EM-3通过Stat3通路诱导鼻咽癌细胞凋亡和G_2/M期阻滞并降低SP细胞比例

目的:研究白花地胆草(Elephantopus mollis H.B.K)的乙醇提取物EM-3抗肿瘤作用分子机制。方法:MTT、克隆形成抑制和细胞划痕实验检测EM-3对鼻咽癌细胞增殖、迁移能力的影响;Annexin V-FITC/PI双染法检测细胞凋亡;PI单染检测细胞周期;超速流式分选细胞仪检测鼻咽癌CNE2-S18肿瘤干细胞样SP细胞(side population cell)比例;Western blotting检测细胞凋亡、周期、侵袭迁移及肿瘤干细胞相关蛋白表达变化。结果:MTT、克隆形成抑制和细胞划痕实验结果表明,EM-3可以显著抑制鼻咽癌细胞的增殖,随着药物浓度的增大,细胞克隆数逐渐减少,体积逐渐变小,而且能够显著抑制鼻咽癌细胞的迁移;流式细胞术结果表明随着药物浓度的增加,凋亡率逐渐增加,并且G_2/M期细胞比例逐渐增加;超速流式分选细胞仪结果表明,EM-3可以显著降低CNE2-S18肿瘤干细胞样SP细胞的比例;Western blotting结果表明,随着药物浓度的增加,x IAP、Bcl-2、Cyclin D1、MMP2(药物高浓度)、MMP9、p-Met、Oct4(药物高浓度)及Sox2蛋白表达减少,而Cyclin B1、Bax蛋白表达增多,并伴随Caspase-9、Caspase-3活化及多聚ADP核糖聚合酶PARP酶切失活。结论:EM-3通过抑制Stat3通路诱导鼻咽癌细胞发生凋亡,并诱导G_2/M期阻滞。此外,EM-3经MMPs途径抑制鼻咽癌细胞迁移,同时可以有效降低CNE2-S18肿瘤干细胞样SP细胞干性。     

CDK1 siRNA干扰在Taxol诱导细胞凋亡中的作用

目的研究转染细胞周期依赖性蛋白激酶1（cyclin．dependent kinase1,CDK1）siRNA、以及转染后进行凋亡刺激对细胞周期和凋亡的影响,探讨CDK1在细胞凋亡中的确切作用,揭示细胞周期与细胞凋亡协调的分子机制。方法以人宫颈癌细胞株HeLa细胞为研究对象,脂质体转染CDK1siRNA,转染后48h加紫杉醇（Tax01）（20μg／m1）刺激凋亡,Western印迹检测CDK1和抗凋亡蛋白BCL2表达,AnnexinV／PI法检测细胞的凋亡,流式细胞仪分析DNA含量检测细胞周期。结果转染CDK1 siRNA后,CDK1蛋白的表达下降,细胞周期G2／M期比例增加,细胞凋亡率与对照相比没有明显升高。只加Taxol刺激12h后细胞凋亡率增加并伴有S期和G2／M期比例增加。转染CDKlsiRNA后再用Taxol刺激,其细胞凋亡率没有明显改变,G2／M期阻滞效应也没有叠加。BCL2蛋白只在加Taxol刺激组表达下降,与CDK1表达减少没有相关性。结论siRNA沉默导致的CDK1表达降低只导致细胞周期G2／M期阻滞,没有引起细胞凋亡;CDK1的表达降低对紫杉醇所诱导的细胞周期阻滞和细胞凋亡效应没有明显影响。     

