雨生红球藻FACHB-712营养细胞和厚壁孢子低温保藏效果及优化

以高产虾青素的雨生红球藻（Haematococcus pluvialis Flotow）FACHB-712藻株为材料,研究2种细胞形态（营养细胞和厚壁孢子）在低温保藏下的复苏率及其差异原因。结果显示,采用两步法（先预冻降温后再投入液氮中）冻存其营养细胞,在不同冻存条件下,其存活率均低于5%,以10%甘油作为保护剂、冻存速率为0.5℃/min、预冻温度为-40℃、保留30 min,然后再投入液氮罐（-196℃）中保藏,其存活率可达到13.3%。采用两步法冻存厚壁孢子,其复苏存活率高达66.13%,复苏萌发后细胞的生长特性、虾青素含量与液氮保藏前无明显差异（P > 0.05）。对液氮保藏前后藻细胞形态和超微结构观察结果表明,超低温保藏后,营养细胞的结构受到较大损伤,而厚壁孢子受到的损伤相对较小。当添加不同保护剂后,直接将厚壁孢子分别冻存在-20℃、-80℃低温及液氮中,发现-80℃低温冻存处理组的复苏存活率相对较高,可达27%。研究表明采用两步法先预冻降温后再投入液氮中冻存厚壁孢子,是长期保藏雨生红球藻FACHB-712的最佳方法,也可采用一步法将厚壁孢子冻存于-80℃冰箱中。     

恒河猴(Macaca mulatta)肾细胞冻存复苏培养及其生物学特性的研究

本文使用深低温(-196℃)冻结保存动物细胞技术,对胰酶分散的恒河猴肾细胞的冻存,复苏培养及其生物学特性进行了研究。结果表明、液氮冻存2—58周的恒河猴肾细胞,其平均存活率为63.3—74.4％。复苏培养细胞于6—7天形成緻密单层,对脊髓灰质炎病毒敏感;国产二甲基亚砜可以用作冻存细胞的保护剂;复苏培养的细胞核型正常;其生物学特性与未冻的原代细胞一致。     

ELISPOT检测人乳头瘤病毒特异性的记忆T细胞

应用ELISPOT方法检测人乳头瘤病毒感染后自发清除者外周血中抗原特异性的记忆T细胞。收集人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）感染后自发清除者外周血（病毒清除后74个月）,分离外周血单个核细胞（peripheralblood mononuclear cells,PBMC）。体外应用已鉴定的表位肽刺激PBMC,10 d后计数细胞,去除表位肽,继续培养。第11天,ELISPOT方法检测PBMC中HPV抗原特异性的记忆T细胞。PBMC经表位肽刺激10 d后,细胞数量有明显增加,由最初的4.1×105增加为4.2×106。第11天,细胞数量增加为4.65×106,为抗原刺激前细胞数的11.3倍。ELISPOT结果显示,PBMC中的记忆T细胞活化后,能够识别抗原递呈细胞递呈的抗原肽,并分泌IFN-γ。此HPV自发清除者外周血中抗原特异性的记忆T细胞的频数为0.007%。人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）感染后自发清除者外周血存在抗原特异性记忆T细胞,抗原肽可激活记忆T细胞,使之数量增加,分泌IFN-γ。ELISPOT可用于检测外周血中HPV特异性的记忆T细胞。     

低浓度二甲基亚砜保护SSMC7721细胞冻存后活力

目的研究二甲基亚砜作为冻存保护剂对SSMC7721细胞冻存复苏后细胞生长相对活力和凋亡的影响。方法选择传代培养处于对数生长期SSMC7721细胞,体积分数2%、5%、10%和20%DMSO分别冻存10d、30d后复苏,采用倒置显微镜形态学观察、MTT法测定细胞相对活力、流式细胞仪检测细胞凋亡,综合分析不同浓度DMSO冻存不同时间复苏对SSMC7721的影响。结果各浓度DMSO冻存SSMC7721对细胞生长和凋亡均有影响。20%DMSO对SSMC7721细胞影响明显,细胞培养不易贴壁逐渐脱落,浓度低于5%时,细胞生长状态良好;10%和20%DMSO细胞相对活力急剧下降;随着DMSO浓度增加和冻存时间延长,细胞凋亡率明显上升,存活率明显下降,5%DMSO冻存的凋亡率10.24%,20%DMSO冻存的凋亡率93.49%。结论 2%~5%DMSO冻存肝癌SSMC7721细胞,复苏后培养有较好的细胞相对活力,能有效减少细胞凋亡,起到的冻存保护剂作用。     

