人参皂甙Rg1对脑缺血再灌注大鼠Fas／Fas—L、Caspase-3表达的影响

通过人参皂甙Rg1对局灶性脑缺血再灌注大鼠膜蛋白（Fas）、膜蛋白配体（Fas—L）、胱天蛋白酶（Caspase-3）表达的影响,探讨人参皂甙Rg1的作用机制。本实验将SD大鼠随机分为假手术组、单纯缺血再灌注组、人参皂甙R1 10、20、40mg．kg^-1组、尼莫地平1mg．kg^-1组,采用大脑中动脉闭塞法建立脑缺血再灌注模型,24h后观察海马CA1区,     

血小板／T细胞活化抗原1（PTA1，CD226）

血小板／T细胞活化抗原1（PTA1）是表达于活化T细胞,NK细胞,活化内皮细胞以及巨核血小板谱系的1种新的白细胞分化抗原,参与NK细胞,杀伤性T细胞,内皮细胞以及血小板的功能。新近的研究表明PTA1胞膜外区第1个结构域（D1）与PTA1分子的功能有关,D2结构域及部分D1结构域可能被另一膜相关分子所掩盖,人血清和PBMC培养细胞上清液中存在可溶性PTA1分子（sPTA1),sPTA1的产生与肿瘤等某些临床疾病有关;PTA1分子参与了活化内皮细胞和活化T细胞的粘附,PTA1分子在人和灵长类动物间保守存在,PTA1的配体主要分布于Colo205,Jurkat,C32,WM115,BC4,RD和HS－913T等细胞系。     

一个柱穗山羊草（AegilposCylindrica）系统中的类Ph1基因（Ph1—like）…

第一次在一个Ａｅ．ｃｙｌｉｎｄｒｉｃａ系统中发现了Ｐｈ１－ｌｉｋｅ基因,但它的作用略小于Ｐｈ１,同时证明了Ａｅ．ｃｙｌｉｎｄｒｉｃａ在控制染色体配对基因方面存在多态现象,Ｐｈ１ｂ基因可以诱导普通小麦与Ａｅ．ｃｙｌｉｎｄｒｉｃａ间的部分同源染色体配对,同时用普通小麦对（中国春ｐｈ１ｂ突变体ＸＡｅ．ｃｙｌｉｎｄｒｉｃａ）Ｆ１回交获得了成功,表明利用Ｐｈ１ｂ基因通过诱导部分同源染色体配对可以把Ａｅ．ｃｙ     

Selective support of a mouse thymus epithelial cell line （MTEC1） to the viability and proliferation of CD4＋CD8—,CD4^—CD8^—,and CD4^＋CD8^＋thymocytes in vitro

The MTEC1 cell line,established in our laboratory,is a normal epithelial cell line derived from thymus medulla of Balb/c mice and these cells constituteively produce multiple cytokines.The selection of thymic microenvironment on developing T cells was investigated in an in vitro system.Unseparated fresh thymocytes from Balb/c mice were cocultured with MTEC1 cells or/and MTEC1-SN,then,the viability,proliferation and phenotypes of cultured thymocytes were assessed.Without any exogenous stimulus,both MTEC1 cells and MTEC1-SN were able to maintain the viability of thymocytes,while only the MTEC1 cells,not the MTEC1-SN,could directly activate thymocytes to exhibit moderate proliferation,indicating that the proliferative signal is delivered through cell surface interatcions of MTEC1 cells and thymocytes.Phenotype analysis on FACS of viable thymocytes after coculture revealed that MTEC1 cells preferentially activate the subsets of CD4^ CD8^-,CD4^ CD^8 and CD^4- CD^8- thymocytes;whereas MTEC1-SN preferentially maintained the viability of CD4^ CD^8- and CD4^-CD8^ thymocyte subsets.For the Con A-activated thymocytes.both MTEC1 cells and MTEC1-SN provided accessory signal(s) to significantly increase the number of viable cells and to markedly enhance the proliferation of thymocytes with virtually equal potency,phenotyped as CD4^ CD8^-,CD4^-CD8^ ,and CD^4-CD8^-subests,In summary,MTEC1 cells displayed Selection of thymic epithelial cells on thymocyte subsets. selective support to the different thymocyte subsets,and the selectivity is dependent on the status of thymocytes.     

