油松雌性不育系球果蛋白质双向电泳技术的建立

本文建立了油松雌性不育系雌球果蛋白质组研究中的双向电泳技术.第一向采用固定pH值梯度(IPG)胶条在IPGphorTM等电聚焦仪上进行等电聚焦,第二向在恒功率且恒温条件下于Ettan-DALTTMⅡ高通量电泳仪上进行SDS-PAGE电泳,以银染和考马斯亮蓝两种方法染色.通过对全蛋白的提取、胶条pH值和胶条肿胀等技术环节的优化和比较,得到了重复性很高,分离效果良好的蛋白质双向图谱.     

胆管癌胆汁蛋白质样品制备和双向电泳条件的优化

采用合适的裂解液和沉淀方法,提取胆管癌胆汁中的蛋白质,获得分辨率高、重复性好的蛋白质双向电泳图谱.通过不同裂解液和蛋白质沉淀方法提取胆汁蛋白的效果比较,设计了不同的样品制备方法,并且对双向电泳(2-DE)的条件进行优化.结果显示,试验确定了适合胆管癌胆汁的裂解液配方(LSⅣ),丙酮沉淀的蛋白分布完整,沉淀效率相对较高.高伏时、长时间的等电聚焦可以获得高分辨率、重复性好的蛋白质双向电泳图谱.因此,本方法可以应用到胆管癌胆汁蛋白的提取,也可以对其他体液蛋白质样品的制备和双向电泳提供借鉴.     

白叶枯病菌胞内蛋白的提取及电泳分离方法的构建

水稻白叶枯病菌已成为研究植物-病原物互作模式的病菌。要利用蛋白质组学方法深入研究其生物学特性和致病机理,人们面临着其胞内蛋白提取和有效分离方法尚未建立的问题。本文采用TCA丙酮沉淀法和裂解液沉淀法提取白叶枯病菌胞内蛋白,利用两种等点聚焦程序(IEFⅠ,IEFⅡ)进行一向等电聚焦,用三种蛋白上样浓度(400μg,600μg,800μg)进行双向电泳,G-250烤染后,通过Imagemaster软件对双向电泳图谱进行比较分析。结果表明,裂解液沉淀法、等电聚焦程序Ⅱ(IEFⅡ)、600μg上样浓度三者相结合的方法是提取和分离白叶枯病菌胞内蛋白的理想方法,能获得较好的实验效果。该方法的建立为白叶枯病菌蛋白质组学研究奠定基础。     

结肠癌蛋白质双向电泳技术的建立

目的:建立结肠癌13cm和24cm非线性分离系统的2-D图谱,分析比较两者的分辨率.方法:提取结肠癌总蛋白,用pH3-10非线性干胶条对样品进行等电聚焦分离,并分别使用13cm和24cm电泳系统进行双向电泳,考马斯亮蓝G250染色,图像分析,比较对比两组2-D图谱,量化分析两种系统的分辨率差异.结果:在等点电3-10,分子量20-170 kD范围内分别分离得到蛋白质斑点873个(13 cm电泳系统)和1349个(24cm电泳系统).对于24cm电泳系统,1 mg蛋白质上样量的电泳图谱清晰,分辨率较好.结论:成功建立了高分辨率、简便易控的结肠癌蛋白质组双向电泳技术平台.     

油松雌性不育系球果蛋白质双向电泳技术的建立

本文建立了油松雌性不育系雌球果蛋白质组研究中的双向电泳技术。第一向采用固定pH值梯度（IPG）胶条在IPGphorTM等电聚焦仪上进行等电聚焦,第二向在恒功率且恒温条件下于Ettan-DALTTMⅡ高通量电泳仪上进行SDS-PAGE电泳,以银染和考马斯亮蓝两种方法染色。通过对全蛋白的提取、胶条pH值和胶条肿胀等技术环节的优化和比较,得到了重复性很高,分离效果良好的蛋白质双向图谱。     

