微流控技术对细胞微环境的模拟及应用研究

细胞微环境是一个多因素组成的、时空可变的复杂集合,对细胞的行为和功能发挥起着决定性作用。但传统的细胞生物学研究方法很难在体外为细胞提供这样一个复杂的、微尺度的生长环境,致使许多体外研究结果与在体情况相差甚远。近年来,微流控技术与细胞培养技术的结合为细胞微环境的模拟和控制提供了可能。文章通过提炼微环境的重要参数及其特征,介绍微流控技术是如何满足这些参数的需求,探讨了微流控技术在体外模拟细胞微环境的可行性,并总结了近年来该技术在微环境体外模拟研究中取得的成果,对微流控技术在细胞微环境构建中的发展方向和应用前景进行了展望。     

围产期食物限制对子代成年大鼠海马CA1区突触可塑性的影响

围产期食物限制导致子代大鼠学习和记忆能力等的神经生物学变化,但其机制并不清楚。将成年Wistar雌性大鼠与雄性大鼠同笼,受孕后随机分为对照组 (n=9) 和食物限制组 (n=8) 。对照组母鼠在妊娠期和哺乳期自由进食和饮水,食物限制组母鼠从妊娠的第7天到子代大鼠出生后21天进行食物限制,食物限制量为对照组大鼠的50%。子代雄性大鼠成年后,通过Morris 水迷宫测试空间学习和记忆能力。之后,在海马CA1区在体记录场兴奋性突触后电位 (field excitatory postsynaptic potential,fEPSP),并采用免疫组织化学方法观察海马CA1区神经元型一氧化氮合酶 (nNOS) 阳性细胞密度的变化。结果表明,围产期食物限制降低了子代大鼠出生后第1、7、10、14和21天的体重,并减弱了成年子代大鼠的学习和记忆能力,海马CA1区fEPSP的斜率和nNOS阳性细胞的密度也明显降低。结果提示,围产期食物限制可能通过抑制NO的产生降低了海马突触可塑性,从而影响了子代大鼠的学习和记忆能力。     

Evidence that human histidine triad nucleotide binding protein 3 (Hint3) is a distinct branch of the histidine triad (HIT) superfamily

Human Hint3 (hHint3) has been classified as a member of the histidine triad nucleotide (Hint) binding protein subfamily. While Hint1 is ubiquitously expressed by both eukaryotes and prokaryotes, Hint3 is found only in eukaryotes. Previously, our laboratory has characterized and compared the aminoacyl-adenylate and nucleoside phosphoramidate hydrolase activity of hHint1 and Escherichia coli hinT. In this study, hHint3-1(Ala36) and its single nucleotide polymorphism, hHint3-2 (A36G variant), were cloned, overexpressed, and purified. Steady-state kinetic studies with a synthetic fluorogenic indolepropinoic acyl-adenylate (AIPA) and with a series of fluorogenic tryptamine nucleoside phosphoramidates revealed that hHint3-1 and hHint3-2 are adenylate and phosphoramidate hydrolases with apparent second-order rate constants (kcat/Km) ranging from 10(2) to 10(6) s(-1) M(-1). Unlike hHint1, hHint3-1 and hHint3-2 prefer AIPA over tryptamine adenosine phosphoramidate by factors of 33- and 16-fold, respectively. In general, hHint3s hydrolyze phosphoramidate 370- to 2000-fold less efficiently than hHint1. Substitution of the potential active-site nucleophile, His145, by Ala was shown to abolish the adenylate and phosphoramidate hydrolase activity for hHint3-1. However, 0.2-0.4% residual activity was observed for the H145A mutant of hHint3-2. Both hHint3-1 and hHint3-2 were found to hydrolyze lysyl-adenylate generated by human lysyl-tRNA synthetase (hLysRS) by proceeding through an adenylated protein intermediate. hLysRS-dependent labeling of hHint3-1 and hHint3-2 was found to depend on His145, which aligns with the His112 of the Hint1 active site. The extent of active-site His145-AMP labeling was shown to be similar to His112-AMP labeling of hHint1. In contrast to all previously characterized members of the histidine triad superfamily, which have been shown to exist exclusively as homodimers, wild type and the H145A of hHint3-1 were found to exist across a range of multimeric states, from dimers to octamers and even larger oligomers, while wild type and the H145A of hHint3-2 exist predominantly in a monomeric state. The differences in oligomeric state may be important in vivo, because unlike tetracysteine-tagged Hint1, which was found along linear arrays exclusively in the cytoplasm in transfected HeLa cells, tagged Hint3-1 and Hint3-2 were found as aggregates both in the cytosol and in the nucleus. Taken together, these results imply that while Hint3 and Hint1 prefer aminoacyl-adenylates as substrates and catalytically interact with aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, the significant differences in phosphoramidase activity, oligomeric state, and cellular localization suggest that Hint3s should be placed in a distinct branch of the histidine triad superfamily.     

