利用DDRT-PCR技术分析神经生长因子低亲和力受体诱导的细胞凋亡过程中基因表达的差异

转染了Ｐ７５ＮＧＦＲ的Ｒ２神经细胞系Ｒ２Ｌ１在去血清的培养时可以诱导细胞凋亡的发生．此凋亡可以被ＲＮＡ合成抑制剂放线菌素Ｄ和蛋白质合成抑制剂环己酰胺所抑制．利用ＤＤＲＴ－ＰＣＲ技术比较了去血清培养的发生凋亡的Ｒ２Ｌ１细胞与有血清培养的不发生凋亡的Ｒ２Ｌ１细胞以及去血清培养的不发生凋亡的Ｒ２Ｐ细胞基因表达的差异．克隆了数个特异或差异表达的短ｃＤＮＡ片段,经Ｎｏｒｔｈｅｒｎ杂交证实其中两个片段ＬＩＡＲＥＳＴ－１和ＬＩＡＲＥＳＴ－２表达量在凋亡细胞中显著高于不发生凋亡的细胞中,ＧｅｎＢａｎｋ检索表明此二片段为新的ｃＤＮＡ序列并给予登录号Ｕ４７３１５和Ｕ４７３１６．另有一个ｃＤＮＡ片段ＬＩＡＲＣＤ－３在凋亡细胞中受到了明显的抑制,经检索为一已知的与前强啡肽原上游调控区结合的ＤＮＡ结合蛋白ｃＤＮＡ编码区的一部分,首次被证实它与Ｐ７５ＮＧＦＲ诱导的神经细胞凋亡调控关联     

CED—4和细胞凋亡信号传递

ＣＥＤ－４是线虫细胞凋亡信号通路上的信号接头分子,具有信号接头和活化ＣＥＤ－３的功能,它的同源类似物Ａｐａｆ－１在哺乳动物细胞凋亡过程中也具有信 号接头分子的作用,可寡聚化并与ｃａｓｐａｓｅｓ－９,Ｂｃｌ－ｘＬ形成三元复合传递细胞凋亡信号。     

LBP／CD14系统及其与内毒素作用的关系

近年来,人们发现一组机体识别和调控内毒素（ＥＴ）作用的蛋白质分子：即ＬＢＰ／ＣＤ１４系统：包括血清脂多糖结合蛋白（ＬＢＰ）、细胞表面膜结合ＣＤ１４和可溶性ＣＤ１４。ＬＢＰ是ＥＴ的重要载体蛋白,ｍＣＤ１４是单核／巨噬细胞等ＣＤ１４＾＋细胞表面的内毒素受体,ｓＣＤ１４则是调节内皮细胞等ＣＤ１４细胞的重要介质。ＬＢＰ／ＣＤ１４系统能明显提高各种细胞对ＥＴ的敏感性,与脓毒症的发病机制有着密切的内在联系。     

谷氨酰胺对体外培养人小肠上皮细胞缺氧复氧损伤的保护作用

应用原代培养人胎小肠上皮细胞（ＩＥＣ）,观察了谷氨酰胺（ＧＬＮ）对缺氧复氧（Ａ／Ｒ）损伤人ＩＥＣ的影响。结果：缺氧６０ｍｉｎ复氧３０ｍｉｎ后,细胞内乳酸脱氢酶（ＬＤＨ）漏出量显著上升,细胞存活率显著下降。预先应用１～５ｍｍｏｌ／ＬＧＬＮ可使Ａ／Ｒ损伤ＩＥＣ细胞存活率升高和细胞内ＬＤＨ漏出量减少,ＧＬＮ作用的最佳剂量为２ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ。提示ＧＬＮ对人ＩＥＣ具有直接的保护作用,这可能是其整体保护作用机制之一。     

L615白血病鼠胸腺和脾脏淋巴细胞脱氢酶同工酶的研究

应用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳法对比研究了纯系６１５鼠和Ｌ６１５可移植性淋巴细胞型白血病鼠胸腺和脾脏淋巴细胞的葡萄糖－６－磷酸脱氢酶同工酶（ＥＣｌ．１．１．４９,Ｄ－葡萄糖－６－磷酸：ＮＡＤＰ氧化还原酶,Ｇ６ＰＤ）和乳酸脱氢酶同工酶（ＥＣｌ．１．１．２７,Ｌ－乳酸：ＮＡＤ氧化还原酶,ＬＤＨ）。并应用定量细胞化学法对ＬＤＨ和６ＰＤ全酶活性进行了测定。结果：在Ｌ６１５白血病鼠胸腺淋巴细胞中（白血病细胞占４０％）,Ｇ６ＰＤ同工酶谱显示异常,全酶活性明显增高、ＬＤＨ同工酶谱及全酶活性未发生明显变化。Ｌ６１５白血病鼠脾脏淋巴细胞中（白血病细胞占８４％）,Ｇ６ＰＤ和ＬＤＨ同工酶谱均显示异常,同时全酶活性也明显增强。提示：Ｇ６ＰＤ对白血病细胞的恶性增殖和浸润似乎更为敏感。     

