轴浆转运在神经再生中的作用

夹伤坐骨神经阻断标记蛋白在轴浆中的快、慢转运。3天后转运再现。第14天的转运距离与对照相似,说明再生神经的转运动能基本恢复。用快、慢转运测出的14天平均再生速度分别为1.77±0.14与1.96±0.07mm/d,比对照神经的正常生长速度快6.3—7倍,提示再生需要更多的转运物质。进一步发现再生神经中某些标记蛋白(慢转运波W1)的转运速度为10.25±0.66mm/d,约比对照快1倍,因此这些标记蛋白可能包含适应再生需要而加速转运的结构和功能物质。     

乙酰胆碱对大鼠丘脑束旁核痛兴奋和痛抑制神经元放电的影响

本实验观察了脑室注射乙酰胆碱(ACh)对丘脑束旁核(Pf)痛兴奋神经元(PEN)和痛抑制神经元(PIN)电活动的影响,并与吗啡的作用进行了比较。结果表明,脑内ACh增加可使PEN放电潜伏期延长,频率降低,持续时程缩短;可使PIN的完全抑制时程缩短。腹腔注射吗啡与ACh的作用相似。M胆碱受体阻断剂阿托品能阻断ACh对PEN和PIN的作用,但不影响吗啡对PEN和PIN的作用。说明吗啡镇痛不是通过胆碱能转递而实现的。     

Time-Dependent Increase in Protein Phosphorylation Following One-Trial Enhancement in Hermissenda

Abstract: One-trial conditioning of the nudibranch mollusk Hermissenda produces short- and long-term changes in excitability (enhancement) of identified sensory neurons. To investigate the biochemical mechanisms underlying this example of plasticity, we have examined changes in protein phosphorylation at different times following the in vitro conditioning trial. Changes in the incorporation of ³²PO₄ into proteins were determined using two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, autoradiography, and densitometry. Conditioning resulted in increases in levels of several phosphoproteins, five of which, ranging in apparent molecular mass from 22 to 55 kDa, were chosen for analysis. The increased phosphorylation of the 46- and 55-kDa phosphoproteins detected 2 h postconditioning was significantly greater than the level of phosphorylation detected in an unpaired control group, indicating that long-term enhancement is pairing specific. Statistically significant increases in phosphorylation as compared with the control group that received only light were detected immediately after conditioning (5 min) for the 55-, 46-, and 22-kDa phosphoproteins, at 1 h for the 55- and 46-kDa phosphoproteins, and at 2 h for the 55-, 46-, and 22-kDa phosphoproteins. The 46- and 55-kDa phosphoproteins are putative structural proteins, and the 22-kDa phosphoprotein is proposed to be a protein kinase C substrate previously identified in Hermissenda following multitrial classical conditioning. Time-dependent increases in protein phosphorylation may contribute to the induction and maintenance of different memory stages expressed in sensory neurons after one-trial conditioning.     

A SPOROPHYTE CELL WALL PROTEIN OF THE RED ALGA PORPHYRA PURPUREA (RHODOPHYTA) IS A NOVEL MEMBER OF THE CHYMOTRYPSIN FAMILY OF SERINE PROTEASES1

A complementary DNA (cDNA) clone from a Porphyra purpurea (Roth) C. Agardh sporophyte-specific subtracted cDNA library was found to encode a protein similar to serine proteases of the chymotrypsin class. The encoded protein contains a typical signal peptide and is particularly similar to chymotrypsins in the regions surrounding the active site residues and the activation site where cleavage of the propeptide occurs. In addition, the six cysteine residues characteristic of chymotrypsins are conserved. However, two of the three residues of the active site His/Asp/Ser charge relay triad have been replaced, indicating that the protein is unlikely to have peptidase activity. Northern hybridization confirmed that this cDNA is derived from an abundant, sporophyte-specific messenger RNA (mRNA). The presence of signal peptide on the encoded protein and the abundance of its mRNA suggested that this protein might be localized in the cell wall. Consequently, sporophyte cell walls were isolated and a major protein having a molecular weight similar to that estimated for the encoded protein was purified. N-terminal sequence analysis indicated that this cell wall protein is identical to that encoded by the cDNA with the amino terminus of the mature protein beginning at the activation site. This cell wall structural protein appears to have evolved from a chymotrypsin-like progenitor but has been adapted to bind cell wall proteins and/or polysaccharides rather than to cleave proteins.     