瘦素对卵巢癌细胞 SKOV3 增殖及凋亡的影响

目的:探讨瘦素对人卵巢癌SKOV3细胞增殖及凋亡的影响及其作用机制。方法:用不同浓度的瘦素(0、50、100、200 ng/m L)处理人卵巢癌SKOV3细胞48 h后,采用MTT法检细胞的生长;以血清饥饿诱导细胞凋亡,同时给予瘦素刺激,Annexin V/PI双染法检测细胞凋亡的变化;western blotting分析p21、cyclin D1、Bcl-2、Bax蛋白的表达水平和ERK1/2通路的活化情况。结果:瘦素以剂量依赖性的方式促进人卵巢癌SKOV3细胞的增殖,同时抑制血清饥饿诱导的细胞凋亡。瘦素处理可下调p21和上调cyclin D1的表达,抑制促凋亡分子Bax的表达和上调抗凋亡分子Bcl-2的表达。瘦素可诱导细胞中ERK1/2通路的活化,其抑制剂PD98059可明显抑制瘦素诱导的促细胞增殖和抗凋亡作用,同时伴随有cyclin D1、Bcl-2蛋白表达的下调和Bax的上调。结论:瘦素可能通过活化ERK1/2通路调节细胞有丝分裂进程,进而促进卵巢癌细胞的增殖;同时通过调节凋亡相关蛋白Bcl-2和Bax的表达抑制卵巢癌细胞的凋亡。     

EGCG通过PI3-K/Akt信号通路诱导人甲状腺乳头状癌细胞K1增殖和凋亡的影响

研究表没食子儿茶素没食子酸酯(EGCG)通过PI3-K/Akt信号通路对人甲状腺乳头状癌细胞K1增殖和凋亡的影响。利用MTT法研究不同剂量EGCG对K1细胞的增殖作用;采用流式细胞术分析EGCG对K1细胞周期和凋亡影响;Westernblot方法检测分析EGCG对人甲状腺乳头状癌K1细胞PI3-K、Akt/p-Akt、mTOR、cyclin D1、CDK4、Bcl-2/Bad、cleaved-caspase-3蛋白表达影响。MTT结果显示EGCG作用后K1细胞增殖显著受到抑制,且表现出明显的剂量依赖性和时间依赖性(P0.001);流式细胞术结果显示EGCG能够将K1细胞阻滞于G1期,并且产生剂量依赖性诱导K1细胞凋亡(P0.001);Westernblot结果显示EGCG能够上调K1细胞促凋亡蛋白Bad及cleaved-caspase-3的表达,下调PI3-K、mTOR、cyclin D1、CDK4蛋白表达,降低AKT蛋白磷酸化及抑凋亡蛋白Bcl-2表达(P0.05)。结果证明,EGCG能够通过PI3-K/Akt信号通路,诱导G1阻滞及细胞凋亡,抑制人甲状腺乳头状癌细胞K1增殖。     

片仔癀对人卵巢癌OVCAR-3细胞增殖、凋亡及周期的影响

目的：研究片仔癀对人卵巢癌细胞株OVCAR-3增殖抑制作用,及其对细胞周期、细胞凋亡的影响。方法：采用MTT法观察片仔癀对人卵巢癌细胞株OVCAR-3细胞的增殖抑制率,流式细胞仪检测细胞凋亡及细胞周期,westem—blot检测相关蛋白的表达。结果：片仔癀以剂量依赖式抑制人卵巢癌细胞株OVCAR-3细胞增殖,片仔癀250、500、1000μg·mL-1作用于OVCAR-3细胞24h后,其早期凋亡率分别为6．6％、30．9％、43．2％,而对照组为0％,其诱导凋亡作用呈现剂量依赖性;细胞积聚在G0／G1期,同时S期细胞比例减少;Akt、PARP、CDK6表达下调。结论：片仔癀可以抑制OVCAR-3细胞增殖及诱导细胞凋亡作用,并能阻滞细胞于G0／G1期,有望成为卵巢癌治疗药。     

片仔癀对人卵巢癌OVCAR-3细胞增殖、凋亡及周期的影响

目的:研究片仔癀对人卵巢癌细胞株OVCAR-3增殖抑制作用,及其对细胞周期、细胞凋亡的影响。方法:采用MTT法观察片仔癀对人卵巢癌细胞株OVCAR-3细胞的增殖抑制率,流式细胞仪检测细胞凋亡及细胞周期,western-blot检测相关蛋白的表达。结果:片仔癀以剂量依赖式抑制人卵巢癌细胞株OVCAR-3细胞增殖,片仔癀250、500、1000μg·mL-1作用于OVCAR-3细胞24 h后,其早期凋亡率分别为6.6%、30.9%、43.2%,而对照组为0%,其诱导凋亡作用呈现剂量依赖性;细胞积聚在G0/G1期,同时S期细胞比例减少;Akt、PARP、CDK6表达下调。结论:片仔癀可以抑制OVCAR-3细胞增殖及诱导细胞凋亡作用,并能阻滞细胞于G0/G1期,有望成为卵巢癌治疗药。     

