用PCR—RFLP方法研究藏族HLA0—DQA1和—DQB1基因多态性

应用目前ＨＬＡ研究领域中成熟的、有效的ＰＣＲ－ＲＦＬＰ基因分型技术,从ＤＮＡ水平对藏族健康群体进行了ＨＬＡ－ＤＱＡ１（４９人）和－ＤＱＢ１（４９人）基因分型,这在国内外属首次。所采用的ＰＣＲ－ＲＦＬＰ基因分型技术是在ＨＬＡ－ＤＱＡ１和－ＤＱＢ１各等位基因全部序列已知的情况下,对其第２个外显子碱基序列扩增进而进行ＲＦＬＰ分析的方法。这种方法得到的ＲＦＬＰ的所有片段都是已知序列,因而精确度很高,同时为     

新疆维吾尔族,哈萨克族人群HLA—DQA1,—DQB1两基因座多态性的研究？…

应用ＰＣＲ－ＲＦＬＰ基因分型技术,首次对我国新疆地区维吾尔族和哈萨克族２个少数民族群体的ＨＬＡ－ＤＱＡ１,－ＤＱＢ１两个基因座的多态性进行了研究,结果显示,在ＤＱＡ１８个等位基因中,维族和哈族表现为ＤＱＡ１＊０３０１最常见,最少见的ＤＱＡ１等位基因,在维族中的ＤＱＡ１＊０４０１和０６０１,而在哈族中ＤＱＡ１＊０６０１;在ＤＱＢ１１６个等位基因中,ＤＱＢ１＊０２０１和＊０３０１在维族和哈族中均表现为     

哺乳动物性别决定的研究进展

近年来,人们对与哺乳动物性别决定相关的SRY、SOX9、SF－1、WT1和DAX－1基因的结构、功能和产物之间的相互作用进行了一系列的研究,使人们对哺乳动物的性别决定分子机制的探索又向前推进了一步,这将对发育生物学和性别决定的进化研究起到了推动作用。     

LFA—1／ICAM—1在ConA诱导的小鼠胸腺细胞活化中的作用

用抗ＬＦＡ－１／ＩＣＡＭ－１粘附分子单克隆抗体和ＣｏｎＡ联合刺激小鼠胸腺细胞,初步研究了该膜分子在经ＴＣＲ／ＣＤ３介导的胸腺细胞活化信号传导以及胸腺细胞亚群选择中的作用。在ＣｏｎＡ刺激系统中,抗ＡＬＦＡ－１／ＩＣＡＭ－１单抗均能抑制胸腺细胞的增殖应答,且以抗ＬＦＡ－１单抗均能抑制胸腺细胞的增殖应答,且以抗ＬＦＡ－１单抗的作用更为显著,而在ＰＡＭ加钙离子载体Ａ２３１８７刺激体系中,抗ＬＦＡ－１单抗却     

糖基化、非糖基化、重组PAI－1功能和性质的比较

对从ＨｅｐＧ２细胞培养液中分离得到植基化和非糖基化ＰＡＩ－１（１型纤溶酶原激活物抑制剂）,以及从ｐＹＺＨＢＩ－６６表达菌中纯化的非糖基化重组ＰＡＩ－１的某些性质和功能进行比较,结果显示,糖基化ＰＡＩ－１对ｔＰＡ（组织型纤溶酶原激活物）有较强的抑制,能较显著地被蛋白质变性剂所激活,对热有较强的稳定性,糖基化与非糖基化ＰＡＩ－１在ｐＨ２．５－９．０的范围内都相当稳定。纤维蛋白原和肝素能明显提高两者对ｔＰＡ的抑制作用。     

IL—1RAcP的研究进展

IL－1是一重要的炎性细胞因子。它参与介导类风湿关节炎、系统性红斑狼疮等自身免疫性疾病的病理过程。IL－1受体家族有IL－1RI、IL－1RⅡ和IL－1RAcP(IL-1 receptor accessory protein,白细胞介素1受体辅助蛋白）。IL－1RI是功能性受体,IL－1RⅡ是“伪受体”,IL－1RAcP是近年来发现的参与IL－1信号传导的重要分子,它的表达与否的细胞对IL－1的反应相关。醉综述了IL－1RAcP对IL－1与IL－1R结合的影响,IL－1RAcP参与的信号转导及其可能的调节机制。     

