过量表达Wnt-1基因诱导P19细胞的神经分化

Ｗｎｔ－１基因在小鼠神经发育过程中起着重要的作用。该基因在胚胎性癌细胞Ｐ１９细胞经分化过程中存在瞬时性表达。利用克隆到的Ｗｎｔ－１基因转染Ｐ１９细胞,可使细胞不经视黄酸诱导,自发向神经细胞方向分化。     

巢蛋白在P19神经元分化过程中的表达

小鼠巢蛋白（ｎｅｓｔｉｎ）基因编码了一个中等纤维骨架蛋白,该基因在小鼠中枢神经系统发育过程中的瞬时性表达,为了推测该基因的神经发育过程中可能的功能,我们分析了该基因在ＲＡ诱导的Ｐ１９胚胎性癌细胞体外神经分化过程中的表达规律,结果显示,在上述过程中,巢蛋白基因的表达早于神经前体细胞（ｎｅｕｒａｌｐｒｅｃｕｓｏｒｃｅｌｌ）中表达的ＢＭＰ４,以及在成熟神经元特异表达的标分子神经线（ＮＦ１６０）,表明巢蛋     

Wnt信号通路关键基因β—catenin在RA诱导的P19胚胎性癌细胞神经分化 …

Ｗｎｔ信号参与了小鼠早期神经发育。我们以往的实验结果表明,Ｗｎｔ信号可引起Ｐ１９胚胎性癌细胞的神经分化。为进一步了解Ｗｎｔ信号在Ｐ１９神经分化过程中行使功能的时间,我们以Ｗｎｔ信号通路关键成员β－ｃａｔｅｎｉｎ是否定位在细胞核中作为考察Ｗｎｔ信号是否能传递到细胞核内调控下游基因活性的指标,分析了Ｗｎｔ信号在Ｐ     

PSP94融合蛋白在大肠杆菌中的表达及其抗前列腺癌活性分析

在从成年人正常前列腺组织中获得人９４个氨基酸的前列腺分泌蛋白（ＰＳＰ９４）ｃＤＮＡ基础上,利用ＰＬ表达系统,实现了人ＰＳＰ９４成熟肽Ｎ－末端带有１９个列源氨基酸的融合蛋白在大肠杆菌中的表达。目的蛋白在细胞中主要以包涵体形式存在。表达量约占菌体总蛋白的３０％,分子量约为１６．５ｋＤ。表达产物在人前列腺癌细胞ＰＣ－３上活性分析表明,该融合蛋白能明显抑制前列腺癌细胞的生长。     

外源上皮钙粘着蛋白基因在人肺腺癌细胞中的表达及调节细胞悬浮生长

为了研究上皮钙粘着蛋白（E-cadherin)对人肺腺癌细胞间粘聚和细胞悬浮生长的影响。利用基因重组技术构建了含全长上皮钙粘着蛋白cDNA的真核表达载体。通过脂质体法转染到A549肺腺癌细胞株中,用RT-PCR和Western印迹鉴定并筛选上皮钙粘着蛋白高表达的细胞,株,并观察转染前后肿瘤细胞间粘聚能力的改变以及细胞悬浮培养下的生长状态,结果表明转染细胞间聚集力比对照细胞增强,上皮钙粘着蛋白能够促进细胞悬浮生长的速度。     

