微激光照射肥大细胞对胞内钙离子浓度的影响

目的:研究850 nm波长微激光对肥大细胞照射后胞内钙离子浓度的影响。方法:实验前12 h,将肥大细胞接种于激光共聚焦专用培养皿中,然后用D-Hank’s液洗涤3次,加入2 m L D-Hank’s液,按照照射时间不同共分六组(Control,1 min,2 min,2.5 min,3 min,4 min),其中,空白对照组不进行激光照射处理;激光照射后,弃去D-Hank’s液,加入含有Fluo-3/AM的D-Hank’s液1 m L,放入培养箱中孵育30 min后,用D-Hank’s液洗涤3次去除胞外多余的Fluo-3/AM,再加入含有10%FBS的D-Hank’s液2 m L,置激光扫描共聚焦显微镜检测。结果:空白对照组中细胞内未见荧光,说明此时胞内无钙离子,但从1 min开始在细胞中发现荧光,而且发现随着照射时间的加长,其荧光强度越来越强,这可能与微激光照射时间越长从而刺激胞内出现更多的钙离子有关。从上面的实验说明850 nm微激光能作为仿灸仪器的光源。     

850nm微激光美白效应的光谱法研究

850 nm微激光已被发现能够减少黑色素细胞内酪氨酸酶的表达,进而抑制黑色素的合成。在此基础上本文选用C57BL/6J小鼠为模型,采用拉曼光谱法和荧光光谱法初步研究了850 nm微激光的在体美白效应。黑色素含量丰富时,小鼠皮肤拉曼谱线中代表黑色素的信号(1 405 cm-1和1 609 cm-1)变得异常明显;而经过微激光的照射后这些拉曼信号明显减弱。在NIR光的激发下黑色素也能发出强烈的荧光,这种荧光信号也会因微激光的照射而减弱。通过计算相对的拉曼信号强度及荧光信号强度对850 nm微激光的美白效应进行了定量分析。最后,采用常规的组织学检测(HE染色和Fontana-Masson染色)验证了光谱学检测手段的有效性。因此,光谱学技术可以作为一种简单有效的方法用于黑色素相关生理事件的实时检测。     

低功率He-Ne激光照射下细胞内活性氧自由基的产生和游离Ca^2＋浓度的研究

在临床应用中,低功率He-Ne激光(632.8 nm)能促进骨骼肌修复,加速创伤愈合,降低牙齿的超敏感性,减缓疼痛等.大量研究表明:低功率He-Ne激光能调节细胞的众多行为,如细胞增殖、分泌、迁移、粘附、蛋白质合成和基因表达等.但低功率He-Ne激光调节细胞行为的分子机制并未阐明,考察低功率He-Ne激光照射后细胞内活性氧自由基的产生水平和游离ca2 浓度是否会发生变化,通过激光扫描共聚焦显微镜,分别利用H:DCFDA和Fluo-3/AM这两种荧光探针,检测到经He-Ne激光照射后,肺腺癌细胞内活性氧自由基的水平上调以及游离Ca2 浓度增加.该研究为低功率He-Ne激光的生物光刺激效应提供了可能的分子机理.     

He-Ne激光抗衰老效应的初步探讨

目的:探讨氦氖激光对人胚肺二倍体成纤维细胞(Human fetal lung diploid fibroblasts,2BS)对细胞衰老的影响。方法:采用低功率氦氖激光(λ=632.8nm,p=5mW)对年轻2BS细胞进行照射处理,用实时荧光定量PCR( Fluorescence Real time Quantitative PCR,q-PCR)方法检测细胞端粒DNA相对长度的变化来反映细胞的衰老情况。结果:经激光照射后生长到老年的细胞端粒长度较未经激光照射而生长到老年的细胞端粒长度长。结论:经适当的激光照射后,细胞端粒D N A因衰老而变短的趋势得到减缓。从而为从基因水平上探讨低功率激光延缓细胞衰老的激光生物学效应提供实验依据。     

