无血清无饲养层培养体系在绵羊胚胎干细胞分离中的应用

目的：本文采用N2B27无血清无饲养层的完全已知成份的培养体系,通过机械分离法分离不同阶段的绵羊囊胚,观察不同阶段囊胚对分离绵羊类胚胎干细胞的影响。方法：本实验采用N2B27无血清无饲养层成份完全已知的培养体系,利用机械分离法对不同阶段的绵羊囊胚进行分离,观察其绵羊类胚胎干细胞的原代集落形成率,以及AKP 染色,多潜能性候选基因Oct-4 和Sox-2 免疫荧光检测。结果：分离早期阶段绵羊囊胚获得的绵羊类胚胎干细胞的形成率显著低于扩张（孵化）阶段囊胚（19.6%（11/56） vs 36.9%（31/84））（P ＜ 0.05）,同时早期和扩张（孵化）阶段绵羊囊胚的AKP 染色和多潜能性候选基因Oct-4、Sox-2 的表达呈阳性。结论：N2B27无血清无饲养层培养体系是一种有效分离绵羊类胚胎干细胞的培养基,同时分离绵羊扩张（孵化）阶段的囊胚可以显著的提高原代类胚胎干细胞的建系率,为提高绵羊类胚胎干细胞的建系奠定了基础。     

无血清无饲养层培养体系在绵羊胚胎干细胞分离中的应用

目的:本文采用N2B27无血清无饲养层的完全已知成份的培养体系,通过机械分离法分离不同阶段的绵羊囊胚,观察不同阶段囊胚对分离绵羊类胚胎干细胞的影响。方法:本实验采用N2B27无血清无饲养层成份完全已知的培养体系,利用机械分离法对不同阶段的绵羊囊胚进行分离,观察其绵羊类胚胎干细胞的原代集落形成率,以及AKP染色,多潜能性候选基因Oct-4和Sox-2免疫荧光检测。结果:分离早期阶段绵羊囊胚获得的绵羊类胚胎干细胞的形成率显著低于扩张(孵化)阶段囊胚(19.6%(11/56)vs 36.9%(31/84))(P0.05),同时早期和扩张(孵化)阶段绵羊囊胚的AKP染色和多潜能性候选基因Oct-4、Sox-2的表达呈阳性。结论:N2B27无血清无饲养层培养体系是一种有效分离绵羊类胚胎干细胞的培养基,同时分离绵羊扩张(孵化)阶段的囊胚可以显著的提高原代类胚胎干细胞的建系率,为提高绵羊类胚胎干细胞的建系奠定了基础。     

用饲养层分离胚胎干细胞集落的实验初探

目的 用饲养层分离胚胎干细胞集落。方法 用胚龄为13~14 d的小鼠胚胎分离原代成纤维细胞,制成饲养层,用于囊胚的培养。结果 小鼠原代胚胎成纤维细胞（PMEF）贴壁能力较好,增殖快,易铺层。囊胚和内细胞团（ICM）在饲养层上贴壁生长良好,当培养4~5 d时,其增殖率为16/28（57%）。在ICM离散48 h后,各种胚胎干细胞（ES）集落开始出现。此种集落经碱性磷酸酶染色成阳性。结论 用饲养层分离胚胎干细胞获得初步成功。     

不同培养体系对绵羊类胚胎干细胞分离、传代的影响

以小鼠胚胎成纤维细胞(MEF)为饲养层, 研究了用Knockout血清替代品(Knockout serum replacement, KSR)代替胚胎干细胞(Embryonic stem cells, ES cell)培养液中的胎牛血清(FBS)和向含KSR的基础培养液中添加40%的小鼠ES细胞条件培养液(ES cell conditioned medium, ESCCM)对绵羊类ES细胞分离、克隆效率的影响。发现使用含FBS的基础培养液最多可以把绵羊类ES细胞传至3代, 而使用KSR和添加ESCCM能促进绵羊类ES细胞的分离和克隆, 所获得的类ES细胞分别可稳定传至第5和8代。同时对类ES细胞进行核型分析、AKP染色及体外分化能力检测, 证实所分离的类ES细胞符合ES细胞的主要特征。由此认为, 与FBS相比KSR更加适于绵羊类ES细胞的分离与培养; 而小鼠ES细胞在生长过程中可能分泌某些重要的细胞因子, 从而达到促进绵羊ES细胞增值的作用。     