共转染CDK1、CDK2siRNA对肿瘤细胞周期和细胞凋亡的影响

目的研究共转染CDK1、CDK2siRNA同时抑制CDKI、CDK2蛋白表达对肿瘤细胞周期和细胞凋亡的影响,探讨细胞周期主要调控分子在肿瘤细胞凋亡中的作用。方法以人宫颈癌细胞株HeLa细胞为研究对象,用脂质体lipofectamine2000同时转染CDKl和CDK2siRNA。在转染后48、60h收集细胞,用Western印迹检测CDKl、CDK2蛋白的表达,AnnexinV／PI检测转染细胞的凋亡,流式细胞术DNA含量检测分析细胞周期。转染细胞进行瑞氏一姬姆萨染色（Wright—Giemsa）后在显微镜下观察其形态变化i结果共转染CDKl、CDK2siRNA后48和60h,Western印迹结果显示CDKl和CDK2蛋白的表达都同时降低。共转染CDKl、CDK2siRNA后,细胞周期S期和G1／M期比例与对照相比有明显增加;共转染细胞经瑞氏一姬姆萨染色后在显微镜下可见双核或多核细胞增多;AnnexinV／PI检测结果显示共转染CDK1、CDK2siRNA的细胞在48和60h细胞凋亡率与对照相比有显著的升高。结论siRNA干扰导致的CDKI、CDK2表达同时降低不仅导致细胞周期s期和G1／M期的阻滞,也诱导了肿瘤细胞的凋亡。     

复方木鸡冲剂诱导人白血病细胞HL-60凋亡机制研究

目的:探讨复方木鸡冲剂诱导人白血病细胞HL-60细胞凋亡的作用和机制,为相关中药开发提供实验资料.方法:用MTT法检测复方木鸡冲剂对HL-60细胞增殖活性的影响,光镜下观察细胞形态的变化;流式细胞仪(Annexin V/PI双染法)检测细胞凋亡,并分析细胞周期;免疫细胞化学法检测Bcl-2、caspase-3、p21WAF1的表达.结果:MTT法显示复方木鸡冲剂能抑制HL-60细胞的生长,细胞呈凋亡形态学变化.流式细胞仪检测结果为细胞凋亡率明显增高,出现GO/G1期阻滞.Bcl-2表达降低,caspase-3表达增高,p21WAF1表达强阳性.结论:复方木鸡冲剂明显抑制HL-60细胞的生长,其抗肿瘤的机制与诱导肿瘤细胞凋亡、促进细胞分化有关.     

TRPM7调控PI3K/AKT通路对人脑血管外膜成纤维细胞增殖和凋亡的影响

人脑血管外膜成纤维细胞(HBVAFs)的异常增殖参与了血管增殖性疾病的发生发展。该研究探讨TRPM7(transient receptor potential melastatin 7)能否通过调控PI3K/AKT信号通路影响HBVAFs增殖和凋亡。体外培养HBVAFs细胞,分为如下几组:parental(正常培养HBVAFs细胞)、si-NC、si-TRPM7、si-NC+IGF-1(PI3K/AKT信号通路激活剂)、si-TRPM7+IGF-1。通过qRT-PCR法检测TRPM7 mRNA表达;CCK-8法检测细胞增殖能力;流式细胞术检测细胞周期及凋亡情况;Western blot法检测目的蛋白水平。结果显示,si-TRPM7转染可显著降低HBVAFs细胞中TRPM7 mRNA和蛋白表达水平(P0.001);与si-NC组比较,si-TRPM7组细胞增殖活力下降(P0.001),细胞G_0～G_1期细胞比率上升(P0.001),S期细胞比率下降(P0.001),周期调控蛋白CCND1、CDK2、CDK4水平均明显下降(P0.001),凋亡百分比增加(P0.001),Bcl-2、p-PI3K及p-AKT蛋白表达下降(P0.001),Bax、cleaved caspase-3及Cytochrome c蛋白表达增加(P0.001);而PI3K/AKT信号通路激活剂IGF-1处理可有效逆转si-TRPM7介导的上述改变(P0.001)。这些结果提示,干扰TRPM7表达可通过抑制PI3K/AKT信号通路激活发挥抑制HBVAFs细胞增殖并诱导凋亡的作用,为TRPM7作为血管增殖性疾病的治疗靶点提供理论依据。     

