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Mutations in presenilin 1 (PS1) gene are closely associated with the early onset of familial Alzheimer's disease (EOFAD). The fusion genes, GFP-PS1 (recombinant plasmid pEGFP-C1-PS1) and PS1-GFP (recombinant plasmid pEGFP-N2-PS1) were constructed to study the subcellular localization of PS1 holoprotein. Recombinant plasmids were transiently transfected into two cell lines, HEK293 and CHO, respectively, using the green fluorescence from GFP (green fluorescence protein) as the PS1 localization signal. Then, we observed green fluorescence with a SPOT Ⅱ (Olympus, BH2) and CONFOCAL microscope (Olympus, FV300) under 488 nm. The results show that PS1 located on the nuclear envelope. A few can be found on the cellular membrane and in the cytosol in a non-homogeneous distribution.  相似文献   

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PS1/GFP融合蛋白对PS1的亚细胞定位与功能的初步研究   总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1  
PS1基因突变与早发家族性老年痴呆有密切联系。本文构建pEGFP-C1-PS1以及pEGFP-N2-PS1融合基因表达载体,于HEK293和CHO细胞系中表达PS1/GFP融合蛋白,以GFP绿色荧光作为PS1的亚细胞定位信号,通过SPOTII以及CONFOCAL显微镜进行观察,初步获得PS1全长蛋白在细胞中定位的部分信息,即本实验条件下,PS1定位于细胞核膜,细胞质内有不均匀的分布,少量存在于细胞-细胞接触处的细胞膜上。  相似文献   

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Mutations in presenilin (PS) 1 and PS2 genes are associated with early onset (≤65 years) of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). PS1 is involved in γ-secretase mediated cleavage of β-amyloid precursor protein (APP), but its regulation is poorly understood. Sex steroids influence APP cleavage pathways resulting in reduced burden of both intra- and extra-cellular nonamyloidogenic products. As gonadal hormones are implicated in AD and their levels change with age, we have analyzed the effect of 17β-estradiol and testosterone on PS1 expression in the cerebral cortex of adult and old AKR mice of both sexes. Northern and Western-blot analysis revealed that PS1 mRNA and protein expression followed similar pattern of regulation. PS1 expression was downregulated by 17β-estradiol and testosterone in the cerebral cortex of females and adult male, but upregulated in old male mice. Such sex-dependent regulation of PS1 expression during aging by gonadal steroids might account for the PS-related brain functions.  相似文献   

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After solubilization of photosynthetic membranes by digitonin, three main protein pigment complexes were isolated by electrophoresis with deoxycholate as detergent.The band with the slowest mobility, fraction 1, had PS 1 activity and was devoid of PS 2 activity. This fraction was four times enriched in P700 when compared with chloroplasts. Fraction 1 had little chl b, a long wavelength absorption maximum in the red, a maximum of low temperature emission fluorescence at 730nm, and a circular dichroism spectrum characteristic of PS 1 enriched fraction.Fraction 2 exhibited a PS 2 activity and no PS 1 activity. It was enriched five times in PS 2 reaction centre and had little chl b and carotenoids. The absorption maximum was at 674 nm and the low temperature fluorescence emission maximum was at 700 nm. Fraction 2 might be useful PS 2 enriched particle because of the great stability of this fraction with regard to photochemical activity and also rapidity and simplicity of its preparation.Fraction 3, which had the fastest migration, was devoid of photochemical activities; It was rich in chl b and had the fluorescence and the circular dichroism spectrum characteristic of an antenna complex.Abbreviations PS 1 (2) photosystem 1 (2) - chl chlorophyll - car carotenoid - Q primary plastoquinone electron acceptor - P700 primary electron donor of PS 1 - P680 primary electron donor of PS 2 - K3Fe(CN)6 potassium ferricyanide - DCMU dichlorophenyldimethylurea - DCPIP dichlorophenolindophenol - DPC diphenyl-carbazide  相似文献   

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Photosynthesis, photorespiration, and chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence in green and red Berberis thunbergii leaves were studied with two different measuring radiations, red (RR) and “white” (WR). The photosynthetic and photorespiration rates responded differently to the different radiation qualities, which indicate that the carboxylase and oxygenase activities of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBPCO) were affected. Differences in photosynthetic rate between the two color leaves were less under RR than under WR. However, this reduced difference in photosynthetic rate was not correlated with the stomatal response to the measuring radiation qualities. Compared with the WR, the RR reduced the differences in dark-adapted minimum and maximum fluorescence, steady-state fluorescence, light-adapted maximum fluorescence, and actual photochemical efficiency (ΦPS2) of photosystem 2 (PS2), but enlarged the difference in non-photochemical quenching between the two color leaves. Differences in both maximum quantum yield of PS2 and ratio of ΦPS2 to quantum yield of CO2 fixation between the two color leaves were similar under the two measuring radiations. To exclude disturbance of radiation attenuation caused by anthocyanins, it is better to use RR to compare the photosynthesis and Chl fluorescence in green versus red leaves.  相似文献   

