大鼠精核蛋白的纯化

用大鼠睾丸制备长形精子细胞核及用附睾制备的附睾精子核,用盐酸胍法提取总碱性蛋白。通过ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＧ－１００分子筛层析,其第三峰用５％ＴＣＡ沉淀,得到纯大鼠精核蛋白。ＲＰ也可用ＴＢＰ通过ＨＰＬＣ反相柱得到纯化,ＲＰ位于２６％－２８％乙腈梯度。     

炎症介质对离体大鼠肠系膜动脉降钙素基因相关肽释放的影响

本工作目的是在离体大鼠肠系膜动脉床灌流模型上,观察几种常见炎症介质：前列腺素Ｅ２（ＰＧＥ２）、缓激肽（ＢＫ）、组胺（ＨＩＳ）、血小板活化因子（ＰＡＦ）及５－羟色胺（５－ＨＴ）对血管周围感觉神经介质ＣＧＲＰ释放的直接影响。结果显示：ＰＧＥ２（１－１００μｍｏｌ／Ｌ）和ＢＫ（５－１０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ）能引起大鼠肠系膜动脉床时间和浓度依赖性地释放ＣＧＲＰ。ＨＩＳ,ＰＡＦ和５－ＨＴ则未见明显作用。结果提示,ＰＧＥ２与ＢＫ可能是引起血管周围感觉神经兴奋和ＣＧＲＰ释放的主要炎症介质。     

降钙素基因相关肽拮抗内皮素的致心律失常作用

本工作在麻醉大鼠冠状动脉口注射内皮素１（ＥＴ１）９００ｐｍｏｌ／ｋｇ能引起室性早搏（ＰＶＣ）、室速（ＶＴ）、室颤（ＶＦ）等严重心律失常,心律失常评分（ＡＳ）为５．６±１．０;冠状动脉口单独注射降钙素基因相关肽（ＣＧＲＰ）３００－１２００ｐｍｏｌ／ｋｇ仅引起血压一过性下降,此后逐渐恢复,无心律失常发生,心律失常评分为０。用ＣＧＲＰ３００ｐｍｏｌ／ｋｇ预处理后再注射ＥＴ１９００ｐｍｏｌ／ｋｇ,心律失常发生率减少,严重程度降低,ＡＳ为１．６±１．６。ＣＧＲＰ１２００ｐｍｏｌ／ｋｇ＋ＥＴ１组心律失常评分显著低于ＥＴ１对照组（Ｐ＜０．０１）。本实验结果表明,ＣＧＲＰ的抗心律失常作用很可能有部分是通过拮抗内皮素的致心律失常作用来实现的。     

大鼠鼻粘膜肽能神经末梢分布的研究

用免疫组化技术（ＡＢＣ法）系统研究了大鼠鼻粘膜９种肽能神经末梢分布的特征,这９种神经肽分别是Ｐ物质（ｓｕｂｓｔａｎｃｅＰ,ＳＰ）,神经激肽Ａ（ｎｅｕｒｏｋｉｎｉｎＡ,ＮＫＡ）,神经激肽Ｂ（ｎｅｕｒｏｋｉｎｉｎＢ,ＮＫＢ）,降钙素基因相关肽（ｃａｌｃｉｔｏｎｉｎｇｅｎｅ－ｒｅｌａｔｅｄｐｅｐｔｉｄｅ,ＣＧＲＰ）,血管活性肠多肽（ｖａｓｏａｃｔｉｖｅｉｎｔｅｓｔｉｎａｌｐｏｌｙｐｅｐｔｉｄｅ,ＶＩＰ）,神经肽Ｙ（ｎｅｕｒｏｐｅｐｔｉｄｅＹ,ＮＰＹ）,甘丙肽（ｇａｌａｎｉｎ,ＧＡＬ）,生长抑素（ｓｏｍａｔｏｓｔａｔｉｎ,ＳＯＭ）及神经降压素（ｎｅｕｒｏｔｅｎｓｉｎ,ＮＴ）,同时选择与鼻粘膜神经肽（ＮＰ）作用密切相关的三叉神经节（ＴＧ）细胞进行上述ＮＰ的定位。用重组ＰＳＰ６５质粒（４００ＳＯＭｃＤＮＡ）制备ＳＯＭｍＲＮＡ单链探针,以地高辛精标记,在鼻粘膜及ＴＧ细胞进行ＳＯＭｍＲＮＡ的原位杂交组化研究。结果提示大鼠鼻粘膜有丰富的肽能神经末梢;ＴＧ细胞含有多种ＮＰ并且可以合成ＳＯＭ。该研究结果对重新认识鼻粘膜神经分布规律有一定意义。     

