Chk2在Bmi1缺失所致的肾脏早衰和纤维化中的作用和机制研究

摘要 目的：探究细胞周期检测点激酶2（cell-cycle checkpoint kinase 2，Chk2）在B淋巴瘤Mo-MLV插入区1（B cell-specific MLV integration site-1，Bmi1）缺失所致的肾脏早衰和纤维化中的作用及可能的机制。方法：取5周龄WT、Bmi1^-/-、Chk2^-/-、Bmi1^-/-Chk2^-/-小鼠肾脏，采用HE染色观察肾脏结构变化，采用免疫荧光和Masson染色观察肾脏纤维化情况，采用衰老相关β半乳糖苷酶（Senescence-associated β-galactosidase，SA-β-gal）染色观察肾脏衰老情况，采用免疫组化染色和western blot观察肾脏超氧化物歧化酶1（Superoxide Dismutase 1，SOD1）、超氧化物歧化酶2（Superoxide Dismutase 2，SOD2）表达水平和定位。从5周龄WT、Bmi1^-/-、Chk2^-/-、Bmi1^-/-Chk2^-/-小鼠肾脏皮质中提取和分离原代肾小管上皮细胞，采用免疫荧光和western blot检测其SOD1、SOD2表达水平。结果：与WT小鼠肾脏组织相比，Bmi1^-/-小鼠肾脏组织表现为体积变小、肾脏皮质厚度减少、肾小球数量减少，β-gal活性增加，SOD1和SOD2水平降低；与Bmi1^-/-小鼠肾脏相比，Bmi1^-/-Chk2^-/-小鼠肾脏体积增大、肾脏皮质厚度增加，肾小球数量增多，β-gal活性降低，SOD1和SOD2水平增加。与WT小鼠肾脏皮质原代肾小管上皮细胞相比，Bmi1^-/-小鼠肾脏皮质原代肾小管上皮细胞中SOD1和SOD2水平；与Bmi1^-/-小鼠肾脏皮质原代肾小管上皮细胞相比，Bmi1^-/-Chk2^-/-小鼠肾脏皮质原代肾小管上皮细胞中抗氧化指标SOD1和SOD2增加。结论：Chk2通过抑制肾小管上皮细胞的抗氧化能力促进Bmi1缺失所致的肾脏早衰和纤维化。     

活性维生素D缺乏诱发与衰老相关的特发性肺纤维化

摘要 目的：研究活性维生素D缺乏致小鼠肺纤维化的作用与机制。方法：取7周龄同窝野生型（Wild Type, WT）小鼠,维生素D缺乏（1α(OH)ase^-/-）小鼠置于肺功能检测仪器中,对其吸气时间,最大吸气流速、呼出50%气量时对应的呼气流速、潮气量、分钟通气量,呼吸频率等指标进行分析。培养小鼠原代肺成纤维细胞,按基因型分为对照组、活性维生素D缺乏组,之后分组检测细胞SA-β-gal阳性率。另外取小鼠肺组织样本多聚甲醛固定后脱水浸蜡以制作石蜡组织切片, 对各组切片进行HE、Masson染色以观察肺的组织学形态的变化,使用免疫组织化学观察肺组织中的衰老相关蛋白（p16、p53）的表达量差异。结果：相较于同窝WT小鼠,1α(OH)ase^-/-小鼠通气功能显著减弱,肺成纤维细胞衰老程度和肺组织纤维化程度均有不同程度增加,且免疫组化结果显示肺组织中与衰老相关的p53及p16阳性的细胞也显著增加。结论：活性维生素D的缺乏能够诱发与衰老相关的特发性肺纤维化,可能的机制是通过激活p53/p16信号引发肺成纤维细胞提前衰老,继而引起肺组织异常纤维化。     

