健康婴幼儿粪便RV携带状况的调查研究

采用ELISA法对J60名6月至4周岁的健康婴幼儿粪便作了A组轮状病毒抗原检测,其中6月至2周岁婴幼儿阳性率为10％,3岁至4周岁儿童阳性率为6.9％,经统计学处理二组无显著差异(P>0.05),总阳性检出率为8.7％。表明A组轮状病毒在健康婴幼儿粪便中可以正常寄生。其年龄范同在6月至4周岁。     

A palmitoyltransferase Approximated gene Bm-app regulates wing development in Bombyx mori

The silkworm Bombyx mori is an important lepidopteran model insect in which many kinds of natural mutants have been identified.However,molecular mechanisms of most of these mutants remain to be explored.Here we report the identification of a gene Bm-app is responsible for the silkworm minute wing(mw)mutation which exhibits exceedingly small wings during pupal and adult stages.Compared with the wild type silkworm,relative messenger RNA expression of Bm-app is significantly decreased in the ul 1 mutant strain which shows mw phenotype.A 10 bp insertion in the putative promoter region of the Bm-app gene in mw mutant strain was identified and the dual luciferase assay revealed that this insertion decreased Bm-app promoter activity.Furthermore,clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/RNA-guided Cas9 nucleases-mediated depletion of the Bm-app induced similar wing defects which appeared in the mw mutant,demonstrating that Bm-app controls wing development in B.mori.Bm-app encodes a palmitoyltransferase and is responsible for the palmitoylation of selected cytoplasmic proteins,indicating that it is required for cell mitosis and growth during wing development.We also discuss the possibility that Bm-app regulates wing development through the Hippo signaling pathway in B.mori.     

肿瘤特异性蛋白B7-H4纳米抗体的筛选和鉴定

羊驼体内存在天然缺少轻链的重链抗体,克隆重链抗体可变区(VHH),即可构建单域抗体(single-domain antibodies,sdAbs),又称纳米抗体(nanobody,Nb)。利用非免疫羊驼噬菌体文库筛选肿瘤特异性蛋白B7-H4的纳米抗体,经过4轮淘选,ELASE鉴定阳性克隆噬菌体,测序获得其DNA序列后体外转录为mRNA,将修饰纯化后的mRNA转染到肿瘤细胞,利用细胞免疫荧光检测mRNA在肿瘤细胞内是否表达,Western印迹进一步验证其表达情况;通过CCK-8法鉴定其对肿瘤细胞的增殖抑制能力;划痕实验鉴定其对肿瘤细胞迁移能力的影响;Transwell法鉴定其对肿瘤细胞的侵袭能力的影响;裸鼠荷瘤模型瘤旁注射mRNA,鉴定其在体内实验对肿瘤组织的作用。结果显示,通过淘选获得1个高亲和性的噬菌体株菌H6;DNA测序并导出的氨基酸序列符合羊驼纳米抗体结构;将其mRNA导入肿瘤细胞,能有效表达出纳米抗体H6;转染H6-mRNA的肿瘤细胞(0.84±0.08)与未转染H6-mRNA的对照组(1.83±0.04)相比,其增殖能力明显受到抑制,P<0.01,其迁移和侵袭能力(78.60±5.36)明显低于空白对照组(197.80±21.04),效果优于B7-H4 mRNA的siRNA(95.40±16.56);在裸鼠乳腺癌模型中能有效抑制肿瘤生长,效果优于紫杉醇和B7-H4 mRNA的siRNA。这说明筛选所得抗B7-H4纳米抗体H6能特异结合B7-H4蛋白并封闭其功能,导致肿瘤细胞的增殖、迁移和侵袭受到抑制。该结果为利用B7-H4作为治疗癌症的靶点提供了实验基础。     

麻疹疫苗诱发中国仓鼠卵巢细胞(CHO-K_1)染色体畸变和基因突变的研究

实验证明,麻疹病毒及其疫苗可诱发染色体畸变。近年来,病毒活疫苗诱变性的研究由细胞水平深入到基因水平,已经发现脊髓灰质炎疫苗和流感疫苗可诱发中国仓鼠细胞(V79)HGPRT位点突变,但有关麻疹疫苗的研究,还未见报道。本实验以中国仓鼠卵巢细胞(CHO)次黄嘌呤——鸟嘌呤磷酸核糖转移酶位点突变检测系统(CHO/HGPRT)检测国产麻疹疫苗的诱变性,为麻疹疫苗遗传安全性的认识提供依据。     

研发动态

我国构建世界第一张人类器官蛋白质组“蓝图”;中科院发现新的肿瘤调控蛋白;高致病性蓝耳病灭活疫苗研制取得了突破性进展;台湾成大医院发表干细胞再生心脏细胞研究成果;试管内成功再现抑制mRNA翻译的过程;     

湖北兴山古洞口下奥陶统几丁虫

系统分析兴山古洞口下奥陶统,包括南津关组、分乡组、红花园组及大湾组底部的几丁虫微体生物化石。鉴定几丁虫5属14种,含早奥陶世特征种Eremochitina baculata,早中奥陶世常见种Conochitina decipiens,以及华南上扬子区早奥陶世常见属种Euconochitina fenxiangensis和Lagenochitina chongqingensis。E.baculata是北冈瓦纳地区弗洛早中期的特征带化石,本文的材料为该种在华南的首次确切报道,且产出层位略低,为特马豆克期。在华南,常见于特马豆克晚期的带化石Euconochitina symmetrica在该剖面的同时段地层中暂未被发现,但形态上与之高度相似的Euconochitina fenxiangensis在该时段大量出现。比较以往发表的数据后发现,E.fenxiangensis在华南的分布广泛且产出层位较为稳定,较之E.symmetrica更易获得,或可将其作为特马豆克晚期至弗洛初期区域内地层对比的一个有效卡尺。