DNA单分子近场光学成像与荧光探测

介绍了扫描近场光学(SNOM-Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope)／原子力显微镜（AFM－Atomic Force Microscope)系统（SNO／AM）的工作原理。在AFM模式和SNOM模式下对DNA分子进行成像和荧光探测,得到了清晰的DNA单分子的形貌像和荧光像。由形貌圆像得到的DNA分子尺寸横向为20nm,高度为2nm,其中包含了探针形貌的影响。实验中采Tapping模式的AFM成像,样品经多次搜索扫描无明显损坏。AFM模式的分辨率优于1nm。SNOM模式下DNA分子形貌像和荧光像清晰,由近场荧光分布可以确定分子取向和浓度。用YOYO－1染料对λDNA分子进行染色和荧光探测。通过对DNA分子多个截面进行测量,分析染料 与DNA结合状态。     

七甲川花菁染料作为肿瘤靶向和光动力治疗载体的研究进展

七甲川花菁近红外荧光染料(NIRF)可直接被肿瘤细胞特异性吸收,具有肿瘤靶向性。与化疗药物偶联后,该类染料可通过血脑屏障将药物转运至肿瘤部位,不仅可以减少化疗药物使用剂量,降低药物的毒副作用,也可通过近红外荧光成像实现对肿瘤治疗的实时监控。七甲川花菁染料所展示的线粒体毒性和光敏特性,可直接杀死肿瘤细胞,抑制肿瘤新生血管的形成。通过纳米包裹,能够显著增强该类染料的肿瘤靶向能力,实现实时跟踪药物释放情况。七甲川花菁染料特异性识别肿瘤细胞的能力与有机阴离子转运肽的作用密切相关,缺氧和线粒体膜电位也参与了染料吸收的调控。这些发现有利于将近红外荧光染料应用于肿瘤的靶向治疗。     

量子点的近场激发荧光特性研究

近场光学显微镜具有nm量级的空间分辨率,量子点(quantum dots,QDs)荧光探针具有激发谱宽、发射谱线窄、荧光强度高、抗光漂白和稳定性高等优点,两者结合用于生物大分子的成像探测和识别具有广泛的应用前景。用近场光学显微镜对链霉亲和素偶联的QDs进行近场荧光激发,并对其荧光发射特性和光稳定性进行研究,结果表明:近场光学显微镜nm量级的空间分辨率,可以同时观察到了QDs的单体、二聚体和三聚体;QDs的荧光发射强度高,近场荧光像对比度好,单量子点的荧光半高宽达到25nm;对一定入射波长的单色激发光,QDs的近场荧光强度随着激发功率密度的增加线性增加,并很快趋于稳定。与传统的荧光染料如异硫氰酸荧光素相比,QDs的稳定性非常好,在激发功率密度为300W/cm2的近场辐射下,量子点的荧光强度超过6h基本保持不变,其抗光漂白能力远远高于普通荧光染料。     

基于微流控芯片多波长荧光检测体系

利用四个LED分别匹配相应的激发滤光片,带通发射滤光片和PMT,自行搭建微芯片多波长荧光检测系统。用于复杂生物混合样品:四类试样(荧光胺标记的牛磺酸(FT Ex/Em 390/446nm)、荧光素(Fl Ex/Em 480/520nm)、5(6)-羧基-X-罗丹明(ROX Ex/Em 563/600nm)和花菁染料(Cy 5 Ex/Em 635/677nm)的同时分离和测定并得到充分的验证。     

近场光学显微镜结合量子点标记人胃腺癌SGC-7901细胞靶点的观察

扫描近场光学显微镜突破衍射极限,具有纳米量级的空间分辨率,量子点(QD s)标记有荧光强度高且抗光漂白能力强等优点。结合上述两种技术,对人胃腺癌SGC-7901细胞膜表面特异性结合的叶酸受体(FR)进行成像探测,获得了叶酸受体在SGC-7901细胞膜表面上的分布,以及细胞内化外源性叶酸过程中叶酸受体在细胞膜表面的分布变化,成像的光学分辨率达到120 nm。实验结果表明:特异性结合的叶酸受体在SGC-7901细胞膜表面的分布,绝大部分是以聚集体的形式存在。随着SGC-7901细胞内化叶酸量的增加,叶酸受体在细胞膜表面的分布密度逐渐降低,并在经过120 m in左右趋于稳定。上述方法和手段为实现单细胞水平上靶点分布和变化的长期监测,肿瘤细胞内化受体的机制研究提供了新的技术途径。     

原子力显微镜拉伸吸附在金膜表面的短单链DNA分子

对单根DNA分子的操纵和拉伸可以直接研究DNA的弹性等力学性质. 首先通过将金沉积到云母表面制备了表面粗糙度小于0.3 nm的金膜,然后一段硫代的单链DNA (100 bases) 吸附到金膜表面. 利用原子力显微镜观察不同浓度的DNA吸附在金膜上的表面形貌. 进一步用原子力显微镜的力曲线模式拉伸DNA分子,在50％的情况下DNA可以被针尖拉伸,观察到了由于针尖和DNA分子间作用力的不同导致的多种不同力曲线.     

