人类疱疹病毒6型可诱生TNF－α

用生物活性法和双抗体夹心桥联酶免疫吸附（ＥＬＩＳＡ）法检测了人类疱疹病素６型（ＨＨＶ－６）ＧＳ株和南京地方株ＣＮ５,８,１０感染的淋巴细胞培养上清中的肿瘤坏死因子（ＴＮＦ）的水平,发现培养２４ｈ即可检出高水平的ＴＮＦ,４８～７２ｈ述到峰值,此后逐渐下降,与未感染耐照组比较有及其显著的差异（Ｐ＜０．００１）。ＧＳ株与地方株同诱生ＴＮＦ水平无儿著性差异（Ｐ＞０．１）,三株地方株诱生ＴＮＦ也无显著性差异（Ｐ＞０．０５）。ＴＮＦ－α单抗可以完全中和培养上清中ＴＮＦ的活性,证实上清中有ＴＮＦ－α。与ＬＰＳ比较,ＨＨＶ－６诱生ＴＮＦ－α的能力要强得多。     

HCV5＇端非编码区cDNA的体外转录

采用逆转录聚合酶链反应（ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ）从广东省一例慢性丙型肝炎病人血清中获得丙型肝炎病毒（ＨＣＶ）５＇端非编码区（５＇ＮＣＲ）３０２ｂｐ的ｃＤＮＡ片段,经补齐和提纯后插入ｐＵＣ１９质粒,获得的重组体ｐＵＮ进行序列测定。将ｐＵＮ的目的基因亚克隆进体外转录载体ｐＳＰＯＲＴＩ多克隆位点的ＥｏｏＲＩ和ＰｓｔＩ切点之间,所得重组体ｐＳＮ线性化后由Ｔ＿７ＲＮＡ多聚酶及ＳＰ６ＲＮＡ多聚酶引导体外转录反应,产物经凝胶电泳及特异引物ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ,证实ＳＰ６引导的是正义ＲＮＡ,Ｔ７合成的是反义ＲＮＡ,其大小分别力４２９ｂｐ和３６２ｂｐ。并证实所得ＲＮＡ力ＨＣＶ５＇ＮＣＲｃＤＮＡ转录而来。获得的ＨＣＶ５＇ＮＣＲｃＤＮＡ和ＲＮＡ在常规逆转录和ＰＣＲ步骤中用于设立有效的模板对照,对消除假用性及评估试剂有重要意义。同时,ＨＣＶ５＇ＮＣＲ体外转录载体的构建可用于制各ＲＮＡ探针和反义ＲＮＡ,改进后还可作为定量ＰＣＲ的竞争性模板。     

Ce~（3＋）与G－肌动蛋白结合引起的构象变化及对聚合的影响

用Ａｅｄａｎｓ标记肌动蛋白单体Ｇ－Ａｃｔｉｎ上Ｃｙｓ３７４残基作为探针,研究了稀土离子Ｃｅ~（３＋）与Ｇ－Ａｃｔｉｎ的结合及引起的微构象变化。Ｃｅ~（３＋）在低浓度（Ｃｅ~（３＋）／Ａｃｔｉｎ摩尔比＜１）和Ｃａ~（２＋）竞争Ｇ－Ａｃｔｉｎ上二价离子的高亲合位点。Ｃｅ~（３＋）取代Ｃａ~（２＋）引起Ａｅｄａｎｓ荧光强度增强与Ｍｇ~（２＋）取代Ｃａ~（２＋）的结果相同。Ｃｅ~（３＋）／Ａｃｔｉｎ＞ｌ则导致Ａｅｄａｎｓ荧光强度下降。说明Ｃｅ~（３＋）在高低两种浓度条件下结合的位点及对Ｃｖｓ３７４的微构象的影响不同。时间分辩测得的Ａｅｄａｎｓ荧光寿命也支持这一结论。ＣＤ谱结果表明Ｃｅ~（３＋）／Ａｃｔｉｎ＜０．４,Ａｃｔｉｎ的二级结构增加,大于０．４又导致其失去。Ｃｅ~（３＋）－Ａｃｔｉｎ在有／无游离ＡＴＰ时用聚合液诱导的聚合结果表明,无游离ＡＴＰ时,极低浓度Ｃｅ~（３＋）促进聚合,高浓度虽有促进但有所减弱;有游离ＡＴＰ时,Ｃｅ~（３＋）／Ａｃｔｉｎ在实验范围内促进聚合。     

中药固真方对一些与细胞增殖有关基因表达的影响

 中药固真方对一些与细胞增殖有关基因表达的影响姚明忠,顾文聪,丁卫,韩志芬,杜国光（上海中医药大学生物化学教研室,上海２０００３２）（北京医科大学生物化学与分子生物学系,北京１０００８３）中药固真方（ＶＲＦ）具有补肾益精、延缓衰老的作用［１］．能提高成...     

Plant regeneration from protoplasts isolated from cotyledons of Sesbania bispinosa

Protoplasts were isolated from cotyledons of Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) W.F. Wight. In a liquid-over-agar culture system with Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 1 mg l^-1 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-d, 2 mg l^-1 benzyladenine (BA), 1 mg l^-1 glutamine and 0.5 and formed callus. The first division occurred after 3–4 days. Callus formed from the protoplasts differentiated shoots by organogenesis on MS medium with 1 mg l^-1 indolebutyric acid (IBA) and 1 mg l^-1 BA. These shoots developed into complete plantlets when excised and cultured on MS medium with 0.5 mg l^-1 IBA.     

