大鼠脑微血管内皮细胞培养及其药物转运体Oatp2和P-gp的表达

贴块法培养脑微血管内皮细胞(BMECs),倒置显微镜动态观察细胞生长及形态,Ⅷ因子相关抗原、CD34免疫细胞化学联合鉴定细胞并确定纯度。免疫细胞化学和Western印迹法检测药物转运体有机阴离子转运多肽亚型2(Oatp2)及P-糖蛋白(P-gp)在培养内皮细胞上的表达。结果显示,获得的BMECs呈多角形或铺路石形,单层贴壁生长;培养细胞Ⅷ因子相关抗原免疫细胞化学、CD34免疫荧光染色均为阳性,细胞纯度90%;培养细胞有Oatp2及P-gp表达,且二者均主要表达于BMECs细胞膜。提示贴块法可获得原代培养BMECs,方法简便易行,细胞纯度较高。原代培养的BMECs上有药物转运体Oatp2及P-gp的表达,为血脑屏障上药物转运体的体外研究提供了可能途径。     

大鼠主动脉内皮细胞的分离培养和鉴定

目的:探索大鼠主动脉原代内皮细胞体外培养方法,为体外研究提供细胞模型。方法:分离大鼠主动脉,直接贴壁于培养皿中,荧光倒置显微镜观察细胞形态,免疫组化Ⅷ因子相关抗原染色鉴定细胞。结果:约24小时组织块边缘有游离的新生细胞长出,7天即融合成片。消化传代后细胞呈短梭形或三角形,单层生长,铺路石状,Ⅷ因子表达阳性,呈指数增殖。冻存后复苏细胞活性均超过90%。结论:用贴壁法成功建立了大鼠血管内皮细胞体外培养方法,冻存细胞存活率高,为体外研究提供了稳定的模型。     

大鼠主动脉内皮细胞和平滑肌细胞的原代培养及生物学特性比较

目的培养大鼠主动脉平滑肌细胞和内皮细胞,细胞纯化与鉴定,比较生物学特性的差异。方法采用血管环贴壁法培养动脉内皮细胞,组织块贴壁法培养动脉平滑肌细胞,并采用有限稀释法挑选内皮细胞单克隆,免疫细胞荧光鉴定二者的特异性标志,相差显微镜观察二者单个细胞及细胞群体在形态上的差异性,CCK-8试剂盒检测细胞的增殖,比较二者对胰酶消化,粘附,冻存后复苏的情况。结果血管环贴壁法成功培养血管内皮细胞,组织块培养法成功培养出血管平滑肌细胞,内皮细胞能够形成单克隆集落,培养的细胞均表达相应的特异性标志,内皮细胞增殖速度和平滑肌细胞有差异,内皮细胞对胰酶的耐受性较差,内皮细胞粘附所需时间短,对冻存后的耐受性较好。结论组织块贴壁法适合内皮细胞和平滑肌细胞的培养,有限稀释法能够纯化原代培养的内皮细胞,大鼠主动脉平滑肌细胞和内皮细胞在细胞形态、增殖、粘附、对胰酶的反应、冻存后复苏均存在差异。     

大鼠肺微血管周细胞的体外培养及鉴定

目的:探讨SD大鼠肺微血管周细胞(rat pulmonarymicrovessel pericytes,RPMPC)的分离、培养与鉴定方法。方法:采用机械剪切、Ⅰ型胶原酶消化法和微孔过滤结合超高速离心法分离大鼠肺微血管片段,用含15%胎牛血清(FBS)的高糖培养基(DMEM)进行培养,倒置显微镜观察原代RPMPC的形态及生长特性。免疫荧光法检测神经元-胶质抗原2(neuron-glial antigen 2,NG2),α-平滑肌肌动蛋白(α-smooth muscle actin,α-SMA)、结蛋白(desmin)和CD31相关抗原的表达,同时应用免疫细胞化学法检测血小板源性生长因子受体β(PDGFR-β)的表达。CCK-8测定周细胞生长曲线。通过周细胞-内皮细胞共培养成管实验检测细胞成管能力。结果:本方法培养获取的RPMPC纯度较高,并能连续传代。细胞48 h后爬出,呈长梭形、三角形等不规则形,8~10 d细胞汇合,呈栅栏或旋涡状生长,无接触性抑制,前期可见有少量内皮细胞伴随生长,单核偶见双核,核呈卵圆形,胞浆丰富。PDGFR-β、α-SMA、NG2、desmin染色阳性,CD31阴性;周细胞与内皮细胞共培养形成管腔结构。结论:通过本方法能够获得纯度较高的肺微血管周细胞,且所获细胞具有周细胞的特性及功能。     

肺微血管内皮细胞的原代培养

目的:建立简单高效获取大鼠肺微血管内皮细胞(pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells,PMVECs)的培养方法.方法:(1)组织块贴壁法培养大鼠PMVECs;(2)光镜下观察细胞的形态;(3)扫描电镜和透射电镜分别观察细胞表面及内部的结构特征;(4)免疫荧光法鉴定PMVECs.结果:(1)获得的PMVECs长满后呈典型的铺路石或鹅卵石状;(2)扫描电镜下可见内皮细胞表面存在微绒毛等特殊结构;(3)透射电镜观察可见细胞浆内存在韦伯潘力氏小体(Webel Palade body,WPB);(4)免疫组化结果显示细胞浆中有Ⅷ因子相关抗原存在.结论:改良的组织块法培养肺微血管内皮细胞是一种简单、快捷,有效的方法.     