钝顶螺旋藻（Spirulina platensis）藻胆体Langmuir-Blodgett膜

从钝顶螺旋藻中分离制备完整藻胆体 ,然后滴加于空气 水界面上 ,应用LB膜技术制备藻胆体LB膜。结果表明 ,藻胆体在空气 水界面上具有很好的成膜性能。将藻胆体LB单层膜转移到刚揭开的云母表面 ,喷一层金 ,然后用扫描隧道显微镜观察。结果表明 ,藻胆体在Langmuir Blodgett膜中的排列方式与其在体内类囊体膜表面的排列方式类似 ,一排排聚集在一起 ,然后排列成膜。藻胆体的“核”吸附在云母表面 ,而藻胆体的“杆”伸向外面。由于钝顶螺旋藻易于规模化培养 ,藻胆体容易批量制备 ,加之藻胆体具有的独特的光物理、光化学特性和良好的成膜性能 ,以及本身就是纳米量级的颗粒 (5 0 70nm) ,预示着藻胆体在纳米光电子器件中具有很好的应用前景。     

棕色固氮菌固氮酶复合体的分离提纯及其某些特性

用DEAE-纤维素柱层析及凝胶过滤获得了有活性的棕色固氮菌(Azotobacter vinelandiiOP)固氮酶复合体。聚丙烯酸胺凝胶电泳鉴定复合体的纯度为91％。Mo:Fe克原子含量比为1:20。吸收光谱在420 nm处有一个吸收肩,暴露于空气后,可见光谱区吸光度略有增加,加入Mg ATP后,在310nm处出现吸收肩。圆二色散光谱在360nm处有一负吸收峰,随滴定Mg ATP克分子当量增加,吸收值向负方向递增。328nm处荧光退偏振随 Mg ATP克分子当量增加而递增,两种光谱滴定曲线均在 ATP/复合体充分子比为2时达到饱和。     

原子力显微镜观察丹皮多糖分子的形貌结构及自组装行为

运用原子力显微镜(Atomic Force Microscopy,AFM)技术对丹皮多糖的形貌结构进行研究。采用多糖水溶液液珠滴降法制样,AFM非接触模式(non-contact mode)扫描。AFM图像显示,丹皮多糖分子呈现近似球形的结构形貌,小球形颗粒直径为50 nm~80 nm左右,推测是丹皮多糖的基本结构单位。在一定浓度和条件下,丹皮多糖分子小球形颗粒可发生聚集,其中以直径约170 nm~220 nm的圈状和中空球聚集体结构较有代表性。将多糖稀溶液80℃加热,可促进多糖分子发生自组装,缔合形成长链超分子结构。超分子结构中的每一亚单位亦由小球形颗粒聚集紧缩而成。AFM图像研究表明丹皮多糖分子在水溶液中倾向采取球状或线团构象并通过链间氢键作用形成分子缔合组装。     

不同厚度细胞薄切片对 AFM 图像反差的影响

利用原子力显微镜（ AFM ）观察超薄切片的表面,探索表面形貌与切片厚度、朝向等因素的关系以及对图像反差的影响 . 选择三种不同类型的细胞,培养后按电镜超薄切片法固定、包埋并切片后,将不同厚度的切片区分上下表面转移到云母上, AFM 在空气中以接触模式进行观察 . 结果发现,切片表面细胞相对包埋介质的凸起与凹陷与切片本身的厚度密切相关,并随切片厚度的不同呈现有规律的变化 . 实验统计结果显示这种现象可能具有普遍性 .     

Strong Coupling in the Structure of Single Metallic Nanoparticle Partially Buried in Molecular J-Aggregates

We investigate the strong coupling phenomenon in the structure of metallic nanoparticle partially buried in molecular J-aggregates. The wave vector and the polarization of incident light impact on the strong coupling phenomenon. With the wave vector and the polarization of incident light in the plane of the interface between the air and molecular J-aggregates, the detuning energies δ reach to the largest. Incident light being injected normally from the air to molecular J-aggregates or from molecular J-aggregates to the air does not influence on δ, but influences on the intensities of the scattering spectra. Our structure has a great help in fabricating the structure which is used to generate the strong coupling phenomenon and also has potential applications in quantum networks, single-atom lasers, quantum information processing, and so on.     

