Partial purification and initial characterization of a novel differentiation factor for mouse myeloid leukemia cells

We found cells spontaneously differentiated from mouse myeloid leukemia M1 cells were producing a strong differentiation factor in culture medium and established a method to prepare a large quantity of conditioned medium containing the differentiation factor. The factor purified over 4,000-fold from the conditioned medium showed a single peak due to a peptide on a TSK 3000PW column which was coincident with differentiation activity. The molecular weight of the factor estimated by high-performance gel filtration chromatography was 1,300, which is remarkably lower than the values reported for protein differentiation factors reported thus far. M1 cells were induced to differentiate into macrophage-like cells by the factor.     

Macrokinetics of vital manifestations in microbes

An equation for the complete dynamics of the growth and die-off indices of microbes has been obtained in the framework of the macrokinetic approach. The equation allows differentiation of intervals with different values of kinetic characteristics. Analytical expressions were found for coefficients of the model and interval boundaries with the kinetics of growth and die-off of microbes. The adequacy of the equation was confirmed in the cases of experimental dynamics: the growth of Candida albicans culture in a Sabouraud liquid medium, the number of viable cells of Brochothrix thermosphacta in meat extract, and trimethylbutanol secretion by these organisms.     

多元混菌发酵对纤维素酶活性的影响

研究了两种曲霉(UF2和UA8)二元混菌体系和两种曲霉与1种酵母菌组成的三元混菌体系混合发酵对纤维素酶系三种酶组分活性的影响。结果表明：两种霉菌按一定比例接种进行混合发酵时三种纤维素酶组分的活性较单菌发酵大幅度提高,滤纸酶(FPA)、微晶纤维素酶(AVI)和羧甲基纤维素酶(CMC)活性分别较UA8单菌发酵提高2.2％～51.1％、20．7％～332．6％和29．4％～299．6％;向由两种霉菌组成的二元混菌发酵体系中接入酵母菌可显著降低3种纤维素酶组分的活性;三菌混合发酵能使纤维素酶3组分的产酶高峰出现时间较双菌混合发酵滞后约24h,但三菌与双菌混合发酵3种纤维素酶组分的酶活峰值无明显差异;双菌混合发酵有利于缩短纤维素酶生产发酵周期。     

Physiological role of macrophage inflammatory protein-3 alpha induction during maturation of intestinal macrophages

Intestinal macrophages (IMAC) are a central component in the defense of the intestinal mucosa against luminal microbes. In normal mucosa, monocytes differentiate to immunologically tolerant IMAC with a typical phenotype lacking activation markers such as CD14 and TLRs 2 and 4. CD33+ IMAC were isolated from normal intestinal mucosa by immunomagnetic beads. A subtractive hybridization subtracting mRNA from normal IMAC from those of in vitro differentiated macrophages was performed. IMAC differentiation was studied in multicellular spheroids (MCS). Functional assays on migration of CD45R0+ T cells were performed in MCS coculture models. Of 76 clones, 3 obtained by subtractive mRNA hybridization showed >99% homology to mRNA of MIP-3alpha, indicating that this chemokine is induced in IMAC compared with in vitro differentiated macrophages. MIP-3alpha protein expression was confirmed in cryostat sections of normal intestinal mucosa by immunohistochemistry. IMAC in the lamina propria stained positive for MIP-3alpha. FACS of purified IMAC clearly indicated expression of MIP-3alpha in these cells. In the MCS-in vitro differentiation model for IMAC, MIP-3alpha protein expression was absent on day 1 but detectable on day 7 of coculture, demonstrating the induction of MIP-3alpha during differentiation of IMAC. IMAC attracted CD45R0+ T cells to migrate into an MCS coculture model. In human mucosa, a close contact between IMAC and CD45R0+ T cells could be demonstrated. MIP-3alpha is induced during the differentiation of monocytes into IMAC. Our data suggest that MIP-3alpha expression could be involved in the recruitment of CD45R0+ cells into the lamina propria.     

