胰岛再生源蛋白RegIII在调节肠道菌群中的作用

RegIII作为胰岛再生源蛋白（regenerating islet—derived protein,Reg）家族的重要成员,在维持肠道功能方面发挥着重要的作用,本综述通过对RegIII在肠道内表达、抗炎、抗菌和对先天免疫影响方面进行概括总结,为进一步研究提供理论基础。     

胰岛因子1在胰腺中的转录调控机制CSCD

胰岛因子1(ISL1)是重要的转录因子,在胚胎发育期广泛分布于全身多种组织细胞,而在成体组织中主要表达于胰岛和神经组织。在胰腺中,ISL1主要调控胰岛素、胰高血糖素、生长抑素、胰多肽等内分泌激素的表达,在胚胎期促进胰腺背侧间充质细胞和胰岛内分泌细胞的分化、发育、成熟,在出生后通过抑制细胞凋亡、促进细胞增殖来维持胰岛β细胞数量的稳态。ISL1通过与基因启动子上的特定元件TAAT/ATTA结合,并与其它蛋白质相互作用,实现对下游靶基因的转录调控,以完成多种生理功能。     

窖蛋白-1在干细胞增殖、分化及组织修复中的作用

干细胞(stem cell)是一类具有自我复制能力(self-renewing)的多潜能细胞.在一定条件下,它可以分化成多种功能细胞,是组织修复和再生的重要资源.胞膜窖(caveolae)是细胞膜内陷形成的一种特殊的脂筏结构, 含有丰富的胆固醇和鞘磷脂,在调节细胞內吞作用、蛋白质转运及细胞的信号转导中发挥重要作用.窖蛋白-1(caveolin-1,Cav-1)是组成胞膜窖的主要功能蛋白质,它不但参与胞膜窖的形成,在胆固醇平衡、膜泡运输等方面也发挥重要作用.最新研究发现,Cav-1在干细胞的增殖、分化及组织修复中发挥一定的作用.这里将Cav-1在干细胞中的主要作用进行综述     

MEN1胰岛瘤中细胞周期蛋白cyclin B2高表达的作用和机制

多发性内分泌肿瘤1-(multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1,MEN1)是一种常染色体显性遗传的肿瘤综合征,患者常表现出多发性的内分泌器官肿瘤,包括垂体瘤、甲状旁腺瘤和胰岛瘤.抑癌基因Men1的突变导致MENl的发生,其编码的蛋白为核蛋白menin.Menin可以抑制包括胰岛β细胞在内的...     

糖尿病诱导硫氧还蛋白相互作用蛋白(TXNIP)对小鼠胰岛β细胞衰老的影响*

目的: 本研究旨在观察糖尿病中硫氧还蛋白相互作用蛋白(TXNIP)的表达是否影响胰岛β细胞衰老。方法: 正常小鼠(db/m)、糖尿病小鼠(db/db)随机各取6只,血糖仪检测其空腹血糖值,Western blot检测胰腺组织TXNIP蛋白表达、免疫化学染色检测胰腺组织中衰老相关β-半乳糖苷酶活性,Western blot检测胰腺组织衰老相关指标p16、p21、Rb表达的变化。INS-1胰岛β细胞随机分7组(n=6),用各组慢病毒(30 μl)转染4~6 h后,嘌呤霉素(PM, 3 μg/m)筛选7 d,构建Normal组(正常组)、Scramble ShRNA组(干扰空病毒组)、TXNIP-ShRNA-1(TXNIP沉默一组)组、TXNIP-ShRNA-2(TXNIP沉默二组)组、TXNIP-ShRNA-3组(TXNIP沉默三组)、Ad-GFP组(过表达空病毒组)、Ad-TXNIP-GFP组(TXNIP过表达组)稳转INS-1胰岛β细胞株,检测其TXNIP蛋白表达、衰老相关β -半乳糖苷酶活性、衰老相关指标。结果: 与正常小鼠相比,db/db组小鼠空腹血糖显著上升(P＜0.01),胰腺组织TXNIP蛋白表达显著升高(P＜0.05),胰腺组织β -半乳糖苷酶阳性染色率增加,p16、p21、Rb蛋白表达显著升高(P＜ 0.05)。与Ad-GFP组相比,Ad-TXNIP-GFP组β -半乳糖苷酶阳性染色率增加,p16、p21、Rb蛋白表达均显著增加(P＜0.01)。与Scramble ShRNA组相比,TXNIP-ShRNA组β -半乳糖苷酶阳性染色率降低,p16、p21以及Rb蛋白表达均降低(P＜0.05)。结论: 糖尿病可通过上调TXNIP表达,诱导胰岛β细胞衰老。     

