高原鼠兔的血象及其与低氧适应的关系

高原鼠兔是新开发的实验动物,能很好地适应高原低氧环境。本研究报道了驯化高原鼠兔的部分血液指标,并与野生高原鼠兔及部分其它实验动物和人的相应指标作了比较。同时对高原鼠兔能适应高原低氧环境的机理作了探讨。高原鼠兔红细胞数量高、体积小、红细胞膜表面积大,从而提高了Ｈｂ的利用率,使尽可能多的Ｈｂ参与摄氧和释氧。     

中国药红细胞免疫强化作用的研究进展

近１０年来对红细胞免疫功能研究,证实红细胞免疫功能有清除免疫复合物,促进吞噬作用,识别抗原,提呈抗原,免疫调节。郭峰建立了简易的红细胞Ｃ３ｂ受体花环试验与红细胞免疫复合物花环试验,分别测定红细胞膜Ｃ３ｂ受体活性和红细胞膜上吸附免疫复合物的情况。红细胞的生成、发育及功能状态与中医脾、肾密切相关。中医“正邪斗争”就是红细胞免疫;中医辩证,就是红细胞识别抗原,提呈抗原;中药施治,就是红细胞清除循环免疫复     

温度对中华大蟾蜍和中华鳖冬眠前离体红细胞免疫功能及其大小的影响

为了探讨温度变化对中华大蟾蜍(Bufo gargarizans)和中华鳖(Trionyx sinensis)离体红细胞免疫功能及细胞大小的影响,我们设计了10℃、20℃、30℃、37℃ 4个温度组,通过红细胞C3b受体花环试验和红细胞免疫复合物花环试验检测红细胞免疫活性,同时测量其红细胞大小.结果表明,温度对中华大蟾蜍离体红细胞C3b受体花环率影响显著,随着温度的升高,中华大蟾蜍离体红细胞C3b受体花环率逐渐降低,在30℃和37℃时,其红细胞C3b受体花环率明显比10℃时低;而温度对其离体红细胞免疫复合物花环率和红细胞大小却没有显著影响.温度对中华鳖离体红细胞C3b受体花环率、免疫复合物花环率及其大小亦没有显著影响.除了10℃时中华鳖离体红细胞免疫复合物花环率与中华大蟾蜍没有明显差别外,其余各温度下中华鳖离体红细胞C3b受体花环率和免疫复合物花环率均明显比中华大蟾蜍的高,而其红细胞的长径和短径却明显比中华大蟾蜍红细胞的小.这说明,温度能明显影响中华大蟾蜍离体红细胞免疫功能,而对中华鳖离体红细胞的免疫活性影响不明显,随着动物进化程度的提高,中华鳖红细胞对温度变化的适应能力和免疫活性比中华大蟾蜍明显增强.     

高原鼢鼠和高原鼠兔血液参数和血红蛋白亚型对不同海拔生境的响应

高原鼢鼠和高原鼠兔是青藏高原特有的物种,对高原低氧环境有很强的适应性。本研究测定了不同海拔的高原鼢鼠和高原鼠兔的红细胞数目、血红蛋白浓度、平均红细胞压积、平均红细胞体积等;通过质谱测序明确两种高原动物血红蛋白亚型;采用PAML4.8程序分析两种动物血红蛋白亚基中的正向选择位点;采用同源建模的方法分析正向选择位点对血红蛋白氧亲和力的影响,基于对两种高原动物血液特征的分析,探讨了它们适应低氧的策略。结果表明,随着海拔升高,高原鼢鼠通过增加红细胞数目、减小红细胞体积应答低氧,相反,高原鼠兔通过减少红细胞数目、增大红细胞体积应答低氧;高原鼠兔红细胞中具有α₂β₂成年型血红蛋白和α₂ε₂胎儿型血红蛋白,高原鼢鼠红细胞中只有α₂β₂成年型血红蛋白,但高原鼢鼠血红蛋白氧亲和力和别构效应显著高于高原鼠兔;高原鼢鼠与高原鼠兔的血红蛋白α和β亚基中,正向选择的氨基酸位点数目、位置以及它们的侧链基团极性和取向具有明显不同,这可能是造成两种动物血红蛋白氧亲和力不同的重要原因。总之...     

高原鼠兔脑红蛋白基因的克隆与组织表达

克隆高原鼠兔脑红蛋白(Neuroglobin,NGB)基因编码区并检测其在成年高原鼠兔脑组织和其他组织中的表达,同时探讨高原鼠兔低氧适应的分子生物学机制。从高原鼠兔脑组织中提取总RNA,通过RT - PCR 获得高原鼠兔NGB cDNA,将其与pGEM - T Easy 载体连接,构建重组质粒,蓝白斑筛选阳性克隆并进行鉴定和测序;制备地高辛标记的RNA 探针并采用原位杂交法(In suit hybridization,ISH) 分析脑红蛋白基因在高原鼠兔脑组织中的分布;采用RT - PCR 和蛋白印记(Western blot)检测高原鼠兔不同组织中脑红蛋白的表达含量。将含有目的片段的阳性克隆经测序和Blast 分析,显示其部分编码序列与GenBank 中绵羊、大鼠等同源性很高(大于84% ),表明本实验所克隆的序列为脑红蛋白基因;原位杂交结果显示NGB 在青藏高原土著动物高原鼠兔脑部分布较为广泛;高原鼠兔不同组织中都有NGB mRNA 表达,NGB 基因并不是中枢神经系统所特有的,睾丸和肾上腺也有较高的表达。NGB 基因在高原鼠兔脑组织和其他组织中分布较为广泛,推测NGB mRNA 可能在高原鼠兔机体较为广泛的区域中发挥着作用,同时为高原低氧适应相关基因的研究提供了实验依据。     