东北羊草草原土壤微生物生物量的季节变化及其与土壤生境的关系

本文研究东北羊草草原土壤微生物生物量的季节变化规律。根据实测数据,利用ＭＶ／６０００电子计算机构造了趋势方程,并作了Ｆ检验,Ｆ０．２５＝２．６８,Ｆ０＝１９３．９９,效果良好。以此为基础可以进行预测预报。同时利用ＭＶ／６０００电子计算机绘制三维空间趋势面图形,直观地反映了东北草草原土壤分解微生物生物量的季节变化规律。实验结果证明,土壤温度、水分对土壤微生物的生物量影响同等重要。     

肝硬化原发性肝癌直径<1 cm超声造影表现及其与血清AFU、AFP-L3、GPC3、TSGF、GP73水平相关性研究

摘要 目的：探讨肝硬化原发性肝癌（PHC）直径<1cm超声造影（CEUS）表现及其与血清α-L-岩藻糖苷酶（AFU）、甲胎蛋白异质体-L3（AFP-L3）、磷脂酰肌醇蛋白聚糖-3（GPC3）、肿瘤特异生长因子（TSGF）、高尔基体糖蛋白（GP73）水平相关性。方法：选取2018年1月-2022年8月于湖北省襄阳市中医院收治的肝硬化PHC直径<1 cm患者44例,根据术后病理结果分为高分化组、中分化组和低分化组。所有患者术前均完善CEUS和血清AFU、AFP-L3、GPC3、TSGF、GP73水平检查。比较三组CEUS表现、定量时间-强度曲线（TIC）分析、血清AFU、AFP-L3、GPC3、TSGF、GP73水平。采用Spearman相关性分析肝硬化PHC直径<1 cm患者的CEUS表现与血清AFU、AFP-L3、GPC3、TSGF、GP73水平的相关性。结果：44例肝硬化PHC直径<1 cm患者的CEUS表现均为肝内单发病灶,呈圆形或类圆形,病灶边界清晰,周围可见声晕。不同分化程度肝硬化PHC直径<1 cm患者在动脉期、门脉期和延迟期的CEUS表现上差异均无统计学意义（P＞0.05）。高分化组、中分化组和低分化组的达峰时间、廓清时间和峰值加速时间逐渐减少,差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。而高分化组、中分化组和低分化组的峰值强度增加率逐渐增加,差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。高分化组、中分化组和低分化组的增强时间对比差异无统计学意义（P＞0.05）。高分化组、中分化组和低分化组血清AFU、AFP-L3、GPC3、TSGF、GP73水平逐渐升高,差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。Spearman相关性分析显示,达峰时间、廓清时间和峰值加速时间与血清AFU、AFP-L3、GPC3、TSGF、GP73水平呈负相关（P＜0.05）;峰值强度增加率与血清AFU、AFP-L3、GPC3、TSGF、GP73水平呈正相关（P＜0.05）。结论：肝硬化PHC直径<1 cm患者的CEUS表现均为肝内单发病灶,呈圆形或类圆形,病灶边界清晰,周围可见声晕。CEUS表现和血清AFU、AFP-L3、GPC3、TSGF、GP73水平具有相关性,两者可辅助鉴别肝硬化PHC直径<1 cm的不同分化程度。     

不同分化状态的白百利烟草愈伤组织在生长过程中核酸蛋白质的变化

本文报道了在正常分化芽和根、诱导芽或恨定向发生的白百利烟草(Nico-tiana tabacum Baibaili)愈伤组织在生长过程中DNA、RNA和蛋白质变化的结果。MS+0.2mg/1NAA+0.2mg/1 KT诱导白百利烟草愈伤组织正常分化出芽和根,MS+0.05mg/1NAA+2mg/1KT诱导愈防组织定向地芽发生,MS+0.5mg/1NAA+0.05mg/1KT诱导愈伤组织定向地根发生。在定向诱导芽或根发生愈伤组织里的RNA和蛋白质合成的第一个高峰出现,比正常发生芽和根的愈伤组织里DNA、RNA和蛋白质的第一个高峰迟5天,在芽发生的愈伤组织里DNA峰出现也迟5天,在根发生的愈伤组织里DNA蜂,则相同于正常分化的愈伤组织DNA峰出现。外源的植物生长物质诱导器官定向发生的作用表现在RNA水平上。在三种分化状态的愈伤组织里,蛋白质组成在第8天表现出明显的差异。41KD和46KD蛋白质在器官的定向发生中可能起着相当重要的作用。     

