Methods for Precisely Localized Transfer of Cells or DNA into Early Postimplantation Mouse Embryos

Manipulation and culture of early mouse embryos is a powerful yet largely under-utilized technology enhancing the value of this model system. Conversely, cell culture has been widely used in developmental biology studies. However, it is important to determine whether in vitro cultured cells truly represent in vivo cell types. Grafting cells into embryos, followed by an assessment of their contribution during development is a useful method to determine the potential of in vitro cultured cells. In this study, we describe a method for grafting cells into a defined site of early postimplantation mouse embryos, followed by ex vivo culture. We also introduce an optimized electroporation method that uses glass capillaries of known diameter, allowing precise localization and adjustment of the number of cells receiving exogenous DNA with both high transfection efficiency and low cell death. These techniques, which do not require any specialized equipment, render experimental manipulations of the gastrulation and early organogenesis-stage mouse embryo possible, allowing analysis of commitment in cultured cell subpopulations and the effect of genetic manipulations in situ on cell differentiation.     

糖鞘脂GM1调控生长密度相关的乳腺细胞体外增殖抑制

细胞在体内增殖受到制约,以确保器官的正常大小和组织稳态的维持,体外培养的细胞也存在接触抑制生长现象.分布于细胞膜上的糖鞘脂具有调控细胞增殖的作用.本研究探讨了糖鞘脂GM1对人乳腺细胞MCF-10A、人乳腺癌细胞BT-549和SK-BR3增殖的影响.通过对细胞不同接种量研究细胞增殖的变化;利用流式细胞术检测细胞在不同密度生长时GM1的表达差异;探索细胞在不同密度生长时外源添加GM1对细胞增殖的影响;构建GM1干扰和过表达细胞并检测转染细胞株的增殖差异.结果显示,相较于常规密度,在低密度和高密度生长时,细胞增殖受到抑制,GM1表达量提高;GM1处理抑制低密度和高密度生长时细胞增殖,对常规密度生长细胞没有显著影响.在低密度和高密度生长时,GM1干扰细胞增殖能力提高,而GM1过表达细胞增殖能力下降.综上,本实验研究证实GM1抑制乳腺细胞MCF-10A、乳腺癌细胞BT-549和SKBR-3在体外低密度和高密度生长时的细胞增殖,为研究GM1抑制细胞增殖分子机理提供了工作基础.     

Ganglioside GM1 Does Not Initiate, but Enhances Neurite Regeneration of Nerve Growth Factor-Dependent Sensory Neurones

An enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay (ELISA) for neurofilament protein was utilised to quantify the effect of exogenous ganglioside on neurite regeneration in cultures of dorsal root ganglion neurones. In contrast to nerve growth factor (NGF), ganglioside GM1 (100 micrograms/ml) failed to support neuronal survival and neurite regeneration as quantified by the ELISA assay and confirmed by morphological criteria. However, the simultaneous presence of GM1 (100 micrograms/ml) and NGF (0.5-5 ng/ml) throughout a 5-day period of culture resulted in an enhancement of previously reported NGF-induced increases in the expression of neurofilament protein. Further, the addition of GM1 (0-200 micrograms/ml) at 48 h in vitro to cultures initially established in the presence of 5 ng/ml NGF substantially increased the subsequent expression of neurofilament protein, this response being both independent of and not potentiated by NGF. The results in the present system suggest that GM1 cannot initiate a programme of neurite regeneration; however, GM1 can enhance this process with the response being secondary to the effect of NGF.     

高浓度葡萄糖对昆明小鼠早期胚胎发育的影响

建立昆明小鼠受孕模型,分离并体外培养胚胎细胞.检测了各培养浓度下的细胞增殖、分化与凋亡.胚胎细胞在0.2mmol/L和5.56mmol/L葡萄糖浓度的KSOM培养基中能正常发育和孵化;而在浓度为15.56mmol/L和25.56mmol/L葡萄糖培养基中胚胎发育和孵化均受到损害(P<0.005),且总细胞数和内细胞团细胞数也明显减少(P<0.01),但其细胞凋亡率与0.2mmol/L和5.56mmol/L葡萄糖浓度下胚胎细胞凋亡率无显著性差异(P>0.05).随着葡萄糖浓度的增高,胚泡总的表面积无明显变化,但胚胎细胞密度呈增加趋势.高血糖对早期胚胎的发育具有毒性作用,提示高糖可能导致妊娠合并糖尿病患者的流产和胎儿畸形率升高.     