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The effects of different spectral region of excitation and detection of chlorophyll (Chl) a fluorescence at room temperature on the estimation of excitation energy utilization within photosystem (PS) 2 were studied in wild-type barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Bonus) and its Chl b-less mutant chlorina f2 grown under low and high irradiances [100 and 1 000 μmol(photon) m−2 s−1]. Three measuring spectral regimes were applied using a PAM 101 fluorometer: (1) excitation in the red region (maximum at the wavelength of 649 nm) and detection in the far-red region beyond 710 nm, (2) excitation in the blue region (maximum at the wavelength of 461 nm) and detection beyond 710 nm, and (3) excitation in the blue region and detection in the red region (660– 710 nm). Non-photochemical quenching of maximal (NPQ) and minimal fluorescence (SV0), determined by detecting Chl a fluorescence beyond 710 nm, were significantly higher for blue excitation as compared to red excitation. We suggest that this results from higher non-radiative dissipation of absorbed excitation energy within light-harvesting complexes of PS2 (LHC2) due to preferential excitation of LHC2 by blue radiation and from the lower contribution of PS1 emission to the detected fluorescence in the case of blue excitation. Detection of Chl a fluorescence originating preferentially from PS2 (i.e. in the range of 660–710 nm) led to pronounced increase of NPQ, SV0, and the PS2 photochemical efficiencies (FV/FM and FV′/FM′), indicating considerable underestimation of these parameters using the standard set-up of PAM 101. Hence PS1 contribution to the minimal fluorescence level in the irradiance-adapted state may reach up to about 80 %.  相似文献   

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目的:克隆B19病毒XA株VP1u基因,构建真核重组表达载体.方法:从已构建好的B19病毒XA株原核表达载体中获得VP1u基因,将其克隆入真核表达载体plRES2-EGFP中,经酶切鉴定并测序验证后,获得真核表达载体plRES2-EGFP-VP1u.将其转染至HeLa细胞,提取细胞总蛋白,用Western blot技术检测VP1u蛋白的表达.结果:成功构建了携带人B19病毒VP1u基因的真核表达载体plRES2-EGFP-VP1u,荧光显微镜下可见pIRES2-EGFP-VP1u转染HeLa细胞后表达EGFP蛋白而发出绿色荧光,Western blot证明VP1u蛋白在HeLa细胞中表达.结论:成功构建了携带人B19病毒VP1u基因的真核表达载体plRES2-EGFP-VP1u并在HeLa细胞中正确表达,为今后B19病毒VP1u基因疫苗的研究奠定基础.  相似文献   

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Using 77 K chlorophyll a (Chl a) fluorescence spectra in vivo, the development was studied of Photosystems II (PS II) and I (PS I) during greening of barley under intermittent light followed by continuous light at low (LI, 50 μmol m−2 s−1) and high (HI, 1000 μmol m−2 s−1) irradiances. The greening at HI intermittent light was accompanied with significantly reduced fluorescence intensity from Chl b excitation for both PS II (F685) and PS I (F743), in comparison with LI plants, indicating that assembly of light-harvesting complexes (LHC) of both photosystems was affected to a similar degree. During greening at continuous HI, a slower increase of emission from Chl b excitation in PS II as compared with PS I was observed, indicating a preferred reduction in the accumulation of LHC II. The following characteristics of 77 K Chl a fluorescence spectra documented the photoprotective function of an elevated content of carotenoids in HI leaves: (1) a pronounced suppression of Soret region of excitation spectra (410–450 nm) in comparison with the red region (670–690 nm) during the early stage of greening indicated a strongly reduced excitation energy transfer from carotenoids to the Chl a fluorescing forms within PS I and PS II; (2) changes in the shape of the excitation band of Chl b and carotenoids (460–490 nm) during greening under continuous light confirmed that the energy transfer from carotenoids to Chl a within PS II remained lower as compared with the LI plants. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