校园空气污染微生物的检测与评价

采用沉降平板法 ,选用牛肉膏培养基与察贝克培养基 (czpekmedium) ,分别在夏季与冬季检测了校园不同环境中空气污染细菌与霉菌的含量。结果表明 :校园不同环境的空气污染微生物类群与数量随季节的变化而变化。学生寝室、学生食堂、校区餐厅以及网吧的空气中污染微生物以细菌为主。其中 ,在冬季的细菌平均含菌量为 91 4 7.6 7个 /m3 空气 ,而以女生寝室的含菌量最高 ,达到 2 1 5 4 6个 /m3 空气 ,超出卫生标准的 3.1倍 ;在夏季时 ,细菌的平均含菌量为 1 0 6 6 1 .75个 /m3 空气 ,而以校园餐厅的含菌量最高 ,达到 4 35 1 1个 /m3 ,超出卫生标准的 6 .9倍。校图书馆、电影院、学生寝室及餐厅中的霉菌含量较多。其中 ,在冬季的霉菌平均含菌量为 5 6 8.4 4个 /m3 空气 ,以女生寝室的含菌量最高 ,84 6个 /m3 ;在夏季的霉菌含菌量为 85 5 .88个 /m3 ,最高时为 1 6 6 5个 /m3 ,这是由于卫生条件差 ,居室狭小 ,人口拥挤 ,空气潮湿 ,通风不良等因素造成的     

大鼠肝生长发育过程中ACP、AKP、HSC70/HSP68和PCNA的变化(英文)

磷酸酶（ＡＣＰ、ＡＫＰ）在生物的机能分化中起重要作用,热休克蛋白（ＨＳＰｓ）是近几年发现的一类在胚胎发育、细胞生存中起重要作用的分子,无论是胚胎发育还是细胞结构和功能构建都和细胞增殖密切相关,增殖细胞核抗原（ＰＣＮＡ）是检测细胞增殖的良好指标。 本实验用组织化学、免疫组织化学、Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ印迹、酶的原位复性电泳、体视学分析等方法定性和定量分析了酸性磷酸酶（ＡＣＰ）（Ｆｉｇ．１＆２）、碱性磷酸酶（ＡＫＰ）（Ｆｉｇ．４＆５）、构成性热休克蛋白 ７０／诱导性热休克蛋白 ６８（ＨＳＣ７０／ＨＳＰ６８）（Ｆｉｇ．６）和ＰＣＮＡ（Ｆｉｇ．７＆８, Ｔａｂｌｅ１）在大鼠肝生长发育（从１４天胚胎到成体）过程中的动态变化。结果表明：（１）在大鼠肝生长发育过程中,ＡＣＰ有两个活性高峰期,其时段处于大鼠吃奶和吃饲料起始期（Ｆｉｇ．１＆２）;（２）在ＡＣＰ的第一个活性高峰期时,ＡＫＰ活性降低;而在ＡＣＰ的第二个活性高峰期时,正值ＡＫＰ的活性高峰期（Ｆｉｇ．３）;（３）ＡＣＰ活性高峰期也是ＰＣＮＡ含量高峰期;（４）ＨＳＣ７０／ＨＳＰ６８在刚断奶的幼鼠肝和成体肝中表达量较多,其他时段表达极少。根据上述结果推测：ＡＣＰ和ＰＣＮＡ通过调节细     

青海云杉花芽分化期内源激素含量的变化特征

采用酶联免疫法测定并分析了中国青藏高原东北边缘特有树种青海云杉花芽分化过程中内源激素的变化,以期为调控青海云杉花期调控提供理论依据。结果表明:(1)内源激素吲哚乙酸(IAA)、赤霉素(GAs)、玉米素核苷(ZR)和脱落酸(ABA)含量的变化存在一定的相似性,它们分别在青海云杉花芽生理分化前期和形态分化前期出现高峰;青海云杉叶片ZR/GAs、ZR/IAA之值在花芽生理分化期达到峰值,而ABA/GAs值在花芽生理分化期总体呈递增趋势。(2)青海云杉花芽生理分化期,其顶芽、侧芽中可溶性糖及蛋白质皆出现高峰;形态分化前期,顶芽及侧芽中蛋白质含量下降,但可溶性糖含量持续上升;而花芽生理分化期间,叶片中核酸含量总体皆呈递增趋势。研究认为,较高的ZR/GAs、ZR/IAA有利于青海云杉花芽生理分化,但对维持花芽形态分化可能不是必须的,而高的ABA/GAs、ABA/IAA可能是花芽形态分化能够顺利完成所不可缺少的;可溶性糖、蛋白质、核酸等结构物质和能量物质的积累有利于青海云杉花芽生理分化的完成。     

