酰化人红细胞超氧化物歧化酶稳定性的研究

用月桂酸对人红细胞超氧化物歧化酶进行化学修饰处到酰化ｈ－ＳＯＤ,并对Ａｃ－ｈＳＯＤ和ｈ－ＳＯＤ的稳定性进行了比较。结果表明：Ａｃ－ｈＳＯＤ活力为ｈ－ＳＯＤ的７２％,比活力为４０００Ｕ／ｍｇ,Ａｃ－ｈＳＯＤ的热稳定性,酸碱稳定性及抗蛋白酶水解能力均比天然酶提高。     

高氧预适应对大鼠心肌缺血损伤时抗氧化酶的影响

抗氧化酶具有减轻心肌缺血再灌注损伤的作用,在抗氧化酶中,比较重要的是超氧化物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）,谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶（ＧｌｕｔａｔｈｉｏｎｅＰｅｒｏｘｉｄａｓｅ,ＧＳＨｐｘ）和过氧化氢酶（ＣＡＴ）。为了解高氧预适应（ＨｙｐｅｒｏｘｉｃＰｒｅｃｏｎｄｉｔｉｏｎｉｎｇ,ＨＯＰ）对大鼠心肌缺血损伤时抗氧化酶的影响,本实验将实验组大鼠放入高压氧舱内,每日吸８０－８５％氧气（１ａｔｍ,１５－２０％为氮气）６ｈ,连续７ｄ。利用Ｌａｎｇｅｎｄｏｒｆ装置做成心肌缺血再灌注模型。实验动物随机分为二个部分。第一部分可逆性心肌缺血（ＨＯＰＡ组与对照Ａ组）：缺血１０ｍｉｎ,再灌注６０ｍｉｎ。观察冠脉回流液中ＳＯＤ活力,检测心肌内抗氧化酶活力（ＳＯＤ,ＧＳＨｐｘ,ＣＡＴ）。第二部分不可逆性心肌缺血（ＨＯＰＢ组与对照Ｂ组）：缺血６０ｍｉｎ,再灌注６０ｍｉｎ。测定冠脉回流液中肌酸磷酸激酶（ＣＰＫ）含量,ＳＯＤ及心肌内抗氧化酶活力。结果表明：对于可逆性心肌缺血：ＳＯＤ,ＧＳＨｐｘ活力升高;对于不可逆性心肌缺血损伤：ＨＯＰ能减少ＣＰＫ释放,ＳＯＤ活力升高。     

氧化修饰高密度脂蛋白对培养人动脉平滑肌细胞细胞周期蛋白D_1基因表达的影响

动脉平滑肌细胞（ｓｍ ｏｏｔｈ ｍ ｕｓｃｌｅ ｃｅｌｌ,ＳＭＣ）是动脉粥样硬化（ａｔｈｅｒｏｓｃｌｅｒｏｓｉｓ,ＡＳ）斑块中的主要细胞,它的增殖在ＡＳ形成过程中极其重要．利用体外培养的人主动脉ＳＭＣ,观察了天然高密度脂蛋白（ｎａｔｉｖｅ ｈｉｇｈ ｄｅｎｓｉｔｙ ｌｉｐｏｐｒｏｔｅｉｎ,Ｎ－ＨＤＬ）及氧化修饰ＨＤＬ（ｏｘｉｄｉｚｅｄ ＨＤＬ,ＯＸ－ＨＤＬ）对培养人主动脉ＳＭＣ ｃｙｃｌｉｎ Ｄ１（细胞周期蛋白Ｄ１）基因转录表达的影响．结果表明：（１）Ｎ－ＨＤＬ对ＳＭＣｃｙｃｌｉｎ Ｄ１基因表达无影响（Ｐ＞ ０．０５）;（２）ＯＸ－ＨＤＬ使ＳＭＣｃｙｃｌｉｎ Ｄ１基因表达显著增强（Ｐ＜０．０１）,其表达量随时间（２、１２、２４ ｈ）延长而增加．上述结果表明,ＯＸ－ＨＤＬ的致ＡＳ作用可能与其刺激ＳＭＣｃｙｃｌｉｎ Ｄ１基因表达增加有关．     

弯孢节丛孢和厚皮单顶孢菌株的RAPD分析

对来自不同地方的７个弯孢节丛孢（Ａｒｔｈｒｏｂｏｔｒｙｓ ｍｕｓｉｆｏｒｍｉｓ Ｄｒｅｃｈｓｌｅｒ）的９个厚皮单顶孢（Ｍｏｎａｃｒｏｓｐｏｒｉｕｍ ｅｕｄｅｒｍａｔｕｍ（Ｄｒｅｃｈｓｌｅｒ）Ｓｕｂｒａｍ）标准菌株用４个随机引物（ＯＶＷ－１８,ＯＰＷ－１６,ＯＰＭ－１,ＯＰＫ－１９）进行了随机扩增多态性ＤＮＡ（ＲＡＰＤ）分析。扩增谱带聚类分析结果不能将弯孢节丛孢和厚皮单顶孢的菌株分开,具有附属丝的菌     

