双歧杆菌分泌RNA的实验

目的：通过双歧杆菌对数生长期培养液中出现核酸的性质的研究探索双歧杆菌作用于机体的分子机制。方法：采用液体培养双歧杆菌方法;提取对数生长的双歧杆菌培养发酵液中的总核酸;将纯化后的核酸用RNA降解酶降解,电泳观察核酸条带电泳结果。结果：双歧杆菌对数生长期培养发酵液中仅存在RNA。结论：双歧杆菌对数生长期可能分泌100bp RNA。     

乳酸杆菌发酵滤液中核酸抗肿瘤效应及对荷瘤鼠免疫功能的影响

目的探讨乳酸杆菌DM9811培养基滤液中核酸在体外对肿瘤细胞生长及对荷瘤鼠免疫功能的影响。方法抽提乳酸杆菌DM9811对数生长期培养基滤液中核酸,进行琼脂糖电泳分析;MTT法体外观察其对于结肠癌HT-29细胞系生长的影响;动物实验观察不同组别小鼠生存期、瘤重体重比、NK细胞活性、T细胞亚群指标。结果乳酸杆菌DM9811滤液中核酸组分为RNA;在细胞浓度为1×106时,每孔加入RNA 100μg能够明显抑制结肠癌HT-29细胞系的生长;预防组荷瘤鼠除CD8＋T细胞比例之外各项指标与阴性对照组相比差异都有统计学意义（P〈0.05）,其中NK细胞杀伤活性（58.97±3.62）、CD4＋T细胞比例（27.77±5.40）和生存期（15.1±4.48）均高于阴性对照组（43.87±3.92）、（19.68±3.00）、（10.2±3.08）,瘤重体重比（0.029±0.017）低于阴性对照组（0.066±0.024）;治疗组生存期（11.8±3.12）与阴性对照组（10.2±3.08）相比差异有统计学意义（P〈0.05）,治疗组生存期长于阴性对照组。结论乳酸杆菌DM9811培养基滤液中存在核酸组分,为100200 bp的RNA片段。100μg/mL乳酸杆菌DM9811培养基滤液中RNA组分对结肠癌HT-29细胞系生长有明显抑制作用。RNA组分可以上调荷瘤鼠的细胞免疫水平,延长荷瘤鼠的生存期。     

应用雏鸡乳杆菌防治鸡白痢及其增重追踪调查

从1982年至今,经38743只雏鸡自然发生鸡白痢病的防治实验应用雏鸡乳杆菌防治的有效率达96％;同时,治疗组的雏鸡比未用雏鸡乳杆菌的雏鸡多增重14％。经过追踪检查,使用雏鸡乳杆菌防治的雏鸡,它们对鸡沙门氏菌的反应为阴性;使用雏鸡乳杆菌防治过的雏鸡,其肠道中乳杆菌的均数值的对数为11.2±0.5;未用雏鸡乳杆菌处理的对照雏鸡,其肠道中乳杆菌的均数值对数为7.6±0.4(正常鸡肠道中乳杆菌的均数值对数为9.5±0.5[5])。     

双歧杆菌培养滤液中核酸的提取及对肠癌细胞cAMP,cGMP的影响

实验观察了对数期长双歧杆菌、青春双歧杆菌培养滤液中提取的总核酸对肠癌细胞ｃＡＭＰ、ｃＧＭＰ的影响。结果发现,双歧杆菌培养中滤液中存在大量核酸,将双歧杆菌培养滤中的核提取纯化作用于大肠癌细胞ＣＣＬ１８７,ｃＡＭＰ增高,ＣＧＭＰ没有变化,提示核酸可能作为细胞膜外的第一信使物质腺苷环化酶活性。     

