芫根提取物对高血脂症大鼠调节作用的初步研究

为了探讨芫根的降血脂功效,分别用剂量为400 mg/kg·d、800 mg/kg·d、1600 mg/kg·d的芫根95%乙醇提取物(EE95)和芫根醇沉水提物(WE)连续灌胃营养型高血脂症模型SD大鼠,检测各组大鼠血清中总胆固醇(TC)、甘油三酯(TG)、高密度脂蛋白胆固醇(HDL-C)、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇(LDL-C)水平及肝脏系数.结果表明:芫根具有辅助降血脂的功效,与高脂模型组比较,EE95和WE各剂量组均能不同程度地降低TC、TG、LDL-C水平,HDL-C则不同程度高于高脂模型组;EE95高剂量组能降低血清中LDL-C的含量.EE95和WE对大鼠的肝脏系数均无显著影响.     

三七总皂苷抗肝纤维化作用机制的研究进展

肝纤维化是各种慢性肝病共同的病理基础,是慢性肝病发展到肝硬化、肝癌的必经途径。寻找有效的抗肝纤维化药物是近年研究的热点,其中对三七的研究也取得了很大进展。现综述近几年三七皂苷在保护肝细胞、抑制肝星形细胞活化、促进肝星形细胞凋亡、抑制细胞外基质的合成及促使其降解等方面的作用及可能机制,同时也阐述了三七总皂苷在抗肝纤维化中的重要意义及应用前景。     

人参皂苷降脂作用的研究

为了测定西洋参总皂苷及单体皂苷是否有降脂活性,通过体外实验分别测定脂肪分解活性、小肠刷状缘膜小囊吸收脂肪酸、三油酸甘油酯油酸的释放率。结果表明,西洋参茎叶总皂苷在0．5g／L浓度时,对胰脂肪酶活性的抑制率为90％;人参皂苷Rc,Rb1,Rb2对胰脂肪酶活性均显示很强的抑制作用,在0．5g／L浓度时抑制率分别为100％,96％,97％。西洋参总皂苷和人参皂苷Rc,Rh,Rb2可以通过抑制胰脂肪酶活性起到降脂作用。     

西藏芫根提取物对小鼠抗缺氧作用的初步研究

实验研究西藏芫根提取物的抗缺氧活性.通过建立小鼠常压缺氧模型、急性脑缺血性缺氧模型以及亚硝酸钠中毒模型,以蒸馏水作为空白对照,盐酸普萘洛尔作为阳性对照,观察芫根水、65%乙醇及95%乙醇提取物的10 g/kg、15 g/kg和20 g/kg剂量组对小鼠缺氧的保护作用,同时观察各提取物10 g/kg剂量组对红细胞数量和血红蛋白含量的影响.结果表明,芫根水提取物、65%乙醇提取物及95%乙醇提取物均能明显延长模型小鼠在常压缺氧、急性脑缺血性缺氧及亚硝酸钠中毒时的存活时间,并可增加外周血象中红细胞数与血红蛋白含量,显示芫根提取物具有抗缺氧活性.     

基于NLRP3-神经递质通路初步探究知母总皂苷对肥胖小鼠脂肪组织的调控机制

观察知母总皂苷(saponins from Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bge.,SAa B)对C57BL/6J肥胖小鼠的干预作用,探讨其通过NLRP3-神经递质通路对肥胖小鼠脂肪组织的调控机制.采用高脂饲料喂养7周建立小鼠肥胖模型,将造模成功的小鼠随机分为阳性药氯吉兰组(3 mg/kg)、SA...     

蒺藜总皂苷灌胃大鼠体内海柯皂苷元的代谢与分布

采用HPLC-UV和LC-MS方法相结合测定分析了海柯皂苷元在蒺藜总皂苷灌胃Sprague-Dawley(SD)大鼠体内不同器官组织分布动态变化。结果表明在大鼠胃肠中蒺藜总皂苷中有部分海柯皂苷水解为海柯皂苷元;在从6到32 h灌胃蒺藜总皂苷的大鼠肝脏中可检测到海柯皂苷元的存在,证明有一定量海柯皂苷元从大鼠胃肠道吸收进入体内;对于海柯皂苷元检测,API-MS检测方法较UV方法有更高的灵敏度,且有好的专属性。     