内皮素-1 mRNA反义寡核苷酸预防大鼠急性缺血性心律失常

本实验夹闭雄性ＳＤ大鼠冠状动脉左前降支（ＬＡＤ）造成急性心肌缺血,观察ＬＡＤ闭塞后１ｈ内缺血性心律失常的发生。在ＬＡＤ夹闭前２ｈ,静脉注射本室设计的人内皮素－１ｍＲＮＡ反义寡核苷酸（ＡＳ－ＯＤＮ）以阻断ＥＴ－１ｍＲＮＡ表达,观察ＡＳ－ＯＤＮ对血浆ＥＴ－１浓度和急性缺血性心律失常的影响。     

人铜锌超氧化物歧化酶cDNA的克隆,测序及表达

用逆转录聚合酶链反应（ＲＴＰＣＲ）,以人胎肝组织总ＲＮＡ为模板,扩增了人铜锌超氧化物歧化酶（ｈＣｕ,ＺｎＳＯＤ）的ｃＤＮＡ,并进行序列分析,将该ｈＣｕ,ＺｎＳＯＤｃＤＮＡ重组到Ｔ７启动子控制下的分泌型表达载体ｐＥＴ２２ｂ（＋）中,构建表达质粒ｐＥＴＳＯＤ,并转化大肠杆菌ＢＬ２１（ＤＥ３）。ＳＤＳＰＡＧＥ及蛋白质印迹分析表明,经１ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ异丙基硫代βＤ半乳糖苷（ＩＰＴＧ）诱导后,可高效表达一分子量为１９ｋＤ的蛋白质,与抗人ＳＯＤ多抗有特异的免疫反应,表达量约为菌体总蛋白质的３０％,具有特异性ＳＯＤ酶活性,酶活力可达１７９７ｕ／ｍｌ培基。     

苏云金杆菌超氧化物歧化酶的纯化和性质研究

苏云金杆菌（Ｂａｃｉｌｌｕｓ　ｔｈｕｒｉｎｇｉｅｎｓｉｓ）９１６５超氧化物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）,经硫酸铵分级沉淀、ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＦ－１００凝胶过滤及非变性凝胶电泳（ＰＡＧＥ）三步纯化,纯酶比活力为４３８８ｕ／ｍｇ,属Ｍｎ－ＳＯＤ,分子量为４７．９ｋｕ,由二个亚基组成,含１９种氨基酸。     

脂多糖对离体培养大鼠血管平滑肌细胞增殖的影响

本研究观察到１０－７～１０－５ｋｇ／Ｌ脂多糖（ｌｉｐｏｐｏｌｙｓａｃｈａｒｉｄｅ,ＬＰＳ）可显著促进血管平滑肌细胞（ＶＳＭＣ）的增殖及ＤＮＡ的合成（Ｐ＜００５）。５×１０－４～１０－３ｋｇ／ＬＬＰＳ却抑制ＶＳＭＣ的增殖及ＤＮＡ的合成,降低其活力（Ｐ＜００１）,并呈时间依赖效应。一氧化氮合酶抑制剂ＮＮｉｔｒｏＬＡｒｇｉｎｉｎｅ（ＬＮＮＡ）可拮抗ＬＰＳ的抑制作用。大剂量ＬＰＳ作用组ＶＳＭＣ上清液中一氧化氮（ＮＯ）代谢产物ＮＯ－３和ＮＯ－２的含量与对照组相比显著增加（Ｐ＜００１）,４８ｈ组比２４ｈ组增加９１％,７２ｈ组比４８ｈ组增加４５％;同时,诱导性一氧化氮合酶（ｉｎｄｕｃｔｉｖｅｎｉｔｒｉｃｏｘｉｄｅｓｙｎｔｈａｓｅ,ｉＮＯＳ）免疫组化染色呈阳性。结果表明,低浓度ＬＰＳ促进ＶＳＭＣ增殖和ＤＮＡ合成,而高浓度ＬＰＳ却明显抑制ＶＳＭＣ增殖和ＤＮＡ合成,降低其活力。这种抑制作用可能与ＬＰＳ诱导ＶＳＭＣ产生的ＮＯ有关。     