Constraining the Lateral Helix of Respiratory Complex I by Cross-linking Does Not Impair Enzyme Activity or Proton Translocation

Complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) is a multisubunit, membrane-bound enzyme of the respiratory chain. The energy from NADH oxidation in the peripheral region of the enzyme is used to drive proton translocation across the membrane. One of the integral membrane subunits, nuoL in Escherichia coli, has an unusual lateral helix of ∼75 residues that lies parallel to the membrane surface and has been proposed to play a mechanical role as a piston during proton translocation (Efremov, R. G., Baradaran, R., and Sazanov, L. A. (2010) Nature 465, 441–445). To test this hypothesis we have introduced 11 pairs of cysteine residues into Complex I; in each pair one is in the lateral helix, and the other is in a nearby region of subunit N, M, or L. The double mutants were treated with Cu²⁺ ions or with bi-functional methanethiosulfonate reagents to catalyze cross-link formation in membrane vesicles. The yields of cross-linked products were typically 50–90%, as judged by immunoblotting, but in no case did the activity of Complex I decrease by >10–20%, as indicated by deamino-NADH oxidase activity or rates of proton translocation. In contrast, several pairs of cysteine residues introduced at other interfaces of N:M and M:L subunits led to significant loss of activity, in particular, in the region of residue Glu-144 of subunit M. The results do not support the hypothesis that the lateral helix of subunit L functions like a piston, but rather, they suggest that conformational changes might be transmitted more directly through the functional residues of the proton translocation apparatus.     

白芨胚发育与种子萌发的关系

随着白芨胚龄增大,胚成熟度不断增加,有胚率和萌发率逐渐提高,种子萌发时间逐渐变短。胚龄为20周后采收最好,有胚率最高,萌发率为100%,萌发时间只需1周。种子萌发时胚先发育成原球茎,原球茎再分化出叶片和根系,形成完整的小植株;花宝一号1g/L+花宝二号2g/L+10%椰子汁培养基可促进种子萌发及幼苗生长,比常用的基本培养基加生长调节剂更简捷,幼苗生长健壮。     

Influence of Host Cell Infiltration on the Glycolipid Content of Mouse Brain Tumors

Abstract: Previous studies showed that levels of some glycosphingolipids (GSLs) expressed in solid brain tumors grown in vivo were reduced or undetectable in cultured cells prepared from the tumors. This phenomenon has been attributed either to suppressed glycolipid synthesis from unknown forces of the tissue culture environment or to the absence of host cells that normally infiltrate the solid tumors growing in vivo. To test further the host cell hypothesis, we examined host cell markers in two experimental mouse brain tumors, the ependymoblastoma and the CT-2A, that were grown as subcutaneous solid tumors in the flank of C57BL/6J (B6) mice or as cultured cells in vitro. The markers included ganglioside N -glycolylneuraminic acid (NeuGc), GA1 (asialo-GM1), and Fc receptor-bearing cells. NeuGc-containing gangliosides, GA1, and Fc receptors are expressed by macrophages and lymphoid-type cells of the mouse host immune system but are not normally expressed by mouse neural cells. Differences in the relative content of Fc receptor-bearing cells in ependymoblastoma and CT-2A tumors grown in vivo (8.3 and 16.8%, respectively) were proportional to differences in the relative content of NeuGc-containing gangliosides (25.5 and 45.1%) and GA1 (8.5 and 13.8%), respectively. Neither cultured tumor cell line expressed Fc receptors, GA1, or NeuGc-containing gangliosides. These findings suggest that non-neoplastic host infiltrating cells (macrophages) contribute significantly to the GSL composition of solid tumors growing in vivo.     

