某些酵母菌对植酸盐的利用

植酸盐（肌醇六磷酸盐）是丰富的植物组分,占坚果、谷物、豆类、油籽、孢子、花粉干重的1％～3％,占种子全部磷物质的60％～90％。单胃动物缺乏植酸酶（肌醇六磷酸水解酶）,不能代谢植酸中有机键合的磷酸盐。这是由于植酸盐与某些矿物质结合,使之不能被机体利用。这一点是从营养学角度考虑的。植酸酶将植酸盐水解成其无机磷酸盐,将肌醇单磷酸盐水解成五价磷酸盐。植酸酶存在于植物、微生物和某些动物组织中。小麦和其它作物以及真菌的植酸酶已被广泛研究,对于酵母的植酸酶几乎无人研究。本文报导有关植酸盐水解活性的概况。1材料与方…     

胰岛素介体产生机制的探讨

胰岛素介体－肌醇磷酸多糖,被认为是胰岛素的第二信使,存在于细胞膜上的糖肌醇磷脂是产生该介体的前体,经胰岛素或磷脂酰肌醇特异性的磷脂酶Ｃ（ＰＩＰＬＣ）水解,产生介体和二酰甘油（ＤＧ）。本实验以人红细胞为材料,用＾３Ｈ同位素标记、有机溶剂提取、薄层层析及放射性自动计数等方法,分析胰岛素或ＰＩＰＬＣ作用于红细胞后前体和ＤＧ的变化情况,以推测介体的产生机制。结果显示：胰岛素使红细胞膜上及释放至胞外上清的前     

胰岛素介体产生机制的探讨

胰岛素介体──肌醇磷酸多糖,被认为是胰岛素的第二信使,存在于细胞膜上的糖肌醇磷脂是产生该介体的前体,经胰岛素或磷脂酰肌醇特异性的磷脂酶Ｃ（ＰＩＰＬＣ）水解,产生介体和二酰甘油（ＤＧ）．本实验以人红细胞为材料,用３￣Ｈ同位素标记、有机溶剂提取、薄层层析及放射性自动计数等方法,分析胰岛素或ＰＩＰＬＣ作用于红细胞后前体和ＤＧ的变化情况,以推测介体的产生机制．结果显示：胰岛素使红细胞膜上及释放至胞外上清的前体量均较对照升高,且使体系中的ＤＧ量升高;ＰＩＰＬＣ则使红细胞膜上的前体量下降,使释放至胞外上清的前体量升高,推测：胰岛素或ＰＩＰＬＣ作用于完整细胞时,激活了某种酶,使前体先从膜上释放至胞外上清,再被水解为介体和ＤＧ,同时胰岛素还可能激活完整细胞内再合成前体的机制,而ＰＬＰＬＣ却不能．     

植酸酶的多样性及其分类

植酸酶是一类催化植酸水解逐步释放磷酸基团形成低级肌醇磷酸衍生物的正磷酸单酯磷酸水解酶。植酸酶在动物营养、资源环境保护和人类健康等领域有巨大的应用潜力。目前,人们对植酸酶的多样性及其分类的认识比较模糊甚至错误,严重影响了植酸酶的研究进程和水平。首先简要概述了基于最适pH和立体专一性的植酸酶分类,然后着重论述了基于结构和催化机理的植酸酶分类及其代表酶特征的最新研究进展,最后探讨了根据不同分类标准特别是基于结构和催化机理准确理解和全面表征各种植酸酶的重要性,以期为植酸酶的研究和应用提供参考。     

磷脂酶C-γ2与信号转导

细胞间信息传递及细胞外信号对靶细胞的调控,多年来一直是生物学和医学界研究的焦点。随着Ｃａ２＋和二酰基甘油（ｄｉａｃｙｌｇｌｙ－ｃｅｒｏｌ,ＤＡＧ）第二信使地位的确定,对磷脂酶Ｃ（ＰＬＣ）的研究引起了人们的关注。ＰＬＣ可水解磷脂酰肌醇４,５－二磷酸（ｐｈｏｓ－ｐｈａｔｉｄｙｌｉｎｏｓｉｔｏｌ４,５－ｂｉｓｐｈｏｓｐｈａｔｅ,ＰＩＰ２）产生肌醇１,４,５－三磷酸（ｉｎｏｓｉｔｏｌ１,４,５－ｔｒｉｐｈｏｓｐｈａｔｅ,ＩＰ３）和ＤＡＧ。ＩＰ３可导致细胞内储存Ｃａ２＋的释放。因此,ＰＬＣ处于Ｃａ２＋和Ｄ…     