党参总皂苷对TNBS诱导的大鼠溃疡性结肠炎的保护作用及其机制

目的: 探讨党参总皂苷(TSC)对大鼠实验性溃疡性结肠炎(UC)的治疗作用及其作用机制。方法: 50只雄性Wistar大鼠随机分为5组:对照组、模型组、柳氮磺胺嘧啶(SASP)阳性对照组(0.3 g/kg)、TSC高剂量组(1.2 g/kg)、TSC低剂量组(0.4 g/kg),用三硝基苯磺酸(TNBS)/乙醇联合灌肠制作大鼠UC模型,给药21 d后,通过观察大鼠症状和体征、疾病活动指数(DAI)、结肠粘膜损伤指数(CMDI)、结肠组织形态;测定结肠组织中超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、丙二醛(MDA)、炎症因子白介素-6(IL-6)、白介素-10(IL-10)、肿瘤坏死因子α(TNF-α)的含量;检测结肠组织中细胞核内核转录因子-κB(NF-κB)蛋白表达;最终评价TSC的治疗效果。结果: 与对照组比较,模型组大鼠DAI、CMDI评分显著升高,结肠粘膜损伤严重,说明造模成功。与模型组比较,TSC高低剂量组均能显著降低UC大鼠DAI评分、CMDI评分(P＜0.05);改善结肠黏膜形态;升高结肠组织中SOD活力,降低MDA含量(P＜0.05),抑制结肠组织中IL-6、TNF-α mRNA水平,促进IL-10 mRNA表达(P＜0.01);同时降低结肠中NF-κB蛋白表达(P＜ 0.01),且TSC高剂量组优于低剂量组(P＜0.05)。结论: TSC对UC大鼠结肠黏膜损伤具有显著保护作用,以高剂量组为佳;其机制可能与抗脂质过氧化,抑制NF-κB信号通路从而调控炎性因子的释放有关。     

延龄草总皂苷对LPS诱导炎症大鼠的抗炎效果

为了探讨延龄草总皂苷对脂多糖(lipopolysaccharide, LPS)诱导急性炎症大鼠的保护作用,将SD大鼠随机分成(2, 1, 0.5) g/kg剂量组、模型组、地塞米松磷酸钠(dexamethasone, DEX)对照组及空白对照组,每组10只。剂量组按(2, 1, 0.5) g·kg~(~(-1))·d~(-1)延龄草总皂苷灌胃一次,模型组、空白对照组灌胃等量蒸馏水。连续灌胃5 d,末次灌胃0.5 h后,剂量组、模型组按200μg/kg腹腔注射LPS;DEX对照组连续灌胃4 d,第5天腹腔注射DEX (100μg/kg),0.5 h后按200μg/kg腹腔注射LPS,空白对照组注射等量生理盐水。末次注射LPS 8 h后,处死大鼠,检测碱性磷酸酶(ALP)、天冬氨酸氨基转移酶(AST)、丙氨酸氨基转移酶(ALT)、一氧化氮合酶(NOS)活性及总胆固醇(TC)、甘油三酯(TG)、一氧化氮(NO)、白细胞介素6 (IL-6)、IL~(-1)0、IL~(-1)β、IL-4、IL-8、肿瘤坏死因子α(TNF-α)、5-羟色胺(5-HT)、组胺(HIS)、环氧化物酶(COX-2)、前列腺素E2 (PGE2)含量。结果显示:(2, 1, 0.5) g/kg组ALP、AST活性及IL-6、IL~(-1)β、IL-8、TNF-α、HIS、COX-2、PGE2含量降低;(1, 0.5) g/kg组ALT活性降低;2 g/kg组NOS活性与NO含量降低,IL~(-1)0含量升高;(2, 1) g/kg组5-HT含量降低。延龄草总皂苷能有效降低LPS所致炎症大鼠ALP、AST、ALT、NOS活性及TC、TG含量,减少NO生成,降低IL-6、IL~(-1)β、IL-8、TNF-α、5-HT、HIS、COX-2及PGE2过量分泌、提升IL~(-1)0、IL-4含量,抗炎效果明显。     

