活性氧对巨噬细胞呼吸爆发影响及云芝多糖的保护作用

用化学发光法观察到叔丁基氢过氧化物对培养的小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞呼吸爆发有强烈的抑制作用。云芝多糖经腹腔注射后,能增强巨噬细胞呼吸爆发功能对叔丁基氢过氧化物损伤的抵抗力。云芝多糖处理的巨噬细胞谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶基础活力显著提高,在叔丁基氢过氧化物作用下,云芝多糖处理的巨噬细胞仍有较高的谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶活力。说明巨噬细胞的免疫功能与谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶活力有关,非特异性免疫多糖可提高细胞抗氧化能力,减轻活性氧损伤作用。     

神农架金丝猴的生态学观察

金丝猴(Rhinopithecus roxellanae)仅产于我国,属国家Ⅰ级保护动物,自然分布于四川、陕西、甘肃的部分地区和湖北省神农架自然保护区。1983年以来,笔者对神农架金丝猴生存环境生态习性等作了长期观察研究,结果报道如下。     

广西森林土壤丝状真菌的生态分布

真菌种类多,分布广,对人类的生产和生活关系非常密切,因此近来对真菌特别是丝状真菌的研究日益引起高度重视。1981—1990年我们对桂北龙胜县里骆林区、桂中宜山县庆远林区、桂南岑溪县七坪林区和桂西田林县老山林区森林土壤微生物区系进行了分析,其中丝状真菌是我们重点研究的内容之一。在上述森林土壤中共分离出丝状真菌2084株,经鉴定归属于25属。现将广西森林土壤丝状真菌生态分布的研究结果报道如下。     

染色体辐射效应的微机检测 Ⅱ断片率 微核率与细胞畸变率间的相关性检测

本文继前文后,按照设计的线性回归程序在“IBM—PC/XT”微型计算机上,进一步检测了断片率、微核率与细胞畸变率之间的相关性,肯定了微核测定法,断片测定法可以替代染色体畸变分析法。     

广东汉族健康人载脂蛋白AⅠ-CⅢl-AⅣ基因簇DNA多态性及其单倍型分布

本文研究了中国广东汉族健康人群apoAI-CⅢ-AIV基因簇DNA限制性内切酶PstI、SstI和EcoRI片段长度多态性。其中等位基因P_1,P_2,S_1,S_2,R_1和R_2的频率分别为0.98,0.02,0.96,0.04,0.90和0.10。经卡方检验符合Hardy-Weinbery氏遗传平衡,与其他种族比较,本文结果显示中国广东汉族人P_2等位基因频率低于日本人、亚洲印第安人和高加索人,S_2等位基因频率低于日本人、菲律宾人、沙特阿拉伯人和亚洲印第安人,而与高加索人相近,R_2等位基因频率稍高于高加索人。不同种族间apoAI-CⅢ-AIV基因簇DNA多态频率无疑存在差异,这种差异可能是由于遗传漂变和自然选择单独或联合作用所致。对P_1、P_2,S_1、S_2和R_1、R_2构成的单倍型和连锁平衡程度进行了分析,结果显示这些单倍型处于连锁不平衡状态。     

Maize chloroplast RNA polymerase: the 78-kilodalton polypeptide is encoded by the plastid rpoC1 gene.

The 180-, 120- and 38-kDa polypeptides found in highly purified maize plastid RNA polymerase preparations are encoded by the maize plastid genes rpoC2, rpoB, and rpoA, respectively [Hu, J. and Bogorad, L. (1990) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 87, pp. 1531-1535]. These genes have segments that specify amino acid sequences homologous to those of E. coli RNA polymerase subunits. The plastid gene products are designated b", b and a, respectively. We report here that the amino-terminal amino acid sequence of a 78-kDa polypeptide also found in highly purified maize plastid RNA polymerase preparations matches precisely the sequence deduced from the maize plastid rpoC1 gene which has segments homologous to the 5' end of the E. coli rpoC gene. Thus, the 78-kDa polypeptide is likely to be a functional component of maize plastid DNA-dependent RNA polymerase. This polypeptide is designated subunit b'. Three polypeptides unrelated to RNA polymerase have also been identified in this preparation.     

A novel translation initiation region from Mycoplasma genitalium that functions in Escherichia coli.

The tuf gene of Mycoplasma genitalium uses a signal other than a Shine-Dalgarno sequence to promote translation initiation. We have inserted the translation initiation region of this gene in front of the Escherichia coli lacZ gene and shown that it is recognized by the translational machinery of E. coli; the signal operates in vivo at roughly the same efficiency as a synthetic Shine-Dalgarno sequence. The M. genitalium sequence was also used to replace the native translation initiation region of the cat gene. When assayed in E. coli, the M. genitalium sequence is equivalent to a Shine-Dalgarno sequence in stimulating translation of this mRNA also. Site-directed mutagenesis enabled us to identify some of the bases that comprise the functional sequence. We propose that the sequence UUAACAACAU functions as a ribosome binding site by annealing to nucleotides 1082-1093 of the E. coli 16S rRNA. The activity of this sequence is enhanced when it is present in the loop of a stem-and-loop structure. Additional sequences both upstream and downstream of the initiation codon are also involved, but their role has not been elucidated.     

Antibodies to ovine adipocyte plasma membranes recognize tissue and species specific plasma membrane components

1. Ovine adipocyte plasma membrane (PM) contains three unique proteins that have relative molecular mass of 70, 106, and 110 kD which are lacking in PM from liver, kidney, heart, and red blood cells. 2. Two major proteins on ovine adipocyte PM having molecular mass of 44 and 46 kD which were also present on porcine adipocyte PM. 3. These ovine proteins could not be detected on either rat or chicken adipocyte PM.