有氧运动对高胆固醇血症大鼠肝脏低密度脂蛋白受体活性调节…

本文研究了实验性在醇血症大鼠肝脏低密度脂蛋白受体（ＬＤＬ－Ｒ）活性变化及有氧运动时ＬＤＬ－Ｒ活性调节的影响,发现,高脂（ＨＣ）组肝组织匀浆ＬＤＬ－ＲＩ自古以来生较正常对照（ＮＣ）组降低３７％（Ｐ〈０．０５）,同时血清大醇（ＴＣ）、低密度脂收白胆固醇（ＬＤＬ－Ｃ）及血清栽脂蛋白Ｂ（ＡｐｏＢ）均显著高于ＮＣ组（Ｐ〈０．０１）;高脂＋运动（ＨＥ）组ＴＣ、ＬＤＬ－Ｃ及ＡｐｏＢ均明显低于ＨＣ组,而ＬＤＬ－Ｒ     

降钙素基因相关肽对大鼠分离的心肌细胞内游离Ca~（2＋）含量的影响

用荧光染色法观察了合成的大鼠降钙素基因相关肽（ＣＧＲＰ）对大鼠心肌细胞内游离Ｃａ￣（２＋）含量的影响。结果证明,ＣＧＲＰ能明显增加心肌细胞内Ｃａ￣（２＋）含量,小、中和大剂量（１０￣（－９）、１０￣（－８）、１０￣（－７）ｍｏｌ／Ｌ）的ＣＧＲＰ使Ｃａ￣（２＋）含量分别增加至２７６．８８±６．３１、３６４．９９７±１２．７０、５７６．３９７±１５ｎｍｏｌ／Ｌ与对照组（１３６．２８±７．２４ｎｍｏｌ／Ｌ）相比差异非常显著（Ｐ＜０．０１）,且随着ＣＧＲＰ剂量的增加而作用明显加强,呈现剂量—效应关系。３０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ的维拉帕米对ＣＧＲＰ所致的细胞内Ｃａ￣（２＋）增加有抑制作用,对小、中、大剂量ＣＧＲＰ作用的抑制率分别为４８％、４４％和１８％。我们推测,ＣＧＲＰ可能直接作用于心肌细胞。低浓度ＣＧＲＰ的正性肌力作用主要是促进Ｃａ￣（２＋）经Ｃａ￣（２＋）通道内流,使心肌细胞内Ｃａ￣（２＋）含量增加的结果。在大剂量ＣＧＲＰ的正性肌力作用中Ｃａ￣（２＋）内流也起到一定作用。     

钙超载和血小板激活因子对肺组织释放降钙素基因相关肽的影响

在肠缺血／再灌注（Ｉ／Ｒ）损伤的大鼠模型中,用放射免疫法分析血管和离体肺灌洗液中降钙素基因相关肽（ＣＧＲＰ）。结果发现Ｉ／Ｒ损伤后血浆ＣＧＲＰ水平较自身伤前增高１６１．３％（Ｐ〈０．０１）,伤前预先用血小板激活因子受阻断剂（ＳＲ２７４１Ａ）,血浆ＣＧＲＰ仍然高于自身伤前１１７．８％（Ｐ〈０．０１）。而假手术组没有明显变化。另外,Ｉ／Ｒ损伤组大鼠离体肺灌洗液同正常对照相比,ＣＧＲＰ还下降了１７．４％     

大鼠精核蛋白抗血清的制备

用大鼠精核蛋白（Ｒａｔ　Ｐｒｏｔａｍｉｎｅ,ＲＰ）－核糖核酸（ＲＮＡ）复合物（ＲＰ－ＲＮＡ　Ｃｏｍｐｌｅｘｅｓ）免疫大鼠,得到了特异的抗ＲＰ抗血清,并用Ｉｍｍｕｎｏｄｏｔｔｉｎｇ和Ｉｍｍｕｎｏｂｌｏｔｔｉｎｇ方法验证了其特异性。该抗血清和ＲＰ有特异的反应,并和哺乳动物小鼠和羊的精核蛋白有一定程度交叉反应,而与体细胞类型核蛋白（Ｈ１,Ｈ２ａ,Ｈ２ｂ,Ｈ３,Ｈ４）无交叉反应。并对制备该抗血清的意义予以讨论。     