黔东北志留纪兰多维列世的似发珊瑚属(Pilophyllia Ge et Y,1974)新资料

Pilophyllia Ge et Y,1974具有典型的包珊瑚型隔壁,是包珊瑚科的主要分子。该属广泛分布于上扬子区志留纪兰多维列世地层。首次对采自贵州石阡中兰多维列世(Llandovery)爱隆期(Aeronian)香树园组和雷家屯组的大量Pilophyllia Ge et Y,1974标本进行详细研究,经鉴定,共计有9种,其中包括6新种,1未定种,它们是:Pilophyllia simplex Chen,1986,P.fenggangensis Ge et Y,1974,P.vesiculosa Tang sp.nov.,P.conica Tang sp.nov.,P.ultimuma Tang sp.nov.,P.stylaris Tangsp.nov.,P.raritabulata Tangsp.nov.,P.lei-jiatunensis Tang sp.nov.,Pilophyllia sp.。此外,根据新的研究材料补充和修订Pilophyllia部分属征,并将石阡地区香树园组和雷家屯组的Pilophyllia种群特征与川北、陕南宁强组(Telychian阶)的进行比较。     

抗香蕉枯萎病的野生蕉抗病基因类似序列的克隆与表达

野生蕉是香蕉遗传改良的天然基因库。为了分离野生蕉中的抗病基因类似序列,根据核苷酸结合位点（nucleotide binding site,NBS）和丝氨酸,苏氨酸蛋白激酶域设计简并性引物,以经过鉴定的抗香蕉枯萎病4号生理小种的野生蕉（Musaacuminata）叶片cDNA为模板进行PCR扩增。经过对扩增产物进行克隆和测序,获得了6个500bp左右的RGAs片段。其中有2个RGA（WNB1和WNB2）具有NB—ARC保守结构域特征,并且WNB1具有连续的ORF。其余4个RGAs（WST1、WST2、WST3和WST4）均具有丝氨酸,苏氨酸蛋白激酶域特征,且WST3编码的氨基酸序列与水稻抗叶斑病基因Xa21同源性很高。用半定量PCR分析枯萎病菌诱导后野生蕉叶片中RGAs的表达情况,结果表明WNB1和WST3受枯萎病菌诱导后表达量增强,这表明wNB1和WST3的表达可能与香蕉枯萎病抗性相关。     

聚乙烯醇生物降解研究进展

聚乙烯醇(PVA)是一种在纺织和化工行业中广泛使用的难降解的高分子聚合物。随着人们对纺织工业清洁生产的关注,如何在退浆工艺中就实现对PVA的生物降解、减少PVA废水的排放,并避免化学退浆过程中高温和氧化造成的棉纤维损伤,是近年来纺织生物技术领域的研究热点。由于PVA降解菌种类不多、培养周期长,PVA降解酶酶活不高、提取不容易等原因,使PVA的生化降解研究还局限在PVA降解菌的筛选、PVA降解酶的酶学性质研究等方面,PVA降解酶还未在纺织工业上得到应用。本文综述了近年来国内外在PVA降解菌筛选、PVA降解酶提取及酶学性质、PVA生化降解机理等方面的研究进展,并讨论了PVA生化降解研究中存在的问题及发展方向。     

纺织基人造血管几何特征表征的实验研究

人造血管的壁厚和松弛内径是其主要的几何特征参数。本文中首先依据国际标准ISO 7198的要求设计了测试人造血管松弛内径的测试定规,并对人造血管样品进行了测试。然后对人造血管壁厚的测试方法进行了初步探讨。     

Profiles of photosynthetic glycerolipids in three strains of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Skeletonema</Emphasis> determined by UPLC-Q-TOF-MS

An exhaustive qualitative and quantitative profiling of the photosynthetic glycerolipids in three strains of the marine diatom Skeletonema sp. was carried out by ultra performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-quadrupole-time of flight-mass spectrometry. In the diatom thylakoid membrane, monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) and digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG) account for about 45–70% and 5–15% of the total membrane lipids, respectively. The anionic sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol (SQDG) as well as the likewise anionic phosphatidylglycerol (PG) contribute between 10–40% and 4–10% each. The predominant species of MGDG were those with C_16:3/C_16:3, C_20:5/_16:1, and C_20:5/C_16:3. Three main molecular species of DGDG contained C_20:5/C_16:1, C_20:5/C_16:2, and C_16:1/C_16:1. The major molecular species of SQDG were those containing combinations of C_14:0/C_14:0, C_14:0/C_16:0, C_14:0/C_16:1, and C_14:0/C_16:3. All the PG classes contained the C_18:1/C_18:1 as the main molecular species. Based on the fatty acid species in sn-2 position, it is indicated that MGDG and DGDG are biosynthesized through prokaryotic pathway exclusively within the chloroplast, whereas PG and SQDG have a typical mixed biosynthetic pathway (both prokaryotic pathway and eukaryotic pathways). The chemical characteristics of photosynthetic glycerolipids related with ecological physiology are discussed.     

沙门菌黏附和侵袭肠黏膜细胞的分子基础

沙门菌是目前研究较多的细菌之一,广泛存在于脊椎动物的肠道和很多种类的节肢动物中。本文介绍了沙门菌黏附和侵袭肠黏膜细胞的分子基础,为进一步深入研究沙门菌的致病机制提供一定的理论依据。     

基于造血干细胞为靶细胞的基因治疗

在基因治疗中,造血干细胞因为具有自我更新及分化为各种血细胞系的能力而成为一种很有吸引力的靶细胞。将外源目的基因导入造血干细胞,以纠正或补偿因基因缺陷和异常引起的疾病,特别是血液疾病已取得重要进展,例如:腺苷脱氨酶缺陷病、血友病、地中海贫血症及镰状细胞性贫血症等。而慢病毒以其转染效率高,能够感染非分裂期细胞的特点成为转染造血干细胞的最适合载体,本文就造血干细胞的特性、载体的选择及临床应用和基因治疗的安全性等方面作一综述。