微囊藻毒素-LR对小鼠肝细胞线粒体功能的影响

目的：探究微囊藻毒素-LR对小鼠肝细胞线粒体功能的影响。方法：采用BALB／c小鼠作为模型动物,随机分为3组：A组,空白对照组,正常饮用水;B组,添加5g门L微囊藻毒素．LR的饮用水;C组,添加30gm微囊藻毒素-LR的饮用水。分组喂养3个月,分离小鼠肝脏、提取线粒体,采用线粒体荧光探针JC-1测定线粒体膜电位（MMP）,qRT-PCR检测自噬相关基因Beclinl和Lc3α的转录水平,WesternBlot检测细胞色素c的释放,电镜观察线粒体的形态和内部结构。结果：微囊藻毒素-LR处理组的小鼠肝细胞线粒体膜电位明显下降,自噬相关基因Lc3α的转录水平上升,细胞色素C由线粒体释放到胞浆,电镜观察线粒体形态异常、内部结构被破坏。结论：微囊藻毒素-LR对小鼠肝细胞线粒体有较强的毒性作用,并引发线粒体自噬。     

肝细胞线粒体凋亡途径及保护机制研究进展

线粒体在能量代谢、自由基产生、衰老、细胞凋亡中起重要作用。线粒体的基因突变,呼吸链缺陷,线粒体膜的改变等因素均会影响整个细胞的正常功能,从而导致病变。凋亡发生时,线粒体通透性转换孔开放,使得线粒体膜电位降低,呼吸链电子传递障碍,细胞ATP合成障碍,生成大量活性氧簇,线粒体发生水肿,线粒体外膜破裂,膜间隙释放大量促凋亡因子如细胞色素C。Bcl-2家族对线粒体的功能有调控作用,介导细胞色素C的释放,Caspase酶原的激活等。病毒性肝炎、酒精性肝病,梗阻性黄疸、肝癌、毒素和药物介导的肝损伤等疾病中都伴随着肝细胞凋亡的发生,目前保肝药物对肝细胞线粒体功能的保护机制主要体现在稳定线粒体膜功能,减轻氧化损伤等方面,针对临床疾病的治疗有很好的指导作用。     

肝细胞线粒体凋亡途径及保护机制研究进展

线粒体在能量代谢、自由基产生、衰老、细胞凋亡中起重要作用。线粒体的基因突变,呼吸链缺陷,线粒体膜的改变等因素均会影响整个细胞的正常功能,从而导致病变。凋亡发生时,线粒体通透性转换孔开放,使得线粒体膜电位降低,呼吸链电子传递障碍,细胞ATP合成障碍,生成大量活性氧簇,线粒体发生水肿,线粒体外膜破裂,膜间隙释放大量促凋亡因子如细胞色素C。Bcl-2家族对线粒体的功能有调控作用,介导细胞色素C的释放,Caspase酶原的激活等。病毒性肝炎、酒精性肝病,梗阻陛黄疸、肝癌、毒素和药物介导的肝损伤等疾病中都伴随着肝细胞凋亡的发生,目前保肝药物对肝细胞线粒体功能的保护机制主要体现在稳定线粒体膜功能,减轻氧化损伤等方面,针对临床疾病的治疗有很好的指导作用。     

SIRT3抑制线粒体自噬并减轻高糖加重的神经元缺氧再灌注损伤*

目的:探讨SIRT3调控的线粒体自噬对高糖加重神经元缺氧再灌注损伤的影响及机制。方法:高糖(50 mmol/L)干预HT22细胞后,构建细胞缺氧/复氧模型,利用SIRT3抑制剂3-TYP抑制SIRT3表达。倒置显微镜观察细胞形态改变,CCK8法检测细胞存活率,流式细胞术检测细胞凋亡率,TMRE荧光试剂盒检测细胞线粒体膜电位,RT-qPCR、Western blot检测相关分子的基因和蛋白质表达。结果:高糖使神经元缺氧再灌注后的细胞碎片进一步增加,细胞存活率降低,细胞凋亡率升高(P<0.05)。此外,高糖降低了神经元缺氧再灌注后的线粒体膜电位(P<0.05)。进一步研究发现,高糖上调神经元缺氧再灌注后线粒体分裂相关蛋白DRP1的表达水平,降低了线粒体融合相关蛋白OPA1和线粒体外膜蛋白TOM20的表达;并且增加了自噬相关蛋白LC3Ⅱ、Beclin-1和线粒体自噬相关蛋白PINK1、Parkin的表达;同时,高糖升高了SIRT3的基因和蛋白质表达(P<0.05)。而SIRT3抑制剂3-TYP使神经元高糖缺氧再灌注损伤加重,同时进一步上调DRP1、LC3Ⅱ和PINK1的蛋白质表达(P<0.05)。结论:高糖可显著加重神经元缺氧再灌注损伤,破坏细胞线粒体功能,激活细胞线粒体自噬;SIRT3可抑制PINK1-Parkin通路介导的线粒体自噬并减轻神经元高糖缺氧再灌注损伤。     