苏云金杆菌超氧化物歧化酶的纯化和性质研究*

苏云金杆菌（Ｂａｃｉｌｌｕｓ　ｔｈｕｒｉｎｇｉｅｎｓｉｓ）９１６５超氧化物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）,经硫酸铵分级沉淀、ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＦ－１００凝胶过滤及非变性凝胶电泳（ＰＡＧＥ）三步纯化,纯酶比活力为４３８８ｕ／ｍｇ,属Ｍｎ－ＳＯＤ,分子量为４７．９ｋｕ,由二个亚基组成,含１９种氨基酸。     

人Mn—SOD cDNA的克隆及高效表达

用逆转录－聚合酶链反应（ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ）,以人肝细胞株（Ｌ０２）总ＲＮＡ为模板,扩增了人锰超氧化物歧化酶（ｈＭｎ－ＳＯＤ）的ｃＤＮＡ。重组到Ｔ７启动子控制下的表达载体ｐＥＴ－２４ａ（＋）中,构建表爱质粒ｐＥＴ－ＭｎＳＯＤ,并转化大肠杆菌ＢＬ２１（ＤＥ３）。ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ及蛋白质印迹分析表明,经１ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ异丙基硫代－β－Ｄ－半乳糖苷（ＩＰＴＧ）诱导后,可高效表达一分子量为２２ｋＤ的蛋白质,与抗人     

Genetic control of hydroxycinnamoyl-coenzyme a: Anthocyanidin 3-glycoside-hydroxycinnamoyltransferase from petals of Matthiola incana

Anthocyanidin 3-glucosides and 3-sambubiosides acylated with 4-coumarate or caffeate were identified in flower extracts of lines of Matthiola incana with wild-type alleles of the gene u. An enzyme activity was demonstrated catalysing the acylation of 3-glucosides and 3-sambubiosides with 4-coumarate or caffeate using the respective CoA esters as acyl donors. Anthocyanins glycosylated in both the 3- and 5-positions were not acylated. The enzyme exhibited an pH optimum at 6.5 and was inhibited by divalent ions, EDTA, diethylpyrocarbonate and p-chloromercuribenzoate. Accumulation of acylated 3-glycosides during bud development is correlated with acyltransferase activity. In confirmation of the chemogenetic work, acyltransferase activity was found only in enzyme extracts from flowers of lines with the wild-type allele u⁺.     

Specific interactions of 3-phosphoglyceroyl-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase with coenzymes.

The binding of oxidized and reduced coenzyme (NAD+ and NADH) to 3-phosphoglyceroyl-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase has been studied spectrophotometrically and fluorimetrically. The binding of NAD+ to the acylated sturgeon enzyme is characterized by a significant quenching of the enzyme fluorescence (about 25%) and the induction of a difference spectrum in the ultraviolet absorbance region of the enzyme. Both of these spectroscopic properties are quantitatively distinguishable from those of the corresponding binary enzyme-NAD+ complex. Binding isotherms estimated by gel filtration of the acylated enzyme are in close agreement to those obtained by spectrophotometric and fluorimetric titrations. Up to four NAD+ molecules are bound to the enzyme tetramer. No anticooperativity can be detected in the binding of oxidized coenzyme, which is well described on the basis of a single class of four binding sites with a dissociation constant of 25 muM at 10 degrees C, pH 7.0. The binding of NADH to the acylenzyme has been characterized spectrophotometrically. The absorption band of the dihydronicotinamide moiety of the coenzyme is blue-shifted to 335 nm with respect to free NADH. In addition, a large hypochromicity (23%) is observed together with a significant increase of the bandwidth at half height of this absorption band. This last property is specific to the acylenzyme-DADH complex, since it disappears upon arsenolysis of the acylenzyme. The binding affinity of NADH to the acylated enzyme has been estimated by performing simultaneous spectrophotometric and fluorimetric titrations of the NADH appearance upon addition of NAD+ to a mixture of enzyme and excess glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate. In contrast to NAD+, the reduced coenzyme NADH appears to be relatively strongly bound to the acylated enzyme, the dissociation constant of the acylenzyme-NADH complex being estimated as 2.0 muM at 25 degrees C. In addition a large quenching of the NADH fluorescence (about 83%) is observed. The comparison of the dissociation constants of the coenzyme-acylenzyme complexes and the corresponding Michaelis constants suggests a reaction mechanism of the enzyme in which significant formation and dissociation of NAD+-acylenzyme and NADH-acylenzyme complexes occur. Under physiological conditions the activity of the enzyme can be regulated by the ratio of oxidized and reduced coenzymes. Possible reasons for the lack of anticooperativity in coenzyme binding to the acylated form of the enzyme are discussed.     