ALPL缺陷加速高脂诱导小鼠肝内脂肪沉积

摘要 目的：明确肝/骨/肾型碱性磷酸酶基因（liver/bone/kidney alkaline phosphatase,ALPL）在高脂诱导肝内脂肪沉积的作用。方法：利用野生型（WT）和ALPL敲除小鼠（ALPL^+/-）,给予高脂饮食8周诱导脂肪肝模型,检测小鼠肝内脂肪沉积和血清中葡糖糖、甘油三脂及胆固醇含量,并应用RT-PCR、Western blotting和免疫荧光染色检测肝组织中脂肪酸生成和转运相关基因表达变化。结果：ALPL^+/-组在正常饮食条件下较WT组肝内脂肪沉积无明显变化,而血清中葡萄糖和胆固醇含量增加;高脂条件下,敲除ALPL小鼠肝内脂肪沉积明显增加,且伴随血清中甘油三脂含量增加。RT-PCR和Western blotting结果显示,在高脂诱导下ALPL^+/-小鼠肝组织中关键脂肪酸生成基因ACC1、ACC2和 PPAR-γ,及脂肪酸生成基因LPL表达明显增加。此外,免疫荧光染色结果显示高脂诱导下敲除ALPL小鼠肝组织中的PPAR-γ阳性肝细胞明显增加。结论：ALPL敲除促进肝内脂肪酸生成和转运,加速高脂诱导小鼠肝内脂肪沉积,为阐明脂肪肝病变分子机制提供理论支持。     

不明原因复发性流产再次妊娠患者血清1,25(OH)2D3、sTim-3与Th17/Treg免疫失衡和妊娠结局的关系

摘要 目的：探讨不明原因复发性流产（URSA）再次妊娠患者血清1,25-二羟维生素D3[1,25（OH)）₂D₃]、可溶性T细胞免疫球蛋白黏蛋白分子3（sTim-3）与辅助性T细胞17（Th17）/调节性T细胞（Treg）免疫失衡和妊娠结局的关系。方法：选择于湖南省妇幼保健院2020年1月~2022年1月就诊的62例URSA再次妊娠患者作为研究组,另选择同期进行孕检的正常早孕妇女30例作为对照组。比较两组孕早期血清1,25(OH) ₂D₃、sTim-3及外周血Th17细胞、Treg细胞水平、Th17/Treg比值。Pearson法分析URSA再次妊娠患者血清1,25(OH) ₂D₃、sTim-3与外周血Th17细胞、Treg细胞水平、Th17/Treg比值平的相关性。根据URSA再次妊娠患者妊娠结局的不同分为妊娠成功分娩组和妊娠再次流产组,比较两组孕早期血清1,25(OH) ₂D₃、sTim-3与外周血Th17细胞、Treg细胞水平、Th17/Treg比值。受试者工作特征（ROC）曲线分析血清1,25(OH) ₂D₃、sTim-3与外周血Th17细胞、Treg细胞水平、Th17/Treg比值对妊娠结局的预测价值。结果：研究组血清sTim-3、外周血Th17细胞水平、Th17/Treg比值高于对照组,血清1,25(OH) ₂D₃、外周血Treg细胞水平低于对照组（P<0.05）。Pearson相关分析显示,URSA再次妊娠患者血清1,25(OH) ₂D₃与血清sTim-3、外周血Th17细胞水平、Th17/Treg比值呈负相关,与Treg细胞水平呈正相关（P<0.05）;血清sTim-3与外周血Treg细胞水平呈负相关,与Th17细胞水平、Th17/Treg比值呈正相关（P<0.05）。妊娠再次流产组血清sTim-3、外周血Th17细胞水平、Th17/Treg比值高于妊娠成功分娩组,血清1,25(OH) ₂D₃、外周血Treg细胞水平低于妊娠成功分娩组（P<0.05）。ROC曲线分析显示,血清1,25(OH) ₂D₃、sTim-3及外周血Th17细胞、Treg细胞水平及Th17/Treg比值均可预测URSA再次妊娠患者妊娠再次流产的发生风险,且上述指标联合检测的预测效能更高。结论：血清1,25(OH) ₂D₃水平异常降低、sTim-3水平异常升高可导致Th17/Treg免疫失衡,导致URSA再次妊娠患者再次发生流产。上述指标联合检测对URSA再次妊娠患者妊娠再次流产的预测效能更高。     

