雌激素对培养心肌细胞肥大和凋亡的抑制作用

目的研究生理剂量17β雌二醇(17-βestradiol,E2)对去甲肾上腺素(norepinephrine,NE)诱导的心肌细胞肥大和凋亡的影响。方法培养新生大鼠心肌细胞分别给予NE(50μmol)、E2(10nmol)、NE(50μmol) E2(10nmol)作用48h,通过心肌细胞蛋白质含量、[3H]亮氨酸掺入率检测心肌细胞肥大;透射电镜、DNA Ladder和流式细胞术检测心肌细胞凋亡。结果17β雌二醇可抑制去甲肾上腺素诱导的心肌细胞蛋白质含量、[3H]亮氨酸掺入率和心肌细胞凋亡率的增加,使凋亡心肌细胞特异性超微结构和DNA梯状带纹消失。结论17β雌二醇可抑制去甲肾上腺素所诱导的心肌细胞肥大和凋亡。     

波动性高糖对乳鼠心肌细胞肥大的影响

目的 探讨波动性糖环境对体外培养的乳鼠心肌细胞肥大的影响.方法 取出生后2天SD大鼠乳鼠心脏,采用胶原酶消化法获取心肌细胞,进行心肌细胞原代培养.常规培养心肌细胞72h,待细胞搏动良好,将其随机分为3组:①对照组:给予稳定的糖浓度(5.5mmol/L);②高糖组:给予稳定高糖浓度(25.5mmol/L);③波动性糖组:波动性糖浓度为5.5mmol/L和25.5mmol/L,每12h交替,其他培养条件保持一致.Bradford法检测各组细胞总蛋白质含量;计算机细胞图像分析系统测量单个细胞的体积;采用3H-亮氨酸掺入法,用液闪仪测定心肌细胞蛋白质合成速率.结果 1.高糖组和波动性糖组与对照组相比心肌细胞蛋白含量均增加,波动性糖组与高糖组相比二者增加的数值相近.2.高糖组和波动性糖组与对照组相比心肌细胞体积均有明显增加.3.高糖组与波动性糖组与对照组相比均有蛋白合成的增加.波动性糖组与高糖组相比没有显著性差异.结论 波动性糖有促进心肌细胞肥大的作用,其作用强度与单纯性高糖相仿.在糖尿病心肌病中,波动性糖也是引起心肌细胞肥大、心肌顺应性下降的原因之一.提示临床治疗糖尿病患者时,除了要控制血糖防止血糖过高,而且还要保持血糖的稳定,减少血糖波动所导致的心肌损害.     

细胞外间质-整合素在牵张刺激心肌细胞肥大中的作用

应用牵张刺激培养细胞的模型 ,观察胶原、纤维连接蛋白、层粘连素对牵张刺激心肌细胞肥大的影响 ,探讨细胞外间质 -整合素受体在超负荷心肌肥大的跨膜信号传导机制中的作用。结果发现 ,胶原、纤维连接蛋白、层粘连素明显有助于培养心肌细胞的贴壁、伸展。牵张刺激后 ,胶原、纤维连接蛋白基质组心肌细胞的 3H -亮氨酸掺入率和心肌细胞表面积均显著大于对照组 ,而层粘连素组无显著变化 ;可溶性纤维连接蛋白、RGD肽均可显著抑制牵张刺激诱导的培养心肌细胞 (胶原为粘附基质 )的3H -亮氨酸掺入率升高和心肌细胞表面积增大 ,而层粘连素无明显作用。结果表明 ,特异的细胞外间质 -整合素在超负荷心肌肥大机制中发挥了跨膜信号传导作用。     

一种新的体外细胞牵张刺激装置

体外细胞机械刺激装置是研究细胞对机械牵张反应的一种研究设备。目前此类装置有多种,但是这些装置都存在一些不便之处。本文以商品化的Flexercell Strain Unit刺激装置为参照,设计一套离心力牵张装置。通过使贴壁细胞生长的培养板以一定的速度旋转,从而使心肌细胞受到固定大小的离心力的牵张作用。酶解分离3～5d SD大鼠心肌细胞,并分别给予12和24h机械刺激:传统的20%牵张刺激和180r/min的离心力刺激。以~3H-亮氨酸掺入量反映细胞的肥大指标,并测定牵张引起的血管紧张素Ⅱ的自分泌。同对照组相比,~3H-亮氨酸掺入在离心力牵张组显著升高[(1295.17±51.19)vs(1122.67± 51.63)in 12h;(1447.5±35.96)vs(1210.67±90.92)in 24h,P<0.05]。AngⅡ在离心力牵张组均比同期末牵张组均明显升高,12h为128%(P<0.05)和24h为139%(P<0.01)。经24h的牵张,培养液中乳酸脱氢酶活性在膜牵张组显著高于离心力牵张组[(14.5±8.7)U/Lvs (7.8±4.3)U/L,P<0.05]。新型改进的机械牵张装置能够有效刺激心肌细胞蛋白合成增加和AngⅡ的分泌增加,与FlexercellStrain Unit相比,离心力牵张装置对细胞的损害较轻微。     