破伤风毒素近况

<正> 产生和释放 在对数生长期破伤风毒素的合成率非常低,绝大部份毒素是旺盛的生长期末产生的。Coleman(16)在一株产气芽孢杆菌中研究了胞外酶的形成。他发现:他们的形成几乎都出现在微生物旺盛生长期中止之后。根据这个事实,他们设想在胞内物质的增加和胞外酶的合成之间存在着转录上的竞争。接着,这个设想被发展成为一个模型应用于在对数生长期结束之后合成胞外蛋白的那些系统中(17)。依照这个系统,在对数生长期结束时营养的缺乏将切断核糖体的RNA合成,结果引起正在工作的RNA聚合酶(RNAnucleootidyltran-sfrase)的增加。随着,糖体RNA的更新导致RNA前体积池体积的(precursorpoolsize)增大,将容许合成更多的信使RNA,此时只要聚合酶没有被饱和,胞外蛋白质的合成就会不断增加。Colemon等(17)用液化淀粉杆菌产生大量胞外蛋白质作论据来支持竞争模型学     

发酵中克拉维酸降解因素的探讨

探讨了克拉维酸 (clavulanicacid ,CA)在发酵液中的降解因素 ,首先研究了培养基组分影响CA降解速率的大小 ,并计算出不同组分对其降解的速率常数 .然后 ,研究了发酵过程中在对数生长期和稳定期的克拉维酸降解速率常数。研究发现外界环境因素对CA降解速率的影响大小不同 ,通过对带棒链霉菌对数生长期和稳定期CA降解情况的研究 ,可以判断 ,在pH、温度等发酵条件一定的情况下 ,导致发酵后期CA严重降解的原因可能与菌体生长过程中产生的热敏性物质或者稳定期产生的次级代谢产物有关 。     

卷曲乳杆菌对三种结肠上皮细胞的粘附性

目的研究卷曲乳杆菌对3种结肠上皮细胞(SW480细胞、SW620细胞、LOVO细胞)的粘附性。方法将处于对数生长期的卷曲乳杆菌A7分别与SW480细胞、SW620细胞、LOVO细胞进行体外粘附试验,革兰染色后显微镜观察卷曲乳杆菌A7对3种结肠上皮细胞的粘附结果并计数。结果卷曲乳杆菌A7对3种结肠上皮细胞的粘附均具有显著性,其中对于SW480细胞和LOVO细胞的粘附性明显高于SW620细胞。结论卷曲乳杆菌A7对SW480细胞、SW620细胞、LOVO细胞均具有较强的粘附性,提示该菌株有望成为肠道益生菌的新成员。     

乳扇制品中乳酸杆菌的分离鉴定及16S rRNA序列同源性分析

目的乳扇是云南大理白族的一种传统乳制品,明确大理乳扇制品中乳杆菌的多样性及优势种群分布,为科学利用奠定基础。方法采用表型鉴定及16S r RNA鉴定方法,对10个家庭作坊的大理乳扇制品中的乳杆菌进行了分离鉴定。结果共分离到50株乳杆菌,通过表型鉴定为8个种,包括植物乳杆菌10株、德氏乳杆菌7株、发酵乳杆菌6株、干酪乳杆菌6株、棒状乳杆菌4株、鼠乳杆菌2株、弯曲乳杆菌3株和食果糖乳杆菌2株;06422和06430两株表型鉴定未能定种,进一步通过16S r RNA鉴定为植物乳杆菌和马酒乳杆菌,06422株与植物乳杆菌L.arizonensin、L.pentosus和L.plantarum P158的同源性分别是100%、100%和99.9%,与乳杆菌属其它种的同源性为83.4%(L.gallinarum)至93.5%(L.brevis),06430株与L.kefiranofaciens.subsp.Kefirgranum的16S r RNA同源性是99.9%,与乳杆菌属其它种的同源性为83.7%(L.plantarum P158)至96.3%(L.acidophilus)。结论大理乳扇制品中有9种乳杆菌,其优势种群为植物乳杆菌、德氏乳杆菌、发酵乳杆菌和干酪乳杆菌等四种。     