猪肚菇多糖WPG1的相对分子质量测定及原子力显微镜观测

热水提取猪肚菇粗多糖中的酸性多糖WPG1,经凝胶纯化后用高效液相色谱（HPLC）测定其相对分子质量,用气相色谱对其单糖组成进行分析,用原子力显微镜（AFM）对其形态结构进行观测。结果表明：酸性多糖WPG1经SephacrylS-300凝胶层析纯化后得到WPG1-1和WPG1-2这2个组分; 经HPLC分析可知WPG1-1与WPG1-2均为单一组分,其相对分子质量分别为1.7×106和1.6×104; WPG1-1与WPG1-2的单糖组成主要是糖醛酸、甘露糖、葡萄糖和半乳糖; 原子力显微镜观测图分析表明WPG1-1为网链状聚集体结构,WPG1-2呈梭状聚集体,两者均非单链存在。     

生物安全三级实验室核心区排风高效空气过滤器原位消毒的研究

<实验室生物安全通用要求>(GB19489-2008)要求生物安全三级实验室"应可以在原位对排风高效空气(HEPA)过滤器进行消毒灭菌".BSL-3实验室核心区排风HEPA过滤器是保证实验操作过程中产生的感染性气溶胶不外泄的最后防线,为了保障环境安全,需在原位实现HEPA过滤器的消毒.本研究设计并制作了循环消毒样机,与排风HEPA过滤器排风箱体的消毒接口连接,利用循环气流带动甲醛蒸汽循环实现原位消毒.结果显示,室温条件下甲醛蒸汽浓度16 mg/L,相对湿度70%,持续熏蒸循环穿透运行12 h,布置于HEPA过滤器排风箱体内用于指示消毒效果的金黄色葡萄球菌、耻垢分枝杆菌、枯草芽胞杆菌及嗜热脂肪芽胞杆菌均被完全杀灭,从设备及方法学两方面实现了排风HEPA过滤器的原位消毒.     

Electrostatic interactions of colicin E1 with the surface of Escherichia coli total lipid

The surface properties of colicin E1, a 522-amino acid protein, and its interaction with monolayers of Escherichia coli (E. coli) total lipid and 1,2-Dimyristoyl-sn-Glycero-3-Phosphocholine (DOPC) were studied using the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique. Colicin E1 is amphiphilic, forming a protein monolayer at the air/buffer interface. The protein is thought to interact with the E. coli total lipid head groups through electrostatic interactions, followed by its insertion into the lipid monolayers. Supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) of E. coli total lipid and DOPC, deposited onto mica at the cell membrane equivalence pressure for E. coli and incubated with colicin E1, were imaged by contact mode atomic force microscopy (CM-AFM). Colicin E1 formed protein aggregates on DOPC SLBs, while E. coli total lipid SLB was deformed following its incubation with colicin E1. Corresponding lateral force images, along with electrostatic surface potentials for colicin E1 P190, imply a direct interaction of colicin E1 with lipid head groups facilitating their charge neutralization.     

J-aggregate formation of a carbocyanine as a quantitative fluorescent indicator of membrane potential

The spectral properties of a novel membrane potential sensitive probe (JC-1) were characterized in aqueous buffers and in isolated cardiac mitochondria. JC-1 is a carbocyanine with a delocalized positive charge. It formed under favorable conditions a concentration-dependent fluorescent nematic phase consisting of J-aggregates. When excited at 490 nm, the monomers exhibited an emission maximum at 527 nm and J-aggregates at 590 nm. Increasing concentrations of JC-1 above a certain concentration caused a linear rise in the J-aggregate fluorescence, while the monomer fluorescence remained constant. The membrane potential of energized mitochondria (negative inside) promoted a directional uptake of JC-1 into the matrix, also with subsequent formation of J-aggregates. The J-aggregate fluorescence was sensitive to transient membrane potential changes induced by ADP and to metabolic inhibitors of oxidative phosphorylation. The J-aggregate fluorescence was found to be pH independent within the physiological pH range of 7.15-8.0 and could be linearly calibrated with valinomycin-induced K+ diffusion potentials. The advantage of JC-1 over rhodamines and other carbocyanines is that its color altered reversibly from green to red with increasing membrane potentials. This can be exploited for imaging live mitochondria on the stage of a microscope.     

Monolayer Film of Phycobilisome-Thylakoid Membrane Complexes from Spirulina platensis

Monolayer films of phycobilisome-thylakoid membrane complexes isolated from Spirulina platensis were prepared at air/aqueous solution interface by using the Langmuir-Blodgett technique. The film preparation was optimized with 0.5 M phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) as sub-phase at 20 °C. The monolayer was transferred into grids and into mica surface for observing the surface image of the complexes by transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscope, respectively. The shape of complexes was disk-like with the diameter of about 50 nm and the thickness of about 35 nm. The absorption and fluorescence spectra of the complexes in the monolayer were consistent with those in buffer solution, which suggests that the complexes in the monolayer preserve the basic functional groups of photosynthetic apparatus and can be used as a model to investigate the structural connection and functional association of the light-harvesting antenna with the reaction centres.     