SHIP蛋白质的生物学特性及其与白血病的关系

含SH2结构域的肌醇磷酸酶(SHIP)属于5’磷酸酯酶家族成员。SHIP能将磷脂酰肌醇-3,4,5-三磷酸(PI-3,4,5-P3,PIP3)水解为磷脂酰肌醇-3,4-二磷酸(PI-3,4-P2),是主要表达于造血细胞的磷脂酰肌醇3-激酶(PI3K)信号抑制分子,通过参与调节PI3K途径而影响细胞增殖、存活及信号转导等诸多细胞活动,与白血病的发生发展密切相关。     

植酸酶及其应用

植酸酶是水解植酸及其盐类生成肌醇和磷酸的一类酶的总称。作为一种新型饲料添加剂,植酸酶在动物营养及环境保护等领域具有很大的应用潜力。综述了植酸酶的分类、来源、生产技术、提高产率的策略、分离纯化及应用等方面的研究进展,并对发展前景进行了展望。     

黄瓜细胞中水杨酸的信号传递研究

应用放射性标记、薄层层析和阴离子交换柱层析技术,证明黄瓜（ＣｕｃｕｍｉｓｓａｔｉｖａＬ．）细胞中存在肌醇脂质信使系统,并且水杨酸（ＳＡ）能够促进肌醇磷脂代谢,激活磷脂酶Ｃ（ＰＬＣ）,促进磷脂酰肌醇降解,导致第二信使肌醇１,４,５三磷酸（ＩＰ３）和双酰甘油（ＤＡＧ）含量增加,表明ＳＡ信号传递有可能通过肌醇脂质信使系统的介导来完成。ＳＡ的生理功能尤其在诱导植物抗病性中的作用很可能是通过肌醇脂质信使系统介导的。     

日本榧树果实的化学成分研究

本文研究了日本榧树果实的化学成分。原植物用甲醇提取后经硅胶柱色谱、制备薄层色谱和制备HPLC色谱进行分离纯化,从日本榧树果实中分离得到了4个化合物,用质谱、红外、紫外、核磁等波谱方法鉴定为18-羟基弥罗松酚（1）、kayadiol（2）、花柏酚（3）和落叶松脂素（4）,化合物1．3、4为首次从该植物果实中分离得到。用MTT法检测了化合物1～3的细胞毒性,在浓度100μmol／L时lisa细胞生存率分别为100．00％、26．30％和59．74％。     

磷酸脂酶C—γ的信号传递研究进展

信号分子磷脂酶C－γ（PLC－γ）被蛋白酪氨酸酶（PTK）激活催化水解磷脂酰肌醇4,5－二磷酸（PIP2）生成第二信使分子肌醇三磷酸（IP3）和二酰基甘油（DAG）,参与受体酪氨酸激酶（RTK）介导的细胞分列、抗原与免疫细胞受体结合引起免疫反应及卵细胞受精等过程中的信号传递。     

脂质体包埋猪血红蛋白的制备及其注入小鼠体内的初步试验

 为探索一条研制猪血红蛋白 (pHb)为基础的血液代用品新途径 ,开发了干膜超声法将猪血红蛋白和别构效应剂、超氧化物歧化酶等联合包埋于脂质体的技术 .考察了氢化大豆卵磷脂、二肉豆蔻酰磷脂酰胆碱、胆固醇、二硬脂酰磷脂酰乙醇胺 甲氧基聚乙二醇和维生素E等在制备脂质体包埋血红蛋白 (LEH)中的作用 .通过控制磷脂与其他成分的配比 ,制得包埋率为 10 3%,pHb浓度达 16 %的稳定的LEH ;进一步将pHb微囊通过小鼠尾静脉多次注入其体内 ,检测受试小鼠血液中红细胞和白细胞数、抗体滴度、血小板聚集率及肾脏组织学等方面的变化 .小鼠体内试验表明了所制备的LEH具有低免疫原性、对肾脏无明显损害等特点 .脂质体包埋pHb是一种极具开发前景的稳定的人工载氧系统     