血管紧张素—（1—7）对大鼠血管平滑肌细胞PKC和ERK1／2的抑制作用

采用Western blot,氘－胸腺嘧啶（3H－TdR)和氘－亮氨酸（3H－Leu)掺入等技术和方法,用血管紧张素Ⅱ（AngⅡ)和血管紧张素－（1－7）[Ang-(1-7)]刺激大鼠血管平滑肌细胞（VSMCs),观察和分析Ang-(1-7)对VSMCs增殖及蛋白激酶C（PKC）和胞外调节蛋白激酶（ERK）表达的影响,Ang-(1-7)能明显抑制基础和AngⅡ刺激下的VSMCs PKC-Ⅱ和ERK1／2蛋白表达（P＜0．01或P＜0．05）,减少3H－TdR和3H－Leu掺入量（P＜0．01或P＜0．05）,结果提示,Ang-(1-7)对VSMCs增殖有抑制作用,这可能与影响PKC－ζ和ERK1／2蛋白表达有关。     

CD95 (APO-1/Fas)-associating signalling proteins

The CD95 (APO-1/Fas) receptor has attracted great interest in recent years because it transduces an apoptotic signal in a variety of different tissues. CD95 belongs to the NGF/TNF-receptor superfamily, members of which need to be trimerized by specific protein ligands in order to generate a signal. This review focuses on recent advances in the understanding of the proximal signal transduction mechanism of CD95. The cloning of numerous proteins that interact with CD95 and other members of this receptor family and the in vivo identification of several proteins that associate with CD95 in a ligand-dependent fashion opens the way to delineate the death pathway and to explain crosstalk among these receptors on a molecular basis.     

Specificity of anti-human CD95 (APO-1/Fas) antibodies

The CD95 (APO-1/Fas) death receptor plays an important role in many physiological and pathophysiological systems. Thus, the CD95 system contributes to activation-induced cell death. Therefore, reliable antibodies recognizing human CD95 are of great interest. Detection of CD95 expression often relies on antibodies, e.g., suitable for Western blotting. To detect CD95, we compared the specificity of nine different anti-human CD95 antibodies recognizing different epitopes by using postnuclear supernatants of four different cell lines. Only two of the antibodies tested, both directed against intracellular epitopes of human CD95, detected endogenous human CD95 by Western blotting. Therefore, we conclude that results obtained with other anti-CD95 antibodies should be treated with caution.     

Two CD95 (APO-1/Fas) signaling pathways.

We have identified two cell types, each using almost exclusively one of two different CD95 (APO-1/Fas) signaling pathways. In type I cells, caspase-8 was activated within seconds and caspase-3 within 30 min of receptor engagement, whereas in type II cells cleavage of both caspases was delayed for approximately 60 min. However, both type I and type II cells showed similar kinetics of CD95-mediated apoptosis and loss of mitochondrial transmembrane potential (DeltaPsim). Upon CD95 triggering, all mitochondrial apoptogenic activities were blocked by Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL overexpression in both cell types. However, in type II but not type I cells, overexpression of Bcl-2 or Bcl-xL blocked caspase-8 and caspase-3 activation as well as apoptosis. In type I cells, induction of apoptosis was accompanied by activation of large amounts of caspase-8 by the death-inducing signaling complex (DISC), whereas in type II cells DISC formation was strongly reduced and activation of caspase-8 and caspase-3 occurred following the loss of DeltaPsim. Overexpression of caspase-3 in the caspase-3-negative cell line MCF7-Fas, normally resistant to CD95-mediated apoptosis by overexpression of Bcl-xL, converted these cells into true type I cells in which apoptosis was no longer inhibited by Bcl-xL. In summary, in the presence of caspase-3 the amount of active caspase-8 generated at the DISC determines whether a mitochondria-independent apoptosis pathway is used (type I cells) or not (type II cells).     

The CD95(APO-1/Fas) DISC and beyond

CD95 (APO-1/Fas) is a prototype death receptor characterized by the presence of an 80 amino acid death domain in its cytoplasmic tail. This domain is essential for the recruitment of a number of signaling components upon activation by either agonistic anti-CD95 antibodies or cognate CD95 ligand that initiate apoptosis. The complex of proteins that forms upon triggering of CD95 is called the death-inducting signaling complex (DISC). The DISC consists of an adaptor protein and initiator caspases and is essential for induction of apoptosis. A number of proteins have been reported to regulate formation or activity of the DISC. This review discusses recent developments in this area of death receptor research.     

