益生菌辅助治疗牙周病的研究进展

牙周病是累及牙周支持组织的慢性感染性疾病。牙菌斑生物膜中的微生物及其代谢产物是其必不可少的始动因素,可导致口腔微生态失衡和宿主免疫反应,最终引起牙周病的发生发展。目前,牙周病的基础治疗主要是机械清除牙菌斑生物膜和牙石,但治疗效果具有局限性。益生菌通过产生抑菌物质、刺激局部免疫反应、与致病菌争夺黏膜受体和营养物质,从而改善口腔微生态平衡,促进牙周病的治疗。本文就近年来益生菌在牙周病治疗上的实验和临床研究、作用机制、安全性等进行综述,为将来益生菌辅助治疗牙周病的应用提供参考。     

新型免疫抑制剂brasilicardin A的研究进展

Brasilicardin A (BraA)是从致病性放线菌巴西诺卡菌(Nocardia brasiliensis) IFM 0406中发现的具有显著免疫抑制作用(IC50=0.057μg/mL)的二萜糖苷类化合物。BraA发挥免疫抑制活性的作用机制与现有临床常用的免疫抑制剂不同,BraA通过抑制氨基酸转运体L系统的转运进而影响T-淋巴细胞对氨基酸的摄入而发挥免疫抑制作用。相比目前已知的免疫抑制剂环孢菌素A、子囊霉素和他克莫司等,BraA在小鼠混合淋巴细胞反应中显示低毒、高效的优势。因此,BraA作为新型的免疫抑制剂,极具开发潜力,已成为全球免疫抑制剂发现新领域。但其结构复杂、合成困难,原菌种产率低且具有致病性,BraA及其类似物的获得已成为此类新型免疫抑制剂研究的瓶颈。本文综述了BraA的分子特征、药理活性、作用机制、目前获得的BraA类似物和衍生化方面的研究进展,以期为BraA及其类似物的高效生产提供参考。     

蛇足石杉内生真菌产黄青霉菌MT-40中xanthocillin类似物生物合成基因簇的挖掘及鉴定

Xanthocillin具有显著的抗菌活性,结构中含有独特的异腈基。本文通过对蛇足石杉(Huperzia serrata)内生真菌产黄青霉菌(Penicillium chrysogenum)MT-40基因组的测序分析,利用本地BLAST等生物信息学分析工具挖掘具有合成xanthocillin类似物潜力的基因簇,结合米曲霉(Aspergillus oryzae)NSAR1异源表达技术实现基因簇中关键基因的功能鉴定。结果成功从内生真菌P.chrysogenum MT-40中发现一个合成xanthocillin类似物的生物合成基因簇(命名为for),for基因簇中的关键生物合成基因forB编码的异腈基合成酶可以催化合成2-formamido-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acrylic acid,基因forG编码的P450酶可以催化2-formamido-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acrylic acid的二聚化生成xanthocillin类似物N,N′-(1,4-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)buta-1,3-diene-2,3-diyl)diformamide。本文研究结果为进一步从真菌中发现xanthocillin类似物提供参考。     

棉田生态系统能流特征分析

为丰富生态系统的能流功能理论,开展以此为基础的生态调控,本文采用田间调查与室内测定相结合的方法,系统地测定了棉田初级生产者（棉株）、次级生产者（害虫、天敌）和土壤分解者的能流参数值,分析和比较了以棉株－害虫－天敌相互作用为中心,受人为干扰作用较大的棉田生态系统能流特征。     

Measurement of the Leakage of CO2 from Bundle-Sheath Cells of Leaves during C4 Photosynthesis

During C4 photosynthesis, CO2 is released in bundle-sheath cells by decarboxylation of C4 acids and then refixed via ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase. In this study we examined the efficiency of this process by determining the proportion of the released CO2 that diffuses back to mesophyll cells instead of being refixed. This leak of CO2 was assessed by determining the amount of 14CO2 released from leaves during a chase in high [12CO2] following a 70-s pulse in 14CO2. A computer-based analysis of the time-course curve for 14CO2 release indicated a first-order process and provided an estimate of the initial velocity of 14CO2 release from leaves. From this value and the net rate of photosynthesis determined from the 14CO2 fixed in the pulse, the CO2 leak rate from bundle-sheath cells (expressed as a percentage of the rate of CO2 production from C4 acids) could be deduced. For nine species of Gramineae representing the different subgroups of C4 plants and two NAD-malic enzyme-type dicotyledonous species, the CO2 leak ranged between 8 and 14%. However, very high CO2 leak rates (averaging about 27%) were recorded for two NADP-malic enzyme-type dicotyledonous species of Flaveria. The results are discussed in terms of the efficiency of C4 photosynthesis and observed quantum yields.     