早产儿急性呼吸窘迫综合征血清1,25-(OH)2D3、PGRN、SIRT1、CTRP3水平与炎症反应和预后的关系研究

摘要 目的：探讨不同病情严重程度早产儿急性呼吸窘迫综合征（ARDS）血清1,25-二羟维生素D₃（1,25-(OH) ₂D₃）、颗粒体蛋白前体（PGRN）、沉默信息调节因子2相关酶1（SIRT1）、C1q/肿瘤坏死因子相关蛋白3（CTRP3）的变化，分析其与炎症反应和预后的关系。方法：选择2018年10月至2019年12月安徽省妇幼保健院收治的ARDS早产儿100例作为ARDS组，另选取同期在我院出生的健康新生儿60例作为对照组。根据《"新生儿急性呼吸窘迫综合征"蒙特勒标准（2017年版）》的病情判定标准将ARDS早产儿分为轻度组（n=40）、中度组（n=32）、重度组（n=28），比较不同病情严重程度ARDS早产儿血清1,25-(OH) ₂D₃、PGRN、SIRT1、CTRP3、炎症反应指标肿瘤坏死子因子-α（TNF-α）、白细胞介素-6（IL-6）、白细胞介素-1β（IL-1β）水平变化，采用Pearson法分析ARDS早产儿血清1,25-(OH) ₂D₃、PGRN、SIRT1、CTRP3与炎症反应指标的相关性。另根据ARDS组患儿预后情况分为预后良好组（n=65）和预后不良组（n=35），采用单因素和多因素Logistic回归分析影响ARDS早产儿预后不良的危险因素。结果：ARDS组血清1,25-(OH) ₂D₃、SIRT1、CTRP3、PGRN水平明显低于对照组（P<0.05），ARDS组血清TNF-α、IL-6、IL-1β水平明显高于对照组（P<0.05）。不同病情严重程度ARDS早产儿血清1,25-(OH) ₂D₃、PGRN、SIRT1、CTRP3、炎症反应指标比较差异有统计学意义（P<0.05）。ARDS早产儿血清1,25-(OH) ₂D₃、PGRN、SIRT1、CTRP3水平与TNF-α、IL-6、IL-1β水平呈负相关（P<0.05）。多因素Logistic回归分析结果显示，低出生体重、肺表面活性物质（PS）使用次数≥3次、出现低白蛋白血症是影响ARDS早产儿预后不良的危险因素（P<0.05），血清1,25-(OH)2D3（较高）、PGRN（较高）、SIRT1（较高）、CTRP3（较高）是ARDS早产儿预后不良的保护因素（P<0.05）。结论：血清1,25-(OH) ₂D₃、PGRN、SIRT1、CTRP3可能参与ARDS早产儿的炎症反应过程，与ARDS早产儿的病情进展及预后密切相关，检测血清1,25-(OH) ₂D₃、PGRN、SIRT1、CTRP3有助于评估ARDS早产儿的预后。     

不同来源腐植酸与活性氧自由基的相互作用

以ESR波谱仪为工具,利用自旋捕集技术研究不同来源腐植酸与黄嘌呤氧化酶体系和人多形核白细胞(PMN)呼吸暴发产生的超氧阴离子自由基(O₂^-·)及Fenton反应生成的羟自由基(·OH)的相互作用,发现大骨节病病区和非病区的腐植酸对·OH自由基的产生表现促进作用,而对O₂^-·自由基则表现清除作用.而泥炭腐植酸对O₂^-·和·OH均显示清除作用,明显不同于大骨节病病区和非病区腐植酸的行为,认为腐植酸诱导大骨节病的过氧化损伤应主要是通过羟自由基反应而引发的.     

甲2巨球蛋白对电离辐射引起人血中O2-·自由基释放的影响

本实验用 ⁶⁰Coγ线照射正常人新鲜全血,观察电离辐射对多形核白细胞(PMN)释放超氧化物阴离子自由基(O₂^-_·)的影响,以及人血甲2巨球蛋白(α₂M)制剂对辐射引起的PMN释放O₂^-_·的作用。结果表明:正常人新鲜全血照射(5-20Gy)后1h,PMN释放O₂^-_·的量较不照射组增高(P<0.01),红细胞中超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)的活力较不照射组降低(P<0.01)。照前1h加入人血α₂M制剂(每ml全血中加入138.5单位)能有效地降低PMN的O₂^-_·释放量,提高红细胞中SOD的活力。离体实验结果提示α₂M治疗辐射损伤作用可能与其抑制过多的O₂^-_·产生有关。     

室间隔缺损ALK3下游相关基因的初步研究

了解ALK3在心脏发育中的作用,探索室间隔缺损的特异相关基因及其信号传导途径。应用α-MHC-Cre/lox P系统,建立了心脏ALK3基因敲除小鼠模型,利用PCR选择性cDNA差异显示法和基因芯片扫描(RNA microarray)的方法,比较对照组和试验组mRNA表达水平,筛选ALK3下游基因。对照组的mRNA来自α-MHC-Cre^+/-ALK3^F/＋的11.5d小鼠胚胎心脏,试验组的mRNA来自α-MHC-Cre^+/-ALK3^F/-的11.5d小鼠胚胎心脏。心脏特异的ALK3基因敲除后,血小板激活因子乙酰水解酶及转录因子Pax-8等基因的表达水平下降,β亚类14-3-3蛋白及蛋白酪氨酸激酶等基因的表达水平上调。血小板激活因子乙酰水解酶及转录因子Pax-8等基因可能是ALK3重要的下游基因,与室间隔缺损的形成有关;β亚类14-3-3蛋白及蛋白酪氨酸激酶等基因是骨形态形成蛋白信号传导途径的调控因子。     