HDL受体和肝性脂酶在肝选择性摄取HDL_2－CE中的协同作用

体外重组３Ｈ－ＣＥ－无ＡｐｏＥ－ＨＤＬ２（ｒＨＤＬ２）保持天然ＨＤＬ２生物活性。大鼠肝窦状隙细胞与ｒＨＤＬ２３７℃培养３ｈ（正常组）;细胞内吞ｃｐｍ为９９５±１４７（ｘ±Ｓ．Ｄ．,ｎ＝２）。细胞进一步９７℃培养２ｈ．释放三氯醋酸（ＴＣＡ）沉淀和ＴＣＡ上清液中ｃｐｍ为７８±３２和１２±９。Ｎ－乙酰咪唑修饰组为３３９±６２、１９±１１和９±５。肝素处理组为５４２±７８、３４±１４和９±８。实验结果提示：（１）肝窦状隙细胞通过ＨＤＬ受体内吞ＨＤＬ２摄取ＨＤＬ２－ＣＥ,并通过逆向胞饮将ＨＤＬ３排出体外．（２）肝性脂酶（ＨＬ）直接介导细胞选择性摄取ＨＤＬ２－ＣＥ,导致ＨＤＬ３生成．（３）ＨＬ和ＨＤＬ受体在介导细胞选择性摄取ＨＤＬ２－ＣＥ中具有协同作用。     

一个增大的鸟类线粒体墓因组

一个增大的鸟类线粒体墓因组李庆伟，陈宜峰（南京师范大学生物系２１００９７）关键词鸟纲，短耳，ｍｔＤＮＡ，增大基因组ＥＮＬＡＲＧＥＴＨＥＭＩＴＯＣＨＯＮＤＲＩＡＬＧＥＮＯＭＥＩＮＢＩＲＤ￥ＬｉＱｉｎｇｗｅｉＣｈｅｎＹｉｆｅｎｇ（Ｄｅｐｏｒｔｍｅｎｔｏｆ...     

稀土化合物氯化亚鈰对人肺癌细胞PG、人胃癌细胞BGC-823的作用

 以人肺癌细胞 Ｐ Ｇ 和人胃癌细胞 Ｂ Ｇ Ｃ ８２３ 作为研究对象,利用 Ｍ Ｔ Ｔ 测定、３ Ｈ Ｔｄ Ｒ 参入、流式细胞术、软琼脂培养、 Ｎｏｒｔｈｅｒｎ ｂｌｏｔ、 Ｗ ｓｔｅｒｎ ｂｌｏｔ 等实验方法,观察了稀土化合物氯化亚鈰（ Ｃｅ Ｃｌ３）抑癌作用．结果表明, Ｃｅ Ｃｌ３ 浓度为 ００５ ｍ ｍ ｏｌ／ Ｌ,０１ ｍ ｍ ｏｌ／ Ｌ,０５ ｍ ｍ ｏｌ／ Ｌ和 １ ｍ ｍ ｏｌ／ Ｌ可抑制 Ｐ Ｇ 细胞的增殖;浓度为 ０５ ｍ ｍ ｏｌ／ Ｌ和 １ ｍ ｍ ｏｌ／ Ｌ可抑制 Ｐ Ｇ 细胞 Ｄ Ｎ Ａ 的合成,其 Ｇ１ 期细胞比例增加而 Ｓ期细胞比例减少,在软琼脂中的生长能力降低,原癌基因 ｃ ｍ ｙｃ 和 ｃ ｒａｓ 表达降低,ｐ１６ 蛋白质表达降低．而同样浓度的 Ｃｅ Ｃｌ３ 对 Ｂ Ｇ Ｃ ８２３ 细胞和正常细胞 ２ Ｂ Ｓ未见影响．提示：稀土化合物抑制肺癌细胞 Ｐ Ｇ 的增殖以及降低其恶性度的作用机制可能与一些增殖相关的原癌基因的表达和细胞周期的调控有关,其确切的机理还需进一步的研究．     