牛体细胞克隆胚胎类ES细胞集落的筛选及其核移植

对第7d的牛体细胞克隆囊胚进行体外增殖培养,分离筛选类ES细胞,并对其进行了传代培养,接种在饲养层上的体细胞克隆囊胚细胞,在传代的24h内增殖形成小集落,2～3d有雀巢状的集落出现,筛选形态相同的细胞集落进行传代培养,4～5代后,皿底出现多个大小不等的多细胞单层集落,将传4～5代的细胞集落接种到无饲养层的4孔培养皿中培养,24h出现多细胞单层集落,4～7d长满皿底,并形成上皮样细胞,呈网状,将其作为核供体细胞进行核移植实验。结果有80%（40/50）核-质融合的移核重构胚发生卵裂,5%（2/40）发育至桑椹胚期,2.5%（1/40）发育至囊胚期,92.5%（37/40）停止在2～4细胞期,结果表明：采用牛体细胞克隆胚胎的类ES细胞进行核移植,具发育形成早期胚胎的潜能。     

多因素对昆明小鼠胚胎干细胞原代集落形成和后期增殖的影响

目的：研究细胞因子LIF、EGF、bFGF和肝素钠,以及氧分压、温度等多因素对昆明系小鼠胚胎干细胞（KM-ESC）原代集落形成和后期增殖的影响。方法：本研究选择LIF、EGF、bFGF、肝素钠、5%O2,20%O2和37℃、39℃作为研究条件。并检测不同情况下小鼠胚胎干细胞原代集落形成和后期增殖情况。结果：LIF对KM-ESC原代集落形成和后期增殖具有显著促进作用,极显著高于EGF、bFGF和肝素钠组（P〈0.01）。温度对KM-ESC原代集落形成和增殖具有显著影响,39℃条件下,原代集落形成率、直径和后期增殖显著高于37℃（P〈0.05）;而氧分压对KM-ESC原代集落形成无显著作用（P〉0.05）,但是对原代集落直径和后期增殖有一定促进作用,20%O2组显著高于5%O2组（P〈0.05）。结论：LIF、EGF、bFGF、肝素钠、39℃、20%O2对小鼠胚胎干细胞原代集落形成和后期增殖具有显著促进作用。     

从原始生殖细胞分离克隆鸡胚胎生殖细胞的研究

从孵化 5 5天的鸡胚生殖腺中分离得到大量原始生殖细胞 (PGCs)集落 ,这些集落的细胞经多次克隆传代具有胚胎生殖细胞 (EG)的诸多特征 ,如有连续传代的能力 (传至第 9代 ) ,细胞集落有典型鸟巢状结构 ,PAS染色阳性 ,AKP染色阳性 ,在无饲养层无分化抑制因子LIF时可以自发分化成几种细胞类型 ,包括成纤维细胞、神经细胞、自律细胞等 ,悬浮培养时具有形成类胚体的能力。上述发现表明该细胞具EG细胞的诸多特性 ,为类EG细胞     

禽类胚胎生殖细胞的研究

胚胎干细胞有2种来源：一种来自于早期胚胎囊胚期内细胞团（inner cell mass,ICM）的胚胎干细胞（embryonic stem cells,ES细胞）,另一种是来自胚胎生殖腺原始生殖细胞（primordial germ cells,PGCs）的胚胎生殖细胞（embryonic germ cells,EG细胞）。PGCs是生殖母细胞的前体细胞,是精子或卵子的祖先细胞。自Matsui等证实了PGCs同样可以作为胚胎干细胞的原材料之后,现已在人、小鼠、猪和鸡等多种动物的PGCs进行了分离培养并获得了EG细胞。现从形态特征和迁移、分离培养及鉴定方面对禽类EG细胞的研究进展作一综述。     

胎牛雄性生殖干细胞源类ES细胞的分离培养与多能性研究

雄性生殖干细胞（male germ stem cells, mGSCs）来源于原始生殖细胞(primordial germ cells, PGCs),且终生存在于性分化后的睾丸中。从20周胎牛分离睾丸细胞,2步连续贴壁速率差法能有效纯化胎牛mGSCs,经流式细胞仪检测,CD9阳性细胞的比例达到 95.8%。原代与支持细胞共培养,出现隆突状和鸟巢状两种细胞集落。获得1株传至4代仍呈现集落生长的细胞株,且集落AKP染色阳性。对第3代鸟巢状细胞集落免疫组化和诱导分化分析,结果显示：SSEA1和Oct-4免疫组化染色阳性;短期内可自发形成c-kit染色阳性的分化态精原细胞;定向诱导分化形成了表达神经丝蛋白(Neuro filament,NF)的神经样细胞和表达α-actin的心肌样细胞团。试验结果表明：20周胎牛雄性生殖干细胞在体外可形成具有多分化潜能性的类胚胎干（embryonic stem, ES）细胞。     

