皮质酮对大鼠再生肝鸟氨酸脱羧酶及抗酶基因表达的影响

以部分肝切除诱导的雄性SD大鼠(180～200 g)早期再生肝为材料,用RT-PCR法分析皮质酮处理后再生肝鸟氨酸脱羧酶及抗酶mRNA水平变化.结果表明,皮质酮对鸟氨酸脱羧酶mRNA水平具有剂量依赖性抑制作用;10、20 mg/kg体重皮质酮对抗酶mRNA水平影响不大,40 mg/kg处理可促进其转录.     

我国西藏小反刍兽疫病毒China／Tib／Gej／07—30核衣壳蛋白基因和基因组启动子区的分子特征分析

首次对我国西藏小反刍兽疫病毒China/Tib/Gej/07-30的核衣壳蛋白(N)基因和基因组启动子(GP)区进行序列测定和分子生物学特征分析。首先应用逆转录聚合酶链式反应从发病山羊病料中扩增出小反刍兽疫病毒N基因片段,用cDNA3′末端快速扩增方法获得基因组启动子区片段,对聚合酶链式反应产物进行直接测序,然后对测定的核苷酸和推测的氨基酸序列进行比较分析,绘制系统发生树。我国西藏小反刍兽疫病毒China/Tib/Gej/07-30的N基因由1689个核苷酸组成,编码525个氨基酸,与India/Jhansi/03等6个已知N基因全序列的PPRV毒株核苷酸和氨基酸序列同源性分别为91.7～97.6和94.9～98.5。小反刍兽疫病毒China/Tib/Gej/07-30N蛋白与磷蛋白作用的结构序列之一为495LFRLQAM501保守序列,N蛋白281-289位氨基酸含有一个T细胞表位,为281YPALGLHEF289保守序列。小反刍兽疫病毒China/Tib/Gej/07-30的GP区由107个核苷酸组成,与Tur-key2000等5株其他PPRV毒株同源性为91.8～98.2。N基因核苷酸序列和相应的氨基酸序列系统进化分析表明小反刍兽疫病毒China/Tib/Gej/07-30与亚洲国家分离株关系最近。     

唐古特白刺果实花色苷体外清除自由基的活性

为探讨唐古特白刺(Nitraria tangutorun Bobr.)果实花色苷体外清除自由基活性,研究了其对超氧阴离子(O-2·)体系、羟基自由基(·OH)体系和二苯代苦味酰基自由基(DPPH·)体系的清除效果,并与抗坏血酸(vc)进行了比较.结果表明,该花色苷对O-2·、·OH、DPPH·均具有清除作用,且与浓度呈量效关系.对·OH和DPPH·清除效果相对较好,优于Vc.     

RNF149通过泛素化介导的CD9降解调控细胞增殖

选取功能未知的泛素连接酶RNF149作为研究对象．该分子同GRAIL(gene related to anergy in lymphocytes)具有较高的同源性,属于Ⅰ型跨膜蛋白．激光共聚焦显微镜的观察结果显示,RNF149是一个定位在溶酶体上的蛋白质,它与CD9在细胞内有共定位．免疫共沉淀实验证明RNF149与CD9有相互作用．RNF149通过泛素分子的第48位赖氨酸多泛素化CD9．在HeLa细胞中转染数量一定的CD9质粒和数量梯度增加的RNF149质粒24 h后,蛋白质印迹检测外源RNF149和CD9的表达,结果表明,随外源RNF149表达量梯度增高,外源CD9的表达量梯度降低．在HEK293T细胞内以shRNA敲低内源的RNF149,并检测内源CD9的变化,发现RNF149被敲低后内源CD9的量增多．上述结果提示,CD9很有可能是RNF149的底物,被RNF149通过泛素化降解．此外,RNF149被敲低的HEK293T细胞增殖受到抑制,这可能与其内源CD9的量增多有关,提示RNF149可能是一种细胞增殖的调控因子．     

Comparison of the longissimus muscle proteome between obese and lean pigs at 180 days

Production of high-quality meat is important to satisfy the consumer and make the pig industry competitive. Obese and lean breeds of pig show clear differences in adipogenic capacity and meat quality, but the underlying molecular mechanism remains unclear. We have compared protein expression of the longissimus muscle between Lantang (LT, obese) and Landrace (LR, lean) pigs at the age of 180 days using two-dimensional fluorescence difference gel electrophoresis. Of the 1,400 protein spots detected per gel, 18 were differentially expressed between the two breeds. Using peptide mass fingerprint and tandem mass spectrometry, 17 protein spots were identified, corresponding to ten different proteins that could be divided into four groups: metabolism-related, structure-related, stress-related, and other (unclassified). Among the metabolism-related proteins, COX5A and ATP5B, which participate in oxidative phosphorylation, were highly expressed in LT, whereas ENO3, which is involved in glycolysis, was highly expressed in LR. These results may contribute valuable information to our understanding of the molecular mechanism responsible for differences between obese and lean pigs, such as growth rate and meat quality.     

