烟草雌性细胞原生质体的融合实验

烟草雌性细胞原生质体的融合实验孙蒙祥,杨弘远,周嫦（武汉大学生命科学学院,植物生殖生物学研究室,武汉４３００７２）性细胞融合,包括性细胞间、性细胞与体细胞的融合,是性细胞离体操作的一个重要方面。十余年来,几乎所有工作都集中在雄性细胞方面,只是最近才在...     

草木樨状黄芪和木本霸王的科间体细胞杂交

在成功培养原生质体的基础上, 用改进的PEG-高pH高钙法诱导草木樨状黄芪(Astragalus melilotoides)和木本霸王(Zygophyllum xanthoxylum)原生质体融合, 得到了科间体细胞杂种融合细胞。采用罗丹明-6G预处理草木樨状黄芪原生质体以及UV-B辐照霸王原生质体, 使双亲原生质体及其同源融合产物均不能持续分裂而死亡, 融合后的杂种细胞由于生理互补可恢复持续分裂能力而被筛选出来。融合产物经培养分裂获得了2个杂种细胞系, 其中1个分化出芽。染色体计数和分子鉴定证明了杂种的真实性。初步比较了杂种细胞系及亲本对盐分和水分胁迫的耐受性, 结果表明杂种细胞系对盐分和水分胁迫的耐受性介于两个亲本之间。     

草木樨状黄芪和木本霸王的科间体细胞杂交

在成功培养原生质体的基础上,用改进的PEG-高pH高钙法诱导草木樨状黄（Astragalus melilotoides）和木本霸王（Zygophyllum xanthoxylum）原生质体融合,得到了科间体细胞杂种融合细胞。采用罗丹明-6G预处理草木樨状黄芪原生质体以及UV-B辐照霸王原生质体,使双亲原生质体及其同源融合产物均不能持续分裂而死亡,融合后的杂种细胞由于生理互补可恢复持续分裂能力而被筛选出来。融合产物经培养分裂获得了2个杂种细胞系,其中1个分化出芽。染色体计数和分子鉴定证明了杂种的真实性。初步比较了杂种细胞系及亲本对盐分和水分胁迫的耐受性,结果表明杂种细胞系对盐分和水分胁迫的耐受性介于两个亲本之间。     

单个原生质体融合系中变异体的不断形成

亲缘品种间原生质体的融合可产生有用的体细胞杂种植株。然而,远缘品种间原生质体的融合常常导致遗传不亲和性,这可能引起亲本之一染色体的快速消失。日本京都大学和京都医科大学的T.Endo等人发现,单个族间融合产物产生的愈伤组织系可能是连续遗传不稳定性的一个来源。他们分离出了由Duboisia hopwoodii细胞悬浮培养原生质体与烟草叶肉原生质体之间融合产生的单个杂种细胞。从融合产物长出了愈伤组织,从这些愈伤组织产生了10个     

脐橙与柠檬种间细胞电融合再生杂种植株

‘纽荷尔’脐橙（Ｃｉｔｒｕｓｓｉｎｅｎｓｉｓ（Ｌ．）Ｏｓｂｅｃｋ）胚性细胞悬浮原生质体与‘尤力克’柠檬（Ｃｉｔｒｕｓｌｉｍｏｎ（Ｌ．）Ｂｕｒｍ．ｆ）叶肉原生质体经电场诱导融合,培养８个月,首批再生了１棵植株,形态学观察,染色体计数及ＲＡＰＤ分析证明异源四倍体体细胞杂种,该杂种的获得为三倍体无籽柠檬品种培育提供了杂交亲本。     

烟草花粉原生质体与叶肉原生质体的融合及培养早期变化

用ＰＥＧ—高Ｃａ高ＰＨ法诱导抗卡那霉素的烟草（Ｎｉｃｏｔｉａｎａｔａｂａｃｕｍ）品系Ｎ３６４＋Ｋｍ＋花粉原生质体和黄花烟草（Ｎｉｃｏｔｉａｒｕｓｔｉｃａ）叶肉原生质体融合。幼嫩花粉原生质体和叶肉原生质体之间的融合体培养启动胚胎发生分裂,经卡那霉素筛选后,少数多细胞团存活并形成小愈伤组织。成熟花粉原生质体与叶肉原生质体之间的融合体则仅产生管状结构。这一结果表明,作为融合一方的花粉原生质体的发育时期对融合产物的发育途径有重要影响。     

