Factor interactions with the simian virus 40 early pre-mRNA influence branch site selection and alternative splicing.

To study the interaction of splicing factors with the simian virus 40 early-region pre-RNA, which can be alternatively spliced to produce large T and small t mRNAs, we used an in vitro RNase protection assay that defines the 5' boundaries of factor-RNA interactions. Protection products reflecting factor interactions with the large T and small t 5' splice sites and with the multiple lariat branch site region were characterized. All protection products were detected very early in the splicing reaction, before the appearance of spliced RNAs. However, protection of the large T 5' splice site was detected well before small t 5' splice site and branch site protection products, which appeared simultaneously. Oligonucleotide-targeted degradation of small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) revealed that protection of the branch site region, which occurred at multiple sites, required intact U2 snRNA and was enhanced by U1 snRNA, while protection of the large T and small t 5' splice sites required both U1 and U2 snRNAs. Analysis of several pre-RNAs containing mutations in the branch site region suggests that factor interactions involving the multiple copies of the branch site consensus determine the selection of branch points, which is an important factor in the selection of alternative splicing pathways.     

肾神经在扩张心房时对尿量和尿钠排出的作用

单侧肾去神经的麻醉狗,用乳胶小囊扩张肺静脉-心房连接部,观察到神经完好肾的尿流量与排钠量均显著增加(P<0.01);去神经肾的尿流量仍显著增加(P<0 01),但排钠量无明显变化(P>0.05);两侧肾的肾小球滤过率(GFR)及肾血浆流量(RPF)均保持稳定;神经完好肾的静脉血浆肾素活性(PRA)及血管紧张素Ⅱ水平(PAⅡ)均明显降低,PAⅡ降低的幅度与尿流量增加的幅度无相关(r=-0.2975,P>0.05);与排钠量增加的幅度也无相关(r=-0.2359,P>0.05);去神经肾的PRA和PAⅡ都没有显著变化。说明在刺激心房感受器引起的利尿与尿钠排泄的反应中,肾神经主要促进肾对尿钠的排出。肾神经的这种作用既不是通过改变GFR和RPF,也不是抑制肾素的释放,而可能是由于直接影响肾小管对钠的重吸收。     

区别人小细胞肺癌和非小细胞肺癌的LSC系列单克隆抗体(简报)

人小细胞肺癌的发病率虽不及非小细胞肺癌,但其五年生存率却相对低得多,这两种细胞类型不仅在病理类型上表现不同,在许多其它性质上也表现不同。小细胞肺癌是一种异质性疾病,它由几种形态不同的瘤细胞组成,包括非小细胞肺癌在内;它易早期转移,能在肝、脑和骨髓中繁殖,具有L-Dopa胱羧酶,神经原特异的烯醇化酶(enolase),能合成神经递质和多肽激素蛙皮肽等特性。目前已有关于小细胞肺癌的单克隆抗体的报道,我们采用美国N I H建立的小细胞肺癌细胞株SH-77作免疫原,目前尚未见有关抗该细胞株的单克隆抗体的报道,现将我们制备的三个单抗体及其初步特异性鉴定结果简报如下     

雌核发育银鲫的受精生物学研究——天然雌核发育银鲫繁殖方式的讨论

本文研究了同源雌核发育银鲫精子在4种类型的雌核发育银鲫卵中的发育特征。初步揭示了天然雌核发育银鲫根据精子的来源不同而分别具有二种不同的繁殖方式,对其在维持雌核发育银鲫种群生存,促使克隆分化等方面的独特的生物学意义进行了讨论。     

大鼠脑胆碱能系统对血量扩张引起利尿与尿钠排泄的作用

本工作在清醒大鼠侧脑室注射胆碱能药物,观察脑胆碱能系统对血量扩张引起利尿与尿钠排泄的作用。侧脑室注射人工脑脊液后进行血量扩张引起尿流量、排钠量和排钾量显著增加(P<0.01)。侧脑室注射胆碱能 M 受体阻断剂阿托品后,血量扩张引起尿流量、排钠量和排钾量增加的效应比注射人工脑脊液组的均显著减弱(P<0.01);而侧脑室注射胆碱能 N 受体阻断剂六烃季胺后,血量扩张引起尿流量、排钠量和排钾量增加的效应与注射人工脑脊液组的相比无显著差异(P>0.05)。侧脑室注射人工脑脊液或阿托品大鼠的肾小球滤过率(GFR)与肾血浆流量(RPF)在血量扩张后均无显著变化(P>0.05)。上述结果表明:大鼠脑胆碱能M 受体参与血量扩张引起利尿与尿钠排泄反应的调节。脑 M 受体的这种作用不是通过改变GFR 和 RPF,而可能是通过未明神经液递机制直接影响肾小管对水钠的重吸收。     

