数理统计方法优化单细胞蛋白发酵培养基研究

采用正交试验和中心组合设计相结合的数理统计方法,在２Ｌ发酵罐中对紫云英汁液培养单细胞蛋白发酵培养基进行筛选、优化,试验结果表明较优培养基为：初糖２．３％,酵母粉０．１６％,ＫＨ_２ＰＯ_４０．２％,ＭｇＳＯ_４０．０５％。酵母浓度最高达１０．４６ｇ／Ｌ,基质生长得率为０．５５ｇ菌体／ｇ基质,基质转化率为８３％。研究结果同时说明采用数理统计方法设计实验,工作量小,效率高,结果准确。     

巴氏碳球C_(60)对体外培养HeLa细胞的光敏杀伤效应

采用MTT比色分析法,观察了不同C_(60)浓度和不同光照强度下C_(60)对体外培养的HeLa细胞的光敏杀伤效应。结果表明,C_(60)在30μg/ml,光强4000Lux的条件下即可杀伤大部分细胞。受伤细胞圆缩、脱壁,里面颗粒增多,失去表面微绒毛状结构。当光强增大时,细胞表面甚至出现破损。     

稀有鮈鲫──一种新的鱼类毒性试验材料

本文研究了稀有鲫（Ｇｏｂｉｏｃｙｐｒｉｓｒａｒｕｓ）作为毒性试验材料的可行性。采用换水式试验,在硬度为２００ｍｇ／Ｌ（以ＣａＣＯ３计）、ｐＨ７．８±０．２、温度２４－２５℃条件下研究了铬、铜、锌和五氯酚（ＰＣＰ）对稀有鲫的急性毒性。重铬酸钾对２日龄稀有鲫的２４ｈ和９６ｈ和ＬＣ５０控制范围分别２６３．６－３３４．７和１１５３－１７８．５ｍｇ／Ｌ（ｎ＝８）。铬、铜、锌和五氯酚对２日龄稀有鲫的急性毒性值（９６ｈＬＣ５０）范围,从铜的５２．２μｇ／Ｌ到铬的５２０００μｇ／Ｌ,毒性大小的顺序是铜＞五氯酚＞锌＞铬。研究结果表明,稀有鲫有可能发展成为一种较为理想的毒性试验材料。     

Purification, properties, and immunological characterization of GalT-3 (UDP-galactose: GM2 ganglioside, β1-3 galactosyltransferase) from embryonic chicken brain

A 1-3 galactosyltransferase (GalT-3; UDP-Gal; GM2 1-3galactosyltransferase) was purified over 5100-fold from 19-day-old embryonic chicken brain homogenate employing detergent solubilization, -lactalbumin Sepharose, Q-Sepharose, UDP-hexanolamine Sepharose, and GalNAc1-4Gal-Synsorb column chromatography. The purified enzyme was resolved into two bands on reducing gels with apparent molecular weights of 62 kDa and 65 kDa, respectively. GalT-3 activity was also localized in the same regions by activity gel analysis and sucrose-density gradient centrifugation of a detergent-solubilized extract of 19-day-old embryonic chicken brain. Purified GalT-3 exhibited apparentK _mS of 33 µm, 22 µm and 14.4mM with respect to the substrates GM2, UDP-galactose, and MnCl₂, respectively. Substrate specificity studies with the purified enzyme and a variety of glycosphingolipids, glycoproteins, and synthetic substrates revealed that the enzyme was highly specific only for the glycosphingolipid acceptors, GM2 and GgOse3Cer (asialo-GM2). Ovine-asialo-agalacto submaxillary mucin inhibited the transfer of galactose to GM2 but did not act as an acceptor in the range of concentrations tested. Polyclonal antibodies raised against purified GalT-3 inhibited GalT-3 activityin vitro and Western-immunoblot analysis of purified GalT-3 showed immunopositive bands at 62 and 65 kDa.Abbreviations CNS central nervous system - GM1 monosialotetraosylganglioside, Gal1-3GalNAc1-4(NeuAc2-3)Gal1-4Glc1-1Cer - GM2 monosialotriaosylganglioside, GalNAc1-4(NeuAc2-3)Gal1-4Glc1-1Cer - DSS detergent solubilized supernatant - ECB embryonic chicken brain - TBS Tris-buffered saline     

Human cytomegalovirus neutralizing antibody-resistant phenotype is associated with reduced expression of glycoprotein H.