GABA和孕酮对人及豚鼠精子的体外获能作用

为了探讨γ－氨基丁酸（ＧＡＢＡ）是否参与人及豚鼠精子体外获能的调节,将生育男子和豚鼠清子分别悬浮于ＢＷＷ和低Ｃａ＾２＋最小获能培养基（ＬＣａ＾２＋－ＭＣＭ）中,加入ＧＡＢＡ、孕酮（Ｐ４）、ＧＡＢＡＡ受体激动剂及其拮抗剂,在５％ＣＯ２孵箱３８．５℃培养２ｈ。然后用ｉｏｎｏｐｈｏｒｅ Ａ２３１８７激发精子顶体反应（ＡＲ）和超激活运动（ＨＡＭ）。以精子与金霉素（ＣＴＣ）荧光结合类型、ＡＲ和ＨＡＭ为指标来     

一氧化氮和前列腺素在内毒素引起降钙素基因相关肽释放中的作用

本实验在离体灌流大鼠肠系膜动脉床研究内毒素引起降钙素基因相关肽（ＣＧＲＰ）释放的机制。内毒素（５０μｇ／ｍｌ）使ＣＧＲＰ释放增加１６倍,一氧化氮合成酶（ＮＯＳ）底物Ｌ－精氨酸（Ｌ－Ａｒｇ）能促进内毒素引起的ＣＧＲＰ释放（４１％）。ＮＯＳ抑制剂Ｎ￣Ｇ－硝基－Ｌ－精氨酸（Ｌ－ＮＮＡ）及鸟苷酸环化酶抑制剂甲基蓝（ＭＢ）能使内毒素的上述作用分别降低３５％与３６％,Ｌ－精氨酸（ｔ－Ａｒｇ）能逆转Ｌ－ＮＮＡ的作用。提示内毒素的作用机制中部分是通过一氧化氮引起细胞内ｃＧＭＰ升高而介导的。用化学方法破坏血管内皮细胞,Ｌ－ＮＮＡ与Ｌ－Ａｒｇ的上述作用依然存在。提示内毒素主要是激活血管周围感觉神经末梢的神经源ＮＯＳ,而非内皮源ＮＯＳ。环氧化酶抑制剂消炎痛（Ｉｎｄｏ）与布洛芬（Ｉｂｕ）也能使内毒素引起ＣＧＲＰ释放的作用分别降低３４％与３９％,但与Ｌ－ＮＮＡ的作用不能迭加。提示内毒素可能通过激活神经源ＮＯＳ进而引起环氧化酶活化而起作用。     

Protamine dissociation before decondensation of sperm nuclei during in vitro fertilization of pig oocytes

The correlation between morphological changes and the dynamics of protamine in boar sperm chromatin during in vitro fertilization of pig oocytes matured in vitro was assessed. For this purpose, protamine was purified from boar sperm nuclei and an antiserum against protamine was developed. After affinity purification, the antiserum reacted exclusively with boar protamine during western blotting, showing no crossreactivity with core histones. Immunohistochemical evaluation revealed that only fully developed spermatid nuclei in boar testes stained strongly with the antiserum. When pig oocytes matured in vitro were fertilized in vitro, sperm penetration was observed in 37% of oocytes at 2 h after insemination and the penetration rate increased to 99% by 5 h after insemination, accompanied by an increase in polyspermic penetration. Paraffin wax sections of the inseminated oocytes were examined by immunohistochemical analysis with the antiserum. The proportion of condensed sperm nuclei that reacted with the antiserum was 87% of the sperm nuclei that penetrated by 2 h after insemination, and this decreased to 20 and 13% at 3 and 5 h after insemination, respectively. However, none of the decondensing sperm nuclei or male pronuclei reacted with the antiserum during the entire insemination period. These results indicate that a specific antiserum against boar protamine can be raised and, using this serum, it has been demonstrated that protamine is dissociated from boar sperm nuclei before decondensation during in vitro fertilization.     

