鼠伤寒杆菌外膜蛋白作为保护性疫苗的初步实验研究

本文采用超声波破碎和Triton X-100处理、超速离心的方法,提取了鼠伤寒杆菌的外膜蛋白(OMP)。用提取的OMP免疫家兔和小鼠,经用ELISA方法测定小鼠、家兔及鼠伤寒意染患者血清中抗-OMP抗体含量,并用小鼠作足垫肿胀实验及主动和血清被动保护试验。结果免疫动物及患者血清中都含有较高滴度抗体,免疫小鼠足垫出现明显地DTH反应。50ug OMP免疫小鼠可保护500 LD50毒株的攻击,0.2ml免疫血清亦能够被动保护以上同样的毒株攻击。这些结果表明,提取的OMP有较强的免疫原性和明显的免疫保护作用,应用Western blot分析免疫血清均能识别36KD蛋白带,36KD蛋白带可能是鼠伤寒杆菌的主要免疫原。     

转基因番木瓜作为抗结核植物口服疫苗的初步研究

转基因植物疫苗的研制,可改变传统的疫苗接种方式和接种手段,大大降低疫苗的生产成本,具有广阔的应用前景。结核病的泛滥使抗结核的免疫预防急需开发新型的疫苗,研制抗结核的转基因植物疫苗具有重大的理论和实践意义。本文对具有良好免疫原性的结核杆菌分泌蛋白ESAT—6基因,进行了修饰改造,构建了带潮霉素选择抗性基因的植物表达载体和根癌农杆菌工程菌;采用叶盘法转化热带水果番木瓜,获得了13株抗性植株,通过PCR、Southern blot和RNA dot blot分子检测,确认了4株为转基因植株。番木瓜ESAT—6转基因植株的获得,为进一步的结核病植物口服疫苗的免疫研究和新型抗结核疫苗的研制与开发奠定了基础。     

IL-17作为分子佐剂增强蛋白疫苗细胞免疫应答的研究

目的:为了进一步增强重组蛋白质疫苗的细胞免疫应答,利用重组的IL-17作为分子佐剂,与卵清蛋白(ovalbumin,OVA)一起免疫小鼠,研究IL-17作为分子佐剂对适应性免疫的影响,探索IL-17对蛋白疫苗诱导的免疫反应,特别是细胞免疫应答的影响.方法:用OVA作为特异性蛋白疫苗,与不同剂量的IL-17联合免疫C57...     

人附睾蛋白4作为卵巢癌生物标志物的初步研究

目的:探讨人附睾蛋白4(HE4)在卵巢癌组织和血清中的表达及其临床病理意义。方法:用免疫组织化学技术检测正常卵巢,卵巢良性上皮性肿瘤,交界性上皮性肿瘤和癌组织中HE4的表达,并分析其与临床分期和预后的关系;用ELISA方法检测患者血清中HE4的含量。结果:HE4在浆液性乳头状囊腺癌组织中的阳性表达率要显著高于交界性肿瘤,良性肿瘤和正常组织,而交界性肿瘤阳性表达率显著高于良性肿瘤和正常对照。HE4表达与临床分期没有显著相关性。HE4阳性患者的平均生存期、5年生存率和中位生存期均显著低于HE4阴性患者。卵巢癌和交界性肿瘤患者血清中HE4含量显著高于良性肿瘤和正常对照组。结论:HE4可能作为卵巢癌诊断和预后的组织和血清标志物。     

RNA病毒作为疫苗载体的研究与应用

在目前的疫苗研究中,对新疫苗免疫效果的要求越来越高。减毒或无毒的病毒疫苗载体能够激发高效持久的系统和黏膜免疫,并且具有较高的安全性,为研究新疫苗提供了一条途径。RNA病毒作为疫苗载体,在可操作性和免疫效果方面有着显著的优势,近年来已成为疫苗研究领域的热点。综述了几种RNA病毒载体目前的研究状况及其在疫苗载体方面的应用。     

THE CULTURE OF APICAL BUDS OF XANTHIUM AND THEIR USE AS A BIOASSAY FOR FLOWERING ACTIVITY OF ECDYSTERONE

Conditions were developed for the sterile culture of shoot tips of Xanthium pensylvanicum Wallr. for use as a bioassay for flower-controlling chemicals. By using a modified Murashige-Skoog medium (minus the auxin but including kinetin) and light intensity much higher than usual for plant tissue cultures, fast growth and development of the shoot tips was achieved. Under short-day conditions (8 hr day: 16 hr night), the cultures from vegetative shoots flowered and fruited; under noninductive conditions (using a 2 hr light-break in the middle of the dark period), the shoot tips continued vegetative development. Both intact plants and cultured tips could be photoinduced in the first days after germination. Ecdysterone, a potent insect moulting hormone, was tested in the bioassay system. It was without either qualitative or quantitative effect on flowering or vegetative development on either cultured shoot tips or intact plants irrespective of whether they were under inductive or noninductive photoperiodic conditions.     