基于电容测定的罗汉果细胞超低温保藏快速方法

建立了一种基于活细胞电容值定量测定的植物细胞超低温保藏的快速评价方法,优化了罗汉果细胞超低温保藏方法。通过采用活细胞传感仪测定冻存后细胞的存活率并结合细胞生活力(细胞线粒体活性/TTC)对罗汉果细胞的低温保藏过程进行优化,确定了罗汉果细胞较为适宜的冷冻保护剂组分为基本培养基中添加10%的蔗糖和10%的DMSO。预处理剂的考察实验表明,采用0.2 mol/L蔗糖的预处理剂处理细胞时冻存后细胞存活率和细胞活力较高;采用0.2 mol/L蔗糖预处理剂处理细胞时,随着预处理时间的增加,细胞存活率先增加后降低,预处理时间为9 h时,细胞存活率和细胞活力最高。保藏后的细胞复苏实验结果表明:细胞存活率与采用活细胞电容值得到的细胞存活率具有很好的一致性,同时经过冻存的细胞复苏培养后,仍保留了原始细胞的形态和合成甜苷V的特性,说明该冻存方法适用于罗汉果细胞的超低温保藏。因此基于活细胞传感仪测得的电容值进行细胞冻存过程细胞活性的快速评价方法具有较好的可行性和可靠性。     

谷胱甘肽与富氢冻存液在鸡血细胞冻存中的保护作用

目的通过观察细胞冷冻复苏后的存活率及凋亡情况,探讨细胞冻存液中添加谷胱甘肽(GSH)和氢气(H_2)对细胞的保护作用。方法在冻存液中添加GSH和/或通入H_2后冻存鸡血细胞,1个月后复苏,采用台盼蓝拒染和MTT法分别检测细胞存活率与细胞活性,流式细胞仪检测细胞的凋亡率。结果 GSH、H_2或H_2+GSH处理使细胞活力明显提高,而早期凋亡率明显降低。结论谷胱甘肽与富氢冻存液对鸡血细胞冻存具有保护作用。     

不同冻存条件对甘蔗原生质体活力和再生能力的影响

为了获得活力高和再生能力强的甘蔗原生质体,该文对甘蔗原生质体的冻存液浓度、冻存温度和冻存部位进行了研究。结果表明:(1)不同的冻存液、不同的冻存温度和不同的取材部位原生质体冻存后复苏对甘蔗原生质体的活力影响有显著差异性,三个冻存液组合比较,在组合2(70%培养基+20%血清+10%DMSO),冻存30 d后复苏活力最强,高达72%;冻存90 d内复苏,-196℃液氮和-80℃冰箱冻存,甘蔗原生质体的活力差异不显著,活力均在75%以上,但90 d冻存后复苏,-196℃液氮冻存后复苏比-80℃冰箱冻存冻存后复苏原生质活力强;不同取材部位比较,幼叶冻存30 d后复苏所得原生质体活力较高(达79. 2%),茎尖冻存30 d后复苏所得原生质体活力仅为42.7%。(2)不同的冻存液和不同的冻存温度,细胞第一次启动分裂和形成细胞团的时间差异不显著,一般培养5～6 d,细胞壁基本形成完整,培养6 d后,细胞启动分裂,培养15 d后形成细胞团。不同的材料部位相比较,茎尖酶解所得原生质体再生能力最强,较幼叶酶解原生质体,形成细胞壁的时间早3 d,第一次分裂时间早2 d。     