Sphingolipid Biosynthesis Is Necessary for Dendrite Growth and Survival of Cerebellar Purkinje Cells in Culture

Abstract: The requirement of complex sphingolipid biosynthesis for growth of neurons was examined in developing rat cerebellar Purkinje neurons using a dissociated culture system. Purkinje cells developed well-differentiated dendrites and axons after 2 weeks in a serum-free nutrient condition. Addition of 2 µM fumonisin B₁, a fungal inhibitor of mammalian ceramide synthase, inhibited incorporation of [³H]galactose/glucosamine and [¹⁴C]serine into complex sphingolipids of cultured cerebellar neurons. Under this condition, the expression of Purkinje cell-enriched sphingolipids, including GD1α, 9-O-acetylated LD1 and GD3, and sphingomyelin, was significantly decreased. After 2 weeks' exposure to fumonisin B₁, dose-dependent measurable decreases in the survival and visually discernible differences in the morphology were seen in fumonisin-treated Purkinje cells. The Purkinje cell dendrites exhibited two types of anomalies; one population of cells developed elongated but less-branched dendrites after a slight time lag, but their branches began to degenerate. In some cells, formation of elongated dendrite trees was severely impaired. However, treatment with fumonisin B₁ also led to the formation of spinelike protrusions on the dendrites of Purkinje cells as in control cultures. In contrast to the alterations observed in Purkinje cells, morphology of other cell types including granule neurons appeared to be almost normal after treatment with fumonisin B₁. These observations indicated strongly that membrane sphingolipids participate in growth and maintenance of dendrites and in the survival of cerebellar Purkinje cells. Indeed, these effects of fumonisin B₁ were reversed, but not completely, by the addition of 6-[[N-(7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)-amino]caproyl]sphingosine (C₆-NBD-ceramide), a synthetic derivative of ceramide. Thus, we conclude that deprivation of membrane sphingolipids in a culture environment is responsible for aberrant growth of Purkinje cells.     

The ceramide structure of GM1 ganglioside differently affects its recovery in low-density membrane fractions prepared from HL-60 cells with or without triton-X100

Gangliosides are characteristically enriched in various membrane domains that can be isolated as low density membrane fraction insoluble in detergents (detergent-resistant membranes, DRMs) or obtained after homogenization and sonication in 0.5 M sodium carbonate (low-density membranes, LDMs). We assessed the effect of the ceramide structure of four [³H]-labeled GM1 ganglioside molecular species (GM1s) taken up by HL-60 cells on their occurrence in LDMs, and compared it with our previous observations for DRMs. All GM1s contained C18 sphingosine, which was acetylated in GM1(18:1/2) or acylated with C₁₄, C₁₈ or C_18:1 fatty acids (Fas)     

Ganglioside GM1 Enhances Induction by Nerve Growth Factor of a Putative Dimer of TrkA

Abstract: GM1 enhances nerve growth factor (NGF)-stimulated neuritogenesis and prevents apoptotic death of PC12 cells; both may be due to enhancement of TrkA dimerization. In this study, we examined the effect of GM1 on NGF-induced TrkA dimerization in Trk-PC12 (6–24) cells. NGF increased tyrosine phosphorylation of the 140-kDa protein (TrkA monomer), and preincubation with GM1 potentiated this effect. Adding the protein cross-linker bis(sulfosuccinimidyl) suberate with NGF resulted in the appearance of two major bands (220 and 330 kDa) when probed with antibodies against TrkA or phosphotyrosine, and GM1 also enhanced this effect. We interpret the 330-kDa band as being a homodimer of TrkA. The identity of the 220-kDa band is still not certain but may consist of a posttranslationally modified form of TrkA. Our results suggest that GM1 is augmenting the effects of NGF on PC12 cells by enhancing the dimerization and activation of the TrkA receptor.     

Disruption of the SCS2 Ortholog in the Alkane-Assimilating Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica Impairs Its Growth on n-Decane,but Does Not Impair Inositol Prototrophy

Disruption of an SCS2 ortholog impaired the growth of the alkane-assimilating yeast Yarrowia lipolytica on n-alkanes, particularly on n-decane, although the mRNA level of the ALK1 gene encoding a highly inducible cytochrome P450ALK was not much affected. The same disruption did not cause inositol auxotrophy, implying that Y. lipolytica SCS2 has a different function from its Saccharomyces cerevisiae counterpart.     

