腺病毒感染及胞内运输途径的研究进展

目前关于腺病毒感染及胞内运输的分子机制研究主要来源于C亚群腺病毒在肿瘤细胞系中的研究结果。腺病毒对靶细胞的感染及胞内运输大致分为几步:病毒与细胞表面受体的特异结合,胞吞介导的病毒内化,病毒逃脱胞内体进入细胞质,病毒沿着微管运输至核孔,病毒基因组入核。病毒胞内运输效率极高,感染后1 h,80%以上的病毒基因组被送至核内。但是腺病毒胞内的运输方式会因以下几个因素变化而产生差异:靶细胞类型,细胞生理状态,病毒血清型。文中对腺病毒感染靶细胞及胞内运输的已有分子机制进行综述,为临床基因治疗用途的病毒载体研发提供思路。     

驱动蛋白的研究进展

驱动蛋白是一类典型的分子马达蛋白,它在胞内运输、有丝分裂、细胞形成、细胞功能等方面起着至关重要的作用.驱动蛋白不仅负责运输各种膜细胞器、蛋白复合体、mRNA等以保证细胞的基本活性,还在大脑的发育、记忆功能以及神经元的活性等方面扮演着极其重要的角色,可以说驱动蛋白是生命体系赖以生存的基础之一.     

胞外和胞内菌胞外囊泡的功能及应用

细胞外囊泡(Extracellular Vesicles, EVs)是从细胞膜上脱落或者分泌的双层膜结构的囊泡状小体。真核生物、细菌、古细菌和支原体等具有细胞结构的生物均能够释放EVs。细菌分泌的EVs含有DNA、RNA及蛋白质等多种成分,其在细菌毒力保持、免疫逃逸、细菌间物质运输、宿主细胞免疫调节、宿主转录基因调节、耐药性等方面发挥巨大作用。细菌可以分为胞内菌(Intracellular bacteria)和胞外菌(Extracellular bacteria),二者EVs在释放机制、生理学功能和临床应用等方面存在着区别与联系。就胞内菌和胞外菌的囊泡分泌机制、功能及应用作一阐述。     

H2O2致WB-F344细胞内活性氧的产生及机理

以双氢罗丹明123（DHR123）作为荧光探针,采用激光共聚焦扫描显微镜研究小剂量（800nmol/L)H2O2诱导大鼠肝卵细胞株WB－F344细胞内活性氧产生的动态变化过程及其机理。结果发现：（1）小剂量H2O2的一次作用可以引起胞内活性氧的产生;（2）胞内活性氧清除剂N－乙酰－L－半胱氨酸（NAC）处理2h时后,再加入小剂量H2O2,发现胞内活性氧的产生明显减少;（3）用广谱的蛋白激酶抑制剂2－氨基嘌呤（2－AP）、Ca^2 依赖性蛋白激酶（PKC）抑制剂Bisindolylmaleimide Ⅰ、酷氨酸蛋白激酶（TPK）抑制剂Tyrphostin25分别预处理15min后,H2O2诱导的胞内活性氧的产生现象均消失;（4）细胞在无外钙环境下,小剂量H2O2诱导的胞内活性氧的产生明显减少;（5）细胞在无外钙环境下用NAC预处理后,H2O2诱导的胞内活性氧的产生现象消失。结果表明,H2O2可以通过胞内信号转导系统诱使WB细胞胞内活性氧产生,这可能与小剂量H2O2调控细胞生物学功能（如增殖、转化）相关。     

羊布鲁氏菌非编码小RNA分子BSR-2的预测与鉴定

利用RT-PCR和RACE等方法对生物信息学预测的羊布鲁氏菌非编码小RNA(smallnon-codingRNA,sRNA)BSR-2进行了实验鉴定,并通过分析BSR-2在胞内生存缺陷株中的转录情况以及预测BSR-2的靶标基因对BSR-2的功能进行初步探讨.RT-PCR结果表明,BSR-2在羊布鲁氏菌的总RNA中存在转录本,而且在不同的应激条件下转录水平不同.RACE结果表明,BSR-2长224nt,位于Ⅱ号染色体的BMEII0742和BMEII0743之间的基因间区.进一步的实验结果表明,BSR-2可能与布鲁氏菌的胞内生存能力相关.     

