不同氮源对小麦幼苗谷氨酰胺合成酶的影响

利用ＤＥＡＥ－纤维素柱层析、酶活性测定、Ｎｏｒｔｈｅｒｎ 分子杂交等技术,研究了小麦（Ｔｒｉｔｉｃｕｍ ａｅｓｔｉｖｕｍ Ｌ．）幼苗的根、叶和离体叶在不同氮源培养条件下谷氨酰胺合成酶（ＧＳ）活性和同工酶变化, 以及不同氮源对ＧＳ基因转录－ＧＳ－ｍ ＲＮＡ 的影响． 同时与硝酸还原酶（ＮＲ）活性进行比较, 结果表明∶当以ＮＨ＋４ 作唯一氮源时,小麦幼苗根谷氨酰胺合成酶（ＧＳｒ）和叶细胞质谷氨酰胺合成酶（ＧＳ１）活性要比以ＮＯ－３ 作唯一氮源的高．当以ＮＯ－３ 为唯一氮源时, ＮＯ－３ 则促进完整叶片和离体叶片叶绿体谷氨酰胺合成酶（ＧＳ２）活性． 从转录水平上看,ＮＨ＋４ 促进根ＧＳ－ｍ ＲＮＡ 的合成,而ＮＯ－３ 促进叶ＧＳ－ｍ ＲＮＡ 的合成     

人肝癌组织中的一个Lis1基因的阅读框移码突变

将ＧＳＴ融合蛋白表达与蛋白质截短检测法（ＰＴＴ）法相结合,检测Ｌｉｓ１基因在肝癌组织中的阅读框移码突变。即从肝癌组织中通过ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ扩增的Ｌｉａ１基因克隆人ＧＳＴ融合蛋白表达载体ｐＧＥＸ０１,并于大肠杆菌ＤＨ５α中进行表达。通过ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ电泳发现肝癌组织中有截短的ＧＳＴ－Ｌｉｓ１融合蛋白,大小为３３ＫＤ,而全长融合蛋白大小应为７１ＫＤ。经测序验证,发现产生截短蛋白的Ｌｉａ１基因在第１６３位     

N-乙酰氨基葡萄糖转移酶Ⅲ在大鼠实验性肝癌发病中的表达

应用Ｗｉｓｔａｒ大鼠饲喂甲氨基偶氮苯（３′－ＭｅＤＡＢ）造成实验性肝癌模型,与此同时饲喂刺五加多糖动态观察了癌变过程中,肝脏ｒ－谷氨酰转肽酶（ｒ－ＧＴ）活性,肝脏Ｎ－乙酰氨基葡萄糖转移酶Ⅲ（ＧｎＴⅢ）和ｒ－ＧＴ免疫组化定位、肝脏病理组织等和脏器系数等改变,结果显示：（１）ｒ－ＧＴ活性于实验第４天即明显升高（２．３倍）,至实验结束时可达对照组的４０倍,ＧｎＴⅢ和ｒ－ＧＴ免疫组化定位,在癌变前期增生结节的胞浆中已有明显表达,随病程进展其改变的强度均与病理组织学检测结果相吻合,表明ＧｎＴⅢ和ｒ－ＧＴ在反映肝细胞癌变方面,确实是一个早期应用价值的指标。（２）刺五加多糖对实验性肝癌的形成似有一定的减缓作用。     

外源基因pheA、aroG和tyrB在苯丙氨酸合成途径中的共表达

利用基因工程技术提高了短杆菌的苯丙氨酸合成途径中关键酶活性,大幅度地增加了生物合成苯丙氨酸的产时。首先采用聚合酶链反应（ＰＣＲ）从大肠杆菌的氟代苯丙氨酸抗性变异菌株基因组中扩增到与苯丙氨酸合成相关的ａｒｏＧ,ｐｈｅＡ和ｔｙｒＢ３个基因。ａｒｏＧ编码３－脱氧－２－阿拉伯庚酮糖－７－磷酸合成酶（ＤＳ）,ｐｈｅＡ编码双功能酶蛋白－分枝酸变位酶（ＣＭ）和预苯酸脱水酶（ＰＤ）,ｔｙｒＢ编码转氨酶（ＡＴ）。设     

外源性GM3／GD3对人肝癌培养细胞原癌基因表达的研究

应用原位分子杂交技术及细胞图像分析证实了人肝癌细胞株ＳＭＭＣ７７２１细胞经１０μｇ／ｍｌ的ＧＭ３／ＧＤ３处理后,ＧＤ３处理组织内Ｎ－ｒａｓ基因ｍＲＮＡ的阳性信号弥漫分布于整个细胞,而经ＧＭ３处理组和对照组阳性信号集中于核模,ＧＭ３／ＧＤ３处理组及对照组ｃ－ｆｏｓ基因ｍＲＮＡ的阳性信号均集中核膜,但ＧＭ３处理组信号强度最大,上述结果提示,ＧＤ３可使某些肿瘤细胞向更加恶性的方向发展,而ＧＭ３则可使某些     

