LOW-RESISTANCE JUNCTIONS BETWEEN CANCER CELLS IN VARIOUS SOLID TUMORS

Electrical coupling, which reveals the presence of specialized low-resistance intercellular junctions, has now been found in four types of tumors, Sarcoma 180, Novikoff hepatoma, and Morris hepatomas 3924-A and 7777. Coupled cancer cells were distinguished from coupled normal cells by intracellular marking techniques. Although the evidence suggests that coupling may be extensive in some cases, it is not possible to say that the coupling was normal. In particular, the results do not exclude less obvious defects in the specialized junctions, such as abnormal distribution or decreased permeability to molecules other than small inorganic ions. The results are discussed in relation to previous studies of coupling in Novikoff hepatomas and in cultures of S1801 and II cell lines.     

人外周血中LAK细胞的克隆化

本文报道首次采用半固体-液体两步法克隆正常人外周血单个核细胞(PBMNC)中的淋巴因子激活的杀伤细胞(LAK)获得成功。先用含重组人白细胞介素2(rhIL-2)的软琼脂半固体克隆外周血中的T细胞,再将T细胞克隆转移至96孔板中继续在含rhIL-2的液体中培养。~(51)Cr释放的结果表明,约10～30％的克隆对NK敏感的K562细胞和NK不敏感的H7402、Anip-1肿瘤细胞均有细胞毒性,即为LAK细胞克隆。LAK细胞克隆能在体外含rhIL-2培养液中增殖1.5～3.0个月,每个克隆可扩增至10~9～10~(10)个细胞,仍然维持LAK细胞活性。表型分析的结果表明,克隆的LAK细胞CD3( )、CD8( ),属T细胞系统。有增殖能力的LAK前体细胞在PBMNC中的频率约为1～3×10~(-4)。用有限稀释法将LAK细胞克隆进一步亚克隆,98％以上的亚克隆均有LAK活性,表型也和原克隆相同,证实原克隆具有克隆源性。本文的两步法克隆LAK细胞程序可在较短时间内获得大量均一的LAK细胞,极大地有助于LAK细胞的深入研究和广泛应用。     

UPTAKE OF 3-O-METHYL-d-GLUCOSE INTO CULTURED HUMAN GLIOMA CELLS

Human glioma cells (138 MG) were found to take up 3-O-methyl-d -glucose (3-OMG) by a saturable low affinity transport system with a K_m of 20 mm and a V_max of 500 nmol/mg protein/min. About 20 per cent of the total uptake was due to passive diffusion. d -Glucose was a competitive inhibitor with a K_i of 10 mm . Follow-up experiments indicated that the same transport mechanism is involved in the uptake of n-glucose and 3-OMG. Phloretin (0·02 mm ) and cytochalasin B (0·002 mm ) strongly inhibited the uptake of 3-OMG, whereas phlorizin (0·02 mm ), ouabain (0·1 mm ), NaCN (0·5 mm ) and iodoacetic acid (1·0 mm ) had no effect. The data suggest that 3-OMG and d -glucose enter 138 MG cells mainly by a Na⁺-independent passive carrier-mediated transport system. Serum-deprivation doubled the population doubling time (T_d) without affecting the total uptake of 3-OMG. An increase in the non-specific (diffusional) uptake was balanced by a decrease in the specific (carrier-medíated) uptake. After addition of dibutyryl cyclic AMP (dbcAMP, 0·25 mm ) the cells attained a morphology characteristic of differentiated glia cells. T_d was maintained unchanged. The non-specific uptake of 3-OMG was not affected in cells grown in serum-containing medium plus dbcAMP, whereas the specific uptake increased by 40 per cent and there-fore also the total uptake. Similar, but more pronounced, changes were observed if serum-deprived cells were treated with dbcAMP.     

TRANSFORMATION OF ROD-SHAPED ALGAL CELLS INTO SPHERICAL CELLS

Transformation of the rod-shaped algal cells, which before the conversion could be considered as belonging to the genus Stichococcus, into spherical cells was achieved by the action of the tryptic soy broth and some other organic media. Transformation did not involve degradation of the cell wall, and the resulting spheres were not sensitive to osmotic shock. The transformed cells could be propagated as spheres for several months but eventually reverted to the original rod shape. The reversion could be hastened by transferring spherical cells back into inorganic medium and growing the cells autotrophically. For a long time after reversion, the cells maintained characteristics different from those of the original rod-shaped cells which did not go through the conversion and reversion processes. The reverted cells had a higher rate of heterotrophic growth, a lower rate of autotrophic growth, and a lower capacity for being again transformed into spheres under the influence of tryptic soy broth.     