DMA增加正常大鼠心肌细胞钙瞬变和收缩

实验观察了钠氢交换或钠钙交换抑制剂 5 (N ,N 二甲基 )氨氯吡咪 (DMA)对正常和心肌肥厚大鼠分离心室肌细胞钙瞬变和细胞收缩的影响。通过负载荧光染料Fura 2 /Am ,应用离子影像分析系统 (IonImagingSystem)同步测定离体大鼠心肌细胞钙瞬变和细胞长度。结果表明 :DMA 10 μmol/L分别使钙瞬变和细胞缩短从对照组的 2 0 9.6 0± 5 4.96和 3.0 7± 0 .97μm增加到 2 38.5 0± 80 .41和 4.0 7± 1.0 2 μm (P <0 .0 5 ,n =7)。应用特异性反向钠钙交换阻断剂KB R7943可完全阻断DMA的激动作用。DMA还可使尼卡地平抑制L 型钙通道后的钙瞬变和细胞收缩增加。在肥厚心肌细胞 ,DMA表现出相同的药理作用 ,但对钙瞬变和细胞缩短的刺激作用更强。结果表明 :DMA可通过反向钠钙交换途径增加正常和肥厚大鼠心肌细胞钙瞬变和细胞收缩 ,且对肥厚心肌细胞的影响比对正常心肌细胞大。     

一氧化氮供体对过氧化氢引起的心肌细胞损伤的保护作用

关于一氧化氮(NO)对心肌细胞是否具有保护作用目前尚存在争议,为探讨NO对过氧化氢(H2O2)引起的心肌细胞损伤是否具有保护作用及其可能的机制,实验将体外培养的新生大鼠心肌细胞分为3组(1)阴性对照组(Normal组);(2)H2O2组H2O2(0.1mmol/L)与心肌细胞共育4h;(3)S-亚硝基-N-乙酰青霉胺(SNAP)+H2O2组NO供体SNAP(0.5mmol/L)处理心肌细胞10min后,加入H2O2与心肌细胞共育4 h.用流式细胞术检测心肌细胞凋亡率,心肌细胞损伤程度以心肌细胞存活率和乳酸脱氢酶(lactate dehydrogenase,LDH)活性来表示,同时检测心肌细胞超氧化物歧化酶(superoxide dismutase,SOD)活性和丙二醛(MDA)含量.通过激光共聚焦显微术检测在不同处理条件下心肌细胞胞内钙的变化.结果表明,正常心肌细胞LDH活性和细胞存活率分别为631.4±75.6 U/L和93.1±6.2%,细胞凋亡率为0;H2O2处理细胞后可使细胞LDH活性显著增高(1580.5±186.7 U/L,P＜0.01),细胞存活率明显下降(58.3±7.6%,P＜0.01),流式细胞仪检测到大量心肌细胞凋亡,凋亡率为26.4±5.7%;SOD活性较正常细胞19.67±0.85 NU/ml显著下降,为14.73±1.68 NU/m(P＜0.01),MDA含量较正常细胞6.95±0.83μmol/L显著增高,为15.35±3.49μmol/L(P＜0.01).SNAP预处理细胞可显著提高心肌细胞存活率(79.7±9.3%,P＜0.01),降低LDH活性和细胞凋亡率(分别为957.8±110.9 U/L和9.1±3.3%,P＜0.01);并提高细胞抗氧化能力,表现为较H2O2处理组的SOD活性增高(21.36±3.11 NU/ml,P＜0.01),MDA含量下降(9.12±1.47 μmol/L,P＜0.01).激光共聚焦显微镜检测结果表明,H2O2可升高细胞内钙,而SNAP则可降低细胞内钙,SNAP预处理细胞后可取消H2O2升高细胞内钙的作用.上述结果提示,NO供体SNAP可对抗H2O2对心肌细胞的损伤,其机制与提高心肌细胞抗氧化损伤能力和对抗H2O2引起的细胞内钙超载有关.     