用聚乙二醇诱导选定的成对原生质体间的融合

用微吸管选取单对原生质体,在含聚乙二醇（ＰＥＧ）的微滴中诱导融合。此法克服了常规的ＰＥＧ群体融合方法中的盲目性,能排除一方亲本原生质体自相融合和多个原生质体的融合,以及未融合的原生质体的混杂,保证融合产物来自选定的成对原生质体,从而使ＰＥＧ融合技术精确化。此法在植物细胞工程和细胞生物学研究中有广泛的应用前景     

植物原生质体融合

植物细胞一般都包被一层坚硬的细胞壁,除某些例外,细胞壁能阻止细胞质膜间的相互接触,因而细胞间不能融合。随着适用于溶解细胞壁的酶类的开发和无壁细胞(原生质体)的产生,现已能克服这一限制植物细胞融合的困难。将不同来源的原生质体融为一体以创造新的体细胞杂种,这不仅为体细胞遗传学研究提供了新机会,还为植物的遗传操纵提供了新方法,这在目前具有更大的实际意义。现在已可以从一系列典型植物种和农作物种分离出原生质体。原生质体可培养在合适的     

芽孢杆菌原生质体融合技术

微生物原生质体融合技术是近20年来国内外细胞工程领域的一个研究热点。1972年匈牙利学者Ｆｅｒｅｎｃｚｙ率先进行了微生物原生质体融合的研究[1]。在1976年匈牙利学者Ｆｏｌｄｅｒ和Ａｌｆｏｌｄ则首次报道了用ＰＥＧ或新生态磷酸钙诱导巨大芽孢杆菌(Ｂａｃｉｌｌｕｓｍｅｇａｔｅｒｉｕｍ)种内株间原生质体融合[2];同年法国的Ｓｃｈａｅｆｆｅｒ等也用ＰＥＧ诱导枯草芽孢杆菌(Ｂ.ｓｕｂｔｉｌｉｓ)进行种内株间原生质体融合获得成功[3]。有关芽孢杆菌原生质体融合的研究,在国内直至1981年才见报道[4]。经典改变微生物遗传性状的手段有两…     

芸苔属花粉—下胚轴原生质体融合再生杂种小植株

从青菜（Ｂｒａｓｓｉｃａ ｃｈｉｎｅｎｓｉｓＬ．）单胞中后期至二胞早期花粉分离出原生质体,用聚乙二醇法诱导其与甘蓝型油菜（Ｂ．ｎａｐｕｓＬ．）下胚轴原生质体融合。通过控制双亲原生质体的数量与比率,提高了异源融合率。融合体在离体条件下发生细胞分裂,形成愈伤组织,再生了小植株。染色体计数与酯酶同工酶酶谱分析初步证明获得了１ 株异源三倍体,２ 株异源四倍体。这是以游离花粉时期的原生质体与体细胞原生质体融合,取得“配子－体细胞杂交”成功的首次报道     

微流控芯片技术在细胞生物学研究中的应用进展

20世纪90年代以来,微流控芯片技术得到了快速发展。由于具有小型化、集成化、高通量、低消耗、分析快速等特点,微流控芯片作为一种新型的生物学研究平台,能够提供传统方法不具备的精细和可控制的细胞研究条件,在细胞生物学研究领域中得到了广泛关注。该文主要介绍其在细胞培养、分选、裂解、计数、凋亡检测、迁移、单细胞捕获、细胞间作用等方面的研究进展。     

Efficient and Innocuous Live‐Cell Delivery: Making Membrane Barriers Disappear to Enable Cellular Biochemistry

The confluence of protein engineering techniques and delivery protocols are providing new opportunities in cell biology. In particular, techniques that render the membrane of cells transiently permeable make the introduction of nongenetically encodable macromolecular probes into cells possible. This, in turn, can enable the monitoring of intracellular processes in ways that can be both precise and quantitative, ushering an area that one may envision as cellular biochemistry. Herein, the author reviews pioneering examples of such new cell‐based assays, provides evidence that challenges the paradigm that cell penetration is a necessarily damaging and stressful event for cells, and highlights some of the challenges that should be addressed to fully unlock the potential of this nascent field.     

