人类疱疹病毒7型体外生长特点的研究

研究了人类疱疹病毒７型（ＨＨＶ－７）南京株ＹＹ５在脐血单个核细胞（ＣＢＭＣｓ）及ＳＵＰＴ１细胞株上生长特点。观察病毒感染细胞后不同时间病变效应程度,记数死亡细胞百分率,间接免疫荧光染色记数抗原表达阳性细胞数,并用透射电镜观察病毒感染细胞超微结构变化及病毒复制不同时期的特点。结果发现：ＨＨＶ－７在ＣＢＭＣｓ及ＳＵＰＴ１上出现ＣＰＥ时间迟于ＨＨＶ－６,且ＣＰＥ程度也低于ＨＨＶ－６;ＨＨＶ－７在ＳＵＰＴ     

UV照射与非UV照射FITC致敏小鼠淋巴结树突状细胞的光电镜免疫组织化学特性

本工作观察了小鼠淋巴结树突状细胞（ＤＣ）的光、电镜免疫组织化学特性,并探讨其功能。从ＦＩＴＩＣ致敏小鼠淋巴结分离的ＤＣ在体外可刺激ＦＩＴＣ特异性Ｔ－细胞株增殖。注射经ＵＶ照射、ＦＩＴＣ致敏的小鼠淋巴结细胞（ＤＬＮＣ）至受体小鼠,可导致该小鼠的免疫耐受;这些细胞在体外仍可促进ＦＩＴＣ特异性Ｔ－细胞株增殖,但明显弱于非ＵＶ照射小鼠ＤＬＮＣ的作用。免疫光镜下显示ＵＶ－ＦＩＴＣ致敏小鼠淋巴结的ＦＩＴＣ阳性ＤＣ与非ＵＶ照射ＦＩＴＣ致敏组一样也表达了ＭＡＣ－１、２、３和Ｆ４／８０等巨噬细胞标志,唯其ＦＩＴＣ阳性细胞率明显高于非照射ＦＩＴＣ致敏组动物。免疫电镜下显示这些细胞呈Ｉａ阳性和ＦＩＴＣ阳性,ＦＩＴＣ主要定位于线粒体和溶酶体结构等处。研究表明这些与ＦＩＴＣ致敏小鼠ＤＬＮＣ有关的细胞活性的差异与Ｉａ阳性ＤＣ数量减少、表面Ｉａ的表达、ＦＩＴＣ在ＤＣ内的分布变化无关。某些Ｉａ阳性ＤＣ胞质内可见Ｂｉｒｂｅｃｋ颗粒样结构,提示Ｉａ阳性ＤＣ的不同群体可迁移至ＵＶ照射小鼠的淋巴结。     

紫外辐射诱发NIH3T3细胞调亡时DNA断裂的特性

用常规琼脂糖凝胶电泳ＵＶＢ照射后培养不同时间的ＮＩＨ３Ｔ３细胞ＤＮＡ,两个样本均未出现凋亡梯形带,而用相同条件处理拽明小鼠胸腺细胞ＤＮＡ出现的典型的梯形带。再用反转电场琼脂糖凝胶电泳（ＦＩＧＥ）ＵＶＢ照射后培养不同时间的ＮＩＨ３Ｔ３细胞ＤＮＡ,发现ＤＮＡ先断裂成低于２３ｋｂ的大分子片段,然后进一步断裂成小分子片段,但始终未出现梯形带,说明ＤＮＡ并不总是从核小体之间断裂的。     