Regulation of C4 photosynthesis: identification of a catalytically important histidine residue and its role in the regulation of pyruvate,Pi dikinase

These studies provide further information regarding the mechanism of the light/dark-mediated regulation of pyruvate,Pi dikinase in leaves. It is shown that a catalysis-linked phosphorylation of pyruvate,Pi dikinase can be demonstrated following incubation of the enzyme with [32P]phosphoenolpyruvate or [beta-32P]ATP plus Pi, that the enzyme-bound phosphate is located on a histidine residue, and that this phosphate is retained during ADP-mediated inactivation. Further evidence is provided that phosphorylation of this histidine is a prerequisite for ADP-mediated inactivation through phosphorylation of a threonine residue from the beta-phosphate of ADP. It is demonstrated that diethylpyrocarbonate (which forms a derivative with histidine residues) prevents [32P]phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent labeling (catalytic labeling) and [beta-32P]ADP-dependent labeling (inactivation labeling) of the enzyme. In addition, it is demonstrated that oxalate, an analog of pyruvate, competitively inhibits ADP-dependent inactivation with respect to ADP. The significance of these results is discussed with regard to the mechanism of regulation of pyruvate,Pi dikinase in vivo.     

红铃虫性诱剂开口纤维剂型及其在棉田中的竞争引诱作用

Hummel等1973年鉴定了红铃虫的性外激素是顺,顺-和顺,反-7,11-十六碳二烯-1-醇醋酸酯的复合物,并命名为“红铃虫性诱剂”(简称“Gossyplure”)。Biel等1974年用触角电图和大田诱捕试验,证明当两种异构体的配比为1∶1时效果最好。为延长性诱剂在大田中的有效期,研究工作者曾设计了多种释放器和可控缓释剂型。Shorey等1976年用铝圆筒包上尼龙纱作为释放器,红铃虫性诱剂的释放量为每晚5毫克/公顷,全年用量为9克/公顷。Gaston等1977年用内径0.22毫米、外径0.45毫米、长104毫米,一端开口一端封闭的塑料空心纤维,绕成直径22毫米的环作释放器,每次用量6.6克/公顷,全年用33克/公顷。Boncss等1977和1978年用聚乙烯盖作释放器,每次用量5克/公顷,胶囊剂     

Presence of nadph-cytochrome P-450 reductase in rat liver golgi membranes: Evidence obtained by immunoadsorption method

Light Golgi fractions (GF(1+2)) prepared from rat liver homogenates by a modification of the Ehrenreich et al. procedure (J. Cell Biol. 59:45) had significant NADPH-cytochrome P(450) reductase (NADPH-cyt c reductase) activity if assayed immediately after their isolation. An antibody raised in rabbits against purified microsomal and Golgi fractions. To find out whether this activity is located in bona fide Golgi elements or in contaminating microsomal vesicles, we used the following 3-step immunoadsorption procedure: (a) antirabbit IgG (raised in goats) was conjugated to small (2-5 μm) polycrylamide (PA) beads; (b) rabbit anti NADPH-cyt c reductase was immunoadsorbed to the antibody-coated beads; and (c) GF(1+2) was reacted with the beads carrying the two successive layers of antibodies. The beads were then recovered by centrifugation, and were washed, fixed, embedded in agarose, and processed for transmission electromicroscopy. Antireductase- coated beads absorbed 60 percent of the NADPH-cyt c reductase (and comparable fractions of NADH-cyt c reductase and glucose-6-phosphatase) but only 20 percent of the galactosyltransferase activity of the input GF(1+2). Differential vesicle counts showed that approximately 72 percent of the immunoadsorbed vesicles were morphologically recognizable Golgi elements (vesicles with very low density lipoprotein [VLDL] clusters or Golgi cisternae); vesicles with single VLDL and smooth surfaced microsome-like vesicles were too few (approximately 25 percent) to account for the activity. It is concluded that NADPH-cytochrome P(450) reductase is a Golgi membrane enzyme of probably uneven distribution among the elements of the Golgi complex.     

Association of NADP- and NAD-linked malic enzyme acitivities in Zea mays: relation to C4 pathway photosynthesis.

Two of the three metabolic subtypes of species utilizing C₄-pathway photosynthesis are defined by high activities of either NADP malic enzyme (NADP malic enzyme type) or a coenzyme A (CoA)- and acetyl-CoA-activated NAD malic enzyme (NAD malic enzyme type). These enzymes function to decarboxylate malate as an integral part of the photosynthetic process. Leaves of NADP malic enzyme-type species also contain significant NAD-dependent malic enzyme activity. The purpose of the present study was to examine the nature and photosynthetic role of this activity. With Zea mays, this NAD-dependent activity was found to vary widely in fresh leaf extracts. Incubating extracts at 25 °C resulted in a disproportionate increase in NAD activity so that the final ratio of NADP to NAD activity was always about 5. Strong evidence was provided that the NADP and NAD malic enzyme activities in Z. mays extracts were catalyzed by the same enzyme. These activities remained associated during purification and were coincident after polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The pH optimum for NAD-dependent activity was about 7.1, compared with 8.3 for NADP malic enzyme activity. Other properties of the NAD-dependent activity are described, a particularly notable feature being the inhibition of this activity by less than 1 μm NADP and NADPH. Evidence is provided that the NADP malic enzyme of several other NADP malic enzyme-type C₄ species also has associated activity toward NAD. We concluded that the NAD-dependent malic enzyme activity would have no significant function in photosynthesis.