658 nm低能量激光照射对人牙周膜细胞生物学效应的影响

目的:探讨658 nm低能量激光照射对人牙周膜细胞增殖、碱性磷酸酶活性及纤维连接蛋白合成的影响.方法:改良组织块法体外培养人牙周膜细胞.通过658 nm激光照射人牙周膜细胞,观察能量密度为1.86 J/cm2和3.72 J/cm2激光照射后不同时间点细胞增殖效应、碱性磷酸酶活性和纤维连接蛋白的变化.结果:1.86 J/cm2和3.72 J/cm2能量密度的激光照射人牙周膜细胞,可显著促进细胞增殖效应.3.72 J/cm2能量密度的激光照射可提高人牙周膜细胞碱性磷酸酶活性;能量密度为1.86 J/cm2的激光照射人牙周膜细胞72 h后,细胞中纤维连接蛋白分泌量增加.结论:658 nm低剂量激光照射可促进人牙周膜细胞增殖;适量的低剂量激光照射人牙周膜细胞可促进其碱性磷酸酶活性及纤维连接蛋白的分泌.     

N2分子激光泵浦染料激光对小鼠NK细胞活性和肿瘤生长的影响

N_2分子激光泵浦染料激光(简称N_2染料激光)照射正常小鼠脾区后检测脾指数及脾细胞NK活性(比色沉淀法)的变化。发现600nm波长的激光照射能积显著提高脾指数,增强NK细胞活性,570nm、530nm波长亦能增强NK活性,500nm时则起显著抑制作用,570nm波长对脾指数无影响,而530nm、500nm则极显著降低脾指数。接种艾氏腹水癌(EAG)的荷瘤小鼠经激光照射9、11、13天后瘤重显著减小,且荷瘤后增大的脾脏亦得以显著减小,NK活性显著增强。说明适当功率和适当照射时间的激光影响机体免疫功能是防治肿瘤的途径之一。     

实电解质钙可诱发人肥大细胞组胺和类胰蛋白酶分泌

目的: 利用人大肠组织的肥大细胞和肥大细胞激活的体外研究系统,评价实电解质钙(calcium ionophore A23187, CI)诱导肥大细胞释放类胰蛋白酶和组胺的能力和机制.方法: 经酶悬浮的人大肠肥大细胞与CI共同培养后收集上清液,并用酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)的方法检测类胰蛋白酶分泌量,用以玻璃纤维为基础的荧光比色法检测组胺释放量.结果: 经过15 min的培养,CI可引起浓度相关性的组胺和类胰蛋白酶释放.其中组胺的最大分泌量比基础分泌量超出了5.3倍以上,而类胰蛋白酶的最大分泌量则比基础分泌量超出了2.8倍以上.CI在浓度高于1.0 μmol/L时引起的组胺释放量明显多于类胰蛋白酶释放量.时间关系曲线显示,CI的作用从加样后10 s开始,6 min后达高峰并至少持续15 min.百日咳毒素和代谢抑制剂均能抑制CI引起的组胺和类胰蛋白酶释放.结论: 人大肠肥大细胞在受到CI刺激时具有释放类胰蛋白酶和组胺的能力,这个过程与肥大细胞膜G蛋白偶联受体的激活有关,并消耗能量.     