不同品系小鼠胚胎玻璃化冷冻保存的比较研究

目的　研究甘油作为冷冻保护剂、不同基因型小鼠对胚胎玻璃化冷冻的影响。方法　采用 6 5mol L的甘油作为冷冻保护剂 ,采用二步法对CBA、NOD、C57BL 6J、ICR及CD1小鼠 3 5d的胚胎进行玻璃化冷冻 ,并比较了不同品系小鼠胚胎的复苏率及移植受孕率。结果和结论　CBA、NOD、C57BL 6J,ICR及CD1的复苏率分别为 5 7 6 %、4 8%、31 3%、86 5 %及 88% ,移植受孕率为 2 1%、2 3 5 %、11%、38%和 35 5 % ,封闭群小鼠的胚胎复苏率、移植受孕率均显著高于近交系小鼠。这提示胚胎的复苏率及移植受孕率可能与小鼠的不同基因型有关。五个品系中 ,桑椹胚及早期囊胚的体外复苏率均显著高于扩张囊胚。这说明不同基因型及胚胎的不同发育阶段对胚胎玻璃化冷冻效果有影响     

Differential Expression of c-myc and N-myc during Oral Organogenesis of the Mouse Embryo

The expressions of the c- and N- myc proto-oncogenes during oral development of midgestational mouse embryos were examined by in situ hybridization in order to analyze their roles. In the mandibular rudiment, c- myc RNA was strongly expressed in the mesenchymal condensation around the ossification center in which high-level expression of 2 ar (osteopontin) was detected. In tooth germs, c- myc was strongly expressed in the epithelia at the bud stage, and its expression gradually became restricted to the inner enamel epithelia from the cap to bell stages. In contrast, N- myc expression was detected in the undifferentiated mesenchymal cells of the dental papilla. Incorporation of BrdU was examined immunohistochemically to study the relationship between the expressions of c- and N- myc and cell proliferation. Unexpectedly, the distribution of BrdU labelled regions was not coincident with the expressions of c- and N- myc . These results suggest that the level of myc expression is not necessarily related to cell proliferation.     

PVAX-MAGE-1基因疫苗延缓小鼠肝癌细胞H22腹水瘤和实体瘤的生长

为观察重组基因疫苗PVAX-MAGE-1的抑瘤效应,构建黑色素瘤抗原-1(melanoma antigen-1,MAGE-1)真核基因表达载体--PVAX-MAGE-1.以重组质粒免疫C57BL/6小鼠后,ELISA法检测表明,与对照鼠(PVAX-1和生理盐水注射小鼠)比较,免疫小鼠脾淋巴细胞上清液中的细胞因子IL-2和IFN-γ明显升高(P0.05);淋巴细胞-肿瘤细胞混合培养证明,免疫小鼠外周血CD8+T细胞对靶细胞的特异性杀伤作用明显增强(P0.05).体内实验证明,PVAX-MAGE-1免疫C57BL/6小鼠,可显著延缓移植性H22腹水瘤及实体瘤在小鼠体内的生长.实验结果提示,重组基因疫苗PVAX-MAGE-1有明显的延缓肿瘤生长的作用,其抑瘤作用与提高T淋巴细胞IL和IFN表达,增强对肿瘤杀伤作用直接相关.     

继代时期添加铜对籼稻成熟胚组织培养的影响

以杂交水稻5个优势亲本的成熟胚为材料,研究继代培养添加铜元素对籼稻成熟胚组织培养的影响.结果表明:铜元素能够有效地降低愈伤组织褐化率、提高愈伤组织分化频率;不同品种对同一铜元素浓度或同一品种对不同铜元素浓度反应差异很大.     

Base-Editing-Mediated R17H Substitution in Histone H3 Reveals Methylation-Dependent Regulation of Yap Signaling and Early Mouse Embryo Development

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Myelin Gangliosides of Human Peripheral Nervous System: An Enrichment of GM1 in the Motor Nerve Myelin Isolated from Cauda Equina

Myelins of the PNS were isolated from human motor and sensory nerves of cauda equina, and their ganglioside compositions were compared. The predominant ganglioside in the human PNS myelins, both from motor and sensory nerves, was LM1 (sialosylneolactotetraosylceramide). Sialosyl-nLc6Cer and disialosyl-nLc4Cer, GD3, GM3, and GD1b were detected as common components of the two nerve myelins. Furthermore, it was revealed that the motor nerve myelin contained GM1 (about 15% of total gangliosides), whereas sensory nerve myelin contained only a trace amount of GM1 (less than 5%), by TLC analyses together with TLC immunostaining using anti-GM1 antibody. As for the disialoganglioside fraction, the content of GD1a, as well as that of GM1, differed in motor and sensory nerves. Thus, the different contents of the ganglioseries gangliosides in human motor and sensory nerve myelins were demonstrated.     