Ultrastructural evidence for two-cell and three-cell neural pathways in the tentacle epidermis of the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida.

Sensory and ganglion cells in the tentacle epidermis of the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida were traced in serial transmission electron micrographs to their synaptic contacts on other cells. Sensory cell synapses were found on spirocytes, muscle cells, and ganglion cells. Ganglion cells, in turn, synapsed on sensory cells, spirocytes, muscle cells, and other neurons and formed en passant axo-axonal synapses. Axonal synapses on nematocytes and gland cells were not traced to their cells of origin, i.e., identified sensory or ganglion cells. Direct synaptic contacts of sensory cells with spirocytes and sensory cells with muscle cells suggest a local two-cell pathway for spirocyst discharge and muscle cell contraction, whereas interjection of a ganglion cell between the sensory and effector cells creates a local three-cell pathway. The network of ganglion cells and their processes allows for a through-conduction system that is interconnected by chemical synapses. Although the sea anemone nervous system is more complex than that of Hydra, it has similar two-cell and three-cell effector pathways that may function in local responses to tentacle contact with food.     

The role of glutamine, serum and energy factors in growth of enterocyte-like cell lines

Background: Glutamine is routinely added to most cell cultures. Glutamine has been found to be the preferential nutrient to the rapidly replicating intestinal mucosa, but whether this is a metabolic effect or due to other properties of this amino acid is not determined. To study the importance of glutamine on the growth of two enterocyte-like cell lines, the effects of depriving the media or supplementing it with glutamine were assessed in media with different serum and energy supplements. Methods: CaCo-2 and HT-29 cells were grown in serum-free medium, with fetal bovine or synthetic serum, and with or without glucose or galactose. The glutamine content was varied between 0 and 4 mM. All growth assays were performed in triplicate by counting in a hemocytometer. Results: Both cell lines were dependent of serum factors for growth, but displayed distinct requirements on glutamine supplementation. Glutamine was an obligate supplement with dose-dependent correlation to growth (r=0.87, p<0.01) for CaCo-2 cells cultured in synthetic, but not in fetal bovine serum. In HT-29 cells, the correlation between glutamine and growth was significant (r=0,68, p<0,05) only in fetal bovine serum in the absence of galactose. Conclusion: This study shows that glutamine has different growth stimulating effects on two enterocyte-like cell lines studied. This could reflect different modes of action of glutamine on proliferation and differentiation in an enterocyte cell population.     

Of mice, frogs and flies: generation of membrane asymmetries in early development

Embryonic development begins with cleavage of the fertilized egg. Cleavage comprises two major processes: cytokinesis and formation of a polarized epithelial cell layer. The focus of this review is comparison of the generation of membrane polarity during embryonic cleavage in three different developmental model systems. In mammalian embryos, as exemplified by analysis of the mouse, generation of distinct membrane domains is uncoupled from cleavage divisions and is initiated in a specific developmental phase, called compaction. In Xenopus laevis embryos, generation of polarized blastomeres occurs simultaneously with cytokinesis. The origin of specific membrane domains of X. laevis polar blastomeres, however, can be traced back to oogenesis. Finally, in Drosophila melanogaster, generation of polarized cells occurs at cellularization. The relevance of cell adhesion, cell junctions and cytocortical scaffolds will be discussed for each of the model systems. Despite enormous morphologic differences, the three models share many common features; in particular, many important molecular interactions are conserved.     