乳腺癌细胞株MCF-7-PC-1-46的建立

以人前列腺癌C4-2细胞基因组DNA为模板,扩增出PC-1基因N端编码46个氨基酸残基及其上游非编码区共599bp的DNA序列,将其正向克隆到真核表达载体pIRES2中,并在脂质体介导下,转染人乳腺癌细胞MCF-7,经G418筛选获得阳性单克隆,细胞扩大培养后,进行PCR和RT-PCR分析,检测外源PC-1基因在靶细胞中的整合与转录,PCR和RT-PCR结果表明,稳定转梁细胞株MCF-7-PC-1-46具有外源目的基因的整合和相应mRNA的高表达,说明成功建立了稳定表达外源PC-1基因N端46个氨基酸的人乳腺癌细胞株,为进一步研究PC-1基因的生物学功能提供了实验材料。     

小麦高分子量麦谷蛋白5亚基基因的克隆及其表达载体的构建

小麦麦谷蛋白5亚基直接影响面包的烘烤品质,但我国大部分小麦品种的蛋白中缺少这种亚基。通过引物设计、PCR扩增,从Cheyenne中得到了小麦麦谷蛋白5亚基结构基因(sub5)的全长核苷酸序列(2750bp)和小麦麦谷蛋白5亚基基因启动子(Psub5)的核酸序列(630bp)。测序结果表明：得到了小麦籽粒中特异表达启动子——Psub2和用于改良小麦品质的结构基因——sub5。通过选择和改变相应的酶切位点,在构建6个中间载体的基础上,最后得到了含有目的基因的表达载体pCAM—BIAl301—Psub5—sub5—nos。酶切电泳及PCR鉴定表明：已成功地合成了sub5的表达载体。有希望通过基因工程的方法将该表达载体用于小麦的品质改良。     

内皮素-1对培养新生大鼠心肌细胞原癌基因c-fos表达的诱导

本实验用无血清的培养新生大鼠心肌细胞,探讨内皮素１（ＥＴ１）对原癌基因ｃｆｏｓ表达的作用。结果显示：ＥＴ１可显著诱导ｃｆｏｓ的表达,其表达的高峰在３０ｍｉｎ,２ｈ恢复到正常水平,并呈剂量依赖性反应和被ＥＴＡ的特异性受体拮抗剂ＢＱ１２３所阻断;蛋白激酶Ｃ（ＰＫＣ）激动剂ＰＭＡ可诱导ｃｆｏｓ表达,而ＰＫＣ抑制剂Ｓｔａｕｒｏｓｐｏｒｉｎｅ则可阻断ＥＴ１诱导的ｃｆｏｓ表达;钙通道阻断剂硝苯吡啶预处理心肌细胞对ＥＴ１诱导的心肌细胞的ｃｆｏｓ表达无明显的作用。这些结果提示,ＥＴ１诱导ｃｆｏｓ表达是通过ＥＴＡ受体介导的,ＰＫＣ在此过程中起重要作用。     

丙糖磷酸异构酶、果糖—1，6—二磷酸醛缩酶及果糖—1，6—二磷酸酶的共表达

致力于建立一条控制或降低大气中CO2浓度的途径,选择对 进行代谢工程以便改进其光合固定CO2的效率。作为研究的初始阶段,将编码丙糖磷酸异构酶、果糖－1,6－二磷酸醛缩酶及果糖－1,6－二磷酸酶的3个基因构建进一个由启动子trc控制的表达质粒pTrcFAT,成功地在大肠杆菌中实现了上述3个基因的活性共表达。活性测定结果显示：从1L培养液获得的破菌上清液每分钟可以催化二羟丙酮磷酸（DHAP）转化成700μmol果糖－6－磷酸。在此基础上进一步构建了这3个基因共表达的大肠杆菌－蓝藻穿梭表达质粒,也在大肠杆菌中实现了活性表达,当外泊基因的操纵子与载体质粒以大于1：1的比例进行构建时,可显著提高外源基因的表达量及相应的的酶活性。     

Scurvy in capybaras bred in captivity in Argentine

In order to determine if the absence of vitamin C in the diet of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) causes scurvy, a group of seven young individuals were fed food pellets without ascorbic acid, while another group of eight individuals received the same food with 1 g of ascorbic acid per animal per day. Animals in the first group developed signs of scurvy-like gingivitis, breaking of the incisors and death of one animal. Clinical signs appeared between 25 and 104 days from the beginning of the trial in all individuals. Growth rates of individuals deprived of vitamin C was considerably less than those observed in the control group. Deficiency of ascorbic acid had a severe effect on reproduction of another population of captive capybaras. We found that the decrease in ascorbic acid content in the diet affected pregnancy, especially during the first stages. The results obtained suggest that it is necessary to supply a suitable quantity of vitamin C in the diet of this species in captivity.     

