蚕丝蛋白和明胶复合组织工程材料与肝细胞相容性的实验研究

目的：研究蚕丝蛋白-明胶三维材料支架对人永生化肝细胞系QZG贴附及增殖的影响。方法：采用四氮唑盐比色法（MTT）、细胞计数法检测QZG细胞在纯蚕丝生物材料上与在蚕丝蛋白-明胶复合材料上的增殖情况,用扫描电镜观察QZG细胞在两种三维生物材料上的贴附与增殖情况。结果：QZG细胞可以在蚕丝蛋白生物材料贴附及增殖,在引入明胶的蚕丝蛋白材料上细胞贴附更紧密,增殖更明显。结论：蚕丝蛋白与明胶复合材料支架具有良好的细胞贴附性能,通过改进在肝组织工程应用方面将具有一定应用前景。     

多孔beta-磷酸三钙与磷灰石复合材料的制备及其细胞相容性研究

综合运用三维凝胶叠层法和发泡法制备了多孔β-磷酸三钙支架。将多孔支架在1．5倍模拟体液中浸泡14天,得到材料1;或者将其在氢氧化钠溶液中浸泡4天,再在1．5倍模拟体液中浸泡14天,得到材料2。测定了两种材料的物理性能,讨论了类骨磷灰石层对材料矿物组成及其显微结构等的影响。将两组材料分别与成骨前体细胞在体外复合培养,观察和测定了细胞的形态和增殖情况。结果表明复合材料的主要成分为β-磷酸三钙,表面具有结构不完整的含有碳酸磷灰石的类骨磷灰石,成骨细胞能在两组材料上正常粘附和增殖,而且材料2上的细胞粘附情况更好,说明多孔β-磷酸三钙与磷灰石的复合材料有望成为一种有应用前景的骨修复材料和骨组织工程支架材料。     

前列腺癌DU145细胞相关蛋白在构建体内三维空间模型中的表达研究

目的探讨前列腺癌相关蛋白在胶原、琼脂糖、基质胶、海藻酸钠加明胶4种支架材料培养的前列腺癌DU145细胞中的表达水平。方法将前列腺癌DU145细胞按照一定比例接种至胶原、琼脂糖、基质胶、海藻酸钠加明胶4种支架材料中,分别分组进行移植瘤模型的三维培养,然后采用免疫组化方法检测MMP9、FN1、Laminin等3个前列腺癌相关蛋白在3种支架材料中培养的DU145细胞构建移植瘤模型后培养的组织中表达情况。结果 MMP9在有支架材料培养的前列腺癌DU145中蛋白表达高于无支架材料培养的组织;FN1在海藻酸钠加明胶组中蛋白表达阴性,在琼脂糖与胶原组中蛋白表达阳性且明显强于空白组;Lamininm在空白组与海藻酸钠加明胶组中均表达阳性,但明显低于胶原、琼脂糖、基质胶组的强阳性。结论采用支架材料的三维培养体系优于无支架材料的二维培养体系。胶原为体内前列腺癌DU145细胞三维培养的最优支架材料。     

骨髓基质细胞与交联明胶-聚羟基丁酸酯膜的生物相容性研究

目的研究生物材料交联明胶-聚羟基丁酸酯膜与骨髓基质细胞的生物相容性,探讨新型材料在骨组织工程中的应用前景。方法体外培养兔骨髓基质细胞,分别接种于G-PHB(交联明胶-聚羟基丁酸酯)、PHB(聚羟基丁酸酯)和G(交联明胶)材料膜片。采用MTT法检测细胞增殖活性,体视学方法检测细胞粘附能力,荧光双染法检测细胞完整性,扫描电镜观察细胞-材料界面。结果MTT检测发现G-PHB组增殖活性最强,而且表现为最佳的细胞粘附特性,与对照组比较差异有显著性意义。各组细胞完整性分析没有发现显著性差异。扫描电镜观察显示,G-PHB组细胞粘附及铺展良好,优于其他各组。结论交联后的生物降解膜材料G-PHB与BMSCs细胞的体外相容性明显优于单纯膜材料PHB和明胶,在骨组织工程学领域具有良好的研究价值和应用潜力。     

应用多种水凝胶支架材料构建三维神经干细胞培养模型

该研究以鼠尾胶原、透明质酸以及海藻酸钠为主要成分,同时添加功能化的层粘连蛋白形成12种生物材料支架。应用大鼠神经干细胞(rat neural stem cells,r NSCs)体外培养,比较了支架的生物相容性和功能特点。结果显示,鼠尾胶原和透明质酸支架形成的三维多孔结构利于r NSCs的黏附,培养7 d后,1 mg/m L胶原组内的细胞活力更强,而含15%交联剂的层粘连蛋白–透明质酸支架内细胞与神经突触相互缠绕,展现出更明显的神经元样生理形态和特异性蛋白。1.5%海藻酸钠胶珠内的细胞呈球体生长,更适用于进行细胞的大规模动态培养。该研究构建的支架与r NSCs具有良好的生物相容性,利于其增殖和分化。因此,r NSCs分化后的神经元与水凝胶构成的三维培养模型,有望进一步应用于神经退行性疾病的研究和相关药物检测中。     

