川,鄂两地钉螺足肌蛋白质二维电泳图谱的比较研究

本文比较分析了川、鄂两地钉螺足肌蛋白质多肽图谱。结果:(川)光壳钉螺和(鄂)肋壳钉螺分别显示多肽点92和106个,其大部份为64KD以下的酸性蛋白。除了共有多肽外,两者差异点分别为12和21个,其中主要为对方未查见的特有多肽;此外,在光亮钉螺5号和9号多肽点位置,肋壳钉螺分别出现3个和2个多肽点,以上为质的差异。光壳钉螺3号和肋壳钉螺6号多肽均较对方相应位置的多肽明显增大,存在量的差别。两地钉螺平均差异为16.7％。     

肌梭结构和功能的研究进展

肌梭是骨骼肌内一种重要的本体感受器,参与肌紧张的维持和对随意运动的精细调节。本文对肌梭的形态结构、梭内肌纤维的分类及其神经支配、电生理特性、各型梭内肌纤维的功能特点、梭内肌纤维的组织化学特性、肌梭的分化发育、药物及其他因素对肌梭影响等方面的新进展进行了综述。     

肌梭结构和功能的研究进展

肌梭是骨骼肌内一种重要的本体感受器,参与肌紧张的维持和对随意运动的精细调节.本文对肌梭的形态结构、梭内肌纤维的分类及其神经支配、电生理特性、各型梭内肌纤维的功能特点、梭内肌纤维的组织化学特性、肌梭的分化发育、药物及其他因素对肌梭的影响等方面的新进展进行了综述.     

膈肌肌质网非序列依赖性DNA结合蛋白与膈肌功能的关系

目的：探讨膈肌纤维肌质网是否存在非序列依赖性DNA结合蛋白,并观察它与膈肌功能的关系。方法：Wistar大鼠随机分为对照组、急性气胸组和心痛定组,差速离心法分离大鼠膈肌纤维肌质网（sarcoplasmic reticulum,SR）膜蛋白,采用Western免疫印迹技术分离出SR非序列依赖性DNA结合蛋白,并观察此蛋白在急性气胸和给予心痛定时的变化特征。结果：大鼠膈肌SR上存在非序列依赖性DNA结合蛋白,相对分子质量分别为60000道尔顿和78000道尔顿。急性气胸时和给予心痛定时,非序列依赖性DNA结合蛋白的量有变化。结论：大鼠膈肌纤维SR上存在非序列依赖性DNA结合蛋白,该DNA结合蛋白可能与膈肌功能状态和Ca^2 信号系统密切相关,它在膈肌和骨骼肌的病理生理过程中起重要作用。     

肌巨蛋白PEVK多肽片段的结构与功能

肌巨蛋白(titin)中的PEVK多肽片段含有多个由26-28个氨基酸残基组成的重复单元,这些重复单元被认为是该多肽片段的结构与功能单位。对不同PEVK片段的构象分析表明,PPⅡ型螺旋、转角和卷曲可能是其三种主要的构象。功能方面,PEVK片段不仅对肌巨蛋白的弹性有很大贡献,而且通过与其他肌肉蛋白的作用在肌肉弹性和组成方面起作用。     

膀胱癌新型尿液蛋白生物标志物的研究进展

膀胱癌是泌尿系统中最常见的一种恶性肿瘤,发病率和死亡率较高,严重威胁着人类健康和生命质量,也给患者带来了沉重的经济负担。膀胱镜检查、尿液细胞学分析及影像学检查是目前膀胱癌临床诊断最常用的方法。但此类方法存在使患者发生感染的风险,且其灵敏度和特异度较差。研究更理想的生物标志物用于膀胱癌的早期诊断和预后,已成为现阶段新的研究方向。基于此,文章对近年来膀胱癌新型尿液蛋白类生物标志物的研究进展进行了归纳与总结。     