HSV—2阴道感染并诱导小鼠阴道粘膜上皮细胞凋亡

最近的报道指出,某些病毒有诱导体外细胞凋亡的作用,借以限制病毒的扩散。为探讨ＨＳＶ－２在体内诱导细胞凋亡的效果及其形态学特点,用 ＨＳＶ－２ ３３３株感染小鼠阴道,于感染后不同天数处死动物,取其阴道,固定于１０％中性福尔马林,ＴＵＮＥＬ末端标记染色显示凋亡的细胞,光镜下进行原位观察。结果显示：感染后的第１天粘膜上皮内即出现大量的凋亡细胞,第２天至１１天凋亡细胞的数量及在上皮内的分布范围达最高水平。早期的凋亡细胞见于感染后所有标本,其核染色质形态及分布似正常细胞,但它被ＴＵＮＥＬ标记染成棕黄色;晚期的凋亡细胞亦见于所有标本,其胞核缩小,染色质浓缩并在核周边集聚,核中心空化。载有凋亡细胞的上皮在阴道粘膜上分布很广,最广的可占全阴道上皮的２／３。同时可见ＨＳＶ．２引起的上皮细胞坏死及疱疹形成,二者均由凋亡细胞包围。凋亡细胞不断地由上皮表面脱落至阴道,未见凋亡小体及吞噬现象。结果提示,ＨＳＶ－２ ３３３株阴道感染可同时诱导细胞坏死及凋亡,细胞凋亡可能在限制病毒产生子代及限制感染区域扩展起重要作用。     

紫外照射神经酰胺的生成及神经酰胺引起的细胞凋亡

参照文献报道的方法建立了测定细胞神经酰胺的激酶催化法,以该法所做的标准曲线在一定浓度范围内有很好的线性关系。以ＵＶＢ照射ＮＩＨ ３Ｔ３细胞,可以使细胞神经酰胺的水平在１分钟之内迅速升高１．５倍以上,基本上达到了细胞所能生成神经酰胺的最高峰值。可细胞膜的外源性神经酰胺（Ｃ２－ｃｅｒａｍｉｄｅ）作用于ＮＩＨ ３Ｔ３细胞后能够导致细胞的凋亡和坏死,其凋亡率在一定剂量范围内随神经酰胺浓度的增加而增加;而在     

羟自由基诱导烟草细胞凋亡

用适当浓度组合的硫酸亚铁和过氧化氢反应以产生羟自由基来处理烟草悬浮细胞,首次观察了细胞中染色质凝缩、边缘化、细胞核解体等典型的细胞凋亡的形态学特征;在ＤＮＡ琼脂糖凝胶电泳图谱上观察到因核ＤＮＡ有规则地在核小体间被降解而产生的阶梯条带;末端脱氧核糖核酸转移酶介导的３’－ＯＨ末端标记法（ｔｅｒｍｉｎａｌ ｄｅｏｘｙｎｕｃｌｅｏｔｉｄｙｌ ｔｒａｎｓｆｅｒａｓｅ（ＴｄＴ）－ｍｅｄｉａｔｅｄ ｄＵＴＰ ｎ     

UVB诱导NIH3T3细胞凋亡时的信号转导机制:Ⅱ.神经酰胺所致细胞内Ca~(2+)和pH的变化

利用粘附式细胞仪（ＡＣＡＳ－５７０）结合相应的荧光探针分别测定了外源性神经酰胺诱导ＮＩＨ３Ｔ３细胞凋亡时胞浆游离Ｃａ＾２＋水平和ＵＶＢ照射ＮＩＨ ３Ｔ３细胞所致细胞内ＰＨ的变化以及神经酰胺的生民对这一变化的影响。结果表明,１．神经酰胺能够导致ＮＩＨ ３Ｔ３细胞胞浆游离Ｃａ＾２＋升高既来源于胞外叠为源于胞内钙池,但外钙内流是引起和维持胞内Ｃａ＾２＋处于高水平所必要条件,ＮＩＨ ３Ｔ３细胞也上存在着两     

氧化诱导K_(562)细胞凋亡机制的初步探讨

以过氧化氢（Ｈ２Ｏ２）诱导人慢性髓细胞白血病（Ｋ５６２）细胞为凋亡模型,采用流式细胞仪（ｆｌｏｗｃｙｔｏｍｅｔｒｙ,ＦＣＭ）和激光共聚焦扫描显微镜（ｌａｓｅｒｃｏｎｆｏｃａｌｓｃａｎｎｉｎｇｍｉｃｒｏｓｃｏｐｙ,ＬＣＳＭ）研究细胞凋亡,形态观察出现核固缩,核碎裂及凋亡小体等典型凋亡特征．ＤＮＡ电泳图谱出现“Ｌａｄｄｅｒ”．ＦＣＭ检测在Ｇ０／Ｇ１峰前出现一低ＤＮＡ含量的凋亡峰．ＬＣＳＭ显示凋亡细胞ｃ－Ｆｏｓ．ｃ－Ｊｕｎ和ＮＦκＢ表达量均有不同程度的增加．该结果提示上述三种转录因子可能参与氧化诱导凋亡过程中基因的调控作用．     