Cellular sterol ester synthesis in plants is performed by an enzyme (phospholipid:sterol acyltransferase) different from the yeast and mammalian acyl-CoA:sterol acyltransferases

A gene encoding a sterol ester-synthesizing enzyme was identified in Arabidopsis. The cDNA of the Arabidopsis gene At1g04010 (AtPSAT) was overexpressed in Arabidopsis behind the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter. Microsomal membranes from the leaves of overexpresser lines catalyzed the transacylation of acyl groups from phosphatidylethanolamine to sterols. This activity correlated with the expression level of the AtPSAT gene, thus demonstrating that this gene encodes a phospholipid:sterol acyltransferase (PSAT). Properties of the AtPSAT were examined in microsomal fractions from the tissues of an overexpresser. The enzyme did not utilize neutral lipids, had the highest activity with phosphatidylethanolamine, had a 5-fold preference for the sn-2 position, and utilized both saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. Various sterols and sterol intermediates, including triterpenic precursors, were acylated by the PSAT, whereas other triterpenes were not. Sterol selectivity studies showed that the enzyme is activated by end product sterols and that sterol intermediates are preferentially acylated by the activated enzyme. This indicates that PSAT both regulates the pool of free sterols as well as limits the amount of free sterol intermediates in the membranes. Two T-DNA insertion mutants in the AtPSAT gene, with strongly reduced (but still measurable) levels of sterol esters in their tissues, had no detectable PSAT activity in the microsomal fractions, suggesting that Arabidopsis possess other enzyme(s) capable of acylating sterols. The AtPSAT is the only intracellular enzyme found so far that catalyzes an acyl-CoA-independent sterol ester formation. Thus, PSAT has a similar physiological function in plant cells as the unrelated acyl-CoA:sterol acyltransferase has in animal cells.     

Inhibition of Catalytic Activity of Horse Blood Serum Butyrylcholinesterase by High Concentrations of a Substrate,N-methyl-N-(β-acetoxyethyl)piperidinium

The kinetics of hydrolysis of N-methyl-N-(β-acetoxyethyl)-piperidinium by highly purified horse blood serum butyrylcholinesterase is studied at pH 7.5 and 25°C. A pronounced inhibition of catalytic activity of this enzyme by high concentrations of the substrate is revealed. The substrate inhibition can be explained either by interaction of the acylated enzyme with substrate with formation of the corresponding inactive complex ES'S or by sorption of substrate outside the enzyme active center and the resulted conformational changes of the enzyme molecule.     

Structural analysis of novel bioactive acylated steryl glucosides in pre-germinated brown rice bran

Previous studies from our laboratory indicated that pre-germinated brown rice (PR) contained certain unknown bioactive lipids that activated two enzymes related to diabetes: Na+/K+ATPase and homocysteine-thiolactonase. In this paper, we report on the isolation and structural characterization of the activator lipids from PR bran as acylated steryl glucosides (ASGs). The activator lipid was isolated by silica gel column chromatography, and its chemical structure was determined by NMR, GC-MS, and tandem mass spectrometry. We demonstrated that the bioactive component consists of a mixture of acylated steryl beta-glucosides. Delta8-cholesterol and 2-hydroxyl stearic acid were identified as constituents of ASGs. The steryl glucosides (SGs) subsequent to alkaline hydrolysis lost this enzyme activator activity. Soybean-derived ASGs were not active. This activity may be quite peculiar to PR-derived ASGs. Our findings suggest that the molecular species of ASG may play an important contributing role in the anti-diabetic properties of a PR diet.     

A role for the dynamic acylation of a cluster of cysteine residues in regulating the activity of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C of Trypanosoma brucei

The glycosylphosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C or VSG lipase is the enzyme responsible for the cleavage of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor of the variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) and concomitant release of the surface coat in Trypanosoma brucei during osmotic shock or extracellular acidic stress. In Xenopus laevis oocytes the VSG lipase was expressed as a nonacylated and a thioacylated form. This thioacylation occurred within a cluster of three cysteine residues but was not essential for catalytic activity per se. These two forms were also detected in trypanosomes and appeared to be present at roughly equivalent amounts. A reversible shift to the acylated form occurred when cells were triggered to release the VSG by either nonlytic acid stress or osmotic lysis. A wild type VSG lipase or a gene mutated in the three codons for the acylated cysteines were reinserted in the genome of a trypanosome null mutant for this gene. A comparative analysis of these revertant trypanosomes indicated that thioacylation might be involved in regulating enzyme access to the VSG substrate.     

Reaction of acylated homoserine lactone bacterial signaling molecules with oxidized halogen antimicrobials.