贻贝足腺细胞的超强度粘液

贻贝足腺细胞能分泌出超强度粘液 (ｓｕ ｐｅｒｇｌｕｅ) ,该粘液遇海水后即变成贝壳素性质的足丝 ,用以固着在附着物上。因其粘合力及防水性能极强 ,是现有任何粘合剂均无法比拟的 ,故而引起了学者们的极大兴趣[1,2 ] 。贻贝的超强度粘液具有非常优秀的抗水性能 ,且凝固速度极快 ,因此也可被用来制作水下密封胶、防腐剂和粘合剂 ,如在国防和海洋工程领域可直接用作船舶、潜艇和海水养殖设备的防水防附剂和粘结剂 ,可以替代螺丝和铆焊等常规固定手段。此外 ,贻贝足腺细胞所分泌的粘液蛋白对细胞没有毒害作用 ,也不引起人体产生免疫反应 ,因…     

非肌层侵润性膀胱癌的治疗

膀胱癌是一种全球性疾病。在我国泌尿外科肿瘤中的发病率和死亡率均占首位,非肌层侵润性膀胱癌占初发膀胱肿瘤的70%。对膀胱癌的研究已成为目前学术界的热点话题。目前学界对于非肌层侵润性膀胱癌主要采用以外科手术为主的综合治疗方案。为探讨该类肿瘤的治疗方法,本文就近年来对非肌层侵润性膀胱癌的各种治疗措施进行了比较系统的阐述。我们希望能尽可能的找到高效低风险并且经济的方法,为膀胱癌的诊断和治疗提供新途径。     

非肌层侵润性膀胱癌的治疗

膀胱癌是一种全球性疾病。在我国泌尿外科肿瘤中的发病率和死亡率均占首位,非肌层侵润性膀胱癌占初发膀胱肿瘤的70%。对膀胱癌的研究已成为目前学术界的热点话题。目前学界对于非肌层侵润性膀胱癌主要采用以外科手术为主的综合治疗方案。为探讨该类肿瘤的治疗方法,本文就近年来对非肌层侵润性膀胱癌的各种治疗措施进行了比较系统的阐述。我们希望能尽可能的找到高效低风险并且经济的方法,为膀胱癌的诊断和治疗提供新途径。     

Podocin蛋白对肾小球足细胞的影响

目的：探讨肾小球足细胞裂隙膜蛋白podocin对足细胞形态及蛋白尿的影响.方法：32只体重160g～220g的雄性SD大鼠按阿霉素给药剂量随机分成小剂量组（3.0mg/Kg）、肾病剂量组（7.5mg/Kg）、超剂量组（10.0mg/Kg）、正常对照组.于给药第三周末处死大鼠,用氯化苄乙氧铵比浊法检测大鼠24h尿蛋白量,用免疫胶体金电镜检测大鼠肾小球蛋白podocin的表达和足细胞形态.结果：阿霉素组大鼠24h尿蛋白排泄量明显高于正常对照组,尤以肾病组最明显（P＜0.05）;正常对照组大鼠podocin分布在靠近肾小球基底膜（GBM）的足突基底部,主要定位于裂隙隔膜的胞质面,部分金颗粒也可发现于GBM稍远的足突细胞表面.肾病组肾小球足突广泛融合,免疫胶体金颗粒几乎见不到;超剂量组和小剂量组podocin分布在靠近肾小球基底膜（GBM）的足突基底部,免疫胶体金颗粒数明显少于正常对照组,有部分足突退缩.结论：（1）podocin表达减少或消失可能是导致肾小球足突细胞融合的关键因素（2）蛋白尿的发生与肾小球足细胞裂隙膜蛋白podocin的减少或缺失有关.     

The nucleoporin Nup60p functions as a Gsp1p-GTP-sensitive tether for Nup2p at the nuclear pore complex