CONSTITUTIVELY MIGRATING MALIGNANT RAT LIVER EPITHELIAL CELLS PRODUCE A MIGRATION-STIMULATING ACTIVITY FOR EPITHELIAL CELLS (eMSA)

Constitutively migrating malignant rat liver epithelial cells obtained by Ha ras transformation exhibit a fibroblastoid phenotypein vitro. The cells deposit the anti-adhesive extracellular matrix (ECM) protein tenascin into their ECM migration tracks. The serum-free medium conditioned by these constitutively migrating cells contains an epithelial migration-stimulating activity (eMSA) that is neither cell-type-, nor species-specific. This eMSA fractionates in the range of 30 to 50kDa and binds to Mono-Q, Mono-S, and with low affinity to heparin—Sepharose. The conditioned medium also induces the expression of the serine proteinase inhibitor PAI-1. Both migration and expression of PAI-1 are inhibited by cyclic AMP, as previously shown for the migration of the non-transformed liver epithelial cells induced by several growth factors that act through tyrosine kinase receptors. These results suggest that the eMSA might act through signal transduction pathways similar to those of the growth factors previously studied. It is postulated that the eMSA, through both autocrine and paracrine mechanisms, is at least partially responsible for the malignant phenotype of the transformants.     

CELL CYCLE CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN SOLID TUMORS IN VIVO

The duration of the DNA synthetic phase of solid tumors in six patients was determined in vivo by local injections of tritiated thymidine into tumor nodules on the skin and serial biopsies of the lesions. Labeled mitosis curves constructed from the data obtained revealed a distinct wave of labeled mitoses but no evidence of a second wave of DNA synthesis in all six patients. The duration of S phase was 24, 22 and 24 hr in the three patients with malignant melanomas and 19, 22 and 24 hr in the three patients with breast cancer. The method is relatively simple and requires much lower doses of tritiated thymidine; reproducible data are obtainable in patients with solid tumors in a much shorter period of time than with previous experiments.     

THE PENETRATION OF CATIONS INTO LIVING CELLS

Direct tests of the cell sap of Nitella show that the protoplasm is normally permeable to Li, Cs, and Sr, and that penetration is more rapid in an unbalanced than in a balanced solution.     

Nogo-P4对神经干细胞分化成神经元样细胞的影响

目的观察Nogo-P4对神经干细胞分化成神经元样细胞是否存在抑制作用。方法体外培养大鼠脊髓来源神经干细胞,分为A、B、C和D组,在神经干细胞分化过程中分别加入0μmol/L、2μmol/L、4μmol/L和6μmol/L的Nogo-P4,免疫荧光标记神经元样细胞,计数神经元样细胞分化比率,使用Image-ProPlus5.0软件测量神经元样细胞神经突长度。结果神经干细胞分化第3d,A-D各组神经元样细胞平均神经突长度分别为97.80±6.97μm、88.25±5.83μm、80.54±6.75μm和79.31±6.57μm;神经元样细胞比率分别为(35.82±6.53)%、(35.31±6.11)%、(38.97±5.79)%和(34.75±5.61)%。A-C组神经突长度随着Nogo-P4浓度的升高而下降,P<0.05;C、D组神经元样细胞神经突长度较A组缩短约17%;各组神经元样细胞分化比率无显著差异。结论Nogo-P4对神经干细胞分化过程中形成的神经元样细胞具有神经突生长抑制作用,对神经元样细胞分化比率无影响。     

骨髓基质干细胞向心肌样细胞分化的实验研究

目的探讨大鼠骨髓基质干细胞向心肌样细胞分化后超微结构和细胞因子表达的变化,为下一步细胞移植治疗扩张型心肌病提供理论依据。方法在体外扩增、定向诱导骨髓基质干细胞向心肌样细胞分化的基础上,电镜下观察骨髓基质干细胞诱导前后超微结构的改变,RT-PCR检测心肌特异性因子ANP、BNP、α-MHC、β-MHC的表达,并与原代培养的心肌细胞比较,观察二者之间的生物学异同。结果免疫组化法证实诱导后的骨髓基质干细胞向心肌样细胞分化,电镜下胞浆内可见糖原颗粒,肌原纤维排列与原代培养的心肌细胞相似;RT-PCR证实诱导后的骨髓基质干细胞表达心肌特异性因子ANP、BNP、α-MHC、β-MHC。结论骨髓基质干细胞经5-氮胞苷定向诱导后在超微结构和细胞因子的表达上类似于心肌细胞,已向心肌样细胞分化。     

