ROCKⅠ／Ⅱ基因下调对血管平滑肌细胞迁移及增殖的影响

目的：探讨ROCK亚型ROCKⅠ和ROCKⅡ对血管平滑肌细胞（A7r5）迁移及增殖的影响。方法：利用Western blot技术检测ROCKⅠ和ROCKⅡ蛋白在A7r5细胞中的表达水平;利用siRNA技术使ROCKⅠ和ROCKⅡ基因表达分别下调,并检测基因下调后蛋白表达水平;利用Boyden小室法,观察ROCKⅠ和ROCKⅡ基因下调后及ROCK特异抑制剂Y-27632对PDGF诱导的A7r5细胞迁移的影响;使用MTT法检测ROCKⅠ和ROCKⅡ基因下调后对A7r5细胞生长曲线的影响。结果：ROCKⅠ和ROCKⅡ在A7r5细胞中的蛋白表达水平不同,ROCKⅡ较ROCKⅠ的表达水平高4倍;通过对A7r5细胞进行ROCKⅠ和ROCKⅡsiRNA转染,使二者蛋白表达水平分别下调83.4％和94.7％;基因表达下调后,ROCKⅠ明显抑制了PDGF诱导的A7r5细胞的迁移,而ROCKⅡ无明显影响,Y-27632也抑制了A7r5细胞的迁移;ROCKⅠ和ROCKⅡ基因下调后对A7r5细胞生长曲线的影响无明显差别。结论：ROCKⅠ在血管平滑肌细胞迁移过程中起主导作用,ROCKⅠ和ROCKⅡ对血管平滑肌细胞的增殖作用无明显差异。     

丹参酮Ⅰ通过诱导凋亡抑制HepG2细胞生长

目的:研究丹参酮Ⅰ对肝癌细胞HepG2生长的影响。方法:MTT法检测丹参酮Ⅰ对HepG2细胞增殖的影响,Western印迹检测经丹参酮Ⅰ处理的HepG2细胞中凋亡标志物c-Parp和周期蛋白D1的表达变化,流式细胞术检测细胞的凋亡及周期分布。结果:MTT分析发现丹参酮Ⅰ可抑制HepG2细胞的生长;经丹参酮Ⅰ处理的HepG2细胞中凋亡标志物c-Parp表达升高,周期蛋白D1表达无明显变化;流式细胞术分析结果进一步证明丹参酮Ⅰ可诱导HepG2细胞发生凋亡,对细胞周期分布无明显影响。结论:丹参酮Ⅰ通过诱导细胞凋亡而抑制HepG2细胞的生长,对细胞周期无明显阻滞,为进一步研究丹参酮Ⅰ的抗肿瘤作用分子机制提供了线索。     

ROCK Ⅰ/Ⅱ基因下调对血管平滑肌细胞迁移及增殖的影响

目的:探讨ROCK亚型ROCK Ⅰ和ROCKⅡ对血管平滑肌细胞(A7r5)迁移及增殖的影响.方法:利用Western blot技术检测ROCK Ⅰ和ROCKⅡ蛋白在A7r5细胞中的表达水平;利用siRNA技术使ROCK Ⅰ和ROCKⅡ基因表达分别下调,并检测基因下调后蛋白表达水平;利用Boyden小室法,观察ROCK Ⅰ和ROCKⅡ基因下调后及RocK特异抑制剂Y-27632对PDGF诱导的A7r5细胞迁移的影响:使用MTT法检测ROCK Ⅰ和ROCKⅡ基因下调后对A7r5细胞生长曲线的影响.结果:ROCK Ⅰ和ROCKⅡ在A7r5细胞中的蛋白表达水平不同,ROCKⅡ较ROCK Ⅰ的表达水平高4倍;通过对A7r5细胞进行ROCK Ⅰ和ROCKⅡ siRNA转染,使二者蛋白表达水平分别下调83.4%和94.7%;基因表达下调后,ROCK Ⅰ明显抑制了PDGF诱导的A7r5细胞的迁移,而ROCKⅡ无明显影响,Y-27632也抑制了A7r5细胞的迁移;ROCK Ⅰ和ROCKⅡ基因下调后对A7r5细胞生长曲线的影响无明显差别.结论:ROCK Ⅰ在血管平滑肌细胞迁移过程中起主导作用,ROCK Ⅰ和ROCKⅡ对血管平滑肌细胞的增殖作用无明显差异.     

