布鲁杆菌性化脓性关节炎1例

布鲁菌病是系统性感染性疾病,临床表现多样,在非流行区易被忽视。本病以骨关节受累常见,关节症状多数为反应性关节炎,以单关节化脓性关节炎为首发表现的病例少见。本文报道1例布鲁杆菌性化脓性单膝关节炎的临床表现和诊疗情况。     

The Cardioprotective Effect of Vitamin E (Alpha-Tocopherol) Is Strongly Related to Age and Gender in Mice

Vitamin E (VitE) only prevented cardiovascular diseases in some patients and the mechanisms remain unknown. VitE levels can be affected by aging and gender. We hypothesize that age and gender can influence VitE’s cardioprotective effect. Mice were divided into 4 groups according to age and gender, and each group of mice were divided into a control group and a VitE group. The mice were administered water or VitE for 21 days; Afterward, the cardiac function and myocardial infarct size and cardiomyocyte apoptosis were measured after myocardial ischemia reperfusion(MI/R). VitE may significantly improved cardiac function in young male mice and aged female mice by enhancing ERK1/2 activity and reducing JNK activity. Enhanced expression of HSP90 and Bcl-2 were also seen in young male mice. No changes in cardiac function and cardiac proteins were detected in aged male mice and VitE was even liked to exert a reverse effect in cardiac function in young mice by enhancing JNK activity and reducing Bcl-2 expression. Those effects were in accordance with the changes of myocardial infarction size and cardiomyocyte apoptosis in each group of mice. VitE may reduce MI/R injury by inhibiting cardiomyocyte apoptosis in young male mice and aged female mice but not in aged male mice. VitE was possibly harmful for young female mice, shown as increased cardiomyocyte apoptosis after MI/R. Thus, we speculated that the efficacy of VitE in cardiac protection was associated with age and gender.     

Identification of novel 14-3-3ζ interacting proteins by quantitative immunoprecipitation combined with knockdown (QUICK)

The family of 14-3-3 proteins has emerged as critical regulators of diverse cellular responses under both physiological and pathological conditions. To gain insight into the molecular action of 14-3-3ζ in multiple myeloma (MM), we performed a systematic proteomic analysis of 14-3-3ζ-associated proteins. This analysis, recently developed by Matthias Mann, termed quantitative immunoprecipitation combined with knockdown (QUICK), integrates RNAi, SILAC, immunoprecipitation, and quantitative MS technologies. Quantitative mass spectrometry analysis allowed us to distinguish 14-3-3ζ-interacting proteins from background proteins, resulting in the identification of 292 proteins in total with 95 novel interactions. Three 14-3-3ζ-interacting proteins-BAX, HSP70, and BAG3-were further confirmed by reciprocal coimmunoprecipitations and colocalization analysis. Our results therefore not only uncover a large number of novel 14-3-3ζ-associated proteins that possess a variety of cellular functions, but also provide new research directions for the study of the functions of 14-3-3ζ. This study also demonstrated that QUICK is a useful approach to detect specific protein-protein interactions with very high confidence and may have a wide range of applications in the investigation of protein complex interaction networks.     

Construction of a high sensitive Escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase reporter system for screening affinity peptides

An enzyme-linker-peptide fusion protein reporter system was constructed for sensitive analysis of affinity of peptide ligands to their receptor. An E. coli alkaline phosphatase (EAP) mutant enzyme with high catalytic activity was selected as the reporter protein. Interaction of affinity peptide and streptavidin was applied as demonstration of the method. Three affinity peptides, strep-tag I (SI), strep-tag II (SII) and streptavidin binding peptide (SBP) were genetically fused to the C-terminal of EAP respectively, with an insertion of a flexible linker peptide in between. The enzyme activity of the EAP fusions showed no obvious change. After expression and purification, the EAP-affinity peptide fusions were applied to the streptavidin modified surface. Binding of the fusions to the surface through interaction of affinity peptides to streptavidin was indicated by color generated from conversion of the substrate by EAP. The relative affinity and specificity of each affinity peptides to the immobilized streptavidin were then evaluated with high sensitivity and broad detection range. This method may be used for effective high-throughput screening of high affinity peptide from the peptide pool.     

杜氏盐藻psaB基因cDNA克隆及系统进化分析

根据真核生物莱茵衣藻(Chlamydomonas reinhardtii)、Chlamydomonas moewusii及Chlorella vulgaris等光系统Ⅰ反应中心蛋白psaB基因的氨基酸高度保守序列,设计一对简并引物,利用TRIzol试剂提取杜氏盐藻(Dunaliella salina)细胞的总RNA,通过RT-PCR,得到的一段长为1.8kb左右的cDNA片段。PCR产物经T-A克隆并测序以及测序结果推导成氨基酸序列进行同源性比较,表明所克隆的1815bp序列为杜氏盐藻光系统Ⅰ反应中心psaB基因的cDNA片段,GenBank收录号为AY820754。根据已经得到的psaB的核苷酸序列推导成氨基酸序列与一些已知物种的psaB氨基酸序列相比较,同源性分别为Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 92%,Chlamydomonas moewusii 91%,Chlorella vulgaris 86%,Mesostigma viride 85%,Phy -scomitrella patenssubsp.Patens 85%,Nephroselmis olivacea 84%。此外,psaB密码子偏爱性分析表明:杜氏盐藻psaB基因第三位密码子A和T的组成分别为35.7%和39.17%,而G和C分别为7.27%和17.85%,即杜氏盐藻psaB基因密码子的组成大多为NNA和NNT。根据psaB基因的特征,作者对绿藻门的50个物种的psaB基因作了进化分析,结果表明:杜氏盐藻与Haematococcaceae中的大多数种类进化地位最为接近,这为更进一步弄清杜氏盐藻的遗传背景提供了理论依据。     

