钙离子在蟾蜍卵母细胞成熟分裂过程中的作用

缺钙处理的中华大蟾蜍卵母细胞,在孕酮作用下,仍能显示与恢复成熟分裂有关的早期启动变化,即卵内cAMP含量下降。但在缺钙条件下,孕酮不能促使卵母细胞进一步产生具有生物活性的促成熟因子,这可能与缺钙条件下卵母细胞内蛋白质磷酸化反应普遍低下有关。在外环境中有足量钙离子的条件下,即使无孕酮刺激,二价阳离子载体A_(23187)亦能诱发卵母细胞GVBD。这些结果无疑证明外源钙离子内流,以及由此可能导致的卵内游离钙离子增加,与卵母细胞恢复和完成成熟分裂有密切关系。     

镉对雄性小鼠生精细胞的影响

为了研究镉对小鼠生殖力和生精细胞的作用,本文对氯化镉处理后的雄性小鼠进行了交配实验,以观察其对怀孕率、每窝产仔数及子代性比的影响。测定比较了注射镉后,小鼠成熟精子的总LDH酶和LDH-X酶的活性;还用双向电泳方法分析了成熟精子的蛋白质变化。结果表明,处理组在怀孕率、每窝产仔数及子代性比方面无统计学意义的差异。成熟精子的总LDH活性经镉处理后未发现明显变化,但镉能显著地抑制与精子运动的能量有关的LDH-X酶的活性。双向电泳图谱表示,镉处理后,精子中含量较少的三组蛋白质或消失不见,或发生明显变化。     

The limited photochemical activity of solid aggregated forms of bovine rhodopsin

The visual pigment rhodopsin has been purified and depleted of detergent. Under these conditions, the pigment strongly aggregates. When dried, a significant fraction of these aggregates appear insensitive to light. We have characterized them by means of absorption and photoacoustic spectroscopies and we find that their photochemical behavior is best explained by a limited activity that does not reach photointermediates beyond the lumirhodopsin step in the bleaching sequence of rhodopsin. We interpret this result as an indication of a significant conformational change of the protein during the transition from lumi- to meta-rhodopsin.     

用体外免疫法建立人—人抗流行性乙型脑炎病毒杂交瘤细胞株

利用单克隆抗体(McAb)进行病毒病的治疗是人们所关心的一个重大课题。 流行性乙型脑炎(乙脑)是一种严重威胁人民健康的急性传染病,病死率高,后遗症严重。国内外目前尚无特效疗法。陈伯权等用乙脑病毒皮下或腹腔感染3周龄小白鼠24、48小时及5天后,分别用乙脑病毒51-8McAb进行治疗,平均治愈率分别为78％、73％及22％。     

白魔芋和花魔芋葡甘露聚糖研究

从白魔芋和花魔芋的块茎中分离纯化出两种魔芋葡甘露聚糖(Konjac Glucomannan,简称KGM),分别名为白魔芋葡甘露聚糖(aKGM)和花魔芋葡甘露聚糖(rKGM)。通过超离心、玻璃纤维纸电泳和凝胶过沪证明aKGM和rKGM都是均一的多糖。这两种多糖都由甘露糖(M)和葡萄糖(G)组成,其克分子比G/M:aKGM为1:1.69,rKGM为1:1.60,分子量前者为8.09×10~5,后者为7.37×10~5。酶水解实验和红外光谱分析说明aKGM和rKGM都是由甘露糖和葡萄糖以β-1,4-糖苷键连接的杂多糖;有O-乙酰基的特征吸收峰,说明在某些糖残基上可能有乙酰基团。     

Dependence of reaction rate of 5,5′-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) to free sulfhydryl groups of bovine serum albumin and ovalbumin on the protein conformations

The effect of protein conformations on the reaction rate of Ellman's reagent, 5,5-dithiobis (2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB) with sulfhydryl (SH) groups of proteins was examined. The stopped-flow method was applied to follow the reaction of DTNB with SH group of two proteins, bovine serum albumin (BSA) and ovalbumin (OVA), at various concentrations of guanidine hydrochloride and urea. The rates for both the proteins were faster in guanidine than in urea. The rate sharply depended on the protein conformations, which were monitored by changes of helix contents on the basis of the circular dichroism measurements. The reaction rate of DTNB with SH groups of BSA was maximal around 2 M guanidine and 5 M urea. On the other hand, the reaction rate of DTNB with OVA was maximal at 3.5 M guanidine, while it gradually increased with an increase in the urea concentration. The amount of reactive SH group participating in the reaction with DTNB was also estimated by the absorbance change at 412 nm. The magnitudes of absorbance change for the reaction with free SH groups of OVA at low concentrations of the denaturants were appreciably smaller than those for BSA with one free SH group. Most of the four SH groups of OVA might react with DTNB above 5 M guanidine, although only a part of them did even at 9 M urea.     

Molecular characterization of β-thalassemia in Czechoslovakia

Summary We have identified different -thalassemia mutations in 93 members of 34 families of Czech or Slovakian descent using gene amplification, hybridization with specific ³²P-labeled oligonucleotide probes, sequencing of amplified DNA, and gene mapping. The GA mutation at IVS-I-1 was found in 18 families; other Mediterranean mutations were IVS-II-1 (GA), IVS-II-745 (CG), IVS-I-110 (GA), and codon 39 (CT); these were present in 9 additional families. The GT mutation at codon 121, known to cause Heinzbody -thalassemia, was present in 3 families, and the frameshift at codons 82/83 (-G), first described in the Azerbaijanian population, in 2 families. A newly discovered allele was a frameshift at codons 38/39 (-C). One -thalassemia allele was incompletely characterized. We observed in 2 families a TC mutation at position +96 UTR (untranslated region) relative to the termination codon; this mutation likely is a rare polymorphism, -Thalassemia was rare; only one person carried the -^3.7 heterozygosity, and one other had a yet to be identified -thalassemia-1, while seven had the ^{anti 3.7} triplication.     

Triterpenoid glycosides from the bark of Mimosa tenuiflora.

Two new saponins were isolated from Mimosa tenuiflora and their structures established as 3-O-[alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1----2)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1----3]-(alp ha-L- arabinopyranosyl-(1----4]-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1----2)]-[beta-D- xylopyranosyl-(1----4)]-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-28-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyrano syl oleanolic acid and 3-O-[alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1----2)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1----3]-(al pha- L-arabinopyranosyl-(1----4]beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1----2)]-[beta-D- xylopyranosyl-(1----4)]-beta-D-glucopyranosyl) oleanolic acid.