人胚胎干细胞分化为神经干细胞诱导方法的对比研究

目的探讨人胚胎干细胞分化为神经干细胞过程中,经拟胚体（embryonic body,EB）法和直接分化法的不同效率。方法人胚胎干细胞常规培养消化后,分为两组：A组,经EB法分化;B组,添加noggin和ITSFn直接分化法。倒置相差显微镜观察细胞形态变化,RT-PCR检测细胞各阶段标志物,免疫荧光及流式细胞仪观察两组细胞Nestin阳性细胞率。神经干细胞继续分化,免疫荧光、RT-PCR法检测MAP2、GFAP表达。结果RT-PCR检测到OCT4、nestin表达。B组nestin阳性细胞率明显高于A组,差异有统计学意义（P〈0.01）,且诱导周期短于A组。神经干细胞继续分化,得到不同数量的神经元和胶质细胞,MAP2、GFAP分别阳性。结论在体外采用定向分化诱导,人胚胎干细胞不经EB,可直接定向分化为神经干细胞,且诱导效率比EB法高。因此直接分化法是一种经济实用的诱导方法。     

CYCLIC INVASION OF TAPETAL CELLS INTO LOCULI DURING MICROSPORE DEVELOPMENT IN NYMPHAEA COLORATA (NYMPHACEAE)

In work with Nymphaea colorata Peter three distinct intervals were recorded during which tapetal cells (protoplasts) protruded into anther locules either as bridges and partitions or as invasive cells between or around tetrads of microspores. Before these intervals and between and after them, tapetal cells, while variable in shape, were noninvasive. Observations were based on sections of over 60 fixed and epoxy-embedded anthers covering the relatively brief interval from the end of meiosis through the vacuolate microspore stage. The progression of development, from early microspore stages through the microspore vacuolate period, is illustrated by transmission electron micrographs showing change in proexine and exine size and complexity. Our results indicate cycles of tapetal cell differentiation and dedifferentiation in this species.     

肺结核病患者PBMC膜白介素-2受体(CD25)表达及其临床意义

目的 :探讨外周血单个核细胞 (PBMC)膜白介素 - 2受体 m IL- 2 R,(CD2 5 )表达在肺结核病鉴别诊断中的应用价值。方法 :用生物素 -链霉亲和素 (BSA)法检测肺结核、支气管肺炎患者 T细胞亚群及植物血凝素 (PHA)诱导前后 CD2 5表达水平。结果 :支气管肺炎患者 CD+ 3、CD+ 4、CD+ 8水平分别为 (6 2 .32±6 .34) %、(47.5 2± 7.16 ) %、(32 .12± 6 .5 5 ) % ,CD+ 4/ CD+ 8比值为 1.5 2± 0 .4 3,PHA诱导前后 CD2 5水平分别为 (4.5 6± 1.5 2 ) %、(35 .12± 7.2 1) %。空洞型肺结核 CD+ 3、CD+ 4、CD+ 8、CD+ 4/ CD+ 8水平分别为 (41.13±5 .2 5 ) %、(43.38± 5 .15 ) %、(36 .2 5± 3.4 6 ) %和 1.15± 0 .2 1,非空洞型肺结核 CD+ 3、CD+ 4、CD+ 8、CD+ 4/ CD+ 8水平分别为 (46 .2 9± 5 .6 0 ) %、(47.2 1± 4 .86 ) %、(32 .36± 4 .0 3) %、1.4 6± 0 .2 5 ,相互比较 CD+ 3、CD+ 3/CD+ 8差异均有显著性 (P<0 .0 1和 P<0 .0 5 )。空洞型肺结核与非空洞型肺结核患者 PHA诱导前后 CD2 5水平分别为 (2 .13± 1.14 ) %、(2 7.2 5± 3.5 0 ) %和 (3.4 3± 1.35 ) %、(31.14± 4 .11) % ,两者相比差异均有显著性 (P<0 .0 1)。结论 :肺结核病患者体内存在明显的细胞免疫功能紊乱 ,主要表现为 CD2 5表达水平降     