EB病毒转化Hu—TLC—SCID小鼠脾细胞的实验研究

利用ＥＢ病毒转化可产生较高水平人ＩｇＧ和特异性抗２型登革病毒人抗体的Ｈｕ－ＴＬＣ－ＳＣＩＤ小鼠脾细胞,通过免疫组化、免疫荧光和ＰＣＲ法检测转化细胞的人Ｂ细胞表面标志、ＥＢ病毒抗原和ＥＢ病毒基因。结果表明,被团体的Ｈｕ－ＴＬＣ－ＳＣＩＤ小鼠脾细胞能继续产生抗２型登革病毒的特异性人抗体,并具有人Ｂ细胞的ＣＤ２０＾＋、ＳｍＩｇＧ标志及ＥＢ病毒潜伏膜蛋白－１（ＬＭＰ－１）基因,可表达ＬＭＰ－１和ＥＢ病毒核     

植物抗寒剂CR＿9应用于提高柑桔抗寒力的研究

植物抗寒剂ＣＲ＿９应用于提高柑桔抗寒力的研究刘庚峰,张映南,唐赛文（湖南省园艺研究所。长沙４１０１２５）（常德市农科所,常德４１５０００）ＳＴＵＤＩＥＳＯＮＴＨＥＣＯＬＤ－ＲＥＳＩＳＴＥＲＣＲ－９ＦＯＲＩＮＣＲＥＡＳＩＮＧＴＨＥＣＯＬＤＲＥＳＩＳＴＡ...     

Drosophila Bcl-2 proteins participate in stress-induced apoptosis, but are not required for normal development

Many developing tissues require programmed cell death (PCD) for proper formation. In mice and C. elegans, developmental PCD is regulated by the Bcl-2 family of proteins. Two bcl-2 genes are encoded in the Drosophila genome (debcl/dBorg1/Drob-1/dBok and buffy/dBorg2) and previous RNAi-based studies suggested a requirement for these in embryonic development. However, we report here that, despite the fact that many tissues in fruit flies are shaped by PCD, deletion of the bcl-2 genes does not perturb normal development. We investigated whether the fly bcl-2 genes regulate non-apoptotic processes that require caspases, but found these to be bcl-2 gene-independent. However, irradiation of the mutants demonstrates that DNA damage-induced apoptosis, mediated by Reaper, is blocked by buffy and that debcl is required to inhibit buffy. Our results demonstrate that developmental PCD regulation in the fly does not rely upon the Bcl-2 proteins, but that they provide an added layer of protection in the apoptotic response to stress.     

Approach for functional analysis of glycan using RNA interference

The elucidation of the biological role of glycan is one of the most important issues to be resolved following the genome project. RNA interference is becoming an efficient reverse genetic tool for studying gene function in model organisms, including C.elegans and Drosophila melanogaster. Our molecular evolutionary study has shown that a prototype of glycosyltransferases, which synthesize a variety of glycan structures in the Golgi apparatus, was conserved between mammals and Drosophila. For analyses of the basic physiological functions of glycans, we established the Drosophila inducible RNAi knockdown system and applied it to one glycosyltransferase and one transporter, proteoglycan UDP-galactose: beta-xylose beta1,4galactosyltransferase I and the PAPS-transporter, respectively. If on the silencing of each gene induced ubiquitously under the control of a cytoplasmic actin promoter, the RNAi knockdown fly died, then the protein was indispensable for life. The expression of the target gene was disrupted specifically and the degree of interference was well correlated with the phenotype. The inducible RNAi knockdown fly obtained using the GAL4-UAS system will pave the way for the functional analysis of glycans.     

Apoptosomes: engines for caspase activation

Activation of the caspases that initiate apoptosis typically requires cognate scaffold proteins, including CED-4 in Caenorhabditis elegans, Apaf-1 in mammals and Dark in Drosophila. Each scaffold protein oligomerizes procaspases into a complex called the apoptosome, but the regulation and biological roles of the scaffolds differ. Whereas CED-4 is restrained by the Bcl-2 homologue CED-9, Apaf-1 is inhibited by its WD40 repeat region, until it is activated by cytochrome c, derived from damaged mitochondria. Although Dark also has a WD40 region, its activation does not seem to involve cytochrome c. CED-4 is essential for apoptosis in the worm and Dark for many apoptotic responses in the fly, but the Apaf-1/caspase-9 system probably amplifies rather than initiates the mammalian caspase cascade.     