戊二醛聚合对猪、牛和人血红蛋白免疫学特性的影响

猪、牛、人血红蛋白或其相应的戊二醛聚合体分别经皮下或腹腔多次免疫小鼠,ELISA检测抗血清IgG滴度;免疫印迹法分别检测小鼠抗猪、牛、人血红蛋白或其相应的戊二醛聚合体IgG与猪、牛、人血红蛋白或其相应的戊二醛聚合体之间的交叉反应,探讨戊二醛聚合对不同种类血红蛋白免疫学特性的影响.结果表明:猪、牛、人血红蛋白的免疫原性均...     

Chemically modified porcine hemoglobins and their biological properties

Hemoglobin cross-linked with small molecular modifiers turns out to be more stable. Modifications of proteins with polyethylene glycol (PEG) have been proven to enlarge the molecular size of proteins, to prolong their retention time in the circulation as well as blunt immune reactions. In the present study, the optimal conditions for porcine hemoglobin (pHb) modification with bis (3, 5-dibromosalicyl) fumarate (DBBF) and PEG were evaluated. The derivative of DBBF cross-linked pHb (DBBF-pHb) showed improved oxygen affinity and the ability to resist the dissociation of the alpha2beta2 tetramer compared with the natural protein. DBBF-pHb was then bound to the activated PEG. The results indicated that the pHb modified with DBBF and PEG had more stable tetrameric conformation with a molecular weight of 107000. Their oxygen half-saturation pressure (P50) is around 3.33 kPa, which approximates the physiological P50 of human red blood cells. Both routine and reinforced immunizing methods were adopted to study the immunogenicity of modified products and the results showed that the products had very low immunogenicity evaluated by enzyme-linked immunoadsordent assay (ELISA). Somewhat beneficial effects were shown in the treatment of hemorrhagic shock where modified hemoglobin solutions were used as resuscitation fluids in the hemorrhagic shock Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats model.     

聚乙二醇大分子化猪血红蛋白对其携氧特性的影响

用PEG共轭结合猪血红蛋白(pHb)以增大总分子量是延长它在血液循环系统中存留时间的有效方法。作为一种线性的亲水大分子,PEG对pHb的共轭会对它的携氧特性产生显著影响。研究了pHb处于不同空间构象(脱氧的T构象或氧合的R构象)、PEG修饰程度的高低、修饰用PEG的分子量的大小、有无别构效应调节剂等不同条件下PEG修饰对pHb携氧能力的影响。进而又用了PEG修饰已经用双(3,5-二溴水杨酸)延胡索酸酯(DBBF)分子内交联的pHb,考察修饰对这种内交联pHb携氧功能的影响。还比较了4种不同方法活化的PEG衍生物,对pHb修饰效率、对修饰产物携氧功能的影响及修饰产物稳定性等。本文认为,DBBF分子内交联的pHb,在有别构效应调节剂的存在下,再用PEG修饰,可以获得携氧能力好、分子量适宜、四聚体稳定的修饰产物。     

PEG和DBBF修饰猪血红蛋白及其携氧性质

采用聚乙二醇 (PEG)修饰蛋白质可以增大蛋白质的分子量 ,改善其生物相容性和在生物体内的停留时间。而小分子交联修饰则可以稳定血红蛋白的高级结构 ,改善其对组织的递氧能力。比较了 4种方法活化的PEG衍生物对猪血红蛋白的修饰效率、修饰产物的携氧功能和稳定性等。PEG的分子量、轭合PEG的数量及变构效应物的存在与否都会影响修饰产物的性质 ;考察了双 3,5二溴水杨酸延胡索酸酯 (DBBF)修饰猪血红蛋白的反应条件以及修饰产物的物理特性和携氧能力 ,并进一步采用PEG和DBBF联合修饰猪血红蛋白。结果证明 ,联合修饰产物具有稳定的四聚体结构 ,分子量达 10 70 0 0 ,半饱和氧分压P50 在 3.33kPa左右 ,接近于生理条件下人体红细胞的P50 值。     

Measurement of intracellular pH in hamster diaphragm by absorption spectrophotometry