Time-dependent enzyme activity dominated by dissociation of J-aggregates bound to protein surface

J-Aggregates of diprotonated 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-sulfonatopheny)porphyrin (H?TPPS2?) were stabilized even in a neutral aqueous solution (pH 7.0) containing per-O-methylated β-cyclodextrin by binding to the surface of α-chymotrypsin (ChT). The large J-aggregates covered the active site of ChT and completely inhibited the hydrolysis of the peptides. However, enzyme activity was gradually restored with the dissociation of the J-aggregates attached to the protein surface to monomers. After the completion of dissociation of the aggregates, the enzyme activity was almost completely restored, though the structure of ChT significantly changed. Circular dichroism spectroscopy suggested that the microscopic structure at the active site of ChT was scarcely affected by the J-aggregates, but the binding of J-aggregates to ChT increased the content of the random coils in the enzyme. The present study showed a new type of effector for controlling the function of ChT.     

嗜热藻BP-1中几个蓝细菌光敏色素结构域体内重组及光化学性质研究

通过蛋白质序列同源性比对分析,在嗜热藻（Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1）里面找到了与已知的Pb/Pg型蓝细菌光敏色素TePixJ和TeTlr0924同源的3个基因tlr0911、tlr1215和tlr1999。通过分子克隆技术把它们的GAF结构域分别构建在pET30a（＋）表达载体上,与可生成藻蓝胆素（PCB）的质粒pACYCDuet-ho1-pcyA在大肠杆菌BL21（DE3）体内重组,生成重组蛋白,利用亲和层析柱分离纯化,纯化后的蛋白质经过锌荧光和蛋白质酸性尿素变性以及荧光光谱和吸收光谱等实验分析鉴定,结果表明,Tlr0911-GAF存在蓝光吸收态Pb406 nm和绿光吸收态Pg527 nm之间的可逆光转换,它可共价结合两种藻胆色素,即藻紫胆素（PVB）和藻蓝胆素（PCB）,Tlr1999-GAF则存在蓝光吸收态Pb417 nm和青光吸收态Pt496 nm之间的可逆光转换,它同样共价结合PVB和PCB,而Tlr1215-GAF1和Tlr1215-GAF2不能自发结合藻胆色素,不具有光活性。     

S-DNA is oversupercoiled DNA with 1.94-2.19 A rise per base pair along duplex axis

Supercoiled pGEMEX DNA with length of 3993 nucleotides was immobilized on four substrates (freshly cleaved mica, standard amino mica, modified amino mica with increased and decreased surface charge density compared with standard amino mica) and it was visualized by atomic force microscopy (AFM) in air. Plectonomically supercoiled DNA molecules as well as single molecules with extremely high level of compaction (i.e. molecules with significantly higher superhelix density values on comparison with previously experimentally measured and theoretically investigated ones) were visualized on modified amino mica which was characterized by increased surface charge density. Distance between base pairs along duplex axis was determined by measurements of contour length of single oversupercoiled DNA molecules. Determined rise per base pair was varied from 1.94 to 2.19 A. These compressed supercoiled DNA molecules like a spring with decreased rise/base pair on comparison with well-known DNA forms were called new DNA form--S-DNA. A model of S-DNA was built. Formation of the S-DNA molecules was suggested to be an intermediate stage on the compaction of the single supercoiled DNA molecules up to the spheroids and minitoroids. Oversupercoiling and further compression of the supercoiled DNA molecules was shown to cause by high surface charge density of amino mica on which DNA molecules were immobilized.     

Tubular exciton models for BChl c antennae in chlorosomes from green photosynthetic bacteria

Exciton calculations on tubular pigment aggregates similar to recently proposed models for BChl c/d/e antennae in light-harvesting chlorosomes from green photosynthetic bacteria yield electronic absorption spectra that are super-impositions of linear J-aggregate spectra. While the electronic spectroscopy of such antennae differs considerably from that of linear J-aggregates, tubular exciton models (which may be viewed as cross-coupled J-aggregates) may be constructed to yield spectra that resemble that of the BChl c antenna in the green bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus. Highly symmetric tubular models yield absorption spectra with dipole strength distributions essentially identical to that of a J-aggregate; strong symmetry-breaking is needed to simulate the absorption spectrum of the BChl c antenna.Abbreviations BChl bacteriochlorophyll - [E,M] BChl c _S bacteriochlorophyll c with ethyl and methyl substituents in the 8- and 12-positions, and with stearol as the esterifying alcohol