Immunocytochemistry of ion transport mediators in the genital tract of female rodents

With immunocytochemistry, we have determined distribution of sodium, potassium-adenosine triphosphatase (Na+, K+-ATPase) and of three isoenzymes of carbonic anhydrase (CA) and have shown absence of the chloride channel, Band 3 protein, in the genital tract of female rodents. Staining for Na+,K+-ATPase was strongest in the ampullary oviduct and uterine glands in the mouse. In the mouse and rat ovary, immunostaining evidenced CA I, II, and III in theca interna cells where the enzyme could affect the pH of follicular fluid. The zona pellucida of the ovary and cytoplasmic foci in follicular granulosa cells stained for content of only CA I in mouse ovary, suggesting synthesis of a zona pellucida component by granulosa cells. CA II in mouse oviductal epithelium increased from the negative infundibulum to the variably positive ampulla and isthmus to the uniformly positive interstitial segment. The content of CA III varied inversely to that of CA II. The prevalence of CA II-positive cells apparently corresponded with that of nonciliated cells, whereas abundance of CA III-positive cells concurred with that of ciliated cells in regions of the mouse oviduct. The rat oviduct lacked CA II but, like that of the mouse, showed CA III in the proximal region. The staining for CA II in surface epithelium exceeded the reactivity in glandular epithelium in the mouse uterus, except during estrus. In contrast, rat uterus evidenced CA II in glandular but not surface epithelium. These results testify to possible significance of various ion transport mechanisms for biologic activities of diverse cells in the female genital tract.     

大豆花叶病毒种子传毒率测定方法的比较

用苗期症状观察和酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)两种方法检查了大豆种子内的大豆花叶病毒(sMV)的传毒率及带毒率,并对两种方法所得的结果进行了比较。带毒大豆种子产生的病苗,其症状主要有花叶、卷叶、叶脉束状、叶脉坏死、凸斑和单叶扭曲等类型。苗期症状观察得到的种子传毒率,与用ELISA法检查去种皮大豆种子的带毒率高度吻合,相关系数r=0.92(n=31),说明此两种方法检查种子传(带)毒率具有相同的生物学和病理学意义。 本文提出了种子“群体病毒浓度”的概念。“群体病毒浓度”=群体内病毒总量/群体内种子总数。38个处理组合和3,591粒种子逐粒用ELISA法检查表明,“群体病毒浓度”与该群体的种子传毒率呈正相关,r=0.93(n=38)。将种子群体作为一个整体用ELISA法检查的结果也证明,“群体病毒浓度”与种子传毒率呈直线相关。因此认为可以用ELISA法对种子群体直接进行测定来估计种子的传毒率。     

日本血吸虫童虫在终宿主体内的生长发育

本文对日本血吸虫童虫从终宿主的皮肤至肝门脉系移行过程的生长发育特点进行观察和分析,发现皮肤、肺、秆门三型童虫的体形、体长、体积、面积,发育率及生长速度均呈动态变化,而且这些变化与其生理功能是相适应的,因而为童虫体外培养、血吸虫病的免疫和药物预防研究提供材料来源和评价标准。     

草鱼血液的研究

本文报道了212尾池养草鱼Ctenopharyngodon idellus的血液中红细胞数、自细胞数、血红蛋白值、红细胞脆性值、比积及比重值、血细胞沉降率、白细胞分类计数和各型血细胞体的大小等正常数值和上述常数值在雌雄个体上的差异,以及鱼体年龄和繁殖季节产卵前后的差异等,为草鱼血液的常数值提供了较为系统的资料。