HIF-1α/BNIP3信号通路对BCG诱导巨噬细胞自噬的影响

【背景】缺氧诱导因子1α(hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha,HIF-1α)是响应细胞低氧反应的关键因子,在红细胞生成、血管形成、能量代谢及调节宿主免疫代谢中发挥着重要作用。【目的】探讨HIF-1α/Bcl-2-腺病毒E1B相互作用蛋白3(Bcl-2-adenovirus E1B 19-kDa interacting protein 3,BNIP3)信号通路对牛分枝杆菌卡介苗(Bacillus Calmette-Guérin,BCG)诱导小鼠巨噬细胞RAW 264.7自噬的影响。【方法】构建HIF-1α的小干扰RNA (siHIF-1α),转染RAW 264.7细胞后,结合BCG感染,采用流式细胞仪检测细胞自噬率,用Western blotting或免疫荧光技术检测HIF-1α、BNIP3、LC3、Beclin 1、Rheb和mTOR的表达水平。【结果】BCG感染显著上调巨噬细胞中LC3和HIF-1α的表达,用siHIF-1α结合BCG感染后显著下调巨噬细胞中HIF-1α、BNIP3、LC3、Beclin 1和细胞自噬率水平,并促进Rheb和p-mTOR的表达。【结论】在BCG感染RAW 264.7细胞过程中,干扰HIF-1α表达抑制了HIF-1α/BNIP3信号通路,进而激活了mTOR途径,抑制BCG感染诱导的细胞自噬。     

甘草酸对巨噬细胞抗绵羊肺炎支原体感染的调控作用研究

为观察甘草酸在小鼠巨噬细胞系RAW264.7抗绵羊肺炎支原体(Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae,MO)感染中的作用,实验利用CCK-8细胞活性检测找到最佳甘草酸处理浓度;检测甘草酸对受MO感染的巨噬细胞活性的影响。流式细胞仪检测甘草酸对RAW264.7巨噬细胞生长周期的影响;ELISA检测甘草酸对受MO感染的巨噬细胞分泌TNF-α的影响;Western blot检测细胞凋亡因子Bax、Bad的表达情况。RT-PCR检测凋亡和自噬相关基因的表达情况。结果显示,浓度为12μmol/L的甘草酸显著升高RAW264.7的活性(P=0.012 9),且处于G1期的细胞数减少,G2期的细胞数增加。甘草酸(12μmol/L)可提高受MO感染的RAW264.7的增殖率(P=0.034 0),培养上清中TNF-α含量升高(P=0.015 2),巨噬细胞中促凋亡蛋白Bax表达量增加,但基因caspase 3和caspase 9的表达量显著下调(P<0.000 1),自噬相关基因Atg 7和Beclin 1表达量显著升高(P<0.000 1)。结果提示在MO感染巨噬细胞引起免疫抑制的情况下,甘草酸可通过促增殖、抑凋亡、促进TNF-α的表达、增加自噬来起到免疫调控作用。     

白念珠菌肌醇多磷酸激酶Kcs1的功能

【目的】鉴定白念珠菌肌醇多磷酸激酶Kcs1蛋白,并探索Kcs1在该病原菌细胞自噬、菌丝发育及致病过程中的功能。【方法】采用二步PCR介导的同源重组方法,构建白念珠菌KCS1基因缺失菌株kcs1Δ/Δ及回补菌株KCS1c;采用氮饥饿敏感性测定及GFP-Atg8自噬报告系统,测定KCS1缺失对白念珠菌自噬过程的影响;采用菌丝诱导培养,测定KCS1缺失对白念珠菌菌丝发育能力的影响;采用巨噬细胞模型及小鼠系统性感染模型,分析KCS1缺失对白念珠菌感染宿主能力的影响。【结果】KCS1缺失造成白念珠菌氮饥饿耐受能力降低,氮饥饿条件下自噬相关蛋白Atg8的降解及转运水平下降,菌丝发育变缓,对巨噬细胞耐受及损伤能力减弱,但不影响菌株的小鼠系统性感染能力。【结论】白念珠菌肌醇多磷酸激酶Kcs1在细胞自噬、菌丝发育、与巨噬细胞相互作用等方面发挥重要作用。     