山羊胚胎大脑皮层神经干细胞分离、培养与鉴定

目的 :从山羊胚胎大脑皮层中分离培养并鉴定神经干细胞。方法 :利用NBS培养和单细胞克隆技术在山羊胚胎大脑皮层中分离出具有单细胞克隆能力的细胞 ,并进行培养、传代、分化观察 ,采用免疫组化检测克隆细胞的神经巢蛋白 (Nestin)抗原和分化后特异性成熟神经细胞抗原的表达。结果 :从胚龄 2 4～ 30d的新鲜山羊胚胎大脑皮层中成功分离出神经干细胞 ,该细胞具有连续克隆能力 ,可传代培养 ,表达神经巢蛋白抗原。分化后的细胞表达神经元细胞、胶质细胞和少突胶质细胞的特异性抗原。结论 :山羊胚胎大脑皮层中存在具有自我更新能力和多分化潜能的神经干细胞。     

A standardized laboratory and surgical method for in vitro culture isolation and expansion of primary human Tenon’s fibroblasts

Good manufacturing practices guidelines require safer and standardized cell substrates especially for those cell therapy products to treat ocular diseases where fibroblasts are used as feeder layers. However, if these are unavailable for stem cells culturing, murine fibroblasts are regularly used, raising critical issues as accidentally transplanting xenogenous graft and adversely affecting stem cell clinical trials. Moreover, human fibroblasts play a significant role in testing novel ophthalmologic drugs. Accordingly, we developed a standardized laboratory and surgical approach to isolate normal and undamaged Tenon’s fibroblasts to implement the setting up of banks for both stem cells-based ocular cell therapy and in vitro drug testing. A 2–3 cm² undamaged Tenon’s biopsy was surgically obtained from 28 patients without mutually correlated ocular diseases. Nineteen dermal biopsies were used as control. Fibroblasts were isolated with or without collagenase, cultured in autologous, fetal bovine or AB serum, tested for viability by trypan blue, vimentin expression and standardized until passage 6. Successful Tenon’s fibroblasts isolation was age dependent (P = 0.001) but not sex, pathology or surgery related. A significant rate of successful cultures were obtained when biopsies were not digested by collagenase (P = 0.013). Moreover, cultures in autologous or fetal bovine serum had comparable proliferative properties (P = 0.77; P = 0.82). Through our surgical and laboratory standardized procedure, we elucidated for the first time key points of this human primary culture system, the role of the autologous serum, comparing Tenon’s and dermal fibroblasts. Our protocol may be clinically useful to reduce the risk above mentioned and may be potentially more effective for ophthalmological clinical purposes.     

An exploration of the role of Sertoli cells on fetal testis development using cell ablation strategy

Sertoli cells (SCs) are presumed to be the center of testis differentiation because they provide both structural support and biological regulation for spermatogenesis. Previous studies suggest that SCs control germ cell (GC) count and Leydig cell (LC) development in mouse testes. However, the regulatory role of SCs on peritubular myoid (PTM) cell fate in fetal testis has not been clearly reported. Here, we employed Amh‐Cre; diphtheria toxin fragment A (DTA) mouse model to selectively ablate SCs from embryonic day (E) 14.5. Results found that SC ablation in the fetal stage caused the disruption of testis cords and the massive loss of GCs. Furthermore, the number of α‐smooth muscle actin‐labeled PTM cells was gradually decreased from E14.5 and almost lost at E18.5 in SC ablation testis. Interestingly, some Ki67 and 3β‐HSD double‐positive fetal LCs could be observed in Amh‐Cre; DTA testes at E16.5 and E18.5. Consistent with this phenomenon, the messenger RNA levels of Hsd3b1, Cyp11a1, Lhr, Star and the protein levels of 3β‐HSD and P450Scc were significantly elevated by SC ablation. SC ablation appears to induce ectopic proliferation of fetal LCs although the total LC number appeared reduced. Together, these findings bring us a better understanding of SCs’ central role in fetal testis development.     

Autophagic cell death exists

The term autophagic cell death (ACD) initially referred to cell death with greatly enhanced autophagy, but is increasingly used to imply a death-mediating role of autophagy, as shown by a protective effect of autophagy inhibition. In addition, many authors require that autophagic cell death must not involve apoptosis or necrosis. Adopting these new and restrictive criteria, and emphasizing their own failure to protect human osteosarcoma cells by autophagy inhibition, the authors of a recent Editor’s Corner article in this journal argued for the extreme rarity or nonexistence of autophagic cell death. We here maintain that, even with the more stringent recent criteria, autophagic cell death exists in several situations, some of which were ignored by the Editor’s Corner authors. We reject their additional criterion that the autophagy in ACD must be the agent of ultimate cell dismantlement. And we argue that rapidly dividing mammalian cells such as cancer cells are not the most likely situation for finding pure ACD.     