Isolation by distance in the spore-forming soil bacterium Myxococcus xanthus

Genetic differentiation between spatially separated populations within a species is commonly observed in plants and animals, but its existence in microbes has long been a contentious issue. Traditionally, many microbial ecologists have reasoned that microbes are not limited by dispersal as a result of their immense numbers and microscopic size. In this view, the absence of barriers to gene flow between populations would prevent differentiation of populations by genetic drift and hinder local adaptation. Myxococcus xanthus is a globally distributed, spore-forming bacterium that offers a robust test for genetic differentiation among populations because sporulation is expected to enhance dispersal. Using multi-locus sequence data, we show here that both diversity and the degree of differentiation between populations increase as a function of distance in M. xanthus. Populations are consistently differentiated at scales exceeding 10(2)-10(3) km, and isolation by distance, the divergence of populations by genetic drift due to limited dispersal, is responsible. Our results provide new insights into how genetic diversity within species of free-living microbes is distributed from centimeter to global scales.     

重组苏云金杆菌ICP基因工程菌研究进展

综述了苏云金杆菌ICP基因及重组ICP工程菌的研究进展,描述了工程菌构建的主要方法,以及目前构建获得的各类ICP工程菌的特点,讨论了ICP工程菌的应用前景和发展方向。     

“Saddle-shaped” dose-survival effect,is it a general and valuable phenomenon in microbes in response to heavy ion beam irradiation?

We aimed to verify the “saddle-shaped” dose-survival effect of microbes in response to heavy ion beam irradiation (HI), and further determine the radiation parameter that affects saddle shape formation, and the relationship between the saddle region and the positive mutation rate. A bibliometric analysis was performed based on literature containing the dose-survival effect of microbes in response to HI, from which the data on the particle energies, ionic types, irradiated microbes, survival curves, and maximum positive mutation rates were assembled. Articles reporting a “saddle-shaped” survival curve accounted for 64% of the total relevant articles and possessed a high cited frequency. The predominant articles, authors, and institutions that reported the dose-survival effect of microbes in response to HI proposed the “saddle-shaped” survival curve. It was customarily low-energy (but not moderate- or high-energy) HI that induced the “saddle-shaped” dose-survival effect. In addition, the “saddle-shaped” dose-survival effect was general among ~ 30-genera microbes. More importantly, most of the saddle regions contained the survival fractions within 10–30%, which are customarily used to screen mutants due to a high positive mutation rate. Further, 87% of the maximum positive mutation rates were associated with the saddle region, and 58% were located in the peak of the saddle region. “Saddle-shaped” dose-survival effect is a reliable and general phenomenon among varieties of microbes customarily in response to low-energy HI. Meanwhile, saddle region is always accompanied with high positive mutation rates. Thus, this study will aid in microbial mutation breeding practices.

     

ATP Modulates the Growth of Specific Microbial Strains

The regulatory function of extracellular ATP (exATP) in bacteria is unknown, but recent studies have demonstrated exATP induced enhanced secondary metabolite production and morphological differentiation in Streptomyces coelicolor. The growth of Streptomyces coelicolor, however, was unaffected by exATP, although changes in growth are common phenotypes. To identify bacteria whose growth is altered by exATP, we measured exATP-induced population changes in fast-growing microbes and actinomycetes in compost. Compared with the water-treated control, the addition of 10 ml 100 μM ATP to 10 g of compost enhanced the actinomycetes population by 30% and decreased fast-growing microbial numbers by 20%. Eight microbes from each group were selected from the most populated colony, based on appearance. Of the eight isolated fast-growing microbes, the 16S rRNA sequences of three isolates were similar to the plant pathogens Serratia proteamaculans and Sphingomonas melonis, and one was close to a human pathogen, Elizabethkingia meningoseptica. The growth of all fast-growing microbes was inhibited by ATP, which was confirmed in Pseudomonas syringae DC3000, a pathogenic plant bacterium. The growth of six of eight isolated actinomycetes strains, all of which were identified as close to Streptomyces neyagawaensis, was enhanced by ATP treatment. This study suggests that exATP regulates bacterial physiology and that the exATP response system is a target for the control of bacterial ecology.     

DNA-binding protein that induces cell differentiation.