细胞分裂素生物合成基因在调节一组烟草病理相关蛋白基因表达中的作用

对一组病理相关蛋白基因在烟草 ( N icotiana tabacum cv. Wisconsin 38)中的表达情况进行了研究 ,包括 :碱性几丁质酶、β- 1 ,3-葡萄糖苷酶、渗透蛋白及伸展蛋白。RNA杂交实验表明在正常烟草植株中上述 4个基因具有发育和器官专一性的表达。在含有细胞分裂素生物合成基因的转基因烟草丛生芽中 ,这 4个基因的表达受过量合成的内源细胞分裂素和载体效应的共同调节 ,细胞分裂素降低这些基因的表达 ,而载体效应则促进它们的表达。热激处理也明显降低这 4种基因的表达水平。上述结果表明这些病理相关蛋白基因具有复杂的调控系统     

Elongation factor 1α genes of the red alga Porphyra purpurea include a novel, developmentally specialized variant

The life cycle of the red alga Porphyra purpurea alternates between two morphologically distinct phases: a shell-boring, filamentous sporophyte and a free-living, foliose gametophyte. From a subtracted cDNA library enriched for sporophyte-specific sequences, we isolated a cDNA encoding an unusual elongation factor 1 (EF-1) that is expressed only in the sporophyte. A second EF-1 gene that is expressed equally in the sporophyte and the gametophyte was isolated from a genomic library. These are the only EF-1 genes detectable in P. purpurea. The constitutively expressed gene encodes and EF-1 very similar to those of most eukaryotes. However, the sporophyte-specific EF-1 is one of the most divergent yet described, with nine insertions or deletions ranging in size from 1 to 26 amino acids. This is the first report of a developmental stage-specific EF-1 outside of the animal kingdom and suggests a fundamental role for EF-1 in the developmental process.     

应用MUCAP试剂快速检测沙门氏菌

报告了用4-甲基伞形酮辛酯(4-Methylumbelliferyl-caprylate, MUCAP)快速检测沙门氏菌的特异性、敏感性和实用性。经HE,DHL,SS和麦康凯琼脂平板分离的65株沙门氏菌标准菌株和48株从食品中分离的沙门氏菌,用MUCAP测试均呈阳性反应;394株非沙门氏菌中呈阳性反应的假单胞菌、气单胞菌、邻单胞菌可通过氧化酶试验与沙门氏菌区分开;与粘质沙雷氏菌的交叉反应改用加1％蔗糖的分离平板也可排除。此方法的敏感性和特异性均达到97％以上,而且操作简便、快速,数分钟内即可完成。     

有机硅橡胶固定化细胞进行的生物转化

有机硅橡胶固定化细胞进行的生物转化潘冰峰,戴学倩,冯青,李祖义（中国科学院上海有机化学研究所,２０００３２）关键词硅橡胶;白地霉;固定化细胞;生物转化近年来,有机化学领域的一个重要进展是用酶或微生物进行生物转化反应。其中研究和应用较多的是碳基还原,特...     

利福霉素生产菌产生钝化RifSV物质的分离及性质研究

利福霉素ＳＶ（简称ＲｉｆＳＶ）生产菌──地中海拟无枝菌酸菌在生物合成ＲｉｆＳＶ过程中,产生一种能钝化自身产物（ＲｉｆＳＶ）的物质．实验证实,该物质是由谷氨酸、天冬氨酸、赖氨酸及缬氨酸等１４种常见氨基酸组成的蛋白质．分子量（ＭＷ）约２．５×１０４Ｄ,等电点（ＰＩ）为５．７—６．１．在１００℃下加热１０ｍｉｎ,其活性丧失．作用于ＲｉｆＳＶ的最适ｐＨ值范围为７．４—８．６,最适温度为２９℃,初步证实该物质是一种酶（暂称利福霉素钝化酶）