卡铂通过抑制ERK1/2通路诱导人卵巢癌细胞S和G_1期阻滞

卡铂(carboplatin,CBP)是一种抗肿瘤活性较强的化疗药物,通过诱导细胞周期阻滞抑制肿瘤细胞生长,但其诱导细胞周期阻滞的报告不甚一致.本研究探索卡铂对卵巢癌HO-8910细胞生长及细胞周期进程的影响.MTS结果显示,卡铂以浓度和时间依赖方式抑制卵巢癌HO-8910细胞生长,联合使用ERK1/2通路抑制剂PD98059可使卡铂抗卵巢癌细胞增殖作用增强.采用Giemsa染色法观察到,卡铂与PD98059单用或联用均能致卵巢癌细胞发生明显的形态学变化.流式细胞术检测细胞周期发现,随卡铂浓度的增高,S期阻滞作用增强;抑制ERK1/2通路可拮抗卡铂对HO-8910细胞S期阻滞作用,增加G1期阻滞作用,而对G2/M期细胞影响不明显.Western印迹结果显示,随卡铂浓度的增高,p-ERK1/2、Cdc2(Y15)和p-Cdc2(T161)的表达逐渐升高,Cyclin E1和Cyclin B1的表达逐渐降低;抑制ERK1/2通路可将卡铂上调,p-ERK1/2和p-Cdc2(T161)的作用反转为下调作用,上调Cdc2(Y15)的表达受阻,抑制Cyclin B1的下调作用,促进Cyclin E1的下调作用.本研究结果提示,卡铂通过抑制ERK1/2激活,诱导人卵巢癌HO-8910细胞S和G1期阻滞,抑制卵巢癌细胞生长.     

Cell wall hydroxyproline-polysaccharide associations in Lupinus hypocotyls

Extraction of lupin hypocotyl cell walls with guanidine thiocynate, both before and after dilute acid treatment does not dissolve the hydroxyproline indicating that compounds containing this amino acid are probably covalently linked to insoluble wall constituents other than through acid labile arabinofuranose-hydroxyproline links. Dilute alkali does extract all of the wall hydroxyproline largely as non-dialysable material. Sequential extraction of cell walls with alkali at two temperatures (2° and 22–25°) removes most of the hemicellulose at the lower temperature but only dissolves the hydroxyproline at the higher temperature. Other studies show that the hydroxyproline containing polymer is co-precipitated with hemicellulose-B arabino-xylan. When cell walls from elongating and non-elongating hypocotyl sections are compared using this sequential extraction, the hemicellulose-B arabino-xylan containing hydroxyproline from the non-elongating wall has a much higher proportion of arabinoseand galactose than the same polymer from the elongating wall. Much more of the hydroxyproline from the elongating wall is dialysable. These results indicate more bonding of the hydroxyproline-containing glycoprotein within the wall of non-elongating tissue consistent with its suggested role in stopping cell elongation. It is suggested that the glycoprotein is linked to insoluble wall constituents such as cellulose through galactose or by direct protein to cellulose links.     

Cell cooperation in abolition of tolerance of xenogeneic tumor.

