海绵共附生微生物的研究新进展

海绵是最原始的一类后生动物,已被作为海洋活性化合物的重要来源之一,其独特的孔状结构使其成为许多海洋微生物的优良宿主。近年来国内对海绵及其共附生微生物的研究主要集中在它们产生的活性物质方面,但对海绵共附生微生物的分布、多样性及其对宿主海绵作用的研究鲜有报道,就国内外研究进展进行了综述。     

赤子爱胜蚓（Eisenia foetida）中抗肿瘤与纤溶酶原激酶活性蛋白质的分离与鉴定

采用SephadexG 75和HiPrep 1 6 / 6 0DEAE离子交换等方法从赤子爱胜蚓 (Eiseniafoetida)中提取到一组活性蛋白质成分 ,双向电泳分析证明它们为一组pI在 3 .0～ 4 .0之间的酸性蛋白质 ;利用体外K5 6 2、HeLa、SY5Y等肿瘤细胞抑制实验和纤维蛋白平板实验 ,跟踪测定活性 ,证明乙醇沉淀组分D2 (8)是既具肿瘤抑制 ,又具有激酶活性的蛋白质成分。同时应用非变性电泳对乙醇沉淀组分进行分离 ,并利用电洗脱、凝胶原位酶解和ESI MS等蛋白质组学方法 ,鉴定了其中 6种蛋白质的分子量、氨基酸组成、N末端序列和肽质量指纹图信息 ,其中条带 9与D2 (8)组分为同一种蛋白质 ;研究证明蚯蚓中含有既具抗肿瘤活性又具有激酶活性的蛋白质成分。采用的方法可适用于活性蛋白质成分的整体分离与鉴定     

海绵共生微生物研究中的分子技术

海绵共生微生物与海绵活性物质有紧密的关系,由于其大多不可培养,分子生物学技术成为海绵微生物研究的有效方法。本文重点介绍了海绵共生微生物研究中经常应用到的FISH、PCR、16S rRNA克隆测序、DGGE、RFLP等各种分子技术,对它们的特点及缺陷进行了分析与小结,希望有助于海绵共生微生物分子研究的进一步发展。     

不同方法提取枸杞多糖的化学性质及其对运动疲劳的影响

本研究以枸杞为研究原料探究多糖提取工艺,对比了4种提取工艺方式对提取枸杞多糖的化学性质及其对运动疲劳的影响。研究结果表明LBP-US提取的多糖粗产量最高,为(14.25±0.24)%,归结于USWE增强天然产物中蛋白质的提取。其抗氧化活性、血浆MDA变化率、血乳酸变化率均受提取方法的影响,其影响水平均按LBP-USLBP-SLBP-H LBP-U的顺序排列。USWE提取的LBP-US对氧化活性的影响为:FRAP降低功率(1.12±0.01) mmol/g,ABTS自由基清除活性的TEAC值(127.18±1.88) mmol/g,在DPPH自由基清除活性的浓度为5.0 mg/mL时,LBP产生超过83.39%的DPPH抑制。USWE提取的LBP-US对小老鼠血浆MDA的抑制作用最好,变化率仅1.6%。LBP-US的血乳酸浓度最低,且变化率也最低,仅1.2%。实验后枸杞多糖减少了血乳酸的生成,加快了代谢产物的清除,减轻运动性疲劳及运动性损伤。说明枸杞多糖具有抗运动疲劳的功效。     

海绵动物原始神经物质的探究

本文以安徽芜湖淡水针海绵(Spongilla lacustrisLinnaeus)以及青岛海边海水海绵(Halichondria pan-icea)为研究对象,运用常规组织学、免疫组织化学、蛋白质免疫印迹等多种实验技术和方法,对海绵动物组织内的神经肽类(Neuropeptide Y,NPY;β-endorphin,β-EP)、神经纤维骨架类(S-100;Nervous specific enolase,NSE)、以及神经递质类(5-hydro-xytryptamine,5-HT)物质进行了研究。结果证实海绵动物体内存在神经类物质;对其分布进行了初步的定位;同时证实在海绵动物中存在原始的神经细胞。根据以上实验结果,推断海绵动物是介于原生动物和腔肠动物之间的过渡动物,在进化上占有不可取代的地位。     