箭毒木种子蛋白质样品制备及双向电泳改良方法

建立箭毒木（Antiaris toxicaria）种子总蛋白的提取方法,以及可以对其蛋白质组进行分析的双向电泳条件。通过各种条件的优化与组合,建立了以TCA-丙酮为基础的Tris—HCl提取法提取总蛋白,第1向电泳为固相pH梯度等电聚焦,第2向电泳为垂直平板SDS-PAGE的双向电泳体系。通过对样品制备、样品溶解、等电聚焦电泳、SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳以及染色方法等关键步骤进行分析,获得了满意的双向电泳图谱。在探索适合箭毒木种子蛋白质组学研究双向电泳方法中,比较了三氯乙酸-丙酮沉淀法、和Tris—HCl法,以及对双向电泳过程中的关键步骤的改良,认为Tris—HCl法为最适方法,所得图谱背景清晰,蛋白质信息量最大,为箭毒木属植物的差异蛋白质组学的后续研究打下了坚实的基础。     

灰木相思蛋白质组双向电泳条件的优化

针对灰木相思(Acacia implexa Benth.)蛋白质提取过程中含有大量色素和酚等干扰物质的现象,进行了实验条件的优化,结果显示:选择含较少次生物质量的组培苗为实验材料更易得到清晰的双向电泳图谱,在裂解液中添加硫脲更有利于提高蛋白溶解度,第一向等电聚焦固相pH梯度胶条(24 cm)的最适蛋白上样量为1000μg,表明采用优化后的双向电泳体系提高了灰木相思总蛋白双向电泳的分辨率和重复性,建立起一套适用于灰木相思总蛋白质组分析的双向电泳(2-DE)方法.     

建立和优化双向电泳分析柱花草根系蛋白谱的方法

本研究以柱花草根系为材料,比较了不同蛋白质提取方法和蛋白上样量等因素对双向电泳方法分析根系蛋白图谱的影响。结果表明,在苯酚法提取蛋白中,加入0.7mol·L-1NaCl和20%乙醇,并在蛋白沉淀过程中加入1/10倍体积5mol·L-1NaCl,能够有效去除组织样品中的非蛋白成分,结合使用pH4～7范围的IPG胶条,1mg根系蛋白可以在双向电泳图谱上分辨出较多蛋白点,图谱背景清晰,该体系适合柱花草根系蛋白质的双向电泳分析。     

不同上样方式对蛋白质组双向电泳图谱质量的影响比较

蛋白质组技术难点之一是如何获取尽可能多的细胞或组织的蛋白信息.双向电泳蛋白斑点数目直接反映了实验蛋白质组信息的完整性.除样品制备外,蛋白上样方式对双向电泳图谱的质量和完整性有直接的影响.实验论文从以下3个方面考察不同的蛋白上样方式对双向电泳图谱的影响;即：水化上样与杯上样;一次上样与重复上样;以及酸性端加样与碱性端上样.实验结果发现;蛋白上样量较大时,杯上样方式的图谱斑点数目较水化上样方式明显增多;样品蛋白浓度较高时,稀释多次上样明显优于一次性浓缩蛋白上样;蛋白裂解液(MCF7乳腺癌细胞)在酸性端加样对偏碱性蛋白的分离未发现明显优势.相反,在等电聚焦伏小时(Vh) 足够的前提下,碱性端加样对偏碱性端蛋白反而有利,表现为斑点数目较多,而且等电点方向拖尾减轻.实验结果对提高双向电泳的质量以及相关蛋白质组信息的完整性提供了有益的技术参考.     

黄瓜叶片胞间隙蛋白质双向电泳体系的建立

以黄瓜种质‘PI088’幼苗为材料,提取胞间隙液,制备蛋白样品,通过对不同IPG胶条、等电聚焦条件、分离胶浓度、上样量等条件的探索,建立适合黄瓜叶片胞间隙蛋白质组的双向电泳体系.结果显示:(1)用pH 3～10的非线性IPG胶条,等电聚焦时间为70 000 Vh,分离胶浓度为10％,上样量为800 μg时,能够得到较好的2-DE图谱.(2)利用所建立的双向电泳体系找到了对照及接种霜霉菌后2d的黄瓜叶片胞间隙差异蛋白,其中的12个上调表达点和10个下调表达点的表达量变化在1.5倍以上.并选取一个差异点成功进行了质谱分析.(3)质谱分析结果显示,所找的差异点为一种酸性的几丁质酶,等电点为4.27.可见,采用所建立的双向电泳体系可获得分辨率高、重复性好的2-DE图谱并能很好地用于质谱分析.     

