迟缓爱德华氏菌EcoRⅠ核糖体自动化分型与聚类分析

【目的】对26株迟缓爱德华氏菌进行自动化核糖体分型,并进行聚类分析。【方法】采用RiboprinterTM全自动微生物鉴定系统对分离自斑点叉尾鮰、日本鳗、多宝鱼、比目鱼、斑醴等宿主体内的迟缓爱德华氏菌进行核糖体分型,以限制性内切酶Eco RⅠ处理、切割菌株DNA;运用Bio Numerics软件分析图像数据。【结果】迟缓爱德华氏菌核糖体图谱与数据库中已有信息进行比对,ATCC15947和BYK00685的比对相似值0.85,分别为0.95及0.90。条形码经软件分析共产生21种核糖体条带,聚类分析分为3个群。条带之间呈现明显的地域性差异和宿主差别。来自北方及南方的菌株除少数几株以外,各自聚集为一个群;所有人源株则分布在第三群。【结论】自动化核糖体分型可以方便快捷地用于不同物种的菌株分型与流行病学追踪溯源。     

日本鳗鲡肝脏表达抗菌肽2基因的克隆与表达

为探讨鱼类抗菌肽基因的生物学功能,研究应用RACE方法克隆获得了日本鳗鲡 (Anguilla japonica) 肝脏表达抗菌肽2基因 (Liver-Expressed Antimicrobial Peptide 2,LEAP-2),即AJLEAP-2的cDNA序列,全长为450 bp,开放阅读框编码89个氨基酸。其成熟肽含有LEAP-2保守基序C-X5-C-X4-C-X4-C。AJLEAP-2基因组结构与其他脊椎动物LEAP-2相同,都包含有三个外显子。利用荧光定量PCR检测了AJLEAP-2在日本鳗鲡不同组织/器官中的表达,发现其转录子在肝脏中表达量最高,是内参基因 (-actin) 的6倍; 其次是肠道,但其表达量仅为肝脏的1/130。此外,还检测了AJLEAP-2在日本鳗鲡玻璃鳗(Glass eel)阶段的转录表达水平,结果显示,玻璃鳗中AJLEAP-2的转录表达量仅低于黑仔期的肝脏,为黑仔鳗肠道表达量的2倍。LPS和迟缓爱德华菌 (Edwardsiella tarda) 刺激能显著上调鳗鲡血液中AJLEAP-2的转录表达,刺激16h后上调倍数最高,分别为对照组的86倍和12倍。此外,LPS刺激72h和E. tarda 刺激8h后,肠道中AJLEAP-2显著上调表达(P0.05),为对照组的8倍。Poly I:C刺激24h后,血液中AJLEAP-2转录表达显著下调。结果表明,AJLEAP-2在日本鳗鲡抗细菌感染过程中起重要的作用。     

爱德华氏菌产乳酸氧化酶的条件研究

在以前工作的基础上,对已获得的产乳酸氧化酶的5株菌进行复筛,对产酶量大的一株菌进行了分类鉴定,确定该菌株属迟钝爱德华氏菌生物群I(Edwardsiella tarda Biogroup I)。这与曾报道的产乳酸氧化酶分枝杆菌(Mycobacterium)和片球菌(Pediococcus)是不同的菌。分别研究了培养基中的培养初始pH、核黄素、乳酸钠以及硫酸铵对发酵产乳酸氧化酶的影响。这一酶源在酶法生产丙酮酸及医疗诊断和酶电极应用上有意义。     

Identification of de novo germline mutations and causal genes for sporadic diseases using trio‐based whole‐exome/genome sequencing

Whole‐genome or whole‐exome sequencing (WGS/WES) of the affected proband together with normal parents (trio) is commonly adopted to identify de novo germline mutations (DNMs) underlying sporadic cases of various genetic disorders. However, our current knowledge of the occurrence and functional effects of DNMs remains limited and accurately identifying the disease‐causing DNM from a group of irrelevant DNMs is complicated. Herein, we provide a general‐purpose discussion of important issues related to pathogenic gene identification based on trio‐based WGS/WES data. Specifically, the relevance of DNMs to human sporadic diseases, current knowledge of DNM biogenesis mechanisms, and common strategies or software tools used for DNM detection are reviewed, followed by a discussion of pathogenic gene prioritization. In addition, several key factors that may affect DNM identification accuracy and causal gene prioritization are reviewed. Based on recent major advances, this review both sheds light on how trio‐based WGS/WES technologies can play a significant role in the identification of DNMs and causal genes for sporadic diseases, and also discusses existing challenges.     

Prokaryotic SPHINX replication sequences are conserved in mammalian brain and participate in neurodegeneration

