汉滩病毒截短核蛋白在大肠杆菌中的表达及其初步应用

利用逆转录 聚合酶链反应 (RT PCR)从急性期HFRS病人外周血清总RNA中扩增获得汉坦病毒S片段部分编码基因 (SA) ,使用NCBIBlast软件对排分析证实为汉滩型 ,申请GenBank号 :AY42 5 61 2。将该片段克隆入原核表达载体 ,并在大肠杆菌中高效表达。所表达的蛋白分子量约为 490 0 0kDa,重组蛋白在菌体中主要以包涵体形式存在。Western blot分析表明该核蛋白具有较好的抗原活性。该蛋白在肾综合征出血热 (HFRS)的血清学诊断中具有一定的价值。     

土壤水分对不同专用小麦后期光合特性及产量的影响

采用盆栽方法,研究了土壤水分对专用小麦生育后期光合特性及产量的影响.结果表明,强筋小麦豫麦34旗叶叶绿素计读数(SPAD值)、PSⅡ活性(Fv/Fo)和PSⅡ最大光能转换效率(Fv/Fm)在土壤相对含水量60%(FC)的条件下最高,光化学猝灭系数(qP)、非光化学猝灭系数(qN)、有效电子传递速率(ETR)和传递的量子产率(Φ2)在80%FC下最高;高产小麦豫麦49旗叶SPAD值、qP、qN、ETR均以80%FC下最高,Fv/Fo、Fv/Fm和φ2受土壤水分影响不大;弱筋小麦豫麦0,除qN在80%FC下最低外,其余光合特性参数均以80%FC的条件下最高.豫麦34产量和蛋白质含量均以60%FC最高,且产量达极显著差异;豫麦49和豫麦0籽粒蛋白质含量以40%FC最高,籽粒产量以80%FC最高,且豫麦49产质差异均达显著水平,而豫麦0的产量差异达极显著水平.     

On the Behaviour of Fligner-Wolfe-Trend Test “Control versus k Treatments” with Application in Toxicology

The behaviour of Fligner-Wolfe-trend test “control versus k treatments” was characterized by simulation. Sample size estimation took place via non-central t-distribution. Some results on asymptotic efficiency were shown and compared with simulation results for small sample sizes. A test version for umbrella alternatives was given and characterized by simulation.     

Synthesis and biological evaluation of flavone-8-acrylamide derivatives as potential multi-target-directed anti Alzheimer agents and investigation of binding mechanism with acetylcholinesterase

In a search for novel multifunctional anti-Alzheimer agents, a congeneric set of seventeen flavone-8-acrylamide derivatives (8a─q) were synthesized and evaluated for their cholinesterase inhibitory, antioxidant, neuroprotective and modulation of Aβ aggregation activities. The target compounds showed effective and selective inhibitory activity against the AChE over BuChE. In addition, the target compounds also showed moderate anti-oxidant activity and strong neuroprotective capacities, and accelerated dosage-dependently the Aβ aggregation. Also, we presented here a complete study on the interaction of 8a, 8d, 8e, 8h and 8i with AChE. Through fluorescence emission studies, the binding sites number found to be 1, binding constants were calculated as 2.04 × 10⁴, 2.22 × 10⁴, 1.18 × 10⁴, 9.8 × 10³ and 3.2 × 10⁴ M⁻¹ and free energy change as −5.83, −5.91, −5.51, −5.41 and −6.12 kcal M⁻¹ at 25 °C which were well agreed with the computational calculations indicating a strong binding affinity of flavones and AChE. Furthermore, the CD studies revealed that the secondary structure of AChE became partly unfolded upon binding with 8a, 8d, 8e, 8h and 8i.     

A Model for Censored Survival Data When There is an Intervening Event

A model is discussed for incorporating information from a time-dependent covariable (an intervening event) and covariables independent of time into the analysis of survival data. In the model, it is assumed that individuals are potentially subject to two paths to failure, one including the intervening event and the other not. Additional assumptions are that failure times associated with the two paths are independent and that the time to failure subsequent to the intervening event is dependent on the intervening event time. Allowing the underlying hazard rates for the model to follow a WEIBULL form, use of the model and methods for fitting and hypothesis testing are illustrated by application to a follow-up study involving industrial workers where disability retirement was the intervening event. Extensions of the model to accommodate grouped survival data are presented.     

Effect of calcium phosphate and alumina C γ gels on the mutagenicity and cytotoxicity of dimethylnitrosamine as studied in the CHO/HGPRT system

When CaCl₂ was added in increasing concentrations to a rat liver metabolic activation system (S9) buffered with sodium phosphate, the mutagenic activity and cytotoxicity of dimethylnitrosamine (DMN) in the Chinese hamster ovary cell/hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (CHO/HGPRT) system were greatly increased. This effect was not observed with an S9 mix buffered with N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N′-2-ethanesulfonic acid (HEPES). The calcium phosphate gel precipitate of the S9 mix possessed approximately $\text{built1}\text{3}$ of the total activity of the mix, while the supernatant had only slight activity. However, when the calcium phosphate gel precipitate of a solution of S9 salts (without S9 protein) was added to the supernatant, the remaining $\text{2}\text{3}$ of the activity was recovered. Commercially obtained calcium phosphate, tricalcium phosphate, and alumina C γ gels could substitute for CaCl₂ in the S9 mix, but diethylaminoethyl cellulose (DEAE cellulose) could not. Alumina C γ gel can exert its effect in the absence of both CaCl₂ and phosphate in the S9 mix. Increasing the time of contact between the S9 protein and the S9 salts increased the efficacy with which the S9 mix activated DMN; this is indicative of an adsorptive process by calcium phosphate gel.     

Rat liver metabollothionein interactions of silver,zinc, and cadmium

Weanling rats were fed diets either alone or with combinations of silver, elevated zinc, or elevated cadmium for 7 weeks. The rats were then killed, and the silver, zinc, and cadmium proteins isolated from the livers by gel filtration and ion exchange chromatography. When silver was fed alone in diet, low levels of this metal were eluted as two peaks from the ion exchange column. In contrast, when silver was fed with cadmium or elevated zinc, three metal-containing peaks were eluted from this ion exchange column. Amino acid analysis revealed that the major proteins binding these metals are metallothioneins, as judged by high cysteine content.     

The Nucleolar PICT-1/GLTSCR2 Protein Forms Homo-Oligomers

The human “protein interacting with carboxyl terminus 1” (PICT-1), also designated as the “glioma tumor suppressor candidate region 2 gene product”, GLTSCR2, is a nucleolar protein whose activity is, as yet, unknown. Contradictory results regarding the role of PICT-1 in cancer have been reported, and PICT-1 has been suggested to function either as a tumor suppressor protein or as an oncogene. In this study, we demonstrate self-association of PICT-1. Through yeast two-hybrid assay, we identified PICT-1 as its own interaction partner. We confirmed the interaction of PICT-1 with itself by direct yeast two-hybrid assay and also showed self-association of PICT-1 in mammalian cells by co-immunoprecipitation and fluorescence resonance energy transfer assays. Furthermore, we confirmed direct self-association of PICT-1 by using in vitro microfluidic affinity binding assays. The later assay also identified the carboxy-terminal domain as mediating self-interaction of PICT-1. Glutaraldehyde cross-linking and gel-filtration assays suggest that PICT-1 forms dimers, though it may form higher-order complexes as well. Our findings add another layer of complexity in understanding the different functions of PICT-1 and may help provide insights regarding the activities of this protein.