Molecular Imaging of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Immunogenicity with In Vivo Development in Ischemic Myocardium

Whether differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) in ischemic myocardium enhances their immunogenicity, thereby increasing their chance for rejection, is unclear. Here, we dynamically demonstrated the immunogenicity and rejection of iPSCs in ischemic myocardium using bioluminescent imaging (BLI). Murine iPSCs were transduced with a tri-fusion (TF) reporter gene consisting of firefly luciferase-red fluorescent protein-truncated thymidine kinase (fluc-mrfp-tTK). Ascorbic acid (Vc) were used to induce iPSCs to differentiate into cardiomyocytes (CM). iPSCs and iPS-CMs were intramyocardially injected into immunocompetent or immunosuppressed allogenic murine with myocardial infarction. BLI was performed to track transplanted cells. Immune cell infiltration was evaluated by immunohistochemistry. Syngeneic iPSCs were also injected and evaluated. The results demonstrated that undifferentiated iPSCs survived and proliferated in allogenic immunocompetent recipients early post-transplantation, accompanying with mild immune cell infiltration. With in vivo differentiation, a progressive immune cell infiltration could be detected. While transplantation of allogenic iPSC-CMs were observed an acute rejection from receipts. In immune-suppressed recipients, the proliferation of iPSCs could be maintained and intramyocardial teratomas were formed. Transplantation of syngeneic iPSCs and iPSC-CMs were also observed progressive immune cell infiltration. This study demonstrated that iPSC immunogenicity increases with in vivo differentiation, which will increase their chance for rejection in iPSC-based therapy.     

紫斑牡丹与牡丹种间杂交后代的DNA分子证据

据推测紫斑牡丹Paeoniarockii (S .G .HawetL .A .Lauener)T .HongetJ .J.Li是直接或间接参与中国牡丹品种群起源的野生种之一 ,杂交是栽培牡丹品种的重要培育途径。但尚未见到DNA分子方面相关证据的报道。本研究以紫斑牡丹作母本 (♀ ) ,分别以 3个牡丹品种‘海棠争润’ (P suffruticosa‘HaiTangZhengRong’)、‘胭脂红’(P suffruticosa‘YanZhiHong’)和‘盛丹炉’ (P suffruticosa‘ShengDanLu’)作父本(♂ ) ,进行人工杂交 ,获得了杂交后代。利用DNAISSR (Inter simplesequencerepeats,简单重复序列间隔区 )标记技术构建的亲子代DNA指纹图谱显示 ,在杂交后代中检测到了分别来自双亲的特征带 ,因而在DNA水平上证实了花瓣基部带紫斑的栽培牡丹品种杂交起源的可能性     

甘肃小陇山锐齿栎群落生物量动态研究

对甘肃小陇山天然锐齿栎群落乔木层生物量进行了测定和研究。结果表明,天然锐齿栎群落乔木层生物量为183 6 6t·hm2 ,其中以锐齿栎为主的慢生树种占6 4 89% ,中速生树种占33 4 0 % ,针叶树种占1 38%。乔木层生物量随着锐齿栎群落发育年龄的增长,积累增多,各器官具有不同的增长速度,到群落发育成熟时群落总生物量的和各器官生物量都达到最大值,群落进一步发育,总生物量趋于稳定,部分器官生物量有所衰减。群落发育过程中,慢生树种生物量比例趋于增大,中速生树种生物量比例逐渐减少,直到发育末期,随着优势种—锐齿栎的衰败,其生物量比例有所减少,中速生树种生物量的比例相应又有所增大,针叶树种在整个发育过程中生物量所占比例很小     

金鱼藻科系统位置评述

金鱼藻科(ceratophyllaceae)含1属7种,广布全世界。形态学研究显示,金鱼藻科具有许多难以解释的性状,与其它类群无法比较;最新的分子系统发育研究显示,金鱼藻科是现存被子植物的基部类群之一;有关金鱼藻科的系统位置存在争议,被子植物(有花植物)的起源与辐射一直是植物系统学家关注的热点。本文对该科系统位置的研究历史与现状进行评述。