自发性高血压大鼠主动脉α_(1B)及α_(1D)肾上腺素受体第三细胞内环不存在点突变

我们以前的实验显示自发性高血压大鼠（SHR）离体主动脉磷酸肌醇蓄积在无激动剂存在的基础状态下就显著增高。根据G蛋白偶联受体固有活性假说，推测SHR主动脉中介导肌酸磷脂水解的主要受体－α1D和α1B-肾上腺素受体的第三细胞内环可能存在点突变。本实验通过PCR－SSCP鉴定，表明上述突变并不存在。从而提示SHR主动脉磷酸肌醇蓄积基础水平增加并非因α1D和α1B-肾上腺素受体第三细胞内环区域突变所引起的受体固有活性所致。     

异域作用因子

基因表达时基因携带的遗传信息从世代相传的遗传物质DNA上通过转录传递到RNA，然后由RNA指导合成蛋白质，从而表现出基因的生物活性。基因的表达受环境因素的影响，并受生物体的控制。真核生物的基因表达在不同水平上受到调控。在细胞核中有转录时的调控，它决定基因是否能被转     

慢性缺氧对大鼠肺动胍内皮依赖性舒张反应及CGMP含量的影响

This experiment was designed to investigate whether chronic hypoxia affect rat pulmonary artery (PA) endothelium-dependent relaxation and the content of cGMP in PA. Both ACh and ATP could induce endothelium-dependent relaxation of PA, not prevented by indomethacin, but completely abolished by methylene blue. These results indicated that vasodilatation of PA induced by both ACh and ATP is mediated by EDRF (endothelium-derived relaxing factor). Chronic hypoxia significantly depressed PA endothelium-dependent relaxation. The percent relaxation of IPPA and EPPA by 10(-6) mol/L ACh was 61.3% and 59.2% of those in control, and the percent relaxation of IPPA and EPPA by 1.8 x 10(-5) mol/L ATP was 64.9% and 55.3% respectively of the control. Chronic hypoxia also depressed SNP-induced endothelium-independent relaxation. Chronic hypoxia significantly decreased the content of cGMP in PA. The basic level of cGMP was 51.9 +/- 5.7 (n = 14) in hypoxia group and 84.9 +/- 9.7 (n = 14) pmol/g wet wt. in control group (P less than 0.01). After treatment of PA with ACh (10(-7) mol/L), the content of cGMP was 91.4 +/- 7.3 (n = 5) pmol/g wet wt. in hypoxic group and 240.8 +/- 30.6 (n = 5) pmol/g wet wt. in control group (P less than 0.01). Our data suggest that chronic hypoxia might depress rat pulmonary artery endothelium-dependent relaxation through the inhibition of soluble guanylate cyclase in vascular smooth muscle cells.     

BCAA对大鼠LDH、TNFα、Ca2+-ATPase的影响初探

目的:初步探讨BCAA对大鼠LDH、Ca2+-ATPase、TNFα的影响.方法:Wistar鼠,随机分为正常对照组、BCAA实验组.正常对照组摄食普通酪蛋白饲料,BCAA实验组饲料添加BCAA,5周后处死动物取标本待测.结果:BCAA显著增加血中TNFα水平,明显增加骨骼肌LDH活力,显著增强心肌和骨骼肌中Ca2+-ATPase活性,但不影响血乳酸、肌中LDH活力和心肌及骨骼肌中糖原含量.结论:BCAA具有调节LDH、Ca2+-ATPase活力,促进TNFα分泌的作用.     

高致病性禽流感H5N1疫苗研究获突破

近日，中国科学院上海巴斯德研究所周保罗研究组在高致病性禽流感H5N1疫苗研究中获重要突破，该研究组在世界上首次开发出能诱导出针对所有高致病性禽流感H5N1亚类和亚亚类广谱中和抗体反应的免疫原．同际期刊《病毒学杂志》日前在线发表了这一成果。     

An Effective Method for Raising Antisera Against β-defensins: Double-copy Protein Expression of mBin1b in E. coli

Defensins are a family of evolutionarily relatedvertebrate antimicrobial peptides with a characteristicβ-sheet-rich fold and a framework of six disulphide-linkedcysteines. The two main defensin subfamilies, α- andβ-defensin, differ in the length of pep…     

中老缅边境蚊虫标本中Nam Dinh病毒的分离和鉴定

2012年在云南省南部中老缅边境地区采集的库蚊中分离到3株病毒(YN12039、YN12040、YN12060),该病毒只引起C6/36细胞发生病变。负染电镜观察病毒颗粒呈球形,直径60~80nm,有囊膜,表面有刺突。采用RTPCR方法对分离株的RNA依赖的RNA聚合酶(RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase,RdRp)、HEL1(superfamily 1helicase)、S蛋白(spike protein)基因进行扩增,同源性分析显示3株云南新分离株与Nam Dinh病毒(NDiV)RdRp、HEL1、S蛋白氨基酸序列相似度最高,均为98%以上。系统进化分析结果表明,3株云南新分离株与NDiV的亲缘关系最近,处于同一进化分支。该研究结果丰富了NDiV病毒的信息,对NDiV病毒分子特征、分布区域和物种嗜性等特征提供了数据参考。