HMGB1蛋白在病毒感染致病机制中的作用研究进展

高迁移率族蛋白1(HMGB1)是一种高度保守的核蛋白,广泛存在于哺乳动物细胞内,在核内参与核小体的构建与稳定以及基因的转录,核外参与介导炎症反应。近年多项研究表明,HMGB1参与了多种病毒(SARS、HIV、HPV、HSV等)感染的致病过程,本文就其研究进展作一综述。     

慢病毒载体的构建及其介导的绿色荧光蛋白在胰岛β细胞中的表达

目的 获得能够在大鼠胰岛β细胞中高效表达的慢病毒载体。方法 以PCR的方法扩增绿色荧光蛋白（green fluorescent protein,GFP）片段,并将其通过穿梭质粒装入pLenti6／V5表达质粒,然后用脂质体转染试剂将plenti6／V5 GFP、pLP1、pLP2以及pLP／VSVG转染入293FT细胞,获得的病毒用人纤维瘤细胞系的HTl080细胞进行滴定。然后用一定滴度的慢病毒转导大鼠胰岛β细胞系INS-1,观察转导效率。结果 通过限制性内切酶和琼脂糖凝胶电泳方法,观察到所克隆入pLenti6／V5表达质粒的GFP片段大小正好与PCR扩增出的片段一致。经测序验证,序列与NCBI网站上GFP序列完全一致。转染结果显示,经293FT细胞所产生的慢病毒,转导效率达到80％以上。而在1×10^6／ml病毒颗粒的情况下,AAV—GFP病毒几乎不能转导β细胞。结论 与同一滴度的AAV—GFP病毒相比,胰岛β细胞的转导效率有非常显著的差异。即慢病毒载体表达系统在对胰岛β细胞转导的能力上,明显优于重组腺辅病毒表达系统。表明慢病毒载体在糖尿病基因治疗中,特别是对胰岛β细胞的转基因工作中,有着良好的应用前景。     

PLUNC蛋白家族在抑制鼻咽上皮“炎-癌”演进中的作用和机制

人类鼻咽黏膜表面的分泌物中富含天然免疫蛋白,腭、肺及鼻咽上皮克隆(palate,lung and nasal epithelium clone,PLUNC)蛋白家族成员SPLUNC1和LPLUNC1就是其中的重要组成部分,这两个蛋白在鼻咽上皮相对特异高表达,它们都具有杀菌/渗透增强蛋白(bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein,BPI)结构域,可通过BPI结构域与细菌脂多糖(lipopolysaccharides,LPS)结合从而直接杀灭或抑制细菌生长,也可以有效抑制EB病毒(Epstein-Barr virus,EBV)等致癌微生物对鼻咽上皮的侵袭从而发挥其免疫防御功能.它们还可以通过抑制IL-6等炎症因子的分泌和NF-κB、STAT3等炎症相关通路的激活,阻止鼻咽部的慢性炎症反应及鼻咽上皮的恶性转化.在鼻咽癌细胞中重新表达PLUNC蛋白,可以通过促分裂素原活化蛋白激酶(Mitogen-activated protein kinase,MAPK)或miR-141-PTEN-AKT等信号通路抑制鼻咽癌细胞的增殖,促进鼻咽癌细胞的凋亡.进一步深入研究PLUNC蛋白家族在鼻咽癌发病中的作用机制,对指导鼻咽癌的防治具有重要的意义.     

Raf激酶抑制蛋白(RKIP)的生物学功能研究

Raf激酶抑制蛋白（Raf kinase inhibitor protein,RKIP）属于磷脂酰乙醇胺结合蛋白（phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein,PEBP）家族,广泛存在于各种生物中,参与了对细胞内多种信号转导通路的调节作用。RKIP可以与Raf-1结合,从而抑制MAPK信号转导通路,并参与了对G蛋白偶联受体信号通路和NF-κB信号通路的调控。RKIP在膜的生物合成、精子发生、神经发育和细胞凋亡等生理过程中发挥重要作用,并参与了老年痴呆症及糖尿病等的病理过程。此外,近年来的研究表明RKIP是一个新的转移抑制因子,可以抑制前列腺癌、人乳腺癌和黑色素瘤细胞的转移,并已成为一个新的前列腺癌诊断标志物。     

γ-氨基丁酸(GABA)转运蛋白的结构、功能和调控

神经信号的有效传递有赖于对神经递质的精确调节,转运蛋白在其中起看决定性的作用。作为哺乳动物中枢神经系统中最主要的抑制性系统,GABA能系统在生物体内参与多种神经生理活动,自90年代初首次克隆了GABA转运蛋白基因以来,对它的研究也越来越深入和越来越多,本对GABA转运蛋白的结构功能和调控仅作了简要综述。     