T and B cell Epitope analysis of SARS-CoV-2 S protein based on immunoinformatics and experimental research

COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is pandemic with a severe morbidity and mortality rate across the world. Despite the race for effective vaccine and drug against further expansion and fatality rate of this novel coronavirus, there is still lack of effective antiviral therapy. To this effect, we deemed it necessary to identify potential B and T cell epitopes from the envelope S protein. This can be used as potential targets to develop anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine preparations. In this study, we used immunoinformatics to identify conservative B and T cell epitopes for S proteins of SARS-CoV-2, which might play roles in the initiation of SARS-CoV-2 infection. We identified the B cell and T cell peptide epitopes of S protein and their antigenicity, as well as the interaction between the peptide epitopes and human leucocyte antigen (HLA). Among the B cell epitopes, ‘EILDITPCSFGGVS’ has the highest score of antigenicity and great immunogenicity. In T cell epitopes, MHC-I peptide ‘KIADYNYKL’ and MHC-II peptide ‘LEILDITPC’ were identified as high antigens. Besides, docking analysis showed that the predicted peptide ‘KIADYNYKL’ was closely bound to the HLA-A*0201. The results of molecular dynamics simulation through GROMACS software showed that ‘HLA-A*0201~peptide’ complex was very stable. And the peptide we selected could induce the T cell response similar to that of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Moreover, the predicted peptides were highly conserved in different isolates from different countries. The antigenic epitopes presumed in this study were effective new vaccine targets to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection.     

The role of glutamine, serum and energy factors in growth of enterocyte-like cell lines

Background: Glutamine is routinely added to most cell cultures. Glutamine has been found to be the preferential nutrient to the rapidly replicating intestinal mucosa, but whether this is a metabolic effect or due to other properties of this amino acid is not determined. To study the importance of glutamine on the growth of two enterocyte-like cell lines, the effects of depriving the media or supplementing it with glutamine were assessed in media with different serum and energy supplements. Methods: CaCo-2 and HT-29 cells were grown in serum-free medium, with fetal bovine or synthetic serum, and with or without glucose or galactose. The glutamine content was varied between 0 and 4 mM. All growth assays were performed in triplicate by counting in a hemocytometer. Results: Both cell lines were dependent of serum factors for growth, but displayed distinct requirements on glutamine supplementation. Glutamine was an obligate supplement with dose-dependent correlation to growth (r=0.87, p<0.01) for CaCo-2 cells cultured in synthetic, but not in fetal bovine serum. In HT-29 cells, the correlation between glutamine and growth was significant (r=0,68, p<0,05) only in fetal bovine serum in the absence of galactose. Conclusion: This study shows that glutamine has different growth stimulating effects on two enterocyte-like cell lines studied. This could reflect different modes of action of glutamine on proliferation and differentiation in an enterocyte cell population.     

A,B, D cells and A fourth cell type in longterm cultures of fetal rat pancreas

Summary Whole pancreases from fetal rats of 13 days and 18 days gestation were explanted onto rayon grids and grown in organ culture. Cultures were fixed in Bouin’s fluid, sectioned and stained with the fluorescent antibody techniques for glucagon and insulin, aldehyde fuchsin for B cells, pseudoisocyanin for D cells and a silver technique for the fourth cell type. The 13-day explants were fixed after 10 days in culture. A, B and D and the fourth cell type were seen, indicating that precursors of all four endocrine cell types must be present in the fetal pancreas shortly after the formation of the pancreatic bud (11 days). Further, the presence of these four cell types in the walls of tubules in these cultures indicates the tubules as the site of origin of all the endocrine tissue. The 18-day explants were collected every other day of culture from 2 to 30 days in a long-term experiment. A number of large islets with well granulated B cells was still present after 30 days of culture. The relative abundance of cell types at different stages was estimated as follows: 18-day fetal controls, A>B=4>D; after 2 to 10 days in culture, B>A⩾4>D; after 18 to 30 days in culture, B>D>A>4.     