九节龙皂苷诱导胶质瘤SHG-44细胞凋亡的实验观察

目的：探讨九节龙皂苷对胶质瘤SHG-44细胞潜在的治疗作用及其机制。方法：用四基偶唑蓝（MTT）法检测5、7．5、10、12．5、15、20、40、80mg／L九节龙皂苷作用6、12、24、72h对人胶质瘤SHG-44细胞活性的影响和细胞流式术检测SGH-44细胞调亡情况;Hoeehst33258荧光染色法观察细胞形态的变化;琼脂糖凝胶电泳检测SHG-44细胞DNA的完整性。结果：九节龙皂苷明显抑制SHG-44细胞生长活性呈浓度-时间依赖性,并诱导细胞发生明显的凋亡,细胞核发生浓聚边集,DNA呈凋亡特异性“梯状”分布。结论：九节龙皂苷明显抑制SHG-44细胞的生长活性,能引起胶质瘤细胞大量凋亡,具有显著的抗肿瘤作用。     

大肠杆菌Nissle1917 L-天冬酰胺酶Ⅱ基因在大肠杆菌BL21中的表达与抗肿瘤活性

【目的】从大肠杆菌Nissle1917中获得L-天冬酰胺酶Ⅱ基因,并研究其抗肿瘤活性。【方法】以大肠杆菌Nissle1917基因组为模板PCR扩增L-天冬酰胺酶Ⅱ基因,克隆至可诱导表达载体pET28a上。将L-天冬酰胺酶Ⅱ表达载体pET28a-asp转化至大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中并通过IPTG诱导表达,经聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(SDS-PAGE)和液相色谱-质谱(LC-MS)对表达的L-天冬酰胺酶Ⅱ进行鉴定,并通过镍柱亲和层析纯化收集表达出的L-天冬酰胺酶Ⅱ。用纯化定量以后的L-天冬酰胺酶Ⅱ作用小鼠乳腺癌4T1细胞、人肝癌Hep-3B细胞和人脐静脉内皮细胞HUVEC。【结果】来自于大肠杆菌Nissle1917的L-天冬酰胺酶Ⅱ基因可在大肠杆菌BL21中高效表达并通过LC-MS得到鉴定,细胞毒性实验结果表明L-天冬酰胺酶Ⅱ对4T1细胞和Hep-3B细胞的生长具有较强的抑制作用,而对人脐静脉内皮细胞HUVEC的生长无明显抑制效果。【结论】来源于大肠杆菌Nissle1917的L-天冬酰胺酶Ⅱ能显著抑制4T1细胞和Hep-3肿瘤细胞的生长,而对人正常组织细胞的生长无明显抑制效果,为进一步研究L-天冬酰胺酶Ⅱ特异性抗肿瘤作用机制和对实体瘤的应用研究奠定了重要基础。     

水飞蓟宾微量元素配合物的合成及其抗菌抗肿瘤活性研究

合成水飞蓟宾钙、铁、锌、硒、铬、钴配合物6个中药新药,采用IR、UV、Lc-MS、EDTA络合滴定和元素分析仪表征配合物化学结构,结果显示合成的配合物配位比为2∶1(水飞蓟宾∶微量元素),且小鼠急性毒性实验显示6个配合物均无明显毒性。采用倍比稀释法测定配合物对枯草杆菌等9种致病菌的抑制活性,发现其最小抑菌浓度MIC均低于水飞蓟宾,抗菌活性提升至2～4倍;采用MTT法测定配合物对5株肿瘤细胞增殖的影响,发现其半数抑制浓度IC_(50)均小于水飞蓟宾,抗肿瘤活性提升至1.11～1.53倍。综上,水飞蓟宾与微量元素形成配合物后,其抗菌及抗肿瘤活性均增强。     

不同生长期草菇提取物的生物活性研究

对草菇不同生长期的菌丝体及子实体分别用95%乙醇提取,对获得的5个提取物进行了化学成分定性检验、HPLC图谱分析和体外抗肿瘤、抑制DPP-IV酶的活性研究。结果表明：草菇不同生长期的菌丝体及子实体中均含有生物碱、有机酸、甾类（或三萜）、糖类、氨基酸（蛋白）等物质。草菇4个生长期的菌丝体醇提物对正常细胞WPMY-1的增殖无抑制作用而对3种肿瘤细胞L1210、SW620、K562全部或部分的增殖有一定的抑制作用。说明这4个生长期的菌丝体醇提物具有抗肿瘤活性。子实体95%醇提物对肿瘤细胞L1210、SW620、K562和正常细胞WPMY-1的增殖均具有抑制作用,说明该部分可能具有细胞毒性。草菇不同生长期的菌丝体和子实体提取物均有一定抑制DPP-IV酶的活性,其中生长2周的菌丝体醇提物对DPP-IV酶的抑制活性较强,IC₅₀值达到0.32mg/mL,该结果说明生长2周的草菇菌丝体具有最佳的抗肿瘤和降血糖潜力。     

