基酸是肠道菌群的代谢产物。改变饮食结构可使肠道菌群的结构及其代谢产物发生改变,进而影响糖、脂代谢。对肠道菌群结构及其代谢产物的深入研究将为肥胖、非酒精性脂肪性肝病和2型糖尿病的发病机制和治疗提供新的方向。     

跨膜丝氨酸蛋白酶6与贫血

跨膜丝氨酸蛋白酶6基因（transmembrane serine protease 6 gene,TMPRSS6）是一种主要在肝脏中表达,编码II型跨膜丝氨酸蛋白酶的基因,它的突变可导致严重贫血的发生。TMPRSS6突变后可造成铁调节激素肝杀菌肽在机体缺铁状态下也表达增加,这造成小肠对食物铁的吸收减少而出现缺铁性贫血。TMPRSS6突变与贫血关系的发现一方面有利于对铁代谢调节机制的深入理解,另一方面也为铁代谢紊乱相关疾病如贫血等的治疗带来了希望。     

肠道微生物与线粒体之间的互作

肠道微生物与肠道细胞线粒体功能之间的关系十分密切。一方面,肠道微生物可直接或通过短链脂肪酸、硫化氢和一氧化氮等代谢产物间接影响与线粒体相关的能量代谢过程,调节线粒体活性氧的产生,调控线粒体甚至整个机体的免疫反应。另一方面,肠道细胞线粒体功能紊乱和基因组的遗传变异也会影响肠道微生物的组成和功能。本文主要介绍了肠道微生物和线粒体之间的互作关系的最新研究进展,为靶向作用于肠道菌群和线粒体以调节肠道健康提供理论依据。     

肠道菌群与结核病之间相关性的研究进展

随着新一代测序技术的发展,肠道菌群成为生物学研究领域的一大热点,特别是肠道菌群与人体各种疾病之间的关系受到广泛关注。目前已有研究发现结核分枝杆菌感染会引起肠道菌群改变,而肠道菌群失调也会增加机体对结核分枝杆菌的易感性,两者通过机体免疫反应、菌群代谢产物等因素相互影响。本文就肠道菌群与结核病的关系、肠道菌群与结核病相互影响的可能机制、抗结核治疗对肠道菌群的影响等方面的相关研究进行综述。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

肝癌中HBV和HCV基因和抗原的分布及意义

采用原位分子杂交方法检测HCV RNA及HBV X基因;采用免疫组织化学方法研究HCV核心抗原,非结构区C33c抗原及HBxAg在肝细胞肝癌中的定位及分布.结果表明(1)HCV RNA、HBV X基因在肝细胞肝癌组织检出率分别为40%(55/136)和82%(112/136).HCV RNA定位于癌细胞的胞浆内,阳性细胞呈散在、灶状及弥漫分布三种形式;HBV X基因在肝癌细胞中的分布呈胞浆型、核型及核浆型,阳性细胞也呈上述三种分布形式;(2)HCV C33c抗原、核心抗原在肝细胞肝癌中的阳性率为81%(133/164)及86%(141/164).C33c抗原定位于癌细胞及肝细胞的胞浆内;核心抗原既定位于癌细胞核中,又可定位于胞浆中.C33c抗原阳性细胞以灶状分布为主;而核心抗原阳性细