The CD95 (APO-1/Fas) and the TRAIL (APO-2L) apoptosis systems

Heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) is a stress-inducible protein that prevents apoptosis induced by a wide range of cytotoxic agents by an as yet undefined mechanism. The caspase family of cysteine proteases have been attributed a central role in the execution of apoptosis. However, several cases of caspase-independent apoptosis have been recently reported, suggesting that caspases may not be necessary for apoptosis in all cells. This study examines the protective role of hsp70 in both caspase-dependent and -independent apoptosis. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) used at low and high concentrations in Jurkat T cells induces caspase-dependent and -independent apoptosis, respectively. A hsp70-transfected Jurkat clone was used to observe the protection mediated by hsp70 during these two forms of apoptosis. Results reveal that hsp70 inhibits both caspase-dependent and -independent apoptosis. Furthermore, measurement of caspase-3 activity during caspase-dependent apoptosis revealed that caspase activation was inhibited in hsp70 transfectants. Early apoptotic events, such as mitochondrial depolarization, cytochrome c release, and increased intracellular calcium, were demonstrated to be common to both caspase-dependent and -independent H2O2-induced apoptosis. The inhibition of these events by hsp70 suggests that hsp70 may be an important anti-apoptotic regulator, functioning at a very early stage in the apoptotic pathway.     

Disturbances of the CD95 (APO-1/Fas) system in disorders of lymphohaematopoietic cells

Control of tissue homeostasis is maintained through programs that balance proliferation and cell death. Physiologic cell death is primarily mediated through apoptosis. Deregulations of the cellular programs and genes that determine apoptosis have recently been considered to be involved in a variety of human diseases. One of the central regulatory systems for apoptosis is the CD95 (APO-1/Fas) system. Defects in the CD95 cell surface receptor and deregulated expression of CD95 and the CD95 ligand have been shown to be involved in diseases such as lymphoproliferation, AIDS and haematopoietic failure. This review summarizes our current knowledge on the implication of the CD95 system especially in lymphohaematopoietic diseases in humans.     

Ultraviolet Light Induces Apoptosis via Direct Activation of CD95 (Fas/APO-1) Independently of Its Ligand CD95L

Induction of apoptosis in keratinocytes by UV light is a critical event in photocarcinogenesis. Although p53 is of importance in this process, evidence exists that other pathways play a role as well. Therefore, we studied whether the apoptosis-related surface molecule CD95 (Fas/APO-1) is involved. The human keratinocyte cell line HaCaT expresses CD95 and undergoes apoptosis after treatment with UV light or with the ligand of CD95 (CD95L). Incubation with a neutralizing CD95 antibody completely prevented CD95L-induced apoptosis but not UV-induced apoptosis, initially suggesting that the CD95 pathway may not be involved. However, the protease CPP32, a downstream molecule of the CD95 pathway, was activated in UV-exposed HaCaT cells, and UV-induced apoptosis was blocked by the ICE protease inhibitor zVAD, implying that at least similar downstream events are involved in CD95- and UV-induced apoptosis. Activation of CD95 results in recruitment of the Fas-associated protein with death domain (FADD) that activates ICE proteases. Immunoprecipitation of UV-exposed HaCaT cells revealed that UV light also induces recruitment of FADD to CD95. Since neutralizing anti-CD95 antibodies failed to prevent UV-induced apoptosis, this suggested that UV light directly activates CD95 independently of the ligand CD95L. Confocal laser scanning microscopy showed that UV light induced clustering of CD95 in the same fashion as CD95L. Prevention of UV-induced CD95 clustering by irradiating cells at 10°C was associated with a significantly reduced death rate. Together, these data indicate that UV light directly stimulates CD95 and thereby activates the CD95 pathway to induce apoptosis independently of the natural ligand CD95L. These findings further support the concept that UV light can affect targets at the plasma membrane, thereby even inducing apoptosis.     

Tumor immunity in perforin-deficient mice: a role for CD95 (Fas/APO-1)

CTL and NK cells use two distinct cytocidal pathways: 1) perforin and granzyme based and 2) CD95L/CD95 mediated. The former requires perforin expression by the effectors (CTL or NK), whereas the latter requires CD95 (Fas/APO-1) expression by the target. We have investigated how these two factors contribute to tumor immune surveillance by studying the immunity of perforin-deficient mice against the progressor C57BL/6 Lewis lung carcinoma 3LL, which expresses no CD95 when cultured in vitro. Unexpectedly, the results indicated that the perforin-independent CD95L/CD95 pathway of CTL/NK plays a role in acting against D122 and Kb39.5 (39.5) high and low metastatic sublines, respectively, derived from the 3LL tumor. Although no membrane-bound CD95 was detected on cultured D122 and 39. 5 cells, surface CD95 expression on both D122 and 39.5 was considerably up-regulated when the tumors were grown in vivo. A similarly enhanced expression of CD95 was observed with three additional tumors; LF-, BW, and P815, injected into syngeneic and allogeneic mice. The finding of up-regulated CD95 expression on tumor cells placed in vivo suggests that a CD95-based mechanism plays a role in tumor immunity at early stages of tumor growth. Consequently, the progressive down-regulation of CD95 expression during tumor progression may indeed be an escape mechanism as previously reported. Together, these results suggest a role for CD95-dependent, perforin-independent immunity against certain tumors.