Oxidized halogen antimicrobials, such as hypochlorous and hypobromous acids, have been used extensively for microbial control in industrial systems. Recent discoveries have shown that acylated homoserine lactone cell-to-cell signaling molecules are important for biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, suggesting that biofouling can be controlled by interfering with bacterial cell-to-cell communication. This study was conducted to investigate the potential for oxidized halogens to react with acylated homoserine lactone-based signaling molecules. Acylated homoserine lactones containing a 3-oxo group were found to rapidly react with oxidized halogens, while acylated homoserine lactones lacking the 3-oxo functionality did not react. The Chromobacterium violaceum CV026 bioassay was used to determine the effects of such reactions on acylated homoserine lactone activity. The results demonstrated that 3-oxo acyl homoserine lactone activity was rapidly lost upon exposure to oxidized halogens; however, acylated homoserine lactones lacking the 3-oxo group retained activity. Experiments with the marine alga Laminaria digitata demonstrated that natural haloperoxidase systems are capable of mediating the deactivation of acylated homoserine lactones. This may illustrate a natural defense mechanism to prevent biofouling on the surface of this marine alga. The Chromobacterium violaceum activity assay illustrates that reactions between 3-oxo acylated homoserine lactone molecules and oxidized halogens do occur despite the presence of biofilm components at much greater concentrations. This work suggests that oxidized halogens may control biofilm not only via a cidal mechanism, but also by possibly interfering with 3-oxo acylated homoserine lactone-based cell signaling.     

The nature of differences in amidase and esterase activities of some acyltrypsins]

Specific trypsin substrates (esters, anilides, amides, peptides) were shown to accelerate deacetylation of monoacetylated trypsin. The amidase activity of monoacetyl-, monopropyonyl-, and tetraformyl-trypsin was not manifested if the amidase activity of native enzyme was suppressed in these preparations by the ester substrates (benzoylarginine ethyl ester or p-nitrophenyl acetate). Therefore the differences in the residual amidase and esterase activities of these acylated trypsin preparations found earlier did not contradict the universality of the acylenzyme mechanism. These differences are due to the strong deacylating effect of specific substrate in its complex with the enzyme modified with nonspecific acyl residue. The latter fact is suggested to be an experimental confirmation of the "induced fit" hypothesis.     

Xylanase treatment of plant cells induces glycosylation and fatty acylation of phytosterols

Treatment of tobacco suspension cells ( Nicotiana tabacum cv. KY 14) with a purified β -1,4-endoxylanase from Trichoderma viride [1 μg enzyme (ml cells)⁻¹] caused a 13-fold increase in the levels of acylated sterol glycosides and elicited the synthesis of phytoalexins. A commercial preparation of xylanase from Trichoderma viride caused an identical shift in sterols. In contrast, a commerical xylanase from Aureobasidium pullaulans had no effect on the levels of acylated sterol glycosides, but did elevate the levels of sterol esters. Treatment of the cells with Cu²⁺ or Ag⁺ also evoked a severalfold increase in the levels of acylated sterol glycosides. Analysis of the various sterol lipid classes revealed that the large xylanase-induced increase in acylated sterol glycosides occurred at the expense of sterol esters, free sterols and sterol glycosides. Further analyses revealed that the most abundant phytosterol in each of the four classes of sterol lipids was β -sitosterol. Linoleic acid was the most abundant fatty acid in the sterol esters, and palmitic and linoleic acids were the most abundant fatty acids in the acylated sterol glycosides. Glucose was the only sugar moiety in the sterol glycoside and acvlated sterol glycosides. Glucose was the only sugar moiety in the sterol glycoside and acylated sterol glycoside fractions. The results of the present study demonstrate that xylanase from Trichoderma viride induces a dramatic shift in the level of acylated sterol glycosides, indicating that endoxylanase was probably the active component in the cellulase enzyme preparations used in our previous study.     

PEGylated recombinant L-asparaginase from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Erwinia carotovora</Emphasis>: Production,properties, and potential applications

N-hydroxysuccinimide ester of monomethoxy polyethylene glycol hemisuccinate was synthesized. It acylated amino groups in a molecule of recombinant L-asparaginase from Erwinia carotovora. A method of L-asparaginase modification by the obtained activated polyethylene glycol derivative was developed. The best results were produced by modification of the enzyme with a 25-fold excess of reagent relative to the enzyme tetramer. The modified L-asparaginase was isolated from the reaction mixture by gel filtration on Sepharose CL-6B. The purified bioconjugate did not contain PEG unbound to the protein, demonstrated high catalytic activity, and exhibited antiproliferative action on cell cultures.