美洲大蠊提取物促组织修复作用机制研究进展

基础研究和临床实验都已证实康复新液等美洲大蠊Periplaneta americana提取物对烧伤、外伤、溃疡和术后创面修复等具有良好的治疗效果。本文综述了美洲大蠊提取物促组织修复作用机制,主要包括降低炎症反应、提高免疫和抗氧化活性、调节细胞生长因子表达、调控创面愈合相关信号通路等,为阐明美洲大蠊促修复作用的分子机制及其开发利用提供了科学参考。     

Unraveling DNA Repair in Human: Molecular Mechanisms and Consequences of Repair Defect

Cellular genomes are vulnerable to an array of DNA-damaging agents, of both endogenous and environmental origin. Such damage occurs at a frequency too high to be compatible with life. As a result cell death and tissue degeneration, aging and cancer are caused. To avoid this and in order for the genome to be reproduced, these damages must be corrected efficiently by DNA repair mechanisms. Eukaryotic cells have multiple mechanisms for the repair of damaged DNA. These repair systems in humans protect the genome by repairing modified bases, DNA adducts, crosslinks and double-strand breaks. The lesions in DNA are eliminated by mechanisms such as direct reversal, base excision and nucleotide excision. The base excision repair eliminates single damaged-base residues by the action of specialized DNA glycosylases and AP endonucleases. Nucleotide excision repair excises damage within oligomers that are 25 to 32 nucleotides long. This repair utilizes many proteins to remove the major UV-induced photoproducts from DNA, as well as other types of modified nucleotides. Different DNA polymerases and ligases are utilized to complete the separate pathways. The double-strand breaks in DNA are repaired by mechanisms that involve DNA protein kinase and recombination proteins. The defect in one of the repair protein results in three rare recessive syndromes: xeroderma pigmentosum, Cockayne syndrome, and trichothiodystrophy. This review describes the biochemistry of various repair processes and summarizes the clinical features and molecular mechanisms underlying these disorders.     

魔芋组织培养与细胞工程

近几年来,魔芋组织培养研究进展较快,其细胞工程领域也取得了一定的研究成果。现对魔芋组织培养过程中外植体取材、愈伤组织诱导与分化的激素应用进行了概述,重点介绍了魔芋离体形态建成的几种模式及其调控机制的研究新进展。有关魔芋种质资源离体保存和突变体的筛选的研究工作已经展开,其遗传转化体系也逐渐完善,外源基因如抗病基因、抗除草剂基因等现已转化成功。最后还对魔芋今后的研究方向进行了讨论,指出了目前存在的主要问题并提出了相应的对策。     

DNA Repair Mechanisms and the Bypass of DNA Damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

DNA repair mechanisms are critical for maintaining the integrity of genomic DNA, and their loss is associated with cancer predisposition syndromes. Studies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae have played a central role in elucidating the highly conserved mechanisms that promote eukaryotic genome stability. This review will focus on repair mechanisms that involve excision of a single strand from duplex DNA with the intact, complementary strand serving as a template to fill the resulting gap. These mechanisms are of two general types: those that remove damage from DNA and those that repair errors made during DNA synthesis. The major DNA-damage repair pathways are base excision repair and nucleotide excision repair, which, in the most simple terms, are distinguished by the extent of single-strand DNA removed together with the lesion. Mistakes made by DNA polymerases are corrected by the mismatch repair pathway, which also corrects mismatches generated when single strands of non-identical duplexes are exchanged during homologous recombination. In addition to the true repair pathways, the postreplication repair pathway allows lesions or structural aberrations that block replicative DNA polymerases to be tolerated. There are two bypass mechanisms: an error-free mechanism that involves a switch to an undamaged template for synthesis past the lesion and an error-prone mechanism that utilizes specialized translesion synthesis DNA polymerases to directly synthesize DNA across the lesion. A high level of functional redundancy exists among the pathways that deal with lesions, which minimizes the detrimental effects of endogenous and exogenous DNA damage.     

CUX2 Protein Functions as an Accessory Factor in the Repair of Oxidative DNA Damage