The regulation of intracellular pH (pHi) is important in controlling muscle contraction. In these experiments, a spectrophotometric method of determining pHi was developed, and the method was then used to study muscle pHi regulation during CO2-induced changes in extracellular pH (pHb). Studies were performed in vitro on 27 diaphragm muscle strips obtained from adult hamsters. pHi was measured from the ratio of the absorbances of the acid (lambda = 530 nm) and alkaline (lambda = 460 nm) forms of a vital dye, neutral red, using the unstained diaphragm spectrum as a reference blank. A standard neutral red calibration curve constructed from eight diaphragm muscle homogenates indicated that the absorbance ratio was highly linear, with pH over the range 6.00-8.00. In intact muscle strips gassed with 95% O2-5% CO2, pHb was 7.45 +/- 0.03 (SE) and pHi was 7.00 +/- 0.01 (SE). When the muscle was aerated with CO2 concentrations from 3 to 30%, pHb and pHi changed rapidly and reached a steady state in 10-15 min. However, when pHb ranged from 6.80-7.80, pHi changed little from the value observed when pHb was 7.40. When pHb was less than 6.80 or greater than 7.80, changes in pHi and pHb were quantitatively similar. The results suggest that, in the isolated diaphragm, overall pHi is stable and effectively buffered over a wide range of CO2-induced changes in buffer solution pH.     

Recombinant p42IP4, a brain-specific 42-kDa high-affinity Ins(1,3,4,5)P4 receptor protein, specifically interacts with lipid membranes containing Ptd-Ins(3,4,5)P3.

We have recently cloned the cDNA of p42IP4, a membrane-associated and cytosolic inositol (1,3,4,5)tetrakisphosphate receptor protein [Stricker, R., Hülser, E., Fischer, J., Jarchau, T., Walter, U., Lottspeich, F. & Reiser, G. (1997) FEBS Lett. 405, 229-236.] p42IP4 is a protein of 374 amino acids with Mr of 42 kDa. The p42IP4 protein has a zinc finger motif at its N-terminus, followed by two pleckstrin homology domains. To characterize further the biochemical and functional properties of p42IP4, it was expressed as a glutathione-S-transferase fusion protein in Sf9 cells using a recombinant baculovirus vector. The protein was affinity adsorbed on glutathione beads, cleaved from glutathione-S-transferase with the protease factor-Xa and purified on heparin agarose. The recombinant purified protein is active because it shows binding affinities similar to those of the native p42IP4, purified from pig cerebellum or rat brain (Ki for inositol(1,3,4,5)P4 of 4.1 nm and 2.2 nm, respectively). Moreover the ligand specificity of the recombinant protein for various inositol polyphosphates is similar to that of the native protein purified from brain. Importantly, we show here that p42IP4 binds phosphatidylinositol(3,4,5)P3 specifically, as the recombinant protein can associate with lipid membranes (vesicles) containing phosphatidylinositol(3,4,5)P3; this binding occurs in a concentration-dependent manner and is blocked by inositol(1,3,4,5)P4. This specific association and the possibility that endogenous p42IP4 can be converted from a membrane-associated state to a soluble state support the hypothesis that p42IP4 might be redistributed between cellular compartments upon hormonal stimulation.     

Intracellular pH regulation in the renal proximal tubule of the salamander. Basolateral HCO3- transport

We have used pH-, Na-, and Cl-sensitive microelectrodes to study basolateral HCO3- transport in isolated, perfused proximal tubules of the tiger salamander Ambystoma tigrinum. In one series of experiments, we lowered basolateral pH (pHb) from 7.5 to 6.8 by reducing [HCO3-]b from 10 to 2 mM at a constant pCO2. This reduction of pHb and [HCO3-]b causes a large (approximately 0.35), rapid fall in pHi as well as a transient depolarization of the basolateral membrane. Returning pHb and [HCO3-]b to normal has the opposite effects. Similar reductions of luminal pH (pHl) and [HCO3-]l have only minor effects. The reduction of [HCO3-]b and pHb also produces a reversible fall in aiNa. In a second series of experiments, we reduced [Na+]b at constant [HCO3-]b and pHb, and also observed a rapid fall in pHi and a transient basolateral depolarization. These changes are reversed by returning [Na+]b to normal. The effects of altering [Na+]l in the presence of HCO3-, or of altering [Na+]b in the nominal absence of HCO3-, are substantially less. Although the effects on pHi and basolateral membrane potential of altering either [HCO3-]b or [Na+]b are largely blocked by 4-acetamido-4- isothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonate (SITS), they are not affected by removal of Cl-, nor are there accompanying changes in aiCl consistent with a tight linkage between Cl- fluxes and those of Na+ and HCO3-. The aforementioned changes are apparently mediated by a single transport system, not involving Cl-. We conclude that HCO3- transport is restricted to the basolateral membrane, and that HCO3- fluxes are linked to those of Na+. The data are compatible with an electrogenic Na/HCO3 transporter that carries Na+, HCO3-, and net negative charge in the same direction.     