Role for dopamine in malonate-induced damage in vivo in striatum and in vitro in mesencephalic cultures

Defects in mitochondrial energy metabolism have been implicated in the pathology of several neurodegenerative disorders. In addition, the reactive metabolites generated from the metabolism and oxidation of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) are thought to contribute to the damage to neurons of the basal ganglia. We have previously demonstrated that infusions of the metabolic inhibitor malonate into the striata of mice or rats produce degeneration of DA nerve terminals. In the present studies, we demonstrate that an intrastriatal infusion of malonate induces a substantial increase in DA efflux in awake, behaving mice as measured by in vivo microdialysis. Furthermore, pretreatment of mice with tetrabenazine (TBZ) or the TBZ analogue Ro 4-1284 (Ro-4), compounds that reversibly inhibit the vesicular storage of DA, attenuates the malonate-induced DA efflux as well as the damage to DA nerve terminals. Consistent with these findings, the damage to both DA and GABA neurons in mesencephalic cultures by malonate exposure was attenuated by pretreatment with TBZ or Ro-4. Treatment with these compounds did not affect the formation of free radicals or the inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation resulting from malonate exposure alone. Our data suggest that DA plays an important role in the neurotoxicity produced by malonate. These findings provide direct evidence that inhibition of succinate dehydrogenase causes an increase in extracellular DA levels and indicate that bioenergetic defects may contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic neurodegenerative diseases through a mechanism involving DA.     

Scurvy in capybaras bred in captivity in Argentine

In order to determine if the absence of vitamin C in the diet of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) causes scurvy, a group of seven young individuals were fed food pellets without ascorbic acid, while another group of eight individuals received the same food with 1 g of ascorbic acid per animal per day. Animals in the first group developed signs of scurvy-like gingivitis, breaking of the incisors and death of one animal. Clinical signs appeared between 25 and 104 days from the beginning of the trial in all individuals. Growth rates of individuals deprived of vitamin C was considerably less than those observed in the control group. Deficiency of ascorbic acid had a severe effect on reproduction of another population of captive capybaras. We found that the decrease in ascorbic acid content in the diet affected pregnancy, especially during the first stages. The results obtained suggest that it is necessary to supply a suitable quantity of vitamin C in the diet of this species in captivity.     

Changes in lactate dehydrogenase activity in chicken tissues in hyperthyreosis in ontogenesis

The lactate dehydrogenase activity in reactions of lactate oxidation and synthesis was studied in subfractions of the chicken brain, heart and liver at the embryonal, early postembryonal and adult stages of development after thyroxine administration. It has been shown that during embryogenesis thyroxine predominantly enhanced the rate of lactate oxidation in the mitochondrial tissues. A marked increase in the lactate synthesis was found in cytoplasm of the adult chicken tissues. Specificity of enzyme activity alterations was detected in the chicken brain during ontogenesis after thyroxine administration.     

SSTR5 ablation in islet results in alterations in glucose homeostasis in mice

Somatostatin (SST) peptide is a potent inhibitor of insulin secretion and its effect is mediated via somatostatin receptor 5 (SSTR5) in the endocrine pancreas. To investigate the consequences of gene ablation of SSTR5 in the mouse pancreas, we have generated a mouse model in which the SSTR5 gene was specifically knocked down in the pancreatic beta cells (betaSSTR5Kd) using the Cre-lox system. Immunohistochemistry analysis showed that SSTR5 gene expression was absent in beta cells at three months of age. At the time of gene ablation, betaSSTR5Kd mice demonstrated glucose intolerance with lack of insulin response and significantly reduced serum insulin levels. Insulin tolerance test demonstrated a significant increase of insulin clearance in vivo at the same age. In vitro studies demonstrated an absence of response to SST-28 stimulation in the betaSSTR5Kd mouse islet, which was associated with a significantly reduced SST expression level in betaSSTR5Kd mice pancreata. In addition, betaSSTR5Kd mice had significantly reduced serum glucose levels and increased serum insulin levels at 12 months of age. Glucose tolerance test at an older age also indicated a persistently higher insulin level in betaSSTR5Kd mice. Further studies of betaSSTR5Kd mice had revealed elevated serum C-peptide levels at both 3 and 12 months of age, suggesting that these mice are capable of producing and releasing insulin to the periphery. These results support the hypothesis that SSTR5 plays a pivotal role in the regulation of insulin secretion in the mouse pancreas.