蛋白质组学技术及其在心血管疾病研究中的应用

蛋白质组学是旨在研究蛋白质表达谱和蛋白质与蛋白质之间相互作用的新的领域。蛋白质组学的研究必须依赖高通量、自动化程度很高的技术。双向电泳、液相色谱和生物质谱技术的发展推动了蛋白质组学的研究。蛋白质组学为疾病发病机制的研究提供了新的思路和方法 ,本文重点介绍了蛋白质组学技术在心血管疾病研究中的应用     

代谢型谷氨酸受体在突触可塑性中的作用研究进展

突触可塑性是近 30年来神经科学领域的研究热点之一 ,它主要包括长时程增强 (long termpotentiation ,LTP)和长时程抑制 (long termdepression ,LTD)。以往的研究已经证实 ,离子型谷氨酸受体 (iGluRs)中的NMDA受体和AMPA受体 ,在LTP和LTD的诱导和维持中通过阳离子内流 ,引起细胞内的级联反应而起作用。新近的研究发现 ,代谢型谷氨酸受体 (mGluRs)与G蛋白偶联 ,通过细胞内的多种信使系统介导慢突触传递。本文主要就mGluRs在不同脑区LTP和LTD中的作用进行综述     

Application of proteomics in the study of tumor metastasis

Tumor metastasis is the dominant cause of death in cancer patients. However, the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying tumor metastasis are still elusive.The identification of protein molecules with their expressions correlated to the metastatic process would help to understand the metastatic mechanisms and thus facilitate the development of strategies for the therapeutic interventions and clinical management of cancer. Proteomics is a systematic research approach aiming to provide the global characterization of protein expression and function under given conditions. Proteomic technology has been widely used in biomarker discovery and pathogenetic studies including tumor metastasis. This article provides a brief review of the application of proteomics in identifying molecular factors in tumor metastasis process. The combination of proteomics with other experimental approaches in biochemistry, cell biology, molecular genetics and chemistry, together with the development of new technologies and improvements in existing methodologies will continue to extend its application in studying cancer metastasis.     

Identification and Characterization of GH Receptor and Serum GH-binding Protein in Chinese Sturgeon （Acipenser sinensis）

Growth hormone (GH) can stimulate bone and carti-lage cell proliferation and influence carbohydrate and lipidmetabolism. The binding of GH to its specific receptor(GHR) on the surface of target cells will induce dimeriza-tion of GHR, which allows the cytoplasmic region of GHRto interact and trigger downstream signaling and geneexpression [1,2]. GHR belongs to the cytokine receptor superfamily, andis expressed in many tissues such as the liver, muscle,adipose tissue, cartilage, and brain…     

超临界CO2流体对纤维素酶催化反应的影响

超临界二氧化碳流体预处理对纤维素超分子结构及纤维素酶催化反应有重要影响。一定含水量的微晶纤维素用SC-CO2在10MPa,50℃处理30min,其结构发生了有利于进一步被酶解的变化。上述超临界条件单独作用于纤维素酶时,并未造成酶催化活力的降低;但与纤维素共同进行SC—CO2处理时,纤维素酶则失去催化活性,但这种处理却能提高纤维素进一步被酶解的效率。一定范围内处理时的酶用量与酶解效率的增加正相关。纤维素的含水量对SC-CO2处理后的酶解效率有显影响。     

杜仲愈伤组织中次生代谢产物积累动态研究

以杜仲愈伤组织为材料,研究了不同接种量及培养时间、不同来源的愈伤组织及其继代次数对愈伤组织生长和次生代谢产物含量的影响。结果表明,愈伤组织继代培养时接种量在0．35g左右比较合适。愈伤组织的生长曲线大致呈S形,在20d时达到最大值,而总黄酮和绿原酸的含量均在16d时达到最大值。在继代培养中,茎和叶愈伤组织的增长量、绿原酸和总黄酮含量均在第三代达到最大值;下胚轴诱导的愈伤组织的增长量、绿原酸和总黄酮含量均在第四代达到最大值;子叶愈伤组织的增长量和总黄酮含量在第五代达到最大值,绿原酸含量于第四代达到最大值。不同来源的愈伤组织中,叶愈伤组织中绿原酸含最最高,下胚轴愈伤组织中总黄酮含量最高。     