八种桑黄粗多糖化学组成与体外免疫活性的比较

采用水提醇沉法提取了八种不同桑黄子实体的粗多糖,对八种桑黄粗多糖进行了多糖和蛋白质含量的测定,并进行了单糖组成和氨基酸成分的分析,同时对八种桑黄粗多糖进行了体外淋巴细胞增殖实验。结果表明,八种桑黄粗多糖提取物中多糖和蛋白质的含量有较大差异,单糖组成、氨基酸种类及含量上也有一定的差异。体外对小鼠脾淋巴细胞增殖作用的测定结果显示,八种桑黄粗多糖均表现了一定的活性,其中PB-10和JSH在样品浓度50μg/mL时就有较好的活性,同时PB-10P和JSHP的多糖和蛋白质含量也较其它品种高。研究结果在一定程度上说明桑黄粗多糖的免疫活性与多糖和蛋白质的含量和组成有着密切的关系。     

繁茂膜海绵细胞内微生物多样性的研究

采用海绵组织离散、细胞分离的方法,对繁茂膜海绵细胞进行纯化、胞内微生物DNA提取,构建了繁茂膜海绵细胞内微生物的16SrDNA克隆,对其遗传多样性进行了分析,发现海绵细胞内微生物16SrDNA序列主要归类于紫硫细菌门(Proteobacteria)中的α-亚门、γ-亚门和浮霉菌门(Planctomycetes)等类群。与研磨直接提取海绵组织DNA所得海绵组织中总微生物多样性相比,海绵细胞内存在丰富的浮霉菌(23%),说明浮霉菌主要存在于海绵细胞胞内。     

应用于二维电泳细胞蛋白质样品提取的复合蛋白酶抑制剂的优化

阿维链霉菌在复合培养基中生长时合成大量蛋白酶以满足菌体分解有机氮源进行生长代谢的需要。而大量蛋白酶的存在对二维电泳的蛋白质组分析细胞蛋白质样品的提取带来了很大的困难。根据阿维链霉菌胞内蛋白酶的组成,以EDTA、PMSF、Bestatin、Pepstatin和E-64等5种蛋白酶抑制剂为基础,通过单因子实验和正交实验优化得到了高效的蛋白酶抑制剂复合配方。验证实验表明,该复合蛋白酶抑制剂在阿维链霉菌细胞蛋白质样品提取中,具有良好的蛋白酶活性抑制效果。     

水稻非特异性脂质转移蛋白的原核表达、纯化及抑菌功能

将编码水稻非特异性脂质转移蛋白 (nonspecificlipidtransferprotein ,nsLTP)基因 (LTP110 )的克隆到硫氧还蛋白融合表达载体PET32a( )中 ,在BL2 1(DE3)trxB-宿主菌中实现了融合蛋白的高表达。通过Ni2 chelatingSepharosefastflow柱纯化融合蛋白后 ,通过肠激酶酶切再过该亲和柱得到了重组LTP110。CD谱扫描表明重组蛋白质与体内提取的nsLTP二级结构相似 ;荧光脂质结合实验表明该蛋白质具有结合脂肪酸分子的活性。对该蛋白质的抑菌功能进行研究后表明 ,LTP110具有抑制稻瘟病菌孢子萌发的功能 ,在较低浓度即能发挥活性     

Onconase对B16黑色素瘤细胞的体内外生长抑制作用

Onconase(Onc)是一种从林蛙(Rana pipiens)卵细胞内提取的核酸酶,实验证实其在体外和体内对多种肿瘤细胞都具有显著的杀伤效果。在大肠杆菌中表达纯化的重组Onc和天然提取蛋白质具有相似的活性,通过测定该蛋白质对黑色素瘤B16细胞的IC50和建立荷瘤小鼠模型探讨了Onc体内外的抗肿瘤效果。实验结果表明:B16细胞在体外对Onc敏感性较K562细胞低,其IC50为6.37μmol/L;但体内每次每只小鼠给予5mg/kg Onc也可显著地抑制B16细胞的生长,延长小鼠的生存时间。实验提供了一种简化高效获得具有天然活性Onc的方法,同时通过Onc对低敏感性肿瘤黑色素瘤细胞的杀伤研究,丰富了对Onc抗肿瘤作用的认识,为治疗黑色素瘤提供了线索。     