几种常用益生元不同配伍对 三株益生菌体外生长的调节作用

目的探讨几种常用益生元经过不同配伍组合后对3种常用益生菌体外生长的调节作用。方法使用基础培养基分别培养3株益生菌,观察不同益生元配伍组合对3株益生菌的体外调节作用。依据不同的益生元组分配伍以及浓度制作含不同益生元组分的基础培养基体外培养3株益生菌,分别在培养的0、6、12、18和24h取样进行平板活菌计数同时观察菌体形态。配置不同浓度的含葡萄糖基础培养基作为对照,研究不同益生元组分配伍组合对3株益生菌体外生长的调节作用。结果低聚半乳糖、低聚果糖、低聚异麦芽糖(组合2-0.5%)配伍以及低聚半乳糖、低聚果糖、低聚木糖(组合4-1.0%)配伍相较于相同糖浓度的葡萄糖基础培养基对嗜酸乳杆菌NCFM活菌计数有促进作用(P0.05)。低聚半乳糖、低聚果糖、低聚木糖(组合4-0.5%)配伍相较于相同糖浓度的葡萄糖基础培养基对乳双歧杆菌HN019活菌计数有促进作用(P0.05)。低聚半乳糖、低聚果糖、低聚异麦芽糖(组合2-1.0%)配伍以及低聚半乳糖、低聚果糖、水苏糖(组合3-0.5%)配伍相较于相同糖浓度的葡萄糖基础培养基对乳双歧杆菌Bi-07活菌计数有促进作用(P0.05)。结论低聚半乳糖、低聚果糖和低聚木糖组合对嗜酸乳杆菌NCFM和乳双歧杆菌HN019的增殖具有促进作用。低聚半乳糖、低聚果糖和低聚异麦芽糖组合对嗜酸乳杆菌NCFM和乳双歧杆菌Bi-07的增殖具有促进作用。低聚半乳糖、低聚果糖和水苏糖组合对乳双歧杆菌Bi-07的增殖具有促进作用。     

罗伊乳杆菌增殖培养基中碳源氮源的优化

目的提高罗伊乳杆菌的发酵活菌数,以提高发酵产率,降低生产成本。方法采用光电比浊法与活菌计数法,通过单因素试验和正交设计方法对罗伊乳杆菌的增殖培养基的碳源和氮源进行优化,并且绘制优化前后的生长曲线。结果罗伊乳杆菌增殖培养基中最佳的碳源、氮源种类与浓度为葡萄糖2.1%、蔗糖3.0%、牛肉膏1.5%、酵母粉1.4%,最佳的培养时间为10h。结论通过优化罗伊乳杆菌的增殖培养基,提高了发酵产率,降低了生产成本。     

Stable extracellular RNA fragments of Mycobacterium tuberculosis induce early apoptosis in human monocytes via a caspase-8 dependent mechanism

The molecular basis of pathogen-induced host cell apoptosis is well characterized for a number of microorganisms. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is known to induce apoptosis and it was shown that live but not heat killed M. tuberculosis stimulates this biological pathway in monocytes. The dependence of this activity on live bacilli led us to hypothesize that products released or secreted by M. tuberculosis are the primary apoptotic factors for human monocytes. Thus, the culture filtrate of in vitro grown M. tuberculosis strain H37Rv was fractioned by conventional chromatography and the apoptosis-inducing activity of individual fractions was measured on human monocytes. The tests employed included measurement of cell membrane damage, caspase activation, and cytokine release. Small molecular weight RNAs of M. tuberculosis were recognized as the predominant apoptosis inducing factors. The RNA was comprised primarily of tRNA and rRNA fragments that stably accumulate in the culture filtrate during early log-phase growth. The RNA fragments signaled through a caspase-8 dependent, caspase-1 and TNF-α independent pathway that ultimately compromised the human monocytes' ability to control M. tuberculosis infection. These studies provide the first report of bacterial RNA inducing apoptosis. They also provide a foundation to pursue pathways for secretion or release of nucleic acids from M. tuberculosis and the impact of secreted RNA fragments on pathogenesis.     