合欢皮总皂苷对雄性小鼠的抗生育作用研究

目的探讨合欢皮总皂苷对雄性小鼠的抗生育作用。方法将60只健康的雄性性成熟昆明小鼠随机分成3个试验组和1个对照组,各试验组小鼠灌胃540 mg·(kg·d)-1,270 mg·(kg·d)-1和135 mg·(kg·d)-1的合欢皮总皂苷水溶液,对照组自由饮水,灌胃1周后按雌雄比2∶1合笼,继续对雄鼠灌胃至19 d,采集雄性小鼠的血液并测定血液生化指标,剖检灌胃雌性小鼠,统计雌性小鼠的怀孕率,测定雄性小鼠睾丸与附睾的脏器系数及附睾精子活力,并固定睾丸和附睾,研究其组织学变化。结果与对照组相比较,雄性小鼠灌胃合欢皮总皂苷后,导致雌性小鼠的怀孕率降低,睾丸脏器系数和附睾精子活率极显著降低(P<0.01),精子畸形率极显著升高(P<0.01)。光学显微镜下,试验组小鼠睾丸和附睾均有一定程度的损失,睾丸生精细胞排列疏松,间质减少,可见曲细精管内有多核巨噬细胞浸润,各级生精细胞脱落。附睾具正常的管腔结构,但能明显观察到管腔内精子几乎消失。结论合欢皮总皂苷对雄性小鼠具有抗生育作用,主要通过影响精子的生成及破坏生精组织而达到。     

奥氮平诱导大鼠肥胖及其机制研究

目的建立奥氮平诱导的肥胖大鼠模型,并探讨其诱导肥胖的发生机制。方法 SD雌性大鼠20只,随机分为对照组和模型组,模型组大鼠每日黑暗时相前1h灌胃奥氮平(1.2mg/kg),对照组给予等容量蒸馏水。每周称体重1次,测饮水饮食量2次。给药7周时,利用SMART video-tracking system测定大鼠白天和黑暗时相的自主活动,然后处理大鼠,测体长,计算Lee's指数,称脂肪湿重,计算脂肪系数,采用高效液相色谱-电化学检测(HPLC-ECD)法测定大鼠下丘脑神经递质,用ELISA试剂盒测定血清瘦素(leptin)、脂联素(adiponectin,ADP)水平。结果模型组大鼠造模第2周至第7周时体重均明显高于对照组(P0.05或P0.01),饮食量明显增加(P0.01),黑暗时相平均速度、路程明显减少(P0.05),Lee's指数、脂肪湿重、脂肪系数明显升高(P0.05或P0.01),下丘脑5-HT、DA、DOPAC含量明显升高(P0.01或P0.05),血清leptin含量明显升高(P0.01),ADP含量明显降低(P0.01)。结论奥氮平(1.2mg/kg)增加动物摄食量,减少活动量而引起肥胖,此作用与下丘脑神经递质、瘦素和脂联素的调节有着密切联系。     

番石榴叶提取物对高脂性肥胖小鼠的减肥降脂作用的研究

目的:研究番石榴叶提取物对小鼠肥胖模型的减肥、降脂作用。方法:①利用高脂饲料喂养,建立小鼠肥胖模型;②小鼠肥胖模型初步建立后,以体重、热量摄取、腹部脂肪系数、空腹血糖(FBG)、甘油三酯(TG)、总胆固醇(TC)、高密度脂蛋白(HDL-C)、低密度脂蛋白(LDL-C)为指标,通过普通饲料阴性组,阳性对照药非诺贝特给药组比较,探求番石榴叶提取物的减肥、降脂作用及其剂量依赖关系。结果:①与Nomal组比较,HFD组的小鼠体重、热量摄取、腹部脂肪系数、FBG、TG、TC、LDL-C显著增加;②给药后,3个剂量番石榴叶提取物组的小鼠体重、腹部脂肪系数、FBG、TG、TC、LDL-C均明显低于高脂饲料组,且呈显著或极显著差异,并与阳性对照组无明显差异;③3个剂量番石榴叶提取物组的减肥、降脂作用存在一定的效应-剂量关系,即LD组(50mg/Kg)MD组(100 mg/Kg)HD组(200 mg/Kg)。结论:番石榴叶60%乙醇提物对小鼠肥胖症和高脂血症有一定的预防和治疗作用,3个剂量组中HD组(200 mg/Kg)效果最好,可望开发为减肥降脂的纯天然药物。     

高脂饲料诱导的肥胖大鼠网膜素水平的实验研究

人群调查发现肥胖人群网膜素水平较正常人群低,而正常及肥胖大鼠血清网膜素水平及其基因表达情况尚不清楚.将SD大鼠随机分为正常组(n=10)和高脂组(n=30),分别喂养普通饲料和高脂饲料.6 w后从高脂组选取体重增长最快的20只,再从中随机抽取10只继续喂养高脂饲料,12 w后两组各剩9只,采用全自动生化仪ADVIA2400测定血糖及血脂、ELISA检测血清胰岛素及网膜素水平、RT-PCR检测网膜脂肪组织网膜素mRNA表达水平.结果显示高脂组大鼠体重、体重增加值、肥胖指数、低密度脂蛋白、胰岛素、血清网膜素水平及网膜脂肪组织网膜素mRNA表达水平均高于正常组(P<0.05).首次发现肥胖大鼠血清网膜素水平及网膜脂肪组织中网膜素mRNA表达水平较正常大鼠显著增高,与人群调查结果不一致.     