一种可诱导细胞凋亡的鸡贫血病毒蛋白

鸡贫血病毒（ＣＡＶ）是一种全球性的禽传染病的病原。为环状单链ＤＮＡ,大小为２．３ｋｂ,是圆环病毒科的成员。ＣＡＶ基因组包含了３个部分或完全重叠的基因。ＣＡＶ可通过细胞凋亡使胸腺细胞及人工培养的转化型单核细胞产生致命的细胞病变（ＣＰＥ）。在转化的（鸡）细胞中,ＶＰ３基因的编码产物凋亡素可以造成凋亡,而这种效应不依赖于ｐ５３,且不受凋亡抑制蛋白Ｂｃｌ－２及ＣｒｍＡ的抑制。令人注目的是,凋亡素能使人肿瘤     

人主动脉硫酸乙酰肝素蛋白聚糖对培养的人血管壁细胞生长的作用

通过培养的人主动脉平滑肌细胞（ｈＡＳＭＣ）及脐静脉内皮细胞（ｈＵＶＥＣ）,应用＾３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ参入、Ｎｏｒｔｈｅｒｎ ｂｌｏｔ分析、逆转录多聚酶链反应（ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ）、放射免疫分析（ＲＩＡ）、和紫外比色法等技术观察了人主动脉中硫酸乙酰肝素蛋白聚糖（ＨＳＰＧ）对ｈＡＳＭＣ和ｈＵＶＥＣ ＤＮＡ合成的作用及对血小板源生长因子（ＰＧＤＦ）、ＰＧＤＦ受体、转化生长因子β（ＴＧＦ－β）、内皮素－１（ＥＴ－１）或     

Apoptosis dynamics in human neutrophils induced by ultraviolet C irradiation during lipopolysaccharide and zinc exposure]

The action of ultraviolet radiation with lambda = 254 nm (UVC), zinc and lipopolysaccharide on the apoptosis of human neutrophils was investigated by flow cytometry. It was shown that zinc (0.2-1 mM) inhibits the UVC-dependent acceleration of neutrophil apoptosis. Preliminary treatment with UVC cancels the inhibition of neutrophil apoptosis by lipopolysaccharide.     

Cleavage of BLM and Sensitivity of Bloom’s Syndrome Cells to Hydroxurea

Patients with Bloom’s syndrome (BS) show a strong genetic instability and a predisposition to all types of cancer. Here, we report that the Bloom’s syndrome protein (BLM) is cleaved in response to hydroxyurea (HU)- or UVC-induced apoptosis. The appearance and solubility of BLM proteolytic products differed according to whether proteolysis occurred in response to HU or UVC. One BS cell line homozygous for a null mutation in BLM was resistant to both UVC- and HU-induced apoptosis, while another one expressing a mutated BLM protein was resistant to HU-induced apoptosis but displayed normal sensitivity to UVC. Thus, UVC and HU appear to induce apoptosis through distinct pathways.

Key Words:

Bloom’s syndrome, Apoptosis, Hydroxyurea, Ultraviolet C radiation, RecQ helicase     

Induction of bystander effects by UVA,UVB, and UVC radiation in human fibroblasts and the implication of reactive oxygen species