CUX1 and CUX2 proteins are characterized by the presence of three highly similar regions called Cut repeats 1, 2, and 3. Although CUX1 is ubiquitously expressed, CUX2 plays an important role in the specification of neuronal cells and continues to be expressed in postmitotic neurons. Cut repeats from the CUX1 protein were recently shown to stimulate 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase 1 (OGG1), an enzyme that removes oxidized purines from DNA and introduces a single strand break through its apurinic/apyrimidinic lyase activity to initiate base excision repair. Here, we investigated whether CUX2 plays a similar role in the repair of oxidative DNA damage. Cux2 knockdown in embryonic cortical neurons increased levels of oxidative DNA damage. In vitro, Cut repeats from CUX2 increased the binding of OGG1 to 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine-containing DNA and stimulated both the glycosylase and apurinic/apyrimidinic lyase activities of OGG1. Genetic inactivation in mouse embryo fibroblasts or CUX2 knockdown in HCC38 cells delayed DNA repair and increased DNA damage. Conversely, ectopic expression of Cut repeats from CUX2 accelerated DNA repair and reduced levels of oxidative DNA damage. These results demonstrate that CUX2 functions as an accessory factor that stimulates the repair of oxidative DNA damage. Neurons produce a high level of reactive oxygen species because of their dependence on aerobic oxidation of glucose as their source of energy. Our results suggest that the persistent expression of CUX2 in postmitotic neurons contributes to the maintenance of genome integrity through its stimulation of oxidative DNA damage repair.     

Small GTP-binding Proteins and their Functions in Plants

Small GTP-binding proteins exist in eukaryotes from yeast to animals to plants and constitute a superfamily whose members function as molecular switches that cycle between “active” and “inactive” states. They regulate a wide variety of cell functions such as signal transduction, cell proliferation, cytoskeletal organization, intracellular membrane trafficking, and gene expression. In yeast and animals, this superfamily is structurally classified into at least five families: the Ras, Rho, Rab, Arf/Sar1, and Ran families. However, plants contain Rab, Rho, Arf, and Ran homologs, but no Ras. Small GTP-binding proteins have become an intensively studied group of regulators not only in yeast and animals but also in plants in recent years. In this article we briefly review the class and structure of small GTP-binding proteins. Their working modes and functions in animals and yeast are listed, and the functions of individual members of these families in plants are discussed, with the emphasis on the recently revealed plant-specific roles of these proteins, including their cross-talk with plant hormones and other signals, regulation of organogenesis (leaf, root, and embryo), polar growth, cell division, and involvement in various stress and defense responses.     

Repair of tandem base lesions in DNA by human cell extracts generates persisting single-strand breaks

Clustered DNA damage, where two or more lesions are located proximal to each other on the same or opposite DNA strands, is frequently produced as a result of exposure to ionising radiation. It has been suggested that such complex damaged sites pose problems for repair pathways. In this study, we addressed the question of how two 8-oxoguanine lesions, located two nucleotides apart on the same DNA strand, are repaired. We find that in human cell extracts repair of either of the 8-oxoguanine lesions within a tandem damaged site is initiated randomly and that the majority of the initiated repair proceeds to completion. However, a fraction of the initiated repair is delayed at the stage of an incised AP site and the rate of further processing of this incised AP site is dependent on the position of the remaining 8-oxoguanine. If the remaining 8-oxoguanine residue is located near the 5' terminus of the incised abasic site, repair continues as efficiently as repair of a single 8-oxoguanine residue. However, repair is delayed after the incision step when the remaining 8-oxoguanine residue is located near the 3' terminus. Although the presence of the 8-oxoguanine residue near the 3' terminus did not affect either DNA polymerase beta activity or poly(ADP)ribose polymerase-1 affinity and turnover on an incised AP site, we find that 8-oxoguanine-DNA glycosylase has reduced ability to remove an 8-oxoguanine residue located near the 3' terminus of the incised AP site. We find that binding of the 8-oxoguanine-DNA glycosylase to this 8-oxoguanine residue inhibits DNA repair synthesis by DNA polymerase beta, thus delaying repair. We propose that interference between a DNA glycosylase and DNA polymerase during the repair of tandem lesions may lead to accumulation of the intermediate products that contain persisting DNA strand breaks.     

Studies of the Kinetochore Proteins of the Regenerating Liver and the Liver Cells of Rats at Different Stages of Development

The kinetochore composition of rat liver cells was studied by indirect immunofluorescence andimmunoblotting using human anti-kinetochore/centromere autoantibodies(ACAs).Besides threemajor antigens(50kD,42 kD and 34 kD),ACAs used in this study could also identify those of 32-30 kD and 20 kD in newborn rat liver cells,90 kD in old rat liver cells,37 kD and 32-30 kD inregenerating liver cells.These results indicate that some kinetochore antigen(s)may be related to cellproliferation or specific for different stages of development.     

DNA损伤修复过程表观遗传学改变

多种化学、物理及生物因素可诱发细胞DNA损伤,损伤后DNA损伤位点被相关损伤感受器识别,激活相应的修复通路进行DNA修复。越来越多的证据表明DNA甲基化状态、蛋白翻译后修饰、染色质重塑、miRNA等修饰方式参与了DNA的损伤修复。文章通过不同损伤修复通路中这些修饰的特点,阐述表观遗传学改变在DNA损伤修复发展过程中的作用机制。