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Chrysanthemum inducum-hybrid `Coral Charm', Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. `Cairo Red' and Spathiphyllum wallisii Regel `Petit' were grown in natural light in a greenhouse at three levels of irradiance using permanent shade screens. Light acclimation of photosynthesis was characterized using modulated chlorophyll a fluorescence of intact leaves. A close correlation was found between the degree of reduction of the primary electron acceptor QA of Photosystem II (PS II) approximated as the fluorescence parameter 1−qP, and light acclimation. The action range of 1−qP was 0–0.4 from darkness to full irradiance around noon, within the respective light treatments in the greenhouse, indicating that most PS II reaction centres were kept open. In general, the index for electron transport (ETR) measured by chlorophyll fluorescence was higher for high-light (HL) than intermediate-(IL) and low-light (LL) grown plants. However, HL Chrysanthemum showed 40% higher ETR than HL Hibiscus at light saturation, despite identical redox states of QA. The light acclimation of the non-radiative dissipation of excess energy in the antenna, NPQ, varied considerably between the species. However, when normalized against qP, a strong negative correlation was found between thermal dissipation and ETR measured by chlorophyll fluorescence. To be able to accommodate a high flux of electrons through PS II, the plants with the highest light-saturated ETR had the lowest NPQ/qP. The possibility of using chlorophyll fluorescence for quantification of the energy balance between energy input and utilization in PS II in intact leaves is discussed. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

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Seaweed extracts show diverse bioactivities, such as antioxidant and antitumor activity. Capsosiphon fulvescens is a green alga that is abundant along the southwest coast of South Korea. Although it is consumed for its purported health-enhancing properties, particularly as a treatment for stomach disorders and hangovers, the health effects of dietary C. fulvescens remain unclear. We extracted polysaccharides from C. fulvescens (Cf-PS), investigated their effects on the proliferation of rat small intestinal epithelial IEC-6 cells, and determined the signaling cascade involved. We cultured IEC-6 cells in the presence of Cf-PS, which stimulated cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner, and analyzed the Wnt and MAPK signaling pathways, which are related to cell proliferation. Cf-PS treatment induced the translocation of β-catenin, an effector of the Wnt signaling pathway, from the cytosol to the nucleus and increased the expression of cyclinD1 and c-myc. Cf-PS also induced ERK1/2 phosphorylation, which is activated by mitogenic and proliferative stimuli such as growth factors, but the phosphorylation of JNK and p38 was not enhanced. Our results show that Cf-PS regulates proliferation via stimulating the nuclear translocation of β-catenin and ERK1/2 activation in intestinal epithelial cells.  相似文献   

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Application of multiple probes to systems that carry specific mutations provides a powerful means for studying how known regulators of light utilization interact in vivo. Two lines of Arabidopsis thaliana were studied, each carrying a unique lesion in the nuclear psbS gene encoding a 22-kDa pigment-binding protein (PS II-S) essential for full expression of photoprotective, rapid-phase, nonphotochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence (NPQ). The PS II-S protein is absent in line npq4-1 due to deletion of psbS. Line npq4-9 expresses normal levels of PS II-S but carries a single amino acid substitution that lowers NPQ capacity by about 50%. A prior report [Peterson RB and Havir EA (2001) Planta 214: 142–152] described an altered pattern of redox states of the acceptor side of Photosystem II (PS II) and donor side of Photosystem I (PS I) for npq4-9 suggesting that interphotosystem electron transport may be restricted by a higher transthylakoid ΔpH in this line. In vivo steady state fluorescence and absorbance measurements (820 nm) confirmed these earlier observations for line npq4-9 but not for npq4-1. Thus, the prior results cannot be correlated simply to a loss of NPQ capacity. Likewise, the kinetics of the 820-nm absorbance change did not indicate a substantial effect of psbS genotype on electron flow from plastoquinol to PS I. A simple model is proposed to relate linear electron transport rate (measured gasometrically) to a parameter (based on fluorescence) that provides a relative measure of the density of excitation available for photochemistry in PS II. Surprisingly, analyses using this model suggested that the in vivo midpoint potential of the primary quinone acceptor in PS II (QA) is lowered in both psbS mutant lines. This heretofore-unsuspected role for PS II-S is discussed with regard to: (1) numerous prior reports indicating plasticity of the redox potential of QA and (2) the basis for the contrasting regulation of quantum yields of PS I and II in npq4-1 and npq4-9.  相似文献   