不同剂量的1318nm Nd:YAG激光对体外胰腺癌细胞增殖的影响

目的:研究不同剂量1318 nm Nd:YAG激光的生物学效应。方法:用波长为1318 nm的Nd:YAG激光连续照射体外培养的处于对数生长期的人胰腺癌PC-3细胞。在低剂量组内分组分别照射0 s、2 s、4 s、6 s、8 s、10 s、12 s、14 s,每天1次,连续照射3次;在高剂量组内分组分别照射0 s、10 s、15 s、20 s、25 s、35 s、50 s,照射1次。照射结束后,继续培养24 h,噻唑蓝比色法(MTT)测定各组OD值,研究细胞增殖情况。结果:在低剂量范围内,随着激光照射剂量的提高,PC-3细胞的OD值逐渐升高(P<0.05)。而在高剂量范围内,随着激光照射剂量的提高,PC-3细胞的OD值逐渐降低(P<0.05)。结论:1 318 nm Nd:YAG激光,在低剂量范围内照射PC-3细胞,具有明显促进其增值的作用,呈剂量依赖性,在临床应用上应避免该副作用的发生;而在高剂量范围内照射PC-3细胞,具有明显抑制其增殖的作用,呈剂量依赖性,对于指导临床应用具有重要价值。     

激光预处理可保护蚕豆细胞免受UV—B辐射的损伤

当蚕豆的胚被 He- Ne激光 (632 .8nm,1 .63J· mm- 2 )照射 5min或被 CO2 激光 (1 0 60nm,2 .53J· mm- 2 )照射 1 min后 ,将其置入 Knop营养液中进行恒温培养。当蚕豆的上胚轴长到大约 3cm时 ,在光背景 (PAR)为 70μmol· m- 2 · s- 1条件下 ,分别用 1 .0 2、3.0 3、4.52 k J· m- 2 的 UV- B辐射蚕豆的上胚轴 7h。根据蚕豆丙二醛 (MDA)、抗坏血酸 (As A)和 UV- B吸收物的含量变化 ,来测试激光对 UV- B照射蚕豆的上胚轴的保护作用。结果显示 :激光预处理可保护蚕豆上胚轴对 UV- B辐射的作用。与对照组 (没有用 UV- B或激光照射 )、UV- B单独照射组比较 ,在激光预处理的条件下 ,MDA的含量明显减少 ,As A和 UV- B吸收化合物的含量增加。如先用激光处理 ,然后再用 UV- B辐射 ,UV- B吸收物的含量将比单独用激光和 UV-B处理获得更好的改善。从而认为 ,激光预处理能增强植物对 UV- B的抵抗力。     

基于巨噬细胞的诊疗一体化系统

目的:建立一种可以同时实现显像诊断与主动靶向到肿瘤部位进行治疗的纳米药物模型。方法:包载了1,1'-二十八烷基-3,3,3',3'-四甲基吲哚三碳花青碘(1,1'-dioctadecyl-3,3,3',3'-tetramethylindotricarbocyanine iodide, Di R)荧光染料的聚乳酸-羟基乙酸共聚物(Polylactic-co-glycolic acid, PLGA)纳米粒表面被金属离子与酚羟基络合形成的网状结构涂布后可稳定连接在巨噬细胞表面,Di R可以在近红外激光下实现荧光成像,并经波长为808 nm的近红外激光器以2 W/cm2功率照射,产生光热作用。结果:构建了粒径在100 nm左右的包载了Di R的PLGA纳米粒,表面涂布金属多酚网状结构后,纳米粒连接到巨噬细胞表面,Di R发挥既可荧光成像,经808 nm激光照射后又可高效升温至46℃以上,使用CCK8试剂检测证明此种连接了纳米粒的功能化细胞(Functional Cell)发挥光热作用后可杀死近70%的小鼠乳腺癌细胞4T1。结论:成功建立了一种基于巨噬细胞递送的诊疗一体化系统,将荧光成像与光热治疗有机结合到一起,达到有效杀伤肿瘤细胞的功效。     

微流控芯片技术在细胞生物学研究中的应用进展

20世纪90年代以来,微流控芯片技术得到了快速发展。由于具有小型化、集成化、高通量、低消耗、分析快速等特点,微流控芯片作为一种新型的生物学研究平台,能够提供传统方法不具备的精细和可控制的细胞研究条件,在细胞生物学研究领域中得到了广泛关注。该文主要介绍其在细胞培养、分选、裂解、计数、凋亡检测、迁移、单细胞捕获、细胞间作用等方面的研究进展。     

Efficient and Innocuous Live‐Cell Delivery: Making Membrane Barriers Disappear to Enable Cellular Biochemistry

