AG490上调BATF2表达抑制淋巴瘤细胞增殖

目的：AG490 作为JAK2/STAT3 通路的抑制剂,在对肿瘤细胞的抑制作用上所展现出的高效低毒性,使其有望成为临床上治疗肿瘤的一种可能的药物。然而,AG490 的抗瘤机制尚未明确。因此,本文拟对AG490 抑制淋巴瘤细胞增殖的效应及其作用机制进行进一步探讨,为AG490 应用于临床提供实验依据。方法：用不同剂量的AG490 处理淋巴瘤细胞（Namalwa 和JeKo-1）、Jurkat T 淋巴细胞性白血病细胞和THP-1 单核细胞性白血病细胞24小时,CCK-8 法检测AG490 （0 滋M、2 滋M、20 滋M、50 μM、200滋M）对上述细胞的增殖抑制作用,实时定量PCR 法检测BATF2 mRNA 的变化,Western blot 法检测其蛋白水平的变化,细胞转染siRNA 法抑制BATF2 表达后CCK8 法检测AG490 对Namalwa 细胞的增殖抑制效应。结果：AG490 呈剂量依赖性地抑制Namalwa、JeKo-1、Jurkat 细胞的增殖（P〈0.05）,同时上调其BATF2 mRNA 水平和蛋白水平的表达（P〈0.05）。对于无显著抑制作用的THP-1 细胞,BATF2 的表达亦未见升高（P〉0.05）。siRNA 法抑制BATF2 基因表达后,AG490 对Namalwa 细胞的增殖抑制效果明显降低（P〈0.05）。结论：AG490 杀肿瘤细胞的效率与其诱导的BATF2 的表达呈正相关,抑制BATF2 的表达后AG490 抑制肿瘤细胞增殖的效率明显降低。因此,AG490可能是通过上调BATF2表达的方式抑制淋巴瘤细胞增殖。这意味着BATF2 是AG490 杀伤淋巴瘤细胞的作用靶点,可能为新药的开发做出一定的贡献。     

AG490对甲状腺髓样癌TT细胞放射敏感性的影响

为了研究AG490对甲状腺髓样癌TT细胞放射敏感性,本研究选择甲状腺髓样癌TT细胞作为研究对象,并采用不同浓度AG490 (0, 25μmol/L, 50μmol/L, 100μmol/L)处理细胞,利用MTT法、流式细胞术和克隆形成实验分别对细胞增殖、凋亡及放射敏感性进行检测,并采用Western blotting法检测各组JAK2、p-STAT3、Bcl-2、Bax蛋白表达。结果表明,与A组相比,B、C、D组的抑制增殖作用增强,呈浓度和时间依赖性;随着AG490药物浓度的增加凋亡率逐渐增加;与A组相比,C组细胞存活分数显著降低;JAK2、p-STAT3和Bcl-2的蛋白表达量随着药物浓度的升高而逐渐降低,Bax蛋白表达量随着药物浓度的升高而逐渐增加。AG490对甲状腺髓样癌TT细胞增殖有抑制作用,可促进细胞凋亡,提高放射敏感性。     

靶向survivin 的siRNA 联合5-FU 转染抑制肝细胞株HepG2 增殖的研究

目的:研究靶向survivin的(小分子干扰RNA)siRNA和(氟尿嘧啶)5-FU联用对肝癌细胞HepG2的增殖抑制及凋亡的影响。方法:将HepG2细胞分为空白对照组、阴性对照组、5-FU处理组、siRNA转染组、5-FU+siRNA转染组。转染采用脂质体法。RT-PCR法检测HepG2细胞survivin mRNA转录水平;MTT法检测靶向survivin的siRNA和5-FU对HepG2细胞增殖的抑制作用;流式细胞术检测HepG2细胞凋亡情况。结果:空白对照组、阴性对照组、5-FU处理组survivin mRNA表达无明显变化(P>0.05),siRNA转染组、5-FU+siRNA转染组survivin mRNA表达明显下降(F=280.326,q=4.72~7.34,P<0.05)。5-FU+siRNA转染组增殖抑制率为51.58%±1.35%,与其它各组相比抑制率明显增高(F=280.326,q=5.27~9.84,P<0.05)。5-FU+siRNA组与其它各组相比细胞凋亡率明显增高(F=13568.68,q=110.47～327.16,P<0.01)。结论:将靶向survivin的siRNA和5-FU联合应用可以显著抑制肝癌细胞survivin基因表达,并协同抑制HepG2细胞增殖,共同发挥诱导细胞凋亡作用。     