青藏高原红景天药材的HPLC指纹图谱

利用高效液相色谱法建立了青藏高原红景天的色谱指纹图谱。固定相采用C28反相色谱柱,流动相为甲醇：0．1%磷酸水(v／v=15：85);检测波长220nm;流速为1．0mL／min。通过比较发现红景天样品的8个主要共有峰．可作为鉴别红景天药材的主要依据。方法简便快速。为中药品种的鉴定提供了较全面的信息。     

培养基成分对杜仲愈伤组织生长及次生代谢产物含量的影响

以Bs＋0．5mg／L NAA＋0．5mg／L BA为基本培养基,研究了B5培养基中8种主要无机盐浓度对杜仲愈伤组织生长及绿原酸和总黄酮两种次生代谢产物含量的影响。结果表明：在1000～5000mg／L范围内增加培养基中KNO3的含量有利于愈伤组织生长,B5培养基中当KNO3的浓度达到2／3时,绿原酸和总黄酮含量及产量最高;(NH4)2SO4以4／3原浓度时对愈伤组织生长量、总黄酮含量及产量最高,对绿原酸的含量则是其为原浓度的1／3时最高;MgSO4以2／3浓度对生长量及1／3浓度对绿原酸、总黄酮积累最高;NaH2PO4、CaCl2和MnSO4以原浓度的愈伤组织生长和次生代谢产物合成最好;ZnSO4和FeSO4的原浓度愈伤组织的生长量最大,而1／3浓度的绿原酸和总黄酮含量最高。     

内蒙古温带典型草原羊尿斑块土壤化学特性变化

在内蒙古冷蒿小禾草草原1989年围封禁牧地,研究了天然羊尿尿斑土壤化学特性的变化规律,结果表明,土壤pH值于施尿后第2天达到最大值,以后呈下降趋势,58天后pH值基本稳定在6．5左右且低于对照区水平,施尿区土壤可溶性有机碳含量的变化趋势与pH值的变化基本一致,两者存在显著的正相关关系(P<0．01)．施尿后土壤总可溶性磷含量显著提高(P<0．05),第2天达到最大值(35．1mg·L^-1)。总可溶性磷各组分钼酸反应磷、可溶性有机磷和可溶性缩合磷百分比均存在两个明显的变化阶段,钼酸反应磷和可溶性有机磷与可溶性缩合磷存在显著的负相关关系(P<0．05)．施尿区土壤NH4^+-N在第2天达到最大值。以后呈下降趋势;NO3-N含量14天后开始显著增加,并于第21天达到最大值,其变化呈现明显的“双峰型”特征,并较NH4^+-N存在显著的时滞现象;施尿后土壤可溶性有机氮含量显著增加,并表现为“双峰型”变化特征。     

DNA chip-based expression profile analysis indicates involvement of the phosphatidylinositol signaling pathway in multiple plant responses to hormone and abiotic treatments

The phosphatidylinositol (PI) metabolic pathway is considered critical in plant responses to many environmental factors, and previous studies have indicated the involvement of multiple PI-related gene families during cellular responses.Through a detailed analysis of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome, 82 polypeptides were identified as being involved in PI signaling. These could be grouped into different families including PI synthases (PIS), PI-phosphate kinases (PIPK),phospholipases (PL), inositol polyphosphate phosphatases (IPPase), inositol polyphosphate kinases (IPK), PI transfer proteins and putative inositol polyphosphate receptors. The presence of more than 10 isoforms of PIPK, PLC, PLD and IPPase suggested that these genes might be differentially expressed during plant cellular responses or growth and development. Accordingly, DNA chip technology was employed to study the expression patterns of various isoforms.In total, 79 mRNA clones were amplified and used for DNA chip generation. Expression profile analysis was performed using samples that represented multiple tissues or cellular responses. Tested samples included normal leaf, stem and flower tissues, and leaves from plants treated with various hormones (auxin, cytokinin, gibberellin, abscisic acid and brassinosteroid) or environmental factors (temperature, calcium, sodium, drought, salicylic acid and jasmonic acid).Results showed that many PI pathway-related genes were differentially expressed under these experimental conditions.In particular, the different isoforms of each family were specifically expressed in many cases, suggesting their involvement in tissue specificity and cellular responses to environmental conditions. This work provides a starting point for functional studies of the relevant PI-related proteins and may help shed light onto the role of PI pathways in development and cellular responses.