Radiation-induced bystander effects are various types of responses displayed by nonirradiated cells induced by signals transmitted from neighboring irradiated cells. This phenomenon has been well studied after ionizing radiation, but data on bystander effects after UV radiation are limited and so far have been reported mainly after UVA and UVB radiation. The studies described here were aimed at comparing the responses of human dermal fibroblasts exposed directly to UV (A, B, or C wavelength range) and searching for bystander effects induced in unexposed cells using a transwell co-incubation system. Cell survival and apoptosis were used as a measure of radiation effects. Additionally, induction of senescence in UV-exposed and bystander cells was evaluated. Reactive oxygen species (ROS), superoxide radical anions, and nitric oxide inside the cells and secretion of interleukins 6 and 8 (IL-6 and IL-8) into the medium were assayed and evaluated as potential mediators of bystander effects. All three regions of ultraviolet radiation induced bystander effects in unexposed cells, as shown by a diminution of survival and an increase in apoptosis, but the pattern of response to direct exposure and the bystander effects differed depending on the UV spectrum. Although UVA and UVB were more effective than UVC in generation of apoptosis in bystander cells, UVC induced senescence both in irradiated cells and in neighbors. The level of cellular ROS increased significantly shortly after UVA and UVB exposure, suggesting that the bystander effects may be mediated by ROS generated in cells by UV radiation. Interestingly, UVC was more effective at generation of ROS in bystanders than in directly exposed cells and induced a high yield of superoxide in exposed and bystander cells, which, however, was only weakly associated with impairment of mitochondrial membrane potential. Increasing concentration of IL-6 but not IL-8 after exposure to each of the three bands of UV points to its role as a mediator in the bystander effect. Nitric oxide appeared to play a minor role as a mediator of bystander effects in our experiments. The results demonstrating an increase in intracellular oxidation, not only in directly UV-exposed but also in neighboring cells, and generation of proinflammatory cytokines, processes entailing cell damage (decreased viability, apoptosis, senescence), suggest that all bands of UV radiation carry a potential hazard for human health, not only due to direct mechanisms, but also due to bystander effects.     

Discovery of a new RNA-containing nuclear structure in UVC-induced apoptotic cells by integrated laser electron microscopy

Background information. Treatment of cells with UVC radiation leads to the formation of DNA cross‐links which, if not repaired, can lead to apoptosis. γ‐H2AX and cleaved caspase 3 are proteins formed during UVC‐induced DNA damage and apoptosis respectively. The present study sets out to identify early morphological markers of apoptosis using a new method of correlative microscopy, ILEM (integrated laser electron microscopy). Cleaved caspase 3 and γ‐H2AX were immunofluorescently labelled to mark the cells of interest. These cells were subsequently searched in the fluorescence mode of the ILEM and further analysed at high resolution with TEM (transmission electron microscopy). Results. Following the treatment of HUVECs (human umbilical vein endothelial cells) with UVC radiation, in the majority of the cells γ‐H2AX was formed, whereas only in a subset of cells caspase 3 was activated. In severely damaged cells with high levels of γ‐H2AX a round, electron‐dense nuclear structure was found, which was hitherto not identified in UV‐stressed cells. This structure exists only in nuclei of cells containing cleaved caspase 3 and is present during all stages of the apoptotic process. Energy‐loss imaging showed that the nuclear structure accumulates phosphorus, indicating that it is rich in nucleic acids. Because the nuclear structure did not label for DNA and was not affected by regressive EDTA treatment, it is suggested that the UV‐induced nuclear structure contains a high amount of RNA. Conclusions. Because the UV‐induced nuclear structure was only found in cells labelled for cleaved caspase 3 it is proposed as an electron microscopic marker for all stages of apoptosis. Such a marker will especially facilitate the screening for early apoptotic cells, which lack the well‐known hallmarks of apoptosis within a cell population. It also raises new questions on the mechanisms involved in the UV‐induced apoptotic pathway.     

Antigenotoxic effects of three essential oils in diploid yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) after treatments with UVC radiation, 8-MOP plus UVA and MMS

