醇母PHO81基因的克隆和表达

从酵母染色体ＤＮＡ中获得１个约３．０ｋｂ的ＢａｍＨＩ的克隆片段和１个约５．０ｋｂ的ＰｓｔＩ片段,前者包含１７４５ｂｐ的ＰＨＯ８１基因编码序列及１２４４ｂｐ的上游序列,后者包含２２３６ｂｐ的编码序列及约２．８ｋｂ的下游序列,经拼接得到完整的ＰＨＯ８１基因。以ＵＲＡ３基因取代部分ＰＨＯ８１的编码序列,通过体内同源重组,获得ＰＨＯ８１基因缺陷的酵母细胞株。构建ＰＨＯ８１－ＬａｃＺ融合基因,以β－半乳糖苷酶的活力表示ＰＨＯ８１基因的表达水平,研究了它的表达作用。ＰＨＯ８１基因为阻遏型表达,受无机磷浓度的控制,高磷使基因表达阻遏,低磷去阻遏。ＰＨＯ８１对其自身的表达有正调控作用,它与ＰＨＯ５和ＰＨＯ１１基因的调控模式相似,但ＰＨＯ８１上游调控序列和ＰＨＯ５及ＰＨＯ１１的同源性很低。     

Developmental competence of nuclear transfer cow oocytes after direct injection of fetal fibroblast nuclei

We have examined the in vitro and in vivo development of cloned embryos produced by incorporation of fetal fibroblast into in vitro matured and enucleated cow oocytes by direct injection and by fusion. For injection, nuclei were either mechanically isolated using the microinjection needle or chemically isolated by treatment with NP-40 lysis buffer. Fetal fibroblasts were serum starved and treated with calcium ionophore before injection to induce chromatin condensation. A range of 8% to 16% of successfully injected oocytes developed to blastocysts in culture and a total of nine pregnancies resulted from transfer of cloned embryos produced by this method. Nuclear transfer by fusion resulted in 22% development to blastocysts. Unlike in mice, the embryos derived from injection did not result in viable pregnancies, which may suggest species differences. All pregnancies were terminated after 45 to 150 days from transfer. Two pregnancies resulted from transfer of cloned embryos obtained by fusion which produced two healthy female calves. The study proposes an alternative method for the production of cow cloned embryos. Further research, however, is required to optimize bovine cloning by injection.     

Electrofusion of two-cell bovine embryos for the production of tetraploid blastocysts in vitro

Tetraploid bovine blastocysts were produced experimentally by electrofusion of in vitro matured and fertilized, zona-enclosed two-cell embryos (33-35 hr after initiation of sperm-egg incubation) using three fusion protocols. Field strengths of 1.0, 1.4, and 2.4 kV/cm were tested and the rate of fusion, subsequent cleavage, and blastocyst development were measured for each. High rates of fusion (76.5% +/- 2.8%), cleavage (72.5% +/- 7.4%) and blastocyst development (56.1% +/- 6.4%) were achieved with the application of 1. 4 kV/cm as a single 100-microseconds pulse. Embryos were scored 30 and 60 min after stimulation for fusion. No time effect for fusion, cleavage, or blastocyst development was observed. Chromosome preparations of day 7 blastocysts revealed 12.5% of fused embryos were tetraploid. This is a significant increase from that found in nonfused embryos where spontaneous tetraploidy did not occur. An electrical stimulus of 1.0 kV/cm applied as two 50-microseconds pulses produced significantly less one-cell embryos (64.2% +/- 3.0%) compared to 1.4 kV/cm while cleavage (79.9% +/- 3.4) and blastocyst development (44.6% +/- 4.0%) were not different from that for unexposed control embryos (89.5% +/- 2.3% and 57.2% +/- 3.2%, respectively). Embryos fused at 2.4 kV/cm applied as a single 30-microseconds pulse (69.7% +/- 5.7%) showed significantly lower cleavage (72.1% +/- 3.7%) and blastocyst rates (40.2% +/- 4.6%) compared to the unexposed control.     

The significance of controlled conditions in lentiviral vector titration and in the use of multiplicity of infection (MOI) for predicting gene transfer events

BACKGROUND: Although lentiviral vectors have been widely used for in vitro and in vivo gene therapy researches, there have been few studies systematically examining various conditions that may affect the determination of the number of viable vector particles in a vector preparation and the use of Multiplicity of Infection (MOI) as a parameter for the prediction of gene transfer events. METHODS: Lentiviral vectors encoding a marker gene were packaged and supernatants concentrated. The number of viable vector particles was determined by in vitro transduction and fluorescent microscopy and FACs analyses. Various factors that may affect the transduction process, such as vector inoculum volume, target cell number and type, vector decay, variable vector - target cell contact and adsorption periods were studied. MOI between 0-32 was assessed on commonly used cell lines as well as a new cell line. RESULTS: We demonstrated that the resulting values of lentiviral vector titre varied with changes of conditions in the transduction process, including inoculum volume of the vector, the type and number of target cells, vector stability and the length of period of the vector adsorption to target cells. Vector inoculum and the number of target cells determine the frequencies of gene transfer event, although not proportionally. Vector exposure time to target cells also influenced transduction results. Varying these parameters resulted in a greater than 50-fold differences in the vector titre from the same vector stock. Commonly used cell lines in vector titration were less sensitive to lentiviral vector-mediated gene transfer than a new cell line, FRL 19. Within 0-32 of MOI used transducing four different cell lines, the higher the MOI applied, the higher the efficiency of gene transfer obtained. CONCLUSION: Several variables in the transduction process affected in in vitro vector titration and resulted in vastly different values from the same vector stock, thus complicating the use of MOI for predicting gene transfer events. Commonly used target cell lines underestimated vector titre. However, within a certain range of MOI, it is possible that, if strictly controlled conditions are observed in the vector titration process, including the use of a sensitive cell line, such as FRL 19 for vector titration, lentivector-mediated gene transfer events could be predicted.     