Gene transferability from transgenic Brassica napus L. to various subspecies and varieties of Brassica rapa

Gene transferability from transgenic rapeseed to various subspecies and varieties of Brassica rapa was assessed in this study. Artificial crossability was studied in 118 cultivars of 7 B. rapa subspecies and varieties with the transgenic rapeseed GT73 (Brassica napus) as the pollen donor. On average 5.7 seeds were obtained per pollination, with a range from 0.05 to 19.4. The heading type of B. rapa L. showed significantly higher crossability than non-heading types of B. rapa. The spontaneous outcrossing rate between B. rapa (female) and the transgenic rapeseed Ms8 × Rf3 (B. napus) (male) ranged from 0.039 to 0.406%, with an average of 0.19%. The fertilization process and the development of the hybrid seeds as shown by fluorescent staining techniques indicated that the number of adhered pollens on the stigma was reduced by 80%, the number of pollen tubes in the style was reduced by 2/3 and the fertilization time was delayed by over 20 h when pollinated with the transgenic rapeseed Ms8 × Rf3 in comparison with the bud self-pollination of B. rapa as control. About 10–70% of the interspecific hybrid embryos were aborted in the course of development. Some seeds looked cracked in mature pods, which showed germination abilities lower than 10%. The spontaneous outcrossing rates were much lower than the artificial crossability, and their survival fitness of the interspecific hybrid was very low, indicating that it should be possible to keep the adventitious presence of the off-plants under the allowed threshold, if proper measures are taken.     

Genetic diversity of allozymes in turnip (Brassica rapa L. var. rapa) from the Nordic area

Genetic diversity and relationships based on isozymes were studied in 31 accessions of turnip (Brassica rapa L. var. rapa). The material included varieties, elite stocks, landraces and older turnip of slash-and-burn type from the Nordic area. A total of 9 isozyme loci and 26 alleles were studied. The isozyme systems were ACO, DIA, GPI, GOT, PGM, PGD and SKD. The level of heterozygosity was reduced in the landraces, but it was high for the variety group 'Ostersundom'. Turnip has a higher genetic variation than other crops within B. rapa and than in other species with the same breeding system. The genetic diversity showed that 18.7% of the genetic variation was within the accessions, and the total H tau value was 0.358. Gpi-I and Pgd-I showed the lowest variation compared with the other loci. The cluster analysis revealed five clusters, with one main cluster including 25 of the 31 accessions. The dendrogram indicated that the variety group 'Ostersundom' clustered together whereas the variety group 'Bortfelder' was associated with country of origin. The landraces were spread in different clusters. The 'slash-and-burn' type of turnip belonged to two groups.     

Analysis of expressed sequence tags from Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis

Non-redundant expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were generated from six different organs at various developmental stages of Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis. Of the 1,295 ESTs, 915 (71%) showed significantly high homology in nucleotide or deduced amino acid sequences with other sequences deposited in databases, while 380 did not show similarity to any sequences. Briefly, 598 ESTs matched with proteins of identified biological function, 177 with hypothetical proteins or non-annotated Arabidopsis genome sequences, and 140 with other ESTs. About 82% of the top-scored matching sequences were from Arabidopsis or Brassica, but overall 558 (43%) ESTs matched with Arabidopsis ESTs at the nucleotide sequence level. This observation strongly supports the idea that gene-expression profiles of Chinese cabbage differ from that of Arabidopsis, despite their genome structures being similar to each other. Moreover, sequence analyses of 21 Brassica ESTs revealed that their primary structure is different from those of corresponding annotated sequences of Arabidopsis genes. Our data suggest that direct prediction of Brassica gene expression pattern based on the information from Arabidopsis genome research has some limitations. Thus, information obtained from the Brassica EST study is useful not only for understanding of unique developmental processes of the plant, but also for the study of Arabidopsis genome structure.     