表面活性物质相关蛋白表达的调控研究进展

特异性的肺表面活性物质相关蛋白（ＳＰ）包括亲水性的ＳＰ－Ａ、ＳＰ－Ｄ和疏水性的ＳＰ－Ｂ、ＳＰ－Ｃ．它们的表达与合成受众多生理、病理因素影响。本文综述了该领域的研究进展。１．ＳＰ表达的组织细胞特异性调控：只有肺内某些细胞（肺泡Ⅱ型细胞、Ｃｌａｒａ细胞等）能合成分泌ＳＰ,这可能是由ＳＰ基因中特定序列决定的,如ＳＰ－Ｂ基因的细胞特异性表达的调控成分。２．ＳＰ表达的发育期调控：ＳＰ基因属发育控制基因家族。在人类妊娠前３ｍｏｎ胎肺中,ＳＰ基本不表达：妊娠１５－１８ｗｋ时,气管、支气管上皮细胞即可见ＳＰ－Ｂ、ＳＰ－ＣｍＲＮＡｓ和表达蛋白,它们可能比ＳＰ－Ａ出现早：妊娠１９－２０ｗｋ时可见ＳＰ－ＡｍＲＮＡ和表达蛋白,胎肺组织在体外无激素条件下培养可很快诱导ＳＰ表达,在妊娠后３ｍｏｎ内,各ＳＰｍＲＮＡｓ及其表达蛋白水平与磷脂水平平行升高,也与ＳＰ降低表面张力的特性逐渐增强相关,羊水中可检出这些蛋白,板层体的出现与ＳＰ－Ｂ的表达密切相关,而比ＳＰ－Ａ的表达早,胎肺发育过程中ＳＰｍＲＮＡｓ增加至少部分是由于其基因转录率升高,可能同时也与翻译增加有关。３．糖皮质激素对ＳＰ表达的调控：糖皮质激素对ＳＰ－Ａ表达的调控极复杂,且与剂量     

PSP94融合蛋白在大肠杆菌中的表达及其抗前列腺癌活性分析

在从成年人正常前列腺组织中获得人９４个氨基酸的前列腺分泌蛋白（ＰＳＰ９４）ｃＤＮＡ基础上,利用ＰＬ表达系统,实现了人ＰＳＰ９４成熟肽Ｎ 末端带有１９个外源氨基酸的融合蛋白在大肠杆菌中的表达。目的蛋白在细胞中主要以包涵体形式存在,表达量约占菌体总蛋白的３０％,分子量约为１６－５ｋＤ。表达产物在人前列腺癌细胞ＰＣ ３上活性分析表明,该融合蛋白能明显抑制前列腺癌细胞的生长。     

hBMP—2cDNA在COS细胞和小鼠肌肉中的表达

研究了骨形态发生蛋白ＢＭＰ－２ｃＤＮＡ在ＣＯＳ细胞和小鼠肌肉中的表达的情况,从ｐＳＰＳ６５ＢＭＰ－２质粒中回收ＢＭＰ－２ｃＤＮＡ,删除５端的非翻译序列,插入ｐＳＶＬ载体中,构建了含有ＢＭＰ－２全长编码序列的重组表达质粒ｐＳＶＬＢＭＰ－２将表达质粒导入ＣＯＳ－７细胞中,细胞ＲＮＡ点杂交结果表明,转染ＢＭＰ－２基因的细胞内ＢＭＰ－２的ｍＲＮＡ水平明显升高,细胞培养上清的ＥＬＩＳＡ显示,转染ＢＭＰ－２ｃ     

汉滩病毒核壳蛋白（NP）在杆状病毒系统的表达及其免疫原性研究

应用杆状病毒表达载体成功地表达了汉滩病毒７６－１１８株（ＨＴＮＶ）核壳蛋白,将ＨＴＮＶＳ基因插入杆状病毒转染质粒ｐＡｃＹＭＩＢ的多角体基因启动子下游附近,与经Ｂｓｕ３６１酶切线性化的杆状病毒（ＡｃＶＥＰＡ）ＤＮＡ共同转染Ｓ１９细胞,经空斑筛选获得了高效表达ＮＰ的重组杆状病毒（ＡｃＶＨａｎＳ）。经ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ和Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ ｂｌｏｔ证实,表达产物与ＨＴＮＶ毒粒ＮＰ分子量均为５０ＫＤ左右,紫外扫     

关于脑缺血的分子生物学研究

脑缺血的主要直接后果是脑缺氧。脑缺血或脑缺氧除引起一系列神经化学变化与蛋白质的合成降低外,还引起热休克蛋白（ＨＳＰ）和ｃ－ｆｏｓ蛋白等特殊蛋白质的特殊变化。轻度缺血可引起ＨＳＰ７０基因转录与翻译;中度缺血只引起其转录而不翻译;重度缺血时转录与翻译均终止。轻、中度脑缺血引起ｃ－ｆｏｓｍＲＮＡ剧烈而短暂的表达,ｃ－ｆｏｓ、ＪｕｎＢ、ｃ－ｊｕｎ等基因转录增加;严重缺血可能因神经元死伤,导致ｃ－ｆｏｓ蛋白水平降低,但局部胶质细胞ｃ－ｆｏｓ诱导增强。     

A role of N-cadherin in neuronal differentiation of embryonic carcinoma P19 cells.