武陵山地区种子植物区系特征与性质研究

武陵山地区位于湘鄂渝黔交界处,面积约10万km²。本文从科、属、种水平对武陵山地区种子植物区系特征和性质进行了统计分析,结果表明:(1)本区自产种子植物201科、1005属、4119种,其中裸子植物6科、19属、36种,双子叶植物166科781属、3447种,单子叶植物29科、205属、636种,含单种和少种的科和属及木本植物比较丰富;(2)本区含世界广布科40科,热带分布科91科,温带分布科70科。含种数较多的科为广布科和热带分布科,而主要特征科则是一些主产东亚(包括中国特有)的亚热带和温带分布科;(3)本区的属含我国15种分布区类型中的14种,其中以北温带分布、泛热带分布和东亚分布三类成分比较集中。中国特有属64属(占6.83%),其中不少可能就起源于本区(或)及其周围。温带分布属多于热带分布属;(4)种的地理成分有15种类型,其中绝大多数属东亚和中国特有,它们具有明显的亚热带-温带性质。中国特有种共计2682种,其中126种为本区所特有,675种为华中区特有,其他1881种则广泛分布于我国各地并大体上可分为10个亚型。种的地理成分决定了本区现代植物区系的基本特征和性质,即在旧的热带区系的基础上蜕化演变而成的温带性亚热带植物区系或亚热带山地植物区系。本区东亚成分众多,不仅是其分布中心的一部分,而且正处于东亚成分扩散和迁移的重要通道--武陵山走廊上,因此可视为东亚植物区系的一个关键地区。     

Predictive value of plasma human chorionic gonadotrophin beta subunit in diagnosing ectopic pregnancy after in vitro fertilisation and embryo transfer.

A study was conducted aimed at establishing a range of plasma concentrations of the beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotrophin that might predict ectopic pregnancy after in vitro fertilisation and embryo transfer. From May 1984 to February 1986, 161 consecutive pregnancies at the Monash University in vitro fertilisation unit were analysed by determining plasma beta human chorionic gonadotrophin concentrations between two and 10 weeks after oocyte collection. Eighty eight ongoing singleton pregnancies, 25 multiple pregnancies, 27 first trimester spontaneous abortions, 12 anembryonic pregnancies, and nine ectopic pregnancies resulted from these conception cycles. When compared with values for ongoing singleton pregnancies two weeks after oocyte collection plasma beta human chorionic gonadotrophin concentrations in ectopic pregnancies were significantly lower (p less than 0.05; Wilcoxon rank sum test). Two weeks after oocyte collection all plasma beta human chorionic gonadotrophin concentrations in the set of ectopic pregnancies were below 30.6 IU/l, which corresponded to the lower quartile (25th percentile) of beta human chorionic gonadotrophin concentrations in ongoing singleton pregnancies. The beta human chorionic gonadotrophin concentration corresponding to the lower quartile of ongoing singleton pregnancies at each week of gestation was used to derive the predictive value of various statistics in detecting ectopic pregnancy in patients after in vitro fertilisation. The sensitivity, specificity, predictive value of a positive result, predictive value of a negative result, and efficiency of a single plasma beta human chorionic gonadotrophin concentration in predicting ectopic pregnancy were 100%, 68.1%, 16.7%, 100%, and 70%, respectively, two weeks after oocyte collection. These results suggest that a single determination of the plasma beta human chorionic gonadotrophin concentration beginning 14 days after oocyte collection is clinically useful in predicting the outcome of pregnancy achieved by in vitro fertilisation. Ectopic pregnancy after in vitro fertilisation is more likely when beta human chorionic gonadotrophin concentration is below the lower quartile of values in ongoing singleton pregnancies achieved by the technique.     

Biochemical changes in cervical mucus-factor infertility

Cervical-factor infertility has generally been attributed to the presence of antispermatozoal antibodies in the secretions of the uterine cervix, despite the fact that the incidence of sperm-specific antibodies in these women is generally low. We report here a modification in the structure of the cervical mucus of patients with a diagnosed cervical factor. Cervical mucus from patients with a cervical factor of nonimmunological origin, collected during the periovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle, had (1) a significant decrease in the content of glycosidically bound sialic acid and (2) an increased ability to act as an acceptor for sialic acid from cytidine-5′-monophospho-N-acetylneuraminic acid (CMP-sialic acid) when incubated with an exogenous sialyltransferase; in comparison to mucus from normal fertile women. Both siaiyltransferase and fucosyltransferase activities were detected in cervical mucus, but there was no difference between fertile normal and cervical-factor patients using the assays described. These results reinforce a possible role for sialic acid residues and their associated glycosyltransferases in the regulation of spermatozoal–cervical mucus interaction.     

BOLD钉治疗桡骨小头骨折的临床疗效分析

目的:报告BOLD钉治疗Mason II型、未累及桡骨颈的Mason III型桡骨小头骨折的临床疗效。方法:自2009年3月至2012年2月对25例Mason II型,12例Mason III型桡骨小头骨折均采用切开复位BOLD钉内固定。结果:所有患者术后均获得随访12-24个月,平均随访14个月,肘关节功能评分:Mason II型平均分94分(88-98分),其中,优20例,良3例,可2例,差0例,优良率92%;Mason III型平均分91分(80-95分)其中,优9例,良1例,可2例,差0例,优良率83.3%。结论:BOLD钉治疗Mason II型及未累及桡骨颈的Mason III型桡骨小头有手术操作简单,固定稳定,允许早期活动等优点,可以作为这类骨折治疗的新选择。