Thymectomized, lethally irradiated mice reconstituted with syngeneic bone marrow cells are tolerant to xenogeneic Yoshida ascites sarcoma (YAS). The tolerance was abolished by an injection of syngeneic normal spleen, thymus, or lymph node cells given simultaneously with YAS. Allogeneic and semiallogeneic spleen cells were ineffective. The YAS-rejecting mice produced specific anti-tumor antibodies. The serum of these mice transferred to tolerant T-cell-deficient mice protected the latter from inoculated YAS cells. These serum-protected mice were not able to resist the reinoculum of the tumor cells as the mice restored with lymphoid cells did. The latter mice rejected the YAS at the time when donor cells were practically absent in their lymphoid tissue. The low effective ratio of injected syngeneic lymphoid to tumor cells, efficiency of injected thymus cells, and other data led to the conclusion that transferred lymphoid cells did not act directly on tumor cells but through cooperation with host lymphoid cells. The cooperation of donor T- and host B-lymphocytes enabled the activation of the latter, and YAS cells were rejected.     

Cell interactions of enkephalin/polypeptide conjugates.

Enkephalin molecules were bound to poly(Lys) (poly-K) or poly(Ala-Lys-Ala-Leu) (poly-A) and their interactions with NG108-15 cells, platelets, erythrocytes and fibroblast cells were investigated. A fluorescent probe, rhodamine, also was bound to the conjugates for monitoring interactions with these cells. Observations by fluorescence microscopy revealed that NG108-15 cells, platelets, and fibroblast cells were labelled by the conjugates, whereas erythrocytes were not. Since polypeptides without enkephalin moieties were only weakly adsorbed on the cells, it was concluded that the enkephalin/polypeptide conjugates were bound specifically to receptors on the cell membrane. Interestingly, when the enkephalin/poly-K conjugate was bound to NG108-15 and fibroblast cells, fluorescent patches appeared on the membrane. Such patch formation was not clearly observed with an enkephalin/rhodamine or enkephalin/poly-A conjugate. In the case of fibroblast cells, the fluorescence converged to a large cluster, which was ultimately internalized. The results suggest that clustering of the receptors in cell membranes is influenced by the carrier polymer presumably due to cross-linking of the receptors and/or the effect of the cationic polypeptides.     

Cell attachment to a substratum and cell surface proteases.

The polytripeptide (Tyr-Ala-Glu)_n, n～-175, has been reported to undergo an α-helix-disordered chain transition in aqueous medium (Ramachandran, J., et al. (1971) Biopolymers, 10, 1829–1851). We find from circular dichroism and infrared spectroscopy that, upon transferring (Tyr-Ala-Glu)₉ from aqueous buffer at neutral pH to dioxane-containing media at acidic pH, and in certain other circumstances, a transition from the disordered state to the antiparallel β structure occurs. Molecular weight studies and the independence of the transition from concentration suggest that the β structure is intramolecular. (Tyr-Ala-Glu)₄ shows no evidence for the occurrence of any conformational change under similar conditions.     

The Cell Wall of Fusarium oxysporum

Sugar analysis of isolated cell walls from three formae speciales of Fusarium oxysporum showed that they contained not only glucose and (N-acetyl)-glucosamine, but also mannose, galactose, and uronic acids, presumably originating from cell wall glycoproteins. Cell wall glycoproteins accounted for 50–60% of the total mass of the wall. X-ray diffraction studies showed the presence of α-1,3-glucan in the alkali-soluble cell wall fraction and of β-1,3-glucan and chitin in the alkali-insoluble fraction. Electron microscopy and lectin binding studies indicated that glycoproteins form an external layer covering an inner layer composed of chitin and glucan.     

Cell/cell channel formation involves disulfide exchange.

The oocyte cell/cell-channel assay was used to identify amino acids involved in the process of cell/cell-channel formation. The expression of the rat liver gap-junction protein, connexin 32, in single oocytes, results in the accumulation of a pool of channel precursors. Upon pairing of such oocytes, cell/cell channels form rapidly from this pool. The rate of formation is affected by thiol-specific reagents and the pH. This suggests the involvement of extracellular cysteine residues in the channel formation process. Two connexin-32 mutants were generated by site-directed mutagenesis in which cysteine residues were replaced by serine. Both mutant connexins were unable to form cell/cell channels. Thus, the cysteine residues appear to play an important role in the channel formation process.     