Molecular structure of human protamine P4 (HP4), a minor basic protein of human sperm nuclei

Protamine HP4 is a minor protein which was purified from human sperm nuclei. It was characterized by its amino acid composition, peptide mapping after digestion with highly specific endoproteinases and finally by its amino acid sequence. Protamine HP4 contains high amounts of arginine, cysteine and histidine. The primary structure of the protein was established by sequence analysis of intact protamine and of its fragments. HP4 is a P2-type protamine of 58 residues (Mr 7783) structurally related to human protamines HP2 and HP3 from which it only differs by an amino-terminal extension of one and four residues, respectively. These three protamines exhibit a close structural relationship with mouse protamine mP2. The heterogeneity of protamines in human sperm nuclei is discussed.     

Changes in chromatin structure of boar late spermatids to mature spermatozoa by using modification with dansyl chloride

Changes in the chromatin structure of boar late spermatids maturing to spermatozoa were studied by chemical modification of their nuclei with dansyl (Dns) chloride. Protamine was isolated from the dansylated boar spermatid and sperm nuclei, and its dansylated sites and degrees of dansylation were determined by sequence analysis. The N-terminal Ala-1, Tyr-3 and Tyr-42 of the protamine molecule in cauda epididymal sperm nuclei were dansylated 27%, 22% and 40%, respectively, whereas the respective residues in late spermatid nuclei were about 1.5-times as reactive as those in cauda epididymal sperm nuclei. However, the dansyl ratio of Tyr-3 to Tyr-42 remained unchanged from the late spermatid to mature sperm nuclei. SDS treatment did not affect the reactivity of cauda epididymal protamine and that of Ala-1 of caput epididymal protamine, but raised that of Tyr-3 and Tyr-42 of caput epididymal protamine by a factor of about 1.5. As a result of the SDS treatment, caput epididymal protamine came to have almost the same reactivity as late spermatid protamine. These facts suggest that the fundamental structure, in terms of DNA-protamine interaction, of sperm chromatin was already formed at the stage of the late spermatid, and then during epididymal transit the sperm chromatin was more tightly condensed, with increasing disulfide cross-links, thereby acquiring insensitivity towards the SDS-treatment.     

Purification and properties of a protamine kinase from bovine kidney microsomes.

About an eightfold increase in protamine kinase activity was detected following extraction of highly purified microsomes from bovine kidney with 1% Triton X-100. Relative to the soluble fraction, the microsomes contained about 30% protamine kinase activity. The microsomal protamine kinase was purified to apparent homogeneity. The purified enzyme exhibited an apparent M(r) approximately 45,000 as estimated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and by gel permeation chromatography on Sephacryl S-200. Relative to protamine, the purified kinase exhibited about 100% activity with the synthetic peptide RRLSSLRA and about 5, 8, and less than 0.1% activity with casein, histone H2B, and histone H1, respectively. The purified kinase phosphorylated several 40 S ribosome polypeptides. One of these polypeptides was identified as ribosomal protein S6 by N-terminal sequencing. About 2.5 mol of phosphoryl groups was incorporated per mole of ribosomal protein S6 following incubation of the 40 S ribosomes with the purified kinase. Following incubation with protein phosphatase 2A2, purified preparations of the protamine kinase were inactivated. These properties were identical to those of purified preparations of a protamine kinase from extracts of bovine kidney cytosol (Z. Damuni, G.D. Amick, and T.R. Sneed, 1989, J. Biol. Chem. 264, 6412-6418). Near identical peptide patterns were obtained following incubation of purified preparations of the microsomal and cytosolic protamine kinases with Staphylococcus aureus V8 proteinase. The results indicate that a form of the cytosolic protamine kinase is present in microsomes.     

Deoxyribonucleoproteins of herring sperm nuclei. I. Chemical composition

The chemical composition of deoxyribonucleoproteins from herring sperm nuclei was analyzed and the results are summarized as follows: 1. Chemical analysis of nuclear proteins and nucleic acids revealed that arginine/P molar ratio in herring sperm nuclei is unity but the ratio of arginine residues in protamine to phosphorus in the total DNA is 0.86. 2. The deoxyribonucleoproteins were isolated and their composition showed that about 14% of the total DNA in herring sperm nuclei is free from protamine and is bound with nonprotamine proteins in the weight ratio of nonprotamine proteins to DNA of 0.25-0.30. The remaining 86% of the total DNA is combined mainly with protamine and a small amount of nonprotamine proteins; the weight ratios of protamine and nonprotamine proteins to DNA are 0.75 and 0.08, respectively. In the latter complex, the molar ratio of arginine residues in protamine to phosphorus in DNA is unity.     

Replacement of protamine by F1 histone during reactivation of fused human sperm nuclei.