~(60)Coγ-线对DNA、RNA、蛋白质合成代谢的效应

人血在体外受~(60)co γ-线照射后,用~3H-TdR、~(14)C-UR、~(14)C-缬氨酸和~3H-亮氨酸作掺入实验,分别反映DNA、RNA和蛋白质的合成能力。结果说明γ线对三种大分子合成的影响有一定规律性,即随剂量增加,掺入的放射性呈指数下降,10拉德导致~3H-TdR和~(14)C UR掺入放射性显著减少,四种标记化合物掺入下降的趋势基本一致。     

枯草杆菌A_(17)中含Poly(A)的RNA的分离和体外翻译

在以甘油(0.24％)或谷氨酸(0.5％)作为碳源,低磷(6.4×10~(-5)M)合成培养基,37℃下生长15小时的枯草杆菌A_(17),细胞中的含有poly(A)的RNA,可被oligo(dT)-纤维素分离。在培养基中加入赤霉酸(GA_3)30 μg/ml的情况下,含poly(A)的 RNA(峰Ⅱ)约为上柱总RNA的0.16～1.27％,不加GA_3的则为0.16～0.45％。这种含poly(A)的RNA能在麦胚非细胞合成系统中刺激~3H-亮氨酸掺入蛋白质,可为对照的4～8倍,其放射比活性为7000～23000 cpm/μg RNA,说明这种含 poly(A)的 RNA具有mRNA活性。     

α_1肾上腺素能受体介导去甲肾上腺素促大鼠培养心肌细胞蛋白质合成效应

在无血清和含１．０％、５．０％血清培养的新生大鼠心肌细胞标本上,去甲肾上腺素（ＮＥ,２．０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ）使细胞蛋白质含量（Ｌｏｗｒｙ法）分别比相应对照组增加４０％、２６％、１９％（Ｐ均＜０．０１）;细胞３Ｈ－亮氨酸参入量与ＮＥ浓度呈正性剂量依赖性,最大效应浓度为２０．０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ;无血清培养体系中,０．２、２．０、２０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ的ＮＥ使参入量分别比对照增加１７．８％、３５３％、３７．７％;１．０％血清培养体系中分别比对照增加１６．２％、２７．９％、３１．６％（Ｐ均＜０．０５）;哌唑嗪（２．０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ）可阻断ＮＥ的促蛋白质合成作用,心得安（２．０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ）则无此效应。提示在无血清或低浓度血清培养体系中,ＮＥ可促进心肌细胞蛋白质合成,增加细胞蛋白质含量,该作用可能是通过α１肾上腺素能受体介导。     

水稻胚胎形成期间蛋白质和RNA合成活力的变化

用~3H-亮氨酸和~3H-尿苷标记不同发育时期的稻胚,发现蛋白质合成活力呈四阶段变化;各种RNA的合成与胚胎各发育阶段密切有关。α-鹅膏蕈碱(1.0μg/ml)对稻胚RNA合成的抑制作用在开花后7、15和18天较强,13天时很弱。在水稻胚胎形成期间,胚细胞蛋白质合成活力高峰先后出现于胚分化后期(开花后11天)和成熟中期(18天);mRNA的合成在分化初期(7天)和成熟中期(15～18天)较强;而rRNA和/或tRNA的合成高峰则出现在胚胎器官原基分化已经完成时(13天)。     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.     

肝癌中HBV和HCV基因和抗原的分布及意义

采用原位分子杂交方法检测HCV RNA及HBV X基因;采用免疫组织化学方法研究HCV核心抗原,非结构区C33c抗原及HBxAg在肝细胞肝癌中的定位及分布.结果表明(1)HCV RNA、HBV X基因在肝细胞肝癌组织检出率分别为40%(55/136)和82%(112/136).HCV RNA定位于癌细胞的胞浆内,阳性细胞呈散在、灶状及弥漫分布三种形式;HBV X基因在肝癌细胞中的分布呈胞浆型、核型及核浆型,阳性细胞也呈上述三种分布形式;(2)HCV C33c抗原、核心抗原在肝细胞肝癌中的阳性率为81%(133/164)及86%(141/164).C33c抗原定位于癌细胞及肝细胞的胞浆内;核心抗原既定位于癌细胞核中,又可定位于胞浆中.C33c抗原阳性细胞以灶状分布为主;而核心抗原阳性细     

Selection with two alleles and complete dominance

For a plant selection model with frequency-independent viabilities, fertilities and selfing rates, it is shown that apart from global fixation, for certain parameter combinations a protected polymorphism and facultative fixation (either allele may become fixed according to initial frequencies) may both occur. Facultative fixation requires different selling rates for the dominant and recessive type. Protection of the polymorphism requires resource allocation for male and female function. In this connection the problem of purely genetically caused population extinction is discussed.
For general frequency dependence and regular segregation, the chances for establishment of a completely recessive gene are compared to those of a completely dominant gene. It is proven that the process of establishment of the recessive gene, despite a fitness advantage, may be considerably endangered by drift effects if random mating prevails. The recessive gene may reach the same effectivity in establishment as a dominant gene, only if the recessive homozygote mates exclusively with its own type during the period of establishment.