N-cadherin is one of the important molecules for cell to cell interaction in the development of the central nervous system (CNS). In this report, we have shown that N-cadherin mRNA and protein were increased rapidly in retinoic acid (RA)-induced neuronal differentiation of embryonic carcinoma P19 cells. To explore possible roles for N-cadherin during this process, N-cadherin-overexpressing P19 cell lines were established. These transfected cells could differentiate into neurofilament-expressing neurons in the absence of RA. RT-PCR revealed that the expression patterns of development-related genes, such as Oct-3/4, nestin, Notch-1, and Mash-1 were similar between the transfected P19 cells and the RA-induced wild-type P19 cells during their neuronal differentiation. On the contrary, the Wnt-1 gene was up-regulated in the N-cadherin-overexpressing P19 cells, but could not be detected in the wild-type P19 cells. These results suggest N-cadherin may play a role in neuronal differentiation of P19 cells, possibly through the Wnt-1 signaling pathway.     

pp60src tyrosine kinase modulates P19 embryonal carcinoma cell fate by inhibiting neuronal but not epithelial differentiation

P19 embryonal carcinoma cells provide an in vitro model system to analyze the events involved in neural differentiation. These multipotential stem cells can be induced by retinoic acid (RA) to differentiate into neural cells. We have investigated the ability of several variant forms of the protein-tyrosine kinase (PTK) pp60src to modulate cell fate determination in this system. Normally, P19 cells are induced to differentiate along a neural lineage when allowed to form extensive cell-cell contacts in large multicellular aggregates during exposure to RA. Through analysis of markers of epithelial (keratin and desmosomal proteins) and neuronal (neurofilament) cells we have found that RA-induced P19 cells transiently express epithelial markers before neuronal differentiation. Under these inductive conditions, expression of pp60v-src or expression of the neuronal variant pp60c-src+ inhibited neuronal differentiation, and resulted in maintained expression of an epithelial phenotype. Morphological analysis showed that expression of pp60src PTKs results in decreased cell-cell adhesion during the critical cell aggregation stage of the neural differentiation procedure. The effects of pp60v-src on cell fate and cell-cell adhesion could be mimicked by direct modulation of Ca+(+)-dependent cell-cell contact during RA induction of normal P19 cells. We conclude that the neural lineage of P19 cells includes an early epithelial intermediate and suggest that tyrosine phosphorylation can modulate cell fate determination during an early cell-cell adhesion-dependent event in neurogenesis.     

DIXDC1 Promotes Retinoic Acid-Induced Neuronal Differentiation and Inhibits Gliogenesis in P19 Cells

Human DIXDC1 is a member of Dishevelled-Axin (DIX) domain containing gene family which plays important roles in Wnt signaling and neural development. In this report, we first confirmed that expression of Ccd1, a mouse homologous gene of DIXDC1, was up-regulated in embryonic developing nervous system. Further studies showed that Ccd1 was expressed specifically in neurons and colocalized with early neuronal marker Tuj1. During the aggregation induced by RA and neuronal differentiation of embryonic carcinoma P19 cells, expressions of Ccd1 as well as Wnt-1 and N-cadherin were dramatically increased. Stable overexpression of DIXDC1 in P19 cells promoted the neuronal differentiation. P19 cells overexpressing DIXDC1 but not the control P19 cells could differentiate into Tuj1 positive cells with RA induction for only 2 days. Meanwhile, we also found that overexpression of DIXDC1 facilitated the expression of Wnt1 and bHLHs during aggregation and differentiation, respectively, while inhibited gliogenesis by down-regulating the expression of GFAP in P19 cells. Thus, our finding suggested that DIXDC1 might play an important role during neurogenesis, overexpression of DIXDC1 in embryonic carcinoma P19 cells promoted neuronal differentiation, and inhibited gliogenesis induced by retinoic acid. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. XT Jing and HT Wu contributed equally to this work.