明胶微球在骨组织工程中的应用

骨组织工程通过联合利用种子细胞、生物活性因子和支架材料等要素来构建骨组织再生微环境,从而促进骨缺损的修复重建来诱导骨再生。明胶微球具有多孔性、生物降解性、生物相容性及生物安全性等优势,是一种极具应用潜能的骨修复材料。明胶微球用于体外培养种子细胞时可实现高效扩增。多官能团结构使其可作为促血管再生因子、促骨再生因子及抗感染因子等多种药物的递送载体,缓释药物的同时也可实现微球的多功能化。在构建明胶微球支架时与其他生物材料复合及血管化性能的赋予可提高支架材料的综合性能,但目前支架的设计还存在如何兼顾材料多孔结构和力学性能的问题。本文主要综述了明胶微球的常见制备技术及其近年来在骨组织工程中的应用,并对未来的发展前景进行展望。     

BMSCs在PLGA-[ASP-PEG]基质材料表面粘附及增殖的研究

目的：探讨大鼠骨髓间充质干细胞BMSCs在聚丙交酯/乙交酯/天冬氨酸-聚乙二醇三嵌段多元共聚物 PLGA-[ASP-PEG]表面粘附、增殖的情况,为组织工程学体外诱导种子细胞生长提供新的生物材料。方法：在PLGA支架材料中引入聚乙二醇（PEG）和含有多个功能位点的天冬氨酸（ASP）,制成PLGA-[ASP-PEG]高分子支架材料。 将PLGA-[ASP-PEG]支架材料与BMSCs复合培养,以未改性的PLGA支架材料作对照,通过沉淀法、MTT法和考马斯亮蓝法分别检测BMSCs的粘附和增殖变化;扫描电镜观察黏附细胞的形态。结果 BMSCs在PLGA-[ASP-PEG]材料表面帖壁生长,细胞数目明显多于单纯PLGA组。细胞粘附率检测显示：改性后的PLGA-[ASP-PEG]表面BMSCs的粘附性能和增殖能力明显高于对照组,P＜0.05。MTT比色试验,BMSCs在三嵌段材料上培养20d后,吸光值A=1.336,约为对照组0.780的两倍。细胞内蛋白总量间接反映细胞黏附及增殖情况。培养12d时,在PLGA-[ASP-PEG]材料组细胞的蛋白含量为66.44μg/孔,单纯PLGA组为41.23μg/孔,间接说明了三嵌段材料生物相容性好,细胞黏附力强的特点。结论PLGA-[ASP-PEG]能促进组织工程种子细胞在骨基质材料表面的黏附、增殖并能较好地保持细胞的形态。     

胶原蛋白-壳聚糖支架的构建及其与骨髓基质干细胞复合的实验研究

目的:构建一种组织工程神经支架,并观察体外培养的骨髓基质干细胞在其内部的生长情况,为后续种子细胞的移植提供阶段性实验数据.方法:以Ⅰ型胶原蛋白和壳聚糖为原料通过冷冻干燥技术制备神经支架,扫描电镜观察其内部结构,测量其孔径大小、孔隙率等指标.将体外培养的骨髓基质干细胞与Ⅰ型胶原蛋白-壳聚糖神经支架复合,共培养2天;扫描电镜观察细胞在支架内部的生长情况.结果:构建的神经支架均为圆柱状,内部为纵向平行排列的孔径均匀的微管样结构,细胞紧密贴附在支架微孔内壁上,细胞生长状况良好.结论:Ⅰ型胶原蛋白-壳聚糖支架具有良好的内部三维结构和生物相容性,可与细胞复合后用于修复周围神经缺损.     

3D技术制备骨修复生物材料的功能和安全性评价

配制PLGA/HA复合生物材料,应用3D打印技术制造可移植入体内的骨支架,通过体外物理和生物学方法检测其性能,最后通过动物体内实验对其进行安全性评价。方法:使用3D打印技术打印PLGA/HA复合物立体支架生物材料,参照GB/T 1040和GB/T 9341检测支架材料的拉伸强度和弯曲强度,验证其支持h MSC的增殖及分化能力,并按照医疗器械生物学评价标准(GB/T16886)对支架材料进行体外和体内生物相容性及生物安全性评估。结果:成功制作了PLGA/HA复合材质的多孔3D支架材料;复合材料的机械拉伸强度和弯曲强度分别为38MPa和42MPa,是正常人软骨的5.35倍和5.25倍;体外细胞试验证明3D支架可支持h MSC增殖和分化为软骨细胞,生物安全性试验结果表明支架符合国家医疗器械生物学评价标准。     

细胞支架研究进展

目前细胞培养通常采用二维平面培养技术,但由于在培养板和培养瓶二维细胞培养并不能完全模拟体内细胞的三维生长环境,因此所得的试验数据与在体情况有偏差。然而细胞支架材料却能为细胞提供一个良好的三维生长环境,更利于细胞粘附、生长和增殖。目前可用于细胞支架材料的来源有天然和人工两大类,现将细胞支架研究进展综述如下。     

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     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

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).     

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.