紫草素对人脑胶质瘤U251 细胞增殖和凋亡的影响

目的:观察紫草素对体外培养的人脑胶质瘤U251细胞的增殖和凋亡的影响。方法:应用MTT法和Annexin V-FITC/PI双染流式细胞术分别检测2.5、5、10μM/L的紫草素对U251细胞的体外抑杀作用以及凋亡诱导作用,进一步应用Western blot方法检测紫草素对凋亡相关蛋白Bcl-2及Bax表达水平的影响。结果:紫草素对人U251胶质瘤细胞具有明显的增殖抑制作用,且呈一定的剂量依赖性和时间依赖性。紫草素可明显上调U251细胞Bax的表达,下调Bcl-2的表达,与对照组相比存在显著性差异(P0.05)。结论:紫草素对人胶质瘤U251细胞具有明显的抑制增殖和促进凋亡作用。     

Survivin靶向siRNA抑制大肠癌细胞增殖的作用

目的 构建survivin靶向siRNA重组表达载体,研究其对人大肠癌细胞生长的抑制作用。方法构建Stirvivin靶向siRNA并转染结肠癌细胞,通过RT-PCR和Westernblot方法检测survivin的表达,采用MTT法检测siRNA对细胞增殖的抑制作用。结果经酶切鉴定和测序结果证实survivin靶向siRNA重组表达载体构建成功,它对大肠癌细胞survivinmRNA和蛋白的表达抑制率分别为36．33％和44．65％,肿瘤细胞的生长受到明显抑制。结论survivin靶向siRNA构建成功并能显著抑制survivin基因的表达。     

siRNA沉默整合素beta1 基因对子宫内膜癌细胞侵袭、转移的影响

目的：探讨siRNA 沉默整合素茁1 基因对子宫内膜癌细胞侵袭、转移的影响。方法：选取子宫内膜癌ECC-1细胞系(ER阳性) 和KLE细胞系(ER阴性)，分别转染Integrin beta1 siRNA 质粒(Integrin beta1 siRNA 组)、无义序列siRNA质粒(无义序列对照组)和空载 质粒(空载对照组)，利用实时荧光定量PCR 检测各组细胞中Integrin 茁1 mRNA的表达，Western blot 检测各组细胞中Integrin beta1、 beta-catenin 和C-Myc 蛋白的表达，Transwell 小室检测各组细胞迁移和侵袭能力，MTT 法检测各组细胞的增殖情况。结果：Integrin beta1 siRNA 组ECC-1 细胞和KLE 细胞中Integrin beta1 mRNA 和蛋白相对表达量均低于无义序列对照组和空载对照组(P<0.05)； Integrin beta 1 siRNA组ECC-1 细胞和KLE细胞中beta-catenin 蛋白和C-Myc 蛋白相对表达量均低于无义序列对照组和空载对照组， 差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05)；Integrin beta1 siRNA组ECC-1 细胞和KLE 细胞中迁移细胞数和侵袭细胞数均低于无义序列对照组 和空载对照组(P<0.05)；Integrin beta1 siRNA 组ECC-1细胞和KLE 细胞的A 值均低于无义序列对照组和空载对照组(P<0.05)。结 论：特异性抑制Integrin beta1 基因可抑制子宫内膜癌细胞迁移、侵袭和增殖，可能与抑制Wnt信号传导有关。     