活性氧清除剂和钙离子通道阻断剂对人淋巴细胞化学发光的效应

本文报道了活性氧(ROS)清除剂——苯甲酸钠、维生素C、甘露醇、L-组氨酸、过氧化氢酶和超氧化物歧化酶对Con A诱导的人外周血淋巴细胞化学发光(Ly-CL)均有抑制效应,提示人Ly-CL与ROS的生成有关,参与人Ly-CL的ROS类型有·OH、¹O₂、H₂O₂和O₂^-_·。钙通道阻断剂——Verapamil对人Ly-CL也有抑制效应,表明人Ly-CL依赖于人淋巴细胞内钙离子浓度的增加。     

活化海绵镉微型柱层析法测定血清中一氧化氮

采用铜离子活化海绵镉微型柱层析法将血清中的硝酸盐(NO^-₃)还原为亚硝酸盐(NO^-₂),再通过Griess反应测定NO^-₃/NO^-₂总量以反应体内一氧化氮（NO）水平,从而建立血清NO间接测定新方法. 结果表明,在pH 9.7 时,活化海绵镉还原NO^-₃能力强、速度快、抗干扰性好,还原率为96.4%～100.0%,检测范围为0～400 μmol·L^-1,检测限为1.85 μmol·L^-1,相对标准偏差为2.56%～3.46%,对NO^-₃的回收率为96.4%～102.2%,对NO^-₂的回收率为95.2%～101.3%,对混合标准液的回收率为98.7%～104.4%.该方法具有简便快速、灵敏准确、样品和试剂用量小等优点,可在临床推广应用.     

Oviposition by Lobesia botrana is stimulated by sugars detected by contact chemoreceptors

Abstract.  The influence of glucose, fructose and sucrose on oviposition site selection by Lobesia botrana is studied by combining behavioural and electrophysiological experiments. Oviposition choice assays, using surrogate grapes treated with grape berry surface extracts of Vitis vinifera cv. Merlot at different development stages, show that L. botrana females are most stimulated by extracts of mature berries containing the highest concentrations of glucose and fructose. Choice assays reveal that the oviposition response to these sugars is dose-dependant (with a threshold of the applied solution = 10 m m and a maximum stimulation at 1  m ) and that females are more sensitive to fructose than to glucose. Tarsal contact-chemoreceptor sensilla are unresponsive to stimulation with sugars but the ovipositor sensilla contain at least one neurone most sensitive to fructose and sucrose with a threshold of approximately 0.5 m m . Corresponding to the behavioural data, glucose is significantly less stimulatory to sensilla than fructose or sucrose. It is argued that fructose may be of special importance for herbivorous insects exploiting fruit as an oviposition site.     

Log colonization by Ips sexdentatus prevented by increasing host unsuitability signaled by verbenone

Sudden increments of breeding material after windstorms, forest fires, or inappropriate management practices help bark beetles such as Ips sexdentatus Boerner (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) increase in numbers and colonize standing healthy pine trees. Preventing bark beetles from arriving to susceptible trees or logs may have great relevance for bark beetle management. Recent studies have reported inhibition of the aggregation response of I. sexdentatus using verbenone. Two field experiments were conducted to examine the effect of verbenone on the colonization pattern of this beetle. The first experiment tested the combined effect of trans‐conophthorin, a non‐host bark volatile with known repellent effect, and verbenone on Pinus sylvestris L. (Pinaceae) log piles of two sizes, but failed to protect them against I. sexdentatus attack when these two infochemicals were released at low rates. The results of this experiment suggested an interaction with the associated secondary bark beetle Orthotomicus erosus (Wollaston). A second experiment examined the response of I. sexdentatus and O. erosus to log piles that released verbenone at 0, 2, 10, or 40 mg day^?1. Although I. sexdentatus colonization of Pinus nigra Arnold logs was completely prevented at 40 mg day^?1, O. erosus could be found at all tested verbenone release rates. Besides verbenone, O. erosus colonization density and the height from which logs originated were the variables that best explained I. sexdentatus log colonization pattern. In addition, I. sexdentatus and O. erosus were rarely recorded colonizing the same log, and niche breadth analyses suggested that they excluded each other. The role of verbenone in the colonization process and its potential use in the prevention of population buildups of damaging bark beetles such as I. sexdentatus are discussed.     