A new class of viral mammalian Slow Progressive Hidden INfections of variable (X) latency (“SPHINX”) DNAs, represented by the 1.8 and 2.4 kb nuclease-protected circular elements, were discovered in highly infectious cytoplasmic particles isolated from Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and scrapie samples. These DNAs contained replication initiation sequences (REPs) with approximately 70% homology to those of environmental Acinetobacter phage. Antibodies against REP peptides from the 1.8 kb DNA highlighted a 41 kDa protein (spx) on Western blots, and in situ studies previously revealed its peripheral tissue expression, for example, in pancreatic islet cells, keratinocytes, kidney tubules, and oocytes but not pancreatic exocrine cells, alveoli, and striated muscle. To determine if spx concentrated in specific neurons and synapses, and also maintained a conserved pattern of architectural organization in mammalian brains, we evaluated mouse, rat, hamster, guinea pig (GP), and human samples. Most outstanding was the cross-species concentration of spx in huge excitatory synapses of mossy fibers and small internal granule neuron synapses, the only excitatory neuron within the cerebellum. Spx also localized to excitatory glutamate type synapses in the hippocampus, and both cerebellar and hippocampal synaptic spx was demonstrable ultrastructurally. Studies of two well-characterized models of sporadic CJD (sCJD) revealed novel spx pathology. Vacuolar loss of cerebellar synaptic complexes, thinning of the internal granule cell layer, and fibrillar spx accumulations within Purkinje neurons were prominent in sCJD GP brains. In rats, comparable spx fibrillar changes appeared in hippocampal pyramidal neurons, and they preceded prion protein misfolding. Hence, spx is an integral player in progressive neurodegeneration. The evolutionary origin, spread, and neuropathology of SPHINX 1.8 REP sequences opens another unanticipated chapter for mammalian symbiotic interactions with environmental microbes.     

Phosphorylation of NBR1 by GSK3 modulates protein aggregation

The autophagy receptor NBR1 (neighbor of BRCA1 gene 1) binds UB/ubiquitin and the autophagosome-conjugated MAP1LC3/LC3 (microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3) proteins, thereby ensuring ubiquitinated protein degradation. Numerous neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases are associated with inappropriate aggregation of ubiquitinated proteins and GSK3 (glycogen synthase kinase 3) activity is involved in several of these proteinopathies. Here we show that NBR1 is a substrate of GSK3. NBR1 phosphorylation by GSK3 at Thr586 prevents the aggregation of ubiquitinated proteins and their selective autophagic degradation. Indeed, NBR1 phosphorylation decreases protein aggregation induced by puromycin or by the DES/desmin N342D mutant found in desminopathy patients and stabilizes ubiquitinated proteins. Importantly, decrease of protein aggregates is due to an inhibition of their formation and not to their autophagic degradation as confirmed by data on Atg7 knockout mice. The relevance of NBR1 phosphorylation in human pathology was investigated. Analysis of muscle biopsies of sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) patients revealed a strong decrease of NBR1 phosphorylation in muscles of sIBM patients that directly correlated with the severity of protein aggregation. We propose that phosphorylation of NBR1 by GSK3 modulates the formation of protein aggregates and that this regulation mechanism is defective in a human muscle proteinopathy.     

Effects of perioperative blood transfusion on the prognosis in hereditary and sporadic colon cancer

Abstract

We investigated the effects of perioperative blood transfusion in the prognosis of hereditary and sporadic colon cancer. There are 1075 colon cancer patients, including 936 sporadic colon cancer and 139 with hereditary colon cancer undergoing surgery at our hospital. All patients underwent 10 years of follow-up. In the sporadic group, mortality, local recurrence rate and distant metastases rate of transfused patients were significantly higher than non-transfused patients. The 10-year survival rates were significantly lower in patients receiving blood transfusions compared to non-transfused patients. In the hereditary group, mortality was higher in transfused patients compared to non-transfused patients.     

迟缓爱德华氏菌(Edwardsiella tarda)产生的二聚和三聚吲哚类生物碱

为了开发利用病原菌资源, 研究迟缓爱德华氏菌 (Edwardsiella tarda) 的次生代谢产物, 采用凝胶柱色谱、反相高效液相色谱等分离纯化手段, 从该菌发酵产物的乙酸乙酯提取物中分离得到5个吲哚类生物碱1-5。结合其理化性质和波谱学特征, 化合物1-5的结构依次鉴定为: bis(1H-indol-3-yl)phenylmethane (1)、1,1-bis(1H-indol-3-yl)-2-phenylethane (2)、(2S)-3,3-bis (1H-indol-3-yl)propane-1,2-diol (3)、1H,1￠H,1￠￠H-3,2￠:3￠,3￠￠-terindole (4) 和(3,2￠:2￠,3￠￠- terindolin)-3￠-one (5), 其中化合物1、2和4为新天然产物。利用药敏纸片法、二倍稀释法和SRB法, 对5个单体化合物的抗菌和细胞毒活性进行了初步评价。其中化合物1和3对产气杆菌有微弱的抑制作用, 最小抑菌浓度(MIC)均为0.125 g/L。     

牙鲆迟钝爱德华氏菌感染症及其病原的研究

对 7起牙鲆迟钝爱德华氏菌感染病例进行了发病情况、临床特征、病理变化等方面的检验 ,经对细菌的分离与鉴定表明所检病例均为迟钝爱德华氏菌的单独感染 ,系统归纳了该感染症的主要特点。同时 ,对所分离后做纯培养的 130株迟钝爱德华氏菌进行了主要生物学性状、血清型的测定 ,表明除在生化试验的吲哚项目中表明有株间差异 (阴性的 2 0株、阳性的 110株 )外 ,130株对其他所测内容的结果一致 ,130株均为同种血清型。从每起病例分离并鉴定的各 1个代表菌株做对健康牙鲆的人工感染试验 ,表明了相应的原发病原学意义及较强的致病作用。药敏试验结果表明 ,对供试 37种抗菌药物中的头孢唑啉等 19种药物敏感、对青霉素G等 5种药物耐药、对氨苄青霉素等 13种药物表现了株间差异。经以荧光抗体技术对纯培养物、人工感染病死鱼肝脏中细菌的检验 ,初步表明了荧光抗体技术在对迟钝爱德华氏菌检验中作为辅助检验手段的可行性。