PROTEOMICS OF THE RED ALGA,GRACILARIA CHANGII (GRACILARIALES,RHODOPHYTA)1

The application of proteomics in alga research is still quite limited. The present report describes the establishment of the proteome of a red alga of economic importance, Gracilaria changii (Xia et Abbott) Abbott, Zhang et Xia. Initially, four protein extraction methods including direct precipitation by trichloroacetic acid/acetone, direct lysis using urea buffer, Tris buffer, and phenol/chloroform extraction were compared for their suitability to generate G. changii proteins for two‐dimensional gel electrophoresis (2‐DE). The phenol/chloroform protein extraction method gave the best 2‐DE resolution of the proteins. Using these 2‐DE gels and mass spectrometry, several proteins including pigment proteins, metabolic enzymes, and ion transporters were identified. These findings highlight the potential of using proteomic approaches for the investigation of G. changii protein function.     

THE SYNTHESIS OF MICROTUBULE AND OTHER PROTEINS OF THE ORAL APPARATUS IN TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS

Several proteins, including microtubule proteins, have been isolated from the oral apparatus of the ciliate Tetrahymena. The synthesis of these proteins has been studied in relation to formation of this organelle system by the cell. Electron microscopy has shown that the isolated oral apparatus consists primarily of basal bodies, pellicular membranes, and a system of subpellicular microtubules and filaments. Cilia were removed during the isolation; therefore none of the proteins studied was from these structures. Evidence was obtained from the study of total oral apparatus protein which indicates that at least some of the proteins involved in formation of this organelle system may be synthesized and stored in the cytoplasm for use over long periods. This pattern of regulation was found for three individual proteins isolated from the oral apparatus fraction after extraction with a phenol-acetic acid solvent. A different pattern of regulation was found for microtubule proteins isolated from the oral apparatus of Tetrahymena. The data suggest that microtubule proteins, at least in logarithmically growing cells, are not stored in a cytoplasmic pool but are synthesized in the same cell cycle in which they are assembled into oral structures.     

NUCLEAR PROTEINS OF THE GUINEA PIG BRAIN

Abstract—

• 1 Chromatin protein fractions were separated from the nuclei from brain, liver and kidney of the guinea pig. The fractions were studied by electrophoretic methods and amino acid analysis.
• 2 Brain nuclear fractions were washed with 0.15m -NaCl and nuclear acidic proteins then removed by 0.35 m -NaCl. These 0.35 m -NaCl-extracted proteins were considered to be similar to the nuclear soluble acidic proteins.
• 3 Nonhistone-1, histone and nonhistone-2 fractions were obtained from 2.0 m -NaCl-soluble chromatin fractions by lowering the salt concentration and successive extraction with acid and alkali. The nonhistone-3 fraction was also extracted from the nuclear residue by alkaline solution.
• 4 The contents and characteristics of the nonhistone fractions of the brain, especially the nonhistone-1 fraction, differed among the three tissues. The histone fractions showed no obvious difference among the three tissues. The nonhistone-1 fraction of the brain, which comprised a low percentage of total nuclear protein, contained relatively high amounts of acidic proteins.

     

THE IDENTIFICATION AND PURIFICATION OF A CELL-SURFACE ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE FROM THE DINOFLAGELLATE PROROCENTRUM MINIMUM (DINOPHYCEAE)1

Two cell-surface proteins were identtjied in the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum (Pavillard) Schilkr strain CCMP 1329 that are evident in phosphate-limited cultures, but not in nitrate-limited cultures or cultures growing exponentially in complete media. These proteins were detected by labeling cell-surface proteins with the biotinylating reagent succinimidyl 6-(biotinamido) hexanoate. One protein, of appoximately 200,000 daltons was purified using differential centrifugation, detergent extraction, and gel filtration chromatography. This purified protein was able to hydrolyze orthophosphate groups from p-nitrophenylphosphate at pH 8, indicating it is an alkaline phosphatase, although it is larger than other alkaline phosphatases isolated to date tom most microorganisms. This protein may be induced to help P. minimum cleave orthophosphate groups from organic forms of phosphate in marine environments. Ultimately, this protein could represent a unique antigen for developing an antibody probe for examining the relationships between phosphate stress and bloom formation in P. minimum, and perhaps other dinoflagellates, in the field.     