应用热扩散法测定香蕉树蒸腾速率

香蕉树植株高大,一般采用间接方法确定耗水量,但所得结果受土壤、大气和农艺措施等因素的影响较大.本文于2005年11月15日—12月5日在温室内采用热扩散法（即Granier法）测定香蕉树的茎液流,并与用数字天平（称重法）测定的香蕉树蒸腾速率进行对比试验. 结果表明,Granier法测定的日茎液流量与称重法测定的日蒸腾量相差4％.Granier法测定的茎液流速率一般滞后于称重法确定的蒸腾速率1 h左右.当日蒸腾量小于0.05 L·m^-2（活性叶面积）时,Granier方法不能测定茎液流量.Granier传感器一般在安装2～3 d后即可正常工作,同时在多株植株上安装Granier传感器取其平均流速值计算蒸腾量可以明显减小测量误差.     

玉米水解糖液体培养灵芝发酵条件的优化

目的：优化液体培养灵芝的发酵条件,提高多糖产量。方法：采用玉米水解糖为主要成分的培养基,通过单因素和正交实验,对赤芝G22菌株液体培养过程中影响多糖产量的发酵温度、摇床转速等工艺条件进行了研究。结果：经极差分析和方差分析确定了多糖高产的最佳发酵条件为：发酵温度27℃、摇床转速170r/min、培养基初始pH值6.5、发酵时间144 h。结论：通过优化液体发酵条件,可显著提高灵芝多糖的产量。在最佳发酵条件下液体培养G22菌株,灵芝总多糖产量由1.851g/L提高到2.439g/L,提高了31.0%。     

喹诺酸类型三萜化合物研究进展

从植物资源、化合物骨架结构、波谱特征及生物活性等方面,综述了国内外报导的38个喹诺酸类型三萜化合物。     

黄氏枝膜叶蜂生物学特性及金龟子绿僵菌对其幼虫的致病力

【目的】黄氏枝膜叶蜂Cladiucha huangbki是新发现的叶蜂科(Tenthredinidae)枝膜叶蜂属Cladiucha种类,以幼虫取食危害乳源木莲Manglietia yuyuanensis叶片,虫口密度大, 严重影响乳源木莲的生长。本研究旨在明确该虫的生物学特性,并筛选出对该虫具有高致病力的金龟子绿僵菌Metarhizium anisopliae菌株,为高效治理该虫提供理论基础和生物防治资源。【方法】以林间调查和室内饲养观察相结合的方式,观察黄氏枝膜叶蜂的各发育阶段形态特征和生物学特性(寄主植物、分布和生活史);采用孢子悬浮液喷雾法筛选高致病力金龟子绿僵菌菌株。【结果】林间和室内观察结果表明,黄氏枝膜叶蜂幼虫取食木兰科木莲属植物,在福建永安市一年发生1代,以老熟幼虫(预蛹)在土室中越夏、越冬;翌年3月上旬化蛹,3月下旬成虫羽化,4月上旬为雌虫产卵高峰期,4月中旬幼虫出现,4月下旬至5月上旬为幼虫危害高峰期,5月中旬老熟幼虫开始入土做土室,入土深度30~150 mm。室内金龟子绿僵菌不同菌株对黄氏枝膜叶蜂幼虫致病力测定结果表明,以1×10⁷孢子/mL悬浮液喷雾11 d后,不同菌株对其幼虫的校正死亡率均超过85%,其中MaQZ-01, MaYTTR-04-05, Ma3和MaFZ-13 4个菌株感染的叶蜂幼虫校正死亡率为100%。菌株MaFZ-08感染引起的黄氏枝膜叶蜂僵虫率最高,为60%;其次是MaYTTR-04-05,引起的僵虫率为50%。金龟子绿僵菌各菌株对黄氏枝膜叶蜂幼虫的致死中时间(LT₅₀)相差不大,在6 d左右,其中MaYTTR-04-05菌株的LT₅₀最短,为5.090 d。【结论】黄氏枝膜叶蜂在福建永安一年发生1代,5月中、下旬老熟幼虫入土做土室化为预蛹越夏越冬。本研究筛选出对黄氏枝膜叶蜂幼虫致病力强的金龟子绿僵菌MaYTTR-04-05菌株,在其防治上有良好的应用前景。