Involvement of RNA and DNA in the staining of Escherichia coli by SYTO 13

AIMS: To assess the extent to which DNA and RNA bacterial content contributes to fluorescent response of SYTO 13. METHODS AND RESULTS: RNA and DNA of Escherichia coli 536 cells were extracted and fluorimetrically quantified to compare the different contents, throughout a 24 h culture, with their SYTO 13 fluorescence emission when analysed by the cytometer. SYTO 13 fluorescence varied depending on the stage of bacterial growth and in accordance with both DNA and RNA content. RNA content accounted for at least two-thirds of the total fluorescence of a cell. Escherichia coli cells were treated with chloramphenicol to improve their RNA content. With this treatment, both nucleic acids remained constant but there was a clear improvement in fluorescent emission. SYTO 13 fluorescence was also studied in E. coli X-1488 minicells. CONCLUSIONS: Although both nucleic acids are implicated, RNA accounts for a major part of SYTO 13 fluorescence. The fluorescence cannot be considered as a direct reflection of nucleic acid content. Other factors, such as topology or supercoiling, need to be considered. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The results confirm the efficacy of SYTO 13 for labelling bacteria and for assessing the distinct physiological status. A better knowledge of the parameters implicated in its fluorescence emission has been achieved.     

乳酸杆菌发酵滤液对人宫颈癌细胞株Hela细胞的抑制作用

目的观察乳酸杆菌DM9811发酵滤液及其主要成分对宫颈癌细胞株Hela细胞的体外增殖的影响,探索乳酸杆菌发酵滤液对宫颈癌细胞是否有抑制作用及解析作用的有效成分。方法用MTr法研究不同浓度乳酸杆菌DM9811发酵滤液在不同时间对Hela细胞的抑制作用,在此基础上研究脂肪酸、菌体核酸在不同时间对Hela细胞的抑制作用。结果不同浓度乳酸杆菌DM9811发酵滤液及相关物质在不同时间对Hela细胞的抑制作用显示：（1）乳酸杆菌DM9811发酵滤液各浓度组对Hela细胞的生长均有抑制作用,且这种抑制作用呈剂量-时间依赖方式。24、48、72h达到半数抑制率的发酵滤液浓度分别为8．9％、5．3％、3．8％。（2）乳酸杆菌DM9811发酵滤液脂肪酸对Hela细胞的生长有一定抑制作用,抑制率在7．0％～34．0％。（3）乳酸杆菌DM9811菌体核酸对Hela细胞的生长有抑制作用,抑制率为9．7％-53．4％,呈剂量一时间依赖方式。72h达到半数抑制率核酸的浓度为5．5μg/ml。结论乳酸杆菌DM9811发酵滤液对Hela细胞的生长具有显著的抑制作用,其中脂肪酸组分是有效成分之一。     

Improved protocol for high-quality Co-extraction of DNA and RNA from rumen digesta

We report an improved method for total nucleic acids extraction from rumen content samples. The method employs bead beating, and phenol-chloroform extraction followed by saline-alcohol precipitation. Total nucleic acids and RNA yield and purity were assessed by spectrophotometric measurements; RNA integrity was estimated using Agilent RNA 6000 Nano Kit on an Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer. The method provided total nucleic acids and RNA extracts of good quantity and quality. The extraction is not time consuming and it is valuable for ecological studies of rumen microbial community structure and gene expression.     

In situ analysis of nucleic acids in cold-induced nonculturable Vibrio vulnificus.