The confluence of protein engineering techniques and delivery protocols are providing new opportunities in cell biology. In particular, techniques that render the membrane of cells transiently permeable make the introduction of nongenetically encodable macromolecular probes into cells possible. This, in turn, can enable the monitoring of intracellular processes in ways that can be both precise and quantitative, ushering an area that one may envision as cellular biochemistry. Herein, the author reviews pioneering examples of such new cell‐based assays, provides evidence that challenges the paradigm that cell penetration is a necessarily damaging and stressful event for cells, and highlights some of the challenges that should be addressed to fully unlock the potential of this nascent field.     

Ultrastructural evidence for two-cell and three-cell neural pathways in the tentacle epidermis of the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida.

Sensory and ganglion cells in the tentacle epidermis of the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida were traced in serial transmission electron micrographs to their synaptic contacts on other cells. Sensory cell synapses were found on spirocytes, muscle cells, and ganglion cells. Ganglion cells, in turn, synapsed on sensory cells, spirocytes, muscle cells, and other neurons and formed en passant axo-axonal synapses. Axonal synapses on nematocytes and gland cells were not traced to their cells of origin, i.e., identified sensory or ganglion cells. Direct synaptic contacts of sensory cells with spirocytes and sensory cells with muscle cells suggest a local two-cell pathway for spirocyst discharge and muscle cell contraction, whereas interjection of a ganglion cell between the sensory and effector cells creates a local three-cell pathway. The network of ganglion cells and their processes allows for a through-conduction system that is interconnected by chemical synapses. Although the sea anemone nervous system is more complex than that of Hydra, it has similar two-cell and three-cell effector pathways that may function in local responses to tentacle contact with food.     

The role of glutamine, serum and energy factors in growth of enterocyte-like cell lines

Background: Glutamine is routinely added to most cell cultures. Glutamine has been found to be the preferential nutrient to the rapidly replicating intestinal mucosa, but whether this is a metabolic effect or due to other properties of this amino acid is not determined. To study the importance of glutamine on the growth of two enterocyte-like cell lines, the effects of depriving the media or supplementing it with glutamine were assessed in media with different serum and energy supplements. Methods: CaCo-2 and HT-29 cells were grown in serum-free medium, with fetal bovine or synthetic serum, and with or without glucose or galactose. The glutamine content was varied between 0 and 4 mM. All growth assays were performed in triplicate by counting in a hemocytometer. Results: Both cell lines were dependent of serum factors for growth, but displayed distinct requirements on glutamine supplementation. Glutamine was an obligate supplement with dose-dependent correlation to growth (r=0.87, p<0.01) for CaCo-2 cells cultured in synthetic, but not in fetal bovine serum. In HT-29 cells, the correlation between glutamine and growth was significant (r=0,68, p<0,05) only in fetal bovine serum in the absence of galactose. Conclusion: This study shows that glutamine has different growth stimulating effects on two enterocyte-like cell lines studied. This could reflect different modes of action of glutamine on proliferation and differentiation in an enterocyte cell population.     

Of mice, frogs and flies: generation of membrane asymmetries in early development

Embryonic development begins with cleavage of the fertilized egg. Cleavage comprises two major processes: cytokinesis and formation of a polarized epithelial cell layer. The focus of this review is comparison of the generation of membrane polarity during embryonic cleavage in three different developmental model systems. In mammalian embryos, as exemplified by analysis of the mouse, generation of distinct membrane domains is uncoupled from cleavage divisions and is initiated in a specific developmental phase, called compaction. In Xenopus laevis embryos, generation of polarized blastomeres occurs simultaneously with cytokinesis. The origin of specific membrane domains of X. laevis polar blastomeres, however, can be traced back to oogenesis. Finally, in Drosophila melanogaster, generation of polarized cells occurs at cellularization. The relevance of cell adhesion, cell junctions and cytocortical scaffolds will be discussed for each of the model systems. Despite enormous morphologic differences, the three models share many common features; in particular, many important molecular interactions are conserved.     