The nucleoporins Nup60p, Nup2p, and Nup1p form part of the nuclear basket structure of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae nuclear pore complex (NPC). Here, we show that these necleoporins can be isolated from yeast extracts by affinity chromatography on karyopherin Kap95p-coated beads. To characterize Nup60p further, Nup60p-coated beads were used to capture its interacting proteins from extracts. We find that Nup60p binds to Nup2p and serves as a docking site for Kap95p-Kap60p heterodimers and Kap123p. Nup60p also binds Gsp1p-GTP and its guanine nucleotide exchange factor Prp20p, and functions as a Gsp1p guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitor by reducing the activity of Prp20p. Yeast lacking Nup60p exhibit minor defects in nuclear export of Kap60p, nuclear import of Kap95p-Kap60p-dependent cargoes, and diffusion of small proteins across the NPC. Yeast lacking Nup60p also fail to anchor Nup2p at the NPC, resulting in the mislocalization of Nup2p to the nucleoplasm and cytoplasm. Purified Nup60p and Nup2p bind each other directly, but the stability of the complex is compromised when Kap60p binds Nup2p. Gsp1p-GTP enhances by 10-fold the affinity between Nup60p and Nup2p, and restores binding of Nup2p-Kap60p complexes to Nup60p. The results suggest a dynamic interaction, controlled by the nucleoplasmic concentration of Gsp1p-GTP, between Nup60p and Nup2p at the NPC.     

The importin-alpha/nucleophosmin switch controls taspase1 protease function

Taspase1 is a threonine protease suspected to process (patho)biologically relevant nuclear and cytoplasmic substrates, such as the mixed lineage leukemia protein. However, neither the mechanisms regulating Taspase1's intracellular localization nor their functional consequences are known. Analysis of endogenous and ectopically expressed Taspase1 detected the protease predominantly in the nucleus accumulating at the nucleolus. Microinjection and ectopic expression studies identified an evolutionarily conserved bipartite nuclear import signal (NLS) (amino acids (197) KRNKRKLELA ERVDTDFMQLKKRR(220) ) interacting with importin-α. Notably, an NLS-mutated, import-deficient Taspase1 was biologically inactive. Although the NLS conferred nuclear transport already of the proenzyme, Taspase1's nucleolar localization required its autoproteolytic processing, triggering its interaction with the nucleolar shuttle protein nucleophosmin. In contrast, (auto)catalytically inactive Taspase1 mutants neither accumulated at the nucleolus nor bound nucleophosmin. Active nuclear import and interaction with nucleophosmin was found to be required for the formation of proteolytically active Taspase1 ensuring to efficiently process its nuclear targets. Intriguingly, coexpression of pathological nucleophosmin variants increased the amount of cytoplasmic Taspase1. Hence, Taspase1 appears to exploit the nuclear export activity of nucleophosmin to gain transient access to the cytoplasm required to also cleave its cytoplasmic substrates. Collectively, we here describe a hitherto unknown mechanism regulating the biological activity of this protease.     

Transport of galectin-3 between the nucleus and cytoplasm. II. Identification of the signal for nuclear export

Galectin-3, a factor involved in the splicing of pre-mRNA, shuttles between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. Previous studies have shown that incubation of fibroblasts with leptomycin B resulted in the accumulation of galectin-3 in the nucleus, suggesting that the export of galectin-3 from the nucleus may be mediated by the CRM1 receptor. A candidate nuclear export signal fitting the consensus sequence recognized by CRM1 can be found between residues 240 and 255 of the murine galectin-3 sequence. This sequence was engineered into the pRev(1.4) reporter system, in which candidate sequences can be tested for nuclear export activity in terms of counteracting the nuclear localization signal present in the Rev(1.4) protein. Rev(1.4)-galectin-3(240-255) exhibited nuclear export activity that was sensitive to inhibition by leptomycin B. Site-directed mutagenesis of Leu247 and Ile249 in the galectin-3 nuclear export signal decreased nuclear export activity, consistent with the notion that these two positions correspond to the critical residues identified in the nuclear export signal of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor. The nuclear export signal activity was also analyzed in the context of a full-length galectin-3 fusion protein; galectin-3(1-263; L247A) showed more nuclear localization than wild-type, implicating Leu247 as critical to the function of the nuclear export signal. These results indicate that residues 240-255 of the galectin-3 polypeptide contain a leucine-rich nuclear export signal that overlaps with the region (residues 252-258) identified as important for nuclear localization.     