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Three new Acetobacter strains were isolated from vinegar. By plasmid profiling they were recognized as genotypically different from each other. Sequencing of the genes for 16S and 23S rRNA and DNA–DNA hybridization of total DNA against DNA of all type strains of Acetobacter identified Acetobacter strains JK2 and V3 as A. europaeus, and Acetobacter strain JK3 as A. intermedius. In contrast to the type strain of A. europaeus (DSM 6160), A. europaeus JK2 and V3 do not require acetic acid for growth and can be successfully transferred between media with and without acetic acid. This phenotypic characteristic enables convenient handling of both strains in genetic studies. Plasmid pJK2-1 from A. europaeus JK2 was used as the basis for shuttle plasmid construction with the aim of developing an efficient vector system for these strains. The entire nucleotide sequence of pJK2-1 was determined. High amino acid identities were found for three open reading frames: Rep (replication protein); Dinj1 (DNA damage inducible enzyme); and Dinj2 proteins. A recombinant plasmid pUCJK2-1 (5.6 kb) consisting of the entire plasmid pJK2-1 and the entire plasmid pUC18 was successfully used in transformation experiments. Plasmid pJT2 (5.8 kb) was constructed from pUCJK2-1 with the aim of reactivating the lacZ′ gene. Received: 14 June 1999 / Revision received: 27 August 1999 / Accepted: 17 September 1999  相似文献   

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Gamma-secretase is a member of a new class of proteases with an intramembrane catalytic site and cleaves numerous type I membrane proteins, including the amyloid beta-protein precursor (APP) and the Notch receptor. Biochemical and genetic studies have identified four membrane proteins as components of gamma-secretase: a heterodimeric form of presenilin (PS), composed of its N- and C-terminal fragments (PS-NTF and PS-CTF, respectively), a highly glycosylated, mature form of nicastrin (NCT), Aph-1, and Pen-2. However, it is unclear how these components interact physically with each other and assemble into functional complexes. We and others recently found that Aph-1 interacts with a less glycosylated, immature form of nicastrin as an intermediate toward full assembly of gamma-secretase. Here we show that (1) the detergent dodecyl beta-d-maltoside (DDM) mediates the dissociation and inactivation of active gamma-secretase in a concentration-dependent manner, (2) DDM-dependent dissociation of the active gamma-secretase complex generates two major inactive complexes (Pen-2-PS1-NTF and mNCT-Aph-1) and two minor inactive complexes (mNCT-Aph1-PS1-CTF and PS1-NTF-PS1-CTF), and (3) Pen-2 can also associate with the PS holoprotein in complexes devoid of NCT and Aph-1. Taken together, our results demonstrate that Pen-2 interacts with PS-NTF within active gamma-secretase and offer a model for how the components of active gamma-secretase interact physically with each other.  相似文献   

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Chlorophyll (Chl) a fluorescence transient and 820-nm transmission kinetic were investigated to explore the development of photosynthetic apparatus in grapevine leaves from emergence to full expansion. In this study, all leaves at various developing stages exhibited typical Chl a fluorescence transient. In newly initiating leaves, the maximum quantum yield of primary photochemistry (ϕP0) was slightly lower (<10 %) than that in fully expanded leaves. Nevertheless, the fluorescence rise from O to J step was clearly speeded up in young leaves compared with that in fully expanded leaves. Additionally, a distinct K step appeared in young leaves at high irradiances. With leaf development, the efficiency that a trapped exciton can move an electron into the electron transport chain further than QA 0), the quantum yield of electron transport beyond QAE0), electron transport flux per excited cross section (ET0/CS0), the amount of active photosystem (PS) 2 reaction centres per excited cross section (RC/CS0), and the performance index on cross section basis (PICS) increased gradually and rapidly. Young leaves had strikingly lower amplitude of transmission at 820 nm. A linear relationship between Ψ0 and the transmission at 820 nm (I30/I0) was evident. Based on these data, we suggest that (1) the primary photochemistry of PS2 may be not the limiting step of the photosynthetic capacity during leaf growth under natural irradiance; (2) oxygen evolving complex (OEC) might be not fully connected to PS2 at the beginning of leaf growth; (3) though there are a few functional PS1 and PS2 at the early stages of leaf development, they match perfectly.  相似文献   

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阐明乙型肝炎病毒(HBV)前S1蛋白反式激活蛋白1(PS1TP1)的表达对于肝细胞的基因表达谱的影响。应用基因芯片技术对于pcDNA3.1()和pcDNA3.1()PS1TP1分别转染的HepG2细胞的基因表达谱进行分析。以肝癌细胞系HepG2基因作为模板,应用聚合酶链反应(PCR)技术扩增PS1TP1基因片段,以常规的分子生物学技术构建表达载体pcDNA3.1()PS1TP1。以脂质体技术转染肝母细胞瘤细胞系HepG2,提取总RNA,逆转录为cDNA,与转染空白表达载体pcDNA3.1()的HepG2细胞进行DNA芯片分析并比较。在4096个基因表达谱的筛选中,发现有8个基因表达水平显著上调,14个基因表达水平显著下调。PS1TP1基因的表达对于肝细胞基因表达谱有显著影响。DNA芯片技术是分析反式调节靶基因的有效技术途径。  相似文献   