Macrophage and granulocyte-inducing (MGI) proteins regulate the growth and differentiation of myeloid hematopoietic cells. One class of these proteins (MGI-1) induces cell growth and another class (MGI-2) induces cell differentiation. Results obtained with DNA-cellulose column chromatography have shown that the differentiation-inducing protein MGI-2 can bind to double-stranded cellular DNA, but that there was no such binding under the same conditions by the growth-inducing protein MGI-1. DNA binding may thus be used to separate MGI-2 from MGI-1. The MGI-2 from mouse bound to DNA from mouse and calf. There were different elution peaks of the MGI-2 bound to DNA suggesting a heterogeneity of MGI-2 molecules, and the last peak eluted from the DNA cellulose column was enriched for one of the molecular forms of MGI-2. After one further step of purification by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, this molecular form of MGI-2 was active at a concentration of 6.5 X 10(-11) M. In normal development MGI-1 induces MGI-2. This induction of a DNA-binding differentiation-inducing protein by a growth-inducing protein is an efficient mechanism for the normal coupling of growth and differentiation. It is suggested that this may also be a mechanism for the normal coupling of growth and differentiation in other types of cells.     

蜜蜂肠道微生物与其社会性的关系

蜜蜂是一种典型的营群居生活的社会性昆虫,相比独居生活的昆虫,其肠道微生物具有独特的区系结构。这种独特肠道微生物与其社会性之间的关系是一个重要的科学问题。现有研究显示,蜜蜂肠道的优势菌包括9大类群。消化道不同区段的优势菌种类和丰度存在差异。主要表现为前肠种类少、丰度低、后肠种类多、数量大,占了全消化道微生物的99%以上。不同社会分工的蜜蜂肠道微生物区系结构存在差异,肠道微生物会通过影响胰岛素信号的传导、保幼激素和卵黄原蛋白的合成以及蜜蜂抗氧化应激的能力等对蜜蜂的级型分化、社会分工、摄食行为及寿命长短产生调节作用。除此之外,蜜蜂肠道微生物还具有激活免疫、抑制病原菌生长、降解食物、促进养分吸收、解毒、发酵蜂蜜和蜂粮等作用。主要针对蜜蜂肠道微生物的基本特征及其与蜜蜂社会性的关系作一简要综述。     

Comparison of label-free methods for quantifying human proteins by shotgun proteomics

Measurements of mass spectral peak intensities and spectral counts are promising methods for quantifying protein abundance changes in shotgun proteomic analyses. We describe Serac, software developed to evaluate the ability of each method to quantify relative changes in protein abundance. Dynamic range and linearity using a three-dimensional ion trap were tested using standard proteins spiked into a complex sample. Linearity and good agreement between observed versus expected protein ratios were obtained after normalization and background subtraction of peak area intensity measurements and correction of spectral counts to eliminate discontinuity in ratio estimates. Peak intensity values useful for protein quantitation ranged from 10(7) to 10(11) counts with no obvious saturation effect, and proteins in replicate samples showed variations of less than 2-fold within the 95% range (+/-2sigma) when >or=3 peptides/protein were shared between samples. Protein ratios were determined with high confidence from spectral counts when maximum spectral counts were >or=4 spectra/protein, and replicates showed equivalent measurements well within 95% confidence limits. In further tests, complex samples were separated by gel exclusion chromatography, quantifying changes in protein abundance between different fractions. Linear behavior of peak area intensity measurements was obtained for peptides from proteins in different fractions. Protein ratios determined by spectral counting agreed well with those determined from peak area intensity measurements, and both agreed with independent measurements based on gel staining intensities. Overall spectral counting proved to be a more sensitive method for detecting proteins that undergo changes in abundance, whereas peak area intensity measurements yielded more accurate estimates of protein ratios. Finally these methods were used to analyze differential changes in protein expression in human erythroleukemia K562 cells stimulated under conditions that promote cell differentiation by mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway activation. Protein changes identified with p<0.1 showed good correlations with parallel measurements of changes in mRNA expression.     

Synthesis and intracellular transport of protein by the colleterial gland of the cecropia silkmoth

The tubular portion of the colleterial gland of the cecropia silkmoth secretes protein which labels extensively with glycine and appears as a single peak when separated by acrylamide gel electrophoresis. The radioactive peak does not stain with protein stains or absorb at 280 nm, but is dispersed by Pronase digestion. Synthesis of the peak is sensitive to inhibition by puromycin and cycloheximide but is not sensitive to actinomycin or chloramphenicol inhibition. Amino acid analysis revealed a composition of 30% glycine, 33% aspartic acid, and insignificant amounts of aromatic amino acids; the molecular weight was calculated to be 160,000. Autoradiographic analysis revealed that nearly all the glycine incorporated is transported from the mature secretory cells, and the half-time of secretion is calculated to be 3.4 hr. The possible use of this product as a marker for biochemical differentiation is discussed.