Pollination and embryo development in Brassica rapa L. in microgravity

Plant reproduction under spaceflight conditions has been problematic in the past. In order to determine what aspect of reproductive development is affected by microgravity, we studied pollination and embryo development in Brassica rapa L. during 16 d in microgravity on the space shuttle (STS-87). Brassica is self-incompatible and requires mechanical transfer of pollen. Short-duration access to microgravity during parabolic flights on the KC-135A aircraft was used initially to confirm that equal numbers of pollen grains could be collected and transferred in the absence of gravity. Brassica was grown in the Plant Growth Facility flight hardware as follows. Three chambers each contained six plants that were 13 d old at launch. As these plants flowered, thin colored tape was used to indicate the date of hand pollination, resulting in silique populations aged 8-15 d postpollination at the end of the 16-d mission. The remaining three chambers contained dry seeds that germinated on orbit to produce 14-d-old plants just beginning to flower at the time of landing. Pollen produced by these plants had comparable viability (93%) with that produced in the 2-d-delayed ground control. Matched-age siliques yielded embryos of equivalent developmental stage in the spaceflight and ground control treatments. Carbohydrate and protein storage reserves in the embryos, assessed by cytochemical localization, were also comparable. In the spaceflight material, growth and development by embryos rescued from siliques 15 d after pollination lagged behind the ground controls by 12 d; however, in the subsequent generation, no differences between the two treatments were found. The results demonstrate that while no stage of reproductive development in Brassica is absolutely dependent upon gravity, lower embryo quality may result following development in microgravity.     

芜菁的诱导同源四倍体减数分裂分析

细胞学上芜菁 (Brassicarapa)为正常的二倍体 ,具有 1 1的联会和 1 - 1的染色体分离。它的花粉母细胞 (PMC’s )在小孢子发生过程中的减数分裂前期 (M1 )无“B染色体” ,也无任何次级缔合。用 0 0 2 %的秋水仙碱水溶液处理 6h对多倍体的诱导形成明显。诱导出的同源四倍体构型中无联会基因 ,而成 1或 2次交叉的二价体、三价体和四价体。从多倍体逆转的有趣现象中发现 ,4 6 7%的诱导多倍体后来恢复成二倍体。不平衡的染色体分离普遍存在于诱导出的同源四倍体中 ,这就是导致生存能力不同的异常配子体出现的主要原因。异常配子体的结合 ,在芸苔属 (Brassica)现存种的演化中起到了重要作用     

Genomic Markers Associated with Cold-Hardiness in Brassica rapa L.

Molecular Biology - Brassica rapa L. is a valuable and widespread species, but its cultivation in risk farming areas requires high-quality cold-hardy varieties to be developed. Mechanisms of the...     

Embryogenesis and plant regeneration from isolated microspores of Brassica rapa L. ssp. Oleifera

Summary Conditions favourable to embryogenesis from isolated microspores of Brassica rapa L. ssp. oleifera (canola quality) were identified. A population with enhanced responsiveness for microspore embryogenesis (C200) was synthesized by crossing individual plants showing microspore embryogenic potential. For optimal microspore embryogenesis, buds (2–3mm in length, containing mid-late uninucieate microspores) were collected from older plants (2 months old) and microspores isolated and washed in iron-free B5 medium. NLN medium with its iron content reduced to half was beneficial for initial microspore culture. An elevated temperature(33–35°C) during the first day of culture, followed by maintenance at 25°C resulted in dozens of embryos from each isolation (about 100 buds). Seeds were obtained from plants regenerated from microsporederived embryos after colchicine treatment.     

Identification and characterization of SHI family genes from Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis

SHI (short internodes) is a negative regulator of gibberellin-induced cell elongation. Extensive searches in the Brassica rapa genome allowed for the prediction of at least six different SHI-related genes on six chromosomes in the genome. Genome structural examination revealed that these genes had one intron each in their corresponding open reading frames. Protein structure comparisons using the CLUSTALW program and based on alignments of all BrSRS (B. r apa SHI-related sequence) proteins revealed broad conservation of the RING finger-like zinc finger and IGGH motifs. According to the phylogenetic relationship based on deduced amino acid sequences, the six BrSRS proteins were most closely related to Arabidopsis SRS (AtSRS) proteins; however, BrSRS proteins were dispersed in the phylogenetic tree. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis indicated that the six BrSRS genes exhibited different expression patterns in various tissues and responded differently to growth phytohormones. The differences among the six BrSRS genes with respect to gene structure and expression pattern suggest that these genes may play diverse physiological roles in the developmental process of B. rapa.