雷公藤红素通过激活LXRα/ABCA1通路和细胞自噬抑制巨噬细胞脂质蓄积

巨噬细胞源性泡沫细胞转化被认为是动脉粥样硬化(atherosclerosis,AS)形成与发展的早期变化,其细胞内蓄积的过量脂质可通过促进血管内膜生长与坏死核形成,继而诱发斑块破裂及血栓形成等严重后果.近期研究发现,雷公藤红素可显著调节脂质代谢,对泡沫细胞转化进程具有潜在的治疗意义.本研究表明,雷公藤红素(Celasrol,CeT)呈浓度依赖性减少巨噬细胞Raw264.7内的脂滴积蓄,并上调胆固醇转运关键分子ABCA1、LXRA蛋白质表达.进一步研究显示,CeT可逆转ABCA1敲低介导的脂质蓄积与ABCA1表达下调.此外,CeT处理Raw264.7细胞24 h时观察到自噬标志物LC3Ⅱ/Ⅰ增加、p62减少,且采用自噬抑制剂3MA可恢复细胞内脂质水平.综上,CeT可能通过上调LXRα/ABCA1信号及激活荷脂细胞自噬,抑制巨噬细胞内脂质蓄积.因此,深入探究CeT在巨噬细胞源性泡沫细胞转化及AS发生发展中的作用,是研究AS治疗新的着力点,并为药物干预提供新的靶点.     

结核分枝杆菌eis基因对鼠巨噬细胞Raw264．7白噬影响的研究

目的探讨结核分枝杆菌eis基因对巨噬细胞自噬的影响。方法将鼠巨噬细胞Raw264．7以自噬体荧光表达质粒GFP-LC3转染,将含eis基因的重组耻垢分枝杆菌MS—pmv261-eis与不含eis基因的耻垢分枝杆菌MS—pmv261分别感染宿主巨噬细胞,透射电镜下观察自噬小体形成情况,荧光显微镜下观察自噬荧光并计数,Westernblot检测如基因表达的蛋白及自噬蛋白LC3-Ⅱ的表达水平。结果结核分枝杆菌eis基因可抑制感染宿主细胞自噬小体的形成,并显著抑制自噬荧光小点形成（P〈0．05）,显著降低了自噬蛋白LC3-Ⅱ表达水平。结论结核分枝杆菌e曲基因对Raw264．7细胞自噬有抑制作用。     

细胞自噬与炭疽致死毒素的相互作用

目的：研究炭疽致死毒素在巨噬细胞中引起细胞自噬现象以及细胞自噬对炭疽致死毒素毒性的影响。方法：采用电子显微镜观察、单丹磺酰尸胺（MDC）荧光染色、Western印迹检测研究炭疽致死毒素作用后的巨噬细胞;采用MTT法检测细胞自噬对炭疽致死毒素毒性的影响。结果：采用以上3种方法,在巨噬细胞J774A.1中均可检测到细胞自噬现象;通过诱导或抑制细胞自噬,分别提高或降低了炭疽致死毒素的半数致死浓度。结论：炭疽致死毒素在巨噬细胞内能引起细胞自噬现象;细胞自噬能减弱炭疽致死毒素对巨噬细胞的毒性。     

番鸭呼肠孤病毒感染诱导细胞自噬的研究

本研究通过透射电镜观察自噬体的形态学结构,蛋白免疫印迹(Western blot)检测细胞自噬相关蛋白LC3II和磷酸化mTOR(p-mTOR)表达量的动态变化趋势,探索番鸭呼肠孤病毒(MDRV)感染对细胞自噬的影响。结果显示,MDRV-YB株感染的DF-1细胞中可见典型的包裹胞浆成分的双层膜结构;MDRV感染番鸭成纤维细胞(MDFs)和DF-1细胞后0~60h内,其LC3II表达量均呈现先升高后降低的趋势,且均在感染后36h达到最大值,其p-mTOR表达量均呈现先降低后回升的趋势,且分别在感染后36h和24h达到最低值;灭活MDRV组细胞未见LC3II表达。结果表明MDRV能够诱导感染的MDFs和DF-1细胞持续较长时间细胞自噬,而灭活的MDRV不能引起细胞自噬。     