Common channels for water and protons at apical and basolateral cell membranes of frog skin and urinary bladder epithelia. Effects of oxytocin, heavy metals, and inhibitors of H(+)-adenosine triphosphatase

We have compared the response of proton and water transport to oxytocin treatment in isolated frog skin and urinary bladder epithelia to provide further insights into the nature of water flow and H+ flux across individual apical and basolateral cell membranes. In isolated spontaneous sodium-transporting frog skin epithelia, lowering the pH of the apical solution from 7.4 to 6.4, 5.5, or 4.5 produced a fall in pHi in principal cells which was completely blocked by amiloride (50 microM), indicating that apical Na+ channels are permeable to protons. When sodium transport was blocked by amiloride, the H+ permeability of the apical membranes of principal cells was negligible but increased dramatically after treatment with antidiuretic hormone (ADH). In the latter condition, lowering the pH of the apical solution caused a voltage-dependent intracellular acidification, accompanied by membrane depolarization, and an increase in membrane conductance and transepithelial current. These effects were inhibited by adding Hg2+ (100 microM) or dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD, 10(-5) M) to the apical bath. Net titratable H+ flux across frog skin was increased from 30 +/- 8 to 115 +/- 18 neq.h-1.cm-2 (n = 8) after oxytocin treatment (at apical pH 5.5 and serosal pH 7.4) and was completely inhibited by DCCD (10(-5) M). The basolateral membranes of the principal cells in frog skin epithelium were found to be spontaneously permeable to H+ and passive electrogenic H+ transport across this membrane was not affected by oxytocin. Lowering the pH of the basolateral bathing solution (pHb) produced an intracellular acidification and membrane depolarization (and an increase in conductance when the normal dominant K+ conductance of this membrane was abolished by Ba2+ 1 mM). These effects of low pHb were blocked by micromolar concentrations of heavy metals (Zn2+, Ni2+, Co2+, Cd2+, and Hg2+). Lowering pHb in the presence of oxytocin (50 mU/ml) produced a transepithelial current (3 microA.cm-2 at pHb 5.5) which was blocked by 100 microM of Hg2+, Zn2+, or Ni2+ at the basolateral side, and by DCCD (10(-5) M) or Hg2+ (100 microM) from the apical side. The net hydroosmotic water flux (JH2O) induced by oxytocin in frog bladder sacs was blocked by inhibitors of H(+)-adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase). Diethylstilbestrol (DES 10(-5) M), oligomycin (10(-8) M), and DCCD (10(-5) M) prevented JH2O when present in the lumen. These effects cannot be attributed to inhibition of metabolism since cyanide (10(-4) M), or 2-deoxyglucose (10(-3) M) had no effect on JH2O.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)     

Characterization of a hemoglobin-like protein from adult Haemonchus contortus

A hemoglobin-like protein was purified from supernatants of adult Haemonchus contortus extracts by high-pressure liquid chromatography. The purified protein had an M(r) of 33 kDa as determined by size-exclusion chromatography under non-denaturing conditions and an M(r) of 19 kDa by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, suggesting the hemoglobin may exist as a dimer. The sequences of 3 peptides resulting from proteolytic digest of the purified protein were determined and demonstrated greater than 50% identity to the globin from Trichostrongylus colubriformis. Adult H. contortus incubated overnight in [3H]leucine, incorporated radioactivity into a peak that coeluted with parasite hemoglobin, indicating the adults synthesize hemoglobin in vitro. The L3-stage lacked hemoglobin, but the L4-stage contained a hemoglobin with an M(r) of 19.6 kDa.