哺乳动物体细胞核移植中供体细胞的研究进展

在哺乳动物体细胞核移植中,供体细胞是影响其效率的主要因素之一。供体细胞的类型、细胞周期、细胞的培养代数、冷藏与冷冻处理,以及供体动物的性别、年龄等都可能影响核移植胚胎的发育。根据现有资料,简要综述了在哺乳动物体细胞核移植中有关供体细胞的研究进展。     

微囊化K562细胞生长周期及代谢特性的研究

以K562细胞为模型,分别进行微囊化和游离培养,运用流式细胞术考察两种培养体系下细胞周期和生长代谢变化;建立数学模型,模拟了两种培养体系下细胞的生长活性和代谢特性。实验发现：微囊化培养过程中的K562细胞处于DNA合成期（S期）的百分含量显著高于游离培养,并且细胞保持较高的增殖活性。模型计算表明,所建模型动力学参数能够很好地描述微囊化和游离两种培养体系下细胞的代谢情况;对细胞活性的理论计算表明,微囊化的细胞具有较高的增殖和代谢活性,同时细胞能够较长时间保持此活性;模型参数表明,两种培养体系下,葡萄糖对细胞生长的影响无显著差别 (k^Free_L≈k^APA_L),乳酸对游离培养细胞的生长具有明显抑制作用,但对微囊化培养细胞抑制作用较小(kFreeL>≈kAPAL)。     

Mammalian testis: a target of in vivo electroporation

Mammalian spermatogenesis consists of three biologically significant processes: stem cell self-renewal and differentiation, meiosis, and haploid cell morphogenesis. Understanding the molecular mechanisms behind these processes might provide clues to the puzzle of species preservation and evolution, and to treatments for male infertility. However, few useful in vitro systems exist to investigate these processes at present. To elucidate these mechanisms, in vivo electroporation of the testis might be a convenient option. Since DNA solution can be injected into the seminiferous tubule via the rete testis, similar to germ cell transplantation, it is easy to transfect expression vectors into various differentiated germ cells and supporting Sertoli cells with adequate electric shock. Unfortunately, it is difficult to create transgenic animals using this method because of its low efficiency. However, gain- and loss-of-function assays, promoter assays, and tagged-protein behavior assays can be conducted with this technique, as in in vitro culture systems.     

Besides Purkinje cells and granule neurons: an appraisal of the cell biology of the interneurons of the cerebellar cortex

Ever since the groundbreaking work of Ramon y Cajal, the cerebellar cortex has been recognized as one of the most regularly structured and wired parts of the brain formed by a rather limited set of distinct cells. Its rather protracted course of development, which persists well into postnatal life, the availability of multiple natural mutants, and, more recently, the availability of distinct molecular genetic tools to identify and manipulate discrete cell types have suggested the cerebellar cortex as an excellent model to understand the formation and working of the central nervous system. However, the formulation of a unifying model of cerebellar function has so far proven to be a most cantankerous problem, not least because our understanding of the internal cerebellar cortical circuitry is clearly spotty. Recent research has highlighted the fact that cerebellar cortical interneurons are a quite more diverse and heterogeneous class of cells than generally appreciated, and have provided novel insights into the mechanisms that underpin the development and histogenetic integration of these cells. Here, we provide a short overview of cerebellar cortical interneuron diversity, and we summarize some recent results that are hoped to provide a primer on current understanding of cerebellar biology.     

Uniform straw-like cell architecture for three-dimensional cell–cell communication assay

ABSTRACT

We fabricated uniform straw-like cell architecture with central lumen using a suture thread within 1 h. The architecture consisting of cancer cells and mature adipocyte was used for cell–cell communication assay, although mature adipocyte could not form spontaneous multi-cellular spheroids. Using the system, it is possible to investigate three-dimensional cell–cell communication as an alternative to animal experiments.