Ionotropic glutamate receptors in Caenorhabditis elegans

Ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) are an important class of heteromeric ligand-gated receptor complexes that mediate a large portion of the excitatory neurotransmission in the vertebrate CNS. Since the cloning of the first iGluR subunit in 1989, the study of this receptor family has rapidly developed in mammals and expanded to include the study of conserved glutamate receptors in simpler invertebrate systems, including the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and the soil nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. These model organisms have enabled the genetic analysis of glutamate receptors in the context of a simpler nervous system and provided new insights into receptor function and regulation. In this review we will focus on recent studies that have used genetic, behavioral, and electrophysiological techniques to study the function of iGluRs in C. elegans.     

Eye development at the Houston "Fly Meeting"

The 47th Annual Drosophila Research Conference or "Fly Meeting" took place at Houston, Texas, USA from March 29th- April 2nd, 2006, under the aegis of the Genetics Society of America. The Fly Meeting provides an excellent opportunity for fly researchers to present their work and to get a snapshot of recent developments and upcoming trends in their research field. The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster is a very versatile model to study growth, patterning, neural development, evolution, systemetics and various other facets of biomedical science. The topics presented in the meeting covered a very broad spectrum of fly research. In this commentary, I have focused mainly on the presentations related to two fields: 1) research in various fields that use the Drosophila eye as a model system, and 2) the community resources available to all fly researchers.     

Functional conservation of subfamilies of putative UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferases in Drosophila, Caenorhabditis elegans, and mammals. One subfamily composed of l(2)35Aa is essential in Drosophila

The completed fruit fly genome was found to contain up to 15 putative UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-d-galactosamine:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase (GalNAc-transferase) genes. Phylogenetic analysis of the putative catalytic domains of the large GalNAc-transferase enzyme families of Drosophila melanogaster (13 available), Caenorhabditis elegans (9 genes), and mammals (12 genes) indicated that distinct subfamilies of orthologous genes are conserved in each species. In support of this hypothesis, we provide evidence that distinctive functional properties of Drosophila and human GalNAc-transferase isoforms were exhibited by evolutionarily conserved members of two subfamilies (dGalNAc-T1 (l(2)35Aa) and GalNAc-T11; dGalNAc-T2 (CG6394) and GalNAc-T7). dGalNAc-T1 and novel human GalNAc-T11 were shown to encode functional GalNAc-transferases with the same polypeptide acceptor substrate specificity, and dGalNAc-T2 was shown to encode a GalNAc-transferase with similar GalNAc glycopeptide substrate specificity as GalNAc-T7. Previous data suggested that the putative GalNAc-transferase encoded by l(2)35Aa had a lethal phenotype (Flores, C., and Engels, W. (1999) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 96, 2964-2969), and this was substantiated by sequencing of three lethal alleles l(2)35Aa(HG8), l(2)35Aa(SF12), and l(2)35Aa(SF32). The finding that subfamilies of GalNAc-transferases with distinct catalytic functions are evolutionarily conserved stresses that GalNAc-transferase isoforms may serve unique biological functions rather than providing functional redundancy, and this is further supported by the lethal phenotype of l(2)35Aa.     

Apaf1 and the apoptotic machinery

The molecular characterization of the Caenorhabditis elegans cell death genes has been crucial in revealing some of the biochemical mechanisms underlying apoptosis in all animals. Four C. elegans genes, egl-1, ced-9, ced-4 and ced-3 are required for all somatic programmed cell death to occur. This genetic network is highly conserved during evolution. The pro-death gene egl-1 and the anti-death gene ced-9 have structural and functional similarities to the vertebrate Bcl2 gene family. The killer gene ced-3 encodes a cystein-aspartate protease (caspase), which is the archetype of a family of conserved proteins known as effectors of apoptosis in mammals. Zou and collaborators1 reported the biochemical identification of an apoptotic protease activating factor (Apaf1), a human homolog of C. elegans CED-4, providing important clues to how CED-4 and its potential relatives could work. A number of proteins have been shown to interact with Apaf1 or to be determinant for its activity as an apoptotic adapter. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of the recent progress made in the field of developmental apoptosis by means of the murine Apaf1 targeted mutations. The central role of Apaf1 in the cell death machinery (apoptosome) and its involvement in different apoptotic pathways will also be discussed.     

Genetic control of programmed cell death in Drosophila melanogaster

Apoptosis is a genetically controlled form of cell death that is an important feature of animal development and homeostasis. The genes involved in the control and execution of apoptosis are conserved throughout evolution. However, the actual molecular mechanisms used by these genes vary from species to species. In this review, we focus on the genetic components of apoptosis in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, and compare their mode of action to the one employed by the homologous genes in mammals. We also cover recent advances that show that apoptotic genes have a requirement in processes other than apoptosis.