抗菌肽抗菌机制及其应用研究进展

抗菌肽是一类小分子肽,具有广谱的抗菌活性。以往对抗菌肽抗菌机制的研究主要集中在细菌细胞膜的作用上,包含"桶板"模型、"毯式"模型,"环形孔"模型和"凝聚"模型。近年来相继发现某些抗菌肽可以作用于细菌细胞内部,与核酸物质结合,阻断DNA复制、RNA合成;影响蛋白质合成;抑制隔膜、细胞壁合成,阻碍细胞分裂;抑制胞内酶的活性。本文从胞内机制和胞外机制两个角度对抗菌肽的抗菌机制进行综述,以期阐明各类抗菌肽的作用机制,为进一步研究菌株耐药性、杀菌效果及其杀菌机制提供科学根据。     

布鲁菌与巨噬细胞相互作用的研究进展

布鲁菌是兼性胞内寄生菌,其最主要的致病机制是长期在宿主单核巨噬细胞内存活和繁殖。它可以调控其自身的运输来避免溶酶体的降解,并在宿主细胞内广泛的复制但又不限制细胞基础功能或诱导程序性死亡,这是造成布鲁菌与宿主交互作用发生、发展的重要原因。     

用EDTA法研究镰刀菌胞内、胞外Pb2+的分布特征

【目的】建立一种方便、快捷、相对准确、能够定量地测定镰刀菌细胞内、外Pb2+分布的技术手段。【方法】用EDTA溶液浸泡镰刀菌细胞,使其胞外(表面)Pb2+被螯合、洗脱并测定,之后将被浸泡、清洗过的细胞消解、测铅。【结果】EDTA可以将镰刀菌表面的Pb2+螯合,且在99 min内不损伤镰刀菌细胞;以EDTA为反应介质和滴定剂,XO为指示剂,测定镰刀菌胞内、胞外Pb2+分布是可行的。依据此实验方法,测定了镰刀菌在Pb2+浓度为500 mg/L的培养基中的生长曲线、培养基中Pb2+浓度和细胞内、外Pb2+的含量。【结论】镰刀菌固定Pb2+的过程是先将Pb2+吸附在菌体胞外,之后转运至细胞内部,菌体胞外Pb2+的容纳量是有限的,每克菌体胞外Pb2+饱和吸附量约1.37 mg,通过计算可得,每克菌体用于吸附Pb2+的胞外活性位点约3.97×1018个。     

胞内致病菌入侵宿主细胞分子机理研究进展

胞内致病菌,指能够侵入宿主细胞且在宿主细胞内存活并繁殖的病原菌。其入侵宿主细胞的过程主要涉及细菌黏附宿主细胞、侵袭、细菌在细胞内存活以及引起宿主细胞损伤等。先前的研究表明大多数胞内致病菌是通过吞噬细胞被动地摄取,而随着分子生物学和免疫学的发展,越来越多的胞内致病菌被证明能主动入侵到宿主细胞体内,并进化出各种调控宿主细胞信号通路的方式。本文讨论了胞内致病菌在入侵宿主细胞时各阶段的共同的分子机制以及常见的胞内致病菌所采取的入侵策略,并对近年来国内外主要相关研究进展做一总结。     