Changes in lactate dehydrogenase activity in chicken tissues in hyperthyreosis in ontogenesis

The lactate dehydrogenase activity in reactions of lactate oxidation and synthesis was studied in subfractions of the chicken brain, heart and liver at the embryonal, early postembryonal and adult stages of development after thyroxine administration. It has been shown that during embryogenesis thyroxine predominantly enhanced the rate of lactate oxidation in the mitochondrial tissues. A marked increase in the lactate synthesis was found in cytoplasm of the adult chicken tissues. Specificity of enzyme activity alterations was detected in the chicken brain during ontogenesis after thyroxine administration.     

Role for dopamine in malonate-induced damage in vivo in striatum and in vitro in mesencephalic cultures

Defects in mitochondrial energy metabolism have been implicated in the pathology of several neurodegenerative disorders. In addition, the reactive metabolites generated from the metabolism and oxidation of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) are thought to contribute to the damage to neurons of the basal ganglia. We have previously demonstrated that infusions of the metabolic inhibitor malonate into the striata of mice or rats produce degeneration of DA nerve terminals. In the present studies, we demonstrate that an intrastriatal infusion of malonate induces a substantial increase in DA efflux in awake, behaving mice as measured by in vivo microdialysis. Furthermore, pretreatment of mice with tetrabenazine (TBZ) or the TBZ analogue Ro 4-1284 (Ro-4), compounds that reversibly inhibit the vesicular storage of DA, attenuates the malonate-induced DA efflux as well as the damage to DA nerve terminals. Consistent with these findings, the damage to both DA and GABA neurons in mesencephalic cultures by malonate exposure was attenuated by pretreatment with TBZ or Ro-4. Treatment with these compounds did not affect the formation of free radicals or the inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation resulting from malonate exposure alone. Our data suggest that DA plays an important role in the neurotoxicity produced by malonate. These findings provide direct evidence that inhibition of succinate dehydrogenase causes an increase in extracellular DA levels and indicate that bioenergetic defects may contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic neurodegenerative diseases through a mechanism involving DA.     

SSTR5 ablation in islet results in alterations in glucose homeostasis in mice

Somatostatin (SST) peptide is a potent inhibitor of insulin secretion and its effect is mediated via somatostatin receptor 5 (SSTR5) in the endocrine pancreas. To investigate the consequences of gene ablation of SSTR5 in the mouse pancreas, we have generated a mouse model in which the SSTR5 gene was specifically knocked down in the pancreatic beta cells (betaSSTR5Kd) using the Cre-lox system. Immunohistochemistry analysis showed that SSTR5 gene expression was absent in beta cells at three months of age. At the time of gene ablation, betaSSTR5Kd mice demonstrated glucose intolerance with lack of insulin response and significantly reduced serum insulin levels. Insulin tolerance test demonstrated a significant increase of insulin clearance in vivo at the same age. In vitro studies demonstrated an absence of response to SST-28 stimulation in the betaSSTR5Kd mouse islet, which was associated with a significantly reduced SST expression level in betaSSTR5Kd mice pancreata. In addition, betaSSTR5Kd mice had significantly reduced serum glucose levels and increased serum insulin levels at 12 months of age. Glucose tolerance test at an older age also indicated a persistently higher insulin level in betaSSTR5Kd mice. Further studies of betaSSTR5Kd mice had revealed elevated serum C-peptide levels at both 3 and 12 months of age, suggesting that these mice are capable of producing and releasing insulin to the periphery. These results support the hypothesis that SSTR5 plays a pivotal role in the regulation of insulin secretion in the mouse pancreas.     

我国葫芦科植物离体培养研究进展

葫芦科植物包括多种瓜类蔬菜,对其进行离体培养研究具有重要的理论和实践意义。综述了国内在葫芦科植物器官培养、体细胞胚胎发生、花药培养、原生质体培养和体细胞杂交及离体遗传转化等方面取得的研究进展,并对葫芦科植物离体培养、遗传转化与育种的前景作了展望。