稳定表达CD19-FLUC-GFP的CT26细胞系的构建及鉴定

实体瘤缺乏明确的嵌合抗原受体T细胞(chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, CAR-T)治疗靶点。因此,通过慢病毒将已经明确的靶点分子CD19带入实体瘤细胞系,研究CD19 CAR-T细胞对其的杀伤,能够为CAR-T细胞针对实体瘤的治疗提供潜在的支撑。本研究利用三质粒慢病毒系统构建了稳定表达CD19、萤火虫荧光素酶(firefly luciferase, FLUC)和绿色荧光蛋白(green fluorescent protein, GFP)的结肠癌CT26细胞系CT26-CD19-FLUC-GFP。该细胞系与CT26细胞系的生长活性一致。通过流式细胞术检测不同代次CT26-CD19-FLUC-GFP细胞,证实了CT26-CD19-FLUC-GFP细胞连续传代至第5、10、22代后CD19及GFP的稳定表达。进一步证实,连续传代至第22代的CT26-CD19-FLUC-GFP细胞中的CD19 mRNA及FLUC表达水平显著高于对照组CT26细胞。与T细胞相比,CD19 CAR-T细胞能够显著杀伤CT26-CD19-FLUC-GFP细胞及MC38-CD19细胞。CT26-CD19-FLUC-GFP细胞腹腔植入小鼠体内1周后,通过活体成像仪可以检测到腹腔区域的FLUC表达。上述结果表明,成功构建了稳定表达CD19-FLUC-GFP的CT26细胞系,且该细胞系能够被CD19 CAR-T细胞特异性杀伤。     

豹猫体细胞建系及其生物学特性分析

研究体外培养豹猫(Prionailurus bengalensis)细胞的形态、细胞贴壁率、冷冻存活率、生长曲线及细胞核型等生物学特性,为深入开展豹猫基因组学及濒危野生动物保护提供依据。本实验选择豹猫3种组织,即剑状软骨、心和肺,采用组织块贴壁培养法进行体细胞的原代培养;酶消化法完成细胞的传代培养;程序降温完成细胞的冷冻保存;通过细胞计数法计数细胞冷冻存活率;绘制细胞生长曲线;采用常规染色体标本制备技术,对豹猫的染色体核型及G带进行分析。细胞原代培养结果显示,剑状软骨组织在培养第3天出现纤维样细胞、培养6~7 d铺满培养瓶;心组织在培养第5天出现上皮样细胞、12 d铺满培养瓶;肺组织在培养4 d后出现成纤维细胞、8~9 d铺满培养瓶。3种来源体细胞均显示成纤维细胞特征,剑状软骨源细胞最易贴壁、肺源细胞次之、心源细胞最弱。对比3种不同来源体细胞从6代(P6)至12代(P12)冷冻存活率,剑状软骨源细胞冷冻存活率显著下降(冻存前91.0%~97.6%,冻存后76.8%~85.5%,P0.05),心源细胞冷冻存活率亦显著下降(冻存前82.7%~88.1%,冻存后43.7%~80.5%,P0.05),肺源细胞冷冻存活率有下降趋势,但无显著差异(冻存前83.4%~96.8%,冻存后73.9%~93.3%,P0.05)。生长曲线分析显示,3种体细胞均呈"S"型,其中剑状软骨源细胞增殖最快、肺源细胞次之、心源细胞最慢。核型分析结果显示,3种不同来源的成纤维体细胞染色体数目均为2n=38,18对为常染色体,形态类型为6m+10sm+2st,1对为性染色体,X染色体形态类型为m。本研究建立了3种组织来源的豹猫成纤维细胞建系技术及体细胞系,揭示了该物种成纤维细胞的基本生物学特性,为动物遗传信息研究及豹猫保护提供了重要的实验材料和基础信息。     

人胚胎干细胞程序降温保存的实验研究

本文采用升降式程序降温仪对人胚胎干细胞进行了程序降温保存,并探讨和比较了降温速率、置核温度、保护剂和投入液氮前温度对冻存复苏后胚胎干细胞的存活率、活力及分化特性的影响。结果表明：采用Me2SO 血清 DMEM(体积比为1：3：6)的保护剂,从0℃开始,以0．5℃／min的速率对细胞悬液降温;至-10℃时对其进行置核,并于-35℃时将其快速投入液氮中保存,复温后效果最佳。冻存复温后细胞存活率可达81．8％,复苏后的胚胎干细胞形态和集落生长方式都与冻前的生长形态相同,且胚胎干细胞标志之一碱性磷酸酶(AKP)反应阳性,同时染色体组型仍正常。     

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.