Inch by inch, row by row

Bacterial chemotaxis systems have cooperatively interacting clusters of transmembrane receptors and signaling proteins to detect, amplify, integrate and adapt to environmental signals. A recent study provides experimental data to construct a new model of the signaling complex.     

Reactivation by copper of phenolase pre-inactivated by oxalate

The activity of spinach chloroplast phenolase which had been repressed by ammonium oxalate was restored by adding copper. Oxalate appears to bind to the enzyme at a single site, the binding paralleling the inhibition produced at neutral pH. The inhibition of oxalate is due to its binding with copper at the active centre to form an inactive complex, the oxalate moiety of which is releasable when more copper is added. Similar reactivation by copper was obtained with pure mushroom phenolase.     

Anthracenediethanol inhibits lignin degradation by Phanerochaete chrysosporium by competing for oxidation by lignin peroxidase,and not by trapping singlet oxygen

The biodegradation of anthracene-9, 10-diethanol by the ligninolytic fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium, previously though to involve singlet oxygen, is shown to be catalyzed by lignin peroxidases. Veratryl alcohol stimulated the enzymatic degradation of anthracenediethanol, and anthracenediethanol inhibited enzymatic oxidation of veratryl alcohol. Competition for oxidation by lignin peroxidase is suggested as the mechanism of the inhibition of lignin biodegradation by anthracenediethanol and related anthracene derivatives.Abbreviations ADE anthracene-9,10-diethanol - AES anthracene-9,10-bisethanesulfonic acid - DHP dehydrogenative polymerizate - DMF N,N-dimethylformamide - EPX 9,10-endoperoxide of ADE - PMR proton magnetic resonance     

Separation by capillary electrophoresis followed by dynamic elution

In this study we have explored the behaviour of peptides after capillary electrophoresis (CE) followed by elution under pressure. The use of D2O- rather than H2O-based buffer solutions appears to restrict the diffusion of peptides after CE, resulting in little loss of resolution when peptides are eluted by dynamic flow. In this paper we present results showing that a simple two-step process, involving CE at a low voltage, switching off the power supply, and connecting the fused capillary at the anode end to a syringe pump for dynamic flow, can retain separation characteristics and can be used for the isolation of picomole quantities of peptides for sequence determination.     

Polarity induced by chloramphenicol and relief by suA

The suA allele, known to relieve polarity in Escherichia coli, also relieves a unique polar effect on E. coli tryptophan operon messenger RNA produced by chloramphenicol.     

Collagen phagocytosis by fibroblasts is regulated by decorin

Decorin is a small, leucine-rich proteoglycan that binds to collagen and regulates fibrillogenesis. We hypothesized that decorin binding to collagen inhibits phagocytosis of collagen fibrils. To determine the effects of decorin on collagen degradation, we analyzed phagocytosis of collagen and collagen/decorin-coated fluorescent beads by Rat-2 and gingival fibroblasts. Collagen beads bound to gingival cells by alpha2beta1 integrins. Binding and internalization of decorin/collagen-coated beads decreased dose-dependently with increasing decorin concentration (p < 0.001). Inhibition of binding was sustained over 5 h (p < 0.001) and was attributed to interactions between decorin and collagen and not to decorin-collagen receptor interactions. Both the non-glycosylated decorin core protein and the thermally denatured decorin significantly inhibited collagen bead binding (approximately 50 and 89%, respectively; p < 0.05). Mimetic peptides corresponding to leucine-rich repeats 1-3, encompassed by a collagen-binding approximately 11-kDa cyanogen bromide fragment of decorin and leucine-rich repeats 4 and 5, previously shown to bind to collagen, were tested for their ability to inhibit collagen bead binding. Although the synthetic peptide 3 alone exhibited saturable binding to collagen, neither peptides 3 nor 1 and 2 markedly inhibited phagocytosis. Leucine-rich repeat 3 bound to a triple helical peptide containing the alpha2 integrin-binding site of collagen. When collagen beads were co-incubated with peptides 3 and 4, inhibition of collagen phagocytosis (55%) was equivalent to intact native/recombinant core protein. Thus a novel collagen binding domain in decorin acts cooperatively with leucine-rich repeat 4 to mask the alpha2beta1 integrin-binding site on collagen, an important sequence for the phagocytosis of collagen fibrils.