INCORPORATION OF NUCLEOTIDES INTO NUCLEI OF FIXED CELLS BY DNA POLYMERASE

The enzyme calf thymus polymerase requires denatured or single-stranded DNA as a primer for DNA synthesis and is inactive on native DNA preparations. The enzyme and tritium-labeled deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates were incubated with alcohol-fixed and Carnoy-fixed tissue preparations to see if primer DNA could be found in several types of cells undergoing DNA synthesis. In all cases, low-pH controls were prepared for comparison. Priming activity was not found in nuclei that had been fixed in alcohol. Priming activity was found in cell nuclei that had been fixed with an acid fixative or had been treated at a low pH prior to treatment with the enzyme reaction mixture.     

p~(53)基因在U 937细胞生长和分化过程中的调节作用

本文报道了p~(53)基因对人白血病细胞系U 937细胞生长和分化的调节作用。重组人GM-CSF(rhGM-CSF)可诱导U 937细胞向成熟巨噬细胞分化,这反映在分化后的细胞表达有巨噬细胞许多表型特征和功能活性。在这一分化过程中同时伴随着p~(53)基因的表达增加和U 937细胞生长受抑。进一步,用反义脱氧寡聚核苷酸抑制试验特异性地抑制p~(53)基因表达,结果发现p~(53)反义脱氧寡聚核苷酸可以明显抑制rhGM-CSF诱导U 937细胞向成熟巨噬细胞分化,同时也明显解除rhGM-CSF介导细胞分化过程中的细胞生长抑制作用。这些结果说明p~(53)基因在U 937细胞的生长和分化过程中可能起偶联调控作用。     

Direct Measurements of Turgor Pressure Potentials: III. (A) INJECTIONS OF SOLUTIONS INTO STOMATAL CELLS, AND (B) COMPARISONS OF PRESSURE POTENTIALS IN STOMATAL CELLS OF DIFFERENT SPECIES

Attempts were made to inject different substances into epidermaland stomatal cells in order to observe their movement from cellto cell and their effects on guard cell metabolism. Althoughinjections of neutral red were successful and provided usefulinformation, injections of ABA and KCl did not yield any worthwhileresults. Measurements of pressure potentials in stomatal cells of fourspecies were carried out. These throw light on the role of epidermalturgor in influencing stomatal movements and thus on hypothesesof a mechanical advantage of subsidiary cells.     

人红细胞膜带3蛋白重组人脂质体及其~(35)SO_4~(2-)运输活性

用Triton X-100选择性抽提法,部分提纯了人红细胞膜带3蛋白。在除去去污剂后,带3蛋白被插入由磷脂酰胆碱/胆固醇组成的脂质体中。研究表明,用0.05％Triton抽提膜能除去大部分唾液酸糖蛋白,不会损失太多的带3蛋白。再用0.5％Triton抽提,可增溶出大量带3蛋白和少量其它膜蛋白。把它重组入脂质体后,在最后超离心步骤中得到了小的单层囊泡和大的多层囊泡。本文研究了单层重组囊泡输入~(35)SO_4~(2-)的功能,并和那些由人红细胞“发芽”得到的天然囊泡输入~(35)SO_肋~(2-)的功能作了比较。     

MOBILIZATION OF HAEMOPOIETIC STEM CELLS (CFU) INTO THE PERIPHERAL BLOOD OF THE MOUSE; EFFECTS OF ENDOTOXIN AND OTHER COMPOUNDS

Factors affecting the circulation of haemopoietic stem cells (CFU) in the peripheral blood of mice were investigated. I.v. injection of sublethal doses of endotoxin, trypsin and proteinase appeared to raise the number of CFU per ml blood from about 30–40 to about 300–400 or more within 10 min. The effect was smaller when smaller doses of the substances were injected. After this initial rise the number of circulating cells returned to normal in a few hours. Following endotoxin there was a second rise which started 2–3 days after injection and attained a peak on the 6th–7th day. The first rise is explained as a mobilization of stem cells from their normal microenvironments into the blood stream; the second rise is considered to reflect proliferation of CFUs in the haemopoietic tissues. The spleen seems to be acting as an organ capturing CFUs from the blood and not as a source adding stem cells to the blood.
The early mobilization of CFU after endotoxin injection did not coincide with a mobilization of neutrophils. The number of circulating band cells was increased during the first hours.
The importance of 'open sites'in the haemopoietic tissue for capturing CFUs was studied by emptying these sites through a lethal X-irradiation and injecting normal bone marrow cells. When a greater number of syngeneic bone marrow cells was injected intravenously, the level of circulating CFU in irradiated mice was slightly lower than the level in unirradiated mice during the first hours.