Rabbit antisera, specific for the histones F1, F2a2, F2b, F3 and for protamine were used to monitor a possible transition from protamine towards somatic-type histones during sperm nucleus reactivation, following human sperm fusion with mouse fibroblasts. Mature human sperm nuclei were shown to contain the histones F2a2, F2b, F3 and protamine, but were missing F1 histone by immuno cytochemistry using the indirect fluorescence method. However, a gradual disappearance of protamine from fused sperm nuclei, could be observed during the first 24 h of reactivation. Subsequently, F1 histone could be detected in increasing concentrations in 60% of reactivated sperm nuclei, during the next four days. The shift from protamine towards F1 histone could also be visualized cytochemically via staining with brilliant sulphaflavine, which appears to discriminate between sperm nuclei on the basis of their F1 histone content.     

Replacement of protamine by F1 histone during reactivation of fused human sperm nuclei

Summary Rabbit antisera, specific for the histones F1, F2a2, F2b, F3 and for protamine were used to monitor a possible transition from protamine towards somatic-type histones during sperm nucleus reactivation, following human sperm fusion with mouse fibroblasts.Mature human sperm nuclei were shown to contain the histones F2a2, F2b, F3 and protamine, but were missing F1 histone by immuno cytochemistry using the indirect fluorescence method. However, a gradual disappearance of protamine from fused sperm nuclei, could be observed during the first 24 h of reactivation. Subsequently, F1 histone could be detected in increasing concentrations in 60% of reactivated sperm nuclei, during the next four days.The shift from protamine towards F1 histone could also be visualized cytochemically via staining with brilliant sulphaflavine, which appears to discriminate between sperm nuclei on the basis of their F1 histone content.     

An antiserum against protamines for immunohistochemical studies of histone to protamine transition during human spermiogenesis

Specific polyclonal antisera have been obtained against total human protamines isolated from purified sperm nuclei. The specificity of antibodies was assessed in immunodotting and immunoblotting assays. In this preliminary report, these specific antibodies were used as probes for in-situ determination of histone to protamine transition during human spermiogenesis. Protamine-containing sites were detected on sections of human testes by light microscopy using the immunoperoxidase technique. As in other mammals, protamines appear and concentrate in condensed nuclei of elongating spermatids, i.e. during the later steps of human spermiogenesis.     

The major protamine from stallion sperm. Isolation and amino-acid sequence

The major stallion protamine was isolated from sperm cell nuclei by extraction with 6M guanidine/5% mercaptoethanol, alkylation with 4-vinylpyridine and subsequent reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The primary structure of stallion protamine was determined by N-terminal sequencing of the intact protein and of the fragments obtained from thermolysin cleavage of the S-pyridylethylated and from endoproteinase Lys-C cleavage of the S-aminoethylated protein. Stallion protamine consists of 49 amino-acid residues and shows 49% identity with all other sequenced mammalian type 1 protamines.     

Purification and properties of a distinct protamine kinase from the cytosol of bovine kidney cortex

A protamine kinase has been purified to apparent homogeneity from extracts of the cytosol of bovine kidney cortex. This protamine kinase exhibited an apparent Mr = 43,000 as estimated by gel permeation chromatography on Sephacryl S-200 and an apparent Mr = 45,000 as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The purified protamine kinase exhibited about 5% activity with casein, 8% with histone H2B, and less than 0.1% with histone H1, histone H4, glycogen synthase a from rabbit skeletal muscle, ovalbumin, bovine serum albumin, and phosvitin. The activity of the highly purified protamine kinase was unaffected by cyclic AMP (up to 0.1 mM), cyclic GMP (up to 0.1 mM), the heat-stable protein inhibitor of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (up to 100 micrograms/ml), heparin (up to 100 micrograms/ml), EGTA (up to 1 mM), Ca2+ (up to 1 mM), calmodulin (up to 0.5 microM) in the absence or presence of Ca2+ (0.05 mM), and phosphatidylserine (up to 40 micrograms/ml) and/or diolein (up to 1 microgram/ml) in the absence or presence of Ca2+ (up to 0.5 mM). Experiments in which extracts of kidney cytosol were incubated with [gamma-32P]ATP and MgCl2 revealed that the phosphorylation of numerous polypeptides was markedly increased in the presence of the purified protamine kinase. The results indicate that this protamine kinase of kidney cytosol is a novel protein kinase.