S.D和Wistar大鼠红细胞免疫功能测定

生命科学中药理、毒理和免疫学实验常用的大鼠有Ｓ．Ｄ和Ｗｉｓｔａｒ两个品种。其白细胞系统免疫功能状态已有报导,但关于红细胞免疫功能研究甚少。我们以红细胞Ｃ３ｂ受体酵母花环率和红细胞免疫复合物花环率为指标,检测了该两个品种大鼠的红细胞Ｃ３ｂ受体免疫粘附功...     

高原鼠兔下丘脑促肾上腺皮质激素释放因子的放射免疫测定

高原鼠兔已被我们选定为研究高原低氧适应机制的模型动物。我们过去的研究从器官水平乃至细胞和亚细胞水平均已证明该动物对高原低氧是不敏感的,属于高原低氧完全适应型动物。在研究下丘脑神经肽对高原低氧神经内分泌系的调控作用时,我们用大 鼠下丘脑促肾上腺皮质激素释放因子(Corticotropin releasing factor,CRF)的抗原、抗体放射免疫方法测定高原鼠免下丘脑CRF水平,获得了满意的结果,其灵敏度范围为3—200微微克/管,批间和批内变异系数分别为2.69％和7.24％。高原鼠兔下丘脑正中隆起处(Median eminence,ME)的提取物等的稀释液显示出与合成的大鼠CRF及其抗体间放射免疫反应的标准曲线,有很好的平行关系。高原鼠兔和大鼠ME处CRF的水平用此法测定分别为10.13±3.05和17.22±3.88微微克/毫克蛋白。大鼠ME处CRF水平随模拟海拔高度的增加而降低,而高原鼠兔不变化。随着肾上腺双侧切除,下丘脑ME之CRF下降,血浆皮质酮水平急剧下降,本结果提示,高原鼠兔的下丘脑确实含有与大鼠相类似结构与组成的CRF。此测定方法的确立,为研究高原鼠兔低氧神经内分泌适应机理,开拓了新路。     

高原鼠兔和灰尾兔红细胞的形态计量研究

本文应用扫描电镜形态计量研究方法,对栖息于果洛草原的高原鼠兔、灰尾兔的红细胞形态、大小进行了研究,结果表明,这两种世居高原的土著兔形目动物的红细胞平均直径和内凹区平均直径与平原家兔相近,但明显小于移居高原家兔组。高原鼠兔红细胞的平均直径为4.72+0.42 um,红细胞的内凹区平均直径为2.2O+O.27um,平均体积为20.31士1.68um³ 灰尾兔红细胞的平均直径为4．91士0.4 7um,红细胞内凹区的平均直径为2.35士0.21um,平均体积为21.48+1.40 um³．由此认为高原土著动物对高原低氧环境的适应机制之一,可能是通过维持较高水平的红细胞数目,减小红细胞体积,从而增加红细胞膜对氧扩散的总表面积降低血浆粘滞度,加速血液氧的运输来实现。     

高原鼠兔血红蛋白氧亲和力P50的测定

青藏高原鼠兔(pika)是高原的适应土著动物。在高海拔地区它能保持较高的氧分压和氧饱和度,随海拔的增高它的肺动脉压增高不显著,而且没有过度的红细胞增生,这些都是对低氧环境适应的良好表现。为了探讨鼠兔对高原低氧环境适应的机理,我们分别     

高原鼢鼠和高原鼠兔红细胞低氧适应特征

为探讨高原鼢鼠对低氧高二氧化碳洞道生境及高原鼠兔对高海拔低氧生境的适应机制,用Sysmex SF-3000血细胞分析仪及聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳对两种高原动物的血常规及血红蛋白类型进行分析,后者采用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳法。结果表明,高原鼢鼠和高原鼠兔的红细胞数(RBC)、红细胞压积(HCT)及平均红细胞容积(MCV)组间无显著差异(P>0.05),但高原鼢鼠和高原鼠兔的红细胞数显著高于SD大鼠,红细胞压积及平均红细胞容积均显著低于SD大鼠(P<0.05);高原鼢鼠的血红蛋白浓度(HBC)与SD大鼠无显著差异(P>0.05),但显著高于高原鼠兔的HBC(P<0.05)。高原鼢鼠血红蛋白主要有2种类型,高原鼠兔血红蛋白主要有3种类型,而SD大鼠血红蛋白主要有5种类型。从血红蛋白电泳迁移来看,2种高原动物血红蛋白类型有明显的趋同特征并与SD大鼠具有明显的差异。上述结果提示,长期适应高海拔低氧环境的高原动物的红细胞和血红蛋白表现出趋同进化,同时因生境和习性的差异又表现出各自的特异性。     

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.