Influence of exogenous gangliosides on the three-dimensional sprouting of goldfish retinal explants in vitro

To investigate the 3-dimensional outgrowth of ganglion cells of normal and regenerating goldfish retina, retinal explants were cultured in a serum free 3-D fibrin matrix. Daily applications of exogenous gangliosides (GM1), injected either intraocularly (i.o.) or intraperitoneally (i.p.) had no significant effect on the sprouting activity of retinal explants prepared from lesion-activated goldfish whose corresponding optic nerve had been transected. However, in normal, unlesioned animals, a local i.o. injection of GM1 or mixed gangliosides led to a significant enhancement of the basal retinal sprouting activity as compared to controls, which were injected with a 0.9% NaCl solution. This ganglioside related stimulation was maximal after i.o. injection of low concentrations (3 g/eye), didn't occur at high concentration (30 g/eye) and was similar to the response obtained after i.o. injection of NGF or insulin. I.o. injected phospholipids had no or a slightly inhibitory effect on the sprouting activity as compared to NaCl controls. Daily in vivo i.o. injections of the monoclonal antibody Q211, specifically recognizing c-pathway polysialogangliosides, led to a dose dependent inhibition of the in vitro sprouting of goldfish retina explants. In summary, these data suggest an involvement of gangliosides in the complex process of induction of neuronal sprouting.Abbreviations used: Ganglioside nomenclature follows the IUPACIUB recommendations, 1977. Lipids, 12:455–468     

激光辅助孵化对冻融第三天胚胎囊胚培养后移植结局的影响

目的:探讨实施激光辅助孵化对冻融的第三天胚胎进行囊胚培养后移植妊娠结局的影响。方法:回顾性分析冻融第三天胚胎行囊胚培养和移植的542例患者的临床资料,其中164例接受激光辅助孵化(LAH组),378例没有进行激光辅助孵化(NLAH组),比较两组患者的胚胎种植率、着床率、临床妊娠率及流产率。结果:LAH组和NLAH组患者的年龄、不孕年限、体重指数、解冻胚胎数目、存活胚胎数目、移植胚胎数目比较均没有显著性差异(P0.05),LAH组的临床妊娠率高于NLAH组,流产率低于NLAH组,但差异无统计学意义(P0.05)。LAH组中≤30岁患者的着床率和临床妊娠率均高于NLAH组中≤30岁患者,而流产率则较低;LAH组≤30岁,30~34岁以及34岁患者的流产率均分别低于NLAH组,但差异均无统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:激光辅助孵化并没有明显改善冻融第三天胚胎囊胚培养后移植的临床结局。     

Transfection with the E1A and E1B-19kDa Oncogenes Does Not Prevent Rat Embryo Fibroblasts from Cell-Cycle Arrest after γ-Irradiation

Introduction of the E1A early region of the human adenovirus type 5 impairs the ability of mammalian cells to stop in the cell cycle at G1/S after damage. Two-parameter fluorescence cell sorting with iododeoxyuridine revealed the radiation-induced G1/S arrest in rat embryo fibroblasts transformed with the complementing E1A and E1B-19kDa oncogenes. This was due to selective inhibition of CyclE/Cdk2-associated kinase activity, while activities of type 2 kinase and of CyclA/Cdk2 complexes remained unchanged. The inhibitor of G1-phase cyclin kinases, p21/Waf1, was accumulated and interacted with target kinases both in normal and in transformed cells after irradiation. As shown by immunoprecipitation, p21/Waf1 formed complexes with the E1A oncoproducts in the transformants, which possibly accounted for its functional inactivation. Kinase modification in cyclin–kinase complexes was assumed to play a key role in regulation of cyclin-dependent kinases in the transformants with inactivated p21/Waf1.