EFFECT OF PROTEOLYTIC ATTACK ON THE STRUCTURE OF CNS MYELIN MEMBRANE

Rat CNS myelin particles have been incubated with trypin and acetyltrypsin under conditions which ensured a selective and substantial removal of the basic proteins leaving acidic Wolfgram and proteolipid proteins. Some trypsin became associated with the basic protein denuded pellet while no attachment of acetyltrypsin was observed. The removal of basic proteins ‘solubilized’ some myelin and produced a lighter ‘fluff’ layer on top of the myelin pellet, but this amounted to no more than 10 per cent of the total myelin lamellae. Electron microscopy indicated a more dense-straining interperiod line in a small percentage of lamellae which otherwise remained normal. Selective extraction of complex lipids with solvents of increasing polarity, nuclear magnetic resonance spectra and X-ray diffraction patterns showed no significant changes on removing basic proteins from myelin. The results are interpreted as suggesting that the basic proteins are not uniformly distributed in myelin but preferentially located in the outside layers of the myelin sheath and that they play little part in stabilizing the bulk of the myelin membrane structure.     

IN VITRO STIMULATION OF ENZYME SECRETION AND THE SYNTHESIS OF MICROSOMAL MEMBRANES IN THE PANCREAS OF THE GUINEA PIG

Several mechanisms have been suggested to explain how secretory cells remove from the plasmalemma the excess membrane resulting from the insertion of granule membrane during exocytosis: intact patches of membrane may be internalized and then reutilized within the cell; alternatively these membranes may be either disassembled to subunits or degraded. In the latter case new membranes should be synthetized at other sites of the cell, probably in the rough-surfaced endoplasmic reticulum (RER) and the Golgi complex. In the present research, membrane subfractions were obtained from rough microsomes (derived from fragmented and resealed RER cisternae) and from smooth microsomes (primarily contributed by Golgi stacks and vesicles) of the guinea pig pancreas by incubation at 4°C for 4 hr in 0.0005 M puromycin at high ionic strength followed by mild (pH 7.8) alkaline extraction with 0.2 M NaHCO₃. Such treatments release the majority of nonmembrane components of both microsomal fractions (i.e., contained secretory enzymes, ribosomes, and absorbed proteins of the cell sap) and allow the membranes to be recovered by centrifugation. The effect of in vitro stimulation of enzyme secretion (brought about in pancreas slices by 0.0001 M carbamoyl choline) on the rate of synthesis of the phospholipid (PLP) and protein of these membranes was then investigated. In agreement with previous data, we observed that in stimulated slices the synthesis of microsomal PLP was greatly increased. In contrast, the synthesis of microsomal membrane proteins was unchanged. These results suggest that exocytosis is not coupled with an increased rate of synthesis of complete ER and Golgi membranes and are, therefore, consistent with the view that excess plasma membrane is preserved and reutilized, either as discrete membrane patches or as membrane macromolecules, throughout the secretory cycle.     

钼铁蛋白铁钼辅因子的有机组分对其功能的影响

棕色固氮菌(Azotobacter vinelandii)固氮酶的钼铁蛋白经邻菲啰啉在厌氧或有氧环境中处理后,变为 P-cluster 单一缺失或 P-cluster 和 FeMoco 同时缺失的失活钼铁蛋白。含柠檬酸盐或高柠檬酸盐的重组液都使这两种失活蛋白能恢复固氮酶重组的 H~ 和 C_2H_2还原活性,活性恢复程度随反映钼铁蛋白中金属原子簇含量变化的圆二色和磁圆二色谱及金属含量的恢复程度的提高而提高,但它们固 N_2能力的恢复程度则不相同:P-cluster 单一缺失的蛋白用两种重组液重组后均可恢复其固 N_2能力,而 P-cluster 和 FeMoco 同时缺失的蛋白,只有用含高柠檬酸盐的重组液重组才恢复其固 N_2能力,表明含不同有机组分的重组液所组装的 P-cluster 均与天然状态相同,只有含高柠檬酸盐的重组液所组装的 FeMoco 才与天然状态相同,从而证明高柠檬酸盐是 FeMoco 的必需的有机组分。     