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Čajánek  M.  Hudcová  M.  Kalina  J.  Lachetová  I.  Špunda  V. 《Photosynthetica》1999,37(2):295-306
Effects of short-term exposure to different irradiances on the function of photosystem 2 (PS2) were studied for barley grown at low (LI; 50 μmol m−2 s−1) and high (HI; 1 100 μmol m−2 s−1) irradiances. HI barley revealed higher ability to down-regulate the light-harvesting within PS2 after exposure to high irradiance as compared to LI plants. This ability was estimated from the light-induced decreases of F685/F742 and E476/E436 in emission and excitation spectra of 77 K chlorophyll (Chl) a fluorescence in vivo which was 65 and 10 % for HI plants as compared to 30 and 2 % for LI plants, respectively. For LI plants this protective down-regulation of the light-harvesting of PS2 was saturated at 430 μmol m−2 s−1, and progressive PS2 photodamage was induced at higher irradiances. After exposure of LI segments to 2 200 μmol m−2 s−1 a pronounced maximum at 700 nm appeared in emission spectrum of 77 K Chl a fluorescence. Based on complementary analysis of 77 K excitation spectra measured at the emission wavelength 685 nm we suggest that this emission maximum may be attributed to the formation of aggregates of light-harvesting complexes of PS2 (LHC2) with part of PS2 core during progressive PS2 photodamage. Our results can be explained assuming different contributions of LHC2 and PS2 core to the total nonradiative dissipation of absorbed excitation energy for the LI and HI barley. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

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利用PCR方法扩增FAM92A1-289全长,经BamH I和Xho I酶切后连接入pEGFP-N1真核表达载体,构建pEGFP-N1-FAM92A1-289重组表达质粒,转染Hela细胞,利用荧光显微镜观察FAM92A1-289在细胞中的定位。经双酶切和核酸序列分析证实重组质粒包含有正确编码的FAM92A1-289读码框。荧光显微镜观察到空质粒pEGFP-N1转染后,整个细胞内弥散绿色荧光,而转染pEGFP-N1-FAM92A1-289重组载体后,可见绿色荧光分布于Hela细胞核中,显示FAM92A1-289定位于细胞核。成功构建人FAM92A1-289真核表达载体,FAM92A1-289定位于哺乳细胞的细胞核中。  相似文献   

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In our search for new natural photosynthetic inhibitors that could lead to the development of “green herbicides” less toxic to environment, the diterpene labdane-8α,15-diol (1) and its acetyl derivative (2) were isolated for the first time from Croton ciliatoglanduliferus Ort. They inhibited photophosphorylation, electron transport (basal, phosphorylating and uncoupled) and the partial reactions of both photosystems in spinach thylakoids. Compound 1 inhibits the photosystem II (PS II) partial reaction from water to Na+ Silicomolibdate (SiMo) and has no effect on partial reaction from diphenylcarbazide (DPC) to 2,6-dichlorophenol indophenol (DCPIP), therefore 1 inhibits at the water splitting enzyme and also inhibits PS I partial reaction from reduced phenylmetasulfate (PMS) to methylviologen (MV). Thus, it also inhibits in the span of P700 to Iron sulfur center X (FX). Compound 2 inhibits both, the PS II partial reactions from water to SiMo and from DPC to DCPIP; besides this, it inhibits the photosystem I (PS I) partial reaction from reduced PMS to MV. With these results, we concluded that the targets of the natural product 2 are located at the water splitting enzyme, and at P680 in PS II and at the span of P700 to FX in PS I. The results of compounds 1 and 2 on PS II were corroborated by chlorophyll a fluorescence.  相似文献   

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Utilizing a two-beam technique in the frequency domain, the pumped absorption of PS II membrane fragments from spinach and of acetonic chlorophyll-a solutions was measured at room temperature. In a very narrow wavelength region (0.2 nm around the pump pulse wavelength) the relative test beam transmission exhibited either a decrease or an increase, respectively, dependent on the intensity of a strong pump beam. In contrast, the transmission changes of chl-a solutions were not affected by the wavelength mistuning between pump and test beam. The data obtained for PS II membrane fragments were interpreted in terms of excited state absorption of pigment-protein clusters within the light-harvesting complex of PS II. The interpretation of the small absorption band as a homogeneously broadened line led to a transversal relaxation time for chlorophyll in vivo of about 1 ps.Abbreviations PS I photosystem I of green plants - PS II photosystem II of green plants - P700 primary donor of PS I - P680 primary donor of PS II  相似文献   

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