表达GFP/mCherry白色念珠菌的构建及其在与巨噬细胞互作中的应用

白色念珠菌(Candida albicans)被巨噬细胞吞噬的效率与被吞噬后的形态观察是研究白色念珠菌与巨噬细胞互作的重要内容。【目的】以野生型菌株SC5314为母本,构建能够表达绿色荧光蛋白(green fluorescent protein, GFP)/mCherry的白色念珠菌,应用于巨噬细胞与白色念珠菌互作的研究。【方法】通过生长与形态观察、细胞活性检测及小鼠系统性感染模型确定荧光蛋白的表达对菌株生长、形态与毒力的影响;在共培养条件下,通过流式细胞术及荧光显微镜检测巨噬细胞的吞噬率及白色念珠菌的形态变化。【结果】构建的菌株在表型上与野生型菌株一致,并可用于在共培养下测定巨噬细胞吞噬率的流式细胞术以及观察白色念珠菌的形态变化。【结论】表达荧光蛋白的菌株为研究巨噬细胞与白色念珠菌的互作提供了新方法。     

sRAGE抑制缺血/再灌注引起的心肌细胞自噬

可溶性晚期糖基化终末产物受体（soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products,sRAGE）作为内源性保护物质,能够拮抗心肌缺血/再灌注(ischemia/reperfusion,I/R）损伤发生,重要机制是减轻心肌细胞凋亡。而近年来随着细胞死亡研究的深入,细胞自噬被认为是一种新的细胞程序性死亡。sRAGE是否可以抑制缺血/再灌引起的心肌细胞自噬尚未见报道。本文研究证明,sRAGE可抑制缺血/再灌注引起的心肌细胞自噬。以心肌细胞缺氧/复氧模拟心肌细胞缺血/再灌注模型,蛋白质印迹检测自噬门户蛋白beclin-1的表达,激光共聚焦显微镜检测自噬小体及自噬溶酶体的形成。心肌再灌注期间,心肌细胞自噬小体增加,而自噬溶酶体下降。细胞内自噬小体堆积,说明心肌细胞缺血/再灌注使自噬小体与溶酶体结合受损,清除发生障碍。与缺血/再灌注（I/R）组比较,缺血/再灌+sRAGE（I/R+sRAGE）组的自噬流减弱。此外,自噬门户蛋白beclin-1也表达下降。以上结果从细胞形态学和蛋白水平两方面说明,sRAGE抑制了I/R引起的心肌细胞自噬。换言之,sRAGE可以直接作用于心肌细胞拮抗缺血/再灌注损伤,其保护性作用可能与抑制心肌细胞自噬有关。     

MiR-147a通过抑制细胞自噬促进HIF-1α蛋白的积累

目的:HIF-1α是由低氧诱导表达的一个重要的调节肿瘤生长、代谢的转录因子,它的降解除了通过泛素-蛋白酶体途径降解之外还与可以通过细胞自噬途径降解。通过研究miR-147a对细胞自噬的影响从而进一步研究miR-147a对HIF-1α降解的影响。方法:在HeLa细胞中过表达miR-147a,用Western blot和Q-PCR检测细胞自噬相关的标志物LC3B、P62、LAMP-2A的变化。再通过溶酶体-自噬泡共定位实验共聚焦显微镜观察自噬泡的数量以及共定位情况。最后通过加入自噬诱导剂(EBSS)和自噬抑制剂(Bafilomycin A1),用Western blot检测转染NC与miR-147a后HIF-1α蛋白的表达情况。结果:过表达miR-147a后自噬相关的标志物LC3B、P62表达量上升,LAMP-2A表达量下降,且溶酶体与自噬泡的共定位增多;加入自噬诱导剂和自噬抑制剂后HIF-1α蛋白的表达量增加。结果表明miR-147a可以抑制细胞自噬的巨自噬途径以及分子伴侣介导的自噬途径,积累HIF-1α蛋白。结论:miR-147a通过抑制细胞自噬从而减少HIF-1α蛋白的降解,但是miR-147a作用靶点的分子机制需要进一步研究。     

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.     

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     

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.     

鸡传染性法氏囊病病毒研究进展

传染性法氏囊病(Infection bursal disease, IBD)是由鸡传染性法氏囊病毒(Infectious bursal disease virus, IBDV)引起的鸡和火鸡的一种高度接触性传染病,给世界各国的禽养殖业带来了巨大损失.自IBDV发现至今新的变异株不断出现,分子结构的改变导致病毒致病力的改变及宿主对疫苗应答的改变,使得传统的疫苗已不能控制其流行,因此各国学者对其基因组结构和功能进行了广泛深入的研究,并积极研制新型有效的疫苗以达到防治的目的.     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.