Essential oils (EOs) extracted from medicinal plants such as Origanum compactum, Artemisia herba alba and Cinnamomum camphora are known for their beneficial effects in humans. The present study was undertaken to investigate their possible antigenotoxic effects in an eukaryotic cell system, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The EOs alone showed some cytotoxicity and cytoplasmic petite mutations, i.e. mitochondrial damage, but they were unable to induce nuclear genetic events. In combination with exposures to nuclear mutagens such as 254-nm UVC radiation, 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) plus UVA radiation and methylmethane sulfonate (MMS), treatments with these EOs produced a striking increase in the amount of cytoplasmic petite mutations but caused a significant reduction in revertants and mitotic gene convertants induced among survivors of the diploid tester strain D7. In a corresponding rho0 strain, the level of nuclear genetic events induced by the nuclear mutagens UVC and 8-MOP plus UVA resulted in the same reduced level as the combined treatments with the EOs. This clearly suggests a close relationship between the enhancement of cytoplasmic petites (mitochondrial damage) in the presence of the EOs and the reduction of nuclear genetic events induced by UVC or 8-MOP plus UVA. After MMS plus EO treatment, induction of these latter events was comparable at least per surviving fraction in wildtype and rho0 cells, and apparently less dependent on cytoplasmic petite induction. Combined treatments with MMS and EOs clearly triggered switching towards late apoptosis/necrosis indicating an involvement of this phenomenon in EO-induced cell killing and concomitant decreases in nuclear genetic events. After UVC and 8-MOP plus UVA plus EO treatments, little apoptosis and necrosis were observed. The antigenotoxic effects of the EOs appeared to be predominantly linked to the induction of mitochondrial dysfunction.     

Cleavage of BLM and sensitivity of Bloom's syndrome cells to hydroxurea and UV-C radiation

Patients with Bloom's syndrome (BS) show a strong genetic instability and a predisposition to all types of cancer. Here, we report that the Bloom's syndrome protein (BLM) is cleaved in response to hydroxyurea (HU)- or UVC-induced apoptosis. The appearance and solubility of BLM proteolytic products differed according to whether proteolysis occurred in response to HU or UVC. One BS cell line homozygous for a null mutation in BLM was resistant to both UVC- and HU-induced apoptosis, while another one expressing a mutated BLM protein was resistant to HU-induced apoptosis but displayed normal sensitivity to UVC. Thus, UVC and HU appear to induce apoptosis through distinct pathways.     

UVC radiation induces downregulation of EGF receptor via phosphorylation at serine 1046/1047 in human pancreatic cancer cells

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is overexpressed in human pancreatic cancer and is one of the clinical targets in its treatment. In the present study we investigated the mechanism underlying ultraviolet C (UVC)-radiation-induced cell growth inhibition and downregulation of EGFR in human pancreatic cancer cells (Panc1 and KP3). The cell proliferation assay indicated that Panc1 and KP3 cells were more sensitive to UVC radiation, and their growth was significantly inhibited compared to cells of the normal human pancreatic epithelial cell line, PE. Although EGFR levels was extremely low in PE cells, EGFR were highly overexpressed in Panc1 and KP3 cells, and UVC radiation downregulated the expression of EGFR in a time-dependent manner and induced phosphorylation of EGFR at Ser1046/1047 (S1046/7) in Panc1 and KP3 cells. UVC radiation induced activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), and EGFR phosphorylation at S1046/7 induced by UVC radiation was markedly attenuated by the inhibition of p38 MAPK. Moreover, fluorescence microscopy revealed that p38 MAPK activated by UVC radiation triggered EGFR internalization and that this was not correlated with c-Cbl, an ubiquitin ligase, which plays an important role in EGF-induced EGFR downregulation. Taken together, our results suggest that in pancreatic cancer cells UVC radiation induced desensitization of the cells to EGFR stimuli via phosphorylation of EGFR at S1046/7 by activation of p38 MAPK, independent of c-Cbl.     

Endurance of the endolithic desert cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis under UVC radiation

Desert cyanobacteria of the genus Chroococcidiopsis are extremely resistant to desiccation and ionizing radiation. When an endolithic strain was exposed to UVC radiation cell lysis, genome damage, photosynthetic pigment bleaching and reduced photochemical performance occurred. Nevertheless, survivors were scored after UVC doses as high as 13?kJ/m² and their endurance ascribed to multicellular aggregates enveloped in thick envelopes, so that attenuated UVC radiation reached the inner cells. In addition, the accumulation of carotenoids contributed to UVC resistance by providing protection against oxidative stress. Finally, in survivors repair mechanisms were responsible for the recovery of the induced damage to genome and photosynthetic apparatus.