渗透压对产甘油假丝酵母甘油合成与胞内磷积累的影响

研究了不同磷浓度时渗透压对产甘油假丝酵母甘油合成与胞内磷积累的影响。结果表明,不同磷含量时,产甘油假丝酵母甘油合成越多,分泌至胞外和积累于胞内的甘油也越多,其最大甘油合成量存在一个最适渗透压。同样;在相同渗透压下,其最大甘油合成量也存在一个最适磷浓度。在相同磷含量时,渗透压增高能够促进胞内聚磷酸盐积累;当渗透压相同时,培养基中磷含量增加,胞内游离磷和聚磷酸盐均增加。在生长稳定期后期,富磷可以促进胞内游离磷和聚磷酸盐积累显著增加。经分析发现,产甘油假丝酵母胞内积累甘油与聚磷酸盐,可能对克服对数生长期细胞数量少而渗透压胁迫大的困境发挥了极其重要的作用,从而能维持其生长稳定期较高的生物量、细胞存活率和甘油产量。     

Activation of Rho and Rab GTPases dissociates Brucella abortus internalization from intracellular trafficking

Brucella abortus is an intracellular pathogen that relies on unconventional virulence factors to infect hosts. In non-professional phagocytes, Rho GTPases-activation by the Escherichia coli cytotoxic necrotizing factor (CNF) promoted massive Brucella entrance by membrane ruffling, a mechanism that differs from the common mode of entrance used by this bacterium in non-treated cells. Cytotoxic necrotizing factor treatment, however, did not alter the intracellular route followed by the wild type or non-virulent defined mutants. In contrast, expression of a constitutively active Rab5Q79L GTPase did not alter cell-invasion by Brucella but hampered its ability to reach the endoplasmic reticulum. The CNF-induced Brucella super-infection did not reduce the ability of host cells to synthesize DNA and progress through the cell cycle. Furthermore, CNF-treatment increased the isolation of Brucella-containing compartments by a factor of 15. These results demonstrate that in non-professional phagocytic cells, Brucella manipulates two different sets of GTPases during its biogenesis, being internalization and intracellular trafficking two consecutive but independent processes. Besides, CNF-induced super-infection demonstrates that Brucella does not interfere with crucial cellular processes and has shown its potential as tool to characterize the intracellular compartments occupied by this bacterium.     

FixL-like sensor FlbS of Brucella abortus binds haem and is necessary for survival within eukaryotic cells

Replication of Brucella inside eukaryotic cells is essential for pathogenesis, and successful infection requires rapid adaptation to the intracellular milieu. Close relatives of Brucella use the two-component system FixLJ to survive inside the host. We aimed to identify a homologous sensor in Brucella abortus. A predicted protein with transmembrane and conserved histidine kinase domains was identified as the Fix-like Brucella sensor, FlbS. Although it lacks the PAS domain, recombinant FlbS binds haem in vitro. An internal in-frame deletion in flbS severely decreased B. abortus survival inside professional and non-professional phagocytes. This phenotype was reverted by genetic complementation. These results indicate the critical role of this haemoprotein in the intracellular lifestyle of Brucella.     

Identification of Brucella spp. genes involved in intracellular trafficking

After uptake by host cells, the pathogen Brucella transits through early endosomes, evades phago–lysosome fusion and replicates in a compartment associated with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The molecular mechanisms underlying these processes are still poorly understood. To identify new bacterial factors involved in these processes, a library of 1800 Brucella melitensis 16M mini-Tn 5catkm mutants was screened for intracellular survival and multiplication in HeLa cells and J774A.1 macrophages. Thirteen mutants were identified as defective for their intracellular survival in both cell types. In 12 of them, the transposon had inserted in the virB operon, which encodes a type IV-related secretion system. The preponderance of virB mutants demonstrates the importance of this secretion apparatus in the intracellular multiplication of B. melitensis . We also examined the intracellular fate of three virB mutants ( virB2 , virB4 and virB9 ) in HeLa cells by immunofluorescence. The three VirB proteins are not necessary for penetration and the inhibition of phago–lysosomal fusion within non-professional phagocytes. Rather, the virB mutants are unable to reach the replicative niche and reside in a membrane-bound vacuole expressing the late endosomal marker, LAMP1, and the sec61β protein from the ER membrane, proteins that are present in autophagic vesicles originating from the ER.     