大强度运动导致肝脏线粒功能紊乱及姜黄素的拮抗效应

目的：探讨姜黄素对大强度游泳运动小鼠肝脏线粒体功能紊乱的拮抗作用。方法：成年雄性BALB/C小鼠随机分为安静对照组、运动对照组、运动+姜黄素组［100 mg/（kg·d）］和安静+姜黄素组［100 mg/（kg·d）］。干预期为4w,干预期最后1w同时进行游泳运动训练,每天训练90 min,每天采用上述方式游泳运动7d,动物末次运动完成后处死。观察肝脏超微病理形态改变,测定血清谷丙转氨酶、谷草转氨酶水平,以及肝脏线粒体膜电位、呼吸控制率等线粒体功能学指标。结果：与安静对照组相比,姜黄素干预明显抑制了大强度运动导致的小鼠血清谷丙转氨酶（P<0.05）和谷草转氨酶（P<0.05）水平的上升,减轻了运动导致的肝细胞线粒体超微病理结构异常。姜黄素干预显著抑制了运动导致的小鼠肝脏线粒体膜电位（P<0.05）和呼吸控制率水平（P<0.05）的下降。结论：姜黄素对大强度运动小鼠肝细胞线粒体超微结构损伤和功能紊乱具有良好的拮抗作用,为天然植物化学物应用于抗运动疲劳提供新的前景方向。     

右美托咪定神经保护作用的自噬机制研究

摘要 目的：探讨右美托咪定发挥神经保护作用的细胞自噬和线粒体自噬机制。方法：通过对SH-SY5Y细胞进行氧糖剥夺再灌注模拟全脑的缺血再灌注损伤,将细胞随机分为7组：（1）C组：对照组;（2）OGD/R组：氧糖剥夺再灌注损伤组;（3）DEX组：右美托咪定组;（4）3MA组：3-甲基腺嘌呤组;（5）D+3MA组;（6）RAPA组：雷帕霉素组;（7）D+RAPA组。结果：与OGD/R组相比,DEX组、3MA组、D+3MA组的细胞活性、电镜下完整线粒体的数量、自噬体数量明显好于OGD/R组（P<0.05）;RAPA组与OGD/R组相比上述指标无明显差异（P>0.05）;而RAPA中加入右美托咪定以后,可以部分逆转RAPA的作用,细胞活性增加,完整线粒体数量增加,自噬体数量减少（P<0.05）。免疫印迹结果显示,与OGD/R组相比,DEX组、3MA组、D+3MA组LC3II/LC3I、Beclin 1表达减少,BCL-2、P62、TOM20的表达增加,RAPA组各种自噬蛋白的表达与OGD/R组相比没有统计学意义,当应用右美托咪定之后逆转了各种蛋白的表达（P<0.05）。结论：右美托咪定通过减少过度的细胞自噬和线粒体自噬发挥神经保护作用。     

大鼠心肌缺血再灌注损伤模型线粒体自噬变化的研究

目的:观察大鼠心肌缺血再灌注损伤模型不同时间点线粒体及线粒体自噬的变化。方法:成年雄性SD大鼠40只,随机分为假手术对照组(sham组):开胸不进行冠状动脉左前降支(Left anterior descending coronary artery,LAD)血流阻断;缺血再灌注组2h组(I/R 2 h组)、24 h组(I/R 24 h组)及48 h组(I/R 48 h组),以上3组均阻断LAD 30 min,分别于再灌注后2 h、24 h、48 h观察心肌ATP含量,线粒体膜电位水平变化,透射电镜下观察线粒体及线粒体自噬超微结构变化,western blot法测定线粒体自噬蛋白PINK1、Parkin、p62、LC3B及线粒体膜蛋白Tom20表达水平。结果:与对照组相比,线粒体膜电位水平及心肌组织ATP含量于再灌注2 h开始下降,24 h下降最显著,48 h有所改善,线粒体超微结构损伤再灌注24 h最为明显,48 h有所改善。PINK1、Parkin、p62蛋白表达于损伤后2 h增强,于再灌注后24 h升高最显著,持续至48 h,LC3BⅡ表达于损伤后24 h增强,同样持续至48 h。透射电镜下可见线粒体自噬体于再灌注后24 h明显增多,并持续至48 h。结论:大鼠心肌缺血再灌注损伤后,线粒体功能与形态损伤以损伤后24 h最为显著,至损伤后48 h后好转;线粒体自噬水平升高以损伤后24 h最为显著,且维持至损伤后48 h,提示两者之间可能存在关联。     