CULTURE CONDITIONS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC MECHANISM : II. AN APPARATUS FOR THE CONTINUOUS CULTURE OF CHLORELLA

1. An apparatus has been developed which maintains a constant density of population of Chlorella by automatic dilution of the growing culture with fresh medium. 2. Cells harvested from the apparatus in daily samples are highly uniform in rate of growth and rate of photosynthesis measured under arbitrarily chosen conditions.     

DIFFERENTIATION OF NEUROBLASTOMA, GLIOMA, AND HYBRID CELLS IN CULTURE AS MEASURED BY THE SYNTHESIS OF SPECIFIC PROTEIN SPECIES: EVIDENCE FOR NEUROBLAST-GLIOBLAST RECIPROCAL GENETIC REGULATION

Abstract— Protein species from differentiating neuroblastoma, glioma, and hybrid neuroblastoma-glioma cell lines in cell culture were separated and identified initially in the first dimension by the use of isoelectric focusing gels and were further separated in the second dimension by SDS-acrylamide gels. There were two main classes of proteins identified: proteins which were dominantly expressed in neuroblastoma and also in hybrid cell cultures, and proteins which were expressed in glioma and also hybrid cell cultures. In general, proteins were identified which were significantly expressed in neuroblastoma cells and much reduced in glioma cultures, and also conversely so. The hybrid cell line expressed many of the neuroblastoma-type proteins and relatively fewer of the glioma type proteins. A specific protein species (2) was identified in hybrid cells and was not present in either parental neuroblastoma or glioma cultures. Protein z was expressed however by the co-culturing of neuroblastoma and glioma cells suggesting its induction is dependent on a soluble factor. Protein z in hybrid cells was demonstrated in both stained gels and by autoradiography. Chromosome analysis of hybrid cells confirmed the presence of both rat and mouse chromosomes. It is suggested that similar neuronal-glial interaction may be functional in the intact brain, and that similar reciprocal modulation between neurons and glia may be a central mechanism of differentiation in the nervous system.     

A NEWLY ANTI-Streptococcus suis BACTERIOCIN PRODUCING STRAIN FROM UNWEANED PIGLETS FECAL MATTER: ISOLATION,PRELIMINARY IDENTIFICATION,AND OPTIMIZATION OF MEDIUM COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCED BACTERIOCIN PRODUCTION

A newly isolated anti-Streptococcus suis bacteriocin-producing strain LPL1-5 was obtained from healthy unweaned piglets' fecal matter, and was designated as Lactobacillus pentosus LPL1-5 based on morphology, biochemical properties, and 16S rDNA sequencing analysis. The medium composition for enhanced bacteriocin production by L. pentosus LPL1-5 was optimized by statistical methodology. Yeast extract, K₂HPO₄ · 3H₂O, and MnSO₄ · H₂O were identified as significant components influencing pentocin LPL1-5 production using the Plackett–Burman method. Response surface methodology was applied for further optimization. The concentrations of medium components for enhanced pentocin LPL1-5 production were as follows (g/L): lactose 20.00, tryptone 10.00, beef extract 10.00, yeast extract 14.00, MnSO₄ · H₂O 0.84, K₂HPO₄ · 3H₂O 4.92, triammonium citrate 2.00, Na-acetate 5.00, MgSO₄ · 7H₂O 0.58, Tween 80 1.00. Under the optimized condition, a value of 3154.65 ± 27.93 IU/mL bacteriocin activity was achieved, which was 4.2-fold that of the original medium.     

A NEWLY ANTI-Streptococcus suis BACTERIOCIN PRODUCING STRAIN FROM UNWEANED PIGLETS FECAL MATTER: ISOLATION, PRELIMINARY IDENTIFICATION, AND OPTIMIZATION OF MEDIUM COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCED BACTERIOCIN PRODUCTION

A newly isolated anti-Streptococcus suis bacteriocin-producing strain LPL1-5 was obtained from healthy unweaned piglets' fecal matter, and was designated as Lactobacillus pentosus LPL1-5 based on morphology, biochemical properties, and 16S rDNA sequencing analysis. The medium composition for enhanced bacteriocin production by L. pentosus LPL1-5 was optimized by statistical methodology. Yeast extract, K(2)HPO(4)?·?3H(2)O, and MnSO(4)?·?H(2)O were identified as significant components influencing pentocin LPL1-5 production using the Plackett-Burman method. Response surface methodology was applied for further optimization. The concentrations of medium components for enhanced pentocin LPL1-5 production were as follows (g/L): lactose 20.00, tryptone 10.00, beef extract 10.00, yeast extract 14.00, MnSO(4)?·?H(2)O 0.84, K(2)HPO(4)?·?3H(2)O 4.92, triammonium citrate 2.00, Na-acetate 5.00, MgSO(4)?·?7H(2)O 0.58, Tween 80 1.00. Under the optimized condition, a value of 3154.65?±?27.93 IU/mL bacteriocin activity was achieved, which was 4.2-fold that of the original medium.