We have characterized a neutralizing antibody-resistant mutant human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) obtained from a patient treated with a human monoclonal antiglycoprotein H (gH; unique long region 75) antibody. This virus exhibited resistance to several different neutralizing anti-gH murine monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), as well as to a polyvalent anti-gH serum. The resistant phenotype was unstable and could be maintained only by passage of plaque-purified virus under neutralizing MAb selection. In the absence of a MAb, the resistant phenotype reverted to a neutralizing antibody-sensitive phenotype within one passage. The predicted amino acid sequences of gH from the MAb-resistant and -susceptible parent viruses were identical. Biochemical analysis of the MAb-resistant and -susceptible parent viruses revealed a marked decrease of gH expression in the envelope of the MAb-resistant virus. Furthermore, propagation of the virus in various MAb concentrations resulted in the production of extracellular virions with various levels of resistance to the neutralizing activity of the MAb. These results suggest a mechanism for the generation of neutralizing antibody-resistant viruses which could evade host-derived antiviral antibody responses. In addition, our findings indicate that the stoichiometry of gH in the envelope of infectious HCMV virions is not rigidly fixed and therefore offer a simple explanation for production of phenotypic variants of HCMV through an assembly process in which the content of gH in the envelope of progeny virions varies randomly.     

Essential role of the Vp2 and Vp3 DNA-binding domain in simian virus 40 morphogenesis.

Both a DNA-binding domain and a Vp1 interactive determinant have been mapped to the carboxy-terminal 40 residues of the simian virus 40 (SV40) minor capsid proteins, Vp2 and Vp3 (Vp2/3), with the last 13 residues being necessary for these activities. The role of this DNA-binding domain in SV40 morphogenesis and the ability to separate these two signals were investigated by mutagenesis and assessment of the activity and viability of the mutants. The carboxy-terminal 40 residues of Vp2/3 were expressed as a polyhistidine fusion protein, and five basic residues at the extreme carboxy terminus (Vp3 residues K226, R227, R228, R230, and R233) were mutagenized. The wild-type fusion protein bound DNA with a Kd of 3 x 10(-8) identical to that of the full-length Vp3. Mutant proteins containing either one to three or four amino acid substitutions bound DNA 4- to 7-fold or 20- to 30-fold less well, respectively, than the wild-type protein did. The most severe point mutants showed residual DNA binding similar to that of a truncated protein which lacks the entire 13 carboxy-terminal residues. All of the point mutants were able to interact with Vp1, indicating that the two signals within this region are mediated by different residues. When the mutations were placed into the context of the viral DNA and introduced into cells, all the structural proteins were expressed and localized correctly. Not all, however, were viable: mutant genomes whose Vp2/3 bound DNA with intermediate affinities formed plaques just as well as wild-type SV40 DNA did, but three mutants showing greatly reduced DNA binding failed to form plaques at all. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that Vp2/3 plays an essential role in SV40 virion assembly in the nucleus.     

Ultrastructural immunolocalization of periodic pectin depositions in the cell wall ofNicotiana tabacum pollen tubes

Summary The monoclonal antibody (MAb) JIM5, marking acidic pectins, was used to localize ultrastructurally pectin molecules in the pollen tube wall ofNicotiana tabacum. Longitudinal sections of LR-White embedded pollen tubes were exposed to antibody treatment; accumulations of pectins were identified by counting the density of the gold particles representing the pectin epitopes along the pollen tube wall. Significant accumulations of gold grains were marked and the distances between them were measured. In many pollen tubes a more or less regular distribution of the accumulations was observed along the tube indicating a periodical deposition of pectin. The distances between the accumulations were 4–6 m. Most of the label was found in the inner part of the outer layer of the bilayered cell wall. These findings correspond to and confirm the earlier observation by our group reporting ring-shaped periodical deposits in pollen tubes after immunofluorescence labelling with the MAb JIM5 under the confocal laser scanning microscope.Abbreviations Ab antibody - MAb monoclonal antibody