PROTEIN COMPOSITION OF MYELIN OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Abstract— Myelin was purified from the peripheral nervous system (PNS) of several species. The protein composition of these preparations was examined by discontinuous polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in buffers containing sodium lauryl sulphate. Proteins characteristic of all samples include, in order of increasing mobility: a series of high molecular weight proteins, the major peripheral nerve protein (P₀), two uncharacterized proteins, and two basic proteins (P₁ and P₂). Quantitative results, obtained by densitometry of gels stained with Fast Green showed differences in protein distribution, both between species, and from different types of nerves obtained from the same animal. The relative amounts of P₁ and P₂ proteins were the most variable; e.g. myelin from guinea-pig sciatic nerve had little or no P₂ protein, whereas 15 per cent of the myelin protein of beef posterior intradural root was Pz protein. P₀, P₁ and P₂ proteins from rabbit sciatic nerve and P₀ and P₂ proteins from beef dorsal and ventral intradural roots were purified and their amino acid compositions were determined. Our results indicated that the P₁ protein is very similar in size and amino acid composition to the basic protein of central nervous system myelin, whereas the P₀ and P₂ proteins are unique to the PNS.     

IN VITRO SYNTHESIS OF THE MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS IN THE DEVELOPING MOUSE BRAIN: PROPERTIES OF A HOMOGENATE SYSTEM

—An in vitro system using mouse brain homogenates has been developed to study the synthesis of the myelin basic proteins. Incorporation of [³H]leucine into protein in this system did not require additional energy sources. The system was slightly stimulated by glucose and strongly inhibited by puromycin. Myelin basic proteins were isolated from incubation mixtures by conventional techniques of solvent extraction and column chromatography, and finally separated into the large and small components by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in an acetic acid-urea system. Gels were stained, sliced, dissolved, and counted, and relative rates of incorporation of label into the two basic proteins were determined at several ages. The ratio of radioactivity incorporated into the small (S) and large (L) basic proteins, over a 30 min incubation period, was found to increase from 0.97 at 10 days to 1.59 at 21 days and decline thereafter. These data generally agree with earlier studies on the in vivo synthesis of the myelin basic proteins in mice. An interesting feature of the time course was that incorporation of [³H]leucine into the purified myelin basic proteins relative to incorporation into total protein in the homogenate increased almost 2-fold during the course of the 30-min incubation. This suggested that post-translational processing of at least one of the two basic proteins was occurring. To examine this possibility further, experiments were conducted in which incorporation was allowed to proceed for 2–5 min, before being inhibited with puromycin; the incubation was then continued for up to 25 min longer. Although total incorporation was inhibited immediately after puromycin addition, label was found to continue to accumulate in the basic proteins to the extent of 30–100% above controls. These data support the notion that the MBPs are synthesized as precursors and then processed to yield authentic myelin basic proteins and that this processing can occur in vitro.     

THE STRUCTURE OF THE ULTRAVIOLET ABSORPTION SPECTRA OF CERTAIN PROTEINS AND AMINO ACIDS

1. The absorption spectra of a number of proteins in the region 2500 to 3000 A. have been found to comprise from six to nine narrow bands. In consequence of variation in the relative intensity of these bands from protein to protein, the absorption curve has a characteristic configuration for each protein. 2. These bands correspond closely in position with the narrow bands which appear in the absorption spectra of tryptophan, tyrosin, and phenylalanine. Tryptophan and tyrosin each present three bands, phenylalanine shows nine. 3. The bands in the proteins are accordingly attributed to these amino acids. In the proteins the bands are displaced from the positions which they occupy in the uncombined amino acids, in most instances, by 10 to 35 A. toward longer wavelengths. 4. The absorption spectrum of Pneumococcus Type I antibody resembles that of normal pseudoglobulin but shows characteristic differences.