Transport of galectin-3 between the nucleus and cytoplasm. I. Conditions and signals for nuclear import

Galectin-3, a factor involved in the splicing of pre-mRNA, shuttles between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. We have engineered a vector that expresses the fusion protein containing the following: (a) green fluorescent protein as a reporter of localization, (b) bacterial maltose-binding protein to increase the size of the reporter polypeptide, and (c) galectin-3, whose sequence we wished to dissect in search of amino acid residues vital for nuclear localization. In mouse 3T3 fibroblasts transfected with this expression construct, the full-length galectin-3 (residues 1-263) fusion protein was localized predominantly in the nucleus. Mutants of this construct, containing truncations of the galectin-3 polypeptide from the amino terminus, retained nuclear localization through residue 128; thus, the amino-terminal half was dispensable for nuclear import. Mutants of the same construct, containing truncations from the carboxyl terminus, showed loss of nuclear localization. This effect was observed beginning with truncation at residue 259, and the full effect was seen with truncation at residue 253. Site-directed mutagenesis of the sequence ITLT (residues 253-256) suggested that nuclear import was dependent on the IXLT type of nuclear localization sequence, first discovered in the Drosophila protein Dsh (dishevelled). In the galectin-3 polypeptide, the activity of this nuclear localization sequence is modulated by a neighboring leucine-rich nuclear export signal.     

Centromere Protein B Null Mice are Mitotically and Meiotically Normal but Have Lower Body and Testis Weights

CENP-B is a constitutive centromere DNA-binding protein that is conserved in a number of mammalian species and in yeast. Despite this conservation, earlier cytological and indirect experimental studies have provided conflicting evidence concerning the role of this protein in mitosis. The requirement of this protein in meiosis has also not previously been described. To resolve these uncertainties, we used targeted disruption of the Cenpb gene in mouse to study the functional significance of this protein in mitosis and meiosis. Male and female Cenpb null mice have normal body weights at birth and at weaning, but these subsequently lag behind those of the heterozygous and wild-type animals. The weight and sperm content of the testes of Cenpb null mice are also significantly decreased. Otherwise, the animals appear developmentally and reproductively normal. Cytogenetic fluorescence-activated cell sorting and histological analyses of somatic and germline tissues revealed no abnormality. These results indicate that Cenpb is not essential for mitosis or meiosis, although the observed weight reduction raises the possibility that Cenpb deficiency may subtly affect some aspects of centromere assembly and function, and result in reduced rate of cell cycle progression, efficiency of microtubule capture, and/or chromosome movement. A model for a functional redundancy of this protein is presented.     

Leptomycin B-sensitive nuclear export of MAPKAP kinase 2 is regulated by phosphorylation.

To study the intracellular localization of MAPKAP kinase 2 (MK2), which carries a putative bipartite nuclear localization signal (NLS), we constructed a green fluorescent protein-MAPKAP kinase 2 fusion protein (GFP-MK2). In transfected cells, this protein is located predominantly in the nucleus; unexpectedly, upon stress, it rapidly translocates to the cytoplasm. This translocation can be blocked by the p38 MAP kinase inhibitor SB203580, indicating its regulation by phosphorylation. Molecular mimicry of MK2 phosphorylation at T317 in GFP-MK2 led to a mutant which is located almost exclusively in the cytoplasm of the cell, whereas the mutant T317A shows no stress-induced redistribution. Since leptomycin B, which inhibits the interaction of exportin 1 with the Rev-type leucine-rich nuclear export signal (NES), blocks stress-dependent translocation of GFP-MK2, it is supposed that phosphorylation-induced export of the protein causes the translocation. We have identified the region responsible for nuclear export in MK2 which is partially overlapping with and C-terminal to the autoinhibitory motif. This region contains a cluster of hydrophobic amino acids in the characteristic spacing of a leucine-rich Rev-type NES which is necessary to direct GFP-MK2 to the cytoplasm. However, unlike the Rev-type NES, this region alone is not sufficient for nuclear export. The data obtained indicate that MK2 contains a constitutively active NLS and a stress-regulated signal for nuclear export. Keywords: nuclear export/nuclear import/protein phosphorylation/signal transduction/stress response