运动训练及饮食限制对小鼠骨骼肌线粒体自噬Bnip3/Nix表达的影响*

目的:探讨运动训练和饮食限制对小鼠骨骼肌线粒体自噬蛋白Bnip3/Nix表达的影响。方法:C57雄性小鼠按体重随机分为对照组(C),不做干预;饮食限制组(D),饮食控制在C组的60%;运动训练组(E),10周递增负荷耐力训练;饮食限制加运动训练组(DE),进行饮食限制和耐力训练。8只/组,干预10周后,麻醉处死提取腓肠肌,Western blot技术检测Bnip3、Nix蛋白表达。结果:与C组比较,干预后D、E及DE组的体重和体重增长值均显著降低(P＜0.01),腓肠肌Bnip3、Nix蛋白表达升高,其中仅DE组Nix蛋白表达升高具有统计学意义(P＜0.05)。结论:运动训练加饮食限制能有效促进小鼠骨骼肌Nix蛋白表达,有利于骨骼肌线粒体自噬发生。     

膜蛋白ATAD3A在线粒体质量控制中的作用

线粒体质量控制对于线粒体网络的稳态和线粒体功能的正常发挥具有重要意义。三磷酸腺苷酶家族蛋白3A(ATAD3A)是同时参与调节线粒体结构功能、线粒体动力学和线粒体自噬等重要生物学过程的线粒体膜蛋白之一。近期研究表明,ATAD3A既可与Mic60/Mitofilin和线粒体转录因子A (TFAM)等因子相互作用以维持线粒体嵴的形态和氧化磷酸化功能,又能与发动蛋白相关蛋白1 (Drp1)结合而正性/负性调节线粒体分裂,还可作为线粒体外膜转位酶（TOM）复合物和线粒体内膜转位酶（TIM）复合物之间的桥接因子而介导PTEN诱导激酶（PINK1）输入线粒体进行加工,显示出促自噬或抗自噬活性。本文对ATAD3A在调控线粒体质量控制中的作用及其机制进行了综述。     

异氟醚经Pink1/Parkin信号通路激活线粒体自噬对小鼠心肌缺血再灌注的保护作用

目的 探究异氟醚（isoflurane, ISO）通过Pink1/Parkin信号通路对小鼠心肌缺血再灌注（ischemia-reperfusion,IR）损伤中线粒体自噬的影响。方法 本研究建立小鼠心肌IR模型,并将24只小鼠分为4组：假手术（Sham）组、假手术+异氟醚（Sham+ISO）组、缺血再灌注（IR）组、缺血再灌注+异氟醚（IR+ISO）组。通过HE染色评估心肌组织损伤,利用TUNEL染色观察心肌细胞凋亡,通过Western blot检测心肌细胞线粒体自噬相关蛋白（包括Pink1、parkin、Beclin、P62和LC3）的表达,并使用相关试剂盒测定心肌细胞线粒体内膜电位及ATP含量。结果 与Sham组相比,IR组的心肌细胞损伤更为严重,心肌组织损伤评分增加,细胞凋亡率升高。线粒体自噬相关蛋白表达紊乱,线粒体内膜电位和ATP含量显著下降。值得注意的是,在ISO处理的IR小鼠中,IR损伤导致的心肌组织损伤评分和心肌细胞凋亡率明显减轻;线粒体自噬相关蛋白的表达部分恢复,线粒体内膜电位和ATP含量的降低也得到了显著改善。结论 ISO可以通过Pink1/Parkin信号通路抑制...     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

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.     

Synthesis and antimicrobial studies of hydrazone derivatives of 4-[3-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-4-formyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]benzoic acid and 4-[3-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-4-formyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]benzoic acid

Microbial resistance to antibiotics is an unresolved global concern, which needs urgent and coordinated action. One of the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) to combat antibiotic resistance is the development of new antibiotics to treat drug-resistant bacteria. In our effort to find new antibiotics, we report the synthesis and antimicrobial studies of 30 new pyrazole derivatives. These novel molecules have been synthesized by using readily available starting materials and benign reaction conditions. Some of these molecules have shown activity with MIC values as low as 0.78?µg/mL against four bacterial strains; Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus, Bacillus subtilis, and Acinetobacter baumannii. Furthermore, active molecules are non-toxic to mammalian cell line.

     

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.     

Novel compounds with potent CDK9 inhibitory activity for the treatment of myeloma

Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and Polo-like kinases (PLKs) play key role in the regulation of the cell cycle. The aim of our study was originally the further development of our recently discovered polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) inhibitors. A series of new 2,4-disubstituted pyrimidine derivatives were synthesized around the original hit, but their PLK1 inhibitory activity was very poor. However the novel compounds showed nanomolar CDK9 inhibitory activity and very good antiproliferative effect on multiple myeloma cell lines (RPMI-8226).