An intramolecular recombination mechanism for the formation of the rRNA gene palindrome of Tetrahymena thermophila.

Large palindromic DNAs are found in a wide variety of eukaryotic cells. In Tetrahymena thermophila, a large palindrome is formed from a single rRNA gene (rDNA) during nuclear differentiation. We present evidence that a key step in the formation of the rDNA palindrome of T. thermophila involves homologous intramolecular recombination. Heteroduplex micronuclear rDNA molecules were constructed in vitro and microinjected into developing macronuclei, where they formed palindromes. Analysis of the resulting palindromes indicated that both strands of the microinjected rDNA are used to form the same palindrome. This study, together with a previous study (L. F. Yasuda and M.-C. Yao, Cell 67:505-516, 1991), is the first to define a molecular pathway of palindrome formation. The process is initiated by chromosome breakage at sites flanking the micronuclear rDNA. An intramolecular recombination reaction, guided by a pair of short inverted repeats located at the 5' end of the excised rDNA, covalently joins the two strands of micronuclear rDNA in a giant hairpin molecule. Bidirectional DNA replication converts the giant hairpin molecule to a palindrome. We suggest that the general features of this pathway are applicable to palindrome formation in other cell types.     

Protective effect of glucose-cysteine adduct on thein situ perfused rat liver

Summary Insitu perfusion of rat liver was performed with a medium containing glucose-cysteine adduct [2-(D-gluco-pentahydroxypentyl) thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid, glc-cys] and its effect on glutathione (GSH) and ATP levels and bile production was examined. The GSH content in the liver was maintained at the original level during perfusion with 1 mM glc-cys for 2h, while it decreased significantly in the absence of glc-cys. After 4h of perfusion without glc-cys, ATP content and bile production decreased significantly besides the decrease in GSH content, but they were maintained at the original levels with glc-cys. When the perfusion was performed with the liver of rats injected with diethyl maleate (DEM), the GSH level, which was decreased to 6.0% of the control by DEM injection, was restored to 22.6% of the original level by perfusion with 2mM glc-cys for 30 min. Data indicate that glccys is a cysteine prodrug with protective action on the liver.     

Effect of glucose-cysteine adduct as a cysteine prodrug in rats

Summary Effect of intraperitoneal administration (5 mmol/kg of body weight) of glucose- cysteine adduct (glc-cys) as a cysteine prodrug in rat tissues was studied. Cysteine levels in liver and kidney increased to 1.08 and 1.98mol per g or ml, respectively, at 2h after the administration. GSH levels did not change substantially. However, when glc-cys was injected to rats treated with diethyl maleate, a GSH-depleting agent, the decreased GSH levels were restored rapidly. The recoveries in liver and kidney were 72% at 1h and 66% at 2h, respectively, after glc-cys administration. Metabolism of glc-cys was assessed by urinary excretion of glc-cys, sulfate and taurine. Average excretion of glc-cys was 2.86mmol/kg/24h after glc-cys administration. Increased excretions of sulfate and taurine were 0.77 and 0.14mmol/kg/24h, respectively. Data show that, although glc-cys excretion was relatively rapid, glc-cys was effectively utilized for GSH synthesis in GSH-depleted tissues.     

Association of the parainfluenza virus fusion and hemagglutinin-neuraminidase glycoproteins on cell surfaces.

We previously observed that cell fusion caused by human parainfluenza virus type 2 or type 3 requires the expression of both the fusion (F) and hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) glycoproteins from the same virus type, indicating that a type-specific interaction between F and HN is needed for the induction of cell fusion. In the present study we have further investigated the fusion properties of F and HN proteins of parainfluenza virus type 1 (PI1), type 2 (PI2), and type 3 (PI3), Sendai virus (SN), and simian virus 5 (SV5) by expression of their glycoprotein genes in HeLa T4 cells using the vaccinia virus-T7 transient expression system. Consistent with previous results, cell fusion was observed in cells transfected with homotypic F/HN proteins; with one exception, coexpression of any combination of F and HN proteins from different viruses did not result in cell fusion. The only exception was found with the closely related PI1 HN and SN HN glycoproteins, either of which could interact with SN F to induce cell fusion upon coexpression as previously reported. By specific labeling and coprecipitation of proteins expressed on the cell surface, we observed that anti-PI2 HN antiserum coprecipitated PI2 F when the homotypic PI2 F and PI2 HN were coexpressed, but not the F proteins of other paramyxoviruses when heterotypic F genes were coexpressed with PI2 HN, suggesting that the homotypic F and HN proteins are physically associated with each other on cell surfaces. Furthermore, we observed that PI3 F was found to cocap with PI3 HN but not with PI2 HN, also indicating a specific association between the homotypic proteins. These results indicate that the homotypic F and HN glycoproteins are physically associated with each other on the cell surface and suggest that such association is crucial to cell fusion induced by paramyxoviruses.     

A serotype-specific epitope of dengue virus 1 identified by phage displayed random peptide library

Abstract From a panel of monoclonal antibodies of dengue viruses, a serotype-specific epitope of dengue virus 1 was screened from a random peptide library displayed on phage. The epitope was the determinant reactive with monoclonal antibody 15F3-1 that was specific to dengue 1. The screening was monitored by a dot blotting procedure, and after three rounds of screening a consensus motif, HRYSWK, was found. This sequence matches the sequence HKYSWK, corresponding to the amino acid residues 885–890 of polyprotein or residues 111–116 of the non-structural protein 1 of dengue virus serotype 1. The linear epitope was confirmed by testing the antigenicity of chemically synthesized 8-branched peptide.