Low-temperature-induced nonculturable cells of the human pathogenic bacterium Vibrio vulnificus retained significant amounts of nucleic acids for more than 5 months. Upon permeabilization of fixed cells, however, an increasing number of cold-incubated cells released the nucleic acids. This indicates substantial degradation of DNA and RNA in nonculturable cells prior to fixation. Treatment of permeabilized cells with DNase and RNase allowed differential staining of DNA and RNA with the nucleic acid dye 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI). Epifluorescence microscopy revealed that the could-induced nonculturable populations of V. vulnificus are highly heterogeneous with regard to their nucleic acid content. The fraction of nonculturable cells which maintained DNA and RNA structures decreased gradually during cold incubation. After 5 months at 5 degrees C, less than 0.05% of the cells could be observed to retain DNA and RNA. In parallel with the loss of nucleic acids, an increase in the concentrations of UV-absorbing material in the culture supernatants was observed in nonculturable-cell suspensions. It is hypothesized that there are two phases of the formation of nonculturable cells of V. vulnificus: the first involves a loss of culturability with maintenance of cellular integrity and intact RNA and DNA (and thus possibly viability), and the second is typified by a gradual degradation of nucleic acids, the products of which partly remain inside the cells and partly diffuse into the extracellular space. A small number of nonculturable cells, however, retain DNA and RNA, and thus may be viable despite having reduced culturability.     

Monoclonal antibodies to double-stranded RNA as probes of RNA structure in crude nucleic acid extracts.

We describe four monoclonal antibodies (MAB) which specifically recognize double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) together with their use in new methods for detecting and characterizing dsRNA in unfractionated nucleic acid extracts. The specificity of the antibodies was analyzed using a panel of 27 different synthetic and naturally occurring nucleic acids. All four antibodies reacted in a highly specific manner with long dsRNA helices, irrespective of their sequence; no binding to single-stranded RNA homopolymers or to DNA or RNA-DNA hybrids was observed. The apparent affinity of the antibodies to short (less than or equal to 11 bp) RNA helices was very low in all test systems used: only background levels of binding were obtained on single-stranded RNA species which contain double-helical secondary structures (e.g. rRNA, tRNA, viroid RNA). A sandwich ELISA and a dsRNA-immunoblotting procedure have been established which allow detection and characterization of dsRNA by MAB even in the presence of a large excess of other nucleic acids. In combination with temperature-gradient gelelectrophoresis (TGGE) not only the molecular weights but also the highly characteristic Tm-values of conformational transitions of individual dsRNA species could be determined by immunoblotting. An example of the general use of these methods for the detection of plant virus infections is demonstrated with groundnut rosette virus (GRV) dsRNAs. We were able to estimate the dsRNA content of infected leaves, identify the dsRNA species present in crude extracts and to determine the Tm- values of GRV dsRNA-3.     

14种蜂花粉的DNA和RNA分析

本文使用紫外光吸收法,分析了芝麻、葵花、泡桐等１４种蜂花粉中核酸（ＤＮＡ和ＲＮＡ）的含量,以进一步探讨花粉的抗衰老作用。结果说明不论那一种花粉,均含有丰富的核酸,但种类不同的花粉其中核酸的含量是不完全相同的。     

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RNA SYNTHESIS, CELL DIVISION, AND MORPHOLOGY OF MAMMALIAN CELLS : I. Puromycin Aminonucleoside As An Inhibitor of RNA Synthesis and Division in HeLa Cells

Logarithmically growing HeLa cell monolayers were treated with a range of concentrations of puromycin aminonucleoside (AMS). The effects of AMS were studied by the following means: microscope examination of treated cells; enumeration of the cell number using an electronic particle counter; analyses for DNA, RNA, and protein content; incorporation of P³² and H³-thymidine into nucleic acids; and fractionation of nucleic acids by column chromatography. Taking the rate of incorporation of the isotopic precursor as a measure of nucleic acid synthesis, it was found that concentrations of the inhibitor which had a rapid effect on the rate of cell division inhibited the synthesis of all types of nucleic acids and of protein, but depressed ribosomal RNA synthesis most markedly. Lower concentrations of AMS selectively inhibited ribosomal RNA and, to a lesser extent, transfer RNA synthesis. Partial inhibition of ribosomal RNA synthesis with low doses had no effect on the rate of cell division within the period studied (3 generation times). The cell content of RNA returned to normal when the inhibitor was removed.