Effects of carp serum on the growth of goldfish fin cells in early passage

The culture medium supplemented with carp serum and fetal bovine serum (FBS) promoted cell growth significantly and induced morphological change of goldfish fin cells in early passage as compared to the medium containing FBS alone. However, these effects were not observed in RBCF-1, a cell line established from the goldfish fin. The sensitivity of the cells in early passage to carp serum suggests the following possibilities: (1) cells in early passage retain the ability to respond to growth-promoting factors specifically included in carp serum; and (2) this ability is lost during the process of long-term culture and/or long-term culture in FBS eliminates cell groups showing high dependency of cell growth on carp serum.     

Resveratrol inhibits Erk1/2-mediated adhesion of cancer cells via activating PP2A–PTEN signaling network

Resveratrol, a natural polyphenol compound, has been shown to possess anticancer activity. However, how resveratrol inhibits cancer cell adhesion has not been fully elucidated. Here, we show that resveratrol suppressed the basal or type I insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1-stimulated adhesion of cancer cells (Rh1, Rh30, HT29, and HeLa cells) by inhibiting the extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (Erk1/2) pathway. Inhibition of Erk1/2 with U0126, knockdown of Erk1/2, or overexpression of dominant-negative mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 (MKK1) strengthened resveratrol’s inhibition of the basal or IGF-1-stimulated of Erk1/2 phosphorylation and cell adhesion, whereas ectopic expression of constitutively active MKK1 attenuated the inhibitory effects of resveratrol. Further research revealed that both protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) and phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN)–Akt were implicated in resveratrol-inactivated Erk1/2-dependent cell adhesion. Inhibition of PP2A with okadaic acid or overexpression of dominant-negative PP2A rendered resistance to resveratrol’s suppression of the basal or IGF-1-stimulated phospho-Erk1/2 and cell adhesion, whereas expression of wild-type PP2A enhanced resveratrol’s inhibitory effects. Overexpression of wild-type PTEN or dominant-negative Akt or inhibition of Akt with Akt inhibitor X strengthened resveratrol’s inhibition of the basal or IGF-1-stimulated Erk1/2 phosphorylation and cell adhesion. Furthermore, inhibition of mechanistic/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) with rapamycin or silencing mTOR enhanced resveratrol’s inhibitory effects on the basal and IGF-1-induced inhibition of PP2A–PTEN, activation of Akt–Erk1/2, and cell adhesion. The results indicate that resveratrol inhibits Erk1/2-mediated adhesion of cancer cells via activating PP2A–PTEN signaling network. Our data highlight that resveratrol has a great potential in the prevention of cancer cell adhesion.     

Development of a low-serum medium for the production of monoclonal antibody against congenital adrenal hyperplasia by hybridoma culture

Statistically designed experiments were used in developing a low-serum medium for the production of a diagnostic monoclonal antibody against congenital adrenal hyperplasia using hybridoma 192. A two-level half-fractional factorial design was used for screening six components (Minimum Essential Medium Eagle amino acids, 2-mercaptoethanol, ethanolamine, ferric citrate, zinc sulfate, and sodium selenite). The experimental design was then augmented to central composite design. The basal Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM; containing 4?mM L-glutamine, 1% antibiotic–antimycotic agent) supplemented with 0.4% by volume fetal bovine serum (FBS), 311.8?mM ferric citrate, 17.3?nM sodium selenite, and 4.5?mM zinc sulfate (LSD) was found to support the growth of the hybridoma. Specific cell growth rate in the LSD (0.033?±?0.001/h) was slightly lower than in the control medium (i.e., basal DMEM supplemented with 2% FBS; 0.0045?±?0.003/h). Nevertheless, the specific MAb production rate for LSD was higher (0.057?±?0.015 pg/cell?·?h versus 0.004?±?0.002 pg/cell?·?h in LSD and control, respectively). The antibody produced in the LSD showed high specificity and no cross-reactivity with the other structural resemblance’s steroid hormones, revealing no structural changes owing to the new medium formulation developed. The new medium formulation effectively reduced the medium cost by up to 64.6%.     

人胎脾细胞IL-2和IL-6的产生及其与NK细胞功能发育的关系

人类胚胎发育时期,脾细胞IL-2和IL-6的产生及其与NK细胞功能发育关系的研究结果表明,胚胎20周龄前IL-2的活性和NK活性细胞基本缺乏,但可分泌低水平的IL-6;随个体发育,IL-2、IL-6的产生和NK细胞活性均逐渐增强,三者间呈直线正相关关系(r>0.86);出生前,IL-6的产生和NK细胞活性显著低于成人组(p<0.01),而IL-2的产生巳达成人水平(p>0.05)。最后,对在胚胎发育过程中IL-2和IL-6的产生,及其与NK细胞功能发育间的关系进行了讨论。