慢病毒介导RNA干扰HPIP蛋白抑制肿瘤细胞增殖

目的:建立高效稳定的造血相关的PBX相互作用蛋白质(HPIP)小干扰RNA(siRNA)细胞导入方法,检测HPIP的表达对肿瘤细胞生长增殖的影响。方法:构建人HPIP慢病毒siRNA干扰载体,将重组质粒转染人胚肾293T细胞,通过实时定量RT-PCR及Western印迹分析检测Lenti-H1 HPIP siRNA的干扰效果;将Lenti-H1 HPIPsiRNA与4个包装质粒共同转染293T细胞,包装成慢病毒后,感染宫颈癌HeLa和肝癌HepG2细胞,经嘌呤霉素筛选2周后,收集细胞进行Western印迹检测;用结晶紫实验检测其对肿瘤细胞生长增殖的影响。结果:构建的Lenti-H1 HPIP siRNA能有效抑制HPIP的表达;结晶紫实验显示,慢病毒介导的HPIP siRNA导致细胞增殖的显著抑制。结论:慢病毒介导的HPIP敲减能明显抑制肿瘤细胞的增殖,HPIP可能是一个潜在的肿瘤治疗新靶点。     

敲减人HPIP基因表达抑制细胞生长增殖

为了探讨人造血相关的PBX相互作用蛋白质基因（HPIP）在肿瘤发生发展中的生物学作用,构建了HPIP小干扰RNA(siRNA)的真核表达载体,验证其敲减效果并观察其对细胞生长增殖的影响.根据人HPIP的cDNA序列,设计了含有小发卡结构的寡核苷酸序列,将其克隆到siRNA表达载体上;将重组质粒转染人胚肾293T细胞,通过实时定量RT-PCR及Western 印迹分析检测HPIP基因的表达水平;结晶紫实验及流式细胞技术检测敲减HPIP基因表达对细胞生长和增殖的影响,软琼脂实验检测对肿瘤细胞非锚定依赖性生长的影响.结果显示,构建的siRNA能够有效抑制HPIP基因的表达;结晶紫实验与细胞周期分析实验显示,siRNA介导的HPIP表达沉默导致细胞生长增殖的显著抑制,软琼脂实验结果表明,稳定转染HPIP siRNA能够抑制肿瘤细胞的锚定非依赖性生长.上述结果初步表明,HPIP siRNA能明显抑制肿瘤细胞的生长与增殖,可能是一个潜在的肿瘤治疗新靶点.     

骨髓间充质干细胞通过JAK／STAT3信号通路抑制树突状细胞成熟

骨髓间充质干细胞（bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells,bMSCs）具有自我更新、支持造血、多向分化和低免疫原性等特点,在调控树突状细胞（dendritic cells,DCs）成熟的过程中发挥重要作用。为了探讨bMSCs调控DCs成熟的机制,本研究通过分离培养正常捐献者bMSCs,并分离获取外周静脉血单个核细胞,诱导未成熟的树突状细胞（immature dendritic cells,imDCs）和成熟的树突状细胞（mature dendritic cells,mDCs）生成。根据Genebank中人STAT3全长基因序列,设计针对STAT3的siRNA。根据培养条件不同设计实验分组：正常bMSCs与imDCs共培养（阴性对照组）,转染siRNA的bMSCs与imDCs共培养（siRNA组）、加入JAK/STAT通路抑制剂AG490的bMSCs与imDCs共培养（AG490组）、加入TNF-α诱导的mDCs（阳性对照组）共4组,共培养72 h,流式细胞术分析DCs表型变化,ELISA检测培养液上清中IL-12水平变化。结果显示,阴性对照组不表达CD40、CD80、CD83、CD86和HLA DR标志树突细胞成熟的分子,而表达CD11b,其表型与imDCs一致;而siRNA组和AG490组的DCs表达CD40、CD80、CD83、CD86和HLA-DR等标志分子,而不表达CD11b,其表型与TNF-α诱导成熟的mDCs表型一致;siRNA组、AG490组和阳性对照组的IL-12水平较阴性对照组的IL-12水平显著升高（P＜0.05）,但siRNA组、AG490组和阳性对照组之间无明显差异（P＞0.05）。以上结果表明,通过siRNA和抑制剂AG490阻断bMSCs中JAK/STAT3通路促进了imDCs的成熟,提示bMSCs通过JAK/STAT3通路参与调控imDCs成熟。     

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.