柳叶亚菊中酚类化合物的抗氧化和抗肿瘤活性及凋亡机制

目的:从柳叶亚菊植物中提取的两种具有显著生物活性的天然苯酚类化合物4-羟基-3,5-二甲氧基-4-(2-丙酮基)环己烷-2,5-二烯-1-酮和6-甲氧基-5,7-二羟基香豆素(分别命名为Ⅰ号和Ⅱ号),分析测定其抗氧化活性和抗肿瘤活性及其促凋亡机制。方法:采用DPPH和ABTS自由基法以及MTT法分别测定两种化合物抗氧化和体外抗肿瘤活性,利用RT-PCR测定两种化合物对人血癌细胞株K562细胞核转录因子NF-κB P65 mRNA的表达以及Western blot测定其对核转录因子NF-κB P65、Fas、β-catenin和E-cadherin四种蛋白表达的影响。结果:1抗氧化实验分析得出Ⅰ号化合物具有强烈的抗氧化活性而Ⅱ号化合物无抗氧化活性;2抗肿瘤(MTT)实验分析数据可知Ⅰ号化合物无抗肿瘤活性而Ⅱ号化合物具有强烈的抗肿瘤活性;3利用实时定量q-PCR测得加入Ⅱ号化合物组与空白组相比,NF-κB P65 mRNA的表达明显上调(P0.05);4通过Western blot实验得出Ⅱ号化合物组核转录因子NF-κB P65、Fas、β-catenin和E-cadherin四种蛋白的表达明显上调(P0.05),并且蛋白表达量与药物浓度呈现明显剂量效应关系。结论:两种酚类化合物分别具有抗氧化和抗肿瘤活性,Ⅱ号化合物的抑癌作用机理可能一方面通过上调NF-κB P65、Fas表达,进入经典的Fas凋亡信号通路;另一方面,通过诱导β-catenin连环蛋白以及E-cadherin钙粘蛋白的表达上调,二者参与细胞间的粘连,对防止癌细胞的扩散和肿瘤的转移具有重大意义。     

仿刺参多糖抗肿瘤及对荷瘤小鼠免疫调节作用

目的 观察仿刺参多糖(AJPS)抗肿瘤及免疫调节作用.方法 采用MTT法检测AJPS对人肝癌HepG-2细胞抑制率;以Hca-F肝癌小鼠为模型,采用MTT法、放免法测定荷瘤小鼠细胞免疫指标.结果 AJPS抑制HepG-2细胞生长,抑制小鼠移植瘤生长;增强脾淋巴细胞和巨噬细胞活性,促进TNF-α和IL-2的产生.结论 AJPS具有对HepG-2细胞的直接杀伤作用;AJPS对荷瘤小鼠有免疫调节活性,在肿瘤的免疫治疗中发挥作用.     

膜型Tim-3分子促进荷瘤小鼠抗肿瘤免疫应答的研究

目的 研究膜型Tim-3分子对H22肝癌细胞生长的抑制效应,探讨膜型Tim-3分子对荷瘤小鼠免疫系统的影响.方法 以H22肝癌细胞接种于BALB/c小鼠大腿肌肉建立小鼠实体瘤模型,采用原位注射裸DNA的方法在小鼠体内表达膜型Tim-3进行基因治疗,观察Tim-3对肿瘤生长的抑制作用;采用RTPCR技术在肿瘤生长不同时期检测Tim-3对4-1BB、IFN-γ、galectin-9等免疫相关基因表达的影响;流式细胞术检测膜型Tim-3对脾细胞增殖活性及细胞毒活性的影响;观察Tim-3 ＋4-1 BBL协同抗肿瘤作用.结果 体内转染表达Tim-3对肿瘤的生长有明显的抑制作用.流式细胞术结果显示,在小鼠荷瘤早期,Tim-3可提高脾细胞在特异性抗原刺激下的增殖反应和对H22肿瘤细胞的细胞毒作用;Tim-3与4-1BBL协同作用时抗肿瘤作用更加明显.结论 膜型Tim-3可在免疫启动阶段作为正向免疫调节因子增强抗肿瘤免疫应答,并可与4-1 BBL协同产生更强的抑瘤效应.     

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.