两种广西特有报春苣苔属(苦苣苔科)植物传粉生物学研究

通过野外观察和室内试验,对两种广西特有的桂林小花苣苔和阳朔小花苣苔的传粉生物学进行比较研究。结果表明:两种报春苣苔属植物花期从7月底至8月初;单花花期内花粉具有较高的活性,最高可达92.6%和94.5%;柱头可授性最高时可达90%和95%;花粉/胚珠比率(P/O)分别为110.28±17.45和229.65±18.00;柱头与花药之间存在着空间隔离,可防止自花授粉;在单花花冠裂片张开后第3天,花药开始散粉,但雌蕊在花朵刚开始开放时已伸长,待第3天时柱头已伸长到位于花冠筒口部,高于花药,便于接受异花花粉;该两种植物均不存在无融合生殖现象;两种报春巨苔属植物均高度自交亲和,但很难发生自发的自花授粉,必须依靠外力,因此传粉媒介对于结实率有重要影响,自然条件下基本不发生自花授粉;在自然状态下结实率明显低于两种人工授粉的结实率;小蜂和淡脉隧蜂是目前已知仅见的两种传粉者。     

青稞HvBAS1基因的克隆及表达分析

细胞色素P450单加氧酶(CYP450)是参与植物代谢的最大酶家族,其中CYP734A亚家族成员广泛参与植物激素油菜素类固醇(BRs)的失活。该研究以青稞农家品种‘肚里黄’幼苗为实验材料,通过人工合成激素24 表油菜素内酯(24 eBL)和BRs合成抑制剂油菜素唑(BRZ)处理,分析BRs对青藏高原特色作物青稞(Hordeum vulgare L. var. nudum Hook. f.)的影响;采用RT PCR技术从青稞中克隆HvBAS1基因,并运用实时定量PCR检测其表达特征,为深入分析HvBAS1基因的功能奠定研究基础。结果显示：(1)24 eBL能够显著促进青稞幼苗的生长,而BRZ处理后幼苗长势明显减缓。(2)从青稞中成功克隆到2个与拟南芥BRs失活基因BAS1高度同源的CYP734A亚家族基因,即HvBAS1 1和HvBAS1 2;HvBAS1 1开放阅读框全长1 629 bp,编码542个氨基酸;HvBAS1 2长1 689 bp,编码562个氨基酸,二者氨基酸序列相似性为76.42%;亚细胞定位预测结果显示二者均存在于内质网。(3)实时定量PCR检测发现,青稞HvBAS1 1与HvBAS1 2的表达模式完全不同,其中HvBAS1 1在青稞根中的表达量高于叶中,而HvBAS1 2在叶中的表达量高于根,且随着苗龄的增大,HvBAS1 1在根中的表达呈先升高后降低的趋势,HvBAS1 2在叶片中呈先降低后升高的变化趋势;BRZ处理青稞幼苗后,其HvBAS1 1与HvBAS1 2基因的表达较对照均显著下调,且HvBAS1 2下调更为明显。研究表明,HvBAS1 1和HvBAS1 2很可能都参与了青稞内源BRs的失活,但二者的功能存在差异。     

菟丝子提取物在PC12细胞株中的神经营养因子样活性

以常用的PC12细胞株为实验模型,考察了菟丝子提取物诱导PC12细胞分化及对相关激酶活性的影响.发现该提取物在诱导PC12细胞分化的同时,可明显提高有丝分裂原激活的蛋白激酶(MAPK)磷酸化.MAPK激酶的特异抑制剂PD98059,能够有效地抑制菟丝子提取物诱导PC12细胞中MAPK的磷酸化和突起的延伸,表明该提取物诱导PC12细胞分化可能与MAPK途径有关.同时还发现,该提取物能一定程度地抑制去血清引起的细胞凋亡,表明它具有一定的神经营养因子样作用.     

单叶黄荆的分类学修订

根据对单叶黄荆(Vitex simplicifolia)模式标本的研究,结合在其模式产地的野外调查,发现单叶黄荆与黄荆(V.negundo)并无本质区别,不宜作为独立的种,但其叶片为单叶而且比较稳定,将其降级并组合为黄荆的变种。