微囊化K562细胞生长周期及代谢特性的研究

以K562细胞为模型,分别进行微囊化和游离培养,运用流式细胞术考察两种培养体系下细胞周期和生长代谢变化;建立数学模型,模拟了两种培养体系下细胞的生长活性和代谢特性。实验发现：微囊化培养过程中的K562细胞处于DNA合成期（S期）的百分含量显著高于游离培养,并且细胞保持较高的增殖活性。模型计算表明,所建模型动力学参数能够很好地描述微囊化和游离两种培养体系下细胞的代谢情况;对细胞活性的理论计算表明,微囊化的细胞具有较高的增殖和代谢活性,同时细胞能够较长时间保持此活性;模型参数表明,两种培养体系下,葡萄糖对细胞生长的影响无显著差别 (k^Free_L≈k^APA_L),乳酸对游离培养细胞的生长具有明显抑制作用,但对微囊化培养细胞抑制作用较小(kFreeL>≈kAPAL)。     

哺乳动物体细胞核移植中供体细胞的研究进展

在哺乳动物体细胞核移植中,供体细胞是影响其效率的主要因素之一。供体细胞的类型、细胞周期、细胞的培养代数、冷藏与冷冻处理,以及供体动物的性别、年龄等都可能影响核移植胚胎的发育。根据现有资料,简要综述了在哺乳动物体细胞核移植中有关供体细胞的研究进展。     

Engineering Cardiac Cell Junctions In Vitro to Study the Intercalated Disc

Abstract

This review article discusses a recent work using engineered cardiac cells to study the function of the intercalated disc putting emphasis on mechanical and electrical coupling.     

Mammalian testis: a target of in vivo electroporation

Mammalian spermatogenesis consists of three biologically significant processes: stem cell self-renewal and differentiation, meiosis, and haploid cell morphogenesis. Understanding the molecular mechanisms behind these processes might provide clues to the puzzle of species preservation and evolution, and to treatments for male infertility. However, few useful in vitro systems exist to investigate these processes at present. To elucidate these mechanisms, in vivo electroporation of the testis might be a convenient option. Since DNA solution can be injected into the seminiferous tubule via the rete testis, similar to germ cell transplantation, it is easy to transfect expression vectors into various differentiated germ cells and supporting Sertoli cells with adequate electric shock. Unfortunately, it is difficult to create transgenic animals using this method because of its low efficiency. However, gain- and loss-of-function assays, promoter assays, and tagged-protein behavior assays can be conducted with this technique, as in in vitro culture systems.     

Perivascular cells for regenerative medicine

Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSC) are currently the best candidate therapeutic cells for regenerative medicine related to osteoarticular, muscular, vascular and inflammatory diseases, although these cells remain heterogeneous and necessitate a better biological characterization. We and others recently described that MSC originate from two types of perivascular cells, namely pericytes and adventitial cells and contain the in situ counterpart of MSC in developing and adult human organs, which can be prospectively purified using well defined cell surface markers. Pericytes encircle endothelial cells of capillaries and microvessels and express the adhesion molecule CD146 and the PDGFRβ, but lack endothelial and haematopoietic markers such as CD34, CD31, vWF (von Willebrand factor), the ligand for Ulex europaeus 1 (UEA1) and CD45 respectively. The proteoglycan NG2 is a pericyte marker exclusively associated with the arterial system. Besides its expression in smooth muscle cells, smooth muscle actin (αSMA) is also detected in subsets of pericytes. Adventitial cells surround the largest vessels and, opposite to pericytes, are not closely associated to endothelial cells. Adventitial cells express CD34 and lack αSMA and all endothelial and haematopoietic cell markers, as for pericytes. Altogether, pericytes and adventitial perivascular cells express in situ and in culture markers of MSC and display capacities to differentiate towards osteogenic, adipogenic and chondrogenic cell lineages. Importantly, adventitial cells can differentiate into pericyte‐like cells under inductive conditions in vitro. Altogether, using purified perivascular cells instead of MSC may bring higher benefits to regenerative medicine, including the possibility, for the first time, to use these cells uncultured.