GM3,GD3作用下SMMC—7721肝癌细胞内磷脂酰肌醇（1,4,5）三磷酸和c…

外源性ＧＭ３（１０ｎｍｏｌ／ｍＬ）,ＧＤ３（１ｎｍｏｌ／ｍＬ）可使ＳＭＭＣ－７７２１人肝癌培养细胞内钙浓度呈快速的短暂高,其到达峰值时间为４５秒,一次作用后,内钙水平于２－３ｍｉｎ内恢复至对照水平,在一定时间间隔中连续几次加入ＧＭ３或ＧＤ３后内钙水平的变化表明,ＧＭ３所引的［Ｃａ＾２＋］的增加依赖于内质网钙贮的释放和细胞外钙的流入,而ＧＤ３增加与此二系统无关,进一步研究表明在细胞内钙达峰值时,１０     

刺五加在大鼠实验性肝癌诱发过程中作用的探讨

目的探讨大鼠实验性肝癌发病中刺五加对肌体免疫功能和抗氧化酶活性的影响。方法４６只ＳＤ雄性大鼠被随机分成对照组（喂普通饲料）、３－甲基４－双甲氨基偶氮苯（３－Ｍｅ－ＤＡＢ）组（喂含０．０６％３Ｍｅ－ＤＡＢ饲料 １０周）和刺五加组（饲喂同 ３－Ｍｅ－ＤＡＢ外、另加入刺五加 ４．５ｇ／ｋｇ饲料,用常规方法检测全血谷光甘肽过氧化物酶（ＧＳＨ－ＰＸ）、血清超氧化物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）活性和丙二醛（ＭＤＡ）含量,用微量化学发光造检测吞噬细胞活性（ＰＭＮ－ＣＬ）。结果１．ＰＭＮ－ＣＬ检测峰值、积分值和吞噬细胞指数,３－ＭｅＤＡＢ组较正常组和刺五加组均有显著升高（Ｐ＜０．０５和Ｐ＜０．０１）２．全血ＧＳＨ－ＰＸ活性、ＳＯＤ活性,刺五加组较３－ＭｅＤＡＢ组均有显著升高（Ｐ＜０．０５）。ＭＤＡ含量刺五加组和３－ＭｅＤＡＢ组均较正常组升高（均Ｐ＜０．０５）。结论刺五加在大鼠实验性肝癌诱发过程中有提高抗氧化酶活性和对抗致癌剂引起的机体中性粒细胞吞噬功能代偿性增高的作用。     

缺氧性肺动脉高压大鼠肺组织中血小板源性生长因子和c－myc基因表达增强

本研究分析了大鼠肺组织中血小板源性生长因子Ａ链、Ｂ链（ＰＤＧＦ－Ａ,ＰＤＧＦ－Ｂ）和ｃ－ｍｙｃ原癌基因ｍＲＮＡ在正常和缺氧时的含量变化。正常肺组织可表达１．７ｋｂ的ＰＤＧＦ－ＡｍＲＮＡ和３．５ｋｂ的ＰＤＧＦ－ＢｍＲＮＡ,还有少量２．２ｋｂｃ－ｍｙｃｍＲＮＡ。在缺氧过程中,ＰＤＧＦ－Ｂ链ｍＲＮＡ和ｃ－ｍｙｃｍＲＮＡ迅速增加,至缺氧１４ｄ时,分别为正常的３倍和５倍。而ＰＤＧＦ－ＡｍＲＮＡ在缺氧７ｄ时增高,而后又略有降低。结果表明：缺氧的肺组织局部生成的ＰＤＧＦ激活了ｃ－ｍｙｃ原癌基因,这对于缺氧性肺动脉高压的形成具有重要作用。     

肝癌组织中GD3合成酶的纯化

ＧＤ３合成酶是膜嵌合蛋白,定位于高尔基体,经过制作微粒体,Ｔｒｉｔｏｎ增溶、ＡＨ－Ｓｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅ及ＧＭ３－Ｇｌａｓｓｂｅａｄｓｅ及ＧＭ３－Ｇｌａｓｓｂｅａｄｓ亲和层析等步骤,二乙基亚硝胺诱发大鼠肝癌组织中的ＳＴ２被纯化了３１５９７倍,得率为０．３５％。ＳＤＳ－聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳后银染色呈１条蛋白着色带,分子量为５５ｋｄ。     

肝癌细胞-胞外基质粘附性与粘附识别序列的相关性

以微管吸吮技术研究了人肝癌细胞在ＩＶ型胶原／层粘连蛋白（ＬＮ）／纤维连结蛋白（ＦＮ）裱衬表面的粘附性。进一步,用四种人工合成肽精－甘－天冬－丝（ＲＧＤＳ）、甘－精－甘－天冬－苏－脯ＧＲＧＤＴＰ）、酪－异亮－甘－丝－精（ＹＩＧＳＲ０和半胱－天冬－脯－甘－酪－异亮－甘－丝－精（ＣＤＰＧＹＩＧＳＲ）研究了肝癌细胞粘附性对两种粘附识别序列ＲＧＤ和ＹＩＧＳＲ的依赖性。为了归纳和整理实验结果,根据竞争性抑制的     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

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.