单筛过滤法体外分离培养原代大鼠脑微血管内皮细胞及其鉴定

目的 采用单筛过滤法获取脑微血管以培养纯度高、活性好的原代大鼠脑微血管内皮细胞。方法 取4周龄SD大鼠脑皮质,经剪碎、单层细胞筛网过滤、收集网上截留组织、Ⅱ型胶原酶消化后,置于CO₂培养箱中进行原代培养。通过细胞形态学观察、第Ⅷ因子相关抗原免疫细胞化学染色检测鉴定所培养的目的细胞。结果 体外培养24 h后,短梭形细胞从脑微血管段周围爬出;48 h后“岛屿状”的细胞团簇形成;96 h后细胞融合,呈典型的单层、“铺路石样”、镶嵌式贴壁生长。第Ⅷ因子相关抗原免疫细胞化学染色检测显示细胞胞质呈现棕红色,表达为阳性。结论 单筛过滤法能够成功分离培养出原代大鼠脑微血管内皮细胞。     

大鼠脑微血管内皮细胞的分离与原代培养

为了建立大鼠脑微血管内皮细胞体外培养模型,探索纯度较高的大鼠脑微血管内皮细胞分离和原代培养的方法并进行形态学观察。采用2～3周龄的SD大鼠,解剖得到大脑皮质,两次酶消化及牛血清白蛋白或葡聚糖和Percoll梯度离心获得较纯的脑微血管段后,接种于涂布基质的培养皿进行原代培养;培养的细胞采用相差显微镜形态学观察、透射电镜观察及Ⅷ因子相关抗原免疫组化检测鉴定。结果发现,培养12h即可见细胞从贴壁的脑微血管段周围长出,细胞呈短梭形,区域性单层生长,5～7天内皮细胞融合,内皮细胞纯度达90％以上;内皮细胞的贴壁和生长有赖于所涂布的基质,纤连蛋白／Ⅳ型胶原优于鼠尾胶和明胶;Ⅷ因子相关抗原免疫组化检测内皮细胞表达阳性,透射电镜观察可见相邻内皮细胞间存在紧密连接结构。提示该方法能成功进行纯度较高的大鼠脑微血管内皮细胞原代培养,可用于脑微血管内皮的生理、生化及药理学研究,亦可用于构建大鼠血脑屏障模型。     

树鼩脑微血管内皮永生化细胞系的建立及最适D-半乳糖浓度诱导BMECs衰老细胞模型的探讨

目的 建立树鼩永生化脑微血管内皮细胞(brain microvascular endothelial cells, BMECs),明确D-半乳糖对BMECs衰老的影响，探索其潜在机制。方法 用携带SV40T基因的慢病毒转染BMECs,传至50代后进行形态观察、生长曲线测定以及免疫荧光和核型鉴定；再用不同浓度D-半乳糖(D-galactose, D-gal)诱导BMECs,通过细胞增殖实验确定最适诱导条件，用衰老相关β半乳糖苷酶染色分析细胞衰老情况，Western Blot检测衰老相关蛋白p53的表达水平，超氧化物歧化酶和脂质氧化检测试剂盒检测细胞内氧化应激水平。结果 永生化的细胞生长状态较好，不同代次的细胞形态一致，单个细胞呈短梭形或多角形，整体呈典型的铺路石状；细胞生长曲线显示细胞数量在第2～5天时处于对数生长期，在第6天时达到高峰，之后缓慢增长进入平台期；免疫荧光显示该细胞特异蛋白vWF和CD31及永生化基因SV40T为阳性；细胞核型结果显示永生化细胞染色体数目与滇西亚种树鼩的染色体数量相符；D-gal诱导BMECs抑制细胞增殖，有时间和浓度依赖性；实验组，即浓度为10 g/L的D...     

大鼠输精管平滑肌细胞的体外培养及形态学特征(英文）

建立大鼠输精管平滑肌细胞的培养方法。取大鼠输精管,剥离外膜和内膜,用组织块法进行体外培养。用抗α-SMA(anti α-smooth muscle actin)免疫组化染色的方法鉴定培养的细胞。结果显示,在倒置显微镜下观察细胞形态多样,表现为长梭形或星形,细胞伸出突起互相接触,彼此融合,部分区域细胞多层重叠,部分区域细胞单层高低起伏,呈"峰-谷"状生长。免疫组化染色鉴定呈阳性反应,用该方法所分离、培养的输精管平滑肌细胞纯度达99%以上。应用组织块法培养大鼠输精管平滑肌细胞,操作简单,结果稳定。     

贴壁法分离培养大鼠骨髓间充质干细胞的生物学特性

目的建立一种简便有效的体外分离纯化及培养扩增大鼠骨髓间充质干细胞(MSCs)的方法。研究MSCs的生物学特性,为血管组织工程提供理想的种子细胞。方法贴壁培养法分离纯化大鼠MSCs体外培养和连续传代,在倒置显微镜下连续观察细胞的形态变化;利用MTT法测定MSCs的生长曲线;行免疫组化方法鉴定MSCs膜抗原;分别加成骨、成脂肪诱导剂后MSCs体外培养1到3周,分别做碱性磷酸酶(ALP)、VonKossa染色及油红O染色,观察细胞形态变化、成骨及成脂肪分化结果。结果MSCs体外培养生长状况良好,呈均一的成纤维细胞样,表达波形蛋白(Vimentin)、α-平滑肌肌动蛋白(α-SMA),不表达层粘连蛋白(Laminin)、CD34、VIII因子相关抗原(VIII)。经体外诱导后具有多向分化潜能。结论贴壁培养法能有效分离纯化大鼠MSCs,用此方法培养的细胞生长稳定,增殖能力活跃,具有MSCs的一般生物学特性,为其成为血管组织工程理想的种子细胞提供了进一步的支持。     

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.