Organelle robbery: Brucella interactions with the endoplasmic reticulum

Brucella is an intracellular pathogen that survives and multiplies inside host macrophages to cause brucellosis. The underlying mechanisms of intracellular survival, including the bacterial and the host determinants remain relatively unknown. Recent advances have helped to decipher how Brucella controls the biogenesis of its intramacrophagic replicative organelle. Brucella initially avoids or escapes the endocytic pathway to ensure its intracellular survival, which is then further secured via the biogenesis of an endoplasmic reticulum-derived replicative organelle. A major virulence factor, the VirB type IV secretion system, is required for sustained interactions and fusion with the host endoplasmic reticulum.     

Selective subversion of autophagy complexes facilitates completion of the Brucella intracellular cycle

Autophagy is a cellular degradation process that can?capture and eliminate intracellular microbes by delivering them to lysosomes for destruction. However, pathogens have evolved mechanisms to subvert this process. The intracellular bacterium Brucella abortus ensures its survival by forming the Brucella-containing vacuole (BCV), which traffics from the endocytic compartment to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), where the bacterium proliferates. We?show that Brucella replication in the ER is followed by BCV conversion into a compartment with autophagic features (aBCV). While Brucella trafficking to the ER was unaffected in autophagy-deficient cells, aBCV formation required the autophagy-initiation proteins ULK1, Beclin 1, and ATG14L and PI3-kinase activity. However, aBCV formation was independent of the autophagy-elongation proteins ATG5, ATG16L1, ATG4B, ATG7, and LC3B. Furthermore, aBCVs were required to complete the intracellular Brucella lifecycle and for cell-to-cell spreading, demonstrating that Brucella selectively co-opts autophagy-initiation complexes to subvert host clearance and promote infection.     

Thioredoxin 80-activated-monocytes (TAMs) inhibit the replication of intracellular pathogens

Background

Thioredoxin 80 (Trx80) is an 80 amino acid natural cleavage product of Trx, produced primarily by monocytes. Trx80 induces differentiation of human monocytes into a novel cell type, named Trx80-activated-monocytes (TAMs).

Principal Findings

In this investigation we present evidence for a role of TAMs in the control of intracellular bacterial infections. As model pathogens we have chosen Listeria monocytogenes and Brucella abortus which replicate in the cytosol and the endoplasmic reticulum respectively. Our data indicate that TAMs efficiently inhibit intracellular growth of both L. monocytogenes and B. abortus. Further analysis shows that Trx80 activation prevents the escape of GFP-tagged L. monocytogenes into the cytosol, and induces accumulation of the bacteria within the lysosomes. Inhibition of the lysosomal activity by chloroquine treatment resulted in higher replication of bacteria in TAMs compared to that observed in control cells 24 h post-infection, indicating that TAMs kill bacteria by preventing their escape from the endosomal compartments, which progress into a highly degradative phagolysosome.

Significance

Our results show that Trx80 potentiates the bactericidal activities of professional phagocytes, and contributes to the first line of defense against intracellular bacteria.     

Invasion and intracellular trafficking of Brucella abortus in nonphagocytic cells

Brucella abortus is a facultative intracellular parasite that promotes its own internalization in nonphagocytic cells. The bacterium initially interacts with compartments of the early endocytic cascade, then rapidly segregates from this intracellular pathway and associates with the autophagocytic cascade. During the late stages of infection, Brucella proliferates within the endoplasmic reticulum of host cells.     

Conspicuous ingestion of Staphylococcus aureus organisms by murine fibroblasts in vitro.

A conspicuous adhesion of Staphylococcus aureus organisms to murine cutaneous fibroblasts and NIH/3T3 cells cultured in vitro and subsequent ingestion of S. aureus organisms by these fibroblasts are described. In the present experimental system, only fibroblasts-adhering S. aureus organisms were efficiently ingested by fibroblasts unlike S. epidermidis and S. saprophyticus. These findings might suggest a correlation between the pathogenesis of S. aureus and its intracellular localization in non-professional phagocytes such as fibroblasts in a special reference to its higher pathogenicity than those of coagulase negative counterparts.